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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1939
Page
7
Local notes recount a series of school events including a officer ticket for parking on a sidewalk and a playful balloon stunt by Fun Festival. The annual board faced color misprint and sales shortfall but resolved issues as editors promise a forthcoming reveal in the next issue.
Bob Salm wins his sixty word typing pin in the advanced class. Fifty word pins awarded to Donna Hansen and Eleanor John. Kathryn Jansen, Kathryn Walters, Vernice Kavadas, Marjorie Rorick, Warren Whitver receive forty word pins. Thirty word pins earned by Veryl Yarbrough, Charlotte Capps, Betty McNinch, Earl Bruggeman, Marjorie John, Donald Haag, Doris Brittain. Eighty word shorthand pins awarded to Marie Vogel, Donna Little, Jean Maier, Dorothy Overcash, June Reiger, Irene Gerdes. Marian Allabaugh and Beverly Wolf receive sixty word pins.
Brookfield Zoo feature shares the art class run by Miss Goette with students crafting soap dogs and lions, plaster portraits, woodcarvings, cork trays, watercolors and chalk drawings. Art Malnix portrait by Jack Jurkens. Bob Fields creates “The Steel Diorama” and tuba woodcarving. Lorraine Wolf and Breiding assist while Don Kyger carves a tuba player as classmates pursue varied media.
Mrs Silas Jones former college teacher spoke at the Hi-Tri meeting at the Y on April 13. She advised girls on choosing colleges, wardrobe musts, and room decorating with a new roommate, stressing a low cultured voice for popularity and cautioning against overcommitment to clubs. She noted lasting value in college friendships and answered questions at the end.
Rural Hi Y group meets weekly at the Y cabin under Mr Twar dock and Ralph Pyles. They enjoyed food and gossip and heard stories from Pyles. A two day camping trip is planned for this summer.
A humorous exchange features Bill Haglund asking for a transfer while a conductor questions the destination. Bill refuses to reveal the location, calling it a surprise party. The dialogue captures lighthearted rivalry and secrecy.
Tonight at ten our 79 piece band competes at the state band contest at La Salle. The Robed Choir competes tomorrow. The brass ensemble led by Mr. Richards previously earned second honors at the state contest with Arland Gould Clarence Strock Julia Heida Mary Anna Turnroth Bob Jones and Edwin Bowers. The annual spring concert is May 24 featuring contest numbers and several groups. Tickets are on sale. Mr Howens and Mr Richards plan a joint program May 25. The chorus works on H M S Pinafore with solo tryouts held this week.
Dale Schumacher earned first place in his division at La Salle and earned a national contest recommendation in Anderson Indiana. Mary Andrews Pat Donahue and Bob Fields earned second in their divisions. The district contest on March 26 gave Dale and Pat first ratings while Mary and Bob received second ratings.
Only three students out of 600 earned straight A s this quarter. Keith Benson leads freshmen, Helen Lea Hanson tops sophomores, and Don Fehrenbach remains senior leader, each with four A s. Absent minded professor joke ends with a revolving door remark.
John Gillis spoke at the French club meeting on April 18 describing French schools as highly controlled. He warned doors are secured by principal operated buttons, escape routes exist underground for air raids, and streets are guarded by tall walls. He compared French life to U S norms, noted fencing and rugby among boys, and recounted his five years in France before returning to the States.
S H S debaters plan a farewell picnic supper for seniors in the gym on May 5. Bob Salm, president, outlines the program and Mr. Robbins lists 16 award winners. The team posts 26 wins and 16 losses, with Castendyck and Salm leading the affirmative to 15 wins and 6 losses, while the negatives under Donahue Behrens and Fehrenbach tally 11 and 10 losses.
The piece contrasts socialist, communist, fascist, and New Deal policies using cow ownership and milk as a metaphor. It frames socialism as giving a cow away, communism as government ownership with limited returns, fascism as private holding with state-controlled outputs, and New Dealism as drastic measures like shooting one cow while wasting milk.
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