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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1948
Page
11
Mayor C B Dorwart calls Sidney residents to back the 1948 March of Dimes January 15 to 30, marking the foundation’s tenth anniversary. The document praises NFIFP efforts during the past decade in fighting infantile paralysis and urges vigorous fundraising to sustain medical care and research nationwide.
The 20th Century Fox Technicolor spectacle Captain From Castile comes to the Fox Theatre for four days starting Sunday. Tyrone Power stars with producer Darryl F. Zanuck and writer Lamar Trotti delivering a sweeping tale of conquest, adventure, romance, and peril during the Spanish Inquisition and the conquest of Mexico.
The Sidney Junior Chamber of Commerce invites all bicycle owners to the Hahler Motor building on Jackson between 11th and 12th next Sunday at 1 30 for free ELotech light reflectors. Jaycees will apply the lights, a quick process, with limited to bikes only. Children urged to attend and parents asked to ensure presence. Jaycees will also assist after eleven to apply lights.
Cheyenne County Sheriff W. W. Schulz was informed Tuesday that the body of an infant was found near Sterkreg, and had apparently lain there for four or five days. The baby was only a few days old, according to reports. No information has yet been obtained regarding the case.
Ideal Income Tax Record and Bookkeeping Forms are advertised as the simplest to use. The ad claims a complete stock is kept at all times for farmers and business men and urges consulting a lawyer or income tax consultant. It promotes being ready for 1948 and mentions replacement sheets.
Project leaders for Cheyenne county home extension clubs hear a demonstration on Accessories You Can Make by Miss Violet Shepherd. The first part covers felts and transforming faded hats into slippers belts purses and more. February meetings bring hands on care and renovating of leather and fur with group schedules set for Sidney Dalton and Dalton.
Copies of the new Cheyenne County Directory are on sale at The Telegraph for $1 each. Extra copies are limited, so buy now to secure a copy. Second sheets in white or yellow are available.
February 4 marks the District Leader Recognition Program for Rural Homemakers to be held in Alliance with the Alliance Chamber of Commerce as hosts. Extension claimants from Devel Cheyenne Kimball Fanner Scotts Bluff Morrill Garden Sioux Box Butte Dawes Sheridan and Cherry counties will attend to nominate two district delegates for a state meeting in Omaha on March 4. Mrs. E. E. Ceborn of Cheyenne county is a candidate, with club presidents from the county expected to attend and receive recognition.
Proceeds from the 1947 48 Christmas Seals drive amount to 613 10, announced by Miss Mabel Nielsen, chairwoman in Sidney. She urged any late returns and noted the tally will be finalized by February end as funds currently support county X ray follow ups from last spring unit.
Ten county champions named for State 4-H Club Week trips plus 52 gold medals for outstanding records in baby beef clubs. Trips financed by Safeway Stores. recipients include Buffalo Lyle Elliott Odessa Butler Orville Neujahr Ulysses Cheyenne Jay Peters Sidney Custer Leo Peterson Berwyn Douglas Lloyd Youngman Valley Furnas Jerry Colling Wilsonville Nance Clifford McCray Fullerton Rock Steve Eberhart Bassett Seward Joe Dobesh Jr Seward Eugene Koertner Bladen Typewriter ribbons supplied for standard machines at THE TELEGRAPH.
An advertisement from The Telegraph offers personalized matches with drum-packed presentation at a price of 1.75 dollars per box. The brief promotes attractive packaging and quick ordering.
The piece notes the January 12 anniversary of the great blizzard of 1888. It recalls the nationwide storm that became a lasting topic of conversation and mentions a few older residents in Sidney who still recall the event as time passes.
The Cheyenne County Farm Bureau board schedules its monthly meeting for Saturday January 24 instead of the last Saturday. Routine business will be discussed and reports from county agent W P Bullock and home extension agent Violet Shepherd will be heard.
A skilled rug weaver in the Orient can tie about 10 knots per minute, equaling roughly 5,000 knots daily. A room-sized rug with one million knots requires about 200 days of labor.
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