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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1934
Page
4
A gossip column catalogs a string of playful, exaggerated rumors about a student named Little Rollo Sundberg and many others, noting mischief, crushes, and social misadventures during the school year with a humorous tone. The piece names numerous students and mild escapades, preserving late 19th or early 20th century tone.
Overheard at a basketball game, fans exchange cheers and quips about the center, free throws, band volume, purses, and a stampede fear as the crowd reacts to plays and a close score. Numerous names bubble up among the chatter.
Twelve girls from the G A A perform a wooden shoe dance at the coliseum during a Republican rally and at a Westminster Club tea at the Presbyterian church. Miss Neff designed their Dutch costumes and Sue Hendricks plays piano. Dancers include Mabel Eckman Margaret Jane Smith Leona Goulding Marie Kommer Betty Stevens Jane Harden Ellen Hall Doris Geer Lois Wahl Frances Connor Helen Corbin Kathryn Yeager directed by Miss Gertrude Yeager.
The list shows helpers for Ports and Kreider at Sterling games from January 23 to March 2. Assistants vary by date and opponent including Maneans Mangans King Ward Kidd and others. several games note no assistants.
The Lockport High School honor roll favors freshmen with more names than sophomores or upperclassmen. Dixon’s intramural league is dubbed the Fowl League featuring Night Hawks and other avian inspired teams. The Dixon Dramatic Club produced the mystery comedy love story As the Clock Strikes. Marian community marks ten years of Marian.
The pieceplayfully reimagines historic figures like Mary Lois Heflebower Ibby Hungate Don Wing Willie Sims Bob Besse George Wilbern and local sports legends. It imagines coaches as kindergarten teachers Moose Miller Scheid Whaley and quirky acts for the Dobbin Dance halftime show coordinated by Miss Neff on January 30 during the Rock Falls Sterling game.
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