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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1965
Page
7
A long list of visits and gatherings is reported from West Union through Dubuque. Guests include family, neighbors, and friends from Forest City, Charles City, Sumner, and Nashua. Several birthday and anniversary celebrations are noted, with many houseguests and Sunday dinners across multiple households.
Gladys Blasberg daughter of Alfred and Mrs Blasberg Tripoli wed Jim Lohmann son of the Lohmanns Tripoli in a Grace Lutheran church ceremony Sept 26. Rev. Gunzel led the double ring service with Don Blasberg singing. reception for 315 at Tripoli Town Hall followed.
Mrs Martha Kroll and Mrs Clarence Meewees hosted callers in Waterloo and Ce callers. In Crane Creek Rev George Gundel and Rev Oscar Smith welcomed guests with Rev Ben Wiebke from Waverly. Others joined in Nashua and Waverly for birthdays and anniversaries including E R Bailey 43rd, with Leo Bailey Clarence Ellsworth Carl Delapp Camlin Borwig Beatty McKenzie among attendees.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Halver of Cedar Rapids Mrs Carl Kowals ky and Nora attended the wedding Sunday afternoon in Sumner for Brickman Foster.
Mrs. Emma Harmening was informed that Mrs. Oscar Fox died September 27 in Los Angeles. Mrs. Fox, formerly Anna Elkema, was a former resident of Tripoli.
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Kerr of Fredericksburg and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fish joined Fathers Day activities at SCI in Cedar Falls on Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Bunger celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with many relatives present in Cedar Falls Elk Run Heights Waverly and Waterloo The couple married at Tripoli October 4 1940 They are parents of Dixon Bruce Wendlyn who attend State College of Iowa and TO MOVE relatives hosted a potluck dinner for the Kenneth Sievers family as they prepare to move to Des Moines.
S A Maurer learned Saturday of the death of his cousin Edwin Johnston in Gainesville Florida Friday evening. Johnston was interred in Hancock Wisconsin on Wednesday afternoon after a lifetime as a former Fredericksburg resident.
Mrs. Mandel Kramer earned multiple honors at the Dairy Castle Congress. She won a blue ribbon in the National Wool crochet afghan contest, placed third on pillowcases and fourth on a crochet bedspread. Attendees included Mrs. Leroy Decker Mrs. Ted Olmstead Mrs. Gene Vincent and Mrs. Harry Juel at the 10th annual Scout leaders pow wow at Upper Iowa University Fayette.
Mr and Mrs Les Kelsey and Mr and Mrs M W Bennett attended the 100th birthday celebration of Mrs Grace Long at the Bartels Home in Waverly on Sunday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Donald Fish attended the Christie Minstrel concert in Cedar Falls Sunday evening with their daughter Karen and Herbert Rechkemmer of Cedar Falls.
Lowell H. Fink of Milwaukee has been promoted to chief transmission engineer for Wisconsin Electric Power Co. He is the son of Mr and Mrs L H Fink.
Mr and Mrs Roger Boeckmann and family moved Saturday to their newly constructed home located on Second Ave NW.
October bride Marcia Haverkamp of Tripoli announces engagement to Edward Katzenburger of Colchester Illinois. The wedding is planned for October 23 at 7 30 p m in St John s Lutheran Frederika. The bride elect is a 1965 graduate of Tripoli Community Schools. The groom is employed at Ball Bros Lumber Co Frederika.
Mr and Mrs Fred Gade of Waverly will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary with an open house at 603 2nd St NW in Waverly from 2 to 5 pm Sunday Oct 10 They were married Oct 8 1925 and run Gades Furniture and Appliance with their son Wayland They have three children and nine grandchildren
Robert Sievers is a patient at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo after being admitted on Sunday.
The Tripoli FFA chapter competed in the State FFA daily judging contest at Waterloo on Saturday. Members David Peters Duane Peterson and Larry Luhring earned a bronze award with Peters as high on the team. The afternoon included a tour of the Cattle Congress grounds and a free supper from John Deere Tractor Co before attending the show.
Twelve dairy cows on the Jennings farm near Orchard died last month from lead poisoning after licking a five gallon pail left near a fence by unidentified person.
Eight Iowa 4-H members were chosen to attend Camp Miniwanca in Shelby Michigan in August 1966. Allan Alcock of Tripoli is among them, elected after Iowa State University interviews and state level evaluations. Alcock, eight year 4-H member, has led his club in multiple offices and programs and is a Wartburg College freshman.
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