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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1968
Page
5
A dense list of Sunday dinners, birthday observances, and visits across Readlyn, Frederika, Sumner, Waterloo, Waverly, and surrounding areas featuring residents like the Hennings, Brase, Haase, Maurer, Lahmann, and Mirs. Numerous informal gatherings highlight family ties, home gatherings, and recurring host families in local communities.
The Cletus Goodenbour home hosted a birthday celebration for Mark with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Mohlis and family, Mrs. Ralph Mohlis and Carmen, and several others from Sumner Waterloo Waverly Fredericksburg and Colwell. Evening visitors were listed as the Mohlis and Meier families, and the Ohlendorf birthday was noted.
Infant Marlea Darcene, daughter of Eldean Mueller, baptized Saturday evening January 6 at St John Evangelical and Reformed Church Siegel. Rev V D Weidler officiated with Jolyn Mueller and Pamela Jacobs as sponsors. Family and friends gathered for a light reception at the home afterward with multiple relatives mentioned.
The University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls held mid year commencement in the UNI men's gymnasium on January 24. Degrees were awarded to 243 candidates including local area graduates John Poock Tripoli B A Warren Gaede and Richard Simpson Janesville and Wayne Rands Sumner all with B A degrees. Donald Fish Fort Dodge earned an M A degree and was formerly a teacher at Tripoli Community High School.
Susan Buhr of Readlyn, a Wapsie Valley High School senior, chosen as one of 1968 freshmen at Iowa State University in Iowa City for the honors program. About one tenth of entering freshmen are selected based on high school academic achievements. she is daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Buhr.
Susan Carroll daughter of Mr and Mrs Keith Carroll Fred erika was chosen to represent her class on the Dean's advisory board of the home economics college at Iowa State University Ames Two members are chosen from each class and serve four years Last quarter Miss Carroll was on the dean's list with a 396 grade point Additionally WV school awarded a 1968 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow for a high school senior girl and other local events covered Rainbow Girls installation at the Masonic Temple Waterloo Sunday Mrs Dennis Bergmann Cedar Falls was installed as mother advisor
Mrs Luella Kelsey attended funeral services for her aunt Mrs Lester Fischer at the Methodist church in Nashua Thursday afternoon She earlier visited with Mr and Mrs George Fischer in Nashua and was a dinner guest in the Claude Carpenter home in Horton.
Neighbors gathered for a potluck supper at the home of Mr and Mrs Er hardt Lahmann who recently moved from the farm to their new residence in Tripoli for a Monday evening housewarming.
Mr and Mrs L H Fink attended funeral services for A J Knarr at the Methodist church in West Union Friday afternoon. They also visited at the K C Frank home.
Sunday dinner guests gathered at the Henry Homeister home in Waverly to honor Paul Zabel as he leaves for service today. The event included Mrs Clara Zabel Mr and Mrs Bernard Miller and family Mr and Mrs Paul Zabel and Sue Sumner.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Haase were informed of the death of his niece Mrs Ella Ebert at Austin Minnesota Saturday morning Funeral services were held there Tuesday afternoon
An error in last week’s writeup misstated Phyllis Buchholz as the bride. The notice clarifies she will become the bride of Harold Hyde on February 11.
Residents and guests visited the Tripoli Nursing Home on Thursday evening and Sunday, with organ music and multiple families from Sumner Waterloo Nashua Arlington and Nashua calling on residents including Agnes Thran Minnie Koschmeder Clara Biermann Mary Brase and Clara Biermann.
Mr and Mrs Robert Meyer and Mr and Mrs Wm Bentley of Fredericksburg attended funeral services for Mrs Virgil Coleman in Webster City on Saturday.
John Ohlendorf was taken by ambulance to Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo Monday evening where he remains under observation.
Mrs Alinda Kirchhoff was released from Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo on Thursday after a period of observation following a medical visit.
Mr and Mrs Loren Bergmann returned Sunday from an eight day vacation in Florida by plane.
The National Research Bureau reports families now eat out one in four meals and project one in three away from home by 1975. They spend about $20 billion annually, with a forecast of a $35 billion market in ten years.
Denver Community High School released the second quarter and semester honor roll. Seniors to 2S or 2 or S, with 25S and 28S annotations noted. The lists include numerous seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmen with honor distinctions across all grades.
Wapsie Valley high school's first semester honor roll lists straight A students by class. Seniors include Carol Abresch and Wayne Schneider among many others. juniors feature Mike Gaede and Jeff Nus. sophomores list Judy Babinat and Duane Brickman. freshmen include Ronald Abresch and Marlys Cooper. Leader ads bring results.
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