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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1958
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is the official Town of Tripoli and Bremer County newspaper. It operates as a second class mail publication since 1894 with weekly issues. Publisher is William A. Buckley with annual subscriptions $3.00 in Iowa and $3.50 elsewhere.
Mrs. Stanley Morris of Waterloo visited Mr and Mrs Oren Hinecker and La Vonne Morris in Tripoli. La Vonne had returned from Scholtz Memorial hospital Waterloo after dental surgery on Thursday.
Esther and Eleanor Bahlmann hosted Do-R-Best 4-H on Aug 30 with 10 members, two visitors and two leaders. Officers elected at Cloverteenerettes and Douglas T. N. T. clubs, plus new officers for Biz-E Bees, are listed. Earth is described as the third planet from the sun.
A dense list of Sunday through midweek visits and gatherings across Frederika, Richfield, Sumner, La Porte City, and nearby towns. Residents such as Hazel Bowers Ager Jahnke Parson Duenow and Johnson families attend birthday celebrations, baptisms, and fishing trips in Upsala Canada while others host or travel to share meals and companionship.
A series of social visits are reported from Pinhook and surrounding towns. Bishop Hagarty and several relatives visited Mrs. Clyde McConkey for Friday dinner. Local residents including Chester Pals, Larry Seery, Eva Ellsworth with James, Barbara and Susan Schmidt, and many others were seen in Cedar Rapids, Tripoli, Sumner, Waterloo, Waverly, Plainfield, and Oakland with family and church connections.
Bremer County 4-Hers are mid drive for next year with each club aiming for ten new members. Eligible youths are ages 10 to 21, and join via contacting a local leader. 4-H serves rural areas and towns alike.
In the WOME Bowling night Kramer Crittenden State Farm Risks Clippers Biesterfelt Bros O Briens Drug Rettig Furniture posted last week results. Betty Holm top high game 169 and high series 428 for State Farm Risks. In the Twilite League Colburn Feed Mill led Readlyn Oil Colburn 8 53 Wayside Inn 44 Ayres Dairy 86 Farmers Savings Bank. High game Margaret Fink 165 and high series 453 for Colburn Feed Mill.
Tripoli Grain and Feed leads with 6 2 and 4 4 results while Vic's Grocery and Tonne Service post strong 5 3 and 4 4 tallies. John Poock top scores with high game 192 and high series 524 for Tonne Service. intercity action shows Tripoli Cafe and Leader posting wins against Frederika Produce Hasbrouck Lumber and Kuhrt Insurance.
Bremer County competitions list high games by Virgil Lampe and Larry Busse with Frederika Produce and Dre wis Service among sponsors. Tripoli church leagues show St Peter’s outcomes and Larry Bunger top scores. Merchants League results include Yale Kramer leading The Hub with 215 and 601 series.
On September 12, 1958 the District Court of Bremer County Iowa appointed LaVern Schmidt of Tripoli as administrator of the estate of Clara Schmidt deceased. Creditors must file claims with the court and debtors pay the administrator. Attorneys Sager Engelbrecht Hemingway of Waverly Iowa represent the administrator.
Roy Herbert Davis of Vinton and Anna Margaret Biel of Vinton are of legal age. James C. Stokes, 19, of Janesville wed Charlotte Jean Schrock, 18, of Waterloo. Donald Frederick Rodenbeck, 92, of Shell Rock and Ruth Ella Albrecht, 18, of Waverly. Lavern Hooper, 21, of Waverly and Donna Nuss, 19, of Sumner received licenses.
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