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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1957
Page
6
Tripoli High School students elected class leaders as Don Dohrmann presided with Bill Kehe as successor. Doug Bell serves as secretary and Betty Osborn as treasurer. A boy girl pair Elizabeth Braatz and Fred Hildebrandt will attend the council meetings.
Editorial calls on THS students to back the team with loyalty and energy. It argues nonplayers should cheer and show willingness to help the school win, stressing collective spirit and attendance at games to lift the players to victory.
Betty Lou Thies a 17 year old 5 5 brown haired hazel eyed senior loves flowers and dancing to Midwest Cara van music. She plans work as a waitress or clerk after leaving Tripoli High. Duane Buchhoz 17 a camera loving outdoorsy student with photos in the paper lists photography hunting fishing and outdoor life as hobbies. He participated in track basketball and was in F F A for four years and plans to join the military then work on his father’s farm.
Mr Ray Maple of Bedford Indiana presented a sandorama on September 10 with his wife reading facts. The opening picture Greeting used colored sand and lighting created a vivid effect. Maple began as a GM worker and shifted to presenting sandorama to clubs, turning it into a career using sand from beaches or foundaries colored with dyes.
The Conservation Commission official spoke at THS on September 9 at 9 a.m. He distributed a 26 page booklet A Peek at Iowa Wildlife outlining wildlife, fish, birds, reptiles, turtles and snakes. The traveling wildlife exhibit, touring Iowa since 1948, attracted about 300000 viewers yearly and has visited every county.
The 28 member marching band under new director Wiesner and vocal teacher Koch features 500 chorus voices. Officers elected include Kaye Holm president Clifford Joens vice president Janet Chapin secretary and Sandra Bang librarian. The mixed chorus will sing O Man Thy Grief and Sin Bemoan and more numbers are planned.
The article outlines the agricultural curriculum with freshmen compiling records and making maps, sophomores studying butterfat records on dairy cattle, and juniors and seniors covering farm management and career planning. Afterward cattle judging proceeds, potentially leading to an F.F.A. judging team entering the Waterloo contest.
Jeff Clark of the State University of Iowa will visit Tripoli on September 26 to meet high school journalism students and consult with the local school paper and annual staffs. He leads high school journalism field work for SUI and aims to boost student interest and staff participation. He will also confer with local journalists on how the Iowa school can support Iowa's press.
Church notes list services classes and meetings for Ewald F Puhlmann pastor including 9 a m church school 10 a m sermon on Sunday observance and adult Bible study Women’s Guild serves dinner for Northeastern Association fall meeting Sept 18 Choir Wednesday 8 p m Guild Thursday 2 p m with Mrs Herbert Jahnke charge and Mrs Richard Rettig hostess Pastor to attend Advance program in Des Moines Wisconsin trip Friday Confirmation classes Saturday 9 11 30 Waverly Area Brotherhood Federation picnic Sept 22 at South Park Tripoli all families bring basket dinner coffee provided Games and fellowship planned Pastor to attend United Promotion committee meeting Sept 23 at Des Moines YMCA Churchmen’s Brotherhood meets Tuesday 8 p m with program planned Visitors welcome Mission festival details with Rev Robert Niederwimmer St James Allison guest speaker Sept 9 10 Sunday school lesson Joseph Made Ruler of Egypt Youth Bible class Missions as a Christian International Opportunity 10 and 1 30 Luther League planning committee 8 p m mission vespers Rev Alfred Koschade
Tripoli Iowa Sept 18 1957 parish notices for Grace church activities feature a mission guest speaker in New Guinea and a fellowship hour with coffee. R O Wikner shows slides on the Twin Cities Assembly in August. Plans advance for a Brotherhood auction Sept 25 at the Tripoli Sales Barn.
St John's Evangelical and Reformed in Siegelvy invites members to church school at 9 a.m. and divine worship at 10 a.m. A noon Area Brotherhood family picnic is scheduled in South Park Tri Poli on Sunday.
Em Fuchs pastor presides with 9 a m Sunday school and 10 a m worship. Thursday choir rehearsal for alto section. Rev R Radloff Shell Rock to preach at 9 a m morning worship. Sunday school and Bible class at 9 15 a m. Lutheran Layman's League convention Sept 21 22 at Wapsie Y Camp Coggon. Sept 24 staff meeting 8 p m and Sept 25 men's club 8 15 p m.
Sunday services and Bible classes announced for Trinity Lutheran Church Bremer with pastor details. German and English services listed, Walther League social planned, and youth Sunday school times noted. Local boy Steven Slagle treated for arm injuries after an automobile fall.
Mr and Mrs Wm Steitler plan a family dinner in Waterloo on Sept 15 for their 50th anniversary. They wed Sept 17 1907 in Denver and have lived there since. Town and Country Garden Club met at Mrs Ralph Fritz home with talks on fall bulbs and herbs. New members Mrs Harold Wente and Mrs John Corwin joined recently.
Dennis Youngwirth of Corwith sustained second degree burns after falling into a tub of hot lard during rendering work. The accident underscores risks in traditional rendering practices and prompted immediate medical attention.
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