Around The Town Community News Highlights
Freshman Dave Josten from Chadron State visits his parents with college friend Ron Anderson. Mrs. Ham and sister Mary Chenoweth plan a Mexican trip. Ray Sutton and Glen Sutton host Winter visit before Denver stay. Will Turgeon and adopted daughter Susan Michele arrive from Alliance. Benny Hochman attends Chadron State choral concert featuring Rose Lee Hochman and Marilyn Gorman. Sp 4 Brad DeWitt returns Dec 3. Sidney visit with parents Alver and Emma DeWitt. Debbie Knoedler joins Holdrege trip. Knoedler sister-in-law of Alver DeWitt joins guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Josten
Chadron State College
Ray Josten
Ron Ander
Hastings
Will Turgeon
Alliance
Sidney
Susan Michele
Turgeon
Benny Hochman
Chadron
Rose Lee Hochman
Marilyn Gorman
Brad DeWitt
States
Alver DeWitt
Supper Set For Choraliers By Lodgepole
Lodgepole WSCS plans a supper to support the Kearney State College Choraliers who perform in Lodgepole on Wednesday evening December 13. The group met with 18 members present plus two children and Rev. Hoffman. A donation to Epworth Village at York was approved. The combined circle meeting was postponed due to a conflict with the school Christmas Opera. A new date will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
Arnold Kehl
Morris Hernbloom
A. J. Lindley
Harry Brown
Sam Irwin
Clarence Meyer
Horace Quinn
Nell Melton
Helen Minshall
Gurley School Christmas Music Concert December 13
The Gurley Public School hosts a Christmas music concert at 7:30 PM on Wednesday December 13 directed by Miss Catherine Atkinson. The program features choral and instrumental numbers including The First Noel Fantasy Jingle Bells Rhapsody and Mock pieces. The Madrigal singers perform Let Carols Ring and more. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurley Public School
Catherine Atkinson
Joseph
Joseph Mine
Mrs. Haupt Ends Two Years As Aid President
Mrs Henry Haupt steps down after two years as president of St Pauls Lutheran Ladies Aid presiding at her final meeting. New president Mrs Earl Gell takes over following a covered dish dinner for 51 members and guests. The Rev Lester Boehm spoke on Christmas Welfare and Christian Encounters was the program. Hostesses named by members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Haupt
St. Paul’s Lutheran Ladies Aid
Earl Gell
Fellowship Hall
Lester Boehm
Harold Borcher
John Cathey
Norman Steffens
Don Burrows
Verne Sharman
Bob Buhrdorf
Cliff Nienhueser
Jim Peterson
Victor Reker
William Schnell
Mrs Maddox Shower Honoree At Friday Evening Event
Mrs Clif Thurston and Miss Debbie Thurston hosted a baby shower for Mrs Bill Maddox at the Harvey George home with 14 guests. A seven o clock buffet featured antiqued green candles and a congratulatory centerpiece. Joan Mill read See Mother Run and Debbie sang two solos after dessert. Attending were Mrs Mike Campbell Ft Collins Colo. Mrs Lee Maddox Pueblo Colo. Mrs William Rauert Kimball. Mrs L Maddox. Mrs Harvey George. Mrs P J Lenzen. Mrs Gary Read. Mrs Bill Jelks. Mrs Conrad Ribera. Mrs Don Bell and Mrs Clif Jarvis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clif Thurston
Debbie Thurston
Bill Maddox
Harvey George
Joan Mill
Thurston
Debbie
Mike Campbell
Ft. Collins
Colo
Lee Maddox
Pueblo
William Rauert
Kimball
L. Maddox
P. J. Lenzen
Gary Read
Bill Jelks
Conrad Ribera
Don Bell
Clif Jarvis
Christmas Program At Light Memorial Church
The Presbyterian Women's Association hosted a Christmas program in the Light Memorial Church fellowship hall. Ruth Circle members served as hostesses. New officers were installed with Mrs. Darrel Davis giving the dedication prayer. Mrs. William Fankhauser presented the program featuring the Sidney High Madrigal singers directed by Duane Nichols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Women’s Association
Light Memorial Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall
Ruth Circle
Darrel Davis
William Fankhauser
Sidney High Madrigal Singers
Duane Nichols
Engaged Sharon German to Richard Kallhoff in Sutherland
Sharon Kay German daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold German of Sutherland and Richard Leo Kallhoff son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Kallhoff of Dalton Mississippi are engaged. Sharon is a Sutherland High School and Sidney OT Center graduate employed at Greyhound Bus Depot North Platte. Richard is a Gurley High School graduate and Chadron State College attendee serving in Vietnam. No wedding plans made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon German
Harold German
Sutherland
Sharon Kay
Richard Leo Kallhoff
Theodore Kallhoff
Dalton
German
Sutherland High School
Sidney Occupational Training Center
Sidney
Greyhound
North Platte
Kallhoff
Gurley High School
Chadron State College
Vietnam
Sidney Public School Menu for December 12–18 1967
The Sidney Public School posts a weekly menu from Tuesday December 12 to Monday December 18 1967. Meals include Green beans with bacon brumbles cream turkey boiled beef with wide noodles baked macaroni and cheese ground beef patties with sides, milk served daily. Subject to change.
