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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1958
Page
1
Rudolph Piegers was honored for long public service at Tri poli Commercial Club, receiving a silver tray. Secretary Buckley summarized Piegers’s 30 years on the school board town council and as mayor, noting his partial role in many town improvements.
Seventy nine persons took driver examinations in our town Saturday morning. The Iowa Highway Patrol team issued 58 renewals one school permit five instruction permits and nine chauffeur licenses. Five applicants received new licenses and there was failure on the written test. Next visit will be Saturday April 19 from 8 30 a m to 12 noon.
Funeral services were held Thursday at Fairbank for Dean Sie Hartman eight month old son of Mr and Mrs Duane Hartman Dunkerton who died Monday evening. Attending mourners included Mr and Mrs Paul Hartman Mrs Wey Franzen Mrs Roger Boeckman Mrs Wilbert Hartman Mrs Erin Hay and Mrs Martha Sell.
The Busy Bees held a surprise farewell for Mrs Magnall at Town Hall last Friday night after ten years as leader. Fifty two members and their families attended a carry in dinner and presented a gift.
Pres C F runs announced an open house for the new Maxfield Mutual Insurance building in Denver this Saturday. Visitors may tour from 9 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Coffee and doughnuts will be served, and gifts will be given to families.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Albert Lee 72 a former Tripoli resident at Matthias Funeral Home Denver with Rev Erich Dornbusch Readlyn presiding Burial took place at Fremont Cemetery Tripoli with bearers George Henkle Robert Merrill Arthur Wolff Victor Happel Murl Lockard and Stanley Gehrke She died early Tuesday morning last week at Mercy Hospital Waverly of a heart attack She was born October 27 1886 in Missouri and lived in the Tripoli and Readlyn areas later making her home in Waterloo Survivors include her husband three daughters including Mrs Ella Neuendorf Waterloo and Donna at home and four sons Albert R Lee Sumner and Donald Lee Nashua
Area banks report their condition as of March 4 to the state banking superintendent. American Savings Bank Tri Poli shows total assets 1 958 400.96 and total deposits 1 793 275.02 with capital 165 125.94. Readlyn Savings Bank Readlyn lists assets 1 412 352.73 and deposits 1 284 541.27 with capital structure 127 811.46. Farmers Savings Bank Fredericin reports assets 618 184.02 and deposits 561 923.21 with capital structure 56 260.81. Presidents and cashiers named for each bank are noted.
Tripoli FFA chapter competed with 10 other chapters in Osage on Tuesday evening. The parliamentary procedure team earned bronze with members Very Buchholz Ronald Lohmann David Mohling Mervin Dancer James Miller and Jay Patterson as alternate. Freshman Creed speaker Merle Niemeyer won bronze. Vernon Everding placed third in extemporaneous speaking for "The Family-Size Farm."
Rettig Furniture announces an unusual event a seven hour sale Friday from 3 p m to 10 p m with the entire stock reduced for this one day. Details of items offered are in the page 3 advertisement.
Mr and Mrs Paul Voetmann escorted Mrs Emma Harmening and Mrs Louise Leaphart to Marion on Sunday to board a train for California They will spend a month visiting their brother Dick Bodermann and their brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Alex Mooney and other relatives The Voetmanns returned Sunday evening.
Mrs H J Frese returned Friday night from Rochester where she had been hospitalized. She is recovering at home.
Friends and relatives helped Mrs. Anna Pagel observe her 89th birthday anniversary Sunday and Monday at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs S A Maurer.
Tickets went on sale to the general public for the Tripoli High School athletic banquet to be held Friday March 28 at 7 pm in the Tripoli Town Hall. Speaker will be Bob Flora of the State University of Iowa assistant football coach. Dinner costs $1.50 per plate with fish offered for non meat eaters. Forty six students including football letterwinners, basketball players, track and baseball teams, cheerleaders and managers attend as guests of the Tripoli Commercial Club. Tickets available from W A Buckley K J Kuhrt and G R Rettig.
