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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1972
Page
5
Local residents hosted and visited relatives across multiple towns. Notable events include guests from Warer, Decorah, Mason City, Readlyn, Jesup, and Clear Lake. weddings anniversaries and birthdays celebrated in homes from Thornton to Janesville. graduates from Hamilton Business College honored at Mason City.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Johnson of Keokuk announce a 7 lb 1 oz girl born Oct. 3 at Graham hospital. Mrs. Johnson is Sharon Nacke. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Schneer announce an 8 lb 11 oz daughter Lori Lynn born Sept. 22 at Allen hospital in Waterloo. Grandparents are Gerhard Meine of Waverly and Minnie Schweer of Tripoli.
Rev. and Mrs. E A Hanff attended Vesper services at Tripoli Nursing Home on Wednesday. Sunday dinner guests at Robert Rathbone’s included Erik Erikson of Aurora Minnesota Rick Wittenburg of Waverly and Alice Krueger. Eriksons planned a Colorado vacation starting Wednesday and returning Monday. Brenda Bremer’s 10th birthday was celebrated at Paul Bremer’s home with Gary Martin April and other guests. Visitors included Allan Bock Sumner and the Bremer families. George Mueller and family from Denver also visited on Sunday evening.
The Jaycee-Ettes met October 2 at the VFW home with eight members and five guests. They reported on events including a dinner a la carte children’s fun day tractor pull blue star and bake sale and discussed outreach to Dunkerton Nashua and Readlyn for possible Jaycees chapters.
Mr and Mrs John deNeuf of Waverly announce the engagement of their daughter Joyce to Richard Buenger son of Mr and Mrs Lester Buenger of Frederika A November 4 wedding is planned at St Pauls Lutheran Church in Waverly Joyce is a 1969 graduate of Waverly Shell Rock High School and works at Kehe Construction and Cedar Valley Engineering in Waverly Richard is a 1972 Iowa State University civil engineering graduate employed at Bert B Hanson and Associates in West Union.
Club members earned the traveling trophy as the top Class C group. The November meeting will be held on November 6 with Judy Bernard serving as hostess.
Fifty members and guests attended the Tripoli Women's Club meeting at the town hall. Hostesses were Mrs. R. J. Bunger, Mrs. Elias Pardee, Mrs. Valeria Schwartz and Mrs. Erhardt Lahmann. Hazel Chapin spoke on club history, and Young's Beauty School presented fashion talk. A bulletin board and tape cassette were donated to the Tripoli Nursing Home. Delegates to the Hampton district meeting were named: Mrs. David West, Mrs. Ronald Warner, Mrs. R. J. Bunger. The next gathering, October 18 in Nashua, includes a 6:00 p.m. dinner and business session.
Frederika township Farm Bureau ladies and friends met September 20 in Mrs. Vernon Kirchhoff's home for the annual fall tea. Mrs. John Johnson outlined next year's program while Mrs. Ernest Nuss described the community action program work. Leader ads bring results.
Crane Creek pastor Geo J. Gundel announces Sunday School at 9 00 a m Divine Service at 10 00 a m sermon Is the Church poor or rich Revelation 2 8 11 Everyone invited Luther League meets Thursday October 5 at 8 00 p m Topic Craig Beevers Vesper service at the Denver Sunset Home Wednesday Oct
Audrey Quass and Ronnie R. Rogers were married Sept 2 in a double ring ceremony at the Frederika Methodist church. Rev James Pittman led the service. reception followed in church parlors. The couple’s families and friends from multiple nearby towns attended.
Jeffrey Rosenthal a sophomore chemistry major at the University of Minnesota Duluth received the Freshman Chemistry Student of the Year Award. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Douglas Rosenthal Edina Minnesota and the grandson of Mr and Mrs Edw Rosenthal of Tripoli.
John Conrad harvested a sunflower thirteen inches across at his home in Parkersburg. The volunteer plant sprang up through a crack in a cement brick border of a flower garden.
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