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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1960
Page
5
Local residents visited, hosted, and traveled across towns including Ames Waterloo and Dubuque. Families such as Sassmann Harmening Bennett and Bruns hosted or joined gatherings while students like Paul Lahmann and Gary Bennett studied at ISU and in California. Weekend visits and Sunday dinners populated a busy regional social diary.
A meeting for boys 11 to 14 and their fathers and other interested parties is set for Tuesday October 25 at 7 30 p m. in the upstairs meeting room at the Tripoli VFW hall which could become the regular meeting place if the re organization effort succeeds. The Tripoli VFW has agreed to sponsor a Scout troop and provide a meeting space and display area for projects.
Mr and Mrs Robert Wilharm hosted a Sunday dinner for ten families to celebrate Mrs Wilharm’s birthday. Neighbors and relatives gathered at their home, sharing cake and conversation in a warm community gathering.
Mr and Mrs Eldo Kehe and family and J P Snelling were guests at a family potluck dinner Sunday at the home of Mrs Will Kehe Denver in honor of her birthday this week
Rev. E. F. Puhlmann pastor of St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed church underwent surgery at Allen Memorial hospital Water loo Thursday. He is recovering satisfactorily and is expected to return home Friday.
Mrs Kathryn Colburn Jennifer and Kristen and Mrs Wm Kammeyer spent the weekend at Arnolds Park with Mr and Mrs Lloyd Kammeyer where they had moved two weeks earlier.
Patricia Klose of Adelaide Australia visited Adelaide weekend guest at Kenneth Chapin home en route to her England trip after two years away Miss Rose visits from pen pal Mrs Dan Magee daughter of Chapins Long Beach California Magee to leave Oct 30 Tripoli Woman's Club meets Oct 26 at Town Hall potluck 6 30 roll call Cooking Hints program Table Arrangements by Jane Else Elaine Shriver
Supt and Mrs Eldon R Shriver are in Rochester Minn where Mr Shriver underwent major surgery Tuesday on the right carotid artery in his neck His address is Room 207 Methodist Hospital Rochester Minn.
John Ohlendorf remains at Sumner hospital with a dislocated knee and other injuries after scaffolding collapsed while he shingled a house on the farm bought by his son Melvin Ohlendorf. Also injured were F. B. Schuldt with a broken left heel and Reinhard Judisch of Sumner with bruises.
Seventeen junior choir members of the Congregational church enjoyed a hayride Saturday evening and returned for a half hour of square dancing before refreshments served by Mrs. Clifford Joens and Mrs. John Nansen.
Those attending the Women's Guild workshop at Elkader Friday were Mrs. Walter Buls, Mrs. Clarence Westendorf, Mrs. Wm. Buls and Mrs. Fred A. Biermann.
Mr and Mrs Harry Buhr visited Waterloo on Friday with their daughter Mrs Kenneth Morgensen They also called on Kenneth Morgensen at Allen Memorial hospital where he underwent surgery that day
Mr and Mrs Cletus Gooden and family visited Sunday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Marvin Wilharm in Sumner. Dale was celebrating his birthday.
Mr and Mrs Larry Busse and family moved Sunday to the home they purchased in Sumner.
Mr and Mrs Paul Judisch and family along with Mr and Mrs Wilbur Frahm and families spent Sunday evening at the Harold Sommer felt home in honor of his birth.
Mr and Mrs Paul Judisch visited Louie Westendorf at Buck Creek last Wednesday evening to honor his birthday with a gathering.
Mr and Mrs Donald Hirsch and their children moved Saturday into the Mrs Martha Sell residence. The family previously lived in Frederika.
Mrs H C Kuhrt was admitted to Sumner Community hospital Monday with a fractured hip from a fall at home Sunday night. Her daughter Marie and Mr and Mrs Will Dohrmann and Mr and Mrs Ray Dohrmann are helping care for her at the hospital.
Dr. and Mrs. John Nansen spent two days in Wisconsin last week as overnight guests of Walter Wilsies near Waupun where Nansen served as pastor 1933 to 1941. They joined Lyle Brown and George Savage for dinner and marked the parish’s first visit since the spring dedication of a new church valued at 210000 dollars.
The newly established Aerosol Laboratory at The State University of Iowa offers equipment to study aerosol application for multiple purposes including spray antiseptics bandages space deodorants and cosmetics Leader ads promise results.
Fremont residents Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Snell ing honored Herman Schuldt of Denver for his birthday. Several Wikner families from Cedar Falls Ames Waterloo and other nearby towns visited or hosted guests across multiple gatherings. Local football game attendance and hospital visits were noted along with birthday celebrations and weekend hosting at various homes.
Wed Recently Pictured above are Mr. and Mrs. Alvin H. O'Connell who were married Sunday Oct. 9 at St. Pauls Lutheran church Sumner. The bride Mary Adella Johnson daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Johnson Sumner and he is son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold O Connell Frederika. The bride a Sumner High School graduate. Mr O Connell a Frederika High School and Gates Business College graduate and field office manager for Hartable Hammond Mechanical Construction Co. Kansas City Mo. where the couple will live.
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