Senior Girl Chosen On Basis of Dependability and Service
Beverly Deets of Sterling Township High School has been named the DAR award winner for dependable leadership and service. announced by senior class sponsor Miss Doris Burritt after seniors balloted. Bev, daughter of Mr and Mrs Myron Deets, will receive a pin and attend a State DAR meeting at Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. She leads FHA, served in Homecoming Queen’s court, and joined Junior Rotary and Girl’s State last summer.
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Beverly Deets
Sterling Township High School
Doris Burritt
Daughters of the American Revolution
Bev
State Dar
Edgewater Beach
Chicago
Myron Deets
R.R. 3
Sterling
FHA
Queen’s Court
Junior Rotary
Don’t Balk at Salk Polio Fight Boosted by March of Dimes
Freshman miler Tom Moore fell to polio during the 1957 track season and spent five months in a Peoria hospital. January marks March of Dimes month as Americans are urged to fund and receive all three Salk shots, with campaigns, patient aid, research and professional education ahead.
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Tom Moore
Tom
Peoria
National Foundation For
March of Dimes
Steve
Budding Bards Or Would-Be Writers Script Literary Page
A SHS notice invites student writing for a forthcoming Script page. Any prose or poetry accepted, not a contest, with submissions due to the Script room. Typed or legible pieces preferred, no anonymous works. names may be withheld on request.
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Lord Byron
Enclyopedia Brittanica
Spillanes
Forty SHS Students To Take State Scholarship Exam
About 40 Sterling High seniors will take the Illinois state scholarship examination on Saturday February 1 at 1 p.m. The test is a scholastic aptitude exam to measure potential for college work. Applicants filed by January 10 with the Illinois State Scholarship Commission. Scholarships cover tuition and fees up to 600 dollars for 1958 59 and are usable at any accredited Illinois college or university with annual renewal possible.
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Sterling High
Ilinois
Illinois State Scholarship Commission
Illinois
Commission
The Senior Sage Says A Good Listener
A thoughtful maxim notes a good listener becomes popular and, with time, gains knowledge beyond mere chatter. The aphorism underscores patience and attentive listening as paths to influence and insight.
SHS Debaters Prep for Augustana Invitational Tourney
Sterling High debate team trains for the Augustana Invitational at Augustana College Rock Island January 31 February 1 with the national high school proposition United States Foreign Aid Should Be Substantially Increased. They held practice debates in Clinton January 15 Geneseo January 21 and plan Clinton January 28 Mendota January 29.
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Sterling High
Augustana College
Rock Island
United States
Clinton
Geneseo
Mendota
One Down One To Go New Semester Calendar
Students bid farewell to last semester and brace for a busy term. Major events include New-Mor-Rock- Ster Tournament January 31 to February 1, Regional February 3 to 7, and Easter recess April 2 to 8. Senior Rec ognition Day February 14 and senior party February 15 precede March concerts and April band events.
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Lincoln
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Bev Deets
Whiteside County
SHS
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