War dead service to be held at Town Hall May 30
The Tripoli community will honor its war dead with services at the Town Hall on Friday morning May 30 at 10 30. John Holley Shell Rock attorney and Butler County attorney will speak. He served 37 months in World War II as a staff sergeant in the Engineer Corps. The program includes open ceremonies led by Geo M Lindsley commander of the local American Legion post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
John Holley
Shell Rock
Butler County
Engineer Corps
Geo. M. Lindsley
Stores to Close for Memorial Day in Tripoli
Tripoli merchants will close all day Thursday May 30 to observe Memorial Day. The Commercial Club closing schedule governs the time, allowing merchants and employees to spend the holiday with families. No mail service will run at Tripoli post office as it also closes for the day, according to Postmaster Ray Fink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Commercial Club
Ray Fink
Memorial Day program at Tripoli area churches and cemetery
Veterans and local groups plan a Memorial Day program with Rev F Puhlmann and Rev W Goetz leading services. Readings include General Lowes Orders and Lincoln Gettysburg Address. Tripoli High School band, Cub Scouts, VFW firing squad, buglers, and a procession to St Peters cemetery will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egion Post
Grace Lutheran Church
St. Peter’s Evangelical
Marvin Gatch
Jane Tegtmeier
Memorial Poppies Popped Up For Sale Saturday
Women of the American Legion auxiliary will conduct their annual Poppy Day sale Saturday downtown Tripoli. They offer the little flowers of memory to honor those who gave their lives for the country. Funds go to rehabilitation work for veterans and their families. Posters showing the poppy spirit will be shown in downtown store windows the week before Memorial Day. A house to house canvass will be made this week and next by auxiliary members and helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Tripoli
Iowa
Clinton
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Auction of Land School Supplies by Tripoli District
Surplus rural school buildings equipment and land will be auctioned by the Tripoli Community School District Saturday at 1 p.m. at Union No. 5 School. The sale starts at No. 5 Freeland from Derika township and proceeds through Leroy township to No. 3 Rimay. Two school houses and equipment and several land parcels will be sold. Heideman is the auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli Community
Union No. 5
Choo
Derika
Leroy Pwoship
Rima No. 3
Leroy Township
Heideman
Lavern Schumacher Hosts Ste- Me Birthday Event
Lavern Schumacher hosted a birthday gathering Sunday in honor of Mig Treloar’s 80th birthday. Guests included Mrs. George Treloar and other relatives at Ste- Me a canie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavern Schumacher
Umacher
George Treloar
Mig Treloar
Services Sunday for John Boeckmann, 64, Long-time Resident
Funeral services for John Boeckmann 64 who died unexpectedly at his home Friday morning were Sunday at Rettig Funeral home and St Peter's Evangelical and Reformed church with Rev E F Puhlmann in charge Burial was in the church cemetery with casket bearers Lawrence Moeller Raymond Schwarze Roger Boeckmann John Meier Victor Kelsey and Art Lau Mr Boeckmann had been in good health until about three years ago and had been confined to his home since the beginning of this year He was born June 21 1892 in Douglas township Bremer county son of Gustav and Minnie Schultz Boeckmann He married Emma Moeller May 26 1914 at St Peter's church They lived on several farms in Chickasaw and Bremer counties and retired to Tripoli in 1949 He was employed briefly at Tripoli Implement Co He is survived by his wife two sons Clarence and Lavern Tripoli seven grandchildren his mother and a brother Erwin Tripoli He was preceded by his father and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Boeckmann
Rettig Funeral Home
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
E. F. Puhlmann
Lawrence Moeller
Raymond Schwarze
Roger Boeckmann
John Meier
Victor Kelsey
Art Lau
Boeckmann
Gustav and
Minnie Schultz Boeckmann
