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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1942
Page
4
Colorful locker anecdotes reveal students treating lockers as museums storage and stages for quirky habits. Names like Glenn Ellmaker Patrick Henry and Dorothy Crabb appear amid portraits of preparedness fashion notes cosmetics and rebellious door signs.
Miss Loretta Browne led a Follow-up of Graduates survey in social science classes. Of 130 interviewed, 55 completed reports show 3 married, 40 living at home, 12 in college. Wages ranged from 6 to 27 weekly. 22 of 55 plan to stay in Sterling.
Student recalls a mixed up clock during the new war time. The writer notes waking earlier or later, a 13 hour day, and tweaks to study time while watching seniors arrive early and laugh. He hopes the extra hour helps him study and grow smarter.
Fay Book a S H S alumnus who graduated in 1936 and played center at Marquette University died in a plane crash. He enlisted in the U S Air Corps last June and began training August 18 1941 with expected graduation as lieutenant on March 6 this year.
The municipal coliseum functions as a major part of the high school, hosting daily vocal music rehearsals in multiple groups, band and orchestra sessions, violin instruction, and girls gym classes with bowling, while students often be found there for various activities beyond the main building.
A lighthearted campus note describes Tom Bogaard and Toni Harding at the Sophomore dance in bright yellow sweaters with Tom in pressed pants and Toni in a brown skirt. It mentions Dan Troye Bill McNinch Jacque Stevenberg and Bob Hey arriving in bow ties and Marvin Brewer wearing a regular tie as a bow tie. It cautions that using a bow tie can be tight and suffocating if a date is angry.
The DEBATERS went to Augustana tournament in Rock Island on February 6-7 and fared well despite not winning the Oscar. Sterling teams split with Mendota on February 13. Barbara Bell and Marion Palmer debated before about 350 students. Janie Bartel and Gordon Behrens debated before teachers and Mendota debaters.
February events include junior Rotarians Harvey Riser Fay Ewbank and Tom Welton at a Rotary Club celebration with check room led by Wayne Friedrichs. Also rural hvi and foundations for future life talks by A J Tavenner and A C Good with friends.
Betty Martin presents a staged play for the Fifth Avenue Players meeting on March 2. The cast includes Barbara Bell Betty Darnell Dorothy Crabb Doris Overholser Jeanne Quilter and Elda Robbins.
The boys club elected Dean Dahlgren president Gene Harshman vice president Bob Hults secretary treasurer Paul Hermann public ity manager and Leland Book menu chairman. Meetings occur every Tuesday under Miss Viola Strauch's direction as they prepare lunches and meals.
The club welcomed thirteen new members during a school night gathering. Skits preceded French games as DeVere Leonard, John Aper, and Lillian Bernstein chaired the meeting.
Sheldon Fordham former boys director at the YMCA left February 14 for a position as a physical instructor in the U S Navy. Before departing he organized a training program for HIV members and arranged basketball and ping pong games at Freeport Clinton and Kewanee.
The Future Farmers of America will hold its annual parent and son banquet in March. Dusty Miller, a frequent speaker at the chapter, will serve as guest speaker for the event.
At a February 19 meeting SENIOR HIV hosted guest speaker Bill Krohn addressing members on the group’s activities and health topics.
The HI-TRI and HI-Y hosted a hayrack party on February 11. Two groups of riders filled the racks, then attendees played games in the YW parlors and were served lunch.
Debaters travel to Augustana for a tournament while Mendoza takes on S H S in debates. The piece offers a playful, insider view of debating culture, describing canning as preparing speech texts and noting the perils of finding a judge. It observes debaters’ readiness and the curiosity of onlookers.
The 1942 Blue and Gold yearbook staff reports rapid progress with all pictures in and mounted. Student down payments total 435, a record for years. The theme centers on Indians and Hiawatha. writers urge staff to submit data promptly for club pages and photo captions.
The Junior class sponsors an after game dance in the high school gym after Friday's basketball game. Seniors held a dance last Friday with Ed Bower's orchestra and musicians Don Thome Warren Kyger Harold Stone Marvin Brewer Jacque Sterenberg and Laverne Hoener. Seniors ordered commencement invitations and discussed the senior trip with cost-cutting plans. Junior officers elected Merrill Church president and Bill Adams vice president after President Dan Troye's resignation. The Sophomores hosted a Snow Ball this month with strong turnout.
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