Tripoli and Readlyn voters see crowded upcoming city elections
In Tripoli three three year council terms and a mayoral bid emerge as candidates file by the deadline. Incumbent Harold Hose seeks re election in an uncontested race. In Denver nine candidates file for council and mayoral terms with names including Duane Bremer Buenger Kirch Richard Meyer Edak and others contesting for seats. Readlyn sees filings for two expiring mayor and council terms with Fortsch and incumbent Johnson among applicants.
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Tripoli
Republican 19th Senate District convention set in Parkersburg
The 19th Senatorial District GOP will meet Tuesday October 9 at 8 00 p m in Parkersburg Iowa to nominate a candidate for the special election caused by Senator Vernon s death Delegates include precinct committeemen and committeewomen from Bremer County precincts Douglas Fredrika Jackson Jefferson Lafayette Polk Warren Washington and five Waverly wards The district spans Black Hawk Butler Floyd Franklin Grundy Marshall and Tama counties as well as part of Kyhl
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Parkersburg
Iowa
T. Cooper Evans
Vernon
Bremer County
Douglas
Frederika
Jackson
Jefferson
Lafayette
Polk
Warren
Washington
Waverly
Black Hawk
Butler
Floyd
Franklin
Grundy
Marshall
Tama
Readlyn Approves 18 Month Budget With $246,524 Outlook
Readlyn town council approved an 18 month budget covering January 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975. The plan estimates expenditures of $246,524 and keeps the millage rate at 30.91.
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Readlyn
VFW Meeting Tonight in Tripoli
Tripoli VFW Post will hold its monthly meeting at the post home on Wednesday at 8 00 p m noting October date.
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VFW
Tripoli
Whirlwind 4-H’ers Fulfill Pledge with Community Acts
The Whirlwind 4 H club in Frederika organized several service efforts including a $50 donation for supplies, cleaning streets, planting flower boxes, painting chairs and town hall items, and preparing Christmas boxes for shut ins. They also volunteered for UNICEF drives, nativity scenes, and caroling delivery to the elderly, plus transport for swim and sports events.
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Unicef
Poppy Sales Net $94.53 In Tripoli And Frederika
Mrs. Donna Sassman reports 22 poppies sold in Tripoli and Frederika on Friday and Saturday raising $94.53 for the VFW Auxiliary relief fund after costs. A total of 462 poppies brought in $84.13 in Tripoli and 60 sold in Frederika yielded $10.40. Buddy Poppies are sponsored annually by the Brandenburg Krueger VFW Post and Auxiliary of Tripoli.
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Donna Sassman
Poppy
Tripoli
Frederika
VFW Auxiliary Relief Fund
Veterans Welfare
Brandenburg-Krueger Vfw Post and Auxiliary of
Fund Raising Project by Tripoli Music Mothers Group
The Tripoli Music Mothers group launches a door to door sale of light bulbs to raise funds. Units pack six bulbs with two 60s two 75s and two 100s priced at two dollars per package. Sales begin Saturday October 6 and run for two weeks in Tripoli Frederika and the school district.
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Tripoli
American Legion Auxiliary to Meet October 9 at Emma Warner Home
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Tuesday October 9 at 9 a.m. at Emma Warner's home. Annual dues are payable by this meeting. Hostesses are Emma Warner Ina Bonarden and Louise McKeown.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Emma Warner
Ina Bonarden
Louise McKeown
Senior Citizens Pot Luck Dinner at Town Hall
The senior citizens group will hold a pot luck dinner at Town Hall at 6 p.m. on October 10. All senior citizens are welcome to attend.
Walter Peters Entered Allen Hospital at Waterloo
Walter Peters entered Allen hospital at Waterloo on Thursday evening as reported by the local desk noting the admission event at the medical facility.
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Allen
Walter Peters
Allen Hospital
Waterloo
Music Mothers Meet and Bake Sale Plan
The Music Mothers group will gather at 8 p.m. on Wednesday October 3 in the High School Home Ec room. A bake sale is set for Friday October 12 starting at 1 p.m. at the Tripoli Plumbing and Heating shop. A light bulb sale is also planned for the near future.
