Tripoli and Frederika Voters Choose Council Members in Local Elections
In Tripoli turnout rested at 389 ballots with Hazel Kirchhoff Richard L. Meyer and Edward Olejniczak winning four-year council terms. Mayor Harold Laube led with 244 votes, while mayoral challenger Edward Bennett write-ins and Dale Krueger trailed. Frederika elected five two-year council seats. Leo W. Bahlmann Elmer Matthias Dennis Niemeyer Ernest Nuss Roy Volker won. City treasurer Marlene Boeckman 101 votes. park board William Bieman six years. Readlyn saw Delbert Oltrogge win 84 votes over Glenn Wittenburg 50 write-ins with no mayoral candidate.
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Irman
Harold Laube
Iled
Formyer
Edward Bennett
Dale Krueger
Frederika
Charles J. Rosol
Harold E. Mowatt, Jr
Rosol
Mowatt
Council
Leo W. Bahlmann
Elmer Matthias
Dennis L. Niemeyer
Ernest J. Nuss
Roy L. Volker
Kenneth Bahlmann
Leo W. Bahlman
Clarence Coan
Walter Sells
J. C. Hassman
Marlene Boeckman
Wm. Bieman
Readlyn
Delbert Oltrogge
Glenn Wittenburg
Ervin Fortsch
Lorraine J. Johnson
Denver Council Race Decides Five Two-Year Seats
A slate of nine candidates contested Denver five two year council terms with 347 ballots recorded. The winners were W. H. , Gielau, Wilbert Bock, Robert Ehrhardt, Lyle Soldwisch and Carl Wooldick. Unsuccessful contenders Trumbauer, Schrock, Buss and Droste trailed. Mayor Ray Steinberg led the ballot with 235 votes while Henry Abbas ran a write in for 112 votes.
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Denver
W. H., Gielau
Wilbert Bock
Robert Ehrhardt
Lyle Soldwisch
Carl Wooldick
David Trumbauer
Dave Schrock
James Buss
Allen Droste
Ray Steinberg
Henry Abbas
Council Advances Water System Plan for Tripoli
City Council moved to pursue a water distribution project with Des Moines firm to obtain an adequate storage facility in the south of Tripoli. Two plans were presented design No 1 and design No 2 with costs around 311000 and 311000 respectively both including a 200000 gallon facility and extending capacity for future growth. The project aims to improve pressure and fire protection as required by the state fire marshal.
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I City Council
Des Moines
Imwater Distribution Sys
Tripoli
Directors to Home Here Annual Nursing Home Meeting
The annual meeting of the nursing home elects John Ber Kuker and Pat Warner to serve terms on the board. Other board members include Ruben Drape Rudolph Piegers Lohmann and Virgil President. The treasurer is Mrs L H and the administrator is Mrs enlees.
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John Ber- A. Kuker
Pat
Ruben Drape
Wake
Rudolph Piegers
Lohmann
L. H
Mend
Virgil
Pat Warner
Lee
Hmann
Treas
Mrs. Enlees
Meet Sburg Krueger Auxiliary Monday Evening
The meeting of the Sburg Krueger Auxiliary is set for Monday evening at the Post Home. Needing members, the group invites attendance and discussion of upcoming events and activities.
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Meetsburg- Krueger
Tripoli Unity Chest Fall Short of Goal by $250
The 88 inch chest of unity drive in Tripoli raised $1 950 against a targeted $2 200 with several groups not yet funding this year’s effort. Chairman Richard rings says a few more contacts should push the total to the goal. Beneficiaries include Ed Cross Tripoli Bay Cub Scouts Girl Scouts Junior Girl Nation Army Bremer and other local health welfare and youth groups.
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Llye
Ed Cross
Tripoli Bay
Tripoli
Nation Army
Bremer
Funeral Services For Rathe Infant In Readlyn
Funeral services were held today at St. Pauls Lutheran Church Readlyn for Trent Matthew Rathe 2%yearold son of Dallas and Mary Rathe of rural Fairbank. He died Sunday evening from injuries in Readlyn following an accident on the farmyard when struck by a grain wagon. Surviving are his parents two brothers Todd and Tim maternal grandparents Arnold Westendorf Tri Poli paternal grandparents Reinhold Rathe Readlyn.
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Trent Matthew Rathe
Dallas Rathe
Fairbank
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Readlyn
St. Paul's Cemetery
Fred Meyer
Trent
Dallas and
Mary
Westendorf) Rathe
Waterloo
Todd
Tim
Arnold Westendorf
Tripoli
Reinhold Rathe
Tripoli Hires Marshal on 30 Day Trial Period
Tripoli City Council has employed Jack Suiter 25 as town marshal for a 30 day trial period effective November. Suiter has been serving in Black Hawk County as an auxiliary deputy sheriff. He and his wife live near Dunkerton and she works in Waterloo.
