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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1965
Page
5
Local residents from Rueben Buhr Oelwein and surrounding areas attend gatherings in varied homes including Ed Ros Lame and Verlyn Frohling Story City. The notes record numerous Sunday dinners birthdays anniversaries and visits among families in Sumner Waverly Nashua Readlyn and Des Moines with extended relations and trips to Chicago Chanute AFB and Cedar Falls.
Mrs. Lillian Sievers hosted a Sunday dinner in honor of Amy Lou Sievers baptism. Guests included the Sievers and Heacock families from Waterloo and Wa verly, Knoploh family from Sumner, Hagenow and Voigt families from Readlyn and Ft. Madison, plus Rev. and Mrs. Alton Koengetter and Mrs. Bertha Voigt.
Mr and Mrs August Tonne attended Sunday's open house at Our Savior Lutheran Church Waterloo for Mr and Mrs Chris Lehman celebrating 50 years of marriage. Also present were Mr and Mrs Arnold Stromer and Gary. The Crittendens and Cassie Trittenden visited Muscatine and Minneapolis before Cassie flew to Phoenix for the winter. An open house featured the 1966 Wheel Horse lawn mower in Des Moines as well.
CONFIRMED Mr. and Mrs. Duane Holm and family were weekend guests of Mrs. Alma Gunderson at Postville. On Sunday they attended confirmation services for Roger Torkelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Torkelson, Farmersburg.
Mr and Mrs G R Rettig attended the district funeral directors meeting last Tuesday evening in Oelwein.
Pack 32 Cub Scouts welcomed a strong turnout of Cubs and parents. Thirteen new boys were inducted with Akela Duane Holm and John Schnieders assisting. Parents pinned Bob Cat badges as Mrs. Decker, Vincents, and Olmstead dens performed skits. Kids wore masks and received apples. awards included Wolf Bear Arrow Points and pins for several den members and leaders.
Mr and Mrs Ervin Heinemann and Dan Sumner Fred Heine and Mr and Mrs Lavern Heine Denver spent the weekend at the Fredrik Heine home Arlington Heights Illinois The Heines had their son Jeffrey Scott baptized Sunday at St Mark's Lutheran church Mt Prospect Illinois Sponsors were Carol Heinemann St Louis Fred Heine Lavern Heine and Ervin Heinemann
Mr and Mrs Harry Westwood of Northfield Minnesota were Wednesday supper and overnight guests at the Fred Brase home as they travel to Mississippi to spend the winter months.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Bunger attended the baptism of Michelle Renee Clemenson at Trinity Lutheran church in Waterloo on Sunday morning. A dinner followed at the Ralph Michael home in Waterloo.
Rev and Mrs Geo J Gundel of Crane Creek entertained the Council and St John’s Lutheran church families at dinner. A filmstrip was shown and dartball played with coffee and cookies to finish the afternoon.
Silver anniversary honors Mr and Mrs Gerald Herken Sheil Rock and guests including Mr and Mrs Paul A Bremer and Carol and others who helped celebrate the couple’s twenty fifth year together on Sunday in Sumner families and friends gathered for the occasion.
Mr and Mrs Rudy Piegers Mr and Mrs Orville Haase Mr and Mrs Ernest Haase Mrs Clara Koch and Mrs Margaret Johnson were among those attending the funeral of Mrs Roman Homan Tuesday morning at Waterloo.
Barbara Rathe, on a four month affiliation with Cook County Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago, spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Herman Rathe.
Henry Meswarth and Mr and Mrs Kurt Meswarth and Mrs Fred Holm attended funeral services for Roy Gaede on Thursday at Sumner.
Wendell Redies underwent back surgery at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo on Monday. He is listed as a patient and receiving medical care.
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