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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1931
Page
2
Fremont residents host and visit neighbors across multiple towns including Waverly, Sumner, Readlyn, Fredericksburg and Tri Poli. Mr and Mrs H G Schell and Marion of Waverly, plus many families such as Hoppenworth Droste Bunger and Rathe share Sunday gatherings and weekday calls. The piece lists numerous visits to homes and parks, birthday observances, and travel to see relatives.
Adolf Hartman and son Louis with Wm Oehlschlager and others called on Ernest Hoeper. Tripoli guests visited Mr and Mrs Fred Lahman and Mrs Leona Bunger returned home for summer break after visiting Carl Hildebrandt and others Thursday.
Mr and Mrs Harold Kuethe and son Wendell visited Thursday with Harold s folks. Mrs Tractow and daughter Emma of Waverly were Sunday visitors at the Otto Bunger home. Mr and Mrs H W Meier were Thursday callers at Waverly. Mr and Mrs Art Bunger were Tripoli callers on Monday assisting John Bunger with house cleaning. Mr and Mrs R A Michael and children attended Fred Sehornhorst s birthday at Waverly Sunday. The Ladies Aid cleaned church Monday afternoon. A car of blocks arrived in Tripoli Monday morning and the district got very busy and by evening they were all delivered at the school grounds. Mr and Mrs Fred Droste and children of Oelwein were Sunday visitors at the Will Droste home. A birthday celebration took place at the Will Essman home. visitors at the Louie Platte home. Mrs R A Michael helped at some paper hanging at the Will Michael home in Waverly Tuesday. Will Kuker was a caller Sunday morning at the R A Michael.
Cedar Falls residents Mr and Mrs W C Runft visited the Henry Heideman home. K A Chapin drove to Dike on business. Henry Heideman Mattie Drewis and son George toured Alcock cemetery on Sunday. George H Heideman and family attended church in Waverly where Dorothea Heine is in the confirmation class. Charles Jahnke of Tripoli spent Monday with the Wm Jahnke farm.
Readlyn residents hear of a church bazaar to be held at the parochial school on Monday afternoon May 25. Fancy work and lunches will be sold. Various local families hosted gatherings, travels to Denver for confirmation, and hospital procedures were reported. A car accident injured Floyd Oltrogge while a vehicle with Edwin Heinaman and Shimp from Dunkerton turned turtle Sunday evening.
A crash on Tripoli road one mile north of Knittle sent one man to Readlyn hospital with a dislocated shoulder after X rays confirmed the injury. He remained there until Monday before returning home west of Readlyn. The other two occupants escaped injury. Herman Peters of Readlyn found the Niedert and Everding Hardware clock owner at 8 53 a m. Peters may update locals on the weather. Mr and Mrs Herman Thran visited at Westgate. The open air theatre will reopen May 27 with movies and band concerts led by E C Stumme and the senior junior band.
Miss Marguerite Segebarth of southwest Fredericksburg closes a successful year of teaching and plans to return next year. Mr. and Mrs. Webster Peevey of Waterloo visited the Gunsalus home. The Ladies' Aid bake sale is set for Saturday May 23 at R A Grover’s store. Mrs Hazel Ager hosts Social Hour Wednesday afternoon. C L Bowers and Leslie Alcock haul gravel near Hudson for Ben and Son of Sumner. The Dilleys host Will Dilley and three children from Oran. Mrs Mary Henry returns home with them after a three week trip visiting Norman Henry’s family in Lima Iowa and the Dilley home in Oran. Relatives from Frederika and nearby areas visited Charles Stephen in Iowa City Sunday. Mrs Katheryn Davis of Cedar Rapids and Mrs James Anderson of Waterloo came Monday to visit Chester Taylor’s family and Ralph Barber family including sons Robert and Duane.
The column lists visitors and family visits in New Hampton and nearby towns. Names include Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Barber Mrs. Tim Clary and daughters Mary and Ruth, Mrs. Jennie Hale, Mrs. Ira Ayers, Miss Caryl Lindfield, Lea Holm and Minerva, Roberta McGowan at Mercy hospital, Emory Henry back from illness, Anthony Holm, Mrs. BE Carroll, Mrs. Elmer Huebner, Iva Deane Haack, Lester Lutz, Alfred Lutterman, and John Ohlendorf birthday gathering with many relatives and friends in attendance.
Detroit May 19 1929 Chevrolet Motor Company reports its plants now average five and a half days per week with payroll over 36000 employees. Knudsen says manufacturing runs six days five nights weekly and assembly plants five and a half days. Workers average fifty hours weekly, hiring limited to former staff.
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