Sidney High School - Trail Yearbook (Sidney, NE)

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Ray Maley, BA, ME Ellenora Nimlz, BA Any one interested in world history, trades, or world geography has prob- ably been in one of Ray Maley's classes. A freshman sponsor, Mr. Maley helped the under classmen with their athletics. . . Senior class and pep club sponsor, Mabel Nielsen taught general mathematics, geometry, and girls' physical education, l-ler pet peeve is not having enough pep in the pep club, and her favorite saying is, Class begins at nine o'clock, Jack' ',.. El- lenora Nimtz took over the job of teaching the freshmen English the second semester. Mrs. Nimtz's pet peeve is poor speech. She was a fresh- man sponsor . . . Books, books, and more books were handled by Verna Robinson. Any one who spends at least one period in library during the day will soon learn that Miss Robinson de- tests unnecessary talking. She was a freshman class sponsor . . . When you hear, l-lave a Coca-Colal, you know that Lucille Selzer is handing out free advertisement for her husband, Mrs. Selzer, the school nurse, teaches Red Cross home nursing. l-ler pet peeve is absences at important demonstrations in class . . , Discussions of farm pro- duce, livestock, and agricultural issues filled the day of Louis Neuman, who trained the Sidney high boys in voca- tio n al agriculture. Agriculturally speaking, political plums do not come from seed-they come from clever grafting, are words that seem to ap- peal to Mr. Neuman . . . This year Sidney high government is in the cap- able hands of Bess Shires again. Be- sides this duty, Miss Shires teaches first and second years of English. A sophomore class sponsor, her pet peeve is students who don't enjoy working. Mabel Nielsen, BS Verna Robinson a A i 2 Lucille Selzer, RN Louis Neuman, BS Bess Shires, AB

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Glenn Ackerson, AB Dean Killion, BME, MM jdCUAg Glenn Ackerson taught the x's and y's of algebra and the fundamentals of general science to the students who wanted to learn. Extra time was spent with the Black Knights and the senior class . . . lf your pet peeve is the wind in Western Nebraska, you and Art Bauer have something in common, A junior class sponsor, Mr, Bauer taught biology and coached the football team. His favorite motto is To achieve, you must endure, . . . Spon- soring the Hi-Life and the Trail was Dorothy Becker. She helped the juniors and the seniors through the more difficult phases of English and kept the journalism class busy. Miss Becker's pet peeve is lunch students who leave crumbs and coke bottles on chairs in lO2 which the fourth period students have to use . . . lf you want to learn about industrial arts, Don Burrows is the man to see. Don't try it without a pink slip though. He was also the assistant freshman coach and a freshman sponsor. Of all monarchs, Nature is the most just in the enactment of laws, and the most severe in punishing the violation of them, is his favor- ite quotation . . . Modern problems, American history, and driver's education were taken over the second semester by Carl Crouse. He was also the sponsor of the junior class and the Cheyenne County government at SHS . , . The saying, ls that clear? will tell the girls of the home economics l, ll, and lll who is speak- ing. Genevieve Fitch is the sponsor of the FHA and the senior class. Popping gum is her pet peeve . . . When they hear Be here at quarter to eight in the morning, all band members immediately think of Dean Killion. Those same people will know that Mr. Killion's pet peeve is not getting somewhere on time. A sponsor of the sophomore class, his time was spent with group lessons, private lessons, and the organization of grade school bands. Genevieve Fitch, AB, BS, ME Art Bauer, BS Dorothy Becker, AB Don Burrows, BS, MA Carl Crouse, AB, MA

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Leo Shuman, AB Renee Strom, BA Leo Shuman is the physics teacher and the coach of the basketball and track teams. He also has charge of the boys' physical education class. Downtown coaches are his pet peeve. He is a sponsor of the sophomore class and the S club . . . When her car is stuck or it won't run, Helen Smith experiences her most embarrassing moment. Mrs. Smith took over the job of teaching vocal music the second semester, therefore, her favorite say- ing is, After all-l'm just a substi- tute. The word that she thinks is said most often by her is, Quiet! in chorus . . . Renee Strom's day was filled with the clatter of typewriter keys and Spanish expressions. Miss Strom states her pet peeve is people who rip their paper out of the type- writer five minutes before the bell rings. As a junior class sponsor, she was in charge of the junior-senior ban- quet. She was also co-sponsor of the pep club . . . A junior class sponsor, Mary Winn was busy teaching book- keeping, shorthand, and typing ll. Her pet peeve is people who don't act as if they had good sense, especially in high school assemblies. Her favorite say- ing- Dinner's ready! . . , Another junior class sponsor was Vergal Winn. In order not to be classed with the people of his pet peeve, talking in an undertone, you would enroll in one of his classes, speech. Other classes he taught were advanced mathematics and audio-visual aids. His favorite saying is, You can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ...John Miller is one of the custodians at Sidney high. His hobby is fishing and his pet peeve is muddy shoes. He had his most exciting moments while he was working for the railroad . . . John Edzard is the other custodian. He enjoys collecting odd knives and his favorite saying is, A stitch in time save nine. Vef90l Winn, BA. MA John Miller Helen Smith Mary Winn, AB John Edzord