Christmas Outing and Family Gatherings Around Town
Roy Gish spends Christmas Eve at Harold Gibbins and Christmas Day with Irvin Campbell. Pam Schmitt attends Kearney State College and joins Gary Schmitt and Jeff Rey Dean in Denver. Eckels from Kearney and Dean Eckel family also visit. Margaret French and Hod Theophilus stay in Scottsbluff with Larry French family. Fredrick family hosts Christmas Eve dinner for Wiedbergs and Wiedeberg family then visits on Christmas Day. Frederick and Dan French home on leave from Fort Monmouth and Fort Rucker. plan to celebrate at Robert French’s country home with Winifred and Scott French of Denver, who will be here only for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Gish
Harold Gibbins
Rvin Campbell
Louis Schmitt
Pam
Kearney State College
Gary Schmitt
Jeffrey Dean
Denver
Henry Eckel
Kearney
Dean Eckel
Viet Nam
Margaret French
Hod ‘Theophilus
Scottsbluff
Larry French
W. H. Fredrick
Jack Wiedeberg
Charles Wiedeberg
Fredricks
Frederick French
Fort Monmouth
N.J
Dan French
Fort Rucker
Ala
Walter French
Fred
Jani
Dan
Robert French
Winifred French
Scott French
Joseph M. Hajek
Fort Bliss
Janet Hajek
Marymount College
Salina
Kans
San Francisco
Milt Nissen
Jim Nissen
Rapid City
S. D
JoAnn Nissen
Norman Fletchalls
Marvin Farmer and Davy
Roy Neiberger
Sterling
Larry Neiberger
Buzz Coakley
D. W. Jorgenson
Helen
Parsons, Kans
Christmas Family Visiting Across Nebraska and Colorado
The season brings many guests and travels as families plan Christmas Day gatherings in Sargent Broken Bow Sidney Kimball Ogallala Fort Morgan and nearby towns. Residents host relatives from Hastings Denver and California while others visit Sutherlands North Platte and Lincoln for holiday events and travel.
Santa's Mailbox Children Write Christmas Wish Lists
A stitched collection of Santa letters from children listing gifts such as rifles, bikes, radios, clocks, and dolls, plus holiday greetings and family notices of Christmas plans in Spavn, Pueblo, Kimball, and Mitchell. The notes mention cookies and milk left for Santa and messages from several families and individuals.
Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Mr and Mrs Arnold Thurow
Dalton couple Mr and Mrs Arnold Thurow observe their 40th wedding anniversary with an open house December 26 at their home. They wed December 16, 1926 and their children plan the event. Residents of Sidney and Hastings, Los Angeles, Stockton, and other Nebraska towns are mentioned among family invitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Thurows
Fred Haase
Los Angeles
Forrest Goodwin
Stockton
Calif
Harry Steven
Hastings
Ned
Sidney
Ronald Fultton
Kenneth Hunzeker
Elmer Hunzeker
Fall City
Neb
John E. Stayton
Bonnie Stayton
Nebraska Wesleyan
Arnold Thurow
Dalton
Thurows
Harry
Audie) Stevens
Hastings, Neb
Neva
Margaret
Dan Phelps
Norma
Ronald Fulton
Myrna
Bob Thurow
Janice Thurow
Christmas church services planned across communities
Churches across the community and surrounding areas announce holiday schedules. Gurley Community Methodist hosts a midnight Christmas Eve Holy Communion at 11 30 p.m. with special music. Weyerts area Immanuel Lutheran offers December 24 program Signs and Symbols of Christmas and a 11 a.m. Christmas Day service with choirs. Lodgepole Immanuel Lutheran and Calvary Baptist share candlelight and film events. St Patrick Catholic begins Christmas Eve at 11 30 p.m. with crib blessing and Midnight Mass, followed by Masses at 5 45, 7 30, 9 00 and 10 30 a.m. Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurley Community Methodist Church
Judy Creamer
Karen Foster
Immanuel Lutheran Church of the
Robert Hinrichs, Jr
Immanuel Lutheran Church of
Lodgepole
Savior
Gary Aten
Alvin Danielson
Kay Glassburn
Reid Bond
Sandra Brandl
Wooly Trinity Lutheran
Sidney
Holy Trinity
St. Patrick Catholic Church
Vincent J. Pelster
Christmas Day Guests Around Town in Potter and Sidney
