Tripoli Red Sox finish season with 12–0 win over Sumner
Tripoli Red Sox end 958 season with a 12–0 home victory over Sumner, tying for fourth with Fredericksburg at 7–6 in Cedar Valley league. Pitcher Jerry Poock earned the win with three hits, nine strikeouts, and two walks. Poock also added three hits and a double. Duane Holm and Ralph Fink led the 14-hit attack.
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Tripoli
Red Sox
Sumner
Fredericksburg
Sox
Jerry Poock
Wilbur
Oberlieu
Poock
Duane Holm
Holm
Bob Moeller
Ralph Fink
Bob Mohling
Schmidt
Fink
Denny Olejniczak
Snelling
Howard
Berelit Races for Schmidt Children At Waverly Sunday
A benefit horse racing program for the children of Dale Stub Schmidt will be held at Waverly Sunday. Sponsored by the Northeast Iowa Racing Association and Brandenburg-Krueger Post VFW Tripoli, tickets are sold in advance or at the gate. Schmidt, father of four, was killed in an Independence racing accident. The event features five races plus pony and harness events, with four furlong to mile distances, starting at 1:30 p.m.
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Dale Stub) Schmidt
Waverly
Northeast
Iowa
Schmidt
Independence
Frese Family Updates and Martensdale School Hire
Mr and Mrs Harold Frese announce a move to 604 West Ashland Indianola. Mr Rese named principal and music instructor of the newly reorganized Martensdale school with an eighteen teacher staff. Mrs Frese employed as kindergarten instructor.
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Martensdale
H. J. Frese
Harold Frese
West
Ashland
Indianola
Rese
Frese
Vacationers From Iowa Michigan Tour Clear Lake
Terry Dreyer of St Ansgar Tom Wiesey of Bay City Mich and Henninger spent three days last week vacationing at Clear Lake. Dreyer left Friday for Colorado to rejoin the University of Colorado at Boulder and Mrs Robert Waverly were Sunday at Hu- Ors with Mr and Mrs A Nemuller.
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Colorado
Terry Dreyer
St. Ansgar
Tom Wiesey
Bay City
Mich
N Henninger
Clearlake
University of Colorado At
Robert Ee Waverly
Mrs
A Nemuller
Dorothy McIntee Weds James A Hansen at Waterloo
Dorothy McIntee of Waterloo married James Arthur Hansen Saturday morning in Sacred Heart Catholic church Waterloo. The bride taught English at Tripoli High School and wore white slipper satin with a Juliet cap. Attendants included Marlene Sweeney maid of honor and bridesmaids Patricia Bearbower Judith McIntee Barbara McIntee. Best man Willard Pierce. ushers Bob Lindell Art Fliescher James McIntee. Reception for 200 at the bride’s brother William McIntee home. The couple will reside in Darwin after Sept 20.
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Dorothy Mcclntee
Waterloo
Tripoli High School
James Arthur Hansen
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
John MelIntee
Marlene Sweeney
Rochester
Minn
Patricia
State Board Rules Bremer Right to Attach School Land
The Iowa State Board of Education in Des Moines ruled in favor of the Bremer county board over the attachment of several farms to the Tripoli Community School district. About 17 homes on under three acres north and east of Frederika were involved, with prior plans showing joint reorganizations. The Chickasaw county board had claimed the area belonged to the Fredericksburg district, but Bremer reassignment, to which Chickasaw was invited but did not attend, was affirmed as valid and effective July 1.
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Bremer
Chickasaw County
Boards of Education
Tripoli Community
State Board of Education
Des Moines
Frederika
Chickasaw
Fredericksburg
State
Tripoli District
Frederika to Hold Franchise Election on Sept 11
A special election in Frederika will decide issuing a 25 year electric franchise to Interstate Power Co. The vote is set for Sept 11 at Frederika Town Hall from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Town Council approved the measure on Aug. 4 requiring a majority for passage.
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Frederika
Interstate Power Co
Readlyn Youths Win Church Awards At Sunday Services
Carol Lee Tiedt 18 and David Paul Dornbusch 16, Readlyn youths, received church honors at St. Matthew’s Ev. Lutheran services. Carol earned the Lutheran God-Home-Country award for 4-H members. David earned the Pro Deo et Patri award, the top Lutheran youth scout honor. Carol, daughter of Arnold and Mrs. Tiedt, is active in 4-H and the Maxfield Merry Maids. David is in Troop 101 and the son of Rev. and Mrs. Erich J. Dornbusch.
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Readlyn
Carol Lee Tiedt
David Paul Dornbusch
St. Matthew's Ev
Carol
Arnold Tiedt
Maxfield Merry Maids
Carl Balvanz
Dornbusch
Tripoli Gridders Rally For Sumner Opener
Tripoli High School’s football squad has grown to 35 players and works out daily as the team prepares for the Sept. 12 opener against Sumner. Coach John Mullen notes solid condition with remaining technique work and position adjustments. The freshman-sophomore group is the best since his arrival, and scrimmages highlighted weaknesses to fix.
