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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1966
Page
5
Residents of Waterloo and surrounding towns hosted friends and relatives during a busy period of visits. Many gatherings occurred at homes in Readlyn, Sumner, Waverly, and nearby communities, with notable attention to birthdays and weekends spent with kin. Several trips included Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, and Chicago area excursions.
Mr and Mrs Fred Brase attended an open house Sunday at Gates Country Club in Waterloo for the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Louis Segebarth They were among supper guests at the Segebarth home Also attending were Mr and Mrs Rudy Piegers and Mr and Mrs Ray Brase and they visited with Esther Kueker of Waverly.
Mrs. Stanley Miller and Bruce Bunger lead a cast of 35 singers and dancers in N. Richard Nash musical The Rainmaker adaptation 110 in the Shade at Hope Martin Theatre presented by Waterloo Community Playhouse starting Thursday.
Ann Heff, Rodney Quass, ernan, Julie Kerr and others spend a week at a Methodist camp near Clear Lake, sharing activities and fellowship during the gathering.
Mr and Mrs Gene Vincent and family spent the weekend in Davenport with relatives and attended her class reunion.
Mrs Gene judged 4-H demonstrations at Allison with Vincent presiding as judge Monday evening.
Mr and Mrs Ronald Hills of Elgin announce the birth of a son Todd James weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces born on July 17. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Bill Hills of Tripoli.
Drivers license examining team served 58 persons Saturday morning at the Town Hall. Issued were 31 operator renewals, one instruction permit, eight temporary permits and seven new operator licenses. Seven written tests were given and four failed the driving test. Next session set for August 20.
Mr and Mrs Ted Debel and Mr and Mrs R O Wikner returned Saturday from a 12 day trip to the Badlands and Black Hills. They stopped in Adrian La Verne Pipestone and Custer and Sioux Falls to visit relatives. They report South Dakota mostly dry with 13 more counties designated drought area eligible for drought relief.
A two day orientation was held last week at Iowa State University Ames for incoming freshmen. Attending from Tripoli was Richard L Magnall son of Dr and Mrs L J Magnall.
The Cedar Valley Art Association will meet Thursday at 8 PM in the First National Bank in Waverly. Members should bring in progress works or recently completed projects.
Area students named to the Dean's list at State College of Iowa Cedar Falls include Barbara Primus from Tripoli and Sharon O Connell from Fredericksburg.
Mrs. David West attended rites for her uncle Wm Patrick Flaherty at Grinnell on Monday as mourners gathered for the funeral service.
The Harvest Festival event lists numerous divisions with winners such as Elsie Klein, Lorenz Bunger, Edward Buchholz, and Grace Lutheran groups. Drawing winners awarded 215 dollars in merchandise include Charlene Everding with a 16 inch portable television, Mrs Harry Lindenberg with a barbecue grill, Mary Warner with a folding table, and Mrs Elmer Tonne with another folding table.
In Des Moines Central Surveys finds 80 percent favor retention of the Iowa right to work law with only 15 percent opposed and 5 percent undecided. Breakdown shows heavy support across groups including Republicans 88 percent and business workers 89 percent, while unions favor 59 percent.
Mr and Mrs Donald Mirs attended the wedding of their niece Sandra Mirs in Waterloo on July 2. Their daughter Diane served as flower girl at the ceremony.
Mrs Hazel Sigafoose of Montezuma and Mrs Phyllis Barber of Marion competed in the Powder Puff derby piloting a Cessna 206 in the Seattle to Clearwater transcontinental air race.
The Bremer County Tuberculosis and Health Association reports the 19th annual contact X-ray program ended. Twenty-two people received chest X-rays with 7 showing possible active or inactive tuberculosis and 14 with other chest abnormalities needing evaluation.
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