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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1955
Page
6
The Tripoli High School Hi-Lites announce Judy Schlichting and adviser Miss Gaffey will attend a Journalism Workshop in Iowa City in June to learn new techniques and improve the school newspaper. Students plan to support effort with movies music and sauerkraut and ham.
Paul Fitch plans to become a Navy chaplain after college and Wartburg seminary. He is active at THS in football four years base ball one basketball two mixed chorus boys quartet glee club and boys double quartet. He earned a rating for a vocal solo and served as class president freshman year and treasurer sophomore year. He works on Teen-Age Driver club publicity and appeared in two class plays as Dr Spee and John Thorton. His favored subjects are physics and bookkeeping.
The Tripoli Panthers begin the 1955 season with a Sumner meet as teams chase points. Baseball stands at 4 2 with a 10 7 scoring edge across opponents, while Harlan Laube bats .474 and Carlyle Nicklaus leads with a 3 1 pitching record.
Tim reports a kindergarten celebration for David Buchholz who turned a birthday on Tuesday. Children made cards and joined a birthday march, after which he gave each child and the teacher a birthday wish.
Congregational notes announce Sunday services at 9 30 and 10 30 with junior and senior choirs meeting on Thursday evenings. Pilgrim Fellowship gathers Wednesday at 7 30. Sunday marks the festival of the Christian home and Mother’s Day and closes the national family week promoting family activities.
Wednesday feature shows three one act plays directed by Miss Schaefer Finders Keepers by George Kelly with Fritz Krueger Carol Axon Kath leen Donahoo The Dear Departed by Stanley Houghton with Ruth Block Carolyn Rogge Marilyn Ostrogge Wendall Rettig Betty Hildebrandt and Robert Eick The Other Side by Jack Stuart Knapp with Larry Vogt Mark Wilharm Louis Braatz and Larry Ladage Cast banter notes outfits questions and praise for effort at end of performance
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