Sidney High School - Cowboy Yearbook (Sidney, IA)

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1 SHIRLEY NICHOLS, A Highest Honor, State Speech Contest Winner It 18 not often that any hlgh school has enrolled 1n 1t's student body as talented a young woman as Shlrley Nichols Her forte has been speech, though she has been successful 1n two flelds of mus1c and 1n g1r1S basket ball Not many schools have students who w1ll work slncerely enough for three stralght years to valn the State flnals It takes good work through f1ve elem1nat1on contests to reach that goal In her sophomore year she won a D1v 'II' State Contest honor on her humorous declamatlon In her JUDIOT year she repeated with a D1v 'II' honor but w1th a dramatic selectlon In her senlor year, she changed to oratorlcal declamatlon and won a D1v 'I' rating at the Flnal State Contest at Oskaloosa Here she also won a 'II' place rating ln 1nterpret1ve readlng In music, she was a member of S1dney's State Champlon shlp Marchlng Band for two years as a solo flutist She also sang w1th the state finalists for a 'II' rat1ng in the mlxed quartette composed of Kelth Cowden, Thomas Johnson, and Margaret Mlncer Th1s young lady played both post guard and post forward 1n glrls basket ball for three years She also found time to take thlrd place in scholarshlp in her class Indeed have many fine honors come her way . . . . . . . . . . . ' 0 . . . . O 0 . . ,Y . e o . . . o 0 I I I D e 0 I V I D o . . f . . . . . , .- . . . . . . . - fr 0 . . . - . o o e