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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1975
Page
1
City Council proposes 6 to 8 p m Halloween Trick or Treat hours for smaller children to reduce street dangers. Residents urged to keep outside lights off after 8 p m. Event aims to keep tots safe while parents accompany them during designated period.
The Tripoli Community Chest drive schedules a two day campaign on Friday and Saturday October 24 25. Campaign chairman Al Kuecker urges residents to be home and prepared to donate to the 1975 United Fund Appeal benefiting eleven local health welfare and service organizations including Tripoli Red Cross Boy Scouts and Salvation Army. Area captains Mildred Rieck Anna Mae Bergmann Becky Bremer Sharon Boeckmann Betty Struck Bertha Weidler Rochelle Kuethe Carolyn Krumm Sue Schwarze recruit volunteers to reach a 2200 dollar goal identical to last year.
Interstate Power Company board accepted bids for 10 million dollars in 30 year first mortgage bonds and 190000 new 50 par preferred shares. Halsey Stuart bid the bonds while E F Hutton won the preferred stock. proceeds will repay short term debt and fund a 1975 construction budget over 51 million with coal units planned at Lansing and Sioux City.
Mel Anderson announces Iowa State Employment Service in Waverly now offers an automatic telephone answering machine. After 8:00 to 4:30 hours, callers can hear brief job descriptions and agency services by dialing 352 3844.
The Bremer County Extension Hobby Fair on Thursday October 16 drew about 1700 attendees from Bremer and surrounding areas and as far as Stobby Fair. Displays showcased twenty hobbies with crafts like spinning quilting and weaving aligned to a bicentennial theme.
Turkey Valley blanked locals while preparing to host Jesup in a Friday Parents’ Night matchup. The Panthers aim to rebound after recent results as both programs seek momentum this week.
Lori Kay Boehme named Wapsie Valley High School Bicentennial Seniors winner with Cindee Rae Stearns as runner up. She earns a chance to be one of two state representatives to the national contest with $1,000 scholarships and a Williamsburg trip. Also notes a Waterloo social security office representative visiting Waverly on November 6 and 20 for residents needing services. Additionally covers Tripoli High’s 53–0 loss to Turkey Valley, injury woes, and preview of Friday’s final game against Jesup with coach Gene Perkins's remarks.
Robert Ehrhardt was named half time principal of the Denver Middle School by the Denver Board of Education. A 16 year veteran, he holds a BA in Business Administration and an MA in secondary administration. He starts October 27 and will teach Accounting I and II while relinquishing several high school classes and coaching duties.
The post office will offer limited service on Monday October 27 in observance of Veterans Day. Rural delivery and window service will be closed while the star route operates. Incoming preferential mail is distributed to box renters and an evening collection will be made from the outside drop. Use complete Tripoli addresses.
Iowa reopens the last segment of its split duck season Saturday at sunrise, running 37 days to November 30. Daily bag limits hinge on a 100 point total, with two bags allowed in possession, and a 1 to 10 duck daily range. Point values for species include 100 forCanvasback and Redhead, 90 for Hen Mallard and Wood Duck, and 10 for Gadwall Teal Shoveler Pintail and Scaup. The cool season runs with the 45 day duck season, daily bag 15 and possession 30.
A new handicap bowling league will begin November 1 at Waverly Bowl Inn. Open to bowlers with physical or mental handicaps, it is sponsored by the Northeast Iowa Council of Cerebral Palsy. Questions go to Harvey Brinkman or Calvin Jondie in Waterloo.
The article explains that daylight saving time ends this fall. Clocks are set back one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday October 26 to revert to standard time. Daylight saving time resumes on the last Sunday in February.
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