Sterling High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Sterling, IL)

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BILL ABNER ED ALLISON JIM APPENZELLER EIL ,IQQID6 JIM AUSTIN LORETTA BARAJAS PAT BARLOW LEWIS BATTLES fx ,pg .lf, NPL' f Q52 - '53, Freshman yearg lots to be learned. . FRED BEGGEROW CAROL BELLARS BARB BELLOWS BERT BENKITIS DONNA BENNETT 21

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Class of ' Left to right, sittingg Shirley Lindsay, Secretaryg Eugene Zinanni, Vice-Presidentg Beth Richter, Trea- surer. Standingg Miss Ruth Welle, Miss Doris Burritt, Advisors, Larry Sterenberg, President. Senior Class History Four years ago on September 2nd the class of '56, 227 strong, invaded the hal- lowed halls of S.H.S. Our very capable ofiicers for the first year wereg .lim Austin, Bob Brown, Georgia Wadsworth, and Carol Wetzell. Cooperative and full of ideas, we success- fully held the Freshmen Mixer to the strain ofi'You Belong to Me and square-dancing calls. The following spring, we held a riotous picnic at Sinnissippi Park. During our second year, we ordered class rings, feeling sure they were the prettiest ever. The Heart Hop in February was our first all-school dance and we found that by hard work, we could achieve good results. Our athletes showed promise of great things as did our students in all fields as we moved into honorary positions. Jim Gebhardt, Sue Kannaka, Chuck Peugh, and Linda McCoy led us through a memorable Sophomore year. By the time we were Juniors, we had gained much experience in the way of using our ingenuity. Our float Whip Those Barbsn with its barefoot slaves won first prize in the Homecoming Parade. Another high-light was the induction of eleven Juniors into the Honor Society. To top off our third year, we staged the Prom, Pink Paradisev, which was the first to be held in the fieldhouse. This busy year was led by Keith Bos, Dianna Roden, Larry Sterenberg, and Jim Appenzeller. Under the friendly guidance of Miss Doris Burritt and Miss Ruth Welle, and the leadership of Larry Sterenberg, Eugene Zinanni, Shirley Lindsay, and Beth Richter, we entered our Senior year. As a class we enjoyed the Senior Dance, Recognition Day, Prom, Baccalaureate, and at last, Graduation. We are proud of our class and the honors gained in athletics, dramatics, music, journalism, scholarship, and good citizenship. We will always love thy honored name, And through us we'll try to spread thy famef' 20

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CLIFF BERGE JANET BERTSCH MARY JO BICKFORD PHYLLIS BEILEMA JOHANN BILLER f H-fJ,f,' f.. ,f -- 19 I'-1' V 'S - ' - ...v 1, -1 .' ' 1 , 4 ,', BOB BILLINGS BOB BITTNER MARILYN BLAIR DORETTA BLAYNEY First day at sehoolg every room looks alike. . .I N, n ., -I ' ,, S '.I. , lk xe' .IOE BONNEVILLE KEITH BOS JAN BOYUNGS 22 I 5 5 I S