Four Decades Span Readied Local News Snippets
A compiled chronology recounts residents moving for work and study from Brush to Ogden, Sidney to Rawlins, and Wauneta to Lincoln, with family visits and community events noted across 14 24 and 44 and 64 year brackets. Names include Alvina Schmidt, Leo J. Thomas, Eben Ezer Hospital, Bickham, Bush, Lynch, Francis, Solly, Solly, Robson, Lowe, Shoemaker, Swatslander, Bent ley, Scanlon, Doran, McManus, Mahr, Knox, Blaine, Jurgen Jurgens, and Jewett. Local posts, homesteads, wolf scalps, and new post office petitions reflect small-town life through decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvina Schmidt
Leo J. Thomas
Brush
Colorado
Eben Ezer Hospital
Bill Davis
Eugene Davis
Ben Rush
Ogden
Utah
Union Pacific
R. E. Bickham
Cheyenne
Potter
R. L. MacAdam
Birthday greetings and social visits in Lorenzo area
Relatives and friends gathered Sunday evening to honor Mrs. Boyd French on her birthday with desserts and coffee. The Helping Hand Club met January 11 with Mrs. Robert Hiett hosting. Various local residents shared visits and dinners at neighbors’ homes and with family in Sidney and Nunn, Colorado, including the Meower and Meier households.
Local Families Share Meals and Visits Across Towns
The Meier family dined Thursday at the Elmer Carsrud home. Sally Raddatz stayed overnight with Carol Fleming on Tuesday. Mrs. Rebecca Fleming spent Sunday at the Ted Fleming home and called on Mrs. John Williams Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Phelps traveled to Akron and Otis Colorado Friday. Ken Bowman visited the Phelps Monday afternoon. Lee Schneider and son visited Haxtun relatives over the weekend. Ted Fleming and Carrol joined Ernest Moses Wednesday evening. Rebecca Fleming dined with Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ferry Monday. John Williams left Sunday for a funeral in Iowa. Richard Hurt spent the weekend with Philip Fleming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hiett
Ed Walker
Hugh Paris
Sam Chambers
Charles Cady
Zelma Wagaman
Carol
Louis Miller
James Sparks
Bert Walker
Leora Reed
Roy Bauer
Sidney
Tom Waite
Alice
Nunn
Colo
Frank Meowrer
Frank Meier
Rebecca Fieming
Mir
Elmer Carsrud
Ida Hurt
York
Nebr
Floyd Miller
Sally Raddatz
Carol Fleming
Rebecca Fleming
Ted Fleming
Ervin Phelps
Akron
Otis
Ken Bowman
Lee Schneider and Son
Haxtun
Carrol
Ernest Moses
John Williams
Guy Ferry
Williams
Iowa
Richard Hurt
Philip Fleming
Housing Costs Share Of Utilities Drives Big Bills
A survey shows more than one quarter of all housing expenses go to utilities including fuel lighting gas electricity and water. The finding highlights the heavy burden of basic services on households and calls for policy attention to affordable utility costs.
Missouri River Basin to spark thousands of farms
The plan for water and land development in the Missouri river basin is projected to create about 19,000 farms and greatly increase agricultural production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri River Basin
Advertising campaign layout services offer help by phone
The Telegraph advertises a full advertising department ready to assist with newspaper or direct mail plans. Call 5600 to start and let the team handle the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tele Telegraph
Jury Terms Cost County Much in Fees and Expenses
The district court jury session from November 27 to January 12 cost the county $1,452.80 in juror fees and included six cases. Witness costs are paid by involved parties. The court will recess briefly before the February term starts February 5. Honey, pork, and eggs are plentiful with prices easing. The 1950 pig crop near 100 million head suggests stable pork prices. egg supplies rise in January with generally lower prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Campbell
Campbell
January pantry report lists pork eggs potatoes top supplies
The January U S Department of Agriculture outlook finds pork, potatoes and eggs as the largest market supplies for the month. Also ample are cottage cheese onions cabbage sauerkraut and spinach with fruits including apples oranges grapefruit cranberries and, east of the Rockies, tangerines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Gulf Coast
Rockies
John Cape Entering Army Officer Candidate School
John A. Cape of Dalton was enrolled in Class No. 30 at Army Officer Candidate School Fort Riley Kansas this week. After six months he will be commissioned in the Organized Reserve Corps and sent to a branch school. He entered the Army two years ago and is a 1946 Dalton High School graduate. His brothers Martin and Charles Cape served in World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Jewett
Fort DuChesne
Joseph Hamilton
Lincoln
Tabor
S. C. Morgan
Omaha
Mancourt
Mr. Burg
Miss Cole
E. O. Lee
Illinois
Germanville
Sidney
Co. F. Schrader
Pumpkin Creek
John A. Cape
Robert E. Cape
Dalton
Army
Fort Riley
Kansas
Cape
Organized Reserve Corps
Dalton High School
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The
Telegraph
B. B. Hine
Nebraska
Wyoming
H. Hammer
North Platte
A. K. Greenlee
A. J. Jorgenson
M. W. Dimery
Grand Island
Susan Solly
Winait
Morrill County
Sidney Tusday
Bustas
Solly
Fiuvera
San Diego
Cali
Mabel Perrys
J. B Byars
Walter
James Davis
Miss Nee Deusick
Lartint
Auburn
W. A. Robson
L. G. Lowe
Idaho Springs
H. D. Shoemaker
Toledo
W. E. Swatslander
J. A. Bentley
Miss McFadden
J. T. McIntosh
McFadden
West End
F. G. Blaine
Camp Clarke
Jurgen Jurgens
Belmont Ditch
Earl Sanders
Omaha Savings Bank
Ed Herrington
Chappell
Bulock
Norm Stone
John Adams
Lorenzo
Ruth Roman
Gary Cooper
Dallas
Fox
Sidney City Auditorium
Hossack Implt. CO
John Cape
His
Martin and
Charles
the Telegraph
Marquette Farm Electric
A. C
10Th Ave
Porter Oil CO
Sidney, Nebraska
Dodge
Ted Williams
Betty Hutton
Dale Carnegie
Cecil B. DeMille
Paramount
Elwell Motors
Illinois St
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