Sidney High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Sidney, OH)

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, . . ,, . O .3333 ww. swq-. wat-. K.. .a .' -,.,.t t, . .. On September li the Yellow Alackets over-whelmed the XX auseon lndians 37-6 to start the football season with a bang. The jackets moved over i00 yards as Bolden, Carr, and Smith each hit pay dirt twice with Smith con- verting once. Bellefontaine Chieftains September 22 the Yellow jackets rolled over the 20-7. Bellefontaine could penetrate only to the jackets' fourteen yard line. to a 0-0 tie. The Yellow failed to score. Bolden to have the play called September 29, the jackets held the MVI. champs Jackets out played and out rushed the Dragons but smashed over the Dragons' goal from the sixteen, only back because of backfield in motion. October 6 arch-rival Piqua fell before the powerful jacket attack after the Indians scored I5 points. A blocked punt by Smith was recovered by Omar Bowden in the end zone to put the game on ice 20-15. The powerful running of the Jacket backs and the forward wall broke Piqua's three-game winning streak. On October lj the Yellow jackets throttled Xenia 26-6 to keep their MVI. hope alive. The jackets ran up 248 yards from scrimmage and collected l5 first downs in the uneven fray. Spurred on by the spirit of their homecoming on October 20. Greenville forced Sidney to exert all of its power for a slender 7-6 victory. October 27 Sidney fielded an inspired team that smashed the Oakwood Lumberjacks 5-i-6. livery jacket saw action, as the platoons ate up 280 yards. Left tn rigbl. running: jim McCracken l69l. Pusey 1221. George Gifford l72l, Rambo l25J. Frank Lee 4953. Bob Dye 4751. jerry Smith Mill On gruuml: Bob Stewart t95l. Ritter ll2l. W'ise l50l and two other Bellefontaine men tackle Bernie Bolden as he makes a five yard gain

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Library Serves Students and Faculty From fall to spring the library plays an important part in the lives of SHS students. Each day between two hundred and three hundred students visit the library. Among the 5000 books on the shelves are novels, adventure stories, and biographies. These and many others offer the students a chance to enlarge their reading field. To give students opportunity for research, the library is equipped with many fine reference books. Some of them are Encyclopedia Britannica, the VC'orld Book, and Webster's Dictionary. Many magazines are on hand for those students seeking lighter reading. The list includes Life, Saturday Evening Post, and Popular Mechanics. For students wanting aid in choosing a college or in planning a career there are the college bulletins and guidance texts. Miss Bettie Duncan. who is in charge of the library. has fifty student assistants who help her. Most of the girls who help Miss Duncan belong to the Library Club. This year the club was very busy changing the closed stacks of the library to open stacks. They also gave a Faculty Tea in April. At Desk Left to right: jane El- liot. Carol McKnight, Sally Collier, Mary Lane Ellis, Sue DeVelvis Zimpber Electric Service

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p. , V- , .... ,, -Y'-55.,.-.,4J1P.x.,r..fn-,4qg,f,-.,g:b-4 .,..,,..' -A14 r ,. .. , . 1 ,.. , . .A .. ..,....1.,,.'...1,.,,..,.,,if:,..-,.,.,. .,., -,,, ., w. ., . . Lvfl tu right: Martha lfoster, jim McCracken. Lael lily, George Gifford. Queen Bar- hara Crim. jerry Smith, Nancy Grigg, Frank Schlagetter, Betty Louise Merricks and Bob Stewart l I On November 2 the Piersonmen, overpowered the Trojans in almost every department: they racked up 19 first downs, 280 yards from scrimmage, and crossed the goal once. At the half the score was Sidney 6 Troy 0, and the margin remained until the last second of the game when Gillman of Troy grabbed Daviess pass in the end zone for a TD. The attempted conversion was no good, but an off side penalty against Sidney gave Troy another chance. The second try was good and the game was over. The whole crowd was stunned with disbelief as Sidney's first Home- coming was blackened by a startling upset. Queen Barbara Crim reigned over the Homecoming. celebrated for the first time at SHS. The Yellow jacket staff sponsored the activities, including the crowning of the queen and an after-game dance held in the old gym. The queen and her attendents-Lael Ely, Martha Foster. Nancy Grigg, and Betty Merriclts-were chosen by vote of members of the sophomore, junior, and senior classes from the enrollment of senior girls. After the ceremony and game in a gayly decorated gymnasium. students. teachers. and alumni from both Troy and Sidney danced to the music of jerry XVhited and his orchestra. f.-fHl1f7IfN1!'IlfX of Dr. If. L. Gelrosl l3