Sterling Script editorial staff and school notes
The Sterling Script is a monthly publication by the Presa Club of Sterling Township High School, Sterling, Illinois. Editorial board members include Lyle Shannon Naomi Reuters Mary Beth Harrison and John Platt as assistant business manager with diverse staff across circulation features sports reporters and advisers.
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Presa Club
Sterling Township High School
Sterling, Ilinois
Lyle Shannon
Naomi Reuters
Mary Beth Harrison
John Platt
Ass’t
John Havener
Ariadene Main
Mary Andrews
Bob Fields
Elmer Barraclough
Don Fehrenbach
Jean Brown
Cece Society
Bob Salm
Lawton McCandless
Sanita Bendewald
Alice Mae Richards
Exchange X and Y
Sasacast
Manageitten
Dirt
Bob Haag
Lora Mae McCaslin
Wendell Vallee
Hermina Vogel
Thoris Hank Kathryn Cornelius
Lucille Ohnen
Meda
Betty Northington
Jean Musselman
Kathryn Caseney
Dean Geer
Bob Houseman
Patricia
Lyle Geeting
Lor Schumacher
Dale
Old Fashioned Parades and School Spirit Questioned
Editorial laments shrinking parades around Sterling Township High School football games and asks whether patriotism has faded. It urges students, townsfolk, and alumni to support the team, noting the effort and money invested in athletic programs and calling for stronger school spirit at games.
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Sterling Township High School
Sterling
Freshman Welcome at SHS Sparks School Spirit
Join the fun as SHS invites freshmen to feel at home in a big family. Mr Bailey welcomes budding musicians to the Glee Club and band or orchestra, while Mr Hoogeveen invites all to join the Bird Club. Dances and parties offer social chances for newcomers.
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Freshie
SHS
Mr. Bailey
Principal Roscoe Eades Elected President of Rock River Division
The Rock River Division of the Illinois State Teachers Association selects Roscoe Eades as president. The division includes about 1500 teachers across Whiteside Lee Ogle and DeKalb counties. Eades has spent six years in executive and committee roles and is deemed a worthy leader.
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Roscoe Eades
Rock River
Ilinois
Say Boys Can You Beat Miss Joan Kemp in Basketball
An Arkansas athlete Miss Joan Kemp headlines a playful note for history students noting Bradford’s 35 governorships, Columbus town claims, and a palindrome joke about paying lawyers. The item ends with a friendly sign off inviting questions and further lines.
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Joan Kemp
Arkansas
Fellows
William Bradford
Plymouth
Roosevelt
New Student Librarians Run Library This Year
Miss Lovrien directs student assistants across six periods with shifts for freshmen to seniors. Library hours are eight to four thirty with reference access, new books and periodicals available, and a reorganized space featuring a new oak desk and tables. Some books were missing and patrons are urged to return last year’s loans with no fines this time.
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Miss Lovrien
Verse Yarbrough
Beverly Schrader
Kathryn Cornelius Elizabeth Harless
Irene Simkus
Florence Swanson
Yarbrough
Jean Kendell Sue Geeting
Study First Then Enjoy Yourself Warns Taxpayers
The message emphasizes that taxpayers fund 196 dollars per student annually, urging students to prioritize study before leisure and to keep focus on academics while enjoying balanced time.
Name our Sterling athletes the Tigers or Lions
Readers are asked to submit a school name for Sterling athletes in a monthly contest. A prize will go to the best letter with entries to the editor in the Script box of the library. Shirts may be printed with the winning name.
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Sterling Lions
Sterling Tigers
Sterling Red-horn
Former Navy Admiral Addresses Students at S H S
Admiral Reeves retired from the United States Navy spoke to S H S students on September 13. He served 47 years and shared stories from commanding the Navy flagship Oregon. He noted most sailors have high school education, then urged personal morale and ambition for success.
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Admiral Reeves
United States Navy
S.H.S
Navy
Tampico
Baden
Oregon
Reeves
America
Whitford Heads School in Magazine Sales
Freshman Lillian Whitford led magazine sales with 46.75 dollars, helping the school net over 1140 dollars in profits earmarked for lighting the football field. Freshmen won 25 dollar prize for hitting 200 percent of quota. seniors at 165 percent.
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Lillian Whitford
Lyle Shannon
Beverly Anderson
Bob Salm
Viola Nester
Bob Greisser
Gene Cies
Irene Simkus
Mystery of Mister E Murder in Goldfish study
A narrator and friend Bulldoze Grummond unravel a cartoonish death scene of Oliver Goldfish killed by Mister E. Ethelbert Goldfish confesses motive tied to inheritance and swallows poison. The spoof dialogue riffs on country names as a punchline while the case ends unresolved with potential charges.
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Oliver Goldfish
Bulldoze Grummond
Mister E
Ethelbert
Hildegarde
Bulldoze
Europe
Rumania
Russia
Genov
Goldfish
Denmark
Vienna
Hungary
Berne
Abyssinia
Dakota
Bullduzergradond
Alaska
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Uncle Bob
Christopher Columbus
Bob
Whitford
Marie Davis
Harriet Schick
Mortimer Q. Hashhandel
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