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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1936
Page
6
The Sterling Script is a monthly issue from the Press Club of Sterling Township High School in Sterling Illinois. It showcases student writing and club activities for the school community.
The list names staff positions and editors including Editor-in-chief Robert Johnson. City Editor Eugene Young. Business Manager William Sims. Circulation Manager Larry Wheeler. Editorial Board members Bill Hill and Margaret Thomas. Birthday Editor Dorothy Ann Kidd. Exchange editor Jean Pettit. Typists Evelyn Cassens and Roy Friesen. Athletics editors and contributors such as Mary Anna Turnroth and Naomi Reuters. advisors Mr. DeVoe. The page shows department heads across clubs, administration, and sports teams.
An editorial urges S H S students from freshmen to seniors to endure disappointments in high school. It advises seeking teachers for help, not holding grudges, and staying motivated, noting better friendships await and not giving up on the school experience.
A freshman project on Stevenson's Treasure Island appears in Mrs Marsh's English room. Students express themselves through pencil silhouette crayon burnt wood oil and water color illustrations. Notable works include Jack Jurkens on Jim and Silver in burnt wood and a portrait of King Edward VIII.
The Future Farmers of America chapter at S H S meets monthly with Mr Twar dock as adviser and Russell Wag enknecht as president. Officers include Claude Bley treasurer Richard Ebersole secretary and Donald Eb ersole reporter. They will test seed corn for local farmers and send poultry and grain judging teams to Rochelle on March 21.
The faculty quartette led by Mr. Fades Mr. Scheid Mr. DeVoe and Mr. Howens debuted before students at the February 26 senior luncheon in the gym. They performed The Winter Song and I Want a Girl a puppet Minuet by Bob Salm and Bob Fields amused the crowd. Jane Ward headed the menu committee and the event ended with dancing.
Birthdays set for March and April 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 Marshang 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 across March and April.
Local notes recount crushes and dates among students. Ray Mackamnan asks Blossom Frysinger to sign autographs while Blossom seeks a Prom date with Al Hill. Four girls are linked to R. F. men and a Senior Dance partner selection prompts laughter. A few misadventures include a wrong house visit and a lagoon fall by Donnie Clark.
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 fifteen students with high scholastic standing. She studies at the University of Illinois after two years at Western College for Women in Oxford Ohio. The final lyceum program on April 7 features magician Ben Berger.
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