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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1956
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is published each Wednesday and has been established since 1894 as the official newspaper of Tripoli and Bremer County Iowa. Subscription rates are $3.00 per year in Iowa and $3.50 elsewhere in advance. It is entered as second class mail at Tripoli Iowa under the act of March 8 1879. William A Buckley is the publisher.
A parade of visitors and calls filled weekend hours across Cedar Rapids, New Hampton, Waterloo, and surrounding towns. Residents welcomed relatives and friends from Des Moines, Marshalltown, Evansdale, and other locales, with supper, overnight stays, and Sunday gatherings noted at multiple homes.
Mr and Mrs S Rex Robinson hosted a family dinner for the 50th wedding anniversary of his parents Mr and Mrs F Ray Robinson. A son and wife Mr and Mrs Harvey Robinson attended. Dennis Dean Johnson infant son of Mr and Mrs Dick Johnson died. United Fund kick off set for Oct 8 at Meadowbrook Country Club with canvassing Oct 9. Robert Figenbaum injured after falling from a tractor. Buddy Poppy sale raised 111.11 with Rainbow Girls assisting. Local residents and visitors noted at Sumner events and moves to a new home by Henry and Shirley Flentie.
The Tripoli Leader notes Rena Smith’s 84th birthday and other local birthdays including Mrs. Al Wolfgram and Marcella McAfee who will work at Iowa Methodist Hospital Des Moines. It also covers civic events such as Cub Scout recruitment, a puppet show, a TV service open house by Joe Clark, a California-bound family sale of goods, and PEO Chapter FH dinner remarks plus Clover Teenerettes activities.
Local notices recount the death of Mrs George Meyer at Rockwell aged 59 and funeral at Atlantic. Mrs Hedwig Kumpf, now Mrs Gordon Yock of Clara City, visited Readlyn friends. Navy veteran Darrell Miller arrived from San Diego. Community groups held guest days and birthday parties as residents attend events in Westgate Dubuque Oelwein Waterloo and Dubuque.
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