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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1966
Page
5
The article lists numerous Sunday and weekend visits across Waterloo Sumner and surrounding towns. Families hosted dinners and Sunday suppers, celebrated birthdays, and paid calls at various homes including Kowalsky, Ohlendorf, Schwerin, Boderman, and Bravener. Names of residents and towns recur throughout as neighbors share hospitality and greetings.
Vernon and Coleen Janssen of Dike welcomed Daniel Joe born Oct 5, an 8 lb 2 oz son. Numerous visits and dinners marked weekends across Tripoli, New Hampton, Waterloo, Denver, Dewar, Sumner, and other petites towns as relatives hosted and toured, with several birthdays noted.
Clarence Wehling visited the Poocks on Wednesday. Jay Schweer, on two weeks’ furlough from Ft. Sill, plans to report to Viet Nam. Calvin Meihost and family hosted Sunday supper in Waterloo. Dorn and Kern families welcomed new daughters at local hospitals. Hay and Petersen and Sondermeyer families visited over the weekend.
Iowa State University students handed out grades to instructors in the campus first course and instructor evaluation. Instructors and courses graded by at least four students received ratings, with many earning C plus or higher and a few placed on a dean's list.
Denver residents are reminded library hours include Monday and Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoon. Plans for a Vikings game outing in Minneapolis depend on Legion interest, with Ralph Bartling and Willard Meyne organizing. Norman Cripe 42 of Fairbank died in a highway 281 truck collision October 5. funeral held Saturday. Shirlene Porter, daughter of Burl and Mrs. Porter, is newly married to Steve Porter.
Funeral services were Sunday for Fred Krueger 50 at St John s Lutheran Tripoli. Will Luhring lost a hand finger in a corn binder. tornado damage near Dayton township estimated around 15000. Gustav Plagens 63 buried Grace Lutheran. Henry Hankner 80 funeral planned. Wedding anniversaries and marriages noted in Readlyn and Tripoli areas. Market prices from decades past included eggs hogs and veal.
Joyce Axon daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard Axon Tripoli and Ronald R Opfer son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Opfer Central City were united in marriage Oct 1 at Faith United church Tripoli by Rev E F Puhlmann. The double rag vows were repeated in the presence of 260 guests. Paul Kammeyer presided at the ceremony.
Iowa losses dropped 17 percent from last year in January to August, totaling 8.41 million dollars versus 10.16 million. Rural fires caused 2.65 million in damages from 568 incidents, while urban fires totaled 5.76 million from 1,508 fires. National Fire Prevention Week urged locals to seek hazards and sustain reductions.
A miscellaneous shower was held October 5 at the Ewald Boevers home honoring Joanne Boevers with 30 guests. Hostesses were Mrs. Geo Makedonski and Mrs. Gene Boevers. Miss Boevers will wed Loren Holm on November 26.
Mrs Lawrence Schwartz returned Sunday after a month with her daughter in Rockville Maryland. She also visited Mr and Mrs Charles Maschke and Mr and Mrs James Schwartz of Rockville.
Ruth Ann Engert and Pichelmann Studio members performed for attendees during the Thursday open house at the Senior Citizen Center in Waverly.
Donald Kennedy of Oklahoma Gas and Electric warned Iowa utilities that electric capacity must double to meet future public demand. He spoke at a Des Moines conference, predicting utilities will need to duplicate or match all current equipment in the next decade.
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