Tripoli Community School staff list for the year
Editorial notes the 2023 staff lineup with co editors Melvin Buls and Gerald Mohling and roles including Ruthanne Joens as assistant editor, Jean Ambrose and Kay Barry in senior glimpses, Frederick Heine and Carol Heinemann on sports, Donald Blasberg Kohagen and Elroy Nuss on ag news, Joyce Bodermann and Karen Pinch on feature news, Mary Bremer Inside the Tee Pee, Margaret Schwein on classroom chatter, Nadean Schnurstein on music notes, and Kathryn Rieck as production manager. The staff pledges to bring timely news from Tripoli Community School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Buls
Gerald Mohling
Ruthanne Joens
Jean Ambrose
Kay Barry
Frederick Heine
Carol Heinemann
Ag News
Donald Blasberg
Don Kohagen
Elroy Nuss
Joyce Bodermann
Karen Pinch
Senior Glimpses: Gary Bennett and Karen Zander
Gary Bennett, 16, a Davenport High junior, is described as tall with blue eyes and a future Navy member. He cites physics as a favorite subject and enjoys rock music, hunting, and fishing after graduation. Karen Zander, noted for rushing through halls, is active in mixed chorus and girls glee club. She eyes elementary teaching or secretarial work, studying bookkeeping and serving as treasurer for local Walther League chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Bennett
Davenport's
Gary
THS
Navy
Karen Zander
Karen
Pat Boone
Classroom Charter Election Results By Class Officers
Freshman James Fuchs elected president with Bill Garner as vice president and Sue Towne as secretary. Joyce Axon serves as treasurer while Dixon Bunger and Charles Block join the freshman student council. Sophomores choose Fred Hildebrandt as president Billy Kehe as vice president Joyce Schnurstein as secretary Betty Osborn as treasurer with T A Shriver and Don Dohrmann on the student council. Juniors elect Paul McNamee president Elroy Nuss as vice president Doris Hildebrandt as secretary Kay Barry as treasurer with David Mohling and Dick Niemeyer on the student council. Seniors name Karen Pinch president Shirley Mohling as vice president Sandra Wagner secretary Lavern Busse treasurer Margaret Schwein and Gerald Mohling as student council members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fuchs
Bill Garner
Sue Towne
Joyce Axon
Dixon Bunger
Charles Block
Fred Hildebrandt
Billy Kehe
Joyce Schnurstein
Betty Osborn
T. A. Shriver
Don Dohrmann
Paul McNamee
Elroy Nuss
Doris Hildebrandt
Kay Barry
David Mohling
Dick Niemeyer
Karen Pinch
Shirley Mohling
Sandra Wagner
Lavern Busse
Margaret Schwein
Gerald Mohling
Music Notes Opens Year With Band and Vocal Concerts
The music department welcomes many participants as the new year starts. The 500 club will again sell tickets granting access to all band and vocal department concerts. Watch for the announcement. Our new gymnasium will provide an excellent auditorium for performances.
THS Students Strive to Boost School Spirit
Feature on THS students aiming to raise school spirit with outdoor pep meetings posters and class discussions by teachers urging attendance at football games. Pep band participation shows student interest while cheerleaders lead efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THS
Band and ensembles to debut at Oct 6 and Oct 16 events
The enlarged band premieres at the October 6 football game and group ensembles from the music department perform at the Farm Bureau meeting on October 16. Civic organizations may request musical entertainment from the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Music Department
New Class Officer Elections Endorsement Process
A school adopts parliamentary rules to elect class officers and student council members. After a slow start, a petition for nomination gains 20 signatures and moves to the principal, officially placing a candidate in the running. Campaign managers create striking posters and distribute candy as ballots are issued on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Martin
Ag Notes Freshmen to Seniors Cover FFA and Projects
In the freshmen class 13 members learn the FFA creed and the aims of vocational agriculture. They will work on project records. Ag II lists 13 sophomores who toured to weigh beef cattle, updated record books, and studied rations and prices. Ag III and IV have 13 juniors and seniors, with field trips to Leland Alcock farm to judge steers and a study of Successful Farmer. Mr. Smith leads a dairy judging team to the Dairy Cattle Congress on Sept 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Alcock
Smith
Dairy Cattle Congress
Congregational Church Notes and Services in County
