Anonymous letter recalls childhood summers and family pranks
An unsigned note to SHERMAN reminisces summers with grandmother on a farm. It recalls parsley in the barn, fishing worms, a scolding, and noon meals, with memories of relatives, neighbors, and old cars. The writer invites a reply and shared past anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnes
Grandmother
Coffey
Schick
Martin
Robbins
Moore
Musgrove
U. R. Devoe
Peter Hoogeven
Grandfather
Mr. de Voe
Harris
Tonkin
Honkin
Mr. Tonkin
Lee
Salek
Myers
Sherman
New Library Arranges Curiously Named Books
A review of recently received titles shows an "illiterate" senior arranging books with odd phrases such as The Red Chair Waits for 50 Great Musicians and In a Strange Land for The Scarlet Bird. Other entries mention Benny Malone sending works titled Gentle men Hush and Dusty of Double Seven and Phantom Backfield along with Beaver Skins and Everglade Gold to cover housing costs.
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Red Chair
Scarlet Bird
Bride of Fortune
Benny Malone
Gentlemen Hush
Dusty
Double Seven
Thanksgiving reflection urges giving through CROP relief
The editorial urges readers to donate to Christian Rural Overseas Program and to imagine a silent guest at Thanksgiving, sending the cost of feeding that guest to relief groups. the piece frames charity as spreading thanks beyond the home table and feeding the hungry overseas.
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Wartorn
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Europe
Asia
Thanksgiving Vacation Plans Revealed by Local Residents
The article surveys residents during Thanksgiving break. Jo Cole says she will work while Loren Burger plans to stay home. Phyllis Coakley heads to Oak Park to visit George. Janice Wagner questions if she must answer. Chuck Deets hunts ducks and Don Wink jokes about hunting women. Sue Bucher celebrates a birthday. Chuck Cole will likely practice basketball. Mary Lou Stern notes Lee is coming home. Mr Parsley plans to go home.
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Jo Cole
Loren
Shortie
Phyllis Coakley
Oak Park
George
Phyllis
Janice Wagner
Chuck Deets
Hunt
Don Wink—‘‘Hunt
Sue Bucher
Chuck Cole
Mary Lou Stern
Lee
Mr. Parsley
School Dance Gossip Sparks New Pairings and Rumors
Mimi Sterenberg and Warren Sonneman show mutual interest while Max Schmaling dates Merilyn Wilkenson. Several couples and seniors mingle during Homecoming season, with chatter about rides, trick or treating, and classroom encounters across the senior class.
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Mimi Sterenberg
Warren Sonneman
Max Schmaling
Merilyn Wilkenson
JoAnne Andrews
Joyce Carter
JoAnne Dummer
Clinton
Miss Fischer
Mr. Small
Mr. Schied
Bob Galloway
Winkum
Kalah
Mereldine Leonard
Keith Robinson
Wanda Rhoades
Dik Czuprinski
Joan Bogott
John Michel
Kay Sullivan
Bob Forward
Arlene Book
Pete Casey
Jeanette Over
Bob Twardock
Phyllis Coakley
George
Oak Park
Carol Taft
Frannie Pope
Carol
Play Tryouts By Peg Beach
A student recounts week of drama tryouts in the gym. Seniors vie for parts, books go to the first fifteen, nerves rise as the reader freezes mid performance. The play later becomes a success, and the narrator vows not to try acting again.
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Peg Beach
Armistice Day Holiday Observed and Thanksgiving Plans
On Thursday November eleventh 5 S H S celebrated Armistice Day with a day off for students and teachers. Thanksgiving vacation begins Wednesday afternoon November twenty fourth with a Spanish Club dance in the high school gym. The Senior Play Cast hosted Natalie Mae Lynn replacing Ka Hoogeveen as Matilda in January Thaw at Miss Larson's school in Michigan.
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S. H.S
Miss Larson
Natalie Mae Lynn
Matilda
Ka Hoogeveen
Miss Lynn
Michigan
Chopin lesson and student Kay Hoogeveen’s choice
In a music class Pat Steadman reads about Chopin and notes a joke about a tobacco business. The section on operettas features The Italian Street Song from Naughty Marietta by Victor Herbert and comparison of Anne Jamison and Kay Hoogeveen, who refuses to perform for the choir.
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Pat Steadman
Chopin
Victor Herbert
Anne Jamison
Kay Hoogeveen
Kay
Kay-o
Generations Dear God a Prayer for Unity and Peace
A prayer pleads for a future generation to shed intolerance greed and hate and to remember the dead living and unborn. It asks to cleanse minds of divisions and inspire growth toward unity with churches schools and cities where people of all races and creeds live together in harmony. Reprinted from Student Life.
Wrong Address on Bus Turns Funny Bank Inquiry
An elderly passenger anxiously rode a bus and poked the conductor with her umbrella, asking if the stop was the Bank of England. The conductor replied no, and she announced she was the Bank herself.
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Bank of England
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Sterling Township High School
Sterling
Cousin Sherman
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