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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1961
Page
5
A dense list of visits and gatherings across Iowa towns including Waverly Eldora Waterloo Dubuque and Marshalltown. Names such as Biermann Bunch Niemeyer Judisch Luhring Wedemeier Schult Schwartz Steward Timmerman and Kappmeyer appear with guests at homes in Ray Bunger Leland Timmerman and other hosts.
September bride Mrs. Fred Brase and family hosted supper guests at the Elmer Clausing home in Waverly Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Donald James of Waterloo joined Saturday supper at the Robert Selck home. Mrs. Fred Walther and Marlys of Denver visited Ernest Schumacher’s family Sunday afternoon. Ed McNamee and Dennis dropped by the Larry McNamee home in Waterloo Sunday evening. Charles Dick of Madison, Wis. visits Ernest Schumacher and kin. Richard Rush and family from Cedar Falls, with Mrs. Herold Miller, called on Mrs. Amanda Behrend Sunday evening. K. C. Frank and Archie Greenough of West Union visited L. H. Fink Tuesday. S. A. Maurer and Kim Pierce called on Alden Ward in Oelwein Thursday evening. Fred Brase and Mary Brase with John Weidemann enjoyed Sunday supper with Leslie Wente of Waterloo. Allen and Donald Biermann and Dann Biermann visited Otto Biermanns in West Union weekend. Carl Kowalsky’s visitors included Harvey Kowalsky of Marion, Kenneth Halver and Diane of Cedar Rapids, and Oscar Olsen of Lambert, Montana.
Time capsule notes from July 1926 and 1906 recount local life in Tripoli with utility work finishing, a pasteurization upgrade at Tripoli Creamery, and public figures like Mayor Charles Golding exploring a new Cadillac. Market prices show eggs, meat, and produce, along with funeral notices for Arthur Slack and Peter Goodenbour. Seventeen entries also recall ten years prior events and harvest festival plans for 1951.
A sequence of wedding announcements and social notes from Independence Cedar Falls Tripoli and Waterloo highlight brides Anna Helene Muench Sylvia Heidemann Carla Van Raden and Eunice Mae Meier marrying in local churches. Open houses birthday observances and family events fill community news with details on anniversaries and local visits.
Fourteen junior 4 H teams and individuals competed Wednesday July 19 with several top honors. Steven Rieck and Jon Zwanziger of Jackson Beavers earned a first for A Breath in Time while Lavern Herman Jr and Donald Hines of County Line 4 H took Turning 22 Minutes per Month into 22 a Year. Other ratings included blue ribbons for Flag Facts and Soil Contaria, red ribbons for How to Build a Portable Hog Shade and Making an Electric Motor Portable, and a red ribbon for Roll Away Heat Light Heater by Jim Hines. Judges were Larry Statler from Waverly Shell Rock High School and Howard Jensen, Bremen County Farm Bureau field man.
A birthday picnic was held in Sumner park Sunday honoring Mrs. Anna Kirchhoff. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Ray Block and Mary, Marlys Kelsey, Mr. and Mrs. Jene Kirchhoff and family, Mr. and Mrs. David Block of Waterloo, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kirchhoff and family of Sumner, Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Kirchhoff and Kenneth of Fredericksburg, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Braun and Scott of Sumner, Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Korte and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Feleton of Waterloo, and Mrs. Nora Buchholz with Edward and Mrs. Kirchhoff.
Mrs. Lillian Sievers celebrated her birthday with guests Sunday including Kenneth Sievers and family, Robert Heacock and family, Robert Sievers and Larry Sievers from Waterloo and Thorp Wisconsin, Marilyn Beam from Nashua.
Among those attending the funeral of Mrs. Will Harms at New Hampton on Friday were Mrs. F. A. Biermann, Mrs. Anna Kappmeyer, Mrs. Kenneth Drape of Sumner, Mrs. Ewald Miller, Mrs. Ella Lemke and Mrs. Bertha Drape of Frederika.
The Iowa Liquor Control Commission will shut the Tama store on August 12 and the Ossian store on August 19. Residents in both communities will be served at nearby state stores.
Randy Dickevers of Hospers died after an accident at the family farm home. While playing cowboy with his younger brother, he had a rope tied around his waist and lassoed a calf. The calf frightened and dragged him through a farm grove, throwing him against trees and causing extensive head injuries.
Kenneth A. Stumme of Tripoli is among 29 graduates honored at Wartburg College Summer Commencement in Waverly. Dr. Arthur Fritschel, head of education and psychology at Western Illinois University, Macomb, delivered the commencement address.
Estate transfers recorded in Newton and Waverly include Newton March estate to Shield Bantam Co. for 12000 dollars covering lots 12 and 13, block 5, East Waverly addition, Waverly. Martha Foelske et al transfer to George F. and Mamie J. Westlie for one dollar and related property interests in 22-91-13 with revenue two dollars and twenty cents. Marie Richards transfers to The American Lutheran Church for Wartburg College for one dollar with two lots in Harmon and LeValley addition, Waverly. revenue thirteen dollars and seventy-five cents.
Mrs Bernard Sullivan of Manchester suffered an eye injury in a freak accident while folding clothes. A buckle on the suspenders of a pair of overalls struck her eye.
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