West Tripoli Iowa 93 North Bridge Project Update
Progress on the West Tripoli section of Highway 93 North shows the new bridge five northeast of Tripoli nearing completion. Traffic is to remain open with planned paving resume weekly despite slow progress, while larger bridge work to occur February 1977 with closures expected around April and November 1977 for two bridges north of Tripoli and one west of Sumner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Ding
Gerald L. Lund
Iown of Transportation
Subo
Pest
Sumner
Buck Creek Road
Lund
Housing unit interest survey for seniors in Tripoli area
Tripoli Area Housing Corporation seeks residents aged 62 or older for a new housing unit at Fourth Street S.W. Persons interested should call Walter Lohmann 882-3243 or Elenora Schmidt 882-4484. Also, former Tripoli man Harry Weltzin, now in Waterloo, is a patient at Schoitz Hospital after surgery last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli Area Housing Corporation
Walter Lohmann
Elenora Schmidt
Fourth Street
S.W
Schoitz
Harry Weltzin
Tripoli
Waterloo
Schoitz Hospital
Paul Lutheran Church of Siegel Anniversary Service
Paul Lutheran in Siegel RR 3 celebrates its 105th anniversary with a worship service at 10:00 A.M. including a history slide presentation and a noon potluck. Rev. S. J. Meyer serves as pastor. Edwin Schlatter recently returned home after hospitalization at Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fe Church
Siegel
Tripoli
S. J. Meyer
Edwin Schlatter
Iowa City
House in North Washington Tavern Sold to Dwayne Suckow
Local notes report a North Washington tavern sale this month. Dwayne Suckow purchased the restaurant now renamed The House with plans for inventory and upstairs living space. The former owner Cedar Falls, an electrician, has a son who is a Tripoli School student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Am
Dwayne Y Suckow
Cedar Falls
Tripoli School
Washington
Ile
Start Drive for Physical Fitness Education Equipment
October 1st kicks off a box tops collection drive to obtain new physical education equipment from Post Cereal brands. The project mirrors Campbell Soup label drives funding audio visual gear, with Gene Perkins Marsha Nuss and Helen Brase guiding selections alongside Principal Larry Smalley. Community groups and individuals are urged to contribute box tops or labels via elementary school students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Cereal
General Foods Corporation
Campbell Soup
Gene Perkins
Marsha Nuss
Helen Brase
Larry Smalley
Bremer County Hobby Fair showcases crafts Oct 14
The Bremer County Extension Hobby Fair at Faith United Church of Christ Education Unit in Tripoli Iowa on Thursday October 14 features ethnic crafts demonstrations by local hobbyists. Judy Janesville will demonstrate wood carving and Knapp of Denver will show artificial flower decoration. Door prizes run hourly from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. A Christmas Room with handmade decorations and a How to booklet will be offered. all items are for display or handcraft use only, with no selling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Donna Andrusyk
Nomist
Erfelt
Tripoli
Hikopf
Sumner
Jean Fredericksburg
Madame Jewelia
Judy Janesville
Se Knapp
Denver
Leroyndy Center
K. C. Ima
Mrs. Melvin
Kathy Palmersheim
Lawler
Hobby Fair
Valerian Schwartz
Ray Dohrmann
Alfred Boeckmann
Kenneth Chapin
Renetta Krueger
Gerry Schwake
Amanda Schroeder
Marvin Dove
Alfred Bock
Howard Jennings
Janesville
Norbert Bruns
Charles Lillibridge
Ronald Metcalf
Roger White
Plainfield
Dennis Strauser
Duane Rieckenberg
James Janssen
Edwin Bohlen
Waverly
Faith United Church of Christ Educational Unit
Iowa
Schoolhouse Museum Opens Sundays in October
