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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1954
Page
4
Mrs G R Rettig and Mrs Leo Sauerbrei co hosted a stork shower Friday evening honoring Mrs Harold Quade. Ten guests attended from Waterloo Waverly Sumner Fredericksburg and Tripoli. Games were played and lunch served by the hostesses.
The Rev. Erich J. Dornbusch is convalescing at his home after surgery at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Johnnie Schumacher is spending a vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wehling and family in Cedar Falls this week.
Janet Marie Kimball, infant daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Glenn Kimball, was baptized at St Matthew's Lutheran Church with Rev. Erich J. Dornbusch officiating. Sponsors are Mrs. Herman Kimball and Mrs. Lloyd Mundt. Rev. Dornbusch returned from Allen Memorial Hospital. Community members visited and several neighbors were noted in events around the weekend and week, including hospital visits and family gatherings. Grace Lutheran Junior Bible campers from Wartburg College are attending a church youth camp on the Wartburg campus in Waverly, sponsored by the American Lutheran Youth committee, ending Thursday.
Ralph E. Goodnow Jr announces a Tripoli high school FFA meeting this Wednesday at 8 p m. Officers will be installed and members will discuss the chapter's role in the Bremer County Fair.
During a Friday afternoon electrical storm a bolt of lightning struck the Phillip Engel residence, smashing a large plate mirror in the living room. No injuries reported and authorities cautioned about potential home damage.
Bremer County farmers are urged to sample soils for testing at Iowa State College Laboratory to tailor fertilizer use to specific soil types. Extension Director Richard Mathews cites field examples from Howard County showing variable responses to phosphate and potash across Carrington and Clyde soils, stressing faster results and better fertilizer decisions. Summer is ideal for sampling, with testing returning in about four weeks to guide late summer, fall applications and next spring purchases.
Mrs. Herman Biermann Sr. expresses gratitude to relatives, friends, and neighbors for gifts, cards, flowers, and visits during her stay at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo and upon return home. Special thanks directed to Rev. E. F. Puhlmann.
Mrs Burton Boevers was guest of honor at a stork shower held Friday evening at the W H Boevers home with Mrs Dalton Kowalsky and Lillian Fuchs as hostesses. Nineteen guests attended. Gifts were placed in a pink and white bassinette and table decorations featured miniature baby buggies filled with garden flowers.
Latest addresses list Pvt Eldon J Hoppenworth in Camp Chaffee Arkansas with 47th Armored Infantry Battalion. Mrs Ina Bonarden and Leroy return from Washington Yellowstone and Black Hills trip. Bonardens to reside in Waterloo after discharge. Tripoli youths eye district Black and White show in Nashua. Kansas City. Buffalo escape adds zest to Kossuth centennial observance. Grandma Huettner celebrates 97th birthday at Lakota on July 5.
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