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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1964
Page
5
The Tee Pee editorial argues Tripoli High School shows low spirit with more students skipping homework and classes. It cites cheating on tests, diminishing extracurriculars, overburdened students, and calls for a rude awakening and reforms to curb bad habits and restore education benefits.
The Tripoli Panthers urge careful driving during the prom night celebration. Do not speed or switch lanes without looking. one second of carelessness can be fatal. Wishing the Prom Committee Chairman and attendees a fun and safe evening.
A moral poem discusses cheating and stealing among high school students and urges reflection. It contrasts confession with reputation and suggests prayer as a simple wish turned heavenward. The piece questions conscience and the value of trust over wrongdoing.
A short reflective piece offers advice on obtaining and keeping employment through health and habit. A humorous poem parodies biblical phrasing about study doubt, class fear, and cramming for bluebooks, ending with a boast about lifelong classroom presence.
Monday Roast pork mashed potatoes slaw bread and butter baked apple slices milk. Tuesday Beef and spaghetti carrot and celery sticks brownie bread and butter mill. Wednesday Tuna and noodle casserole egg salad and cheese sandwiches fruit marble cake milk. Thursday Scalloped potatoes and ham fruit cookie peanut butter and cheese sandwiches milk. Friday Maid rites or fish sticks shoe string potatoes pork and beans pickles ice cream milk.
Carl E. Hagemann of Waverly announced a nationwide savings bonds drive titled Operation Security running from May 1 to Independence Day. Bremer County March sales totaled 53,556 raising Q1 state totals to 36,648,632 for 32 percent of the 1964 goal. Iowa March sales reached 10,785,279. County figures include Buchanon 184,897 27 percent, Chicakasaw 262,833 37 percent, Fayette 470,360 40 percent. Captain William Kidd, a New York citizen, was hanged in London in 1701 for piracy and murder.
Prom Committee chairmen and class members discuss decorating the gym, outfits for waiters and waitresses, invitations, food quality, and whether seniors will know the name. They aim for a memorable evening with careful planning and guidance for the juniors.
The twelfth annual convention of the Iowa Association for Retarded Children is scheduled for June 13 and 14 at the State College of Iowa in Cedar Falls. Executive Director S. R. Christensen said more than 400 delegates and visitors from 86 units will attend the two-day session with the theme Now What.
State Conservationist David Bathurst of Greenfield measured a cottonwood on Harold and Mrs. Byers farm at 31 feet % inches around the trunk. The tree earned the No. 1 ranking from the American Forestry Association.
A reflective item notes that persistent effort seldom harms when people avoid pushing beyond safe limits. It emphasizes steady labor within safe boundaries and uses a philosophical tone to urge prudent persistence.
In 1693 Massachusetts established a general letter office in Boston to handle mail handling and distribution for colonial settlements, marking a formal step in organized colonial communication services.
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