Senior Class to Present Play Arsenic and Old Lace
The senior class of Tripoli high cant will stage the three act comedy Arsenic and Old Lace in the high school gym on Friday April 9 at 8 pm. The cast features Barbara Dreyer as Abby Brewster with a host of supporting players and a full crew handling sound lighting costumes and makeup.
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Tripoli High Cant
New York
Barbara Dreyer
Abby Brewster
Jim Beisner
Dr. Harper
Duane Bull
Teddy Brewster
David Joens
Officer Brophy
Allan Sell
Officer Klein
Betty Snelling
Martha Brewster
Jane Dixon
Elaine Harper
Lowell
School Program at Douglas No 6 Friday Evening
Douglas No 6 school announces one program on Friday March 1 at 8 o clock. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited to attend.
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Douglas No. 6
St Pauls Lutheran Brother hood Area 4 meeting planned
St Pauls Lutheran Brotherhood Siegel to host Area 4 gathering in late April with program details to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Lutheran Brotherhood
Siegel
Marjorie Oltrogge and Dalton Kowalsky Wed in Weekend Ceremony
Marjorie Jean Oltrogge and Dalton Kowalsky were married Sunday at 2 PM at St. John's Lutheran Church Crane Creek. Officiating was Dr Em Fuchs in a double ring ceremony. attendants included Nora Kowalsky and Roxie Jeisner. The bride wore white satin with lace, a cathedral train, and fielded a bouquet of white carnations. best man was Lloyd Oltrogge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Jean Oltrogge
Clarence H. Oltrogge
Dalton C. Kowalsky
Carl Kowalsky
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Crane Creek
Em. Fuchs
Clarence Buchholz
Carl Beisner
Onor
Asin
Burton
Joe
Kowals
Lloya Oltrog Bridge
Last Rites Thursday For Mrs Heyer 92 Sumner Resident
Funeral services for Mrs. W. H. Heyer 92 who died Monday will be held at 1 30 p m at the home and at 2 p m at St Johns American Lutheran Sumner with Rev John Mohr officiating Burial will be in the Lutheran cemetery Mrs Heyer born Justine Wilhelmine Augusta Froehlich in Schoenbeck Germany Dec 5 1861 came to the United States in 1879 settling in Sumner married Warner H Heyer Jul 10 1881 They operated Heyers Lumber Co five children Ella Mueller Walter Erwin Leo Claude Orlinda Butcher three dozen descendants survive she was a charter member of the Ladies Aid and Sumner unit of the American Legion Auxiliary the oldest living member at the 75th anniversary in 1953 she was widowed in 1923 and her son Walter died in 1951
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W. H. Heyer
St. John’s American Lutheran Church
Sumner
John Mohr
Schoenbeck
Germany
United States
Warner H. Heyer
Heyer
American Legion Auxiliary
Walter
Sumner Youth Charged With Drunken Driving
Sumner youth Harold Schumacher aged 17 was charged with drunken driving after a Waterloo arrest at 4 a.m. Tuesday. His car struck a tree and a light pole, damaging property and injuring none. Bond was set at 500 dollars.
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Sumner
Harold Schumacher
Near
Waterloo
Martin Schumacher
Schumacher
Fairview Cemetery
Welfare meeting attendees named
Attending a social welfare meeting at Charles City Tuesday were Aug F. Krueger, Robert Christopher of Waverly, and Florence Dix of Waverly.
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Charles City
Aug
F. Krueger
Robert Christopher
Waverly
Florence Dix
Kowalsky-Oltrogge Nuptials Tie Tripoli Couple to La Porte City
The wedding of the Kowalsky and Oltrogge families featured Arnold Kowalsky and Harvey Kowalsky as brothers of the groom with Eugene Oltrogge as the bride’s brother. Dorothy Koschmeder and Shirley Oltrogge served as candlelighters and ushers. Guests from several Iowa towns and La Crosse Wisconsin attended. The bride, a 1952 Tripoli graduate, and the groom, Tri Poli class of 1948, plan to reside in La Porte City after a Chicago honeymoon.
