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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1960
Page
8
Iowa City article urges universal swimming education for safety and enjoyment. Gladys Scott of the State University of Iowa stresses adults and children should learn to swim, enroll in local programs, and practice emergency skills. A separate note reports John Dake of Central City burned when a camping lantern exploded near his tent.
May payments in Bremer County amounted to $12,881 for old age assistance to 168 recipients. Medical payments add $1,262, raising total old age aid to $14,143 at $84.18 per person. AD, ADC, and aid to the blind and disabled are detailed. state totals top $4,221,659 benefiting 68,790. Overall May expenditures rise $64,262 from April and $329,660 for the year.
Raymond Nessler a Traer farmer suffered the loss of 91 sheep in a flash flood on Wolf Creek. Thirty-two animals were saved by driving the herd to higher ground as a buck allegedly led the rest into swift currents.
Phyllis Aschbrenner was surprised at a grocery shower held last Tuesday by Darlys Rettig and Darlys Beevers. Twenty one guests attended the Otto Buls home as games were played, with Mrs. Lloyd Kingery winning high and Miss Lampe and Mrs. Bulslow placing. Miss Aschbrenner will wed Wendell Rettig on June 19 at 8 p.m. in Immanuel Lutheran Church in Waterloo.
Mary Jean Fritz and Frederick H. Thoms of Waverly plan to marry at St. Peter Lutheran Church on August 20 at 7 30 p m. Miss Fritz works in the Hagemann & Hagemann office in Waverly and Mr Thoms is employed in Waverly.
Lightning hit the Harold Rider farm near Farmington as Mr. Rider stood on his porch adjusting a storm and screen door. He was knocked down briefly but uninjured. Three longtime friends gathered at Mrs. W. H. Hursts of Sheldon to celebrate their 26th consecutive birthday observance with guests Mrs. N. M. Thill of Sheldon and Mrs. J. P. Jensen of Spencer.
Andrews, Nevada, scored a hole-in-one on a 200-yard drive on the number two green at Indian Creek Country Club. It was the course’s first ace since switching to grass greens a decade ago.
Dorothy Arend of Algona completed her education by earning a high school diploma long after leaving in eleventh grade and marrying. She reared two sons before finishing the remaining years of school as an adult. Read the want ads.
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