Sterling High School Echo notes vacation and safety patrol
Sterling High School students report a two week vacation from December twenty to January second and announce a new School Safety Patrol sworn in by Sheriff Ed Mills. Friday league game results show Sterling Eagles losing to Doylestown 33 to 31 after a close varsity race, with reserves edging Doylestown 17 to 16. Next game heads to Smithville.
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Sterling School
Ed Mills
May Rohrer
Charles
Wibberts State Safety Director
Pauline Bachman
Roxie Laper
Wooster
R. E. Sinclair
Clair Gingery
Roy E. Sinclair
Doylestown
Sterling
Eagles
Sterling Eagles
Smithville
Personal notices from Cleveland and surrounding towns
Miss Winifred Nelson and Miss Jean Mayberry were shopping in Cleveland Saturday afternoon. Miss Wilma Gasser was visiting at Elmer Bodager's Saturday. Miss Mabel Studer attended the Burbank Junior Play Friday night.
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Winifred Nelson
Jean Mayberry
Cleveland
Wilma Gasser
Elmer Bodager
Mabel Studer
Burbank
Local social notes from Oreston and Sterling evenings
Miss Gloria Chase of Oreston and Miss Gloria Kerstetter and June Glessner of Sterling attended a show in Rittman Sunday. Winifred Nelson spent the weekend with Jean Mayberry. Wilms Gasser dined with Ida Hess. Ruth Moore visited relatives in Rittman and saw Tugboat Annie Sails Again and Sandy Gets Her Man. Margaret Malbach plans to visit Dalton High School January 3 to gauge the basketball team. Sterling supporters wonder if they can beat them. Virginia Schaffter and Lois Hartzler shopped in Wooster Saturday.
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Gloria Chase
Oreston
Gloria Kerstetter
June Glessner
Sterling
Rittman
Ruth Moore
Annie
Sandy
Margaret Malbach
Uwusit Dalton High School
Freshmen Boys Decline Freshman Party Over Eighth Grade Absence
A lighthearted note reports freshmen boys skipping a party unless eighth grade girls are invited. The quip hints at the intergrade rivalry and humor within the school social scene, reflecting student attitudes toward dating and inclusion.
Reds Triumph in 1940 World Series Opener at Crosley Field
Paul Bradley recounts the 1940 World Series opener at Crosley Field where the Reds and Tigers met. Detroit won the first game as Buck Newsome pitched for Detroit and Paul Derringer started for Cincinnati. The narrative notes Cincinnati’s subsequent rally with the Reds gaining momentum and eventually clinching the series amid loud celebrations.
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Cincinnati Reds
Detroit Tigers
Crosley Field
Cincinnati
del Baker
Detroit
McKechnie
Big Paul Derringer
Reds
Buck Newsone
Tigers
New York Yankees
Ball Park
Ohio
Vivacious Lady Next at Lakewood Play Bilt
Lakewood Little Theatre announces Vivacious Lady a three act comedy opening New Year’s Eve for ten nights at 17823 Detroit Avenue Lakewood Ohio. The non profit civic group promotes the arts with Broadway hits and welcomes new talent at tryouts while sustaining a $1000 monthly operating cost.
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Lakewood Little Theatre
Ginger Rogers
James Stewart
I. A. R. Wylie
Detroit Avenue
Lakewood
Ohio
Cleveland
Public Square
Fife
Sea soned Troops and Mustered Officers in War News
A fragment from a wartime column shows a boy reading about soldiers who are described as seasoned and musterers led by officers. The tone hints at disciplined troops hardened by combat and the enemy’s fire.
River Jordan Not Navigable
River Jordan has never been navigable as stated by authorities, clarifying longstanding claims about usable passages and shipping potential along the river. Officials emphasize its natural barriers and lack of suitable depths for steady waterborne traffic through the region.
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Jordan
Record soybean acreage in 1940 hits five million mark
The 1940 U S soybean acreage reached 5 011 000 acres a record but a drop in yield per acre kept total production at 81 541 000 bushels 7 percent below 1939.
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U. S
New Twist on an Old Gag Postcard from Florida
Postcard from Florida reads Having a wonderful time Wish I could afford it conveying light humor about vacation costs and leisure in a travel-themed note.
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Florida
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Ralph Tobias
Isabelle Krantz
Bockal
Brooks Biatti Benlor
Erine Studer
Bill Hoskinson
Bophomore
Nancy “King
Jimmie Schneider
Joanne Shew
Beveath
Eugene Jones Wome
Ruby Beichler
Ivadel Casey
Miss Nelson Fern Gingery
Eavlyn Jones
Mary-Hubacher
Burbank High School
Melba Bauman
Richard Greene
Ruth Zollinger
Herby
Richard Miller
Greta Garbo
Paul Bradley
Brewster Art
Foresto
A H. Thomas
Mary Lee
Rufe Davis
Gene Autry
Ann Miller
Gabby Hayes
Vera Vague
George Brent
Brenda Marshall
Suez
Anice Bros
Wilms Gasser
Ida Hess
Virginia Schaffter
Lois Hartzler
By Paul Bradley
A.H. Thomas
Teea
Hone
Bilt
Howard Davison
Ohio State University
Inquirers
Santa
WALD
Arrow Ee
O. XA. Houglan Hardware
Rittman, Ohio
Houglan Hardware
Wadsworth
A. Houglan
Reve
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Columbus
Isfom
Ne Way
Trip
Huntington
Jacksonville
Louisville
Nashville
A. H. Thomas Greyhound
LIE
Nalvest
BEN Franklin
Wobdsworth
Derry
Mrs. F. Grella
Santa Claus
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