Bridal shower honors Kathy Tapscott at St John’s Lutheran
About 60 guests attended the Feb 4 bridal shower for Kathy Tapscott at St John’s Lutheran Church Parlors. Decorations used red and white, bunko entertainment followed gift opening, and hostesses served lunch. Kathy and Paul Carroll plan to wed Feb 24 at Christ the King in Des Moines.
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Kathy Tapscott
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Bunko
Barbara Brase
Evelyn Brase
Martha Greisert
Wilma Cooley
Rosie Hoffman
Mary Rewoldt
Rosetta Schwerin
Herman Mueller
Fred Wente
Waverly
Over the Milk I hate the mountains
A first person meditation on fear of mountains and high places. The narrator doubts the thrill of elevation, fears falling and being buried in snow, and urges others to avoid mountain trips while promoting safer views through nearby events. The piece ends with a question and a schoolyard call to action.
Community Events and Social Rounds in Tripoli Area
The Tripoli Leader notes a Boy Scout Troop 100 overnight camping from Saturday 1 p.m. to Sunday 1 p.m. with Dale Matthias and Richard Buenger as chaperones. It also records multiple visits and gatherings across local homes including Brenda and Lorri’s birthdays and a 36th wedding anniversary pot luck.
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Dean Wiltze
Arnold Smith
Russell Daly
Friedly
Minn
Ralph Drewis
New Orleans
Gustav Brase
Roland Brase
Waverly
Helmuth Brase
Ed Seleks
L. W. Bockhause
Darwin Hoffman
Herb Sonday
Richard Nissen
Jennifer
Waterloo
Valeria Schwartz
Herman Foelske
Debbie
Bergmann
Wayne Bravener
Wm. Burrow
Leo Burrow
Maxine Hemingson
Dennis
Sioux City
Jim Pester
New Hampton
Kenneth Bahlmann
Helena Bergmann
Louis Hagedorn
Jerry Schmudlach
Neil Matthias
B. W. Matthias
Fairbank
Troop 100
Dale Matthias
Richard Buenger
Everett Williams
Clyde Blunt
August Buckendahl
Glen Smith
Jason
Lynford Wendt
Lisa
Local Socials and Health Facts From Waterloo and Beyond
Pinhook area families hosted and visited kin across Waterloo Evansdale and Nashua with dinners showers and hospital visits. Notes mention a bridal shower in Nashua and several trips to Rochester for surgery. A Health section reports hospital outpatient care rising and shorter stays for younger patients compared to Medicare-age patients.
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U. S
Iowa Braille School Chorus Performs for Tripoli Students
The Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School chorus visited Tripoli High School for an assembly at 9:30. Students heard pop songs and selections from Fiddler on the Roof with Jerald Kakac on guitar and Miss Kruse, the former THS guidance counselor, coordinating the program.
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Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
Kathy Fedor
Miss Cruse
Johnny Sands
Jerald Kakac
Miss Kruse
THS
Iowa Braille and
Vinton
Occasional Singers Plan Season Start In February
Tri poli High School Occasional Singers meet Friday February 2 to organize goals. The group includes 14 women and 12 men with listed sopranos altos tenors and basses plus two accompanists. They prepare for Pops Concert February 27 Swing Show March 23 and Small Group Contest Chamber Choir on April 7 under director Dennis Kuyper.
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Tripoli High School
Lori Chapin
Ann Fink
Shannon Finney
Jane Mahlstedt
Marilyn Pries
Joan Rettig
Ranae Wittenburg
Cindy Asmus
Lori Boeckmann
Doris Buls
Deb Kirchhoff
Carol Pint
Marg Rewoldt
Kim Waterman
Ron Buchholz
Mike Koschmeder
Allan Mohling
Joe Schnieders
John Sova
Dennis Woods
Greg Blasberg
Neal Boldt
Jeff Kuhrt
Paul Miller
Randy Schulz
Tom Smalley
Mary Koschmeder
Dennis Kuyper
Pete's Portfolio On Tests
A student tips piece contrasts two sets of study habits. It first lists six poor strategies to avoid all failing, then urges reversing them to improve scores. The guidance stresses note taking studying reading directions answering all questions and budgeting time.
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Pete Panther
Pete
Groundhog Day Apology Letter From Tripoli
A letter dated February 2 1973 from Pete Panther urges renewed celebration of Groundhog Day in Tripoli and explains poor weather caused forgetting. The note expresses hope that next year people will remember and see the groundhog's shadow.
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Groundhog
Tripoli
Pete Panther
Speech Play Goes Well at Dubuque Contest
The Tripoli High Speech Club presented Molière’s A Physician in Spite of Himself at Loras College in Dubuque. Eight amateur actors from the group auditioned, arrived early, and staged the performance despite pre show jitters. The judge awarded their play a score of 2 in the contest.
