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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1966
Page
7
The report lists numerous Sunday and weekend visits among residents including Mrs. Hadley Brewer, Herman Buhr Hawkeye, Mrs. Clara Niemeyer, Mr. and Mrs. Langner, Mr. and Mrs. Meswarth, Mrs. Walter Steward, and others. Guests came from Oelwein Waterloo Sumner Waverly Dike Janesville and Plainfield among various homes. chats and meals mark a busy social week.
A crowded social roundup records numerous Sunday visits and dinners across Cedar Falls Sumner Waterloo Wellman and Vinton. Families including the Fischs Tonne Geberts Finks and Leisingsers are named with guests from Nashua Readlyn Readly Morning and Milwaukee as well as birthday observances at the Krause Kottke and Vincent homes. Minutes late note Janet Leislinger joins a Faith United church confirmation class.
Sixteen young people will be confirmed on Palm Sunday at Grace Lutheran Church in Tripoli per Rev. A C Koen geter. The list includes Hal Bauer Janice Bergmann Gary Berger Katherine Blasberg Lois Block Daniel Biesterfelt Jennifer Boldt Carol Bremer Carol Dana Maureen Frahm Bruce Gienau Jeffrey Hoppenworth Tamara Kelsey Mary Kuker Gary Rieck and Lois Lemm. Oral exams are set for Thursday at 7 06 p m in the church social rooms with a reception to follow the Lenten service.
Dennis McNamee from State College of Iowa joined 11 peers at the 110th founder’s day convention in Des Moines to honor the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity founded March 9, 1856. Five fraternity presidents spoke about their chapters while other listings note social visits and a burn accident at Cedar Falls.
In hospital, Theo visited Kelling on a Sunday afternoon. He is listed as a patient at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo.
The 1966 confirmation class at Faith United Church of Christ includes 13 members who will receive vows during the Palm Sunday service Sunday morning. Confirmands listed are Carol Spier Kathleen Olmstead Debra Chapin Paul Magnall Carol Heidt Bruce Platte Michael Ryan Allen Buchholz Janet Lei Singer Lloyd Juel William Clausen Diane Osborn and Charles Jordan.
Army Pvt. David A. Pries of Sumner completed a combat engineer course at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri on March 25. He entered the army last November and finished basic training at Fort Leonard Wood. The 19 year old graduate of Sumner Community High School in 1964 is son of Mr and Mrs John H Pries.
The five confirmands at St. John's Lutheran Church in Denver are Kathy Wille Joann MacCollum David Nowack Dennis Rucker and Randy Bruns. Confirmation is scheduled for 10 a.m. April 3 with an 8 p.m. Good Friday communion and a 6 30 a.m. sunrise service plus Easter breakfast.
Scout Pack 32 held a March 28 meeting at Tripoli Town Hall with Cubs dressed as Knights led by Cubmaster Duane Holm as King Arthur. Brent Platte Kent Vincent received inductions, awards were presented including Silver and Gold Arrows, and the pack charter was presented to Hans Schulz.
Pvt Danny Brase from Ft Ord California arrived Friday for a leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Ray Brase. He will report Friday to Ft Polk Louisiana.
Army Pvt. Benny W. Kehe son of Mr and Mrs Eldo H Kehe Tripoli completed advanced artillery training at the Army Artillery and Missile School Fort Sill Oklahoma on March 24 He trained as a cannoneer in field artillery and learned maintenance firing ammunition handling and communications He entered the Army in 1965 and is a 1964 graduate of Tripoli Community High School
The Douglas Farm Bureau ladies gathered March 21 at Mrs. John Munsterman’s home with 28 members answering roll call by naming favorite foods. The program included cancer envelopes, Farm Bureau history, Alaska slides from Mrs. John Beam, and a lunch provided by the hostess with help from Mrs. Ray Brown and Mrs. Wallace Tucker.
Robert Parks Iowa State Universitys new president urged Ames to develop a new humanism as a core of its education program. He linked it with the goals of excellence diversity and service and said the university should blend science with humanism in training for the scientific age.
A Sunday afternoon stork shower at Colwell honored Mrs. Kenneth Rowley of Shop in Tripoli. Attending guests included Mrs. E W Kirchhoff Mrs. Allen Buenger Mrs. Dennis Kirchhoff Mrs. Vernon Kirchhoff and Mrs. Ruth Woodcock.
The Iowa Republican party hosts its 25 dollar per plate dinner on April 16 at Veterans Auditorium Des Moines. Main speaker Charles H Percy 46 prominent business leader and Illinois U S Senate candidate recently became president of Bell and Howell Chicago at 29 and has since resigned as chairman and chief executive officer to campaign. Dinner tickets are sold through Republican officials in all 40Wa counties.
Marine Pvt Daniel J Schumacher, son of Mr and Mrs Lavern Schumacher of Tripoli, graduated from recruit training at the San Diego depot. He will undergo four weeks of individual combat training and four weeks of basic specialist training before assignment to a permanent unit.
Bremer county representatives Salley Decker and Harry Decker from Janesville Arlin Schultz Sumner Wayne Miller Plainfield Gertrude Poock Arnold Poock Readlyn attended the 71st Iowa Independent Telephone Association convention in Des Moines Tuesday and Wednesday. Also a trip to Dubuque included Mr and Mrs Melvin Krumm Gary Laura Karen and Jackie with a dog show visit at the fair grounds and sightseeing.
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