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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1956
Page
1
Tripoli merchants announce a 10 day promotion with 43 shops offering a free ticket per $1 spent for a chance to win one of 30 Easter hams. Drawings occur March 31 at 3 pm at the bank corner. An Easter egg hunt for under 15s at Town Hall begins 1 pm March 31 with a lucky number prize.
Mrs Edna Droste hosted a Thursday dinner honoring Mr and Mrs Raymond Boeckmann and their sons Jeffrey and Joel. Attendees included multiple local families across La Porte City and Waterloo. The Boeckmanns departed Saturday for Vancouver Washington to reside there.
The Rev. Wm. F. Goetz will deliver a Palm Sunday sermon with theme Remembering or Forgetting the God Who Blesses at Grace Lutheran Church. Eleven members of the 1951 Confirmation class are named including Mark Block Mary Bremer Rosalie Klemp William Kuker LaVerne Lobeck Shirley Mohling Karla Nicklaus Margaret Schwein Madanne Wikner Mark Wikner and James Wolf. Public examination of the class occurred Sunday morning before church council Parish education committee and 1957 confirmation class members with parents relatives and friends present.
Bremer county American Legion and Auxiliary schedule regular meetings at the Town hall tomorrow night starting at 8 o clock. Third district president Mrs Orville Maifeld Iowa Falls will attend along with Tama third district commander Joe Dunlap and state service officer Glenn Dugger who will discuss post service officer information and member memorial observances led by Tripoli Auxiliary for deceased members.
Funeral arrangements are set for Mrs. Mary Pries age 89 who died Tuesday from age related complications. Services: Sunday 1 45 p m Rettig Funeral Home and 2 p m at St Peter s Evangelical and Reformed Church with Rev E F Puhlmann officiating. Burial Mount Frement Cemetery. She is survived by son Albert of California and daughters Anna Kirchhoff Tripoli Bertha Debel Cedar Rapids Carrie Richie Waterloo. She was preceded in death by husband Harvey two daughters Ella Bradfield Louise who died at age nine and other relatives. Obituary details unavailable for this issue.
A Tripoli Leader notice announces Rettig Furniture contest to find the oldest linoleum floor coverings. Prizes include inlaid flooring and installation for the oldest and second oldest entrants, plus felt base linoleum for the top two. Registration gift for all entrants. Contest runs Friday to April 7.
Kenneth White of the A S C office Waverly will speak at the adult farmer meeting at the high school Monday night. His topic is The Soil Bank and he will cover the soil bank program port prices incentive payments and pooling agreements on tiling and drainage. The event is open to the public.
Mr and Mrs Everett Ambrose hosted a Friday evening party for their son Danny s ninth birthday Attending were Mr and Mrs Wilbert Harmening and family from Sumner Mr and Mrs Keith Hollis and Mary from New Hampton Jim Thomas Dana Ray Harmening from Long Beach California and Mrs Mary Harmening The event gathered family and friends for the celebration.
Des Moines announces the engagement of Barbara Jo Ann Dreyer daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Dreyer to James J McMullen son of Mr and Mrs G H McMullen of Burt. They plan to wed June 10 at Grace Methodist Church Des Moines.
Area pastors from Evangelical and Reformed and Congregational churches in the northeast Waverly area met at Tripoli Congregational Church Monday. Present were ministers from New Hampton Nashua Waverly Sumner Tripoli Cedar Falls Clarksville and two hosts. John Babbitt received a Christ picture as he resigns from Clarksville church to take a new field in Harvey Illinois starting April 1.
The forty fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Peters was observed at St. Matthew's Lutheran church Readlyn with 60 guests from Readlyn Waverly Waterloo Holland Sumner and Tripoli. They celebrated with a dinner for 40 family and close friends and a program of readings songs and speeches by relatives.
Mr and Mrs H W Krueger and Alice with Mary and Jane Rathbone visited Aurora Minnesota to attend the installation of Mrs Erikson as worthy matron of the Eastern Star. Alice Krueger sang several vocal selections and the Rathbones participated in the program. They returned home Tuesday with Mrs Erikson who will stay with relatives here.
Fremont No 8 pupils present a variety show at the school on March 23 at 8 p m. Public is invited to attend.
Winter storms eased as spring began with record warmth of 42 degrees marking the warmest day of the week. Skies cleared after flurries Saturday and a trace of snow Sunday, with further snow overnight and Wednesday morning. Temperatures ranged from five above to forty degrees across the week as BE Biermann logged daily highs and lows.
A near capacity Town hall audience enjoyed the VFW auxiliary talent show. Prizes were awarded in two divisions, high school and eighth grade and under, with winners including a seven piece swing band, Jolane Tegtmeier and Barbara Burman piano duet, and Warren Snyder comedy sketch. Judges were Mrs. Eldon Shriver, Carol Schoof and G. R. Rettig.
