Seventh Grade at Tripoli School Faces Flu Absences
The seventh grade and their teacher report ongoing progress despite flu illness hitting many students. They reviewed multiplication and division, explored US agriculture, studied China farming, and planned a Halloween party after illness. Monitors were chosen, perfect attendance list noted, and class activities spanned arithmetic, English, and creative projects with seeds and color mixing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
China
Virgil Henning
Roger Benarden
Julie Brener
Sherwin Bull
Jennifer Colburn
Larry Drape
Patricia Gaede
Larry Huck
Yvonne Kalkbrenner
Caroline Kehe
Gary Klenzman
Robert Kuker
Lois Ladage
Dennis McName
Homework done editor asks how to fill spare time
Gerald Mohling argues students should use spare time wisely after finishing work. He notes peers read books, review work, or chat with neighbors, while some waste time carving initials. The piece urges careful, productive use of free moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Mohling
Senior Glimpses of Jim Block and Dave Block in Navy plans
Senior Glimpses highlights Jim Block, a 5 ft 9 in student known for band tuba football track and student manager duties. He enjoys Duke Ellington Glenn Miller and Daddy Cool and plans two years in the Navy after graduation. Also features cousin David Block nicknamed Whitey pursuing Navy service. Dave stays active with swimming fishing and rabbit tracking while studying and listening to Pat Boone records as he prepares for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Daddy Cool
Duke Ellington
Glenn Miller
Navy
Kissin
David Block
Whitey
Dave
Pat Boone
Fifth Grade Spooks and Learning Highlights
Grade news notes Halloween art with mobiles hung for a festive room. Four pupils absent at most, illness easing. Larry Ormston brought chrysanthemums, Lowell Heinemann shared birthday treats. Reading unit They Made Dreams Come True. Studying early aviation and America with figures like the Montgolfier brothers and Wright Brothers. Props and pictures enhance social studies and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Ormston
Lowell Heinemann
Robert Fulton
Montgolfier Boys
Wright Brothers
Sharon Braatz
Judy Wilson
America
Church Notes Share Week's Services and Activities
The column lists Sunday school and worship times at several churches including Congregational, Grace Lutheran, St. John's (Siegel, Frederika), and St. Paul’s Lutheran Siegel. It notes choir rehearsals, youth classes, holiday suppers, dartball games, confirmation classes, and upcoming meetings through November with dates and host parish details. Visitors are welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Tripoli
St. Peter's
Sumner
Brotherhood
Grace Lutheran
Hope Lutheran
Westgate
The
Lutheran World Federation
Twin Cities
Ladies’ Aid Society
Gay E. Shipp
Christian Cheer Committee
Caroline Schnurstein
Lena Schnurstein
Gustave Schwemm
Minnie Schumacher
ST. Paul's
Siegel Cyril Jandrey
ST. John’s Lutheran Frederika
Boyden man injures fingers guiding pulley belt
Richard Van Diepen of Boyden crushed two fingers while guiding a belt on a pulley with a stick. The belt caught his hand and pulled his fingers along the moving pulley. The second sentence references treason as the only crime defined in the U.S. Constitution.
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Richard van Diepen
Boyden
United States
Six year old Danny Engebret breaks arm again
Six year old Danny Engebret, son of Lake Mills, sustained his third fracture in a year, breaking the same arm just before school started after previously being struck by a car. Wedding rings are placed on the left fourth finger due to an old Egyptian belief about a nerve to the heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Barry
Charles Block
Roger Block
Gene Beevers
Leroy Benarden
Dixon Bunger
Martin Drewis
Kathryn Klemp
Frederick Lahmann
Jacklyn Lobeck
Frances Olejniczak
Duane Schumacher
Sue Towne
Lois Wagner
Vern“ Yukl
Linda Schwarze
Whyla Schwarze
Vera Yukl
Sandra Aubrey
Danny Engebret
Lake Mills
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Tee Pee
Tripoli Panthers
Jim Block
Lester E. Gatch
Pilgrim Fellowship
Helen Mallie
Gene Colburn
Mac Snyder
ST. Peter’s
Evangelical and Reformed
Ewald F. Puhlmann
August Krueger
Church Council
Robert Osborn
Luther League
Richard Towne
John Diaz
James Martin
Karla Lobeck
James Wolf
Grace Hall
ST. John’s Lutheran
Crane Creek
Em. Fuchs
ST. John’s Evangelical and Reformed
Siegel V. D. Weidler
Harvest Home
Ice
Men's Brotherhood
Young Peoples’ League
Methodist Church
Frederika
ST. John Lutheran
Denver
A. H. Mette
Brammer
A. T. Rollene
KYB
Young Peoples
Daniel
ST. Paul's EV
Lutheran Waverly
O. H. Moll
Luthey
Sundy
Brem
Walthed
Trinity Lutheran Cygo Bremer UO
H. Moll
Sun School Teachers Institute
Cg Falls
Walthe League
Artesian
Kan
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