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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1934
Page
8
A series of home gatherings spread through the community. Families including Biermanns Hoppenworths Rodemeyers and Lampe celebrated a 40th wedding anniversary. Visits occurred at multiple homes with neighbors and relatives from Dodgeville Arlington Crane Creek and Klinger.
Bremer Nick Schwer attends a state meeting of Farm ers' Cooperatives managers in Fort Dodge. Harold Isermann traveled to Omaha last week to buy a carload of alfalfa hay. Henry Heine made two trips to Davenport last week to haul soy bean seed back.
Mr and Mrs Erwin Kirchhoff and family visited M A Woodcock home Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs W J Peters and family visited H C Kuhrt home Sunday evening. Herman Hagenow and family spent Sunday evening with daughter Mrs Arthur Borcherding. Marie Kuhrt visited John Wolfgram and family. Albert Kuhrt and Herman Kuhrt with Evonne visited H H Schmidt on Sunday. Darlys Schmidt spent weekend with grandparents H H Schmidt. John Koch friends at Will Grebi and Woodcock home. Carl Hunnemueller spent Tuesday at Albert Hunnemueller home.
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Leslie Huck was baptized Sunday afternoon by Rev L O Walper of Waverly and named Eugene with sponsors John Huck Andrew Huck D Pape and John Pape. Denver visitor Chris Moeller spent Sunday at the Albert Moeller home while Luella Drewis birthday prompted several local visits. Beverly Kroenecke of Waterloo is spending a week with Alfred Krueger as other families visited Waterloo and Waterloo area homes Sunday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Will Droste and sons Edgar and Laverne visited the Otto Bunger home Tuesday evening. The Meiers called on Clarence Towne, and Fred Stoffregen with Dorothy Jane visited R A Michael. Art Bunger and family attended the Pries reunion at Bremer. Mrs Clarence Beisner and Carol Ann visited C H Milius's home. A John Tegtmeier birthday party was held. Art Holm and Glennis visited Clarence Towne, and Will Beevers with son Burton were at Fred Matthiesen’s. Herman Rosenau and his wife from Minnesota visited Otto Bunger for a few days.
Reports from Old Tripoli list relatives and neighbors at the funeral held Tuesday near Waverly for Mrs. C F Heideman. Attendees include Henry Heideman Mattie Drewis George H Heideman and families plus E A Carstensen Louie Heideman and others.
Fremont residents Mr and Mrs Oscar Kimbal and family visited the Frank Beggerow home in Tripoli Monday evening. Mr and Mrs Alfred Buhrow were Tripoli callers Monday evening. Mrs Christ Warneke of Readlyn is spending a few days at the home of her daughter Mrs Henry Dettmer and husband.
County Seat reports a string of local items: staff changes at Dr Gernsey’s office with Velma Diekmann replacing a resigning assistant and Wayne Sparks returning from college to assist his father. Arlene Klaudt to resume fall duties. Several residents, including William Barry, die after a bus collision. Mrs. A G Wenninger travels to Peoria for ailing mother. Ed Sohle suffers bruises from a runaway cultivator, while Ray Betts ships horses to Des Moines for state fair racing. Naval Academy graduate Neil Kingsley arrives in Waverly for ten days before sea duty. Dr F Kraushaar visits en route to a reunion. Dubuque visitors stay with Richmanns. Truman and Alvin Cromer face charges for chicken theft and larceny. held in Black Hawk jail.
Two winning seventh and eighth grade essays on Citizenship are printed. Edward Bunger won first prize in cash and Miss LeeLou Morf took second prize of 50 cents. Judges were Mrs. A F Rebholz Rev E F Byers and Lee O Peacock.
A patriotic essay extols loyalty to the United States as daily duty. It highlights Washington and Lincoln as ideals, cites national holidays, and urges civic education, tax responsibility, voting, and understanding the constitution. It praises past and present citizens including Roosevelt O'Brien and Wallace, stressing duty over display.
The American Legion Auxiliary met at the Legion hall on Monday evening with sixteen members present. Mrs. C. B. Kelsey presided as minutes and financials were reviewed. The citizenship contest report by Mrs. Lee O. Peacock highlighted ten essays from 7th and 8th graders with prizes to Edward Bunger and LeeLou Morf. Poppy sales totaled 554 flowers, net receipts 33.94 after expenses, funds split between welfare work and unit reserves. The group pledged to prepare 100 jars of jelly or preserves by October 1 for needy families and made sixty six wreaths for Memorial Day. June was Fidae month with England as the study country.
A fragmented report recalls Mrs B P No and guests at a lakeside event near Pantons land and Wadsworth poetry home. Iron Hostesses entertain with Enns Tea while plans for July August meetings are to be published later. A playful exchange about an oil speculation closes the fragment.
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