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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1967
Page
5
A long list of social visits and overnight-hosted gatherings spreads through Dunkerton, Oelwein, La Porte City, Warsaw, and nearby towns. Neighbors welcomed relatives and friends at numerous houses including the Ho left with Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Ho and many others visiting in Waverly, New Hampton, and Luana. The notes highlight personal connections, family trips, showers, and picnics centered on community hospitality.
Rev Keith Selberg and wife of Poland Indiana welcome Shane Loring born July 2 as he prepares for Faith United Church of Christ in September. Richard and Mary Bremer Wirt of Le Roy Minnesota announce an 8 pound 7 ounce son born July 11. Junior Lavern Boeckmann and wife of Waterloo report Tristan Brett born July 12 at Allen Memorial Hospital with grandparents David West and Lavern Boeckmann listed.
Sunday supper guests at the Paul Bremer residence included Gerald and Mrs Graham of Waterloo. Howard Holm and Bruce of Wakefield Nebraska. Allan Bock and family of Sumner. Paul Bremer and daughters. Dwane Bremer with Rachel and Robert Brandt of Fairbank. Gary Martin of Minneapolis.
A flurry of visits from August weddings to travelers marks social life: To Wed in August Oliver Estrem of Dennison Minnesota stopped by the S A Maurer home. Weekend guests included Mr and Mrs Rudy Piegers at Dean Warmuth home Cedar Rapids. Infant Michael James Wendall Kuethe returned from Scholtz Memorial Hospital Waterloo. Visitors from Sumner to El Monte Cal and Crane Creek to Ankeney filled homes of L H Fink and Donald Thede. Colorado trips and Nebraska stops linked Fredericksburg Osage LeRoy and Minneapolis households in a busy social circuit.
Karen Lee Booth former instructor here married Rev. Robert Malcolm Gwaltney in a 7 p.m. ceremony Saturday July 15 at First Presbyterian Church Iowa City. The couple resides at 708 Manor Drive after a trip to California with reception details omitted.
Fern Marie Kruger and Anthony Paul Brase wed in a double-ring ceremony at St. Pauls Lutheran Waverly. Rev David Kruger officiated. Attendants included Mrs. David Fredrick and Mrs. Alan Schwemm. The couple resides in Corpus Christi after his Navy assignment.
Lynn A Brase son of Mr and Mrs Helmuth Brase graduated Friday July 7 from United Electronics Institute West Des Moines as an electronics technician. He left Saturday morning for Fort Worth Texas to be employed by General Dynamics to maintain test equipment. Lynn is a 1965 graduate of Tripoli Community School and has attended the institute the past two years.
Among the spring quarter honorees at Iowa State University Ames are Robert G Brewer electrical engineering James L Burrow English and speech and Laura H Burrow child development elementary education. Dean’s list requires a 3.5 GPA or higher with at least 15 credit hours in the quarter.
One hundred forty six demonstrations were presented by 219 4-H members at Tripoli High School on July 12. Demonstrations from 32 4-H clubs competed in home economics and junior related subjects in a daylong event starting 8 a.m. and ending 6:30 p.m. Agricultural demos followed in the evening at 7 p.m. Green, blue and red ribbons were awarded to senior and junior home economics participants, with several named demonstrators listed as ribbon recipients and further competition planned for Bremer County Fair. Continued on page eight.
Rev and Mrs George J Gundel of Crane Creek visited friends in Aledo Illinois on July 10 returning July 12. They connected with Max Huffman funeral director Vinton and Mr and Mrs Earl Schooley and Ernest Geertz in West Liberty. They learned names via a short wave program from Radio Australia Melbourne. They toured Quad Cities spots including John Deere Museum Moline and A Little Bit o Heaven Davenport.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Fink and other families from Vera Wayne, Mason City and Tripoli joined a potluck hosted by Russell Meyers in Greene. The occasion celebrated Glenn Doty and wife of Mason City as they leave for Laguna Hills California. Doty, a former Iowa Highway Commission member, is retiring.
Beehives in Tripoli receive bright color paint to help guide bees to their own hives. The feature notes the use of vivid hues as a simple, practical hive management method.
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