Gymnastics Club Plans Busy Local Year
The gymnastic club outlines a packed schedule with performances at home basketball games on December 2 Kalb February dates and January 26 LaSalle-Peru plus a March 17 intersquad meet. New members will be selected after five practices with hope to join 30 in the club. Bob Ptak Cindy Good and club members anticipate an energetic year.
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Gamma PI
Rock Falls
JeKalb
Hall Townhip
LaSalle-Peru
Dixon
Bob Ptak
Cindy Good
Drama Workshop plans Flowers for Algernon adaptation
This fall drama workshop selects Daniel Keyes story Flowers for Algernon about Charlie Gordon a man whose IQ rises from 68 to 184 after an operation and who grapples with emotional adjustment. Key characters include Dr Strauss Nemur and Charlie Gordon among others.
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Algernon
Daniel Keyes
Berlus
Dr. Strauss
Nick Hughes
Professor Nemur
Brianohnson
Group Dynamics Brunch At Holiday Inn October 5
The Group Dynamics class hosted a brunch at the Holiday Inn during third and eurth hours with class members and student guests. Special guests included Mr Vernm and Mr James Swanson school board president. Speakers were Paul Osborn Mark Gibble and Dave Parks discussing education tax funding and equal opportunities. An invocation by Merrill Johnson preceded a German Oktoberfest dinner and an initiation.
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Kitchener
Group Dynamics
Holiday Inn
Eurth
Vernm
James Swanson
Cindy Ninneman
Merrill Johnson
John Erickson
Paul Osborn
Mark Gibble
Dave Parks
German Club Rummage Sale Boosts Oktoberfest Funds
The German Club reports a successful rummage and bake sale raising about $120.11 plus Oktoberfest profits of $80 777. The group signs off with a playful note inviting members to a future King of Clubs meeting a roller skating party and German candy.
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King of Clubs
P.S
Sterling FFA land judging team second at Paw Paw contest
On October 4 the Sterling FFA land judging team competed at Paw Paw finishing second behind Mount Carroll. Team members Don Wade Harold Null Dan Hester Lloyd Peugh and Duane Ganther all placed in the top ten with Lloyd Peugh as high scorer.
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Sterling Ffa
Paw Paw
Don Wade
Harold Null
Dan Hester
Lloyd Peugh
Duane Ganther
Mount Caroll
Thieves Lift Entire Prefabricated House in New York
Police report a gang raided a New York home and loaded a complete prefabricated house onto a truck before driving off with the structure. No injuries were reported and investigations are ongoing.
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New York
Freshman Float Promises A Standout Homecoming Parade
The Class of 76 works on a Homecoming float built from teamwork and effort. Representatives brainstorm ideas and stress hard work and cooperation, aiming for a terrific design that honors Sterling’s tradition of fabulous floats. The project invites the audience to see the final product firsthand.
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Sterling
Romans Defeat Germans 20 to 6 In Rematch Victory
The Romans triumphed over the Germans 20 to 6 as Paul Schuneman pitched a winning game. Hitting stars included Cooperrider Picken Gibble Viering Frank and Osborn while John Picken and Mark Gribble made key defensive plays. The Latin Club remains the World Champions despite German Club determination.
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Roman Empire
Cooperrider
Picken
Gibble
Viering
Frank
Osborn
Paul Schuneman
John Picken
Mark Gribble
Schuneman
Unlucky Day for Mrs Piper Ends With Pay
October 19 1972 in New South Wales Australia recounts a string of mishaps for Mrs Eileen Piper including a car accident during a work ride a truck crash through her fence a house corner hit a stove explosion and her son breaking a leg. Despite the disasters her boss grants full pay for the day.
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Eileen Piper
New South Wales
Australia
Radio Club Angonne Seeks Members for Electronics Interest
Radio Club Angonne invites students to join, with dues of 2.00 per year granting access to a book and tape library. Members may use one of two transverters at the field house with a licensed member or their own license. Contact Mr Zeigler or the sender or attend Thursday after school in room 237.
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Angonne
Radio Club
Radio Shack
The Sciences Club Plans Future Field Trips
The Sciences Club met on October 3 to decide a float and spent the evening ripping up old newspapers. Tentative trips include the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Argon National Laboratory a planetarium and an aquarium in Chicago. Members may contact Mr McCrystal Roy Witherow and officers Brian Parks Conni Dellman Tim Conneely to join.
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Sciences Club
Science Club
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
Argon National Laboratory
Chicago
McCrystal
Roy Witherow
Brian Parks
Conni Dellman
Tim Conneely
Radio Club
Alden girl dislocates shoulder signaling weather gusts
Kathleen Rheade of Alden Missouri tried signaling with a raised right arm during a gusting wind while her driver training instructor watched. Her window was not down and she dislocated her shoulder as a result.
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Kathleen Rheade
Alden
Missouri
Whirlwind Campaign in West Virginia Takes Off
A Democratic candidate for West Virginia Secretary of State begins his campaign in whirlwind fashion with planned speeches in Hurricane Tornado and Cyclone towns. The effort emphasizes rapid outreach and local engagement across multiple communities.
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West Virginia
W. Va
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