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Loras College
Dubuque
Tripoli
Mr. Drips
Jean Magnall
Gary Krumm
Dennis Olmstead
Doug Hodges
Tony Magnall
Judith Schuldt
Vanda Lampe
Connie Bergmann
Diary Dream Becomes Unfinished Education Tale
A diary fragment reveals Connie Lee Siggelkov, a THS senior in business and band, sharing happy hours with a Mortalsky-like narrator. The entry blends normal high school life with a sudden dream sequence featuring Alan Harmi a senior in auto metals class and a stranger near a locked door. The dream references teachers Luther Helgerson and Pow and ends with a note about March 20th.
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Alan Alfred Harmi
Alfred Harmenin
Alan
Luther
Yi Day School
Helgerson
Mr. Pow
Lover Writes Letter To Uncle Pete For Valentine Poem
A reader asks how to publish a discreet Valentine statement in The Panther's Tale. The editor suggests submitting with initials only to avoid revealing names, provided the dime is in by the eighth.
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Pete
Chicken
Ture
Welsh Church Reopened Near Iowa City After Long Vacancy
The Welsh Church, five miles southwest of Iowa City, reopened for regular Sunday services after being vacant for nearly twenty years. The revival marks a return of a long‑dormant local religious site and invites parishioners to resume weekly worship at the rural church.
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Iowa City
Congregative History Refurbishment Dates Mentioned
Fragmentary passage notes a congregative history dating back 126 years and references recent refurbishment. Limited readable details obscure exact event, location, or institutions involved.
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Frederika
Clarence Bergmann
Jerry Neuendorf
Readlyn
Darrell Neuendorf
Emil Schmudlach
Mike Juhl
Nashua
Roy Schmudlach
Effie Wagner
Walter Schmudlach
Sumner
Bill Niemeyer
Marie Rooney
Charles City
Alfred Specht
John Munsterman
Nick Digregorio
Mason City
John McBride
Roger McBride
Dorothy Boeckmann
Martha Poock
Tom Sievers
Marvin Dancer
Alpha
Cora Hinecker
Ed Treloar
Wancoma
Arlie Rausch
Rosel
Carvers
Carl Schwemm
Ted Schwemm
John Ruehs
Linda Buenger
Lester Buenger
Lloyd Warnke
Don Brown
Paul Kappmeyer
Stanley Bockhaus
Allen Bockhaus
Allen
Walter Schwerin
Janet
Emma Iserman
Jim Kerr
Linda
Julia Olsen
Pomeroy
West Union
Harold Lindermann
Earl O’connell
Dean
Leland Alcock
Tom Allan
Ray Joecken
Joe Schamber
Larry Riha
Kathy Hagedorn
Jay
Darrin
Mona Dodd
Duane Bockholt
Gerald Buhrow
Jackie
Herb Miller
L. W. Bockhaus
Maude Eveland
Friendship Haven
Fort Dodge
Steve Hahn
Stephanie
Larry Hahn
Jake Timmer
Lloyd Selck
Wilbur Harmening
Jim Harmening
Otto Jager
R. A. McKeown
Martha O’connell
Allison
Alice Schmidt
Terry Barna
Dennis Zekoff
Ft. Sill
Okla
Germany
Fred Farr
Ernest Nuss
Otto Meier
Robert Judisch
Michael Nuss
Lavern Hooper
Kurt Meswarth
Bill Bieman
Elmer Matthias
Connie
Jim Biesterfelt
Glenda Matthias
Parsons College
Fairfield
Parsons- Sandhall
Junior Boeckman
Harold McElvaney
Cedar Falls
Wayne Oler
Will Ruth
Janesville
John Busma
Herschel Pratt
W. R. Pratt
Roy Valker
Paul Mueller
Laura Bahlmann
Elmer Bahlmann
Clarence Coan
Leo Bahlmann
Dennis Niemeyer
Wilbur Mahlstedts
Wayne Mobblis
Westgate
Ken Looney
Irl Haynes
Jimmy
Iowa
Clarence Meyerhoff
Virgil Meyer
Brenda
Lorri
Pinhook
Ray Kuethe
Allen Kroblin
Scholtz Hospital
Ben Warren
Dale Grahlman
Bertha O'Connell
Evansdale
Chester Pals
Merrel Jacobs
Shell Rock
Waukon
Larry McCue
Scott
Dilley
Carl Heilman
Gayle Elin
Jack Schneider
Mr. Schneider
Howard van Brocklin Sr
Susan Schmidt
St. Michal’s Hall
Stephen Mullinex
Ada McConkey
F’burg
Howard van Brocklin
Robert Schmidt
Rochester
Carl Heitmann
Gulf Port
David Robinson
THE
Panthers
Iowa Braille School
Insight
Connie Lee Siggelkov
Warren Siggelkov
Carpenters
McDonald’s
Mr. van Ahn
Alan Alfred Harmeni
Kuhrt Insurance Agency
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