Senior Profile James Schwake of THS
James Edward Schwake born April 13 1957 in Sumner is THS senior with sisters Jane Judy and Karen. He takes Individual Reading Metals II Bachelor Living Auto Mechanics American Government and Business Law and earned letters in football and baseball.
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James Edward Schwake
Virgil Schwake
Sumner
Jane
Judy
THS
Karen
Jim
Helgerson
Robert Redford
Dan Lee Sauerbrei
Waterloo
Leo Sauerbrei
Perry
Dan
Bad Company
Central College
Tripoli teams clash in playoff soccer at field May 19
The Tripoli Teachers Giants and Tripoli Seniors Tornadoes meet in a best of one playoff at the Tripoli football field on Monday May 19 at 7 00 p m. Both undefeated with identical records the game is billed as the soccer game of the century and bookmakers offer even odds. Dan Sauerbrei and classmates at Hawkeye Tech placed in industrial arts contests with top finishes in mechanical drafting architectural drafting machine metals and welding.
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Tripoli
Giants
Tornadoes
Will Miller
Johnson
Company
Will Randall
Duane
Darwin
Hawkeye Tech
Helgerson
Poock
Hawkeye
Mike Koschmeder
Merle Buls
Ron Heidemann
Dan Sauerbrei
Dean Stumme
National Honor Society elects officers in May meeting
NHS holds its May 8 meeting to elect officers. Mike Koschmeder is president, Sharon Hoffman vice president, Dave Alcock treasurer, and Mary Warner secretary. The lunchroom mural is completed.
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Mike Koschmeder
Sharon Hoffman
Dave Alcock
Mary Warner
Field Trips and Visits Highlight May School Activities
Field trips occurred on May 2 at Cinema I College Square and U N L Library Cedar Falls for Advanced Composition students. Dr. J William Worden led a workshop on terminal illness at Black Hawk County Medical Society funded by NIH and NCI. Wartburg College visitation day on May 6 offered tours, counseling, planetarium show, and campus events.
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Pat Balvant
Cindy Sommerlot
Cinema I
College Square
Black Hawk County Medical Society
Iowa Nurses Association
J. William Worden
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Omega
National Institute of Mental Health
National Cancer Institute
U.N.L
Cedar Falls
Wartburg College
Becker Hall of Science
Just A Friend and the Heart That Lies Within
A Creativity Column by Darlene Hyde explores love and longing among friends. The speaker recalls shared moments and laughter, then confronts hidden desire as time passes and friendship deepens into romantic hope.
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Darlene Hyde
Retirement Party Honors Mrs Dohrmann At THS
Mrs. Dohrmann retires after fifteen years at the school serving seven as head cook. A May 5 lunchroom party included cooks Marquardt Ryan and Goodenbour who baked and decorated a cake and presented a corsage and gift. The Panther's Tale thanks her for dedicated service and wishes a happy retirement.
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Raymond Dohrmann
Dohrmann
THS
Marquardt
Ryan
Panther’s Tale
Mrs. Dohrmann
Graduation Puzzle Linking Senior Year Events
Puzzle lists 24 graduation theme clues across senior year topics such as dinner by Music Mothers, honors robes and cords, diplomas and ceremonies, with answers varied by codes and symbols from a prior week solution.
Sumner Obituary Notices of Schultz and Busching
Arlin John Schultz 59 died at Allen Memorial Hospital from a heart attack after a work shift at United Telephone Company. He was a Sumner resident, WWII Navy veteran, married Lavon Stahlhut, and survived by wife, four children, and three sisters. Otto Frank Busching 85, retired hardware dealer, died May 6. funeral at St. John American Lutheran Church. He lived near Clarksville, worked in Waverly and Monona, later Sumner.
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Arlin John Schultz
Allen Memorial Hospital
United Telephone Company
Sumner
St. John American Lutheran Church
Burial Church
Kenneth Alpers
John Sorenson
Arthur
Martha (Huebner) Schultz
Tripoli
Aviation
Navy
Lavon Stahlhut
Hutchison, Kansas
American Legion Honor Guard
American Legion
Lavon
Randal
Mitchell
Denver
Colo
Mike
Sandra) Wilson
R. R. Sumner
Julie Ann
Verla Schultz
Carl
Marion) Rogahn
Willy
Lee Anne) Fritz
West Union
Otto Frank Busching
Hillcrest
Henry
Martha (Boeckman) Busching
Clarksville
Butler County
Waverly
Emma Marr
Milnes Family Details Funeral and Local Notices
Obscure obituary notes Milnes Wiltsey 60 of Des Moines died May 25 after cancer. Funeral at First Lutheran ton with wife Emma and five sons two daughters and siblings. Also mentions bridal showers and a planned July 26 wedding for Diane Ig mas Vaurik, and Mae Ellis death with Rev Ellis noted.
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Wiltsey Milnes
Iowa Methodist Hi
Des Moines
Chariton Funeral
Heig A
First Lutheran Church
Ton
John Milnes
Sumag
Britt
Diane Igmas Vaurik
Robert Vaurik
Donald
Winnebago Industries
City
Floyd Stumme
Pe Brocklin
Cedar Rapids
Denver
Yy Brocklin
Lavern Ff
Ward
Mae Ellis
Paul Ellis
Salem Ev
Sumner
Acres
Rhonda Dedor
Ernest Dedor
Concordia _ Seward
Nebraska
Monona High Hosts May Music Contest and Ratings
On May 3 vocal and band students gathered at Monona High for a large group contest. The band earned a Division I rating, the first Tripoli band to do so in thirteen years. Vocal groups faced a tight two week practice window after Swing Show, with Girls Glee earning a I rating and Mixed Chorus a Il.
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Monona High School
Tripoli
Glee
Creativity Column by Cindy Sommerlot
Cindy Sommerlot muses on approaching spring noting fading snow underfoot and hints of green. She questions if a robin’s song signals longer days and if the sun’s warmth dispels lingering chill as days lengthen.
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Cindy Sommerlot
Denver seniors win national merit and Wartburg scholars
Miss Melissa J. Sage of Denver High School earns a $1000 National Merit Scholarship as a finalist from Iowa. Miss Becky Jensen of Denver wins Wartburg College Regents Scholarship worth $250 with renewal. Other notes cover local luncheon, Memorial Day plans, graduation rituals, retirement of Werner Nollen, and a Cancer Society call for annual checkups.
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Melissa J. Sage
Denver
D. W
Bill) Sage
East Cedar Wapsie, R. R. 2
Waterloo
Iowa
Iowa Falls
Manchester
Becky Jensen
Denver High School
Northeast
Wartburg College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dan Lee Saverbrei
UNI
Wartburg
Music Mothers
National Honor Society
Arlin Schultz
Meyer
My Bushhing
Lodge, AF & AM
Rotary and Commercial City
Emma
Regents
Miss Jensen
Rollis Jensen
Denver Briefs
Denver Thimble Bee
Sweden House
Regina Matthias
Marie Matthias
Denver American Legion Post
Legion Hall
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Denver High School Band
St. Peter Lutheran Church
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ
St. Peter
St. Paul’s
Werner Nollen
Mediapolis
The
American Cancer Society
Hasbrouck - Voetmann Lumber Co
Bergmann Insurance Agency
Edgar Bergmann
Arlen Casady
Frederika Plainfield
MR. Farmer
Nyberg- Schildroth
Poli
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