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Arnold Kowalsky
la Porte City
Harvey Kowalsky
Walker
Eugene Oltrogge
Dorothy Koschmeder
Waterloo
Shirley Oltrogge
Readlyn
Delores Eick
Waverly
Geraldine Lohmann
Carol Beisner
Dorothy Tegtmeier
Marian Sassmann
Marian Blasberg
Robert Sassman
Tripoli
Tripoli High School
Europe
Kowalsky
Chicago
March Bremer county bar docket adds 5 new criminal cases
Five new criminal cases and twenty new law cases have been added to the Bremer county district court March term docket. The session, presided by Hon. M. H. Kepler, begins March 22. Notable criminal entries include State of Iowa vs. Jerry S. Halper on three counts of cheating by false pretenses, State of Iowa vs. Joseph James Russell, operating motor vehicle while intoxicated, and State of Iowa vs. Lloyd Erwin Hughes OMVI. Numerous equity and divorce actions list Burman Knight, Whitney-Juhl Tractor Co., Inc., Dr. R. L. Thompson, D.D.S., and others. Trial notices appear for Henry M. Kurtz vs. R. W. Kingsley and Marie Kingsley, and Martha A. Latwesen vs. Henry Latwesen.
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Bremer County District Court
M. H. Kepler
State of Iowa
Jerry S. Halperin
Joseph James Russell
Lloyd Erwin Hughes
OMVI
Burman Knight
Whitney-Juhl Tractor Co., Inc
Doty Knight
Erna E. Platte
Harry L. Trost
Emma Trost
H. W. Hesse
Hilda Hesse
Marie Kingsley
Arnold Kurtz
R. L. Thompson
D.D.S
Gilmore Lyons
Eva Lyons
Grace G. Levier
Anthony E. Levier
Equity
Keeple Grocery
Roger Forsman
University Hospitals
Carl Zabel, Sr
Viola Zabel
Carl Zabel, Jr
Allied Building Credits, Inc
Duane Wendt
Dona Wendt
Romaine C. Heideman
Marie N. Heideman
Equity-Divorce
Fred Bock
Darrell Bahlmann
Joseph LaVerne Michels
Ida Vernice Michels
Drs. Rohlf
Thompson
Martha A. Latwesen
Henry Latwesen
Readlyn Red Cross drive begins with local volunteers
Readlyn special report notes the Red Cross drive started Friday with a kickoff coffee for workers at the home of co chairwoman Mrs Arnold Meyerhoff. Volunteers listed include Mrs Ed Scott Mrs Wilbert Lobeck Mrs Oscar Thran Mrs Walter Meier and others.
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Readlyn
Red Cross
Darrell Grinnell
Arnold Meyerhoff
Ed Scott
Wilbert Lobeck
Oscar Thran
Walter Meier
Elmer Kuethe
Walter Johnson
Anna Schumacher
Clarence Schumacher
Robert Merrill
Claire Harrington
James Macken
Helen Glaesner
Bodermann undergoes emergency surgery at Sumner hospital
Robert Bodermann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bodermann and a student at Iowa State Teachers College, was admitted to Sumner Community Hospital Saturday for emergency surgery.
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Robert Bodermann
Herbert Bodermann
Iowa State Teachers College
Sumner Community Hospital
County Legion Here Bremer County Post Meeting
Bremer county American Legion posts hold a bi monthly meeting here tomorrow evening with election of officers announced by county adjutant Lloyd Neumann.
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Bremer County Association of American Legion
Lloyd Neumann
William J Schultz obituary follows service in Rock Island
William J Schultz aged 39 died March 6 after a long illness at a Veterans hospital in Iowa City. Funeral services were held March 9 with burial in Rock Island National Cemetery Illinois. Born August 20, 1914 in Bremer County Iowa he served in the 168th Infantry Division from May 1941 to 1945 and resided in Waterloo after his discharge. Survived by sister Liesette Lobeck of Tripoli and five brothers Wilmer Evansdale Carl Waterloo Ralph Herman and Stanley all of San Francisco. Preceded in death by his parents and a brother Lloyd.
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Wm. J Schultz
Tripoli
National Cemtery
Rock Island
Ill
Schultz
Veterans’ Hospital
Iowa City
Mr. Schultz
Bremer County
Iowa
Inf
Waterloo
Lloyd
Carl
Liesette) Lobeck
Wilmer
Evansdale
Ralph
Herman
Stanley
San Francisco
Calif
Bunger Reelected To Presidency Of School Board Here
Raymond Bunger was reelected president of the Tripoli Independent School District Board of Directors at an organization meeting held Monday night. The board will meet again soon to consider teacher contracts.
