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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1956
Page
5
A flurry of Sunday and Saturday visits ties together residents from Duane Bearmann Frederika and Waterloo to Waverly Readlyn Sumner and New Hampton. Guests include the Kuhrts Bull Maurer Hunemuller Beisner and Beach families among others with hospital calls and a January birth.
The Bremer County Home operated at about 23500 this year with receipts totaling 37570.56 including 22212.74 from stock and produce sales and 12632.97 from inmates. Expenditures reached 61089.05 with 9381.29 spent on permanent improvements. The investment in the home stood at 527888.75 as of December 31. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar L Heide man serve as steward and stewardess.
A miscellaneous shower was held in the Methodist church basement Saturday evening for Charlotte Duenow who will be married Feb 11. Thirty five attended. Games were played prizes awarded and lunch served.
Leslie Lauck attended a day long meeting in Des Moines and told top Maytag dealers from Iowa and nearby states about three new appliances.
National Children's Dental Health week runs Feb 5 to 11. County nurse Mrs. Selma Carroll urges four rules to prevent tooth decay: brush after meals, eat a balanced diet replacing snacks with fresh fruit and raw vegetables, visit the dentist regularly for early detection, and ask about topical fluoride to strengthen teeth.
The U S Treasury sets Bremer County 1956 savings bonds quota at 1 399 074 with 1955 sales of 1 672 338 and 127 percent of quota. Nearby counties also report 1955 sales and quota comparisons with Butler Chickasaw and Fayette.
Twenty American Lutheran congregations in Bremer and nearby counties plan a 7 45 p m meeting at St Paul s Lutheran church Waverly Dr Herman W Siefkes president of the Iowa district will chair The session will cover church practices council duties merger matters and timetable Attendees will include representatives from Allison Buck Creek Clarksville Crane Creek Denver Greene Frederika Maxfield Maynard New Hampton Oelwein Oran Plainfield Readyn Siegel Sumner Tripoli Wilmar Waverly Waterloo Grace Lutheran church members and Rev William F Goetz invited to participate.
Butler County Rural Electric Cooperative will hold its annual meeting in the Farm Bureau hall Allison on Wednesday Feb 8 starting at 1 p m. All members in the vicinity are invited to attend. Lunch begins 10:30 a m in the cooperative warehouse with registration at 11 a m in the Farm Bureau hall. Entertainment and attendance prizes will be offered.
Harold W. Schumacher 19 son of Martin Schumacher Sumner serves as a librarian with the 1st Infantry Division Headquarters at Fort Riley Kansas. The Big Red One returned to the U S in October 1955 after 13 years overseas. Schumacher joined the Army May 1954 and completed basic at Fort Bliss Texas.
Wednesday evening visitors at Mrs. Irma Slack’s home in La Jean and Glen honored her birthday. Guests included Lloyd Steege and Marilyn Fredericksburg, Lorain Schwein, Melvin Stahlhut, Keith and Carol Jane, George Barnes, Nora Buchholz, Edward Buchholz, and Frank Kimbal.
Robert Kuhrt attends an insurance school in Rock Island Illinois from Tuesday through Thursday.
In Sumner women's bowling last Thursday, Kramer's Chicks were edged by Spahn & Rose 1 point to 3. Margaret Fink led the locals with a 154 single and 401 series as Nerge, Ryan, Tonne, Selck, and Fink posted line scores and a total of 607 610 644.
Ricky Lee Boeckmann infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Boeckmann was baptized Sunday evening at home by Rev. E F Puhlmann. Sponsors were Herbert Flanscha and Norman Flanscha. Guests included Rev and Mrs E F Puhlmann and families of the Flanscha and Tegtmeier households.
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