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Leader's staff compiles a digest of local activities and notable happenings around town. Citizens, teams, and organizations are featured in brief items highlighting everyday endeavors.
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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1932
Page
8
Leader's staff compiles a digest of local activities and notable happenings around town. Citizens, teams, and organizations are featured in brief items highlighting everyday endeavors.
Sunday and weekday visits fill social ledger with many names including Chapins Woodcocks Dettmeres and Schedds across Fremont Readlyn Sumner Buck Creek and nearby towns in a dense community social roundup noting illness improvements and family gatherings through Sunday and Monday visits and dinners.
Herman Hennings died at his parents home in Waverly from pleurisy. His funeral was held at the Denver church led by Rev. Schoenbaum. He leaves a wife and four children Pauline Arthur Robert and Florence, his parents four sisters and three brothers, and many relatives. Attendees from Warren and Bremer and Readlyn visited over the weekend.
A large crowd gathered at the R. A. Michael home Sunday to observe Mr. Michael and Ralph Michael’s birthday. Local families including the Wilbrandts, Lampe, Kohns, Kuethes, Schuldt, Nolte, Erdman, Bunger, Droste, Beisners, and Michael households engaged in visits and greetings across Artesian, Waverly, and Waterloo areas, with trips noted to the Waverly and Waterloo homes and daily life events.
Frederika residents host guests from Waterloo Douglas and Sumner areas. Apple of the community includes a home theater fundraiser proceeds $25.00. Notable visitors include Rev Gable and family, L. S. Gillett returning to Wisconsin, and births and seeding activity noted among locals.
Buck Creek residents hosted and visited in a weekend cycle of social calls. Mr and Mrs William Knoploh and family honored Mrs Knoploh’s birthday at the John Knoploh home. Several families including Sell and Buhr shared Sunday dinners and afternoons in mutual homes while others made short visits and corn hauling runs.
Artesian reports Mr and Mrs A H Moeller visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Henry Steitler in Tripoli. Mr and Mrs Wernold Diercks and children moved Monday from Artesian to a house in Waverly. The infant son of Mr and Mrs August Drewis was baptized Sunday named Gerald with Herman Miller of Douglas and Wm Wolf of Waterloo as sponsors Rev Melcher officiating. Henry Hoppel is on the sick list. Birthday gatherings occurred at the Paul Schaefer and William Clausing homes for the gentlemen and at the Henry Roettjer home Sunday. A number from the area attended the funeral of Herman Hennings in Denver Sunday.
A teacher asks about sunset time in winter and a young student humorously replies that it is when their hens go to roost, quoted from Capper's Weekly.
Community members share visits and illnesses across Cedar Falls and nearby towns. Curtis Born visits family. Frederick Sell calls on Ford Meyer home. Hill and Rohrnsen families host gatherings. Several residents travel to Clarion Waterloo and Spicer. a new baby joins Lester Gaede family. Leonard Steege works with Alfred Rohrssen household.
Mrs Josephine Rathe aged 98 celebrated her birthday after living in the city 71 years and enjoying good health since the year began. She and neighbors visited to offer congratulations. Mrs Graening wife of Rev John Graening died Monday night at their home after pneumonia last month. She was about 80. Funeral time not yet set.
Elmer Hirsch pleaded guilty to illegal possession of intoxicating liquors after information filed by county attorney Hagemann. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail and a $300 fine by Judge M. H. Kepler.
Bremer county board of supervisors bought two REO two ton trucks from H E Yardo with delivery slated for April 15. Two used six year service trucks were taken in trade. Ardath Hart and Don W Campbell announced their forthcoming marriage in Galena Illinois. Hart, raised in the city, graduates include Waverly high and Wartburg college. Campbell, son of Judge and Mrs W P Campbell of Tecumseh Nebraska, works as band director in Waterloo. The wedding is set for June. Mrs Arden Young was guest of honor at a luncheon by the Past Matrons of the Woman's club. she is newly elected president. Mr and Mrs Chas Carpenter and W R Leary entertained high school basketball teams at a six o'clock dinner at the Carpenter home.
Supt T M Clevenger and coach K V Stephenson attended events alongside the basketball boys. Grace Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Miller had to quit work at the State University of Town due to illness. Mrs George Sibert traveled to Waterloo after her brother Joseph Sherratt died suddenly at 74 from a heart attack. Rev T R Collins entertained St Mary's choir at a turkey dinner Thursday evening of last week.
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