Junior Red Cross Aids United Wartime Effort
The Sterling Township high school Junior Red Cross Council with 26 members leads school wide relief. Officers are Johnnie Stager president Dorothy Stewart vice president and Ansel Henderson treasurer. Past efforts included care kits to soldiers Christmas boxes to England and an orphanage Greek relief plus nursing class.
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Junior Red Cross
National Red Cross
Junior Red Cross Council
Sterling Township High School
Johnnie Stager
Dorothy Stewart
Ansel Henderson
England
Normal
Illinois
Puels
Mildred Speer
Unite And Conquer at Sterling Mendota Football Cheer Row
A clash over self styled cheering sections disrupts unity at the Sterling Mendota game. The Script offered a prize for a new school yell, but the improvised group had none to submit. Urges readers to share ideas with the official cheerleaders to bolster school spirit.
Scrap Drive Plea From U R Straley in Script Column
In a playful appeal editor U R Straley announces a personal Scrap Drive inviting readers to contribute any scraps for the column. He encourages broad participation and notes the sillier the entry, the better its chance to appear in the paper.
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U. R. Straley
Chillun
Beehive Interlude Sparks Unclear Forgiveness Debate
A fragmentary note mentions a person named Merrill and a bee tooting, with Myron expressing dislike. context and details are unclear in the readable text. The item seems like a tiny, nonspecific society snippet or joke column line.
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Bee
Merrill
P. S
Myron
The Fool Ridicules Joe Blow With Light Verse
A humorous verse by I. C. Light mocks a man named Joe Blow calling him a fool for failing in class and lacking brains while suggesting his mind could be keen if he used his bean. The poem uses playful rhymes and generic satire.
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Joe Blow
I. C
Band Halts Dixon Concert Over Loud Conversation
A Dixon Teacher's Institute audience disrupted the 8 S. H. S. Band during a concert with excessive talking. A bewildered student quipped about practice matching teaching.
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Teacher’s Institute
Dixon
The Mystery Of The Missing Shoe Tale
Orlo Long sits in a study hall as his two shoes vanish one by one. A chase ensues as the missing footwear moves along aisles with classmates in pursuit. A. R. Devoone enters the scene, and after hours of questioning the class is dismissed with Orlo reuniting with his other shoe.
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Orlo
Study Hall Mystery or The Shoe Without Wings
The empty shoe crawled along unnoticed until under desk number three. The principal asks who helped, but no one is sure. The shoe lacking wings adds playful mystery and a punchline.
Lost and Found Dept Item Mix Up At Local Post
Lost and found notice lists a missing English theme paper and a cheeky owner claim. It also notes a found tire and a five gallon gas can with a playful line about drawing speed attributed to Kentucky Dewlittle.
Traffic Cop and Miss Johnson collide in a comic tug
A humorous exchange unfolds as a traffic officer tells a woman to use her noodle while Miss Johnson frantically searches her car, pulling and pushing items in a flustered scene.
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Miss Johnson
Prairieville Starling Chooses Dixon Over Local After School
A brief gossip note from The Inquiring Reporter mentions a Prairieville girl who frequents Goshert’s after school and appears to favor Dixon recently.
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Prairieville
Junior Hi Y Holds First Supper Meeting at YMCA
The Junior Hi Y met for the first official gathering Monday evening October 18 at the YMCA. They discussed plans for the coming year and hope to continue supper meetings despite rationed foods.
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Hi-Y
YMCA
Courage to Meet High Hopes Despite Hard Work
A student vents about criticism from teachers who call out laziness yet longs to prove worth. The speaker feels the effort needed is overwhelming and paralyzing, expressing a wish to achieve without the heavy labor.
Three in a Room Poem Laughs at Lamp
A brief vintage verse notes a trio of objects in a room the girl and a reading lamp and the speaker. It ends with the lamp going out signaling a comic sense of discomfort and crowding. The tone is lighthearted and playful.
Fragmentary note about pursued menage dispute and coded message
Incomplete text shows a dispute over a ménage with a reference to a coded message. The fragment hints at hidden knowledge and pursuit but lacks clear actions, dates, or identifiable names to specify a news item.
Little Yokels Say Farewell to Miss Marilu Holler and Others
A local column notes Marilu Holler joining Sears and Roebuck and mentions Swehla filling station staff, teachers discussing loudspeaker choices, and various student anecdotes. It highlights class song, algebra jokes, and Miss Burritt’s baking feat amid school life humor.
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Marilu Holler
Sears and Roebuck
Marilu
Swehla
4Th Street
Rock Falls
Mr. DeVoe
Mr. Stryker
Bob Swehla
Claude Cummins
Ralph Haag
Davis
Bucky Wolf
Miss Burritt
Miss Schick
Student Saves Pennies To Buy War Bond
Janet Geer a sophomore saved 1800 pennies at the stamp booth to purchase a War Bond. The Geer family drops pennies into a jar daily and supports Uncle Sam with thrift.
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Janet Geer
Geer
Uncle Sam
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