Bremer County Lunch Program Totals By District Report
A Bremer County report from the State Public Instruction shows 724 474 school lunches served during the year across districts. Waverly, Wapsie, and Tripoli districts posted the largest counts with free meals totaling numerous dollars as milk reimbursements and lunch costs are itemized for each district, including Valley and Shell Rock entries and countywide federal money received.
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Bremer County
State of Public Instruction
Fredericksburg Unity School District to Host Bond Sale Meeting
A special meeting of the Fredericksburg Unity School District superintendents and officials is set for 8 30 p m at the Fredericksburg high school to consider adopting a measure to authorize the advertising sale of 340 000 in school bonds approved at the February 21 action and related items.
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Ericksburg
Fredericks
Burg
Racks to Meet Bremer County Barracks and Auxiliary
Bremer county Barracks and Auxiliary of Art will meet at the Tri Hall on Wednesday November 1 with a noon potluck dinner and the regular meeting scheduled. All World War I veterans are invited to attend.
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Bremer County Barracks
Ams
Auxiliary of Art
Tri- Hall
One Dies in Two Car Crash Near Frederika
A two car collision at the junction of highways 63 and 188 near Frederika Friday afternoon left one dead and two hospitalized at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Harry Pratt of Clinton and Mrs. Allen Bockhaus of rural Waverly were drivers. Pratt's wife died en route, Pratt hospitalized with possible chest injuries, Bockhaus injured with facial cuts and knee injuries.
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Frederika
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Harry Pratt
Clinton
Allen Bockhaus
Waverly
Pratt
Bockhaus
Commercial Club To Meet Monday Elect Officers
Tripoli Commercial Club schedules a 7:00 p m dinner at Town Hall with Grace Lutheran church serving. An 8:00 p m business meeting will elect officers. The program includes a film of Tripoli high school football games featuring Denver and Turkey Valley. Members to confirm dinner reservations.
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Commercial Club
Tripoli
Denver
Turkey Valley
Bremer County 4-H Names Ten Outstanding Members At Banquet
Ten Bremer County 4-H members were announced as outstanding at the Thursday achievement banquet in Janesville. The event, sponsored by the Bremer County Bankers Association, awarded merit and leadership medals, citizenship honors, home economics and agricultural recognition, club honors, and a Danforth foundation award.
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Bremer County
Riviera Ballroom
Janesville
The
Bremer County Bankers Association
Polk Hustlers
Jolly Jacksons
Iowa
Debbie Minnaert
Audrey Hildebrandt
Virginia Dewey
Jim Droste
Joe Gitch
Bruce Buhr
Joanne Fay
Linda Leuenberger
Keith Oltrogge
Dennis Epley
Maureen Schoephoerster
Carol Lau
Alan Jensen
Rebecca Leistikow
Elijah Pries
Nancy Burrow
Dairy Club
Susan O’brien
General Foods
Danforth Foundation
Annual Meeting of TARI Elects Officers and Plans Golf Course
Tripoli Area Recreation Inc held its first annual meeting to elect officers and review preliminary plans for a golf course and clubhouse on the west end of the Sweet farm. The group has 125 pledged members and aims for 175 to qualify for an F H A loan, with a six month bid period after reaching the goal and golfers on the course by 1970.
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Tripoli Area Recreation, Inc
G. R. Rettig
F.H.A
Waterloo
Tari Group
Sweet Farm
Tripoli Woman's Club to Meet With Nancy Burrow Talk
The Tripoli Woman's Club will hold a meeting on November 20 at 7 30 p m in Tripoli Town Hall. Nancy Burrow will give an illustrated talk and J M Haydon will demonstrate resurrection. Hostesses are Mrs Richard Harms and Carol Kruse.
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Tripoli Woman's Club
Tripoli Town Hall
Nancy Burrow
J. M. Haydon
Richard Harms
Carol Kruse
Cedar-Wapsie All-Conference Teams Named by Coaches
Cedar- Wapsie conference coaches named the 1968 all conference football squads with Tripoli earning three first and one second team selections while Turkey Valley led with four first and three second team picks. Honorable mentions included players from Tripoli Wapsie Valley Dunkerton Fredericksburg and Denver.
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Cedar- Wapsie
Denver
Dunkerton
Fredericksburg
Tripoli
Turkey Valley
Wapsie Valley
Wayne Mager
Keith Oltrogge
Doug Kurash
Gordon Dorn
Roger Schiller
Ted Schroeder
Don Martin
Bob Bailey
Bill Goss
Steve Heineman
Steve Wittenburg
Dan Biesterfelt
Dale Brickman
Jett Nus
Joe Norte
Dan Stufflebeam
Randy Davis
Jeff McNally
Marvin Steege
Ben Cutsforth
Joe Skreeta
Dan Kuennen
Rich Thompson
Nick Knebel
Jim Moeller
Dave Buss
Glen Schellhorn
Mick Shatzer
Tripoli Merchants to Give 25 Turkeys in Drawing
Tripoli Commercial Club promotes free turkey time with 25 turkeys to be drawn Wednesday November 27 at 3 00 p m at the Warner Electric corner. Shoppers may register starting Thursday at sponsoring stores and must be present to win. families may win one prize only.
