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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1935
Page
7
Dr William Harwood entertained S H S students with a 28 year tale of jungle big game trapping. He featured a lion cub leopard and two monkeys plus a dog and urged companionship as substitute for liberty. Audiences applauded and he was invited for an evening show with natives from Africa.
Sterling High School expresses deepest sympathy to the Lindsay family for the death of Rolland Lindsay a sophomore and brother to Charles a senior. The untimely passing shifts the community into mourning and reflection.
Lynn Timmons studies lines for The Gypsy Rover and reads Huckleberry Finn Scott Ivanhoe and Back of the Mountains. Gene Cies focuses on Hero's Progress. Margaret Thomas praises Forgive Us Our Trespasses and Magnificent Obsession. Betty Braitsch is busy with The Gypsy Rover. Marjorie King reads The Perfect Tribute.
Don Saunders, Sterling High School alumnus, rose from student reporter to college writer at Iowa and Pitt. He became Pitt’s youngest university publicity man and edited The Pittsburgh Record. Returning to Sterling, he led the local Chamber of Commerce and now directs a new Pitt alumni athletics publication from Pittsburgh.
Spring sports are near with track relays invited to Sterling High. Track and football seasons approach as athletes prepare for high jumps and hurdles across Sterling’s landscape.
Lois Reitzel began horseback riding to reduce stress but immediately began losing balance and falling.
Forty eight students attended the annual Dramatic club dinner in the gym on February 12. Sixteen pledges, including Allene Besse Dorothy Mae Hostettler Dorothy Ann Kidd Jeanne Walker Ruth Mary Northington Jane Ward Gayle Shanger Jane Andrews Larry Wheeler Dick McClanathan George McClanathan Myra Kendle Robert Yates Herbert Sell Margaret Thomas Florence Kline, were admitted. The evening featured Valentine decor, comedy acts by Bill Black and Herb Straughn, initiation stunts, and dancing after a dinner. Doris Geer led the event with help from Tom Stabier Marion Shaw Burton Ferguson Mary Belle Haglund Leora Weaver, with faculty advisors Miss Lovrien and Miss Schick supervising.
More than $41 was raised from the seniors Valentine luncheon to support The Issue and Gold yearbook publishing. The event featured a decorated gym, a ham loaf menu, and a large dance after lunch as students flocked to the floor.
At a February luncheon the Rotary Club heard L. T. Mortensen Bill Black Lynn Timmons and Everett Myers discuss the resolution urging the federal government to fund education through annual grants to states for elementary and secondary schools. Next Wednesday evening two A squads will showcase their loquacity before Broadway Methodist Church current events group.
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