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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1963
Page
8
The Tripoli Leader reports from Tripoli Iowa dated April 3 1963 noting local events and achievements with emphasis on community progress and regional developments.
Local fire crews fought a brush fire at Mrs Rosa Lampe’s home Friday afternoon and later a tractor fire on the Ferdin and Klenzmann farm with minor tractor damage. Weekend social visits and family gatherings fill the area including sequences of church recitals and a piano recital at the Congregation.
Names of participants in a church recital in Tripoli and social visits in Tripoli, Marshalltown, Ames and Denver. Mentions include Nan cy Burrow Vickie Burrow Ricky Alcock Mr and Mrs Fred Benz Mr and Mrs Chas Rosel Mr and Mrs Robert Bergmann Mr and Mrs Merle Mack Mr and Mrs Alvin Hahn and attendance at a ladies bowling tournament at Cedar Rapids featuring Frederika Co op Creamery team. Proceeds of Frederika PTA sale to fund a school tennis court.
Dinner guests gathered for confirmations at Readlyn and nearby towns. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Martin Huebner and their daughter Micky with families from Readlyn and Waverly, plus Mr. and Mrs. Earl Judas from Maynard and Melvin Boehme. Reinhold Rathe hosted March 24 with Huebner and Rathe relatives from Readlyn Waterloo Denver and Sumner present for Linda's confirmation.
Melanie Jill Knittel infant daughter of Ervin and Mrs Koschmeder was baptized at St Matthew s Lutheran with Rev Dornbusch officiating. Sponsors were Mrs Barnes Janet Schweer and Dorothy Buhr. Later events include Rasmussen Dornbusch home visits and dinners in honor of confirmations and birthdays involving Koschmeder Peters Ganske Carstensen Buenger Oberman and Niemeyer. A state House vote on allowing private school pupils to ride public buses was defeated 29 to 77 after committee postponement.
J. M. Snyder, owner, announced Tripoli Sales Co is marketing a new pig starter with over 10 percent sugar. He says it contains more milk and milk products, offering taste appeal, rapid pig intake, and effective scour control. Rath Pacing Co conducted conclusive feeding tests on performability.
A House committee approved a measure aimed at raising about 65 million dollars annually to fund public services. The plan includes reducing property taxes for relief while potentially increasing the school funding share and property tax rates by about 12 mills.
Crawford County Memorial Hospital Denison reports the birth of two new Pesters, both sons of the Robert Pester family. Dr H Fee delivered both babies in a single day observance that named Pester Day.
Fragmentary notes recall Evangelista Torricelli’s barometer creation in 1643 and a Philadelphia 1874 ceremony presenting a zoo certificate. Mention of Charles Linn a longtime St. business figure and a “50 years of membership” mark appears amid unclear text from a historic page.
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