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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1967
Page
4
A note expressing gratitude to friends and relatives for cards flowers gifts and visits while the writer was at Allen hospital and after returning home. The message emphasizes appreciation for the thoughtful acts and support received.
Pinhook and surrounding towns record a flurry of social visits and hospitality. Neighbors hosted guests from Waterloo Cedar Rapids Roseville and other areas while trips to Hutchinson and Oregon were noted plus a late note on human muscle and brain mass.
Week summary of daily 6 p m readings with noon checks except Tuesday. Includes dates August 3 to August 8 with max and min temperatures and precipitation amounts.
The Tripoli Leader of Tripoli Iowa on August 9 1967 covers community updates, local meetings, and notices affecting residents. Reader notices and brief items summarize civic happenings, scheduling, and public interest topics from the area.
Mrs. Carolina Struck aged 82 was found dead at her home this Wednesday morning. She was mother to Mrs. Arthur Reties of Tripoli and Alfred Struck of Waterloo. Funeral services are pending at Rettig Funeral Home in Tripoli.
A series of social notices detail Sunday birthday observances at Clarence Ganske home in Readlyn and a Two-Table Card club dinner at Carver's in Waverly. Other entries note visits by Arnold Platte and Lange gatherings with the Deterding and Sassmann families, plus Dennis Hartness attending an insurance school in Chicago.
The Grace Lutheran League sponsors a bus trip to Dubuque on Sunday August 20 inviting Faith United Church of Christ Youth Fellowship to join. Depart Tripoli at 8 15 a m return by 6 p m with a stop at the Trappist Monastery south of Dubuque. Reservations may be made with Kathy Blasberg or Pastor A C Koengeter. Cost four dollars for the bus and one dollar fifty for dinner at Swiss Valley Chalet.
Four of the world’s finest instruments have come to the University of Iowa in Iowa City. The Paganini Strads include a cello, viola and two violins from Antonio Stradivari of the 18th century. They are on loan indefinitely to the Iowa string quartet from the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C.
Karen Grace Zander and Dennis Dexter Boorom united in marriage July 29 at St. Pauls Lutheran, Artesian. Officiant Pastor Leon Hodges. Attendants included maid of honor Verla Jean Zander and flower girl Cindi Boorom. Couple resides in Waynesville Missouri after a honeymoon in New Orleans.
Three Hawkeye Institute of Technology board seats face election September 11 with incumbents Harold Brock James Martin Sr and T Cooper Evans seeking re election. Nominations require papers from secretary John W Allan. Elections occur in district three four and seven of merged area seven with districts listed including Dike Dysart Geneseo Grundy Center Hudson North Tama New Hartford and Reinbeck Community.
Districts including Dunkerton East Buchanan Independence Jesup and La Porte City declare current reps T Cooper Evans district three James Martin Sr district four Harold Brock area seven covering Waterloo south and east of Ridgeway. Nomination papers must be filed with secretary John W Allan by 5 p.m. August 9 and require fifty signatures from qualified electors in the district.
Mrs Kuhrt will demonstrate her honey recipe with a sample on the Home Fair program after a call from Jackie Grant. A booklet titled How Lucky Got His Name by Mrs Kuhrt with illustrations by Teresa was accepted and featured on The Romper Room Program on KWWL TV recently.
The 37th Mohling family reunion will be held at the shelter house in Denver City park on Sunday, August 13, with a 12:30 p.m. potluck dinner.
Funeral services were held for Hans Schult on Friday at Cleveland Chapel in Waverly with Rev. A C Koengeter in charge. Burial followed at Harlington cemetery. Schult, born May 18 1903 in Berlin, died Tuesday afternoon of a heart attack at his home in Waverly. He married Elizabeth Bodenbach in 1927 who died in 1945. He was interned in a German prison camp until 1946 and worked as an aircraft factory inspector in Germany before remarriage on Sept 30 1950.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a biographical notice mentioning three years in Waverly Germany a castle copy war survivor two sons Ha Camanche Helga Kurt two sisters and a wife Elizabeth with partial dates and places, but text is garbled and incomplete.
Edward Buchholy, formerly of Allen Memorial Waterloo, returned home from hospital today after a Thursday admission. He had been staying at a shop in Tripoli.
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