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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1966
Page
12
Cadet Girl Scouts Troop 150 with 17 members work two years to earn pins by completing 124 requirements across first aid communications maps cooking camping crisis comfort and enterprise in entertainment. Leaders Mrs William Palmer and Mrs Lewis Mehling supervise the mock sealed order exercise to test readiness.
Cheyenne County hosts two evenings of junior wrestling at the Sidney Junior High Auditorium drawing over 85 entrants aiming for a trip to Lincoln for the Nebraska Junior Wrestling Championships next Saturday. Semis Friday and finals Saturday begin at 7:30 pm with no admission. Prize drawing fundraiser, divisions open and novice, weight classes from 60 to 160 pounds plus over 160 heavyweight, three one minute periods per match.
St Patrick's High School sophomores sponsor a car wash at Mayfair Station east of Sidney from 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Saturday March 12 to raise funds for Bishop's Relief Fund. Proceeds support travel to Lincoln for 24 qualifiers representing Sidney with two squads in open and novice classes. A total of 102 786 seats have been added to Big Fight football stadia since World War II, bringing league capacity to 344 414. The Big Eight averaged 36 332 paid fans per game in 1964.
Dix won the Minuteman Activities Conference dramatics contest by a nose with 58 points, edging Dalton at 57 in a tight all day program. Bushnell placed third with 47, while Lodgepole, Potter, Gurley, Harrisburg earned strong ratings and Lyman and Pine Bluffs did not compete. The Dalton cast of The Bald Soprano led the one act plays with an outstanding rating.
Miss Mary Bonkiewicz of St Patrick’s High School was chosen as the Girl State candidate, with alternate Jane Schlaman as second choice. The selection was made by the American Legion Auxiliary group in Sidney and the Sidney Business and Professional Women’s Club.
Dalton High School students stayed cheerful after losing by one point at the Minuteman Activities Conference dramatics contest in Potter. The roster lists coach Miss Rosalyn Pierce and participants from Dalton along with judges and fellow competitors across multiple events including public speaking poetry reading and extemp speaking, with ratings such as Superior and Excellent for various individuals and schools.
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