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Life in Small Town Skim: Fires, Fun, and Local News
Fire damages home of Mr and Mrs Floyd Sauerbrei on south Main Street. Readlyn woman Herman Boeckman 70 dies from auto crash injuries. A Bachelor’s Escapade to be staged at Tripoli opera house with 35 locals. Artesian paving completed. Aug Propp 79 dies in Tripoli. 15 year old Lawrence Mettlin suffers burns from dynamite caps. Funeral for Lena Sommer 70. Harlan Schilling shoots himself in the foot squirrel hunting. Fire department responds to grease fire at Marlowe Jacobs home. Recent weddings: Karen Hagenow with Dean Beevers. Karen Sundermeyer with James Redies. Willard Sauerbrei earns Iowa accounting certificate. Judy Feuchtwanger named THS homecoming queen. Pfc Roger Eick wounded in Viet Nam. Ernest Hoppenworth 89 dies at Allen hospital. 41 Farm Bureau women tour Minneapolis and St Paul. Gene Hyde 19 injured in Tripoli wreck. Ladies Aid marks 30th anniversary in Artesian. Tripoli hosts Folby homecoming. Funeral for William Tiedt 91. Town Council hires Ron Maher as police chief. Mrs Helen Bunger earns life membership in TEA. Christine Leistikow 78 dies in Readlyn. Giant tomato weighs 3 pounds from Tripoli garden.