Douglas Township
Bremer County
St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Siegel
F. C. Klein
Tripoli
Denver Mt Vernon Merger Proposal Passes With Ease
Voters in Mt. Vernon School district No 6 and Denver Community School district approved a merger in a special election held Monday. Mt. Vernon voted 33 to 2 in favor and Denver 94 to 0. The merged district takes effect July 1 with the current Denver board continuing in office. The proposal was approved at a joint meeting of the Black Hawk and Bremer boards on April 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver-Mt. Vernon
Denver
Mt. Vernon
Denver Community
Denver District
Black Hawk and
Bremer Boards of Education
Earl Rommel Named Commander of VFW In Third District
Readlyn special report Earl Rommel was elected commander of the Third district Veterans of Foreign Wars at the district encampment in Marshalltown Sunday Mrs Rommel was elected conductress of the Third district VFW auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Rommel
VFW
Readlyn
Tripoli High names valedictorian and honors graduates
Terry Dreyer son of Mr and Mrs Robert H Dreyer was named valedictorian of the 1957 Tripoli High School graduating class at commencement last Thursday night. Marvin Gatch named salutatorian. Carol Blume received Citizenship award. Diplomas awarded to 37 students by Walter Lohmann. Main address by Stuart E Sears. Merit pins awarded: Gold to James Lahmann Carol Blume. Silver to Melvin Bull Warren Snyder Sandra Bang Kaye Holm Marian Blasberg Marvin Gatch Terry Dreyer. Bronze to Ruth Drewis Doris Hildebrandt Nadine Schnurstein Karlyn Klenzmann Karla Lobeck Roger Drape Trudy Nerge Jerry Snelling. Pins reflect scholastic achievement, citizenship, attendance, leadership and activities. Students start with zero points, earning toward Gold 120 Silver 100 Bronze 85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Dreyer
Robert H. Dreyer
Tripoli High School
Marvin Gatch
L. E. Gatch
Carol Blume
Walter Lohmann
Board of Education
Stuart E. Sears
James Lahmann
Melvin Bull
Warren Snyder
Sandra Bang
Kaye Holm
Marian Blasberg
Ruth Drewis
Doris Hildebrandt
Nadine Schnurstein
Karlyn Klenzmann
Karla Lobeck
Roger Drape
Trudy Nerge
Jerry Snelling
Future Track Stars Open Season at New Hampton Meet
Tripoli youth track opened with ninth grade beating New Hampton 37 to 22 and seventh eighth graders also competing. Winners include Drewis in 100 dash and low hurdles, Worrell in broad jump, and the 440 relay Funk Sievers Stumme Drewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
New Hampton
Drewis
Worrell
Funk
Sievers
Stumme
Bennett
Bell
Kehe
Shriver
Bergmann
Snyder
Duecker
Bremer
Mrs Eldo Kehe Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Mrs Eldo Kehe improved and was discharged Sunday from Sumner Community hospital where she had been a medical patient since last Wednesday. Her condition is improving satisfactorily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldo Kehe
Sumner Community Hospital
Open House at Potter Siding Cooperative Creamery
Open house Sunday 1 to 5 p m at Potter Siding Cooperative Creamery Co three miles west on Highway 93 invites area residents to view the remodeled and fully equipped creamery able to handle whole milk and butter production. Floyd Primus has been the buttermaker for six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Siding Cooperative Creamery Co
Here
Highway 93
Floyd Primus
Potter Siding
Last Rites for Walter Berg Sumner Businessman
Walter Berg 44, Sumner businessman, died Friday night after a heart attack. Last rites were held Tuesday at St. John's Lutheran church. Burial in church cemetery. Berg, born July 14 1912 in Fargo, grew up in Sumner and ran Berg Furniture Store and Funeral Home. Surviving wife Elda Meyer, daughter Joan at Luther College, son James, mother Olive Berg, and sister Mrs Norm McFarlan. Preceded by his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
St. John's Lutheran Church
Walter Berg
Sumner Hospital
John Mohr
Mr. Berg
Walter
Olive Berg
Fargo
N. D
Sumner High School
School of Embalming
St. Louis
Elda Meyer
Berg Furniture Store and Funeral Home
Joan
Luther College
Decorah
James
Norm McFarlan
