Shhh It Is A Secret Junior Senior Dance Uncertain
A dated school column reports no plans for a junior senior dance at S H S with rumors of possible cancellation. It notes prior attempts by juniors to host dances and encourages freshmen to engage in clubs and activities as an alternative. It mentions a student thermometer incident and a Hi Tri picnic speaker Mary Anna Turnroth discussing Robert Louis Stevenson.
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Sterling Club
Mary Anna Turnroth
Robert Louis Stevenson
Gone with the Foo or He Who Laughs Lasts
A Georgia tale follows Scarlett Mohaira whose father is jailed after printing fake five dollar notes. She falls for a red butler and later for Ashley Blueblood. War interrupts plans, a backstabbing lover shoots the hero, she kills herself, and the murderer is hanged.
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Georgia
Scarlett Mohaira
Scarlett
Lambeth
Sera
Red Butler
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Fort Sumter
Pershing
Virginia
la Fayette
Ashley Blueblood
Honor Roll Students and Band Concert at Coliseum
The list shows freshmen Keith Benson Jean Beatty La Vonne McNeil Eilene Long Beverly Anderson Jean Hoffman Betty Neese Jay Wallace Gordon Behrens Edith Cassens James Coats Elizabeth Darnell Elda Robbins Russell Daehler Beverly Muller Allene Smoot sophomores Helen Lea Hanson Dick Havener Mariann Birch Marvin Mundorff Lester Jacobs John Platt Robert Jamison Neal Foulds Arthur Melville Harold Steiner Clara Behrens Juniors Robert Castendyck Barbara Flinn Marjorie John James Brown Donald Church Joyce Clark Rose Daulton Evelyn Shaible Ruth Welton Jacqueline Vertrees Seniors Don Fehrenbach Bob Salm James Wiggins Eileen Bradley Jean Maier Grace Ratzlaff Clara Reed Lanita Bendewald Jeanne Loman Marian Beaver Arthur Koster. On February 22, the band gave a concert at noon at the Coliseum for the Farm Bureau Association.
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Keith Benson
Jean Beatty
la Vonne McNeil
Eilene Long
Beverly Anderson
Jean Hoffman
Betty Neese
Jay Wallace
Gordon Behrens
Edith Cassens
James Coats
Elizabeth Darnell
Elda Robbins
Russell Daehler
Beverly Muller
Allene Smoot
Helen Lea Hanson
Dick Havener
Mariann Birch
Marvin Mundorff
Lester Jacobs
John Platt
Robert Jamison
Neal Foulds
Arthur Melville
Harold Steiner
Clara Behrens
Robert Castendyck
Barbara Flinn
Marjorie John
James Brown
Donald Church
Joyce Clark
Rose Daulton
Evelyn Shaible
Ruth Welton
Jacqueline Vertrees
Don Fehrenbach
Bob Salm
James Wiggins
Eileen Bradley
Jean Maier
Grace Ratzlaff
Clara Reed
Lanita Bendewald
Jeanne Loman
Marian Beaver
Arthur Koster
Coming Events Calendar Highlights
Regional basketball at Dixon from March 1 to 4. Latin Club on March 7. Sectional basketball from March 8 to 11. Conference Debate Tournament in Naperville on March 11. Father and Son Banquet on March 14. Home Economics Shamrock Party on March 21. Farm Bureau meeting on March 23. Band Contest on March 25. Spring Vacation from March 31 to April 10.
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Dixon
Naperville
Farm Bureau
Fadden and Behrens Win Amateur Contest at Luncheon
Jean Maier chaired the first 1939 senior luncheon held February 8 featuring an amateur contest run by Patricia Donahue. Contestants included Haroldine Fadden Frances Anderson Helen Cassell Thomas Coats Gordon Behrens Bob Fields Jack Chapman Buddy Stevens John Scheineman and James Coats. Haroldine Fadden and Gordon Behrens won one dollar prizes each.
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Jean Maier
Patricia Donahue
Haroldine Fadden
Frances Anderson
Helen Cassell
Thomas Coats
Gordon Behrens
Bob Fields
Jack Chapman
Buddy Stevens
John Scheineman
James Coats
Junior Hi Y Guests At Box Social at Y W C A
Junior Hi Y guests at the Girl Reserves box social on Monday February 13 at the Y W C A. Twenty decorated boxes were sold. June Olson led the program and Jane Shaffer the entertainment. Mr Young from the Y M spoke on Body Mind and Spirit before games and social hours ended at 9 30.
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June Olson
Jane Shaffer
Mr. Young
Y. M
Machinists Visit Bogett Welding Shop Demonstrations
The Bogett Welding Shop hosted the machine shop and cage club students for a demonstration of modern equipment. Both sections toured the shop in morning and afternoon sessions and some students used the equipment.
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Bogett
Sterling Judges Set for State Poultry and Grain Contest
Sterling students Jim Beatty, Paul Hague will represent Sterling in poultry judging and Harold Steiner, Frances Orlowski, Ray Mellett in grain judging at the state contest in June at Arkenn Illinois. The poultry team placed sixth and grain team seventh among 32 schools at Stillman Valley on February 18.
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Jim Beatty
Paul Hague
Sterling
Harold Steiner
Frances Orlowski
Ray Mellett
Arkenn
Stillman Valley
Agricultural Department
Ashton
Wayne Friedrichs
Future Farmers Begin Project Work For New Year
Members of the FFA plan their projects for the coming year focusing on livestock and pure bred birds. earning potential and detailed records are emphasized as prerequisites for the State Farmer degree in Illinois. Five agriculture students try out for the 1939 meat judging team to represent Sterling at Urbana next fall.
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Illinois
George Reitzel
Kenneth Harms
Clarence Strock
Harold Steiner
Wayne Friedrichs
Sterling
Urbana
Tiles Bowls and Linoleum Blocks by Advanced Art Students
In the first semester the year one art class studied design principles and applied them to bead mats bowls and plates. The quarter focuses on painting sculpture and architecture while advanced students work on clay tiles and linoleum blocks. Betty Over prints a Ramona tablecloth and Bob Breiding casts plaster bookends from hands. leather tooling cork work and printing are practiced as water color and live model sketches loom.
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Betty
Bob Breiding
County Nurse Miss Ruth Kirk Speaks on Tuberculosis
Miss Ruth Kirk County Nurse addressed the Home Economics Club on February 7 detailing tuberculosis facts and its cure She provided valuable information answering the group's many questions and clarified public health guidance
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Ruth Kirk
Home Economics Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jimmy Jones
James Jones
Our Fair School
Jim
McAndrews
Jim Wiggins
Miss Lovrien
Farm Bureau Association
Helen Lee Hanson
Kippy Carpenter
Betty Gehring
Royal Breed
Clarice Hey
Gertrude Fine
Ruth Ann Castendyck
Helen Lea
Bob Griesser
Richard Havener
Fern Allen
Dick Rohrer
Ronald Rank
Fadden
Behrens
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