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Harvard
Sorority Plans Christmas Tea by Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Alphabota Chapter ESA members finalized a Christmas tea for Sunday December 17 at Mrs. Don Burrows home. Transfer ceremonies for Mrs. Earl Martin and Mrs. Don Born were arranged. The tea will be at Mrs. Esther Puffer home. Chapter to entertain Rest Home residents on January 23. Mrs. Leroy Hadden named Santa project chair. Program on ESA purposes presented by Mrs. Dyle Dillon and Mrs. Puffer. Lunch followed.
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Alphabota
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Don Burrows
Earl Martin
Don Born
Esther Puffer
Robert Bauerkemper
Leroy Had
Christmas Service Honors Mrs. Jesse King At Dinner
The Women's Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist Church awarded life membership pins to Mrs. Jesse King for her youth work. 38 members attended the Thursday meeting at 1 30 p.m. in the church fellowship hall with Christmas music, scripture, and a lesson on the uniqueness of Christianity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse King
Women’s Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Oren Cox
King
Ken Noteboom Jr
Cliff Houk
Dennis Miller
Verlin Livingston
Bill Christy
Florence Linton
W. E. Henke
John Mason
Circle Three
Nancy Burton
Livingston
Union
Circle Seven
Paul Spearow
Cheyenne
Marvin Anthony
Circle Two
Linton
John Stayton
Blaine Thompson
Kenneth Bagby
Gerald Laux
Don Weimer
Cliff Webster
Lutheran Christian Women of
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Fellowship Hall
Clif Thurston
Debbie Thurston
Alvin Bauer
Harold Hyde
Kenneth Whiteford
Harvey George
Bill Maddox
St. Nicholas
Arlo Jones
Victor Nelson
Arnold Braasch
Jack Flohr
Thurston
Navy Airman Participates in Blue Lotus Exercise
Airman Apprentice Carl B. Conley of Sidney Nebraska served aboard USS Enterprise during Blue Lotus, the First Fleet Exercise off Southern California from Nov 28 to Dec 9. The 24,000-strong drill included 45 ships, six air units, and Camp Pendleton amphibious actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USS Enterprise
Carl B. Conley
USN
Charles C. Conley
Sidney
Neb
Enterprise
California
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Marine Expeditionary Brigade
San Clemente
Chocolate Mountain
Fire Auxiliary Keeps Busy With Parties And Donations
Members of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Sidney Volunteer Fire Department hosted husbands at a Christmas party in Yendis Gate and held a card party in place of a regular meeting on December 4. They served coffee and rolls to firemen who battled the Walker Farm fire Wednesday morning and donated 25 dollars to Cheyenne County welfare while continuing a Gold Bond stamp project. New members are Mrs. Virgil Greever and Mrs. Richard Hazlitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aunliary
Sidney
Virgil Greever
Richard Hazlitt
Census tally in progress at multiple towns
The record lists 45 patients admitted with no babies in the nursery and names many individuals from Sidney Gurley Dix and surrounding areas. It notes dismissals and various residents across Lodges and towns, ending with the home address 1404 Cedar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Lester Stecher
Ralph J. Truax
al Mitchell
Margaret Butterfield
