Christmas visits pen at Cambridge and nearby towns
A roundup of holiday visits and gatherings across the region. Francis and Mabel Jorgenson host in Cambridge with extended Jorgenson family. University of Nebraska students Steve Ham and Johan Morris join parents in Sidney for Christmas. Wayne Anderson and family visit Merino. Charles and headley observe 25th anniversary in Sterling. Various travel and family events include Jim Bonesteel’s California trip, Douglas Boyd in St. Louis with newborn, and Ed Colone celebrating 25th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Ham
Johan Morrisson
University of Nebraska
Sidney
Charles Ham
Lyle Morrison
Merino
Colo
Wayne Anderson
Jack Anderson
Wanda
Mark
Sterling
Charles Headley
Elected officers of Providence Chapter OES
Mrs. Virgil Walters and Keith Simpson were elected worthy matron and worthy patron of Providence Chapter No. 108, Order of the Eastern Star, at a December 14 meeting with 29 members attending. The next meeting on January 11 will include an installation open to the public at 8:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Walters
Keith Simpson
Providence
Order of the Eastern Star
James Edwards
David Ells
Santa Claus
Keith Spiker
Gordon Richards
Circles Meet at Light Memorial Church in Three Sections
The Women’s Association of Light Memorial Presbyterian Church held three circles on Thursday. The morning circle at Mrs Ray Cruise’s home had 11 members. Mrs Helen Johnson led the lesson and devotions and Mrs Cruise was named chair for the new year. The afternoon circle at Mrs Ken Noteboom Sr’s home had 14 members. devotional duties were by Mrs Ross Barker and Mrs Elmer Hartmann, who was chosen as chair for the coming year. The evening circle at Mrs Forrest Belieu’s home had 12 members and one guest. devotions were by Mrs Ruth Bell and Mrs Bell was named evening chair. A gift was given to Mrs Carl Nelson, who is moving to Alaska. The evening time was spent visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Association of Light Memorial Presbyterian Church
Ray Cruise
Helen Johnson
Cruise
Ken Noteboom
Ross Barker
Elmer Hartmann
Peetz Project Pushers Plan February Hospital Decor
The Peetz Project Pushers met December 5 in the Peetz Legion Hall basement and will create tray decorations for Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital in Sidney during February. A skating party is scheduled January 2 from 7 to 10 p.m. The clothing and toy collection surpassed expectations and the group opted not to have a grab bag this year. Mr. Green demonstrated candle making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peetz Project
Peetz Legion Hall
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Nebraska
Green
Job's Daughters Bethel 25 Installation December 21
Job's Daughters Bethel 25 of Sidney holds installation of all officers and choir on Wednesday December 21 at 5 30 p.m. in the Masonic Temple. The event is open to the public with a practice on Sunday December 18 at 1 30 p.m. All members and DeMolay are urged to attend practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job’s Daughters Bethel
Sidney
Masonic Temple
Job
DeMolay
Kiwanis Welcomes New Members at Sidney Club Meeting
Eleven new members were inducted at the Sidney Kiwanis Club gathering at the Country Club. J.B. Baker awarded membership pins to Ron Barker, Lawrence Thompson, Clark Wicks, Bob Roach, Don Tuch, Jim Henricks, Paul Husemann, Glenn Geiger, Frank Finsney, Jim Brumfield, and Don Robinson. Arland Tangeman reported on the Alliance Kiwanis conference attended by Arlo Jones, Arland Tangeman, and Glen Houtz. Mrs. Thomas E. Kokjer presented her safari Africa lecture and displayed souvenirs from her trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Kiwanis Club
Country Club
J.B. Baker
Ron Barker
Lawrence Thompson
Clark Wicks
Bob Roach
Don Tuch
Jim Henricks
Paul Husemann
Glenn Geiger
Frank Finsney
Jim Brumfield
Don Robinson
Arland Tangeman
Kiwanis
Alliance
Arlo Jones
Glen Houtz
Thomas E. Kokjer
Africa
Sioux Depot Ladies Club Hosts Christmas Luncheon
Club meets at Sidney Occupational Training Center cafe with eleven members present. Mrs. Joe Schaf wins door prize, welcome to new member Mrs. Mike Thomas. Arts and Crafts Club plans Jan 4 meeting at Mrs Englebright home with a salad luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Englebright
