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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1969
Page
4
Miscellaneous classified items include a mouse killer offer from Tripoli Hardware and a note about a business opportunity with potential income. Also listings for hen buyers, carpet cleaning services, a sewing cabinet sale, a rent-to-own carpet cleaner, and a lost package notice at Klemp Plumbing.
Fred and Mabel Brase express heartfelt gratitude to friends, pastors, and supply pastors as they finish ten years as custodians of Grace Lutheran church. They credit God with giving courage and strength and extend thanks for kindness in words and deeds.
Prices farmers pay for high protein feed through late spring 1969 will probably be near year earlier levels, says Iowa State Extension economist Bob Wisner. Soybean meal prices may rise modestly in late winter, with wholesale 44 percent meal around $71.50/ton mid-December after a price peak in September.
Local notes list numerous Christmas Eve and New Year gatherings across Fremont and nearby towns. Families hosted dinners and went to church events at St. Pauls UCC in Denver, with guests from Waverly Readlyn Waterloo and Buck Creek among others. Diane Moeller wed Gary Reinhardt at Grace Lutheran with reception in Readlyn Community Hall.
Driver Education Consultant warns about snow ice driving and hydroplaning. Safety groups cite NSC data showing over 30 percent of accidents occur on wet or icy roads and about 20 percent of fatal crashes in such conditions, with hydroplaning suspected as a factor. Donald Koroch, department of public instruction.
A NASA Langley study explains hydroplaning as tires losing contact with a wet road surface, creating a slippery wedge of water. Theory notes speeds where tires ride on film rise with speed, urging drivers to slow below hydroplaning speeds and avoid braking during a skid.
Mrs Lavern Schumacher is hospitalized at Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo after a Saturday fall on ice caused a fractured ankle. She is receiving treatment and listed in stable condition.
S/Sgt and Mrs Lawrence C Gundel are home on leave from Kincheloe AFB Michigan. They stay with Rev George J Gundel at Crane Creek until reassignment on Formosa Taiwan early January. He serves in the U S Air Force. Leader ads bring results.
Readable items record Bremer County life including obituaries for Mrs Louisa Beggerow and Mrs Ella Meyerhoff, local marriages Herbert Otto and Frieda Moeller, and Lois Marling with Bill Studemann. Also notes on influenza prevalence, police, industry changes, and Christmas activities with several community names and events.
Jacklyn Lobeck and Gerald Clement married in a 4 p.m. Friday ceremony at Grace Lutheran Church in San Bernardino. Rev. Arnold Thalacker officiated. Attendants were LaVern and Karen Lobeck. The couple, now residing at 25550 Pumalo St Apt 19, San Bernardino, plan to live in California after her Aero space Corp. employment and his civil service work and jet mechanic studies.
An attempted break-in at the Li Quor Store is reported. Funeral services were held for Henry Buss aged 84 at Sumner hospital. Tripoli school addition plans to be explained at a Friday public meeting. Funeral services for Mrs Caroline Schnurstein aged 76 were held at Grace Lutheran church. Frederika telephone exchange to switch Friday to automatic system. Christmas lighting contest winners: Eugene Buenger first, L. L. Moeller second, Robert Selck third. Wanda Dettmer and Darwin Boldt wed at Grace Lutheran on December 10. Ron Kelsey left December 17 for Amarillo Texas for active U S Air Force duty.
Carmel of visitors from Cedar Falls Waterloo and nearby towns arrive at Tripoli Nursing Home for social calls. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Leland Berg and others as Rev Harry Feistner leads vesper service. Gifts exchanged and family gatherings noted.
Dorothy Lancaster a 1967 graduate of Valley High School Fairbank received recognition for outstanding performance as a member of the United States Air Force Cruiting Service at Randolph Field Texas.
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