Youth Center Fund Dance at Coliseum
Sterling teenagers plan a benefit dance to raise funds for a proposed youth center. The event at the Coliseum on Saturday November 1 1947 features The Melody Makers from 8:30 to 11:30 with admission 50 cents per person. Publicity and event committees are named and volunteers urged to help.
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The
Melody Makers
Coliseum
Sterling
Rock Malls
Roger Conrad
Ken Sommers
Joe Bradford
R. F
Bob Keiser
Ted Aggen
Suzie Hoffman
Bunny Butler
Gwen Turnroth
Barb Bogaard
Rodney Herr
Jeanette Jackley
Nancy Pippett
RLFL
Kenny Hines
Jeannie Saunders
Mert Wallingford
Vioda Erb
Roger Laible
Bill Scott
Charlotte Haynie
Peggy Ohda
Peggy Beach
Bev Haines
LaVerne Oetzel
Irvin’ Tretteen
Mimi Stevenberg
Carol Challand
Janna Hey
Jean Sonneman
Marlyn Miller
Vada Meyer
Ruth Stains
Mary Stewart
Mary Mosher
Norma Moreland
Rock Falls
Joe Bradshaw
John Bushman
Pat Huntley
Shirley Livingston
Beatrice Fike
Hallowe'en Frolic Delights Attracts Carnival Night
The October 25 Hallowe'en Frolic at the coliseum featured horns balloons confetti and decorated booths. Attendees visited booths including a fortune teller bingo darts milk bottle toss and a photography booth. A museum and a back stage house of error entertained guests before Mauries Mintke's orchestra led dancing.
Youth Center Plans Progress For Community Project
An architect from Rockford designs a one story rambling ranch style Youth Center with a central open patio for summer dancing. Proposed sites include the northeast corner of Central Park or the Northwest park near the depot as locals raise twenty to twenty five thousand dollars. Half the goal already raised, organizers urge continued interest and cooperation to avoid failure and fund furnishings from tomorrow night’s benefit dance.
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Rockford
Central Park
Kryl Presents Concert by Bohumir Kryl and His All Girl Orchestra
Bohumir Kryl and his all girl orchestra gave an outstanding concert at the coliseum on October 23. Nearly 1500 students from Sterling and Rock Malls high schools and area grade schools attended along with many adults. Tenor Herbert Moulton and Dorothy Santopadre sang duets and solos, Cecily Taylor played harp, Fay Schumaker showcased flute, and the ensemble performed selections from Nutcracker and Sousa culminating in The Stars and Stripes Forever, to loud encores.
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Bohumir Kryl
Frida
Coliseum
Sterling
Rock Malls
Central
Wallace
Lincoln
Merrill
Community High
Como
Herbert Moulton
Dorothy Santopadre
Mr. Moulton
Miss Santapadre
Cecily Taylor
Hero
Fay Schumaker
Sousa
Kryl
Interesting Gyroscope Assembly At S H S In 1947
S H S students gathered in the gym for an assembly featuring Mr C K Jones. He demonstrated gyroscopes with models and helped Kenny Babel and Jim Glenn. He explained uses in war and peace, automatic pilots, and balanced ships and planes.
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C. K. Jones
Kenny Babel
Jim Glenn
Mr. Jones
Teachers Institute Activities Include UNESCO Talk
Teachers held Thursday and Friday sessions 16 and 17 with student vacation. Dr Sorenson geographer spoke on Problems of the Near East and Asia in Morrison. In Dixon Miss Virginia Kinnaird led discussions on UNESCO at work and Honorable Phil LaFollette gave Leadership, What Is? in the afternoon.
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Morrison
Sorenson
Near East
Asia
Dixon
Virginia Kinnaird
Unesco
Phil LaFollette
Seniors Stage Annual Play Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Seniors present the annual play Our Hearts Were Young and Gay on November 20 and 21 at 8 00. The story follows two cosmopolitan girls Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough on a humorous Europe trip. Cast includes Emily Mary Stewart Cornelia Margie Cameron Otis Skinner Jack Shawger Leo Lyle Stouffer and others with production staff headed by Doris Burritt and a large stage crew and committee lineup.
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Litttle
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Emily Kimbrough
Europe
Doris Burritt
Emily
Mary Stewart Cornelia
Margie Cameron
Otis Skinner
Jack Shawger
Leo Lyle Stouffer
Dick Bob Giffrow
Rodger Conrad
Therese
Babe Bell
Herb Miller
Elise
Lois Pfundstein Purser
Jim Young Steward
Bob Coats
Joan Wright
Pat Conrad
Jeanne Saunders
Mary Ann Mosher
Alyce Lambrecht
Mary Marquis
Joyce Purkey
Joan Keiser
Gladys Ward
Ken Sommer
June Meyer
Annabelle Howard
Kathleen Leonard
Ilona Mae Buhrow
Mary Vaughn
Betty Stockton
Norma Moreland
Betty Faye Fortune
Marilyn Stone
Ruth Haines
Janet Diffenbaugh
Audrey Bethard
Jean Stanley
Bob Reed
Ed Janssen
Poster Contest Highlights Disabled Employment Efforts
The VFW and American Legion sponsored a poster contest linked to the Illinois State Employment Service to promote hiring the disabled. Local prizes totaling $20 were awarded to Kath leen Leonard first Don Scharf enberg second and Jeannine Schwitters third. Kathleen’s winning poster is displayed in Chicago for the state contest.
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V. F. W. and
American Legion
Illinois State Employment Service
Kathleen Leonard
Don Scharfenberg
Jeannine Schwitters
Kathleen
Chicago
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Hallowe’en Frolic
Kryl Presents
C. E. Jones
Teachers’ Institute
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