Birthday and dinner gatherings span Tripoli area
A long list of birthday celebrations and family visits centers on Tripoli and nearby towns. Multiple households host parties for Mollie Thompson, Connie O Connell, Kim and Tim Plegenkuhle, and others. Attendees include the O Connell, Bergmann, Alcock, Ruehs, Gillett, Drews families, among many relatives and friends visiting from Waterloo, Sumner, Waverly, Dysart, New Hampton, and Denve. The piece ends noting the New York Evening Telegram as the first to publish cartoons regularly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Matthews
Staples
Minn
Frank Johnson
John Johnson
Wayne Bravener
Harold O'Connell
Ervin O'Connell
Lawrence Schwartz
Tripoli
Melvin Schwartz
Sherwood Pleggenkuhle
Mollie Thompson
Carol Sherman
Effie Alcock
Hazel Ager
Bernice Sells
Franklin Downs
Clyde Clary
Fietta Bergmann
Mary Taylor
Downs
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Bremer County
VFW
Hazel Bowers
Connie O'Connell
O'Connell
Kim
Tim Pleggenkuhle
J. C. Ruehs
Waldo Ruehs
Western Douglas
LeLand Bergmann
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Walter Gillett
Kenneth Gillett
Alfred Specht
Robert Figanbaurm
Sumner
Figanbaum
George Hagen
Leroy Township
Ralph Drewis
Mary Thompson
Elaine Clements
Evansdale
Rochester
Thompson
Dysart
Arlan Nuss
Diane Benz
Kenneth Grannon
Fred Benz
Randall Neidert
Neidert
Eugene Stahlhut
Wm. Burrow
Leland Alcock
Leo Burrow
Roland Smith
Winthrop
The
Dale
LaVerne Schumacher
Vern Bockhaus
Harlan Pose
New Hampton
Walter Reding
Roland Brase
Waverly
Gus Brase
Truman Stahl
Esther Pleggenkuhle
Pleggenkuhle
Raymond French
Connie
Miriam French
W. H. Sassmann
Denver
Denver, Helping Mrs. Sassmann's Father, A. W. French
Robert Carney
Hattie Gunsalus
Art Siegfried
Oren Hinecker
Dennison Leitch
Charles City
Marvin Dancer
Record of vocational rehabilitations nationwide and by state
The fiscal year ending June 30 saw 110 136 disabled men and women rehabilitated under the state federal system. Iowa reported 1 464 rehabilitations, with 1 410 by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and 54 by the Commission for the Blind, up nine percent from the prior year. Pennsylvania led with 10 877, New York had 7 563. West Virginia topped per capita at 53 per 100 000, national average 58. Some rehabilitee outcomes extended to short-term supports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
Georgia
Iowan
Looking at Life as It Used to Be Five Decades Ago
A retrospective from October 15, 1908 noting Henry Gies returning from Missouri trip with Weber, land purchases of 120 and 200 acres, Rettig property sale, and farm sales to an Illinois buyer. Also Bruns wed Gaede at St. John’s Maxfield. M W Bennett named junior field advisor for Iowa Unemployment Compensation. 1938 corn prices 57 to 60 cents. local eggs and poultry prices listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Gies
Missouri
Weber
A. Schlueter
R. Rettig
Rettig
Mr. Rettig
Henry Deterding
Poock
Otto Kasemeier
Geo. Mundtrom
Leona Bruns
Edwin Gaede
St. John's Lutheran Church
Maxfield
J. G. Baermann
M. W. Bennett
Tripoli
Bremer County
Iowa
Des Moines
Bennett
From Welfare to Work Aims at Productive Citizens
The program seeks to move people from tax aid and public institutions to skilled and semi skilled occupations in teaching engineering and medicine among others. The conversion of these persons from recipients of public assistance to productive citizens leads to large savings in state and federal support funds.
Ten Years Ago Notices and Marriages in Sumner Area
Ten years ago Oct 21 1953 reports hog prices calves sales and local moves. Duane Holm Bradley and Peggy Kramer join Marines in Des Moines Oct 9. Vierth Printing Co sold to James R Heyer Sumner Gazette owner. Dohrmann and Hoppenworth return from Brother hood convention in Columbus Ohio. Howard Dun lap Denver announces daughter Lila Jean to Stanley A Dancer. Wedding in Tripoli at St Peters Evangelical and Reformed Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Holm
Bradley
Leo Goodenbour
Peggy Kramer
Des Moines
Vierth Printing Co
Frank Vierth
James R. Heyer
Sumner Gazette
Will H. Dohrmann
H. H. Hoppenworth
Columbus
Ohio
The
Brotherhoods of the American Lutheran Church
Howard E. Dunlap
Denver
Lila Jean
Stanley A. Dancer
E. L. Dancer
Tripoli
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Funeral rites for Richard Wolf with Zion Readlyn church
Funeral services will be Friday in Zion Lutheran church Readlyn for Richard Wolf age 77 with Rev. Elmer Jacobs in charge. Also noted were golden wedding anniversary celebrations by Mr and Mrs W C Steege at St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed church Denver and O arlen Boeckmann elected president of Bremer County Farm Bureau at Tripoli Town Hall. Mary Bremer and Richard Wirt wed Sept 29 in Sumner at Immaculate Conception Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Puhlmann
Zion Lutheran Church
Willard Holm
Tripoli Town Hall
Readlyn
Wm. Leistikow
Erich Dornbusch
Elmer Jacobs
Mary Bremer
Paul Bremer
Tripoli
Richard Wirt
Ross Wirt
Tyler
Minn
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Sumner
Iowa National Guard Creates Two New Awards
The Iowa National Guard established two new awards for outstanding guardsmen and for civilian supporters. Units will present plaques to graduates of service schools and to civilians, while local units may award trophies to Guardsmen with extraordinary personal achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa National Guard
Ellenwood grandfathers clock hobby in his workshop
Sj Bee Spencer cherishes a wooden heirloom passed from grandfathers made by hand in a quiet Ellenwood workshop. The clock remains a beloved household treasure, reflecting careful craftsmanship and a family hobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloe Se Tig
Sj Bee
Spencer
Ashi
Elock
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frederika
New York Evening Telegram
James Gordon Bennett
Meroes
John Stark
Ong
New Hame
Shire
Contvental
Coe
Aig
Mis Wen Hampshire Mita
Wes
St. Sav
Jorr
Joe Aiello
Brown
N.Y
Yourwest
U.S
Tripoli Sales Co., Inc
J. M. Snyder
Mer
Tripoli, Iowa
Paul F. Johnston
United States
State Board. OF Public Tat Reste
Tipper Fisuk
Bear
National Rifle Association
Hallowe'en
Falcon
Ray's Clothiers & Cleaners
PHON
Your Hometown Cleaners
Steven Hat
Motorola
Adio and TV
Eighborly
EPAIR
Eh Mr Hey
Owa
Family Service
Royce Leggett
Hartley Seydel Plainfield
Readlyn Phone
Tripoli 57
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