History items from Sidney area 14 24 and 54 years ago
From the Telegraph files, local movements include Jesse Hedgecock and family visiting from Lincoln, Hedgecock serving as state elevator inspector. Rae Jones travels to Wakeeney Kansas to visit her parents. Vernon Walker, nine, sustains thumb injury from a washing machine cog and seeks Sidney medical care. Ella Boyd and son Hugh visit from Fleming Colorado. Fred Siedow Jr visits Laramie with F H Corbin family. Bridgeport hosts a newly organized Masonic lodge with local attendees Schroeder, Griffith, Granneman, Closman, and Breckway. Cito Zuhike visits from North Divide. Will Davis returns from Kimball County ranch. George Moore moves family into new home east of Seeger.
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Rae Jones
Wakeeney
Kan
Vernon
James Walker
Lorenzo District
Sidney
Ella Boyd
Hugh
Fleming, Colo
Douglas Boyd
Fred Siedow, Jr
Laramie
F. H. Corbin
Bridgeport
Kay Ichijuki Takes Vacation From Bassett’s Pharmacy
Kay Ichijuki who presides over the soda fountain at Bassett’s Pharmacy left this week for his annual vacation. He will be gone about six weeks or two months. Kay was accompanied by “Sam,” an employee at the McNish home. John Crock fractured his right forearm Sunday while cranking a Ford. Mrs. James Walker near Sidney was taken to Denver for appendectomy after an exploded appendix. condition critical. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Martin returned from a Pacific coast tour. visited major coastal cities and Mrs. Martin’s parents at Long Beach. Dr. H. E. Mantor is in Omaha attending a University clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Ichijuki
Bassett
Kay
Sam
McNish
John Crock
James Walker
Sidney
Denver
Paul Martin
Pacific Coast
Mrs. Martin
Long Beach
Ladies Aid Pie Supper Adds Sixty To Treasury
The Methodist Ladies Aid increased their treasury by $60 after a chicken pie supper on Thursday night. Bernard Strotman completed final homestead proof before County Judge Gapen on October 23 with John Reed and Richard Fegley as witnesses. W J Noble and family arrived Sunday, traveling two miles north of Sidney to farm the area with equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Ladies Aid
Bernard Strotman
Gapen
John Reed
Richard Fegley
W. J. Noble
Sidney
McLaughlin Ranch Sold Near Here for 3000 Dollars
Mr and Mrs Mike McLaughlin sold their ranch ten miles east of here to Friend Dicker son for 3000 dollars this week. Manager Lathrop of the Telephone Exchange plans a line west to Kimball and Potter in spring. Sandy Griswold of the Omaha World Herald passed through en route to San Francisco for the Fitzsimmons Gardner fight. Mrs Blair visited in Omaha and eastern points. Patrick Dunn and family of King precinct arrived Wednesday to stay with Mrs Wm Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike McLaughlin
Dickerson
Here
Lathrop
Telephone Exchange
Kimball and
Potter
Sandy Griswold
Omaha World Herald
San Francisco
Fitzsimsons-Gardner
Blair
Omaha
Patrick Dunn
King Precinct
City
Wm. Wood
Dr Bassett and son return from Illinois visit
Dr Bassett and his son Kenneth came back Monday after a months stay with relatives in Chicago and Champaign Illinois. Major Merriam arrived in Sidney Tuesday and will spend a couple of weeks with his grandson Dr Beebe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bassett
Kenneth
Chicago
Champaign
Ill
Major Merriam
Sidney
Will
Beebe
Local notes on travel and visits from bustling Dannebrog
Robert Miller offered THE TELEGRAPH a flour sample from his Dannebrog mill. Mary McKee returns to Sidney from Willow Island. Mr and Mrs F Winkleman go home to Sidney after visiting Omaha and Fremont. Cold weather brings plans for Louis Jesson’s Round House bath room. Mrs Morrison from North Platte visits this week. Mr A Burg seen on city streets late in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Miller
Telegraph
Dannebrog
Mary McKee
Willow Island
Sidney
F Winkleman
Omaha
Fremont
Louis Jesson
Round House
Morrison
North Platte
A. Burg
Our City
Britain to Host 1948 Olympic Games Across Cities
After a 40 year gap the Olympic Games will return to Britain in 1948 with London hosting the opening ceremony on July 29 and serving as the main hub for events. Bisley Torquay Henley-on-Thames and Aldershot will stage the sport of shooting sailing rowing canoeing and modern pentathlon respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
Bisley
Torquay
Henley-on-Thames
Aldershot
Christmas Brightens Lincoln Hospital With Red Cross Gifts
The Orthopedic Hospital in Lincoln will receive forty gifts funded by the Junior Red Cross from Sidney. Student representatives aged five to eighteen selected the presents. Additional projects include 300 tray and table favors, 200 nut cups, and 160 paper napkins sent to Fort Meade and Lincoln veterans hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Sidney
Junior Red Cross
Marie Nicholson
Fort Meade
S. Dak
Farm Daughters Win Greater Schooling on Farms
Daughters in farm families have more schooling than sons, per a U S Department of Agriculture report. Rural girls make up a larger share of farm youth enrollment, while farm boys tend to leave school early to help with farming. In towns and non farm rural families the pattern reverses. Overall rural attendance has risen in five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ralph
Ruby Thompson
Pike
10Th Ave
the Telegraph
Farmer’s Produce Co
Marvin Anthony
Sidney and Vicinity
Jesse Hedgecock
Glenn Hedgecock
Hedgecock
H. E. Mantor
University of Nebraska Medical College
O. P. Skaggs
England
Red Cross
Peg
Ina
Merry Christmas
the Roche Hospital
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