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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1932
Page
3
A vintage feature touts oysters as both delicious and healthful with rich mineral content. It cites iron, phosphorus, calcium, iodine, and vitamins, notes strict safety standards in oyster handling, and shares two classic recipes Oyster a la Maryland and Oyster Stew with step by step preparation.
The Wildcats earned a 5 to 4 victory over the Bulldogs in a tense school test. Both sides yelled and sang, with excitement peaking as the scoreline stayed tight. Bulldogs promise to improve and hope for a higher rating next week.
Miss Oleson’s class honors Arnold Nielson, Gerald Bisby, Jeanett Drewis, Lorin Eichmann, Noreen Miller, Donna Lee, James Crittenden, Irma Piegers, Betty Ambrose, Mary Jeane Buechele, Ralph Fink, Naomi Berlin, Bobby Selck and Roy Fink for perfect spelling. Seven students also achieve perfect scores on the 50 addition problems, including Donna Lee and Ralph Fink.
Miss Milroy records last Friday's shift from ten to twenty words in spelling test. Twenty pupils attempted the test, eighteen achieving perfect scores. Edward Selek acts as weekly helper. Kenneth Bunger Shirley Gooden bour and Jeannine Krueger serve as English critics. A new health song titled Our Toothbrush was learned.
Darlene Miller and Edwin Hill earned top six week averages of 96 earning them captain roles for an arithmetic contest. They chose their teams, The Wild cats in blue and The Bulldogs in red, with listed members and colors. Excitement ran high last Friday before the first test, with some students even wanting to forfeit recess to take it.
Beverly Ambrose is added to the dental honor roll as the fourth grade marks its eighteenth and eyes twenty perfect days by Friday. Captain Frederick Ambrose leads with a 94 percent average while Jack Frese’s Reds average 92 percent. Signs of spring appear with jonquils near the blackboard.
Two perfect days last week inspire Easter party plans. Windmill pictures on windows honor Holland. Fifth graders create peep shows from Loki's Children using shoebox stages with ground and background, trees and standing figures. peeking through holes reveals the scenes.
The sixth grade under Mr and Mrs L W Vanderlinden created posters featuring a Dutch Flower Girl and a Dutch Gardener Boy. Girls used construction paper for garments while boys crafted figures set against a tulip colored garden background.
Eighth graders study Poe and celebrate June Nielsen report. Sixth graders prepare for county spelling contest at Waverly on April 23 using Des Moines Register word lists. After contests, five pupils remain in A group: Lee Lou Morf, Jack Hale, Edith Bull, Violet Ambrose and Bruce Borchert. Three will represent the sixth grade in the school contest. Bruce Borchert, Lee Lou Morf and Violet Ambrose lead the group.
The class examined soil under a microscope, tested water holding capacity by drying and burning samples, and mixed soils in water to observe settling. They noted gravel settling to the bottom and silt rising, and that cultivation breaks capillary tubes affecting moisture movement. Edward Bennett credits observation of leaf sugar moistening.
A twentieth birthday observance at the Congregational church kicks off with a Sunday service themed Home. Activities span Monday camp-fire day at school, Tuesday council fire and a play Home Talent, and daily duties leading to a week of programs culminating in Friday radio broadcasts and Saturday cleaning. The event features readings and a poem by Sam Walter Foss.
Poem by Robert Underwood Johnson reflects on fire as a friend and symbol of camp fire. The article notes camp fire as a tool to help girls discover pleasures and interests their homes offer and mentions plans for next week.
A brief quip has the Parson asking why his wife sings during a toothache and the reply that she wants him to endure the pain with her. The exchange reflects a lighthearted rural preacher humor about shared suffering.
U S bureau notes hog breeding declines in Germany and Denmark with only a slight 1932 US spring pig crop rise, contrasting with 1931 increases. Quotes discuss currency expansion effects on farm prices and credit policy, while Chicago court upholds agriculture secretary’s power over futures markets. Kossuth and Jasper counties are slated for remodification, and TB testing shows strong eradication progress with 70 counties accredited.
A reflection notes that some men gain reputations for honesty by hiding the real truth of their deeds, suggesting virtue may rest on secrecy rather than transparency.
Artesian Erwin Clausing fractured his right ribs after falling through a hay chute last week. Mr and Mrs Elmer Schneer of Readlyn are moving onto the farm vacated by Theodore Clausing, who moved last Friday onto the farm of Wm Boedecker. Mr and Mrs F F Moeller visited Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs C Moeller in Denver.
W Leonard Johnson of the New Jersey civil service commission reports from tests on 450 policemen applicants that size does not predict strength for those over 5 feet 6 inches. Weight relates to strength only up to 165 pounds, beyond which no relation holds. He urges revision of patrolman physical requirements.
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