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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1956

Page

9

Card Clubs and Bridge Sessions Highlight Local Social Scene

Mrs. Lee Sluman hosted the Bridgettes with two guests, honoring Mrs. E. R. Jimerson and others. Several clubs met at homes and Sidney Country Club for desserts, dinners, and Christmas tree table decor with prizes won by multiple members. Jan. 9 to 15 meetings are scheduled at various host homes.

Bridgettes Lee Sluman Bridgettes Club Ross Warner D. R. Sedgewick E. R. Jimerson Warner Don Himes Russell Fletcher Dick Sedgewick Claren Mann Arthur Atkins Roger Epley Atkins U Like Bridge Club Lawrence Shupe Howard Courtright Duane DePue Herb Edwards

Omission Leaves Two New B O Docs Officers Missing

Two names were accidentally omitted from the list of newly elected B O Docs officers. The absent entries are Mrs Deward Jelinek senior counselor and Mrs Raymond Kent junior counselor.

B . O. Docs Deward Jelinek Raymond Kent

Birth announced for Douglas James in Memorial Hospital

Kimball Mrs Edward Maupin and family welcome son Douglas James born at 11 34 a m Wednesday December 12 in Memorial Hospital weighing six pounds 14 ounces Ginger Kay nine is sister Grandparents Mr and Mrs Ralph Gordon Sidney and Mr and Mrs William Stute Haigler Neb

Douglas James Memorial Hospital Ginger Kay Ralph Gordon Sidney William Stute Haigler Neb

Look Who's Here Barbara Sue Glassburn Born in Chappell Hospital

Mr and Mrs Gordon Glassburn of Lodgepole announce the birth of daughter Barbara Sue on Tuesday December 11 in Chappell hospital. Barbara Sue weighed seven pounds. She has a four year old sister Brenda. Grandmothers are Mrs Harm Hippen and Mrs Maude Glassburn both of Lodgepole. Douglas James Gordon Mr and Mrs Kenneth Gordon

Barbara Sue Glassburn Gordon Glassburn Lodgepole Barbara Sue Chappell Hospital Brenda Harm Hippen Maude Glassburn

Field Representative Position in Sidney Area 1957

A large financial institution seeks a field representative in the Sidney area starting January 1 1957. Salary plus commission bonus hospital plan and pension. Requires high school diploma age 25 to 45 and residence in Sidney include full information about yourself and family. Good future if selected.

Sidney Sid

Fleming Welcomes Son Kim Laverne in Sidney

Mr and Mrs Marvin Fleming welcomed a son, Kim Laverne, at 12 27 a.m. on Sunday December 9, weighing six pounds. The baby’s sisters Linda, 12, and Kathy, 8, and grandparents E L Madden, H F Fleming, all of Sidney, share in the news.

Kim Laverne Marvin Fleming Memorial Hospital Linda Kathy E. L. Madden H. F. Fleming Sidney

Sergeant Siemers Receives Post Test Recognition

Armed Forces Sgt Clayton E Siemers of Sidney has earned a letter of recognition from Col Denzil L Baker commanding officer of the 27th Infantry Col Baker praised Siemers for completing his high school GED Siemers has served in the U S Air Force three years five months and was stationed at Sheffield Barracks Hawaii for two years five months

Clayton E. Siemers Sophie Siemers Sidney Denzil L. Baker 27Th Infantry Col Baker Siemers United States Air Force Scheffield Barracks Hawaii

TB Christmas Seals Aid Tuberculosis Research Efforts

Returns from the TB Christmas Seals campaign are modest but ongoing. Mrs Elizabeth Schwas nick urges final contributions to complete campaign tabulations while Dr Max Fleishman notes funds support diverse studies from chemical analysis of the tubercle bacillus to a national program testing isoniazid in preventing serious TB complications in children.

Elizabeth Schwasnick Sidney Lodgepole Max Fleishman Nebraska Trudeau Society Nebraska Tuberculosis Association Ficisiman Public Health Service National Tuberculosis Association Fleishman

Gas War Prices See Small Hikes In Sidney

Gas stations in Sidney raise prices after a five cent cut this week. Regular and ethyl moved up fourteen cents from the prior drop while some stations kept 26.9 cents per gallon for regular, others pegging 28.4 cents and 30.4 cents for ethyl. The report notes ongoing price volatility and ends with a claim about the world’s thinnest watch matching a U S quarter.

Sidney

Gurley Christmas Party and Lighting Contest Rules

The Gurley Community Christmas Party, sponsored by the Gurley American Legion and volunteers, will be held Saturday December 22 at 7 30 p.m. in the Gurley Legion Hall. Santa will arrive with treats for children and prizes for a lighting contest will be awarded by Arlen Gross. Entrants must mail an entry card and description to L R Hilty Sr and judging will occur Thursday December 20 from 6 to 9 p.m. with prizes of 20 10 and 5 for first to third.

