Let's Back Them Up Cheerleaders Rally Support
Friday pep meet features Frosh Soph and varsity cheer squads led by Pat Otte Jo Anne Andrews Babe Bell Joyce Purkey and Nonis Snow. New outfits funded by blue and gold pencil sales inscribed Golden Warriors aim to boost school spirit during basketball season.
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Pat Otte
Jo Anne Andrews
Frosh-Soph
Babe Bell
Joyce Purkey
Nonis Snow
Varsity
Golden Warriors
Gang
Fall and winter fashions in school clothing trends
The piece notes new girls jackets in corduroy and wool with flare backs, plaid and solid dresses, saddle shoes in white with multicolor trims, black suede Blockbusters with gold ornaments, and standout pieces by Jeannette Over Joyce VanHorne Jeanne Saunders Mary Thompson Gwen Turnroth Bunny Butler Beverly Flynn Mary Jane Fraser Marilyn Mundorff Ruthie Hains. It playfully asks if readers were startled by Ruthie Hains' mouse pin.
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IL 5
Jeannette Over
Joyce VanHorne
Jeanne Saunders
Freshie
Mary Thompson
Gwen Turnroth
Bunny Butler
Beverly Flynn
Mary Jane Fraser
Marilyn Mundorff
Ruthie Hains
Ruthie
New Students and Returning Faces at Sterling High
A list of new and returning students at Sterling High includes Carrie Ketchum from Amboy High School and Lauretta Morden a Sophomore who prefers S H S over Milledgeville. Other students from various prior schools share opinions on classes and school spirit.
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Carrie Ketchum
Carrie
Amboy High School
Irene Babel Models Green Raincoat and Gibson Girl Blouses
Irene Babel wears a green raincoat with a plaid hood while Kay Hoogeveen and Ruthie Hains model Gibson Girl blouses. Flossie Pratt debuts a hair accessory trick with ear rings and novelty pins, dubbed Flossic.
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Irene Babel
Gibson Girl
Kay Hoogeveen
Ruthie Hains
Flossie Pratt
Flossic
Essay contest invites students to write about Life With Father
Scholastic Magazines and Warner Bros Pictures sponsor a national essay contest about American life in the 1880s and today. Sixty cash prizes will be awarded to students in grades 7 through 12. top prizes include fifty dollars and smaller awards. Entries must be postmarked by December 15 1947 and include name address age school and grade.
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Scholastic Magazines
Warner Bros. Pictures
East 42Nd Street
New York
N. Y
New Student Mary Ann Meinen Joins S L 8 Freshman Class
Mary Ann Meinen, a 15 year old freshman from Germany, attends S L 8 with her aunt and uncle. Her parents and two siblings remain in Germany while her father works as a courthouse interpreter. She adapts slowly, enjoying S H S but wishing to speak more English to understand daily life.
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Mary Ann Meinen
Germany
Mary Ann
Notable Cincinnati Educator and Debate Coach
New school history notes reveal Mother Fischer a teacher at S H S who handles first and fourth year English and leads the debate squad. Born in Cincinnati she earned a BA in English from the University of Cincinnati and rode streetcar to campus coining streetcar college. She was sorority president and stays active in sports with pheasant as a favorite food.
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Fischer
Eglish
Cincinnati
Ohio
University of Cincinnati
Ruth Wells Miss Wells Ruth Education Pioneer
Ruth Wells a mathematics teacher born in Newton Iowa earned a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell College Mt Vernon and a Masters in Education from the University of Colorado She enjoys ice cream and steak.
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Ruth Wells
Newton
Iowa
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
University of Colorado
Miss Becker Biology and Physical Education Teacher
Helen Becker, born in our community, teaches biology and physical education. She attended the University of Illinois, earning a Bachelor of Science degree. Her interests include sports and science, with a fondness for steak and the color brown.
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Helen Becker
University of Ilinois
That New Teacher Surprises a Class with First Impressions
A humorous narrative follows a new teacher as students gossip about her style. Initially strict and scary to the class, she hands out hard assignments and issues slips for tardiness. By day’s end she proves approachable, leaving readers with mixed feelings and a wink at coincidence.
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Miss Welle
Miss Becker
Miss Fischer
By Joan Keiser
Lexie Moffit
Milledgeville High
Gene Meyer
Gene
Rockford High
Rockford
Lauretta Morden
Lauretta
Milledgeville
Merton Wallingford Mert
Pat McKergan
Pat
Sweeney High
Magnolia
Sterling High
Margaret Ryan
Margaret
Community High
Maggie
Shirley Wederstrasse
Shirley
Roosevelt High
Peoria
Jim Scovel
Jim
Oclwein
Marian Parker
By Wenda Michels
S.H.S
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