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Tripoli High School
Sumner
John Mullen
Mullen
Tripoli
Republican Women Sponsor Coffee in Sumner Sept 11
Bremer County Republican Women will sponsor a silver coffee at the home of Mrs. Gertrude Wilharm in Sumner on September 11 at 2 p.m. Mrs. Leo Winks will speak about her world tour with focus on Beirut Lebanon. Mrs. Charles Morgan will chair the hostess committee. All interested persons invited.
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Bremer
Defensive Collapse Costs Denver Nine State Championship
Denver Cedar Valley league champs led 7-1 in the seventh before West Union rallied to an 8-7 win in the final state game. A walk, a passed ball, an error and two hits produced three seventh inning runs, then more runs in the eighth and ninth on errors and miscues. Denver had defeated West Union 9-4 last Wednesday to reach the final.
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Sumner
Denver
West Union
Tegtmeier Named To Welfare Board Replacing Krueger
Herman Tegtmeier of Tripoli was appointed to the Bremer county welfare board replacing Aug F Krueger who resigned due to illness. The board of supervisors made the appointment at its Wednesday meeting Krueger has returned from Rochester Minnesota and is convalescing at his home He had served on the board since 1935 and was welfare supervisor before then.
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Herman Tegtmeier
Tripoli
Bremer County
Olejniczak Leaves Iowa State Teachers Football
Former Tri Poli High athlete Dennis Olejniczak quits football at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls after a summer baseball head injury. A hairline skull fracture from a Nashua pitcher damaged him in Cedar Valley league play and, on doctor’s advice, he withdrew from competition for a year.
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Dennis Olejniczak
Tripoli
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Olejniczak
Nashua
Hints of Early Fall Warming Strands In Tripoli Area
Early fall hints linger in Tripoli as warming spells follow sub 50 nights. Fro ntline farmers fear frost but expect a bumper crop with several weeks to protect yields. Temperatures ranged 45 to 87 this week with .29 inch of rain on Friday and a trace Saturday.
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Tripoli
C. W., Ryan
Rough Fish Taken and Camp Facilities Installed at Marsh
The Bremer and Chickasaw counties conservation commission reports removal of rough fish at Sweet's Marsh lake and the installation of camping facilities including an 80 foot well. Fish are to be poisoned in Sweet's lake to protect breeding game fish, with all fish from that lake unsafe to eat until at least next spring.
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Marsh
Town Conservation Commission
Sweet's Marsh
Jack McSweeny
the Marsh
Sweet's Lake
Martin's Lake
Commission
MccSweeny
Sand Ridge
McSweeny
Bruce Parker
New Hampton
Parker
Bremer
Chickasaw
Sweet’s Marsh
The
Conservation Commission
Butler
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Howard
Winneshiek
Floyd
Chicken Ham Supper at St Matthew's Lutheran Readlyn
Readlyn residents and neighbors are invited to a chicken and ham supper at St Matthew's Lutheran Church on Sunday September 7 starting at 4 PM. Tickets are 1.00 for adults and 50 cents for children.
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St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Readlyn
Car Wash to Benefit 4-H Club at Standard Station
The CAR WASH TNT 4-H Club will operate a car wash at the Standard Station this Saturday starting at 10 a.m. Proceeds support 4-H activities and club programs.
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TNT 4-H Club
Community Chest Sets $2,720 Budget for ’59
Tripoli Community Chest board approved a $2,720 budget, unchanged from the last two years, at Town Hall meeting Tuesday. Preparations for the annual membership drive are under way with Ray H. Fink as chairman. Details on the start date and workers will be announced later. Officers are Alfred Rieck president, Mrs. Ray Bunger vice president, Mrs. W. A. Buckley secretary, and Mrs. Lowell Goodenbour treasurer.
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Tripoli
Alfred Rieck
Ray Bunger
W. A. Buckley
Lowell Goodenbour
Bremer Exhibitors Dominate Iowa State Fair Livestock
Bremer county 4-H exhibitors excel in livestock judging at the Iowa State Fair. Ronald Qouth won first place senior yearling Guernsey Keifer in 4-H and the animal later took junior champion in the open class. Arthur Beaker took top senior yearling Brown Swiss. Jerry Gilly’s Chester White hogs placed seventh in boar, third in gilt, and third in litter. Ronald and Donald Bonzer added seventh and eighth in boar and 15th and 16th in gilt.
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Bremer County
Ronald Qouth
Guernsey Keifer
Arthur Beaker
Jerry Gilly
Chester
Conservation Group Plans to Question County Residents
Bremer county conservation commission will seek county residents requests for development and conservation of natural resources by distributing questionnaires and meeting groups. The commission must obtain state approval and wait for a $9,500 1959 budget funding before starting projects.
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Conservation Group
Bremer County
Conservation Commission
M. W. Bennett
Tripoli
State Conservation Commission
Woman Falls Into Iron Pit, Injures Leg in Barn Accident
Mrs. Phillip Engel of Fairbank and formerly Tripoli suffered a severely cut leg and painful bruises after slipping into an iron pit in a barn while watering cattle last week. Blanch Stewart of Cedar Falls has been visiting Mrs. C A Stewart since Saturday.
