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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1968
Page
5
Local residents in multiple towns hosted and visited relatives and friends Sunday through weekend, including Holm, Maurer, and Schmidt households. Guests from Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Readlyn, Sumner, and Denver joined celebrations, dinners, church events, and a fifth wedding anniversary. Several families shared birthday and class reunion observances, while others attended hospital visits and camping trips at Black Hawk Lake.
The Bergmann family reunion gathered Sunday at North Woods Park in Sumner. Eldest attendee was Mrs. Matilda Biermann of Tripoli and the youngest was Christopher Herber of Dubuque. The farthest distance came from the Thomas Herber family, also of Dubuque, and newlyweds Mr and Mrs Elmer Sassmann of Readlyn attended. Others from Tripoli included Arno Ladage and wife, Larry Ladage and family, Erwin Biermann, Orville Schumacher and families, and Ervin Kuecker and family.
Mr and Mrs Theo Debel entertained at a buffet supper Saturday in honor of house guests Mr and Mrs Larry Shipp of Miami. Other guests included Mr and Mrs Robert Rich and Judy, Everett Schneer of Waterloo, Mr and Mrs R O Wikner and Nora Kowalsky. Mr Wikner also showed slides of recent trips.
Suzanne Tonne was honored at a linen shower in Town Hall hosted by Karen Bockhaus. Guests came from Minneapolis Decorah Frederika Waverly and Tripoli. She will wed Robert Wohlhafer in Minneapolis on July 20.
Mr and Mrs Harold Rosenthal and daughter of Springfield Oregon were houseguests Friday and Saturday in the Edw Rosenthal home.
Rebecca Krueger and Gerald Suchan exchanged marriage vows in a Cedar Rapids ceremony May 31 at Immaculate Conception Church. Officiants were Father Pepper and Pastor Carlson. The couple's families and guests attended a reception at Hotel Roosevelt with attendees from Des Moines.
Lorenz Holm of Tripoli Grain and Feed completed the Kent Feeds three day dealer training school at the company's Muscatine home offices. The course updates dealers and their employees on livestock management and nutrition techniques.
Jacqueline A. Krumm James R. Krumm and Barbara L. Primus of Tripoli were named to the fall semester dean's list at the University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls confirming academic honors for the period.
Mr and Mrs Erhardt Lahmann and Mr and Mrs Edgar Pergmann of Waverly attended a Bre mer County Mutual Insurance Co meeting in Grinnell on Wednesday and Thursday.
Mr and Mrs Duane Holm attended the wedding of her nephew Dennis Niedert to Linda Trout in Waterloo on Friday evening.
The bride formerly managed a figure salon for Wellman-Boots in Cedar Rapids. The groom, a vocational evaluator for Iowa Department of Public Instruction, works at the Mental Health Institute. They plan to live on Rural Route 4 Box 172 Mt. Pleasant Iowa.
Mr and Mrs L H Fink left Friday to visit at the Lowell Fink home in Mequon Wisconsin and were to return home Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Robert Fink and Mr and Mrs L L Moeller attended the state VFW convention at Ft Dodge over the weekend. They were supper guests in the home of Dr and Mrs Bruce Borchert in Jewell.
Mrs Doris Bergmann and Mr and Mrs Carl Buenger attended a bridal shower Friday evening at the Paul Wolfgram home in Waterloo for Sandra Ganske who will wed Dale Thurm at Readlyn on July 28.
From Grace Lutheran church at Strawberry Point four members attend the EWALU Bible camp this week. Keith Larson Randy Schulz Denise Kuethe and Catherine Weidler join other participants at the camp.
Carma Fink visited Waterloo last week and stayed with Mrs. J. Schulte. She attended the Gates College picnic at Exchange Park Thursday evening as a guest of Pat Schnieders.
Mr and Mrs Robert Selck attended a 21 year reunion of the Pitze's School of Beauty class at Waterloo on Sunday. The reunion dinner was held at Byrnes Park. Leader ads bring results.
Christ Meier joined Herb Sievers in celebrating Mary’s birthday Friday at the Tripoli facility. Multiple guests from Readlyn Waterloo and nearby towns visited residents including Mary Brase and Bertha Wallace Sunday and Thursday evenings and afternoons.
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