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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1961
Page
4
Farmers plan spring fertilizer needs with pre season discounts of 3.00 per ton on Famous V C and Big V Fertilizer Now available for December order Tripoli Mercantile Co.
Upscale apartment available for rent with possession on January 1. Contact Wendell Redies at phone 167 W in Tripoli for details and scheduling.
Thanks to everyone for visits cards flowers and kindness during my stay at Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo and since my return home Thanks also to Rev A Thalacker for his visits Mrs Paul Voetmann.
Mr Werner Schlichting and Mrs Alfred Blasberg returned from Fort Huachuca to visit her husband in Sierra Vista Arizona. The Gienau family moved to the Grove farm purchased by the Grove family. Numerous residents hosted or visited relatives including the Lindners Moellers Rieck Peters Rathbone and others. Mark Wikner returned from Iowa State University for Christmas vacation with relatives in Readlyn and Cedar Falls.
Mrs Hazel Bowers and others visited Mrs Lee Holm in Waterloo for a birthday celebration with a potluck. A pre Christmas supper was hosted by Mr and Mrs Robert Bergmann with guests including Mr and Mrs Herbert Sunday and several families from Cedar Falls and Waterloo. Saturday evening attendance included Mr Lawrence Slight from Waverly.
Mr. and Mrs. Oren Hinecker and guests from Denver, with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sassmann and Billy, spent Sunday dinner with her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. W. French. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. William Bragener and family, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hahn and family with the Timmer family. Lyle Bowers and family from New Hampton visited his mother Mrs. Slazel Bowers. George Matthews of Staples, Minnesota, who were visiting cousins around Frederika, left Monday to visit relatives at Fairbank.
Clarence Everett near Nodaway reports a turnip weighing eight pounds after planting turnip and rutabaga seeds mixed together. He says both vegetables show exceptional size and quality, reflecting a fruitful garden effort.
Mr and Mrs Earl Rommel announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Judith Kay to Robert R Lehmkuhl son of Mr and Mrs G J Lehmkuhl of Readlyn Waterloo The wedding is set for Saturday Dec 23 at 8 o clock in St Pauls Lutheran church Readlyn Miss Rommel a 1960 graduate of Wapsie Valley High school works in Lutheran Mutual Waverly The soon to be groom is a 1957 Readlyn High graduate and serves with the Army Signal Corps Reserve Unit at Fort Huachuca Ariz.
The first escalator was exhibited at the Paris Exposition in 1900, then returned to the United States and installed at Gimbel Brothers department store in Philadelphia.
Loren Obelieu 20 of Waverly and Jean Ann Hooper 19 of Plainfield. Larry Ganske 18 of Tripoli and Lois Kuker 18 of Readlyn. Lawrence G. Lewis 27 of Cedar Falls and Lynda Kreuger 21 of Waterloo. Gene Bahr 20 of Waverly and Carol Froehrick 21 of Waverly. Douglas Keith Poppen 18 of Allison and Judith Ann Bergmann 18 of Waverly. Edward Krull 36 of Waterloo and Leona Hansel 38 of Waterloo. George Leonard Gaige 47 of Waterloo and Ann Appel 44 of Waterloo.
State Treasurer M. L. Abrahamson said July 1 1959 to June 30 1960 yielded nearly 15 million in interest on investments. The program was expanded in 1959 after it was found millions of dollars in state funds lay idle in about 600 banks. Leader ads bring results.
Wildlife officials warn deer related crashes are rising as the 23 000 herd sizes prompts more night encounters. In 1960 autos killed 546 deer. auto damage runs into thousands. Drivers should slow and watch for deer on roads at night.
Former Northwood resident Bear Wallace Coleman recently shot a massive Polar bear in Alaska. The encounter is expected to place as the eighth largest bear on the Boone and Crockett records.
Mr and Mrs Herman J Warnke announce the engagement of their daughter Verdis Ardith Warnke to John Fedeler son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Fedeler No date set for the wedding Miss Warnke graduated Sumner Community High School in 1961 Her fiancé also graduated from Sumner High School in 1956 and is associated with his father in farming
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