Cedar Valley league forms five team loop this year
Cedar Valley league will operate as a five team loop with Readlyn Denver Tripoli Plainfield and Janesville entering. All games on Sunday afternoons except Janesville home games which will be under lights on Tuesday nights. Play starts Sunday May 26. Tripoli’s independent baseball team the Red Sox began their season with a practice game at Fredericksburg.
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Readlyn
Denver
Tripoli
Plainfield
Janesville
Red Sox
Fredericksburg
Season Tickets On Sale To Benefit Red Sox Activities
Team representatives will offer season tickets for sale this week to help finance team activities. A canvass of the business district is planned for Saturday to promote the sale.
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Red Sox
Local nine drops tough 15-0 defeat to Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg pounded out thirteen hits and built a 9 inning lead with three in the first, two in the third, four in the fifth and six in the eighth. Wuttke homered for the big blow while Bob Sassman Moeller and Larry Poock each had a hit for the locals who struggled against Fredericksburg hurlers Boi and Ross. Ralph Fink shuffled the Tripoli lineup giving others a look.
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Sox
Boi
Ross
Fredericksburg
Bob Sassman
Moeller
Larry Poock
Wuttke
Ralph Fink
Tripoli
Holm
McNace
Ken Pierce
Tom Pierce
Oleniczak
Sauerbrei
Bock
Snelling
Sumner
Panthers
Denver School Room Assignments For Next Year
A tentative room plan for Denver Community School District for the coming year lists kindergarten in the present room and first grade in current first and second grade rooms. Second grade at Jefferson No 4, a second and third grade mix at Maxfield No 3, third grade at Jefferson No 1, two fourth grade classes at City Hall and Mt Vernon No 1, two fifth grades at Jefferson No 2 and Maxfield No 6, junior high in the current third, fifth sixth and seventh eighth rooms, with Rosalie Belton as kindergarten teacher and Clyde Evers as principal among staff.
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Denver
Enver
Jefferson No. 4
Maxfield No. 3
Efferson No. 1
City Hall
Mt. Vernon No
Jefferson No. 2
Maxfield No
Rosalie Belton
Violet Thies
Joy Hartsock
Evelyn Ducker
Bernice Ludwig
Lillian Meyerhoff
Mabel Good- Nich
Marguerite Heidt
Evelie Johnson
Bernice Schulz
William J. Wiederanders
Merwin School
Ronald Udson
Irene Heine
Clyde Evers
Basil D. Tay
Distemper Cases In Tripoli Prompt Mayor Warning
Distemper cases in Tripoli prompt Mayor Rudolph Piesars warning to dog owners. Notice explains vaccination timing and costs, urging shots before age two months and again at four months. Distemper rare locally but spread by dogs from other towns.
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Tripoli
Rudolph Pie- Sars
Sze
Steeve and Dohrmann Married at Grace Lutheran Church
Mrs Louise Steeve of Cedar Rapids and William N Dohrmann were wed Sunday evening at Grace Lutheran church with Rev William F Goetz officiating. Attendants were Lavera Erd ing Readlyn and Raymond Dohrmann. A reception followed at the Kuhrt and Marie home.
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Louise Steeve
William H. Dohrmann
Louise K. Steege
Cedar Rapids
William N. Dohrmann
Grace Lutheran Church
William F. Goetz
Lavera Everding, Readlyn, and
Raymond Dohrmann
Pike Season Opens This Saturday for Fishermen in Iowa
Iowa anglers should mark May 11 as the northern pike walleye and sauger season opens in inland waters through February 15 with 3 and 6 daily and possession limits respectively. Boundary waters offer a continuous season with higher limits. Biologists expect strong walleye fishing in Spirit Lake Clear Lake West Okoboji Ingham Lake and Lost Island. Frogs season also begins May 11 with four dozen daily and eight dozen possession limits except bullfrogs at 12 each.
