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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1965
Page
5
A long list of Sunday and Saturday visits and birthday celebrations across Waverly Readlyn Cedar Falls Waterloo Nashua Sumner and surrounding towns. Residents including Mr and Mrs Sauerbrei Bung er Henning Hildebrandt Kohnen and many others hosted or attended dinners suppers and potluck gatherings at homes and churches.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hoppenworth and guests attended the senior class play in Fredericksburg Tuesday evening. Judy Prestien was in the cast. The group later visited at the Everett Prestien home with Mrs. Marvin Haverkamp Lisa and the Norman Flanscha family Sumner among attendees.
Mrs. Fred Holm learned Monday that her brother Henry Becker 60 died in a car accident caused by a heart attack while driving near his home in Tampa Florida.
Mr and Mrs Wm Beach of New Hampton hosted a post nuptial shower for their daughter in the L A Maurer home Sunday. Guests came from Dennison Northfield and many towns including Mason City Charles City Nashua New Hampton Lawler Frederika Fredericksburg Sumner Readlyn Waterloo Cedar Falls Hawkeye Waverly and Tripoli. Mr and Mrs Hathaway who reside in Iowa City were wed February 20.
Mr and Mrs Fred Holm and Mrs Paul Bremer attended the funeral of John Burton Holmes nephew of Fred Holm at Waterloo Monday afternoon Burial was in Fremont cemetery Lunch guests after services included Eva Hill Mr and Mrs Robert Hill and family New Hampton Ruth Maurer Gertie Kroll and Mrs Clarence Wheeler Waverly and Mrs Paul Bremer
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schwartz and family moved Saturday from the Clara Bang home to the Soles residence owned by Butler Bremer Telephone Co. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Patterson moved to Waterloo after leaving the prior address.
Mr and Mrs Robert Campbell and family spent from Friday until Monday with her parents Mr and Mrs John Van Steenbergen at Prairie City The Campbells also attended the spring conference of the Iowa Association of Secondary School Principals in Des Moines on Sunday and Monday
Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Wikner and Mr. and Mrs. Theo Debel left Friday for a several week trip through the east and south. In Florida they will stay with Mrs. Debel’s son Everett Schweer in Miami and visit Mrs. Wikner’s sister in Leesburg.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Tegtmeier were Sunday supper guests in Henry Tegtmeier’s Waterloo home. Mr Tegtmeier had recently returned from a hospital stay where he had been a patient for some time.
Mrs Les Kelsey Mrs Victor Kelsey and Tamara attended a stork shower Saturday at Mrs Roger Hickins home in Waterloo honoring Mrs Jay Patterson.
Mr and Mrs Paul Judisch visited Friday evening with Harold Sommerfelt a patient at Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo Iowa lingering under care and support from family.
Lyle Bowers of New Hampton Robert Holm of West Union and Duane Holm attended an insurance meeting in Mason City on Wednesday according to the report.
Mrs. R. F. Klemp suffered a badly sprained right arm from a fall on the ice Saturday.
Ernest Kalso returned Thursday from Sumner hospital where he underwent surgery.
Mrs Henry Meswarth is listed as a surgical patient at Mercy hospital in Waverly.
Waterloo and Denver notices report Mrs Warrell Hall 44 died by suicide. services at Chapel of Memories Waterloo Saturday. She left a husband and children, with multiple relatives named in the obituary. Also listed are Legion Auxiliary meetings and library additions in Denver, an 80th birthday for William Steinberg, PTA plans, and a Toledo visit by Mrs Gibney and her son.
Pvt. Jerome S. Gehrke of Readlyn completed a light vehicle driver course at Fort Ord California on March 5. He learned operation and maintenance of military vehicles up to two and one half tons. The 22 year old is a 1961 graduate of Wapsie Valley High School Fairbank. He attended the State College of Iowa Cedar Falls and Upper Iowa University Fayette.
Pam Maurer daughter of Mr and Mrs Stephen A Maurer of Waterloo had a tonsillectomy at Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo on Friday.
Dr. and Mrs. L. J. Magnall and their children attended the funeral of Mrs. C. A. Scheerer, the Magnalls’ mother in law, held Friday in Boone.
Mrs Arno Ladage assists at the Henry Buhrow home as he remains seriously ill, providing care and support during a period of illness.
Wrestler Steve Klein of Alden is state class A heavyweight champion. He posted a perfect 25-0 season this year after a 22-2 debut season last year.
The column recalls events from 1910 including Katie Buchholz's upcoming marriage to August Krueger at Siegel church and Helena Schweer winning a diamond ring for most new Leader subscribers. It notes prices like eggs 17 cents and butter 33 cents, plus local marriages, deaths, and civic notices such as dam bids for Wapsie river park land and a Readlyn Mutual Insurance annual meeting.
H H Hoppenworth to conduct a public auction March 16 at his farm two miles south of Tripoli. Bremer County Board of Supervisors hires Earl H Welshons as new county engineer to replace Matt Noonan.
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