Ralph Perkins
Jimmy Dickinson
Don Dean
Don Gretch
Karen Trumble
H. P. Nielsen
Patricia Dvorak
Albert Polenski
Donald Roberts
Mary Walker
Wilbur Brauer
Clare Stark
Trina Alvord
Herb Littleton
Margaret Weibel
Alan Bedient
Virgil Zwickl
Hazel Kinney
Potter
John Herboldsheimer
Gurley
Arthur Rowan
Dix
Sandra Davis
George Ehlers
Sharorti McKay
Lealji
J. Rs. Gilliland
Henry‘ Beckman
Karth Trumble
Fred Schlesselman
Emil Suchy
Frank Morey
Frank Clinton
Albert Shefner
Ronald Uzel
Randall Seibert
Eva Duecker
Charles Hornaday
Ronald Brunkhardt
Kettle Ribera
Ward Johnson
Jeanine Bevan
Lyle Mather
Lodgepole
William George
Fernando Ornales
Lewis Dughman
Jimmy Dickenson
Kimball
Evelyn Hendricks
Peetz
Shirley Jean Miller
Dalton
Arvin Kurth
Sinterklaas visit makes Christmas memorable at Beyer home
Susan Beyer hosted two Dutch Rotary exchange students Charlotte Schut and Liesbeth Bieling for a pre Christmas weekend. The visitors enjoyed a traditional Sinterklaas ceremony with St. Nicholas and gift giving, a Dutch dinner, and stories from Holland. The event highlighted friendliness of Americans and the large US steaks admired by the guests. Liesbeth noted long travel by Dutch standards and planned moves to new host families for further weekends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Holland
Susan Beyer
Sidney
Liesbeth Bieling
Poortugaal
Chadron State College
Chadron Rotary
Charlotte Schut
Eerbeek
Chappell
Susan
Telegraph
Leonard Beyer
Chadron
St. Nicholas
Black Knight
Liesbeth
Charlotte
Vance Clarks
Beyer
Beyers’sons
Christmas Wish List Letters From Nebraska Children
A collection of postal notes from Nebraska youngsters dated December 1967 listing Christmas requests. Many children ask for toys such as guns and firearms related items, dolls, Tonka trucks, a GI Joe locker, and play sets, along with cookies for Santa and confirmations of being well behaved. The letters include names and addresses and express holiday cheer.
Cub Scout den meetings share Holiday prep and teamwork
Den 1 Pack 90 had seven present with shoulder pulls and the Law of the Pack. They began Christmas gifts for families as Steve Cook brought treats. Den 6 Pack 82 met on December 5 with flag ceremony, Christmas decorations, and a closing living circle led by Chris Schaaf and Greg McElwain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Cook
Den
Chris Schaaf
Greg McElwain
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Hubert Humphrey
Charles Ham
Colorado Springs
Mary Chenoweth
Acapulco
Mexico
Ray Sutton
Gordon
Glen Sutton
Denver
Emma Cassidy
Jerry Olson
Phoenix, Ariz
Otto Knoedler
Debbie of
Holdrege
Mrs. Knoedler
Mr. DeWitt
Lodgepole Wscs
Gurley School
Haupt
Aid
Mrs. Maddox
Shower
Sidney Public School
Menu
Sorority
WSCS
LCW
Mrs. King
Providence Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
VFW
District I
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Veterans Hospital
Ed Colone
N. L. Cub) Brown
Phil Crantz
Marion Whi
Evelyn Longmore
Marion Whitaker
Persident
Aiosrital i Mates
Gordon Richards
Sinterklaas
Santa
Joe Locker
Troy Meyer
Tony Meyer
Todd Meyer PS
Donald Glant
Dennis the Menace
Duane Egging
Lynne Schoolcraft
Love, Rita and
Dena Lee
Tammy
Jimmy
Love
Tammy Simmerman
Newton Street
Nebr
Nebraska
Mindy Kallhoff
Teri Kallhot
Pam Kallhoff
Brenda Dickes
Saint Nick
Santa Claus
Dwight Wagner
Cub Scout News
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