Tripoli Gridders Seek First Win at Strawberry Point
Tripoli travels to Strawberry Point Friday night in a push for their first victory of the season. The Panthers have scored only two touchdowns in five games and must improve on offense to challenge a host team that has begun to show improvement after early losses.
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Tripoli
Strawberry Point
Panthers
Nands
Manchester
Calmar
Monona
Coggan
Pointers
Plainfield
Pirates
Greene
Sumner
Panther
John Woodring
Darlene Koepke to Wed Donald Schweer on Nov 17
Denver special report announces the engagement and forthcoming marriage of Darlene F. Koepke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Koepke of Waverly, to Donald C. Schweer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schweer of Tripoli. The wedding is scheduled for November 17 at 2:30 PM at St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church in Denver.
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Denver
Harry Koepke
Waverly
Darlene F
Donald C. Schweer
Herman Schweer
Tripoli
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Wisconsin Visitors Maurers Travel to Merrill
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Maurer left Wednesday evening for Merrill where they are visiting relatives. They expect to return home Thursday evening.
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Mrs. S. A. Maurer
Merrill
Last Rites Saturday For Harold Pierce Father of Resident
Funeral services were held in Waterloo for Harold C. Pierce 59. He died last Wednesday at Veterans Hospital Iowa City from a heart ailment. A 30 year Waterloo resident, he worked for John Deere Water Joe Tractor Works Chamberlain Corp and Young Con Co before retiring four years ago. An World War I veteran his son Kenneth is married to Haye Maurer and they live with her parents while he attends the State University of Iowa in Iowa City. He also survived by his wife three other sons Harold in Yokohama Japan Walter and Thomas of Waterloo three daughters Barbara Fulcher Kathleen Summerhays and Eleanor Wessels two brothers three sisters. He was born May 1 1898 in Broadland Illinois and married Esther Mense July 14 1920 in Tuscola Illinois.
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Waterloo
Harold C. Pierce
Xknneth Pierce
Tripoli
Myr
Pierce
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
John Deere Water
Joe Tractor Works
Chamberlain Corp
Young Con! Co
Kenneth
Haye Meauher
S. A. Maurer
State University of
Towa
Towa City
Harold
Yokohama
Japan
Walter
Thomas
Barbara Fulcher
Kathleen Summerhays
Eleanor Wessels
Broadland, Ill
Esther Mense
Tuscola
Ill
Tripoli Treasure Prize Worth Twenty-Five Dollars
First prize from Tripoli Treasure Chest this Saturday night will be $25. The drawing will be at 9 p.m. Lavern Dettmer won $50 last Saturday night, being present when his name was called. Other names drawn were Mrs. Ed Pavelec, Charles Gabe, La Vern Diercks and Mrs. Les Biermann.
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Tripoli
Tripoli Treasure Chest
Lavern Dettmer
Ed Pavelec
Charles Gabe
LaVern Diercks
Les Biermann
Mrs Amanda Bartels Auction At Readlyn Monday
Mrs Amanda Bartels will sell all household furnishings at her Readlyn home next Monday starting at 1 p.m. Two blocks east and a block north of Matthias Implement Co the residence. Readlyn Savings Bank Burton Stumme and Walt Kemp will clerk with Arnold Hexom Waverly as auctioneer.
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Amanda Bartels
Readlyn
Matthias Implement Co
Bartels
Ruehses Celebrate 40th Wedding Anniversary Open House
Mr and Mrs J C Ruehs of Plainfield mark their 40th anniversary with an open house at St John s Lutheran church Western Douglas township from 2 to 4 pm They were married Oct 18 1917 at Immanuel Lutheran Klingner They have four children seven grandchildren and have farmed since moving to Western Douglas in 1923.
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J. C. Ruehs
Plainfield
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Western Douglas
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Klinger
Readlyn
Douglas Township
Carl. Schwemm
Waverly
LeLand Bergmann
Tripoli
Waldo
Randall Niedert
Readlon
Community Chest Fund Drive Reaches 40 Percent
Tripoli sees a fund drive at about 40 percent of its $2,720 goal in the first week. Alfred Rieck, campaign chairman, notes only about $1,000 turned in so far and urges volunteers to finish collections quickly. The drive pools 10 organizations including the Red Cross and Salvation Army, so gifts support all.
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Tripoli
Alfred Rieck
American Red Cross
American Cancer Society
Boy Scouts of America
Bremer County Association For
Mentally Retarded Children
Cerebral Palsy Foundation
Iowa Mental Health Association
Sister Kenny Foundation
Salvation Army
Tripoli Youth Recreation Fund
United Fund of Iowa
Tripoli Community Chest
Ten Tripoli youths join Scout Troop 32
Ten Tripoli youths joined the local Boy Scout Troop 32 at the reorganization meeting last Wednesday night. They were organized into two patrols by Scout master Virgil Weidler and assistant J. Richard Rush. Patrols named Black Hawk and Owl with listed leaders and members.
