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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1952
Page
8
Tripoli Lites recounts a Tripoli High School livestock conference trip. Students graded beef carcasses identified cuts, heard talks from pasture to packer and about high quality meats, plus a window in beef to study operations. They viewed campus cattle barns and crossbreeding experiments including a sanitary milking method.
Editorial notes February celebrates Abraham Lincoln and George Washington as savior and father of the country. It urges readers born in February to strive to uphold the month’s respected reputation and be worthy of these great men.
Norman Engle, a five foot ten senior at Tripoli High, plans to attend Iowa State College at Ames to study engineering after graduation. He enjoys strawberry shortcake, musical comedies, roller skating, dancing, and music by Ray Anthony and Les Paul, and works part time. He has been active in football, basketball, newspaper staff, glee club, and 4 H, serving as president, secretary, and county secretary, and is secretary of the new F F A chapter.
The band plans for a contest with possible pieces Witch of Endor and Knightsbridge March. No definite selections made for bands or small groups. rehearsals shifted to girls glee club and mixed chorus. Band rehearsals mostly at 11 15 except Monday all at 11 15. glee club and mixed chorus at 3 15.
In a tight matchup Fayette’s second team edged the foe 28 to 29 while the first squad fell 50 to 61. Tripoli led by eight at halftime, trailed by 20 in the third, then rallied to finish 11 behind. The girls lost 68 to 26 to Aurora in Hazleton in the sectional opener. The junior high beat Denver on Jan 30, 31 to 18.
A brief item records an Agriculture Saturday event on January 19 in which six boys accompanied Mr Swanson to Ames for an outing or activity.
First Grade watched two movies Fun on the Farm and The Pied Piper aligning with reading groups work. Jennifer Colburn and Timothy Wilson shared Mother Goose records while others practiced subtraction borrowing and arithmetic. Physical education shows progress with rolls cartwheels and headstands as Eileen Young returns after mumps. Seventh and eighth grades cover geometry power and new games in PE.
The report describes a figure chasing another around a circle then returning to the start with a towel passed along. It also notes reading two stories Rip Van Winkle and Christy Mathews Glove, both exciting. Lloyd Beevers decorated the bulletin board with pictures showing different ways of making a living.
Freshman and sophomore activities include manual training chairs and tables, a color wheel in home economics, and English tests on adjectives. Biology studies Oscar the skeleton while debates in speech class cover labor unions and advertising impacts. Senior groups begin annual pages, depreciation in bookkeeping, and sociology topic planning.
A playful reader poll asks what to do with a 25th hour. Responses favor staying out later, having more fun at night, or simply eating and monkeying around. Notable quotes from Carolyn Rogge Karla Wilharm Dee Bock Eleanor Christof er George Wilkins and Danny Jahnke.
A collection of student quotes reveals a range of reactions to an extra hour in the school day. Responses include riding a horse, writing letters, playing basketball, working, and relaxing, with several students expressing confusion or discontent. Notable names cited include Lois Lohmann Marvin Wintz Lowell Engle Rochelle Duecker Darlyl Buchholz LaVera Pavelec Harlan Laube Donna Kuethe Hazel Maurer Barbara Hesse Patsy Chapin Beverly Mueller.
A compact reflection on language where words like did might, will, can, and ought carry weight. The verse contrasts achievement retreat bereavement defeat duty and daily effort, framing language as a guide across hours and actions.
A light hearted dialogue features Jane asking where bugs go in winter and Gene joking about not knowing. Jim pleads to ponder life, while Mother affirms washing and a doctor notes the need for rest and quiet for her husband.
In a fragmented exchange, a wife asks when to administer sleeping powder to a man. The doctor replies that she should not give it to him and instead should take it herself, implying a personal or relational remedy rather than treatment for him.
Clyde Salven aged 43 of Newell was killed in a December 30 automobile crash when his car overturned and he was ejected. He was among the last of Iowa’s 618 highway fatalities last year.
Farmers are urged to maintain unfrozen water supplies for cattle by regularly removing ice from stock tanks. Proper water access supports health and productivity during cold weather.
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