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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1976
Page
7
The Little Chefs led 4-H booth winners with a red white blue display themed A Past to Remember A Future to Mold as State Fair qualification was earned. Other purple winners included the Dandy Bakers Sunny Lemons and Guys and Gals. Public intoxication fines and speeding penalties were listed for local residents.
NFO members from Platte Colfax and Stantop Counties met for dinner at Tri County in Leigh. They heard a Bicentennial Salute tracing the family land system from settlement to Homestead era and discussed rail grants and market timing.
Local notices cover CHS 1956 class reunion and open house for Sister M Roseria in Cuba New Mexico. Also wedding news from Fridley Minnesota and multiple family visits and travels in Columbus and surrounding towns along with local restaurant and social event ads.
Admissions list at Columbus Hospital includes Mrs Harold Leslie Primrose Stanley Ostransky and several others. Dismissals include Mrs Howard Brewington Edward Hollman and multiple relatives. Hesses visit Lyons trip ends. Happy Hour Club and Country Club meet in town.
A Sunday burglary at The Either or General Store 2405 11th Street left broken glass at the front door and pry marks on doors. About 40 dollars from two cash registers and 260 dollars in merchandise were stolen. Columbus police have not released a formal incident report.
Becton Dickinson and Company will acquire Summa Corpee's Auto Assay Division based in Salt Lake City. Auto Assay develops an automated radioimmunoassay system and will operate within BD's Schwarz Mann Division with founder Dr LaVell R Johnson continuing to lead.
Fall sports physicals urged for Shamrock Scotus Central Catholic athletes by Athletic Director Vern Younger. Hospital patient Kenneth Bolton in Clarkson Memorial, Omaha. Lions Club meets weekly at Downtowner. Nurses Club gathering at Merwin Boyd cabin. AA and Al Anon meetings Sundays. Columbus Rose Society host at Mrs Paul Badge home. Open House for Alphonse Starzee 30th anniversary at St Anthony Social Hall. Parents Without Partner meet at Cornhusker building. Traffic accident at 17th Street and 23rd Avenue with $250 damage. Two marriages planned in Columbus and Genoa. Loyal Club picnic at Camp Luther with self-provided meals. Mrs Wes McDonald recovering after surgery in Clarkson Hospital. Cadet Alan Robertson address at West Point. TV Fellowship resumes at Pedeonted Church next Tuesday.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church hosts a free two night program at Columbus Equitable Savings and Loan community room. Monday at 7 30 p m features meatless cooking and vegetarian health benefits with grain based substitutes and rice products. Wednesday July 21 covers sugar free desserts and low calorie treats with curob brownies agar jello and rice polishings frosting.
Fred Fritz Klaentschi 86 of Monroe died in Genoa after a short illness. Services Monday 10 a.m. at Hasch Patrick Funeral Chapel Genoa with Rev John McGee. burial Gruetli Cemetery Monroe. Clara Plageman 96 formerly of Columbus Maxwell died in North Platte nursing home. Services Monday 10 a.m. at Our Redeemer Lutheran North Platte. graveside Columbus Cemetery 4 p.m.. she lived in Maxwell since moving from Gruetl 26 years ago.
The United Press International notes Egypt’s Queen Cleopatra is described as of Greek extraction with no Egyptian ancestry cited in the report. The claim suggests Cleopatra’s lineage traces to the Ptolemaic Macedonian dynasty rather than native Egyptian bloodlines.
Mrs. Dale Wu will visit Creston in July and preach at the Baptist Church on July 25. The Rev Reuben Stading will visit early August and be honored at a Baptist Church pot-luck. Other local visits include the SchEfflers and relatives trip to Guam, and Agnes Walter hosting Lutheran Women. Fredrick A Anson ordained at St Matthew Lutheran Church of the Deaf Elmhurst NY.
Silver Creek residents raise American flags to mark the 31st anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. Sam Bordy told the Telegram the day honors relatives who served in World War II and recalls a son who left for training at Great Lakes National Station in Illinois on the same date 31 years ago.
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