Around The Town Highlights From Community Arrivals
Mrs N S Miller returned from Phoenix after a visit with her niece Mya Val Henning and attended the installation of Mrs Robert Lundberg as State Queen of the Daughters of the Nile She traveled from Denver by air and was greeted by her son in law and daughter Bill and Mrs Niemann Pvt Gene Lyons on two week leave from Camp Pendleton Loyns is stationed in California Mrs Friedel Frey and Mrs Jessen attended Rita Berliner and Frank Kreft wedding in Des Moines Kathy Stueve daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Stueve is convalescing after major surgery at West Nebraska General Hospital in Scottsbluff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. S. Miller
Phoenix
Mya
Val Henning
Robert Lundberg
the Daughters of the Nile
Miller
Denver
Bill Niemann
Gene Lyons
Anna Lyons
Loyns
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Friedel Frey
Jessen
Des Moines
Rita Berliner
Frank Kreft
Kathy Stueve
Walter Stueve
West Nebraska General Hospital
Scottsbluff
Marriage License and Inventor Reference From Sidney Items
Marriage license records show Roland E Brauer 23 and Patricia Harris 21 both of Sidney along with Don Segelke 23 of Gurley and Elaine McElfresh 19 of Sidney. The note credits a 1883 invention of a thermostat by Minneapolis inventor Al Butz inspired by a Scotch chemist from about the 1830s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland E. Brauer
Patricia Harris
Sidney
Don Segelke
Gurley
Elaine McElfresh
al Butz
Minneapolis
Nelson Chosen New PTA Council President Friday
Dr Hf C Nelson was chosen president of the Sidney PTA Council at a Friday evening section in Central School auditorium. Also chosen were Mrs A Koester as vice president, Mrs Carl Nelson secretary, Mrs J T C Jones treasurer, and Mrs Claude Wuthier recording secretary with installation set for May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hf. C. Nelson
Sidney Parent- Teachers Association Council
I Central School
A. Koegs
Carl Nelon
J& T C Jones
Claude Wuthier
Koester
Sidney Councy
Potter and Sioux
PTA Council
Donald Swisher
Scottsbluff
PTA
McElfresh-Segelke Vows Said In Quiet Saturday Ceremony
Mary Elaisie McElfresh and Donald Gene Segelke wed in a quiet 9 am ceremony at St. Patrick's Church. The bride, a 1955 St Patrick's grad, wore a nylon gown with lace jacket and pearl jewelry. Attendants included maid of honor Rhetta Robinson and best man Donald McElfregh. Afterward a breakfast and brunch were held for family and out-of-town guests. The couple will reside in Sidney after a Colorado Springs wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elaisie McElfresh
Donald Gene Segelke
St. Patrick’s Church
Francis McElfresh
Sidney
Fred Segelke
Gurley
Albert Albel
Rhetta Robinson
Donald McElfregh
Ron Rehmers
Kenneth Segelke
Kenny Messing
Vern Beyer
Marleen Mohatt
St. Patrick's
Lena McElfresh
H. Segelke
Herman Aude
Sylvan Fox
Waverly
Neb
Roy Brethour
Vern
Rita
Scottsbluff
Colorado Springs
Segelke
7Th Ave
St Patrick's Academy
Cheyenne County Credit Bureau
Gurley High School
Card Club Host Details and Upcoming Meeting Dates
Readable fragments show Fri day Night Club and Re-Deal Club activities. Hosts include Mr and Mrs Fuller and Mrs W E Cunningham with several card prize winners named. Upcoming hosts noted for April and May meetings across Elks Ladies and Couples Mite Out Club events.
