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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1955
Page
6
A reflective piece on self control uses school life and community events to show how restraint guides driving, gossip avoidance, study priority, and teamwork. It weaves in a high school faculty baseball game, student quotes, and year end notes from elementary grades, highlighting behavior and school spirit.
The article lists services classes and events at Grace Lutheran Tripoli and St Pauls Waverly including sermons on The Abiding Presence and On Which Side Are You, Vacation Bible School dates May 23 to May 31, confirmations and choir practices, a 75th anniversary committee meeting, baptism and Sunday school hours, and a Midweek Brotherhood talk led by William Goetz with delegates to a Lutheran convention. It notes youth meetings, Ladies Aid work, and special speakers Mrs Reuben Topp and Donald Zell.
Romaine Schwein is the senior personality of the week at THS. He has blonde hair blue eyes and weighs 155 pounds. He enjoys movies pie and ice cream and listening to Lawrence Ducati's band. He participated in track and football and studied agriculture as his top subject. He dislikes being interrupted when telling something. He plans to get a job and perhaps enlist in the army in the future.
The Tri Poli nine impressed by defeating a strong lineup led by Ralph Goodnow John Casey and Harold Frese in a sharp showing as their pitching held.
Tim reports a kindergarten spring program with 17 mothers 11 grandmothers and an aunt among attendees. Children performed rhythm band stories songs poems folk dances and gifts for mothers while rooms were rearranged for the crowd.
Behind the scenes the Tuesday night fashion show caused a frantic rush as models changed outfits. The chaos led to several fatalities before the event finally wrapped up, sparking questions about safety and timing.
Lew Watkins of Storm Lake retires from Northwestern Bell after 38 years. His final role was installing a telephone in the editorial office of the Storm Lake Pilot Tribune.
Rinse chicken and pat dry. Mix flour and seasonings in a bag. Melt butter in a shallow pan. Coat chicken pieces in the bag. Bake at 425 degrees for 30 minutes skin side down. Turn and bake 15 minutes more. Brush with melted butter if serving later.
Iowa again stands high in dairy output with 4.42 billion pounds of whole milk and 57.0 billion pounds of manufactured dairy products, ranking third in the nation. The state also holds fourth in milk cows on farms with about 1.11 million cows, representing roughly 5 percent of U.S. total.
Lester Dinsdale of Tracr died in a farm accident when his traction turned over trapping him between the machine and a steel manure spreader. The incident occurred as the implement toppled, crushing him instantly.
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