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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1952
Page
6
The Maynard team opened with a near 20 point lead in the first quarter and held on as Tripoli fought back until the final period. The scoreboard showed Maynard 72 Tripoli 43.
Harold L. Waschkat, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louie Waschkat of Tripoli, took part in Exercise Frosty in the Salzkammergut mountains Austria. The 10 day field exercise trained U S Army units in actual terrain with American soldiers acting as both aggressors and defenders. Waschkat, a clerk in Battery C 510th Field Artillery Battalion, arrived in Austria last August and is a 1948 graduate of Tripoli High School.
Cpl James Ranard, son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Ranard former Tripoli residents, is in an army hospital at Belmont Texas for an indefinite stay after contracting yellow jaundice while recovering from a shrapnel wound in the chest received in combat in Korea in July. He was transferred to San will not be open either Christmas day or New Year's day.
Francisco by plane December and was taken to a Texas hospital. Mr. Ranard's parents now live in Bell California. His grandfather James O Ranard lives in Waterloo.
An editorial muses on time's power in daily life noting how seconds decide life and death. It argues most activities, from work to meals to visits, are timed and warns against rushing. It suggests slowing down to reduce stress and avoid death from haste.
Marlys Koch nicknamed Mouse is a Tripoli senior who enjoys reading, sewing, and Doris Day and Gordon McRae films. She has attended Tripoli schools for 12 years and participated in mixed chorus and girls glee club for four years. Her favorite subjects are bookkeeping and literature. She favors strawberry shortcake with whipped cream or ice cream, dislikes cooking, and dislikes people repeating things. Her future plans are undecided but she vows to do her best.
Music Notes reports mumps hit the band, pushing the Christmas concert to after the holiday. The mixed chorus rehearses carols each glee club period while Mr Frese and the ensemble craft cards and learn some in German. Hurry kids we’re waiting.
Tripoli boys suffer fifth straight conference loss, trailing at halftime and falling 54 to 52 to Janesville. Panthers drop to cellar with 5 0 league lead held by Denver. Tripoli girls split week, beating Janesville 58 to 55 after a long duel and a late surge, while Maynard overpowered them in another game.
Sixth birthday celebrations at school with cake and ice cream. Kindergarten mothers meet to plan Christmas activities, decorate rooms with snow like cotton, lights, stockings, bells. Students practice Christmas program, build decorations, and create gifts for parents. Teachers guide crafts, backdrop painting, and readings from Hardy Boys and Mary Poppins. In geography and arithmetic the class covers Scandinavian Europe and fractions.
New readers present their play as James Klemp recovers from mumps. In PE, teams chosen for basketball the Globetrotters and the New York Whirlwinds with captains Ronald Henninger and David Block. Room decorates for Christmas with a tree up last week. Arithmetic covers stocks and corporations with a test while English studies verb tenses. History unit on Civil War preludes with a forthcoming test. Committees organize decorations entertainment and refreshments as the class prepares for Christmas.
A list of names showing repeated hyphenated surnames and initials. Individuals include Marlys Koch-Cook Wilma Green-Green Barbara Dreyer-Dreier Mary Ann Pipho-People Wayne Weihe-Why Leo Waterman-Waterman Karla Wilharm-Willharm Wilma Hartman-Heartman Paul Lahmann-Layman Lavonne Meiners-Miners Larry Vogt-Vote Larry Poock-Poke Coretta Bittermann-Bitter man.
A playful verse describes arranging a large grassy field a group of six to seven children of varying sizes a dog and a brook strip. The author mixes them with flowers and sun to “bake” them until browned and ready for cooling in a bathtub.
The passage reframes a sequence by swapping identities and roles for multiple names. It imagines Allan becoming a Buy not a Sell and alters several surnames and occupations, yielding a chain of hypothetical name and position shifts across numerous characters.
Walter Spurbeck Jr twenty from Waverly and Vivian Chapman nineteen from Ardale. Thomas Groseclose twenty one from Julietta Idaho with Virginia Carpenter nineteen from Waterloo. Iowa State College agricultural engineers say a 500 gallon septic tank is the minimum size for most families.
The American Legion Auxiliary met at town hall on Tuesday December 9 with 26 members eight children and two visitors present. They planned Christmas cheer drives for the aged and shut ins and urged donations by Friday noon December 19. A committee will pack and deliver the gifts and another will send a Christmas box to two veterans in Knoxville. The group sent Butter Nut coffee strips totaling over 1400 to aid needy children and urged continued donations into 1953. They bought a five dollar Tuberculosis Christmas Seal bond and reported 407 letters sent in Tripoli with 171 returned. A post-business entertainment with gift exchange followed, and lunch was provided by Mrs. Lee Goodenbour Robert Selck and Mrs. Alvina Schroeder.
Multiple transfers recorded in Waverly and Frederika with small consideration. Lutheran Children’s Home Society to W L Kemp and wife and others involve lots in Home and Michener additions. Emma N Knight to Fred Schilling and wife covers blocks in Waverly. other deeds include Tibbetts family, Nuss family, Wildeboer to Mooney, Alcock quit claim, and Coffin to Bruns. Also note an odd calculation: an airplane would take 53 years at 200 mph to reach the sun.
The library has added four senior high books and three new titles for younger readers. Notable works include Mary McLeod Bethune by Catherine Owen Peare, Behold Your Queen by Gladys Malvern, Moonfleet by J Meade Falkner, Davey by Rubylia Hall, and Adventures in Two Worlds, Dr A J Cronin.
Two young northeast Iowa siblings living close by died in separate gun accidents on the same day. Clyj Blong, 10, of St. Lucas, was killed when a gun discharged as he tripped and fell, striking his forehead. In Waucoma, 9 year old Richard Bailey died when a gun in an older brother’s hands discharged accidentally.
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