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Tripoli
19th Senatorial District Special Election Set
Robert Ray has set November 20 for a special election in the 19th Senatorial District to fill a vacancy. The district includes portions of Black Hawk Butler Floyd Franklin Marshall and Tama counties plus townships Polk Douglas Warren Washington D Jackson and Frederika and the city of Wav.
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Robert Ray
Sth
Polk
Douglas
Warren
Washington, D
Jackson and
Frederika PS
Wav
VFW Auxiliary Plans Meeting and Oct Nursing Home Committee
The VFW Auxiliary will meet at the post home Monday evening October 8 with Ruth Peters as hostess. Marlys Ryan and Marie Smelter are named to the October Nursing Home committee.
Towne Hospitalized After Admission to Mercy Hospital
August Towne was admitted to Mercy Hospital in Waverly on Saturday and remains hospitalized.
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August Towne
Mercy
Funeral services pending for Ida Nolte
Mrs Ida Nolte 78 resident of Bartels Home Waverly died Tuesday afternoon Funeral services are pending authorities said.
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Ida Nolte
Bartels Home
Waverly
Tripoli Junior High Football Improves to 4-1
Tripoli Junior High boys football under coach John Samuelson stand at 4-1 after five games of a nine game schedule. Results include eighth grade wins over Turkey Valley 14-0 and Denver 8-6, and a loss for Wapsie Valley 12-0 to Tripoli. Seventh grade games show a 28-8 win over Denver and a 24-8 win over Wapsie Valley.
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Tripoli
John Samuelson
Turkey Valley
Denver
Wapsie Valley
Board Meeting at High School Monday Evening
Board of Education meets Monday evening at the High School. Start time listed as 8 p.m. and adjournment at 8. The notice provides location and time for the public session.
Waterfowl Seasons Open in Iowa October 1 and 6
Wildlife officials remind hunters that the first duck and coot season segment opens October 6 with a sunrise to sunset daily limit system. Canada goose season runs October 1 to November 9, others through December 9, daily bag five geese with limits of Canada and white-fronted counts. Weather and drought affect duck outlook. canvasback and redhead vary by river.
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Iowa Conservation Commission
U. S. Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife
Bob Barratt
Commission
Prairie
Iowa
Barratt
Canada
Dickinson
Emmet
Palo Alto
Winnebago
Worth
Forney Lake
Fremont County
Mississippi River
James Klemp Cast in Broadway Follies at Cedar Rapids
St Luke's Hospital Auxiliary presents Broadway Follies October 11 12 and 13 at 8 p m in Jefferson High School Auditorium Cedar Rapids Iowa James Klemp will perform in a Vaudeville skit and join the chorus as the son of Mildred Klemp Tripoli Iowa Proceeds aid the hospital pledge for a tread mill and monitoring system for the new diagnostic area
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James Klemp
St. Luke’s Hospital
Jefferson High School
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Jim
Mildred Klemp
Tripoli
Waterloo Business College Graduation Held at Methodist Church
Graduates of Cates Waterloo Business College received diplomas Sunday at the First United Methodist Church in Waterloo. Mrs. Paul Garner of Cedar Falls earned a bookkeeping business machines certificate and works at the National Bank of Waterloo. Attendees included the Schwakes from Sumner and Charles City area and Arnold Garner of Waverly. A reception followed in Hartman Hall.
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Cates
Waterloo Business College
First United Methodist Church
Waterloo
Paul Garner
Cedar Falls
The
National Bank of Waterloo
Virgil Schwake
Jim
Karen
Frieda Ganske
R. W. Schwake
Sumner
Judy Schwake
Charles City
Arnold Garner
Waverly
Hartman Hall
Hawkeye Tech Sponsors Bus Tour for Older Adults
Hawkeye Institute of Technology offers an Iowa Coaches Bus Tour to the McGregor area under the Opportunities for Older Adults Program on Monday October 15. The free trip serves residents 55 plus from Frederika Tripoli and Sumner with first 39 reservations. pickups at Tripoli Town Hall 9 AM and Sumner 9 30 AM, return about 5 PM. lunch paid individually with a stop at Village Traveler in McGregor. Call Coordinator Mrs David West at 882 3388 to reserve.
