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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1956
Page
6
An editorial notes how bright red shoes cap and green slacks spark impulse fashion among youths. It argues such fads are short lived but can add playful variation, urging occasional enjoyment. The piece ends with well wishes to Duane and plans after high school including Marine enlistment and future career hopes.
Duane Ju disch is a 17-year-old senior, 5 ft 10 in, 174 pounds, a three-year football player and tackle. He also ran track in junior year, joined glee club once, and pep club twice, with a fondness for car outings and watching basketball and football games. His top subjects are bookkeeping and economics, and he notes what he will miss after graduation.
Dorothy MacIntee begins teaching English and speech at Tripoli High School after previous service in the local grade school. A Waterloo native, she is a 1952 Sacred Heart High School alumna, 1956 Clarke College graduate, and attended Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. She enjoys travel, summer school, reading, football, and ice skating with Lawrence Welk as a favorite program.
Freshmen anticipate initiation as juniors order rings for October 8. Ring choices include Ruby Super with Starfire, black onyx, mother of pearl, and green and blue stones, with plain gold rings also popular. Rings to be delivered late November or early December. Seniors select a Waterloo studio for portraits. date to be set in the next two weeks.
Tripoli High observed a holiday on Monday for a teachers convention in Waterloo. Mysterious signs appeared around the school asking what is it and what is a booke while students ponder their meaning. Student opinions on Elvis Presley ranged from liking his music to calling him the greatest.
The Tripoli marching band has again been asked to play at the Cattle Congress event. Their selection, titled Melancholy Moods, will feature a program of somber and reflective music aligning with the pageant’s mood.
Cattle Congress events are set for Saturday with concerts at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Band Night is planned for Nashua on October 10. Tripoli and other towns are invited to present contest numbers on the Nashua field. The girls glee club elected Trudy Nerge president Jean Biermann vice president and Elaine Haverkamp secretary librarian. the mixed chorus elected Mary Gatch president Roger Drape vice president and Carol Blume secretary treasurer.
Sophomores organize shop tools and track usage while freshmen estimate feeding costs for various animals. They study the FFA creed and motto, then begin a judging course on cows. Juniors and seniors advance to a soil course as part of an involved program.
Tripoli opened strong Friday at Sumner but fell 25-2 in a late rally. It was their second straight defeat after a 27-13 loss to Greene last Friday. Jerry Snelling broke a finger and Ron Henninger sprained an ankle in the first quarter. The passing defense showed weakness but is expected to improve. a large Tripoli crowd boosted team spirit. Friday, Oct. 5, the team will travel to Janesville.
The event lists a repertoire performance scheduled for Friday September 21 at 10 in the morning. Details mention a planned program of works and potential guest performers.
Three Tripoli High and Grade School students from the University of Minnesota acted three scenes from different plays. They performed the comic Russian Marriage Proposal, the Weeping Scene from Antony and Cleopatra, and the musical Annie Get Your Gun. The audience, including teachers, enjoyed Annie Get Your Gun most of all.
Annual staff members will begin work next week on the 1956 57 annual as typing and writing tasks resume. The process aims to complete editing layout and final proofs for publication.
The editor Marv Gatch announces the annual high school yearbook staff with assistants, editors, and section chiefs. The staff will meet Monday nights as the seniors prepare this year’s annual.
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