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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1936
Page
3
Prom night at the Coliseum features a Japanese garden setting, sophomores as servers, talks by Toastmaster George Cies, and a program with surprises for seniors. A fine orchestra, the class prophecy read by Bob Andrews, and a detailed student committee structure accompany the event.
On the Way May 22 Half Day Session Field Day May 23 Junior Senior Prom May 26 Senior Speaker May 27 28 29 Senior Exams May 29 Senior Day Memorial Day Speaker May 31 Baccalaureate June 2 3 4 Regular Exams June 4 Graduation June 5 School Closes
To Day Is Field Day with a half day for students. May 22 marks the annual school event at Lawrence Park. Girls under Miss Yeager will play volley ball cage ball baseball and tennis while the boys, supervised by Mr. Scheid, join tennis horseshoes and other games. Six periods run in the morning with an afternoon of games pictures and celebration anticipated as one of S. H. S. history’s best Field Days.
Doris Wade, senior, won the Spencerian fountain pen as local winner in the Scholastic news examination in Mr Robbins class. Sixty five thousand high school students nationwide took tests on national affairs government business foreign affairs personalities and miscellany with Doris among twelve Illinois students named in the May 23 Scholastic Magazine.
Sterling Township High School faculty entertained Miss Stella Coney a sophomore English teacher retiring this year. They praised her long service and presented a gift. Miss Neff directed plans Miss Echternach the entertainment and Mrs Davis the decorating. Mr Eades conveyed the faculty's regret at her departure.
Sterling Township High School commencement will be at Sterling Municipal Coliseum on June 4 at 8 00 pm. W W Haggard Joliet high school and junior college superintendent will deliver the address. Diplomas will be presented by John M Stager school board president. The graduating class includes Zale Allabaugh Wayne Allison Jane Andrews Mildred Aschoff Carol Batteiger Herbert Bell Eugene Bentley Melvin Bere Allene Besse Margaret Birch Fay Book Dorothy Burns Lois Camps Ameda Capp Mary Janet Carolus Evelyn Cassens Betty Jane Clark Donald Clark Lawrence Coats Robert Coonrad Geraldine Councellor Francis Cullins Leo Darnell Dorothy Davis Luarance Davis Donald Ebbersole Charles Eversole Dorothy Frank Roy Friesen Raymond Falls William Gantzert Frank Geoffrey Jack Gerdes Virginia Grandon Bernice Haak Mary Ellen Hallett Harold Healey Lois Hess Janet Hoover Dorothy Hostetler Marijane Huber Arthur Husing Cynthia Irwin Robert Johnson Mary Jones Murrell Kendell Dorothy Ann Kidd Myra Kindle Marjorie King Florence Kline Lester Kreider Louis Long Tom Magin John Manus Betty Meyer Burdette Miller Reatha Morley Dorothy Morris Dorothy Musgrave Leland Myers John McCombs Ruth Mary Northington Delbert Oetting Hazel Oltmanns Jean Pettit Charles Potter Vesta Raney Rufae Redfield Marjorie Rhodes Frances Rutt Charles Langrey Helen Schrader Ethel Shaw Twila Shaw Mariann Sitter Bernice Sommer Theda Struckman Lorraine Stutzke Robert Sundberg Margaret Thomas Doris Wade Jeanne Walker Jane Ward Bernice Waterbury Lois Welker Mildred Weyrauch Larry Wheeler Betty Witmer Robert Wright Robert Zbinden Gladys Mangan Kenje Ogata Alan Parker and Al Keebler.
The senior class will hold a baccalaureate service at St John’s Church on Sunday May 31 Rev C M Irwin will deliver the address with the subject Your Money or Your Life Seniors will wear caps and gowns for the first time.
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