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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1955
Page
10
Martha Whaley the school librarian uncovers the Class of 1945 will while moving records to the new North Fifth Avenue building. The document lists dozens of students assigning clothes talents and personal items to classmates and friends in a humorous senior heirloom.
A stunt show and exhibition is planned for Sterling Airport this Sunday afternoon. Major Robert Stouffer of the Air Corps will perform trick flying. Randall Barnett, a World War II veteran, will make parachute jumps. Bob Brown will handle trick automobile and motorcycle driving. The sponsors promise entertainment and disclaim injuries.
The league leading New York Giants push for a pennant as rookie Lou Zellar, ex-Cub, shines on the mound. Bill Robinson leads bats with a .451 average while Tom Hoffman of the Cubs earns a win with a ninth inning pinch single. Arden Dean captures the Four Cushion Championship in Chicago, defeating Erle Gibbs. Bob Black halts his hitchhiking tour for a chess game with the King of Siam.
A feature on Sterling High School on North Fourth Avenue describes a luxurious facility with hat rack staff, carpeted stairs, indirect lighting, private desks, coke and peanut machines, a Club House with a bar and dance floor, noon orchestras, a jukebox, lounging rooms with beds, velvet-like locker rooms, and ample equipment. Administrators say attendance rose with only two skip incidents since opening.
A jumble of notices lists items lost or found including a box of red flannel underwear with reward, four Shetland ponies missing since May 4 with reward for information, a fifty gallon barrel of ethyl gasoline found on premises with owner to pay storage, and miscellaneous garbled lines and contact codes.
A college dean and the president announced an immediate halt to kissing on campus. The remark was met with laughter and pandemonium as students reacted to the impromptu order.
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