Sidney six qualifiers reach state in wrestling
Sidney High School qualified six wrestlers for the state tournament at Lincoln after district finals. The team placed second to Scottsbluff, which advanced eight. Qualifiers: Steve Slocum 95 lbs, Rich Slocum 127 lbs, Smokey DeWeese 138 lbs, Dennis Mika 154 lbs, Rod Anderson 165 lbs, Ray Kenton 189 lbs. Mika, district champ, aimed to finish first or second, last year’s six included Walt Griffiths finishing fourth.
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Sidney High School
Lincoln
Scottsbluff
Chuck Henry
Sidney
Rod Anderson
Ray Kenton
Hnt
Mika
Maroon Grapplers
Ed Rath
Smokey DeWeese
Dennis Mika
Rich Slocum
Steve Slocum
Hi Life
Baby Face of the Week Features Active Junior Leader
The subject born May 23 1948 is a junior and member of Pep Club GAVA 17 4 H Junior Leaders and Band. She enjoys piano and collecting stuffed animals and crawled from her crib as a child. Identified by Jamie Spear ow Leslie Robinson and Diane Hyde.
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Lee Goodwin
Jamie Spearow
Leslie Robinson
Diane Hyde
Cherry Tree Legend Prompt in February Folly
A playful note explains George Washingtons February 22 birthday with a joke about chopping a cherry tree. It invites readers to celebrate by eating or chopping pastries or both, humorously urging use of an axe on a cherry tree to honor the mythic tale.
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George Washington
Delaware
Valley Forge
United States
NHS Sponsors Flicker Snicker and Pizza Night
The National Honor Society hosts a Flicker Snicker and Pizza party tonight in the high school cafeteria. Three silent era shorts will screen: In the Dough with Fatty Arbuckle, Film Fun with Barrymore Gish and Carey, and Muddled in Mud with the Keystone Kops. Admission is fifty cents per person.
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National Honor Society
Fatty Arbuckle
Lionel Barrymore
Lillian Gish
Harry Carey
Thurber Carnival to be staged by SHS and JC Fine Arts
The Scottsbluff Junior College Fine Arts department will present a Thurber Carnival on the SHS stage Wednesday February 24 in 2nd period. The eight actor cast and four jazz musicians will perform Thurber works with music for free admission directed by James Buterbaugh.
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James Thurber
Students of the Week Honor Kathy Chaffee and Connie Wilson
Kathy Chaffee an eighth grader at Sidney Junior High is named Student of the Week. Connie Wilson, lifelong Sidney resident, also earns the honor for her involvement in Pep Club Band Honor Society and student government activities.
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Kathy Chaffee
Connie Wilson
Kathy
Sidney
Holyoke
Colorado
Cozad
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Harold Chaffee
Connie
South Ward
Presbyterian Church
Lewis Wilson
Sharon
Craig
Bundle Days Set For February in Sidney Drive
Superintendent Russell Pedersen proclaims February 21 to 27 as the 23rd annual Save The Children Federation Bundle Days with Future Homemakers of America as local sponsors. Residents urged to donate wearable clothing at school collection centers for Appalachian children in need. items include shoes coats dresses suits and underwear. Charity aims to distribute garments at token prices in the Southern Mountain area. Save the Children Federation based in Norwalk CT serves children in the US and sixteen other countries.
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Russell Pedersen
Save the Children Federation
Homemakers of
America
Sidney Area
Appalachians
Appalachia
Johnson
United States
Merrie Robinson
Norwalk
Connecticut
Bruce Blanchard in Cordoba Argentina 1965 Diary
Bruce Blanchard writes from Cordoba Argentina describing arrival delays, local culture, housing with Rotary hosts, family, routines, and observations on food, transport, servants, clothes, cars, movies, and school life. He notes language use, safety norms, and family details, ending with his contact address in Cordoba.
Two Sidney Teachers Chosen for Help Mobile
Two Sidney teachers are selected among 13 outstanding educators to lead the Help Mobile in North Platte on Saturday February 27 at 8 am. Mrs Dorothy Holloway, SHS English chair, discusses making every teacher a reading teacher and outlines remedial reading programs. Miss Marie Nicklson, ex Central School principal, presents how to develop reading interests across secondary grades.
