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Newspaper

Sterling Script

Location

Sterling, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1936

Page

5

Sterling High Debate Club Announces December Banquet

The Sterling High Debate Club plans its annual banquet for Monday December 28 with about seventy five attendees. General chairman Bob Salm leads committees on location menu and invitations while new officers elected November 25 include Lyle Shannon president Marjorie McNitt vice president Bob Salm secretary and Don Fehrenbach business manager.

Sterling High Bob Salm Robbins Lyle Shannon Marjorie McNitt Don Fehrenbach John Wild Lewis Kornman Lois Musgrave Mary Jane Crump Jeanne Longabaugh Shirley Boylan Mary Andrews Elmer Barraclough Alice Mae Richards Bob Castendyck Sanford Mitchell Dale Harshman Bob Fields Lorraine Ohnen

Santa to Hand Out Gifts At Christmas Luncheon

Arriving in port in his fast plane, Santa will personally appear at the Christmas luncheon Thursday noon, December 17. Dorothy Prophieter heads the event with helpers Martha Warner Etta May Anspach Deloris Clark Sue Rubright Rose Anderson Pauline Turner Lois Musgrave Blossom Frysinger Mary Hoover. James Williams lectures Monday at eight on Wonders of Liquid Air with a live demonstration. Miss Echternach attended a classical teachers conference at the University of Iowa stressing Latin as foundational to education.

Santa Dorothy Prophietor Martha Warner Etta May Anspach Deloris Clark Sue Rubright Rose Anderson Pauline Turner Lois Musgrave Blossom Frysinger Mary Hoover James Williams

Exams Set For January With Limited School Friday

Semester exams run January 13 and 14 in classrooms. January 15 is a no school day except for students meeting Mr Eades about study program changes. On January 13 exams run periods one to three and on January 14 periods four to six, with study hall as usual.

Eades

Yuletide Serenade Show Directed by GP Hill

Senior class sponsors a Yuletide Serenade on Tuesday December 29 at 8 00 featuring new floor show entertainment and talented performers. GP Hill directs with committees led by Paul Bjork Harold Speer and Alice Johannsen as they invite old grads to meet at the holiday event.

T. T. Cs GP Hill Paul Bjork Harold Speer Alice Johannsen Ada Shaw Helen Haak Etta

Students Honor Van Sant Celebrate Civil War Veteran

Sterling schools united to honor N. G. Van Sant a ninety year old Civil War and Great War veteran as he laid a wreath on the Civil War monument. A noon WLS broadcast from the Van Sant house featured the Sterling High band and a brief interview with Van Sant. The day included a thousand person banquet at the coliseum and holly wreath orders continue through the G A A girls.

Sterling N. G. van Sant Coliseum Sterling High Band WLS van Sant Mr. van Sant

Large Enrollment Forces Exams To Be Held In Classrooms

Sterling High School faces overcrowding with exams moved to two hour blocks across standard class locations. Each class will receive a separate two hour test, requiring double-length periods and two day testing on January 13 and 14. No school Friday for grading and scheduling interviews with Mr. Eades.

Sterling High School Eades

King Winter Slide Opens Sophomore Year Dance 1937

The first dance of the year will be held January 16 in the gym. Naomi Benters chairs the affair promising the King Winter Slide will surpass previous dances. The winter playground theme features realistic snowmen and snowbanks with a full entertainment committee and decorations led by Miss Renters and Elaine Dewey.

Naomi Benters Miss Renters Virginia Miller Nona Olinger Mary Anna Turnroth Dale Schumacher Edward Gebhardt Elaine Dewey

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