Around the Town dirt column teases fresh gossip and readers
The column invites readers to submit dirt and notes two new on air personalities to enliven the feature. It pokes fun at local couples and starlets seen at events, lists social sightings like Warren Friedricks Orrin Book and others, and ends with a playful farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.H.S
Warren Friedricks
Orrin Book
O.K
Miss Perry
Miss Jenkins
Dee Frye
Naomi
Virginia Miller
Robby Fairfax
Clint Tabor
Dale
Pattaruski
Schumaker
Wether Pat Donahue
Ruth Wilger
Rochelle
Kenny Brown
Glen Ellyn
Hot
Big Stoop
Corrigan
Robert
Poppy
Belvidere
H. Nelson— Dixon
Jack
H. Reed
Woody
Harold
Managerie
James Sheeley
Jean Wooster
Norman Schuneman
Mary J. Geyer
Lew Kornman
Jean Brown
Lyle Swaiiley
Au Revoir
Rev Pratt and Jacoby Speak Before Hi Y
The Sr Hi Y, led by Mr Robbins and Mr Small, opened the year by printing athletic and Hi Y schedules funded by a local businessman. In late September Gene Jacoby spoke on aviation at a supper in the Y. The group, with 12 members, noted 18 absences and planned next steps. A wiener roast at Lawrence Park followed on October 7. Guest night occurred October 14 with members inviting guests to join. A member was planned to attend the Older Boys Conference meeting, and Mr Pratt spoke on the importance of the church. Dale Harshman later represented the group at Oak Park on the sixteenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbins
Small
Gene Jacoby
Lawrence Park
Pratt
Congregational Church
Dale Harshman
Oak Park
Senior Play Cast Selected Leads Bodine in Leading Role
Sterling High announces the senior play Fresh Fields to be presented December 2 and 8 with Ardetta Bodine as Lady Mary Crabbe. Cast includes Mary Jane Geyer Mary Jane Crump Elmer Barraclough Dorothy Bissell John Havener Alice Mae Richards James Sheeley and Jean Brown. Also named are tryout pledges from October 5 1937 with a list of many students and the Jr Hi Y plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrymores and Shearers
Ardetta Bodine
Mary Crabbe
England
Mary Jane Geyer
Mary Jane Crump
Elmer Barraclough
Dorothy Bissell
John Havener
Alice Mae Richards
James Sheeley
Jean Brown
Lady Mary Crabbe
London
Sterling High Players
Donna Little
Emily Griffith
Janet Prestin
Shirley Jenkins
Virginia Miller
Patty Donahue
Dean Geer
Gertrude Adams
Betty Over
Fred Brauer
Debate Members to Discuss Unicameral System at Sterling High
Sterling High School debaters will discuss adopting a unicameral legislature echoing Nebraska. The affirmative team includes Lyle Shannon and Mary Jane Crump. the negative lists Mary Andrews and Pat Donahue among others. Club officers are Lyle Shannon president, Bob Salm secretary, Don Fehrenbach business manager. A October 1 picnic at Sinnissippi Heights was held with Bob Salm and Alice Mae Richards arranging. Miss Yeager, now Mrs Richard Ericson, resides in Port Clinton Ohio where her husband works as a chemist for United States Gypsum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling High School
Nebraska
Norris
Robbins
Lyle Shannon
Bob Jamison
Mariann Birch
Elmer Barraclough
Lillian Whitford
Betty Gehring
John Platt
Dick Smith
Mary Jane Crump
Mary Andrews
Lillian Bauer
Pat Donahue
Bob Salm
Bob Castendyke
Fred Braur
Alice Mae Richards
Dale Harshman
Don Fehrenbach
Sinnissippi Heights
Mr. Robbins
Miss Yeager
Richard Ericson
Port Clinton
Ohio
The
United States Gypsum Co
Alumni Pledges and Campus News From Sterling and Grinnell
A Sterling alum collage items report from Grinnell College notes Dorothy Ann Kidd elected pep chairman of Haines cottage and Freeman of the football trip to Omaha. Lois Reitzel of Sterling joins the Royal Purple staff at Cornell College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Iowa
Dorothy Ann Kidd
Sterling
Grinnell College
Haines Cottage
Omaha
Creighton University
Miss Kidd
Mount Vernon
Lois Reitzel
K. C. Reitzel
Third Ave
Cornell
Reitzel
Social gatherings described by roaming hostesses and diners
The piece recounts a series of social events of the French Club and local gatherings. It notes forgotten desserts at a club party, an unusual party featuring Everett Birch, a steak fry at Sinnissippi Park with new locals Puckett Zilma Sears Carl Brewer and Kay Cornelius, and a moonlit woods tour. Faculty dinner and Country Club evening are also mentioned along with attendees Baucully wives school board members and Miss Trene Busselt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinnissippi Park
Puckett
Pal” Zilma Sears
Missouri
Carl Brewer
Prophetstown
Kay” Cornelius
Rock River Country Club
Stager
Griesser
Local Socials Report From Glen Ellyn and Clinton Gatherings
Naomi Renters and Virginia Miller attended a Glen Ellyn dance as weekend social activity. Marge Jones traveled south to Urbana to visit Slug. Mary Jane Crump, Shirley Jenkins, Dorothy Ewbank and Janet Ewbank attended a Girl Reserve convention in Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Renters
Virginia Miller
Glen Ellyn
Marge Jones
Slug
Urbana
Mary Jane Crump
Shirley Jenkins
Dorothy
Janet Ewbank
Clinton
Typing Classes See Record Enrollment at School
This year Miss Hunt and Miss Peterson report larger typing classes with four first year sections of about thirty students each and thirty two machines, two new. Lead students include Don Fehrenbach for accuracy and speed, with Lory Smyre Bob Salm Alice Johnson and Evelyn Martin close behind. Second year typists Bob Haag and Lora Mae McCaslin lead speed, while Marie Amsbaugh and Jeanne Shelley drive accuracy. First year shorthand advances, and second year classes reach eighty words per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hunt
Miss Peterson
Don Fehrenbach
Lory Smyre
Bob Salm
Alice Johnson
Evelyn Martin
Evelyn
Vernon Frye
Erma Detweiler
Marian Benson
Mary Louise Hagerman
Ida Jane Blanchard
Leta Houseman
Zelma Sears
Arland Gould
Jeanne Longabaugh
Paul Johnson
Lyle Breitweiser
Lillian Bauer
Naomi Benters
Bob Haag
Lora Mae McCaslin
Bob
Lora Mae
Marie Amsbaugh
Jeanne Shelley
Tucille Ohnen
Dorothy Ewbank
Miss Harriet Echternach Publishes Latin Games Calendar
S H 8S proudly presents the latest venture by Miss Harriet Echternach a Latin teacher and senior advisor She is author and editor of a manual of Latin games and recreation assembled as a calendar The summer was spent finishing the project and the volume is now off the press
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H
Harriet. Echternach
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pratt and
Jacoby
Bodine
Jr. Hi-Y
Bob Johnson
Vuues
State University
Bill Hill
Alpha Delta Phi
Herb
Healey
Daily Whini
Dode Mae Jiostetler
Delta Gamma
Jane Ward
Theta
Jan Hoover
Virginia Grandon
Carl Sandburg
Galesburg
Chas Eversole
Hill
SHS
Bill Sims
Co-op
Everett Birch
Dixon
Keith Healey
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