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Looking at Life as It Used to Be Fifty-Five Years Ago
A collage of items on May 23 1907 and 1957 including funeral notices for Wilbert Gebert and John Boeckmann, local school milestones at Tripoli High and Wapsie Valley district, new business openings, housing builds, and dairy market notes. Also recalls May 1957 county superintendent election and merger-era civic items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puhlmann
Wilbert Leo Gebert
Berg Funeral Home
Sumner
Terry Dreyer
Robert H. Dreyer
Tripoli High School
Wapsie Valley
S. P. Hale
Schultz and Kelsey
Wm. Oltrogge
Tripoli
Joe Sien
Lincoln Ave
Arthur Chadwick
Waterloo
John F. W. Nerge
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Spring Fountain
Runge
John Shales
Tripoli Theatre
John Boeckmann
St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
E. F
Eldon R. Shriver
Jackson County
Albert Gruber
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Readlyn
Erich J. Dornbusch
Grace Lutheran Church
Glenyce Marie Waschkat
Martha Waschkat
Louie Waschkat
John R. Axon
Leonard Axon
Arnold Thalacker