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Newspaper
Shepherd Argus
Location
Shepherd, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1962
Page
3
A reflective piece urges students to assess aims and abilities before deciding on college. It cautions against following peers or parental pressure, notes benefits of higher education, and warns that low effort in high school predicts college difficulty. Also mentions spring events and year-end staff work.
The yearbook staff will meet Thursday to produce fifteen pages by March 27. Despite frequent interruptions this year the staff has kept on schedule and nears completion. Once spring arrives photographer Mr Bassett will return to finish pictures and the final work will proceed rapidly.
Two members of the Shepnerd FFA chapter, Jerry Schlorff and Bob Gluck, attended Michigan’s 34th FFA Convention in East Lansing with about 1,000 peers. They helped conduct association business for the 11,125-member group on the Michigan State University campus and witnessed 223 State Farmer degrees awarded.
A column notes that poor play is often blamed on sloppy ball handling and poor passing but hints the opponent’s defense or strategy plays a bigger role in a team’s scoring woes.
The text reflects on sports defense and scoring, then shifts to a fatal auto wreck involving students from a school. It notes the impact on the community, the missing basketball player John, and Mary's memory. It warns drivers that lives depend on safe driving and responsible choices behind the wheel.
A reader ponders changing headlines about student deaths in auto accidents and imagines how a future notice about John Thompson would affect concern. The text contrasts Mary Jones's death with a hypothetical John Thompson obituary to question empathy and readership.
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