Exchange Column Gossip Shows Small Town Romances
A light-hearted gossip column notes budding romances and social snippets in a small town. It mentions Darlene Aldrich and Bob Slick, DeVere Tarvin and Virginia Powell, Ruth Walker as courted by Oscar Hollingsworth, and the return of Ken Melvin and Joyce Clark. It also references letters from Reed Wendle, mentions readers like Mildred Fritz and Johnny Frey, and ends with Uncle Billy’s Scoop Shovel described as gone with the wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Darlene Aldrich
Bob Slick
DeVere Tarvin
Virginia Powell
Mississippi Hollingsworth
Oscar
Ruth Walker
Ruth
Ken Melvin
Joyce Clark
Elaine Dewey
Joyce
Marge ’Rorick
Dale
Mildred Fritz
Millon
Johnny Frey
Alvena Holy
Ray Mackamnan
June Frysinger
Paul Hubbard
Mary Jane Crump
Jack Phelps
Twila Oswald
Reed Wendle
Monmouth
Reed
Dick Ebersole
Martins
Evelyn
Lillian Bauer
Bob Moore
Eileen Mangan
Jack
Steadies
Marie Burkett
Sue Geeting
W. Larson
V. Gash
R. F
Puffs
106 Seniors Graduate June 3
A list of 106 graduates is recorded with names including Filers Mabel Folkers Mildred Fritz Blossom 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 McDearmon Marjorie McNitt Bertha Ohda Ruth Olmstead Dorothy Otten Marian Pettit Marjorie Pexton Dorothy Propheter Lucille Pulford Arlene Pyse Neveline Rei
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Filers
Mabel Folkers
Mildred Fritz
Blossom 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 McDearmon
Marjorie McNitt
Bertha Ohda
Ruth Olmstead
Dorothy Otten
Marian Pettit
Marjorie Pexton
Dorothy Propheter
Lucille Pulford
Arlene Pyse
Neveline Rei
Hi Y Club Elects New Officers For Next Year
The HI Y Club elected officers on Mother's Night. New officers are Bob Jurkens president Paul Johnson secretary Vernon Fry vice president in charge of program Dale Harshman second vice president in charge of membership Charles Mason treasurer Bob Thomas and Jack Jurkens will be co chairmen of the food committee Eugene Young retiring president Bob Jurkens vice president Don Fehrenbach secretary John Becker treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Jurkens
Vernon Fry
Dale Harshman
Paul Johnson
Charles Mason
Bob Thomas
Jack Jurkens
Food Committee
Eugene Young
Don Fehrenbach
John Becker
Typing Race Contest Led By Robert Haag At Geneva and Dixon
The Commercial Department hosts a two game contest to earn ten credits and pins. Team phase splits classes into Hitch-Hikers and Thumb-Waggers with Hitch-Hikers leading at Geneva and Thumb-Waggers at Dixon. Individual phase crowns a winner per class as a rainbow pot of gold. Robert Haag leads overall while Helen Haak and Neveline Reiger contend in advanced class. Bob Moore of the senior class is a Carnegie medal candidate for saving a drowning man on May 13.
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Robert Haag
Chicago
Geneva
Dixon
Helen Haak
Neveline Reiger
Wendle Vallee
Lloyd Ommen
Maybert Aldrich
Harold Otten
Bob Moore
Local Names List Reads Like City Directory
A long OCR fragment lists numerous residents and common surnames including Alta Mae Robinson Susan Rlbright Evelyn Lanner Ada Shaw Betty Shaw Jeanne Shelley Irene Simkus Lillian Stark Doris Stern Pauline Turner Doris Vander hoof Helen Wade Shirley Walker Martha Warner Gladys Witmer Elizabeth Woodyatt 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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hawkins
Edward Hay
Russell Hess
Allen Hill
Bill Hill
G. P. Hill
Walter Johnson
Raymond Kelly
Elmer Keeser
Sam Klamen
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
September in the Rain Leads Monthly Song Contest
Puckett announces winners of the current month with September in the Rain at number one. Blue Hawaii and Sweet Leilani place second and third as predicted, followed by Too Marvelous for Words, Carelessly, Where Are You, and Sweet is the Word for You in seventh.
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Hawaii
Leilani
Bing Crosby
Waikiki
Gertrude Niesen
Judging and State Meet Delegates Named for FFA
The June 16 judging contest includes Richard Ebersole and Claude Bley. The coin team lists Harold Kreider with a spot open. Norman Schuneman teams with Fred Brauer or Howard Landis for grain. Warren Friedrichs represents Sterling Chapter as state convention delegate. Chester Long will compete in horse shoe at the state meet. Russell Wagenknecht Fred Brauer and Warren Friedrichs seek the State Farmer Degree. The frolic stunt School Daze will be presented at the convention. Ebersole placed fifth in a ten man district public speaking contest at Mendota May 17 on Our Future Stability. He earned second at the Dixon sectional April 30 and received a silver medal. He is likely to compete next year and improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Ebersole
Claude Bley
Harold Kreider
Norman Schuneman
Fred Brauer
Howard Landis
Warren Friedrichs
Sterling
F.F.A
Chester Long
Russell Wagenknecht
Mendota
Illinois
Dixon
Wathan Curtsinger Recovers After Appendicitis Operation
Wathan Curtsinger is recuperating from an emergency appendicitis operation. Hospital officials report a smooth procedure and stable recovery as doctors monitor his condition.
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Wathan Curtsinger
From Baker to Movie Star
A humorous item recounts Flight Astaires rising from a failed marriage proposal to a film job after an actor’s gag. He later becomes wealthy through aspirin endorsements, earning royalties for his on screen persona. fin and humor mark the piece’s light tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flight
Flight Astaires
Finis Et
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Puckett
Baker
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