Tripoli Benefit Baseball Game Set for Sunday Showdown
Prep work is complete for the annual charity game between the Tripoli Sod Busters and City Slickers at the local park Sunday at 2 15 PM. Proceeds aid the debt-plagued Tripoli baseball team. Cap Snelling hails a strong pitching staff while Hank Krueger leads the Slickers aiming to reclaim the title.
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Tripoli
Sunjyv
Sod Busters
Lawrence
Cap” Snelling
Tripoli Sod
H W
Hank” Krueger
Hank
Slickers
Bob Feller
Feller
City Fellers
Callanan Undergoes Surgery After Car Crash Near Cresco
Roger Callanan Sumner youth sustained a broken nose and facial injuries when the car carrying five youths left the road and crashed into a ditch near Cresco early Saturday. He was taken to a Rochester Minnesota hospital for facial surgery and was reported improving but will stay ten days. The driver fell asleep. four other passengers Gardiner Pyre Duhrkopf Knight received minor injuries treated at Cresco and Sumner hospitals.
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Roger Callanan
Sumner
Cresco
Rochester
Minn
Canada
Money Gardiner
David Pyre
Bobby Duhrkopf
Neil Knight
Acc
Cresco Hospital
Reto Sumner
Des Moines couple attends state fair last weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Voetmann attended the state fair at Des Moines with their guests. Local observations noted a family outing and community interest in the event.
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Paul Voetmann
Des “Ones
Plainfield School opens with enrollment of 204
Plainfield public school began Monday with 204 pupils including 93 in high school. The district starts hot lunch Tuesday and will operate five bus routes. Six new teachers join staff: Ver non Hasseman kindergarten Lorraine Chester grades 5 and 6 Tom Foster mathematics Marilyn Dreier home economics Lee Aeschliman principal and typing Vern C. Donald superintendent and commercial. Returning teachers include Lloyd Koob history Mrs. Lloyd Koob first and second Grace Colburn third and fourth Berle Smothers seventh and eighth, with Arlie Smith starting his 22nd year as custodian.
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Vernon Hasseman
Lorraine Chester
Tom Foster
Marilyn Dreier
Lee Aeschliman
Vern C. Donald
Lloyd Koob
Grace Colburn
Berle Smothers
Arlie Smith
Cutodian
Radio and Television Center Opens in Tripoli Saturday
U. W. Davis and son Lester announce the grand opening of a radio and television store Saturday in the Tegtmeier building in Tripoli. The pair also run a Waterloo shop with Lester in charge locally, and the issue advertises an opening day special.
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U. W. Davis
Lester
Tripoli
Tegtmeier
Fliger’s Bakery
Waterloo
Lester Davis
The
Leader
Eight Bremer County Youths Inducted for Service
Eight Bremer County youths left Tuesday for induction into military service at Des Moines. They are Edward Schneider and Erwin Nuss of Waverly Mer vin Foelske and James Guenther of Denver Christian Pipho James Ribbeck and Neil Lehmkuhl of Sumner and Glenn Sullivan of Waterloo formerly of Plainfield. Eight youths were sent to Des Moines today for pre induction physical examinations.
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Bremer County
Des Moines
Edward Schneider
Erwin Nuss
Waverly
Mervin Foelske
James Guenther
Denver
Christian Pipho
James Ribbeck
Neil Lehmkuhl
Sumner
Glenn Sullivan
Waterloo
Plainfield
LaDonna Bahlmann to wed Kenneth Lampe in Frederika
Fredericka couple announces the forthcoming marriage of LaDonna Mae Bahlmann to Kenneth Lampe. The ceremony is set for Sunday September 14 at 1 45 p m at St John s Lutheran Church in Frederika.
