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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1933
Page
8
Leader's Large Correspondent Staff compiles a portfolio of local happenings across neighborhoods. The items cover daily activities, community events, and notable personal milestones, presented in a concise, period-voice style.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Beisner welcomed a baby girl born Sunday November 19. Families including the Michaels Bunders and Grieses visited in Fredericksburg and at various homes. Ladies Aid met at Mrs Will Towne with good attendance. Several locals attended the Art Bergman sale in Waverly. Churchfolk visited and helped with wood cutting and social visits occurred throughout Crane Creek and nearby homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eichman and family of Waverly visited the J. C. Peters home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Peters and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Peters and families visited with Theo. Peters Sunday afternoon. Alfred Buhrow and family visited with Theo. Peters Sunday afternoon. Fred Dohrmann and daughters Leota and Loretta spent Sunday afternoon at Art Banger’s home. Leslie Koschmeder and family visited at Herman Niedert’s home. Myers siblings and Eichman relatives spent Sunday afternoon at the W. J. Peters home. Rudolph Ludwig and son Aaron visited at the Tegtmeier home Thursday evening. Fred Holm and…
Mr and Mrs Art Holm and Glennis joined by Mr and Mrs Theodore Peters and family spent Thursday evening with Mr and Mrs Herman Niedert and son Aaron. Friday evening found the John Wolfgram home hosting. Sunday afternoon saw Mrs Henry Schmidt and daughter Darlene with Fred Wehling at his home. Leota Dohrman and Walter Widers visited Will Droste Sunday evening. Henry Blasberg hosted Sunday evening with Mrs Hanff and daughter visiting Sunday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Pries were guests at the Wm Oestman home. A number of friends and relatives gathered at the Emil Wente residence. Mr and Mrs Amos McDonald and family visited Paul Schafer. Mr and Mrs Henry Hennings and family visited John Hagenow. The Hagenow and Hennings families plus Will Blume and Herbert Blume visited Henry Bunger near Tripoli. Margaret Wedemeier visited Viola Rucker Sunday afternoon. Mrs Herman Eick and children visited her sister near Elma. Nick Schuver and Edwin Hennings were Waterloo callers Thursday.
Bremer Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lageschul te were Waterloo callers Wednesday. Cleo Nadeen, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Isermann, is ill with pneumonia. Heraldine Lohmann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lohmann, was five years old Saturday. To celebrate, her mother invited several of Heraldine's playmates and school friends to the Lohmann home for a surprise party with games and activities before departure.
R F Thiemann celebrated his birthday Sunday with a large gathering at the Thiemann home. Refreshments were provided by Mrs Thiemann with help from her sister Lillie Pape. Guests included Mr and Mrs Lute Leitha and others at the John and Neil Smith home. Mr and Mrs Irving Arns and children dined with Mr and Mrs Frank Arns in Waverly. The W M S of the Warren Evangelical church held a bank offering program on Sunday evening November 19, raising $22.44.
Relatives gathered to celebrate Mr. R F Thieman's birthday. Leota Meier and Pauline Groening will perform a guitar duet on WMT's stargazing program Saturday evening November 25. Multiple visits noted to and from local families in Artesian Waterloo and Waverly. A daughter was born to Clarence and Mrs Beisner on November 18. A Thanksgiving ice cream social is planned at Jefferson No 1 school south of Artesian Friday November 24. Teacher Rena Schoenbaum invites all. Herman Wolf visited Henry Wolf in Waterloo Sunday.
George Griner and son William visited in Iowa City on Wednesday. John H. Sell, Mrs. Sell, H. H. Schneer and families travelled among Cedar Falls, Waterloo, and Sumner as visitors and callers Friday and Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sommerfield and family, Mike Willie and daughter plus others were in Waterloo Saturday. Several families attended Sunday at the Schneer home. Carl Moehlis and Louie Moehlis hosted visitors in Waterloo. Ed Walker and daughters visited Emma Meier’s home Sunday. Friends surprised H. H. Schneer on his birthday last Sunday evening. Louie Westendorf was honored with a 10th wedding anniversary surprise Wednesday evening. Carl Seehase and family celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary with a surprise Friday evening. Herman Nuss of Sumner visited Wm. Seehase Sunday afternoon.
Reports say Mrs Herrmanns mother remains in serious condition after a stroke that affected the right side and speech. Bernice Stacy of Waterloo, a former Waverly girl, joins a Waterloo walkathon over 500 hours in progress, still going strong with two partners lost. Billy Gorman, four, son of Mr and Mrs Leo Gorman, recovers after illness days, able to go out.
Mrs. Louise Dettmer of Plainfield observed her birthday with dinner and supper on November 18. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kelling of Denver. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kappmeyer and son Erwin. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Kappmeyer with daughters Dorothy and Marian. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dettmer with children Walter and Wilma. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dettmer and children Lavern Lawrence Lavern Leslie La Donna and Leonard of near Bremer. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gebert with daughters Viola and Leona of Plainfield. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bockhaus of Ionia. and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Behrend of near Tripoli.
A busy week with many visits across the community. Families from Cedar Falls to Sumner gathered in homes of Benzine Kuker and Struck, marking Ruby Mardell Struck’s seventh birthday with games and a decorated cake while others helped with chores, attended games, or visited relatives in nearby towns.
Halfa Palestine progress report details Haifa harbor reclamation adding 90 acres for harbor customs and a town plan. The $6,250,000 project began October 1929 and features a 1.5 mile main breakwater with 76,000 square meters of stone and a 600 foot wide entrance.
A cryptic exchange mentions lethal intent and a friend suggesting reading the play to the chief character. The fragment hints at a tension over a deadly weapon and a payment label possibly signaling subscription concerns. The tone is dialogic and theatrical with unfinished context.
A miscellaneous shower was given Tuesday evening November 14 at the S J Mooney home for Mrs Irving Newton a September bride and local school faculty member. Attended by numerous friends including Mrs Fred Schellhorn Mrs T G Alcock Blanche Mrs Leigh Alcock Mrs C I Gunsalus Miss Laura Gunsalus and many others. A mock wedding ceremony entertained guests and lunch was served.
Mrs. W. H. Warner is honored with a past president pin by the American Legion Auxiliary. Presenting the pin was current president Mrs. C. B. Kelsey at last week’s meeting. Warner led the auxiliary for two years and strengthened the group. She was named chairman of the junior auxiliary activities this year.
W H Notdorf of this city marked his 77th birthday on Saturday with a small family gathering. Attending were daughters and families including Mrs H H Nevermann, Mrs Fred Stuckenberg, Mrs H J Zacharias and their children. Notdorf remains active at an advanced age.
A national effort urges county residents to register with the National Reemployment Service to qualify for Civil Works Administration labor. Projects must be county based, socially and economically desirable, and carried out by day labor. Only unemployed local residents may be used, with rules aligned to the National Industrial Recovery Act. December 1 marks full enforcement of labor rules. Cash payments from a $400,000,000 pool will fund these civil works projects.
Farmers learn how prices paid versus prices received affect purchasing power, with 1932 at about 50 percent of normal. The talk covers wartime exports, hog slaughters in Germany and Denmark, and shifts in global production. Agricultural Adjustment Administration agents urge focusing on controllable hog production while charts illustrate acts at Bremer county meetings.
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