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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1967
Page
1
The Commercial Club hosts an Easter event with 20 ham dinners awarded by drawing on March 25 at 3 p.m. at Warner Electric corner. Registration opens Thursday at participating merchants with boxes for blanks. eligibility excludes Tripoli businessmen and families. Kids under 12 join a prize hunt at Tripoli Town Hall at 2 p.m. and receive lucky numbers for merchant prizes.
Fergemann sells his 80 acre Tripoli farm at 602 South Main and will take possession May 1. Aaron Ludwig and Mrs Ludwig, associated with Bremer County and Tripoli schools, plan a household goods auction on May 15 and will move this fall.
The State Serv ion Crippled Children SSCC runs a March 30 clinic at First Presbyterian Church East Charles Ave in Oelwein. Eligible children under 21 from Black Hawk Buchanan Butler Clayton Fayette Linn and Jo Daviess counties receive free examinations in pediatrics orthopedics pedodontia psychology speech and hearing and other services after referral by a physician or dentist.
Des Moines based Iowa Children’s Home Society cared for 900 children in 1966 and placed 159 for adoption, including 134 in Bremer County. It served 800 to 900 people yearly, relying on staff, facilities, and contributions from trustees, chests, and campaigns for support. A stroke Sunday claimed Hunt of Revile, S. D., a cousin of Mrs. Harry.
The Fremont Farm Bureau women and friends will meet on Tuesday March 21 at 11 45 in the home of Mrs Robert Chapin for a potluck dinner and guest day.
Cedar Falls announces that 585 students earned dean's list honors for the fall semester at State College. To qualify, students needed a 3.25 GPA or higher on at least 14 hours in the first semester. Area honorees include Fredericksburg Tom Hughes Sharon O'Connell Plainfield James Stickman Readlyn Dianne Wittenburg Janesville James Bauer Tripoli Cheryl Blasberg Vicky Burrow Barbara Primus Janet Schneer Waverly Linda Bergmann Kathleen Carver Dennis Kettn er Constance Peterson Ann Sauerbrei Kristine Strottman Roger Traetow Dianne Wedeking Sylvia Wedeking.
Bettendorf couple Mr and Mrs Lloyd Boevers spent the weekend with Otto Buls and his mother Mrs Marie Boevers They also visited Mrs Buls at Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo where she has been a patient since Wednesday
Mrs. Paul Hartman left Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo after a week of hospitalization for injuries from a fall near her home. Her sister Mrs. Dora Wedemeier returned to Waverly on Monday after visiting since Friday.
Bremer county Extension service schedules an informational meeting on artificial insemination for swine. Everett Stevermer from Iowa State University and a Wisconsin insemination specialist will present. Meeting is Tuesday March 28 at 8 p.m. at the Youth building Fairgrounds Waverly. Open to all Bremer county swine producers and others. refreshments provided at no charge.
Hawk Eye Institute of Technology announces a July 5 start for a one year medical laboratory assistants program at Hawkeye Administration building and St Francis hospital. Applications stay open until June 15. The course, taught by Mickey Williams and Dr. Gilbert Clark, includes classroom lab work then on the job, with a national certifying exam for graduates.
Dennis Button named head football coach at Wapsie Valley High School for 1967 68, announced by superintendent-elect David Owens. Button, a 1964 State College of Iowa graduate, has been Sumner assistant football coach for three years and will also assist basketball and baseball at Wapsie Valley.
Will Dohrmann entered Mercy hospital in Waverly on Friday for treatment.
Mrs August Krueger was admitted to Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo on Sunday, assigned room 402.
Bremer county 4-H groups joined 162 4-H clubs at the Iowa camping center near Madrid. In 1966 the center hosted 8,700 campers from 83 counties with Bremer participants in state health and leadership programs.
Paul Judisch entered Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo Sunday afternoon for oral surgery scheduled Monday.
Mr and Mrs E W Kirchhoff and Mrs Ruth Woodcock visited Sunday afternoon at the Myron Chapin home in Waverly. Mrs Chapin is recovering from a broken hip and can now get around with a walker.
January 1967 bonds sales in Iowa reach high mark for month since March 1966. Bremer county starts with $90,808 toward a $763,970 1967 quota. Iowa total sales $12,469,287 toward a $121,800,000 goal. County figures include Black Hawk Chickasaw Fayette with respective amounts and quota percentages.
Freshman Helen Kreis is among 517 coeds invited to the University of Iowa Mortar Board chapter Smarty Party honoring high achievers for the first semester.
The Tripoli Commercial Club will hold its regular meeting Monday in the Town Hall with Faith United Church of Christ ladies serving the 7 pm dinner. The business meeting follows the Tripoli Development Corporation annual meeting at 8 pm. The attendance committee will make personal contacts for dinner reservations.
