Providence Chapter 108 recalls 72 years of memory in Sidney
The Providence Chapter No. 108 Order of the Western Star presents a centennial style history of its founding on June 18 1895 and July 24 1895 links to Signet Chapter 55 North Platte. It notes 50 year members 25 years service by officers Julia Mann Emily Gould Ida Ahrens and others and details temple moves Red Cross work wartime service Kensington Job's Daughters and Grand Chapter officers over the decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
North Platte
Nebraska
Masonic Temple
Sidney
C. P. Davis
Order
George H. Jewett
Arlington
A. G. Pinham
Grand Island
Grand Adair
Donnehower
Signet
Providence Chapter
Dorothea Campbell
Clare Hardy
Olive Agnew
Rena McCleneghan
John A. Elwell
Daisy Uptegrove
Kenneth Agnew
Marguerite Longan
Julia Mann
Emily Gould
Ida Ahrens
Jackson Street
W. P. Ackerman
Bridgeport
Kimball
Potter
Golden Circle
Dalton
Methodist Church
Red Cross
Eastern Star Kensington
Minnie Pool
Kensington
Jessie Tracy
Job
Bethel No. 25
Maude Pettibone
Louise Mantor
Ryegate
Montana
Maynard Osborn
Anna Osborn
Grace King
Rodeen Greenwood
Esther Ells
Marie Ackerman
Luella Holthaus
Laura Story
Elizabeth Dodds
Ruby Wait
Nyda Biggs
Elna Wells
Carolyn Schubert
Kathleen Edwards
Joyce Walters
Omar B. Wolf
Roland Biggs
Virgil Walters
Keith Simpson
Sidney American Legion Post 17 Founded in 1919
The Sidney Post 17 American Legion was organized August 5 1919 by charter members Blaine Corabill L L Pindell K D Bassett Edward J Shoemaker Clarence M Wright Paul L Martin Charles Fred Parks Leslie Johnston Russell B Tochterman Henry A Gould Roy E Greenlee Samuel Fine Elmer Grabill Esbon J Closman and Fred W Stuht. The Post developed Legion Park in 1927 funded trees and park upkeep and later opened club rooms in 1945 moving to Penney building in 1951. It lists numerous post commanders 1920 1969 and shows community service with Elks Does and hospital pledges and charity work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Post No. 17
American Legion
Blaine Corabill
L L. Pindell
K. D. Bassett
Edward J. Shoemaker
Clarence M. Wright
Paul L. Martin
Charles Fred Parks
Leslie Johnston
Russell B. Tochterman
Henry A. Gould
Roy E. Greenlee
Samuel Fine
Elmer Grabill
Esbon J. Closman
Fred W. Stuht
L E. Grabill
The
Legion
Sidney
Sidney Post
Boschult
Nebraska
Post
Penney Store
Penney
Paul Martin
Jim Pearson
R. E. Roche
Carl Leadbetter
Charles Gardner
Rene
Wolfe Family Pioneers Lodgepole History to 1920s
A history of Lodgepole’s early settlers centers on the Wolfe family from 1880. Jim Wolfe, his bride Clare Morrison, and companions helped establish the town, its school in a dugout, a tunnel for Indian scares, and early enterprises. The Old Settlers picnic began 1924, growing into a major annual event with games, parades, and communal gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodgepole
Wolfe
Jim
Clara Wolfe
Heath
Nora Wolfe
Sam
Jim m
Jim Wolfe
Uniontown
Clare Virginia Morrison
Edwin Briesch
Union Pacific
Sidney
Jimmy Greene
U. P
Harry Barrett
Henry Barrett
Barrett
South Park
Oberfelder Ranch
Lodgepole Creek
Sally
Rose Barrett
Henry Bar
Rett
Mai
James Wolfe
Wilma
Engelert Hall
Old Settlers
Emanuelson Grove
A. J. Lindley
Sidney Order Of Does Organized Sept 6 1953