Tripoli Country School Museum will be open Sundays only during October from 2 to 4 p.m. The board seeks old annuals from 1952 to 1956 and later, plus old school books and equipment. Contact Dorothy Kirchhoff in Tripoli or leave donations at American Savings Bank. Tickets for the Wapsie Snowdrifters barbecue and barn dance are sold out for Oct 2 at Arlie Bergman farm. A Waterloo social security representative will visit Waverly on Oct 7 and 21 and Sumner on Oct 5 to assist, hours 10 to 12, with phone and address details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Dorothy Kirchhoff
2Nd St. S.E., Tripoli
The
American Savings Bank
Arlie Bergman
Waterloo
W. 4Th Street
William Feldt funeral services held in Tripoli
Funeral services for William Feldt aged 83 were conducted at Rettig Funeral Home this Wednesday afternoon. He died Sunday at Allen Memorial hospital, Waterloo. Interment followed at Faith United Church of Christ cemetery, with Tripoli VFW Post 4013 members serving as casket bearers. He was a Bremer County native and World War I veteran. Surviving is a half sister Minnie Bergmann of Tripoli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rettig Funeral
William Feldt
Allen Memorial Hospital
Faith United Church of Christ
Tripoli
VFW
Keith Selberg
Bremer County
Iowa
August
Sophie (Oltrogge) Feldt
Waterloo
Minnie Bergmann
Special Audit of Bremer County Treasurer Findings Released
Bremer County Supervisors reviewed a March 10 1976 initiated special audit by the Office of the Auditor of State on Treasurer John DeVries covering Jan 1 1975 to Jun 1 1976. State Auditor Lloyd R. Smith presented 36 pages of comments and exhibits at the Sept 27 meeting outlining issues in compliance, cash handling, investment practices, and required daily balancing and reporting duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Community notices and events from Tripoli Bremer County
Closed for 10 days then reopens October 12 Eichmann Beauty Salon hosts rummage sale September 29 30 at Wendell Jordan residence Senior citizens plan October 6 potluck at Tripoli City Hall Tripoli City Council meets October 11 Voter registration deadlines October 23 for November 2 general election Bremer County election info and mobile registrar details with local contact numbers and precinct listings Dayton Sumner and Waverly listings included
Refuge Area Change for Sweet Marsh Hunters Opens Oct duck goose
Wildlife biologist Jim Zohrer says Sweet Marsh refuge moved to the south portion. Opening day projections expect about two thousand ducks on the marsh. Duck season runs Oct 2–7 and Oct 23–Dec S, with geese season Oct 1–Nov 14 for Canadians and Oct 1–Dec 9 for other species. Postcard registrations deadline Oct 8 for the Nov 2 general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Zohrer
Sweet Marsh
Zohrer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tripoli High
Hub
Dick's DX
Refuge Club
Wm. Feldt
Bremer Cty
Eichmann Beauty Salon
Wendell Jordan Res
4Th Ave
N.W
Council
Jerald Fuerstenberg
Dayton
Edna L. Schwabe
Sweet Marsh Refuge
Douglas
James D. Kerr
Franklin - Janice Wilson
Fairbank
Susan Dean
Readlyn
Frederika - Mardell Kirchhoff
Fremont
Robert Rathbone
Hazel Kirchhoff
Third Avenue
Jackson
Sharon K. Dix
Jefferson
Marilyn Schuler
Lafayette
Dorothy A. Mueller
Rose M. Hamilton
Cedar Glyn
Katie Hogue
Leroy-Sumner
Leroy Brocka
Susan Ann Strottman
Maxfield
Carolyn Lohmann
Teresa Jeanes
Polk
Sandra Roach
Charles G. Lillibridge
Virginia Becker
Nashua
Warren
C. J. Jahnke
Joan M. Greenlee
Francis Mueller
Esther Max
Mildred Mitchell
Main St
V. Scott Whitley
3Rd Avenue
N.E
Sandra Johnson
4Th St
S.E
Walter R. Rada
Greenfield Avenue
Joanna M
Carol Murray
Cedar River Drive
Kenneth Levanen
Orchard Ct
Joyce Teeling
Howard Sr
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!