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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1956
Page
9
Several bridge groups met at the Sidney Country Club for afternoon and evening sessions. Honorees included Mrs. J. R. Gilliand and Mrs. Rabb at the Ladies Bridge event, with hostesses named for upcoming meetings.
The Sidney Lions Club and Keen Teens organize a house to house sale Monday night to raise funds for the blind in Nebraska. Mats measure 16 by 28 inches, black rubber with a red diamond design, reversible and priced at 3.25. Sale starts 7 p.m. and runs two hours. to order call 5503.
Property owners in Kimball's South Park Addition collected royalties from the Belgum No. 2 oil well. For 16 months July 1955 to October 1957 the production totaled 36 377 barrels worth 102 183 22 with a state severance tax of 1 225 05. The city’s share from city land and the water well lot totaled 575 55.
At 5 20 p m Wednesday on Highway 30 two Sidney residents were injured one seriously. Dorothy M Hewitt Route 1 Sidney was hospitalized with leg injuries after her 1951 car was rammed from behind by Everett L Javins 40 of Sidney. Javins received facial lacerations and was treated then released. Damage was about 900 dollars with both cars near total losses.
Scottsbluff audience hears 32 year old T Holt, youngest national VFW commander, urge aid to Hungary against Soviet influence. He blasts overseas spending and calls for pension protection while backing a strong air force as 500 veterans from Nebraska and Wyoming attend the annual banquet. Sidney delegates listed among attendees.
John W. Dolson 67 of Broadwater died Tuesday at a son’s Oshkosh home. He was born August 1, 1889, in Oshkosh and married Blanch Spellman at Lisco November 9, 1910. He lived in Lisco until 1919, then moved to Broadwater and worked on ranches in Antioch and Hyannis, helped build the Union Pacific railroad from Omaha to Sidney. Survivors include son Carl, four brothers, a sister, and two grandchildren. His wife died April 23, 1956. Services Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Broadwater Lutheran Church. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. MHolechek Funeral Home of Bridgeport in charge.
The Sidney Draw Club will gather December 19 at Mrs. Robert Kurz home 1316 Summit Drive with Mrs. Eugene Kerns as co host. Local residents including the Kurz family attended recent social visits and host gatherings at several area homes.
Community notes list Sunday morning calls at the Frank Kurz and Ed Van Aelstyn homes. Families including Kurz, Stark, Glanz, Schmidt, Janssen, Atkins, Betterman, Lehurs, Herzer, Mohatt, Baird, Martin, Glanz, Haupt, Erich, Olson, Osborn, Spearow, and Chambers are recorded visiting, dining, and quilting across local households.
National Parent Teachers Association reports membership exceeding 10 million, reflecting broad school success and community engagement across the United States. The milestone highlights PTA reach in communities and growing parent involvement in education nationwide.
Logan County, among the major eastern Colorado wheat counties, records the lowest share of acres under the 1957 soil bank reserve plan. Officials in Sterling report about three percent of allotted acres enrolled, with drought areas in the south showing up to 34 percent. The four northern tiers including Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and Yuma registered a little over 14 percent under the program.
The Mutual Improvement Club elected Vera Klentz as president Aleata Johnson as vice president Ana Sprenger as secretary Bessie Hammond as treasurer and Helen Walters as historian. They voted to donate to the Kings Daughters fund and set a 50 cent limit for the Christmas gift exchange.
Telegraph Want Ads note mothball use on military airport runways near coasts as protection against seagulls after several collisions with planes and pilots. Britain’s RAF reports mothballs keep gulls away while the US Air Force weighs similar measures. The only sun cured tobacco market in the world is in Richmond Virginia.
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