Latin Club Tea Dance Planned After School
The Latin Club sponsors a tea dance on Tuesday March 11 at the school. Dancing will start after dismissal and run about two hours with a variety of mixers. Admission is affordable and all students are welcome regardless of dating status. Joanna Prentiss chairs the committee with Fay Ewbank Ellen Haskell Tom Bogaard and Jean Coats as assistants.
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Joanna Prentiss
Fay Ewbank
Ellen Haskell
Tom Bogaard
Jean Coats
French and Latin Students Hold Joint Club Meeting
French and Latin students join in a historic joint meeting at the high school next Thursday evening. A vocal quintet led by Bob Griesser and friends performs. Ellen Haskell and others stage a play followed by club songs and a Truth and Consequences round. John Platt hosts with refreshments and American style dancing to close.
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Bob Griesser
Gordon Behrens
Neil Puckett
Jacque Stevenberg
John Adams
Ellen Haskell
Don Wallick
Ralph Wade
John Platt
Echternach Named Speaker For Illinois Conference
Miss Harriet Echternach, veteran Latin teacher at Sterling Township, is chosen to speak on the economics view at the Illinois Classical Conference panel at Knox College Galesburg March 6 7 and 8. Other speakers include D Roy Mathews Alfred Newcombe and Miss Steinmiller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Echternach
Knox College
Galesburg
Illinois
Miss Echternach
D. Roy Mathews
Lewis Institute
Alfred Newcombe
Knox
Knox, From the History Viewpoint, and Miss Steinmiller
Springfield High School
Sterling Township
Sterling Debaters Earn Superior Rating at Coe Tournament
The S H S debate team won a superior rating at Coe College in Cedar Rapids Iowa held on the 6th through the 8th of the month. Six of twenty four schools earned superior certificates with Sterling the sole Illinois representative. Gordon Behrens earned a superior speaker rating as part of a strong debater lineup including Janie Bartel and Marion Palmer.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Sterling
Illinois
Janie Bartel
Marion Palmer
Gordon Behrens
Davenport
Fairfield
Newton
Burlington
Muscatine
Sterling High School Art Exhibit Displays University Work
The S. H. S. art department presents freshman university works including landscape architecture industrial designs action sketches oil paintings watercolors and pencil sketches. The exhibit runs two weeks and then moves to another high school with additional shows planned later in the season.
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Sterling Township High School
University of
Typing Class Awards For Speed and Accuracy At School
Harriet Giddings wins 50 words per minute typing award after 15 minutes with five or fewer errors. Other 40 wpm winners include Doris Mae Welker Glenys Cullen Ellen Jane Wallick Virginia Fridley Wayne Andreas Jean Beatty. 30 wpm recipients are Marjorie Overcash Jean Beatty Marion Schueler Elda Robbins Ruth Heisener. Maxine Rosenow Clara Behrens earn 30 wpm in Typing II. Shorthand 100 wpm with five errors goes to Phyllis Geer Leora Jacobs. 80 wpm club members are Eileen Corrigan Maxine Rosenow Ruth Manon.
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Harriet Giddings
Doris Mae Welker
Glenys Cullen
Ellen Jane Wallick
Virginia Fridley
Wayne Andreas
Jean Beatty
Marjorie Overcash
Marion Schueler
Elda Robbins
Ruth Heisener
Maxine Rosenow
Clara Behrens
Phyllis Geer
Leora Jacobs
Eileen Corrigan
Ruth Manon
Marching Men of Song to Perform at School
Howard Tooley presents the Marching Men of Song assembly on Monday March 10 at the school. The male choir will sing operetta and grand opera selections plus military and sea songs in period costumes under director Phil Clark who also performs as tenor and entertainer.
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Howard Tooley
Marching Men of Song
Men of Song
Phil Clark
Texas
Dallas
Mr. Clark
Adult Classes Run by Twardock and Strauch in Farm Meetings
J A Twardock and Miss Viola Strauch lead evening farm meetings for adults over several weeks. Strauch supervises a 40 woman ladies group, with spinning, weaving, caning chairs, slip covers, and rug making. Men discuss cement mixing, the 1941 farm program, hybrid corn, and exchange experiences. A joint session featured Rev Uhlinger reviewing The Bright Land, with refreshments and motion pictures afterward.
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J. A. Twardock
Viola Strauch
Miss Strauch
Mr. Twardock
Uhlinger
Plan County Music Festival For Grade and High Schools
Whiteside county plans a county wide music festival at the high school stadium on May 16. Most county grade and high schools will participate with mass vocal and instrumental units. The event aims to become an annual series under Gunnar Benson as chairman with both city and rural groups forming large ensembles.
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Sterling
Gunnar Benson
Union Schools
Whiteside County
Dorothy Hoener Named Chair Of Windy Whirl Dance
Dorothy Hoener is named chairman for the Windy Whirl annual sophomore dance set for Saturday March 1 in the school gym. Committee chairs include Merrill Church tickets Tom Bogaard Keith Brown orchestra June Desmond Bill Adams, Clean Up Gene Kelley Dan Troye Arlene Eldred Publicity Bell, Refreshments Helen Bec er. Dancing begins 8 30 with Gil Hebard and his Swingsters.
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Gil Hebard
Dorothy Hoener
Merrill Church
Tom Bogaard
Keith Brown
June Desmond
Bill Adams
Gene Kelley
Dan Troye
Arlene Eldred
Bell
Helen Becer
E E Small Elected To Presidency Of County Teachers Association
E E Small mathematics instructor at S H S is named president of Whiteside County Education Association for the coming year. He was elected during the February 6 and 7 annual meeting at Morrison high school. Sterling teachers contributed to the two day session with A R DeVoe leading the business meeting.
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E. E. Small
Whiteside County Education Association
Small
Morrison High School
Sterling
A. R. DeVoe
Dorothy Ludens
Viola Strauch
Rayma Rawson
Loretta Browne
C. N. Timmons
David Stryker
Frederick S. Breed
University of Chicago
Charles L. Anspach
Central State Teachers’ College
Mount Pleasant
Michigan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Latin Club
Echternach
Coe
Robbins
S. H. S. Art Department
Soph Windy Whirl
Twardock and Strauch
Plan County Music Festival
County Teachers Association
Sterling Coliseum
DeVoe
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