Alvo High School - Oriole Yearbook (Alvo, NE)

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THE SENIORS SNEAK NO OMAHA On the morning of April ll at 7 A.!!.we three senior girls and ?lr. and Mrs. Schneider left Alvo for Omaha on our Sneak Day. We arrived at Boys Town at 8:30 where we went on a tour of the City of Little Men. The first stop on the journey was the Field House where we saw some of the boys playing softball. We watched the boys awhile and viewed their swim- ming pool and basketball courts, We were informed that the boys had a portable floor that they use in their games with visiting ballteams. We then visited the trade school where the boys were sew- ing, making bread, barbering, doing mechanical work, carpen- tering and studying without a teacher. V o also saw some of the pottery the boys had made and painted. We visited the aales department of the building and look- ed at some of the articles that were on sale. Donna Lee bought one of the dolls that the boys had made as ' a pro- ject, wo next visited the Catholic Cathedral where we saw Father Flanagan's tomb. We went into the main part of the building which was very impressive. After seeing this beautiful Cathedral we drove around the farms and looked at some of the boys' projects. We went through the school building where the boys v ere busily studying. hilo thoro we looked at the many trophies and awards of honor that the boys had won, ’.Vo then decided that we shouid leave Boys Town and go to joslyn Memorial. While at Joslyn wc saw beautiful paintings and other art works. V o thou left Joslyn for downtown Omaha where wc got a bite to oat . Later wc went to Brandies v hcro wc shopped through the store and rode the escalators. At one o'clock we mot Mr, and Mrs. Schneider and took the elevator to the tenth floor where wc were the dinner guests of the Brandies Company, That noon the Company entertained a hundred or more high school students, some from other states. Later wo w re taken on a tour through the sttfro. We vis- ited the advertising department, the shipping department and the candy department. After leaving the store we drove out to the Municipal Air- port whore we decided to take an airplane trip 30,--up wo wont. Wo circled over Omaha for about 15 minutis and then came down to earth again. y Leaving the airport we wont back to Omaha find shopped un- til 5» Then wc met Mr, and Mrs, Schneider at the Fontendlo Hotel and went to the Coffee Shop to eat. In the evening wo saw the movie Undertow and a floor show at the Orpheum Theatre. We enjoyed the four Inkspots in their specialties. About 9 o'clock wc loft Omaha for Alvo and home, ’-Ve stop- ped at the Calumet Cafe at Ashland to get something to oat, V o reached Alvo at 10:30,ending Sneak Day for throe tired girls and th ir sponsors.

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