Poppy Sale Supports VFW Auxiliary and Local Groups
Sumner VFW Auxiliary netted 82.50 from Buddy Poppies sold Saturday with eight children assisting. Prizes went to Mary Kleiner 23.86 Dale Phillips 15 Donnie Nuss 7.95. other sellers received theater passes. Local notices include student enrollments at Westmar College and Franscial Theological Seminary, plus community events and birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy
Sumner Vfw
Art Tegtmeier
Mary Kleiner
Dale Phillips
Donnie Nuss
Ther
Laura Bacon
Judy Treager
Dale Fridlay
Marlys Johnson
Leslie Sopter
Sunset Theater
Community notes from Pinhook and surrounding towns
Local social life highlighted by birthdays and weddings. Mrs. Gaede hosts a birthday dinner for her daughter with Will Grahlman’s visit. Luke Hannaman attends the Howard Flanscha wedding at Little Brown Church. Irene O’Day is ill. various family events include Riekks, Smiths, and Mooneys visiting or hosting. A farm rental near Maynard, tiling work by Ray Kuethe, and a dynamite accident near Waukon are mentioned alongside a couple of engagements and a Luther League delegate. Greenes host Nancy Wierth’s Luther League rally attendance. Carolee O’Brien to Paul Woods wedding date not set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rena Smith
Frank West
Hawkeye
Lou Garden
Aaron Miller
Lloyd Ladwig
Albert Rieck
Allan Rieck
Tripoli
Anna Ladwig
Sumner
New Hampton
Vern Bierbaum
Greene
Don Henderson
Toledo
Norma Tremaine
Paul Seehase
Brooklyn
Wm. Hughes
Teri
Harold Mohling
Fredericksburg
Diane Carlene
C. D. Kretzsch- Mar
Jane
Roy Gaede
Ronnie
Will Grahlman
Inez
Dixie Rieck
James Mooney
Ionia
James Eveland
George Banwell
Ann Plogel
Nashua
Clyde McConkey
Albert Fay
Clinton
Emil Matthias
Ray Kuethe
Alice Ranes
Clarksville
Ethel Griffin
Chester Pals
Howard van Brocklin
Frederika Township
Schwarze
Frederika
Frank Wierth
Nancy
West Union
Ed O’brien
Carolee
Paul Woods
John Woods
Randalia
Long Distance Auto Journey From Tripoli Through Wisconsin to Mackinac
A traveler recalls a short notice eight state plus Ontario motor trip with 50 mph speed limits and a Phillips Petroleum Co credit card. The route included Sault Ste Marie, Winona, Lake City, Harmony, Marine areas, and the Soo locks with ferries to Canada. notes on dairy farms, timber towns, and Michigan scenery frame the journey ending near St. Ignace and Mackinac Island while warning of early freezes and fuel costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Canada
Tripoli
Phillips Petroleum Co
Soo Locks
Sault Ste Marie
Mich
Davis Corners
Cresco
Harmony
Minn
Winona
Marquette
United States
Mississippi River
Black River Falls
Wis
Marshfield
Merrill
Wisconsin
Rhinelander
Iron Mountain
St. Ingace
Straits of Mackinac
Lake Michigan
State of Michigan
Straits of
Mackinac
Mackinaw City
Lake Huron
Mackinac Island
Michigan
Soo
Superior
Huron
Great Lakes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Donald M. Leyh
Matt Leyh
Westmar College
LeMars
Donald
Westmar
Marvin L. Hulse
Francelical Theological Seminary
Naperville
Evangelical Brethren Church
Ting
Waverly
Friends of Scouting
Emil Borcherding
Robert Rockdaschel
Band Mothers Elect
R. K. Beebe
Joe Woods
Berdina Staack
W. G. Krause
Morrison
Krause
C. W. Pennington
Ralph Marken
Murray Gissel
C. L. Curtis
Fairbank
Iola Weishar
Waterloo
Fila Derr
Lelia Derr
Dale Derr
Independence
Busey
H. P. S. Busey
Pennsylvania
Rev. Busey
Evangelical Church
Florence Lease
Pennington
J. A. Lease
Pinhook
Seymour
Ed Wild
Waukon
New Market
Chick Brown
NEI
Lake City
Rochester
LaCrosse
Decorah
Calmar
Prairie du Chien
Duluth
St. Mary’s River
Ries
Kenneth McFate
Iowa State College Extension Agricultural
Hamilton-Beach
MEIER
Tripoli, Iowa
Block’s Auto Service
Tripoli Hardware
Chevrolet
Fisher
Centerpoise Power
H. H. Buhr Chevrolet Co
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