Hebron captures 1951 52 Sweet Sixteen title in OT win
Hebron defeats Quincy 64 59 in overtime after a 58 58 tie to become district champions. Mt Vernon tops Kanakakee in OT 57 56 earlier, with Pinckneyville and Rock Island also advancing. All Star selections include Bruce Brothers and Phil Judson among others.
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Mt. Vernon
Kankakee
George Huff
Pinckneyville
Roosevelt High
Taylorville
Peoria Manual
Quincy
Reeport
Hebron
Champaign
Lawrenceville
Madison
Rock Island
Jacksonville
Green Giants
Rocks
Hebron Out
Bruce Brothers
Bill Ridley
Paul Judson
Phil Judson
Dick Thompson
Jim Stokes
Mr. Vernon
Jack Gower
Merrell Clark
Carl Cain
Freewort
Gerald Hansen
Freshman Poetry By I M Green Challenges Notion Of Verse
The writer I M Green declares a freshman poetry piece titled Notes defies rhyme and calls out readers for expecting traditional verse. He questions what makes poetry and teases the habit of interpreting prose as poetry.
Regional Tournament Final Upset Baffles Favorites
In Dixon High School Gym Prophetstown edged Community by one point on a late Sonnenberg shot to reach the final. Prophetstown then defeated Amboy to face Rock Falls, which won the regional title with a decisive victory.
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Dixon High School
Prophetstown
Community
Sonnenberg
Amboy
Rock Falls
Sterling
Don Knight
Franklin Grove
Degner
Dixon
D. Bogott Gorman
Bitters
Swanson
Mihm
Lee Center
Christean
D. Bogott
Sterling Musgrove
Maxfield
Sands
S Club Plans Projects And Dinner For Alumni
The S Club aims to buy bulletin boards for the Academic Building and Fieldhouse lobbies and join with another club to purchase a movie camera for sports photography. They plan an annual spring dinner for alumni and present members, and note activity this season including ushering, selling backrests, concession duties, and ticket work.
Telephonic Vernacular List of Household Tools
A humorous poem-like passage lists associations for gendered roles with devices such as date meter call receiver escort conductor angel transformer and more. It reads as a satirical catalog of misaligned job names mapped to personal traits and actions.
Beyond the Call of Duty This Is Duty
Within a week Mr. Eades will award the silver star for bravery beyond the line of duty. Volunteers Mr. Brandan and Mr. Hall stepped forward for the State Tournament in Champaign and returned to Sterling awaiting their awards.
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Eades
Champaign
Brandan
Hall
Sterling
FLASH OLYMPICS START AT SHS
The Olympian Club met March 17 at the Y for football formations talk by Bernie Mitchell and March 24 for basketball practice. On March 31 they played Canton High School Hi Y, with results not printed. Ramon Gonzales is president with Wally Giffrow vice president and Al Hernandez treasurer. Dan Langell is new acting leader as boys secretary of the Y M C A.
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Olympian
Bernie Mitchell
Canton
Illinois
Canton High School
Sparks
Ramon Gonzales
Wally Giffrow
Pete Dillon
al Hernandez
Dan Langell
Boy
Y.M.C.A
Road to success marked by tempting parking places
A pithy saying notes that progress toward success faces distractions, likening opportunities to tempting parking spots along the journey. It emphasizes choosing persistence over easy detours and staying focused on long term goals.
April Fools Week Brings School Pranks and Changes
The new building sees seniors gain unchaperoned picnics and more parking options as some restrictions lift. Free drum sticks at noon lunch and early release for eighth hour study hall are announced, but seniors won’t end school a week early. April Fools Week tempers the news with a practical joke.
Schedule of Events for Students April May
List of events from April 2 to May 1 for students including grades on cards card distribution Easter activities relays golf tennis track and dances with dates and locations across Rochelle Clinton Dixon Ottawa Sterling Morrison and Milledgeville.
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Geneseo Relays
Dixon
Clinton
Oregon & Rochelle
Rochelle
Ottawa
G.A.A
Freeport
Family Faculty Club
Frosh-Soph & Milledgeville
Sterling
LaSalle-Peru
Sterling Relays
Morrison
Nonsense Verse Turns Fire Sash Tales Wild
A playful poem segment features Little Willie in fancy sashes burned to ashes after falling in a fire. A chilly room follows and the verses shift to a limerick about a Niger lady riding a tiger and ending with the tiger smiling.
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Willie
From Boy to Girl Scout at Sixteen
A transition policy notes that up to age sixteen a youth may join as a boy scout, but upon turning sixteen the role changes to a girl scout, reflecting a shift in organizational classification.
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