Small Town Times May Newsletter

Small Town Times May 2018 Small Town Times May 2018 Litchfield Public Schools PO Box 167 Litchfield, NE 68852-0167 Phone: 308-446-2244 Student Editors: Rachel Linden Siarah Willenberg Marrisa Zentz Nam Boonphakdee In This Edition: 2…………Hoops For Heart 3……………...Senior Class ………….……...Rifle Club 4…………....Art Field Trip ...Concert and Art Show 5…………....Track Update 6……………... State FBLA 6……….Elem. Track Meet Schedule 7……………. College Visit 8………..College Planning 10………...Board Minutes 11. Superintendent Report 12….. Principals Report/ …General Fund/ASP 13…..…Congressional Art Award: Rilee Howard 14……... Summer School 15……….Early Learning 17……Drivers Education Issue 10 Vandalism Tradition Shines Light on Alumni Experience By Nam Boonphakdee Litchfield Public School’s century long history has produced a long line of graduates over the years. Recently we were cleaning the classrooms and empty- ing out an old desk, and we came across a particularly interesting drawer which had signatures of past Litchfield graduates “vandalized” all over it. We managed to contact three of the names and interviewed them about what was life like when they were in school. Here are their sto- ries: Jack Fread graduated from Litchfield in 1958. He stated that he was an old fashioned farm boy and that he had to walk one mile through a field to a friend’s house, before carpooling with his friends, LaVern Reitz and Billy Ska- la in an antique 1929 Ford Model A to school, eight miles away. He said he did this because at the time, school buses weren’t introduced yet (Litchfield’s school bus program started in 1959).To pay for gas, which was only 19 cents per gallon, he and his friends hunted jack rabbits and sold the fur to a dealer in Loup City for 25 cents per white hide and 10 cents per black hide. In school many things were the same as today. the only significant difference was that school ended at three pm (unless you did sports). He ended the interview by saying “It was hard times but a lot of fun times”. Continued on page 2 1