Sidney High School - Cowboy Yearbook (Sidney, IA)

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CLASS HISTORY Contlnued The next move was somethlng new In the seventh grade lnstead of one teacher l1ke before we now had two They were Norma Schaffer and Wayne J West Thls was someth1ng new but we learned and we enjoyed thls new setup very much Our subgects were much the same as before but Just a l1ttle more advanced Th1s year we really galned students, those galned were Douglas Engleman, Kenneth McCall, Paul Allen, Don Brooks, J1m Brownfleld, Betty Glasgow Lavon Mattes, L1la G Lorralne Coll1ns, and Donna Reeves Those lost were Lela Coll1ns, Joan Knacksteadt, Janet Tangeman, IreneCarson and Lonnle Ward At last we had arrived, we had reached our flrst goal 1n life and were now full fledged elghth graders Our pr1de of this year was our Jr Hlgh Basketball Team They won 21 out of 2h games br1ng1ng the f1rst trophies ever won by Sldney Jr High, f1rst in County tournament and first 1n Trl-State tournament The team was coached by Mr West our teacher and prlnclpal Thls year we gained no one but lost Kenneth McCall, Paul Allen, J1m Brownfield, Lela Q Lorralne Colllns, Douglas Engleman and Ruth Dav1s Eleven of the or1g1nal 30 that had started w1th us were stlll here and o1ng strong Our class colors were Sllver and Blue, our motto was 'Today We Follow Tomorrow We Lead', our flower was Rose Now we were leavlng the old grade school bu1ld1ng after n1ne long well remembered years But we were growlng up rapidly and were now freshmen 37 strong During that flrst year we really went to town Our candidate for Klng and Queen got second, our homecomlng float recelved second place honors and 1n both we were barely edged out of f1rst by the Senlors Thls year we ga1ned.ehsven pupils, they were Bobble Mather, Dale Q Gale Greedy, Jack Stotts Irene Kellogg, and Alta Ogden We lost Roberta Benedlct, Wahnetah Smlth, and Irene Kellogg Next came the sophomore year we were rapldly mOV1Db up the ladder Stlll an 1DdUStPlOu8 class we agaln rated second on our float and our candidates for Klng and Queen we soon learned things were golng to get harder as we progressed This year we gained and lost Bob Drlever, and Dorothy Fletcher, also gained were Ruth Fellows, Mar1lyn Broughton, we lost Lloyd Buttercase, Donna Reeves and Pat Reynolds Our next step put us half way though h1gh school and many new events were experienced Thls year we bought our class rlngs and sponsored the Jr Sr Banquet at the new Leglon Buzldlng Thls year many of us became actors participating in the annual Junlor play The name of the play was 'Look Me In The Eye' This year we ga1ned Donna Gardner and lost Pat Plerson, Betty Glasgow, Roger Shlffer and Marllyn Broughton At long last we were Senlors and busy Senlors at that we started out by hav1ng class p1CtUr8S taken Then we took tlme out to work on our yearbook Also their were name cards and 1nv1tat1ons to be plcked out we were guests at the Jr -Sr Banquet We engoyed two tr1ps, the Physlcs Class tr1p and sneak day S1nce this was our last year we tr1ed to leave a good lmpr8S810n on everyone we won honors in many events, 1nclud1ng Speech, Athletlcs, and MUS1C The Senlor boys on the football team had the privllege of belng on the squad that won the first Tr1-State conference champlonshlp ever won by Sldney Senlor g1rls particlpated 1n basketball and were on the team that came out ln second place ln the sect1onal tournament, w1th Farragut atstate Contender first Thls year we lost Maur1ce Fox Our class colors are Blue and Whlte, our flower is White Carnation, and our motto 18 'They Conquer Who Belleve They Can'. David Haning, Janice Haning, Wahnetah Smith, Roberta Benedict, Pat Reynolds,