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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1955
Page
3
A long list of local residents hosted and visited relatives and friends over the weekend. Attendees included families from Sumner Waterloo Waverly Cedar Falls and Davenport visiting and hosting in homes across preteen and adult generations.
Mr and Mrs Carl W Buls of Cedar Rapids celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a 1 00 o clock dinner at the Methodist church parlors in Strawberry Point Several relatives attended including Mr and Mrs Lloyd Buls Mr and Mrs James Damon Roger and Janet Waterloo Mr and Mrs Loren Hagen Dennis and Judy Parkersburg Mr and Mrs Willard Holm and Kaye Mr and Mrs W H Bockhaus and Karen and Mr and Mrs H H Buls and Ida Buls
Mr and Mrs P L Crittenden attended a plant managers meeting of Chemell Hatcheries on Wednesday evening at Fort Dodge.
Friday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Bruns attended the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo. Weekend visitors included the Rothstein and Weires families from Monterey and Waverly. A son named Tony Craig arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Magnall, and Kim berlee Emm was born to Mr. and Mrs. Virtus Stoffregen. Numerous gatherings marked by church services, football games, family anniversaries, and travel across Iowa and beyond.
The week brought heavy rains early followed by sunny days sustaining a prolonged Indian summer. Farmers chased fall harvests with corn and soybean work in full swing as rainfall totals neared five inches. Temperatures ranged from a 35 degree low to an unseasonal 80 during the week with more rain and cooler forecasts ahead.
Dr. W. G. Goebel attended the district dental meeting in Waterloo on Thursday.
Conrad Sell celebrated his 77th birthday on Sunday October 9. Dinner guests included Rex Levington and son Katrina Bahe Fairbank Ed Lobeck Werner Sell Wallace Kappel Rosetta Ackerman and Waterloo children. Evening guests were Lawrence Gebert Carla Gary Waterloo Herman Mundtrom Denver and Paul Hartman Tripoli.
The Sun Players return to Tripoli for an annual visit next Wednesday night at the Tripoli Theatre. The 8 p.m. program features a three act comedy Toby Goes to Washington plus vaudeville and music.
Sunday dinner guests honored Mrs. Alvina Pries on her 77th birthday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Buhrow and Carol, Sophie Schellhorn of Cedar Falls. Mrs. Caroline Zander and granddaughter of Waterloo. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kuhrt with James. and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kuhrt. Afternoon visitors were Mr. and Mrs. William Zander and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Zander and family.
Convalescing Mrs Henry Drape of Guttenberg had surgery last week at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo and is staying at her daughter Mrs Victor Deterding’s home on West 7th Street in Waterloo.
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