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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1962
Page
5
Local families across Readlyn Waterloo Cedar Falls Sumner and surrounding areas hosted or enjoyed visits with kin and friends this weekend. Guests included Mrs Virgil Kingsbury in Readlyn and Sophie Buhr in Fredericksburg, among many others visiting to share dinners suppers and testimonials across multiple towns.
Mr and Mrs Eldon Clewell and Jeanette of Plainfield and Mr and Mrs Otto Buls were entertained at the Lawrence Heinemann home Sunday evening honoring Charles ninth birthday with гостей and light refreshments.
Mr and Mrs Virgil Lampe together with Vanda and Lyle and J P Snelling visited the Wm Schlichting home Saturday for the third birthday celebration of Lyle in Fredericksburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Block and Charles attended a winter concert Sunday at the Riceville Community school. They were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Burt Duncomb.
Bremer County achieved its 1961 savings bond quota with 1,317,565 dollars raised. County volunteer chairman Carl E. Hagemann of Waverly notes Iowa’s 1961 sales rose sharply from 1960, totaling 142,874,853 dollars for 95.4 percent of its annual goal, with other area counties reporting varied results.
Jolene Dettmer daughter of Mr and Mrs Lavern Dettmer Waverly and Alan Steege son of Mr and Mrs Lorenz H Steege Waverly were married Dec 29 in St Paul United Church of Christ Denver The Rev Duane Meyer officiated in a double ring ceremony The bride was given in marriage by her father and attended by Joan Buchholz and Larry Groening Connie Heineman kept the guest book and James Dettmer ushered The couple will make their home at Hull Apartments Star Route Herford Ariz with the groom serving in the U S Army in Arizona and the couple planning to reside there
Des Moines Iowa appoints 49 year old Ray C. Stiles as civil defense director succeeding C E Fowler. Stiles, deputy city assessor and former Iowa American Legion commander, will take the post February 1 with a yearly salary of 7200 dollars after more than 20 applications were received.
Mrs. C Otterstetter entertained a group of ladies at a buffet supper Friday marking her birthday with friends and conversation in a cordial gathering.
Mrs. Wendall Kuethe entertained Wednesday afternoon in celebration of Denise Kuethe’s fourth birthday.
The State Conservation Commission conducts an experimental aerial deer survey to track Iowa's deer population trend. Counts are taken from 300 to 400 feet along fixed transects in Boone Bremer Cherokee Emmet Hardin Lucas Pottawattamie Shelby and Washington counties. Pilot observer is Bob Rollins and biologist Eldie Mustard leads the effort with yearly ground estimates also submitted.
Marilyn Bahlmann and Vern Bockhaus wed January 14 at 2 30 PM in St Pauls Lutheran Siegel Frederika The double ring ceremony was performed by Rev W H Klein with decorations of white and red poinsettias The bridal party wore red and white gowns and roses The couple will reside in Frederika with the groom employed at the Mobile Mill Tripoli A reception for 140 guests followed at the church parlors
In Bremer County District Court new civil action Radio Television Training School Inc v Robert E and Joan Wooldick appears. Also State of Iowa v Henry Christian Homeister charged with OMVI third offense.
The U S Public Health Service announced Iowa milk had the nation’s highest radioactive iodine level last November. Health officials say fallout contamination in Iowa was not high enough to require protective action. December milk samples show contamination has declined to about half the November average.
Old man winter keeps his grip across the nation with below normal temperatures and heavy snowfall. The Midwest, including southern Iowa, reports up to 14 inches of snow for Kan sas City area while western states see snow as far as California. Local readings show daily lows plunging to minus 20 and highs only in the single digits to mid teens this week.
A collage of 55 and 25 year-ago life events from Iowa towns recalls New Year travel to Texas, church weddings in Tripoli and Waverly, depot reassignments, and bank anniversaries. Includes market prices from 55 and 25 years ago, local births, deaths, and a 1961 Heart Fund chair appointment in Bremer County.
Iowa saw a slight drop in retail stores from 1948 to 1958 while per store sales rose about 10 percent on a constant dollar basis. Larger stores expanded, even as some categories like lumber, hardware, and apparel posted declines, whereas drug stores and restaurants grew.
Readlyn native Jack Ohl Jr son of Mr and Mrs Jack Ohl is one of three NAVCOMMS TAWASH men chosen for final screening before assignment to Operation Deep Freeze He will be interviewed in February then train in Rhode Island in survival skills In September he will winter over in Antarctica He currently serves as a radio operator in Washington DC
The decade saw broad retail gains with specific categories up by double digits such as infant wear 87 percent and food stores 76 percent while department stores and hardware rose modestly. Population growth and income gains paralleled national trends yet Iowa’s per capita sales grew slower than the nation. On Feb 25 1933 the USS Ranger the first aircraft carrier built as such was commissioned at Norfolk Virginia.
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