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A wide list of social visits, family news, and community notices fills the Buchanan area. Residents mention friends and relatives visiting in Waterloo Cedar Falls Tripoli Readlyn and Waverly.
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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1933
Page
5
A wide list of social visits, family news, and community notices fills the Buchanan area. Residents mention friends and relatives visiting in Waterloo Cedar Falls Tripoli Readlyn and Waverly.
Mr and Mrs Leslie Fay of Le Roy township hosted a Saturday evening party for Mr and Mrs Grant Rourke. About sixty guests attended at their home for Progressive 500 with high scores to Roy Rathbone and George Wolfgram and low to Everett Schroeder and Mercedes Rathbone. Fay gave the Rourkes blankets, a cafeteria supper was served, and dancing and music followed until morning. The Rourkes plan to move to North Dakota. Attendees included Luke Hannaman A M Griffin Everett Schroeder and families Louie Zell John Marsh Albert Fay Roy Rathbone Mercedes Rathbone the Watson Lewis children Pete Mahlstedt Clyde McConkey Clyde Webster Emil Steege James Meighan Geraldine and Francis.
Mr and Mrs W G McKeown hosted a 6 o'clock dinner Thursday to mark Mrs McKeown's 64th birthday. Guests included their son Raymond McKeown and his wife, son Donald, and friends Mr and Mrs Frank Beggerow, Mr and Mrs F D Kimball plus their son Frank. The evening featured cards and a hostess served lunch.
The weekly notice lists Sunday school at 9 30 AM and English language divine worship at 10 30 AM. Choir rehearsal is scheduled for Thursday at 7 30 PM under Pastor Theo A Thomas.
Congregational Church notes list Sunday school at 9 30 morning worship at 10 30 with the sermon on Righteousness Exalteth a Nation Washington anniversary message U P 8 C E at 8 p m Margaret Debel leads Ladies Aid Thursday at 2 at Mrs Keoughs home hostesses Mrs Keough and Mrs Beggerow Valentine verse in roll call choir rehearsal Thursday at 8 at C Otterstetters home children’s service during worship with an instrumental number and story Gods care for His little creatures as subject
St John s Lutheran led by E A Hanff invites worship at 9 30 a m Sunday school and 10 30 a m English service. Junior choir meets Thursday 6 45 p m, chorus girls 7 20 p m, senior choir Friday at 7 00 p m. Ladies Aid to meet at Mrs Herman Pries home Tuesday afternoon with time change noted.
The Grand Bank of Newfoundland is a 300 mile long undersea rise peaking near 600 feet below sea level and likely a submerged mountain range. cod migrate there in May and June to feed on crustaceans from shoals. Henry Clay did not author the Missouri Compromise of 1820, though he influenced a Maine free state Missouri slave state bill. A joint committee admitted Maine and Missouri separately, with the Thomas amendment barring slavery north of 36°30'.
On February 9 195? the fifth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McKeown was celebrated with a dinner for six at 6 o clock hosted by the couple. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. W G McKeown and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beggeron. Guests at the evening's card and visiting event included Mr. and Mrs. F D Kimbal and son Frank, Mr. and Mrs. P L Crittenden and son James, with a late lunch served.
At the February 1 meeting the Ladies Improvement club elected Mrs Joe Sien as president. Other officers named earlier include Mrs C H Smith as vice president Mrs William Ambrose as secretary and Mrs L H Fink as treasurer.
The Drape family expresses deep appreciation to friends and neighbors for kind expressions of sympathy during illness and after the death of their daughter and sister. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Drape and Family.
Tripoli high school debaters won a dual debate contest against Waverly, 18 to 16 in favor of Tripoli. Waverly affirmative beat the local negative 12 to 6, while Tripoli affirmative defeated Waverly negative 12 to 4 at Waverly. Debaters included Doris Lynch, Elnore Jay for Waverly and Irene Mundt, Kenneth Koch for Waverly negative. Frances Rebholz, James Bennett for Tripoli negative, and Herbert Bloom, Orville Harmening for Tripoli affirmative.
All accounts due F. C. Schultz have been left at the American Savings Bank for collection. All those indebted are requested to make settlement as soon as possible.
The will of Reginald F Arthur an attorney of South Brent England requests no display of grief at his funeral He specifies there be no clergyman no church service no mourning flowers and no hearse or mourning coaches, and asks to be carried when no one is about to bury him.
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