Mr and Mrs Howard Holms moved into their new South Tripoli home built this winter by Hasbrouck Voetmann Lumber Co They moved in last Friday Robert Sassman has moved to the Schmidt rental property previously occupied by the Holms Dale Krueger and family have moved from Waverly into the Andrew Arenholz residence formerly occupied by the Sassmans
Mrs. Lawrence Platte of Denver was named president of the Bremer County Association for Retarded Children at a Congregational church meeting Tuesday night. Other officers include Melvin Peterson Readlyn vice president Mrs Brooks Mellicker Waverly secretary and Mrs Melvin Peterson treasurer. Brooks Mellicker of Waverly is program chairman with Mrs Clarence Ellerman Plainfield Mrs Mellicker and Lyle Kelley on the committee. Mrs E B Engels spoke on Grundy County work. Refreshments were served by local hosts.
Mrs Grace Panzer was released Friday after a three month stay at Sumner Community hospital. Her condition is reported as good.
Sunday dinner guests in the Walter Bull home were Mr. and Mrs. Herb Warnke Sumner and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bolte and Rosemary.
Rima Telephone Co a line north of Tripoli with 12 patrons is taken into the Butler-Bremer Mutual Telephone Co system. Manager Floyd Hobbs says patrons bought shares and the line will be rebuilt and metalized this summer. Six of eight independent switcher lines have joined Butler-Bremer through stock exchanges.
Mr and Mrs Conrad Sell celebrated their 47th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at home on Wednesday March 14 in Waterloo. Their children Lydia Lobeck Gebert Gary Lee Ackermann and Werner Sell attended along with Agnes Kuhlmann and Herman Mundfrom. Refreshments were served.
Mrs L J Magnall was elected president of the Tripoli Woman's Club at a Town Hall meeting last Wednesday evening. Newly elected vice president is Mrs William A Buckley secretary Mrs Robert Ambrose and treasurer Mrs Leslie Lauck. Installations planned for May.
The Tripoli Woman's club sponsors a bake sale at Interstate Power Co. starting at 2 p m on Saturday March 24. Proceeds support club activities and community projects.
Funeral services for Carl Miller 76 will be held tomorrow at Rettig Funeral Home at 1 30 p m and at St Pauls Lutheran church Siegel at 2 p m He died Sunday at Sumner hospital Burial will be in the church cemetery C J Kimbal Ewald Lahmann Ewald Miller Herbert Miller Ed Wolf and Albert Wolf will be casket bearers He farmed near Tripoli and is survived by his wife two sons Albert and Bernard and a daughter Mrs Viola Semm.
An Illinois ambulance was heavily damaged by fire early Saturday one mile north of the Highway 63 and 93 junction. Officials say a faulty rear axle overheated and started the blaze. Driver Bob Perry of Hamilton Funeral Home Hoopston Indiana escaped with the vehicle later repaired for travel.
Bremer county banks report January February savings bond sales of 340 455 dollars, 24 percent of the county quota. Iowa February E and H bond purchases exceed 15 million dollars, up 1.4 million from 1955. First two months total 37 264 dollars, 22 percent of 1956 goal. Nearby counties show January February totals and quota shares.
Margie Biermann recently finished a stint in Omaha and is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Edwin Biermann and Jean before leaving Friday for Washington to work for the Naval Department of Civil Service.
John Prestien came home Monday afternoon from Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo where he had been a patient for two weeks. His condition is improving.
Mrs Flossy Lauterbach of Sumner visited Saturday afternoon at the H. T. Lau residence, sharing time with the family and friends in a cordial gathering.
Tripoli High School junior class asks the Commercial Club to sponsor an all night Jun ior Senior party for students next month. Club to supervise from midnight if parents write in approval. Class reps Terry Dreyer and Marvin Gatch agreed to the condition. The plan includes dinner a dance a late movie and an early breakfast with a ticket system to keep the event intact. Easter egg hunt planned for March 31 with merchant prizes. Thirty two members attended the dinner meeting. Dinner served by Congregational ladies.
Tripoli High School music department presents its annual spring concert in the gymnasium next Tuesday at 8 p.m. under director Janice Garrison. The program features the band girls glee club mixed chorus brass quintet soloists and includes works by the band glee club and chorus with Jolane Tegtmeier Wendell Rettig and others performing solos and cornet.
The Bremer county 1956 Cancer Crusade quota is 3858 dollars set by the county division of the American Cancer Society. Kick off at Town Hall featured co chairmen Norman Fintel and Mrs James Kerr. County chairman Mrs Elmer Rucker spoke on memorials and scholarships. Education chair Mrs Gerald Witmer announced 2000 copies of New Horizons distributed. Florence Dix reported arrival of new wheelchair and walker. Anne Wilson urged support with the slogan Iowans Fight Cancer with a Check-up and a Check.
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