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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1945
Page
2
The editorial urges purchase of the first semester Activity Ticket for Sterling High School. It notes four football games at the school field with typical student prices around thirty five cents per game and mentions other chances during the year. The ticket saves money and time and avoids campaigns for the Script or the Year Book.
A wartime plea urges ongoing bond buying to fund hospitals and occupational forces recovery. It promotes a hospital equipment program where each $3,000 funded by a school earns a sponsorship panel on an Army or Navy bed, inviting veterans or relatives to write home.
This column highlights Elwyn Riley Shaw a Sterlings graduate who faced English challenges then earned a 1910 LL B from the University of Michigan. Admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1910 he practiced in Freeport and rose to Illinois Supreme Court judge in 1933 and Chief Justice in 1938. He lived in Cedarville Illinois with wife and two daughters.
Margaret Macklovsky was omitted from the Script Staff list for the edition. She edits the Armed Forces column.
The page notes bustling activity around football games and campus life at the high school. It mentions faces seen in the Keyhole column, student chatter about crushes and gossip, study hall gripes, watermelons for sale, and the skating rink remains popular.
The item lists Lloyd Collinson returning to school after Merchant Marines service and Bob Sier a former air forces lieutenant. It notes Wally Feldman in Army training at Camp Walters Texas and several other veterans including Stanley Ridge Kenneth Ortsmouth John Pollack Don Church Bob Bier Otto C Kormer and Jack Chapman. The brief mentions parachute training and overseas duty as returning themes.
A school notice asks students and especially seniors how many know the alphabet. It urges orderly shelving of reference books, promotes magazine reading, and explains librarians plan to assign tasks to a list of staff girls including Wick, Jean Storma, Moreland, Joan Wright, and others.
The girls chorus under Mrs Eades gathers in fourth period on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Coliseum. Members include Jean Aper Iona Mae Buhrow Edna Byvick Bunny Butler Joyce Cole Sally Coble Naary Ann Clark Dorothy Duprey Lois Foulds Barbara Garman Mary Ann Hall Jean Haugen Maxine Hill June Harms Florence Hippon Ann Halpin Lorraine Heilener Mary Hall Charlotte Haynie Polly Jewell Rose Mary Jugean Kunde Joan Keiser Alice Lambrecht Darlene Long Janet Marcy June Meyer Betty Marken Rosetta Morley Betty Jean Morris Darlene Martindale Mary Marquis Barbara McCulloh Laverne Oetsel Marian Parker Carol Pugsley Anna von Pfundatein Lorraine Reitsel Barbara Rehm Keg Stone Nonis Snow Beverly Sulcuff Nancy Sullivan Joan Scott Margaret Saillard Pat Smith Mimi Stern Gwen Turnroth Marilyn Treeewer Mary Vaughn Betty Walters Naomi Wilson Jay Walters Joyce Weaver Jeanette Over Betty Tenner.
Debate club members discuss the motion re a two year peacetime military training for males over eighteen. Mr Robbins the adviser notes high interest and limited maintenance, urging all interested to sign up before month end.
Dialogue from a school scene shows Mr DeVoe asking Beverly Geibel for a water formula, receiving a playful HIKJLMNO cue. The Rev corrects Dame Marquis and Marion deflects a possible note to her father about a poor composition, noting the father already wrote.
The column advises stylish but practical dress updates for girls and boys. It highlights leather belts in bold shades, gray suits, dolman sleeves, corduroy jackets, plaid sweaters, and trench coats as March winds approach. It notes plastic belts as a new trend and promotes tailored, sharp appearance.
The football programs for home games are sponsored by the "8S" Club. Proceeds fund athletic supplies and organizations. Materials are gathered and edited by Gene Connell and Roger Larson.
Monthly publication list from Sterling Township High School Sterling Illinois includes editor names Sue Behrens Philip Breiding Joyce Goldberg and a long staff roster with roles in news circulation typing and publication guidance. Mentions Miss Mildred Krughoff as adviser and multiple student staffers across sections and committees.
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