Tripoli Community Chest Drives Underway With 2420 Goal
The annual membership drive for the Tripoli Community Chest opened this Wednesday morning led by campaign chair Howard Holm. The goal is 2420 to support 13 health welfare and service organizations including the Salvation Army Iowa Chapter arthritis Foundation and the American Red Cross Tripoli chapter.
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Tripoli
Sister FE
Kenny Foundation
Salvation Army
Iowa
Arthritis Foundation
Iowa Children's Home Society
Tripoli Cub Scouts
Tripoli Boy Scouts
Wapse Area Scout Council
American Red Cross
T. Pg
Bond
Association of Mental Health
Tripoli Recreation Fund
Bremer County
Cedar Valley Mental Health Center
Tripoli Community Chest
Pledges for Nursing Home Construction Here Total $92,000
August Krueger canvassing committee chairman reports pledges totaling $92,000 and ongoing efforts until the goal is reached. The project’s estimated cost to build and equip a 20 patient nursing home is $105,000, and committee members will continue to contact prospective investors.
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August Krueger
WWI Barracks Meet at Tripoli Town Hall
The WWI Barracks and Auxiliary will meet on October 14 at Tripoli Town Hall, beginning at 6:30 with a turkey dinner.
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WWI
Tripoli Town Hall
Commercial Club Will Meet on Monday Evening
The Tripoli Commercial Club will hold a regular dinner meeting in Tripoli Town Hall on October 19 at 7 p.m. Faith United Church of Christ ladies will serve the meal. The attendance committee will make personal calls to secure dinner reservations.
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Tripoli Commercial Club
Tripoli Town Hall
Ladies of Faith United Church of Christ
New Dial Telephones in Operation in Tripoli
The Butler-Bremer Mutual Telephone Co converted the Tripoli exchange to dial operation on Tuesday Oct 13 at a cost near 150000 dollars. Mayor Barnes made the first direct distance dial call to Mission Kansas, illustrating the new system that replaces the old manual switchboard for nearly 800 subscribers.
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Tripoli
Butler - Bremer Mutual Telephone Co
Frederika
Plainfield
Wayne Miller
George V. Barnes
Sam Blasco
Mission
Kan
Mayor Barnes
Tripoli Exchange
Open House and Dedication for New Waverly Hospital
The new St. Joseph Mercy hospital in New Waverly hosts a Sunday dedication at 1:30 with open house 2:00 to 4:30. Speakers include Mother Mary Justine and Mother Provincial of the Sisters of Mercy Detroit. The 46-bed facility cost 1,273,295 dollars, plus 106,324 dollars for equipment. the building is air conditioned and fire resistant, with a 12-physician medical staff. Jens Olesen Const. of Waterloo was the general contractor.
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St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Waverly
Mother Mary Justine
Sisters of Mercy
Detroit
Jens Olesen
H R Gross Maintains Perfect Attendance in Congress
Congressman H R Gross of Waterloo Republican maintained perfect attendance this session with 272 roll calls and quorum checks. It marks his sixth straight year present and voting on all roll calls and places his overall record among the best in the House with 99 percent attendance over 16 years.
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Washington
H. R. Gross
Waterloo
Congress
House of Representatives
Gross
Iowa
House
Driver License Exam Team In Town Hall Saturday
The Iowa Highway Patrol driver license examiners will be at Tripoli Town Hall Saturday morning from 8 a.m. to noon. Residents can renew licenses or qualify for a new one, with tests given only between 8 and 11 a.m. Bring your social security number. The team will not return until Nov. 21.
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Iowa Highway Patrol
Tripoli Town
Tripoli Area
Tripoli
Frank Family Visits Waterloo Hospital after Surgery
Janet Frank and Mr and Mrs L H Fink of West Union spent Thursday at Scholtz Memorial hospital in Waterloo to visit K C Frank who underwent major surgery that morning. He is reported to be making a satisfactory recovery.
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Janet Frank
West Union
L. H. Fink
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
K. C. Frank
Annual Hobby Fair Set for Oct 20 in Tripoli Town Hall
The annual hobby fair unfolds Tuesday Oct 20 at Tripoli Town Hall inviting all to view 20 plus hobbies and chat with demonstrators. Exhibits include Pomander Ball Marble Craft Plaques Ceramics Wool Scrap Rugs Fun with Fabrics and Yarn Travel Fun Thread Fabric Wardrobe Norwegian Rose Mauling Antiquing Furniture Coin Collecting Fun with Nature's Gifts African Violets and more with five exhibit areas run by committee women and a 9 to 12 am drop-off window. Coffee served by extension home economics committee. Pearl E Pardee assists with program goals and 4-H and home economics outreach.
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Tripoli Town Hall
Irvin Vossberg
Janesville
Lenora Driscoll
Oelwein
Forrest Sickles
Oscia Hardin
Waverly
Burke
Sumner
Tripoli
Jeannine Rathbone
Harvey Kuhlmann
Extension Home Economics County Committee
Pearl E. Pardee
County Extension Home
Sandra Ellison to Represent Bremer at Iowa Dairy Princess Contest
Sandra Ellison, Bremer county dairy princess, will represent the county at the Iowa dairy princess contest in Des Moines October 21 22. Judging begins October 21 with the Parade of Princesses and crowning to follow at the Savery hotel. Ellison 18 and a Northwestern Bell employee was raised on a dairy farm near Waverly and is among 33 finalists for the Iowa title.
