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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1954
Page
1
Ruth Weidler named valedictorian at Tripoli High School graduation night with a 96.3 grade average. Patricia Goebel earned salutatorian honors with a 93.6 average. Thirty-one merit pins were awarded for excellence in scholarship attendance citizenship leadership and activities.
Last rites for Edwin H Hankner a prominent Tripoli businessman were conducted at St Peters Evangelical and Reformed church with Rev E F Puhlmann officiating. Burial followed in St Peters cemetery with many friends and relatives from out of town in attendance.
Twenty three Readlyn high school graduates, class of 1954, held baccalaureate services at St Matthew's Lutheran Church on May 16 with Rev Elmer Jacobs and Rev Erich Dornbusch officiating. Commencement followed at the Community building with Dr Laurence Flaum delivering the address A Free American's World.
The Leader will publish a memorial program next week with Horace Van Meter, Waterloo attorney, as the main speaker. The event will be at the town hall Sunday afternoon, May 30, and Tripoli businesses will close Monday, May 31 per the Commercial Club schedule.
Grace Lutheran Church opens a Christian Vacation Bible School Monday at 8 30 with color film God of Creation and a curriculum My Christian Faith. Rev. William F Goetz directs 13 teachers in four grades aided by staff including Ruth Block Marilyn Olejniczak Carolyn Rogge Barbara Bang and more. Classes run Monday to Friday 8 30 11 30 for three weeks with a Children’s day worship on Sunday June 13 at 10 30.
Naomi Farrell and Marjorie Johnson of Readlyn received scholarships to Iowa State Teachers College to study elementary education. awards based on academic records participation in exams and scores from April and the recommendation of their high school principal.
Philip Mueller a Wartburg Seminary student born in Tabriz Persia will be feature speaker at morning services at St John s Lutheran church Crane Creek Sunday. He is son of Rev and Mrs H A Mueller who sail May 21 to lead Lutheran Orient Mission at Arbil Iraq. Mueller has eight years foreign mission experience and will show slides at 9 a m and speak at 10 a m. He plans to study in Connecticut a year then join his parents in Iraq.
Mark E Wilharm son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Wilharm has been selected to represent Tripoli at Hawkeye Boys State at Camp Dodge Des Moines June 6 to 13 He is a junior in Tripoli high school His attendance is sponsored by the Bockhaus Bartels Post 356 American Legion Purpose of Boys State is to give deserving boys from all over the state a working knowledge of fundamental principles of state and local government.
Funeral services for J L Heidemann age 77 were held Saturday at Matthias Funeral Home and St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church in Denver. The Rev Fred Schnathorst officiated. Burial was at Maxfield township church cemetery. He died from a cerebral hemorrhage in Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo. He was born March 22 1877 in Jefferson township Bremer County. He married Mary Schirreb July 18 1901 in Tripoli. Survived by son Ronald Milwaukee daughters Mrs Donald Grome Eugene Ore Mrs J P Wedemeier Denver Mrs Harold Bills Waterloo two sisters Mrs Louise Hue Waterloo Mrs Charles Baskins Waverly six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Preceded in death by wife daughter four brothers and two sisters.
The Tripoli Boy Scout troop will pick up paper Friday May 21. Please have paper on curb by 8 30 a m.
The Tripoli Independent School District board approved buying a new school bus to ease overcrowding. The body will be built by Superior Body Co. and the chassis by Buhr Chevrolet Co. Delivery is planned for August, bringing total district buses to five as enrollment is expected to rise next fall.
Mrs Virgil Schwake hosted a bridal shower honoring Marjorie Morse on Tuesday evening with guests from Waverly Plainfield Sumner and Tripoli. Lunch was served by Mrs Schwake and Mrs Leslie Hunemuller. Morse will marry Wilbert Kuker Sunday May 23 at 7 30 PM in St Pauls Lutheran church Waverly.
In Tripoli the week stayed warm and dry with highs around 85 and lows near 41, no rain reported. Field work showed corn planting largely complete, though water supply remains the main risk. crops look good for now, but moisture is needed through the summer to improve the water table. Weather data noted by E. C. Biermann, local observer, covering daily readings through 6 p.m.
Bremer District Camporee will be held at Sweet's Marsh Tripoli on Saturday and Sunday May 22 23 Paul Matthias Denver will serve as camping chairman Religious services Sunday morning 6 45 and 7 15 at the site by Father Eliner Sumner and Rev William F Goetz Grace Lutheran Tripoli Parents and friends of scouting welcome to visit The campfire Saturday 8 15 and the Family Picnic Sunday 12 30 should be of special interest to visitors
Cpl Erwin Koschmeder son of Mr and Mrs Leslie Koschmeder has been released from the Marine Corps and arrived home on May 8 He had been stationed at Barstow California and serves as a local homecoming notice.
S. Sgt. Arlis C. Hay, son of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Hay, has arrived in the United States after serving in Korea.
Great Bremer County Committee will hold a regular meeting at Meadowbrook Country Club next Monday night with William S. Lynes of Waverly, candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, as feature speaker. Dinner at 7 p m followed by business meeting and public talk. Reservations due by Friday evening.