North Ward Sixth Graders Learn By Doing Dinner Party
Seventeen North Ward School sixth graders planned prepared and served a Friday dinner finishing a three week health and foods unit. Students learned food groups menus table manners dish washing and food preparation with all food decorations and labor provided by the class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Ward
Arven Reynold
North Ward School
Reynolds
Carl Nelson
Gary Osborn
Larry Wolf
Mark Benz
Leslie Landmesser
Reiner Thomas
Jackie Wright
Mary Lou Chionis
Karen Hare
John Dier
Jean Davis
Pam Hammond
Dorothy Banes
Alter McGee
Jack Gallatin
Roger Marty
Elaine Burgess
Linda Dewning
Miss Haven Demonstrates Irish Trifle Dessert Friday
Miss Haven, home economist for Western Red Producers, will present an Irish dessert recipe demon stration at Sidney City Auditorium Friday at 1 30 pm. Sponsored by Bonne Lindau, this event highlights sugar in nutrition and appetite control with talks on low calorie and economical desserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old
Ireland
Nancy Haven
Sidney City Auditorium
Miss Haven
Bonne Lindau
Cheyenne County
Shriners Meet Saturday Evening in Alliance Nebraska
Shriners from Western Nebraska will gather Saturday evening April 13 at the Masonic Temple in Alliance for a Sesostris Temple hosted membership banquet attended by Lincoln and Omaha area Shriners. Reservations are due by next Thursday via Frank Wilson, and guests are welcome with one requirement: bring a prospective member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Masonic Temple
Alliance
Sesostris Temple
Aaonms
Lincoln
Shriners
Frank Wilson
Omaha
Hastings
Denver
Walton R., Roberts
Walter B White
Potter FFA Wins Convention Honors
The Potter Future Farmers of America chapter won blue and white ribbons at the state FFA convention held at the College of Agriculture in Lincoln. Richard Wills of Potter earned a white ribbon in poultry judging while the chapter advisor Louis Piva leads the Cheyenne County unit, the only one in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Future Farmers of America
College of Agriculture
Lincoln
Richard Wills
Potter
Potter Ffa
Cheyenne County
Louis Piva
PTA Convention Registration Deadline Set for April 10
State convention of the Parent Teachers Association will be held in Scottsbluff on April 25 and 26. Reservations must be made by Wednesday April 10 at 6 pm. Members from the four Sidney units are urged to attend and should call their unit presidents to reserve: East Ward Mrs Keith Spiker 8188 North Ward James Willis 4737 Central Ward Mrs Dick Maddox 4075 Seth Ward Mrs Joe Olinger 4158.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teachers Association
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Jenks Birth Announced In Denver Hospital
Mr and Mrs John A Jenks announce the birth of a son Thomas Raymond Jenks born Thursday April 3 at St Josephs Hospital Denver. The baby weighs six pounds 13 ounces and has a brother named John Grand. Parents are Raymond Jenks and Stewart Brown of Sidney and Englewood Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Jenks
Englewood
Colo
Thomas Raymond
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Denver
John
Raymond Jenks
Stewart Brown
Sidney
Shannon Kay McCarty Born at Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs William McCarty welcomed Shannon Kay at 6 43 p m on Sunday March 24 in Memorial Hospital weighing seven pounds six ounces She has three siblings Mike seven Patti three and Joe one year old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McCarty
Shannon Kay
Memorial Hospital
Mike
Patti
Joe
Omaha Medical School Names Incoming Students
John S Copley and Lee Roy Edward Meyer of Sidney along with Richard C Carleton of Lodgepole have been accepted for entrance to the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in Omaha this September. Also named from western Nebraska are George William Orr of Lisco Robert Everitt Herss of Gering and Gerold C Baumgartner of Scottsbluff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S Copley
Lee Roy Edward Meyer
Sidney
Richard C. Carleton
Lodgepole
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Omaha
Nebraska
George William Orr
Lisco
Robert Everitt Herss
Gering
Gerold C Baumegartner
Scottsbluff
Admitted and Dismissed Names From Sidney and Potter Areas
A fragment lists admitted and dismissed individuals by town including Sidney Carol Corbin Mrs George Niemann Cathy Damm and others. Dismissals mention Sidney Rifla Richards Peter Knight Shirley Trump Mrs Wilbur Wiedman and several others with spouses and children named in the partial roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Carol Corbin
George Niemann
Wilbur Wiedman
Cathy Damm
Theodore Tillotson
Odelia Wolff
