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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1953
Page
8
The column brims with jokes and resolutions for 1953. It notes jokes about aging referees and marriage, a romance prompt in Tripoli, a clever orphan tale, and a classic water-puzzle: how to split 100 dollars into 100 animals. Readers are invited to solve the 11 pints riddle next week.
Tripoli High School Panthers will host Sumner Friday for two doubleheaders, with 7:15 p.m. start times for the junior and varsity games. Coach Evan Breeding may field Weihe and Dohrmann as forwards, Goodenbour at center, and Seelhammer and Bock as guards, aiming to boost the 21.3 point average leader Weihe.
The Tripoli Junior High Little Panthers defeated Denver junior high 63 to 27 to stay undefeated. Snyder led with 22 points on nine field goals and four free throws, Olejniczak added 20, and Bremer led the reserves with 14.
Relatives and friends gathered at the V F W hall in Readlyn to observe the 30th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Ed Borchert of Tripoli. A lunch followed a social evening of cards and visiting with a two tiered cake and rosebud decorations.
A two pound six ounce boy arrived December 10 to Mr and Mrs Ed Bagby of Independence. He will spend the first three months in an incubator as doctors monitor his fragile health.
Bremer county aliens must file address report forms in January. The eight questions must be answered by foreign-born residents not yet naturalized. Reports must be returned to the post office, not mailed, and will be consolidated there. Deportation and fines or imprisonment may follow failure to report.
Ford Motor Company marks 50 years in 1953 with a series of events led by the dedication of a $50 million Engineering and Research Center in Dearborn Michigan on June 16 the anniversary date of incorporation. A state dinner for national figures will follow and local dealers and their wives will attend banquets in 33 U S plants regions. A pictorial book Ford at Fifty to be issued by Simon and Schuster in April will be widely distributed and each Ford employee will receive a copy. A two hour television program and a one hour radio broadcast will feature the anniversary theme Fifty Years Forward on the American Road. The Ford Archives will be dedicated in May and a commemorative motion picture will premiere in Dearborn in May.
In Denver the St. Pauls Evangelical and Reformed church hosted a gift party Friday night for Mrs. Richard Freemont whose family lost their home in a fire four miles west of Denver. About 30 members sang carols and shared gifts and lunch after Pastor Schnathorst spoke. Other notes mention social visits, Christmas gatherings, and local residents traveling between families during the holidays.
The American Legion and its Auxiliary will hold their regular meetings on Tuesday evening January 13 at Tri Poli town hall. Mrs August F Eichmann, the legislation chairman, will lead the discussion on current legislation. Hostesses will be Mrs Jack Frese Mrs Willard Holm and Alice Krueger.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Bodermann formerly of Waterloo moved the first part of the week to the apartment of Mrs Emma Eichmann.
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