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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1935
Page
2
S. H. S. gridsters prepare for Friday afternoon game with Community. Coach Scheid fine tunes the squad as both teams seek another win. Community holds an earlier season edge but SHS hopes to reverse the result. Students dismissed at two for the field. A large SHS crowd expected to back a victory like last Saturday over Mendota.
G A A notes an upcoming initiation described as the hardest ever with junior girls preparing orig inal songs and stunts for a two week away formal. They are selling basketball pencil souvenirs priced at a nickel featuring the schedule and a reliable eraser.
Fifteen mothers attended the Jr Hi Y initiation on October 22 with Don Fehrenbach as president delivering a welcome speech after a picnic supper. Advisor E A Bowers and officers conducted the candle service while T Ross Young spoke. Mothers received rosebuds as part of the ceremony.
The S H S cross country team under Coach Small competed in the Janesville meet on October 26 with eight runners. Five placed as Heller and Gildon led a strong group among 130 starters from large Chicago and Milwaukee schools. Royce Behrens will not return until January due to illness.
Sterling defeats Mendota 7–6 in the final conference game as Clark scores on a quarterback sneak and Long catches the decisive pass. Mendota led early after a 32 yard pass, but Sterling’s defense plus a late interception kept the rivals from sealing it. Lightweight game ends 13–0 with Butt and Keebler scoring for Sterling. Margaret Thomas resumes schoolwork after illness.
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