Benefit Ballgame Aims To Raise Funds For Heart Lung Resuscitator
Jaycees report progress on a town benefit to purchase a cardio pulmonary resuscitator for the ambulance team. Donations near 500 after a Friday event, with initial receipts and loose gifts totaling over 51.30 at the show. The device arrived last week and will be displayed during the demonstration. The Spring Style Show by the Tripoli Woman's Club is set for March 16 at 8 p.m. with 50 admission and refreshments.
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Jaycees
Eairman House
Tripoli Woman's Club
Tripoli
Leroy Klein
Tripoli Woman's Club to Meet Before Style Show
The Tripoli Woman's Club will gather Tuesday March 16 at the town hall for a 7:00 p.m. meeting. The event precedes the club sponsored style show slated to begin at 8:00 p.m.
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Woman's Club
Tripoli
Iowa Unemployment Benefits Hit Record January Total
The Iowa Employment Security Commission reported a January unemployment insurance payout of $4,024,965.92 for 75,618 weeks, a new state record for one month. Bremer County residents received $36,917.73 for 697 weeks of unemployment in the period.
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Iowa
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Bremer County
Elect Rich Milius To Tripoli Fire Department Crew
Tripoli Fire Department members elected a new volunteer to the local force at a recent meeting. He is Richard Milius and will replace Robert Meyer who retired after serving ten years and 8 months with the department. Milius is an employee of the Tripoli Leader.
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Rich Milius
Tripoli
Richard Milius
Robert Meyer
Department
Milius
Unemployment Insurance Program Funded by Employer Contributions
The Unemployment Insurance program is financed by employer contributions and assists workers who lose jobs involuntarily.
Bremer County Mutual Insurance Meeting March 13
Bremer County Mutual Insurance Association of Waverly will hold its annual meeting Saturday March 13 at 1:00 PM in Tripoli town hall. Election of directors and other business to be transacted. All policyholders urged to attend.
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Bremer County Mutual Insurance Association of Waverly
Tripoli Town Hall
Mrs Emilie Peters Stricken With Stroke At Home
Mrs Emilie Peters suffered a stroke at her residence Thursday and is now staying with her daughter Mr and Mrs Arlin Matthias at Fairbank for care and recovery.
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Emilie Peters
Arlin Matthias
Fairbank
Commercial Club March Meeting Set for Monday
Tripoli Commercial Club will hold its regular dinner meeting Monday March 15 at the town hall. Ladies of Faith United Church of Christ will provide the 7 o clock dinner. Guest speaker Ari Heikkila, a foreign exchange student from Finland, will present a slide show and talk about his homeland. Reservations will be communicated by the attendance committee. members not reached by Saturday noon should contact Ray Bunger if attending.
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Tripoli Commercial Club
Ladies of Faith United Church of Christ
Ari Heikkila
Tripoli
Finland
Ray Bunger
Ambulance unit reassigned to France amid aging equipment
The ambulance team members also demon strated the new unit and noted it is now stationed in France as an aging device for use by the team. Donkey Ballgames drew about 500 attendees with three exhibition matches.
Obituary: Edward Bunger of Waverly Dies at 82
Edward Bunger, 82, of Waverly, died Monday at the Convalescent Home. Born March 31, 1888, to Henry and Marie Bunger in remont township Bremer county, he married Emma Liebau in 1912. Survived by wife, seven sons, one daughter, and many grandchildren. Services Friday at St. Lutheran Church Waverly. Burial in St. Paul’s Cemetery. A clothing sale at Alfred farm home March 12. Surgery patient Ell Kuecker at Memorial Hospital.
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Lward Bunger
Waverly
Tly
Remont Township
Bremerty
Iowa
Henry Marie Henning Bunger
Marro Emma C. Liebau
St. 'S Lutheran Church
Wav
Raymond Lorenz
Tripoli
Milton
Falls
Ed Weashington
Ill
Kenneth
Tloo
Burton
South Milee
Florence) Strom
Wyan
Michigan
St. Lutheran Church
St. Paul's Tory, Waverly
Last Rites Held At Denver for Mrs. John Stumme
Funeral services were held for Emma Stumme 88 in Denver with Rev. David P. Johnson at St. Peter Lutheran Church. Interment followed at Fairview Cemetery. She lived in Denver 68 years and survived by husband John W. Stumme, two sons, a daughter, siblings, eleven grandchildren, and thirty-three great grandchildren.
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Denver
John Stumme
John W
Emma) Stumme
David P. Johnson
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Fairview Cemetery
Stumme
Allen Memorial Hospital
Ernest Stumme
Lawrence Stumme
Waterloo
Louis
Norma) Sagert
William Schumacher
Clara Kuhlmann
Amanda Kuhlmann
Readlyn
Chorus Singers Perform At UNI Concert
Mr and Mrs Joe Brooks attended a Monday evening concert at UNI Cedar Falls featuring the Waterloo Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra the UNI Concert Chorus and the Waterloo Chorus Association Mrs Brooks sang with the choir
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Joe Brooks
UNI
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Bremer County Democrats Set Precinct Caucuses March 15
Bremer County Democrats plan 20 precinct caucuses March 15 to select candidates and discuss issues for statewide and local races. Eighteen-year-olds and up may participate and vote in straw polls, with results tabulated after the meetings. Locations include Sumner city hall and county courthouse, Tripoli town hall, Readlyn Readlyn Readyn.
