Echternach Writes Latin Workbook at Sterling High
Miss Harriet Echternach head of the Latin department at Sterling high school releases her second book a pianographed workbook for first year Latin students compiling projects games tests and data on Roman life. She spent a year developing the ideas and plans to travel to Italy this summer after strong teacher manual prior work.
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Harriet Echternach
Sterling High School
Miss Echternach
Italy
Sterling and Walnut Open Regional Tournament Night
Draws announced for the Regional Basketball Tournament at Dixon. Sterling High faces Walnut High in the first round while Rock Falls meets the Steward winner. Winners advance to Friday and the final Saturday, with the champion moving toward Moline and possible state play in Rockford. The Steward Tourney includes Rollo, Steward, Franklin Grove, West Brooklyn, Paw Paw, Lee, Ohio, and Cr eston.
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Dixon
Sterling High
Walnut High
Rock Falls
Steward
Amboy
Prophetstown
Sterling
Walnut
Sterling-Walnut
Rock Falls-Steward, Dixon-Amboy
Prophetstown-Steward
Moline
Rockford
Rollo
Franklin Grove
West Brooklyn
Paw Paw
Lee
Ohio
Creston
Sophomore Dance Shines At S H S Debut
The Sophies of S H S hosted their first dance of the year with a gaily decorated gym, a Cupid themed stage, and a floor show by Don Fehrenbach. Don Sievert and his Cedar Rapids orchestra provided music and a featured vocalist. Geraldine Shore and Fay Ewbank co chaired the event and organized participants.
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Hearts
Sophies
Don Fehrenbach
Three Musketeers
Don Sievert
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Oh, Johnny
Bonnie Baker
Geraldine Shore
Fay Ewbank
Honor Roll Names For Second Quarter
School notes this list shows students who earned no grade below A in the second quarter. The office clarifies there is no official honor roll published.
Agriculture Students Profit From Their 1939 Projects
Vocational agriculture students closed the year with a total project earning of $3392.05, up $411.52 from 1938. Eight boys kept swine herds earning $1215.17, ten pursued dairy projects earning $429.72, and 18 grew corn with several adding sheep in their collections. Wayne Friedrichs and Dale Musselman noted among those with sheep and garden projects.
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Wayne Friedrichs
Dale Musselman
High School Debaters Shine At Coe College Event
S H S debaters led by Gordon Behrens and Bob Castendyck earned superior speaker and superior ratings at the Coe College tournament held February 8 to 10. The squad also posted strong showings at Augustana and Wheaton decisional events, with several members returning next year and a future topic list announced.
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Bob Castendyck
Gordon Behrens
Herman Walck
Bob Jamison
Coe College
Robbins
Augustana
Barbara Flinn
Marion Palmer
Janie Bartel
Barbara Bell
Sterling
Wheaton College
al Macklovsky
Paul Harshman
Gordon
United States
Dixon High School hosts late February basketball tournament
Interested fans should buy tickets in advance at Dixon High School for the Dixon tournament in the last week of February. Season tickets cost 1.00 dollars and individual tickets are expected to go on sale at the school.
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Dixon
Dixon High School
Belvidere and DeKalb Basketball Tourney Timeline
Event list outlines Feb 16 Belvidere B B clash Feb 23 DeKalb visit and March 4 Agricultural Meeting. Regional tournament is March 1-2 followed by Sectional March 7-9 and State tournament March 14-15. A junior dance and ag supper also noted.
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Belvidere
Mendoza
DeKalb
Solo and band contest activities at S H S
With March 9 solo contest and March 21 band contest approaching, S H S prepares multiple entries from a brass sextet to cornet and trombone groups. The high school orchestra provides dinner music for a Washington's Birthday banquet.
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Morrison
American Legion
Washington
Jordan Town Hall
Sportsman’s Club
Boys’ Glee Club
Sterling Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce
Coliseum
Rohed
Morris
Jacobs Reelected F F A Chapter Leader and Officers
Lester Jacobs was reelected president of the Sterling Future Farmer chapter at the February 7 meeting. Jim Wink became vice-president, Kenneth Harms secretary, Jason Hopkins treasurer, and Jim Beatty reporter. A business session followed by a Morrison F F A basketball game.
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Lester Jacobs
Sterling Future Farmer
Jim Wink
Kenneth Harms
Jason Hopkins
Jim Beatty
Morrison F. F. A
Commercial Students Make Fast Progress in Typing Pins
James Andrews leads the beginner class with a 30-word typing pin while Arlene Karel becomes the first to earn a 40-word typing pin. The article lists multiple students earning 30, 40, 50 word typing pins and shorthand pins including Dale Gaskill Ruth Walker Elizabeth Oltmanns and others.
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James Andrews
Arlene Karel
Dale Gaskill
Ruth Walker
Elizabeth Oltmanns
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Echternach
Nellie Hill
Keith Brown
Dorothy Mintke
Jeanne Quilter
Jean Wiggins
Elsie Meier
Helen Becker
Donald Wallick
Jean Beatty
Ellene Long
Dean Dahlgren
Beverly Anderson
Junee
Keith Benson
Ed Browne
James Coates Devere Leonard
Lavonne McNeill
Allene Smoot
Doris Snitchler
Jay Wallace
Helen Lea Hansen
John Q. Adams
Marianne Birch
Leora Jacobs
Gertrude Fine
Jacqueline Vertrees
Jim Brown
Margery John
Ruth Welton
Marge Brown
Twardock
S.H.S
Coe
Glenys Cullen
Doris Marie Scott
Marian Allabaugh
Viola Nester
Mildred Otten
Doris Brittain
Lorraine Wolf
Henrietta Sterenberg
Helen Koster
Dorothy Overcash
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