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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1965
Page
6
Roving Reporter notes Tripoli High plans a strong 1965 track season with 13 returning lettermen and a new grass track around the football field. Coach Thurness emphasizes personal responsibility in events and anticipates at least two to three night meets plus a state indoor meet on March 26.
A bulletin of speech contest participation lists Tripoli High School students at a home meet on February 20 with judges Mrs. Campbell Mrs. Kalm and Sharon Parker. Newman High School Mason City hosted the February 27 district meet with participants in interpretative reading prose poetry storytelling radio speaking and book reviewing.
Christine Clausen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Clausen, praises Dr Tom Dooley and dislikes hypocrites. She enjoys reading and horseback riding and hopes to attend college after graduation. Sharon Braatz, aka George or Sherry, is active in FTA annual staff and glee club and admires Jacqueline Kennedy. Tony Brase born April 20 1947 lists ferns as his favorite flower and attended the senior glimpse interview.
Seniors at Tripoli Community High School can apply for GM scholarships across 200 plus colleges and universities. US citizens may qualify. awards range from 200 to 2000 dollars annually for entering freshmen with renewal potential. Applications go to participating colleges, not General Motors.
The interview highlights Tony's passion for football as his favorite sport describing it as outdoors and humbling. At 5'11" and 200 pounds he was a hard hitting tackle this year and believes blocking helps vent hostilities. Universal Trade School in Omaha is his post graduation destination.
The new THS teacher Miss Parker hails from Dike and has studied at Grand View College and State College of Iowa. She will teach freshman and sophomore English, aims to foster literature appreciation, and values small schools for close student contact.
Mr and Mrs Eugene Rath of Missouri Valley were among 140 Standard Oilers and wives who excelled in a 1964 sales program and earned a week in Paris. They will depart Kansas City March 21 on a nonstop jet flight returning March 27.
The concert band and boys choir from the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School in Vinton tour performed in Storm Lake Fort Dodge LaVerne Eagle Grove and Des Moines before the Iowa Legislature. Directed by James Grupp the band includes 26 students with Braille music reading for 22 and large print music for 4. Leader ads bring results.
The Tripoli Community School lunch menu lists daily meals from Monday to Friday. Each day includes a main course, side dishes, a dessert or fruit, bread and butter, and milk.
Sunday suppers and weekend visits across Fremont Cedar Falls Plainfield Oelwein Denver Charles City and Grinnell mark a busy round of meals dinners and gatherings. Families include Wikner Fish Jaschen Rathbone Kirchhoff Quigley Miller Berlin Boeckmann Dettmer and Jensen with Carol turning 16.
Local residents report Sunday and weekday visits among families in Pinhook Sumner Waverly and surrounding towns. Notable names include Fay Wilson McConkey Dettmer Steinbronn Mueller Hunemuller Peters Kuhn Klaphoorn Buchholz Stromer Sommerfelt Ostrogge and Lahmann with guests from Den is and Germany planned military duty noted for Paul McNamee.
The column records visitors and recoveries at area hospitals including Harry McConkey and Inez Smith in Waterloo. Families move to Waterloo and Fairbank attend basketball tournaments in Charles City. Various local residents visit, recover from illnesses, or meet for meals and gatherings. A historical note recalls the American Revolution skirmish at King's Mountain, York County, S C, on Oct. 7, 1780.
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