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Tripoli Council
Tripoli
Jack Suiter
Suiter
Black Hawk County
Dunkerton
Waterloo
Maple Hills Box Social Delights Members Saturday Event
Maple Hills Country Club schedules a box social for couples on Saturday November 10. Women bring a boxed lunch for two. men bid by number. Auction begins 7 pm with dinner afterward and coffee. Admission charged by waistline inches for men. Gloria Lines provides live music from 9 pm.
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Maple Hills Club
Maple Hills Country Club
Gloria Lines
Girls Basketball Jamboree Slated Friday at Local High
Eight area teams from Cedar-Wapsie Big Marsh Upper Iowa conferences gather for a Friday jamboree in the high school gym. Four games start 7:00 p.m. with Denver vs Allison-Bristow, 7:45 Wapsie Valley vs Sumner, 8:30 Fredericksburg vs Nashua, and 9:15 Tripoli vs Clarksville. Admission 1 dollar adults 50 cents students.
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Denver
Allison-Bristow
Wapsie Valley
Sumner
Fredericksburg
Nashua
Tripoli
Clarksville
Tripoli School Board to Meet November Ninth at 8 PM
Tripoli Community School board of directors will hold their regular meeting on Monday November 12 at 8 00 p m in the office of the superintendent to discuss district matters and upcoming budget.
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Tripoli Community School Board of Directors
Bremer Waverly Public Safety Center passes 68 percent
Bremer County voters approved a joint city county public safety building measure by 68 percent, with 2 835 yes and 1 302 no. The City of Waverly led with 1 676 yes and 193 no, while several townships showed mixed results across Bremer County.
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Bremer-Waverly Public Safety Center
Bremer County
Waverly
Fremont Township
Tripoli
Frederika Township
Frederika
Maxfield
Readlyn
Jefferson Township
Denver
Board of Supervisors
Iowa
Hunters Breakfast Planned by Tripoli Jaycees
The Tripoli Jaycees sponsor a hunters breakfast Saturday at the town hall serving from 5:00 to 11:00 a.m. The event coincides with pheasant season opening and marks the ninth annual Jaycee breakfast with a special drawing.
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Tripoli
Debra Breck Hospitalized at St. Mary's Milwaukee
Debra Breck is hospitalized at St. Mary's Hospital located at 2320 North Lake Drive in Milwaukee Wisconsin 53211.
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Debra Breck
Turkey Giveaway Planned by Tripoli Businessmen
Tripoli Commercial Club promotion committee announces a turkey giveaway with fifteen turkeys to be drawn Saturday November 17 at 3 00 p m at The Hub corner. Registration starts Wednesday at participating businesses and tickets are deposited in receptacles there. Eligible residents include all but participating merchants and their immediate families. All winners must be present to claim prizes and one prize per family.
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Tripoli Commercial Club
Veterans Day Dinner at Tripoli Town Hall
The American Legion and Auxiliary will host their annual Veteran's Day potluck on November 13 at 6 30 p m in the Tripoli Town Hall. Kitchen committee members include Hulda Hesse Gladys Rettig Minnie Schumacher Lillian Wedeking and Elizabeth Buhr. Auxiliary members are asked to bring a recipe to share.
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American Legion and Auxiliary
Tripoli Town Hall
Hulda Hesse
Gladys Rettig
Minnie Schumacher
Lillian Wedeking
Elizabeth Buhr
Mrs Carl Zabel Admitted To Mercy Hospital
Mrs Carl Zabel was admitted to Mercy Hospital in Waverly on Monday evening for unspecified medical care.
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Carl Zabel
Mercy Hospital, Waverly
Democratic candidate Jim Skaine to speak in Tripoli November 13
Democratic candidate for third district congressman Jim Skaine will visit Tripoli on Tuesday November 13 arriving about 4:00 p.m. He is a UNI speech professor, born in Pennsylvania and raised in New York. Skaine holds degrees from Sioux Falls College and SDSU Vermillion with doctoral coursework at Cornell and Iowa. He is married with two sons and has resided in Cedar Falls since 1965.
