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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1945
Page
2
A Treasury department poll of 50 Sterling High School students asks why they buy war stamps and bonds. Results show educational goals and home ownership among plans, with many funding postwar travel and emergency funds while supporting the national effort. The group aims to raise $650 more by April 15 toward a $1,950 field ambulance.
A fragmented OCR style passage presents a youthful figure described with mixed traits including enthusiasm for Shakespeare, sociable nature, and unruly mood. The text reads as a list of attributes rather than a coherent narrative or event.
Claude R. Graeff presented the film Movie On Conservation t As Ye Sow on March 2. The documentary outlined work by the Conservation Department of Holiness and showed a farm eroded after brush and trees were cleared.
In a lively column students share playful comments about spring, teachers, and campus happenings. Anecdotes mention mischief with door glass, recitations from Macbeth, lost shoes, and curious questions about classmates while celebrating spring mood and school life.
A spirited roundup of current and upcoming song releases across major labels. Mercer's Candy leads Capitol, Ink Spots and Butterfield shine with There Goes That Song Again and Moonlight in Vermont, Dinah Shore hits Sleigh Ride in July, Duke Ellington records I Didn t Know About You, and Broadway tunes Evelina and Cant Help Singing selections trend with Bing Crosby and more.
A speaker laments confinement in a stuffy school while imagining nature. The verses describe streams bright sunbeams and green grasslands as a dream world beyond classroom walls. The contrast highlights longing for outdoor freedom and natural beauty.
The Inquiring Reporter surveys freshmen vacation plans. Jeannie Saunders will sleep mornings and skate nights. Margerie Pepper and Joy Harms also plan long sleeps. Margie Cameron will not sleep. DuWayne Dietz will work on the farm. Jack Shanger may work if up in time.
A list of boys and girls who visited 8 H 8 in the last month includes Robert Frazier and others with ranks noting 2/c and 8 as well as Lt. W. Smith and Richard Dieckmann MM 3/c. Francis Berry, remembered by friends, was injured on the Western Front losing sight in one eye and suffering shrapnel wounds. A Green River Ordnance Plant job call invites 18 or older students for summer work in munitions, with a push for female participation.
Publication staff roles listed including editor Randall Barnett and news editor Wallace Feldman. Many assistants and department heads named with sections for features circulation business photography sports and more.
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