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Tripoli
Warner Electric
Steven L Otto Serves Aboard USS Galveston At Sea
Marine Corporal Steven L. Otto 21 son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Otto Readlyn serves aboard the guided missile cruiser Galveston en route to the Western Pacific. The Galveston will join the Seventh Fleet to support operations in Southeast Asia and fire more than 4000 rounds of six inch ammunition during its Western Pacific deployment.
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Galveston
Steven L. Otto
Elmer Otto
Readlyn
Western Pacific
Seventh Fleet
U. S
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Plainfield Marine Serves with First Marine Aircraft Wing
Marine Corporal Garry A. Brown 22 of Plainfield serves with the First Marine Aircraft Wing in Vietnam. The wing, air arm of the Third Marine Amphibious Force, has flown many aircraft and earned the Presidential Unit Citation for past combat feats. It supports First and Third Marine Divisions and other U.S. and Allied forces in the northern Vietnam provinces.
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Vietnam
Garry A. Brown
Arthur H. Brown
Plainfield
Marine Aircraft Wing
Third Marine Amphibious Force
South Vietnam
U. S
Today's Teaching Profession Reflects Change of Times
The article contrasts past and present education noting longer, flexible schooling and 3 R s in earlier eras versus modern teachers who focus on how and why Johnny learns. It argues good schools shape character, ensure quality teaching, and promote lifelong learning amid daily national changes.
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Johnny
Driver License Exams Set For Tripoli Town Hall
Iowa Highway Patrol license examiners will be at Tripoli Town Hall Saturday November 16 from 8 am to noon. Renewals issued until noon. written and driving tests end at 11 am. The team will not return until Saturday December 21.
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Iowa Highway Patrol
Tripoli Town Hall
Tripoli
Funeral Rites at Readlyn for John Kehe 92
Readlyn resident John W. Kehe a retired hardware merchant died Sunday at Tripoli Nursing Home. Funeral services were held November 12 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church Readlyn with interment in the church cemetery. He was born May 3 1876 in Black Hawk county and married Wilhelmina Meyer May 3 1900. He is survived by three daughters one foster daughter seven grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren plus extended family.
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Denver
John W. Kehe
Readlyn
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Church
Kehe
Tripoli Nursing Home
Black Hawk County
John Christopher
Caroline Wente Kehe
Wilhelmina Meyer
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Klinger
Augusta
Sarah Hauser
Walter
Hulda) Meier
Martha Waldrop
Anchorage
Alaska
Bennie
Irene) Nelson
Waterloo
Gilbert
Dorothy) Lageschulte
Cedar Falls
Earl Rommel
Iowa Congressmen Re‑elect Shifts in Party Split
All Iowa congressmen were re-elected preserving a five Republican two Democrat split. Incumbent John Culver won in the second district 84 000 to 102 000 over Tom Riley, while Republicans Fred Schwengel H R Gross John Kye Wiley Mayne and William Scherle were re-elected in districts one three four six seven respectively and Neal Smith held the fifth for Democrats.
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Iowa
Tom Riley
John Culver
Culver
Fred Schwengel
H. R. Gross
John Kye
Wiley Mayne
William Scherle
Neal Smith
Tripoli Cagers Open Season At Sumner Hosts Greene
Tripoli boys, coached by Dave Ray, prepare for a season opener at Sumner with a 7:00 p.m. reserve game and 8:15 p.m. main event. The roster features six starters including Rick Wittenburg and Wayne Mayer, with key injuries to Max Ambrose and Barry Boeckmann limiting early options. Tom Green returns from a head injury to boost the lineup as Willis Hildebrandt recovers after Thanksgiving.
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Tripoli
Dave Ray
Rick Wittenburg
Wayne Mayer
Gary Berger
Dan Biesterfelt
Paul Magnall
Kim Kehe
Dennis Marquardt
Panthers
Max Ambrose
Barry Boeckmann
Tom Green
Wapsie Valley
Tripoli High School
Charles Heinemann
Willis Hildebrandt
Keith Nielsen
Wounded Fremont: Grandson in Vietnam Hospitalized in Da Nang
Special report informs Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Wikner that their grandson, Pfe. Donald Sneller of the United States Marine Corps, was wounded in action in Vietnam and is hospitalized at Da Nang. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sneller of Cedar Falls.
Jaycees to Convene Thursday at 8 P.M. at VFW Home
The Jaycees schedule a Thursday meeting at 8 p.m. in the VFW Home to discuss upcoming community projects and club activities.
Community Chest Drive in Tripoli Reaches 47 Percent
The fifteenth annual fundraiser for Tripoli Community Chest is in its third week. Campaign chair Dave Ray reports $1,170 already on deposit at American Savings Bank, 47 percent of the $2,480 goal. Beneficiaries include Tripoli Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Wapsie Area Scout Council, Salvation Army, and several health and welfare groups.