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Iowa
Conservation Commission
Northern
Big Sioux River
Lee County
Mississippi
Missouri
Commission
Spirit Lake
Clear Lake
West Okoboji
Ingham Lake
Lost Island
Frederika Seniors Start Graduation Activities Sunday
Frederika High School announces senior activities with a Sunday bac calaureate at the Methodist church at 8 p m Rev Donald Carver will preach The May 15 commencement at 8 p m in the high school auditorium features Dr Herschel Hendrix of the University of Iowa Education Department as speaker Karla Kaye Tonn and Berdean Schellhorn are co valedictorians William Hef ferman is salutatorian Other seniors listed include Norma Abbas Paul Bang Berth Ann Bockhaus Jim Jordan Larry Lampe Donald Mowatt Sharon Mueller Donna Nuss James Sievers Kenneth Stumme
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Frederika
Frederika High School
Donald Carver
Herschel Hendrix
Department of Education
Upper Iowa University
Karla Kaye Tonn
Berdean Schellhorn
William Heffernan
Norma Abbas
Paul Bang
Berth Ann Bockhaus
Jim Jordan
Larry Lampe
Donald Mowatt
Sharon Mueller
Donna Nuss
James Sievers
Kenneth Stumme
Alberta Brandt to Marry on July 28 at Denver Church
Mr and Mrs Albert Brandt announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Alberta to Harlan Pieper of Clara City Minnesota. Alberta is a parish worker at Emmanuel Lutheran Omaha. The wedding will be July 28 at St Peter's Lutheran Denver.
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Denver
Albert Brandt
Alberta
Harlan Pieper
Herbert Pieper
Clara City
Minn
Denver Community High School Baccalaureate and Commencement
Baccalaureate services and commencement for 22 graduates of Denver Community High School will be held Sunday and Monday at the auditorium. Services begin Sunday at 8 p m with Rev Fred Schnathorst and Rev Geo Bartell. Monday at 8 p m for Dr Frank W Court main address “Creative Thinkers.” Class roll lists 22 names. motto, colors, and flower noted.
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Denver
Denver Community High School
Fred Schnathorst
Geo. Bartell
Frank W. Court
John Steves
Spring Rally at Westgate Features Karl Schmidt Message
The Hawkeye group of the Iowa District Women’s Missionary Federation holds a spring rally at Hope Lutheran Church Westgate today. Prof Karl T Schmidt Wartburg College Waverly delivers the message Cultivate the Mind of Christ. Mrs Ed McNamee serves as official delegate from Grace Lutheran Church.
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Christ
Karl T. Schmidt
Wartburg College
Waverly
Hawkeye
Iowa District Women’s Missionary Federation
Hope Lutheran Church
Westgate
Ed. McNamee
Women’s Missionary Society
Grace Lutheran Church
Guest Night at Tripoli Woman's Club Meeting
Tripoli Woman's Club hosts guest night at the Town Hall with installation of officers by retiring president Mrs L J Magnall. Special music directed by Mrs Victor Weidler. Hostesses include Mrs Robert Ambrose Mrs Kenneth Chapin and Mrs John Mullen. Last meeting of the season.
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Tripoli Woman’s Club
Tripoli Town Hall
L. J. Magnall
Victor Weidler
Robert Ambrose
Kenneth Chapin
John Mullen
Party for Joan Bock's 10th Birthday Attended by 12 Classmates
Joan Bock entertained 12 classmates Saturday afternoon at her parents home, Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Bock, in honor of her tenth birthday. Games provided entertainment and lunch was served by Mrs. Bock.
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Joan Bock
Erwin Bock
Bock
Barry Family Called to Nebraska for Death in Lexington
Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Barry and family were summoned to Lexington Nebraska Saturday night by the sudden death of Mrs. Barry s mother. They planned to return to Tripoli on Wednesday.
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Nebraska
C. R. Barry
Lexington
Neb
Only One Case Tried In Mayor's Court In April
One case was heard in Mayor Rudolph Piegers court in April. Robert Eugene Trout was fined five dollars and costs for driving on a public highway at night without lights. Information was filed by James Leeman, deputy sheriff of Bremer County.
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Rudolph Piegers
Robert Eugene Trout
Hawkeye
James Leeman
Bremer County
Disastrous seventh sinks Tripoli as Sumner wins 7 6
Sumner erased a 4-0 deficit with three seventh inning runs after a sequence of errors and a wild pitch to beat Tripoli 7-6. David Kalkbrenner and Warren Snyder led Sumner with two hits each, while Tripoli suffered seven errors. The Panthers close the season Friday hosting Waverly.
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Tripoli
Sumner
Panthers
Waverly
David Kalkbrenner
Warren Snyder
Music Booster Club At Readlyn Elects New Officers
Readlyn special report notes the Music Booster Club elected officers for the coming year at a regular Wednesday meeting. President Mrs Emil Leistikow leads the group with vice president Mrs Gertrude Dickmann, secretary Mrs Henry Hagenow, and treasurer Mrs Elmer Otto. Members also planned a trip to the Amana colonies. the club organized in 1952 supports a 56 member roster.
