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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1957
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is the official newspaper of Tripoli and Bremer County Iowa. It publishes weekly each Wednesday and has been established since 1894. Subscription rates are 3.00 per year in Iowa and 3.50 per year elsewhere. William A Buckley is the publisher.
Readlyn residents shared holiday meals and gatherings as servicemen arrived home on leave. Families welcomed Robert Kimball from Frankfurt for a 30 day break, and others including Robert and Roger Deterding, Pfc Elston Miller, and Pfc Milton Happel spent Christmas with relatives. News notes cover bridal showers, births, and students visiting or returning to Iowa, Forts Sill and Leonard Wood, plus multiple teachers and college students visiting their families for the holidays.
Angeline Brush of La Plata Missouri and Ale Robert D Fountain of North Adams Massachusetts wed December 26 at Kirksville Methodist Church. Attendants were twin siblings Jerry and Jane Brush. Angeline, active in 4 H and a 1955 La Plata High School grad, worked at Hallmark Cards. Ale, a North Adams High School graduate and Korean War veteran, will reside at Ellsworth AFB South Dakota after January 21.
The column covers Sophus farm transfers near Sumner notable moves including O B Littell dinner visit and hospital news. It notes Sumner hospital newborn gift program, WSCSalem U B church meeting, and Sumner light plant diesel engine upgrade. Local reports include hospital patients, theater jobs, area residents traveling and 4 H club activities with December meetings and upcoming sleigh ride plans.
Readlyn Readlynites 4-H club met December 19 at Readlyn High School with 13 members answering Roll Call Favorite Materials. Members planned a Valentine party Record Hop and played basketball then caroled.
Families across Waterloo Oelwein Osage Plainfield Charles City and surrounding areas spent Christmas with relatives and friends. Exchanges included Kent Stephens Wagner Rich mond Jordan Leitsch Hahn and Shufelt households along with many others sharing meals and gatherings with extended kin. Party hosts included the Hinecker Oren family Buenger Hansen Breman Sassmann and Sassmann households.
Families across several towns celebrated Christmas with relatives and neighbors, including the Bergmann and Bravener households, the Ager families near Horton, and visits to Cedar Falls and Waverly. Other noted arrivals include the Davison, Lampe, and Gillett households, with multiple extended relatives joining in Christmas activities. The piece ends by recounting the origin of the first Christmas Seal Sale in 1907 led by Emily P. Bissell in Wilmington, aided by the Philadelphia North American, which raised $3,000 for tuberculosis patients.
On December 20, 1956, the District Court of Bremer County Iowa appointed Emma Beisner and Bertha Tegtmeier administratrices of the estate of Ernest Tegtmeier, deceased. All creditors must file claims and debtors should pay the administratrices or the court. Oliver J. Reeve of Waverly Iowa acts as attorney.
On December 24 1956 the District Court of Bremer County Iowa appointed the undersigned as Administratrix of the Estate of Malinda Lenins deceased. All claims against the estate must be filed with the court or administrator by specified deadlines.
Fragmentary legal notice indicates authentication for court allowance dated the 24th day of Pecem anea. Attorneys Emma Sién, Tripoli, Towa, Sweet, Sager & Engelbrecht of Waverly Iowa are listed. No further case details appear in the readable text.
Legal transfers list Edwin A Roach to L Pauline Roadh and Gerald D Pierce to Rex W Stumpf with nominal sums for Block 33 Plainfield and part of Block 7 Janesville. Revenue 55e. An estimated four hundred thousand Americans have active tuberculosis.
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