Looking at life as it used to be in Tripoli area
Local items recount a week of events including a Siegel creamery startup, a cement block building, staff reshuffles at Jacob Herman store, family illnesses and injuries, a marriage in Belmond, a 14 year old death from diabetes, anniversaries, birthday gatherings, and a look back at Bremer county corn husking contest preparations and 1949 community milestones.
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Siegel Creamery
H. J. Bunger
Jacob Herman
Klinger
Lydia
Henry Lau
Fred Krueger
A. H. Panzer
McCutcheon Bros
Helen Garland
Pi Klenzman
Sumner
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Belmond
Iowa
A. G. Lansky
Erwin Struckmeier
Borchert Hospital
Walter H. Schultz
Tripoli
Bremer County
American Legion Hall
Carl Hildebrandt
Will Eichmann
Rochester
O’keefe
Feed margins rise as cattle prices vary with drought effects
Iowa State college farm economist Francis A. Kutish notes Federal and market factors push cattle and feed costs higher while demand for lower grade feeder cattle remains strong. With corn and soy meal pricing volatile, next year’s fat cattle prices must rise to preserve last season’s profits amid shifting USDA policies. A separate report states a bulky tractor backfired, causing third degree burns to Ed Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. Kutish
Iowa State College
Corn Belt
Southwest
Corn
Drouth
Kutish
USDA
Ed Anderson
Braddyville
Bremer County Students Among /Iowa State University Fall Enrollment
Thirty five Bremer county residents are among the 8,294 enrolled at the State University of Iowa this fall as preliminary figures for the university's 10 colleges show total enrollment may reach 8,400. Names include Tripoli's Irene Beisner and Marion's Lois Lahmann among liberal arts juniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Bremer County
State University of Iowa
Ted McCarrel
Cremer County
Tripoli
Roxie Irene Beisner
Liberal Arts
Marion Lois Lahmann
Karla Kay Wilharm
Fr A Chapters Promote Safety Stickers On Corn Pickers
FFA chapters in Tripoli Luminee and Waverly promote safer corn picker use this fall by placing warning stickers on dangerous parts. The effort aims to prevent hand or arm injuries and possible death, following a recent spate of casual ties this season. The article also notes the Statue of Liberty model being sculpted by Bar Noldi’s mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA
Tripoli
Luminee
Waverly
Jeafer
F.F.A
Library Tea Honors Women Readers in Bremer County
A recognition tea for women who completed the county reading project is planned by Mrs. Chester Pals for Saturday Oct 30 at 2 p m in Tripoli town hall. Wartburg College faculty member Margaret Wolff will present with humorous readings and prose poetry, followed by musical interludes and a tea table.
Readlyn High Marching Band Performs at Waverly Football Game
Readlyn high school marching band performed at the Waverly Buena Vista football game in Waverly Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readlyn
Readlyn High School
Waverly-Buena Vista
Waverly
Readlyn Cagers Open Practice Season in October
Readlyn high school boys began practice on October 18 with three lettermen Orville Thoms Bruce Weiland and Jerry Meier. Student manager Russell Muehlenhaupt. Forty boys out. Girls returning lettermen include Carol Nolte Jeannette Nolte Mary Jane Matthias Joyce Piehl Ardith Huebner Mary Huebner Verlaine Sauerbrei. Student manager Janice Schuldt. Thirty six girls out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readlyn
Orville Thoms
Bruce Weiland
Jerry Meier
Russell Muehlenhaupt
Carol Nolte
Jeanette Nolte
Mary Jane Matthias
Joyce Piehl
Ardith Huebner
Mary Huebner
Verlaine Sauerbrei
Janice Schuldt
Blast injures Independence contractor at Central City schoolhouse door
James Martin, an Independence contractor, suffered severe burns after opening a furnace door at the Central City schoolhouse. An explosion knocked him unconscious and prompted medical intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Martin
Independence
Central City
State of Iowa v Moen intoxication on public highway
Bremer County district court records list State of Iowa against James Moen of Waukon for intoxication on a public highway. A second entry shows State of Iowa versus Ronald Kram of Mabel Minnesota for intoxication on a public highway.
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Bremer County
State of Iowa
James Moen
Waukon
Ronald Krambeer
Mabel, Minn
Readlynettes 4-H Meet With New Leader
Readlynettes 4-H club met at Judy Rommel home with 13 members present. After the business session they played games for entertainment and had lunch served by Judy Rommel’s mother Mrs Earl Rommel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readlynettes
Readlyn
Judy Rommel
Merwin Meier
Judy
Earl Rommel
Hedges Named Leader of Bremer County Census Crew
Ernest Hedges was appointed crew leader for Bremer county at the 1954 Census of Avriculus. He will direct 11 enumerators surveying all farms in the county. Hedges reported Oct 1 to Fort Dodge for a week of training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest ¢. H . Waverly
Avriculus
W. A. Rekers
Fort Dodge
Hedges
Bremer County
Fort Dodg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred Wolfgram
Arthur J. Kohl
St. Peter’s Evangelical Church
Chris Drape
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Henry Meswarth
New Hampton Hospital
Western Douglas
Mona Lau Bente
Henry Lau Sr
Osage
Gladys Kuethe
Tripoli Fire Department
Alvina Lohmann
Potter Siding
Scouts of America
Evenell Jean Beard
Virgil T. Faase
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Water
Will Rathe
Spahn & Rose Lumber Co
Readign
Wilhelms
Wilansown
Peggy Kramer
Mandel Kramer
Women’s Marine Corps
Baton Twirlers
Betty Hildebrandt
Sherrie Sauerbrei
Charlies City
Edward Westendorf
Mary Jane Dixon
Tripoli High School
Joy Eichmann
Nadi Bolte
Mary Wilkens
Luan Crittenden
Dennis Wiblehouser
Janesville
Doris Everding
Charles Buenzow
Jefferson
Wis
Richard Mathews
County Extensione Directo
Denver
James Roger Matthias
Richard T. Wylder
Plainfeld
David Merrill Hiller
Engineering
Marilyn Emma _ Barrack
Milton Eugene Happel
Pharmacy
Gordon W. Jacobs
Merlin P. Strottmann
Sumner —Donald L. Borcherding
Richard Otis Bump
Freshmar
Ralph Howard Gaede
Libera
Alice Ann Hammel
James Kbeck
Irvin D. Borochoff
Gwendlyn J. Chestnut
Marynn Clark
Sidney H. Curtis
Robert T. Drape
Marilyn C. Duecker
Thomas Robert Ecker
Lloyd Arthur Epley
Orn Charles Grube
John Hiltner
Albert T. Huebner
Shirley Ann Johnson
Esther M. Karsen
LaVonne D. Kile
Lotis Ae Kosel
Rerd John Kobliska
Paul E. Kromer
Marvin C. Reiter
Hubert F. Swensen
Roger Henry Wiegmann
Bar‘noldi
Mittens
Reg
Frese
County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Our
Tall Health
Mongy
Lennox
Block & Klemp
Tripoli, Iowa
Ernest
Davco
Jorgmann Hatchery
Thunderbird
Ford
Wim. Ambrose Auto Co
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