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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1937
Page
4
Weekday masses at 7 am and Sunday masses at 7 8 and 9 30 am. Sunday evening devotion rosary instruction and benediction at 7 30 pm. Anten Link Pastor.
Christian Church calls annual meeting Friday December 31 at 7:30 p m to fill vacancies elect new officers and select teachers. Communion sermon 11 a m topic The Balance Sheet Life considers the past year s gains or losses. Evangelistic service 7 30 p m Route to Victory ser mon. Choir re hearsal 7 30 p m at the parsonage. Members urged to attend. J L Tyner Minister.
New Year Sunday schedule with 10 a m Sunday school and 11 a m worship service. Sermon titled I Am a Debtor with special music by Dr Sherrerd. Choir leader Prof Ted Bechtel and pianist Mrs J C Bush. Choir rehearsal Thursday 7 30 p m. Dr Paul P Cheff is pastor.
The Methodist church lists school at 9 45 worship at 11 with a sermon on The Certainties of the Untrodden Road. Junior league at 615 senior league at 630 evening worship at 730. Midweek prayer Wednesday 730. Thursday 230 General Kingstington at church parlors. Choir practice 715. John J Sheaff is minister.
A dense page of social notes recounts holiday greetings and gatherings in South Calton. Numerous Elsen family members share Christmas dinners and visits with relatives in nearby towns, with William Shaffert, Miss Narses, and Harvey George among the named hosts. Also listed are travels and stays of Dorothy Elsen, Charles George, and other kin, plus assorted visits to Paxton, Sidney, Sundl, and Lodge Pole during the Christmas season.
South Sundl and Arthur Oldenburg spent Sunday afternoon at J. J. Oliverius home. Mr and Mrs Richard Fraass and children were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Adam Schimka. Wayne Craig and Dick Spartman of Denver called at H. R. Glass burn home Friday. Dorothy and Lillian Zalesky of Sidney visited parents Mr and Mrs John Zalesky. Mr and Mrs Walter Owens hosted Christmas dinner for his parents Mr and Mrs Payne and family of Chappell. Sterling and Robert Glassburn called on Carlos Christensen, Charles Bordman and Henry Fraass at home Sunday morning.
Trinity Lutheran Church announces church school at 9 45 a m and worship with sermon at 11 a m The pastor Dr W T Kahse presents This Year Also and extends wishes for God s choicest blessings in the new year
The Ep is copes a schedule listing worship and group meetings for the second Sunday after Christmas. Services include 9 45 am church school 11 am Holy communion and sermon with Monday St Mary's party Tuesday altar guild Wednesday choir practice and Thursday annual parish dinner and meeting Vicar P E Spehr invites all to attend.
St Pauls Lutheran Church lists English services at 7 30 pm tonight and 9 30 am on New Years Day in German and 9 30 am Sunday in German with 10 30 am English. South Divide holds New Years Day service at 11 am in English. The pastor H F Krohn reflects on redeeming time and the Christian call to examine faith as the year ends.
A long list of Sid ney residents and relatives share Christmas visiting kin and friends across town and nearby farms. Names include Emil Cords Carol Hruza and families. J J Sheaff R A Bab cock. C H Arp Harry. Ralph Robertson and daughters Marie and Mildred. Boyd French and Reed family. Jennie MacAdam recovering from mumps. Gene Schmidt twins Larry Gene and Gary Dean. city officials Chase and others. Many travel to Curtis Minden Overton Denver Laramie Ainsworth Redington and Hay Springs for holidays and social visits. The week features church activities and numerous house gatherings with extended families.
Irving Sanders visits his children in Sidney from Long Beach while his wife recovers in a Kearney hospital. Sidney residents Andrew Hagemeister, John Pavlat, and families share Christmas with relatives in Sidney Angora and Cripple Creek. Jon Loyd Hagemeister baptized. visitors George Jason dos Angeles and K Hansen stay with Mrs. Hansen in Sidney.
Merry season notices list numerous Pleasant View residents hosting Christmas dinners and hosting visitors. Names include J E Morrow, Frank Mueller, War ren Pontius, Paul Meyer, Art Schuessler, Ben Hilpert, Henry Lueders, and many families. Several relatives arrive from Lubbock Texas and Salt Lake City for holiday gatherings.
East Dalton residents shared holiday hospitality with multiple families including Edith Devier Fred Seifer and Elmer Westerhoff at John Seifer Jr home. Others joined Lloyd Yowell and relatives at A L Yowell home and Ed Mintken hosted gatherings with Arthur Larsen and Gerald.
Sunol residents report New Year wishes as Jim Kucera and Leslie Johnson visited in town. Families such as Booth Vacik and Shecks shopped in Sidney and returned home. Mae Wilt came from Kansas with her brother Fred Sheck and relatives, while Dick Sparkman Wayne Craig from Denver stayed several days at W W Craig home. Various local families hosted Christmas dinners and gatherings at multiple homes including DeMers Johnson Talcott Misegadis Booth and Welton.
Local residents share holiday hospitality with relatives in Hastings and Sidney. Helen Clausen visits from Butte with cousin Viola Hornicek. Numerous family gatherings occur across homes in Hastings, Morrill, Lodgepole, and California plans for work with Wear Ever Aluminum Co. Family weddings, birthdays, and anniversaries noted among the J. A. Talich, Talich, and Feikert households.
Christmas Eve and Sunday gatherings thread through Antelope with numerous families hosting dinners and visits. Names include Bertramsons Nelsons Hiett Olsens Jens Olsen Whitney Rasmussen Stines Edwards Larson Heimer Willoughby and others, reflecting a tight community sharing meals and birthdays over the holiday period.
Mrs Gustafson called at the J W Bertramson home Monday. Numerous local families visited, hosted dinners, and spent days with kin in Plattsmouth and at the Nelson, Olsen, Madden, Willoughby, and Bertramson homes. Several trips include Lincoln and Denver visits.
Ernest Tracy called at the Dewey Larson home Thursday. Family visited at the Fred Wittrock home Sunday.
A string of Christmas dinner gatherings and visits centered on Vernon households. Mr. and Mrs Alfred Sprenger hosted, numerous relatives from Kimball Sidney Wiley Sterling and Sterling area attended. Local church services and visits among the Lingwall Sill Hammond and Sprenger families are noted.
Market quotations list prices for wheat corn and barley with various poultry weights and classes. Notes show hens 414 pounds at 112 cents, No 1 hens 9 cents, leghorn cock prices and broilers, colored springs and butterfat at 32 cents. Egg prices listed No 1 18 cents No 2 13 cents.
I wish sincerely to thank my many friends for their sympathy and for the beautiful floral offerings in my recent bereavement in the loss of my dear husband W. H. Wiker and Mable D. Wiker.
Mrs. Cates and children and numerous relatives express sincere thanks for the flowers and the care of Dr Roche, hospital staff, and friends during a sad hour. Recipients include Mr and Mrs Fred George and other listed families from the community.–
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