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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1957
Page
5
Mrs Emil Spiereid and Mrs Willard Buhr from Waterloo visited Mr and Mrs Carl Sch wem m and family in Waverly on Sunday evening. Also listed are Mr and Mrs Ben Meyer as visitors, reflecting a friendly local gathering.
Dr and Mrs L J Magnall and family attended homecoming in Ames. Carl Grebien of Waterloo spent Wednesday with the W H Grebien family. Brownie Krueger of Clarion was a dinner guest of H W Krueger. Virgil Lampe and Vanda Jo dined with J P Snelling. Herb Boder Mann hosted C C Fichmann for dinner. Emil Spier hosts Kenneth Kuhrt James and Jeffrey, Robert Rathbone and Kaye for a Friday visit. Richard Spier has flu but improving. A O Hagen and family from Cannon Falls Minnesota were weekend visitors to S A Maurer. G R Rettig and Alice Kuethe visited JoAnn Collins in Iowa City. Collins is a University of Minnesota hospital patient after an auto accident.
Pfc Alvin E. Price, son of Mr and Mrs John A Price of Tripoli, was pictured in the 10th Division Powder Keg Army paper article demonstrating air portability. He backs a jeep with a mounted 106mm recoilless rifle into a C123 cargo plane as his 7th Infantry Regiment unit trains at Schweinfurt Germany. Price is listed with US service number 55 543 124, Co B 2nd Bn GP 7th Inf APO 36 New York NY.
Thursday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Fink were Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Frank of West Union. Mr. Frank was released from Sumner Community Hospital on October 17 after five weeks hospitalized for an auto truck accident. Mrs. Rudy Pavelec arrived from Coos Bay Oregon last week spending a month with her son-in-law and daughter A 2e and Mrs. William Olmstead and meeting her granddaughter Rhonda Marie.
Mason City couple visited relatives at the Bergmann home while Henry Hagen and Ern est hosted Sunday guests. The Sumner Gazette is leased to Homer F. Branch of West gate, noted for running the Westgate Herald. Theo. Schuknecht family plans a multi state move ending in California. Jack Schultz lost and found a pocketbook with about $80 on a train. Five year old Lucinda Carstensen died from clothing catching fire after a kitchen explosion. Carl Matthiesen became owner and proprietor of the W. H. Hattendorf restaurant. Local market prices: eggs 20c, butter 32c, potatoes 40c-45c, veal 4-5, hides 6c-7c, chickens 7c-8c, hogs 6-6.25, corn 55c.
A November 2 1932 local notes page records numerous Sunday visits across Cedar Rapids Waverly Sumner Readlyn and Frederika with guests from Ripon Denver and Des Moines. It notes a fatal fall of farmer Charles Hoth a barn fire at F D Kimball a wedding Irene Schroeder to Wilbert Huebner and a shift of the Tripoli Flying Club field plus election results Bremer county voting Republican Eisenhower landslide.
Sunday afternoon visitors of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Dettmer and family celebrated their daughter Walda s eighth birthday. Attending were Mrs Clara Dettmer of Waverly Mr and Mrs Arthur Holm and Mrs Marie Meier Evening visitors included Mr and Mrs Willard Seegers of Readlyn and Mr and Mrs Leo Schuldt and family Band Mothers plan meeting next Wednesday Nov 6 at 8 pm in the high school Hostesses will be Mrs W A Kuker Mrs Leo Towne and Mrs Louis Waschkat
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