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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1956
Page
5
Local news notes a flurry of weekend guests and trips across Nebraska and nearby states. Families visit relatives in Brush, Lincoln, Callaway, Mitchell, Bayard, Kimball, Sterling, Denver, and Denver area. several trips to hospitals, theaters, and conventions are mentioned with numerous siblings, parents, and in laws named.
A fragmented item references a set of 85 UN World Health Organization typewriter carbon papers in letter and legal sizes. It mentions the Red Writing Hood brand as seen in The Telegraph.
The annual WSCS Spring Fellowship Tea will be held tomorrow at 1 30 p m in the First Methodist Church. Ray Young of Scottsbluff will give an organ recital after a brief program with Mrs John Schou as general chair. Tickets cost 25 cents and tea will be served in the church parlors. The public is invited.
A large Ohio gathering at the Catholic Youth Center featured fashionable clothing displays by a local model group and a lively program from Sidney High School students. The event, sponsored by the Ohio Womens club, included bingo, birthday tributes, and performances from local artists and a school band.
The hospital auxiliary bazaar will feature a kiddies circus booth in the City Auditorium basement. Sock monkeys by auxiliary members and friends highlight the new booth, with Mrs. Lester Hand Jr. in charge and a pink uniformed volunteer crew coordinating sale of new toys and children’s gifts.
Jack Knicely introduced by Murrey Fuller presented a film on Hoover Committee reports at the Sidney Kiwanis meeting held at Yen dis Cafe. Lt Governor John Grandberg of Igloo S D attended as special guest. Don Newberg announced District Stars of Tomorrow contest Friday in Denver. Jerry Wolf will seek top prize of 750 dollars and a shot at the national contest in San Francisco. Three other prizes offer 300 dollar scholarships. Kiwanis Ladies Night is set for Wednesday at 6 30 pm at the Yen dis Cafe.
Radio lineup shows daily programming with news weather and entertainment blocks from 6:30 to 9:45 PM and repeats including Sign On Sunrise Serenade UP News Weather Co operates Time and various musical shows Sports and shopping features along with Paul Harvey and Edward P Morgan segments.
Opera stars Mariquita Moll Frances Bible Clifford Harvuot Lawrence Davidson and Jon Crain appear in Central City Colorado for a 1956 festival staging La Tosca and The Ballad of Baby Doe. Muss Moll and Crain sing Tosca and Cavaradossi while Bible Harvuot Davidson portray key roles in the world premiere of the folk opera The Ballad of Baby Doe opening July 7 with performances through July 28.
Armed Forces George Grothe son of Mr and Mrs Henry Grothe of Potter has been promoted to Sergeant Grothe has been stationed in Korea since October 1 1955 His address is Sgt George Grothe RA 5543650 1st Base APO 971 San Francisco California.
Doris Day was stopped by police on a freeway near Oakland when the rental car she drove, believed stolen, was found to be a mistake after photographer Len Weissman had rented the car for a location shoot. A miscommunication led to Day offering to sing for officers, but the truth came to light after a call to Weissman.
The Sidney American Legion Auxiliary under Mrs. W. P. Ackerman organizes a May 5 Poppy Day with volunteers to offer crepe paper poppies on streets. Proceeds support disabled veterans and needy children of veterans, honoring those who died in service.
Firemen worked to locate a leak in a wet high school stairwell in Somerville Massachusetts after storms soaked walls. They traced the source and found mortar deterioration about 40 feet up as the cause.
The text notes a doctor for 100,000 people and the lack of practicable cabin air compression for planes at about 80 000 feet. Telegraph.
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