Readlyn area families celebrate anniversaries and events
The Readlyn region observes several family milestones including Mr and Mrs John Thurm marking 49 years with a potluck. Mr and Mrs Albert Oltrogge celebrate 60 years at a noon family dinner. Other gatherings include bridal showers for Bonnie Erhardt and Karen Hagenow, a baptism at Zion Lutheran, Readlyn, and local visits. A Readlyn accident injures Joyce Hartman and Poppy day plans are set by the VFW Auxiliary. Cerberus myth note concludes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thurm
Paul Wolfgram
Waterloo
Dickman
Cedar Rapids
Ervin Thurm
Merlin Buenzow
Sumner
Ronald Beevers
Tripoli
Larry Hagenow
Fairbank
Lavern Thurm
Helen Thurm
Ruth
Bruce
Jeffery
Roger Thurm
Readlyn
Albert Oltrogge
Oltrogge
Matilda Williamson
Edward
Harold
Eldo
Fred
George
Palo Alto
Calif
Oran
Arlington Heights
Ill
Bonnie Erhardt
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Dan Buhr
Connie Hagenow
Connie Lampe
Carol Erhardt
Kathy Staack
Marlys Petersen
Veronica Sauerbrei
Denver
Greene
Westgate
Miss Erhardt
Kenneth Piehl
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Dean Beevers
Zion Lutheran Church
Steven Wayne Kuhlman
Larry Kuhlmann
E. Jacobs
Harold Heineman
Harold Kuhlman
Leon Heineman
Virgil Kuhlman
Donald Heineman
Wayne Teisinger Post Vfw
Iowa
Agnes Thran
Harvey Scherling
Chapin
Laura Kay
Ervin Piehl
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
James Buckman
Elaine
Loren Piehl
Ernest Wille
Robert Hagenow
Otto Meier
Alice Judisch
Merwin Meier
Robert Thran
Eric
Williamsburg
Tad Thran
Fred Kelling
Magraff
Minn
Stanley Gehrke
Jerry
Sandra
Pat
Pam
E. H. Gehrke
Mr. Gehrke
Hunter
N. D
Margaret Meyerhoff
Arnold Meyerhoff
Looking at Life as It Used to Be 1906 and 1951 News
Historical clipping recounts changes in 1906 with Shores Drug Store sale to Ed Ladage and Shore Stock Food plant rename, Tripoli school enrollment, travels of Krueger and Slack, an Earl Eisenhart note, and local obituaries and injuries. It also covers 1951 racing, anniversaries, bank bond purchases, several weddings, farm and canning news, a new Tripoli fire truck, and a note on Iowa State University laboratory schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shores Drug Store
Ed Ladage
Waterloo
Shores
Tripoli
Fred Krueger
Wm. Slack
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Leter
Earl Eisenhart
Cheyenne Reservation
North Dakota
Walt Sommer
Mason City
Ragtime
Bee Hill
Oliver Bunger
Grace Lutheran Church
William Milius
Farmers Savings Bank of
The
College of Education
State University of Iowa
Senior Attitude Shines Through In Short Story
The passage notes a Tee Pee Tripoli Panther who carries one fewer book. It contrasts junior and senior characters, joking that you can tell a junior by his dashing air while a senior’s stubborn independence remains, summed with a humorous adage about seniors.
Communal School Lunch Menu Week Overview
The menu outlines daily lunches for the week at the communal school. Monday offers beef stew with rice pudding and peanut butter sandwiches. Tuesday features scalloped potatoes with fruit cocktail cake. Wednesday serves baked beans with peach sauce. Thursday provides hamburger gravy with mashed potatoes. Friday presents fish sticks with parsley buttered potatoes.
Tripoli High students return to school routines
Feature notes that Tripoli High students resume studies after summer breaks, with last year’s seniors gone and a fresh class of freshmen filling openings. The first week focuses on course preparation, new teachers meeting students, and the start of extracurriculars including football practice and vocal tryouts.
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Tripoli High School
Music Notes Busy Instrumental and Vocal Departments
The instrumental department is conducting marching and concert band as usual with new band uniforms arrived. The vocal department invites participation with tryouts and next week will reveal selections for girls chorus and mixed chorus.