Tripoli Commercial club adopts plan to unite all local fund drives into a single campaign. Two representatives from each group to join next meeting. A speaker on united drives to explain aims. Central committee to allocate funds to organizations. Mayor cites street lighting funding gap and bids for Highway 93 resurfacing. Ground Observer Corps unit planned. Air Force to send rep for civil defense talk.
Mr and Mrs Allen Rieck and family will move to Clarion as Mr Rieck is transferred to Farmers Produce Co there.
Mrs. Herman Tegtmeier is a patient at Scholtz Memorial Hospital in Waterloo after undergoing surgery Monday morning.
Pfc. Eldon C. Westendorf unit and APO address are listed with San Francisco, California. R. A. Haverkamp FP3 D.D. 677 serves on the U.S.S. McDermut, c/o Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California.
Mrs Henry A Buhr died this Wednesday morning at her home here. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. She is survived by three daughters Mrs Clarence Oltrogge Mrs Will Essman and Mrs H A Dettmering and one son August J Buhr of LaCrosse Wisconsin.
The final honor roll for Tripoli public schools for the last six weeks lists seniors Mardell Bock Jane Dixon Barbara Dreyer Lowell Engle Patricia Goebel Alice Kue the LaVonne Meiners Eugene Ostrogge Larry Poock Betty Snelling Ruth Weidler Karla Wilharm Juniors Margie Biermann Wm Boeckmann Carolyn Buhr Betty Bull Cheryl Colburn Mer lin Detmering Dale Drape Jerry Frese Paul Fuchs Betty Hilde brandt Betty Kalkbrenner Ruth Kreis Geraldine Lohmann Sophomores Shirley Blasberg Ruth Block Elaine Juel Freder ick Mallie Betty Nerge Martyn Ostrogge Judy Schlichting Phil Snyder Freshmen Jean Biermann Barbara Bockhaus Roger Drape Terry Dreyer William Goetz Rose Hunemuller Trudy Nerge Dennis Olejniczak Joyce Peters Ruth Zabel Eighth grade Sandra Bang David Block James Block Car la Bremer Janet Chapin Max ine Gaede Ronald Henninger Kaye Holm Patricia Kadera Veryl Kelsey James Klemp Karen Lobeck Karla Lobeck Jacque line Nerge Suzanne Niemeyer Gerald Wagner Colleen Weidler Dorothy Plum Seventh Darel Heinemann Rosalie Klemp Kathryn Rieck Sixth Jean Ambrose Kay Barry Leonard Block Mary Bre mer Nadine Schnurstein LaJean Slack Mark Wikner Fifth Douglas Bell Donald Dohrmann Billy Joe Kehe T. A. Shriver Fourth Charles Block Dixon Bunger Larry Bunger Frederick Lahmann Leroy Bonarden Sandra Aubrey Linda Barry Karen Bockhaus Jacklyn Lobeck Suzanne Towne Beverly Drewis Joyce Axon.
Grace Lutheran church will host Rural Life Sunday at 10 30 a m with the Dedication of Seed and prayers for blessings on fields and tillers. Rev William F Goetz sermon titled Our Is the Sowing Gods Is the Increase based on Luke 8 4 15 and a hymn God Calls to Man His Acres to Prepare by Dr Martin Schroeder will be sung.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee O. Peacock returned last week Wednesday from a tour through the west. They visited their son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Philip Seltenrich in Chula Vista, California.
Tripoli high school's band joined the Waterloo Jubilee last Saturday. The band performed a 9 a.m. concert and joined a 10 a.m. parade. Afternoon recreation followed with an evening massed band concert at the Hippodrome. Jane Dixon was Tripoli’s Miss Melody candidate.
My office will be closed May 23 24 25 as I attend the state meeting of osteopathic physicians and surgeons in Des Moines. Dr C R Barry will be unavailable during these dates.
Tripoli merchants announce a two day Dollar Days sale with hundreds of specially priced items across all lines of merchandise. Prices apply Friday and Saturday while stocks last, with ads and window displays highlighting deals from Block's Auto Service to Tripoli Theatre and others.
Readlyn resident Leonard Jennings was injured early Sunday when his car, with Elmer Buhr at the wheel, collided with Duane Kustic’s vehicle two miles north of Waterloo on Highway 63. The impact caused head cuts and an estimated total damage of $500 to both cars.
Tripoli Red Sox open the summer baseball season at 2 15 PM on Sunday facing the Waterloo Giants, a reputed fastball negro club. Manager Walter Beisiner plans to give all roster players a chance, with a tentative lineup to showcase abilities. The team starts Cedar Valley league play May 30 at Readlyn, then Denver away, then Waverly home on June 13.
Marvin Henry Stromer and James Lee Meyerhoff of Readlyn won $150 merit scholarships at Iowa State College. The awards were part of 46 scholarships funded by the college, based on academic achievement school and community activity records and financial need. They will study engineering.
Stanley Roberts, 39, of Sumner, was fined 300 dollars and costs by District Judge Paul L. Kildee in Waterloo for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after pleading guilty. He was arrested February 6 on Highway 63 when his car collided with another vehicle north of Waterloo.
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