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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1963
Page
5
A long list of weekend visitors frames local social life with notes of travel from Waterloo to Sumner, Nashua, Waverly and beyond. Families such as the Mahlstetts, Bergmanns, Brases and Biermanns host and travel, while others visit kin in Cedar Falls, Readlyn, Klemme and Sioux Falls. Several trips to Des Moines, Parris Island, and Straw berry Point appear among the schedule of dinners, picnics, and overnight stays.
Mr and Mrs Orval Harmening with Ann and Kathryn from Skokie Illinois arrived Wednesday and stayed until Sunday visiting with Mrs Emma Harmening.
Fremont residents hosted and visited many neighbors for birthdays, anniversaries, and gatherings from Sumner to Dunkerton. Notable mentions include Mr. and Mrs. Berlin celebrating with many families, the Schweer anniversary party, Marlene Drewis shower guests, a Sumner wedding, and a Twins Oriole game outing. Also notes Gail Borden’s invention of condensed milk.
Mr and Mrs Ferdinand Klenzman of Waverly announce the engagement of their daughter Karlyn Diana to Eldon K Armstrong son of Mr and Mrs Keith Armstrong of Dawson The couple will exchange vows Saturday June 29 at 7 30 p m at Nazareth Lutheran Church Cedar Falls Miss Klenzman teaches in Parkersburg schools while her fiancé is principal of New Hartford High School
Mr and Mrs Herman Schweer celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary Sunday with a family dinner at the Alfred Schweer home. Guests included many relatives such as Stanley Buhrow Darlys Lampe Alfred Seweer and families Gordon Carolus Dale Heath Joyce Henkle Wilbert Bunger Karen Donald Schweer Larry Schweer Rev Geo Gundel Herman Buchholz Wm Schweer Emma Schweer Hal Bauer 11 underwent corrective surgery on both legs after a power lawn mower accident seven years ago. Lillian Sievers visited from Thusday through Saturday and Johnny Jacqueline Sievers visited grandmother. Kenneth Sievers returned from Scholtz Memorial Hospital after knee surgery. Duane Poock left Phoenix for Tripoli to visit his ailing father Erich Poock and other relatives.
The Tripoli Cub Scouts and families held a Sunday evening picnic at South Park with about 70 attendees. Cubs and their fathers also played softball.
Mr and Mrs Harry Buenzow of Sumner Mr and Mrs Edwin Tegtmeier and Mrs Emma Klenzmann were Sunday guests at the Paul Buenzow home in Waverly to celebrate his birthday.
Those attending the Interstate picnic at Oelwein Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Steward and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lind quist and family, Kathryn Klemp and Larry Bock.
A misprint in last week’s edition stated that Mr and Mrs Gerald Inglebret occupy the Eldon Meier duplex. The correct occupant is Les lie Meier duplex.
Mr and Mrs Fred Farr take their daughter Betty to Cedar Falls where she will attend a one week music camp at State College of Iowa.
Denver special reports Lillian Fuchs and Robert Erhardt wed May 25 and will live in the Holm apartment once occupied by Robert Bitterley. Erhardt teaches at Denver High School. Fuchs, daughter of Mrs. Ida B. Fuchs and the late Em Fuchs, is a former Denver teacher set to teach English at West High School in Waterloo this fall.
Mr and Mrs Duane Bahlmann were honored on their fifth wedding anniversary with a Sunday picnic at Eugene Huck home Sumner Relatives from Sumner Waverly Readlyn Coon Rapids and nearby areas attended including Edwin Moeller Clarence Bahlmann Leslie Huck Clar ence Huck Drape Deterding Lampe Jacobsen Struck Loretta Struck Carla and Vern Bolte The gathering celebrated a local milestone with family present
Mr and Mrs Peter Mahlstedt hosted a Sumner park picnic Sunday honoring the birthdays of Cletus Miller and Dennis Niemeyer.
Herman Hagenow was taken to Sumner hospital Saturday, where he is ill with pneumonia.
Mr and Mrs Wm E Martin of Huntington Park California and guests were hosted by Mr and Mrs Arthur Bunger at a Glen Clubine home near Dunerton on Monday evening. Attending were the Martins the Bung ers and Mr and Mrs Walter Schwerin of Frederika.
Mrs. Robert Bergmann and Mrs. Wayne Bravener along with others hosted a stork shower Friday at the Herb Sunday home in Waterloo for Mrs. Charles Thoms Mary Hagen Mrs. Mary Platte Susan and Mrs. C C Eichmann. A bridal shower followed Sunday at the Dale Schroeder home in Sumner for Marlene Drewis.
Mrs. Clarence Robuck grows over 100 perennial plants and more than 300 iris varieties in a garden two miles south of Attica. She began the project 32 years ago when the area had no flowers, and the display is likely the finest garden in Marion County.
Mrs. Robert Campbell came home Monday after a stay as a patient at Sumner hospital.
Mr and Mrs Wendell Rettig welcomed a six pound nine ounce daughter born Monday at Scholtz Memorial hospital in Waterloo. The family requests privacy as they announce the new arrival.
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Mr and Mrs S A Maurer with Sandra Beach of New Hampton attended the wedding of Robert Quam of Farmington Minnesota and Gloria Mae Belky in Northfield Minnesota on Saturday. They stayed overnight at the A O Hagen home in Cannon Falls and visited Mrs Minnie Larson in Red Wing on Sunday. On the way home they visited Mrs Harlan Estrem in Rochester who expected dismissal Tuesday to return to her Kenyon Minnesota home.
Mr and Mrs Wilbert Frahm and family picnicked Sunday at Evansdale with the Arthur Frahm family. Sharon and Ste ven Frahm were observing their birthdays. Debra Frahm returned home after visiting the Wilbert Frahm family for several days.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Quass and family attended the Schield Bantam picnic Sunday at Waverly in a small local gathering with neighbors and friends.
Mrs. Arnold Thalacker and Mrs. Fred Brase attended the Good Will Society gathering at Wa verly on Friday afternoon.
Harlan Schilling of Waverly returned home Friday from the hospital in Iowa City where he had been a surgical patient.
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