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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1965
Page
5
Cedar Falls and Waterloo residents attend social visits and dinners across multiple households from Friday to Sunday. Notable names include Biermann Heine Buhrow Segebarth and Zabel with a wide web of relatives and friends in Readlyn Sumner Readlyn Parkersburg and Shell Rock. The gatherings mark birthdays anniversaries and family occasions through a dense sequence of Sunday dinners suppers and afternoon calls.
Monday Hamburger gravy mashed potatoes cabbage and carrot salad apple crisp bread and milk Tuesday Pizza buttered corn fruited Jell O cookie bread and butter milk Wednesday Creamed turkey baking powder biscuits green beans orange juice marble cake bread and butter milk Thursday Baked wieners scalloped potatoes sauerkraut vanilla pudding bread and butter milk Friday America spaghetti tuna or peanut butter sandwiches peaches chocolate chip bar milk
Mr and Mrs Lavern Brase and family Readlyn led a Sunday gathering with relatives from Waterloo and New Hampton. Mr and Mrs Vernon Wikner and family Denver attended at Elmer Clausing home Waverly. Elmer Clausing and Mrs Fred Brase observed birthdays on January 7 and 12.
Mr and Mrs Frank Mirs of Waverly baptized their son Brian Lee Sunday morning at Peace United Church of Christ in Waverly. Dinner and supper guests included Rev Ralph Wedeking, Louise Vogt, Les Vogt, Donald Mirs, Larry Vogt and families. Sponsors were Donald Mirs and Larry Vogt.
The 90th birthday of Mrs G F Schwemm will be observed the afternoon of January 15. Friends are invited to call at her home. A family gathering is planned for January 17.
Mrs Harold L Blaschke and her son Richard returned to Springdale Arkansas after spending three weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs Carl Zabel.
Mrs Lena Schnurstein of Waverly fell Saturday at her daughter Mrs Raymond Downing’s home and fractured her hip. She is a patient at Mercy hospital in Waverly. She was a former resident of Tripoli.
Librarian Elinor Block invites readers to explore an Iowa collection featuring books by Iowa authors and titles about Iowa. Highlights include Gue History of Iowa, Geography by White, county histories, Amana and Amish works, juvenile titles by Elsa Falk, Lois Lenski, and Carl Lane, plus new reads like the Warren Commission Report and Irving Stone's The President's Lady.
Bertha Johnson and Fred Bergmann were married Dec 29 at the bride’s mother's home with Rev Shirk officiating. E S Baker editor of the Tripoli Leader had appendicitis surgery at an Iowa City hospital last week. Markets from 55 years ago list eggs at 28c, butter 40c, potatoes 45c, veal 5 to 6 dollars, hogs 7.60 to 8, corn 50c. A group of Tripoli youths headed east and south for a two week auto tour, including Theodore Sievers, Herbert Slack, Harry Slack, and Woodrow Klemp. Mr and Mrs Henry Kuecker celebrated a silver wedding anniversary with relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs Henry Henning of Warren township celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary with a gathering Friday night, Dec 29. Markets from 25 years ago show eggs 16c, heavy hens 9c, Leghorn hens 6c, good hogs 5.30, packers 4.50, veal calves 3 to 9.25.
Jack Frese of Tripoli becomes local agent for State Farm Insurance Co. Tripoli Community Chest fund drive tops goal at 2530 dollars. Nine Tripoli businesses will close at 10 p m Saturdays starting Jan 8. City posts bids for new Tripoli post office. Anniversary observed for Mr. and Mrs. John Strempke at St Pauls Lutheran Readlyn. Mayor Barnes reports federal grant approval of 24900 for east Tripoli sewage project. Obituaries for Lucy Matthiesen and Calvin W Waterman. Recent weddings include Gloria Alcock Kenneth Hansen, Vickie Abbas Allen Pleggenkuhle at Cedar Falls Frederik, Sumner St Johns Lutheran. Sheryl Magnall undergoing knee surgery at Allen Memorial in Waterloo.
County Extension Service in Tripoli invites residents to an orientation on refinishing home furnishings at Tripoli Town Hall on January 18 at 1 30 p m. Attendees will choose workshop areas and bring their own supplies and articles for hands on refinishing with guidance from Pearl Pardee and local committee members across several townships and towns.
State treasurer Paul Franzenburg reports 1964 tax collections at 327 million, up 11.5 million from 1963. Sales tax 75.3 million, gasoline tax 79.7 million, and income tax 54 million, each higher than the prior year.
Pvt. David Mohling of the 119th Transportation Company stationed in Fort Eustus Virginia is listed with service number 55 798 879 and a recent address update for Tripoli armed forces personnel records.
Carl E. Hagemann of Waverly reports November 1964 Series E and H savings bond sales in Iowa rose over November 1963 by more than 10 percent. Iowa November sales total $8,249,557, with 11 month total $102,958,368 toward the 1964 goal. Bremer County November sales reach $82,025 lifting its 11 month total to $700,687 for 79 percent of its quota.
St. John's Brotherhood at Crane Creek elected Walter Lohmann president Alfred Schweer vice president Clarence Buchholz secretary L C Schuldt treasurer Elmer Sassmann chaplain Arnold Stromer Merlyn Heidemann buying committee at January 4 meeting.
Nine members gathered January 12 at the Town Hall for Auxiliary business. Items valued at 6.10 were sent to the Veterans Gift Shop. TB Christmas Seals sale to date totals 405.07. Gladys Rettig reported on Legislation. Hostesses were Anna Slack Ina Benarden and Blanche Debel.
Three year old poinsettia belonging to Mrs. Elmer Berns of Lanesboro bloomed again this year. The plant showcased six large blossoms and two small ones and reached a height of five feet.
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