Hoogeveen's Golf Squad Promising with 21 Candidates
Hoogeveen, golf coach, reports twenty one fellows turned out for practice this season. Five are former lettermen forming the nucleus of the squad. McCandless Hubbart and Hubbard competed in last season's conference and state sectional. Meets arranged with three or four neighboring schools. Sterling golfers will travel to Mendota for the conference meet and Rock Island for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Mendota
Rock Island
Bob Feldkirchner
Paul Hubbard
Lawton McCandless
Bob McDonald
Ernest Hubbart
Herbert Carlton
Bob Castendyck
Don Church
Elwin Feldkirchner
Bob Griesser
Gerald Keller
Bill McNinch
Ray Pettit
Dick Rohrer
Clark Rosengren
John Schmitt
G A A Initiates Seventy Three Neophytes In Quiet March
The G A A initiated seventy three new members on Wednesday March 22 in a school ceremony. Neophytes arrived hair slicked back and no makeup and, under senior supervision, kept strict silence while display of safety pins marked the rite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlene Aldrich
Marian Allabaugh
Pat Behrens
Lucille Burr
Charlotte Capp
Frances Cassens
Mary
Lois Walters
Betty Welker
Doris Welker
Vivian Wolf
Bette Graham
Harriet Giddings
Doris Jansen
Ellen Jane Wallick
Ten Major Thirteen Minor Basketball Letters Awarded
Irvin Wolf elected honorary captain for past season. Ten players earned major letters: Irvin Wolf Charles Gasso Keith Healey Bob Corrigan Jim Brown Ervin Ridge Bob Griesser Elwin Duhm John Wood yatt Bob Wolf. Minor letters went to Harold Stone Harry Woodyatt Leon Gould Harvey Riser Orville Hunsberger Bur dette Steadman Bob Feldkirchner Ernie Hubbart Ray Pettit Bob McDonald Earl Howard Norman Bogott Frank Gutierez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Wolf
Charles Gasso
Keith Healey
Bob Corrigan
Jim Brown
Ervin Ridge
Bob Griesser
Elwin Duhm
John Woodyatt
Bob Wolf
Harold Stone
Harry Woodyatt
Leon Gould
Harvey Riser
Orville Hunsberger
Burdette Stead
Brandau Organizes Sterling Raqueteers Tennis Squad
Sterling High tennis players met Monday to organize the squad. Coach Brandau says no definite schedule yet but tentative games are planned with Dixon Morrison and Princeton. A Ladder tournament will determine the school champion with access to several Sterling courts.
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Sterling High
Brandau
Dixon
Morrison
Princeton
Sterling
Interclass track tryouts and schedule fill spring page
The article urges every pupil to join track, notes class captains Irvie Wolf Jim Brown and Royal Breed, and previews the interclass meet. It lists a seven meet freshman sophomore schedule for the 1939 season including Geneseo Morrison Bradford and Clinton Sterling events and ends with library notices and a joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvie Wolf
Jim Brown
Royal Breed
Volleyball Season Opens For Girls Teams
Volleyball season begins with freshmen facing juniors on March 27. Four of five practices earn 50 points, with April 10 12 17 and 19 dates for sophomore junior freshman senior matchups. Managers and captains include Annamae Hussung Jean Hoffman Janet Olinger and Helen Kelsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annamae Hussung
Jean Hoffman
Janet Olinger
Helen Kelsey
Sophomores Win A Division Championship in Girls Ball
Sophomores coached by Elaine Dewey capture the tourney title in the A team division of the girls basketball event. Junior B team takes the runner up in the same division. High scorers are listed with top performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Dewey
Local Business Directory Excerpt Names Numerous Shops
A long list of local businesses appears, including car dealers, groceries, clothing stores, bakeries, gas stations, hardware suppliers, theaters, and service firms. The compilation features names like Dunnebeck Chevrolet Co, Sears Roebuck & Co, Kroger Grocery, Walgreen Co, and many others, suggesting a historical community business directory.
Irvin Wolf Leads Able Point Makers For Spring Track
Prospective limelights for the 1939 track season with Capt. Irvin Wolf expected to excel in the 440 and possibly switch to the mile. Teammates include Earl Howard Ed Gebhardt and Bob Corrigan with Janssen Lubben Jurkens Hall and others among Blue and Gold performers. Coach Scheid urges more tryouts as spring activities like bowling and individual sports enter the second half of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Wolf
Earl Howard
Ed Gebhardt
R. Wolf
I. Wolf
Bob
Corrigan
Douglass Janssen
Doug
Bob Lubben
Jack Jurkens
Jim Brown
Robert Easley
Keith Healey
Norman Bogett
Ray Pettit
Scheid
Ruth Walker
Local Business Directory Fragments Include Numerous Shops
A list of businesses names many storefronts such as Randolph Hotel E Cranberg and Son Dr J A Mathis Bickford Pharmacy Anderson and Jacobs Haldeman Motor Co Simpeon Powelson Lumber Co Eberly's Drug Store Smoke Shop Farnham Cleaners Tailors Furriers Michel's Paint Store and Johnson's Good Food with H W Wiles' Dodge Plymouth Garage among others.
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J. K. Galloway
Walter Grebner
F. W. Woolworth
Randolph Hotel
E. Cranberg and Son
Dr. J. A. Mathis Bickford Pharmacy
Anderson and Jacobs
Haldeman Motor Co
Simpeon-Powelson Lumber Co
Eberly’s Drug Store
Moses Dillon
Farnham Cleaners, Tailors, Furriers
Michel’s
Johnson’s Good Food
H. W. Wiles
Dodge & Plymouth Garage
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Hoogeveen
The
Sterling Gyro’s
Geneseo
Mt. Morris
Bradford
Freeport
Whiteside County
Clinton
Kewanee CD
Rock Falls
Champaign
DeKalb
Hussing
Dorothy Janssen
Vivian Wol
Lorraine Janssen
Screered
Marjorie Harless
Juanita Woodyatt
Mary Wilbern
Jacqueline Vertrees
Eeeeenee
Virginia Miller
Haroldine Fadden
Louis Dondero & Son
Mylin’s Agricultural Store
Walz Lunch
Frank Stager
J. J. Luciens
John M. Stager
Ford Hopkins Drug Co
Bradley’s Inc. Dunbar Furniture Co
Dr. Blanchard
Prophet’s
Crystal Barber & Beauty Shop
Beren’s Grocery
George Gerdes Walgreene Co
Sullivan’s Clothing Store
Gartner’s Shoe
Twin City Motor Corp
Chase’s
Lyle
Kayo” Hall
Johnny Frey
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