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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1962
Page
1
A voluntary car safety check will be held in Tripoli on Saturday May 9 from 9 AM to 9 PM. Two lanes on Main Street near Tripoli Grade will serve traffic. police will supervise and issue a Safety Checked sticker after inspection. Ten items are checked including brakes lights steering tires exhaust glass wipers mirrors and horn.
A representative from Social Purity Administration district fire will be in Taverly at the courthouse on May 3 and 17 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, per district manager Earl Johnson. The American Legion Auxiliary plans a May 8 meeting at 8 p.m. in Tripoli Town Hall with hostesses Gladys Rettig, Sarah Holm, and Elizabeth Buhr to arrange Memorial Day events.
Bremer county engineer Earl Welshons announced that Paul Niemann of Sumner won the Buck Creek road rock contract for nine miles. His bid of 81.94 per ton was approved, totaling 13 728 dollars. Work set to begin in June.
Fun fellowship and discussions mark the first session of the newly organized North Bremer County Older Youth Program in Tripoli town hall on May 4. The event runs from 8 to 10 30 P M and invites youths aged 15 to 21 or high school freshmen to attend and bring friends.
Anters nine wins over Wapsie High and a loss to Plainfield were noted. Thursday game at Plainfield ended 8 to 7. early in the second inning locals trailed by three runs. Errors and fielding woes compounded the defeat as four to the meats marked a costly miscue.
April fines totaled 87.00 plus costs per Justice J. M. Haydon. William Werner of Sumner paid 12.00 for night time speeding, Gelmer Browning of Mathers Wisconsin 20.00 for truck speeding, Hasbrouck Voetmann Lumber Co of Tripoli 30.00 for over width on load ed truck, Ernst Hoppenworth of Tripoli 25.00 for failure to yield right of way causing an accident.
Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 pm at Rettig Funeral Home for William F. Krueger 71 who died Thursday at Scholtz Memorial hospital Waterloo. Rev E F Puhlmann officiated with casket bearers Paul Hartman George Hagen Mandel Kramer Fred Farr Erwin Bock Theo Debel. Interment in Fremont cemetery. Krueger born April 22 1891 in Klinger community. He married Zella Kerr in 1910. she died in 1920. He married Renetta Kuhrt in 1921. A Tripoli resident 68 years he owned a restaurant, managed Tripoli Creamery Co and worked at Bath Packing Co. Survived by wife two sons Dexter Hopkinton and Willis Independence two daughters Mrs Lester Boorom Waverly and Mrs James Elder Cedar Falls two brothers Henry Tripoli Herman Clarion two sisters Mrs Minnie Brandt Milwaukee and Mrs Floyd Babcock New Hampton six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. One brother and two sisters preceded him.
Robert Kuhrt was elected to the board of directors of the Iowa State Mutual Insurance Association at the state convention held last week in Des Moines.
Bremer County Supervisors extended the road embargo for 10 days to May 10 due to rain damage on 3814 miles of blacktop. They backed an Iowa Highway Commission plan to strengthen embargo laws. Ten and eight ton limits apply to several county roads including Clarksville, Bremer Westgate, Klinger, Knittel, Buck Creek, Frederika, and Horton roads with specific mileages.
The American Cancer Society released the Bremer county quarterly memorial report covering Jan 8 to Apr 9. Deceased individuals memorialized include James Du Wayne Wiltse Harriet Ann Schwarze Mrs Vivian Grady and John B Peters.
Harry Buhr returned Saturday from Rochester where he had been a patient at St. Mary's hospital.
Wm Beach of Ionia formerly of Tripoli suffered a stroke on Wednesday. He is hospitalized at St Joseph hospital in New Hampton.
Carl Mohling and Clifford Brase Jr open Cliff and Carl's Garage on the Albert Mohling farm northwest of Denver. They bring about 18 years of shop and repair experience each, with Carl formerly at Pontiac Garage in Waverly and Clifford at John Deere in Waterloo.
Thirty six Bremer county 4-H members plan a July 6 to 16 visit to Washington D C for the National 4-H Citizenship short course. They will stay with host families in Fremont Ohio and visit Gettysburg Lincoln's New Salem and other sites.
