Sterling Places Fourth At Oak Park Relays
At Oak Park Relays on March 26, 48 schools represented with over 1100 boys. Sterling High finished fourth in class B as Charles Pough won the broad jump with a Sterling mark of 22 feet 10 inches. Bob Clark was runner up in the high jump at 5 feet 10 inches while relays and other events yielded multiple placings for Sterling and nearby conference entrants.
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Oak Park
Chicago
Sterling
Charles Pough
Sterling High School
Bob Clark
Don McGuire
Clark Galloway
Bill Heintz
Jim Baird
Jim Austin
Don Walker
Jim Gebhardt
Charles Peugh
Harold Hussing
George Marshall
Bob Cox
Neil Pontius
Lou Flinn
Princeton
Don Anderson
DeKalb
Ken Miller
Jim Bowers
G A A and S Club contest for Gyro Auto Show tickets
The G A A and S Club are competing to sell more Gyro Auto Show tickets at the Fieldhouse April 14 15 and 16 to benefit the exippsed children's clinic. The club selling fewer tickets hosts a party for the other. Both groups canvass doors for sales. Sterling's G A A placed second in state in the 1955 basketball tournament, won district 9, then finished second among 126 schools in the state finals with a final average of 1.53.
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G.A.A
S” Club
Sterling
Draft Board Doctor Barks At Imagined Chart
A draft board physician declares a man fit with a blunt reply noting there is no chart. The ex amining doctor tells the draftee he is in, concluding with the line 98.
Backward Glances From DeKalb Sterling Geneseo Relays
The season opener track meet featured DeKalb Community and Sterling with our team taking first place while Sterling captured the Geneseo Relays. The Dramatic Club performed three plays and the G A A Leap Year Barn Dance occurred. Nile Kinnick and coach spoke at the S club banquet. Robed Choir and school band entered the state music contest at DeKalb, both earning first division ratings. Seniors staged Ye Laste Tyme Luncheone.
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DeKalb
Promenaders Exhibit For Future Homemakers Meeting
Members of the square dance club gave an exhibition March 19 at De Kalb High School for the sectional meeting of the Future Homemakers of America. Participating were Marilyn Warren Beverly Grim Janet Luptak Janet Combs Karen Culver Irene Stern Darlene Burgess Pat Barlow Bill Grim Don Weidel Howard Janssen Orville Hodge Dennis Bohm Ray Peugh John Stern and Edgar Duprey. The functions of the Promenaders were explained to the audience. At the last meeting a Constitution was adopted. Clifford Berge Ronny Habben and Ronny Gerkin were made members. This brings the total membership of the club to 24 girls and 22 boys.
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Square Dance Club
DeKalb High School
Homemakers of America
Marilyn Warren
Beverly Grim
Janet Luptak
Janet Combs
Karen Culver
Irene Stern
Darlene Burgess
Pat Barlow
Bill Grim
Don Weidel
Howard Janssen
Orville Hodge
Dennis Bohm
Ray Peugh
John Stern
Edgar Duprey
Clifford Berge
Ronny Habben
Ronny Gerkin
So-Hi Girls Plan April Activities at YWCA
So-Hi girls publish plans for April including a slumber party at the YWCA and a style show with all members participating. Judy Wyatt serves as general chair, fundraising by selling salt-water taffy and salted nuts. Karen Baker and Judy Bolken chair the May 7 bake sale. Mrs. Don Wing announced the YWCA Conference at Bradley University in August, with a small group chosen to represent the local YWCA.
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Y.W.C.A
So-Hi
Judy Wyatt
Karen Baker
Judy Bolken
Don Wing
Bradley University
Y.W.C A
Loafer Talk on Coins Signals Prospects in Romance
In playful rhyme, the piece links coin names to relationship stages. Pennies signify a casual seek, nickels hint interest, dimes steady, quarters engagement, and half dollars hint at a steady partner. The tone is light and social, using currency as a dating metaphor.
Seniors and Sophomores Tie On A Honor Roll
Seniors and sophomores share high academic honors listing Mary Bauman Ruth Hartman Joan Hicks Phyllis Holloway Dana Johnson Richard Nice Ruth Pelton JoAnne Whitaker Ruth Williams Phyllis Bielema Donald Hauger Ruth Kilgus Linda McCoy Elizabeth Richter Linda Wagner Lois Roseweiler Linda Bradley Peggy Brown Jim Farrer Gayle Milner Richard Seldon Joyce Smith Judy Summers Frank Wagner Karen Baker Nancy Reiter Lee Ann Smith Judy Eveland
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Mary Bauman
Ruth Hartman
Joan Hicks
Phyllis Holloway
Dana Johnson
Richard Nice
Ruth Pelton
Joanne Whitaker
Ruth Williams
Phyllis Bielema
Donald Hauger
Ruth Kilgus
Linda McCoy
Elizabeth Richter
Linda Wagner
Lois Roseweiler
Linda Bradley
Peggy Brown
Jim Farrer
Gayle Milner
Richard Seldon
Joyce Smith
Judy Summers
Frank Wagner
Karen Baker
Nancy Reiter
Lee Ann Smith
Judy Eveland
Warriors Win Indoor Meet at First Invitational
The Golden Warriors dominated nine of ten events to win the Indoor Invitational with Sterling leading at 65 points, DeKalb 37, LaSalle-Peru 36, and Mendoza 29 among 225-plus boys from 16 schools. Chuck Peugh won the broad jump, while Harold Hussing, Bob Cox, Bob Clark, George Marshall, Frank Wagner, Ish Celestino, and others posted podium finishes in sprints, relays, jumps, and throws.
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Golden Warriors
Sterling
DeKalb
LaSalle- Peru
Mendoza
Warriors
Chuck Peugh
Harold Hussing
Bob Cox
Bob Clark
George Marshall
Frank Wagner
Jim Austin
Ish Celestino
Bob Carbaugh
Spring Sport Schedule for Sterling Teams
The schedule lists spring activities for Varsity and Frosh Soph squads under coaches Ted Scheid Chet Sherman Robert McMurry and Arlyn Youngberg. Events span April to May with track relays at Davenport Sterling Freeport Rochelle and Rock Island along with golf, tennis and district tournaments in Clinton Ottawa Moline LaSalle-Peru and Morrison.
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Ted Scheid
Oregon
Rochelle
Sterling
Davenport
Iowa
Freeport
Kewanee
DeKalb
Twin City
Rock Island
Frosh-Soph
Chet Sherman
Tampico
Lyndon Varsities
Milledgeville
Rock Falls
Morrison
Robert McMurry
Clinton
Dixon
Arlyn Youngberg
Ottawa
East Moline
LaSalle-Peru
Moline
English Lesson Teacher’s Prompt on Sentence Usages
Willie replies with a pun about fishing and bait, suggesting angle-worms if grasshoppers fail. The line uses a triangle of humor and wordplay to blend math and fishing terms.
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Willie
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