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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1962
Page
4
The Tripoli Leader reports from Tripoli Iowa on December 19 1962 detailing local events and civic notices including community developments and upcoming municipal actions affecting residents of Harrison County.
Mr and Mrs Ed Hesse marked their 40th wedding anniversary with a church parlors dinner in St John s Lutheran Denver attended by family and attendants Mrs Arthur Carlson and Walter Eickelburg. They were married at Klinger on December 17 1922 and later moved to Denver. They have three children Virgil Denver Mrs Vern Hines and Mrs Mary Mischick of Waterloo.
A detailed social notice lists guests at a six oclock supper including Mr and Mrs Giles Henry and the Julius Wille family of Cedar Falls plus other Wille relatives from Waterloo and Den Rose Howrey learning of Mrs Frank Andera s death in Spillville where she had been a Bill Clock Museum guide. Also reported is Brandt s funeral in Waverly and Theo Bergmann patient at Allen Memorial Hospital. A birthday for Ernest Wille and a Civil War era note about 1860 61 seceding states and the Custer Massacre are mentioned.
An effective immediate sale reduces all toys and gifts by 20 percent. Contact Ruth Woodcock at 52 J in Tri Poli for details.
Found near the Tripoli post office a bill fold. Owner can identify it and pay for this ad to recover it. Contact Waverly 1724R2 or W. H. Kallenbach, Tripoli.
Acknowledgments from several individuals thanking friends neighbors and relatives for cards visits flowers and gifts during hospital stay and after returning home. Special mentions include Rev Puhlmann Dr Barry and Rev E F Puhlmann for prayers visits and deeds. Also thanks for 40th anniversary greetings and food service helpers. Mr and Mrs Fred Brase note appreciation.
A sequence of property transfers recorded in Tripoli, Sumner, and Waverly detailing conveyances between private individuals and organizations. Notable items include church property from Tripoli’s St. Peter’s Evangelical and Re formed Church to Faith United Church of Christ, and multiple parcels in sections 93 and 94 with revenues ranging from $1.10 to $20.90.
Four local 4-H clubs report December meetings with Christmas party plans and next month demonstrations. Ta TNT club notes a party and sewing care talks by Marsha Bull Joyce Dooly Julie Iserman Mary Bergman. Douglas Rockets discuss party and Father’s Night. battery care and soil needs talks. two new members join. Sumner Sparklers cover attendance, year pins, and 1963 officers. favors for hospital planned December 17. Leroy Gopherettes recount Christmas centerpieces, pins for attendance, and trip report. A safety note warns candles and holiday fire risks. ensure proper circuit wattage and fuse sizing for safe holiday use.
Pearl E Pardee summarizes Norval Wardee's guidance on preventing accidents during celebrations. Check for UL approval, discard frayed cords, use outdoor rated lights, and avoid bulbs resting on the tree to prevent overheating. Take precautions with heavy duty extension cords and outdoor plugs for safer displays.
Bert Snodgrass of Lamont will observe his 60th anniversary with the railroad next May. He has served as Lamont depot agent for 57 of those years and, at 78, remains spry and plans no retirement.
Mark Halvorson reports a young bald eagle with a broken wing found in a field on his West Union area farm. The bird is unable to fly and is being cared for until federal or state wildlife authorities can assist.
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