Grace Lutheran church will host a public examination of the 1958 confirmation class on Palm Sunday at 9 15 a m during worship. The examining board includes the church council and parish education committee members. Class members listed are Roger Block LeRoy Bonarden Karen Brase Duane Bremer Donald Dohrmann Virgil Henning Larry Judisch Geraldine Kelsey Douglas Kuker Frederick Lahmann Mary Martin Richard Meyer Betty Osborn Larry Rathe Dennis Schwem Suzanne Tonne.
H H Buhr entered St Marys hospital Rochester Minnesota for observation on Tuesday. He was accompanied to Rochester by his son Harry who returned to Tripoli that night but went back to Rochester on Wednesday.
Bremer County to host Coffee Day on March 26 announced by E. H. Maxfield county chairman. Patrons donate coffee proceeds to the Iowa Society for Crippled Children and Adults camp fund to buy dining room and therapy equipment. cooperators include John Poock The Hub Tripoli Maxfield's Cafe Waverly Beulah Finch Ritz Cafe Sumner Clark Oberdiear Obe's Cafe Plainfield and Melvin Canfield Cafe 63 Denver.
Tripoli's Cub Scout Pack will meet at Town Hall Monday night. Cubmaster Ray Bunger announced the monthly gathering this week.
Bremer County Association for Retarded Children meets next Monday night at 8 at the State Bank of Waverly building in Waverly. Dr. Sasser or hospital staff from Glenwood will speak. Coffee will be served.
Butler County Rural Electric Cooperative Allison marks twenty years of service since March 23 1938 when the Henry Koop farm connected to lines. E N Neal Shell Rock serves as president. first annual meeting was Feb 8 1939 with 573 members. Now 4316 members and 1661.99 miles of line. average monthly usage per fan up from under 40 kilowatt hours to 600 KWH. about 99 percent of farms now served.
Mr and Mrs Leo Sauerbrei and Dan moved Saturday to the Hencken farm four miles east of Tripoli which they recently purchased.
Mrs Amanda Prestien came home Sunday from Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo where she was a medical patient last week. Her condition is much improved.
A Sunday gathering at Eldo Kehe home honored Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Snelling on their 47th wedding anniversary. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Don Koschmeder Readlyn Mrs. Will Kehe Denver Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Lampe and Vanda Jo Mr. and Mrs. William Schlichting Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Snelling Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Snelling Clark Jerry and LaJean Slack. A four o'clock dinner followed.
Carl Peters entered Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo Wednesday for medical treatment and is reported to be progressing satisfactorily.
Bill Goetz was released Friday from St. Marys hospital in Rochester Minnesota after treatment.
FAIRBANK Special residents of the Wapsie Valley School district vote on April 11 to bond $530000 for a new high school. Petitions with over 850 names were handed to the board last week. Bond funds would buy a site and construct and equip the building. approval requires 60 percent of voters. The district encompasses Readlyn Oran Fairbank and surrounding rural areas.
Denver alumni from Denver High school will stage two benefit basketball games next Sunday at the new gymnasium. Alumni women face the Denver High girls at 1 30 p m, followed by the men's tournament finals at 2 30 p m. Proceeds aim for 2500 dollars to bolster the athletic fund.
Leona Heideman of Tripoli opened a beauty shop in Fredericksburg last week. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs C F Heideman and formerly worked at Eichmann Beauty Salon.
Brent L Platte infant son of Mr and Mrs LaVerne Platte was baptized Sunday morning at St Peters Evangelical and Reformed church by Rev E F Puhlmnn Sponsors were Ewald Kleiss Louis Platte and Lorenz Meier Dinner guests in the Platte home were Louis Platte Ewald Kleiss Beaky Piegers Marie Meier and Lorenz Meier
Voters across six precincts approved forming a larger Tripoli Community School district with 351 yes to 54 no. The district begins July 1, with a county board to set dates for director and treasurer elections, appoint four district representatives and one at large. All voters will vote on all directors.
