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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1973
Page
4
Personal notices mix with local sales and club events. Readers from Columbus learn of visits by families from California and France, a Baptist church centennial gathering, a home wedding, bowling and steak feed plans, and seasonal flower specials. Groceries, scholarships, and local buy now plans appear alongside open bowling times and theater-like social listings.
Beblen Community Hospital lists admissions for Mrs. Marsha Dard and Gregory Curtis with others. Dismissals include multiple patients from Columbus and Clarkson. A birth is recorded for Nobert Starr’s son at 533 Collegeview Mobile Mark, six pounds 33 ounces, Sept. 26. Schuyler Memorial Hospital notes admissions Christopher Pelan Jerry Volezal James Kozisck Bruno and dismissals including Joseph Stools and others.
Pho Nebraski and the Pollution Conval Association announce the fall certification exams for sewage works operators. Open to all with minimum NWPCA qualifications, tests start at 1 p.m. October 23 at Central Nebraska Technical College east of Hastings. Four hours max. Applications from Thomas McCutchen or Ronald Benson.
In Schuyler Italy county a ceremony recognized volunteers of the past year at the Schuyler Senior Citizens Home. Mrs Olga Gerrard greeted guests while Miss Margaret Carlson served as registrar. Esther Menizer and Mag Pehvinger poured. Organ music by Lewis Cook and Olie Clausen accompanied the event.
Host Mr and Mrs Arnold Norsgow welcomed 30 Kiwanis members at a Sunday reception after the club’s 50th anniversary banquet and art program at Zion Lutheran Church. Club President and Mrs Marvin Streeter served as co hosts.
President Nixon asked Congress to overhaul the patent system saying it has not kept pace with technology. The Patent Modernization and Reforms Act would publish applications for six months of public comment and extend patent protection to 20 years, with broader eligibility for owners and inventors and stricter enforcement against foreign infringement.
Vice President Spiro Agnew joined President Nixon and 13 ranking Republican members of Congress at a White House meeting. Officials said foreign policy and defense topics were on the agenda while Agnew’s legal troubles were not the focus. The group dispersed without comment as they returned to Capitol Hill. Marm Javes named first president of Eastern Nebraska Technical Community College.
The Omaha based Richman Gordman Stores Inc will open a second Des Moines area department store Tuesday. The new facility will employ 200 persons. Richman Gordman operates 2 retail outlets with 134 employees in Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. The firm plans another department store in Grand Island Nebraska next year.
About 20 regular members attended the first federal membership meeting of the season for the Association for Rotarday Citizens. A large turnout from the Youth AMG with 17 new members signs on for an active year. A film titled Who Should Survive sparked discussion led by Jed Foley, executive director, with guests including Dr. Freat Bellom, superintendent of Columbus City Schools, and John Ernst from the faculty.
More than 600 residents from the state area are expected to adopt a five day medical workshop next Tuesday through Sunday at the Holiday Inn in Omaha. The workshop is coordinated by the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Continuing Education for the American Medical Technologists and the American Society of Medical Technologists.
Death notices and funeral arrangements for Adkins Catherine Hayes HELLBUSCH Ze lenny Nelson Behle Zelany and Bourn list survivors and services. Included are obituaries from Columbus area with details on birth dates, parents, spouses, children and burial plans across multiple local churches and cemeteries.
Lincoln AP reports the Nebraska State Colleges Board of Trustees postponed Friday's meeting to the next regular date October 5 or later. Budget talks were planned and executive secretary James K. Yodd noted final enrollment data are not yet available, with a light agenda making postponement reasonable.
Diene Boger captured the humorous speech contest at Tuesday's Columbus Evening Toastmasters meeting with the topic When T Was a Kid. Judges included former members Bruce Gilmore and Jerome Wieser. Wieser took the table topics prize.
Leigh Woman's Club plans a session featuring Ariton Melcher of Swinton presenting a Tuemlure refinishing lesson at the Ok 3 meeting with Mrs. Cerulrl Vasck as leader. Attendees from Zinnaitheran Church joined Lutheran Laymen's League at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Columbus, including Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Mueller, Mrs. Clarerice Johannes, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Barjenbruch, Mr. and Mrs. Alberk Pron, and Mrs. Helen Zahka visiting from Denver with relatives.
Williams PTA began its new year with a family potluck supper. Attendees met new principal Hugh Polson and PTA leaders including Council President Mrs. Twila Purge. A business meeting, led by Unit President Mrs. Joanne Aerni, followed, then rooms opened for visitation.
Community notes cover Mothers Club meeting at 1 post meridiem on Monday, bake sale or cash donations requested, LSU game prizes mentioned. Chamber of Commerce reports about 30 people seeking Nebraska football game tickets, sales by calling office or Bal Law’s home, lateSaturday. A minor raffle accident and a parking incident in Fremont referenced. Court items list various charges and fines in Platte County District Court, including destruction of property and marijuana possession, plus a Senior Citizens Day reservation and transportation note for Columbus. Wounded officer recovering after a gunshot, county attorney statements noted. Local court penalties disclosed for speeding, no license, stop sign, and other infractions.
In Omaha a fall commencement at the University of Nebraska will award full degrees Friday to ten physician assistants and one MD, marking Nebraska’s first such exercise for this field. Women graduates from the School of Health Care Sciences include Air Force Base Wichita Falls, Texas, entrants.
Authorities search rural Culbertson for Ede win Hoyt 36 and his-year old wife who disappeared last Sunday. Relatives report no travel plans. clothing or vital items missing. A plane search is planned as officials in Colorado and Kansas are alerted to monitor their car.
A tall native bird from northern Australia reaches nearly five feet in height when upright, signaling remarkable stature for local wildlife.
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