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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1963
Page
1
The Telegraph details lighthearted holiday mishaps at the Goldens home with kids Gwen LaVern and the four year old, plus Cheyenne County Agents sending corn ears to Lyle Burton at Lackland and publisher Jarvis Bush receiving a season greetings invoice.
Miss Sandra Cook daughter of Dr and Mrs Hull A Cook of Sidney sails for Egypt as part of the Colorado Archaeological Society tour during holiday break. The sophomore anthropology major travels with 19 other students and professors to excavations in the Nile Basin before the Asswan Dam flood. The itinerary includes Luxor Karnak Thebes Valley of the Kings Colossi of Memnon and a Nile steamer cruise with a stop at the Great Asswan Dam and a farewell Cairo visit.
Mark N. Schilz 61 died Friday afternoon December 20 in St. Marys Hospital Scottsbluff after illness. Funeral Tuesday December 24 at 9 a.m. from St Patrick Catholic Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Rosary 7 30 p.m. tonight from Gehrig and Son Funeral Home. He was born September 27 1902 at Platte Center Neb married March 1 1928 to Leona Heeg. Survivors include his widow four sons three daughters grandchildren and siblings.
City of Sidney and the Chamber of Commerce announced winners after judging by Mrs. Jaycees and Business and Professional Women. First prize went to Mr. and Mrs. John F. Lessig for 2464 Monterey Drive, $75 and a plaque. second to Mr. and Mrs. Leon Karnik, $40. third to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olson, $20. fourth to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Robinson, $10. fifth to Mr. and Mrs. Doe Cizek, $5. Wayne Moran praised the outstanding displays and noted the judges faced a difficult task.
Generally fair weather continues with westerly winds of 15 to 25 mph This after noon.
County assessors and assistants from the Southern Panhandle area will convene in Sidney on Friday December 27 for an all day training session. The event, led by deputy tax commissioners Fred Hardt and Roy McCulley, prepares for the January 2 opening of the assessing season at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel starting 8 a.m. Drive carefully.
Area churches announce Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services led by named pastors across Sidney, Lodgepole, Potter, St. Patrick, First Christian, First Methodist, First Baptist, Holy Trinity and St. Paul Lutheran churches plus Christ Episcopal, with multiple masses and candlelight services. The letter from Joseph Henke urges a charity visit for Jenny Connelly and her invalid brother, inviting readers to help on Christmas Day.
Harvey J. Weeth 85 of Peetz died early Monday at Memorial Hospital after years of ill health. A retired farmer who moved to Peetz in 1919, he was born April 12, 1879 in Gretna Nebraska. He married Freda Holekamb in 1914 and is survived by two sons, a daughter, a brother and three sisters. Funeral plans set for Thursday at 11am with burial in Papillion Nebraska and details to appear in The Sidney Telegraph.
Lloyd Mintken of Cheyenne County was elected president of the Panhandle County Assessors Assn at a Lincoln meeting during a training session. New vice president Roy Hartman of Oshkosh and secretary treasurer Clarence Chamberlain of Chadron were named.
The Elks Lodge will sponsor a special show for youngsters at the Fox Theater Tuesday at two o'clock. The program will feature a real Santa Claus and well packed Christmas stockings for attendees.
The Sidney Telegraph will not be published on December 25 or January 1. News contributors and advertisers are asked to note the schedule change.
Business in Sidney remained strong through December with merchants reporting varied gains or flat volumes. The post office forecasts the busiest pre-Christmas period on record, led by Monday December 23. Friday and Saturday were especially brisk, stores near capacity for late shoppers. many plan early closings Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
A three vehicle crash on Highway 30 near Kimball left four members of the Potter family injured and hospitalized. John Greenhalgh is in DePaul Hospital Cheyenne with fractures to the left shoulder blade and collar bone, a badly bruised leg, and facial lacerations. Jessie Greenhalgh Bruce and Margaret Greenhalgh are treated in Kimball for wounds and facial gashes.
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