Get Out the Vote Campaign Planned By Area Boy Scouts
Area Boy Scouts launch a nonpartisan Get Out the Vote effort as part of Scouting's Golden Jubilee. Wapsipinicon Area Council leaders say 60,000 door hangers and 40 million door placards will reach households, urging registration and voting on November 8. Northeastern Town units will supply 7,500 Scouts and Explorers to distribute materials with Northeast Iowa Sports Car Club aiding with vehicles and drivers.
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Area
Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
Wapsipinicon
Wapste
Northeast
Iowa
Ideal Fall Weather Is Recorded for 3rd Straight Week
Residents report a third straight week of mild fall weather with two frosts at 38 degrees on Friday and Saturday. Crops remain frost-free and corn drying conditions were favorable despite a trace of rain last Wednesday. Highs ranged to 80 with daily lows from 38 to 51 during the Oct 5 to Oct 11 period.
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Jack Frost
Tripoli over Dunkerton tightens Cedar-Wapsie race
Tripoli defeated Dunkerton 20 to 6 as Dunkerton slips to second behind unbeaten Janesville in Cedar-Wapsie Conference play. Tripoli piled up 184 rushing yards and 10 first downs while Dunkerton’s lone TD came in the first quarter and the Raiders clinched late with two fourth-period scores. Other Week results include Denver 32 Wapsie Valley 12 and Janesville 41 Clarksville.
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Dunkerton
Cedar-Wapsie Loop
Janesville
Tripoli
Raider
Bill Garner
Pantherland
Garner
Pavelec
Bunger
Denver
Wapsie Valley
Fredericksburg
Plainfield
Looking at Life s It Used to Be
Local reminiscences note Christof Meier death at his Douglas township home on Sept 12. Fred Krueger buys G Ret tig’s meat market stake on Sept 21. A wedding at Fargo N D unites Olive Mary Beth Nelson Berg and Walter Berg. Local moves include Beth McCorkle to Black s Waterloo and Sanford Furrow family relocating to Tripoli Yard. Jobs shift as Clyde Kelsey joins Oran lumber yard. Historical prices list farm products and livestock from 50 years ago.
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Christof Meier
Douglas Township
N. L. Nelson
Fargo
N. D
Olice Mary Beth
Walter F. Berg
Jacob Berg
Tripoli
Beth McCorkle
Black
Waterloo
Sanford Furrow
Dubuque
W. H. Furrow
Clyde Kelsey
Oran
Clem Bennett
Opening of Ribbeck clothing store and local ventures
Twenty five years ago, Sept 25, 1935, Tripoli welcomed a modern Ribbeck clothing store and dry cleaning establishment. John R Sharles planned a new Tripoli Theatre with a grand opening Sept 28. Ralph Hurmence became Gamble store system agent in the Schwemm building. Local markets listed eggs 30c, chickens 8 to 10c, hogs around $11, veal calves $3 to $8.75.
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Ribbeck
Tripoli
Iowa
John R. Sharles
Tripoli Theatre
Ralph Hurmence
Gamble
Schwemm
Main Street
Silver Wedding Anniversary and Fall Weather Notes
Mr and Mrs Fred Schweer celebrated their silver wedding anniversary with friends and relatives on Sunday Sept 17. The Tripoli area reported the season's first light frost and a week temperature range of 77 to 32. Louis Buhr 65 died of a heart attack Sept 1 at Sumner hospital. funeral was at St John Lutheran in Sumner. First Reformed church Sully hosted a Sept 14 candlelight wedding of Genevieve De Kock and Ivan Wikner with other local nuptials including Velma Schultz and Duane Hartman at St Peters and Grace Lutheran. Mrs L H Fink fractured her left wrist in a fall. Cecile Dilley of Frederika wed Ernest Heinemann in Nashua. One year ago Alice Kuethe wed Jerry Martin at Grace Lutheran in Grace Goetz officiating. Funeral notices for Walter Fulkerson and Robert Buenzow, both connected to Cedar Falls and Sumner, noted graves. Mr and Mrs Rudy Pavelee observed their 25th anniversary Sept 13 at their farm with about 50 guests.
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Fred Schweer
Tripoli
Louis Buhr
Sumner Hospital
St. John Lutheran Church
Sumner
First Reformed Church
Sully
Genevieve K. de Kock
Tony de Kock
Sally
Ivan A. Wikner
R. O. Wikner
Janela Ann Eichmann
A. F. Eichmann
Clarence R. Stephenson
A. E. Stephenson
Swisher
Grace Lutheran Church
William F. Goetz
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Velma Schultz
Walter H. Schultz
L. H. Fink
Cecile Dilley
Frederika
Ernest Heinemann
Little Brown Church
Nashua
Ralph Barron
Jolly Jacksons Rated at Dairy Cattle Congress
Mary Beth Kens and Katherine Boomer lead a Bremer county 4 H demonstration at the Dairy Cattle Congress with Ninety four girls displaying clothing. The event is run by Mrs Dee and Mrs Glen Sheree and the Kens family.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Mary Beth
Janesys
Bremer County
Cattle Congress Ing.l
Katherine
Wilford Kens
Mylford S. Boomer
Dee
Glen Shere
SF Lees
Auxiliary Notes From Local Legion Meetings
Regular meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary at Town Hall Wheaton on Oct 11 lists attendees including Geneva S¢ esses. A joint county Legion and Auxiliary session is planned at Verly Legion hall on Thursday at 9 20. A vote appropriated 10 dollars to the Tripoli Commit Chest. A Veterans Day Potluck for the Legion and Auxiliary is set for Friday Nov 11 at 620. Five hundred Poppies were ordered by the Auxiliary.
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Bremer County
Tripoli
Garry Brandenburg
David Leistikow
Ronnie Strottman
Kenny Chandler
Kermit Roever
Townline Cowboys
Afican Legion Auxiliary
Ning
Ner
Geneva
Legion and Agiliary
Verly
Legion
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J. M. Haydon
Fayette
Clarksville
Dyersville
Strawberry Point
Fred Krueger
Buving G. Rettig
New County
Alice Kuethe
Chicago
Harold Kuethe
Jerry Leon Martin
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Don Bergin
Davenport
Glen F. Martin
Moline
Wm. F. Goetz
Frederika Area
Walter Fulkerson
Cedar Falls
First Methodist Church
Garden of Memories Cemetery
Robert Buenzow
Jefferson, Wis
Sumner Area
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Grove Hill Cemetery
Rudy Pavelee
Nestles
Ast and
Pleasmor
Dey
Pepsi Cola
Penthouse
Elberta Freestone Peaches
Walnut Dairy
Ae Ome
Swift
Swift's Premium
Swift’s
Vy’ Gal
Arton
Blue Star
Jar
Rath
Black Hawk Butt
Shan Butt Ib
Shank Ib
Velveeta
Appies
Tokay Grapes
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