Tripoli saw fluctuating spring prospects with a heavy cloud bank and occasional light snow flurries. Daytime highs reached 45 degrees Wednesday, with nights in the 20s and a week low of 21 Sunday morning, as temperatures lingered in the low 30s by day and 20s by night.
Engagement and approaching marriage of Marlene Richmann daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Richmann Fairbank is announced. She will wed Lavern Kuker son of Mr and Mrs Gustav Kuker Tripoli on June 22 at 2 30 pm in Immanuel Lutheran church Klinger. Miss Richmann works in Rath Packing Co Waterloo and her fiancé is employed at Armour Fertilizer Works.
Mr and Mrs Erich Poock visited William Meier at Mercy hospital Waverly Sunday afternoon. Meier suffered a stroke early Sunday morning and is in serious condition.
Among relatives attending funeral services for August Schumacher Thursday were Mrs. Anna Schumacher Will Schroeder Mr and Mrs Wm Schumacher Denver Mrs Carrie Lura Mrs Russell Bussie Lester Ritter Waterloo Will Ganske Sumner Herman Buhr Waverly and Mrs Louie Tiedt Readlyn.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Peters were celebrated with a surprise potluck dinner for their 47th wedding anniversary. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Richmann and Betty Readlyn, Mr. and Mrs. Romaine Brase and Wayne Sumner, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Peters and Janet, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sassman, Rebecca and Debra, and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Heideman. Evening visitors were Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Heideman.
Funeral services for Ernest E. Fink 64 were held at St John s Lutheran church Fairbank with Rev H J Heilman in charge Burial followed in the church cemetery casket bearers were Harold Brickman Raymond Brickman Ernest Reidler Robert Heth Ray Haun and Wilfred Heth He died Wednesday morning last week at Allen Memorial hospital He was born May 11 1893 Survived by wife three sons Clair Shreveport La Donald Renton Wash and Richard Sumner three daughters Mrs Virgil Wedemeier and Mrs Vernon Wedemeier Oran and Julia at home and his mother Mrs Emilia Fink Fairbank
Tripoli Woman's Club plans a spring sale of house numbers to fund street marker purchases for the town. Members will canvass door to door, offering distinct numerals available only through club members. Proceeds support marker supplies, with the Commercial club and Town Council aiding the project.
Tripoli area residents are urged to contribute to the Crusade for Freedom which funds Radio Free Europe. Vern L. Schield of Waverly chairs Bremer county drive with no door to door solicitation. Send checks to Schield or drop at the local post office payable to Crusade for Freedom. Money supports broadcasts to the Iron Curtain. Russia relies on truth from the U S. Charlie Gebhard assists in the county effort.
Mr and Mrs Karl Eisele and Mr and Mrs E A Kleiss attended funeral services for Edward Gitch at Fredericksburg Thursday afternoon. Mr Gitch was the father of Mrs Eisele.
Jerry Ray Hennings, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Hennings, was baptized Tuesday evening at his parents home by Rev. William F. Goetz. Sponsors were Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schwerin, Sumner, with proxy sponsors Rev. Burton Schwerin of Titonka and Bernice Schwerin of North Hollywood California.
County residents circulate petitions seeking a June primary ballot on creating a county conservation board. A meeting at Tripoli Town Hall drew representatives from Wapsie Sportsmen's club Cedar Valley Sportsmen's Janesville Readlyn and other groups to discuss signatures and a potential April 7 submission to the Bremer County Board of Supervisors.
Rex Bales sued the State of Iowa for 130 000 over damages at the junction of Highways 3 and 63. Bremer County District Court Judge C H Wild awarded 21 000 after a nonjury trial. Bales claimed loss of 3.74 acres of land trees and access, plus damage to water pipes fences and business access.
Mrs Louise Vogt of Waverly and Mrs Mary Harmening left on Thursday for Long Beach California. They will visit Mr and Mrs Lavern Harmening and family and Mr and Mrs Jim Thomas and their son.
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