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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1958
Page
5
Local community notices list numerous residents and guests visiting relatives in towns including Waverly Readlyn North English and Cedar Rapids. Names such as H H Nevermann Oscar Quade Eldon Shriver Koons Towne Sutcliffe and other households appear among Sunday dinners and weekend visits.
Mrs. Davey Smith and baby Larry David were discharged from Mercy hospital Waverly. Numerous Sunday dinners and weekend visits connect many area families including Stewart Nessler Tracy Haver kamp Buckley Maurer Wikner Megan Kelsey and Fink households. A new arrival was born September 13 at Mercy hospital Waverly weighing 7 pounds 5 ounces. Families traveled to visit relatives in Cedar Falls Humboldt Readlyn and Waterloo with trips to Oak Park IL for a daughter’s family visit.
Herman F. Steeges and Clara Nottger will mark 1908 marriage with a 2 to 4 p m open house at Evangelical and Reformed Church Denver followed by a 5:30 p m family dinner. They have two children Lavern and Roy and three grandchildren.
Grace Lutheran church Sunday worship saw Luther League officers installed with Carol Heinemann as president and William Kuker as vice president. An executive meeting appointed Katherine Rieck service secretary Mark Wikner spiritual growth promoter Mary Kay Sommer choral union promoter LaJean Slack pianist Margaret Schwein literature promoter Julie Soles Bible camp promoter LeRoy Benarden librarian Carla Bremer James Martin and Gerald Mohling recreation committee. Local social visits included birthday greetings at the Meyers home and faculty wives entertaining the Shriver and Mullen families. Donald D Buenger enrolled at Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery for 1958 59. Officers elected by Grace Lutheran Women Missionary Society named Mueller Wikner Bergmann Niemeyer. J P Court fined Philip Leroy Hess 20 dollars for illegal passing while driving a semi truck.
A highway crash reveals a nameless stranger as police uncover his wallet. Photos, receipts, and a church card transform him from a faceless figure to a husband father and member of a community. The loss ripples through family church and local groups.
Mrs Henry Blasberg has been confined to bed for a week and is now recuperating at her home. Mr and Mrs Fred Brase were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Ernest Lampe in Reinbeck.
Bremer county education costs rise due to broader services for more students and larger jurisdiction. County services extend across Bremer and portions of Black Hawk Butler Buchanan Fayette and Chickasaw counties with dedicated staff including a special education supervisor psychologist speech therapist and health service director.
A Sunday evening party honored the birthdays of Mr and Mrs Victor Nacke. Guests included Mr and Mrs Herb Hoppenworth Teresa and Marshall Wilharm Mr and Mrs Raymond Dohrmann and Mrs Fred Dohrmann.
Pirvaz Rustamji of India will be featured speaker at the fall rally of the Junior Missionaries Hawkeye group Iowa District Women’s Missionary federation at Hope Lutheran church Westgate Sunday at 2 p.m. Twelve Junior Missionaries from Grace Lutheran church under leader Marie Kuhrt assisted by Mrs William A Kuker and Mrs Loren Bergmann will participate. Cars leave the church at 1 p.m. Junior Missionaries from Buck Creek Denver Hawkeye Oelwein Richfield Sumner Tripoli Westgate and West Union are to attend.
Pvt. Merle D. Hoppenworth FR 17-489-642 Src Btry 2 Hon Bn 4 Arty Fr Carson Colo Larry D Buchholz SA 486 53 20 General Detail USN Receiving Station Treasure Island San Francisco Calif
Kenneth Dale Pollock aged 21 of Waterloo and Brenda Mae Griese aged 18 of Denver obtained marriage licenses in the latest records.
Welfare payments in Bremer county during August totalled 14 612 dollars, the Iowa Department of Social Welfare reported this week. Old age assistance checks totalling 12 557 50 dollars going to 186 cases, an average of 67 51 per case. There were three cases of aid to needy blind receiving 209 50 dollars, average 60 83 each. Aid to dependent children amounted to 1 845 dollars, 16 cases involving 65 recipients, average 115 31 per case or 28 38 per recipient.
Iowa v Flynn of Waverly charged with OMVI second offense. State of Iowa v Luebbers of Shell Rock charged with OMVI. Case details reference Bremer County District Court filings and docket activity.
Monday evening visitors honored the wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wikner. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brase and Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Wikner as readers were advised to read the want ads.
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