Montezuma
Funeral at Sumner for Wilbert Gebert Victim of Accident
Funeral services for Wilbert Leo Gebert 37 were held at Berg Funeral home after he was killed Monday when a car he was working under slipped off a jack in his garage. Survived by wife daughter Sandra Lee two stepsons Larry Dee Kenneth Griffee and parents Herman and Mrs Gebert of Tripoli He worked at John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Gebert
Tripoli
Gebert
John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works
Betty Dunlap Receives Denver High Valedictorian Honor
Betty Dunlap, daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Dunlap, was named valedictorian of Denver Community High School during commencement exercises last week. Salutatorian Karen Lahmann received a Citizenship award from the Iowa Bar Association. Marilyn Meier earned a Citizenship medal, with certificates awarded to Karen Milius editor Geraldine Eick business manager and Carol Groening managing editor of the annual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Betty Dunlap
Howard Dunlap
Denver Community High School
Karen Lahmann
Ted Lahmann
Miss Lahmann
The
Iowa Bar Association
Marilyn Meier
Karen Milius
Geraldine Eick
Carol Groening
Tripoli Trackmen Score 4 Points in State Meet
Tripoli's track team earned four points at the state Class B meet in Des Moines on Saturday as the mile relay team of Henninger Boeckmann Wagner Dreyer finished third. The two mile relay team placed sixth but a faulty baton pass halted further scoring. Henninger qualified for the 100 and 220 but was eliminated in prelims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Des Moines
Ron Henninger
Bob Boeckmann
Gerald Wagner
Terry Dreyer
Dreyer
Larry Struck
Wagner
Boeckmann
Panthers
Henninger
Waterloo Bride Weds Wallace D Aegerter At Nashua
Elnore Darlene Christoffer of Waterloo, daughter of Mr and Mrs Rick Christoffer Tripoli, became the bride of Wallace D Aegerter of Waterloo in a ceremony Saturday at the Little Brown church in Nashua. Peggy Ann Christoffer of Tripoli served as maid of honor and Jerry Tiedt was best man. Mrs Aegerter works in the Northwestern Bell Telephone Co business office in Waterloo while her husband is a salesman for Black Hawk Tractor Co in Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elnore Darlene Christoffer
Waterloo
Rick Christoffer
Tripoli
Wallace D. Aegerter
Little Brown Church
Nashua
Peggy Ann Christoffer
Jerry Tiedt
Aegerter
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Black Hawk Tractor Co
Driver's License Exams Start Here About Oct 1
Tripoli club wins drive to host driver s license examinations starting October 1 on a regular schedule. likely half-day weekly or monthly sessions to save time and travel for residents. county road program revised from 20 to 12 miles with Knittel Tripoli road kept in. Four way street signs planned funded by house numbers. Ground Observer Corps post to be revived with two hour training for observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
W. A. Kuker
The
Roads Committee
Capt. Rhodes
Iowa Highway Patrol
H. G. Miller
Raymond H. Bunger
Harry Buhr
Carl C. Clark
Decorah
Air Force
Midwest Synod of E & R Church Formed At Des Moines Wes
The Evangelical and Reformed church formed last Wednesday in Des Moines by unanimous vote of pastors and lay delegates. The new synod unites the former Iowa synod with 20,000 members in 76 churches and the former Nebraska synod with 10,000 members in 56 churches. Rev. Ernst Press was elected president and Rev. Henry Held vice president. Delegates were named to attend the United Synod meeting in Cleveland June 25 27 where the United Church of Christ will be formed. The meeting also included Rev. E F Puhlmann and C W Hildebrandt as attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Des Moines
Iowa Synod
Nebraska Synod
Ernst Press
Burlington
New Synod
Henry Held
Sioux City
United Synod
Cleveland
Congregational Christian Churches
United Church of Christ
Christendom
Midwest Synod
E. F. Puhlmann
St. Peter’s
Monona High holds honors graduation for local quartet
