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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1955
Page
7
Local social notes list weekend visits and Sunday gatherings across Waterloo Waverly Sumner and nearby towns. Names include August Towne family Blaufuss Puhlmann Beetz Doering and many others with and without relatives in Iowa communities. The item records numerous hosts guests and family occasions.
The Reverend Robert C. Gates, a 32 year Methodist missionary educator and pastor from Rhodesia, will speak Sunday at 8 p m at the Frederika church. Gates, now of Ventnor New Jersey on furlough, plans to return to Rhodesia in 1956 to resume mission work after supervising church and school efforts in four districts.
Mrs. Paul Judisch came home Friday evening after a stay at Scholtz Memorial hospital Wa.
Mr and Mrs Franklin Meiners attended the corn picking contest at Dyersville last week Wednesday and visited the Thier home. Dr W G Goebel attended Dad's day and a football game at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. Several local families joined in Iowa City football weekend with dinners and overnight visits with Sorg and guests from Milwaukee Cedar Rapids Fredericksburg and Waterloo.
Postmaster Ray H. Fink urges residents to mail Christmas parcels to armed forces overseas between October 15 and November 15. He notes food spoilage risks and stresses strong boxes, cushioning, legible inked addresses, and early mailing for destinations to Japan Korea and Pacific islands, with Nov 1 as a hard deadline for those routes. For details visit Tripoli Post Office.
Wm. Hurmence Hadley Brewer and Rev. L. E. Gatch attended the Laymen's meeting at Elkader on Sunday afternoon and evening.
Mr and Mrs C H Lehman of Waterloo will mark their 40th anniversary with an open house Sunday from 2 to 5 pm at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall 612 Jefferson Street Waterloo A family dinner will be served at 1230 Mrs Lehman is Hulda Stromer daughter of the late Mr and Mrs John Stromer who lived south of Tripoli The couple married October 21 1915 in Bremer County and later moved to Blairstown then Waterloo Their children live in Oklahoma City and Waterloo and there are 16 grandchildren All relatives and friends are invited to attend the open house.
Sunday guests gathered for a birthday dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Schumacher to celebrate Jeanene Schumacher first birthday and Judy Bahlmann fifth birthday. Supper guests included Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Haskovec and family and evening guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schumacher.
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