Tripoli and Frederika Set for Saturday Double Header
Tripoli Panthers and Pantherettes meet Frederika boys and girls in a Sumner High School double header Saturday with the girls starting at 7 15. Tuesday the teams face Denver High at Denver with the girls again at 7 15.
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Tripoli
Frederika High
Sumner
Denver
Tripoli High School
Panthers
Pantherettes
Frederika
Sumner High School
Denver High School
Miss Beth Chapin Weds Keith Lovejoy in Waverly
Miss Beth Chapin daughter of Mr and Mrs Myron E Chapin of Waverly married Keith D Lovejoy son of Mr and Mrs Dorian Lovejoy of Waverly in First Methodist church Waverly Rev Glenn McMichael officiated double ring ceremony Attendants were Robert Chapin Harold Kingsley and Lloyd Mallie A reception followed at Fellowship hall Bride employed at Lutheran Mutual Life Insurance Co groom a professional photographer recently returned from Korea to Japan Post wedding plans list their new address in Waverly
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Beth Chapin
Myron E. Chapin
Waverly
Keith D. Lovejoy
Dorian Lovejoy
First Methodist Church
Wavely
Glenn McMichael
Miss Chapin
Robert Chapin
Fellowship Hall
Lloyd Mallie
Lester Moehlis
Marvin Benzine
Janesville
Gerry Woodcock
Bonnie Swehla
Lavern Loh- Mann
Lutheran Mutual Life Insurance Company
Korea
Japan
Ome
Farewell Party At Elda Everding Home
Neighbors gathered Tuesday evening at the home of Elda Everding and her mother before they move to the gtmeier residence. Mr and Mrs Adolph Biermann Mr and Ms F W Bergmann Mr and Mrs Ernest Haase and Loren attended. A program was played and a lunch was shared, brought by neighbors.
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Elda Everding
Gtmeier
Adolph Biermann
F. W. Bergmann
Ernest Haase
Loren
Chester Couple Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
L. D. and Mrs. Chester of Tripoli were honored November 12 at a family dinner at the Purple Parrot in Waterloo. Their children and families attended except son Fred in Phoenix. The couple, married November 12, 1902 at La Porte City, have lived in the area 50 years with four children Wallace Ira Fred and DeLyle and ten grandchildren. They received a gift of fifty silver dollars in a gold box.
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L. D. Chester
Tripoli
Waterloo
Fred
Phoenix
Wallace
Burbank
Calif
Ariz
Ira
Jesup
DeLyle Blitsch
Emil Liers and His Tamed Otters On Stage Thursday
The Wapsie Sportsmen's club presents Emil Liers and His Tamed Otters at the Tripoli town hall on Thursday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. The program also includes the film My Palm and Playmates featuring otters in wildlife sequences.
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Emil Liers
The
Wapsie Sportsmen's Club
Tripoli Town Hall
Tripoli stores to stay open evenings before Christmas
The Tripoli Commercial club decided at a Monday town hall meeting that Dec 17 to 23 inclusive all stores will stay open evenings for Christmas shoppers. All stores will close at 6 p.m. on Dec 24. The club also planned a banquet for members of the Tripoli high school boys and girls athletic squads at the January meeting.
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Tripoli
Tripoli Commercial Club
Town Hall
Tripoli High School
New Fieldman for Bremer County Farm Bureau
Thomas Clay of Hampton has been employed as fieldman for the Bremer County Farm Bureau and assumed duties November 10. A 1950 graduate of Iowa State Teachers College, he recently completed two years with the Army signal corps and was an active 4-H and rural youth member in Franklin county. Before college, he worked in farming with his father in Hampton for four years.
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Thomas Clay
Hampton
Bremer County Farm Bureau
Iowa State Teachers College
Army Signal Corps
Tom
Franklin County
Wartburg Student to Wed Navy Aide in Engagement Announcement
Mr and Mrs Carl H Oetting of Waverly announce the engagement of their daughter Esther Louise to Robert W Acken SA son of Mr and Mrs Wayne W Acken former residents of Tripoli No date is set for the wedding Miss Oetting studies at Wartburg College Waverly and her fiancé is currently stationed at Great Lakes Illinois
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Carl H. Oetting
Waverly
Esther Louise
Robert W. Acken
Wayne W. Acken
Tripoli
Miss Oetting
Wartburg College
Great Lakes, Ill
Tripoli Woman's Club Meets at Town Hall Tonight
The Tripoli Woman's club gathers at the town hall with Ruby Servoss as hostess. Roll call prompts My Favorite Picture. Mrs. R. J. Bunger leads the program on Growing Up With Pictures and Art for Youths.
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Woman's Club
Tripoli
Public Library Holiday Closure Notice
Notice that the public library in Tripoli will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.