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LaDonna Bahlmann
Kenneth Lampe
Frederika
Herman Bahlmann
LaDonna Mae
Martha Lampe
Waverly
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Rosenthal is Stationed at Fort Bliss Texas
Pvt. Douglas E. Rosenthal son of Mr and Mrs Edw Rosenthal of Tripoli is now stationed at Fort Bliss Texas His wife also lives in Tripoli His new address is Pvt Douglas E Rosenthal US 55-216-779 Btry C 8th Tng Bn Basic AAA RTC 4052d ASU Fort Bliss Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas E. Rosenthal
Edw. Rosenthal
Tripoli
Fort Bliss
Texas
Rosenthal
Tng
Church Supper At St. Pauls Lutheran Siegel
St Pauls Lutheran church in Siegel two miles north of highways 63 and 93 holds a chicken and ham supper Friday September 5 starting at 5 30 pm. Menu includes chicken or ham potatoes salad peas and carrots buttered corn tomatoes pickles rolls coffee and pie. Prices 1 00 for adults and 50 cents for children. Everyone is cordially invited.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Siegel
New Low Temperature Marks Week Weather Note
After five near perfect days, the week saw a low of 44 degrees on Tuesday morning and a high of 88 on Wednesday. Rain totaled .52 inches for the week with .30 on Friday .12 on Sunday and .10 on Monday, aiding local crops.
Supt J H Peet to Deliver Sermon at Congregational Church
The Congregational church resumes services after August vacation with Sunday school at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 30 a m Supt J H Peet of Cedar Falls public schools will deliver the sermon He is a Methodist lay minister Also notice Dr W G Goebel dental office closed Sunday through Friday Sept 7 12 while attending National Dental Association meeting in St Louis Mo
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J. H. Peet
Congregational Church
The
Cedar Falls
Peet
W. G. Goebel
Bremer County Cancer Drive nets final tally of 3046.19
Final report by J W Coddington shows Bremer county raised 3094.05 with 47.86 in expenses, net 3046.19 turned into state office. Towns and townships list contributions with chairmen and groups including Waverly Community Chest donation of 1285.00 and several small town grants. Some townships had no drive due to lack of chairmen.
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American Cancer Society
Bremer County
J. W. Coddington
Waverly
Denver
Leo Witmer
American Legion Auxiliary
Frederika
Vern Dunahoo
Janesville
Jeanette Burman
Plainfield
Florence Mason
Readlyn
Manford Heineman
Sumner
Loyal Frisch
George Hagen
Maxfield
Elmer Schneer
Polk
Lloyd Carpenter
Earl Rohrssen
Washington
Armour Heidt
West Lafayette
Mr and Mrs Leo Goodenbour Move Into New Home
Mr and Mrs Leo Goodenbour settled into their new residence this Saturday, marking a small home milestone for the couple as neighbors welcomed them.
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Leo Goodenbour
4-H Winners Shine At Iowa State Fair Des Moines
Lowell Engle of Tripoli won blue ribbon and grand champion in the Duroc market pig class and also led the champion pen of three Duroc market pigs. Bill Ormston of Waverly earned blue ribbon for farmer's hybrid pigs. Bremer county 4-H members showed 19 market pigs. Bremer girls' 4-H entries earned four blue ribbons three red ribbons and two white ribbons with judging concluded Aug 22 and displays in Education Building until Sept 7. Betty Kalkbrenner and Betty Hildebrandt won white ribbon in 4-H demonstration “Selection and Hanging of Pictures” and were guided by club leader Mrs. Robert Ambrose. Placings include Mary Kay Rader Lavonne Scharnhorst Barbara Burman Betty Ressler Betty Snelling Roxie Reisner JoAnn Vosseller in various blue red and white ribbons.
