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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1956
Page
5
Sunday and weekend visitors filled homes across Cedar Falls Readlyn Fredericksburg and Sumner. Guests included families from Waterloo St Paul and Chicago with numerous dinners and hospital visits noted. Kate Burns obituary reported Chicago services.
Mr. and Mrs. George Drewis hosted a Wednesday evening gathering on February 29 to celebrate Mr. Drewis birthday. Attendees included Mrs. Bertha Hagenow Readlyn Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Thoms Klinger and others from Waverly Jesup and Readlyn. They played cards and were later served lunch by Mrs. Drewis. Sunday visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Emil Tonne and sons Ed and Vernon.
A string of visitors joins local families across Waterloo and surrounding towns. Mr and Mrs Richard Rush travel to Chicago to see his parents while Mr and Mrs LeLand Bergmann visit Willard Hurlburt’s home. Several couples attend a 40th wedding anniversary for F A Biermann at St John s church Siegel and others join a family dinner for Donnie s 15th birthday. The ambassador for Christ meeting at Zion Lutheran in Waterloo features Rev Fred Landdeck as keynote speaker with local representation from Triopic Lutheran churches.
Harold Haverkamp was honored at a Sunday noon farewell dinner at the Haverkamp home. Attendees included Erwin and family, Dale and Mary Lee, Marvin and Sharon Haverkamp, Portwine, Esther Greene, La Vern Haverkamp family, Betty Lou Nerge, Mitsie Yoshinaga and Richard, and Elmer and Elaine. Harold left Sunday evening for Great Lakes Illinois to enter the U S Navy.
Mary Ellen Kreis 17 and Tom Hannaman 66 were hurt in a two car collision at the Pinhook road and Highway 93 east of Tripoli. Both were taken to Sumner hospital with Kreis improving and Hannaman more seriously hurt after being charged with failure to yield. A second crash on Highway 188 near Plainfield injured four: Gerald J. Liddle 25 James L. Thompson 23 John E. Gutz 20 and John Hardman 19 all hospitalized at Waverly.
In observance of their 45th anniversary Herman and wife Tegtmeier entertained about 200 guests at St. Peter's Evangelical and Re formed church. Attendees came from Waterloo Waverly Dunkerton Readlyn Oelwein Clear Lake Denver and Tripoli.
Timers Jer ry Kelsey and Jeanne Martin with Mrs Don Hunemuller set up a county wide 4 H display in Bremer County Extension office windows during 4 H club week March 3 10 The displays aim to help parents and youth understand 4 H work and recruit new members with exhibits in each town.
Mrs Victor Nacke was discharged from Sumner Community Hospital to her home Sunday after a weeklong stay. Her condition is reported improving.
James Haskovec celebrated his sixth birthday with a party at home attended by kindergarten classmates and family friends. Guests included Mrs. William Lee hammer, Jimi and Jayne Lee, Mrs. Arlen Lahmann, Gregory and Rodney, and others. Games and lunch were provided by Mrs. Haskovec. Family dinner and evening visits followed from relatives in New Hampton.
Mr and Mrs Frank Eichmann of Clarksville and Mr and Mrs Guy Graves of Center Point travel with Carl Eichmann and Mrs Millie Goodenbour to Pecatonica Illinois for the funeral of Augusta Hommema their sister the service held Tuesday morning.
An open house will be held in the church parlors of the Congregational church for Mr. and Mrs. Jack Frese and John Sunday night, March 11, from 7 to 9 o'clock. The Freses will be leaving the community the latter part of March. All friends of the family are invited.
Carole Lageschulte daughter of Mr and Mrs Lavern Lageschulte was a patient in Waverly hospital Tuesday and Wednesday of last week.
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