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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1957
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader, official newspaper of Tripoli Iowa and Bremer County, is published weekly. Established 1894 and entered as second class mail under the March 8 1879 act. Publisher William A Buckley. Subscriptions 3.00 yearly in Iowa 3.50 elsewhere.
Dayton Dodgers 4-H club met April 15 at Hildebrandt home with nineteen members and a leader. Arlo Knoploh joined as a member. demonstrations covered opening a feed bag and new grain sorghums. plastic silage covers and tractor clean air talks also given. Next meeting May 27 at Marilyn Meier home with better grooming focus.
Sumner residents celebrate Mr and Mrs Fred Sell on their golden anniversary at St Pauls Lutheran with open house. They wed in 1907 and raised a son Frederic in Sumner with granddaughters Marlene and Mary Jane. Also Bremer Rebekah Lodge hosts its first Tri County convention since 1914 with officers named and a noon luncheon, banquet, and degree work scheduled. Engagements and marriages of local families are reported, including Gwenda Geyers engagement to Wilhelm Grosgurth and the marriage of Phyllis Jane Schmadeke to Robert Anderson.
Tripoli area social notes list callers at L A Ludwig home and Pleasant Hill club events. Louis Gloede hospitalized with a broken leg and Otto Torno a patient at Sumner hospital. Several residents receive surgeries or recuperate, including Mrs. Gonnerman hosting a club gathering and a Belt of local youths visiting Sumner High School. Delegates named for district conferences and Hawkeye Girls State selection.
The E. Connell home in Fredericksburg hosted Sunday guests who celebrated the couple's 30th wedding anniversary. Herman Allen of Waterloo and Mrs. Louis Schoep hoerster, hospitalized residents, were listed among recent visitors. The Schoephoersters have been discharged from Allen Memorial and Sumner hospitals and are recuperating at home and with friends.
Mrs Donald Pockels of Pennsylvania and her mother Mrs Nora Gunsalus of Tripoli attended church in Pinhook Sunday. Mrs Gunsalus recently returned after wintering in Pennsylvania. Mr and Mrs Clyde McConkey joined the Niemeyer Waneke wedding and reception at Sumner Lutheran Church Sunday afternoon. Elmer Nerge came home from Sumner hospital last week and is recovering. Relatives helped Donald Sievers with farm work Thursday. Mrs George Wilson of Sumner spent Thursday morning with the Clyde McConkey home.
Harry McConkey visited with relatives then returned to New Hampton. Sunday dinner guests included George Banwell Sr Sonia Ann Plazel Roy Banwell Nashua James Mooney G Banwell Jr Donna Godfrey Banwell St Cloud. Chester Pals Bruce visited Cresco relatives. Tom Burke learned his brother Ethelbert died in Waterloo. Ed Ommen and Ernest Grahlman joined visits to Rieck and Kuethe homes. Luke Hannaman and Art Flandha guests near Fredericksburg attended state FFA convention Cedar Rapids. Linda Ann Kroblin spent time with grandparents Emil Mattias. Retta Hempseed of Oelwein was a Tuesday caller.
The Luke Hannaman home hosts. Mr and Mrs Darwin Strempek and children visit Ed Ommen. Mr and Mrs Arnold Rieck visit Rob ert Fagenbaum. Albert Rieck attends Huck Struck wedding at Spring Fountain and reception in Tripoli Town Hall. Dale Grahlman hosts a 500 party for relatives in honor of Mrs Grahlman’s birthday. Ernest Grahlmann of San Pedro Calif visits here.
John Ro ling, 56, was killed when a tree fell during logging near LaMotte where he worked at a local saw mill. He was assisting with tree felling at the time of the accident.
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