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Music Booster Club
Readlyn
Emil Leistikow
Gertrude Dickmann
Henry Hagenow
Elmer Otto
Amana
Tripoli Panthers Take 3rd at Mason City Relays
Tripoli's fast stepping Panthers finished third in Class B at the Mohawk Relays in Mason City scoring 20 points to place behind Hampton and Osage. The two mile team won by Terry Dreyer Larry Struck Gerald Wagner and Bob Boeckmann. the mile squad placed third and the medley quartet finished fourth. they advance to Cedar Falls for the district meet with a chance to reach the state meet.
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Tripoli
Mohawk Relays
Mason City
Cedar Falls
Panthers
Tripol
Hampton and
Osage
Terry Dreyer
Larry Struck
Gerald Wagner
Bob Boeckmann
Ron Henninger
Leonard Stumme
Wagner
Dreyer
Jay Ranard
Stumme
Henninger
Boeckmann
Mrs Robert Green Breaks Left Arm In Fall At Home
Mrs Robert Green sustained a broken left arm from a fall at her residence Saturday morning.
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Robert Green
Soldier on 30 day leave from Alaska arrives home
Sp 3 and Mrs Ralph J Wikner arrive home on a 30 day leave from Fort Richardson Alaska. He will return to Fort Lee Va where he will be assigned to the quartermaster training command. Mr Wikner will receive his discharge in November of this year.
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Sp/3
Ralph J. Wikner
Fort Richardson
Alaska
Fort Lee
Quartermaster Training Command
Wikner
Mrs Martha Biermann Returns From Hospital
Mrs Martha Biermann returned Tuesday noon from Allen Hospital Waterloo where she was a surgical patient.
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Martha Biermann
Allen Hospital
Waterloo
Jean Meyerhoff to Wed Texas Resident at Readlyn
Readlyn special report states Mrs Arnold C Meyerhoff announces the engagement and approaching marriage of daughter Jean to Roland Trinklein son of Mrs Lillian Trinklein Austin Texas The wedding will be Saturday June 15 at 7 pm in St Pauls Lutheran church Both Jean and Roland teach in Lutheran parochial schools at Corpus Christi Texas
Tripoli musicians earn top ratings at state contest
Tripoli High School musicians were awarded one Division I rating and two Division II ratings in the state music contest at Postville Saturday. The mixed chorus received the I rating, the highest given, while the band and girls glee club earned II. Janice Garrison is the school music instructor.
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Tripoli High School
Postville
Janice Garrison
Bremer County 35 Club Leaders Learn Extension Program
Thirty-five Bremer county club leaders attended a coffee at Tripoli Town Hall hosted by the Extension Family Living committee. The session featured introductions by Mrs. Marvin Busch, music from Readlyn High School students, and talks by Mrs. August Buhr and County Extension Home Economist Mrs. Pearl E. Pardee, plus a greeting from Mrs. Gertrude Smith of Iowa State College.
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Bremer County
Extension Family Living Committee
Tripoli Town Hall
Marvin Busch
Readlyn High School
August Buhr
Gertrude Smith
Iowa State College
Pearl E. Pardee
County Extension Home
Congregational Church Spring Meeting Attended by Dubuque Group
W H Warner Chris Bathke Lowell Goodenbour M W Bennett Vernon Kirchhoff Mrs Hadley Brewer Mervyn Armston and Mr and Mrs Leslie Kelsey attended the spring association meeting of Congregational churches at Dubuque Sunday.
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W. H. Warner
Chris Bathke
Lowell Goodenbour
M. W. Bennett
Vernon Kirchhoff
Hadley Brewer
Mervyn Qrmston
Leslie Kelsey
Spring Association
Congregational
Dubuque
Cadet Phil Snyder Promoted to Pfc in ROTC
Cadet Phil M. Snyder of Tripoli was promoted April 15 to cadet private first class in the Army ROTC Signal Corps at Iowa State College. He has served in ROTC for the last three quarters.
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Ames
Phil M. Snyder
J. M. Snyder
Tripoli
Iowa State College
Vacation Bible School at Grace Church May 23
Grace Church hosts Vacation Bible School from May 23 to June 9 with daily sessions 8 30 to 11 30 a m for children four by June 1 and Sunday school attendees. A teacher clinic will be held in Sumner next Sunday from 2 to 4 p m.
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Grace Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Sumner
Poultry Egg Day Set for Friday August 16 in Tripoli
Tripoli's annual Poultry and Eye Day will be Friday August 16. The organizing committee decided last week to enlarge this year's event, aiming to exceed last year's size and scope. Plans include expanding the Flower Show after its strong reception, hoping for many more entries.