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Lowell Engle
Tripoli
Des Moines
Bill Ormston
Waverly
Bremer County
Betty Kalkbrenner
Betty Hildebrandt
Mary Kay Rader
Marilyn Walther
Lavonne Scharnhorst
Barbara Burman
Betty Ressler
Betty Snelling
Roxie Reisner
JoAnn Vosseller
Funeral Services for Fred Bockhaus 82 Held Here
Funeral services for Fred Bockhaus 82 were held Saturday at 1 30 p m at the Meier funeral home Tripoli and 2 p m at St Pauls Lutheran church Siegel with Rev E Senst officiating Burial followed in the church cemetery Casket bearers included Elmer Hoeper Arthur Hoeper Stanley Bockhaus Lawrence Bockhaus Elmer Bockhaus and Raymond Bockhaus He died at his farm near Ionia on Wednesday August 27 from a heart ailment He was born March 17 1870 in Kankakee County Illinois and married Emma Hooper April 22 1898 Survivors include two children Mrs Otto Brase and Harry Bockhaus one sister Mrs Emma Engelk ing Chicago one half brother Herman Bockhaus Waverly five grandchildren and three great grandchildren
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Meier
Tripoli
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Siegel
Fred Bockhaus
Rev. E. Senst
Elmer Hoeper
Arthur Hoeper
Stanley Bockhaus
Lawrence Bockhaus
Elmer Bockhaus
Raymond Bockhaus
Bockhaus
Otto Brase
Harry Bockhaus
Sonia
Emma Engelking
Chicago
Herman Bockhaus
Waverly
Vogt Mirs wedding set for Sunday at St Peter's Church
Mrs. Leslie Vogt of Plainfield announces the approaching marriage of her daughter Carol Jean to Frank Mirs Jr. The ceremony is scheduled for Sunday September 7 at 2 p m in St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church in Tripoli. The bride elect works at Rath Packing Waterloo while the groom is a farmer near Tripoli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Vogt
Plainfield
Carol Jean
Frank Mirs, Jr
Christine Mirs
Sumner
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Tripoli
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
Sumner High Plans 31 Man Football Squad and Schedule
Thirty-one boys reported to Coach Norman Thiess at Sumner high school for the football squad. Names include Bartels Beckman Bergman Blume Bowling Braun Craun Craun Donaldson Douglas Douglas Fridley Gae de Graf Haupt Hochberger Jacob Karsten Lanton Meyers Miller Neinmann Pagel Phelps Pollew Schulte Stufflebeam Waskow Vaughn Weidler Wilharm. Schedule lists games from Sept 12 at home vs St Marys Waterloo to Oct 31 at Elgin.
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Norman Thiess
Sumner High School
Allen Bartels
Bernard Beckman
Wayne Bergman
Dennis Blume
Dan Bowling
Allen Braun
Marvin Craun
Roger Craun
Roger Donaldson
Don Douglas
Gary Douglas
Terry Fridley
Darrell Fritz
Ralph Gaede
Don Graf
Gerald Haupt
Lyle Hochberger
Marlowe Jacob
Ken Karsten
James Lanton
Robert Meyers
Ray Miller
Eugene Niemann
Sumner
Fayette
Waukon
Elgin
Forty Tripoli children pass swimming tests at pool
A report from New Hampton notes 118 children passed Red Cross swimming tests this summer at the municipal pool. Among Tripoli and Frederika participants were 40Tripoli and 10 Frederika swimmers in intermediate and beginner groups, with named youths listed for each category. Russell Fliger, four, died after being struck by a car in New Hampton as he crossed from behind a parked vehicle. He would have started kindergarten Tuesday.
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Russell Fliger
New Hampton
Gerald Sheehy
Des Moines
Russell
Sheehy
Tripoli
Frederika
Red Cross
New Hampton Municipal
Tripoli Panthers to Meet West Waterloo Sophomores Oct 17
Tripoli high school will play West Waterloo high school sophomores here on October 17. Coach Evan L Breeding and Coach Himmel oversee seven game schedule with early practices focusing on blocking and tackling ahead of kickoff versus Teachers High at Cedar Falls on September 12.
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Tripoli Panthers
West Waterloo
Tripoli High School Panthers
West Waterloo High School
Evan L. Breeding
Breeding
Himmel
Teachers High
Cedar Falls
Tripoli High
Greene
Calmar
Hawkeye
Arlington
St. Mary's
Waterloo
PMA Ships Five Carloads of Hay to Drouth Kentucky
Bremer county PMA announces first five carloads of hay to drouth stricken farmers in Kentucky. Two cars from Tripoli, one from Waverly, two from Janesville. Each car 12 to 15 tons, price $18 to $24 a ton. County hay crop abundant. more orders likely.
