Visitors and travels noted in Sidney area social column
The column lists overnight guests and weekend visitors including Rev. Harry Smith and family from St. Louis returning from Colorado. Mrs. Laura Young celebrating a birthday with the Gurley Youngs. the Gentrys and Brauers visiting North Platte. Ed Swanson returning from California trip. families attending funerals in Brunswick and Greensburg. houseguests of Harold Lingholm from Omaha and Ship Rock Aziz. several moves and new residents in Sidney. RS and KSID radio newcomer Ron Rich moving to town. many local relatives visiting and hosting in Sidn...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J
Douglas
Harry Smith
Scruggs Memorial Methodist Church
St. Louis
Kathryn
Mark
David
Smith
Gunnison National Forest
Colo
Harold Lingholm
Marion Skinner
Omah
Donovan
Ship Rock
Aziz
Shower planned for Miss Castens in Lodgepole
A miscellaneous shower is planned for Miss Nancy Castens who will wed James Bick of Lincoln on September 6. The event is set for Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Catholic Church basement in Lodgepole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Kastens
Lodgepole
James Bick
Lincoln
Alcoholism as grounds for divorce in Kentucky
Alcoholism can be a valid ground for divorce in Kentucky while drug addiction is not. The report from Frankfurt notes the difference in how alcoholism is treated under state law and highlights recent legal interpretations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt, Ky
Kentucky
Fishers celebrated 50th wedding anniversary in Potter
The family of Mr and Mrs Howard J Fisher honored them with an informal dinner Monday Aug 11 at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel for their golden anniversary. Attending were their two sons and families, Leo Fisher of Pueblo Cole Loren Fisher and daughters Susan Connie and Carolyn of Sidney. The couple, Ravenna natives, wed Aug 11 1919 in Kearney and later moved to Potter area where they still live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard J. Fisher
Potter
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Fishers
Leo Fisher
Pueblo
Cole
Loren Fisher
Susan
Connie
Carolyn
Sidney
Ravenna
Kearney
Fashion Show Set for Weekend Ranch Benefit
Mrs. Arnold Black a board member of the American Cancer Society announces the third ranchyard fashion show to benefit the society. The event themed Ranging the World of Fashion will be at Black Ranch Lakeside Nebraska August 23 24 with $20 tickets via Mrs. Black or the Nebraska Division Office Omaha. This year fur designer Michael Hennessey and California designer Michael Navarese will display collections alongside a nationwide attention drawn previously by Look The Wall Street Journal and The National Observer.
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Arnold Black
The
American Cancer Society
Sandhills
Alliance
Look
Wall Street Journal
National Observer
Michael Hennessey
Bulloch
Wilshire
Los Angeles
California
Michael Navarese
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Engagement of Mary Therese St Pats Grad to Gerald DeWitt
Mrs Helen Spencer announces the engagement of her daughter Mary Therese to Gerald DeWitt son of Mr and Mrs Jack DeWitt of Lisco The bride to be is a 1967 St Pats High graduate and a junior at Colorado State College majoring in English The fiancé a 1965 Curtis High School graduate and 1968 Northeastern Junior College graduate will enter the United States Army in September He worked at Eldred Ranch in Lisco No wedding date set
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Spencer
Mary Therese
Gerald DeWitt
Jack DeWitt
Lisco
St. Pat’s High
Colorado State College
Greeley
Colo
Curtis High School
Northeastern Junior College
Sterling
United States Army
Eldred Ranch
Baby Scott Allan Schilz Born at Memorial Hospital
The first child of Mr and Mrs Robert Schilz was born Friday at 7 42 a m in Memorial Hospital. He weighed seven pounds seven and a quarter ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Bob Schilz and Mr and Mrs Wayne Bauerkemper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Allan Schilz
