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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1933
Page
4
Local life fills pages with travel for kin, business trips to Denver and Lincoln, a KC pair wed in court, new babies at multiple homes, illnesses, and community club postponements. Several residents attend meetings, hunts, and family visits as minor events thread through the week in Sidney.
Mrs Harry Brewer and Mrs O M Harris co hosted a Kensington Methodist gathering at Mrs Brewer's home Tuesday night with patriotic decor and games and lunch. A joint Odd Fellows and Rebekah social Wednesday featured America songs a Washington reading and a minstrel show acted by 16 characters with help from Vern Livingston and Gene Davis.
An outstanding social event of the week among the school set was a Wednesday night party sponsored by the De Melay order. The treasure hunt scattered merrymakers across rural districts with twenty couples participating. Helen Jane Johnson Muriel Riggs Clifford Wolf and Burdette Atkins were suspected of reaching the hidden treasure first. The event concluded at Camp Fuller scout building with dancing and refreshments.
Mrs Constance Corbett led a Monday Episcopal church social featuring a 13 table bridge game and luncheon. Prizes were won by Mrs E L Hyde and Rev J B Ree first, with Mrs Clara McNish and Mrs W Smith second. traveling prizes went to Mrs Smith and Mr Hyde. A later benefit is planned after Lent. Dinner at the Bundy apartment honored Mr and Mrs L R Burns visiting from St Paul Minn with Paul Bundy and a brother in attendance.
A friendly Kensington session at the G W Frankeberger home featured a business hour led by president Mrs W T Hawkins and a comforter sale to fund a shoe aid for needy families. Bridge games at three tables capped the afternoon with lunch, and next month’s meeting will be at Mrs O M Harris’s house with Mrs Hawkins assisting.
Hours were spent pleasantly at a bridge session with two tables in progress. Miss Leona Gemeinhardt received honors for high score. Miss Grace McFadden and Miss Olive Bush were club guests. Mrs Ruth Thompson hosted as a house guest from Cheyenne, with Miss Laverna Christ as hostess at a dinner party. Patriotic Washington birthday decorations marked the affair with covers for Miss Thompson, Miss Christ, Foster Cock, and Earl Witters. After dinner the group returned to bridge.
At the Gould home on Wednesday afternoon twenty four guests gathered to surprise honorees Mrs E Gould and her daughter Lillian Martin on birthdays coinciding with the first president’s birth anniversary. Younger guests played rock with Julia Bicknell earning high score. older ladies enjoyed jigsaw puzzles. Prizes went to Mrs W E Gehrig and Mrs Frank Rauner amid artful lunch motifs.
Mrs Julia Seanon entertained six tables of bridge Tuesday afternoon at St Patrick's auditorium as part of a series of vanishing parties by Catholic church ladies. Washington birthday decorations and red hatchet tallies highlighted the event with guests including Mrs Howard Booth and Mrs Raymond Rogers.
Post office staff were guests at a steak dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Grage on Tuesday evening. The meal was served at the Grages residence.
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