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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1955
Page
3
Kenneth Hoyne 60 died at Sumner hospital after a two car collision two miles west of Sumner last Sunday. His wife remained critical but semi conscious. Services were held at Centerville. He is survived by two daughters and a son.
Social calendar recaps visits and gatherings across Sumner Waterloo Cedar Falls Mason City and Cedar Rapids. Families including Clary Duenow Cook Doty French Oman Hinecker Jordan Jahnke and Sherman appear with neighbors and relatives during weekend and midweek events at homes picnics and commencements.
Teresa Kay Peters infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Peters was baptized at Zion Lutheran with Rev. E. Jacobs officiating on May 8. Sponsors named include Mrs. Wm Maurer Mrs. Carl Peters Mrs. Amos Zander and Joyce Peters. Families shared a dinner after the ceremony. Readers note a series of local visits and events including a new apartment move Mr. and Mrs. Duane Meyer and a new Diercks residence. A May 12 birth at Mercy hospital Waverly and a wrist fracture from barn remodeling are also mentioned. Kenneth Meyerhoff’s dinner trip noted as he left for service.
Charles City and nearby towns see a busy weekend as residents visit relatives in Brodhead, Waterloo, Waverly and Fredericksburg. Families include McKinney Parson Clary Bergmann and Gillett circles sharing Sundays with kin and marking celebrations.
Wool and sheep producers in Bremer County are reminded to collect specific sale details to qualify for wool program payments. Required documents include seller name and address date sale net wool weight net proceeds deductions and purchaser signature.
Mrs. Ed Tim of Nora Springs made a business call here and visited her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Nolte, over the weekend.
Iowa residents hold Series E and H savings bonds totaling over one billion dollars as reported by King R. Palmer. county figures show Bremer County sales of 16.8 million with 10.1 million retention potential, Butler 12.6 million and 7.6 million, Chickasaw 10.7 million with 6.4 million, and Fayette 20.3 million with 12.2 million retention.
Nearly 40 guests at a Paullisa Legion building shower were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes from a heater. Wind blew the gas down the chimney and into the room where guests gathered.
Iowa led the 48 states in total meat produced in 1954 with 2.66 billion pounds, over 11 percent of U S total. The state ranked first in hog slaughter, second in sheep and lambs, third in cattle, ninth in calves, and held 6.5 percent of national cattle and calf on farms.
A terse motivational line urges readers to stop oversleeping if they want dreams to come true. It frames discipline and timely action as keys to success.
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