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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1963
Page
2
On February 14 the Girls' gym hosted Sterling GAA's first Mom and Daughter Night starting at 7:30 pm. Members and mothers joined light PE style exercises then learned aerial darts and deck tennis. Daughters performed popular teen dances before refreshments closed the evening.
SHS students raised funds for the March of Dimes in a mercury thermometer contest. Seniors won with $60 total and 26.1 cents per student earning a $10 Science Club bonus. juniors $41.84 or 14.6 cents per student received a $5 anonymous donor gift. sophomores $43.76. freshmen $34.44. Total collection $180.04, aiding polio research.
The February 5 gathering of Future Nurses reviewed patient services at Colonial Acres including hair care nails reading and errands. Jeri Marsh recruits volunteers while Sue Segura reported on 1962 graduates. A film Helping Hands for Julie was shown and two events bake sale in March and an Easter hospital trip were announced. The rooming quip and pupil joke follow.
Magnolia High School paper in California recounts the GAA initiation rules for new members. Over three days initiates faced strict dress and appearance requirements including no makeup washed hair clashing outfits and carrying a lunch pail and sports gear. Old members applied makeup at the initiation banquet.
SHS Industrial Arts Club stayed active with a regional meeting in Moline on February 7 including a dinner recreation and a business session. The group plans a Sterling Commercial Steel Ball Corp. visit and eyes the state convention set for April 16 and 17.
A playful speculative piece explores swapping common given names with unusual or contrasting surnames and titles. It compares how character, perception, and social fit shift when familiar people take unexpected identifiers.
Pep Week sponsored by the S Club began Monday February 4 with a serious assembly led by William White senior pastor at Elmhurst Methodist Church Illinois. A second assembly followed and Thursday saw strong student support for basketball and wrestling. The finale Friday featured Ss Club chorus girls and a high spirited pep assembly urging continued enthusiasm.
A nostalgic remembrance of the Old Junior High, torn down after standing between Fourth and Fifth Streets. The piece recalls creaking floors, crowded study halls, and old routines from basketball to dances, framing the demolition as a quiet memorial to a bygone daily life.
A tourist asks about tall locals and is told none are available here. The native jokes that the best they can offer are babies, contrasting life here with the city’s expectations.
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