Around the Town at Sterling High School
A humorous Sterling High School column notes rumors about a mysterious “beastie” leaving town and tracks the social lives of students. It mentions Harriett Kidd, Shelley Boehm, Leela Hunsberger, Carl Brewer, and various classmates with sketches of crushes, letters from Belvidere and De Kalb, and news of dances, plays, and a community girl group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Tiger
Harriett Kidd
Shelley Boehm
Aldrich
Carl Brewer
Leela Hunsberger
Vernon Swan
Ruth Ann Castendyck
Bob Salm
Bob
Arland Gould
Norma Behler
Helen Lee Hanson
Bob Shaeffer
Fern Allen
Don Rank
Bob Jurkens
Daniels
H. Nelson
Ginny” Miller
Sue Geeting
Rock Falls
Sterling
Kenny Long
Christmas Dance Planned for Sterling Rock High Students
Sterling Chapter 354 Order of the Eastern Star hosts a Christmas dance for Sterling and Rock Island high school students on December 30 from 9 to 12. College students home for holidays are welcome. Misses Huber Mitchell Baker and Mrs Mitchell and faculty assistants will host. Tickets are 25 cents single or 50 cents per couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling and
Rock Alld
Sterling Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Twin Cities
Florence Huber
Leona Mitchell
Lorraine Baker
Bernard Mitchell
John Howens
Jerome Robbins
E. E. Small
Marie Davis
Harriet Echternach
Everett L Myers Addresses Script Staff On Journalism
Former Script editor Everett L Myers now with Sterling Daily Gazette spoke to the Press Club on December sixth. He outlined essentials of good reporting, presenting who what when where why examples, and answered staff questions about his Knox College paper days and teletype editor work at the Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett L. Myers
Sterling Daily Gazette
Press Club
Myers
Knox College
The
Gazette
Annual Debate Banquet Postponed Until Spring
The Mendota Debate Club postpones its annual banquet to spring while the debate program awaits completion. The club initiated 19 new members led by Bob Salm, and Don Fehrenbach directed a spelling bee after initiation. A bobsled party preceded the basketball game as students joined last Tuesday: Marge Andrews Jeanne Longabaugh Ruth Ann Castendyck Fern Allen Helen Lee Hanson Phylicia Shannon Francis Kersten Dick Rohrer Charles Geyer Lyle Geering Ruth Welton Eleanor John Gloria Brian Marian Kline Harrison Stone Leta Houseman Bob Fields Charlotte Carns John Platt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Salm
Don Fehrenbach
Marge Andrews
Jeanne Longabaugh
Ruth Ann Castendyck
Fern Allen
Helen Lee Hanson
Phylicia Shannon
Francis Kersten
Dick Rohrer
Charles Geyer
Lyle Geeing
Ruth Welton
Eleanor John
Gloria Brian
Marian Kline
Harrison Stone
Leta Houseman
Bob Fields
Charlotte Carns
John Platt
Rings and mystery man in Ida Jayne’s locket
Helen Kelsey and Charlotte Carns boast close rings on their third fingers and note their Sterling style. Ida Jayne carries a locket with a farmer lad pictured, a question hard to answer. Football players threatened our writer but their goings on remain unpublished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Kelsey
Charlotte Carns
Ida Jayne
F F A Hold Jamboree With Morrison And Rock Falls Chapters
Sterling Future Farmers under Coach J A Twardock earn praise as Warren Friedrichs and Harvey Schweitzer Jr. from Malta chosen to attend the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Chicago. Morrison and Rock Falls F F A clubs host jamboree with games and refreshments. Sterling leads poultry contest at Morrison on December 3 with Arthur Koster Roy Beck and Jason Hopkins on the winning team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Twardock
Warren Friedrichs
Harvey Schweitzer Jr
Malta
Illinois
American Farm Bureau Federation
Hotel Sherman
Chicago
Arren
the Sherman
Sterling Chapter
Mr. Twardock
Morrison
Rock Falls
Sterling
Arthur Koster
Roy Beck
Jason Hopkins
Rhyme Fragments From a Mixed Verse Page
A collage of nursery rhymes and stray lines recites Little Bo Pipp, Little Boy Blue, and Mary had a little lamb altered with modern quips. References to a soldier in Afghanistan and other disjointed lines appear as a playful, unseen author’s patchwork.
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Afghanistan
Mary
Society Parties Signal Festive Month for Women
Mary Beth Harrison hosted friends for a luncheon birthday then bridge, while Ida Jayne’s party featured Big Apple celebrations and late night hamburgers. Skating at Rock River Club drew couples, with several pairings noted and plans for more events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Beth Harrison
Ida Jayne
Un Peu de Paris Hosts Christmas Gift Exchange at YWCA
The Un Peu de Paris Christmas party at the YWCA featured a lively gift exchange amid French games and carols. Advisers Miss Harriet Schick and Miss Marian Lovrien guided activities as junior girls wore ribbons and dolls. A trained nurse will be on duty one hour daily beginning the second semester to examine students for illness and minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UN Peu DE Paris
Harriet Schick
Marian Lovrien
Chinese college student appeals for aid from wartorn Wuhan
A Chinese college student in Hankow writes from October 1937 to the American and British student bodies, describing daily bombing by planes, civilian deaths, and looming winter. He urges Red Cross relief through international student networks, seeking sympathy and action from peers abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hankow
China
Pacific
Wuhan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elmer
Jack Havener
Dorothy Bissell
Mary Jane Geyer
Marjie Brown
Virginia Powell
Bob Corrigan
Orrin
Naomi
Eastern Star
Everett Myers
F.F.A
Nurtlery
Bo Pipp
Little Boy
Bay
Rock River Country Club
Bob Bently
Sue Dietrich
Keith Healey
Mary Jane Crump
Maurie Stone
Sirley Jenkins
Neff
Mrs. Eades
Mrs. Timmons
Eades
Lin Teh-Wei
P. S
America
Britain
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