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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1933
Page
5
Waterloo and nearby communities report visits, illnesses, and social events. Residents such as Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lad, Mrs. Ida Kuker, and families in Waverly, Sumner, and Tripoli are noted for calls, hospital stays, and church or club activities.
The Congregational Church led by E Forrest Byers announces Sunday school at 9:80 daily morning worship at 10:30 with the sermon Is The Golden Rule Sufficient The Christian Endeavor meets at 8:00 and Ladies Aid gathers Thursday at 2:30 in the church basement hosted by Mrs Frank Hale and Mrs Nora Gunsalus Choir practice follows Thursday at 8:00 in the church.
Frederika and Sumner residents, plus guests from Waterloo and Tripoli, visited family and friends across the region on weekends. A tally includes Edna Kelso moving to Waverly, Fred Ladd and Junior Richards hosting in Oelwein, and several dinners and calls at homes in Banwell, Clary, and Alcock circles.
A pig at E Weinkotz farm southeast of Afton Iowa was born with a single eye set in its mouth. The pig was about normal size with elephantine ears and almost no body hair.
Theodore Lofgren of Stanton Indiana leaped from a second story window during a nightmare and landed upright in a three point posture. The stunt ended with a 12 foot fall that woke him and left him unharmed.
Waterloo residents and relatives made rounds across nearby towns with numerous visits to the Hennings and Pries families. Trips included Waltm Rohde, August Flege, and Readlyn stops, plus Chicago Heights connections and a Bremer Rev Wunderlich confirmation class.
E A Hanff pastor guides St John’s Lutheran with Sunday school at 9:00 a.m. and German divine service at 10:00 a.m. Choir practice Thursday evening with junior at 6:45, Lutheran chorus girls at 7:20 and senior at 8:00. Sunday school teachers meeting Monday evening at 8.
The church led by Pastor Theo A Thomas calls communicants to a Friday 8pm meeting in the auditorium with song back and social hour in the basement. Lunch at own price. Sunday school at 9, German service at 10, board meeting Monday 8, mixed choir Tuesday 8, Ladies Aid Wednesday 2, male choir Thursday 8.
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