Church activities fill the week with services and classes at St Peter’s St Paul’s and neighboring congregations. Dr Wal ter D De Kock preaches at Congregational Sunday worship while Walter De Kock’s sermon is noted. Choirs meet midweek and area guilds plan gatherings with travel from Tripoli Buck Creek and Fredericksburg. Confirmation classes and world wide communion are scheduled along with a Lutheran synod meeting and a Luther League session at various locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold E. Bernhard
Walter D. de Kock
St. Peter’s Church
St. Paul's Women’s Guild
Buck Creek
Tripoli
Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Fredericksburg
St. Peter’s
Elmer Wilharm
Carol Ann Buchholz
Betty Lou Thies
Puhlmann
St. Paul’s Church
Northeast Iowa
Fall Synod
Gladbrook
Church Council
Frederika Church
ST. John EV. Lutheran
Robert E. Glaser
Luther League
Tripoli Leader events outline October 1958 calendar
Town notices list multiple church activities and meetings across October. Includes services at 8 p m and 10 15 a m with themes on mission work, lectures by Rev Huebner on Venezuela, and gatherings like pastoral conference at Cedar Falls Walther League and Ladies Aid. Installation of Rev Arnold Benthral at St John Church on Oct 5 at 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huebner
Venezuela
Cedar Falls
Walther League
Church Council
Artesian
Ladies’ Aid
W. D. Oetting
Arnold Benthral
St. John Congregation
Farewell Parties for Local Students and Legion Meeting
Lenny Johnson, second grade, and Vicky Johnson, fifth grade, were honored at separate farewell gatherings hosted by teachers and classmates. The Denver Music Boosters plan a rummage sale in October. A Past Presidents Parley of the American Legion Auxiliary met September 23 at Erna Matthias’s home with nine members present. New member Mrs. Mabel Sassmann was welcomed, and it was decided to again dress dolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenny
Vicky Johnson
Vicky
Denver Music Boosters
Parley
American Legion Auxiliary
Erna Matthias
Mabel Sassmann
Local Residents and Families Share Leave News
Visitors and service members from Des Moines Madison Waverly and Waterloo spend leaves with relatives and attend family events. Jay Clark, Roger Clark, Frank Mohosak funeral, George Erickson anniversary, Allen Memorial surgery, Ray Steinberg birthday, Pat Kern weekend visit, and new living arrangements near Kaukauna Wisconsin are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Hospital
Des Moines
Merlin Jans
Truax Air Base
Madison
Wis
Jay Clark
John Jans
Waverly
Roger Clark
North Island
San Diego
James Thompson
Frank Mohosak
Waterloo
Tony Johnson
George Borchers
George Erickson
Barron
Lawrence Platte
Allen Memorial Hospital
Richard Reinhold
Springfield
Ill
Platte
Richard Steinberg
William Diercks
George Jahnke
Ray Steinberg
Ray
Family Trio Enrolls in Marengo Kinder Garten
An aunt Sherri Young, her niece Vicki Young, and nephew Kenneth Tuttle are all enrolling in kindergarten at Marengo this year. The trio will attend the same local program, highlighting family schooling continuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinder ‘Garten
Marengo
Sherri Young
Vicki Young
Kenneth Tuttle
House of Cranston family with century-long ownership
The Cranston house has remained in the same family for 100 years. Original farming equipment, including the first plow and a two-shovel cultivator, survives alongside rooms filled with antique furniture dating to 1866. Mr and Mrs Aristanchy Hunter live in the home among old china, glassware, lamps, pictures, and other furnishings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranston
Hunter
Aristanchy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tripoli Panthers
Uae
Mongolia
America
Evangelical and Reformed
Ewald F. Puhlmann
ST. John’s Lutheran
Crane Creek
Em. Fuchs
Luther League Meeting
Methodist Church
Frederika
Erwin E. Vaudt
Grace Lutheran
William F. Goetz
Jesus
Ladies’ Aid Society
Christian Cheer Committee
H. H. Hoppenworth
Albert Hunemuller
Walter Hunemuller
E. R. Jarchow
Elsa Tegtmeier
New York
Kathryn Rieck
Richard Niemeyer
Mark Wikner
Mary Kay Sommer
LaJean Slack
Julie Soles
LeRoy Benarden
Carla Bremer
Gerald
ST. Paul's
ST. John’s Evangelical and Reformed
Siegel V. D. Weidler
Sunset Theatre
Sumner, Iowa
River
Kwai
Alec Guinness
William Holden
Tab Hunter
van Heflin
Sunset Theatre Management
Brotherhood
Young People’s League
ST. Paul's EV
Lutheran Waverly
O. H. Moll
Trinity Lutheran Church Bremer O. H. Moll
ST. John Lutheran
Denver
Pat Kern
Lakeview
Minn
Kaukauna
Johnson
Lyle Soigwiseh
North
Milton Soldwisch
Tony Joh
Ralph Muneon
Bock’ Heating
Tm Colonial
Iowa Hardware Mutual
Iowa
Vibra
Eureka
Ams
MFR
Eureka Mobile Aire
Tre
Rettig Furniture
Tripoli, Iowa
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