Christmas Day guests visited the Alfred Johnson home in Potter with Ted Johnson and Gary of Dix, and B C Atkins and girls from Sidney. A family dinner was set by A J Koester with their children and families including Leonard Benzel and children of Fort Collins Cole, Buck Koester and family of Boulder Cole, and Phil Koester. Clarence Chambers, Mrs Koester’s father, will celebrate his 81st birthday that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Fraass
Bridgeport
Neb
G. P. Post
Post
R.e.fraass
David Fraass
Raymond Pickett
Littleton, Colo
Mrs
Eugene Pickett
John Ehrman
Sidney
Lyle Goddard
Alfred Johnson
Potter
Ted Johnson
Gary
Dix
B. C. Atkins
A. J. Koester
Leonard Benzel
Fort Collins
Cole
Buck Koester
Boulder
Phil Koester
Silver Belles Beaux Square Dance Club Dance Night
The Silver Belles and Beaux Square Dance Club meets Wednesday at 8 p.m. at 10th and Linden with Ken Pittam as caller. No Newcomers Club on Dec 27. Next meeting Jan 3 at 7 30 p.m. at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. All newcomers welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Belles & Beaux Square
10Th
Linden
Ken Pittam
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Seasons Greetings
Gordon Fuller
Sargent, Neb
Broken Bow
Mr. Fuller
Dale Clark
Sargent
Omer Story
Virgil Greever
Vito
Frank Gade
Mrs. Charshmore
David
Jimmy
Tina
Dale Greever
Bradley
Donnie
Virginia
Elmer Gade
Donald Gade
Kimball
Jack Lockwood
Ralph Harlan
George Hartman
George, Jr
Dennis
Hugh Paris
Janice Selmers
Ed Husmann
Herbert Seevers
Paul Husmann
Seevers
Husmanns
Cushing
Mrs. Husmann
Amos Peterson
Herb Seevers
Sacramento
Gerald Gerler
Allen Lingwall
Don Lingwall
John Seevers
Ernest Gerlers
Alvin Thies
Gene Lienemann
Ken McMillen
Lincoln
Arnold Sunderman
Eugene Meier
Barbara
Virgil
Cheryl
Raymond Sunderman
Fort Morgan
Joe Gerler
Herman Hansmeier
Ogallala, Neb
Henry Geu
Earl Geu
Emma Geu
Rodney Mathewson
Clarence Gheen
Kensington
Orval Norton
Phillipsburg
Lee Strodbeck
George Kealy
Elwood Kealy
Sutherland
Nathan Clark
Karie
North Platte
Miss Karie
Fern Clarkson
William Kealy
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Kealys
George Kealys
Emma Nelson
Eldon Halstead
Janet Halstead
Laramie
Wyo
Janet
University of Wyoming
NBC TV
Ed Brauers
Halsteads
Byron Fish
Wheatland
Jack Fish
Jim Rundstrom
John Rundstrom
North Platte, Neb
Santas
Santa Claus
North Pole
Merry Christmas
Clifford Mercer
Spavn
111
Ron Mercer
Your Friend
Jim and
Tanja Headley
Joe Gallardo
Manuel Gallardo
Mitchell
Pueblo
Colo
Santa
Todd Miller
Harry Gallentine
Will
Harold Christenson
James M. Hazlewood
Bill Garber
Bob O’neal
Emory Oliverius
Judy Hornicek
Oren V. Clary
Federal Land Bank Association
Omaha
Nebraska
Clary
South Dakota
Wyoming
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Richard Fix
Paul Dobbs
Adolph Fix
Harlan Underwood
Torrington
Wye
Robert Fleenor
Jim
Jim Thompson
Oshkosh
Mrs. Thompson
Mae Jacobson
Bertrand
Mr. Thompson
James H. Thompson
Harold Higgins
Don
John Hokom
Sidney and
Peter Frederick
Fred Pierson
Jim Skrdlant
Loveland
Ron Meininger
Imperial, Neb
Earl Schubarth
Scottsbluff, Neb
Henry Reitz
Mrs. Reitz
Wayne Lawrence
Reitz
Fred Willey
Jerry Swanson
B. D. Hammond
Kevin
Ewart Swanson
Lawrence Osborn
Robert Spearow
William Hayes
Frank Utermohlen
Dave King
Colorado State University At
Jesse King
Sydney Finch
Chappell
Willard Kern
Bobby Aufdengarten
Santa Gramother
Gina
Andy
Johnny
Marcy
Beta Bonkiewicz
Billy Joe Mitchell
Billy Joe
Corina Aguiniga
Ray Dee Aguiniga
Jackson
Sidney, Nebraska
Kelli
Candy
Yours
Mike
Teresa Renee
Dolly
Michelle Lynn
Lynda Andrea Marie
Randy
Maple Street
Randy Humphrey
Teresa
Michelle
Lynda
Gina Finnell
Starlene Mika
Anita Road
Jim Lafler
Melanie
Suzettes
Suzette Club
Ben Riewe
Dick Darnall
Walter Beyer
Fairmount, N. Dak
TROOP
PACK
Ordville
Bill Sweet
Cubs
Jim Mobley
Caros
Joe Zoucha
Tim Mobley
Kelly Bickford
Mathew McIrvin
Arnold Thurow Duis
Lodgepole Lutheran and Methodst
Calvary Baptist
Diana Mika
Penny
Church OF Jesus Chiist
Latter Day Saints
Sidney the
First Christian Church
Christ Episcopal Christ Episcopal Church
Light Memorial Presbyterian
ST. Patrick’s Catholic
Memorial Hospital
Peetz
R. W. Brown
Raymond Walker
Lorenzo
Susan Easterly
Cindy Fleming
Pam Fleming
Barb Walker
Logan County Hospital
Bob Gillham
Marlene Buss
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