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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1967
Page
1
The annual unity Chest campaign kicks off in Tripoli on Oct 26 led by chair rd Buhr with a goal of 2381 dollars to aid Red Cross Tripoli Boy Scouts Cub Scouts and several local groups. The drive combines 12 former fund drives into one effort with solicitors listed under four sections and names of workers.
Tripoli seniors are invited to a Halloween party with a potluck dinner at 7 p.m. on Monday October 30. Activities include games and cards afterward.
The Cedar-Wapsie Conference will add and remove members as Janesville and Plainfield seek release. Expected moves place them in the Big Marsh Conference with Allison-Bristow Appling Clarksville Dumont New Hartford and Parkersburg. South Winneshiek of Camar is invited to join. eight team league applications are open to the remaining six schools.
Local firm Tripoli Sales Company changed hands over the weekend with Jack and Aura Snyder selling. Bob Muench and Hugh John Lynch began operating Monday under the name Tripoli Livestock Auction. They plan daily hog purchases and weekly auctions each Friday starting November 3.
Edwin Moeller a 64 year old Sumner resident was injured when a tractor overturned while he helped Gene Huck remove tree stumps at Huck’s farm north of Tripoli He sustained five fractured ribs plus cuts and bruises and was hospitalized in Sumner.
Mrs. Herman Gebert visited her brother-in-law Pete Ketels on Sunday afternoon while he was a patient at Sumner hospital.
The Tripoli Music Mothers group will gather Wednesday evening November 1 at 8 o clock in the home economics room of the high school for a meeting and social hour.
Tripoli dominated Wapsie Valley 49-0 to stay perfect in Cedar-Wapsie conference play. Karl Krumm rushed 29 times for 230 yards, lifting his season total to 1,073 yards and 146 points as Tripoli gears up for a Friday night showdown versus Denver. Coach Eldon Ott praised the line play and overall team effort ahead of the conference clash.
Susan Buhr senior at Wapsie Valley High School earned a formal commendation for high performance on the National Merit Scholarship qualifying tests. She is among 40,000 U.S. students in the top 2 percent of the 1968 graduating class. VFW dances in Tripoli include a Halloween masquerade with prizes and music by Adolph Steinbronn. Auxiliary lunch service planned for both events.
Tripoli residents and Iowa statewide will revert to standard time at 2:00 a m Sunday in Oct as daylight saving time ends. People should set clocks back one hour before sleeping Saturday night so Sunday morning aligns with central standard time.
The Senior Citizens group will meet for a potluck supper on Wednesday November 1 at the Town Hall with a special program prepared for attendees.
The town of Tripoli plans a new public library of 2080 square feet to cost about 36700 after grants and surplus funds. The proposal seeks bonds not exceeding 37000 with a drawing by Howard Nickerson Jr. of Waterloo. The floor plan shows a 50 ft 8 in frontage and 38 ft 8 in depth.
Dr. W. B. Weeber will be out of the city November 6 7 and 8 to attend post graduate courses at the Mayo Clinic.
The Iowa State Highway Patrol team examined 65 people at Tripoli Town Hall on Saturday morning. Records show 47 operator renewals, 11 chauffeur renewals, 3 instruction permits, and 4 temporary driving permits issued, plus 5 written tests and 4 driving tests. The team will return on Saturday, Nov. 18.
Funeral services were conducted at St. John's Lutheran Crane Creek for Clarence Beisner 61 who died of a heart attack Sunday morning. Rev. Geo J. Gundel led the service with burial in Harlington cemetery Waverly. Beisner born June 15 1906 Fremont township son of Henry and Ida Beisner. He married Mildred Milius April 20 1932 at Crane Creek church. Survived by widow two sons James Anaheim California Floyd Santa Ana California daughter Mrs Erwin Koschmeder Readlyn ten grandchildren and sister Mrs Leo Wilbrandt Lansing.
Installation service for the Rev Keith D Selberg as pastor of Faith United Church of Christ in Tripoli will be Sunday Oct 29 at 730 p m. The event also features Rev D D Kauffman of Zion Reformed UCC Waukon as installing pastor with assistance from several area clergy and a social hour to follow.
The Peoples Natural Gas Division files with the Iowa Commerce Commission a plan to refund 220000 dollars to Iowa firm gas customers. The amount stems from benefits of liberalized depreciation used by Northern Natural Gas Co for 1966 and 1967. Refunds via direct checks to customers served by the Northern line in December, excluding communities with initial service in 1967.
Readlyn voters will choose three councilmen a mayor and treasurer in the November 7 election. Mayor Raymond Meihost seeks a first two year term unopposed as the current mayor did not run. Treasurer Burton C Stumme runs unopposed. Council members Harold F Wehling Wilbert H Lobeck seek another term and Leland Sprague runs for first four year term.
The Distortions headline Teen Hop at Tripoli Town Hall on Saturday October 28 from 8 to 11 pm, sponsored by the Tripoli Jaycees.
An eight year old or third grade boy meeting for Cub Scouts is set for Monday November 6 at 7:30 PM in Tripoli Town Hall. Frederika area families are welcome. Parents must accompany the boys.
Wm. A. Kuker owner of the Tripoli Mercantile was re-elected to a fifth term on the board of directors of the Iowa Retail Food Dealers Association at the 68th annual convention in Des Moines. The post covers grocers in nine north central Iowa counties. Al Muether of Waterloo was elected president.
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