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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1952
Page
8
Homecoming week at Tripoli High honors graduates while current students enjoy events including a Friday football game and dance. The column notes sports quirks, farm talks, a cider-fueled crash, kitchen table chats, a big church chicken dinner, and bus safety signs with playful local color.
In a tight Friday game Calmar edges Tripoli 20 to 18 as Hillman’s dropkicks and a late Griffin to Iverson pass with a Hillman lateral set the final scoring. Griffin to Iverson and Hillman key Calmar plays. Tripoli’s Beisner and Schmidt drive late threats but Calmar clamps down in final minutes.
Calmar defeated Tripoli 20 to 18 while Oelwein beat Waverly 13 to 6 and Postville edged Sumner 6 to 0. On Friday Hawkeye visits Tripoli Sumner travels to West Union and Cresco plays at Waverly.
Readlyn Randalia crushed Immaculate Conception Fairbank 11 to 0 in four innings. Denver Dike defeated Orange Township Waterloo 2 to 1.
Readlyn announces the engagement and approaching marriage of Delores Oltrogge to Burton W Boevers. The wedding is planned for 2 p m on October 12 at Zion Lutheran church Readlyn. Delores works for Lutheran Mutual Life Insurance Co Waverly and Burton farms.
The page lists top catches by date and angler across multiple divisions. Ray Block leads the largest fish with a seven pound northern pike on July 13, followed by several six to three-quarter pound entries in the same period. Bass division shows Mrs Ewald Carstensen and Elmer Buchholz tied at two pounds 14 ounces with later entries placed, and crappie entries noting Bert Bock and Erich Poock with one and three-quarters to one pound six ounces.
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