Junior-Senior Prom Planned For May 23 at Coliseum
Arlene Eldred and Bill Adams announce the Junior-Senior Prom set for Saturday May 23 at the coliseum with Don Wallick Bob Anderson Nellie Hill assisting. Organized groups include orchestra decorations reception program invitation and clean-up committees led by named volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlene Eldred
Bill Adams
Cochairmen
Coliseum
Don Wallick
Bob Anderson
Nellie Hill
Bill Dies
Dorothy Ward
Warren Kyger
Barbara Bell
Martin Doermann
Kenneth Reitzel
Helen Walker
Sue Smith
Keith Brown
Janet Wilger
Jean Wiggins
Dan Troye
Gladys Moore
Alice Hoover
Gladys Gottel
Marion Eades
Tom Bogaard
Gloria Paulson
Cecil Wade
Paul Weyrauch
June Desmond
Dorothy Hoever
Naydla Brooks
Jeanne Quilter
Marvin Sailard
Ralph Wade
Gene Kelly
Bud Anning
Ira Abney
Seniors Take Tuberculosis Tests At School
About one hundred seniors received TB tests at the high school on Wednesday February 18. The Whiteside County Tuberculosis Society sponsored the free tests done by local doctors and results were read. Those with positive results will receive free X rays.
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Whiteside County Tuberculosis Society
Visual education schedule for March announced
The March visual education slate lists topics for various classes. History and agriculture see Land of the Free. science covers Deisel Motors Excursion in Science In sulated Rubber Cables The Story of the Tire 10 The Voice that Science Made. commerce receives What about Jobs and Girdling the Globe on Rubber. world history has Chile. biology features Animals of the Cat Family Felling Forest Giants Honeymakers Our Four Footed Helpers Wild Flowers.
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Land of the Free
Deisel Motors
Chile
Night School Ends Next Wednesday February 25
Night school now meets three nights a week to finish the term sooner. The present term closes Wednesday night February 25. Attendance this year matches past seasons with 163 adult students enrolled in night classes. Saturday defense classes run 1 to 7 p.m. Each week the third eight week period of defense training opens. Principal Roscoe Eades and C N Timmons attended a defense meeting in La Salle Tuesday.
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Roscoe Eades
C. N. Timmons
la Salle
Soloists Set For Geneseo District Music Contest Saturday
Township high school musicians prepare for a Geneseo district contest on February 28 featuring instrumental and vocal soloists. The district event on March 14 will include concert band and robed choir, with rosters of named soloists and two eight-member vocal ensembles. Directors J. J. Richards and David Stryker lead rehearsals as Sterling schools aim for first division honors and potential advancement to the sectional contest in Ottawa.
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Geneseo
Ottawa
Sterling
Ellen Haskell
la Vonne McNeil
Catherine Detweiler
James Coats
Virginia GeLaz
Patricia GeLaz
Marvin Brewer
Pat Marquis
Jack Chapman
Fay Ewbank
Laverne Hoener
LeVonne McNeil
Harold Stone
LaVenne McNeil
Glenn Gaumer
Pat Geraz
Paulena Baker
Ralph Wade
Jeanne Quilter
Mary Pottinger
Virginia Deets
Charlotte Carl
Alice Hoover
Orla Jean Betts
Gordon Behrens
Jim Coats
Cecil Wade
Beginner Earns Typing Pins for Speed and Accuracy
Lena Mae Ashpaugh earns a 40 word pins in typing as a beginner. Betty Trued son and Doris Abel in typing II also earn 40 word pins after 15 minute tests at 40 wpm with 5 errors allowed. Marian Schueler earns 50 word pin. Ray Mellett and Barbara Johnson 30 word pins. Gladys Wechsler has an 80 word shorthand pin.
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Lena Mae Ashpaugh
Betty Truedson
Doris Abel
Marian Schueler
Ray Mellett
Barbara Johnson
Gladys Wechsler
Whiteside County Education Association Meets at Morrison High
Township high school teachers lead the Whiteside County Education Association annual meeting at Morrison high school. E. E. Small serves as president. sessions cover science, mathematics, English and librarian topics with speakers from White Pines Forest, Augustana College and the University of Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteside County Education Association
Morrison High School
Association
E. E. Small
David Stryker
John Howens
Alma Sherman
Alice L. Hills
White Pines Forest State Park
Whiteside County
Loretta Browne
Brick House
Helen Pasek
Marie Davis
Uhlinger Reviews New Books Starting Monday
The Junior class sponsors four book reviews by Reverend James R. Uhlinger from Rock Falls Methodist Church. The first is February 23 with further Mondays at 2:45 in the high school assembly. Adults pay one dollar, students 25 cents. The first title was Big Family by Bellamy Partridge. others include Storm by Nevil Shute, Young Man of Caracas by T R Ybarra, Bolivar by Emil Ludwig, and Botany Bay by Nordhoff and Hall.
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James R. Uhlinger
Rock Falls Methodist Church
Uhlinger
Big Family
Bellamy Partridge
Storm
Nevil Shute
Caracas
T. R. Ybarra
Bolivar
Emil Ludwig
Botany Bay
Nordhoff and Hall
School Sets Spring Recess From March 30 To April 6
Spring vacation runs March 30 through April 6 with students returning April 7. Administrators had weighed skipping break to end term earlier but kept the full week off for students and staff.
College Representatives Advise Senior Students
Seniors should plan for college choices after meeting reps from Rockford College for Women Coe College Illinois College Northwestern University and more. Scholarships reward top local exam scores at Rockford with one annual award. Contact Future Collegians' director Miss Harriet Schick to arrange meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perks
Rockford College For Women
Berger
Coe College
Hartong
Illinois College
Jacksonville
Jane Kellogg
Northwestern University
Harriet Schick
Collegians
Monmouth College
Bradley Tech
Sterling
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George Washington
James Uhlinger
Princeton
West Rockford
Latin Club
Walt Everman
Liquid Air Assembly
George Washington Formal
County Institute
Small
A. R. DeVoe
Township High
Viking
Augustana College
Dale Schumacher
Augustana
H. Clifford Fox
Department of Social Science
University of Dubuque, Iowa
Axel G. Pearson
Bethel Methodist Church of
Moline
Billy Waite
S.H.S
George Washington Ball
Dorothy Crabb
Charles Miller
Billie Waite
Ork
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