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Hawkeye Institute of Technology
Iowa Coaches
McGregor
Frederika
Tripoli
Sumner Area
Tripoli Town Hall
Sumner
David West
Terrarium Demonstration at Bremer County Hobby Fair
Mrs. David West of Tripoli will demonstrate terrarium making at the Bremer County Extension Hobby Fair on October 11 in the Educational Building Faith United Church of Christ Tripoli. The fair runs 10 a.m. to 8 30 p.m. with a Hobby Fair booklet sold that day containing terrarium directions. Door prizes hourly and many other hobbies shown with free admission to the public.
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David West
Tripoli
Bremer County
Faith United Church of Christ
Tripoli Panthers Fall to South Winn in Late Rally
In Friday night action at South Winneshiek, the Tripoli Panthers led 12-0 after three quarters but South Winn's Don Kubesh sparked a late comeback. South Winn tied the game with a 2-point conversion and a final TD drive after a Panther fumble, finishing 14-12.
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Tripoli Panthers
South Winn
South Winneshiek
Don Kubesh
Panthers
Utes
Panther
Tripoli
Meihost
Gary Bergmann
Rod Lahmann
Sunday Search for Lost Hunter in Wapsie Woods
A Waterloo hunter missing after a squirrel trip near the Wapsipinicon river southwest of Tripoli was found Sunday night after spending the night in heavy woods. Peter Alexander, recovering from surgery, disappeared when his hunting partners failed to meet him.
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Wapsie Woods
Waterloo
Wapsipinicon River
Tripoli
Peter Alexander
Alexander
Area Senior Citizen Workshop Set At Waterloo
The Waterloo Extension Area Senior Citizens Workshop is planned for October 10, 1973 at the Waterloo Recreation Center 225 Cedar Street from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Donna Andrusyk said Glen Thompson Town State University will be the featured speaker with a What to do and How to do it demonstration. A mini concert by the Waterloo Recreation Singers directed by Roy Gilfillan with Alma Stark as accompanist is also planned. Mrs Ed Kohlman will challenge participants in the concluding presentation. Organizations or individuals working with elderly recreation are invited to participate.
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Waterloo Extension
Citizens Recreation Workshop
Waterloo Recreation Center
Cedar Street
Waterloo
Donna Andrusyk
Bremer County Extension
Glen Thompson
Town State University
Waterloo Recreation Singers
Roy Gilfillan
Alma
Student Judy Schwake Begins Teaching at Charles City HIgh
Miss Judy Schwake of Sumner is doing her student teaching at Charles City Senior High for the first nine weeks. She works in the Business Education Department under the supervision of her cooperating teachers.
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Judy Schwake
Virgil Schwake
Sumner
Charles City Senior High
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Secktion
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Robert Ehrhardt
Lyle - Allen Droste
Carl
Ind Steinberg
Connerling Edgar
Abbas
Fortsch
Senate
Readlyn_ Council
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Rika
Happi
Jerry Lewis
Wapsie Whirlwind 4-H
Frederika Firemen
H’ers
Paula Haverkamp
Sharon Hoffman
Diane Pleggenkuhle
Cindyan
Debbie Bergmann
Margaret Rewoldt
Brenda Buenger
Janette Davison
Linda Kerr
Clarence Hassman
Merle Mack
Legion Aux
Music Mothers
Lorial
Vernon H. J. Parkersburg
Black Hawk, Butler, Floyd, Franklin, Marshall, and
Dunkerton
Hawkeye Tech
Duane Meihost
Ed Renner
E. Renner
J. Fink
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T. Smalley
M. Bergmann
Jim Fink
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