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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1967
Page
1
A Monday night hearing at Tripoli Town Hall addressed curb and gutter work for 92 blocks. Nineteen objectors, 152 property owners, and about 100 residents attended as each street was reviewed. No decision was taken. the council plans to meet again on October 2 to study the matter.
SACOLA FLA Naval Reserve Aviation Officer Candidate William K Werner son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth R Werner Sumner is attending the aviation training course at the Aviation College Command aboard the Gas Air Station Pensacola The all week course covers world affairs Navy history justice leadership physical fitness communications seamanship and story instruction Upon completion he will enter the Flight Preparation school at Pensacola.
The State Tax Commission advances rules for a three percent service tax aimed at repairs, not new construction. Atty Gen. Tur and legislative committees may amend. controversy grows over advertising rules and cross state application. Senators critique the plan as intended for new construction funding.
IE FROM COLORADO and Mrs. Ray Buchholz and Y attended a family potluck at the home of Mr. and Clarence Buchholz Sunday, my Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Olz and son, David, Long Cole. who are visiting relatives here.
An Iowa State University Extension agricultral peer urges yearly well testing to ensure water purity. Ted Willrich Jr. recommends testing at least once a year and sending a water sample with your name to the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa Iowa 52240.
Gustave Sievers 93 died Wednesday at Vinton hospital from a heart attack. Funeral services were Sept 23 at St. Paul's Lutheran Artesian with burial Sept 25 in Zion Lutheran cemetery Benson ville Ill. Rettig Funeral Home handled arrangements. Survived by son Reinhart Tripoli and daughter Alice Chicago.
The Bremer County ASC Committee assigns duties for the next year with Dalton Meyer serving as chairman Harold Mueller as vice chair and Wilbert Hagenow as member The newly elected alternates are Harold Brandt and O A Wit tenburg Both the three year terms and one year alternates reflect vacancies and annual conventions The ASC activities include conservation programs price support loans and various grain and farm storage initiatives Last year farm program business reached 2 500 000 boosting incomes and regional economy.
A Social Security Administration district office representative will be in Waverly at the Court House on October 9 and 23 from 9 to 11 a m and in Sumner at City Hall on October 17 from 9 to 11 a m. Citizens may also call at the Waterloo district office in room 702 of the Black Hawk Building at West Fourth and Commercial Streets.
The State Services for Crippled Children will host an ear nose and throat clinic in West Union at Zion Lutheran Church on October 12. Eligible patients are under 21 from Allamakee Black Hawk Bremer Buchanan Chickasaw Clayton Delaware Fayette Howard and Winneshiek counties with physician referrals. There is no fee for the exam and specialists will conduct thorough evaluations.
Walter Schultz, quitting farming, will hold a public auction at his farm home one-half mile north and three fourths mile west of Tripoli on Wednesday October 4 at 1:00 PM. Farm machinery grain household goods and antiques will be sold. Terms are cash. Auctioneers RL Muench and American Savings Bank clerk.
The office of Dr. W B Weeber will be closed on September 28 and 29 to relocate to new offices at the corner of Main and Fourth Ave SE in Tripoli.
Dale Shires and Kermit Hildahl of Bremer and surrounding counties joined 840 National Association of County Agricultural Agents members in Omaha for their annual conference themed Opportunities for the Future. Secretary Orville Freeman praised agent leadership and warned of 100 million Americans by 2000, urging continued Extension support for rural progress and competitive farming amid urban migration.
The Third Iowa District American Legion and Auxiliary plan the fall conference in Blairstown on Saturday Sept 30 with 300 representatives from multiple counties. Legion registration at 8:45 a m and call to order at 9:45, service school at 10. Auxiliary activities include 8:30 registration and coffee, district board meeting at 9 and joint noon banquet at 12 at the Legion Hall.
Adolph Steinbronn will provide music at the V F W Club after the football game Friday September 29. The V F W Auxiliary will serve lunch.
More than 700 buddy poppies were sold in Tripoli and Frederika on Saturday raising about 101.71 for veterans welfare. The sale, sponsored by Brandenburg Krueger Post VFW and its Auxiliary, funds local state and national relief with allocations to post and auxiliary relief 45 cents, Iowa Rehabilitation 15 cents, national VFW 10 cents and 2 percent to disabled veterans. Solicitors listed include Renee and Marlys Prien and several Braveners and Fink family members.
Mr and Mrs Lorenz Bunger and Charles Jordan attended the open house at the new By Lo warehouse in Des Moines on Sunday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Arion Lahmann moved Saturday into the home they recently purchased from Mr and Mrs Harold Doepke. The Doepkes have moved to the Ambrose apartment.
The 1966 Farm Business Summary shows a new high in net income per farm for northeast Iowa at about 15 000 with crops valued over 18 000 per farm and corn yields at 101 bushels per acre. The report notes reduced management return and details seven efficiency factors, with copies available in Bremer extension office and an offered winter farm business analysis short course.
Tripoli junior high football defeated Turkey Valley 27 12 on a Thursday afternoon. Offensive standouts included Kenny Bergmann Dennis Boeckmann Danny Boeckmann Jim Biesterfelt Kent Harms Gaylen Drape and Steve Hagen. Defensive standouts were Lloyd Zander Jerry Burrow John Fink Jim Seelhammer and John Klein. Next game at Denver on September 28 at 4 00 p.m.
Vietnam War Veteran Army Staff Sergeant Paul A. Bany of Tripoli is assigned to the United States Army Recruiting Main Station in Minneapolis. Bany, a 1957 graduate of Frederika high school, has served in California Virginia France Vietnam and NATO forces and will counsel area youths on Army careers. He and wife Karla and their three children reside in North St. Paul.
Mrs Anna Kelling of Frederika was admitted to Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo last week. She underwent eye surgery on Tuesday following Monday admission.
Agna Thran hosted Sunday visitors including former neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meyer of Ingleside Colorado and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Gaertner of Sun City Arizona. Others visited Minnie Koschmeder and August Pries as area families gathered for dinners and checks on relatives.
DES MOINES The deer hunter back tag has been discontinued remembered by the State Conservation Commission. Successful applicants will still receive their metal tags reporting card license and map with hunting zones. The back tag is no longer required or sent and it carried the hunter license number printed on it.
Tripoli’s Panthers dominate Turkey Valley 35 13 in the conference opener. Dan Biesterfelt and Karl Krumm each rushed for two touchdowns while Willis Hildebrandt and Dennis Zekoff added scoring and yardage. Coach Ott praised the team’s rushing attack despite defensive gaps and noted strong first game backfield play.
Dr W B Weeber local osteopathic physician will relocate to new offices at Main and Fourth St SE. The office will be closed Thursday and Friday September 28 and 29 to complete the move and will reopen Saturday morning in a building with three patient rooms a private office a drug room a reception room and a prescription counter.
The W W 1 Barracks and Auxiliary host a potluck supper today at 6:00 in Tripoli Town Hall to celebrate the Barracks fifty year anniversary. All W W 1 members are invited to attend.
Farmers in Bremer county retained 27 Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Community Committeemen and elected 15 new farmers at the annual election on September 19. The results list each township with five officers or members including chairman and alternates, naming elected individuals such as Buhr Haar Meyer Bohle Weltner and others across Dayton Melvin to Washington townships.
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