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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1952
Page
4
The Sidney area hosts numerous gatherings with Thimble, Newcomers, and Evening Guild clubs meeting in homes and churches. Highlights include valentines decor, dessert bridge, and lessons. a Montgomery Ward farewell for Jim Dineen. a Mariners Club box social. Altar Guild, Saddle Club, and Garden Club activities. and Esther Laaker and Richard Ames’s Lincoln wedding with post ceremony plans.
A regular meeting of the Sid ney Parent Teacher Association is set for Wednesday night at 8 o'clock in the Junior high school building. The program will feature a panel discussion on Health.
The first cows arrived for the Jamestown Colony in 1611 marking a milestone in livestock introduction and colonial provisioning. The event signals early English settlement efforts expanding animal husbandry and sustenance for settlers.
Plans are underway for the Sidney Civic Music Association annual membership drive from March 3 to 8. Secretary Mrs. Robert Clark leads the campaign with Dr. C. B. Dorwart as president. The group had 625 members in 1951-52 and aims for 1,000 this year to fund future talent. Postcards will be mailed to prospective members, and interested residents should contact Mrs. Clark. Several outstanding attractions are under consideration for April and the drive will determine budgeting for artists.
John Brown a St. Patrick’s Academy freshman won first prize $50 savings bond in an oratorical contest at Sidney sponsored by Bishop Hunkeler Assembly No. 1861 Knights of Columbus. St. Patrick’s junior Vincent Heeg took second $25 bond. Viola Lessert of St. Agnes placed third $10 stamps. Delma Heinzman received $3 stamps for fourth. Awards presented by Fr. Bernard McQuillan. Judges were J. K. Mahr Vergal Winn and Mrs. Mc Kinley McIntosh.
A benefit card party will be held at the Lodgepole Legion Hall Saturday evening February 16 under the sponsorship of the Lodgepole Legion Auxiliary. The party starts at 7:30 o'clock and the public is urged to attend. Proceeds go to the Polio and Heart funds. Door prizes will be awarded and pie and coffee will be served free of charge. Admission is 50 cents per person.
Cheyenne County January savings bond sales reached $38 983.75 under County Chairman H G Spearow with 70 percent of Nebraska’s total $6 833 029 91 from State Director Leland R Hall. January sales exceeded December by $2 692 986 16.
Nebraska election officials announce a February 21 5 p.m. filing deadline to run for office or submit petitions. If filed, candidates must accept within five days by February 26. The state lists candidates to county clerks for sample ballots ahead of the April 1 1952 primary. Military voters may request mail ballots by March 17 with return by April 10.
A Lincoln report notes a series of Better Seed Schools in Nebraska during the last week of February led by J. C. Swinbank, field secretary of the Nebraska Grain Improvement Association. Sessions will visit Hartington, Ord, Beatrice, Hastings, and Benkelman with speakers W. C. Armfield and C. R. Porter addressing seed cleaning, certification, and seed production topics for operators of clean equipment and seed growers.
The Logan County Colorado oil fields will gain a Platte Line connection near Gurley. Toronto Pipe Line Co approves a 77,000 barrel daily capacity pipeline costing about 2.5 million dollars. Route from Merino pool north past Sterling toward Gurley, with a single pumping station. Construction depends on steel allocation. operation hoped by September 1. Entities include Toronto Pipe Line Co and PAD approval.
The Western Nebraska Mineral Society held a Monday night program in Chappell with E. P. Chipman and A. M. Leafdale in charge. Guests included Clarence Kripal Lodgepole and several Chappell residents. Micro scopes from Ohio Oil and Devel County High School aided rock and mineral specimen study. The next meeting March 3 will feature the annual election of officers.
The article notes past extinction fears for the American bison were unfounded as US and Canadian governments protect the species by establishing reservations. It reports that these protections appear to ensure the bison’s continuation for the foreseeable future, beyond mere commemorative appearances on nickels and stamps.
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