The Sidney Drove 94 Benevolent Patriotic Order of Does was organized Sept 6 1953 at a meeting of Elks wives mothers sisters and daughters led by Supreme Deputy Florence Danekas of Thedford Nebraska. Chadron Drove assisted and installation occurred Sept 27 at City Auditorium with Mrs Helen Baum president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Benevolent
Patriotic Order of Does
Elks
Florence Danekas
Thedford
Neb
Chadron
Scottsbluff
Helen Baum
Opal Lafler
Alice Lehmkuhl
Alice
Sidney IOOF Dates To 81
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows and affiliated groups shape Sidney social life with officers across Sidney Lodge No. 91 Cheyenne Encampment No. 19 Rebekah Lodge No. 66 and Cheyenne Ladies Encampment Auxiliary No. 19. The lodges date from 1881 1891 and 1883 with officers named including Charles Jacobsen Elza Wolverton Mary A. Chowins Julius Neubauer and others. The first meeting hall stood at Second and Myrtle before a 1904 fire moved the lodge to 11th and Illinois and the Canton began in 1954 with officers Charles W. Allen Lee Gain Roy E. Bobo and Dewey Root.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Odd Fellows
Sidney
Sidney Lodge No
Charles Jacobsen
Mal Minshall
Harry Helzer
Knight McHatton
W. W. Schulz
Cheyenne
Elza Wolverton
Clarence Alvord
Ray Tremain
George Fra
W. H. Michael
J. M. Brenton
Julius Neubauer
Thomas Shortill
Rebekah Lodge
Mary A. Chowins
Valeska Neubauer
Lillie M. Chowins
Ella Williams
Second
Myrtle Streets
11Th and
Dlinois
Robert Shuman
John Holden
Harvey Rickets
Joseph Oberfelder
Moritz Urbach
Mary Hawkins
Frances E. Koehn
Josephine Cloud
Esther Henderson
Alice Blair
Lucille Grage
Fort Sidney Canton No. 13
Charles W. Allen
Lee Gain
Roy E. Bobo
Dewey Root
Allen Southard
Centennial Edition honors Sidney and Cheyenne County history
The introduction thanks hundreds of contributors for a twelve page start and previews 116 pages chronicling the 1867 to 1967 centennial story. It notes many worthy names and events could not be included, and expresses pride in the chosen material and goal of presenting a true picture of a century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Also Mentioned on This Page
OBS
Order of Western Star
Sidney Telegraph
Frank Welch Lodge
Order of Eastern Star
Frank Longan
E. L. Uptegrove
A.S. Hardy
John Elwell Sr
Sidney American Legion Post
Nick) Wilhelmy
P. C. Cunningham
Carl Hutchison
G. P. Kratz
Arthur Dilley
Albert Greenlee
Hiram Bauman
Edward Runge
L L. Pindel
John Costello
R. V. Francis
J. C. Parks
Ernie Blome
Roy Greenlee
Roy Hamilton
David Ells
Herschel Spearow
H. Glenn Spearow
M. J. Maher
Lloyd Lockwood
Harold C. Craig
George Barlow
C. F. Babbitt
Bryan Johnson
Howard Stentz
Dallas R. Berney
Carl Christ Jr
Frank Mattoon
John Underdown
Robert Fischer
Don Brunzell
L. M. Clinton
Dean Wilson
James Rasmussen
Louis Johnson
Weldon Stewart
William Cooper
Vernon Anderson
Truth McRea
Verda Reisner
Catherine Ruttner
Mabel Olson
Does
Alice Harlan
Patty Knackstedt
Helen Ketchum
Florence Jelinek
Mary Kent
Geraldine Brachtenbach
Helen Montgomery
Mary Baker
Virginia Witters
Marilyn Coleman
Janet Waite
Dena Davis
Mary Ann Knackstedt
Kuty McRea
Emma Behm
Violet Farmer
Ann Deaver
Lorene Ehlers
Doris Molohan
Wolfes
Gurley Methodist
Gurley Methodist Church
Robert McCutchan
Pirst
Leslie Moore
Harold Massie
Sidney Order of Does
Sidney Ioof
Oren Cox
Selma Hammond
Cora Gain
Villa Mae Fran=zee
Hattie Lipke
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