Robert Schilz
Sioux Villa
Memorial Hospital
Scott Allan
Bob Schilz
Wayne Bauerkemper
Memorial Hospital Census and Admissions Report
Census shows 45 patients and four babies at Memorial Hospital. Admissions include Sidney residents Mrs. Joseph Smith Tim Engelland and Debra Bartels. Dalton residents Milan Lessman Lodgehole Joe Teague. births note a son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schilz Jr. weighing seven pounds seven and three quarters ounces at 7 42 a.m. Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Joseph Smith
Tim Engelland
Debra Bartels
Dalton
Milan Lessman
Lodgehole
Joe Teague
Emma Tank
Darwin Reimers
Gerald Pitman
Lodgepole
Robert Schilz, Jr
87th Birthday for Mrs. Daisy Confer in Sidney
Mrs Daisy M Confer a new Sidney resident celebrated her 87th birthday last Tuesday August 12 with a dinner at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel hosted by her daughter Mrs Vivian Hickox. Confer who came to Sidney this spring will live with her daughter remaining a native of Oregon Missouri and has spent 35 years in Van Nuys California. Relatives include three granddaughters Carol Connie and Cheryle Hickox and one grandson William P Burke Jr with three grandchildren and nine great grandchildren unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy M. Confer
Sidney
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Vivian Hickox
Confer
Oregon
van Neys
Calif
Mrs Meyer Installed As President
Mrs. Ernest Meyer was installed as 1969 70 president of the Women's Society of Christian Service at Lodgepole Methodist Church with Rev. Harold Backus officiating. Eighteen members attended along with one guest Rita Zalesky and the Rev. Backus. The group planned a $50 contribution to the Lions Club Barbecue fund for Old Settler's Day and drafted plans for an annual dinner and bazaar with a Smorgasbord on Oct. 16. Committee heads were named for kitchen, dining room, tickets, booths, and other duties. New calendars and Circle lists circulated. get well cards were sent to ill members. A plaque was presented to retiring secretary Phil Quinn. devotions and lessons were led by Mrs. James Sterling and Mrs. Mark Hafer. Next meeting is Sept. 11 with hostess groups and lesson by Mrs. Quinn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Meyer
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Lodgepole Methodist Church
Harold Backus
Meyer
Delmar Zalesky
Robert Ommen
Leonard Bond
Harold Hernbloom
Christian Social Relations
Gilbert Holtman
R. N. Huff
Roy Grimes
Albert Brandl
Lester Theis
John Hoktom
Wayne Campbell
G. O. Holtman
Rita Zalesky
Backus
Lions Club
John Hokom
Lewis Dughman
Bertha Liggett
Phil Quinn
James Sterling
God
Abigail
Rizpak
Mark Hafer
Don Hafer
George Hillman
Allen Lindley
Paul Smith
Russell Olson
A. C. Bale
Otto Melton
Ernest Borm
District 286 Unit Discusses Poppies and Convention Plans
Lodgepole American Legion Auxiliary met in regular session Aug. 12 with 23 members one child and four guests present. An order for 1200 poppies was sent to Department Headquarters. Plans for District 4 Convention in Bayard Sept. 13 include a coffee hour and joint Legion Auxiliary memorial service. The group voted for Labor Day Parade representation and approved hosting duties for Sept. 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis DeBrunner
Lodgepole American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Ella Veeder
Harold Hernbloom
Dale Wise
Jody Wise
Bayard
House of Transfiguration
D. D. Kastens
Department
Cecil Lee
Ely Liggett
Denver
Clif Paxton
Lincoln
Lions Club
Olive Johnson
Lodgepole
Cornhusker Girls State
Mesdames Morris
Wallace Hernbloom
Millard Zalesky
Phil Quinn
Duke Pace
Harold From
Lafler Rites Held Today
Ralph L. Lafler 81 died Thursday night at Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were at First United Methodist Church officiated by Rev. Dr. Sidney McCaig, with burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Surviving include one son four grandchildren two sisters and one brother. his wife Maude Knapp predeceased him in 1916. He was a Cass County native who homesteaded in western Nebraska in 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph L. Lafler
