Public Meeting on Seven Month Closure of Highway 93
The Tripoli Commercial Club announces a public meeting Thursday Oct 14 at 8:00 p.m. in City Hall to discuss Iowa 93 bridge projects near Tripoli and Buck Creek road. Iowa 93 traffic may close north of Tripoli around April 1 1977 with re opening likely by November, affecting local economy and businesses.
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Tripoli
Tripoli Club
Iowa 93
Sumner
Buck Creek Road
The
Highway Commission
Iowa
Highway Department
Changes in food price spreads 1974 USDA study analysis
The USDA Economic Research Service outlines farm to retail price spreads for foods, detailing processing and marketing steps and their cost shares. It notes labor and packaging are major costs in processing, with perishables and long-distance goods raising marketing expenses, while wholesaling and retailing costs remain modest overall.
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USDA
California
Driver Lic Team Here Saturday
Iowa Highway Patrol driver license examining team will be in Tripoli city hall on Saturday October 16 from 8 40 a m to 11 45 a m. Renewals issued until closing time but tests only until 11 15 a m. Team will not return until Saturday November 20. Friends of the Bremer County Care Facility meet Tuesday October 19 at 7 p m at the facility. Social hour then program and business meeting. Rev Trachte speaker. Public invited.
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Tripoli
Friends
Bremer County Care Facility
Bremer County
Trachte
District Auxiliary Meeting Notice in Waterloo Area
The American Auxiliary fall district meeting is set for October 23 at Immanuel Lutheran Church 215 Franklin Street. Presiding district President Erwin Doctchen Kehe from Waterloo will lead sessions starting at 9 a.m. with meetings at Post 61 Highway 20 nearby.
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Hobby Fair Showcases Arts and Crafts October 14
Bremer County Extension Service hosts Our American Heritage Hobby Fair at Faith United Church of Christ education building on Thursday October 14 from 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Donna Andrusyk notes demonstrations and displays of hobbies and crafts with exhibitors including Beki Biesterfelt Tripoli Verna Dahrkopf Sumner Jean Thompson Fredericksburg Virginia Landis Independence Genevieve Craven Grundy Center Lorine Matters Toledo Jane Droste Waverly Maxine Leonard Janesville Polly Price Grundy Center Batik Rank George Delts Waterloo Lisette Schroedermeier Waverly Maurine Goering Sumner and others.
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Bremer County Extension Service
Faith United Church of Christ Education
Donna Andrusyk
Bremer County Extension Home
Beki Biesterfelt
Tripoli
Verna Dahrkopf
Marsh Market
Faith United Church
Unity High School Homecoming Activities Highlight 1976
Unity High School hosts 1976 homecoming events with Linda Hoffmann and Dave Hoffman as royalty. Activities include wood carving demos by Judy Whitney and floral decorating by Mrs. George Knapp. Local displays feature crafts by Grundy Center and Tripoli residents. Door prizes run hourly from 11 a.m. A Maple Hills Golf League Championship playoff win by Acers is noted with team members listed.
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Unity High School
Linda
Dave Hoffman
Leon Kirchhoff
Dave
and Hoffman
Frederika
Acers
Gaede
Mick Axon
Mike Fink
Kim Kehe
Steve Schwemm
Dave Kuethe
Eldo Kehe
Bob Fink
George Riedinger
Tom Benson
Nelson Gaede
State Hay Directory Under Study
The Iowa Marketing Division plans a state hay directory for buyers and sellers. To be listed, send full name address zip code phone number hay type bale type and forward to the Iowa Department of Agriculture Marketing Division Des Moines. Optional: Bremer County Extension Office in Tripoli will forward. An Oct 18 nursing home meeting is announced.
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Iowa Department of Agriculture
J. Russell Solheim
Iowa Department of Agricultue
State House
Des Moines
Iowa
Bremer County Extension Service
Tripoli
Two Fire Calls For Tripoli Fire Dept This Week
Tripoli’s fire department responded to two calls. A 1971 Dodge driven by Lizetta Struck on highway 93 West of Tripoli caught fire and was a total loss after the fuel line was damaged by a wire fence. A separate grass fire on the Ella Schroeder farm, 34 miles west of Tripoli, caused no major damage.
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Tripoli
Highway 93
Lizetta
Ella Schroeder
Set Community Chest Fund Drive Here
The Tripoli Community Chest plans its annual drive for Friday and Saturday, October 22 and 23, with a goal of 2200 dollars. Campaign chairman Marlene Snelling notes a list of benefiting organizations and area captains will be announced next week. The president’s resignation delays officers election until after the fall campaign.