Tripoli Community Schools will observe a two day Easter break with no classes Friday March 24 and Monday March 27 Superintendent Howard Marquardt announced that an unscheduled day off could shorten the break by one day if needed There will be no school Monday April 3 for a district teachers convention in Waterloo Parent teacher conferences Friday March 31 will close elementary classes kindergarten through grade 6 while junior and senior high operate on normal schedules
Mr and Mrs David West attended a memorial service for Esma B Orr at Grant Community High School Auditorium Fox Lake Illinois on Sunday Esma was sister to Mr West and her remains were willed to cancer research
Mrs Clyde Clary was seriously injured in an auto accident south of New Hampton on Friday. She was taken to St Josephs hospital in New Hampton and later transferred to Rochester in serious condition with a broken jaw deep facial lacerations a broken wrist a dislocated hip and internal injuries. Mr Clary was treated and released. The couple were with Mrs Bertha Mooney when the mishap occurred en route home.
The Iowa Highway Patrol driver license examiners will be at Tripoli Town Hall Saturday morning March 18 from 8 a.m. to noon. Applicants may take written and driving tests 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Renewals will be issued until 12 o'clock. The examining team will not return until Saturday April 15.
The Tripoli VFW post will host a family fish fry at the post home on Friday March 17. Serving runs from 5 30 to 8 00 p m with admission charged and the public invited.
The eighth annual Tripoli Development Corporation meeting is set for Monday March 20 at 8 p m in Town Hall. Members will elect two directors to fill terms of Melvin Krumm and G R Rettig and discuss sale of the Rock Island building along with year’s activities and future plans. Proxies are encouraged. stockholders receive proxy cards with notices.
The Bremer County Department of Social Welfare reports a February total of 22 829 dollars in welfare payments. Old age assistance paid 14 238 dollars across 136 cases, medical aid for the aged 2 075 dollars across 58 cases, aid to dependent children 5 631 dollars for 39 cases affecting 141 persons, aid to the blind 213 dollars for 2 cases, and aid to the disabled 672 dollars for eight recipients. statewide aid expenditures rose to 5 173 106 dollars, driven mainly by higher aid to dependent children as grants rose from 75 to 82 percent of needs.
Four will receive the rite of confirmation at St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church in Siegel during the 10:00 a m service on Sunday March 19. The confirmands are Willis Hildebrandt Allen Heinemann Debra Kaiser and Jolyn Mueller. The Rev. V D Weidler is pastor.
Frederika Community Fire Department held its 16th annual meeting at the fire station with 70 members present. Ray Kuethe was elected president, Erwin Bock director, and officers include Irl Haynes vice president Arlan Luhring treasurer Erwin Drape secretary with Sells Mueller Zekoff on food committee for another year. Chief Merle Mack reported eight fire calls in 1966.
St Johns Lutheran church of Crane Creek will confirm a class of seven at the 10 30 worship service March 19. Members include Susanne Zander Richard Schneer Judy Ludwig Gary Zander Gretchen Barkhoff Duane Blasberg and Eileen Sommerfelt.
Ramon H. Green submits resignation as Denver Community Schools superintendent. He leaves effective July 1 after nine years, during which building projects and the high school facilities were completed. He accepts a doctoral fellowship at Ball State University and will move to Muncie to begin class work July 17.
Thursday March 16 marks Free Pancake Day in Tripoli from 10 30 a m to 5 p m at the Town Hall. Sponsored by Tripoli businesses the event offers pancakes sausage patties syrup butter coffee and milk. Attendees are urged to bring their appetite and enjoy a free meal as thanks for local support.
Bremer county agricultural and conservation chair Dalton Meyer urges farmers to sign up by Friday March 17 to qualify for 1967 feed grain price support loans. Early signups lag as farmers weigh program payments and benefits against operation needs.
Alma Tegtmeier 62 died Tuesday at her Tripoli home. Funeral services are tentatively set for Friday at 2:00 p.m. in Faith United Church of Christ with a 1:45 a.m. prayer, Rev. Wilmer Grunwald officiating. Burial will be in Faith cemetery. Born February 18, 1905 on a farm southwest of Tripoli, she was the daughter of Fred and (name not fully shown) Tegtmeier. Surviving are sister Mrs. Martha Foelske Nashua and brothers Ewald Charles City and Alfred Greeley Colorado.
A class of 15 young people will be confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church Tripoli during the 10 a m worship service on Sunday March 19. Students include Steven Blasberg Judy Boeckman Luanne Dettmer Ruth Ann Engert Judy Forberg Kenny Hennings Richard Jones Norma Miller Linda Niemeyer Judy Peters Marlys Prien Patricia Schmidt Lloyd Selck Corinne Towne and Marlin Weidler. The class had oral examinations Sunday and will be feted by the parish education committee and Sunday School staff after the mid week lenten service.
Mr and Mrs Melvin Krumm returned Tuesday evening from Louisiana where they had flown March 1 to attend the Independent Bankers convention at New Orleans. Sunday they visited relatives in Gretna including the Leo Bergers and Aaron Meade and Horace LeComptes.
Duane Boevers of Oxnard California arrived last week for a visit with his mother Mrs Marie Boevers, according to a local brief.
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