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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1968
Page
7
Sunday visitors and gatherings fill the Sumner area pages. Residents list neighbors and relatives calling on Holm, Traetow, Wood, Weidler, and others as birthdays and dinners punctuate the week. Amy and Amy’s family are honored at two gatherings with outdoors and home visits noted around Sumner and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Carol Stahlhut 213 East Main Morrison announce a 7 lb 4 oz girl born September 12 Mrs Stahlhut formerly Linda Block. Mr and Mrs Lowell H Fink Mequon Wisconsin announce a 9 lb 4 oz daughter Ann Marie born September 21 at Saint Josephs Hospital Milwaukee.
Sunday and weekend gatherings spread among residents of Denver Waverly Fredericksburg Dumont Manchester and Sumner. Guests included the Holm Garlands Bockhaus Niemeyer Buhr and Hoppenworth families and others. A birthday for J P Snelling and Mrs Wm Schlichting was noted.
Karen Ann Bockhaus and Roger A. Bahr were married on Sept. 15 at Faith United Church of Christ in Dysart. The ceremony drew about 200 guests. the bride wore Chantilly lace with a train, and the couple resides in Walker after a reception for 175.
Sharon Ann Nacke of Cedar Falls and Gary A. Johnson of Keokuk were married in a double ring ceremony at Grace Lutheran Church. The bride wore a mosssette crepe gown with lace and a petal crown veil. groom’s cousin Allen Nelson served as best man. reception for 150 followed. couple to reside near Keokuk.
Sunday guests visited Eugene Johnson in Decorah as Mr and Mrs Rudy Piegers. Tuesday evening visitors included Mr and Mrs Robert Osbern and sons Sumner Mr and Mrs H H Bull Mrs Fred Holm Mr and Mrs W H Bockhaus Duane Holm Murray Monte and Todd. Willard and Rod ney Osborn celebrated birthdays. Mrs Duane Holm and Mrs Robert Selck attended Wednesday evening.
The Tripoli area reports fall enrollment at North Iowa Area Community College Mason City listing Judy Bahlmann Raymond Dietz Carma Fink David Fink Sam Kehe Steve Schwemm and Dennis Zekoff among the attendees.
The Iowa district pastoral institute of the American Lutheran Church met at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mason City from Monday to noon Wednesday. Theme centered on Ferment in the Church with talks by Rev Dr John P Kildahl and Rev Dr Oscar Anderson. Local pastors George Gundel and A C Koengeter attended.
Mr and Mrs Peter Mahlstedt attended christening services at St John Lutheran Nashua for their great grandson Gary Lee infant son of Mr and Mrs Gary Mahlstedt.
Mrs. Danny Klemp of Cedar Falls and Mrs. James Klemp of Marion hosted a pink and blue shower Sunday afternoon for Mrs. Larry Beck in the R. F. Klemp home. Fifteen ladies attended the event.
A University of Iowa physicist in Iowa City developed a timing mechanism that can clock nuclear reactions in 3.6 ten-billionths of a second, about the time light travels four inches.
Ezra Shenk of Wellman notes unusually large tomatoes this season in Washington county. A Big Boy variety specimen weighed 25 pounds and another reached 2.4 pounds, highlighting exceptional harvests.
Residents at Tripoli Nursing Home received numerous visitors including Mary Brase’s guests from Plainfield and Waverly, Cedar Falls, Waterloo, and Sonia. Sunday and Friday evening calls centered on Sophia Bock and other residents with vesper services led by Rev. Gundel.
Maurice A. Harmon calls the program a big step forward as Nolan Ellandson notes 69 inmates placed in jobs in the year. Fifty three inmates earned over 38000, provided 4000 in support to dependents and saved nearly 14000.
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