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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1934
Page
8
Readlyn residents welcomed a new baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Groening on Thursday April 19. Neighborhood notes report visits, Sunday school preparations, travel, and local incidents including a farm accident injuring Henry Schuette Jr. at Readlyn hospital. Fire, showers, and community events fill a busy social week with visitors from Fort Atkinson and Des Moines.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Knoploh of near Buck Creek visited Carl Sehlichting. Many attended the 25th wedding anniversary surprise for Mr. and Mrs. Behrends at Jahnke hall, Bremer. Neighbors visited and celebrated birthdays with Schlichting, Redies, Lohmanns, and other locals in a series of Sunday gatherings and weekday visits across Buck Creek, Tripoli, Horton, and nearby farms.
The W M S of Warren Evangelical church will hold a May social at Mrs. Arthur Epley’s home on Thursday afternoon May 3. Mrs. Carl Ducker will present the lesson on Rural Life of the Women in the Far East. Mrs. Chas Nolte will host additional activities.
The devotional portion of the meeting will be charged, with Mrs. Seth Koch and Mrs. Epley to provide lunch. Lawrence Heine visited Des Moines Saturday then returned home with Mrs. Heine and their young son on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Art Kueker attended the funeral of Mrs. Kueker's aunt, Mrs. Frank Mixdorf, in Bennington Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Epley and family and Orson Epley dined with Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Arns Sunday. Mrs. Henry Lageschulte is seriously ill at home under physician and nurse care.
Fremont area residents attended the Readlyn wedding of Luetta Busch and Harold Kehe. Numerous locals visited farms and homes in Readlyn, Tripoli, Crane Creek, Denver and Hudson over the weekend, sharing celebrations, births, birthdays, and Sunday gatherings.
Mr and Mrs Carl Boeckmann and son Aaron and Alfred Tegtmeier visited Art Tegtmeier Sunday afternoon. Ludwig and son Aaron visited Will Schuldt. Otto Pape and daughters Dorothy Marjorie and Emaline Erwin Edgar and Norma Blasberg Edward Elmer and Wil bert Peters visited John Peters. A birthday gathering for Mrs Dettmering was held at Ernest Dettmering home. Several other families visited various homes Sunday evening. Marie Kuhrt spent Sunday with W H Warner. Ferdinand Hackbarth and C L Myers hosted visits. Judas and Mary Judas spent Sunday with Herman Niedert. Rudolph Ludwig Aaron and Walter Peters visited W J Peters. Will Dohrmann visited H C Kuhrt. Fred Dohrmann was also mentioned.
A large gathering including Leota and Lucinda Boeckmann plus many Struck relatives attended Carl Struck's birthday party Sunday at his home. Family members from the Struck, Boeckmann, Detterding, Tegtmeier, Hunnemueller, Degelau, and Schmidt households joined in the event with neighbors Erna and Agnes also present.
Spring Fountain community notes multiple visits among Volker Steege Meyer Struck Warneke and family. Local trips include Osceola and Sumner residents calling on neighbors. A Sunday baseball game at Spring Fountain saw Spring Fountain defeat Sumner 16 to 0.
Mrrs Pearl King district deputy of the Royal Neighbors attended as an honored guest at the meeting. Twenty six members were present. After business a short Mother’s Day program concluded with a one act play Millie and Tillie in New York by Mrs. P A Goodenbour and Mrs J A Hale. Hostesses were Mrs William Ambrose and Mrs Fred Ambrose.
Forty pastors attended the Waterloo district conference of the American Lutheran church in Sumner last week. Rev. H L Adix of Monticello closed the sessions with a talk on the General Outlook of the Church at Present. District officers for the coming year were named: H W Siefkes Cedar Falls chairman Paul Meyer Hampton secretary Louis Reuter Sheffield treasurer. September meeting set for Jubilee with host pastor Rev Harold Davgs. Guests included Rev. Ernest Gaede Preston Minn and M G Bock Madison Wis.
Henry Rosenow of Sumner appeared as a caller at the John H Sell residence one night last week. Wm Adrian of Westgate called on the Carl Moeh lis home on Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Sunday visits included the Rettig and Lehmkuhl families from Tripoli and the Lehmkuhl households. The Weltzines from Jubil ee visited the Sommerfield home with Mr and Mrs Mike Willie and daughter Louise Weltzine. Schumacher and Knoploh families plus Sabin and Kasemeier were at the Ed win Kasemeier home. Seehase and Rader families were at the Rader home in Sunday evening calls. Ed Rader was summoned to New Ulm Minnesota Sunday morning due to his father’s serious illness. Esther Seehase works at the Ed Rader home. Edna Sell joined as a dinner guest in the Erma Schedtler home.
Measles illness affects several pupils while Charley Anhalt undergoes appendicitis surgery at Mercy hospital. Local residents sell homes and plan new builds, with marriages and midwestern travel noted. Milk fund donations rise. various injuries and hospital visits reported for Luloff, Thoren, Moodie, Bills, Sohle, and Britts.
The Ladies' Aid of St. Peters Lutheran plans a bake sale May 12 at Fred Kurtz shoe store to raise funds for the Orphan's Home in Waverly. Local residents report recoveries and new business partnerships including Leo Prestien and Wm. Schlichting in a Denver barber shop while others attend family events and migrations.
Mrs Erwin Wedenier and Parente Mr and Mrs John Bahlman, Elmer Hennings, Delores, Sayers, Emil Pries, Harold Wun lick, the Herman family, Emil Leisinger, August Flog and Velda, Grace Leisinger, Margaret Wedemeier, Henry Hennings and Abe Findler were noted as hosting or visiting relatives and friends Sunday. Printing needs advertised by Leader office.
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