Coke Social Hour Kickoff For GAA Brightens Fall Start
The Girls' Athletic Association held its annual Coke Social Hour after school on Tuesday August 31 with about 200 girls attending. Freshmen were introduced to rules and officers by President Jan Flynn. Mrs Moore outlined fall activities starting this week including speed-up softball regular softball bicycling and tennis. Cookies and soda were served.
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Girls’ Athletic Association
Jan Flynn
Moore
Sterling High Students Attend Summer Music Camps
Five Sterling High vocal music students joined summer programs at Western Illinois University Macomb and the University of Illinois. Senior Lois Schumacher attended WIU camp. four sophomores Ehiabell Lyon, Marcia Rahn, Joan Kosler, and another unnamed student attended UIUC sessions. Camp directors were Dr Colleen Kirk at UIUC and Dr Harry Haines at WIU. The camps offered extensive rehearsals and planned recreation, enriching the students musically.
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Sterling High
Lois Schumacher
Western Illinois University
Macomb
University of
University of Ilinois
Colleen Kirk
Western Winois University
Harry Haines
Western
Band Camps Highlight Illinois and Wisconsin Music Programs
Paula Ryan Lee and Amy Schuler led STHS band students who attended four weeks at the University of Illinois and a week at Augustana College Drum Major Camp. Ranil Stonesifer and others joined International Music Camp and Augustana College Drum Camp. Jeanné tand Robert Murphy spent a week at Augustana College Music Camp in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. Lou Ann Mintke, first chair alto sax, attended Illinois Youth Music at the University of Illinois.
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Paula Ryan Lee
STHS
Avarious
Amy Schuler
University’ of
Ilinois
Augustana
Ranil Stonesifer
Augustana College
Uéanne
Robert Murphy
Augustana ‘College
Lake Geneva
Wisconsin
Lou Ann Mintke
Illinois Youth Music
University of Illinois
Powers Travel to Australia and Attend Foreign Exchange Wedding
STHS students Barb and Cindy Powers took a six week summer trip to Australia visiting Kerry Strange, the 1967-68 foreign exchange student, and served as bridesmaids at her wedding to Peter Holst. The trip included stops at the Great Barrier Reef, New Zealand, Avkland, Tahiti, and Hawaii, returning home July 7.
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Barb
Cindy Powers
STHS
Australia
Kerry Strange
Peter Holst
Cindy
Kerry
Powers
Great Barrier Reef
New Zealand
Avkland
Tahiti
Hawaii
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Neil Boyer
Gene Hallman
Carmen Walters
Karen Bicket
Debbie Schroeder
Mary Wise
Randy Smith
James Gang
Uriah
New Riders of Purple Sage
Chicago
Rock’ Falls
Hodape the Wonder Frog
Sterling
Dairy Queen
DIAL
Service
W. Fourth ST
Sterling, Ill
Robbie Brooks
Vicky Vaughn
Petite
Betty Fry
Geme
Dana
Klines
Bender & Block Music Co
Lincoln Hwy
Greener’s
Sterling, Ilinois
Earl
Dean Dahlgren
Gehring’s
West Third Street
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