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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1936
Page
2
A playful collection of short verses and limericks recounting dances, oaths of youth, curious mishaps and comic mishearings. The pieces mix playful word games with fading loves, school club dreams, and quirky tales of accident and romance.
A mixed chorus was formed at Sterling High from the Girls and Boys Glee Clubs. Practices are Friday mornings and a public appearance is planned. Marjorie King serves as secretary. Members include sopranos Margaret Birch Dorothy Ann Kidd Betty Braitsch Martha Warner and others. altos Virginia Grandon Jane Ward Alice Mae Fine Mildred Fritz Frances Rutt Sue Geeting Geraldine Councellor Jeanne Walker Marjorie King Mildred Weyrauch Marilyn Bogott Doris Vanderhoof Shirley Walker Betty Shaw. tenors Robert Johnson George Dies Donald Breitweiser Tom Magin Zale Allabaugh Paul Puckett Warren Fredericks John Allabaugh. basses Larry Wheeler Louis Long William Sims Bill Hill Eugene Young Frederick Sternberg Ray Makaman. Accompanists are Mary Anna Turnroth Jane Andrews and Dale Schumaker.
In a school discussion, four students describe their dating ideals. Virginia Miller favors a tall, sportsmanlike boy who dates with restraint. Alan Davis seeks a small, polished girl with wit. Johnny Stabler prefers a glamorous brunette who dances and knows charm, but hints at traditional roles. Virginia Grandon wants a well groomed, cultured gentleman who enjoys shared outings and looks for a magnetic personality, with a car optional.
Miss Elizabeth Hungate a Chevy Chase graduate of 34 earns a role as a supreme court judge in the skit Who's Loony Now part of Frantics of 1936 the March 4 Washington DC entertainment. Forty of Chevy Chase's most attractive girls were selected for the show marking Elizabeth's second year with Chevy Chase.
Lemuel Z. Perkins returns to Como from the city to visit his friend Herb Bell in the hospital. The piece captures town humor about hospital life, a talking newsboy, a Scotch joke, onions for health, and a nurse’s advice as an ambulance arrives with a truck collision victim. Herb jokes about a rose giver who stutters and Lem observes Herb wearing glasses to recognize who he dreams about.
Leap Year party on Feb twenty ninth at the Sterling Club featured Major Howe's amateur program with Larry Wheeler as the clever major. A hillbilly band and DeVoe's group showcased talent, crooners Puckett and Allabaugh impressed, Virginia Grandon led a strong chorus, and tap numbers by Lucille Ohnen and the girls chorus thrilled the crowd. Substitutes for Miss Rawson filled in.
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