Really old news, that is, like from 50 years ago.
Just received the Anchor today with a report from 50 years ago when we were entering our final year of school. The tentative reported enrollment stood at 1,051 students, which is just about double the enrollment I saw a couple weeks ago. Rural America is getting smaller.
The same issue reported that Bill Mansur, our principal the prior year, had accepted a position of Principal in the Atkinson, NE, public schools beginning September 5. Bob Scheib, the former band man, became our principal. I most remember him for the speech he gave at Prom, something about world economics, as I recall. It seemed a bit out of place but it might have been practice for him, who knows.
Janis Hendrickson probably also noted in this report " . . . one of the final touches in closing the Northwood Theatre: the wrecking of the lighted marquee at the entrance. Workmen with a loader lowered it on a flatbed truck and it was (hauled away)." Another part of our lives, memories, and passion that disappeared without our realizing it. Progress.
Yes, Lee...I noted the wrecking of the movie theatre marquee in last week's Anchor. Made me sad to remember how the theatre was once a thriving business, but fell victim of the "new age" of television in area homes. Side note...shortly after the NEW movie theatre opened in Northwood a couple years ago, we went to scope it out. One of the promoters there mentioned that they were hoping to install a marquee on the theatre and they wondered what ever happened to the old marquee. Now we know! :(
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