Gall bladder operation and local news digest
A week after gall bladder surgery at Mercy hospital Gerald Martin of Nashua remains in recovery after a lung injury from a self-inflicted gun incident. Local business changes include Diamond Brothers Grocery purchasing the T C Hullman building on Fast Bremer Ave and planning stock move. Vehicle license sales begin with 91 issued by noon. Gus Dietrich, once severely injured by a horse, has improved enough to return home. Community events: American Legion Auxiliary Christmas party December 20 with a children’s program led by Mrs. Frank Holloway. Fireman’s carnival dance on January 2 with music by the Viking accordion band. Education moves note Margaret Hallagan joining Solon schools as third to fifth grade teacher. Wartburg College names Rev W H Behrens chair of board of regents, Rev W J F Adix vice chair, O Hardwig secretary. Waverly Rotary enjoyed annual dinner at Lutheran Orphan’s Home. Dr. Marti joins Ball Sanitarium Rae Spring Mo. and other items include San Pranis visits and a baby born to Mr and Mrs Wende Bruns in Shell Rock. Poultry editor position at Waverly Publishing Co.. injury to R J McGimpsey from a sled accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond Brothers Chain
T. C. Hullman
Fast Bremer Ave
A. & P. Grocery
H. H. Pape
Gus Dietrich
American Legion Auxiliary
Frank Holloway
Ed Mooney
Francis Alcock
Jack Kimball
Frank Rhode
Viking Accordion Band
Albert Lea
Minn
Margaret Hallagan
Bremer County
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Solon
Hallagan
W. H. Behrens
Thienville
Wis
Wartburg College
W. J. F. Adix
Guttenberg
Iowa
O. Hardwig
Waverly
Lutheran Orphan’s Home
A. G. Wenninger
Dr. A
Marti
Rae
Spring
Charley Smith
San Proni
Albert Brand
San Prascisco
John Meyer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Wende Bruns
Shell Rock
Fred Sale
Emil Glaser
Lincoln
Waverly Publishing Compan
R. J. McGimpsey
McGimpsey
Tripoli Leader Official Bremer County Paper
The Tripoli Leader, published every Wednesday, is entered as second class mail in Tripoli Iowa. Established since 1894 the paper serves Bremer County with LEED, PEACOCK as editor and publisher. Subscription price is $1.50 per year.
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Tripoli
Iowa
Letters to Santa Claus from Tripoli and Sumner Iowa
A collection of child Christmas requests from Tripoli and Sumner Iowa, listing wishes such as watches skates dolls dishes electric stoves phon es and toy farms. Children name siblings and parents, share good behavior notes, and ask for a tree and assorted gifts.
Christmas wishes to Santa from many young readers
A collection of child letters request gifts for Christmas including dolls, trains, a tree, candy, nuts, and small toys. Names include Reuben Plagens Leo Goodenbour Leona Ohlendorf Lucille Ohlendorf Ruth Berlin Dalton Kowalsky Donald Dettmering Daryl Biermann Harlin Biermann Irma Piegers LaVern Peters Paul and Maxine Bierne Darlene Peters Arlon Lahmann Marian Lahmann Curtis Goodenbour and others. The notes express festive hopes and a warning about chimney speed.
Cordt and Elson Primers and Classroom Upgrades
Tripoli School students finish Cordt and Elson readers before entering second grade next fall. They will read My Second Primer Book One and More Dick and Jane Stories then Elsa-Gray titles. A larger room allows a sand table, building blocks, and a doll house with two rooms. Topics include house planning, furnishings, and decor. Two girls have parts in the grade operetta Gingerbread Twins DeLores Drape and Mary Ruth Claus. The class sings Christmas carols, holds a room meeting with Ray Fink as chair, and practices motions voting and adjournment after a motion to give presents was approved.
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DeLores Drape
Mary Ruth Claus
Fall class reports rich animal and circus projects
A second grade class describes autumn work on wild animals and circus themes. Students note neatness goals, an attendance gold star system, and progress on a terrarium with rocks, sand, and plants. They mention a forthcoming mothers’ visit and rival spelling results with the third grade.
