Smiths Ski and Bridge Family Reunion at Breckenridge
A Columbus family organized a 26 person Breckenridge Colorado ski and bridge tournament week. Harold Smith led planning with siblings and in laws from Columbus Omaha and New Jersey traveling by car in a five-vehicle caravan. Harold broke his leg on the first day, but the group continued with daily dinners and bridge contests begun in 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene O’brien
Columbus
Smiths
Breckenridge
Colo
Glenn Smith
Harold Smith
Bill Smith
Harold
Smith
Bill
Jean
Glenn
Luella
Robert
Silver Creek
Omaha
Esther Kauffman
Irene Galley
Dorothy
Milton Staub
Don
Lois
Barbara
Bob Alpers
New Jersey
Bob
Dwayne
Virginia Smith
Rachel
Philip
Jason
Gary Kauffman
Kurt
Kathryn
Nancy Alpers
Renelle
Kerri
Father Smith
Bill Sr
Colorado
Esther
Nellie Smith
Drought Could Lift Food Prices Next Year
UPI reports Agriculture Department economists warn of a potential 4 to 5 percent rise in consumer food prices this year and a possible 10 percent jump in 1978 if droughts persist. They note beef, pork and poultry output could fall while grain fed beef expands, and that drought impacts would slow meat supplies later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
Da Vinci mural found in Florence claim virtually certain
UPI reports a University of California team led by Travers Newton and Maurizio Seracini says they are virtually certain they located Leonardo da Vinci's lost Battle of Anghiari behind a Vasari wall in the Hall of the 500 at Florence's Palazzo Vecchio. Initial pigment tests suggest Leonardo era oil techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Italy
UPI
University of California
Palazzo Vecchio
Travers Newton
Los Angeles
Leonardo
Newton
Maurizio Seracini
Giorgio Vasari
Vasari
United States
University of Florence
Levine recalls vest fashion and wartime changes in apparel
Sol Levine, a Columbus clothier, reflects on vest suits returning after wartime shortages and cycles in fashion. He recalls his 62 years in business, shifts from cuffless suits to mass production, the decline of hats and gloves, and higher current clothing volumes versus past lean years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Linhorst
Columbus
Sol Levine
Levine
13Th Street
Chicago
Levine Bros
Sollevine
Telegram
Escapee from Nebraska Penal Complex Re detained in Newman Grove
Eugene Martens a 35 year old trustee at the Nebraska Penal Complex escaped Friday afternoon and was captured about eight hours later in Newman Grove. He apparently fled in a state vehicle and was found in Duncan before the arrest. Martens was in Madison County Jail serving one to three years for writing insufficient fund checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Eugene Martens
Columbus
Nebraska
Newman Grove
Martens
Penitentiary
Robert Pease
Pease
Duncan
Madison County
Local Readings and Page Mentions Across the Paper
The snippet lists weather readings for Friday and Sunday with highs and lows and notes page ranges for editorials social items sports quizzes comics leisure time and classifieds. It identifies sunrise and sunset times and references farm items across pages 2 to 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmitems
Leisuretime
Four area juniors to join Cornhusker Boys State in June
Four Columbus area high school juniors Philip Smith Robert Shively Jr Rex Kumpf and John Wilke will represent local schools at Cornhusker Boys State June 5 11 on the University of Nebraska Lincoln campus. Sponsors are Columbus Rotary Columbus Noon Lions Hartman Post 84 American Legion and more. Alternates are Jim Whetstone Alan Kopetzky and Mike Sander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Cornhusker Boys State
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Philip Smith
Robert Shively Jr
Columbus Senior
Rex Kumpf
Scotus Central Catholic High School
John Wilke
Lakeview High School
Columbus Rotary Club
Smith
Columbus Noon Lions
Kumpf
Hartman Post
American Legion
Wilke
Shively
Nebraska
National Honor Society
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
John
Arthur Wilke
Explorers Club of America
Jim Whetstone
Columbus High
Neil Whetstone
Alan Kopetzky
Scotus
Ralph Kopetzky
Mike Sander
Lakeview
Sander
Columbus Senior High Band Plans Telethon Airings
The Columbus Senior High stage band directed by Larry Marik will perform at the Nebraska Easter Seal Telethon on Channel 6 this weekend. Host Peter Citron will join with saxophone during taped segments Saturday at 1 40 to 1 55 a m and 5 40 to 5 55 a m. The 23 member ensemble has won a jazz trophy this year and will participate in five contests or clinics this spring beyond home games and public shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Larry Marik
Nebraska
Channel 6
Peter Citron
Omaha World-Herald
Marik
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bob Smith
Jean Smith
Dorothy Staub
Illinois
Boys Nation
Washington, D.C
Algernon
Thespians
National Forensic League
Phil
Dwayne Smith
Robert Shively
Discoverer
Order of DeMolay
Tom Kumpf
S-Club
Rex
Columbian Squires
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!