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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1956
Page
6
The piece argues that daily success comes from feeling superior to others and using that mindset to motivate self-improvement. It warns that postponing tasks signals failure and urges doing work immediately to avoid losing it.
Donald Judisch, a 6 ft 1 in senior weighing 195 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes, enjoys football and other subjects at T.H.S. He hopes to drive his 47 Chevrolet to games and plans to enlist in the Marine Corps, sending best wishes from the school.
Last week juniors received class rings, with black onyx the favored stone. Loren Ratliff joined the sophomore class from Nashua in the second semester, and his sister Eloise is a freshman who moved here earlier. Larry Keeran returned after a Christmas illness following a long absence. At halftime a Pep club cake auction funded new cheer outfits.
Geneva Eick, a Plainfield junior, is linked to a sparkler found in a THS discussion while Dick Klenzmann, a Tripoli senior, is named as the lucky fellow. Teachers’ hobbies include Miss Schoof knitting sweaters and chaperoning events. The freshman class hosted a skating party on January 11 at Cedar Falls with strong student turnout.
Describes bus trips to and from games with moments fans enjoy hearing. Includes coach and player interactions and team mood after wins or losses, reflecting on routine rituals and reactions on the ride.
After the game the coach remains quiet on the ride home. The front and back of the bus have similar noise as the team girls sit in the front and the rest fill the vehicle. The usual stereotype about women talking more than men is not evident in this scene.
Read list shows graduates and spouses from Waterloo and surrounding towns. Names include Lou Heine at Black Hawk Abstract in Waterloo, Lois Lohmann at Interstate Power in Tripoli, and multiple others grouped by current employment, college, or military service across Iowa and beyond.
The write up discusses the origin of Saint Valentine Day from Roman martyr traditions and the old practice of drawing lots for valentines. It contrasts with modern customs where men give candy or flowers and ends with a personal expression of enduring love.
Miss Garrison the THS music director altered the rest of the school year schedule causing confusion as students missed lunch. The band will be divided into two sectionals weekly brass at noon and reeds in the afternoon with solos and ensembles rehearsed for the spring contest.
The Tripoli Leader reports from Tripoli Iowa dated February 1 1956 covering local news events, community notices, and regional happenings. The item reflects the town’s mid winter focus with brief society, agriculture, and civic notes typical of the period.
Pastor Lester E. Gatch presides with Sunday school at 9:30 and morning worship at 10:30. Evening discussion group at 8 welcomes attendees. Junior choir meets Wednesday at 4, senior choir no rehearsal. Catechism Saturday at 9. Pilgrim Fellowship hosts a waffle supper Thursday starting 5 in the church dining room. Women's Fellowship meets Friday at the Al Maurer home.
A mixed chorus contemplates starting a square dance event during practice. They plan to sing "Skip to My Lou" with a caller guiding the dance, though current sessions focus on singing rather than dancing.
The article details the new agriculture column and class activities. Freshman students study the digestive tracts of ruminants swine and poultry while sophomores work in the ag shop with projects in progress. Junior and senior groups focus on soil elements fertilizers and plant deficiencies. The FFA is selling 100 screwdrivers with another 100 on the way.
Community notices detail services, classes, and events across churches in Waverly and nearby towns. Baptist and Evangelical groups schedule worships, catechism, Sunday school, choir rehearsals, and scout Sunday activities. Upcoming items include family banquets, youth leaguers, Lenten teas, and district clergy meetings.
ST PAULS EV LUTHERAN WAVERLY lists events with Pastor Moll. 9:15 Sunday school and Bible class, 10:15 English worship. Upcoming: adult class Feb 6 at 7 30 p m and mission school Feb 8 at 8 p m. All welcome.
A mother and daughter wed in a joint ceremony in Iowa City. Eva Reed, 43, of Mechanicsville, married Louis Cozart, 46, of Cedar Rapids. Grace Reed married Paul Hines of Stanwood.
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