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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1968
Page
5
Local residents visited friends and relatives across Readlyn and nearby towns this Sunday. Numerous families, including the Kreuger, Brase, and Weidler households, hosted guests celebrating birthdays and anniversaries, with multiple calls and dinners reported in the countryside exchanges.
The third rehearsal for Mendelssohn's Christus will be Sunday March 3 at 1 30 p m at Tripoli high school. Director Mrs Margaret Smothers urges attendance at all remaining rehearsals. The cantata is set for Holy week April 10 at 8 pm in the high school gymnasium.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Harms were Sunday dinner guests at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Denver where Mr. and Mrs. Will Schumacher celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
Mr and Mrs Herman Bahlmann were feted at an open house and family dinner marking their 50th anniversary at St John s Lutheran church Frederika. About 80 guests attended the dinner and over 200 visited the open house from Waverly Waterloo Fredericksburg New Hampton Readlyn La Grande and Tripoli.
Mr and Mrs Ray Brase Mr and Mrs Dale Steere and Dorcey were guests Sunday for a dinner in a Waverly restaurant hosted by their parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Brase to honor the couples 52nd wedding anniversary from Saturday.
Mrs. Marie Beevers attended funeral services for Mrs. Caroline Bovers at St Pauls Lutheran Church in Waverly on Saturday afternoon.
Clarence Goodenbour of Cokeville Wyoming died February 20 in Montpelier Idaho after a month illness from arteriosclerosis. Funeral services were February 24 at Rettig Funeral Home with burial in Fremont Cemetery and military rites by the V F W post. He was born October 23 1914 in Bremer County Iowa and served in Europe 1942 45. He is survived by his widow Coretta a brother two nieces and three nephews.
Phyllis May Buchholz and Harold Lee Hyde wed at Faith United Church of Christ in a 2:00 p m ceremony. The bride, escorted by her father, wore a chantilly lace gown with pearl embellishments and carried red roses. The reception followed in the Town Hall for 200 guests. They plan to reside in Fort Leonard Wood Missouri after February 29 as Hyde completes seven months left in the U S Army.
Mr and Mrs Theo Debel visited Thursday with Mrs Bertha Debel a patient at St Luke s hospital Cedar Rapids following a fall in which she fractured her hip Weekend guests in the Leland Timmerman home were Mr and Mrs Gary Phillips and Mary Mr and Mrs Pat Burns and family Ames Other Sunday dinner guests were Mr and Mrs Earl OConnell and Dean Mr and Mrs John ORourke Waterloo and Mrs Ada McConkey Afternoon visitors were Mr and Mrs Frank Josifek and Margo Bock Traer
Charles Copeland of Harlan continues a daily diary now in its 35th year preserving memories for the 83 year old Shelby County resident and his family.
Ruby Menke daughter of John Menke Tripoli and Jim Greenlees son of Louis Horsley Sumner were married Feb. 17 in the First Baptist church Sumner. Rev H J Walternet of East Detroit officiated. Bride wore chantilly lace gown with Sabrina neckline.
The Tripoli Leader reports the wedding of the bride from Forrestville Maryland to the groom from Waterloo Iowa. The ceremony featured a lace veil and red rose bouquet with a reception at Tripoli Town Hall hosted by relatives. The bride works at Tripoli Nursing Home and the groom at Rock Transport in Waterloo. They will reside near Tripoli.
The Douglas township Farm Bureau Ladies gathered February 19 at the Mrs Edwin Buchholz home with 26 members. A slogan quiz was led by Mrs Gene Redies. prizes awarded to Mrs John Biermann.
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