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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1964
Page
6
The final nine weeks wrap up student teaching and grading while students reflect on effort. In shorthand, girls aim for 95 percent accuracy and pass three takes per category before advancing. Prom committee meetings are frequent and seniors prep a class play directed by Mr Havell.
Pinhook and Waterloo visitors gather at the Chester Pals home. Sharon O Connell visits Tripoli. Cedar Falls guests include Mr and Mrs Ray Kuethe and Kathy. John Fay returns from California and Montana and visits Ada McConkey. Ruby Servoss spends weekend with Frank Rochford. Fay visits Duane Franzen in West Union hospital where his brother in law died in an auto crash. Marlowe Burke and daughters of Mason City visit then travel to Wisconsin. Pat Burns and Susan visit Earl O Connell in Ames. Albert Rieck and sons call on Mrs G Laube at Allen Memorial. Allen Rieck family join Easter dinner with their parents in Janesville. Ernie Decor family Sumner and Ralph Schwa ke Postville dine with Erwin Schwake family. Kathy Kuethe home from Winona for Easter vacation.
The notice page covers weddings and social events in Sumner and nearby towns. Notable items include the Easter Sunday double ring ceremony of Winifred Armentrout and Jerry Poock at St John American Lutheran, others from Sumner High graduates, Madison Wisconsin vows, bridal showers, and Easter dinner guests across several families, with travel to Minnesota and Wisconsin locations.
Local residents and relatives from Waterloo Charles City Oelwein Marion and surrounding areas gathered for Sunday dinners weekend visits and Easter gatherings at multiple homes including H Lease Vets hospital and various family residences. Attendees included the Heckman Ganske Lang and Meier families plus many others visiting from Iowa and Minnesota.
E C Fink and wife plan a Duluth trip then to Lodi California for possible relocation. Laura Selck hosted a party for a dozen friends. Birth announced for Wm Carstensen couple. Historical market prices listed. 44th anniversary dinner for C B and wife Kelsey. Funerals held for Fred Bang and Louie Rucker. About 300 attended Bremer county Farm Bureau banquet. O’Connell couple celebrated 25th anniversary with family. William Garland funeral at Grace Lutheran. Local doctors return from hospital. Red Cross chair L J Magnall elected. Faith United Church held father-son banquet with 146. Laurin Buchholz marriage celebrated. Lobeck sisters returned from leave in Colorado. Robbery at Farmers State Bank Plainfield. Meswarth 25th anniversary observed. Break-in reported at local store.
Evelyn Hahn known as Twig is active in English world geography bookkeeping and government at THS. She plans a post school job and teaches Sunday School while aiming for graduation and advocates better teacher relations and more time between classes. Mark Bull, aka Mark John, pursues physics government world geography and English and plans college to become a teacher. He participates in baseball FTA and the junior class play and backs graduation with a wish for three minute class breaks and improved teaching.
Bremer County Farm Bureau women schedule a Family and Friends Night at Tripoli Town Hall on April 8 at 8 o clock. The program features The Pageant of the Past, a Bremer County history piece, a fashion display of 1900s dresses, displays by county chairmen, a chorus performance, and door prizes with a free lunch. Proceeds support the Bremer County Historical Society Museum.
Meier Shoe Shop in Tripoli reports burglars took seven dollars from the cash register Friday. Funeral services are set for Mrs Lena Hackbarth 75 at Faith United Church of Christ with Rev E F Puhlmann officiating. Louie Ohlendorf 74 funeral Thursday 2 PM at Rettig Funeral Home with Rev Percy Walley officiating.
Retiring Mrs Rodney Phillips of Panoy, a nurse for 50 years, announces plans to retire this year. The notice notes the community’s reliance on her long service as she ends a half century of care.
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