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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1932
Page
10
This week students finish gifts for mothers and fathers and write greeting cards. They practice the band daily and invite everyone to the opera house Wednesday night to hear them. A Christmas party is planned for Friday afternoon and names were drawn so every child will receive a gift.
Miss Milroy's second graders finish toys for the Orphans' home in Waverly. They learn Santa and the Mouse, decorate a Christmas tree, and plan stories songs and gifts around the holiday light. The first and second grade band performs December 24, with a grade assembly Friday at 1 pm.
Third grade pupils under Miss Boyle report many classmates were on the sick list last week. They plan to mend and redecorate old toys for the Children's Home in Des Moines as part of a small activities drive.
The entertainment committee for Friday afternoon includes Herman Schultz Robert Kuhrt Marilyn Duecker and Gloria Rosenthal. All first four grades will meet in the fourth grade room for a short assembly with carols and perhaps a few stories.
In our English class we wrote Christmas jingles with names like Mercede Hesse Iphogene Carpenter Beryl Goodenbour Betty Schmidt Eunice Peacock. The verses describe Santa peeping through a crack with a sack and a great pack, bells on trees and candles, and a lonely Christmas tree inviting companionship.
In reading class over two days, Miss Conklin’s sixth grade read The Taming of Animals by P Chalmers Mitchell and then wrote original pet stories. Pupils depicted dogs cats doves rabbits and a rooster and enjoyed reading aloud and listening.
Thursday's lesson featured a class debate on the resolution That language is more important in school than Arithmetic with affirmative speakers Melvin Violet Edward and Helen and negative speakers Iola Everett Florence and Gertrude. Wilmer acted as time keeper and the rest served as judges. The history segment covered the Great Fight for Independence including the Boston Tea Party Paul Revere's Ride and Valley Forge. The class pursued Christmas spirit readings and Tolstoy Celebrated works The Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke and Tolstoy story Where Love Is There God Is Also.
Junior High teachers L. W. Vanderlinden and Miss Ensminger supervised a speed and comprehension test for seventh grade. Students read A Chair Ride in China in seven minutes, with several finishing early and listing observed items after the time. Names of fast readers included Edith Bull Jack Hale Beverly Nienhaus Lee Lou Morf Fred Stuckenberg and Robert Fink.
The report notes that those who finished first tended to have longer lists of items seen, except Gretchen Hanff who had the second longest list despite not finishing. Jack Hale finished first and had the longest list. Several pupils have been absent lately due to illness. The seventh and eighth grade English classes are writing notes of thanks while the fifth grade focuses on informal invitations and responses.
From Our Subscribers Hood River Oregon December 11 1932 Tripoli Leader writes about a long awaited letter. He notes a cleaned up summer work and uncertain earnings with apple and pear crops varying in the valley. He mentions apple shaking on some ranches and low local prices 35 to 45 cents a box for apples and 40 cents a bushel for wheat leaving farmers with about 25 cents per bushel. The writer reports cold weather at 3 below zero and a firm ground condition.
The writer notes winter wheat is harmed by the lack of snow in the foot hills where Monday morning shows 4 above zero. Two mountains appear striking with white caps hinting at changing weather as wind shifts west, foretelling warmer conditions if the weather moves east and a storm if it stays. C. A. Schuknecht signs off with a promise to write next week.
Billy amuses a girl with a colorful reminiscence of his grandmother’s farm and a horse that lived there. When pressed, he hedges that the horse isn’t his, but jokes the animal wishes it were.
A brief reflection on how personal character matters more than artful keepsakes. Simple acts of courtesy shape how we are remembered, emphasizing kindness over decorative handiwork.
A Fort Star-Herald report quotes a financial expert noting that few people fully understand the stock exchange and its margins. The piece highlights complex mechanisms behind trading and market movements, underscoring investor ignorance of inner workings.
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