S H S Soloists Excel At DeKalb State Contest
Sterling High School soloists earned top marks at the April 6 state solo contest in DeKalb. Five entrants reached first division with Harold Stone and Ed Bowers chosen for the regional Battle Creek Michigan event. Teammates Heida Abel Sterenberg also secured first division trophies in trombone solos, while Hoener Stone Strock formed a second division cornet trio. Bowers and Strock earned second division in horn and cornet. Stone performed Bride of the Waves, Bowers baring Barbarosa, and Lorraine Wolf topped vocal solos. Jacqueline Vertrees received praise for accompanying multiple soloists.
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DeKalb
Sterling High School
Harold Stone
Ed Bowers
Battle Creek
Michigan
Julia Heida
Doris Abel
Jacque Sterenberg
la Verne Hoener
Clarence Strock
Paul Young
Herbert Clarke
Lorraine Wolf
Jacqueline Vertrees
Senior Luncheon at Sterling Township High School Draws 300
Three hundred seniors and advisers attended a noon luncheon organized by Sterling Township High School seniors with help from junior girls. A profit of at least fifty dollars was raised to fund this year’s annual. Ruth Walker chaired the event, with dancing and praise from attendees. The class thanks the mothers who supplied the food and all who attended.
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Sterling Township High School
Ruth Walker
Sterling
F. H. Staley
Ilinois
Iowa
S. H
Griddera
Southern Illinois
Danville
Illinois
Monroe
Wisconsin
Sterling High
Sterling Bandmaster Is Nationally Known Composer
J J Richards, Sterling bandmaster and director, trained all district and state soloists. He has published over two hundred compositions including marches in Academy Band Book and Sweet Sixteen volumes. His works include The Westerner, the San Francisco World’s Fair theme, and various overtures and solos. He once led Ringling Brothers circus music and has two gold medals from the American Academy of Music and a Kansas title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Richards
Richards
Academy
Sterling
American Academy of Music
Pittsburgh
Kansas
American Bandmasters’ Association
Miss Marion Lovrien Guest of Amy Turner for G A A Dance
Former senior English teacher Miss Marion Lovrien, formerly at 8 H 5, was the guest of Miss Amy Turner for the weekend of the G A A dance on April 6. Lovrien now teaches in Chicago.
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Marion Lovrien
History of Sterling High School physical education progress
The article traces Sterling High School's physical education from 1902 with outdoor drills to a robust program led by coaches Scheid, Brandau, Terhune, Small and Hoogeveen. It covers facilities, boys and girls activities, early athletics, state championships, and shifts from physical training to broader physical education emphasizing health, cooperation, and sportsmanship.
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Sterling
Scheid
Brandau
Terhune
Small
Hoogeveen
E .T. Austin
Harriet Echternach
Elizabeth Bryant
Misa Echternach
Athletic Association
Frances Shimer Students Present Choral Reading
Frances Shimer choral reading group offered an assembly program on Monday forenoon from 10 30 to 11 00. The choir has performed at several schools and has been well received. Mr Twardock noted many seniors showing interest in agricultural work after high school. About 80 attended the senior conference here last week.
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Frances Shimer
8. H.S
Sterling
Mr. Twardock
Dramatists Hear Lecture On Theatre Make-up
Dramatic club members met on March 27 for a makeup demonstration by Miss Helen Peterson with Don Church as the old age model and Marie Hopkins as the straight makeup model. The group also held an initiation for new members on March 17 and announced tryouts for three one act plays to be presented in May under student direction.
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Dramatic Club
Helen Peterson
Don Church
Marie Hopkins
Janie Bartel
Marion Palmer
Betty Martin
Dorothy Pearson
John Pratt
Julia Heida
Ruth Ann Castendyck
Doris Overholser
Wayne Andreas
George Remic
Robbins Debuts Green Hat With Plume At School
A lighthearted piece notes Mr. Robbins unveiled a wide brimmed green hat with a plume replacing his black derby. He cites spring fashion and a desire for flowers or feathers, quelling rumor of espionage as students return to normal routines.
F. F. A. Students Active In Various Fields
Five Sterling F. F. A. boys—George Reitzel Wayne Bauer Ray Orlowski Bill Buckingham and Clarence Strock—tried for the grain team to represent Sterling at the June state contest in Champaign. They practice grain rings and seed identification of about 60 crop and weed varieties. The seed team losers fed the winners at a supper April 9. Wayne Friedrichs and Jim Beatty captained this year’s seed team. Roy Beck was elected captain of the baseball team and Paul Hague manager after a business meeting. Volleyball and indoor baseball followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
George Reitzel
Wayne Bauer
Ray Orlowski
Bill Buckingham
Clarence Strock
Sterling
Champaign
Wayne Friedrichs
Jim Beatty
Roy Beck
Paul Hague
Library Adds New Books For Career Guidance
The library added several new books including the 1940 Who's Who in Great Britain and the monthly Current Biography. The career pamphlets cover paths in sanitary engineering meteorology fuel technology dental hygiene art shop operation school music theatre motion picture theatre operation museum work mining engineering popular music purchasing agent credit manager home economics and art.
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Great Britain
Stadium nearing completion with key facilities installed
The new stadium shows rapid progress as boilers and oil burner are installed. Shower rooms and dressing rooms are being finished with plumbing in place while floors are to be put in and plastering completed.
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Paul Hermann
Holsinger
Hanson
Mussellman
Eades
Whaley
Bowers
Madison
Peter Hoogeveen
Mr. Small
Brandan
Bud Terhune
North Central Illinois Conference
Old Rock River
Dixon
Rock Falls
Community
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