More than 400 members of the American Legion and Auxiliary are expected at the Third District Spring Conference in Belle Plaine on May 7. District counties include Benton Black Hawk Bremer Butler Franklin Grundy Hardin Marshall Tama and Wright. Registration starts at 8:30 p m for the Auxiliary and 9:00 a m for the Legion with a joint banquet at 6:30 p m at the Legion Hall.
In Bremer county district court on Tuesday four area milk firms and officers were charged with price fixing. The probe, started last year by the attorney general, traced to bids for the Waverly-Shell Rock school district milk supply. Those named include Carnation Co. Walnut Dairy Farms Borden Co. and Town Golden Dairies with executives Leroy Hieber Homer Buck Robert Easley and F W Pechacek. Nine charges were filed. Pechacek appears on two. Only one charge ties directly to the Waverly incident.
Sixty students at Wapsie Valley High School earned honor roll status for the fifth six weeks by maintaining a B average or better. Straight A qualifiers include seniors Imogene Fink La Vonne Kuker John Reith. sophomore Elaine Warneke. freshmen Marian Buhr Ronald Moeller. Other honorees span seniors Pat Corcoran Jim Dugger Sharon Fette Judy Gruber Doreen Hein Andrea Klodt Karen Moeller Pat Moeller David Poock Joyce Rechhemmer Veronica Sauerbrei Joan Snyder Judy Warneke Marlene Wehling Bill Werner. juniors Ruth Bast Dennis Corcoran Karen Fette Sandra Gehrke Darrell Hartman Karen Judisch Roy Kastli Donna Reiter Becky Rundle Wanda Schuldt Dennis Wegner Dianne Wittenburg Valerie Wittenburg. sophomores Wendell Finch Betty Fox Gail Haberkamp David Judisch Robert Lorber Dennis Moeller Kathy Otto Michael Rathe Mary Richards Roger Westphal Janet Youngblut. freshmen Joyce Albrecht Robert Bellis Beverly Bockholt Sandra Ganske Harvey Matthias Susan Moeller Audrey Moeller David Ross Joyce Schneider Diana Stumme Craig Venzke Dennis Weaver Carol Wehling Nancy Youngblut.
In Cedar Falls Mrs Larry Carmichael is a patient at Sartori hospital Cedar Falls.
Interstate Power Co presents a flameless electric cooking demonstration at St. John's Lutheran church basement in Frederika next Tuesday May 8 from 10 am to 4 pm. Free salami sandwiches and coffee served 10 am to 4 pm with door prize registration.
Bremer County Farm Bureau Women sponsor a Get Out the Vote poster and theme contest. Open to school-age students, entries due by May 18 to the Waverly Farm Bureau office. Poster must be 18x24 and meet rules. theme 1000 words, double spaced. Prizes: $5 first, $3 second, $1 third. For details contact Mrs Harley Albrecht or township vice chair.
Tripoli's volunteer fire crew was summoned to the A. H. Neuendorf trailer home at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. Fire caused extensive interior smoke damage. the cause remains unknown.
Tripoli women voters held their annual officers election last week with 75 ballots cast. Gladys Bunger was named president, Gladys Rettig vice president, Clara Towne secretary treasurer, and Marlys Ryan sergeant at arms for the 1962 63 season.
August Towne was discharged to his Waterloo home Thursday following a surgical stay at Scholtz Memorial Hospital. He had been admitted for treatment and resumed post operative recovery at home.
Thirty nine Tripoli Community School music students competed in the State Solo and Small Group Contest at Osage on Saturday earning twelve Division I and seventeen Division II ratings. Division I events included Sharon Nacke and Sue Tonne in multiple solos, various quartets and duets, saxophone and bass clarinet performances, a baritone solo by Dennis Weidler, and several girls’ and mixed ensembles.
Ray H. Fink local postmaster warns that the endless chain savings bond letter promotes a get rich quick plan illegal under postal fraud and lottery laws. The scam lists 11 names and instructs $18.75 bonds be mailed and copied to two others with hopes of $38,400 at the top. Authorities say such schemes are lotteries and non mailable. participants risk criminal prosecution and disapproval from Treasury.
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