Hen party trends and social notes hit Sterling area
Social items from Sterling Township High School and local families show hens parties and steak fries popular this season. Marion McCoy Margaret Thomas and Gene Cies entertain after a pre Dixon pep meeting. Martha Warner celebrated a birthday with a surprise party. G A A members attended Play Day at Rock Falls High School and reports say they had a swell time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion McCoy
Margaret Thomas
Gene Cies
Geraldine Councellor
Dorothy Ann Kidd
June Smith
Jeanne Walker
Carol Batteiger
Ruth Mary Northington
Shirley
Marilyn
Gene
Betty
Betty Kelhan
Milwaukee
Mary Belle Haglund
Lola Hartshorn
Evanston
Bill
Doris Geer
DeKalb
Illinois State Teachers’ College
Marian
Wes
al Hill
Herman
Adolph
Betty Wilger
St. John’s Military Academy
Martha Warner
Eldora Weber
Mildred Weyrauch
Margaret Gebhardt
Helen Corbin
Sterling Township High School
Rock Falls High School
Night school offers wide range of courses for locals
The first twenty week term began Monday at the high school. Classes cover shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, drawing, blue printing, machine shop, economics, business law, chemistry for nurse students and more. Instructors include Miss Hunt, Miss Peterson, Mr Eades, and others with state and federal aid supporting the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eades
Miss Hunt
Miss Peterson
Timmons
Whaley
Robbins
Bowers
Scheid
Elwyn Shaw A Prominent Lincoln County Graduates Note
Elwyn Shaw, 1907 Lyndon tuition student, became a Supreme Court judge of Illinois and the state’s youngest such appointee. He studied at the University of Michigan and is now based in Freeport with fishing trophies in his office. Also noted are Grinnell College honors for Robert Snavely and upcoming weddings and college attendances of local students at Knox, Beloit, and the University of Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwyn Shaw
Supreme Court of Illinois
Shaw
Lyndon
University of Michigan
Supreme Court
Illinois
Freeport
Senior Hallowe'en Frolic Promises New Features
The S. H. S. senior class plans a Halloween frolic on October 27 after the DeKalb game with continuous dancing in the senior assembly while the gym hosts the carnival. Costumes are encouraged with prizes for the most unique, most beautiful, and most gruesome. public attendance invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arden Ewbank
Doris Geer
Lillian Voeltz
Karl Koster
L. T. Mortensen
Mary Belle Hag Ind
George McClanathan
Marion McCoy
Burton Ferguson
Jane Vickrey
Bob Besse
Bud Davidson
Blue and Gold Annual Shapes Up Under Editor Bill Black
Bill Black guides the Blue and Gold annual with a full staff including Lillian Voeltz as assistant editor and George McClanathan as advertising manager. The yearbook lists many department editors and advisors such as Miss Echternach class sponsor and Mrs. Marsh art advisor, aiming to surpass prior yearbooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Black
Blue and Gold
Bill
Ewbank
Lillian Voeltz
L. T. Mortensen
George McClanathan
Lois Wahl
Lois Reitzel
June Smith
Society
Marion McCoy
Lyle Reiger
Winston Davidson
Jack Gleason
Helen Corbin
Irene Mangan
Madelyn Stevens
Genevieve Book
Tom Stabler
Mary Belle Haglund
Lola Hartshorn
Everett Myers
Mary Louise Kendle
Robert Besse
Marian Shaw
Arlene Steiner
Frances Conner
Ruth Johnson
Evelyn Waterbury
Dorothy Swanson
Doris Geer
Esther Bley
Dorothy Schueler
Eades
Mr. DeVoe
Miss Echternach
Miss Lovrien
Miss Coney
Marsh
Mr. Scheid
Student coaches aid prospective debaters in practice
Last year's A squad members coach freshmen through seniors two mornings weekly under supervisor J E Robbins. Bill Black handles freshmen Arden Ewbank sophomores L T Mortensen and Everett Myers mentor juniors and seniors. The season tackles education should Uncle Sam fund schools with poor facilities. An interclass tournament is set for November with a party for the winners. Underclassmen hope to join the A squad for the conference debater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Robbins
Bill Black
Arden Ewbank
L. T. Mortensen
Everett Myers
Uncle Sam
Also Mentioned on This Page
Merry
Round
Robert Snavely
Grinnell College
Susan Wood
Hunter Wood
Watson Payne Gooch, Jr
Miss Wood
Howard Abbott
Knox College
Kenneth Weaver
Knox
Beloit
DeKalb Teachers College
University of Illinois
Grinnell
Hallowe’en Frolic
Blue and Gold Annual
Lynn Timmons
Leora Weaver
Irvin Burns
Larry Wheeler
Jacob Amsbaugh
Marjorie King
Paul Bjork
Carol Eilers
Elinor Bell
Betty Shaw
John Schueler
Vernon Fryer
Evelyn Randall
Lyle Swartley
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