06 Oct 1939
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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1939
Page
1
Reporters Richard Smith and Melvin Betts note staff art by F. FLA. in the newspaper page features credit. The item lists byline contributors for the art segment and names the two reporters involved.
The class embraces journalism with enthusiasm and seeks knowledge. Harold Ward of the Gazette describes the tough, energetic life of newspaper people, and the writers vow to meet responsibilities while making Script a presentable paper and a social link between adults and high school students.
A plea for subscriptions to fund the Script newspaper urges 450 readers to subscribe at 75 cents, promising quality content and artwork once financing is secured. The notice stresses community support and asks every reader to participate.
J. E. Robbins, a member of the H. S. faculty, proposes an amendment restricting drafting for military service to the defense of the United States and its vital interests in the Western Hemisphere. The measure aims to prevent slaughter of thousands of American youth and seeks broad support.
A wartime pep rhetoric contrasts Europe’s carnage with American college sports. The author urges students to choose fair competition over profiteering and oppression, praising honest referees and urging patriotic duty in sports and campus life. The essay casts football as a humane battleground versus war’s destruction and appeals to national virtue and civic choice.
Sterling High School reports an enrollment of 637 students, up 24 from last year. The class breakdown includes 148 seniors, 141 juniors, 164 sophomores, 168 freshmen, and 16 post graduates, with one special student and three dropped.
A new reading lamp in the library aids students on dark days, built by the machine shop. Mr Eades plans musical programs directed by Mrs Norton, with Metropolitan Four to perform. Miss Mary McCormic may appear this season. Band schedule and field letters noted. about 80 members and a new cut off saw in the vocational wood shop improves lumber cutting.
The Jr Hi Y outlines a schedule of meetings every other Monday with officers DeVere Leonard as president Ed Browne as vice president Tom Welton as secretary treasurer Richard Flack and Dean Dahl in charge of the food and Earl Nelson in charge of the program.
Charley Curtsinger, the school janitor, heads S. H. S. doing its own laundry. He rents about twelve hundred towels weekly using Bendix washers. After loading, he waits twenty five minutes, then folds. He also paints signs, decorates interiors, washes windows, and jokes about having no leisure time.
Suzannah of the Mounties and Mickey the Kid star in a whirlwind tale with The Two's Company The Boy Friend and The Singing Cow Girl as foils. They drift through New York Rio Grande Jamaica Inn and Bali while pursued by love ambition and fate. The Frontier Marshall sentences the Boy Friend. A dramatic arc hints at marriage and a long shared life.
The Class of '39 includes Henry Brown, Leroy Burden, Virginia Conrad, Beatrice Coonradt, Don Drynan, Elaine Dewey, Bob Fields, Bob Jones, Ariadene Main, Warren Reitzel, and Dorothy Overcash taking a P G course. Others attend DeKalb State Teachers College, Brown's Business College, University of Illinois, Augustana, Grinnell, Bradley Tech Peoria, Indiana, Washington & Lee, Sterling Public Hospital, Beloit College, and the University of Iowa.
Oct 6 football at community venue and Oct 9 Metropolitan Four. Oct 13 football at DeKalb, Oct 14 judging contest in Kansas City. Oct 20 football at Mendota, Oct 21 Hallowe en Frolic, Oct 27 Homecoming.
A stream of campus whispers highlights Lillian Whitford, Gordon Behrens, Ellen Haskell, and numerous couples among freshmen and sophomores. The notes reference Ed Lawrence’s farewell party, friendships, and rivalries with hints of social intrigue and ongoing crushes across Lake Forest.
Publicity: Bernice Hammelman and Mildred Ot ten. House of Horrors chaired by Sanford Mitchell with committee. Horse Race chaired by Charlotte Goetz, with Harriett Kidd and others. Bingo Game chaired by George Huber with Howard Miller and others. Finances chaired by Jim Brown with Donald Ford and others. Wheel Game chaired by Harold Wade with Lyle Geeting and others. Throwing Darts chaired by Mary Wilbern with several assistants. Grab Bag chaired by Jacqueline Vertrees with committee. Refreshments chaired by Ruth Walker with assistants. Target Game chaired by Loren Andrews with James Andrews and others.
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