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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1955
Page
8
Wayne Teisinger Post No 5661 VFW conducts Memorial Day events with graveside services at St Pauls and Zion Lutheran cemeteries at 9 am, a parade at 10:15, and ceremonies at Readlyn Park at 10:30, weather permitting in the Community building.
Daily Vacation Bible school at the Frederika Methodist church opens Tuesday May 31 and runs to June 10 with 1:30 to 4:00 p m sessions. A full staff of teachers leads classes from nursery to intermediate with each class using a themed focus. The program ends June 10 with a student program and a June 12 picnic.
Mrs. Marlowe Gaede and Mrs. Carl Zabel Sr. attended an Oakdale engagement on May 19. Mrs. Gaede has entered Oakdale Hospital for treatment and mail may be addressed to Mrs. Ruth Gaede, Oakdale, Iowa.
The annual mother daughter banquet of St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church was held Sunday night with about 200 attendees. The program featured a Prelude, greetings by Rev. Puhlimann, solos by Mrs. Drewis, toasts to mothers and daughters, poetry, a clarinet quartet, and remarks by Mrs. Reuben J. Topp.
Countywide sales rose $262,221.50 in 1954, with Tripoli contributing a large share from 51 merchants who posted $530,429 in sales and $10,608.58 in tax. Waverly Sumner Readlyn Frederika Denver Plainfield Bremer areas also helped lift overall tax collections and average sales per merchant.
Pvt Paul E. Lahmann age 19 son of Mr and Mrs Erhardt T Lahmann of Tripoli graduated today from an eight week engineer equipment maintenance officers course at the Engineer school Fort Belvoir Va The course trains officers and enlisted men in maintenance operation and repair of heavy construction equipment at the U S Army facility
Congregational church held a mother daughter banquet at Town hall with 100 guests. Men cooked and served a three course turkey dinner. Program featured invocations, songs, and remarks including What Makes Mothers Rate by Mrs. L E Gatch. Corps of hostesses honored oldest mother, youngest mother, youngest daughter, and graduation celebrants Rochelle Duecker and Cheryl Colburn.
Mr and Mrs Leslie Huck hosted relatives and friends from Monona Waverly Fredericksburg Tripoli and Sumner to honor their daughter Bettys graduation Wednesday evening Mr and Mrs Emil Matthias also attended.
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