Neighbors Cast Shines at North Central Festival
The Neighbors cast earned all star and understudy designations at the North Central Illinois Dramatic Festival. Joan Keiser and Margie Cameron named to all star, Jack Shanger and Charles Kornman to understudy casts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. WS
Joan Keiser
Margie Cameron
Diantha Abel
Allestar
Jack Shanger
Peter
Charles Kornman
Lars Williams
Marion Wolf
Joan Wright
Nonis Snow
Maxine Allen
Miss Burritt
Miss Peterson
Marge Cameron
Civic Students Poll Motion Picture Favorites
A student poll by Miss Krughoff’s citizenship class surveyed which films students liked best or least. The top choices included Till the Clouds Roll By Jolson Story Blue Skies Margie The Sullivans The Bells of St Marys Leave Her to Heaven and several others with Frankenstein rated as the sole poor film.
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Miss Krughoff
Jolson
Margie
St. Mary's
Joe
Tokyo
National Velvet
Lassie
Thunderhead
Wilson
Robin Hood
Indiana
the Virginian
Clementine
Canyon Passage
Razor’s Edge
Hi-Tri meets at YWCA with short talks on code
The Hi-Tri club met Tuesday evening March 18 at the YWCA. Short talks on the Hi-Tri code were the main feature. Participants included Annamae Bell Barbara Bogard Marge Cameron Joan Elmendorf Donna Fredricks Vern Harshman June Meyer Jean Meyer Ethel Proprietor and Jeanne Saunders. A pot luck supper followed.
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Hi-Tri
Annamae Bell
Barbara Bogard
Marge Cameron
Joan Elmendorf
Donna Fredricks
Vern Harshman
June Meyer
Jean Meyer
Ethel Proprieter
Jeanne Saunders
Bad Boy Joe Learns Rules and Returns to Right Path
A poem about a boy named Joe who misbehaves in school and learns to follow laws. Teachers and the principal confront his rule breaking, and Joe promises to improve. The piece ends with a moral about steering a delinquent youth back toward proper conduct.
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Joe
Typing Class Letter From Mishap Maggie Seeks Office Work
A student in a senior typing class writes a letter to a potential employer dated December 16 1946. She describes being 34 years old in good condition and able to type any readable document while explaining family duties and financial need.
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Miss Hunt
Eliss
Maggie
Pattenholm
Cinderella Story Gets Modern Roar in Noisy Tale
In a brash retelling the stepsisters and stepmother dominate the scene while Cinderella endures kitchen drudgery. A Fairy Godmother arrives gifting a Cadillac and a night at the dance. The Prince searches with a single shoe until finding Cinderella and marrying her in a snap of modern whimsy.
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Cinderella
See
Cindy
Senior Typing Class Presents The Singing Typewriter
Miss Peterson’s second hour typing class staged a spur of the moment fundraiser in Sterling for March 28, 1947. Senior Keith Behrens invites Karl and friends to a 8:00 p.m. performance at the Club to raise funds for a new set of typewriters. Tickets are 50 cents, available at local drug stores or by calling Sterling High School.
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Sterling
Sterling High School
Keith Behrens
Hens to Hollywood: Dolores Weigle Wins All Expenses Trip
Dolores Weigle, representing the northwest central U S, wins an all expense paid trip to Hollywood for posing with an old red hen. She flies March 18 via American Airlines, tours studios and star homes, attends parties, and appears on Queen for a Day. She meets stars like Don Wilson and Bert Lancaster and stays at the Roosevelt Hotel.
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Dolores Weigle
Hollywood
Dolores
Northwest Central
United States
American Airlines
Don Wilson
Jane Powell
Bruce Cabot
Marl Carroll
Bert Lancaster
Liameh
Joan Bennett
Robert Montgomery
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Universal
Norman Rivkin
Rod Cameron
Ann Blyth
Dan Duryea
Jimmy Star
Marjorie Reynolds
Turham Bey
Roosevelt Hotel
Jack Gold
Art Wilde
Delores
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Sister Kenny
Undercarrnet
Bad Boy
Ed Zigman
Chanticleer
The
Marjorie Main
Billie House
Fred MacMurray
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