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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1962
Page
1
A dinner meeting of the Commercial Club is set for Tripoli Town Hall Monday March 19 at 7. Grace Lutheran Church will provide service. Attendance committee will contact members for reservations and report through Ray Bunger if unable to attend. The Kpol Development Corporation annual meeting precedes at 8:00 p.m.
Wapsie Valley High Speech Group presents an Evening of Entertainment on March 20 at 7 p m featuring four state contestants from Cedar Rapids Washington High School March 31. The show includes a one act play The Sisters McIntosh with Sara Jane McKane Elaine Hein and Bill Trower and other declamatory pieces. Featured are Judy Warneke interpretive poetry Skyscrapers Jim Dugger interpretive poetry The Mountain Whippoorwill Linda Lehmkuhl humorous declamation The Oo La La Hat Sara Jane McKone oratorical Why Michael O Brien heads speech activities at Wapsie Valley.
International Minerals and Chemical Corporation will hold an open house at its Tripoli fertilizer plant on Monday March 19 from 9 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. The Rainbow Farm Show travels nationwide featuring free soil tests and education on soil formation management and fertility. It includes a mobile soil laboratory and exhibits on nutrients crop yields and soil problems with life like pictures and a three dimensional soil model. Farmers are invited to bring soil samples and view the plant facilities.
Funeral services for Ethel L Carney 80 were held today in the Frederika Methodist church with Rev Joyd Bair officiating. Burial followed in Alcock cemetery with casket bearers Wayne Bravener Theron Carroll Federic Rewoldt Harold Ager Kyle Bowers and Keith Carroll. She died March 11 in Ort Dodge where she had lived the last three years.
About 113 4-H leaders and guests attended the first 4-H Leaders Recognition Banquet on March 6 in Tripoli. Gauger state 4-H leader outlined growth and youth development goals while Milius welcomed leaders and Mrs Zipse praised the roles of leaders in shaping young lives. Entertainment included Hirmam Cousins Lucy and group singing with Van Epley on organ.
Examiners will be at Kipoli Town Hall on Saturday from 8 30 a m to noon offering residents a chance to renew or obtain new licenses. Driver license examinations will not be conducted until April.
Readlyn native Neil Jacobsen, son of Mr and Mrs Soren Jacobsen, received a National Science Foundation grant to attend Oklahoma State University Stillwater for one year to further his science studies. He earned high honors at Readlyn High, a BS from the State University of Iowa and a BS from the University of Denver. He now teaches science in Whittier California and the family resides in Lompada California.
Mrs Clarence Forberg is back at her Waterloo home after a hospital stay at Scholtz Memorial in Waterloo where she was treated as a surgical patient.
August Leistikow died March 7 at 75. Final rites were held Saturday at Zion Lutheran church Readlyn with Rev Elmer Jacobs officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Survivors include Christine widow three daughters Gus Bull Torrance Paul Schneider Waterloo Harley Meyer Phoenix brothers Will Readlyn Herman Waterloo Carl Independence sister Amelia Klink Stanley. Matthias Abbas Funeral Home Readlyn in charge.
Rev. William F. Goetz is named interim pastor for St. John's Lutheran, St. Donatus, and St. Paul's Lutheran, LaMotte, in the Dubuque area, during their pastoral vacancies. Since October 1959 he has been archivist for the American Lutheran Church districts in the U S and Canada. He previously led Grace Lutheran from 1949 to 1959.
The Bremer county NFO will hold its monthly meeting on March 20 at 8 p.m. in the Douglas Center school. All members and their wives are urged to attend.
Mrs Cynthia Bishop mother of Mrs W G Goebel was taken to Mercy hospital Waverly Tuesday evening for observation after a fall at home.
Tripoli Shamrock Days ends with a 3 p m Saturday drawing at the American Savings Bank for prizes totaling over 150 dollars. About 35 prizes donated by local merchants will go to participants who register at participating stores. Tickets are collected from 2 15 p m from merchants or the drawing barrel. winners must be present to claim prizes. sponsors and families are ineligible.
The calendar forecasts spring on Tuesday but winter clings to the Midwest with blizzard conditions across western Iowa counties. Locally drifting snow persists after another 10 inches fallen this period with 3 inches Thursday 5 inches Sunday and 2 inches Monday. Precipitation also noted on Saturday and Tuesday leaving only two days without recording. Highway conditions worsen from freeze thaw cycles and daily highs and lows fluctuated 40 to 22 degrees by 6 pm. Weather observer J M Haydon logs Wednesday through Tuesday values.
Tripoli VFW post held its annual officer election in the post home on Wednesday night naming Paul Anhalt as commander for the coming year. Other officers elected include Robert Sassman senior vice commander Duane Krueger junior vice Donald Dilley quartermaster E J Fink trustee Robert Kuhrt chaplain Forrest Bolte surgeon Robert Sassman publicist Ernest Meier judge advocate Installation of officers will occur at the next meeting. April 4
Eldo Kehe entered Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo on Sunday as a medical patient.
The Tripoli Bible class will not meet this week or until further notice. Rev. A T Rollene is the teacher. Loran Hagen of Parkersburg entered Scholtz Memorial hospital in Waterloo for observation and treatment.
Tripoli High School will present the senior class play Second Fiddle on March 30 in the high school auditorium. The comedy centers on an accidental marriage creating a humorous, yet tangled situation.
Tripoli Cub Scouts distributed good will bags to homes last Saturday and the Boy Scouts will redeem them Saturday morning March 17. Donations of repairable clothing toys shoes appliances and furniture are asked to be left out for collection to provide jobs wages and training for disabled personnel who repair the items for the needy.
Directors of Tripoli Development Corp call their third annual meeting for Monday March 19 at 6 pm in the Tripoli Town Hall to elect two directors and discuss past activities and future plans. Guest speaker is Mr. Johnson from the Iowa State Development Corporation. Voting by proxy permitted. current directors include Rettig and Blume whose terms expire.
Bremer County Tuberculosis and Health Association and County Medical Society announce a mobile chest X-ray tour across Bremer County from March 19 to 27. School personnel public and parishioners, Wartburg College staff, Lutheran Home residents, County Home residents and staff, tuberculin reactors in school testing, and the general public are invited at listed times in Janesville Plainfield Frederika Sumner Durant Tripoli Waverly Readlyn Denver and other sites with open access for those unable to attend scheduled slots.
The Women s City Bowling Tournament crowned Biesterfelt Bros for the team handicap title with 2665. Rettig Furniture placed second at 2635, followed by Kra mer Crittenden Produce 258, State Farm Risks 2566, and Farmers Cooperative Readlyn 2560. In doubles, Doris Milius and Elaine Boeckmann won with 1172, followed by Elsie Towne and Geneva Selck 1093. Lois Moeller led singles with 595 handicap series, narrowly beating Janice Fink 586. All-events winners: Scratch Donna Sauerbrei 1475. Handicap Donna Sauerbrei 1664.
Tripoli businessmen urged to ensure employees do not park on Main Street during work hours. Complaints prompted the notice and failure to comply will trigger immediate enforcement of the two hour parking limit on Main Street by Tripoli Town Council.
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