Assembly Room Attendance Note
A fragment notes regular activity in the assembly room with mentions of visiting days and frequent meetings. No specific dates or names are provided beyond habitual grouping of sessions as part of ongoing deliberations.
Fifth and Sixth Grades Neatness and Pilgrim Projects
Fifth and sixth grades describe classroom duties to keep rooms neat with monitors assigned by a four pupil committee. Fifth grade plans a Christmas scene with wise men, shepherds, and the Christ Child. The sixth grade built Pilgrim and Indian scenes with clothing pins and logs, tepees, and a wild animal amid trees.
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Tne
Creative Dramatics and Math Topics Taught by Lois Buls
In literature class we have creative dramatics three times weekly led by Miss Loveland who demonstrated protomimes and character movement without speech. We plan a gym stage session for more creative drama and study rectangles parallelograms and right triangles in arithmetic. Economic geography covers Roads and Wheels in American History.
Seventh Grade Schedule Notes at Local School
Iola Kuker reports eighth grade studies include promissory notes compound interest and arithmetic problems in history we cover the war of 1812 and Thomas Jefferson in English verbs in their tenses in reading we begin a creative dramatics study planned to run three times weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
Iola Kuker
Seniors Begin Declamatory Work for Next Contest
Lawrence Shipp reports that senior high declamatory work starts this week with humorous dramatic and oratorical divisions. Each division will run two weeks before elimination, with four students to be cut. Twenty eight students declared for declamatory work and rehearsals for yells and pop songs will occur this week. Lillia Rohrssen elected yell leader from the junior class and Miss Sturch is expected back for the second semester.
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Lillia Rohrssen
Miss Sturch
Lawrence Shipp
Efficiency in Machines and Typing Speed Report
The discussion notes that no machine reaches perfect efficiency with the lever closest to the ideal due to friction. Water turbines reach about 93 percent efficiency, gas engines around 30 percent, and steam engines even lower. Typists average about 305-stroke words per minute. The senior high school held a faculty reception.
Faculty Reception at High School Auditorium
The faculty held a reception last Friday evening December 7 in the high school auditorium. Committees organized a pleasant program and a tasty luncheon. The faculty expresses appreciation for an entertaining evening of fun and pleasure.
Honor Roll for Second Six Weeks Names
The honor roll lists junior high students with averages of 90 percent or better including Jack Frese Violet Shipp Bruce Borchert Gretchen Hanff Marie Kelsey Lee Lou Morf Iola Kuker La Verne Bathke Dorothy Hankner. It notes substantial gains by Geneva Drewis Renetta Gebert Lawrence Sell Edith Bull Jack Hale LaVern Schumacher Eunice Fink Robert Hankner Laura Heineman Florence Bunger Gladys Hankner. Senior high 90 percent readers include Shirley Hale Kathryn Klein Zatha Kroll Harry Schlichting Helen Thomas Lilia Rohrssen Maurine Heichel Lois Frese Carroll Nevermann Ruby Bathke Beverly Rohrssen. Six weeks also lists Leslie Carstensen Ralph Hankner Geraldine Goodenbour Earl Kuker Irene Heideman Gerhart Holmes Wm. Bunger Dorothy Magnussen Gerald Mundtrom Mavis Selck Roberta Brewer Del Monte Byers and Stanley Gehrke.