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Raymond Bunger
Tripoli Independent
Margaret Fink Named President of VFW Auxiliary
Margaret Fink named president of the VFW Auxiliary at a Tuesday meeting in Tripoli Town Hall. Officers were elected with Fink as president and Pearl Hunemuller as senior vice president. The group voted $5 to the Red Cross and planned cooperation on a retarded children program.
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VFW
Tripoli Town Hall
Malinda Rieck
Phyllis Eichmann
Margaret Fink
Poppy Sale
Janice Fink
Red Cross
Pearl Hunemuller
Malinda Nicklaus
Marlys Ryan
Violet Niemeyer
Inez Teague
Bertha Holm
Mary Ambrose
Carolin Schnurstein
Helen Klenzman
Seven to Be Initiated Into Wartburg Honor Fraternity
Marian Lahmann of Tripoli is among seven new members to join the Wartburg College chapter of Beta Beta Beta at its annual spring banquet March 19. Announcement by Dr. Elmer Hertel notes the society honors biological science students and promotes sound scholarship.
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Marian Lahmann
Tripoli
Wartburg College
Beta Beta
Elmer Hertel
Division of
Natural Sciences
Six Hurt En Route To Tripoli In Two Car Crash
Six persons traveling to Tripoli to visit relatives were injured in a Wednesday night crash one half mile south of Denver on Highway 63. Injured were Walter Garland and his wife, Larry Garland, Arthur and Richard Wolf, and Mrs Wolf, plus driver Dr. Frank A. Haffa who was not hurt. Haffa, a retired Waterloo dentist, is free on bond while appealing a manslaughter conviction.
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Tripoli
Denever
Walter H. Garland
Iowa Falls
Wm. Garland
Garland
Ed Niemeyer
Larry Garland
Arthur Wolf
Waterloo
Wolf
Richard Wolf
Frank A. Haffa
Haffa
Iowa Supreme Court
Black Hawk County
Arvey C. Leeper
Iowa Highway Patrol
Colder Weather Ends Talk Of Spring In This Vicinity
Colder weather with two and a half inches of snow muted talk of spring. An inch fell Wednesday, another Friday, and half an inch Saturday, totaling .45 inches precipitation. Temperatures dropped to 10 above. high 45 on Tuesday, and a likely 50s range midweek. Strong weekend winds caused slippery highways with few property damages. one serious accident near Tri Poli involving six people, details elsewhere. Weather readings by E C Biermann for each 24hour period ending at 6 pm.
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Tripoli
E. C. Biermann
Kramer s Cagers Face Waterloo Tourney Opener Friday
Kramer s Produce cagers travel to Waterloo for the sixth annual YMCA Gold Medal basketball tournament. They had a first round bye and will meet the Jesup Corrugated Box winner at 7 p m. A win advances them to the semifinals with dates for later rounds pending Friday night results. Public admission.
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Kramer's
Waterloo Ymca
Kramer
Van Wert, Farm Bureau figure, dies in Eldora crash
R S Pat Van Wert of Hampton, known for Farm Bureau work, was killed Friday evening when his car was struck by a speeding vehicle at the highway 57 and 299 intersection west of Eldora. He is brother of Mrs Mervyn Ormston. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in Hampton.
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R. S
Pat) van Wert
Hampton
Farm Bureau
Eldora
van Wert
Mervyn Ormston
Conrad Sells Observe 45th Anniversary At Home
Mr and Mrs Conrad Sell celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary Sunday hosting friends and relatives at their home. Attendants from 45 years ago joined the gathering along with their son Werner Sell Waterloo four daughters Lydia Lobeck Agnes Kuhlmann Rosetta Acker man Marie Gebert Waterloo eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. A three tier luncheon cake decorated with white ribbons and red roses made by their daughter served as centerpiece.
