Church Notes and School Updates Highlight Week Activities
A weekly church bulletin covers classes for all ages, Sunday school at 9 30, worship at 10 30, and various meetings led by Pastor Ewald Puhlmann. It notes student reports from St Peter's and Cedar Falls events, plus upcoming sermons, choir rehearsals, and officers installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Bock
J. M. Snyder
H. Hoover
Stanley Dancer
Mark Wilharm
Kay Holm
Jeannie Biermann
St. Peter’s Church
Cedar Falls
Stewardship
Immanuel
Waterloo
Legal Property Transfers and Lutheran Church Notices
A stream of land conveyances includes Lois L. Garden and others to Russell L. Ganske and wife for parcels in Sumner, and Anna Thiemann to Esther Tiedt in Tripoli with revenues listed. Additional transfers cover Albert A. Green to Cc. C. Crowley, Harold H. Kappmeyer to Clair W. Davison, and others in Janeville and Plainfield with various revenues. Church notices in Frederika detail Sunday school, worship, choir rehearsals, confirmations, and events hosted by Grace Lutheran Brotherhood and St. John’s Lutheran groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois L. Garden
Russell L. Ganske
Auditor
Sumner
Anna Thiemann
Esther Tiedt
Albert A. Green
Cc. C. Crowley
Janesville
Harold H. Kappmeyer
Clair W. Davison
J. H. Michener
Frederika
Henrietta Johnson
W. C. Johnson
Alice Panzer Moeller
Tripoli
Earl Matthiesen
Harold Melton
Denver
Arthur H. Blaschke
Auditor's
Plainfield
Iowa
James L. Roach
Washington Street
Clarence Wedeking
Albert Ellermann
Patrolmen recount nights of drunk driving and reckless crashes
A narrative from the district office recalls patrolmen responding to high speed runs at 87 mph and drivers aged 87, drunken calls, and a series of accidents. A sober driver framed the moment as a dangerous, tense scene while officers refilled first aid kits and logged chaotic incidents on the highway.
Welcome to Hi-Lites New Staff and Thanks
The Hi-Lites editor welcomes the new staff and notes the challenge of gathering information and writing articles. The editor thanks the old staff and adviser Miss Gaffey for improving the Hi-Lites and hopes to continue these improvements in the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Gaffey
Notable Seniors Darlys Kirchhoff and Merlin Dettmering Profile
Darlys Kirchhoff, 5 foot 7, 135 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes, a senior active in glee club, mixed chorus, and junior class play, lists culture and etiquette and bookkeeping as favorite subjects. Merlin Dettmering, 5 foot 9, brown hair and blue eyes, participated in glee club, mixed chorus, and a double quartet, acted in a junior play, favors bookkeeping and physics, plans Wartburg College, Waverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlys Kirchhoff
Darlys
Glee Club
Guy Lombardo
Darlyl
Waterloo
Merlin Dettmering
Merlin
Dickie
Jan Garber
Wartburg
Waverly
Glee Club Rehearsals Signal New Songs After Christmas
The girls' glee club begins learning a new piece titled Rain with the second sopranos holding the melody on a section. They struggle to master that portion as the boys' glee club also works on new songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glee Club
Local School Regents Prepare Students for End of Term Test
Freshman class study focuses on prefixes and suffixes with fifty words to define. Teachers emphasize pronouns in nominative and objective cases and review science concepts. Mr. Olmstead distributes worksheets covering all material and notes the impending test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Goetz
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Bill
Jolane
Trudy
Miss Gaffey
Opinion on high school students going steady
This feature item presents mixed views on high school dating, with arguments for and against. Some say it offers confidence and enjoyment when teens understand the purpose. others worry about maturity and the true meaning. Opinions vary by age, intent, and relationship seriousness.
Marriage Licenses Reinhold Pavelec and Verdeen Westendorf
The notice reports the marriage licenses issued for Reinhold Pavelec 24 of Tripoli and Verdeen Westendorf 19 of Sumner. It also includes county ASC deadlines for 1954 performance reports and a Christmas shopping anecdote about a two year old found asleep in a Manchester department store basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinhold Pavelec
Tripoli
Verdeen Westendorf
Sumner
Manchester
The Caine Mutiny on Screen at Tripoli Theatre
The film adaptation of Herman Wouk’s Pulitzer winner The Caine Mutiny will be shown at Tripoli Theatre on Sunday and Wednesday January 23 and 26. Stars include Academy Award winners Humphrey Bogart and Jose Ferrer along with Van Johnson and Fred MacMurray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Wouk
Tripoli Theatre
Humphrey Bovart
Jose Ferrer
van Johnson
Fred MacMurray
Caine Mutiny Portraits and Turmoil in Navy Tale
A vivid slice from the Caine mutiny saga unfolds with Queeg showing fear under fire, the typhoon crisis where Mary takes command, Greenwald’s courtroom zeal, Keefer’s defiant role, and Willie Keith's romance against a backdrop of sailors, sea splendor, and fleet power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queeg
Caine
Mary
Greenwald
Keefer
Willie Keith
U. S
Fisherman Emil Bentten Nets 37-Inch Northern Pike on Ice
Manly fisherman Emil Bentten hauled a 37 inch northern pike through the ice demonstrating a notable ice fishing catch. The big fish highlights Bentten’s skill and local angling interest in the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Bentten
Manly
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Hi-Lites Staff
Fritz Krueger
Trudy Nerge
Shirley Blasberg
Judy Goebel
Judy Schlichting
Terry Drever
Sandra Bany
Marvin Gatch
Shirley Sievers
Betty Nerge
Mary Ann Wilkens
Elaine Joel
ST. Peter’s
Evangelical and Reformed
Ewald F. Puhlmann
Pastor
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Rose Oliver
Missouri
Rose
Olmstead
Casey
Semler
Ag Boys
Grace Lutheran
William F. Goetz
ST. Paul's EV
Lutheran Waverly
O. H. Moll
Walther League
Luther League
God
Lutheranism
C. H. Becker
Wartburg College
Grace Hall
Jesus
Marie Kuhrt
Donald Hunemuller
William A. Kuker
Ed Bany
Conrad Heideman
Clarence Nerge
St. John’s Lutheran Brotherhood
Buck Creek
Grace Lutheran Brotherhood
ST. John's Lutheran
Crane Creek
Fuchs
ST. John’s Evangelical and Reformed
Siegel V. D. Weidler
Methodist Church
Frederika Carl Carlsen
Was Apartment OF Public Safety
Bob Hullihan
Ping
Editorial
ASC
Hopkinton
Willis Willard
Mr. Willard
Leader
Amt
Tripoli Hardware
Pike
American Savings Bank
Tripoli, Iowa
Junction 63
Bremer
H.p
Montgomery Chicken
Earl Newbern
Sommerfelt
Arlo M. Baker
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