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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1955
Page
5
Local society notes detail visits and family events across Fredericksburg, Waterloo, Oelwein, Sumner, and neighboring towns. Notables include expansions of families with new births, medical recoveries, and long weekend gatherings. The item also notes a temporary pause on Sunday matinees at the Tripoli Theatre.
Regular VFW Auxiliary meeting at the post home hosted by Mrs Minnie Ambrose. Special guests included Clara C Birtwistle Ruby Hampton and Ruth Finske. New officers elected with Phyllis Eichmann as president and Phyllis Eichmann appointed delegate to the Department encampment in Cedar Rapids. An ice cream social for a band concert was planned.
Doris Ann Bull, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Darwin Bull, was baptized by Rev William F Goetz at the parental home on Tuesday evening. Sponsors named were Sandra Bany Mrs Will H Bary Doreann Ingersoll and Mrs Everett Heiser.
Winners announced for the Tripoli Hardware weekly drawing last Saturday include Harold Dravis of Waverly with a set of aluminum cooking utensils Will Essmann with an ice chest and Margaret Waterman with garden hose Drawings are scheduled for the next two Saturdays May 21 and May 28.
Weekend guests included Mr and Mrs John Bryant and others in Marshalltown and Cedar Rapids. Sgt Daniel Mahoney visited family before returning to Camp Sedalia Missouri. Bridal shower for Irmgaard Schaefer in Cedar Falls with wedding planned June 4. Numerous local visits, dinners, and a baccalaureate and commencement at Aplington High School.
A Wednesday evening stork shower honored Mrs. LaVern Haskovec with hostess Mrs. Arlen Lahmann providing entertainment and a luncheon. Attendees included Mrs. Alfred Bockhaus Frederika Mrs. Warren Lovejoy Mrs. James Haskovec Mrs. Louis Haskovec and Mrs. Lavern.
Mrs. Schumacher and Mrs. Wm. Seelharm join a list of hosts for a community event with Mrs. Donald Young Mrs. Wilbert Frahm Mrs. Eldo Kehe Mrs. Robert Fink and others including Mrs Arnold Waterman Mrs. Otto Rieck Mrs. Rodger Buss and Mrs. Harry Juel.
Beverly Mueller received a telephone call Saturday afternoon from Tokyo Japan. The caller was Pfc Robert Lohmann son of Mr and Mrs Leslie Lohmann He has been stationed in Japan for a year.
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