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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1955
Page
7
Iowa State College extension entomologist Harold Gunderson warns that homes over six months old may be infested by carpet beetles and clothes moths. He describes larvae, damage patterns, and multiple control methods including DDT sprays, chlordane, dieldrin, fluosilicates, and storage practices.
Louie Fink remains a Berg Furniture Store clerk. A baby boy born last Saturday to Rev. and Mrs. Chapman. Henry Winkers mourns a brother in Dubuque. H C Jungblut and wife attend a medical meeting in St. Louis. Mrs. Katherine Stange dies in Waterloo. Several marriages occur including Earl Meyer and Leta Meyer, Marie Heilgman and Roy Purdy, Lorene Meyerhoff and LaVerny Biermann, Hazel Hagedorn and Orville Oltrogge, Mary Lea Scott and Robert Chapin, Joan Evelyn Halley and Donald McKeown. multiple births and hospital stays noted. car accident near Tripoli injures Harold Lahmann. F W Hale retires from Tripoli Mercantile Co. after 30 years.
The Bremer County Board of Supervisors met May 9 1955 in Waverly Iowa to approve vacation of two road centerlines and postpone a third. Ayes were Schnadt Christopher and Heideman with no nays. The board also approved filing the bond of William H Heffernan as County Farm Bureau treasurer and then adjourned.
Wodbine residents celebrate two golden wedding anniversaries on the same date. Mr. and Mrs. Don Holeton and Mr. and Mrs. Ora McElwain marked 50 years of marriage with family and friends in attendance.
Bremer county district court reports new cases including Larry Mong vs John F Wolf an auto accident case. Heye Dirks Dirksen versus the State of Iowa and Sheriff Harley Eh lert involve a writ of habeas corpus. State of Iowa versus Ralph Nicolaus of Waverly OMVI case noted.
Waverly Iowa May 2 1966 county board approves Louis Seamon Herbert Hoppenworth and Vernon H Fobes as appraisers for right of way damages in Drainage District No 20 The board also adopts a resolution recommending approval by the State Highway Commission of a Farm to Market Road project including BRIDGE 0 3 mile 8 of NW Corner Section 25 93 11 with estimated cost 36000 The board adjourned after approving claims and scheduled next meeting for 10 00 p m May 1955.
In a special session at the Bremer Chickasaw court house May 1955 the boards, with members Swinton Heying Timm Niemann Gorman Schnadt Christopher Heideman, chose Swinton chair. They dismissed objections to vacation of a border road north of Sections 3 4 Township 93 Range 14 and approved vacating the west 0.75 mile north of Section 4 Township 98 Range 11. The boards adjourned sine die.
A list of multiple quit claim and warranty deeds in Waverly and nearby towns Iowa, detailing transfers from Ralph Waterman, City of Waverly, Gilmore Klaudt, Nelle Sager, Grant Hunemiller, Herman Kirchhoff, Clifford Maiden, Anna Tiedt, Carl Strotman, E A Carstensen, Dewey Latimer, J Schildbach, Hans Rudebeck and others to various grantees. Properties include blocks and streets in Waverly, Readlyn, Sumner, Janesville and Tripoli with nominal consideration and modest revenue stamps noted.
Dale W. Krueger age 27 of Tripoli and JoAnn Adelmund age 21 of Tripoli received marriage licenses in state records.
At Audubon barber Emil Wiges and associate Sewell Yost celebrate more than seven decades in the trade. Wiges has 40 years of experience, Yost 30 years, marking a total 70 years of service between them.
The First Bank of the United States received its charter in 1791. This milestone established a centralized financial institution guiding early American monetary policy and federal fiscal management.
May 11 1955 meeting in Oelwein Wa verly Iowa heard Robt Christopher and Conrad Heideman on behalf of Ewald Hoppenworth and Lewis Slindee. They chose Glen V Lundberg as their appraiser and the board named Louis Seamon as county appraiser with instruction to appoint a second appraiser within ten days. The next session set for May 16 1955.
In Waverly on May 16 1955 the board chaired by B H Schnadt with Rob t Christopher and Conrad F The approved the appraisers report for Drainage District No 20. Damages awarded John Hagenow 51 00 Ray Thoms 10 00 and appraisers fees 33 92 were authorized for payment.
Bremer county reports January through April purchases of series E and H bonds totaling 802293 dollars, reaching 61 percent of its 1955 quota and ranking among Iowa counties with top bond sale performance. Nearby counties show Fayette 886111 at 55 percent, Chickasaw 475309 at 54 percent, and Butler 546539 at 53 percent.
The Iowa bass season opens May 30 to February 15 with a daily limit of five and a possession limit of ten. The season includes Memorial Day for black bass and a 10 inch minimum length. Anglers are advised to use frogs crayfish and minnows near stumps weedbeds and deep shorelines, with top smallmouth fishing in cold northeast streams like the Turkey Upper Iowa Volga and Yellow rivers.
Bill Hanson seven of Eagle Grove narrowly escaped hanging when a rope looped around his neck during a tree play. His fourteen year old brother Butch freed him and he recovered, only temporarily unable to talk.
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