Time to focus as students start busy school year
Editorial notes the return to school brings busy schedules with sports activities and new subjects. It urges optimal use of time to complete assignments, balancing after school jobs, and resolving to do their best this year. Emphasizes study hall usefulness and responsible planning for high school obligations.
Classroom Chatter August 28 Ends Summer Break
Students return to T.H.S. as three months of summer vacation close. Freshmen rush in with eager looks while seniors discuss plans after graduation. Sophomores and juniors trade chatter about classes, sports, and social life.
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T.H.S
Panthers Begin 1961 Season With 36 In Camp
Football opened August 23 with 31 hopefuls reporting to head coach Robert Hahn and assistant James Holliday. Since then several dropped and new recruits joined, bringing the squad to 36 preparing for the Sept. 15 non conference game against Sumner at home. The 1961 Panther force includes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hahn
James Holliday
Sumner
Panthers
Panthers Set for 1961 Season at THS Homecoming
Nine lettermen return for THS with co captains Bill Garner and Dixon Bunger. The squad, issued gear and given physicals by Dr Barry and Dr Goebel, began two daily workouts on Aug 24 culminating in a scrimmage. Last year the Panthers were 7 1 and lost only to Janesville. Homecoming is Oct 6 as THS seeks revenge. Robert Hahn in his third year as coach led an 8 0 1960 team ranked No 10 in state small schools.
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Dennis Bergmann
Doug Boeckmann
Ron Hackbarth
Roy Drewis
Joe Rausch
Bob Zander
Bill Garner
Dixon Bunger
Barry
Goebel
Janesville
Panthers
THS
Robert Hahn
Hahn
SCI
Swea City
Ag Notes Outline For Vocational Agriculture Class
In fall twenty one freshmen seven sophomores eight juniors and ten seniors make up forty three students in vocational agriculture. Freshmen discuss supervised farm programs and record keeping systems while sophomores update records and plan welding work. Juniors and seniors will be split into shop and classroom groups for farm management studies. Regal lilies at Will Lunderwell home Straw Berry Point reached six feet with clusters up to twelve blooms.
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Will Lunderwell
Strawberry Point
Itch Me Not Ad Promotes Quick Relief at O Briens Sundries
An old style ad claims Itch Me Not safely relieves eczema ringworm insect bites and foot itch in minutes. The product is advertised as easy to apply and instantly drying with a price of 48 cents and a sales location at O Briens Sundries Tripoli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Brien's
Tripoli
Udall to Speak at Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Des Moines
Stewart L. Udall of Arizona will headline the Jefferson-Jackson day dinner at the Veterans Auditorium Des Moines. The $25-a-plate event will be held Saturday Oct 7. Udall is secretary of interior in the Kennedy administration and a six year veteran of the House. He served on the interior and insular affairs and education and labor committees.
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Stewart L. Udall
Arizona
Veterans Auditorium
Des Moines
Udall
Kennedy
House of Representatives
House
Interior and Insular Affairs
Two Iowa women earn arts degrees at State University
Marjorie and Mildred Carsten of Wilton Junction recently received bachelor of arts degrees from the State University of Iowa. Between them they have 28 years teaching experience. Dutch elm disease has been diagnosed in 12 Iowa counties, plant pathologist Harold McNabb says, risking widespread elm loss if not controlled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie
Mildred Carstensen
Wilton Junction
State University of Iowa
Iowa
Harold McNabb
Iowa State University
ISU official cites low quality lawn seed in Iowa market
Leroy Everson of Iowa State University seed testing reports that about two-thirds of lawn seed mixtures sold in Iowa fail to produce fine leaved turf. He warns buyers to scrutinize labeling and origin to avoid subpar results.
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Iowa
Leroy Everson
Iowa State University
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Fred Bock
Frederick Krueger
Alfred Krueger
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E. F. Puhlmann
Darlys Schellhorn
Rudolph Schellhorn
Fredericksburg
Paul A. Rogers
Austin Rogers
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Frederika
Cyril Jandrey
Tripoli Canning Co
Alfred Rieck
Carol Nolte
Fred Nolte
Virgil Matthias
Vernon Matthias
Roundup
Mont
S. A. Maurer
H. J. Frese
R. A. Grover
W. H. Klein
Tee Pee
Tripoli Panthers
Commu School
Tripoli Community School
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Sec’v. S. L. Udall
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Ree Mutual Automobile Insure
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Ann Bartley
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