Weekly Roundup of Tripoli High Activities Highlights Staff
Tripoli High School’s weekly roundup lists staff advisor Mr Casey, editors Valerie Biermann and Lowell Engle, senior through freshman news by Donna Heide man Patsy Chapin Ni versus Snelling Betty r Snelling Delores Back and Ma iry Droste. Feature writers Shirley Hay and Eldon Hoppenworth cover sports Chuck Pinch and Alfred Bock, music Cheryl Colburn, agriculture Eugene Drape, senior personality Velma Schultz Eugene Buenger, and typists Barbara Hesse Alice Heine Beverly Mueller Betty Bodermann Loraine Rettig Lillian Fuchs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Casey
Valerie Biermann
Lowell Engle
Donna Heideman
Donna Kuethe
Patsy Chapin
Iry Droste
Shirley Hay Eldon Hoppenworth
Chuck Pinch
Alfred Bock
Cheryl Colburn
Eugene Drape
Velma Schultz
Eugene Buenger
Lowell Eagle
Barbara Hesse
Alice Heine
Beverly Mueller
Betty Bodermann
Loraine Rettig
Lillian Fuchs
Readers urged to send requests for Hi-Lites content
Editorial request from the Hi-Lites staff asks Armed Forces readers to submit ideas for future editions. It notes it may take long to publish and invites individuals to inform a staff member about preferred topics to shape the next issue.
Senior Lavera Washkat Sails Through Tripoli High Year
Lavera Washkat, a five foot eight inch senior at Tripoli High, dislikes long hours but has studied there twelve years. She plans to work at Waterloo Savings Bank after graduation and has sung in glee club, mixed chorus, sextet, and on the school newspaper staff. Her interests include dancing, musical movies, bowling, tennis, basketball, and Ray Anthony as her favorite band leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavera Washkat
Tripoli High
Waterloo Savings Bank
Waterloo
Lavera
Ray Anthony
Music Notes From Charles City Contest Ratings
Last Saturday groups and soloists performed at Charles City. The clarinet quartet saxophone quartet and drum ensemble all earned I ratings. Soprano soloists Mary Ann Buls Pat Chapin and bass soloist Laraine Rettig received II ratings while Hazel Slack and LaVera Waschkat earned III. Tenor soloists Eugene Drape Norman Engle earned II ratings and Ronald Warner bass solo II. Carl Beisner bass solo III. Roxie Beisner Marion Lahmann conductors have not yet received ratings. All I ratings go to Vinton April 25 and 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles City
Mary Ann Buls
Pat Chapin
Hazel Slack
LaVera Waschkat
Eugene Drape
Norman Engle
Ronald Warner
Carl Beisner
Laraine Rettig
Boys
Roxie Beisner
Marion Lahmann
Vinton
FFA District Meeting Awards At New Hampton
Saturday March 29 district FFA meeting at New Hampton awarded gold silver and bronze medals plus honorable mention and participation honors. Tripoli chapter received two silver medals. Ralph Winkner earned a medal for extemporaneous speaking and Lloyd Kammeyer for freshman creed speaking. The North Corn Bell Seed Growers sponsor a corn growing contest requiring a ten ear exhibit per member. Five entries from each show advance to the International P.A.G corn show in Aurora Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.F.A
New Hampton
Tripoli
Ralph Wikner
Lloyd Kammeyer
North Corn Bell Seed Growers, Inc
Aurora
Ill
Eldon Hoppenworth Joins Newspaper Staff
Eldon Hoppenworth joins the paper replacing James Beisner. Known as Hoppy, he was eager to join the staff and is uncertain whether his ambition reflects a goal to work with Shirley Hay or a general career move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Hoppenworth
James Beisner
Hoppy
Shirley Hay
Grade School News Flashes Recap Of March Through Easter
First grade enjoyed films and a Little Red Riding Hood strip aiding reading. First and second grades watched Rumplestiltskin and Robin Red Breast. March measles and colds affected attendance. perfect second grade attendance noted on April 1. Health Stars won March health contest. student list given. Second graders advancing in cursive. Easter eggs planned. Fifth grade created eight Easter posters. decimals explored in arithmetic. kittenball at recess. Miss Faris reads Billy Mink. Measles kept Jean Chapin home. geography shifts to Central America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Wikner
