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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1930
Page
6
A western Nebraska championship football banner hung in Sidney High sparks questions on school spirit as basketball looms. The piece urges fans to back the team tonight against Kimball and keep pep alive, noting how football excitement energized players and coaches and urging continued support.
Friday night carnival after a Sidney versus Kimball game in the vocational agriculture building under Mr. Neilson and Miss Gillette. Also an essay contest on What a Dude Ranch Vacation Would Mean to Me with 59 prizes and 50 honorable mentions. Entry deadline March 10, send to American Boy Detroit with name address age and school year.
The piece recalls the 1917 Sidney High annual with photos of students and staff including Elmer Wright Edna Harper and J L McIntosh. It notes basketball champions and a Sidney From the Beginning history, plus a large western feature promising a dude ranch contest with Montana Wyoming prizes and Will James and Frank E Schoonover artworks.
Prize details name several Montana ranches from Big Timber to Roscoe and Gardiner with second and third prize notables, while a May publication date is set for results. The narrative shifts to a school update noting five new second semester students Harold Hansen Claude Hansen Dewey Hansen Wenda Hote Peggy Votraw Marguerite Finney's return and Doryce Ward's Sidney High attendance. An advanced swimming class plans life saving drills and organizing teams as teachers sit for county exams, with Sidney normal trainee names listed and April 19 next exam date.
Sidney easily defeated the Coyotes as the Potteries managed only two points from free throws and a single field goal. Ex Captain Ladine starred, breaking Potter offense and delivering the climax to his high school basketball career. Al remembered a 1928 drubbing by Potter as he showed clean, hard play. Coach Black will struggle to replace him. Potter second string beat Sidney’s reserve squad, while the reserves gain experience for future games.
Our English teacher Miss Foster has received a release from the board of education and will depart Saturday for Evanston, where she has accepted a position in the city schools. We are glad she has earned this promotion and wish her success in the new role.
A Monday session completed the third practice set in bookkeeping while a Thursday afternoon semester test was administered. Exemptions were granted to Lois Hiett and Lauree Lewis. A Virginia Johnston family shorthand party followed.
Iusers in the word sign contest SIDNEY 34 KIMBALL 31 as trains failed to arrive Kimball on time forcing Sidney to travel in sub zero weather over slippery roads. Continued on page 10.
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