Homecoming S Club Led Bonfire Parade at Sterling High
The 1954 Sterling High School S Club organized and supervised the bonfire and parade, selected honest judges, mapped routes, and promoted winning floats through publicity and prize money. Officers Lyle Zimmerman, John Carrillo, Ray Gebhardt, and John DeWind led the club with Floyd Hunsberger as adviser. The group now sells blue and gold EverSharp pencils labeled Golden Warriors as a fund raiser.
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Sterling High
S” Club
Lyle Zimmerman
John Carrillo
Ray Gebhardt
John DeWind
Tresaurer
Floyd Hunsberger
Golden Warriors
Regular or fineline pencils at 69 cents each
Buy one pencil and receive a free good pencil. Proceeds aid the S Club in funding a larger bonfire for next year's Homecoming event.
New Faculty Members at SHS
The SHS staff adds several teachers as the first semester ends. Miss Faye Phillip departs for graduate work at Wheaton College. replacing her is Mrs. Rosemary Bryant. Dick Skelton arrives as a cadet gym teacher from Rock Falls High, and Mrs. Harriet Bushman of Milledgeville joins the English department after a U of Illinois degree and Northwestern postgrad work.
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Faye Phillip
Wheaton College
Rock Falls High
Harriet Bushman
Milledgeville
Flattery: The dangers of insincere praise
The Thinker warns that daily flattery often lacks sincerity and can hurt others. Flatterers risk becoming boring and damaging friendships. Genuine praise is suggested as a better, tasteful alternative.
SHS Joins March of Dimes Fund Drive
Sterling High School shows support for the 1954 March of Dimes via Student Council led fund drive from January 15 to 29. Envelopes and a central box collected small donations totaling 86 dollars 12 cents under Neta Bowman’s oversight.
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SHS
Sterling High
Neta Bowman
Get Well Wishes For Three Hospitalized Local Women
Get well wishes are extended to Mrs. Marie Davis and Miss Vella Fadden who are in Community General Hospital. Miss Marjorie Schumaker is absent after an operation. Miss Barbara Larson substitutes for Miss Schumaker.
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Marie Davis
Vella Fadden
Community General Hospital
Marjorie Schumaker
Barbara Larson
Schumaker
Vanishing Valentine at Ye Olde Booke Shoppe
A shopper on Main Street describes a humorous quest for a homemade valentines amid small-change chaos. He scrambles through trinkets and a cluttered counter, finally buying a joke Valentine with 15 cents and a used Kleenex.
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Valentine
Sterling Township High School Band Pops Concert
On Sunday February 28 the Sterling Township High School Band directed by Mr. Wolfgang Edelmann will perform an informal POP concert in the Sterling Coliseum at 3 00 p m The program features marches From Tropic to Tropic The Conqueror Sons of the Brave Independentia Les Terribles Meadowlands and more including Lehar Bach Mendelssohn Strauss Goldmark and Sibelius works The concert aims to be an experimental event likely to appeal to music appreciators.
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Sterling Township High School
Wolfgang Edelmann
Sterling Coliseum
Alesander
Teike
Bidgood
Independentia
Hall
Immel
Knipper
Lehar
German
University
Goldman
Jarnfelt
Sibelius
SHS FFA Members Win Honors
Sterling High School FFA members earn recognition in Land Judging Contest placements with Donald Brill Merle Orlowski and Don Holloway receiving top finishes. Merle Orlowski wins a Pure Milk Association Scholarship to Farm and Home Week at the University of Illinois.
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Future Farmers of America
FFA
Sterling
Arthur L. Schick
Cliff Dettman
Merle Orlowski
Johann Biller
Ray Kunde
William Wade
Howard Janssen
Donald Brill
Rikus Luebbers
Rikus
State of
Illinois
Junior Rotarians January and February lists
The Junior Rotarians names for January are Pat Seloover Kay Elsesser Sue Snavely Gary Crossland Richie Helms and Bill Clithero. The February group includes Sheila Musgrove Billie Speer Trudy Worth Lester Weinstine Ron Newell and Dave Swehla.
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Pat Seloover
Kay Elsesser
Sue Snavely
Gary Crossland
Richie Helms
Bill Clithero
Sheila Musgrove
Billie Speer
Trudy Worth
Lester Weinstine
Ron Newell
Dave Swehla
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Big
Joanne Whitaker
SHS Ffa
Basketball Review
Dixon
DeKalb
Mendota
West Rockford
Rock Falls
Galesburg
Lakeview
Chicago
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