Leonard Block
Mike Wilson
Judith Huisman
Jean Ambrose
Julie Soles
Mary Bremer
LaJean Slack
Marianne Wikner
Jo Blaufuss
Glenyce Waschkat
Kay Barry
Dick Niemeyer
Larry Sievers
Richard Spier
Danny Klemp
Bulletin Board
Miss Faris
Billy Mink
Warren Snyder
Jean Chapin
Mexico
Central America
High School Chatter and Class Activities
In a school column students engage in algebra fractions and fashion, with discussions of a possible school fashion show and student model ideas. A freshman roller skating party at Black Hawk gives feedback on student life, while English and biology classes emphasize reports, literature, poetry, and a redity chapter test. Officials praise Mrs. Palmer for explanations and students reflect on government, speech interviews, and class projects. Senior Last, Tuesday night the Tripoli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
Palmer
Richard
Joe Turner
The
Tripoli
Library class expands with new books and guest reader
Mr Koons assisted by Harlan Bremer and Phil Snyder has spent months taking stories from Readers Digest and creating small books kept in folders. They made several volumes and displayed them on boards. Friday Mr Koons was ill and Mrs Trude read to the class. New library books arrived and pleased all.
Seniors Plan Skip Day And Theater Excursion Note
A school column reports the Women's club took senior girls to two plays by Waverly groups and they visited Hilltop cafe afterward. Seniors plan skip day with date unknown to others. In class, notes on Notes and Trade Acceptances began, Business studies new service business chapter, Shorthand class tested on brief forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Waverly Woman's Club
Waverly High School
Hilltop Cafe
Quizzing the Kids Pul Chrid Response From Class
A junior home economics class asks what they would do if told they were pul chrid, meaning good looking. Students offer varied reactions from slapping back to laughing or going to a doctor, with comments from Barb Hesse Wilma Green Dar ly Buchholz Velma Schultz Pat Chapin Sharon Duecker Delores Schwere Laraine Rettig Carole Sievers Beverly Mueller JoAnn Mohling and Lillian Fuchs. Leader ads bring results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barb Hesse
Wilma Green
Wilma Lau
Darlyl Buchholz
Velma Schultz
Pat Chapin
Sharon Duecker
Delores Schwere
Laraine Rettig
Carole Sievers
Beverly Mueller
JoAnn Mohling
Lillian Fuchs
The Ballad of Hard Luck Charley in the Yukon
A Yukon tale tells of Hard Luck Charley a gifted card player who meets a gambler during a harsh snowy year. Charley draws a hidden ace to win but is killed when the gambler shoots him in a smoke filled room. The gambler flees as Charley lies in the cold ground beneath forty below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon
Charley
Backwoods Oklahoma Joke and Political Jab
A rural couple shares a quip about steadying in love while a backwoods woman pauses by a coal fire, then a father quips about moving a foot. The note adds that since statehood all Oklahoma governors have been Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statehood
Oklahoma
Multiflora Rose Available From State Forestry At Ames
Abundant year-old multiflora rose stock is available to landowners through county extension directors and state conservation officers at 17 per thousand. Nursery stock may not be used for landscaping but can be used for erosion control wildlife plantings and living fences. The plant grows six to eight years to reach eight feet high and eight feet wide and can serve as a livestock fence in three to six years with no trimming. Nursery officials urge immediate orders as living fence use grows. Mecca California lies nearly 200 feet below sea level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
County Soil District
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Duane Bremer
Marilyn Buchholz
Mary Louise Goetz
T. A. Shriver
Verdis Warnke
Mac Snyder
Ettamae Ragsdale
Joe
Moe
Tripoli Mercantile the Farmers Store
Michael
Juel’s Briardale
Mecca
Cal
Wwe
Daffodils
Cargill
Miracle
Vigoro
Owa
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