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Tripoli
Funeral Rites Tuesday for Amy Mishier
Funeral services for Amy Bell Mishier 84 of Route 1 Fairbank were held Tuesday October 12 at 2 30 p m at Zion Lutheran Church Readlyn with burial in Grove Hill Cemetery Rev Bertrand Petrick officiated She died Sunday morning at Virginia Gay Hospital Vinton after months of illness Born January 9 1892 in Bremer County daughter of Orvis and Olive Haun Call lived in Fairbank area She married Bertie LeRoy Mishler November 19 1910 in Independence who died April 1963 Also preceded by her parents and sister Elizabeth Bender Survivors include son Orvis Mishler Muscatine daughter Iva M Baum Garrison nine grandchildren 19 great grandchildren and two brothers Frank Call Evansdale and Chester Call Fairbank
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Amy Bell Mishier
Route 1
Fairbank
Zion Lutheran Church
Grove Hill Cemetery
Bertrand Petrick
Mishier
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton
Bremer County
Iowa
Orvis
Olive Haun Call
Bertie LeRoy Mishler
Independence
Elizabeth Bender
Orvis Mishler
Muscatine
Iva M. Baum
Garrison
Frank Call
Evansdale
Chester Call
Swine Flu Vaccine to Nursing Homes
A limited quantity of the A-New Jersey-76 swine flu vaccine has been delivered to Bremer County for nursing home patients first, with remaining doses to chronically ill residents via county doctors. Public clinics to follow by state teams using injector guns.
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Bremer County
Marie Zelle
Wartburg College Counselor Visits Tripoli High School
Wartburg College admissions counselor Jack Fistler will visit Tripoli High School in Waverly Iowa on October 18 at 1:30 p.m. Prospective students may schedule visits through the high school guidance office. Wartburg is a private four year liberal arts college affiliated with the American Lutheran Church with over 1200 students and 71 full time faculty.
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the Wartburg
American Lutheran Church
Waverly
Iowa
Wartburg
Funeral for Readlyn boy Jeffrey Hagenow
Funeral services were held for Jeffrey James Hagenow 9 of Readlyn at Zion Lutheran church with burial in Readlyn. He died from suffocation in a corn bin on his farm home Saturday. Survived by parents James and wife two brothers Randall 12 Mitchell 7 a sister Roxanne 3 and grandparents.
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Readlyn
Jeffrey James Hagenow
Zion Lutheran Church
Bertrand Petrick
Jeffrey
James Hagenow
Tripoli
Sumner
Iowa
Zion Church
Randall
Mitchell
Roxanne
Henry Hagenow
Route 1
Minnie Pries
Waterloo
C. H. Hagenow
John Knoploh
Commercial Club Meeting Monday Night
Regular dinner meeting of Tripoli Commercial Club members will be held Monday October 18 in the city hall. Ladies of Faith United Church will serve the 7 00 dinner. Ray Bunger is club secretary for late reservations. Oran United Methodist Women annual bazaar Saturday Oct 16 1 5 p.m. at Community Hall Main St Oran. Plants pots hand made items and baked goods for sale.
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Tripoli
Tripoli City Hall
Tripoli Commercial Club
Ladies of Faith United Church
Ray Bunger
Oran
Must Be Registered To Vote In Gen Election Bremer County
Bremer County officials remind voters that all must be registered by October 23 to be eligible for the November 2 general election. Those with current voter ID cards are permanently registered. Contact the Bremer County Auditor in Waverly or city clerks in Denver Sumner Tripoli or Waverly, or register at the mobile registrar in your precinct.
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Bremer County
Jerald Fuerstenberg
Denver
Sumner
Tripoli
Waverly
Food Poster Contest Underway in Bremer County
Bremer County Farm Bureau sponsors a food poster contest with prizes for three age groups. Entries distributed to schools and at the Farm Bureau office in Waverly. First place in each group advances to the state contest. Also notes a Trap Shoot by Wapsie Sportsmen on Oct 24 at Tots Lake and a two family rummage sale Oct 14–15 at 105 3rd Ave NW, 9 to 5.
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Bremer County
Farm Bureau
Waverly
Wapsie
Tots Lake
Jerry Heidemann
3Rd Ave. N.W
Tripoli Special Ed Students Visit Niagara Cave
On Thursday September 23, Tripoli’s special education classes toured Niagara Cave in Harmony Minnesota. The trip served as an extended science and social studies lesson with cave formation discussions and cave photography followed by drawing, writing, and conversations.
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Tripoli
Harmony
Minn
Niagara Cave
Food Stamp Meeting for Deere Workers
The Bremer County Social Services office holds an informational food stamp meeting in Waverly on Friday October 15 at 10:00 AM in the Court House Assembly Room. Verlyn Weiden says the session answers eligibility rules and application steps and clarifies questions about the program for Deere strike workers and other interested parties.
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Bremer County Department of Social Services
Court House
Waverly
John Deere
Verlyn Weiden
Bremer County Social Services
Tripoli Club to Meet with Sheriff Westendorf as Guest
Tripoli Federated Woman's Club schedules a guest night meeting at 7 15 p m Wednesday October 20 in city hall. Bremer County Sheriff Bill Westendorf will speak to members and guests.
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Tripoli Federated Woman's Club
Bremer County
Bill Westendorf
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K. C. Johnson
Elma
Melvin Warneke
Barbie
Lawrence Heideman
Kathy Palmersheim
Lawler
Hobby Fair Committee
Jo Benson
Julie Kammeyer
Carma Blasberg
Karla Rucker
Karen Schwake
Melanie Bull
Mark Nuss
Tim Phelps
Ted Ganske
Tripoli Fire Dept
Amy Mishier
Arts & Crafts Sale
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