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Tripoli
Virgil Weidler
J. Richard Rush
Black Hawk Patrol
Dixon Bunger
Marshall Wilharm
Michael Buckley
Michael Fink
Ronald Rieck
Owl! Patrol
Larry Bunger
Robert Kuker
Frederick Lahmann
Alan Weidler
Dennis Weidler
Weidler
Elmer Wilharm
L. H. Bunger
Robert Fink
Wm. A. Buckley
Otto Rieck
Birthday visit honors Brenda Jo Anderson
Saturday evening visitors to Parkersburg were Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Anderson and family in honor of Brenda Jo's fifth birthday which was Sunday. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hagen.
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Vernon Anderson
Parkersburg
Brenda Jo
Henry Hagen
Little Woman Wins Waterloo Football Contest
Ruth Buckley, wife of the Waterloo Courier editor, correctly predicted last week’s football games to win a vacation for two in Minnesota. The husband admits using a wrong list to keep the contest lively, while praising Martha Buckley for uncovering the plan.
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Little
Waterloo Courier
Ruth
Martha) Buckley
Couriers
Minnesota
Six From Tripoli Represent Chapter At FFA Convention
Six members of the Tripoli FFA chapter will attend the national convention of the Future Farmers of America in Kansas City Missouri this week. They are Bob Osborn president John Lenius vice president Harlan Reuscher secretary Vernon Everding treasurer Duane Buchholz member and Davey L Smith chapter advisor. Almost 10 000 FFA boys are expected to attend the convention with 1 000 from Iowa.
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Tripoli
FFA
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
Bob Osborn
John Lenius
Harlan Reuscher
Vernon Everding
Duane Buchholz
Davey L. Smith
Iowa
Chicken Supper Bazaar at Frederika Methodist Church
A chicken supper and bazaar will be held Thursday October 24 at the Frederika Methodist Church basement. Sponsored by W.S.C.S. Supper starts at 5:30. Prices are 1.00 and 0.50.
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Frederika
Methodist Church
W.S.C.S
Local Youth Faces Hit Run Charge in Fatal Accident
Tripoli youth Ronald Sands aged 19 faces failure to stop and aid charges after a Sumner fatal crash involving a four year old girl. He waived preliminary hearing, was bound over to Bremer County District Court, and freed on 2000 dollar bail. The girl Carolee Kimball died from head injury and crushed hip after being struck near her home. Sands claimed the girl darted into the street. authorities say he was taken into custody later.
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Tripoli
Ronald Sands
Sumner
Sands
John DeNetti
Waverly
Bremer County
James R. Coddington
Highway 93
Carolee Kimball
Johanna Kimball
Homer Kimball
Kimball
Sumner Hospital
University Hospital
Iowa City
Frank Dodd
Sherriff
Harley Ehlert
Highway Patrol
Janesville
Obituary Omission Sparks Note About Biermann Son John
Mrs Minnie Biermann obituary in The Leader last week omitted her son John from the list of those who preceded her in death. Mr and Mrs Albert Reeves and family of Shell Rock were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Andrew Ahrenholz Jr and family.
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Minnie Biermann
the Leader
John
Albert Reeves
Shell Rock
Andrew Ahrenholz Jr
Last Rites Thursday For Mrs. Parrott Native of Tripoli
Funeral services for Margaret Parrott 76 who died Oct 13 at Williamsburg will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at McSwiggin Ulmann funeral home Williamsburg and 2:30 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Sumner. Burial in Union Mound cemetery. Casket bearers include Everett Ambrose Robert Ambrose Frederick Ambrose and Stanley Ambrose. Survived by four children and a grandchild. born near Tripoli to Jacob Ambrose and Amelia Sharke. widowed since 1924. sisters in Tripoli and Iowa City.
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Margaret Parrott
Williamsburg
McSwiggin & Ulmann
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Sumner
Union Mound Cemetery
Everett Ambrose
Robert Ambrose
Frederick Ambrose
Stanley Ambrose
Tripoli
Jacob Ambrose
Amelia Sharke
William E. Parrott
William Ambrose
Nicholas Ambrose
Fred Ambrose
John Ambrose
Waterloo
Isabelle
Henry Wetten
Margaret
Robert Bathke
Greene
Harrison
Waverly
Berritta
Pioneer Settler of Tripoli Died in Waterloo at 91
Mrs. Reka Pries of Waterloo, a pioneer settler in the Tripoli area, died at Waterloo last week at age 91. Born March 5, 1866 in Germany, she came to the U S in 1870, married Fred Pries in 1885, lived in Sumner, moved to Waterloo in 1912. Funeral services were Friday with burial at Memorial Park cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs Louis Beener Waterloo brother Herman Pichelman Waverly three grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Tripoli
Waterloo
Reka Pries
Memorial Park Cemetery
Pries
Germany
Louis
Sophia Pichelman
Fred Pries
Douglas Township
Sumner
Louis Beener
Herman Pichelman
Waverly
Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts Plan Clothing Drive on Nov 2
Hundreds of Scouts from eight counties of the Wapsipinicon Area council will stage the first annual Good Turn Davy clothing drive for the handicapped at Goodwill Industries. Cub Scouts will distribute bags Oct 26 in Tripoli Frederika Readlyn, then Boy Scouts collect filled bags a week later at designated points.
