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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1966
Page
7
Sunday and weekend visits span Shell Rock Waterlhttp Water Valley and beyond as local residents recount calls to and from relatives in Cedar Rapids Waterloo Sumner Nashua Waverly Reinbeck Denver and Rochester. Extended family gatherings include Angie's first birthday and a birthday honoring Mrs. Angie O'Rourke.
Friday and Monday visitors filled the homes of Mrs. Lena Schumacher and Leonard Dettmer. Cousins from Waverly Waterloo and Fredericksburg joined Sunday dinners at several households. Grandparents hosted visitors while Arthur Barnes and family spent a Tucson vacation. Multiple reads note birthday wishes and extended stays with local residents.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Buhr Sumner welcomed a 6 lb 4 oz daughter born March 3 at Sumner hospital. Mrs. Buhr formerly Judy Meier is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Meier. Mr. and Mrs. James Klemp Marion are parents of a 4 7 lb 1% oz son named Thomas born March 5. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Klemp Tripoli.
The Wapsie Valley seniors stage a family comedy Papa Was a Preacher on March 22 and 23 at 8 p m in the Little Theatre directed by Mrs Bonnie Jensen. Cast includes Jerry Van Daele Dorothy Buhr Lowell Tiedt Ran de Lehmkuhl Dan Matthias Cheryl Schroeder Ron Meyerhoff Cindy Whitehill Lizz Watts Sharon Blasberg Jeanne Rourke La Verne Herman Vesta Grove Joyce Strottmann and William Lorber with 1920s setting and costumes.
Advancements were handed out to seven Naval Reservists attached to Naval Reserve Surface Division 9-60 by the Commanding Officer Lt. Commander A. C. Schultz during January. Advancements reflect completion of the training, knowledge shown, active duty performance, and competitive examination among all Naval Reservists nationwide. Among those advanced was Michael R. Fink of Tripoli.
In the March 3 meeting St John s Luther League elected Wanda Dettmer president Larry Schneer vice president Bonnie Moeller secretary and Loren Sommerfelt treasurer for the coming year Installations will be April 14 when the newly confirmed join the Luther League Also Mr and Mrs Fred Holm learned their daughter and son in law Don and Don James Waterloo arrived in Hawaii March 1 to visit Don Jr who is in the Navy Don Jr is on leave in Hawaii to celebrate his birthday March 3
Mrs Joe Miller Mrs Wayne Quass and Joyce Dooly attended a baby shower at Hudson Friday evening honoring Mrs Kenneth Miller and infant daughter Toni Lynne.
Dale Neil 26 Fairbank and Diane Milius 18 Denver. Ronald Neil Graham Waterloo and Phyllis Pelley 20 Denver. Rhea Rockwood legal Janesville and Elaine Pint legal Waverly. Paul Emmett Eppel 35 Carroll and Marilyn Mae Fassett 29 Wa Arlin Dean Dearing 23 Rantoul Ill and Sharon M. Cohn 19 Peoria Ill. David Timothy Ryan 19 Waterloo and Karen Ann Nuss 20 Waterloo. Jon W. Holsten 20 Sioux Falls S D and Virginia Schulze 21 Waverly. Larry Lee Schroeder 18 Waverly and Cynthis Kingery 18 Charles City.
Match EM offers attractive one and two color printing at low cost for envelopes letterheads invoices and other stationery pieces to leave a strong impression.
Fred Smith principal of Tripoli elementary school attended a March 8 seminar at the State College of Iowa. Thirteen Iowa school administrators joined to learn their duties supervising graduate students in school administration. Donond Bjustrom will gain practice experience in Tripoli.
Pvt Roger Allen Bonarden selects Nancy Rae Mueller of Frederika as his bride-elect. An April 9 wedding is planned at St. John’s Lutheran Frederika at 7 30 p m. Nancy is daughter of Dale and Mrs. Mueller of Frederika and works at Heating and Cooling Supply Co Waterloo. The groom is son of Ruth Bonarden Waterloo and Clarence Boeckman Tripoli and is stationed at Ft. Sam Houston Texas.
A 1930s count shows about 1 000 dairies selling milk in Iowa shrinking to 101 plants today. A dairy industry committee urges the state to privatize milk inspection and hire a dairy products scientist to standardize operations across agencies, as five state inspectors are reassigned and a former inspector is discharged.
Local Tripoli student Jerry Biermann earned dean's list honors at South Dakota State University Brookings with a 3.35 GPA in his first semester. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Biermann of Tripoli.
Larry Bunger son of Mr and Mrs L H Bunger earns dean's list honors for the first semester at Elmhurst College Elmhurst Illinois
Mr and Mrs C C Eichmann spent the weekend in Chicago where Mrs Eichmann attended the Midwest Beauty trade show and explored new trends and products.
Five thousand more mailed to licensed Iowa hunters and a few non residents as the Conservation Commission releases the second portion of the annual survey. The card asks time spent hunting counties hunted and total bag by species. About 40 percent of the first batch has been returned and officials urge prompt mailing.
Mr and Mrs Erhardt Lahmann and family attended the baptism of Erick Barnes the grandson of Erhardt Lahmann at a Cedar Rapids Lutheran church on Sunday Din ner followed at a Cedar Rapids restaurant Paul Lahmann of Schenectady N Y served as proxy sponsor
Pam Sheila and Stephen Maurer children of Mr and Mrs Stephen A Maurer Waterloo spent weekend with grandparents Mr and Mrs Ben Meyer Mrs Maurer had a ton sillectomy at Allen Memorial hospital Friday Mrs Meyer staying in the Maurer home
A call to preserve America as a melting pot while implementing tougher measures against individuals who refuse to assimilate. The statement argues for stronger enforcement to ensure unity and cultural integration within the national fabric.
The six week honor roll at Wapsie Valley High School lists seniors Sharon Blasberg Rick Brewer Dorothy Buhr E aith Clark Ervin Corcoran Fort Fox Connie Gaede C Hartman Carol Hein Audrey Ker Melodie Langholz Will Lorber Daniel Matthias Li Matthias Susan Ostrogge M Ann Platte Linda Poock Di Schneider Barbara Stahlhut Jene Strempke Joyce Strottm Jerry Van Daele Juniors Sharon Buhr M Ann Gipper Neale Lehm Wilbur Leistikow Carol Merf Barbara Myers Stanley Ardith Piehl Charlotte Regen Joe Risse Karen Stumme Ka Toneff Priscilla Zimmerman Sophomores Susan Bi Daniel Huebner Judy Kane L Kane Janice Langholz St Lockard Allen Matthews M Matthias Terri Minnaert Bely Myers Barbara Nus Jane Trogg e Cecelia Schroeder Freshmen Dale Brick Virginia Corcoran Carol Lau Becca Leistikow Jeffrey Nus Dy Schneider Clarice Schroeder Jennifer Watts
Surgical patient William Bull underwent a procedure on Wednesday March 2 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo.
Mrs John Sassmann is a patient at Allen Memorial Hospital. The brief notice reports her hospitalization with no additional details about condition or duration.
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