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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1957
Page
5
Numerous gatherings spread Saturday to Sunday across Waterloo Sumner Readlyn Fredericksburg and nearby communities. Families such as Sievers Kuhrt Meier Spier and Bergmann hosted and visited relatives with trips to Waterloo Independence and Readlyn. New Year's guests included the Nelsons and the Wendt family while births added to Sumner hospital records.
Bremer County Association for Retarded Children will meet Tuesday evening January 15 at the grade school building in Tripoli. Mrs. Henderson of Waterloo will be present to answer questions.
In Sumner last Thursday the Kramer's Chicks women shut out Spahn & Rose four to none. Margaret Fink led with 184 high game and Doris Nerge posted a 477 series. Line scores show Selek 158 149 141, Green 122 149 145, Tonnes 143 130 110, Nerge 194 160 183, Fink 152 184 131, totaling 709 772 710. Kuhrt's Clothiers edged Huebner Motors 1-3 in the men’s league at Sumner Monday. Rob Fink led with 201 high game and 481 series.
Department of Public Safety safety notes explain that stopping on ice is about five times farther than on dry pavement and that 190 feet may be needed to stop from 20 mph on ice without chains. They advise pumping brakes, steady acceleration, and turning wheels toward a slide, noting lowering tire pressure or adding rear weight worsens control.
The Rev. William F. Goetz of Grace Lutheran Church will join a Wartburg College panel Sunday at 1 30 pm to discuss church life. Other panel members include Dr W F Schmidt of St Pauls Wa verly Rev Adolph G Schardt of St Johns Cedar Falls and Prof Karl T Schmidt Wartburg Christianity head. Goetz will speak on rural church life. Leader ads pring results.
Sunday dinner guests for Mrs Hagen celebrated her birthday including Mr and Mrs Fred Gade of Waverly and Mr and Mrs Peter Mahlstedt. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Wayland Gade and family Mr and Mrs Wendell Mahlstedt and family of Waverly and Mr and Mrs Walter Buls. The C D Wendel family of Maquoketa recently left for Florida with six Shetland ponies planned for sale as Christmas gifts.
Robert Sievers was released from Sumner Community Hospital Friday after undergoing medical treatment.
Leonidas Monical, Clarke County’s oldest resident at 102, died recently. He arrived in 1856 as an 18 month old traveling with his family from Indiana in a covered wagon drawn by oxen. The piece notes the 1907 Christmas Seal Sale origins and its long support for TB prevention through 3,000 affiliated associations.
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