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Wapsipinicon
Goodwill Industries
Cub
Tripoli
Frederika
Denver
Readlyn
Cub Scout Pow Wow Training Sessions Held Sunday
Cubmaster Raymond H. Bunger and Den Mothers Mrs. Harlan Johnson Mrs. Alfred Bock and Mrs. Robert Fink attended a Cub Scout Pow Wow at Maynard Sunday afternoon. They received training in administration theme craft games and Blue and Gold banquet. Dinner was served in the evening.
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Raymond H. Bunger
Harlan Johnson
Alfred Bock
Robert Fink
Maynard
Paper Drive to Aid Tripoli Scout Troop
Tripoli Boy Scouts plan a paper drive next Saturday morning. Residents should place bundled papers at the curb by 8 a m for pickup by a Farmers Produce Co truck, with all proceeds going to the local troop.
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Tripoli
Farmers Produce Co
Driver's License Exams Move to Tripoli Monthly
The Iowa Highway Patrol announced that driver’s license examinations will be conducted in Tripoli on the fourth Saturday each month starting Nov 23. Examinations run from 8 a.m. to noon in the Town Hall Council room, with four months of trial scheduling and potential indefinite continuation if successful.
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Tripoli
Iowa Highway Patrol
Sumner
Patrol
Tripoli Commercial Club
W. A. Kuker
G. R. Rettig
Paul Voetmann
Highway Patrol
Regular Meeting Of Tripoli Commercial Club
The Tripoli Commercial Club will hold a regular meeting Monday night at 7 30 in the Town Hall. No dinner will be served as teachers and their wives are guests at a special dinner next Monday. Key business items will be discussed and attendance urged. The committee will present a Christmas decorations recommendation and act on it. A general talk on annual Christmas promotion plans and other private matters to members is planned.
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Tripoli
Kuhrt Golden Anniversary in Waverly Oct 9
Mr and Mrs Henry Kuhrt of Waverly former Tripoli residents celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at home with 204 guests from Waverly Waterloo Cedar Falls Shell Rock Fairbank Sumner Fredericksburg Denver Readlyn Tripoli Plainfield Fredericka Nashua Sonia Readlyn and nearby towns. Their daughter Mrs Clarence Lageschulte hosted with local women assisting at the guest book and as hostesses.
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Henry Kuhrt
Waverly
Tripoli
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Shell Rock
Fairbank
Sumner
Fredericksburg
Denver
Readlyn
Plainfield
Frederika
Nashua
Sonia
Clarence Lageschulte
P. L. Crittenden
Art Shore
Neal Guether
Elvira Williams
Alfred Meyer
Leo Westendorf
Louis Gambiana
Ralph Koch, Waverly
Stahlhut Named Kent Feeds Dealer in Tripoli Area
Melvin Stahlhut of Tripoli has been appointed Kent Feeds dealer for the area. Stahlhut Grain & Trucking Co. operates here. The company advertises special offers and prizes with feed purchases. Details are in the advertisement.
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Stahlhut
Kent Feeds
Tripoli
Melvin Stahlhut
Kent
Stahlhut Grain & Trucking Co
Turkey Supper at St Peter's Evangelical Church
The men of St Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church sponsor a family style turkey supper in the church parlors on Thursday November 7 from 5 30 p m until all are served. Menu includes turkey dressing salad potatoes pie and beverage. Price 1 25 for adults and 75c for children under 12.
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Men of
St. Peter’s Evangelical and
Kansas City Visitors Attend 1958 Ford Show
Mr and Mrs Robert Ambrose and Mr and Mrs William Schlichting attended the 1958 Ford show in Kansas City last week. The gathering highlighted civilian interest in automotive displays and featured local social circles among attendees.
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Robert Ambrose
William Schlichting
Kansas City
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Panther ‘Ushers
Blockas
Eldy Heideman
Fede
Binestumumbee
MSR Se
West Central
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Fayette
St. Ansgar
Manly
Lime Springs
Arlington
Coggon
Darlene F. Koepke
Wisconsin
Harold Pierce
J. C. Ruehses
W. H. Warner
Elkton, Minn
Ernest Schwerin
Chicago University
William F. Goetz
College of the
University of Chicago
Harold Hayden
Goetz
William Goetz
Dubuque
Hoople
Waterloo Land
Martha
Sends
Banks
Ekend
Tripoli High School
Jackie Nerge
Jackie
Grace Lohmann
Fifthanne Joens
Betty Osborn
Mrs. Parrott
Ray Bunger
Lester Buenger
Carl H. Balvanz
Roland Knudson
Stanley Klemp
Commercial Club
Henry Kuhrts
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