Looking At Life As It Used To Be
A collection of small items from Tripoli and nearby towns recounts marriages births and local events. Notable notes include Wm. Krueger and Zella Kerr eloping to wed in Waverly and several weddings in Tripoli Frederika and Nashua plus civic and school milestones.
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Herman Elkema
Denver
Automobilitts
H. C. Koch
Fred Schwein
Julia Pries
Lake Geneva
Wis
Libbie Vincent
Guree
A. D
W. D. Chapin
Waverly
Wm. Krueger
Zella Kerr
Pinhook and Sumner Social Roundup Reflect Local Life
The column records visits and social gatherings across Sumner and nearby, noting guests from California, West Union and Ionia, birthday club prizes, and Father's day honors. It mentions Roy Rathbone’s death at Sumner hospital and a wedding at Richfield Lutheran church, with a closing note on the National Safety Council founded in 1913 in Chicago.
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George Wilson
Sumner
Henry Meswarth
H. W. Krueger
Alice
West Union
Ada McConkey
George Banwell
Ionia
Harold Davis
California
Iowa
Chester Pals
Leo McDonough
Birthday Club
Lucille Dilley
Ray Kuethe
Betty Figanbaum
Emil Matthias
Arnold Rieck
McDonough
Leroy Gopherettes
Raymond Kuethe
Roy Rathbone
Lucille
Lloyd Dilley
Tom McCue
Howard van Brocklin Sr
Richfield Lutheran Church
Retired Britton Leaves 41 Years at Green Bay Ties Co
M. E. Britton of Atlantic has recently retired after 41 years as wager of the Green Bay Ties Co. He has spent almost 46 years in the lumber business.
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M. E. Britton
Atlantic
W Ager
Green Bay Tiiehes Co
Lumber Busi
Lahmann Rosauer Engagement Set for Aug 14 Wedding
To Be Married Denver special announces engagement of Karen Lahmann daughter of Mr and Mrs Theo Lahmann to Harold Rosauer son of Mrs Lockwood Gilette. Miss Lahmann, a Denver High School graduate, studied at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls and has taught at Winthrop. Mr Rosauer is a graduate of LSTC. The couple plans an August 14 wedding.
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Denver
Theo. Lahmann
Karen
Harold Rosauer
Lockwood Gilette
Miss Lahmann
Denver High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Winthrop
Rosauer
Ls.t.c
Claire Rouse Retires After 39 Years in Teaching
Claire Rouse of New Hampton retires after a 39 year teaching career she spent the last 34 years within the New Hampton school system.
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Claire Rouse
New Hampton
Tegtmeier-Meyer Exchange Vows at Buck Creek Church
Jolene Tegtmeier daughter of Mr and Mrs Reinhard W Testmeier Sumner and Dale H Meyer son of Mr and Mrs Harold L Meyer Readlyn were married at St John Lutheran Buck Creek in a double ring ceremony. Rev Robert Glaser presided with Rev Harold Tegtmeier assisting. The couple will reside on the Howard Tegtmeier farm in Tripoli after June 26.
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Minnie Zander
John Koschmeder
Tripoli
Waterloo
C. A. Stewart
Cedar Valley Veterinary Association
Orval Harmening
Northwestern University
Evanston
Emma Harmenine
Germany
Dorothy Drewis
Ernest Drewis
Lee F. Harris
Fay F. Harris
Gary
Ind
Little Brown Church
Nashua
Waverly
Tripoli Town Hall
Betty Lou Angus
Kenneth Angus
Frederika
Warren D. Davis
Fred E. Davis
Minneapolis
Frederika Methodist Church
Herman Wittkop
Meier
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Oscar Bang
Bremer County Dairy Council
John Tegtmeier
Sumner
St. John Lutheran Church
Church
Duane Bremer
Cheryl
Katherine Clburn
American Institute of Business
Stanley Klemp
Phyllis Walther
Fred Walther
Denver
Allen Jacobsen
Soren Jacobsen
Readlyn
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Maxfield
Mary Bunger
Grace Lutheran Church
Arthur Barnes
Marian Lahmann
Erhardt Lahmann
State University of Iowa
Betty Ann Buls
Gus Buls
University of Southern California
Suzanne Niemeyer
Gordon Niemeyer
Oscar Kreis Jr
Oscar Kreis
Jolene Tegtmeier
Reinhard W. Testmeier
Dale H. Meyer
Harold L. Meyer
Buck Creek
Robert Glaser
Harold Tegtmeier
Ryan
Barbara Zell
Kenneth Stumme
Sabrina
Jeanette Westendorf
Oelwein
Doris Meyer
Jeanne Happel
Janice Stumme
Maid of Honor
Merle Meyer
Lyle Happel
Ronald Tegtmeier
Darrel Meyer
Martin Matthias
Don Tegtmeier
Gladbrook
Marion Stumme
Elinor Stumme
Gertrude Stumme
Don Stahr
Raymond Seehase
Leo Westendorf
Loraine Hamlow
Wm. Gade Jr
R. A. Buhr
Joe Volker
Ted Wedemeier
Ernest Pruisner
Colorado
Sumner High School
Sumner Gazette Publishing Co
Readlyn High School
Howard Tegtmeier
Readlyn Weds Patricia Foss and Phillip Kuepker in Sumner
Agnes Thran attended the June 12 wedding at St John American Lutheran church Sumner for Patricia Foss and Phillip Kuepker. She later visited relatives in Oelwein and Readlyn while returning home.
