Grace Lutheran Confirmation and local notices
One year ago December 2 1953 Grace Lutheran church confirms class members with Dr John Hiltner as guest speaker. Tripoli resident LaVern Hunemuller and Readlyn resident Wayne Sauerbrei join the 1953 group headed for army service. Vernon Prestien Sumner and Mrs Earl Moetsch New Hampton injured in Buck of road junction crash. Wallace Miller injured in Galena Ill accident with Melvin Schwartz driving. Rudolph Piegers named mayor of Tripoli for two years succeeding Wm F Krueger after 16 years in office. Lorenz Sell to fill Piegers council seat. Bernard Beckman Jr and Claudia Parks wed at Immaculate Conception Sumner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Lutheran Church
John Hiltner
LaVern Hunemuller
Tripoli
Wayne C. Sauerbrei
Readlyn
Vernon Prestien
Sumner
Earl Moetsch
New Hampton
Buck of Road
Highway 93
Monay
Galena
Ill
Wallace Miller
Herold Miller
Melvin Schwartz
Rudolph Piegers
Wm. F. Krueger
Lorenz Sell
Piegers
Bernard Beckman Jr
Bernard Beckman
Pinhook
Claudia Parks
Fredericksburg
Immaculate Conception Church
Looking at Life as It Used to Be Forty Five Years Ago
A retrospective column traces life in the community with notices of deaths, weddings, and local events from December 2, 1909 to December 5, 1934. It records John Moehling’s death, marriages of May Schell and Emma Mahlstedt, and deaths of Chris Meier and R. E. Barnes, among other obituaries and town happenings. Twenty-five years ago notes snowstorms near Thanksgiving. twenty years ago more weddings and illnesses in Tripoli area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moehling
Frank Koch
Siegel Church
May Schell
Alpert Brinkman
Hauessler
Chris Meier
Ruthven
Minn
Meier
Chris
John Kuhrt
Emma Mahlstedt
Chas. Guhlow
Pete Goodenbour
Wm. Eichmann
Chicago
R. E. Barnes
Shedd
Ore
Elmo R. Hook
Cedar Rapids
Ed Radar
Dayton
Tripoli
From My Kitchen Window Christmas Reflection
A December meditation notes Christmas cheer and acts of shelter and feeding for the poor, urging good deeds as the path the Savior trod. Harvey Peake signs a seasonal editoral on kindness and faith in a quiet community voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Harvey Peake
300 Calorie Question And The Trouble With Trouble
A fragmentary verse piece discusses beauty, self-image, and life puzzles. It reflects on how dwelling on troubles invites more trouble and suggests seeking a silver lining through effort and faith. The poet Myrtle Hill adds a closing aphorism about truth, influence, and lasting impressions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Hill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Renetta Zander
Lorenz Buchholz
St. John's Evangelical Church
Siegel
Louis Rohrsson
St. John's Lutheran Church
James Allen Nacke
Victor Nacke
Helen Wikner
Rochester
Mayo Clinic
Ambrose Garage
Georgina Segebarth
Waverly
Leon Kleiss
Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Henry Meswarth
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
Mariys Niedert
Elmer T. Wittenburg
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Ronald Milius
Ryan Motor
Henry C. Hennings
Bremer County
Allan
Arnold Sell
Presbyterian Hospital
Harvey Kowalsky
St. Luke’s Hospital
Professional Directory
United Hartford Fire & Casualty Fire Insurance Inc
Mutual Trust Life Insurance
M. O. Brye Chiropractor
Waverly, Iowa
F. Ray Robinson
Optometrist
Iowa
Fine Insurance Agency
Tripoli, Iowa
Bankers Life Insurance
L. J. Magnall
Water Tower
Fred Rewoldt
Office
Main Street
Frederika
H. O. Hastings
E. Bremer
Coddington & Hemingway
Attorneys-at-Law
Block & Klemp Building
V. G. Goebel
Biermann
C. R. Barry
Jack Frese
Tripoli, Low
G.E.M
Our
Mojud
Box
Frese
Agency
Specie
Rockers
Rettig Furniture
Lowa
RCA
Motorola
Warner
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