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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1956
Page
5
Mrs. Ray Neith of Waterloo spent Tuesday with Mrs. Pauline Koch. Numerous travel and visit events surround families in Waterloo Bristow Sumner and surrounding towns including Kehe Denver Ha ven Waverly and Parkersburg. The report notes hospital visits, birthdays and a funeral attendance for Louis Carstensen at Waverly.
Mrs. Mattie Peterson R N will start the annual contact case finding program in Bremer County to locate unknown tuberculosis cases. She will work with family physicians to identify exposed individuals and schedule skin tests with confidential results and possible referrals for other chest conditions.
Rev Herman P Senft of Dubuque will address Grace Parish hall fellowship banquet Thursday at 8 o clock. He is Wartburg graduate 1939 and 1942 seminary alumnus and served as Army chaplain with the 65th Engineer Combat Battalion, 25th Division from 1951 to 1953. He resides in Dubuque with wife Gretchen Hanff and three children.
Readlyn Iowa special report funeral services for Mrs. John Nolte nee Bertha Poehler 75 died Wednesday at Sumner hospital. Services 1:30 p m at Matthias Funeral home Denver and 2 p m at Zion Lutheran church Readlyn with burial Buck Creek cemetery. Survived by three daughters Leota Spier Margaret Fasse La Vera Warnke. three sons Fred Oscar Eldo. 18 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren three sisters Emma Judisch Lizzie Bell Tillie Kent and brother Wm Poehler. Husband died 1944 three more relatives preceded.
Boys results include Denver 72 Readlyn 67 Plainfield 34 Janesville 20 Readlyn 64 Frederika 53 Plainfield 65 Denver 50. Girls results show Plainfield 36 Denver 46 Readlyn 61 Frederika 48 Plainfield 40 Janesville 51 Waverly Denver 56 Readlyn 38. Also social notes with local visits and a birth at Sumner Community Hospital.
Farmers Produce Co. men’s bowling team dropped four points to Green Bay Lumber Co. at Sumner Monday night. Bob Fink led with a 182 high game and Ray Fink posted the high series as the team totaled 789 726 747 in line scores.
Mr and Mrs Donald James and Donnie hosted a Sunday evening in Waterloo to honor Rob ert Holm who has enlisted in the Marines and will depart Thursday for San Diego California. Attending were Vern Holm and his sons Denver Marlene Schultz Waverly Willard Holm and Kathleen Robert Selck Ronnie and Brian Lavern Tegtmeier Steven and Sidney Duane Holm Bradley and Spencer and Fred Holm.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schwemm hosted Friday evening in Readlyn for his brother Ted Schwemm’s birthday. Guests included J C Ruehs and families, Waldo Ruehs family of Plainfield, Gus Brase family, Henry Schwemm, Erwin Hoppenworth and family, Mavis and Merle Hoppenworth, Ernst Hoppenworth, and LeLand Bergmann family.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Pierce of Iowa City visited Waterloo to spend the rest of the week with Mrs Pierces parents Mr and Mrs S A Maurer Mrs Pierce returned to work in the traffic department of Northwestern Bell Telephone Co Waterloo Monday morning She had been employed in the Iowa City Northwestern Bell office Mr Pierce attends the University of Iowa.
Friday supper guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Brase honored the birthdays of El mer Clausing and Mrs Fred Brase. Attending were Mr and Mrs Lavern Brase and family Westgate Mr and Mrs Elmer Clausing and family Waverly and Mr and Mrs Vernon Wikner and family.
Mr and Mrs Jose Vega of Sumner are parents to a son born Tuesday January 17 at Sumner Community hospital. The baby named Michael Jose. Mrs Vega is Evelyn Sassmann daughter of Mr and Mrs John Sassmann.
Bert Woodcock of Cedar Falls visited Sunday afternoon with Reverend and Mrs A C Woodcock.
Mrs Angeline Lindfield observed her 82nd birthday Tuesday with relatives and friends. Evening callers were Mr and Mrs William Beach and family from New Hampton.
The original Black Hills Passion Play will be presented at Knights gymnasium Waverly on Sunday with two performances at 2 30 and 8 o clock.
Mrs. W. H. Warner entered Scholtz Memorial hospital in Waterloo on Thursday for surgery and shows improving progress Friday.
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