Sterling High Debaters Prepare for Wheaton Tourney
After four months of prep Sterling High School debate teams head to Wheaton College for a two day decision tournament with five debaters including Salm Castendyck Longabaugh Fehrenbach and Donahue. The squad also eyes Augustana and Coe College events and a January 21 intra squad meet.
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Sterling High School
Wheaton College
Robbins
Bob Salm
Bob Castendyck
Jeanne Longabaugh
Don Fehrenbach
Paut Donahue
Wheaton
Augustana
Rock Island
Mr. Robbins
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Gordon Behrens
Bob Jamison
Paul Harshman
Barbara Flinn
Amboy
Lillian Bauer
Rockford
Geneseo Sterling
Geneseo
de Kalb
Assembly Hall
Sterling
Pat Donahue
Sterling High Christmas Dance Welcomes Alumni
Senior class sponsors a grand Christmas dance at Sterling High on December 27 in the gym. Dee Palmer's orchestra provides music for a large alumni turnout and student dancers. A tap dance by Haroldine Fadden plus chorus vocals and a Barbara Shaffer and Warren Fried rich duet entertain. Decorations by Mason Bell feature an artificial snowball souvenir moment.
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Sterling High
Helen Kelsey
Dee Palmer
Haroldine Fadden
Barbara Shaffer
Warren Friedrichs
Mason Bell
Fehrenbach Resigns as Co-editor of Script
The Script staff undergoes a shakeup after Don Fehrenbach resigns as co editor to join editorials with Bob Salm. Naomi Reuters remains editor in chief and Ruth Welton becomes assistant. Deadwood removed from the reportorial staff with several position changes.
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Fehrenbach
Don Fehrenbach
Bob Salm
Naomi Reuters
Ruth Welton
Deadwood
Cherry Tree Twirl planned by Hansen sophomore class
On February 11 the sophomore class sponsors the Cherry Tree Twirl in the high school gym. It is a no date dance with games for non dancers and music by Kippy Carpenter. Admission is twenty five cents per person. Helen Lea Hansen chairs the event with a committee including Betty Gehring Dick Rohrer Ron Rank Fern Allen Mariann Birch Ruth Ann Castendyck John Platt Jr Gertrude Fine Dick Havener and Bob Graisser.
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Kippy Carpenter
Helen Lea Hansen
Betty Gehring
Dick Rohrer
Ron Rank
Fern Allen
Mariann Birch
Ruth Ann Castendyck
John Platt, Jr
Gertrude Fine
Dick Havener
Bob Greisser
Grain and Poultry Judges Enter Contest Feb 18
February 18 is the date set for the agricultural grain contest to be held at Stillman Valley. Ten Sterling boys will judge grain and poultry, five for each. The grain judging covers wheat oats clover soybeans timothy alfalfa and various weeds and seeds. The poultry judges will assess four rings of Mediterranean and American breeds by egg production. Teams from thirty-one other schools will compete in elimination for the state tournament.
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Stillman Valley
Sea Scout Ball Brightens Blackhawk Area Council
The first Sea Scout Ball in the Blackhawk Area Council was held at S. H. S. gym on Saturday January 14. A good orchestra played to a large crowd of scouts and friends. The gym resembled a ship with flags and banners. A Bridge of Honor ceremony was led by A. A. Stoker, council chief executive, and refreshments were served as dancing continued.
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Blackhawk Area Council
A. A. Stoker
Bacteriologist Paul Louis Piret to Lecture at Science Club
Bacteriologist Paul Louis Piret will lecture at the Science Club meeting on January 31. A projector and microscopic slides will be shown, described as the outstanding attraction of this school year's series by Mr. DeVoe. The annual board plans to launch subscriptions soon.
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Paul Louis Piret
DeVoe
Calendar of Events For January and February
A condensed list shows basketball games with Belvidere Dixon Rock Falls Clinton Mendota and home matches. Debates include Wheaton Augustana Coe College with dates in January February and a Morrison Teachers Institute. Agricultural meetings and a luncheon are also scheduled.
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Teachers Institute
Morrison
Coe College
Mendota
Clinton
Housewives Enroll In Smith-Hughes Home-making Course
Eighteen young women have joined the adult home making class taught by Miss Hester under the Smith-Hughes plan. The course covers menu planning food buying table service and broader tasks like home furnishing decorating child care and clothing selection. Business girls and housewives show strong interest in this new yearly innovation with twelve meetings on successive Tuesday afternoons through March 28.
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Miss Hester
Smith-Hughes
Senior Luncheon Showcases S. H. S. Amateurs
Jean Maier chairs the first 1939 senior luncheon on February 8 with Pat Donahue directing the amateur contest. Boxes in building sections invite names for the amateur crown and a chance to perform.
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Jean Maier
Pat Donahue
Cornell College selects beauty queens from campus poll
Beverly Anderson of the 38 class was named one of ten most beautiful girls at Cornell College in a campus poll. Photographs appeared in the Des Moines Register and will be in a special beauty queen section of the college yearbook.
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Beverly Anderson
Cornell College
Des Moines Register
New School Loudspeaker System Installed On Trial
A two way broadcast system installed at S. H. S. links Mr Eades office with ten loudspeakers around the building. The RCA equipment allows targeted room calls or full building broadcasts and may soon become permanent in the new school.
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Mr. Eades
Eades
Mervyn Reed
Koster Elected President of Sterling F F A Club
Warren Friedrichs state president of the Future Farmers of America leads committees to plan a state school of instruction camp for Future Farmers at Springfield Illinois next fall. The committee will meet at Moline on April 14 15. Sterling F F A officers elected: Arthur Koster president Roy Beck vice president Lester Jacobs secretary Kenneth Manon treasurer Clarence Strock reporter.
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Warren Friedrichs
Future Farmers of America
Springfield
Illinois
Moline
Sterling F. F. A
Arthur Koster
Roy Beck
Lester Jacobs
Kenneth Manon
Clarence Strock
Bendewald And Sangrey Head Basketball Dances
After Mendota and Morrison games, a dance series starts with Lanita Bendewald as tonight’s chair following Belvidere. Ruth Sangrey chairs the Dixon game dance on February 3. A general committee includes Charlotte Carns Virginia Miller Irvin Wolf Mary Wilbern Ruth Langrey and Jim Jones. Leta Houseman chaired the first event with about 240 attendees. Junior and senior classes sponsor the remaining dances.
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Mendota
Morrison
Lanita Bendewald
Belvidere
Ruth Sangrey
Dixon
Charlotte Carns
Virginia Miller
Irvin Wolf
Mary Wilbern
Ruth Langrey
Jim Jones
Leta Houseman
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Castendyck
Donahue
Longabaugh
Lynn Timmons
Everett Myers
Salm
S. H. S. Gym
Rock Falls
Here
Beverly Anderson Cornell Beauty
Koster
Bendewald
Sangrey
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