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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1937
Page
4
A farewell note marks the end of Uncle Billy's Scoop Shovel column after a chapter filled with playful social rumors. The piece teases lingering romances, reunions, and lighthearted barbs among residents, concluding with a nostalgic tribute to the bygone feature.
Graduates listed include Eilers Mabel Folkers Mildred Fritz Bloss om Frysinger Hildegard Gantzert Helen Haak Bernice Hoover Mary Hoover Evelyn Hussing Alice Johannsen Elva Koser Dorothy Lambert Elma Matuszewich Norvetta Merlak Drusilla Mitchell Linnea Mortenson Lois Musgrave Marion McDearmond Marjorie McNitt Bertha Ohda Ruth Olmstead Dorothy Otten Marian Pettit Marjorie Pexton Dorothy Propheter Lucille Pulford Arlene Pyse Neveline Rei
The HI Y Club elected new officers at Mothers Night. Bob Jurkens was named president with Paul Johnson as secretary and other posts filled by Vernon Fry Dale Harshman Charles Mason Bob Thomas and Jack Jurkens. Retiring officers included Eugene Young Don Fehrenbach and John Becker.
The Commercial Department hosts a two game contest offering ten credits and pins. Team race split into Hitch-Hikers and Thumb-Waggers with Hitch-Hikers ahead at Geneva and Thumb-Waggers at Dixon. Individual race crowns a class winner as each advances toward a rainbow end prize.
Bob Moore from the senior class is being considered for a Carnegie medal after his May 13 rescue of a drowning man. The award recognizes his courageous effort and risk taken to save a life.
A long roster of names including Alta Mae Robinson Susan rlbright Evelyn Lanner Ada Shaw Betty Shaw Jeanne Shelley Irene Simkus Lillian Stark Doris Stern Pauline Turner Doris Vanderhoof Helen Wade Shirley Walker Martha Warner Gladys Witmer Elizabeth Wood yatt Helen Wright John Albers Jack Allen Robert Andrews George Bailey John Becker Royce Behrens Paul Bjork Robert Book Donald Breitweiser George Dies Donald Cornelius Eugene Ewbank Howard Gaffey Charles Hawkins Edward Hay Russell Hess Allen Hill Bill Hill G P Hill Walter Johnson Raymond Kelly Elmer Keeser Sam Kla men Carl Koster Walter Koster Gerald Landis Jack Longabaugh Jack Metzger Clarence Pratt Stanley Reeser John Rutt John Schwark James Shank Frank Sisson Chester Smith John Stabler Frederick Sterenberg William Swanson Oliver Taylor Edgar Vickery Reed Wendle Ray White John Wild Irwin Walker Merle Worth Ross Willett Eugene Young
Puckett names the winners with September in the Rain leading, Blue Hawaii and Sweet Leilani placing second and third as predicted. Also noted are Too Marvelous for Words, Carelessly, Where Are You, and Sweet is the Word for You among the top seven, with several linked to Bing Crosby and Gertrude Niesen selections.
Richard Ebersole and Claude Bley form the judging team while Harold Kreider teams with a partner to be chosen for the coin event. Norman Schuneman with Fred Brauer or Howard Landis leads the grain team. Warren Friedrichs will represent the Sterling FFA as official state convention delegate. Chester Long competes in horse shoe at the state meet. Russell Wagenknecht Fred Brauer and Warren Friedrichs seek the State Farmer Degree. The group to perform School Daze at the frolic during the convention. Ebersole placed fifth in a ten entry district public speaking contest at Mendota May 17 on Our Future Stability. He earned district qualification by winning sectional at Dixon April 30 and received a silver medal. He is likely to compete again next year and improve.
Wathan Curtsinger is recuperating after undergoing emergency surgery for appendicitis. The operation was successful, and he is resting with his medical team monitoring his recovery and expected to regain strength in coming days.
The tale follows Flight Astaires, who once pursued a marriage proposal and faced a late reply revealing a wife and four children. He then sought acting work, improvised a gag by stuffing a handkerchief into a rival’s mouth, and earned a role. Two years later he ascends in moviedom as a wealthy figure due to film success and aspirin royalties.
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