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Conrad Sell
August Schliwitz
Frank
Werner Sell
Waterloo
Lydia Lobeck
Agnes Kuhlmann
Rosetta Ackerman
Marie Gebert
Herbert Pries
Readlyn
Frank Eichmann
Clarksville
Herman Mundtrom
Denver
Walter Carpenter
Fairbank
Rex Leverington
Sam John
Katherine Bahe
New Hampton
Will Sell
Tripoli
Ed Lobeck
Lawrence Gebert
Wm. Goetz
Mary Louise
Schu macher purchase of Wagner residence finalized
Mr and Mrs Orville Schumacher have purchased the Roger A Wagner residence in a private sale. The transfer completes a real estate deal involving the Wagner home and reflects local market activity.
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Wagner
Orville Schumacher
Roger A. Wagner
Mrs W D Chapin Taken to Sumner Hospital for Care
Mrs W D Chapin was taken to Sumner Community hospital last week Wednesday for care and treatment and is showing some improvement at this time. Her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs G B Chapin of Brookfield Illinois arrived Saturday to visit parents and relatives here. They returned to Brookfield on Monday.
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Sumner Hospital
W. D. Chapin
Sumner Community Hospital
G. B. Chapin
Brookfield, Ill
Brookfield
Frederika to Get New 2.385 Mile Farm Road Project
Iowa Highway Commission announced an new 2.385 mile farm to market road from Frederika north to be built this summer. Contracts awarded in Ames with 11 bidders and Mark Eischeid Construction Co. of New Hampton submitting the low bid of 13,552 dollars. The route extends north from town about 1.5 miles then east and west 0.5 miles to connect with Highway 63.
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Frederika
Iowa Highway Commission
Ames
Mark Eischeid Construction Co
New Hampton
Beisner Among 418 Invited to SUI Smarty Party
Roxie Irene Beisner a liberal arts sophomore at State University of Iowa Iowa City was among 418 coeds earning top grades in the first semester and honored at a Smarty Party last Saturday. Invitations required a 3.0 average or better for the luncheon sponsored annually by the SUI Mortar Board chapter.
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Roxie Irene Beisner
Tripoli
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Miss Beisner
SUI Chapter
Mortar Board
National Honorary Society For
Politicians Share Spotlight At Meet Of Commercial Club
Two veteran politicians highlighted the Tripoli Commercial Club meeting at the town hall. Arch McFar lane of Waterloo detailed Iowa’s farm and industrial strength in a speech on My State Iowa. Wm. F. Krueger, longtime Tripoli official, received a rod and reel. A Good Friday half day closing was approved. A summer youth recreation program study was authorized. June 7 highway widening bids for Highway 93 were announced. A membership drive is planned next week. Guests included Dave Denton of the Waterloo Courier and Rev E F Puhlmann.
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Tripoli Commercial Club
McFarlane
Iowa
Robert Kuhrt
Tripoli
Dave Denton
Waterloo
Florene Zabel Weds Elmer Schweer Friday At St. Peter's Church
Florene Zabel of Sumner and Elmer Schweer of Waterloo were married last Friday at St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed church with 175 guests. Rev E F Puhlmann officiated the double ring ceremony. The bride wore ice blue with pink and white flowers. Ruth Zabel was maid of honor. Lavern Schweer was best man. After a reception at the bride’s home, the couple planned to live in Waterloo where the groom works at Rath Packing Co.
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Florene Zabel
Sumner
Carl Zabel
Elmer Schweer
Waterloo
Fred Schweer
St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
E. F. Puhlmann
L. H. Fink
Alice Krueger
Ruth Zabel
Lavern Schweer
Harold Schweer
Carl Zabel, Jr
Denver
Grinnell
Jesup
Oelwein
Tripoli
Harold Blaschke
Ernest Weltzin
Mary Lou Weltzin
Harry Weltzin
Dislocated Shoulder Ends Russell Watts Farm Work
Russell Watts a farmer north of the junction of highways 93 and 63 sustained a dislocation of his right shoulder on Wednesday.
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Russell Watts
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Bula
Ors
Marjorie J. Oltrogge
Dalton Kowalsky
Mrs. Heyer
Long Sumner
County Legion
Wm. J. Schultz
III
Bunger
V.F.W. Auxiliary
Honor Fraternity
Conrad Sells
Frederika North
Roxie I. Beisner
SUI ‘Smarty Party
Arch McFarlane
Wm. F. Krueger
Rod
Ree
St. Peter’s Church
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