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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1968
Page
5
Numerous Sunday and weekend visits mark small town life with many names. Gertrude Quade hosted and visited friends. families from Waverly Cedar Rapids Sumner and Waterloo joined dinners, birthday observances, and church services.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Matthias of Frederika welcomed Neil Allen on February 4 at Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo. Mr and Mrs Ellsworth Zell of Sumner welcomed Michael Scott on February 11 at Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo.
Leon Kleiss of Humboldt visited Sunday with relatives at the E A Kleiss home before heading to Cedar Rapids for a Massey Ferguson meeting.
Community notes honor the Wolf family moving from Mary Bull farm to Randy Niedert’s place in Western Douglas. Local social items record visits, birthday celebrations, and dinners. Richard Ballheims death in Vietnam is noted with funeral services at La Porte City. Romaine Brase, a blind Des Moines student, spent the weekend with family.
A list of visitors stopped by Tripoli Nursing Home this week. Names include Gustav Kuker Herman Mueller Clara Bergmann Paul Meyerhoff Oscar Kimball and others from Waterloo Readlyn and Waverly. Several calls split among residents Mary Brase John Kehe and Minnie Koschmeder are noted along with a 90th birthday celebration for Minnie Koschmeder.
Mrs. A C Hildebrandt died Thursday in Tacoma Washington at age 74 after a December 1965 hip fracture. Funeral services were held Monday February 12. Survivors include husband Art son Dean and three grandchildren a sister Mrs Clara Bervenall of Tacoma, formerly Alberta Bockhaus of Tripoli.
The St. Pauls Lutheran team from Siegel won the round robin dartball event at St. Johns Lutheran in Frederika. Players include Larry Moeller Rudy Pavelec Henry Kuecker Ewald Miller and Robert Richard and Ben Meyer with teams from Boyd Readlyn Frederika Western Douglas and Siegel.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Brase marked their 25th wedding anniversary on Feb 12 at Tripoli Town Hall hosted by daughter Karen Slayton of Los Angeles. The couple wed in Bremer on Feb 12 1943 and have two children Karen and Danny Palmer Alaska, who could not attend.
Brandenburg Krueger Auxiliary met at the Post Home Monday evening with 10 members present. Reports were given and a committee was appointed for the Friday night fish fry. The third district meeting will be held at La Porte City Saturday February 17. Angie Boeckmann was hostess.
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