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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1958
Page
8
Workmen arrived this week to start construction of a bowling alley in the old theatre building owned by Lavern Tegtmeier. They will remove the theatre stage and prepare the space for alley installation. Tegtmeier plans to name the new venue the Tripoli Bowl Inn.
Joy JoAnn Eichmann and Larry L. Busse wed Sunday afternoon at St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed church. The double ring ceremony was performed by Rev. E F Puhlmann. Attendants wore matching blue gowns. reception followed in the church parlors. The couple will reside in Tripoli after a Chicago wedding trip.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Crauns celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with a Sunday noon family dinner and open house at the Sumner Methodist church parlors from 2 to 5 pm and at their Fredericksburg area farm home from 7 to 9 pm They wed April 22 1933 at Dunkerton The Crauns have seven children six grandchildren and will be joined by wedding attendants Mrs Crauns twin sister and Mr Dewey from Oelwein Weekend visitors included Dennis Kirchhoff Judy Michael and Jack Hallier from Chicago.
Tripoli’s week brought a bright weather pattern as temperatures rose to a yearly high. Daytime highs reached 70 on Monday and Tuesday, with nights around 28 Friday and Sunday. Farmers hurried to fields as ground began to dry. many areas still wet, but overall garden work in town and lawns cutting began. Weather observer C. W. Ryan logged daily highs and lows through April 9.
A fragmented OCR snippet lists days Thursday to Tuesday with April dates and a sequence of numbers 30 28 ou 31 37. No identifiable event, persons, or organizations are present to anchor a coherent news item or outcome.
Luther College Norsemen Quartet of Decorah appears at Grace Lutheran church Saturday at 7 30 pm in a spring tour across Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois. Members Carl Aanonsen Richard Lind Benjamin Roisen and Kenneth Melby are Luther College choir members with private vocal instruction. Repertoire ranges from negro spirituals to Bach Haydn and Handel with representative numbers listed.
Mrs. Jack Frese of Phoenix visited Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Burroway in Waterloo where Mrs. Burroway suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized at Allen Memorial. Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Rettig visited Frese. Dr. W. G. Goebel traveled to Verndale and St. Paul for the Minnesota State Dental meeting before returning home.
Mr and Mrs Richard Rush entertained Mr and Mrs Wallace Miller and Jeanette and Mr and Mrs Herold Miller at dinner Sunday. Mr and Mrs Wallace Miller and Jeanette have just returned from Germany.
Denver Community School district schedules a kindergarten roundup for May 2 at 1 30 p m in the elementary cafeteria. Parents of children who turn five by November 15 must register. PTA will assist. A post registration program features a movie by County Elementary Supervisor Mr. Parker, talks by School Nurse Mrs. Carroll and Kindergarten Instructor Mrs. Belton, and mothers should bring birth certificates. No kindergarten class on May 2.
Willard Mohling came home last week after receiving his U S Army discharge. Read the want ads for details and opportunities.
Pvt. David L. Kalkbrenner and a Tripoli unit member are listed with current mailing addresses and unit details. The notice provides service details, his unit designation B Battery 217 Field Artillery, and a service number 17 504 255, reflecting assignation updates for active duty personnel.
Redstone Arsenal Huntsville Alabama and Fort Knox Kentucky references appear with military units Pvt Everett Meier US 55-49 939 A Co 1st Bn 6th A.C. The note explains Hart as the European term for a fully grown male deer.
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