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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1949
Page
9
Local residents and guests fill a wide range of activities from hospital stays to family visits and travel. Mary Reilly plans weekend return to Roche Hospital while others attend shows, meetings, or share time in Scottsbluff, Lincoln, Denver and Chicago.
Mrs Charles Lieber travels from Waukegan Illinois after ten days on business. Mrs A M Leatdale returns from Hastings visiting son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Clarence R Hide. Donavon H Lyngholm of Sidney among six Colorado A M College students elected to Phi Kappa Phi for highest scholastic averages will have initiation today. Miss Joanne Bledsoe of Sidney pledged into Zeta Alpha sorority at Chadron State Teachers College Tuesday.
Sidney High School opens its 1949-50 basketball season with a Friday night game at North Platte, a stern test for the Maroons against one of the tallest teams in the era. Coach Lee Shuman plans both varsity and junior varsity action, with Montgomery and Avenuen starting at forward and Harden at center, followed by Davis and Jensen as guards.
Lodgepole defeated Gurley 40 to 26 as W Kerk and Callies sparked a second half rally. Callies led Lodgepole with 16 points while Kerk added 15. Kallhoff and Schumacher led Gurley with nine and seven.
Glenn Brestel of Dalton led Nebraska high school six-man scoring with 294 points in eight games during the 1949 season. Dennis Korinek of Ulysses followed with 2309 points. Duane Ourada of Overton and Arlen Miles of St. Marys surpassed 215 and 214 respectively, with other players noted for forward-pass gains.
Sidney Freshman basketball team beat Potter ninth and tenth graders 24 to 9 at Senior High. Starting five Glassburn Chappell Maley Beebe Seegers led a 17-4 halftime margin. all nineteen players saw action as Sidney closed pre holiday schedule with two wins.
A Christmas gift feature from The Gift Shop Jewelers highlighting men s Ruby Cameo initial or emblem rings and a large selection of ladies stone set rings for holiday shopping.
Nebraska game officials predicted the open deer season will top 1000 kills before December 23. Weather could boost totals, with near 900 deer reported at five western stations. Hunters at Cheyenne County led early takes, while two West Point men were arrested near Hay Springs for shooting a doe after dark and had guns seized.
Sidney eighth graders lost 23 to 19 to Potter while Sidney seventh graders defeated Potter seventh 48 to 5 in a two game session Wednesday night.
In a school basketball clash, notable scorers include Adams Yonekura Niekum Wendall Pearson and Lloyd Juelfs with five points apiece. Potter's J Schwartz tops scoring with ten while Billy Henderson Junior Lewis and George Taylor lead the eighth grade effort. New religious pictures and floral designs are offered at The Gift Shop Jewelers. Hoge Hayes Telegraph Want Ads invite readers to try them.
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