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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1966
Page
7
Numerous Waverly and nearby residents are listed as visitors and guests at various homes Friday through Sunday. Attendees include families from Parkersburg Sumner Readlyn Denver Waterloo and Cedar Falls among others, with several birthday and anniversary celebrations noted.
Visitors at Waverly homes include the Will Propp and Art Kelling residences with California trips. In New York Cedar Rapids couple Michael and Eric Barnes stayed with grandparents while Arthur Barnes and wife visited Broadway venues. Birthday gatherings honor Dawn Marie Snyder and Ewald Lahmann hosts marked by local guests from Cedar Rapids and Greene.
Mrs Lena Schumacher accompanied by Mr and Mrs Erding attended the wedding in Waterloo Saturday evening. Albert Ev and Sadly n were among the attendees at the ceremony held nearby.
Mr and Mrs Carl Mohling of Denver returned Friday after a six weeks trip visiting relatives and friends in southern Arkansas and Louisiana.
Miriam French formerly of Frederika moved last week into the Dora Bock apartment, marking a local relocation.
The Frederika parent teacher group held its final meeting at Frederika school Wednesday evening with 75 adults and children present. A short program featured songs by the kindergarten and parade children.
The Tripoli Community School lunch menu offers Tuesday beef and spaghetti with fruit and doughnuts, Wednesday scalloped potatoes with ham and Jell-O, Thursday maidrites with green beans and cake, and Friday fish sticks with parsleyed potatoes and banana cake. Daily milk and bread or butter included.
Mr and Mrs Frederick Heine and son Jeffrey of Arlington Heights Illinois spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Ervin Heinemann. They attended the Henning Kimball wedding at Readlyn on Saturday evening and visited Fred Heine in Denver.
Mrs. Doris Bergmann accompanied Mr and Mrs Lester Bergmann and Kim from Clear Lake to Columbus Junction for weekend visits at the Merle Rueckert home. Steven Rueckert was confirmed Sunday at Immanuel Lutheran church in Washington.
Mrs. Clara Niemeyer was a Sunday guest in the Gordon Niemeyer home in Charles City. Other visitors included Mrs. Minnie Ambrose of Sumner and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kreis and family of DeWitt. Richard Niemeyer recently returned from service in Colorado and will rejoin the field there.
Mrs. Walter Tarter and Ken ley visited with Mrs. Ruth Woodcock and attended the Biz- E-Bees 4-H club 25th anniversary at St. John’s Lutheran church in Crane Creek. Mrs. Mabel Hunemuller and Mrs. Caroline Towne joined a Senior Citizen bus tour Monday to Wednesday, touring the Ozarks and Arkansas.
Do it yourself wall painters should start with a run up and cut in before painting the main wall. Use a two inch brush for cutting in and protect furniture, floors, and decor. Prepare by removing hardware and washing, patching holes, then sand smooth and paint from corner outward in wide arcs.
The Cedar Valley Art Association will meet Thursday April 28 at 7 30 p m. in the State Bank parking lot Waverly to tour Laterlier Galerie Cedar Falls. After the tour and Art Jacobson print show a business meeting follows guests are welcome.
Mrs. Nora Peacock and Mr. Alfred Koch with Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Koch traveled home Friday after a three week visit in New Jersey. They stayed with Nora Peacock’s daughter Mrs. Steve Irvin in Edison and with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lin Koch in Spotswood. En route they spent several days with Rev. and Mrs. Edwin Koch in Detroit.
Vicky Burrow of Tripoli a freshman at State College of Iowa won the state shorthand contest at the Phi Beta Lambda annual convention in Eagle Grove on April 16. She was elected state secretary for the coming year as about 170 students from nine Iowa colleges attended.
Gene Vincent of Tripoli earned an honorable mention for a wood cut in the Cedar Valley Art Association’s third annual exhibit open through April 29 at Wartburg Student Union in Waverly. Judge was John Page from the Iowa State College art department.
Robert Downey, 17, son of Mr and Mrs Ronald Downey of Preston, wins the Iowa Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped ability writing contest. He receives a Washington DC round trip, a $100 savings bond, and a certificate.
The article details the P T group programs with skits and music by Mrs. Arnold Jaschen and others, farewell gifts to teachers, and the group’s history since 1951 52. It notes early officers, lunch program, playground funds, and a tennis court project funded by around $800. It concludes with Frederika students attending Tripoli site next September, leaving Erika site.
Readlynettes 4-H held its April meeting with awards in grooming contests Teresa Peters won junior first, Jody Minnaert junior second, Connie Rommel intermediate first, Debbie Minnaert intermediate second. Demonstrations covered sewing machine parts and pattern cutting, plus a project on planting flowers in the park. Debby Sprague reported the event attended by 11 members, 2 leaders and 2 visitors.
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