Newspaper Staff Roster Highlights Editorial Team
Betty Lou Nerge Trudy Nerge asst Marvin Gatch editor Elaine Juel grade school editor Shirley Blasberg society editor Judy Schlichting feature editor Roger Drape classroom editor Robert Mohling library news editor Miss Grace Gaffey adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Lou Nerge
Trudy Nerge
Asst
Marvin Gatch
Shirley Blasberg Society
Judy Schlichting
Roger Drape
Robert Mohling
Miss Grace Gaffey
What is the first thing a child thinks of at Christmas
An editorial questions the modern spending spree of Christmas. It contrasts children thinking of Santa Claus and baby Jesus with gifts and expenses. It laments the high cost and loss of Christmas meaning, asking if the holiday is truly Christ or Santa centered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Betty Lou Nerge
Senior Glimpses Wendell Rettig Profile
Wendell Rettig a senior at 5 ft 10 in 140 pounds 18 years old with blue eyes and red hair is featured. A 49 dark blue Studebaker passing through Tripoli is noted in the description. He prefers hunting and fishing over basketball and swimming, band being his favorite school activity. His favorite foods include potatoes and meat and he values good manners and a pleasing personality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Rettig
Studebaker
Tripoli
Wendell
Kindergarten Birthday and Christmas Party Highlights
Sandra Milius turns six with classmates singing and cake coloring. She gives books and a teacher a big apple as party treats. The class decorates a Christmas tree, prepares mother gifts, shares books, and practices folk dances. James Haskovec missed nine days due to appendectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Milius
Richard Joel
Mickey
David Buckley
Rudolph
Red-Nosed Reindeer
James Haskovec
Ambitions Inked for Rural Young Man as He Enlists
A young man expresses his preference for rural life while planning to enlist in the armed forces. He has always intended to become a farmer someday, and well wishes are extended for his future endeavors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ality
Melancholy Moods Festival In Bremer County
The Bremer county festival held in Waverly drew about 300 in the mass band and 400 in the mixed chorus. This first annual event, directed by Miss Garrison, will be continued yearly with daytime practice and an evening concert. A December 7 grade school Christmas program and December 14 high school music concerts followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer
Waverly
Garrison
Christmas at Tripoli Grade School Highlights Dec 1955
The Tripoli Iowa grade school celebrates John Frese’s seventh birthday party at his grandmother’s home. First and second graders craft ornaments from paper and milkweed pods, rehearse for a Christmas program, and enjoy decorations, songs, and gifts. Several students earn perfect attendance and spelling awards while the fourth grade works on Christmas murals and art projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Frese
John
Santa Claus
Marjean
Kay
Ann
Top Swine Producers Use Farrowing Crates To Increase Yields
E. L. Quaife notes farrowing crates and improved management raised pigs weaned per litter in Iowa. About 25 top Iowa swine producers are named Master Swine Producers each year by the Iowa State College Extension Service WHO radio and the Iowa Swine Growers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Quaife
Iowa State College
Iowa
Iowa State College Extension Service
WHO
Iowa Swine Growers Association
Quaife
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tee Ree
Tripoli Panthers
Sandra Bang
Shirley Sievers
Carol Heinemann
Terry Dreyer
Elaine Juel
Editorial
Christ
Eace
Earth
C &H Farm Service
Art Borcherding
Les Borcherding
W. W. Moeller
Angels
Mullen
Mike
Bruce Bunger
James Klemp
Daniel Ambrose
David Bremer
Robert Buchholz
Judy Bull
Luanne Crittenden
Dennis Juel
David Kuethe
Larry Ormston
Jane Rieck
Connie Schmidt
L. B. Shriver
Michael Wagner
Alan Weidler
Joel Wikner
Judy Wilson
Group I
Lenne Schroeder
Dennis Wiblishouser
David Asmus
Cedar Falls
David
Marshall
Janice
Connie
Judy
Dennis
Sheryl
Lenne
Diane
Virgil
Michael
Benny
Kathy
Laura
Joyce
Marlys
Benny Kehe
American Savings Bank
N. R. Ambrose Oil Co
Wm. Ambrose Auto Co
Bock’s Plumbing and Heating
Buhr Chevrolet Co
Bull Standard Service
Butler-Bremer Mutual Telephone Co
Colburn Feed Mill
Crittenden Produce & Hatchery
Dreyer Drug the Farmers Store
Farmers Produce Co
Fred's Body Shop
Hasbrouck-Voetmann Lumber Co
Interstate Power Co. Juel’s Briardale Store
Kramer Produce
Kuhrt Bros
Panzer Produce
Rettig Furniture Store
Sommer & Bockhaus
Tegtmeier Oil Co
Tripoli Cafe
Tripoli Creamery Co
Tripoli Hardware
Tripoli Implement Co
Tripoli Leader
Tripoli Mercantile Co
Tripoli Sales Co
Warner's
Wayside Inn
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