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Newspaper

Sterling Script

Location

Sterling, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1940

Page

5

S H S Band Performs At Coliseum Tonight

The S H S band performs at the Coliseum tonight at 8 pm under Bandmaster J J Richards. They will play their district contest program to be entered at Morrison March 23 and feature solo winners from the recent contest. The program includes The Vanished Army Niobe Bride of the Waves Unfinished Symphony Grand Concerto South of the Border Hongroise and Blue Devil Mounties.

Coliseum J. J. Richards Morrison Harold Stone Moderato Schubert Grace Cornet Clarence Strock March Blue Devil Mounties Jacque Sterenberg LaVerne Hoener Hongroise Skoricka

Senior Conference Attracts 600 Students

The Bradley Institute of Technology sponsors a senior conference at Sterling High School on April 11 drawing six to seven hundred seniors from surrounding schools. Local and out of town speakers will cover aviation Diesel engineering art music agriculture medicine and more to guide graduation choices and career plans. Dr. Palmer and Dr. Reavley discuss dentistry and medicine as professions.

Sterling Bradley Institute of Technology Sterling High School Coliseum Palmer Reavley Twardock

Robed Choir to Enter District Vocal Contest at Morrison

The Robed Choir of S. H. S. a 35 voice mixed chorus will perform two a cappella numbers at Morrison on March 23 along with four soloists and a girls trio. Soprano Mariann Birch Julia Heida Lorraine Wolf and others will sing works by Curran Reichardt Mendelssohn and Dvorak plus two choral numbers Matona Lovely Maiden and As Torrents in Summer.

Morrison Mariann Birch Mr. Piper Curran Hahn Myrtle Fritz Schubert Bartlett Julia Heida Reichardt Speaks Lorraine Wolf Mendelssohn Minnetonka Lieurance Annamae Hussing Lillian Hoover Dvorak Matona di Lasso Elgar Frances Anderson Barbara Bell Alice Burns Charlotte Carl Bernice Hammelman Helen Koster Betty Martin Elizabeth Oltmanns Andrea Turner Orla Jean Betts Jean Coats Doris Finch Dorothy McKee Henrietta Sterenberg Jacqueline Vertrees Leland Book Dale Gaskill Lyle Geeting Paul Harshman Charles Mason Dale Musselman Cecil Wade Harold Wade Edwin Bowers Wayne Friedrichs Lee Jenkins Don Kyger Orville Wade William Woodring

Rotary Club Tour Of Sterling High School

The Rotary Club of Sterling toured our school buildings and activities on Tuesday March 12. Home economics students served lunch in the domestic science building. A special assembly recognized basketball and band members with honors from the district solo contest at Morrison.

Rotary Club of Sterling Eades Morrison Rotary Club Robert Warner Albert Keck Rotary James Rankin Charles Geyer James Brown Jim Jones Bob Castendyck Sanford Mitchell Earl Dahlgren Norman Bogott Ward Dillon Robert Sier Ray Pettit Harold Kreider

Springtime Swing Dances Through S H S with Big Floorshow

The S club hosts the Springtime Swing on Friday March 29 in the gym with Gilly Hibbard and his Knoxville orchestra. A notable floorshow includes a Hearts and Flowers ballet and a Jiggers! the Indians play, plus vocal renditions by Betty Gehring and Ruth Ann Castendyck.

Gilly Hibbard Knoxville S.H.S Burdette Steadman Bob Wolf Keith Swartley Bob Feldkirchner Irwin Ridge John Woodyatt Betty Gehring Ruth Ann Castendyck Don Fehrenbach Dick Havener Daniel Boone Fern Allen Bob Boone Agriculture Department John Platt Paul Overholser Jason Hopkins Shadow Royal Breed Jim Wink Daniel Webster Hayne Bill Haglund Betty Jane Agne Herbert Carlton Bob Griesser Marjorie Andrews Clarence Strock Neal Foulds Don Kyger Helen Lea Hansen Dick Ulm Mary Andrews Bill Drury Jean Coats Arthur Melville Eileen Co

Annual Affair Spotlighted By Sterling Athletes

Doctor Edward Anderson famed Iowa football coach will be guest speaker at the S Club banquet in Sterling Coliseum on April 2. Nile Kinnick and George Breshnahan of Iowa also attend as honored guests with plans to discuss a key Iowa game and its factors. Tickets are one dollar for area residents. event organized by the S Club with many local sponsors.

Edward Anderson University of Iowa Sterling Coliseum Anderson Nile Kinnick Iowa George Breshnahan S” Club J. Q. Adams L. Andreas W. Andreas J. Ahrens R. Beck J. Beatty F. Baker S. Boehm M. Betts N. Bogott R. Breed J. Brown E. Bruggeman G. Buell D. Church D. Dahlgren W. Dillon E. Duhm R. Easley W. Eldred E. Fenner L. Fenner

University biologist to lecture on wild animals

Dr. George F. Morse of the University of Chicago will speak to the Science Club on Monday March 25 at 730 p m in the gym. A noted expert on animals in captivity he relies on voice and action rather than slides in his lectures. He has ties to Audubon Massachusetts Fish and Game and has served in the Massachusetts Legislature and as a director of major zoos and aquariums.

George F. Morse Biological Division University of Chicago Morse Audubon Massachusetts Calvin Coolidge Committee of Fisheries and Game Boston Herald Massachusetts Sportman’s League Boston Zoo Chicago Zoo Shedd Aquarium of Chicago

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S. H. S. Band Coliseum Tonight Richards Vannath T Alfard Niobe N. DeRobertis Cornet Clark Cornets Doris Boyings Marion Schueler Bill Dies Wayne Eldred Harold Shanty Donald Ford John Ahrens Martin Doerman Charles Hendricks Walter Cassens Leon Gould Richard Rank James Andrews Warren Kyger John Adams Harvey Riser Geraldine Shore Dorothy Ward Dorothy Deets Evelyn Linton Wilma Jean Coats Doris Abel Mary Anne Hammelman Clair Book Bill Smith Marion Nicholas Buku Ralphones Dr. Morse Dramatic Club Sterling Athletes U. of C
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