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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1971
Page
6
Socially Speaking lists numerous holiday visitors and extended families arriving in Sidney for Christmas. The notes describe relatives from Rapid City to Denver and Casper visiting hosts in Potter Gurley Lincoln and beyond with dinners and gatherings across several households.
Amm. Steven R. Minshall visits his parents as he completes Lackland AFB training and prepares for 19 weeks of Aerospace Mechanical training at Chanute AFB. Family Christmas gathering includes numerous relatives from Colorado and nearby states as part of holiday observances.
The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 17 held its final 1971 meeting in the Legion Club rooms with a 6 30 p.m. supper attended by 24. The program included a candlelight service Let there be Peace Let It Begin with Me narrated by Mrs. Louis Johnson and Mrs. Marion Whitaker, and a choral segment by Charlene Wayne and Leo McConnell with Mrs. Lester McConnell at the piano. Members reported 100 percent membership and quota met, plus donations and projects including 3975 Butternut Coupons for children's homes and 25 for the Cheyenne hospital party. New member Mrs. Betty Radtke joined. Private details: pecans sold by Mrs. LaRue Spearow or Lockwoods Jewelry and a Hot Springs Hospital popcorn project boosted by 10.
The Dix Bible Church of Dix hosts a Church Action Crusade January 2–7 led by evangelist Jerry Brandt of Denver. Evening services begin 7 30 p m and Sunday 10 30 a m with Brandt performing his Reach Out musical program accompanied by London Orchestra soundtracks. He appears on national television during Day of Discovery and is praised as a top Bible preacher.
Lady Frieda received a call Sunday from King Gustaf Adolf of Sweden at the Royal Palace in Stockholm thanking her for a Christmas poem. He praised the verse and said the palace and others wish her a Happy New Year and more poetry. The poem echoed at the Environmental Cottage program and First Christian Church services. Her New Year Prayer appeared in The Christian church magazine this month. The prayer asks for courage, faith, kindness, friendship, a dream, and peace on earth.
Mr and Mrs Lester Mc Connell Wayne and Charlene surprised their son Leon McConnell with a Monday birthday party. High school friends joined in the celebration including Missexyn and Susan Easterly Debi Thayer Donna Cornelius Loren Bauman Tim and Nate Brei Curtis Heintz Bill Luben Lyle Borcher Kim Ablachwede of Gurley and Mr and Mrs Leonard Steffens.
As of this morning Memorial Hospital lists 58 patients and three newborns. Admitted are Sidney residents John L. French Mary Powell James Oster meier and Milton Kreinbring. Public births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Don Nightengale and a birth to Mr and Mrs Donald Benisek.
A Royal Neighbors of America Christmas luncheon and gift exchange were held Saturday December 18 at the Senior Citizens Center. Officers for 1972 were elected, led by Mrs. Margaret Nageangast with other posts filled by Mrs. Agnes Deaver, Amy Bales, Mary Treinen, Loretta Short, Dorothy Seidel, Hattie Lipke and Blanche Humphrey. January hostesses will be Mrs. Short and Rudell Short at the IOOF Hall.
Mr and Mrs James A Cook of Mesa Arizona welcomed a son Jeffrey Allen born December 17 weighing eight pounds one ounce He has a sister Lera and four grandparents Foster Cook Sidney Iowa Mrs Charles Lynn Spirit Lake Iowa Great grandparents include Mrs Frank Rauner Sidney and Mr and Mrs J M Raile Spencer Iowa.
Christmas decor themed the open house honoring Mr and Mrs Emil Van Mark on their 45th wedding anniversary. Daughters Mrs Don Rapp and Mrs Robert Goad hosted with husbands and seven children. An open Bible on the cake bore the couple’s names and wedding date. Guests from Nebraska Colorado Minnesota Kansas Wyoming attended along with out of town visitors.
Marie Rankin earns Dean’s List honors at Ft Morgan County Community College with a 4.0 GPA in home economics. Steven A. Mahr makes fall quarter honor roll at Northeastern Junior College Sterling with a 4.0 GPA in automotive technology. Brian L. Laffer of Sidney qualifies with at least a 3.5 GPA as a biology major.
Various clubs and organizations in Sidney schedule weekly meetings and special events from January 3 to January 12. Activities include Optimist Club dinners, Rotary meetings, a Social Security rep at the Employment Office, host chapters at Masonic and Episcopal venues, and Kiwanis and Beta Sigma Phi gatherings.
Lincoln UN faculty host a two day workshop at the Agricultural Engineering Building on the NU East Campus January 12 13 for salesmen designers and developers to study grain dryer operations and evaluate fan performance using computers. Dr T L Thompson assists with programming and up to 20 participants per session.
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