Memorial Hospital
First United Methodist Church
Sidney McCaig
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig-Holechek Funeral Home
Henry Laaker
Ed Meyer
Cliff Nienhuser
Don Peterson
Richard Brauer
Joe Rudolph
Ernest Reker
Kenneth Larson
Percy Dimick
Bernard Teeter
Charles Lafler
Robert Lafler
Kenneth Knapp
Mervin Carlson
Ronald Knapp
Cass County
Mr. Lafler
Nebraska
Maude Knapp
Police in Devon Cornwall to return 2000 whistles
London AP reports police in Devon and Cornwall counties are handing in 2000 whistles. A spokesman calls whistles archaic for calling for help and notes officers now rely on two way radios rather than whistles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Devon
Cornwall
Bernice Henzl Weds Allen J Nelson in Aug Church Ceremony
Miss Bernice Henzl became the bride of Allen J. Nelson in a 2 p m ceremony August 2 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Rev. Lambert Phillips presided as 125 guests attended. The couple, both Sidney and Peetz graduates, plan a Reno Lake Tahoe Carson City honeymoon. Nelson is employed by Stuarco Drilling Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Henzl
Allen J. Nelson
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Lambert Phillips
James Henzl Sr
Sidney
N. A. Nelson
Peetz, Cole
Helen Spencer
Keith Schwartz
Scott
Steve Fehringer
Beth Nelson
Gerald Larson
Wayne Henzl
Duane Nelson
Peetz
Jim Henzl
Ron Wieser
Flagler
Cole
Jody
Julie Nelson
Steve Nelson
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Lee Oliverius
Jamie Haworth
John Beyer
John Dorman
Marie
Linda Collins
Nevada
Reno
Lake Tahoe
Carson City
Sidney and
Nelson
Colorado State College
Greeley, Colo
Stuarco Drilling Co
Enlistment of Hollis Ward Anderson in Naval Reserve
Hollis Ward Anderson, Seaman Recruit, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Anderson of Potter, was enlisted into the U S Naval Reserve at a ceremony on Aug 11 at the Naval Reserve Training Center in Lincoln. He is a Nebraska Wesleyan University graduate and will depart for four weeks of training at Great Lakes Naval Station this month, then attend weekly local meetings for ongoing training. He will begin two years of active service in August 1970, with potential advancement in rate and selection for one of sixty Naval occupational ratings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis Ward Anderson
Ralph Anderson
Potter
U.S. Naval Reserve
Naval Reserve Training Center
Lincoln
Great Lakes Naval Station
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Mir
Harold Young
Gurley
Carol Gentry
Kimball
Roland Schultz
North Platte
Ed Swanson
Frank Domingues
New Port Beach
Edwina Swanson
LaGuana Beach
Don
Stan Larabee
Don Krieger
Greensburg, Pa
Mr. Jarabee
A.F. Larabee
Dale Coleman
Spruce
Bruce
Bret Belden
Paul Lawrence
Wallace Belden Sr
Wheatland
Wyo
Bret
Order of the Arrow
Laramie Peak
Jim Linnenkamp
Longmont
Frank Frane
Black Hills
Simmons W. Cook, Jr
T.R. Tillotson
S.S. Nicholls
Oshkosh
the Nichols
Vickie
Valerie
Holdrege
Art Ladine
Harold
Wayne Thelander
Lewellen
18Th Ave
Mr. Thelander
Harold’s Electric
KSID
Ron Rich
Delta, Colo
Deborah Dr
Robert Niemoller
Laramie, Wyo
Gordon Niemoleler
Jeane Thies
Frank Frauendorfer
Jack Lawler
San Jose
Stewart Brown
Brown
John
Boise
Idaho
Dale Gilley
Broomfield, Cole
Robert Ammer
Man
Laredo Lane
Columbus, Neb
Ammerman
Lodgepole Telephone Company
Mr. Hardin
Sidney Diesel
13Th Ave
Gordon Richards
Grant City, Mo
Allen McGees
Howard J, Fisher
the Photo Center
Dianne Juelfs
LuAnn Slama
Janet Soukop
Raymond Slama
Bruce Juelfs
Emil Soukop
American Legion
Beta Sigma Phi
Jody Enevoldsen
Patty Policky
Lea Ann Nelson
Claudia
Young Westerns
St. Pats Gradei
Mary Therese Spencer
Eed Hospital
Daisy M
Anderson Is A
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Senior Citizens’ Center
Ross Robinson
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