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Tripoli
Ublic
Drivers Training Enrolls Twenty Students at Tri Poli High
Twenty students enroll in the drivers training program at Tri poli high school under John Casey. The safety education course includes farm shop home and highway safety with 41 students. Each driver will receive 20 minutes of driving and 20 minutes of observation daily for over eight hours each. Students listed include Valerie Biermann Mardell Bock Carlys Buchholz Pat Chapin Wilma Green Elaine Hartman Verlaine Hartman Shirley Hay Alice Heine Marlys Koch Carol Meyer Jo Ann Mohling Marilyn Olejniczak Evelyn Pavelec Lorain Rettig Larry Poock Velma Schultz Allan Sell Carole Sievers Marvin Wintz and safety education participants Lois Blasberg Betty Bodermann Paul Bremer Eugene Buenger Sharon Duecker Marvin Henning Barbara Hesse Eldon Hoppenworth Lyle Kammeyer Stanley Klemp Wilma Lau Harold Laube Beverly Mueller Mary Ann Pipho William Seelhammer Delores Sievers Leo Waterman Wayne Weihe George Wilkins Glenn Wolfgram Florene Zabel.
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Valerie Biermann
Mardell Bock
Carlys Buchholz
Pat Chapin
Wilma Green
Elaine Hartman
Verlaine Hartman
Shirley Hay
Alice Heine
Marlys Koch
Carol Meyer
Jo Ann Mohling
Marilyn Olejniczak
Evelyn Pavelec
Loraine Rettig
Larry Poock
Rural School House Public Auction Near Tripoli
Fremont No. 4 rural school known as the John Morris School 24 miles east of Tripoli will be sold at public auction Friday December 5 at two o clock p m. Playground equipment etc will be sold at the same time.
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Fremont No. 4
John Morris School
Tripoli
Dinner honors Bonorden and Bonor den families
Sumner and Waterloo relatives gathered Sunday at Mrs. Otto Bonorden’s home to honor Airman Virgil Bonorden returning to overseas duties. The occasion also marked the birthday of Mrs. Virgil Bonarden.
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Ruthford Bonorden
Sumner
Everett Bonorden
Waterloo
Otto Bonorden
Virgil Bonorden
Virgil Bonarden
Parking Fine in Tripoli Court
Bernard C. Smith of Tripoli was fined two dollars and one dollar in costs for parking his car on the wrong side of the street in Mayor Wm. F. Krueger's court Tuesday morning.
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Bernard C. Smith
Tripoli
Wm. F. Krueger
Dr John J Lesiak Opens Medical Office in Nevermann Building
Dr John J Lesiak announces the opening of a medical office in the Nevermann building above Dreyer drug store. Office hours are 9 to 12, 1 30 to 5, and 7 to 8 30 p m with Thursday afternoons closed.
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John J. Lesiak
Nevermann
Dreyer Drug Store
Buhrow Buys Weihe Service Station in Sumner
Louis Buhrow of Sumner has purchased the Weihe service station from Henry Weihe. Possession was given Tuesday morning. Buhrow will issue a formal announcement in next week's Leader. Weihe has no immediate plans, will rest long before considering another business venture.
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Louis Buhrow
Sumner
Weihe
Henry Weihe
Mr. Buhrow
The
Leader
Chili and Oyster Supper At St Pauls Siegel
The Brotherhood of St Pauls Lutheran church in Siegel sponsors a chili and oyster supper on Wednesday evening November 19. Serving starts at 5 30 p m. Menu includes chili or oyster soup sandwiches and cake. Prices 50 cents for children 75 cents for adults. Everyone welcome.
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Brotherhood of St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Siegel
Herman Spier 74 Former Readlyn Resident Dies
Funeral services were held for Herman Spier 74 a former Readlyn resident at Matthias funeral home Denver and at St Pauls Lutheran Readlyn Interment in St Pauls cemetery Rev A H Ernst officiated Casket bearers listed He was born Sept 17 1878 in Maxfield township Bremer County married Ida Moeller in 1900 They farmed in Black Hawk County before moving to Readlyn in 1926 He died Friday in the Lutheran Home of the Aged at Vinton Survivors include two sons Clarence Waverly and Ernest Dunkerton one daughter Mrs Raymond Pipho Denver two brothers Ernest and John Readlyn one sister Mrs Minnie Meyerhoff Sumner seven grandchildren and five great...
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Readlyn
Herman Spier
Matthias
Denver
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
A. H. Ernst
Reinhardt Steege
Herman Moeller
Burton Moeller
Louis Meyer
Elmer Spier
E. G. Meyerhoff
Maxfield Township
Bremer County
Carl Spier
Ida Moeller
Black Hawk County
Vinton
Clarence
Waverly
Ernest
Dunkerton
Raymond Pipho
John
Minnie Meyerhoff
Sumner
Corner Stone Laid for Lutheran Church in Tripoli 1922
The corner stone of the new Lutheran church in Tripoli was laid on a Sunday with a large congregation in attendance. Rev. C. G. Hankammer led services at the opera house, aided by Rev. F. Lutz and Rev. H. L. Adix, with sermons in German and English. Charles Russell supervised the placing, master mason Hankammerly spoke, and the ceremony included ritual, music, and a prayer as church records and documents were sealed inside the stone for future generations.
