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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1966
Page
7
Local residents gathered weekly across Sumner and surrounding towns for visits and celebrations. Houses hosted relatives, graduates, and birthday events with attendees from La Porte City Waterloo and Cedar Falls.
In 1926 eight students Reed Kelsey Arthur Moehling Robert Horsley Oscar Bang Elda Koch Minnie Schwemm Luella Krueger Ella Scheve will graduate at St Peters Evangelical church. An old time fiddlers contest and concerts will headline Tripoli events May 26 with prizes. Local markets list eggs 26c heavy hens 22c spring chickens 35c ducks 20c geese 12c hogs 13.60 sows 12.00 veal calves 6.00 to 9.00.
A nostalgia view lists resignations, WPA quarry closures, school commencements, weddings, anniversaries and funeral notices from Tripoli Waverly and Waterloo. Rev Alfred Rausch resigns from St Matthew Readlyn to join National Lutheran Council. trips include commencement speaker Rev Victor Oltrogge and Lavonne Pipho wedding. Prices show eggs 22c and hogs around 9 dollars.
Sp/4 James E. Platte of Denver is serving with the First Brigade Tropical Striking Unit, 25th Lightning Division in Vietnam near Cu Chi ten miles north of Saigon. He recently moved to combat duty after two months of Hawaii training. address given at HHC 4th Bn 9th Inf Manchu 1st Bde Task Force 25th Division APO San Francisco 96225.
Mrs. Fred Brase attended a Lutheran Children's Home board meeting in Waverly on Wednesday afternoon, contributing to official proceedings and committee updates.
Larry Ormston a 1965 Tripoli High School graduate is employed at the Elgin newspaper as linotype operator as of May 9. He completed a 32 week training course at Midland Linotype School Charles City. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Merwin Ormston Tripoli.
Open House observed its 50th wedding anniversary at Faith United church parlors. The event ran from 2:00 to 4:00 with a program by the children and grandchildren, followed by a family dinner. Attendees totaled 168.
Joyce Fink, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Fink, received her first communion Sunday at Immaculate Conception Catholic church in Sumner. Supper guests at the Fink home included Mr and Mrs Marshall Carpenter and Mary, and Mr and Mrs John Carpenter and family from Waterloo.
Mary Hummer of Iowa Falls received her first lieutenant bars in San Francisco at Letterman General Hospital where she serves as a dietitian. She accepted a U S Army commission in September 1964 after graduating from Clarke College Dubuque in 1964.
Erma Johnson, a Montezuma Community School senior and daughter of Eldon and Mrs Johnson, is named the state winner of the D A R good citizen award.
The Leon community saluted Dr. C. D. Scott on his retirement after 43 years of dentistry. He led and completed numerous local projects and contributed to community activities.
Rock Rapids veteran L F Raddle has retired after 47 years with the Rock Island railroad. He served as Rock Island agent in Rock Rapids for the last 18 years.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Reed celebrated her 101st birthday at Walters Nursing Home in Panora. A native of Pennsylvania, she moved to Iowa as a child and has resided in the state ever since.
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