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Phillip Engel
Fairbank
Tripoli
Blanch Stewart
Cedar Falls
C. A. Stewart
Bridal Ceremony Unites Goebel Luhrs in Cedar Falls
Patricia Ann Goebel and James Everett Luhrs were married Sunday afternoon at St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed church. The double ring ceremony was performed by Rev. E F Puhlmann with organist Mrs. Warner and vocal selections by Roger Campbell and Alice Krueger. The bride wore a mira mist taffeta gown with lace and sequins, carried gold sweetheart roses, and wore a pearl jewelry set. Reception for 125 followed. couples will reside at 422 Seerley Blvd Cedar Falls after Sept 8. The couple will honeymoon and return to Cedar Falls. Out-of-town guests came from Farmington Minneapolis Wadena Hawarden Primghar Paullina Gaza Oelwein Greene Waterloo Clarion Cedar Falls Plainfield.
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Patricia Ann Goebel
W. G. Goebel
James Everett Luhrs
Cedar Falls
Wm. H. Luhrs
Primghar
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
E. F. Puhlmann
Wm. Warner
Roger Campbell
Plainfield
Alice Krueger
Daniel E. Jahnke
Waverly
Cynthia Goebel
Jolee Peters
Hawarden
Jeffrey Goerss
Farmington
Minn
Jessie Melvin Lane
Donald Lareless
Kenneth Daines
Waterloo
Daniel Jahnke
Harvey Peters
Norbert Baumgart
Ron Jarchow
J. M. Snyder
William Buckley
H. J. Frese
H. H. Buhr
Paullina
Gaza
Oelwein
Greene
Clarion
Cub Scouts Outing at Ingawanis Sunday
The Bremer district Cub Scouts and families will hold their annual Moms and Dads Day this Sunday at Camp Ingawanis near Waverly. Activities begin 11 30 a m with Cubs meeting at Tripoli Town Hall at 10 30 a m to travel in a group. Cubs should wear blue jeans and T shirts if warm or blue jeans and Scout shirts if cool.
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Bremer
Ray Bunger
Camp
Ingawanis
Waverly
Tripoli Town Hall
Bunger
Pen pals meet Blume family guest Mary Krauss
Mr and Mrs Herbert Blume hosted Mary Krauss of Hoagland Indiana this weekend. Carol Blume and Miss Krauss met for the first time after eleven years of pen pal correspondence.
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Herbert Blume
Carol
Marjorie
Marilyn
Mary Krauss
Hoagland
Ind
Carol Blume
Miss Krauss
Tripoli Schools Reopen With Enrollment of 812
Tripoli Community School district reports a total enrollment of 812 for the year. Elementary counts add to 586 across Tripoli and Frederika centers, with high school totaling 226. One half day of classes occurred Tuesday and full classes began Wednesday.
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Tripoli
The
Leader
Prize Drawing Up To Seventy Five Dollars This Week
A weekly drawing by Tripoli merchants offers a first prize of 75 dollars as the previous winner was not present at 9 p.m. Mrs. Will F. Schroeder would have won 50 dollars if in town. Barbara Bang attended and received a 10 dollar consolation prize. Other drawn names included Elmer Everding, Viola M. Decker, and Harold Kuethe. If the winner is absent again, next week’s prize rises to 100 dollars.
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Tripoli
Will F. Schroeder
Barbara Bang
Elmer Everding
Viola M. Decker
Harold Kuethe
Local Post Office Opens Earlier in Tripoli
Postmaster Ray H. Fink announces Tripoli Post Office windows now operate from 8:30 a m to 5:30 p m on weekdays and 8:30 to 12:30 p m Saturday. Change, granted by the regional office, adds service at no extra cost, effective immediately.
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Tripoli
Ray H. Fink
Fink
Post Office Department
Eight More Fined in Town Traffic Court Action
In the last two weeks of August eight more traffic violators were convicted by Mayor George Barnes, totaling $49 in fines. Since April, 51 violators have paid $319 in fines, largely after the Town Council adopted strict enforcement in July. Names include A H Brunscheen Waverly speeding and Verlyn Bohle Tripoli speeding with fines plus costs.
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George Barnes
A. H. Brunscheen
Waverly
Verlyn Bohle
Tripoli
Legion Post Fails To Elect Officers In Quorum Absence
Commander E G Michael said the local American Legion post did not elect officers Tuesday night due to no quorum. He stated there are no plans for another meeting for now as at least ten members must be present to convene.
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Legion
American Legion
E. G. Michael
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Moeller
Cf Poock
P Mohling
If Snelling
C Tonne
Berelit
Dorothy McIntee
James A. Hansen
Rapid City
S. C
Tegtmeier
Welfare Board
Krueger
Community Chest
Iowa State Fair
County Board of Supervisors
Robert Hickle
Court House
Bennett
Theo. Stahlhut
A. F. Miller
James Miller
Hickle
County Conservation
James E. Luhrs
Cub Scouts
Supt. E. R
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