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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1957
Page
3
Saturday visits to Sumner Community hospital and Sunday gatherings at multiple homes mark a busy weekend. Residents from Sumner Denver Waterloo Waverly and Readlyn joined relatives and friends for dinners, funerals and birthday observances across Iowa communities.
John Johnson sells meat market stake to brother William while Mrs. Heck visits Creighton Nebr and furniture moves as Wm Schultz purchases their home. Hog sale nets 1127.75 by Fred Ochls schlager. creamery directors keep Wm Krueger as buttermaker for another year. Pauline Ruth Pockels dies at age five after meningitis in Iowa City. Burial for Marlys Henning infant. Mrs. James Carney dies in Fredericksburg. Local market prices listed for eggs hens geese ducks hogs veal. Bremer county officers tour Illinois Farm Bureau seminar. Fred W Meier residence sold to Anna Kappmeyer. Marian Lahmann, 12, tops spelling. Readlyn injuries from bull attack. Readlyn school directors re-elected. J M Snyder director and Robert Ambrose treasurer. Carl F Winning 85 dies in Tripoli. American Savings Bank exceeds 1955 bond quota. L J Magnall elected Tripoli Womans Club president. Rima Telephone Co joins mutual system. Mrs. Mary Pries dies at 89. services upcoming. Birthday gathering for Arthur Bunger draws about 60 from several towns. Jeffrey Jay Kuhrt baptized at grandparents home by Rev Puhlmann. sponsors named.
Funeral services are pending from Rettig Funeral home Tripoli for Emil Bahlmann 54 who died at 6 am Wednesday at Scholtz hospital Water loo after a lingering illness. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs Vera Lohmann St Paul Minn and Mrs Lucille Brostrom Menlo Park Calif and two sons Donald J in the Navy aboard the U S S Hammerberg and Kenneth at home Arrangements delayed pending word from the Navy son.
Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Peters Sunday evening honored their Saturday wedding anniversary. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Schneer, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Richmann of Readlyn, Walter Peters and Janet, Robert Sassman and Rebecca, Lawrence Heideman, and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Heideman.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Wikner and family included Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Wikner and Susan Allison Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sneller Linda and Donnie Cedar Falls and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wikner Mark and Marianne Wikner celebrated their 15th birthday.
Relatives gathered at Tripoli Town Hall Sunday to honor Frank Bremer on his 76th birthday. Out of town guests were present from Waterloo, Fredericksburg, Fred erika and New Hampton. Mr. Bremer has six children, 26 grand children and 12 great-grandchildren.
Weekend guests included Harold Casey and Paula Heacock's broken collarbone noted at Waterloo and New Hampton. A birth was announced for Vernon Uhlenberg and Marilyn Steege’s son in Fredericksburg. Several extended visits occurred among Blasberg, Sievers, Doerring and related families across Waterloo Luana West Union and surrounding towns.
A bold claim markets DIATRON as a simple hunger curb without drugs or exercise. The ad promises weight loss with the first package or a full refund, sold by Dreyer Drug Store with Tripoli mail orders available.
Mr and Mrs Everett Ambrose hosted a Sunday dinner honoring their son Danny s 10th birthday which fell on Saturday Attending were Mr and Mrs Robert Ormston and Jackie Mr and Mrs Leslie Vogt Mr and Mrs John Munsterman Waverly Mr and Mrs Wilbert Harmening and family Sumner Mr and Mrs Keith Hollis and Mary New Hampton Mrs Charles Allen and Joe and Mrs Mary Harmening.
Monday evening guests included Mr and Mrs Lorenz Mummelthie Steven Waverly and Mr and Mrs Lavern Platte Ann and Bruce. Bruce Platte marked his fifth birthday on Sunday and Steven Mummelthie on Tuesday with observances.
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