Town News Snapshots From Tripoli Area
Wedding planned for Bernadette Mooney of Waverly with J A Mooney hosting a ceremony at home. Local moves include Elmer McKeown to Great Western baggage, Bert Claus and Walter Ferge mann aiding Sumner ball team, and Gus Bull moving a filling station. Several accidents and obituaries reported along with relief rolls, store remodeling, and anniversary notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernadette Mooney
J. A. Mooney
A. Stout
Waverly
Elmer McKeown
Walay
Great Westen
Baggage Department
Bert Claus
Walter Fergemann
Waterloo
Sumner
Henry Kruegers
Berg
Relief
Bremer County
Louise Morehouse
Tripoli Mercantile Co
Gus Bull
Tripoli Seniors to Take National Merit Tests Oct 26
Three Tripoli High students Betty Lou Nerge Judy Schlichting and Phil Snyder will take a preliminary National Merit Scholarship program exam on October 26 at the school. The program offers about 200 four year college scholarships covering tuition and living expenses based on need and merit. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation funds the project with 20.5 million dollars and will also award Certificates of Merit to some 800 runners up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli High School
J. J. Casey
Betty Lou Nerge
Judy Schlichting
Phil Snyder
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Farm Bureau Begins 1956 Resolution Process in Bremer County
Bremer County Farm Bureau starts forming 1956 policies with a Sept 21 county meeting and over 60 planned sessions. The resolutions committee seeks at least 800 participants and will cover national farm programs and state school reorganization, with numerous neighborhood meetings listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County Farm Bureau
County Resolutions Committee
Dayton Township
K. H. Hoppenworth
Wilbert Peters
August Seehase
Allen Buhr
H. H. Hildebrandt
Louis Horsley
Dalton Meyer
Douglas
John Beam
Art Rieckenberg
Herbert Joens
LaVern Haverkamp
W. H. Heffernan
Lavern Lageschulte
John Munsterman
Franklin
Herman Moeller
Fritz Diers
Earl Tiedt
Laverne Herman
Henry Reiter
Raymond Smith
Eugene Wilson
Fremont
Eugene Woodcock
Mervyn Ormston
Hadley Brewer
West Lafayette
Lucy Vosseller
Fred Bahlmann
Virgil Napiecek
Leroy
Chester Pals
George Hagen
Robert Figanbaum
Arnold Strottman
Polk
Eugene White
William Woodring
Floyd Beard
Allan Casady
Earl Weikert
Carl Lockwood
Frank Sherman
Leonard Colburn
Sumner
Edwin Brase
Earl Rohrsson
Kenneth Sowers
Elston Blume
Alfred Zell
Wayne Priebe
Frederick Sell
Richard Fink
Bernard Nolte
Warren
Rolland Dewey
Washington
Harley Albrecht
Emil Geuther
K. H. Arns
Clarence Christopher
John Droste
Edwin Albrecht
S. R. Reiter
Resolutions Committee
Bremer County
Half Century of Iowa Traffic Deaths Prompts Safety Doubts
An Iowa column reflects on 50 years of traffic fatalities totaling 17,000 and a culture of pessimism about stopping the slaughter. It notes recurring, short lived safety groups and limited state funding, warning that without belief in change the next 50 years could bring 30,000 killed and 1,000,000 injured in 2,500,000 accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hullihan
Iowa
Bremer County Tops Savings Bond Quota in September
Bremer county joined ten Iowa counties above 100 percent of its annual savings bond quota as of September. Individuals bought 101,002 in September, nine month total 1,403,267 equal to 107 percent of the 1955 quota. Iowa posted nine month total 137,721,090 at 85 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Iowa
U. S
Butler
Chickasaw
Fayette
Pvt Vernon Huebner Assigned to 612th Field Artillery Battalion
Army Pvt Vernon E. Huebner 25 of Sumner is serving at Fort Buckner Okinawa in the 75th Regimental Combat Team's 612th Field Artillery Battalion as a switchboard operator. He arrived overseas from Fort Sill and entered the Army last January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Buckner
Okinawa
Army
Vernon E. Huebner
Amanda D. Huebner
Sumner
75Th Regimental Combat Team
612Th Field Artillery
Huebner
Fort Sill
Oklo
William Dowden 99 Dies in Spirit Lake
William Dowden died at 99 in Spirit Lake after living there 30 years. He would have turned 100 next June, marking him as one of Iowa's oldest residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
William Dowden
Spirit Lake
Douglas Living Group Met At Horton Hall
The October meeting of the Douglas Family Living group was held at Horton Hall on Oct 11 with 19 members present. A lesson on Copper Tooling was given by Mrs. John Warnke and Mrs. Ray Brown, each member making an item for herself. A special Woodmaking workshop was planned for Oct 25 at Mrs. Munster man's home, led by Mrs. Stanley Bockhaus and Mrs. Munster man. Potluck lunch ended the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pavelee
Fremont Township
Tripoli
Waverly
Eveland
Ames
Edgar
Wis
Henry J. Hoppenworth
Herman Biermann
Douglas Township
St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
William F. Krueger
Grace Lutheran Parish Hall
Theodore Wittenburg
Readlyn Community Hall
Douglas
Horton Hall
John Warnke
Ray Brown
John Munsterman
Stanley Bockhaus
Munsterman
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Tooking
Life 451
Ruth Berlin
John C. Berlin
Loren Bergmann
Fred W. Bergmann
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Robert T. Fauth
Henry Rathe
LaVera Dettmer
Ernest Dettmer
Willard Seegers
Ed Seegers
Denver
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Siegel
W. G. Mauch
Mary Eileen
Paul Martin
Allen Memorial Hospital
St. Peter's Evangelical Church
Fred C. Kuhrt
Homer Miehe
Oelwein
Highway 3
Junction 63
Louisa Tegtmeier
Presbyterian Hospital
Vinton
Professional Directory
Blame Business Service
United
Hartford Fire Insurance Inc
Fire & Casualty
Cedar Rapids
Mutual Trust Life Insurance
M. O. Brye Chiropractor
Waverly, Iowa
Dr. L. J. Magnall
Water Tower
Fred Rewoldt
West Main
Frederika
Coddington & Hemingway
Attorneys-at-Law
Block & Klemp Building
V. G. Goebel
Biermann
C. R. Barry
Tripoli, Iowa
H. O. Hastings
Optometrist
Bremer
F. Ray Robinson
Sumner, Iowa
Syndicate
Farm Bureau
Pvt
Vernon Huebner
Ft. Buckner
American Savings Bank
Rettig's
Clevelander
Hamilton- Beach
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