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Jim Skaine
Tripoli
Skaine
Main Street
UNI
Pennsylvania
New York
Midwest
Sioux Falls College
South Dakota
Jim
State University of South Dakota At
Vermillion
Cornell University
University of Iowa
Skaines
Cedar Falls
Quality of 1973 Soybean Seed Is Uncertain
Iowa State University Seed Testing Laboratory head Leroy Everson says 1973 soybean seed quality is uncertain due to fall rains and pod and stem blight. He notes last winter's 12,000 samples overwhelmed the lab, but full staffing now allows prompt testing. Iowa law requires certified seed tests from approved labs for farmers without seed permits.
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Iowa
Leroy Everson
Iowa State University
Everson
Iowa State University Seed Laboratory
Ames
Tomahawk Seed Laboratory
Westview Drive
Marion
State Department of Agriculture Seed Laboratory
Des Moines
McNamee Family Visit Spans Four States
Mr and Mrs Ed McNamee visited son Paul in Minneapolis then flew to Denver to see Gaven McNamee and family. They went to Gallup to meet Dennis McNamee of the Bureau of Indian Affairs at Keams Canyon. They toured the Grand Canyon before returning home via Minneapolis.
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Ed McNamee
Minneapolis
Paul
Denver
Colo
Gaven McNamee
Mr. McNamee
Gallup
New Mexico
Dennis
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Keams Canyon
Ariz
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Paul’s
Readlyn Serviceman On Spec Duty In Germany
Army Specialist Four Kevin L. Staack 21 son of Mr and Mrs Ervin Staack Steadlyn Iowa participated with American and Allied troops in Exercise Reforger V in Germany Oct 10 16 Staack is assigned as a mechanic with Battery C 2nd Battalion 3rd Infantry Division 41st Field Artillery at Bad Kissingen Germany.
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Kevin L. Staack
Ervin Staack
Steadlyn
Iowa
Germany
Spec. Staack
3Rd Infantry Division
41St Field Artillery
Bad Kissingen
Cedar Valley Mental Health Center hosts two Talk Nights in Waverly
The Cedar Valley Mental Health Center in Waverly announces two Talk Nights on November 7 and 14 to discuss any human concerns with staff. No charge and confidentiality promised. Center plans satellite offices in New Hampton and Oelwein and targets teens and adults. Call 319-352-2064 or walk in.
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Cedar Valley Mental Health Center
Waverly
New Hampton
Oelwein
Bremer
Butler
Chickasaw
Fayette
United Fund
Second Street N.W
Waverly Public Library
State Legislator Announces for U S Senate Seat
State Representative David Stanley Republican Muscatine announced last week his candidacy for U S Senator. He chairs the House Ways and Means Committee with 12 years in the Iowa Legislature and voting on over 99 percent of all votes.
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U. S. Senate
David Stanley
Muscatine
U. S
Stanley
Harold Hughes
House
Ways and Means
Iowa
VFW Meeting Tonight in Tripoli
The Tripoli VFW Post will hold its monthly meeting at the post home on Wednesday November 7 at 8 00 p m.
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VFW
Tripoli
Waterfowl Migration Report Highlights Iowa Areas
The Iowa Conservation Commission notes fair duck hunting in the western third of the state and slow hunting elsewhere. A October 29 survey counted 16,000 ducks at Big Marsh, 6,000 at Sweet Marsh, 9,000 at Otter Creek, 10,000 plus blues and snows at Riverton, and 2,000 ducks with 1,000 blues/snows at Forney Lake. Mississippi River duck hunting is slow due to weather. Ellsworth Community College guard Barb Davison, a Frederika Tripoli graduate, will be center for the college women’s basketball team this season.
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Spake
Iowa Conservation Commission
Iowa
Sweet Marsh
Bremer County
Otter Creek
Tama County
Riverton
Fremont County
Forney Lake
Mississippi River
Barb Davison
Frederika
Tripoli High
Ellsworth Communty College
Iowa Falls
Good Pheasant Season Predicted Opening Saturday
Iowa forecasts a strong pheasant season with over 200000 hunters to start at 8:00 a.m. on November 10. The 58 day season runs through January 6 1974 with daily hours 8 to 430 and a three cock daily limit, twelve in possession. Southwest to east central Iowa offer best populations. Hunters urged to secure hunting sites and obtain landowner permission before opening day.
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Barratt
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Oli
Kirchhoff
Olejniczak
C. C. Eiding
Inoli
Hazel Kirchhoff
Richard L. Meyer
Edward Olejniczak
Duane Bremer
Eugene Buenger
Allen Kuecker
Richard [. Meyer
Eal
Richard
Rathe
Polk Township
Plainfield
Jackson Township
Janesville
Leroy
Hunters
Turkey
C. V. Mental Health Center
Air Force
Stanleys
C.C
Canadas
Hawkeye State
Big Marsh
Butler County
Towa
Robert Barratt
ICC
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