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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1956
Page
4
An anonymous note offers help for drinking problems suggesting Alcoholics Anonymous P O Box 55 Waverly Iowa. It claims no treatment, confidentiality, no clues.
New Hampton and nearby towns see a string of visits with relatives and friends from New Hampton to Sumner Oelwein and Fredericksburg. Notable mentions include Irene O Day hosting and hosting family from Challis Idaho and trips to Des Moines and Frederika for events and a car accident injury to Tom Hannaman.
A collection of thank you notes expresses appreciation for sympathy floral offerings memorial cards hospital visits and prayers. Individuals named include Mrs Arthur Tegtmeier Eldo Kehe Mrs Mabel McGee the Rice and Chadwick families Mr and Mrs Herman Tegtmeier Mrs Victor Nacke Peggy Christoffer and Mr and Mrs F A Biermann for weddings anniversaries and bereavement support.
February meeting of the Douglas Township Family Living Group was held at the home of Mrs. Erwin Brase with 19 members present. Discussion covered Rural-Urban banquet and a Des Moines tour planned for February 29. A gift was given to retiring chair Mrs. John Beam. Lesson on Mental Health led by Mrs. Clarence Bull and others. Lunch by the hostess.
Welfare payments in Bre mer county for February totalled 15 233 dollars as announced by the state department Old age assistance amounted to 12 366 dollars for 213 cases averaging 58 06 per case The state average was 60 47 There were three aid to needy blind cases totaling 189 dollars averaging 63 per case The state average was 73 99 There were 25 dependent children cases with 99 recipients totaling 2 678 dollars averaging 107 12 per case and 27 05 per recipient The state averages were 110 54 per family and 30 62 per recipient
On March 5 observances marked Don Hunemuller birthday with a dinner Sunday at the Hunemuller home. Guests included Del Finder Jerry Jack Readlyn Chris Bathke Wilma Gentry Cheryl Marsha Everett Cole Jim Jean William Welsh Rose Carolyn Hunemuller and others. The piece also notes early printing history comparing presses to Gutenberg’s.
Kindergarten mothers met in the kindergarten room for talks on discipline and tidiness. Plans were laid for the May 1 meeting in the Town hall council room with guest speaker Lyle Kelley and invitations for next year's and last year's mothers.
Bremer County soil and water conservation leaders will meet at the ASC office on Thursday March 15 to review the 1956 government cost sharing program and to make recommendations for the 1957 program.
Harold Haverkamp left Sunday for Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois to begin training with the U S Navy. He is the son of J C Haverkamp of Waverly.
Mrs. Henrietta Johnson is returned to Methodist Hospital in Rochester Minnesota on Saturday for further treatment.
Mrs Hazel Heckenberg of Hillsboro drove toward Jefferson county hospital to visit her ill husband Russell but her car left the highway and turned end over end, turning a planned visit into a patient stay for both.
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