Seniors Chart Fates for 1953 Graduation Year
The Sterling Gazette previews post high school plans with names of seniors headed to college, trades, service, or uncertain futures. It lists possible return to Sterling for teaching, coaching careers at the Alma Mater, and various professions including engineering and pharmacy. Honor Society adds fifteen new members Delores Selden Barbara Gehlsen Jon Minier Sylvia Bawden Ann Fishleman Marge Meyer Dick Ohnen and juniors Sandra Smith Billie Sneer Joann Dettman Trudy Worth Joanne Nicholson Jean Bloomquist Ron Newell Virginia Allison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Saillard
S.H.S
Judy Maynard
Donna Hale
Theresa Barajas
Sterling
Phyllis McFallis
Floy Allen
Betty Moorehead
David Clark
Sterling Gazette
Delores Seldon
Kreider Woods
Tom Klein
Butch Michel
Marge Meyers
Marilou Dummett
Marge Wessels
Delores Selden
Barbara Gehlsen
Jon Minier
Sylvia Bawden
Ann Fishleman
Marge Meyer
Dick Ohnen
Sandra Smith
Billie Sneer
Joann Dettman
Trudy Worth
Joanne Nicholson
Jean Bloomquist
Ron Newell
Virginia Allison
Dick Schmitt Wins Third at State in Vocational Contest
Dick Schmitt, a senior from the area, competed at the State Vocational Agriculture Contest in Springfield on May 16. He won first in the District Contest for farm mechanics and secured third place overall in the classroom records judged by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Schmitt
Springfield
Local Businesses List Returns as A to Z Directory
A long roster of business names appears in the readable OCR segment. The list includes a variety of firms such as dairies jewelers hardware stores insurance agencies car dealers grocery shops gas stations and florists centered around a downtown or main street shopping district.
G A A Banquet Inducts Sixty New Members At School Library
The last social event of the G A A was a May 26 banquet in the school library. About sixty new members were inducted along with awards for around sixty winners and installation of officers Margo Dillon president Kay Stewart vice president Sally Kannaka secretary and Judy Hoogeveen treasurer. Seniors received a class basketball trophy and bowling pins were given to the winning team. Guests included women faculty and board mothers. The organizing committee included Leona Kurk Joyce Cameron Judy Reents Barb Saunders Liz Richter Nita Bowman Sue Kannaka and Sherral Musgrove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.A.A
Margo Dillon
Kay Stewart
Sally Kannaka
Judy Hoogeveen
Leona Kurk
Joyce Cameron
Judy Reents
Barb Saunders
Liz Richter
Nita Bowman
Sue Kannaka
Sherral Musgrove
G. A. A. Holds Softball Golf Sessions and Awards
The G A A finished activities with softball and golf at Emerald Hill Country Club attendance around thirty girls each night. Agriculture teachers participated in loc al interviews while Alb ion Seavey placed third in beef and Larry Deets third in electrification. F F A officers for 1953 1954 were elected led by Clifford Dettman and Merle Orlowski. Two girls Mimi Sheldon and Margo Dill plan to attend Conference Point camp on Lake Geneva this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.A.A
Emerald Hill Country Club
F.F.A
Clifford Dettman
Merle Orlowski
Johann Biller
Ray Kunde
William Wade
Howard Janssen
Lake Geneva
Mimi Sheldon
Margo Dillon
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Chuck Mitchell
Judy Swain
Knox
Wally Giffroy
David Reavely
Terry Powell
Pete Dillon
A. & S. Dairy
Annabelle-Ray Jewelers
Beese Sales Store
Cliff’s
Cadillac Co
Dunnebeck Chevrolet Co
Fairfax Hardware
Foley Insurance Agency
Vernon H. Gottel
Hurley
King Cycle Store
Lill-Mar Children’s Shop
McGlaughlin’s
Michels Paint Store
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Northwestern Steel and Wire Co
Stone
Sterling Fashion Shop
Stevens and
Klocke
Swartley’s Floral Shop
Walter’s Dept. Store
G. E. Behrens Co
Chester’s
Clip and
Carl
DeAnne
Frank Ewing Motor Sales
R. W. Flock Agency
Gamble Hardware Stores
Goshert
Haldeman Motor Co
Ideal Cleaners
King’s Grocery
Lincoln Hotel
Lundstrom Greenhouses
Obermiller’s
Price
Bruce Stebbings Motors, Inc
Sterling Floral
Sullivan’s Haberdashery
Wagner’s Grocery
Wyne Deavers
Albion Seavey
Larry Deets
Doris Woessner
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