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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1949
Page
3
A long list of returned students and travelers from Creighton University Omaha to Sidney Nebraska highlights a busy holiday season. Residents rejoin families after Christmas with many heading to Colorado, California, and Ontario for study and visits.
Mr and Mrs Roy Jacobson hosted at their Potter home on Wednesday December 29 honoring Mrs Jacobsons parents Mr and Mrs Otto Zuhlke on their 40th wedding anniversary Seventeen guests attended including the honorees. Mrs E M Gates and daughter Mrs William Davis hosted a Mother Daughter Club gathering with many long time members present including Mrs A E Ahrens and daughter Mrs Harry Bernhard of Parkston South Dakota Mrs Fred Stephens and daughter Mrs Virgil Raddatz of Long Beach California Mrs Robert Ankeny of Dalton Miss Helen Jones and Mrs Jeannette Benz plus Nancy Davis the hostesses daughter. The evening featured needlework and conversation.
Wednesday activities include the I O O F and Rebekah Lodges joint installation at 7 30 PM in the I O O F Hall. Thursday Willing Workers meet at Mrs L A Pearson's home at 1507 Elm Street.
Mrs. Charles Smith co hosts the W S. C. S. general meeting in the church parlors. Dorcas Society gathers in Trinity Lutheran church parlors. St. Paul’s Lutheran Aid Society meets at Mrs. Art Groppe’s home, 1229 12th Ave. Mrs. John Groshans and Mrs. Susan Hahler co hostesses.
Weather permitting two high school basketball games are set in Sidney with Sidney High School Maroons hosting Kimball at the high school auditorium and St Patrick Academy planning to entertain Bayard at the city auditorium. A blizzard since Sunday has blocked roads and may hinder travel but officials said games will be played if possible.
A 1946 Chrysler sedan driven by Douglas Reetz of Potter was badly damaged in a collision at 2 20 o clock Friday afternoon on the highway three miles north of Potter. Reetz and Glenn Sherich of Lodgepole, driving a 1939 Dodge pickup, were traveling north when Sherich turned left and was hit from behind by Reetz. Damages were about 200 dollars to the Chrysler and 15 dollars to the pickup.
Advertises Ideal income tax record books and refill sheets for the new year. Urges buyers to determine needs now as supplies are plentiful but may not last. Claims the Ideal system is suitable for town businesses or farms and promotes orderly record keeping.
A historic note recalls Port Hudson in New York once famed as a whaling port and home to Maj. Gen. William Jenkins Worth, renowned for his Monterey exploits in the Mexican War.
Farmers report 2 4 D saved thousands of wheat acres in 1948 by spraying over 125 000 acres of winter wheat including 35 000 by plane. The weedkiller allowed harvesting and prevented plowing of many fields with thin spring stands. Additional sprayed totals include oats 78000 barley rye 16090 grain sorghum 3200 and 450 miles of irrigation canals plus 9000 miles of fence rows.
Nebraska farmers sprayed more than a half million acres with 2 4 D for weed control in 1948, a survey by University of Nebraska weed specialists finds. Extension Weed Specialist J D Furrer notes 550 000 acres, eightfold 1947, with expectations of larger usage in 1949. He says 2 4 D has rapidly gained popularity since 1945 and is viewed as a major crop production advance. Most usage occurred in cornfields, with over 290 000 acres treated, reducing need for some cultivations.
The White House, begun in 1792 and first occupied in 1800 while unfinished, is the oldest federal building in Washington. In European Renaissance style, it was rebuilt from 1815 to 1817 after its destruction by the British, restored to the original plans and by architect James Hoban.
A health advisory notes that hurried meals and exhaustion can raise stomach acid levels. It promotes ADLA tablets containing bismuth and carbonates for quick relief and urges readers to ask their druggist for ADLA.
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