Frosh and Sophs Join G. A. A
The Girls' Athletic Association met in the gym due to rain on October 12 for a wiener roast. Four acts entered by each class in an amateur contest. juniors and seniors won. A new point system awards yearly points toward the top award of 1200 for seniors, with 300 points needed annually. Activities include organized sports and individual events across four groups, plus achievement tests and attendance points. Officers are Lanita Bendewald president, Helen Kelsey vice president, Mary Wilbern secretary, and Marjorie John treasurer.
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Girls’ Athletic Association
Helen Kelsey
Nona Olinger
Ruth Wilger
Helen Mangan
Marian Kline
Gloria Brian
Lanita Bendewald
Mary Wilbern
Marjorie John
Murder in Tin Pan Alley No. 1
Dramatic spoof continues with Leonidas Chump dead and Bulldoze Grummond deducing the killer. The undertaker Sour Puss confesses to murder to boost business, revealing a wild farce ending with the corpse lamenting losing his single life. The reader is invited to mail in for a code book and solution.
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Leonidas Chump
Mrs. Chump
Grummond
Eureka
Chump
Leonidas Champ
Sour Puss
Mr. Puss
Puss
Pep Club Forms Cheer Section at S H S
Pep Club at S. H. S forms a cheer section to display placards showing the school cobra initials and those of visiting schools. The group has eighty one active members plus reserves ready to join, with reserves set to provide moral support and noise from nearby seats.
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Pep Club
Hi-Tri Picnic Supper Marks First Fall Meeting
A Hi-Tri picnic supper at the YWCA on October 13 opened the fall season with 57 members present. Naomi Reuters oversaw the event. Officers named: Leta Houseman president, Ruth Wilger vice president, Mary Wilbern secretary treasurer.
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Hi-Tri
Naomi Reuters
Leta Houseman
Ruth Wilger
Mary Wilbern
Freshman football squad grows to forty two
Enthusiasm runs high as the freshman football group expands from twenty five to forty two for practice on Monday through Thursday. They plan to play Dixon Rock Falls and Morrison freshmen this season though no official schedule exists yet. Next week students in S. H. will have eye tests conducted by Nurse McAndrews and Miss Turnell using a newly purchased sight testing machine.
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Dixon
Rock Falls
Morrison
McAndrews
Miss Turnell
Dixon to Host Tenth Annual Institute Meeting
Mr. Eades will preside tomorrow as the Rock River Division of the Illinois Teachers Association convenes its tenth annual institute in Dixon at the beautiful high school auditorium.
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Eades
Dixon
Institute of the Rock River Division
Illinois Teachers’ Association
Miss Turnell to attend Mount Vernon conference demo
Miss Turnell will attend a conference at Mount Vernon Illinois next Friday and give a demonstration at a Champaign High School Conference the following weekend presenting individual sports.
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Turnell
Mount Vernon
Illinois
Champaign
On the Sidelines At Sterling High A Behind the Scenes View
This column recounts locker room humor and player quirks among Sterling athletes. It notes Ernie Hubbart avoids games until manicured and pedicured, Darrell Hey underperforms at Lafayette, and humor around Bob Wolfe and Keith Healey. It also mentions Johnny Frey nicknamed Hammerhead and Gravel Road Griesser, plus team kicking struggles against Community.
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Ernie Hubbart
Darrell Hey
Sterling
Lafayette
Small
Darrell
Hey
Bob Wolfe
Keith Healey
Wolfe
Johnny Frey
Hammerhead
Griesser
Bob
Sterling Invades Mendota Saturday in Conference Clash
Sterling travels to Mendota seeking a second straight conference win after a 7 0 victory over DeKalb and a 13 to 0 win over Morrison earlier. In the Dixon loss, Sterling showed strong offense and defense, with Wolf passing to Brown for the touchdown and Corrigan kicking the extra point.
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Sterling
Mendota
Dixon
DeKalb
Wolf
Brown
Corrigan
Glee Club Elects Officers for Coming Year
Members of the Girls Glee Club recently chose officers for the coming year. Andrea Turner is president, Lorraine Wolf vice president, Jacqueline Vertrees secretary, Wilma Jean Coats assistant secretary, Henrietta Sterenberg treasurer, Fern Allen librarian, Lillian Hoover junior librarian, and Geraldine Lange manager.
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Girls’ Glee Club
Andrea Turner
Lorraine Wolf
Jacqueline Vertrees
Wilma Jean Coats
Henrietta Sterenberg
Fern Allen
Lillian Hoover
Geraldine Lange
Three Sterling Students to Sing with 600 At Champaign
Three members of Sterling glee clubs Pat Donahue soprano Robert Fields tenor and Dale Schumacher second bass will travel to Champaign November 2 3 and 4 to sing with about 600 other high school students in a statewide gathering.
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Champaign
Sterling
Pat Donahue
Robert Fields
Dale Schumacher
Basa
Charles Geyer Recovering After Car Crash
Charles Frederick Geyer and his father were seriously hurt in a automobile accident. Charles is reported to have two cracked vertebrae and will wear a cast for several weeks during his road to recovery.
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Charles Frederick Geyer
Charles
G A A entertains new members at September party
G A A members hosted a freshmen and sophomore gathering in the gym on September 29. Each junior and senior paired a freshman as a little sister for the event. After a music mixer, Helen Kelsey, program chairman, organized an indoor track meet with winners in events including standing broad jump Virginia Miller and Marjorie Harless. hurdles Charlotte Goetz. discus hurdle Helen Propheter. shot put Doris Abel. Judges were Leola Hunsberger Annamae Hussing Helen Ohda and Ruth Wilger.
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Helen Kelsey
Virginia Miller
Marjorie Harless
Charlotte Goetz
Helen Propheter
Doris Abel
Leola Hunsberger
Annamae Hussing
Helen Ohda
Ruth Wilger
Cross Country Runners Head to Janesville Meet
Coach Small leads his Sterling cross country squad to Janesville Wisconsin this Saturday for a 20-team meet. Rain hampered progress but he expects the team to peak. The season opened with a Lafay ette meet where Sterling finished eighth. the second meet on the home track saw Sterling Geneseo Rock Island and Rock Falls compete with Sterling and Geneseo tying for first Rock Island taking second and Rock Falls fourth.
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Small
Janesville
Wisconsin
Lafayette
Sterling
Geneseo
Rock Island
Rock Falls
Hubbart Injury Ends Star Fullback's Season
Ernie Hubbart, Sterling's star fullback, is likely out for the season after injuries from the Community game. He remains in Sterling Public Hospital with a wrenched back and is slated for release soon. The item also notes a library layout with a fire-escape view and mentions the Latin Club's first meeting of the year on September 28, electing Marie Vogel as president, Ben Welton as vice president, and Mariann Birch as secretary.
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Hubbart
Ernie” Hubbart
Sterling
Sterling Public Hospital
Latin Club
Marie Vogel
Ben Welton
Mariann Birch
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Friedrichs
Wayne Friedrichs
Wayne
Warren Friedrichs
Kansas City
Savanna
Community
Ster
Lin
Teap
Glee Club
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