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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1936
Page
1
The Sterling Script is a monthly publication by the Press Club of Sterling Township High School in Sterling Illinois. It showcases school events activities and student contributions for the month.
The notice lists staff positions at a publication including Editor-in-chief Etta May Anspach City Editor Robert Johnson and Business Manager Eugene Young. It names editorial board members, administration, clubs, athletics, birthday editor, exchange, typists and features staff along with advisor figures.
An editorial urges students to endure disappointments in high school from lost offices to exam failures. It advises seeking teachers for help, not holding grudges, and notes there are better friends ahead, end urging persistence and not giving up the ship.
A novel freshman project in Mrs. Marsh’s English room showcases Stevenson's Treasure Island through student art. Works span pencil silhouettes crayon burnt wood oil and water colors with standout pieces by Jack Jurkens Jim and Silver in colored burnt wood and Edward VII likeness. Others include Eileen Mae Bradley Lanita Bendewald Melvin Hussing and more as the class plans The Lady of the Lake next.
AG students form the Future Farmers of America under adviser Mr Twarcock. Monthly meetings led by Russell Wagenknecht as president and Claude Bley as vice president. Members include Richard Ebersole treasurer Quinton Harms secretary and Donald Ebersole reporter. They will test seed corn for local farmers this week and send poultry and grain judging teams to Rochelle March 21.
The faculty quartet appeared before students at the senior luncheon in the gym on February 26. Members were Mr. Fades, Mr. Scheid, Mr. DeVoe and Mr. Howens. They sang The Winter Song and I Want a Girl, with an encore request denied. A puppet Minuet by Bob Salm and Bob Fields and a student-made menu by Jane Ward followed.
Birthdays shown for numerous individuals by date from March to April 12. Names include Dorothy Lambert Vincent Mays Lois Welker Eleanor Rankin Jean Kendell Ruth Robinson Melvin Hussing Paul Puckett Dorothy Proprietor Bob Maynard Alan Davis Bob Guess Sue Rubright Esther White Eleanor John Herbert Marschang Robert Haag Alvera Gantzert Vesta Raney Irwin Wolber Louis Long Helen Haak Don Cornelius Esther Schultz Bob Andrews Don Breitweiser Burdette Miller Hazel Oltmanns Elaine Dewey Sue Geeting James Ivey Jack Longabaugh Allen Hill Bernice Haak Marilyn Perry Merrill Taber Bob O’Rourke Wendell Vallee Martin Hurd Helen Barclay Alice Darnell Deloris Clark Lorraine Dugan.
A trimmed school column recaps students and staff in a flurry of dating rumors and pranks. It names Ray Mackamnan and Blossom Frysinger, notes a Scarlet Fever case, and recalls dances, movie nights, and social mischief around the campus with colorful, non-graphic details.
Eureka College reports Mary Lois Heflebower from the class of 1934 ranks third in a freshman class of 114. Peggy Irwin from the class of 1933 is among the top fifteen in scholastic standing at the University of Illinois after two years at Western College for Women in Oxford Ohio. The lyceum program on April 7 features magician Ben Berger.
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