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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1947
Page
1
A shortened Friday timetable now allocates time for class meetings club events and social activities. The three remaining Fridays list Activity periods A B C and varied club schedules with seniors study hall and gym sessions while the first Friday has no meetings due to vacations.
The Freshman Extension College Course will not run next semester due to only 20 registrations. Tuition would not cover expenses, including the teacher's salary, so the Board of Education decided to discontinue the course.
S H S hands out varsity reserve and minor letters for football to listed players acknowledging both starters and hard working substitutes. The awards recognize those who contribute nightly and emphasize team depth beyond star performers.
Sterling places first in the state G A A bowling tournament with a team led by Doris Shearburn who scored 470. Abington topped with 2023, Ottawa was third at 1991, while Sterling totaled 1996 in a strong showing.
Gene O Connell named first alternate to West Point Military Academy by Congressman Leo Allen. Appointment effective 1, 1947. Senior at HU, sports editor of the Script for two years, monthly feature author, business manager of the Blue and Gold, Red Cross president, and dramatic club member.
The N C L C conference debate contest held in Sterling on February 15 saw Menders take first place, Geneseo second, and Sterling third. Sterling debaters Marilyn Miller and Margaret Macklovsky spoke affirmative with Ed Zigman and Roger Larson on negative, under coach J E Robbins. Timekeepers were Rachel Smith Phil Ward Lawrence Norton and Richard Nuttall. The squad also competed at Augustana in Rock Island February 7-8 where Sterling placed eighth. The season ends for out of town debates, with local engagements ahead on Free Medicine topics.
The Male Quartet sang several numbers at the American Legion Home Monday evening February 10. The ensemble under Mr Tonkin directed includes Ray Heilener Jack Shanger Don Scharfenberg and Dick Eikenberry An encore was demanded as the group plans multiple engagements and a March 29 contest entry.
The Sterling High School Band led by Mr. C Myers schedules a March 14 music clinic with Illinois University Band associate director Mr Clarence Sawhill directing a rehearsal and giving guidance. A district solo and ensemble contest is set for April 19 in Freeport, with ensembles and many soloists entered. The yearly district band contest follows in April, featuring Barnum Bailey March and Bogar Overture among selections.
Orenda the magician presents An Evening of Magic a two hour family show featuring illusions mind reading and escapes. Orenda has performed 4000 evenings over fourteen years. Tickets will be on sale soon at 50 cents.
The three latest Jr Rotarians are Jim Stouffer Harold Swanson and Jim Haskell. Stouffer is active in agriculture and the Dramatic club with a Senior Play role. Swanson earned national poetry recognition. Haskell sings in the Robed Choir and has lightened school dances.
Six girls and two boys make up the cast of The Neighbors to be staged at the North Central Illinois Dramatic Festival in DeKalb on March 8. Names include Joan Keiser, Marge Cameron, Ezra Williams, Marion Wolf, Joan Wright, and Maxine Allen with Mrs Elmira Moran and Mrs Carry Ellsworth among others. The setting is a small New England town where neighbors help a widow with her nephew, yielding a touching humorous plot directed by Miss Doris Burritt.
Eagle Plume the Redpath Bureau’s top Indian Lore expert returns from the South Pacific to speak at the March 18 assembly. He will discuss how stone age peoples developed language dance music and social structure drawing on Pacific experiences and early American Indian history.
Five Sterling high seniors Roger Larson Ray Heilner Jeanine Cramer Donna Fredricks and Mary Seloover took the Pepsi Cola Company general scholarship test on February 14. The exam covered mathematics and English with two $500 yearly four year scholarships awarded per state to top scorers who maintain good grades.
The Hi Tri group met at 6 p m on February 18 at the Y W C A for a pot luck supper. Members must attend at least six meetings and serve on a committee or be an officer or take part in a program, learn the club creed code song and pledge. A game followed the business portion and all present participated. The group plans to invite the Y W C A board to the next meeting.
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