Jo Ann Raddatz
Clyde Aurich
Melvin Lockhart
Sidney Rifla Richards
Peter Knight
Shirley ‘Trump
Marold Kiselhorst
Marguerite McMillan
Robert Stegeman
M L James
Cass Mure
Wittig Among 11 Graduates From St Anthony Nursing School
Bernice H. Wittig, daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Wittig, graduated with 11 students from St Anthony's Practical Nursing School in Denver on March 22. She plans to rest at home briefly before returning to Denver to work in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice H. Wittig
Arthur Wittig
St Anthony’s Practical Nursing School
Denver
Duis
Potter Wedding Unites Miss Merrill Larson and Ronald Alfs
The Potter Methodist Church hosts the March 24 wedding of Miss Merrill F. Larson and Ronald J. Alfs at 3 p.m. Rev O D Hoagland officiated. The ceremony featured nuptial music by Albert Gay and flower girls, bridesmaids, and ushers from Potter, Shickley, Sidney, and Waco. A reception followed in the church Fellowship Hall with family members attending, and the couple will reside in Shickley after Nebraska Wesleyan alumni status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Methodist Church
Merrill F. Larson
Ronald J. Alfs
Carl T. Larson
Potter
John B. Alfs
Shickley
Neb
O D_ Hoagland
Albert Gay
Fremont
Sherrill Larson
Pegey Scranton
Sidney
Bonnie Krause
Virginia Luethye
Waco
Nancy Benson
Wymore
W. A. Nelson
Charles Herboldsheimer
G.D. Larson
Doyle Hubbard
Boyde Larson
Henry Gell
John Jensen
Calvin Larson
Fiji Islands Population and Settlement Notes
The Fiji Islands in the South Pacific number about 320 total. Of these, 106 are inhabited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiji Islands
South Pacific
Molly Pitcher Heroine Mary McCauley Water Bearer
Molly Pitcher, real name Mary McCauley, aided wounded soldiers in battle by delivering water. Her steadfast service symbolizes civilian support during the American Revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly Pitcher
Amerian Revoluton
Mary McCautay
Psychology Clinic In Sidney Schools Held Today
An educational psychology clinic is held in Sidney public schools today and tomorrow led by Dr. Marshaal S Hiskey of the University of Nebraska with a team including Howard Tempero Joseph Sadnavit and William Carrikey. Final plans include a bazaar meeting and committee chairmen urged to attend along with a district leadership training meeting for Jayneens on Thursday. A rummage sale is set for April 12 and 13 at St Martha's Guild Episcopal Parish Hall. Sidney Garden Club meets at 2 PM at Mrs. Ervin Eller’s home. First Methodist Church women’s coffee and devotion is planned Wednesday 9:30 to 10:30 AM at Mrs Herschel Sparrow’s home. Nursery will be provided at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s
St. Patrick's Auditorium
Richard Royle
Arthur Scott Jr
Charlotte Anne Corwart
Prudence Mason
Joe Fuer
Mon‘k Howard
Re-Deal Club
Rae Jons
The
Oup
W E Cunningham
J. R. Miller
Clark Fullar
Tom Harvey
Milton Corbin
Marathonettes
Harvey
Mary Ann Schadegeg
Merle Longlow
Don Hume
Sidney Public Schools
Tomorow
Marshaal S. Hiskey
University of Nebraska
Howard Tempero
Joseph M . Sadnavit
William Carrikey
State Department of Husation
Beard
Episcopal Parish
St. Martha's Guild
First Methodist
Herschel Sparow
Lindenst
Providence Chapter 108 Easten Star Meeting Notice
Providence Chapter 108 Order of Eastern Star holds a stated meeting on Wednesday April 10 at 8 p.m. in the Masonic Temple with Worthy Grand Matron as visitor and initiation plus Friendship Night observed. All members urged to attend. Hospital Auxiliary Executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Order of Easten Star
Masonic Temple
Order
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dr. Nelson
Mrs
Donald G. Segelke
Snow
Born
Mr. Bach
Academy of Dramatic and Allied Arts
Douglas McLaughlin
Mr. Flanaghan
Janice Ringleman
Claire Carter
Geraldine Skrdlani
Thompson
Elks Ladies
Elks
Elks Lodge
Deward Jelinek
Dale Nelson
J B Ruttner
George Fisher
Marion Treinen
Lawrence Brachtenbach
Leon Karnik
Jack Ramm
Mite
Don Himes
Duane DePue
Weert Frerichs
Los‘s
DePue
East Ward
Keith Spiker
James Willis
Shannon Kay McCarty
Omaha Medical
Herbert Johnson
Ronald Sick
Sterling
Quincey Johnson
Sadie Johnson Potter
Liam Bench
Howard Veter
Victoria Vetter
Dalton
Weiham Garrison
Joe Schoolcraft
Miss Wittig
Jeanne Gay
Femor
Geonm
Taret Larson
Dee Ann Goof
Sidnes
Randy Jensen
Gene Krause
Gerald "Ause
Larson
Alis
E . Ketchum
Ira Willeford
Peetz
Carlsbad
N. M
Alfs
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Claence Krause
Bonne
Mes
T Ketchum
Ger Kwise
Gerald Krause
Itugo A
Stanley
Vinyd Konze
Mio
Cat Goesch
York
Jeanne
Poa
Iremont
Jayeens
Bob Wait
Martha
Hal Doo S
Ain
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