Shhh It s A Secret A Senior Class Christmas Dance Review
The senior class reports a well attended Christmas Dance despite limited commercial success. Alumni invites and affordable tickets failed to draw large crowds. planners consider different approaches next year to boost attendance and profitability. LeRoy Burden and Charles Gasso receive orchid honors for backstage work, while a junior girl writes the Whisper column rumored to be authored by someone with big brown eyes.
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LeRoy Burden
Charles Gasso
Gasso
Burden
Mendota
Pat Donahue
Jeanne Longabaugh
First Friday Night Dance Draws Big Turnout
January 6 marked the first postgame dance, with strong turnout and praise from student leaders. The event, held after a basketball game, sparked a pledge for future Friday night dances and led to the two classes plans to sponsor solo, hoping to keep all profits.
New Band Officers Chosen at S. H. S.
Members of S H S band elect Lyle Hall president Mary Anna Turnroth vice president and Arland Gould secretary.
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S. H. S. Band
Lyle Hall
Mary Anna Turnroth
Arland Gould
Silent tribute for Mayor Long with burial Wednesday
On Wednesday at 2 PM residents paused in silence to honor Mayor Long who died Monday morning and was laid to rest the same day in a funeral observed by the city.
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Mayor Long
Mopey Dick story ends with a whale of a time in Sing Sing
A spoof tale follows Ajab chasing Mopey Dick from California to New York. The white whale outsmarts harpoons cannons and bombs, is captured in the Public Library, convicted of many crimes, and sentenced to twenty thousand years in Sing Sing. The prison uses his stomach as a confinement cell.
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Don Fehrenbach
Don
Buck Timmons
Mr. Timmons
Ajab
California
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Mopey Dick
Paramount
Sahara
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Gibraltar
Atlantic
New York
Pier Ninety-Nine
Sing Sing
Mopey Dick Swallow
Hi Y Gives Party For Hi Tri At Y M C A
The Hi Y boys hosted the Hi Tri girls in a joint meeting at the Y M C A. A skating party is planned for the near future. Four alumni attended the Senior Hi Y homecoming on December 15: Dale Harshman, Bob Clark, Irvin Black, and Bob Jurkens. Mr. Ross Young spoke on Christmas spirit and year round relevance. On January 5 Mr. Small discussed his western U S trip. Charles Mason, treasurer, criticized dues payment.
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United States
Charles Mason
Night Janitor Chester Gatwick Welcomes Baby Boy
Chester Gatwick, the night janitor, is announced to have a newborn son after his wife gave birth Monday night. The brief item notes the happy family addition and the time of the birth.
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Chester Gatwick
Sociology Class Breaks Routine Before Christmas
Mr Robbins sociology students swap recitation for practical social topics including What I expect of a girl What I expect of a boy and How to trap a boy friend The class staged a balcony Romeo and Juliet scene that captivated the audience Mr Robbins provided peppermint sticks for refreshments
Freshman Debater Hangnail Sketches a Promising Start
Hangnail Sketches Gordon, a freshman, showing talent in debating and likely to become a fine speaker with hard work. He missed first team by a hair after a year in which a first year made varsity in 1935 by Salm and Andrews. Gordon’s first report card was all A’s and he turned fourteen last August. Clara tops the seniors scholastically with an average above 97 and led the Christmas luncheon. her last birthday was November 2, when she turned seventeen.
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Gordon
Bob Salm
Mary Andrews
Jeanne Longabaugh
Salm
Clara
District Band Contest Set For Sterling March 25
March 25 has been set for the annual district band contest to be held in Sterling. Twenty or thirty schools are expected to be represented, with bands orchestras and choruses competing March 25 and ensembles and soloists to be heard March 18. Entrance deadline is March 1. A large number of entrants is anticipated.
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Sterling
J. J. Richards
Hi-Tri Inducts Twenty-nine In Recognition Service
Hi-Tri held a recognition service on January 12 for twenty-nine new members. The list includes Mary Wilbern Patricia Behrens Annamae Hussing Ruth Langrey Darlene Weber Mary Ruth Sears Mary Sue Gill Lucille Burr Viola Nester Ruth Swanson Beth el Loos Ida Mae Bogh Eileen Meenen Harriet Kidd Charlotte Goetz Barbara Flinn Virginia Powell Beverly Van De Mark Ruth Walker Beverly Sitter Jean Adams Delores Knight Betty Faulkner Dorothy McKee Myrtle Fritz Vera Ricker Helen Brown Jacqueline Ver Trees Joyce Clark.
