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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1972
Page
5
Iowa City area guests and hosts mingled through Friday to Sunday events. Families welcomed relatives and friends from Readlyn Cedar Rapids Tripoli Waterloo Buck Creek and Waverly for dinners open houses and birthday and anniversary celebrations at homes across the region.
Mr and Mrs Robert Wohlhaefer Shawnee Mission Kansas welcome a 7 lb 3 oz girl Theresa Lynn born November 3 Mrs Wohlhaefer formerly Suzanne Towne Mr and Mrs Gordon Carolus Parkersburg announce a 6 lb 11 oz boy Troy Richard born November 10 at Mercy Hospital Waverly Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Alfred Schweer Tripoli Mr and Mrs Harvey Carolus R R Waverly Mrs Elmer Buhr Denver visited Thursday afternoon with Mrs Lester Kalkbrenner
Linda Kaye Mohling daughter of Adolph and Molling of Sumner and Curtis W. Wilson son of Wayne Wilson of Des Moines were united in marriage at Grace Lutheran church Tripoli at 4 p.m. Oct. 27 Rev Glenn Kappelmann performed the double ring ceremony with 35 guests from Des Moines Waterloo Nashua and Denver.
A church calendar lists Sunday School and worship times for St John s American Lutheran Crane Creek St Paul s Lutheran Artesian Trinity Lutheran Bremer St John s United Church of Christ Waverly United Methodist Frederika St Mary Readlyn St Matthew s Bennington and Grace Lutheran Tripoli with midweek events and Thanksgiving services. Interims and choirs are noted along with confirmation classes and special services on November 16 17 18 19 21 22 23.
Mr and Mrs Charles E Dietz of R R 1 lonia invite relatives, friends and neighbors to an open house at St John s Lutheran Church Western Douglas R R Plainfield on Sunday November 19 from 2 to 4 pm marking their 30th wedding anniversary The couple wed November 18 1942 in Waterloo Iowa They request no gifts and no invitations are being sent The Dietz family will host the event with their children and grandchildren listed in attendance
Tripoli businessmen host a Thanksgiving drawing awarding 25 free turkeys at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Registration runs from Monday in local shops with tickets deposited by 2 20 p.m. at Ambrose Auto Company. Winners’ names announced at participating stores. Only one prize per family.
Pack 32 held the October 30 meeting awarding Wolf Badges to Barry Vogt Matt Warner and others. Gold arrows and denner bars awarded to several scouts including Brian Bahlman Tom McKeown Bruce Kammeyer and Randy Rule. One year pins went to six scouts and Bobcat pins to Paul Fink Danny Hoffman Bruce Kammeyer Neil Brase Jeffrey Renner Cecil Krull Jeffrey Leach James Blasberg Lynn Balvanz Scott Bierman and Webelos earned multiple chevrons and activity pins. Costume contest crowned Brian Bahiman with pumpkin contest winners Neil Brase Tom McKeown and Larry Fimmerman. Apple dunking and lunch concluded the evening.
The 1971 USDA Farm Income Report places Iowa first in livestock and products and hogs, second in corn and soybeans, third in crops, second in cattle and dairy, with a total rank second overall among the five leading commodities.
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