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Tripoli Community Chest
Dave Ray
American Savings Bank
Tripoli Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Cub Scouts
Wapsie Area Scout Council
Salvation Army
Bremer County
Iowa Association For Mental Health
T. B. Bond
Iowa Children’s Home Society
Cedar Valley
U.S.O
United Service Organization
Iowa Arthritis Foundation
Tripoli Recreation Committee
Wartburg College Releases 1968 69 Wrestling Roster
Wartburg College lists 24 names for the 1968 69 wrestling season. From Bremer County are Dean Knight Fairbank Harald Zander Tripoli and Gerald Pipho Denver. Knight is a senior while Zander and Pipho are sophomores.
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Wartburg College
Bremer County
Dean Knight
Fairbank
Harald Zander
Tripoli
Gerald Pipho
Denver
Knight
Zander
Pipho
Wartburg
Young Homemakers Meeting Rescheduled to Friday
The Young Homemakers group changes its meeting from Thursday to Friday at 1 30 in the Extension office.
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Young Homemakers
THS Wrestlers Open Season With Denver Meet
Tripoli high wrestling squad will host Denver in a season opener on Wednesday November 20. Reserve bouts start at 7 00 p m and the varsity at 8 00 p m at THS. Thirty six boys on the roster with coach John Samuelson returning for a third year. Returning lettermen marked with asterisk include Blackie Buchholz Garner Gienau Johnson Neuen dorf Peters Whitney Blasberg Boeckmann Buchholz Gaede Harms Leuenberger Lohmann Neuendorf Pint Garner Jaschen Kappmeyer Kuecker Oswald Pint Quass Selck Stumme Tiedt Bergmann and Briar Blasberg.
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THS
Sumner- Tripoli
Sumner
Fame
Tripoli High
Denver
Roger (Blackie) Buchholz
Steve Garner
Bruce Gienau
Gene Johnson
Curtis Neuendorf
Marvin Peters
Dan Whitney
Steve Blasberg
David Boeckmann
Allen Buchholz
Steve Gaede
Mike Harms
Larry Leuenberger
David Lohmann
Randy Neuendorf
Gregory Pint
Paul Garner
Jerry Jaschen
Richard Kappmeyer
Denver School Board to Attend State Convention
Denver Community school board members will attend the state convention in Des Moines on November 14 and 15. The event offers updates on new educational phases, legislative effects, and administrative developments, with speakers and a Q and A session. Superintendent Wells said all members will attend at least one day.
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Denver
Denver Community School Board of Education
Des Moines
Supt
Wells
Denver Board
Mrs Mahlstedt set for surgery at Scholtz Memorial
Mrs Peter Mahlstedt admitted to Scholtz Memorial hospital Waterloo for surgery today. The proceedure is scheduled as part of her medical care with doctors listing it as routine.
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Peter Mahlstedt
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Panthers Host Greene in Nonconference Opener Friday
Tripoli Panthers Pantherettes start Friday night at 7 hosting Greene in the nonconference opener. Coach Dave Van Ahn builds around six returning letterwinners, five juniors, aiming at a strong season. Rosters list seniors Tammy Kelsey Doris Schneer and nine juniors sophomores and freshmen. Schedule shows games against Sumner Greene and Denver on November 19 22 and 26.
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Tripoli
Pantherettes
Greene Girls
Pantherette
Dave van Ahn
Tammy Kelsey
Doris Schneer
Marilyn Blume
Glenda Matthias
Barb Davison
Roxie Wittenburg
Sue Pleggenkuhle
Diane Frahm
Sue Zander
Mary Hoppenworth
Barb Wente
Judy Ludwig
Jane Fink
Mary Fink
Jane Rathbone
Colleen Marquardt
Linda Buenger
Connie Matthias
Sue Platte
Lynn Mager
Sumner
Greene
Denver
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Serv Lanches
Wapsie
Shell Rock
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Gat F’burg Unity School
Bremer
Chicago
Janet Kuethe
Steven Wylam
David Joachim
Jeff Hoppenworth
Lau
Nancy Ylam
Jeff Hop
Front Row
Caro Hart Row
Steven Waan Jensen
Tip
Robert Kuhrt
Robert Ambrose
John Poock
Wm. A. Kuker
Ray Fink
Donald Bremer
Eldo Kehe
Eugene Buenger
Woman's Club
Dean Shares
Dale Rogers
Andy Amoroso
Russ Haun
Rick Kane
Dave Karnik
USS
Plainfield Marine
John Kehe
Tripoli Boys
Panther
Ray
Kay
Les Teeling
Jaycees Meeting
Jaycees
V.F.W
John Samuelson
Daniel Boeckmann
Dennis Boeckmann
Richard Gienau
Kent Harms
William Hildebrandt
Jerry Mueller
Mark Steward
Lloyd Zander
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