This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1955
Page
6
The passage urges readers to stop dwelling in self pity and to stop reviling circumstances. It argues that fear and doubt arise from dwelling on difficulties, and progress comes when using challenges as aids to personal growth, revealing hidden powers and possibilities.
Viola Plum, dark-eyed five foot six senior at THS since February 1954, participates in girls glee club and mixed chorus. She enjoys writing letters cooking and figures in bookkeeping planning summer work and Gates Business College in fall. Mary Ann Wilkins, five foot one senior, active in glee club and chorus for three years, favors bookkeeping physics and dancing to Louis Armstrong. She plans to apply for a job in Waverly after graduation with best wishes from THS.
The article surveys school activities with teams practicing for next year and intramural games ongoing. It notes clubs and classes from English to agriculture sharing learning exercises, tests, and projects across sophomore to senior levels.
Church notices list Lent services at multiple parishes with sermons on Judas Iscariot and faith themes. In addition to worship times, junior and senior choirs rehearse, youth fellowships meet, and baptismal rites planned for Jeffry Leon Kleiss amid confirmation classes and Luther League events.
Fred Buss sold his D-X gas station and moved to Waverly to run a Sinclair tank route. John Zingg takes over the business here. A sock hop, box social and slumber party drew many students and staff to the high school gym Friday night. The girls basketball team and supporters held a sleepover afterward. American Legion Auxiliary plans a spring style show at the high school Tuesday March 8 at 8 with Denver and Reading models. tickets on sale now. Mr and Mrs Harold Kehe returned from a Florida trip visiting relatives in Plant City Orlando and Jacksonville en route home via St Louis and Pittsburg Kansas.
The home economics class is sewing outfits for a style show while facing fitting challenges. General science covers solar energy relation to plants and edible plant parts. Students discuss corn flakes and wheaties as a mix up. Ron and Sandra are named in casual prompts. Algebra reviews prior material. General math focuses on multiplication and division. Miss Gaffey's English class begins a reading assignment.
Feature items present a playful misdirection through puns and slang quips. Each short entry uses a common joke format to reflect everyday topics from careers to etiquette with witty contrast and light social commentary.
Cornelius Wolterstoff of Harris was hospitalized after a fall from a hay load. He was knocked unconscious on the frozen ground when the rope broke during unloading.
Mr. Guenther is able to stand and walk slightly while Mrs. Guenther remains seriously ill but improves slowly. If she stabilizes this week, a transfer to Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo may occur, with air transport and a long hospitalization expected. Family and neighbors hosted birthdays and visited relatives in Tripoli, Readlyn, and Waterloo.
Mary Jo Rommel hosted twelve girls for an eighth birthday party at home on Monday night with games and a lunch prepared by her mother Mrs. Bud Rommel. The piece also notes LouAnn Muhlenhaupt recovering from an eye injury after an auto accident and recent moves by the Heft and Wilharm families, plus a 35th wedding anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Herman with guests from Fredericksburg and Waterloo and a slide presentation from Germany enjoyed by the Rinkleffs.
Mr. Steege, who recently completed army service in Germany, took the photographs after immigrating from there not long ago.
Pinhook notice lists Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kuethe Mr. and Mrs. Chester Pals among attendees at the FFA banquet in Sumner Tuesday evening. Mrs. Howard Van Brocklin visited Emil Matthias Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Laube Harland and Shirley visited Eugene Stahlhut Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rieck also mentioned.
Sunday social visits include Mr and Mrs Gus Laube at the Allen Rigg home in Clarion. West Union residents Mr and Mrs Howard Van Brockiin visited Friday. The Rathbone family moved from the Stevenson farm to the Roy Rathbone farm with Albert Rathbone and sons. Fred Waskow and sons Ry lyn and George moved from near Alpha to the Stevenson farm, vacated by the Rathbones. Hansen family near Sumner is moving onto the Kellner farm vacated by the Bergmann family.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.