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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1967
Page
5
Local residents from Waterloo Waverly Denve r Sumner and surrounding areas hosted and visited friends and family across Iowa. The gatherings included numerous calls and Sunday dinners as neighbors shared meals and celebrated birthdays and anniversaries in homes from Sumner to Oelwein and Cedar Rapids.
Sunday visitors in the Theo Peters home. Wedding attendances include Richard Moeller and Linda Stull in Alta Vista and Karen Judisch with Alden Richards in Buck Creek. Also noted are baccalaureate and tap dance recital attendees in Waterloo Fredericksburg and Fredericksburg areas.
Mr and Mrs Don A Rathe announce the birth of a son Allen Dean born May 30 at St Marys hospital Columbus Neb He weighed 6 lbs 7 oz Grandparents are Mr and Mrs John Muller Surprise Neb and Mr and Mrs Fred Rathe.
Mr and Mrs L H Fink and Fred Fink returned Tuesday from Mequon Wisconsin where they visited since Thursday in the Lowell Fink home. Mr and Mrs Harmon Hildebrandt Mr and Mrs Oscar Kohagen and Mrs Helena Doepke spent the weekend in Elgin Illinois as house guests of Mr and Mrs Louis Joerns and other relatives
Pvt Don A Rathe of the 989th Ordnance Co Army Reserves Waterloo left June 3 for two weeks of summer camp at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. He completed his course at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri and was released May 31. His wife Diane is staying with her parents Mr and Mrs John Muller in Surprise Nebraska.
Lawain Judisch attended a rehearsal supper at Gerald Richards residence in Waucoma Saturday. He was among the attendants at the Richards Judisch wedding held at Buck Creek Sunday evening.
Wanda Bennett daughter of Forrest and Mrs Bennett and Michael A. Miller son of Willis Miller were married in a June 3 double ring ceremony at St Peter Lutheran Church Denver. Both graduates of Denver High School the groom works at John Deere and the bride plans beauty school in Waterloo they will reside in Denver.
Iowa Farm Bureau president J Merrill Anderson writes to the Senate steering committee arguing secondary roads face the largest and fastest-growing revenue deficit. He questions claims that cities tax themselves 19.2 mills for streets and notes related projects should not be fully billed to streets. The League of Municipalities seeks to raise city shares of the road use tax from 13 to 15 percent.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Heinemann marked twenty years of marriage with a Sunday supper at the Dean Buchholz home in Denver. Attendants at the wedding, evening guests from multiple towns joined relatives as plans for their anniversary were shared. The Heinemanns’ party included travels to Waterloo and an eventual move to Aurora Colorado for J Richard Rush and family.
SDU graduate Lawrence Biermann and Sharon visited Brookings with Mr and Mrs Jerry Biermann for the weekend. They attended the South Dakota University graduation where Jerry Biermann joined the agriculture education class. Guests included Mr and Mrs Gerhardt Schwabe of Sumner.
Sunday potluck at Art Peterson home celebrated Duane returning from boot training with guests Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Haase Steve Ellison Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hoins and family Waverly Evening visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Arlin Luhring and family. A Silver Anniversary observed in Waterloo as Ben Moeller Larry Moeller Virgil Moeller and spouses mark 25 years. Farm fish ponds can yield about 200 pounds yearly.
Pvt Larry E. Lageschulte age 20 son of Mr and Mrs Lavern Lageschulte of rural Tripoli completed a nine week communications center specialist course at the Army Southeastern Signal School Ft Gordon Ga He trained to operate tele type sets and other communications equipment.
Local brief items from Tripoli Iowa include community notices and upcoming events. Short notices mention residents, meetings, and civic announcements typical of a small-town paper of 1967.
Two women's teams participated in the state bowling tournament in Council Bluffs on Saturday and Sunday. Named players include Margaret Buenger Nadine Mayer Doris Nerge Ruth Rosel Gloria Bruns Genera Selck Marie Meyer Judy Lampe Elsie Towne and Margaret Fink. Carma Fink accompanied them and the group visited the Joe Kroblin home on Sunday.
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