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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1945
Page
4
The G A A will hold an archery tournament at month end or early May with Susan Daviey Bonnie Bell Marie Lucas Shirley Giffrow Jane Stager Jean Thielbar and Pat McBride as state contenders. Substitutes include Betty Friend Jeannine Cramer Ethel Proprietor and Joyce Goldberg. Tennis matches posted. bowling slots Tue nights and Thursday noons at Coliseum for eight S H 8 girls. golf lessons led by Mr Hoogeveen Thursdays at Sterling Golf Course.
The G A A banquet will be held Thursday evening May 17 at the Lincoln Hotel. Sterling High marks its first year as a state G A A member with two local and two state awards. Committees include Songs and Menu Susan Null Lillian Je Joyce Null and Joan Hubbard. Table Lois Stew Lois Lambrecht Jane Stager Neva Olson. Tickets Doris Boehm Patt Roden and Viola Radke. Program Verla Brewer Beverly Geibel Mary Jo Denny and Marilyn Cies.
The class of 1931 mourns Pfc Don Carolus who died from wounds received on Leyte February 28 after serving in South Pacific campaigns. He earned the combat medal at Bougainville and was active in basketball in high school before graduating from the University of Illinois. He leaves his wife and two year old son Douglas, his parents Mr and Mrs George Carolus of Ashton, and siblings.
The list names volunteers for committees with Moyer Marilyn Raphael and Joyce Blum as participants. Pabst coordinates the pee committee with Welker Koster Cramer Hoogeveen Bull Bowman and Moyer among others on related roles. Publicity is led by Goldberg Lambrecht and Giffrow while Marion Wessels and others head the costume committee.
A large Sterling Township audience enjoyed a spring concert by the high school band under Henry Burch and the robed choir led by David Stryker. Nearly one hundred students performed works by Coons, Yoder, Elgar, and Porter, concluding with the Star Spangled Banner.
The Madrigal Choir of Mary Louise Zigler Carol Tavenner Viola Radke Jean Hart Barbara Heindel Herb Tavenner Ken Gould Lester Wade Ray Heisner Bud Maynard Phil Breiding and Wallace Feldman performed a half hour program for the Westminster class at the Presbyterian Church in Henry Beach's home on Tuesday April 10. The feature was Harvey Gaul's I Hear America Singing with Pat Marquis assisting Mr Stryker on accompaniment.
A proverb frames beauty as a moral and social asset with pearls representing teeth. The saying links facial appeal to dental value in a traditional gendered view.
Sterling high school mourns the departure of band director J. J. Richards who becomes director of Long Beach California Municipal Band starting April 1. Richards, in Sterling eight years, previously led the 8 H 8 band and composed nationally known works. Henry Burch takes over duties for the remainder of the school year.
The Sterli high school war bond drive ends April 15 with total sales of 3990.95. Co chairs Barbara Heindel and Martha Whaley report 6320.95 year to date. Miss Echternach guides buyers in her room and senior adviser Harriet Echternach is credited for success.
Baid Moe tells Joe a joke about being criticized for his flat. The remark flips a quarrel into a witty line implying violence as a punchline.
The Dramatic Club presented three plays on April 19 titled A Girl From Nowhere Sham and A Jinx from Alabama under directors Viola Radke Pat Marquis and Marilyn Dies. Casts included Tom Hoffman Sue Williams Jack Cassens Randall Barnett Marion Wolf Lois Lambrecht Crete Bowman Mary Jo Denny Helen Parker Audrey Pabst Sue Behrens Jackie Gossard Joy Pepper Bonnie Bell Connie Doermann Bill Scott Gene O Connell with production credits and thanks to Miss Joiner and Miss Burritt for supervision.
Darda Lubben class of 42 enlisted in the Waves on June 1 1944 and trained at Hunter College Cedar Falls and Norman Oklahoma. Ted Scheid III class of 44 enlisted last August with boot training at Great Lakes and signaling training at Bainbridge. Daffy Sterenberg ships about Atlantic Theatre with stops in South America Newfoundland and North Africa. Ben Reed class of 45 enlisted April 9 and is at Fort Sheridan. McCormick Barnett and Scott of 45 pass physicals. Duhm and Shannon visit the high school with the robed choir.
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