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Sandra Ellison
Bremer County
Des Moines
Savery Hotel
Sandra
Milan Ellison
Waverly
Ellison
Northwestern Bell
Tripoli High School
Iowa Dairy Princess
Tme
Dairy Farmers of Iowa
American Dairy Association
Iowa
Iowa Dairy Farmer
Tripoli Panthers Top Plainfield 39 19 in Cedar-Wapsie clash
Tripoli High defeated Plainfield 39 to 19 Friday night to stay tied for second in the Cedar-Wapsie conference alongside Denver and Dunkerton who also won. Denver beat Wapsie Valley 18 to 0 while Dunkerton edged Janesville 13 to 12. Fredericksburg topped Turkey Valley 37 to 13.
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Tripoli High Panther
Plainfield
Denver
Dunkerton
Wapsie Valley
Janesville
Fredericksburg
Turkey Valley
Tripoli
Tripoli Pimarenna
Ray Lageschulte Named F. B. Head At Annual Meeting
Over 200 attend the annual Farm Bureau meeting in Tripoli on October 7 as J Merrill Anderson Iowa Farm Bureau president presents The Farm Bureau Image. County officers elected include Ray Lageschulte president John Jensen vice president Leland Ebaugh secretary Milton Meyer treasurer Mrs Harley Albrecht women s chairman Mrs John Beam vice chairman and Mrs Oscar Haefner publicity chair. Resolutions were discussed and passed to be forwarded for state and national consideration. Forty year membership pins went to E W Kirchhoff Seth Koch R C C Brandenburg and Claude Wylam. Twenty five year pins were awarded to Walter Warneke August Ruhr Herbert Seehase John Munsterman H H Hoppenworth Harold Kuethe Lawrence Snelling Glen Shere Edward Vosseller Wescott and Winks John Corkery Dewey Peters Russell Carlson and Charles Dewey.
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Farm Bureau
Tripoli
J. Merrill Anderson
Iowa Farm Bureau
Ray Lageschulte
John Jensen
Leland Ebaugh
Milton Meyer
Harley Albrecht
John Beam
Oscar Haefner
E. W. Kirchhoff
Seth Koch
R. C. C. Brandenburg
Claude Wylam
Walter Warneke
Auetst Ruhr
Herbert Seehase
John Munsterman
H. H. Hoppenworth
Harold Kuethe
Lawrence Snelling
Glen Shere
Edward Vosseller
Wescott and Winks
John Corkery
Dewey Peters
Russell Carlson
Charles Dewey
Will Discuss Iowa Mental Health Plan At Children's Home
At the Good Will Society meeting auxiliary of Lutheran Children's Home in Waverly members will hear a presentation on the Iowa Comprehensive Mental Health Plan by Dr. R. H. Riensche, who is also executive director of the Home. The 2 p.m. program in Memorial Hall will include election of new officers for the coming year. Current officers are Emma Bryhl as president, Mrs. Victor Steege as vice president, Mrs. Fred Brase as secretary, and Mrs. Herman Poehler as treasurer. The group supports building improvements and items for the Home, and at the last gathering contributed jams, jellies and peanut butter and in 1963 provided $7,570.50 to complete the admissions center project.
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Emma Bryhl
Cedar Falls
Victor Steege
Maynard
Fred Brase
Tripoli
Herman Poehler
Waverly
Three Car Accident Leaves One Car Demolished Near Plainfield
Lorenz Bunger was involved in a three car crash Friday near Plainfield. No injuries were reported though the Bunger vehicle was demolished.
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Lorenz Bunger
Plainfield
Bunger
Hardware Association Promotes Statewide Peanut Day
Bremer county cooperates for peanut day on Oct 17 under Iowa Retail Hardware Association sponsorship. Meyer Hardware Sumner Niewoehner Hardware Waverly Tripoli Hardware will display banners and offer free peanuts with donations to the Iowa Association for Retarded Children. More than a thousand hardware stores statewide participate.
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Hardware Association
Bremer County
Iowa Retail Hardware Association
Meyer Hardware
Sumner
Niewoehner Hardware
Waverly
Tripoli Hardware
Iowa
Iowa Association For
Albrecht Sale Scheduled For Saturday Evening
A household and miscellaneous sale by W. H. Albrecht is set for Saturday at 6 30 p m on his farm residence one mile south and one mile east of the Readlyn Creamery. Items include a Westinghouse refrigerator Hot Point electric range Maytag washing machine other furniture dishes and some antiques plus a work bench and carpenter tools. Cash terms. Complete listing on page 8.
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W. H. Albrecht
Readlyn Creamery
Westinghouse
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Ted Olmstead
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Rudolph Piegers
Wilbur Mahlsedt
Mildred Flanscha
Herold Kuethe
Eugene Bunger
Leo Towne
Virgil Weidher
Melvin Bergmann
Ray Fink
Donald McKeown
Larry Vogt
E. A. Carstensen
Charles Struck
Dorothea Tegtmeier
Alice Krueger
Robert Meier
Northwest
Wendall Kuethe
Ray Dohrmann
Jim Nuss
Ray Brase
Hans Schulz
Gene Vincent
Reinhard Ru
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Fire Call
Butler-Bremer Telephone
Barnes
New Waverly Hospital
Kucker
Town Hall
Dairy Princess
Tripoli Panthers
Garry Brown
Panthers
Pirates
Allan Alcock
Dennis Bahlmann
Alcock
Jim Kuhrt
Darrel Hinrichs
Jim Krumm
Krumm
Jim Kramm
al Alcock
Sam Kehe
Aloleck
Panther
Tripoli Panther
Robert Thurness
al Kuecker
Dan Ambrose
Bob Towne
Tony Brase
Yag Ave
Roger McLavey
Doneim
F. B. Head
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Buearu Federation
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