L. B. Trusty of New Hampton and Supt Eldon R. Shriver with family attended Monona High School commencement Tuesday. Judith Elaine Grove, Shriver’s niece, graduated among four high honors recipients in a class of 43 at the Monona Farmersburg Community School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Trusty
New Hampton
Eldon R. Shriver
Monona High School
Shiver
Judith Elaine Grove
Monona- Farmersburg
Red Sox Idle As Cedar Valley Loop Starts Play Sun
Tripoli Red Sox drew a bye in the first round of Cedar Valley league play Sunday and will not enter loop competition until June 2. Plainfield will provide the first competition, coming here for an afternoon game. The Red Sox have not yet scheduled a game for this Sunday. May 26 Janeville at Readlyn Plainfield at Denver. June 2 Plainfield at Tripoli. June 4 Denver at Janesville. June 9 Janesville at Plainfield Readlyn at Tripoli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Sox
Cedar Valley Loop
Sun
Tripoli Red Sox
Plainfield
Janesville
Readlyn
Denver
Tripoli
Vote Tuesday on forming of new Wapsie District
A special election will be held next Tuesday to vote on forming the Wapsie Valley Community School district. Polls open 12 noon to 7 p.m. in 19 precincts at various district sites including Readlyn City Hall Dunkerton Eldo Moeller residence Dayton No. 4 Franklin No. 4 Maxfield No. 1 Lester No. 1 Herb Goeller residence Lester No. 6 Ivan Finch residence Fremont Fayette Oran No. 2 Oran No. 5 Oran No.7 Oran No.8 Ronald Goldsberry Fairbank Center Fairbank City Hall Wapsie Raymond Elliott Warren Francis Wood Oran school house Fairbank Independent School district Fairbank Independent School district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapsie Valley
Bremer County
R. C. Gaard
Denver Community
Stanley Buhr
Readlyn
Dunkerton
Eldo Moeller
Dayton Township
Dayton No. 4
Franklin Township
Franklin No
Maxfield Township
Maxfield No
Lester No
Herb Goeller
Ivan Finch
Fremont Township
Fayette County
Frederick Primus
Oran No
Oliver W. Troupe
Ralph Wegner
Jack Rice
Oran No. 8
Ronald Goldsberry
Union Independent
Kenneth Fox
Fairbank Center
Edward Rising
Wapsie Independent
Raymond Elliott
Warren Independent
Francis Wood
Bremer - Fayette
Oran
Fairbank Independent
Fairbank City Hall
Eye Surgery At Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Nora Peacock entered Scholtz Memorial hospital in Waterloo Thursday evening for eye surgery Friday morning. Her condition is improving and she expects discharge this weekend. Joan Wehling of Waterloo was a weekend guest at the Ed McNamee home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Peacock
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Joan Wehling
Ed McNamee
Road Improvement Program in Bremer County Revised
County Engineer M H Noonan announced a revised 1957 road improvement plan for Bremer County. The new program emphasizes 19 miles of graded and surfaced secondary roads, 5 miles of graded and surfaced farm-to-market roads, and 12 miles of bituminous surfacing with bids to be opened June 4 in Waverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
M. H. Noonan
Iowa Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Waverly
Tripoli
Knittel
Readlyn
Butler County
Plainfield
Noonan
Track Team Loses To New Hampton in Dual Meet
New Hampton defeated Tripoli 79 to 54 in a Wednesday dual meet. The Panthers won eight events but were hurt by few field entries and some key players absent for a funeral. Local winners included Ron Henninger in the 100 and 220, Terry Dreyer in the 440, Bob Boeckmann in the 880, and relay squads led by the 880 and medley teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampton
Tripoli
Panthers
Ron Henninger
Terry Dreyer
Bob Boeckmann
L. Buchholz
Struck
Wagner
Boeckmann
Gatch
Beevers
Drape
Keeran
Rettig
Klemp
Bockhaus
Kreis
Worrell
Ranard
Ratliff
Jim Block
Henninger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uction
Saf
Wilbert Gebert
Elnore Christoffer
Wallace Aegerter
Paul Voetmann
Frederika
Board of Supervisors
Ground Observer Corps
Clark
St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Midwest Synod of E & R Church
Wes
Harriet Schwarze
Randolph Schwarze
Milwaukee Hospital School of Nursing
Wapsie
Horton-Waverly
Buck Creek Road
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!