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Jack Frese
Violet Shipp
Bruce Borchert
Gretchen Hanff
Marie Kelsey
Lee Lou Morf
Iola Kuker
La-Verne Bathke
Dorothy Hankner
Geneva Drewis
Renetta Gebert
Lawrence Sell
Edith Bull
Jack Hale
LaVern Schumacher
Eunice Fink
Robert Hankner
Laura Heineman
Florence Bunger
Gladys Hankner
Shirley Hale
Kathryn Klein
Zatha Kroll
Harry Schlichting
Helen Thomas
Lillia Rohrssen
Maurine Heichel
Lois Frese
Carroll Nevermann
Ruby Bathke
Beverly Rohrssen
Leslie Carstensen
Ralph Hankner
Geraldine Goodenbour
Earl Kuker
Irene Heideman
Gerhart Holmes
Grade Operetta Night Presents Magic Gingerbread
The first, second and third grades perform the operetta Magic Gingerbread in Leool auditorium on Thursday evening December 18 at 8 o'clock. The cast includes The Cook Gerhardt Rettig and The Ginger Man Paul Bierie, with a large ensemble of named children and several adult chorus members in two groups.
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High Leool
Gerhardt Rettig
Molly
Maxine Peters
Jane
Enecia Lamb
Nan
Jeanette Morf
Susie Jane
Lois Drewis
Susie Ann
Vada Kleiss
Paul Bierie
Jeanne Doty
Bridget Ann
Marlys Hesse
Delores Drape
Mary Ruth Claus
Jeanette Droste
Joyce Ackmann
Irene Bahlmann
Delores Drewis
Janela Ann Eichmann
Donald Ladage
Betty Ann Maurer
Leslie Schwer
Margaret Westendorf
Ralph Gebert
Curtis Goodenbour
Donna Peacock
Leo Goodenbour
Irene Doepke
Parland Nienhaus
Leo Tegtmei
County Seat News Items of Interest Continued From Page 1
Fire damaged the second story and kitchen of a house as flames were fought until 3 a.m. Firemen prevented larger loss. Fred P. Hagemann, attorney, named to fill a vacancy on the State Highway Commission by Gov. Herring. Hagemann, a two-term state senator, had run for congress in 1922 and for governor in 1930. Sister Mary Celeste Emma Murphy dies in Dubuque at Mount Carmel Mother House. Sister Mary Celeste had been with the Sisters of Charity since 1889. Charlotte Mooney, patient at Mercy hospital after major operation. Ray Sohrt, Tripoli, hospitalized after operation. Evelyn Barclay recovering from goitre surgery. Elmer Anderson of Dumont, recovering from serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred P. Hagemann
State Highway Commission
H. A. Maine
Waterloo
Hagemann
Herring
State Senate
Bremer-Butler
Congress
Dubuque
W. H. Brechner
Charlotte Mooney
Mercy Hospital
Ray Sohrt
Tripoli
Evelyn Barclay
Goitre
Elmer Anderson
Dumont
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Gerald Martin
Nashua
Santa Claus
Tripoli, Iowa
P. S
Santa
LaVon
Donald
LaVon Ladage
Berlin
Yours Truly, Marilyn Rieck
Naomi Berlin
Goodby
Wendell Peters
Sumner
Miss Lindfield
Ladonna
Maxine Helen Bahlmann
Marlys
Keniston Hoppenworth
Evelyn Biermann
Marvin
Marlene Hoppenworth
Reuben Plagens
Leona
Lucille Ohlendorf
Ruth Berlin
Dalton Kowalsky
Donald Dettmering
Donna
Daryl
Biermann
Harlin Biermann
North Pole
Mary Jean
Irma Piegers
Wendel
LaVern Peters
Maxine
Paul
Maxine Bierne
Darlene Peters
Arlon Lahman
Marian Louis Lahmann
Arlon Lahmann
Tripoli School News
Ray Fink
Lillian Bathke
Henry Krueger
Virgil Duecker
Joe Omelik
Errarium
Senior News
Miles
Miles Nervin
Kramer Bros
Hampton and
Louis Rohrssen
H. F. Miller
W. H. Notdorf
Theo. Clausing
Bremer
W. S._ Ragsdale
Janesville
Everett Schwer
Dexter Elec
Joe Sien
Bangs
Glenn Anderso
Erich Pood
Credit Department
S. Baldwin Piano
Cincinnati
Ohio
Harmening
Erwin Peterson
Charles City, Iowa
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