Cage Season Opens With Clinton Contest
Basketball practice begins after Thanksgiving as Coach Brandall prepares the team for the December 9 opener against Clinton. The season schedule lists games versus There Oregon Here Community There Dixon There Rock Falls Here Mendota Here Community Here DeKalb There Morrison Here Belvidere Here Niivan Lana BJIAVEIL LETIG Rock Falls There Mendota There Clinton Here DeKalb Here Morrison There Belvidere There.
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Brandall
Clinton
Oregon
Dixon
Rock Falls
Mendota
DeKalb
Morrison
Belvidere
Niivan Lana
Bjiaveil
Letig Rock Falls
Students Debate Higher Priced Yearbook Annual
The Blue and Gold annual could rise to 2.00 to fund a longer Springfield trip. Seniors favor the price hike while some students oppose, noting past losses and urging a cheaper, better annual with no trip. Opinions from Koster Brown Wolfe Beatty Andrews Flinn reflect mixed views.
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Springfield
Washington, D. C
Detroit
Koster
Art Koster
Washington
Marjorie Brown
Wolfe
Bob Wolfe
Jean Beatty
Mary Andrews
GAA Holds Annual Pencil Sale and Fall Activities
The Girls' Athletic Association kicks off its annual pencil sale with treasurer Marjorie John in charge. Elaine Dewey heads activity management while Helen Mangan oversees fall sports ending in November. Ariadene Main leads senior committee selling Christmas cards. 100 boxes were purchased. The Nelson Eddy Quartette performed for S.H.S. students on October 27, presenting classical pieces.
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GAA
Girls’ Athletic Association
Marjorie John
Elaine Dewey
Helen Mangan
Ariadene Main
Nelson Eddy
S.H.S
Sterling Set for Thanksgiving Game Packets Win Intramural Title
Packers claim intramural football championship by winning 2 games without a loss. Cardinals finish second, Giants third, Bears fourth. The program serves fellows unable to join regular team with a rule that each man plays at least one quarter. Teams field nine per squad and six per team in a system open to all classes.
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Bears
Giants
Packers
Cardinals
Sterling Reserves Go 2 1 2 With Mixed Results
Sterling reserves won two games, beat Rock Falls 7 0 and Mendton 7 6, tied Belvidere 6 6 and Dixon 0 0, and lost to DeKalb 18 0. Underclassmen prep for next year while Miss Turnell recovers from illness and gym classes are supervised by Mrs. McAndrews.
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Sterling
Rock Falls
Mendton
Belvidere
Dixon
DeKalb
Miss Turnell
Sidelined Stars Highlight Mendota Teams
In a YMCA ping pong preview, Pettit gains emphasis among players Griesser Pettit Long and Gutierrez while Feldkirchner criticizes cross country pace. Coach Scheid notes Don Gould finally has football pants. Eight of last year’s eleven basketball lettermen departed. Healey Reitzel Wolfe return. Griesser nicknamed Seven Point for signal calls near the goal line.
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Bob Griesser
Ray Pettit
Chet Long
Frank Gutierrez
Pettit
Bob Feldkirchner
Wolfe
Reitzel
Healey
Bob
Griesser
Mendota
Harriers Demonstrate Strength at Football Game Halves
Cross country harriers ran during halves of several football games to showcase talent before the school. Seven of the fifteen fall runners were on the main squad Hey R Wolf Ford R Feldkirch ner Yarbrough Stone and Melville. In invitational and dual meets Sterling Geneseo tied for first in the invitational, Rock Island took third, Rock Falls fourth. Rock Falls edged Sterling 28 27 in the dual meet while Sterling won the Homecoming meet 28 27.
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Hey
R. Wolf
Ford
R. Feldkirchner
Yarbrough
Stone
Melville
Rock Falls
Sterling
Geneseo
Rock Island
Local Businesses and Shops Listed in Historic Directory
A long list of merchants and service firms appears, including confectioners druggists clergies and retailers such as Patons Script Theatre Candy Shop Skinner's Market and J J Luciens along with Ford Hopkins Drug Co Kroger Grocery and many others. The compilation names assorted shops from furniture to footwear and fuel providers, plus a hospital and insurance entities, reflecting a bustling commercial district. The entry catalogues business names by category without narrative events or dates.
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Phileco Radio Shop
Skinner’s Market
Louis Dondero & Son
Mylin’s Agricultural Store
Walt Lunch
Frank Stager
J. J. Luciens
John M. Stager
Ford Hopkins Drug Co
Bradley’s Inc
Dunbar Furniture Co
Dr. Blanchard
Prophet’s
Crystal Barber & Beauty Shop
Beren’s Grocery
George Gerdes Walgreen
Pote 3 Co
Sullivan’s Clothing
Gartner’s Shoe Shop
Twin City Motor Corp
Chase’s
Persona
Prescott
Wood’s
the Weeks Fuel Corp
Bob Warner & Son
Hart’s
Cliff John Insurance Agency
Schlough’s Grocery
Kroger Grocery
J. K. Galloway
Walter Grebner
F. W. Woolworth
Randolph Hotel
E. Cranberg and Son
Dr. J. A. Mathis Bickford Pharmacy
Anderson and Jacobs Haldeman Motor Co. Simpson-Powelson
Teachers Review Books for S. H. S. Faculty
Script reporters questioned S. H. S. faculty about recent reads. Scheid praises Carl Van Doren Biography of Benjamin Franklin as tops. Lindbergh's Listen the Wind lauded for detailing trans Atlantic flight with stopovers and wind as key factor. Browne enjoyed Comets Have Long Tails from the public library. it is easily read with a surprise element.
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Scheid
Carl van Doren
Benjamin Franklin
Anne Lindbergh
Miss Browne
Public Library
Sterling-V Rock Falls Turkey Day Tilt to Close Season
Sterling closes its football season on November 24 with the Turkey Day clash against Rock Falls, the Rock River Valley champions. Many seniors will bid Sterling farewell as they aim to cap a season that opened with a 13 to 0 win over Morrison and includes wins over Savanna and DeKalb but losses to Mendota Belvidere and Dixon.
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Sterling
Rock Falls
Rock River Valley
Morrison
Savanna
Blue and Gold Warriors
Community
DeKalb
Mendota
Belvidere
Dixon
Hashhandel's humor column joke or not
The passage presents multiple brief exchanges. a single one is a joke. Identify the humorous line about a one way street or a caterpillar, noting the humor style within Hashhandel's humor column.
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