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Hi-Tri
Mary Wilbern
Patricia Behrens
Annamae Hussing
Ruth Langrey
Darlene Weber
Mary Ruth Sears
Mary Sue Gill
Lucille Burr
Viola Nester
Ruth Swanson
Bethel Loos
Ida Mae Bogh
Eileen Meenen
Harriet Kidd
Charlotte Goetz
Barbara Flinn
Virginia Powell
Beverly van de Mark
Ruth Walker
Beverly Sitter
Jean Adams
Delores Knight
Betty
Hi-Tri Girls Spread Christmas Cheer Citywide
A group of thirty Hi-Tri members caroled through the city entertaining shut ins at the Home Hospital and singing the S H S loyalty song for ill Mr Brandan. The Santa Claus Shop, sponsored by Hi-Tri, brightened Christmas for many poor children.
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Hi-Tri
Home Hospital
Brandan
Santa Claus
F F A To Form Basketball Team In Sterling Jamboree
The Future Farmers of Sterling plans a basketball team for regular games with nearby chapters. One hundred six F F A members from Morrison Tampico Milledgeville and Rock Falls attended a Sterling jamboree at the gym December 20. Contests and stunts highlighted the event.
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F.F.A
Future Farmers of Sterling
Morrison
Tampico
Milledgeville
Rock Falls
Sterling
Local Y M C A Secretary Coines On Elbow Nomenclature
T Ross Young, secretary at the local Y M C A, explains why the elbow is jokingly called a funny bone, noting its close proximity to the humerus.
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T. Ross Young
Hair in Ice Cream Sparks Discussion of Quality
A reader-note style item reports a customer finding a hair in ice cream and suggests possible causes such as improper shaving of ice. The exchange highlights concerns about product cleanliness and service standards.
Exams Reveal Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention
Notes from exams show students’ humorous mistakes and misread words. Miss Carrell and Miss Browne report several spelling boners and misdefinitions, including a diameter vs meter mix up and a basome book reference.
Robed Choir Performs Christmas Program for Rotary
The Robed Choir directed by Mr Howens sang Christmas carols for the Rotary Club on December 20. Soloists included Mary Andrews Warren Friedrichs and Mariann Birch. A quartet with Andrews Wolf Friedrichs and Ralston also performed. Earlier a Robed Choir group sang for the PEO at the De Wind home. Pat Donahue Mariann Birch and Warren Friedrichs were soloists. Girls and boys glee clubs joined with Rock Falls at Central Park shrine. about 100 people attended.
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Mr. Howens
Rotary Club
Mary Andrews
Warren Friedrichs
Mariann Birch
Lorraine Wolf
Harlan Ralston
Robed
Rock Falls
Shrine
Central Park
Contralto Mae Barron Delights Students in January Concert
Madame La Reine showcased Mae Barron a contralto from the Chicago Civic Opera Company with her pianist for an appreciative student audience. The pair were praised as outstanding artists in the musical world and well received.
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Madame la Reine
Mae Barron
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Rural Hi Y Club Hear Clean Speech Talk
Reverend H. P. White of Broadway Methodist Church spoke at the Rural Hi Y meeting held last Monday January 16. A discussion on clean speech followed on January 23. The group added Scripture readings and pronouncements of grace at their gatherings.
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H. P. White
Broadway Methodist Church
Debate Banquet Highlights Alumni Debaters
The annual banquet on December 30 at Johnson's restaurant showcased two alumni debaters defeating two current year rivals. The event implied that strong argumentation continues after high school.
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Johnson’s
Four Patients Die In Doctor Nurse Exchange
In a stark hospital moment the nurse reports four patient deaths to the doctor who is shocked claiming he left medicine for six. The exchange highlights the stress and tragedy within a medical setting.
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Fehrenbach
Herman Swellpill
Hi-Y
Notre Dame
Henry Ford
Standard Oil
Rotary
Rev. White
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