Debaters Travel to Hinsdale for Practice Tournament
Hinsdale hosts the annual practice debate tournament as the high school team tackles the question of whether federal power should be increased. Visiting coaches judge rounds and rank teams from 25 schools, with Sterling and Freeport tying for fifth and the negative team tying for first with West Aurora.
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Hinsdale
Hinsdale High School
Rockford
East Rockford High School
Sterling
Freeport
West Aurora
Rotary Club
Marion Palmer
Keith Swartley
John Platt
Janie Bartel
Gordon Behrens
Mr. Robbins
Bender Named New String Instructor at S H S Violin Class
A J Bender of Clinton will succeed Dean Ball as string instructor at Sterling Township High. He will visit Fridays to teach violin, provide instruments for a trial period, and encourage enrollment. Bender leads the Bender Music Company and once worked as a theatre fiddler.
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A. J. Bender
Dean Ball
Sterling Township
Bender
Clinton
Bender Music Company
Mr. Bender
Famed Irish Poet Lectures Students on English Irish Poets
Maurice Leahy internationally known Irish poet and orator spoke to the student body on December 9 in the gymnasium. He discussed poetry of England and Ireland and his friendships with George Bernard Shaw George Russell Gilbert K Chesterton and other poets. The Boston American praised him as Silver tongued and handsome a dynamic Irishman.
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Maurice Leahy
Mr. Leahy
America
England
Ireland
George Bernard Shaw
George Russell
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Dublin
Boston American
Christmas Story Luke 2 Shepherds Visit Bethlehem
In the field near Bethlehem shepherds fear not as angels declare good tidings for all people. The Messiah is born in David’s city and found wrapped in swaddling clothes in a manger. The shepherds spread the sighting and others wonder at the message.
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City of
David
Christ the Lord
Bethlehem
Mary
Joseph
Press conference in Rock Island college high school tomorrow
Students from nine schools including Kewanee East Moline Davenport Clinton Rock Island Galesburg Monmouth and Sterling attend a district press conference at Rock Island High School. Speakers include Earl English University of Iowa Dr Lawrence Campbell University of Illinois and city editor George Smith. Topics cover yearbooks school papers circulation headlines sports pages features and financing with a noon luncheon and address by Earl N Hanson superintendent.
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Rock Island High School
Earl English
University of Iowa
Lawrence Campbell
University of Illinois
The
Argus
George Smith
Kewanee
East Moline
Davenport
Clinton
Rock Island
Galesburg
Monmouth
Sterling
English
Campbell
Earl N. Hanson
Come to the dance in the high school gym tonight after the game
A local invitation notes a high school dance to be held in the gym this evening following the basketball game. It calls students and attendees to gather for festivities and refreshments after the event.
Calendar entries list December to January events
A sequence of local events shows debates, luncheons, banquets and assemblies across Hinsdale and surrounding communities. Activities include a December 14 debate, December 17 B B Community events, a senior luncheon, a faculty banquet, and several January games and meetings with teams such as Princeton East Rockford Mendota Belvidere and Dixon in attendance.
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Hinsdale
B. B. Community
B. B. Dixon
Princeton
East Rockford
Belvidere
Community
Naval Officer Narrates Delivery of Destroyer
Interview with Lieutenant E. W. Logsdon reveals the delivery of a U S destroyer to Great Britain from Halifax on November 28. The Shubrick, built in World War I, spent years in dry dock before overhaul began for later convoy duties and training of the British crew at Halifax.
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E. W. Logsdon
Great Britain
Halifax
Annapolis
Navy
England
Panama Canal
East Coast
Washington
Cape Cod
Boston
Skippy to Perform at First Senior Luncheon
The first senior luncheon of the year will be held Wednesday December 13 at noon in the S H S gym. Four footed canine Skippy, owned by Martha Goette and Margaret Holmes, will perform with a local swing band providing post luncheon dancing.
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Skippy
Betty Gehring
Leona Drury
Martha Goette
Margaret Holmes
Betty Ague
Helen Lea Hansen
Maxine Rosenow
Fern Allen
Leora Jacobs
Lois Walters
Ruth Manon
Marie Hopkins
Beverly Null
Jean Couts
Betty Bealer
Ruth DeWolfe
Betty Chamberlin
Clara Kehrens
Clarice Hey
John Adams
Clair Book
Velda Dingman
George Buell
Ernie Hubbart
Ruth Ann Castendyck
Gerry Lange
Neil Foulds
Ellen Merli
Andrea Turner
Alice Partridge
Clarence Strock
Bob Jamison
Dick Hill
Keith Swartley
Herb Carleton
John Griffith
Mariann Birch
Jason Hopkins
Mary Andrews
Bill Drury
Wayne Andreas
Jim Wink
Bill Klaglaund
John Platt
Flossie Witmer
Pat
Faculty Dinner Set for December 19 at Lincoln Hotel
Faculty members their wives and the school board will attend the annual dinner on Thursday December 19 at the Lincoln Hotel. The event aims for a formal yet lively evening with music by Mr and Mrs Harry Lombard and speeches from new faculty members including Miss Birch and Mr Bender.
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Lincoln Hotel
Harry Lombard
Roscoe Hades
Lyceum
Miss Birch
Mr. Bender
Miss Rawson
Sterling
Typing Pins Awarded For Speed And Precision
Fern Shantz received a 50 word typing pin while Doris Mae Welker and Glenys Cullen earned 40 word pins for typing speed. The awards highlight skill and accuracy among participants in the typing program.
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Fern Shantz
Doris Mae Welker
Glenys Cullen
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