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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1956
Page
5
A long list of families from Waverly Readlyn Waterloo Greeley and surrounding towns hosted Easter dinners and weekend guests. People traveled to see relatives, attended open houses and confirmations, and shared meals with kin across Cedar Falls Oelwein Denver and Fort Smith Ark where Mrs. Scherrey recovers after surgery.
Weekend and Easter gatherings spread through Mason City Plainfield and surrounding towns as families welcomed relatives and friends. Ricky Casey observed his fourth birthday with relatives while others hosted guests from Des Moines Iowa City Waterloo and Hot Springs Arkansas during Easter visits and dinners.
During Bremer county's 12th annual case finding program 32 persons were X-rayed and one probable TB case identified. Public health nurse Mattie Peterson directed interviews with 65 case histories, 37 home calls, and 12 physician conferences.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Forberg Judy Stanley Klemp and Barbara Towne left Thursday night for Danville Illinois and Indiana They visited the home of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Finney Georgetown Illinois and attended the 50th wedding anniversary observance of Mr and Mrs Willis Finney at Stateline Indiana They also visited with Mr and Mrs Earl Kirkpatrick and Carolyn Stateline Indiana Lawrence Finney, well known locally, is seriously ill They returned home Monday morning
Lorri Lou Boeckmann infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Boeckmann was baptized Tuesday evening by Rev. William F. Goetz at the parents’ home. Sponsors were Mrs. Paul Hartman Mrs. Erwin Boeckmann and Mrs. Maurice Aubrey. Evening guests included Mrs. Wm Hagenow Readlyn Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hartman and Wilma Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Boeckmann Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Aubrey and family and Lester Boeckmann.
Mr and Mrs Douglas Rosen thal and Jeffrey of Wayland spent the weekend visiting relatives in the area.
The Tripoli Leader reports local happenings in Tripoli Iowa dated April 4 1956. Community news and notices reflect civic life and town activities for readers in the region.
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