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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1957
Page
4
FOR SALE 120 ACRE FARM located 1 mile west and 3 miles south of Tripoli known as the A H Tegtmeier farm. Contact Emma Beisner Waverly Iowa or Bertha Tegtmeier Tripoli 29 3
For sale an 80 acre farm with 70 acres under cultivation and good soil. The property features a 7 room house, garage, machine shed, chicken house, barn, silo, hog house, double corncrib with overhead bin. Buildings average. partial tiling. well kept fences. Possession March 1, 1958. Located on a good surfaced road 1 mile west and 3 miles south of Tripoli. Contact Mrs John Prestien, Tripoli, Iowa. Phone 202-J.
Notice offering several sewing machines nearly half paid for. Buyers with good credit may own Singer Console zig zag six payments of 7.14 dollars, Necchi Console eight payments of 12.10, Singer Portable 342 payments of 6.18, Pfaff Console with zig zag one payment 22.69 and 12 at 7.14, Bach & Rice straight machine three payments at 15.95, 1956 zigzag model over half paid, plus others. All carry 20 year written guarantee. Respond with credit outline and interest in BOX 2085 Des Moines Iowa.
Owner satisfaction reports highlight added value from Green Colonial furnaces. Fred Erika Hardware markets these furnaces with convenient payment plans in the vicinity, offering dealer support and contact options for prospective buyers.
Dorothea Tegtmeier Elsa Tegtmeier and Marlyn W Oltrogge express heartfelt gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors for cards gifts flowers and visits during hospitalization and after return special thanks to Rev Goetz for prayers and to Dr Fuchs for prayers and visits all deeply appreciated and remembered.
Sumner High School lists honor roll and perfect attendance entries across senior to freshman grades, naming Patricia McCue Janice Hencken Mary Jean Hay Larry Schwake and others. Obituaries note Edwin Schwan and Chris Hagenbuch with service details and surviving relatives.
The Rev. Herman Diemer marked his 40th ordination anniversary hosted by St. John American Lutheran in Sumner, noting past pastorates in Richfield and Saskatchewan. He and Rey Diemer have six sons and two daughters, living in Sumner, after a career starting in Shackleton. Engage ment announcements include Madonna Mary Engel to William Phillips in Marshalltown, with nursing and hospital work noted. Lockie clan held a Sumner park reunion with 105 guests from several Midwest states, reflecting strong community ties.
The 1957 Tripoli leader reports Paul Lockie elected president and Mrs. Lockie as secretary and treasurer. The 1958 reunion will be at Charles City. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Paul Buck and others. Several locals ill or recovering and home construction progress noted.
Mr and Mrs LR Ludwig were Sunday guests in the R E Dooley home in Waterloo. They also called in the Herbert Carr and Elmer Baier homes.
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