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Bremer County
Kentucky
PMA
Tripoli
Great Western Railroad
Waverly
Great Western
Janesville
Illinois Central Railroad
Peacock couple arrive in Hillside New Jersey
Mr. and Mrs. Lee O. Peacock visited their son in Hillside New Jersey after a Canada trip. They noted very hot weather and planned to depart after watching a Brooklyn Giants game, aiming to reach Tripoli by Sunday, September 14.
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Lee O. Peacock
S. S. Irving
Hillside
N. J
Peacock
Canada
New Jersey
Brooklyn
New York Giants
Harold Brase 41 Taken by Death in Waterloo
Harold Brase 41 died Sunday at 8:30 am in Waterloo after heart illness. Funeral held Wednesday at 2 pm at Immanuel Lutheran Church with Rev W D Oetting. burial in Midwest Garden of Memories. He served in Sea bees from 1942 to 1945, survived by mother Mary Brase of Tripoli, brother Erwin and sister Lucile of Tripoli, and three sisters in Waterloo. He belonged to King Marston post DAV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Waterloo
W. D. Oetting
Harold Brase
Adele Weideman
Parrott and Wood Funeral
Midwest Garden
Brase
Bremer County
Henry
Mary Brase
Bremer
Tripoli
Erwin
Lucile
Weideman
Marie Wente
Margaret Bergstrom
Sievers Completes Korean War Tour Aboard USS PCEC 896
San Diego. Robert D. Sievers fireman second class USN son of Mr and Mrs A C Sievers of Tripoli arrived aboard USS PCEC 896 which finished its second Korean combat zone tour. The ship left San Diego in 1951 to begin the latest Far Eastern tour and spent 11 months in amphibious exercises around Okinawa and Japan. Early in the war it took part in landings at Inchon and Wonsan where it served as central control vessel coordinating troop and supply movements ashore.
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San Diego
Robert D. Sievers
USN
A. C. Sievers
Tripoli
Far
Okinawa
Japan
Inchon
Wonsan
Chicken Dinner Fundraiser at St John’s Lutheran
St John’s Lutheran Ladies Aid of Spring Fountain sponsors a chicken dinner on Sunday September 7 at 11 30 a.m. Adults pay 1.00 and children 50 cents. Mission festival services are at 10:00 and 2:30 p.m.
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St. John’s Lutheran Ladies’ Aid of Spring Fountain
Towne Visit to Cincinnati and Health Report
Mr and Mrs August Towne returned Tuesday evening from Cincinnati Ohio where they had visited Mrs Louise Kleinau in the Paul Schnake home since Saturday Mrs Kleinau s health is reported as fairly well.
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August Towne
Cincinnati
Ohio
Louise Kleinau
Paul Schnake
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Wrangling Bros
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Plainfield School
Radio and Television Center
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E. C. Biermann
Nets
J. R. Kane
Bremer Coun
Robert Ambrose
Vogt-Mirs
St. Peter’s Church
Kathy Klemp
Kathy
R. F. Klemp
Duane Holm
Alma Gunderson
Postville
Tripoli Intermediates
Ron Henninger
Yale Kramer
David Kalkbrenner
Annabelle Larimer
Larry Poock
Mark Wilharm
Terry Dreyer
Lloyd Beevers
Valgene Boeckmann
Judy Goebel
Jack Nerge
Shirley Hirsch
Cheryl Colburn
Betty O'Connell
Mary Kries
Susann Towne
Lorraine Rettig
Dale Drape
Marvin Naber
Norman Naber
Kay Holm
Janet Chapin
Susann Niemeyer
Karen Pinch
Veryl Kelsey
Harlan Brenner
Shirley Naber
Esther Larimer
Jean Chapin
Paul Bany
William Goetz
Carolyn Buhr
Elaine Juel
Rochelle Duecker
Carolyn Rogge
Joy Eichmann
Betty Lou Nerge
Dan Olejniczak
Harlan Duenow
Joe Johnston
Gary Bahlmann
Berthann Bockhaus
Marilyn Schmudlach
Leroy Bockhaus
James Bockhaus
Charles Struck
James Sievers
David Dirksen
Cedar Valley Baseball League
W. L. Pet
Sumner Aotbapaseet Se
Fairbank
Shell Rock
Fredericksburg
Drouth
R. Sievers
Korean
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