Mistletoe and Mayhem Rumors In Local Notes
A collage of high school gossip items covers social dances, couples, and late night encounters. Names include Jim Brown Vi Nester Smitty Smith Doris Welker Georgie Huber Barb Flinn Mary McGava Ernie Hubart Bernice Henderson Norm Bogett Bill Haglund June Elliot Ward Dillon Fern Allen Bob Shaffer Pat Ahrens John Ahrens Lorraine Jansen Herman Schmidebush Nayola Brooks Paul Young Elwin Haak Marion Palmer and others with whispers of romances, mischief, and social scenes across holidays. The piece teases confessions and schoolyard intrigue without graphic detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Brown
Vi Nester
Jim
Smitty Smith
Dixon
Doris Welker
Don Thome
Jean Beatty
Georgie Huber
Barb Flinn
Mary McGava
Mary
Bob Wolf
Vina Pollick
Janet Bob
Mary Wilbern
Dale Schumacher
Ernie Hubbart
Bernice Henderson
Norm Bogett
Bill Haglund
Bill
June Elliot
Ward Dillon
Fern Allen
Bob Shaffer
Pat Ahrens
John Ahren
Harriet Giddings
Gene Fenner
Gene
Harriet
Bud Burkitt
Marjorie Cartsinger
Glenn Ellmaker
Betty Haak
Lorraine Jansen
Herman Schmidebush
Bob Breiding
Nayola Brooks
Doris Scott
Paul Young
Elwin Haak
Beverly Friesen
Mr. Stryker
Mary McGara
John Platt
Raleigh
Romeo
Bob Jamison
Marion Palmer
Calumet
Intramural Basketball at S. H. S. Sparks Gossip and Rivalry
Rumors swirl as upperclassmen outsmart freshmen while intramural games at S. H. S. draw sharp shooters like Dick Rohrer from Illinois Don Church from Michigan and Harold Wade from Indiana. Quarantine fears and bachelor gossip thread through campus as Don Thome and Jim Bates perform in Leopold Stokowski's orchestra and students eye a 40 LaSalle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithbush-Pollack
Duhm
Powell
Woodyatt
Daulton
Ridge
Hunsberger
Glenn Ellmaker
LaSalle
Jack Phelps
Dixon
Charlie Geyer
Ward Dillon
Sanford Mitchell
Don Thome
Jim Bates
Leopold Stokowski
Dick Rohrer
Illinois
Don Church
Michigan
Harold Wade
Indiana
Famous Persons Sign On The Dotted Line For S H S Student
Autograph collecting is a popular hobby among S H S students led by Sophomore Paul Hermann who has over 80 autographs from figures like William Jennings Bryan Charlie Butterworth John Barrymore Dr Allen Roy Dafoe Gabby Hartnett and the Chicago Cubs. Autograph seekers fall into three groups from street-corner hustlers to those who request signed letters with many signatures obtainable for two-bits but personal autographs are harder to secure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hermann
William Jennings Bryan
Charlie Butterworth
John Barrymore
Allen Roy Dafoe
Senior earns profit turning hobby into business
Vernon Gottel, a senior at S. H. S., began wood turning in sixth grade with simple knickknacks. He built a full wood working shop and now can craft bed room sets, breakfast sets, tables, footstools, cedar chests, knee-hole desks, and more, turning hobby into profit while still in school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Gottel
Vernon
Athletes Ride Bus to Sterling Game Adventure
Report describes Dixon Sterling trip by bus after pep meeting. Coach Brandan’s team rests and jokes on the ride home waits for the Sterling game result. Harmonicas, songs, and bus humor punctuate the journey whether the team wins or loses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon- Sterling
Brandan
G A A Bowling Season Ends With High Scores and Boys Challenge
Doris David led with a 171 high score and 1356 average as the G A A wrapped a successful bowling season. Lois Walters 167 and Harriet Giddings 166 followed, with a girls versus boys match planned for this afternoon. Many team members earned weekly awards and freshmen sophomores posted solid scores, while the organization reported a $21 profit from selling 1000 pencils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.A.A
Doris David
Lois Walters
Harriet Giddings
Doris Welker
Mary Wilbern
Eileen Corrigan
Mary Ann Hammelman
Janet Olinger
Vernice Kavadas
Annmae Hussing
Joyce Clark
Beverly van de Mark
Helen Dimond
Elda Robbins
Helen Mangan
Jean Davis
Bendewald
Marian Welker
Darda Lubben
Mary Anne Hammelman
Betty McCombs
Grace Kavadas
Virginia Deers
Janet Wilger
Beverly Andreson
Gladys Moore
Norma Welker
Helen Walker
Fern Adams
Jean Adams
Thelma Ague
Sterling High School Agriculture Dept Sets Early Traditions
In 1935 Sterling High School began vocational agriculture with J A Twardock as instructor. After three years the program offers soils crops animal husbandry and farm management across four years. Twenty one boys currently enroll and several students become State Farmers under Twardock.
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Sterling
S. M.S
J. A. Twardock
Mr. Twardock
Quentin Harms
Fred Brower
Warren Friedrichs
Russell Wagenknecht
Claude Bley
Kenneth Manon
Waren Friedrichs
University of Illinois
Agriculture Department of
Sterling High School
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Miss Neff
Frances Anderson
S.H.S
Phil Schamp
Rollin
Virginia Deets
Miss Burritt
Beverly Anderson
Gertrude Fine
Agriculture Department
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