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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1972
Page
5
Social notes from Readlyn and surrounding areas document weekend visits and gatherings. Names include Lavern Schmidt Fred Brase Lavern Foelske and Emil Schweer with relatives at homes in Pal and Clarksville plus regional trips to Detroit Mequon Rosemount and LaPorte City.
Mr and Mrs Gary Klenzmann welcome Kimberlee Ann born May 19 at Mercy hospital Waverly weighing seven pounds two and a half ounces. Mr and Mrs Richard Towne greet Lyn Rae born May 20 at Mercy hospital Waverly weighing seven pounds ten ounces.
Richard Juel will receive his B A degree at graduation exercises Saturday at UNI Cedar Falls He accepted a teaching position in Vinton to teach Electricity Electronics at Washington High School and Power Mechanics Drafting at Tilford Junior High He will also serve as assistant junior high football coach and head junior high wrestling coach.
A long string of local social items recounts Sunday calls at Cassie Crittenden and H H Hoppenworth homes, graduation celebrations for Sharon Dettmer and Janice Judisch, and tours by visitors from Rochester, Warwick, Nashua, and Minneapolis. Also notes bowling results, anniversary gatherings, and university ceremonies honoring Dr. Margaret Floss.
Mr and Mrs Robert J Kerr of Tripoli announce the engagement of their daughter Jean to Rick Miller son of Mr and Mrs Joe Miller of Tripoli. Jean Kerr a 1972 Tripoli High School grad. Rick Miller a 1970 Tripoli grad and Area I Technical School Calmar Ia graduate, draftsman at Spahn and Rose Lumber Osage. Wedding planned July 8 at Faith United Church of Christ Tripoli.
Mrs Henry J Frese entered Mercy hospital Waverly Thursday morning and remains hospitalized according to local health notes.
A representative from the Social Security Administration will meet residents in Waterloo at the Courthouse Assembly Room on June 12 and 26 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., in Summer City Hall on June 22, and in Sumner. Call the Waterloo office at 904 W 4th St weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 234 1554.
Gene Johnson of Tripoli, a Wartburg College junior, received the most valuable wrestler award at the 13th annual spring all sports banquet on May 19. Other top honors covered the 1971-72 year. Dennis D. McNamee, son of Mr and Mrs Ed McNamee, will earn a Master of Arts in education from the University of Northern Iowa on May 27, with plans for two months of travel on the European Continent this summer.
Funeral services for 77 year old Mrs. Rudolph Haar were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o clock at St John Missouri Lutheran Church in Denver. She died Monday at Allen Hospital in Waterloo and was a sister of Mrs Emil Schweer and Arnold Degelau of Tripoli.
Engaged couple Pamela Lucille Mock and Steven James Kerr announce plans for an August 12 wedding at Immaculate Conception Church Fairbank. Pamela is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Steven Mock Rt 2 Sumner and a U S Air Force member stationed in San Antonio. Steven is the son of Mr and Mrs James Kerr rural Tripoli and a senior art education major at Mankato State College. Pamela is a 1969 graduate of Wapsie Valley High School and studied at Mount Mercy College Cedar Rapids.
The Kuhrt Insurance ladies bowling team bowled at the State tourney this weekend. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Vern Bolte, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Rettig, Mr. and Mrs. Lane Heinemann, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Pitz, Mrs. Terry Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Kirchhoff.
A concerned citizen urges parents to teach children bicycle safety as summer brings more riders. The letter notes youths ride in the road, sometimes in wrong lanes, and asks riders to follow basic rules to make streets safer for all.
North High of West Union won the triangular meet with 78 points, Postville 70, Tripoli 32. Tripoli scorers include Ken Bergmann in shot put and Brian Bockhaus in discus, Wayne Dettmer set a school record in the two mile, Gaylen Drape led 100 yard dash, and Drape anchored the 880 yard run and 440 relay.
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