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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1976
Page
6
Tom Dindinger announces 1976 77 fall semester registration at Western Nebraska Technical College on August 25 in the Business Education Building west of Sidney. New student orientation begins at 8 a.m. in the college gym with registration after orientation. Preregistration available by contacting the dean of admissions.
Rodney Russell 15 of Gurley was chosen as a delegate to the 16th annual Nebraska Conference of Youth to be held Sunday through Tuesday in Lincoln. He attends Gurley High School, son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Russell, and was selected on recommendations from community leaders and youth committees. The three day event at the Nebraska Center for Continuing Education will include panels and workshops on issues facing today’s youth.
The regular meeting of the St Pauls Lutheran Ladies Aid was held Thursday with nineteen members present. Mrs Frank Mueller led the devotion and Pastor Robert Einspahr directed a discussion from Family I.
Nine entries at Cheyenne County 4H Demonstration Day earned ribbons. Beth Ostermeier won purple for calf embryo study The Beginning and Vickie Lurber won purple for Basic Designs Beth, 16, from Sidney, along with 12 year old Janelle Balfour also of Sidney earned blue for Nutritious Delicious Summer Snacks and will compete at the Nebraska State Fair.
Mrs Lathan Johnson celebrated her 80th birthday at her Sidney residence with relatives and friends from Denver Fort Callins Nampa Idaho Gurley Lodgepole and Sidney. Born north of Lodgepole in 1896 she has lived in the Sidney and Lodgepole areas all her life. The guest list included Carol Spearow from Gurley and several locals with photos and playful tributes. Judge Mandeth Sall of Chappell attended as part of the festivities.
The Lions club heard speakers including Jack Hf Lowe of Panhandle Growth Inc Charles Michael new president of Western Nebraska Technical College and Biull Wallburn Sidney Legion coach. Lowe spoke on Cheyenne County industrial expansion and worker needs while Michael outlined local vocational education excellence Willburn covered the baseball season and Legion and Midget district tournaments in Sidney this weekend.
Nebraska’s population fell by about 1,000 in 1975 to 1,542,000, the second year of stagnation after years of growth. Births rose to 23,658 while deaths fell to 14,569, yielding a natural increase of over 9,000. Adoptions edged up to 3,406. heart disease remained the leading killer.
Edwin Cook starts a year of vicarage with St Pauls Lutheran in Sidney and Trinity Lutheran in South Divide. The commissioning mite will be read by Rev Robert Leinspahr at 10:30 a.m. at St Pauls and at 2 p.m. at Trinity. Pastor Franklin Witter and wife plan to return from a vacation near Lyons Colorado.
The Dalton area lists events from Aug 8 Open House at the Senior Citizens Center honoring Mrs Ethel Chichester on her KRU birthday Aug 9 to Aug 15 Schuler reunion at Dalton Park after church. It notes Cook’s completion of seminary studies at Concordia Theological Seminary Springfield IL Aug 3 vicarage leading to LCMS ordination, with biographical details and family info.
Former Cheyenne County resident Vaughn Meier wed Marilyn Arney of Auburn Washington at Haly Trinity Lutheran Church Sidney. The ceremony was by Pastor John Rhine with organ music and an orange theme. The couple plans a later move to Atchurn near Seattle where he works as an electrical engineer for Westinghouse.
An estimated 3,000,000 people died in a Calcutta area hurricane around October 1837, according to archival reports. The disaster is noted with high fatality figures and regional impact.
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