Sioux Depot Ladies’ Club
Sidney
Sidney Rebekah Kensington elects officers for year
The Sidney Rebekah Kensington group held a noon Wednesday dinner for 15 members, followed by a business meeting. Mrs. Pearl Simpson, president, presided as Mrs. Oren Cox was elected president for the coming year. Alma Averill became vice president, Rex Olsen secretary-treasurer, and Katie Helzer chaplain. Blanche Humphrey spoke on Luke chapter two, and a “Recipe for Happiness” poem was read. The next meeting is January 11 at 2 p.m. Canasta followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Rebekah Kensington
Pearl Simpson
Oren Cox
Alma Averill
Rex Olsen
Katie Helzer
Blanche Humphrey
Mrs. Simpson
Sub Debs Christmas Party Plans Dance and Caroling
The Sub Deb Club held its annual Christmas party on December 14 at Connie Hiett's home. A brief meeting planned a December 23 dance at the Elks auditorium, followed by caroling at a rest home and enrollment for the "17" Club. A gift exchange occurred with each member receiving a secret sister gift. The next meeting is scheduled for December 28 at Nancy Josten's home, with a joint meeting with the "17" Club planned soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Hiett
Elks Auditorium
Nancy Josten
Potter girl Sharon Miller graduates from Sidney Business Institute
Sharon Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs Dick Stull of Potter is a 1965 Potter High School graduate who attended the Business Institute of Sidney for executive secretarial training beginning June 1965. She served in band chorus and as a cheerleader and rodeo queen in 1964 1965. She married Kent Kent in October at Potter Methodist Church. Kent works for Miller Implement and serves as 2nd Lieutenant and platoon commander in the National Guard. Sharon is employed by the C A Story Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent B. Sharon) Miller
Dick Stull
Potter
Business Institute of Sidney
Sharon
Potter High School
Nu Tau Sigma Sorority
Kent
Miller Implement
National Guard
C. A. Story Agency
Lions Ladies Night at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
The Sidney Lions Club held its annual Christmas party and ladies’ night at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel on Wednesday. Rev. Drexel von Forell spoke. a We Three trio sang and a Roy MacAdam comedy skit was performed. Corsages were given. attendance awards were presented to multiple members, with the International booster award going to Glen Spearow. Out of town guests included Lions from Lodgepole and Dalton clubs. Ken Pittam served as master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Lions Club
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Drexel von Forell
Duane Nichols
Roy MacAdam
John Scholl
Gordon Fuller
Lee Maddox
John Ward
E. L. Hoover
Don Foxhaven
Lions Zone 2
Lions International
Paul Adkinson
Carl Jones
Lloyd Lockwood
al Ladine
Vince Maliszewski
L.B. Neuman
Maynard Osborn
Kenneth Pittam
John Schou
Elmer Weber
Charles Willey
Glen Spearow
Lions
Don Hofer
Leonard Bond
Ernest Meyer
Lodgepole Lions Club
Bob Ankeny
Dalton Lions Club
Ken Pittam
Goal Gainers Club Holds Christmas Turkey Dinner
The Goal Gainers Extension Club met at Mrs. Arnold West erhoff’s home for its annual Christmas dinner with ten members and four children present. Mrs. Kerri Kennedy resigned as president as she leaves Sidney. Mrs. Eldon Lubrer will serve as president. They played Christmas Ringo and exchanged gifts. Mrs. Irvin Ehlers will host the next meeting on January 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goal Gainers Club
Goal Gainers Extension Club
Arnold Westerhoff
Kerri Kennedy
Sidney
Kennedy
Eldon Lurber
Irvin Ehlers
Hospital Census At Memorial Hosp Shows 55 Patients
The 8 am census at Memorial Hospital lists 55 patients and three babies in nursery. Admissions include Sidney residents Mrs John Ehrman Mrs Ernest Reker Hammond McNish Julia Rowan Julia Rasmussen Richard Flohr Mrs J H Laaker and lodgepole entries Jess Hobson Padroni Rudolph Lively Kimball Lee Ann Bradford. Dispositions include Sidney residents Mrs Crescencilo Rocha Timothy Schnell Fred McKinney Mrs Eva Ducker Leslie Reese Dick Hardesty Don Dean Marvin Kealy Jesse King Charles Moor and Gurley Walter Egging Nisland Mrs Gerald Peterson and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
