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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1975
Page
6
The Student Council and cheerleaders outline a lively Homecoming week with weight guessing raffles, pep meetings, a public pep gathering at the football field, class ballots, initiations, ice cream sales, orange and black day, bonfire, skits, parade, game, and a dance from 9:30 to 12. Tickets run 150 in advance and 200 at the door. Windfall Jac is the band. Prizes include 15, 10, and 5 dollars for floats.
The author reflects on personal isolation and the eventual belief that love dissolves loneliness. They express uncertainty about understanding others and themselves, hoping that falling in love will merge two individuals into one yet remain two. The piece acknowledges lingering doubt about future connection.
A sequence of conversations follows a student revealing school life at T.H.S. through friends, siblings, clubs, sports, and classes. A mistaken call threads through, ending with another wrong-number exchange. Debi Sassman and a golf moment highlight student interests.
Jane Sassman won the Best of Show ribbon for her Bluebar Racing Homer at the National Dairy Cattle Congress. She also earned a purple ribbon for the best breed on a Texas Pioneer Hen and collected seven firsts, six seconds, six thirds, two fourths, and four fifths across events. Her twenty eight ribbons highlight her talent and hobby with pigeons.
The 7th grade football team beat Wapsie Valley 14 to 0 on September 23. The 8th grade team plays Wapsie Valley on September 24. A doubleheader is set for October 2 with Dunkerton. In English, Mr. Dutcher assigned a no talking day to feel how mute people live, prompting mixed reactions from students.
THS music department plans a school wide program with auditions on October 14 and 15 1975 for reading prose solo skits or instrumental pieces. Committees invite ideas for a new theme and list many student names involved in vocal groups and practice plans.
A book review praises I'm OK You're OK by Thomas A. Harris M D as a breakthrough in transactional analysis. The page also chronicles obituaries engagements anniversaries and local social notes from Sumner Fayette and surrounding towns with family details and upcoming weddings.
Obituaries and notices list Mrs. Alice Platte of Sumner who died at Scholtz hospital aged 60 with services at St. John American Lutheran Church and burial at Church Cemetery. Also listed are Harvey Goodnow of Alpha funerals, couple Darlene Jefferis and Rollin Jeffries marriage in Mission Missouri, two local accident victims, anniversary open house for Elmer and Clara Schwartz, and various birthday and anniversary mentions from Sumner community.
The menu lists daily meals for Tripol Common School on Monday through Friday. Items include vegetable with cheese and tung Sandy, spaghetti with wieners, Jello salad with peanut butter sandwiches, beef pattie with mashed green beans, creamed chicken with cabbage slaw and chip bar, and fish squares with fried potatoes and orange juice.
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