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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1964
Page
2
Sid ney High lines show quarterback Dan McKay leading in tackles while Pee Wee Perez and Randy Stimka pace scoring. Bob Burns Rex Swanson Chadron game loom as SHS aims to finish 1964 strong with two Friday contests.
A junior class member is featured this week in Baby Pix noting her involvement with Pep Club Girls Scouts F H A and the band. The piece recalls a childhood hurdle with saying purple and invites readers to submit snapshots for future columns.
Five hundred Nebraskan high school students and sponsors gathered in Fremont for the State Student Council Convention. Editors highlight widespread issues such as lack of interest, poor communication with administrations, and weak student government. Delegates return home as messengers promoting cooperation to improve school governance.
The Sidney reserve football team finished 1964 with a 27 13 defeat to Gering at home and a 33 0 loss to Scottsbluff. Gering led 7 0 after 3 31 of the first quarter, then 14 0 on a Bastron Gable pass, and 21 7 after McClure PAT. Sidney scored on a McCaslin fumble return and a 48 yard scramble to trail 21 13. Scottsbluff rolled to 33 0, scoring on Babbitt Plunges Reisig drives and a late QB sneak for the final tally.
Nebraska students in the Regents Scholarship Examinations may qualify for scholarships and financial aid to the University. To compete, students must be in the top third of their class and take the November exam. Winners receive 204 dollars, with alternates honored by score. Gift, Work, and Loan scholarships are offered, including 250 work jobs at 12 hours weekly and up to 1000 dollars yearly loans under NDEA at 3 percent interest after graduation.
Semi annually during the school year October 12-16 and February 8-12 fifty to sixty book publishers send elementary to secondary level books to SHS Junior High library. Books arrive in October are early books and those in February are late books. They stay on display for a week before shipping to North Platte. The program operates in all 50 states with headquarters in New York.
A list of the year’s top ten songs includes Supremes Baby Love J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers Last Kiss Honeycombs Have I the Right Honeycombs Come a Little Bit Closer Jay and the Americans I m Crying The Animals Ain t That Loving You Baby Elvis Presley The Door Is Still Open to My Heart Dean Martin A Summer Song Chad Stewart and Jeremy Clyde Chug a Lug Roger Miller Doo Wah Didi Didi Manfred Mann.
Monday night November 2 event outline at Central Business College caused confusion for a male guest. John Bergner recalls entering an all girl college presentation led by representative Mr Stephens and realizing the session was female only.
A satirical piece critiques the TeleVision Watcher persona during election season. It describes a T.V.W. as a devoted, sometimes ridiculous TV observer with greasy hair, intense eyes, awkward conversations, and a habit of watching programs to the point of affecting posture. The author warns readers to enjoy TV without becoming a T.V.W.
Connie Madsen announces the Junior Class Play casting with leads Bob Selzer and Christina Cramer. A large supporting cast and production crew are listed. the play The Thread That Runs So True, an autobiography of Jesse Stuart, will be staged in Sidney High School Auditorium on November 13 and 14 with advance tickets through Vic Morris at 44655.
The Mu Alpha Theta Math Club held its second meeting on Monday October 26 with President Dan McKay presiding The officer slate includes Vice President vacant Secretary Treasurer Judy Johnson and Historian Dave Takahashi New members responding to invitations are Terry Adams Bill Gilgren Roger Luehrs Jim Selzer Kent Brunzell Lloyd Oliverius Chris Cramer Jean Manley Gary Thompson Tom Nightingale and John McHenry Plans for the year include a small computer tutoring service a spring trip to Denver and the annual Spring Tea The next meeting will feature an informal initiation for new members.
The journalism class at S H S offers old yearbooks for sale priced by year from two to four dollars. Available volumes span 1907, 1942, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1962 and 1964. Contact Jim Rundstrom, the journalism teacher, to purchase.
Seven Chadron State College student teachers arrive in Sidney High for nine weeks from November 9 to January 15. They include Judith Johnson teaching English, John Kurtz art, Elton Mendenhall industrial arts, Duane Neumann American History, Sandra Redfern business education, Gene Weber European History and physical education, and Barbara Jacox music.
Jack Smith and Kathleen Stephens visit Edmund Coleman’s jewelry shop to look at rings when two gunmen enter and handcuff Coleman. They take Smith hostage while a patrolman shoots the intruders, and Smith is returned to his fiancé.
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