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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1949
Page
7
Mrs R B Hill of Kimball and Monday in Sidney visits. several residents travel to Lincoln for meetings. Paul P McLaughlin becomes pharmacist at Winter Drug Store. numerous social events and visits across Gering Snyder, Denver, Cheyenne, and Omaha. a mass of family news, hospital stays, and community announcements highlight civic life in Sidney.
SODamsels held a special meeting in Barracks 20 and planned a February 21 social in Barracks 23 for Damsels and husbands with dancing cards and refreshments. Committee members listed. donations to the kindergarten noted. Debrief on Officers Club, bridge events, Valentine decor, and various hostesses. Captain Silva traveled to Denver. Mrs Fonda hosted a bridge gathering. two tables with high scores went to Bonner and Brunton.
Admitted names include Mrs. Joe Cizek Potter Frank Beyer Sidney Simmons Cook Marilyn Block Lodgepole Mrs Frank Brown Peetz Mrs Dale Kruse SOD Gerald Fehringer Peetz Ford Wickhorst Potter Mary Anne Mohart Baby Faye Egging Mrs Mary De Geest SOD Sam Dewey Baby Gary Freeman Gurley and others. Dismissed entries feature Frank Beyer Donald Johnson Isidro Trusjillo Albert Keiper and daughter Baby Rickie Rubeck among others. Birth notice records a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Pat Deir on February 15.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Theis and family visited in the Louis Schmale home Wednesday evening. Denver business callers included Albert Brandl and Phyllis. Ralph Talich and family shared supper with Gile Talich Friday. George Bolken home hosts Friday evening visitors. Mrs. Malcolm Yeager attended Bible Study in Sidney Friday afternoon at Mrs. Alva Hart's. Russell Olson spent the weekend at Scottsbluff. Sunday diners at E. A. Johnson home were Ralph Talich family and Bernice Henry. Afternoon callers were Clyde Roberson and Laverne. Chris Lee and Myr spent Monday in the Harry Lee and Kenneth Darling homes. Ed Block and Marilyn visited Bud Hobson Sunday. Joline, who stayed Saturday night at Hobson, returned home with them.
The government reported a weeklong drop in wholesale prices ending Feb 8 bringing levels near those of Sept 1947. A 12 percent decline, driven by farm product discounts, pushed the index to 156.9 percent of the 1926 average with new postwar lows in barley, corn, cottonseed oil, lard, and tallow. Hog and steer prices hit their lowest since Oct 1946 as potatoes gain a $1.80 per hundred pounds support. Heavy fuel oil prices also fell 20 cents per barrel along the eastern seaboard.
Traffic deaths on Nebraska highways drop to one third of early 1948 levels. By February 14, fatalities totaled nine, compared with 27 at the same point last year, per state safety council figures.
Louisiana grown lily bulbs became a growing industry with annual sales ranging from 600000 to 2000000 bulbs for cut flowers between 1940 and 1946. The output reflects Louisiana’s emergence as a key producer in horticultural commerce.
World Book Encyclopedia notes Whistler, famed for Whistler's Mother, showed drawing strength but chemistry weakness at West Point and flunked out in his third year. He quipped that if silicon had been a gas he would have become a major general.
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