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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1928
Page
3
An assorted page from the Trail presents notes on athletics and music box items. It includes a convocation report, central grade notes, eastward notes, jokes and poems, personals, miscellaneous items and agriculture notes.
Tuesday Ruth Jane Gates wore an orange and black costume to a Hallowe en season reading. An assembly singing followed, the first in two weeks. Monday reports from teachers on their Chadron trip noted the group learned jokes amid plans for psychology experiments on students.
Six high school singers scheduled to travel to Chadron for the All Western Nebraska Chorus could not make the trip because of bad weather and poor roads. Reports say the teachers convention programs in Chadron were very good and well received. The operetta work is progressing rapidly and is likely to be staged before Christmas.
Local notes record Lucille Waddell visiting Sterling, Mona Livoni and Evelyn Tompkins in Potter, and Buck Davis and S. H. S. 28 at the Missouri Nebraska game in Lincoln. Armistice Day will be observed Monday with programs. Mary Hart and Vern Livingston, former S. H. S. students, participate in the November 9 play. Agriculture class girls study corn with Miss Gillett’s class. Black Abbott and Clark saw the Nebraska Missouri game in Lincoln.
Ellen Wookey enters the kindergarten from Gurley. Her father serves as manager at the Cheyenne County Lumber Company. Stella Wold returns to the third grade after traveling and visiting Minnesota and North Dakota with family.
Imogene Mower of the eighth grade and Lyle Mower of the seventh have been spending their three day vacation in Aurora.
Sidney public schools faculty were well represented at the district six teachers convention in Chadron from October 31 to November 2. Superintendent G F Liebendorfer spoke at the Friday meeting outlining the state association's program and served on the state executive committee. High school staff participated across history, home economics, language, agricultural, and normal training sections led by Weymouth, Gillette, Lute, Nielsen, and Fitzsimons.
Monday morning in Smith-Hughes a heated debate on Hoover Smith and farm relief. Hoover side included Earl Mantor captain Clifford Jones Vern Hawkins and Clayton Jones. Smith side featured Mose Snyder captain Lawrence Portrey Aubrey Adams and Dick Scrib er. Portrey and Snyder shifted to discuss prohibition and religion after the exchange.
An open discussion on the subject concluded with the judge declaring the Hoover side the winner without question. The ruling set the final outcome of the debate in favor of Hoover.
A chart by Mr Davis shows first six weeks results across classes. It compares seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen in grades A through D and notes gender gaps with girls outperforming boys in A and leading sections. It also provides within class splits for A B C and D grades.
The article notes an annual fall bazaar hosted by Catholic ladies at St Patrick's auditorium on November 14 and 15. Proceeds support parish activities with the event described in a reverent, community-focused tone.
Poem excerpt reflecting on World War I eras 1917 to 1927. The speaker contrasts modern warfare with earlier trench fighting, noting changes in the landscapes near the Meuse and Aisne and the absence of soldiers slogging through rain and mud to defend trenches. The refrain It is different now echoes across valleys and hills.
Falls City Nebraska based Falls City Creamery Company invites consignors to ship cream by offering published market price and transportation paid. The notice asks readers to contact Richardson County Bank for details and also requests turkey price information.
The Bridgeport Herald reports Br Spearman opened a Buick car agency in Dalton. Buick cars in Cheyenne county are handled by the Hahler agency at Sidney. For real coffee satisfaction ask your grocer to send Bluhill.
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