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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1973
Page
5
Local residents from Mason City Sumner and Denver hosted or visited relatives and friends across weekend events. Weddings and funeral services, plus milestone birthday observances for Pastor George J. Gundel, linked multiple households in communities like Sumner Denver and Waverly.
Denver residents Mr and Mrs Vernon Moeller attended a birthday dinner hosted by Mrs LaVern Schmidt. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Lawrence Oltrogge from Aplington and Mrs Bertha Wittenburg of Readlyn. The Haases joined the Petersens in Waverly for Sunday meals. Other guests were Art Petersen Dale Donald and Wendell Fuerstenberg of Waverly. A funeral service was held for Eldon Wedeking in Clarksville as families from Waverly attended with Mr and Mrs Ruloff Wedeking and Mrs Stanley Wedeking. Jene Kirchhoff hosted Michael’s birthday dinner with Linda Redenbaugh, Anna Kirchhoff Tripoli, Earl Kirchhoff Connie Sumner Milan Kirchhoff Waterloo.
Steven R. Truog, ACU-2 LCM No. 20, U.SS. Portland arrived in Spain after a leave from Tripoli personnel duty. The recipient is listed at FPO New York 09501.
An all day session on land use and soil management will be held January 30 1973 at Tripoli Town Hall from 9 30 am to 3 00 pm. Program includes Stewart Melvin Kay Connelly and L J Duey discussing soil conservation post REAP. Farmers landowners and the public urged to attend contact Bremer County Extension Office.
Iowa Employment Security Commission reports December UI payments totaling 1 989 129 to jobless workers, up from December 1971 and with gains led by construction industry layoffs. Federal payments for veterans and ex-service members added 217 469. Top county outlays included Polk 248 586, Linn 132 463, Black Hawk 102 959, and Woodbury 94 747. Also notes Wartburg College Dean’s List and Tripoli Women's Club meeting and dues.
Attending the 3 p.m. ceremony were Mrs. Leo Tonne Mrs. Robert Chapin and Mrs. Caroline Tonne along with local guests for the wedding of Corinne Tonne and Paul Szulga at the Holy Virgin Mary Cathedral in Minneapolis Minnesota.
Mrs. Margaret Johnson remains hospitalized at Mercy hospital in Waverly not at Allen, a correction to last week's Leader report.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Selck of New Hampton are parents of a 9 pound 5 ounce girl born January 24 at Scholtz hospital in Waterloo. The mother formerly Janola Bravener.
A collage of church schedules from St John’s American Lutheran in Crane Creek Trinity Lutheran in Bremer St John’s United in Waverly and others lists service times church schools etc Jan 25 28 31 and Feb 1 events including confirmation classes choir practices and a dartball game at Frederika. Names include pastors Gundel Georgi Sova Pittman Albrecht Selberg Kappelmann Meyer and others.
William C. Martin, 74, of Dallas Texas and former Oklahoma City resident, died January 12 in a Dallas nursing home. Funeral services were held January 15 at Sparkman Hillcrest Dallas with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery Oklahoma City. He was born in Tripoli Iowa and moved to Oklahoma City in 1928, later relocating to Dallas. He was a Methodist, retired from bonding and insurance, a Mason, and World War I veteran. Survived by sister Kathryn B. Martin of Warren Pennsylvania.
Bremer County 4 H clubs plan their 1973 United Service contributions with a $40 000 Iowa goal and a March 1 deadline at the Extension Office. Since 1971 Iowa 4 H contributions have reached $17 000 annually to support the Iowa 4 H Foundation the National 4 H Center and the IFYE program. Last year a Turkish IFYE delegate stayed with an Iowa host family.
Ray Dohrmann returned home Friday from St. Francis hospital in Waterloo where he had surgery Tuesday after going in Monday for treatment.
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