Staff Editorial Roles and Names in Local Publication
The staff editorial board lists Lyle Shannon as editor with Naomi Bentersey and Mary Beth Harriaanager as editors. It covers features society school administration sports gossip and reporters including Lucille Ohnen John Platt Dick Smith Betty Gehring Viola Nester Helen Cassens Arden Daehler Lillian Whitford Bill Haglund Helen Meyers Ellen Jane Wallick and many others.
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Lyle Shannon
Naomi Bentersey
Mary Beth Harriaanager
Thorns Hoak
Kathryn Cornelius
Lucille Ohnen
John Platt
Dick Smith
Betty Gehring
Viola Nester
Helen Cassens
Arden Daehler
Lillian Whitford
Bill Haglund
Helen Meyers
Ellen Jane Wallick
Lucille Burr
Helen Lea Hansen
Margery Kohl
Alvera Gantzert
Ruth Robinson
Gertrude Adama
Pat Thomas
John Griffith
Virginia Miller
Marilyn Perry
Leola Hunsberger
Ethel Hoover
Donia Brittain
Evelyn Wendel
Clara Behrens
Valine Stutzke
Betty Northington
Jean Bennett
Dale Musselman
Kathryn Cassens
Elaine Dewey
Dean Geer
Bob Castendyck
Leta Houseman
Patricia Donahue
Lyle Hall
Lyle Geeting
Lorraine Ohnen
Dale Schumacher
Dale Harshman
Marian Lovrie
A. R. DeVoe
Open Letter to Sterlin Script Editors on Student Dances
An editorial complaining about school dance policy argues students shoulder blame for dwindling spirit. It urges formation of a student council to voice desires for dances luncheons and extracurriculars and asks peers if they want tea dances fewer formals or more rooting at games.
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Editoria
S” Club
Hoak Leads Sale At Sterling For The Firefly
The senior class sponsored three performances of MGM's The Firefly at the Sterling Theatre on February 9 1011. Jeanette MacDonald and Allen Jones starred while Rudolf Frimi rights were secured after two years of negotiation. Hoak led in ticket sales with 92. Jean Brown 53. Dorothy Ewbank 42. Janet Prestin 35. Mary Beth Harrison 22. The class sold about 760 tickets, 250 over quota.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Sterling Theatre
Jeanette MacDonald
Allen Jones
Rudolf Frimi
Thoris Hoak
Jean Brown
Dorothy Ewbank
Janet Prestin
Mary Beth Harrison
Funeral poem honors Dick Hulse on January day
When Dick Hulse passed away January 23 the senior class lost one of its finest. The little poem read at his funeral was a simple and sincere contribution from his cousin, Bob aw.
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Dick Hulse
Bobaw
Dedicated to Dick a solemn hometown tribute
A heartfelt memorial verse honors Dick, praised as a sweet soul and beloved family member. The poem expresses enduring love, grief, and faith as the departed is believed to have entered the promised land. Mothers are urged to endure, noting the boy’s calling beyond this life.
Miss Hunt’s Sister Dies. Hester Returns to School
Miss Hunt rushed to Elmhurst on Friday night February 4 for her sister Mrs Olive Chadwick who died on arrival. Chadwick had many Sterling friends and spent time with Miss Hunt after her husband’s death last summer. Students and faculty extend sympathy as Miss Hester recovers and returns to school.
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Miss Hunt
Elmhurst
Olive Chadwick
Chadwick
Mrs. Chadwick
Sterling
Mississippi Singers Return to 8 H S in Strong Program
The Mississippi Singers, a colored group, drew applause at 8 H S with familiar plantation songs like All God's Chillun Got Shoes Swing Low Sweet Chariot and Sweet Sue. They come with fame from the Pacific coast as the Cross Cuts on NBC and are touring schools recently.
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Pacific Coast
Mississippi
National Broadcasting System
San Francisco
Sophomores Lead Second Quarter Honor Roll District Wide
The sophomores posted the highest share on the second quarter honor roll with 20 percent of their class earning grades from four A pluses to two A’s and two B’s. Seniors ranked second at 18 percent, juniors 14 percent, and freshmen 12 percent. A long list of named students with top A grades follows.
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Press Club of
Sterling Township High School
Sterling, Ilinois
Hoak
SALE
God
Promised Land
Hester
Miss McCombes
Lyceum
Evelyn Martin
Robert Haag
Sue Gerdes
Maurice Stone
Vernon Frye
Eleanor Rankin
Beverly Anderson
Lois Smyre
Edna Megli
Jean Wooster
Everett Birch
Bettijane Long
Donna Little
Hermina Vogel
Elmer Barraclough
Opal Anreas
Mary Jane Geyer
Mabel ‘Witmer
Beverly Zigler
Claude Bley
Twila
Oswald
Helen’ Lea Hansen
Frances Kersten
Mariann Birch
Lester Jacobh
John Bowman
Gertrude Fine
Richard Havener
Robert Jamison
Vera Long
Doniai Scott
Ronald Rank
Arthur Melville
Clair
Leona Drury
Ellen’ Megli
James Wink
Fern Allen
Wilma Coate
Janet Cross
Richard Hill
Juanita Woodyatt
Clara Reed
Lanita Bendewald
Jean Maier
Dorothy Overcash
Eileen Bradley
Robert Salm
Mary Anna Turnroth
Marie Vogel
Marian Benson
Mary Claire Heaton
Ariadine Maine
Fred Brauer
Arthur Koster
Eleanor John
Marian Beaver
James Wiggins
Gloria Brian
Robert Minor
Marjorie Johan
James Brown
Frances Cassens
Robert Philipsp
Evelyn Shaible
Ruth Welton
Donald Church
Deloris Knight
James Rankin
James Andrews
Patricia Behrens
Sanford Mitchell
Helen Myersa
Margie Brown
Carl Bruggeman
Fern Shantz
Jacqueline Vertrees
Joyce Clark
Rose Daulton
Ward Dillon
John Riegle
Betty Faulkner
Bernice Hammelman
Mary Wilbern
Mary Anne Hammelman
Paul Harshman
Kenneth Howard
Dorothy McKee
Elmer Ratzlaff
Mary Sears
Marian Allabaugh
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