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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1954
Page
5
Numerous visits and gatherings span Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Waverly, Sumner, and neighboring areas. Residents including Mr. and Mrs. Lau, Mr. and Mrs. Bolte, the Hoppenworth and Shipp families, and many guests share Sunday dinners, weekend visits, and church or hospital stops across Iowa and Wisconsin.
In Sumner bowling last Thursday and Tuesday, Kramer's Chicks beat Phyllis Clippers with Margaret Fink leading 187 and 497. Janice Fink top for the Clippers. Esther Haverkamp led the locals with 362 in the women’s league while Jim Kane posted a 192 and 562 for Kramer Produce in the men’s league.
Bremer county representatives at the eighth annual state meeting in Des Moines last weekend were Mrs. Marie Buss of Denver and Florence E. Dix of Waverly.
Congregational Laymen's Fellowship will hold a public auction at Tripoli Sales Co. barn on Thursday Oct 21 at 7 30 p m A large variety of items including food will be auctioned Lunch will be served by the Congregational Women's Fellowship J P Snelling will be auctioneer and H J Frese will clerk
Tripoli FFA members offer safety flags for tractors trailers wagons and other road trafficable farming gear during October. Flags are adjustable two way with a telescoping pole and large red flag. Orders taken for delivery within a week to ten days.
Alvina Eberl of Dubuque sister of Mrs. William F. Goetz joined the Goetz family for a weekend visit and helped observe Mary Louise’s twelfth birthday on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs John Prestien joined Mr and Mrs Rudy Schmidt of Denver for a 6 o'clock dinner last Wednesday honoring Mrs Schmidt's father Wm Lenius on his 87th birthday. Other guests included Mr and Mrs Ed Seaman and Mrs Otto Seaman of Jesup. K C Frank and Mrs Hildebrandt joined Friday. Hildebrandt later accompanied the Franks to Marshalltown for a check up and then Des Moines for the weekend with Mr and Mrs James R Carson, who recently moved to 3537 27th St Place Des Moines.
Denver special report says Viola Buss was honored at a miscellaneous shower hosted by her sisters Mrs Harold Wente and Mrs Duane Fails in her home. Twenty seven guests attended from Denver Ionia Waterloo Waverly and Readlyn. Miss Buss plans to marry Robert Ray Fails at St. Pauls Evangelical and Reformed church on October 31. He served in the navy in the Philippines.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ray Jacobson were held at St. John Lutheran church Clarksville with Rev. William F. Goetz officiating. Burial was in Fremont cemetery with pallbearers A. L. Sieling James Wilson Chris Hoodjer Lorenz Bunger Elmer Wilharm and Robert Ewing. Margaret Eichmann daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Eichmann born Tripoli March 23 1916 died Oct 5. U. S. Senators originally were elected by the state legislatures.
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