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North Platte
Nebraska
Dorothy Holloway
Marie Nicklson
SHS
Dorothy
Holloway
Central School
Marie
Sidney High Sweetheart Crowned At Halftime Show
The 1964 Valentine Sweetheart crowning at Sidney High School during the Sidney Alliance game marks a Pep Club tradition start in 1949. Eligibility requires Pep Club membership and sufficient points, with two finalists per class chosen by Pep Club vote. The winner is revealed at halftime with a candle heart and a red rose for each candidate.
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Sidney High
Sidney
Valentine
Sidney High School
Pep Club
Central Grade
Minutemen
Pam Jeppeson
Kay Pattison
Susan Devier
Jean Olinger
Billie Blake
Jane Landmesser
Nurse of the Year honors go to Stephanie Marion
Stephanie Marion, a senior at Riverside Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio, has been named the "Miss Methodist Student Nurse of 1965" by the church's Board of Hospitals and Homes in Evanston Illinois.
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Evanston, Ill
Liss Methodist
Ohio
Stephanie Marion
Riverside Methodist Hospital School of Nursing
Columbus
Church
Board of Hospitals and Homes
Count on a Pound of Fresh Snap Beans
A kitchen measure suggests using one pound of fresh snap beans to serve four to six people, outlining a simple portion for a family meal.
Miss Linda Warnke New Home Economics Teacher Sponsor
Miss Linda Warnke from Pawnee City Nebraska begins her first year as home economics and family living teacher and Sidney FHA sponsor. An Iowa State and Nebraska alumna, she is Omicron Nu members with active 4-H and FHA background. Her main interest is sewing and she hopes to travel more in the future.
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Cordoba
Carloz Paz
Mama
Papa
Enrique, Jr
Alicia
Rene
Carlitos
Gustavo
New York
Rotary
Linda Warnke
Miss Warnke
Pawnee City
Neb
Iowa State University
University of Nebraska
Omicron Nu
Sidney Fha
A Weekly Look Basketball Players Life Differs Little From Most
Gary Boy portrays the life of a Maroon basketball player as busy and social rather than grim. The routine mixes daily practices with games, card games, and bus trips, ending in late nights and shared evenings after workouts and showers. Players enjoy the sport, camaraderie, and light competition, with emphasis on fun alongside hard work.
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Gary Boy
Pick of the Week: Top Ten Hit List Highlighted
The page lists a top ten music chart featuring Jolly Green Giant Kingsmen and My Girl by the Temptations at numbers one and two, with entries by Peter and Gordon, Roger Miller, Jewel Aliens, Bert Kaempfert, Sue Thompson, Ad Libs, Petula Clark, Dobie Gray, Dean Martin, Arrows, and a dean pick of Send Me the Pillow You Dream On.
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Jolly Green Giant Kingsmen
My Girl
Temptations
Peter and Gordon
Roger Miller
The
Birds and the Bees
Jewel Aliens
Bert Kampfert
Paper Tiger
Sue Thompson
Boy
New York City
Petula Clark
Dobie Gray
KSID
Dean Martin
Coming Events Highlight Area Activities
The two week list includes the Pep Club sponsored Sweetheart Dance after the Alliance game on February 27 at the Jr High stage, a pizza party tonight February 19 at 7 30 in the cafeteria by the Sr High Honor Society, and the State wrestling tournament at Lincoln. Other events: F H A Clothing Drive February 24 27 Thurber Carnival presentation February 24 high school auditorium, basketball vs Ogallala February 26, District Basketball Tournament March 2 4 5, D E Club conference Lincoln March 7 8.
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Pep Club
Jr. High
Sr. High Honor Society
Linccoln
F. H.A
Ogallala
Sidney
D. E. Club
Lincoln
Inks History Traced Back Over Four Thousand Years
The writing mentions ancient Egyptians using colored substances mixed with glue on papyrus. It notes that modern American men average 5 feet 10 inches and 165 pounds, while women average 5 feet 1 inch and 127 pounds.
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Maroons
Baby Pix
NHS
Mark and
Mike
Sidney Public Schools
Sidney Hi-Life
Sidney Telegraph
Jim Rundstrom
Bruce
Argentina
Omaha
Lexington
Kentucky
Miami
Cousins
Ann Holloway
Buenos Aires
U. S
Bruce Blanchard
Enrique Cardeilhac
Ayacucho
Republica Argentina
Love, Bruce
Help Mobile
Jeannine Nielson
DeLois Bauman
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