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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1936
Page
6
A school published monthly periodical from Sterling Township High School in Sterling Illinois showcasing student clubs events and campus news for the month.
The listing names Etta May Anspach as editor in chief and Robert Johnson city editor with Eugene Young business manager. It names editors, circulation, editorial board, features, clubs, birthday editor, exchange, typists, administration athletics, and advisors across multiple staff roles.
D L Miller, a longtime secretary and member of the first school board since the high school district was organized, retires at 87 after 39 years of service. He says he has served long enough and invites a younger man to take the position.
A student advisory warns against gossip and whisper campaigns. It discourages repeating rumors about classmates, urging readers to ignore supposed inside stories and avoid icy stares. The message promotes turning a deaf ear to muck rakers and avoiding friends who fault others.
A large crowd attends the St Patrick's Cotillion hosted by seniors Louis Long and Dorothy Mae Hostetler as co chairmen. The gym decor features balloons and rainbow crepe paper. Bob Johnson MCs amid playful puns while Marjorie Rhodes performs two numbers. Larry Wheeler sings The Man on the Flying Trapeze as Louie Long swings trapeze and flirts with Willie Sims. Paul Puckett heckles the announcer and sings Wahoo with accompanist Eileen Mangan.
S H S Band takes Class D first in a two day Illinois Band Association event at the Coliseum amid 21 bands. Freeport wins parade cup. Rock Island and Freeport lead solo and ensemble contests. local high school joins LaSalle-Peru in first division. Large attendance sets district history.
Birthdays announced include Wendell Vallee Helen Barclay Bob O Rourke Sue Gerdes Alice Darnell Delores Clark Lorraine Dugan Eddie Gebhardt Marjorie Rorick Lloyd Crane Jeanne Longabaugh Janet Prestin Ruth Barclay Bob Shaw Everett Birch Evelyn Meyers Kathryn Janssen Helen Roseweiler Mae Mellett Lois Camps Doris Hem minger Warren Whitver John Stabler Lawrence Haak Ray White Clark Rosen gren Ethel Hoover Mildred Aschoff Mary Hoover Dale Harshman William Gantzert Dorothy Musgrave with dates from April 9 through May 6 and 3.
Ben Berger, a magician, closed the junior lyceum program for the year to an audience that expressed strong approval of his feats of magic.
Rumors fly about dances romances and social antics at the Johnston school community. Tales mention Evelyn Cassens Dixon Clyde Boehm and Betty Braisch with others like Doc Frye Elinor Bell and Bob Shaw. A lively band contest stirs dating and rivalries among students while light gossip links friendships and misadventures across campus.
Betty Witmer led the senior spring luncheon praised for its charming success. The menu featured meat loaf potato salad deviled eggs rolls ice cream cake and milk served by a long list of helpers. S. H. S crooner Paul Puckett performed two numbers and a Sunbonnet Song was presented by Cynthia Irwin Marge King and Jane Ward. Dancing closed the event with student clubs handling committees from publicity to clean-up and Ev Myers appointed editor of the Knox Student Fresh Wildcat Edition April Fool's number.
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