Tripoli News Roundup Highlights Early Football Action
Tripoli High School’s season opens with Arlington scoring early, taking a 6 0 lead after kickoff. Arlington’s second TD came on a short fourth quarter pass. Tripoli junior high beat Jesup 13 0 in their first game, Rettig scoring on a QB sneak after a Dreyer pass put the ball on the 12. Vogt added a 29 yard TD run. next up Sumner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Arlington
Junior High
Jesup
Rettig
Dreyer
Vogt
Sumner
Editorial urges school spirit and community support
An editorial argues for stronger school spirit through participation in activities and positive advocacy. It urges pride, criticism only when constructive, and broad cooperation to make the school appear worthwhile and attract more students to attend.
Senior Betty Boderman Faces Tests And Hallway Pushing
This senior, Betty Boderman, daughter of Walter and family, dislikes many school tests and being pushed back in hallways. She attended Tripoli High for four years, active in girls glee club and mixed chorus, was junior year usherette for the class play and queen’s attendant, prefers bookkeeping, stands five feet five and a half inches, and enjoys movies, dancing, basketball, sewing, and cooking. Her hobbies include listening to Guy Lombardo, and she may seek a job in Waterloo with no definite plans yet.
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Betty Boderman
Walter Bodermans
Betty
Guy Lombardo
Heaven
Waterloo
Music Notes From Saturday Band Achieves High Marks
Saturday band trip to Postville produced an N rating for the group after their best performance yet with maneuvers including a wheel and locomotive. Soloists Laraine Rettig on lyre received II, Betty Hildebrandt and Margie Biermann along with Carolyn Rogge earned II, I, and I ratings respectively. The band plans a Wartburg homecoming march at Waverly. They also perform at Friday’s last home football game and get in free. New music was bought for the glee clubs and daily rehearsals continue. Results from girls sextet tryouts were not yet announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
Laraine Rettig
Betty Hildebrandt
Margie Biermann
Carolyn Rogge
Waverly
Wartburg College
Tripoli Panthers Fall to Arlington in Slim Defensive Battle
The Tripoli Panthers dropped their fourth game of the season Friday to Arlington. Tripoli held Arlington to 13 points, the lowest by any opponent this year, but the offense stalled for most of the game. A lone 60 yard drive late in the first half reached Arlington 20 before being stopped.
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Tripoli Panthers
Arlington
Tripoli
Agriculture class fields trips and corn contest noted
The junior-senior agriculture class toured soil profiles west of Tripoli where roads are graded. The sophomore class visited George Wellman’s Frederika farm to view steer cattle. Pfister Associated Growers corn contest is set for Mason City with about ten Tripoli entries.
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Tripoli
George Wellman
Frederika
Pfister Associated Growers
Mason City
High School Charter Notes On Freshmen And Juniors Progress
Local high school notes return after a week with freshmen showing steady progress in algebra and English punctuation. Sophomores work on world history and beef cattle reports while juniors prepare for football season’s end and study English sentence parts. Senior annual staff meeting closes an eventful term.
Senior class autographs and wills surprise town
The high school senior class fills last pages of yearbooks with wishes and autographs. Lloyd Goodenbour avoids a book report, while economics studies big business and living standards. A mystery five foot two inch senior girl with blue eyes and French horn ties appears today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jone
Alice Heine
Beverly Mueller
Lloyd Goodenbour
Lloyd
Harry Hollet
Thankful notice from grade school honors donor
The grade school expresses gratitude to W. H. Warner for donating a record album of safety songs to the school, acknowledging the gift and its value to students.
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W. H. Warner
Flying Saucer Report Sparks Skyward Event
Witness recalls stepping outside to see a flying saucer hovering above, an eventful daytime sighting that captivated onlookers. The sighting adds to a string of reported aerial objects stirring local curiosity and prompting inquiries.
Encounter With a UFO and a Tale of Odd Jests
A narrator recounts approaching a hovering metallic saucer and a small helmeted pilot, then shares a string of quirky jokes about a lion’s mouth, a grave with rice, and two Irishmen arguing over strength, ending with a wheelbarrow wager between Mike and Pat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Revere
Humphrey Pennesworth
Lefty
Mike
Pat
Library Board Adopts Iowan Magazine And Books
At a Tuesday meeting the library board voted to subscribe to the new magazine The Iowan from Shenandoah and to purchase the revised Bible. Eight new books were added, including The Big Fisherman by Lloyd C. Douglas and The Road to Bithynia by Frank G. Slaughter. Desperate Search by Arthur Mayse follows two children after a plane crash in the northwest wilderness. The Earthbreakers by Ernest Haycox traces Oregon settlers in 1845. Slant of the Wild Wind by Garland Roark spans Sydney Singapore and sea routes. Postmarked Moscow by Lydia Kirk recounts two years as first lady of the American embassy.
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Library Board
New Magazine
The
Iowan
Shenendoah
Lloyd C. Douglas
Peter
Jesus
Douglas
Bithynia
Frank G. Slaughter
Luke
Arthur Mayse
Earthbreakers
Ernest Haycox
Oregon
Garland Roark
Sydney
Sinapore
Moscow
Lydia Kirk
Okey Pat told Mike to grab the wheelbarrow handles
A terse moment shows one speaker telling Pat to get into the wheelbarrow and join Mike in a task. The line captures a casual command scene with two named participants in an unspecified setting.
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Okey
Pat
Mike
Library board promotes children’s reading and loans
In letters to her children in America Jane Abbott’s The Neighbors is recommended as a homey story for adults and teens. Ralph Moody’s The Man of the Family follows Little Britches in tone and is a valuable addition to the library. The board votes to buy the Merit Award books for Tripoli Boy Scout troops and invites local families to purchase a family library card for two dollars per year.
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America
Jane Abbott
Ralph Moody
Flying Leatherneck at Tripoli Oct 26 27
The Marine Corps drama Flying Leathernecks stars John Wayne and Robert Ryan. The Technicolor film features stirring combat scenes and strong supporting turns by Don Taylor Janis Carter William Harrigan and Jay C Flippen. It screens at the Tripoli theatre Sunday and Monday October 26 and 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Marine Corps
Tripoli Theatre
John Wayne
Robert Ryan
Ami
Don Taylor
Janis Carter
William Harrigan
Jay C. Flippen
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Lowell Engle
Mr. Casey
Pat Chapin
Betty Snelling
Delores Bock
Dick Klenzmann
Mary Droste
Shirley Hay Eldon Hoppenworth
Velma Schultz
Eugene Ostrogge
Chuck Pinch
Alfred Bock
Eugene Drape
Cheryl Colburn
Barbara Hesse
Lillian Fuchs
Editorial
Fritz
West Waterloo
Breeding
Iamsuy
Minerals
Michael’s
Briardale
Tripoli Mercantile
the Farmers Store
Library News
Mrs. Lawrence Block
Orville Naber
State Farm Mutual
L. Bowers
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
J. Frederika, Iowa
Marie Buss
Iowa
Bremer-Butler
Ladies’ Organization
Ferna Leeper
Ironrite
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