Summer In France Adds Up To Learning And Adventure
Four high school students and Miss Judith White recount six weeks in Europe. Cindy Schmale praises hotel facilities in Reims while Dean Hyde enjoys the Riviera voyage and perfume factory visit. Rita Underdown treasures Rome, St Peters Basilica, the catacombs, and Pisa. Diane Hyde highlights Paris sights including the Eiffel Tower and Louvre. Miss White recalls Villard de Lans in the Alps and Luxembourg, with language and culture classes shaping the trip. The students describe meeting locals, embracing French life, and hoping to return.
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Cindy Schmale
Rita Underdown
Dean
Diane Hyde
Judith White
Reims
Champagne
France
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New York
Denver
Dean Hyde
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Mediterrean
Rome
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Vatican
Coliseum
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Geneau
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Louvre
Napoleons Tomb
Notre Dame
Palace of Versailles
Fre de Triomphe
Montmatre
Seine
Versailles
Pam Pam
Champ de Elysees
White
Europe
United States
French Alps
Villard-de-lans
Sidney
Villard
Luxembourg
Germany
Switzerland
Belgique
New Sidney High School Hire John Emerson
John Emerson joins Sidney High School as Speech and English teacher. A Nebraska native with an A.B. from the University of Nebraska and an M.A. from Northwestern University, he previously taught 17 years at Jerome Idaho and Chappell Nebraska. He praises Sidney's strong organization and cites excitement in progressive ideas.
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Oakdale
Nebraska
The
University of Nebraska
Northwestern University
Jerome
Idaho
Chappell
Emerson
Sidney
Sidney Hi-Life: High School Journalism Class Update
The Sidney Hi-Life column, prepared by the Sidney High School Journalism Class under instructor Mr. Jim Rundstrom, appears in the Sidney Telegraph on alternate Fridays.
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Sidney High School
Jim Rundstrom
New Art Club at Sidney High Opens Creative Era
Sidney High welcomes its first ever Art Club led by Mrs. Everitt to expand civil growth and commercial art focus. Plans include a spring Denver trip and bus charters for landscape studies, plus introducing ceramics, jewelry, copper enameling, and other art forms across junior and senior high classes. The year features Fine Arts Festival displays, Old English lettering, and new techniques like silk screen and mosaics as students progress through six classes.
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Everitt
Denver
Chimney Rock
Next Springs
Sidney
Colorado
Arizona
Debate Program Starts At SHS
Sidney High School launches a new debate program sponsored by Mr. John Emerson. Open to sophomores through seniors, the team will focus on the topic Foreign Aid with interschool debates. Each four member team has two minutes per constructive speech and six minutes for rebuttal.
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Sidney High
John Emerson
Emerson
Scottsbluff High School
Pride and Effort Drive School Football Victory
A school poster proclaims Pride is the key to success as the football team wins its first home game against Gering. Report notes that success comes from 100 percent effort by players, pep club, student body, and townspeople, with continued effort needed in all ventures.
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Gering
Pep Club
Pep Valley
Connie Holbrook
Senior Spotlight Profiles Pep Club and S Club Leaders
Rita Blome profiles Jamie Spearow and Tim Smith, 1949 born Sidney teens leading Pep Club and S Club. Jamie discusses new club constitution, dances, and responsibility as president. Tim outlines S Club roles, Homecoming support, and his surprise election as president.
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Rita Blome
Jamie Spearow
Tim Smith
S Club
Merle Spearow
Sidney
Central Grade
Job
Jamie
Pep Club
Seniors Choose Color For Robes
Carmine red robes will be worn by the seniors at graduation, after a class meeting last Thursday showed four colors blue red gold and carmine red. Neither color won a majority, so seniors voted again Friday in Modern Problems and Economics. The iridescent red color won with a 68 to 47 count.
Sidney Faces Alliance In Conference Game
Coach Harold Chaffee aims for a Western Conference win over Alliance after last week’s 12-0 victory over Gering. Rollie Rexroth and Mike Hickey lead the squad as they emphasize downfall blocking and pass protection while the defense edges the offense in practice. The coach praises student body spirit and the JV team’s 33-19 win against Alliance.
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Connie Holbrook
Alliance
Harold Chaffee
Sidney Alliance
Chaffee
Tice
Rollie Rexroth
Mike Hickey
Pigskinners
Maroons
Gering
Sidney
J. V
Sidney Cross Country Heads to Alliance Invitational
The Sidney team will travel to Alliance for the Alliance Invitational with novice 10 00 start and varsity 10 30 race on a two mile course. Team leaders include senior Ron Fish who placed ninth at Gering, along with Daryl Johnson, Tom Biggs, Steve Empson, and novices Dan Sherrerd and Jerry Benzel. Other possible entrants are Gering Scottsbluff Bayard Chadron Morrill and Kimball. Last Saturday Gering Invitational saw six rivals competing for victory.
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Sidney
Alliance
Ron Fish
Daryl Johnson
Tom Biggs
Steve Empson
Dan Sherrerd
Jerry Benzel
Glen Houtz
Gering
Scottsbluff
Bayard
Chadron
Morrill
Kimball
School Spirit and Pride Seen by Sidney High Students
Cathy Brenning reports on student views of school spirit at Sidney High. Interviews show spirit as pride in all activities, support for teams whether winning or losing, and calls for greater participation, posters, and student involvement to lift morale and maintain pride.
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Cathy Brenning
Sidney High
Band Officers Guests At Party Dinner Honors New Band Council
Mr and Mrs Duane Johnson and Mr Daniel Long hosted a dinner Tuesday September 13 for the newly elected band council officers Tom Edwards president Diane Hyde vice president Kathy Owen secretary Lin Abrams treasurer John Lindell drum majorette Linda Lewis senior reps Jim Ellison John Scholl junior reps Cathy Chaffee Beth Edwards sophomore reps Rose Hochman majorette Jim Johnson major Judy Runge Connie Fisher librarians Steve Anderson Kent Brauer property managers The host quipped it was a blast with good food and the meeting discussed Boulder trip school spirit and concert season.
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Duane Johnson
Daniel Long
Tom Edwards
Diane Hyde
Kathy Owen
Lin Abrams
John Lindell
Linda Lewis
Jim Ellison
John Scholl
Cathy Chaffee
Beth Edwards
Rose Hochman
Jim Johnson
Judy Runge
Connie Fisher
Steve Anderson
Kent Brauer
Boulder
Tiny Tot Featured in Junior Class Profile
A Tiny Tot profile notes she was born February 8 1950 lives in Lodgepole then Sidney at age eight. She attends Sidney Secondary Schools with activities Pep Club Band French Club Youth Council Speaker of the House for Junior Legislature and hobbies French snow skiing world travel. Past Tiny Tot Cheryl Thompson was identified by Diane Hyde Phillis McMillan Linda Lewis and Larry McCaslin last week.
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Tiny Tot
Lodgepole
Sidney
Central
Cheryl Thompson
Diane Hyde
Phillis McMillan
Linda Lewis
Larry McCaslin
GAA Girls Try Football At SHS Practice Night
Girls at SHS under Liz Cunningham join touch football in GAA as eight player teams practice. The session ends with a torn blouse and lost shoe as players learn rules and fundamentals of the new sport.
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S.H.S
G.A.A
Liz Cunningham
Mu Alpha Theta Elects Officers
Gary Englebright was elected president of Mu Alpha Theta at the regular business meeting held Wednesday September 14. Other newly elected officers are Pam Geu, vice president, and Connie Holbrook, secretary treasurer.
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Gary Englebright
Mu Alpha Theta
Pam Geu
Connie Holbrook
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