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Agnes Thran
Patricia Foss
Phillip Kuepker
St. John American Lutheran Church
Sumner
Herman Noack
Oelwein
August Frisch
Horst Zahn
Anna Gremmels
John Thurm
August Thurm
St. Louis
Vance Sibert
Ocelwein
Ervin Thurm
Gary
Dale
Jill
Helen Thurm
Readlyn
Bernard Thurm
Waverly
Eberhardt Thurm
Fairbank
Henry Nolting
Washburn
Melvin Boehme
Tommy
Danny
Jimmy
Lori
Cedar River Park
Waterloo
Earl Judas
Jack
Local families share Sunday potluck and visits
Maynard guests Ricky J H Judas and families from Waterloo Tripoli and Westgate joined Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Vogt in Waverly for a potluck. Other gatherings included dinners with Mr. and Mrs. E J Spier and visitors at Oscar Thran’s home. Yellow jaundice confines Richard Thran. Elmer Henning and Shirley attended a wedding in Tripoli at St Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church between Alice Mae Hennings and Melvin Leisinger.
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Ricky
J. H. Judas
Maynard
Lee Bramlett
Kay Dawn
Dennis
Waterloo
Arnold Brunscheen
Danny
Ronnie
Jeff
Leslie Vogt
Waverly
Merwin Meier
Kathy
Brenda
E. J. Spier
Werner Brunscheon
Sharon
Tripoli
Arnold Brunscheon
Oscar Thran
Agnes Thran
Tillie Thran
Westgate
Bob Thran
Eric
Williamsburg
Richard Thran
Elmer Henning
Shirley
Fred Heine
Elmer Hennings
Alice Mae Hennings
Melvin C. Leisinger
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Otto Meier
E. H. Gehrke
Clara Kohlmeyer
Hawkeye
John Sundermeyer
Donna Mae Trost
Grace Lutheran Church
Two-Headed Pig Born At John Benjamin Farm Near Buffalo Center
A rare cross of Hampshire Duroc and Chester White piglet was born at the John Benjamin farm near Buffalo Center with two heads four eyes and two snouts. The pig died the day after birth.
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John Benjamin Farm
Buffalo Center
Hampshire
Duroc
Chester White
Moonlit dreams risk severe harm from amateur rocketry
A cautionary note warns teens chasing lunar visions may lose a finger or worse on Earth. It urges amateurs to avoid rocketry while highlighting dangers of social drinking and accidents from drinkers. It also notes gifts from industry funding new Iowa Writers Workshop fellowships at the State University of Iowa.
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Iowa
Moon
Earth
State University of Iowa
Writers Worshop
Cha pe in Md not hone spio nee d golfer labor
Fragmentary text from a period newspaper hints at a local event in Maryland involving a golfer and labor issues. No clear names, places, dates, or outcomes are recoverable from the readable fragments.
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Chape In
Alumni Note Names Mrs Emmet Henery of Cry Junction
Alumni notice lists Mrs Emmet Henery from Cry Junction and Paul Harned among former members with brief biographical mention.
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Emmet Henery
Cry Junction
Paul Harned
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Filfs
Pinhook
The
National Safety Council
Chicago
Tegtmeier-Meyer
Howard MM
Iowa and National Water Well Assn
Adams
Cornwall
Imperial Electric
United States Brewers Foundation
Liberty
Des Wiaain
Edward Robinson
Monte Carlo
Seven Thieves
M-G-M
Glenn Debbie Ford
Reynolds
Duane Holm
Tripoli, Iowa
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington
Illinois
STATE
O'Brien
Doeskin
Dance Postals
O’brien
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