John Ehrman
Ernest Reker
Hammond McNish
Julia Rowan
Julia Rasmussen
Richard Flohr
J. H. Laaker
Lodgepole
Jess Hobson Padroni
Colo
Rudolph Lively Kimball
Lee Ann Bradford
Crescencilo Rocha
Timothy Schnell
Fred McKinney
Fernando Gomez
Eva Ducker
Leslie Reese
Dick Hardesty
Don Dean
Marvin Kealy
Jesse King
Charles Moor Lodgepole
Carl Jurgens Gurley
Walter Egging Nisland
S.D
Gerald Peterson
Look Who's Here Look Who's Here
Multiple birth announcements list new sons with full names, birth dates, times, and weights. Families include David Paul Craig of Vail Colorado, Travis Lee Ogden of Grand Island Nebraska, Brian Scott Peterson of Newport Tennessee, Scott Michael Russell of Waumsutter Wyoming, with detailed grandparent and great grandparent names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Paul Craig
Loran Craig
Vail
Colo
David Paul
Craig
Virginia Kettler
Marvin Kettler
Sidney
Harold Craig
Denver
Emily Kurz
Fred Kettler
Travis Lee Ogden
Leroy Ogden
Grand Island
Neb
Travis Lee
Eunice Faith
Peetz
Cole
Sophie Simpson
Prairie Schooners Square Dance Club Christmas Dance
On Saturday December 17 at the 4-H Building Fairgrounds Prairie Schooners Square Dance Club hosts a Christmas dance with a 7 pm covered dish dinner, a 50 cent gift exchange, and dancing after. Sunday December 18 features Job's Daughters and Demolays installation practice at 1:30 pm and O N O Extension Club Christmas dinner at 1 pm in the 4-H building with secret pals revealed. Assembly of God Church school program is at 7:30 pm on Sunday open to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Schooners Square Dance Club
Fairgrounds
O.N.O. Extension Club
4-H
Assembly of God Church
Conservation program helps farmers with cost sharing aid
Conservation measures carried out by farmers with cost sharing assistance under the Agricultural Conservation Program help protect farmland and watersheds. Troop 130 met in the basement of the Catholic Church on December 14, 1966, opening by the Sassy Sioux patrol, treats by the Prairie Schooners, no patrol split as they practiced carols for Monday night December 19. Cathy Nelson, scribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Schooners
Cathy Nelson
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Cambridge
Francis Jorgenson
Mabel Jorgenson
Roger Jorgenson
Child
Francis Jorgensons
Francis
Roger
Bushnell
Wayne Adamson
Willard Randolph
Janice Adamson
Dennis Randolph
James C. Johnson
Imball
C. #. Hammond
Clarence Evans
Lloyd Reineka
Hattie Lipke
Chet Walters
Frank Klentzail
Kerry Kennedy
Kimball
Bocky
Ford
Purina Feed Mills
Ordway
Hilda Schon
Carl ‘Chon
Chappell
Premont, Neb
N.M. Nelson
Mr. Chow
Robert Nelsen
Mr. Nelsen
Fred Nelsen
Jim Bonesteel
Eileen Bonesteel
Herlong
Calif
Iilbert Borcher
Douglas Boyd
St. Louis
John Keeling
Mr. Boyd
Washington D. C
Wayne Bond
Washington
Rural Electric Cooperatives
Mr. Bond
Bismark
N. C
Ed Colone
John
Mrs. Colone
Little Rock
Ark
Mr. Colone
Colone
Helen Dyke
Robert Gilgren
Dalton
Casper
William Gilgren
Gilgren
Clarence Ziegler
W. H. Ogle
Burns, Wyo
Bill Ogle
Rodney Jobman
James Bricker
Rodney
Kearney State College
Richard Brauer
Dix
Little Blue Angel
Tom Campbell
David
Sunnyvale
Lawrence Baseggio
Valerie Ann
Mrs. Walters
OES
Nanci Ann
James L. Schilling
Faith
Peetz High School
Sidney Beauty Academy
Sidney High School
United States Army
Viet Nam
Stickney’s Inc
Job’s Daughters
Robert E.cape
Sharon Louise
John D. Mason
Milton S. Mason
Elgin, Neb
Hastings College
Lions Ladies
Don Burrows
Santa
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Alpha Iota
Don Collins
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Danine
Tania
Jenni Burrows
Ospital
Brian Scott Peterson
Newport
Tenn
Brian Scott
A. Peterson
Moorehead
Minn
Dei Mers
Baker, Mont
Ray Butler
Scott Michael Russell
Michael Russell
Scott Michael
Lorraine Gasch
McCook
Robert Gasch
Jack Russell
Fort Morgan
Mildred McCarthy
Waumsutter
Wyo
Pam Jeppesen
Helen Jeppesen
Jeppesen
Gamma Phi Beta
Santas
Nebr
Stevie McMillan
Brian
Brian Mapes
Scotty
Rexall
13Th & Hlinois
Pratt « Lamber
Aatti Lambery
Vapex
Walt Pinish
Jackson
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