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Bremer County
U. S
Woods
Democratic Party
Dayton
Sumner
Douglas
Art Rieckenberg
Franklin Township
Frederika
J. C. Hassman
Fremont
Tripoli
Jackson Township
Martin Dettmer
Jefferson Township
Denver
Lafayette
Leroy Township
Maxfield
Readlyn
Polk Township
Warren Township
Walter Zander
Washington Township
Waverly
Three Volunteers Named to Denver Fire Department
Three new volunteer firemen joined the Denver Fire Department at the monthly meeting Joel Wikner Larry Oltrogge and Lyle Soldwisch will replace recently resigned Jim Krueger Ronald Morgan and Larry Steege Fire Chief Art Kurtz announced the department will install a $1000 Plectron warning system paid from donations to last November's firemen dance The transistorized system improves Civil Defense alerts and weather information even during power outages, with some units placed in firemen houses to supplement sirens
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Denver
Denver Fire Department
Joel Wikner
Larry Oltrogge
Lyle Soldwisch
Jim Krueger
Ronald Morgan
Larry Steege
Art Kurtz
Kurtz
Kurtt
Attending Funeral for Mrs. Dale Schrader in Sumner
Funeral services for Mrs. Dale Schrader were held at St. John American Lutheran Church in Sumner on Saturday afternoon. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Don Sievers, Mr. and Mrs. Randy Drewis, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Drewis, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Drewis, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Snelling, Mrs. Renetta Krueger and LaVern Schmidt.
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Dale Schrader
St. John American Lutheran Church
Sumner
Don Sievers
Randy Drewis
Marvin Drewis
Martin Drewis
Jerry Snelling
Renetta Krueger
LaVern Schmidt
March 17 Meeting on Blue Star Program in Tripoli
Tripoli Jayceettes set a March 17 8 00 pm parent coffee at the town hall to discuss the Blue Star program. Waterloo Police and local town personnel will attend. Blue Star parents will be contacted and urged to attend, as will other interested parents.
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Tripoli Jayceettes
Blue Star
Waterloo Police Department
Weeds and Insects Talk Set for March 16 at Tripoli
Topics include weed control in corn and soybeans, corn rootworm beetles and borers, soybean diseases, and pesticide applicator calibration. Extension staff Kay Connelly and Dale Shires will present at 7:30 p.m. at the Extension Office in Tripoli.
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Tripoli
Kay Connelly
Waterloo
Dale Shires
Bremer County
Kindergarten Registration Dates for Tripoli Elementary 1971
Tripoli Community School District sets kindergarten registration for Friday March 19 at East Elementary Building. Children five on or before September 15 1971 are eligible for next year. Bring birth certificate immunization records and meet the teacher. Schedule by last name with specific hourly slots and contact for appointments. A parent meeting for next year’s class is set for March 31 at 7 30 p.m. in the elementary gym.
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Tripoli Community
Lawrence H. Smalley
Tripoli
Allen Buhr
Tripoli Boys Fall to Aplington in district opener 18 52
Tripoli’s varsity boys end their basketball season with a 78 52 district opener loss to Aplington. Coach Dave Ray cited Aplington’s height and second third effort on the boards as the deciding factors.
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Tripoli Boys
Aplington
Tripoli
Dave Ray
Ray
Tourney
FG F
Barry Boeckmann
Willis Hildebrandt
Kim Kehe
John Fink
Jim Biesterfelt
Mike Nielsen
Charles Heinemann
Lynn Niemeyer
Jim Seelhammer
Denis Ducker
Rick Alcock
Tripoli Aplington
World Day of Prayer Observed at St John Lutheran
The World Day of Prayer on March 5 drew 100 attendees at St John Lutheran Church in Western Douglas. Other participants included United Methodist and First Baptist of Plainfield and St Pauls Lutheran and St Johns Evangelical and Reformed of Siegel, followed by a social hour in the church parlors.
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St. John Lutheran Church
Western
Douglas
United Methodist
First Baptist
Plainfield
St. Paul’s
Supplemental Food Distribution in Tripoli City Hall
Bremer County plans a food distribution for children under five and pregnant or nursing mothers certified by a nurse or doctor. The event runs Wednesday March 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Tripoli City Hall.
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Bremer County
Tripoli
Hospital Note on Mrs Hunemuller’s Admission
Mrs. Mabel Hunemuller remains hospitalized at Allen Hospital in Waterloo after entering on February 24.
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Mabel Hunemuller
Allen Hospital
Waterloo
Dora Bock Admitted to Mercy Hospital with Fractured Hip
Dora Bock entered Mercy Hospital in Waverly on Friday with a fractured hip.
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Dora Bock
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
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Vern House
Bremer Cty
Mutual Insurance
Commercial Club
Edward Bunger
Mage
Alfredt
Eastederika
Friarch
Surgeryell Kuecker
Memorial Hospital
Wat
Herman and
Wilhelmine Schroeder, Blasberg
St. John’s Lutheran
Maxfield Township
John W. Stumme
St. John’s Church
St. Peter Alcw
Denver Thimble Bee Club
Raymond
Henry
Herman Blasberg
Fred
Edward Harms
Ernest Seemann
Paul Woods
Indergarten
Elkader
Aplington Boys
Lansing Kee High
Panther
Chuck Heinemann
Kehe
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