Gurley Gurley American Legion L. R. Hilty, Sr Arlen Gross

Rites Saturday For Mrs. F L Schwartz

Rites for Mrs Frederick L Schwartz 55 will be held Saturday at 10 AM from Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Rev R L Townsend officiating burial in Greenwood Cemetery. She died Tuesday evening after a year long illness memorials to Muscular Dystrophy. She was born August 4 1899 in Kimball daughter of George and Rose Hite. She married Frederick Laury Schwartz on August 6 1918 in Kimball and was a member of First Methodist Church in Sidney. She is survived by husband and five daughters Evelyn Burt Louise Banks

Frederick L. Schwartz Gehrig and Son Funeral Home R. L. Townsend Greenwood Cemetery Schwartz Kimball George and Rose Keller Hite Frederick Laury Schwartz First Methodist Church Sidney Frederick Evelyn Burt Lyons, Ore Louise Banks

Local residents named in Sidney Culbertson obituaries

Of Rushville Helen Houser of Sidney Leila Stone of Culbertson and Ada Gray of Grand Island and three sons Leonard and Harold of Sidney and Gary of Culbertson are listed among the obituary notes for area residents.

Rushville Helen Houser Sidney Leila Stone Culbertson Ada Gray Grand Island Leonard Harold Gary

Funeral today for Henry Bangert 87 in Pasadena

Funeral services were to be held this afternoon for Henry Bangert 87 who died Sunday in a Pasadena California hospital. He was born in Essen Germany and came to the United States in 1886. He lived in Sidney 50 years employed by the Union Pacific Railroad. After retiring in 1940 he moved to California where he lived until his death. Surviving are his wife Ella and two daughters Mrs W C Richalls of Seligman Missouri and Mrs W C Bt

Henry Bangert Pasadena Calif Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Henry Monnich Greenwood Cemetery Mr. Bangert Essen Germany United States Sidney Union Pacific Railroad California Ella W. C. Richalls Seligman, Mo W. C. Bt

Brady Family Obituary Details and Pallbearers

Brady of Longmont Colorado leaves two sons Fred in El Paso Texas and Harry in North Platte, two step daughters Mrs Floyd Bird and Mrs Leslie Neubauer of Sidney, four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Pallbearers were Marius Christensen W W Schulz Neil Tank M W Riggs Roy Greenlee and C C Jones.

Brady Longmont Colo Fred el Paso Tex Harry North Platte Floyd Bird Leslie Neubauer Sidney Marius Christensen W. W. Schulz Neil Tank M. W. Riggs Roy Greenlee C. C. Jones

Pardons Board to Hear Eight Penitentiary and Seven Reformatory Cases

The State Board of Pardons and Paroles announced it will hold hearings on eight Penitentiary and seven men’s Reformatory cases at meetings on January 16 and 17. Among the Penitentiary items are two full pardon requests and the rest parole pleas, including Ralph Tillman, 42, of Kersey Colorado, sentenced from Cheyenne County in January 1956 for a no fund check offense to three years.

State Board of Pardons and Paroles Ralph Tillman Kersey Colo Cheyenne County

Funeral Service Set For Family Of Six

Services for the Albert Bert Oakley Jr family will be Saturday at 1 p m at Bridgeport Presbyterian Church with Rev W B Cain and Rev W E Ulrich officiating. Burial will be in Bayard with Holechek funeral home in charge. The family includes Bert 40 Erma Marguerite 38 and four children who died last Saturday in an icy highway crash near Moose Wyoming. Also killed were James Robert 11 William Boyer 9 Judith Irene 5 and John Harry 10 months.

Albert Bert) Oakley, Jr Bridgeport Presbyterian Church W. B. Cain W. E. Ulrich Bayard Holechek Funeral Home Mr. Oakley Erma Marguerite Moose Wyo James Robert William Boyer Judith Irene John Harry

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Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital Verne Pangborn Nebraska’ Board of Health Pangborn Ira Steward Leo Bolin Thomas O'Connell Sr Jack H. Lowe Thompson Fred Stephens Sidney Country Club W. E. Gehrig E. D. Worden Bernice Kelly We Nine H. P. Craig R. E. Craig Philadelphia Clarence Castner J. R. Miller Raymond Maley W. E. Henke le Plaisir O. J. Weymouth le Plaisir Club E. L. Uptegrove J. R. Taylor Hull Cook Robert Clark G. H. Doran C. S. Radcliffe Weymouth Uptegrove Radcliffe Clark Telegraph Horan Richard Conner James Crowley Don Sherwood John Tenbush Daryl Rapp James C. Cullins Leonard Fine Tim Tafoya Roland Green Duke Thorpe Lewis Sterling Arthur Volkman John Kubicek Bert Wiegers Leonard Dickinson Ethel Stines Fred Morehouse William Bergner Lyn Andrews Terry Jennings George Didier Colleen Kealy Patrick Deir Terry Barber H. E. Pierson Bernard Whiting Debbie Billie Wagner C. V. Sowards Charles Adams Potter Wallace Smith Sharlyce Gluzow Edward Maupin Douglas James Gordon Mrs Kenneth Gordon Ney Lincoln, Nebraska Kim Laverne Fleming TB Seals U. S Azealias Sauinas Sidney, Neb Joth Ave Maddox Motor CO Schaeffer Willys F. L. Schwartz Unni 12Th Ave Town & Country Oil CO Lionel Winter Drug CO Rexall Beckmann Motor CO the National Bonded Cars Inc Cadillac Dr. Fine Checkmann Motor CO
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