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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1955
Page
5
Friday and weekend visits fill schedules as families and friends gather across Waterloo, Waverly, Sumner, Cedar Falls, and surrounding areas. Highlights include arrivals of Simplicity dresses at Fashionette, multiple Sunday dinners, and a note that Slaughter Trail is cancelled with Highway Dragnet screening planned on June 17-18.
Vernon and Helen Gonnerman celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a Sunday noon dinner at Salem Evangelical U B church parlors. Ninety guests from Waseca Dysart Oelwein Fairbank and Waterloo attended. They were married June 11 1930 in Sumner and have six children including Sgt Mareen in the Air Force and Wayne Melvin Maureen Roberta and Mary Louise at home.
Crane Creek Special. An inspirational Vacation Bible school closed Wednesday noon with nearly all regular Sunday school attendees present. Pastor, Mrs. Em Fuchs, Marian Blasberg, and Marian Sassmann taught grades. Most pupils had perfect attendance. awards and certificates were given. The annual Sunday school and church picnic is set for Sunday June 26.
Larry James Selck, son of Edward W. Selck Jr and spouse, was baptized Sunday morning by Rev. William F. Goetz. Sponsors included W. C. Fergemann, Mrs. Wilbert Brase, and Lela Selck with a dinner gathering at the Selck home afterward attended by Adolph Brase, Sumner. Wilbert Brase and family, Waverly. E. A. Selek. Rev. and Mrs. Goetz. Ray Bunger, Dixon and Bruce. Lela Selek. Robert Selek. and W. C. Ferge Mann.
Walter Sommer president of the Iowa Thoroughbred Racing Association says a good crowd watched Sundays races at the Allison fair grounds. Sommer had three horses entered finishing first or second and third and fourth in the events.
Mrs John Asmus and Mrs Hadley Brewer went with Rev and Mrs Lester Gatch to the Congregational Christian State conference at Grinnell on Friday and returned Saturday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Jack Frese and John traveled Friday to Tucson Arizona to stay with Mrs Frese s uncle and aunt Rev and Mrs Sopko. Mr Frese returned home Tuesday evening.
Everett Williams and Mrs H T Lau were New Hampton callers Thursday. A 7 lb 4 oz daughter, Mary Jo Ann, was born to Mr and Mrs Ervin Koschmeder in Mercy hospital Waverly on June 11. Mrs Koschmeder is Carol Beisner, daughter of Clarence Beisner. Mr and Mrs A F Eichmann hosted Sunday supper with several guests. Mr and Mrs C O Otterstetter and Mr and Mrs R J Bunger depart for a 15 day vacation visiting Louisville New Albany Indianapolis and English Indiana Roanoke Virginia and Washington DC.
Mr and Mrs Carl Kowalsky and Nora with Mr and Mrs Kenneth Halver and Diane of Cedar Rapids attended the confirmation service for Jon Kowalsky son of Mr and Mrs Arnold Kowalsky in La Porte City. Thursday evening visitors included Mr and Mrs Ernest Drewis with Mr and Mrs John Mackie Gary Ind and Mr and Mrs Paul Zabel and daughter Sumner Mr and Mrs Dean Harris Waterloo Mr and Mrs Lee Harris and family Ver Verly and Mr and Mrs Donald Sievers.
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