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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1953
Page
3
A student recounts nineteen school days and two articles submitted to the SCRIPT staff at S H S. He details repeated rewrites and a recurring 2 word assignment that forces him to write about anything. He resolves to let another writer finish The End of School.
Citizens offer quirky answers to a fan knell question. Names include Sharon Mangler Jim Eshleman Sheila Musgrove and others. A closing joke hints at a Chinese word for elephant and Mr C’s planned end.
A friendly music column previews several then popular songs. Georgia Gibbs performs Seven Lonely Days, Jane Froman and Frankie Laine duet on I Believe, Norman Brooks sings Hello Sunshine, the Harmonicats tackle Little Red Monkey, instrumental Caravan and April in Portugal shine, Frankie Laine and Jimmy Boyd duet on Tell Me a Story, The Song from the Moulin Rouge by Percy Faith and its flip Swedish Rhapsody noted for strong listening appeal.
A speaker laments conflict with women over friends and attire. He says they nag and balk, refuse to walk, and cannot be pleased. The narrator concludes with a rebellious line directing them to The Vidette.
A satirical verse on freshmen and seniors detailing gendered stereotypes about talk on the phone at night and at doorways and perceptions of sports knowledge and grooming with a harsher punch about the behavior of seniors versus freshmen.
The article notes Spring clothing remains cool weather ready with sweaters and light skirts while predicting a shift toward denim in shorts dresses skirts and jackets in new colors. Blouses will dominate the look with chic styles and pastel long washed and pressed skirts gain popularity along with convincingly real looking fake flowers.
The author humorously catalogues spring fatigue and irritability as a fictitious Spring Fever illness. She lists yawning, headaches at thoughts of work, loss of motivation, and a dreamy cloudlike mood as symptoms, playfully urging readers to recognize the seasonal malaise.
A humorous exchange unfolds as H slips on a trapeze and neighbors react. The father jokes about his son Herbert’s graduation timing, quipping it will come in the course of time, while the family keeps spirits light amid the odd mishap.
In a playful spring column, residents name and tease would be beaus and crushes from Donna Wheelock to Jim Gebhardt. The piece charms with colorful nicknames, local schools, and mentions of Rock Falls and Navy sailors, closing with a light note on schoolwork.
A humorous dictionary style list maps elem ents to quirky, comical definitions such as Antimony as fee collected by ex wives from husbands and Silver as Lone Ranger's horse, with others jokingly redefining common terms.
A fragmentary lyric notes sweet life and bitter heartbreak in a brief romance verse. The speaker laments loving a girl while facing unfulfilled tenderness and distance.
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