Goetz to chair year’s first senior luncheon
Charlotte Goetz will head the first senior luncheon of the year on December 20. Committees include General Ruth Langrey Doris David Joyce Clark Helen Mangan Arlene Karel Annamae Hussing Mary Anne Hammelman Bernice Hammelman Lorraine Wolf and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Goetz
Ruth Langrey
Doris David
Joyce Clark
Helen Mangan
Arlene Karel
Annamae Hussing
Mary Anne Hammelman
Bernice Hammelman
Lorraine Wolf
Bob Breiding
Earl Dahlgren
Jim Jones
Don Church
Dale Musselman
Charles Geyer
Sheldon Boehm
James Beatty
Ray Pettit
Bob Sier
Delightful Senior Class Play At S H S
The senior class presented Spring Dance by Philip Barry on November 30 and December 1 at S H S directed by Miss Doris Burritt. The cast included Sanford Mitchell Lucille Burr Don Church Helen Meyers and others in a dormitory life setting with Martha Goette stage design. Coach Scheid announced 1939 40 intramural basketball teams with 120 players across twelve squads and a three game per day schedule.
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Doris Burritt
Philip Barry
Sanford Mitchell
Russia
Lucille Burr
Don Church
Sanford
Helen Meyers
Viola Nester
Lyle Geeting
Barbara Flinn
Marian Allabaugh
Charles Geyer
Earl Bruggeman
Herman Walck
Pat Behrens
Stern
Leola Hunsberger
Martha Goette
Scheid
Debaters Tour Rockford Hosts Non-Decision Rounds
S H S debaters travel to Rockford for a non-decision series to form the first and second teams. The lineup lists Negative Bob Jamison Bob Castendyck Marion Palmer Herman Walch and Affirmative Janie Bartel Gordon Behrens Barbara Bell Paul Harshman Mariann Birch Paul Hermann Barbara Flinn Al Macklovsky.
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Rockford
Mariann Birch Paul Hermann
Barbara Flinn
al Macklovsky
Keith Brown
Nellie Hill
Dan Troye
Don Wallick
Charles Smoot
Jeanne Quilte
Helen Becker
Barbara Bell
Shirley Bell
Jean Beatty
Ellene Long
Allene Smoot
June Bell
Keith Benson
Dean Dahlgren
Edwin Browne
Gordon Behrens
Beverly Anderson
DeVere Leonard
Elda Robbins
Helen Lea Hansen
Jean Alsopp
John Quincy Adams
Mariann Birch
Bob Jamison
Gertrude Fine
Leora Jacobs
Clara Behrens
Clarence Strock
Jacqueline Vertrees
Bob Castendyck
James Andrews
Jim Brown
Margie Brown
Bernice Hammelman
Charlotte Goetz
FFA Members Broadcast From Rockford Station WROK
Sterling FFA members and coach J A Twardock broadcast on Thursday November 30 on WROK Rockford Illinois. Owens from the station interviewed the group about FFA work and Sterling judging team achievements while listed speakers included Jim Wink Roy Beck George Reitzel Kenneth Harms Francis Orlowski Ray Mellett Lester Jacobs Harold Steiner Wayne Friedrichs and Jason Hopkins. Bob Bartel and Mary Jane Reitzel spoke on the 4H Club demonstration team. A bushel of seed corn was presented to the chapter by the program sponsor. The Round Towners dance is set for December 27 at the Sterling Club.
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Sterling F. F. A
J. A. Twardock
WROK
Rockford
Illinois
Owens
Mr. Twardock
Twardock
Sterling
Jim Wink
Roy Beck
George Reitzel
Kenneth Harms
Francis Orlowski
Ray Mellett
Lester Jacobs
Harold Steiner
Wayne Friedrichs
Jason Hopkins
Bob Bartel
Mary Jane Reitzel
Sterling Rockford heavyweight game broadcast on WROK
WROK Rockford will air the Sterling Rockford heavyweight game Friday night at 8:00. The full game will be broadcast with Mr. Morey Owens announcing and a Sterling halftime talk planned plus other pointers for Sterling fans unable to attend. The station’s time is cleared and listeners can tune to 1400 kHz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WROK
Rockford
Sterling
Morey Owens
Robed Choir Debuts Before Student Assembly
The Robed Choir made its first appearance before the student body on Monday December fourth. They opened with two acapella negro spirituals, Go Down Moses and Nobody Knows the Trouble Ive Seen, followed by I Dream of Jeanie and a Russian church piece So A Voice To Heaven Sounding. The program concluded with Hiking Song and South of the Border, after which Mr. Eades addressed the students.
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Moses
Jeanie
Junior Dance Brings In Thirty Dollars To Class
The junior class at S H S earned thirty dollars from a Friday dance on November 17. Co chairs Lee Jenkins and Geraldine Lange led the event with adviser Miss Ludens. Music came from records and radio, and a junior girls floor show swang nursery rhymes with jitterbug touches. A large turnout from students and faculty occurred, with faculty participation higher proportionally. A second dance is planned for March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cochairmen
Lee Jenkins
Geraldine Lange
Miss Ludens
Christmas Holiday Hop Senior Dance at S H S gym
Sterling students prepare for the annual senior Christmas dance Saturday December 23 in the S H S gym. Betsy Northington and Marion Boone chair the event with a semi formal dress code and 75 cent per couple admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Northington
Marion Boone
Bob Shaffer
Dorothy McKee
Viola Nester
Uhlinger Closes Series Of Junior Book Reviews
Reverend James Uhlinger reviews Doctor Hudson's Secret Journal by Lloyd C. Douglas as the final junior class series selection at S. H. S. on December 5. The novel expands on the Magnificent Obsession theme of secret benevolence rooted in Bible values.
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Uhlinger
Doctor Hudson
Mr. Douglas
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Goetz
Rockford and
Calumet City
Marion Palmer
Herman Walch
Janie Bartel
Paul Harshman
Mendota
Robbins
Hinsdale
F.F.A
Round Towners
Sterling Club
Northington
Boone Head
Children of God
Vardis Fisher
James Uhlinger
Rock Falls
Nauvoo
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