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Newspaper

Sterling Script

Location

Sterling, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1939

Page

3

Hallowe'en Frolic at S H S Oct 21 with USMC Band

The annual Hallowe'en Frolic at S. H. S. gym will start October 21. Jim Jones chairs the event with Ruth Walker handling concessions and other committees including publicity. A free floor show and six tickets for a quarter grant access to all activities, with dancing later.

Jim Jones Ruth Walker Jim Brown Bernice Hammelman Mildred Otten Viola Nester Barbara Flinn Kenneth Howard Rose Daulton Bob Shaffer Harold Wade Mary Wilbern Jacqueline Vertrees Loren Andreas Sanford Mitchell Charlotte Goetz George Huber Dick Schumaker Charles Geyer Mary Ruth Sears Betty Northington Beverly Sitter Bob Philips Don Church Dale Musselman Ruth Welton Norman Bogott Bob Sier Ringo Cane Bill van Patter Marion Boone Virginia Powell Helen Myers George Griffith Keith Hammett Belva Ebersole Whrow Francis Burkett Doris David Dick Shumaker Edwin Friday Barney Zigler Bob Propheter

Meat Team Dominates State Contest For S H S

For the third straight year the S H S meat identification team coached by J A Twardock won the state contest. Kenneth Harris took top individual with a perfect score while George Reitzel and Wayne Friedrichs ranked second and third. The milk judging team placed fifth state with Jacobs earning first individual honors. The 1937 meat judging team finished second nationally. The dairy team from last June will also represent the school in Kansas City with Jim Wink Roy Beck and George Reitzel on the squad.

S. H. S. Meat Identification J. A. Twardock Kenneth Harris George Reitzel Wayne Friedrichs Kansas City Missouri Marvin Harms Lester Jacobs Jason Hopkins Jacobs Art Koater Russell Wagenknecht Claude Bley Jim Wink Roy Beck

F F A Officers Training Camp Attended by Local Members

Lester Jacobs and Kenneth Harms of Sterling F F A chapter attended the state officers training camp at the Springfield state fair grounds on September 15 and 16. The event aimed to train chapter officers in duties and parliamentary law with instructors including Lester Gehlbach and Harold Hoffman.

Lester Jacobs Kenneth Harms Sterling Future Farmers of America Springfield Clinais Lester Gehlbach National F. F. A Harold Hoffman Mr. Hill Warren Friedrichs

Journalism Class Edits The Script

Journalism becomes for the first time an academic course with credit in English. A class taught by Misa Lovrien produces an auspicious sheet in a special journalism room from part of the old library. The class of 24 will have guest speakers and a pep meeting tonight. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Haden Moore on September 26 weighing eight and a half pounds.

Misa Lovrien Haden Moore

Welton And Castendyck Named Guilty In School Annual

Guilty pleas were entered by Ruth Welton and Bob Castendyck for editor and business manager roles of the Sterling High School annual. Judges Echternach Lovrien and De Voe sentenced these seniors to one year of hard labor on the Blue and Gold. Several other senior board members were later named after a conference on September 21.

Ruth Welton Bob Castendyck Echternach Levrien de Voe Sterling High School Lovrien Bob Philips Barbara Flinn Kenny Howard Annamae Hussing Charlotte Goetz Lyle Geeting Darlene Weber Vernice Kavadas

Homecoming Planned for October 27 by S Club and G A A

The S Club and G A A sponsor the annual S H 3 Homecoming on Friday October 27. A co chair from each group is to be elected, a parade will start Friday afternoon, Sterling hosts Savannah at the new field in the evening, followed by a dance in the 8S H 8 gym.

S” Club Sterling Savannah

Senior Class Officers Named in 1960 List

The document lists senior class leaders including Charles Geyer as President Ray Pettit as Vice President Marjorie John as Secretary James Brown as Treasurer Dick Havener as President Fern Allen as Vice President Gertrude Fine as Secretary Lillian Whitford as Treasurer.

Charles Geyer Ray Pettit Marjorie John James Brown Dick Havener Fern Allen Gertrude Fine Lillian Whitford

Marine Band to Play at Sterling Coliseum Concert

The United States Marine Band will perform at Sterling Coliseum on October 23 under Sterling Drum and Bugle Corps auspices. A special student afternoon concert features Edward Masters and Oliver Zinsmeister as soloists with selections from Berlioz, Liszt, Gershwin, and more. Students may attend the afternoon show from all districts for twenty five cents, tickets limited. get them early.

United States Marine Band Sterling Coliseum United States Marine Band Sterling Sterling Drum and Bugle Corps Edward Masters Oliver Zinsmeister Ambrose Thomas George Ershwin Liszt Thomas Bidgood Peter DeRose Victor Herbert Lucien Callier C. C. Cappel

Whitford Wins Magazine Sales Second Time

Lillian Whitford outdistanced all competitors to win the magazine sales for the second time, with $76.76. Joan Killian, John Platt, Fern Allen, Ruth Welton, and Marion Palmer followed in order, earning prizes and leading the junior class to a $482.60 total and a $25 prize. Subscriptions totaled $1558.20 across 216 sellers from 640 pupils, with Whitford taking a bicycle as grand prize.

Lillian Whitford Joan Killian John Platt Fern Allen Ruth Welton Marion Palmer Joan Ohn Fern Ruth Marion

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U. S. Marine Band Hallowe'en The L. Jacobs and K. Harms S. H Whitford
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