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Tripoli
New Lutheran Church
Opera House
C. G. Hankammer
F. Lutz
Waverly
H. L. Adix
Aer
William Wolf
August Thies
Henry C. Everding
Carl G. Hankammer
Henry L. Adix
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Buck Creek
Herold M. Adix
Charles Russell
Fr. Lutz
Iowa
Iowa Synod
Zion American Lutheran Church
Waterloo
William F. Goetz
Grace Lutheran Church
Robert Kuhrt
Church Council
Raymond H. Bunger
Henry Blasberg
H. H. Nevermann
Lorenz E. Sell
Building Fund
R. O. Wikner
William A. Kuker
Power of Trust
Herold G. Miller
The
Lutheran Standard
American Lutheran Church
Oscar A. Bany
Our Weekly Messenger
Paul Voetmann
Herbert H. Hoppenworth
Tripoli Leader
William F. Krueger
Kirchenblatt
Wartburg
Ernst Dettmering
Waterloo Daily Courier
Andachtsbuechlein
William E. Mueller
Corner Stone Ceremony at Grace Lutheran Church
A large crowd attended the Grace Lutheran church corner stone laying for a new addition in Tripoli Iowa on Sunday. The event included a family pre Thanksgiving dinner for Cpl. Darrell Bahlmann on leave from Atlanta, with multiple local residents listed as attendees. Clergy from nearby churches delivered messages based on scripture selections and the ceremony featured choir performances and a copper box of kept items for the cornerstone.
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Carl Bahlmann
Cpl
Darrell Bahlmann
Atlanta
Arnold Bahlmann
Laura Bahlmann
Raymond Gerber
Bruce
Jan
Waterloo
Leo Bahlmann
Frederika
Henry Leisinger
Marvin
Rosalie
Lavern
Velda
Elmer Bahlmann
Waverly
Mrs
Lawrence Bahlmann
Minneapolis
Darlene
Eldon Bahlmann
Ernst Thoms and Wife Celebrated 10th Anniversary
Ernst Thoms and wife were honored during a Friday evening gathering on November 14 to mark their 10th wedding anniversary and Mrs. Thoms birthday. Attendees included extended families from Waverly and Denver, with Sunday dinner guests from Bristow Greene Bremer and Waverly, plus visits from Readlyn and other relatives.
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Ernst Thoms
Denver
Christ Hencken
Bristow
Henry Rover
Greene
Fred Starke
Bremer
Herman Meyne
Martin Matticoff
Waverly
Herman Thoms
Readlyn
Gerhardt Meyne
Emma Meyne
Rain Ends Dry Spell as Tripoli Profits From Rainfall
In Tripoli the area received .92 of an inch of rain Monday ending a 64 day dry spell. Snow fell intermittently as warm trend continued with highs around 65 and lows near 27. Rain aids pastures and pheasant hunting opened at noon yesterday. Temperature averages rose to 62.4 during the day and 38.7 for lows, both above last week.
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Tripoli
E. C. Biermann
Engagement of Marlys Meihost to Walter Ulm Jr
Mr and Mrs Herman Meihost of Tripoli announce the engagement of their daughter Marlys of Waterloo to Walter Ulm Jr son of the late Mr and Mrs Walter Ulm of LaPorte City. The bride elect is employed in the Waterloo telephone office. No date has been set for the wedding.
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Herman Meihost
Tripoli
Marlys
Waterloo
Walter Ulm
LaPorte City
Readlyn church ladies host chili and oyster supper
The Ladies' Aid of Zion Lutheran Church Readlyn sponsors a chili and oyster supper on Thursday evening November 20. Serving begins at 5:30 with chili or oyster soup sandwiches and pie on the menu. Prices 60 cents for children and 85 cents for adults. All welcome.
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Ladies’ Aid of Zion Lutheran Church
Readlyn
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Evan L. Breeding
Eldon Hoppenworth
Sumner Community Hospital
Lloyd Goodenbour
Plainfield
Goodenbour
Wayne Weihe
Harold Laube
Alfred Bock
Bill Seelhammer
Paul Dohrmann
Eugene Ostrogge
Harlan Laube
Allan Sell
Betty Snelling
Rochelle Duecke
Robbie Dreyer
Anna Belle Larimer
Betty Kalkbrenner
Janice Davis
Betty Nerge
Trudy Nerge
Barbara Towne
Ruth Jock
Nadean Boltechmann
Eldon R. Shriver
Breeding
Keith Lovejoy
Thomas Clay New
County Farm Bureau
John Casey
Grace Lutheran
Emmauel Fuchs
Crane Creek
Hell
Handel
Will L. Thompson
Henry J. Tegtmeier
Henry C. Rogge
John Schnurstein
Herman W. Siefkes
Miss Marlys Meihost
Walter Ulm, Jr
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