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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1968
Page
5
Local families host relatives and friends from Waterloo, Sumner, Tripoli and beyond for graduation celebrations, birthday gatherings, and Sunday dinners. Attendees include Ben Kehe, J. P. Snelling, Dirk Dettmering, and many others visiting from Waverly, Earlville, Oelwein, Denver, and Cedar Falls.
Mr and Mrs Richard Buhr report a 7 lb 1 oz girl born May 27 at Allen Memorial hospital. Mr and Mrs Burton Diercks of Denver announce a 7 lb 13 oz son born Monday at Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo. Mrs Diercks is Sharon Duecker daughter of the Ray Dueckers.
A extended listing shows multiple families from Minneapolis Garner Waterloo Readlyn and Sumner hosting visitors in their homes after commencements and graduations. Allan Waite and Thomas Bonarden graduates were noted with several local hosts while Jim Krumm and Jacki Krumm return from Cedar Falls to Eden Valley for summer camp duties.
Ann Platte was honored at a Thursday miscellaneous bridal shower in Waterloo with 17 guests including Vada Platte and several Plattes. A Sunday shower for 14 former classmates was hosted by Diane Peters and Mary Kuker. The couple will marry June 16 at Faith UCC Tripoli.
Bremer county Farm Bureau delegates K H Hoppenworth Ray Lageschulte and Gordon Card attend Des Moines mid year conference May 28 29. A special session will craft suggested resolution questions for fall county vote. Bremer leads state in member engagement with 1400+ completing resolutions questionnaire last year. ATTEND CONFIRMATION Mr and Mrs Rudy Piegers attended confirmation services at Decorah Methodist Church and dined with Eugene Johnson. their daughter Kathy was in the confirmation class.
Mr and Mrs Leland Timmerman and family attended graduation exercises at the Iowa Braille and Sightsaving School in Vinton on Friday morning in honor of Rita Timmerman who was a graduate.
Mrs. C. C. Eichmann and Mrs. Robert Selck attended a beauty forum in Waterloo on Sunday. Selck spent the afternoon in the Don James home.
Lorie Lou Bunger of Tripoli Community School is selected by Bockhaus Bartels Unit 356 to attend Iowa American Legion Auxiliary Girls State at the University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls from June 3 to 9. One of 304 attendees, she will participate as a citizen of the fictitious State Hawkeye in government training activities and elections.
Mr and Mrs H J Frese return from a nine week West Coast journey visiting Des Moines Burlingame Alameda San Francisco Leisure World Laguna Hills Calamesa Lakewood Palm Springs Phoenix Tempe and Merrill They hosted and stayed with relatives including their grandson Ensign Jan Lav erty and attended family gatherings and celebrations along the way.
Sp5 Timothy Wilson arrived in Liverpool to attend the funeral of an army buddy while on emergency leave from Fort Lewis Washington. He had been called home by his father’s serious illness and had been killed in an Ohio auto accident during this period.
Mr. and Mrs. Lane Destigter of Sioux Center marked their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house. Married in Sioux Center they have lived in their longtime home built by Mr. Destigter before their marriage. The couple has six grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren.
At Tripoli Nursing Home visitors and locals stopped by throughout the week. Clara Biermann received several calls from neighbors including Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meyer and Mrs. Lawrence Biermann, while others visited Oscar Kimball and Agnes Thran. Rev. Selberg led Wednesday vesper service with Brian Selck as soloist, accompanied by Mrs. L. H. Fink.
Funeral services for Ernest Wille Sr. 89 of Denver were held at St Peter Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery after he died at his Denver home following a stroke. He was born December 12 1878 in Bremer County and married Sophia Wen the in 1904. Survivors include his widow a daughter Lillian Graeser Denver and a brother John. He was preceded by three brothers Julius August Herman and two sisters Caroline_Everd ing and Louise Meyerhoff.
Bremer County 4-H members will elect ten county officers at the annual rally Thursday June 6 at Neumann Auditorium Waverly. Five boys and five girls seek posts led by Diane Jones Kathy Paulsen Carolyn Paulsen Janet Kuethe Virginia Dewey Roxanne Brandt Judy Dodd Barbara Rieck Audry Hildebrandt Diane Foster Keith Ostrogge Jim Moeller Ken Hesse Alan Jensen Milan Busching Joe Gitch Jerry Duey Jeffrey Hoppenworth Steven Wylam Jim Albercht Ken Brown. The event honors one lady and one man as honorary 4-H members and is led by current 4-H officers Joanne Fay Dennis Epley Linda Leuenberger Kent Smith Kathleen Dewey David Busch Diane Rice Dennis Zekoff Maurine Platte David Joachim.
Vacation Church School began at Grace Lutheran Church in Tripoli on May 27 and runs for nine days through June 7 from 9 to 11 30 a m daily except Memorial Day. Classes welcome children from age 3 through 8th grade with a staff led by Mrs Duane Krueger and Pastor A C Koengeter among others.
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