Streator Township High School - Hardscrabble Yearbook (Streator, IL)

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C' KIlAbl1?ScDAl3ULEi C B 17 GERALD STAMBAUGH A. B. Lombard College. Music and History. DELLA SWANSON Gregg School. Commercial Geography. REBECCA R. WEINSTEIN Northwestern College. B. S. Unversity of Illinois. Physical Education and Swimming. MARY A. WINSHIP B. S. University of Illinois. Foods and Clothing. PHYLLIS WITTMAN B. S. Northwestern University. Biology and General Science. MAXINE DE MUTH University of Illinois. Librarian. SONIA MILLER Knox College. Reader of Themes. MARGARET TKACH Streator High School. Secreta ry. KATHERINE CROWL Streator High School. Assistant Secretary. ff -' Kxfyx A A 1'- J F R' -5 -an-N H H lr- ' Page Fifteen

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