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Tripoli
V F W Post Hits Crippled Children Fund Quota
Brandenburg Krueger VFW post in Tripoli has met the first of three yearly quotas for donations to the Crippled Children's fund. The state VFW aims to raise funds over three years to build the main lodge at a summer recreation camp for crippled children. The local post reached the quota with a recent stag party and forwarded the money.
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Brandenburg-Krueger Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Tripoli
The
V.F.W
Home on furlough for Marine Wendall Redies
Wendall Redies arrived Friday afternoon from Kaneohe Bay Hawaii where he is stationed with the Marines. He is spending a 30 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Gus Redies and other relatives and friends.
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Wendall Redies
Kaneohe Bay
Hawaii
Marines
Mrs
Gus Redies
Jumping Jewels mystery comedy at St John’s Luther League
West ern Douglas presents a three act mystery comedy in church parlors on May 14 at 8 p m. Admission adults 50c children 25c. Lunch will be served.
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St. John’s Luther League
Western Douglas
Baccalaureate set for Tripoli seniors Sunday night
Tripoli High School to hold baccalaureate for the 1957 graduating class Sunday at 8 p.m. in the auditorium. Rev E F Puhlmann will be main speaker on What Are You Living For with processional, hymns, readings, and solos led by local pastors and the high school sextette among the performers. Thirty seven seniors comprise the class, named by Supt E R Shriver.
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Tripoli High School
E. F. Puhlmann
St. Peter's Evangelical and
Trudy Nerge
Dennis Olejniczak
Joyce Peters
Kenneth Rettig
Sherlie Sauerbrei
Myrna Schwein
Shirley Sievers
Jerry Snelling
Ronald Sommerfelt
Larry Struck
Leonard Stumme
Jolane Tegtmeier
Marvin Westendorf
Readlyn High to Hold Baccalaureate for 24 Graduates
Readlyn special report notes 24 members of Readlyn High School's 1957 graduating class will have baccalaureate services Sunday at 8 pm in Immanuel Lutheran Church Klinger led by Rev. Wm. F. Reddel. A later observance follows Friday May 16 at 8 pm in Readlyn Community Building.
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Readlyn
Readlyn High School
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Klinger
Wm. F. Reddel
James Boevers
Ronald Boevers
Diane Buhr
Dorothy Fortsch
Gordon Happel
Neil Hartmann
Leon Heinemann
Patricia Hilmer
Mary Huebner
Alan Jacobsen
Robert Lehmkuhl
Shirley Lobeck
Charles Matthias
Donald Meyerhoff
Darwin Otto
Dorothy Otto
Donald Platte
Jean Rundel
Verlaine Sauerbrei
Janice Schuldt
Barbara Showers
Larry Strottmann
Karen Sundermeyer
Roger Thurm
Winzenburgs Golden Anniversary Celebrated at St Pauls
Mr and Mrs Aug Winzenburg observed their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday April 28 in the parlors of St Pauls Lutheran church Siegel A program featured a song by grandchildren a Darold Pipho solo and a message by Rev Cyril Jandrey A Missionary Aid society ladies served dinner and open house guests came from Edgar Chilli Wis New Hampton Plainfield Horton Shell Rock Waverly Cedar Rapids Des Moines Waterloo Denver Fredericksburg Frederika Sumner and Tripoli
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Aug. Winzenburg
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Siegel
Darold Pipho
Cyril Jandrey
Ladies of Missionary Aid Society
William Kammeyer
William Winzenburg
Clarion Winzenburg
James Vaughn
Edgar and Chilli, Wis
New Hampton
Plainfield
Horton
Shell Rock
Waverly
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Waterloo
Denver
Fredericksburg
Frederika
Sumner
Tripoli
Enrollment of Rural Kindergarten Pupils At Waverly Tuesday
Pre school enrollment for all rural pupils entering kindergarten next fall will be Tuesday afternoon in the Bremer county courthouse assembly room from 2 to 4 p m. County Superintendent R C Gaard announced this week. Mothers and children not enrolled in a town school are invited to attend. Important materials and instructions will be presented.
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Bremer County Court House
R. C. Gaard
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Lutheran Mutual Insurance Co
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Leslie Huck
Carl Struck
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Alberta Brandt
Donald Bast
George Coontz
John de Vries
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Vernita Herrmeyer
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Gene Knapp
Darlene Koepke
Karen Lasmann
Donald Matthias
Jadine Matthiesen
Marilyn Meier
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Karen Milius
William Sassmann
Roger Steege
St. Peter's Church
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
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