Home Ec Club Convention Set by Sterling High
Sterling High School Home Economics club hosts third annual district convention on October 4 with speakers from Rockford College and district officers to be elected. Marian Schue ler serves as hostess. program includes morning session with a welcome, district reports, music, and a lunch break, plus an afternoon program with a boys quartet and a keynote by Mrs. Mil dred Freburg Berry on The Charm School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling High School
Mildred Freburg Berry
Rockford College
Charm School
Marian Schueler
Ralph Wade
Cecil Wade
Leland Book
Carrol Shank
Mrs. Berry
Descriptive Reading At Assembly Highlights School Program
Miss Wilda A Weaver presented a descriptive reading of Daddy Long Legs before S H S faculty and students on October 2. Upcoming events include Russell T Neville on October 6 with The Cave Man, Dr Hilton Ira Jones on November 6, and a General Electric House of Magic exhibit November 10 to 13 in the gymnasium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilda A. Weaver
Miss Weaver
WLS
WBBM
S.H.S
Russell T. Neville
Neville
Hilton Ira Jones
General Electric
Mendota and Clinton Football Schedule and Events
The calendar lists Mendota football on Oct 3 and Oct 10 with home and away sites, Princeton and Dixon games on Oct 17 and Oct 24 with Homecoming events, and DeKalb on Oct 31. Also includes club meetings, dances, teachers institutes and assemblies from Oct 6 to Nov 7, ending with the end of the first quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendota
Russell Neville
Cave Man
Belvidere
Teachers’ Institute
Princeton
Dixon
State Teachers
DeKalb
Hallowe
Hallowe’en Frolic Nov. 6 Assembly Program, Dr. H. I. Jones
Clinton
Night School Initiated For Forty One On October Thirteenth
Night school starts the second Monday in October and runs twenty weeks with two evening periods at 7 and 8. Classes on Mondays and Wednesdays cover typing, business English, shorthand, bookkeeping, law, salesmanship, nurses' chemistry, and industrial training. Fees vary by age. a distributive education class meets Monday evenings in the study hall under Mr C N Bolton for merchants and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Schick
Miss Hunt
Miss Peterson
Robbins
DeVoe
C. N. Bolton
School Class Officers Elected For New Year
The report details elected officers for the sophomore and junior classes at S.H.S. Sophomores choose Lee Griffith president Donna Yeck vice president Sarah Burkett secretary and Frank Birch treasurer. Juniors elect Dan Troye president Merrill Church vice president Keith Wells secretary and Helen Becker treasurer. DeVere Leonard serves as senior class president with Dean Dahlgren as VP Jean Hoffman secretary and Ed Browne treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Griffith
Donna Yeck
Sarah Burkett
Frank Birch
Dan Troye
Merrill Church
Keith Wells
Helen Becker
DeVere Leonard
S.H.S
Dean Dahlgren
Jean Hoffman
Ed Browne
Twenty Prize Winners Named in Magazine Drive Drawing
Twenty students were awarded prizes totaling 74.40 after a classroom drawing following a magazine subscription drive that began September 19. Winners listed include Irene Melvin, Bob Beecher, Carolyn Duprey, Kath erine Deets, Daryl Long, Marion Palmer, Ray Orlowski, Fern Cartsinger, Anita Ebersole, Robert Miller, Lauren Morris, Jean Hart, Martha Whaley, Vivian Dew, Jeanne Quilter, Lois Rank, Leila Leach, Margery Wolf, Bill Newcum, Wesley Brown, and Roger Rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Melvin
Bob Beecher
Carolyn Duprey
Katherine Deets
Daryl Long
Marion Palmer
Ray Orlowski
Fern Cartsinger
Anita Ebersole
Robert Miller
Lauren Morris
Jean Hart
Martha Whaley
Vivian Dew
Jeanne Quilter
Lois Rank
Leila Leach
Margery Wolf
Bill Newcum
Wesley Brown
Roger Rice
Max” Reynolds
Crowell Publishing Company
Max
Hallowe'en Frolic Planned For 1941-42
The Sterling High School announces the annual Hallowe en Frolic in the gym on Saturday November 1 at 7 30. Wayne Friedrichs is in charge and will involve senior class members to staff booths and concessions followed by dancing. The event will not be a costume affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Friedrichs
Wayne
Janie Bartel
Keith Benson
Robert Broscovak
Edwin Browne
Jack Chapman
Betty Darnell
Ellen Haskell
Ted Kontos
Darda Lubben
Betty McCombs
Doris Overholser
Marian Palmer
Mary Pottinger
Harvey Riser
Marian Schueler
Tom Welton
Miss Fauth Joins Dixon English Staff
Miss Dollee Fauth arrives from Wyoming to fill Miss Rayma Rawson's English teaching post. The Dixon native will teach freshman and sophomore English, after prior years in Dixon schools and an exchange year in Great Britain. She has traveled in Europe and Mexico and plans to correspond with a former student in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dollee Fauth
Wyoming
Europe
Mexico
United States
Miss Fauth
England
Miss Faith
Films Planned for October Classes by Visual Education Chief
Peter Hoogeveen outlines October film line up for classes. Entries include Men of Africa and Ashanti on Oct 7, How Teeth Grow on Oct 10, Conquest of the Cascades and The Broken Barrier on Oct 10, Romance of Glass on Oct 20, For All Eternity and The Story of Culture on Oct 21 and Oct 22, Man vs Microbe on Oct 24, Our Bill of Rights on Oct 28, with related histories and American subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Hoogeveen
Ashanti
Cascades
George Washington
Daniel Boone
Alumni Join Students For Big Forty One Homecoming
The S H S Homecoming sponsored by the S club and the G A A will be held Friday October 24 Co chairmen will be chosen from each sponsoring group. A parade may not occur to avoid conflicting with the school program. Scheid's warriors meet Dixon high at night with a Saturday dance in the S H S gym. The 1941 Homecoming will be a major event bringing alumni and current students together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.H.S
S” Club
G.A.A
Cochairmen
Scheid
Warriors
Dixon High School
Four FFA Teams Depart for State Contest Today
Ten boys guided by Mr Twar dock travel to Urbana to compete in three FFA judging events. Meats milk and grain judging determine admission to the Miami U vs Illinois football game. Grain team: Wayne Bauer Ray Orlowski George Reitzel with Bill Buckingham alternate. Meats team: Ted Scheid Keith Wells Ray Mel fott assess 25 retail cuts. Milk team: Russell Koster Dwight Sterenberg Donald Bartel judge seven milk samples.
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Twardock
Urbana
F.F.A
Miami U
U. of Illinois
Wayne Bauer
Ray Orlowski
George Reitzel
Bill Buckingham
Ted Scheid
Keith Wells
Ray Melfott
Russell Koster
Dwight Sterenberg
Donald Bartel
Script Sends Students To Press Conference At Davenport Tomorrow
A Davenport high school group led by Mr Stryker and Miss Birch will travel to Davenport for the Annual Press Conference of high school editors and board members. Script writers will attend lectures and a five member team will compete in ads feature stories news sports and radio copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport High School
Stryker
Miss Birch
Northern Illinois
Western Iowa
Paul Hermann
Janie Bartel
Betty Darnell
Tom Bogaard
Paul Weyrauch
Marion Palmer
Gordon Behrens
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Sterling
Panama Canal
Romance of
Script
Davenport
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