Around The Town notes and visits travel schedules
Mrs. Russell Dedrick plans a month in Denver visiting her son Franklin Dedrick and family. Tenor of items includes overnight guests Blanche Bledsoe of Fleming Colorado, Riley Sterling earning a BA in Education at Kearney State College, tours in Phoenix by Seickmanns and Grebins, doll repair interest from Sidney's Granny's Doll Hospital, and hospital recovery news on Mr. Good of Omaha. Also noted are NR ECA convention attendance by Charles Ham, multiple family visits across Nebraska and California, and Fort Sidney Colonels’ well received performance in Sterling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Dedrick
Denver
Franklin Dedrick
Earl Bledsoe
Mr. Bledsoe
Blanche Bledsoe
Fleming, Colo
Kearney State College
Riley Sterling
Gurley
Dallas Leickmann
Phoenix
Ariz
Seickmann
Huseband
Ron Grebin
Grebins
Mr. Seickmann
Charles Seickmann
Wayne, Neb
Sidney
Forrest Planck
John Walraven
Granny’s Doll
Telegraph
Doll Doings
Millie Roberts
Lyons, Cole
Earl Neel
Neels
Neel
Ed Wrather
Monte Kay
Scottsbluff
J. D. Ward
Terry Good
Omaha
Mrs. Good
Fred Humphrey
Teresa
Humphrey
Mr. Good
Charles Ham
Miami Beach
Fla
Caleb Payne
North Platte
Forida
Ham
Naranja
Don McCartney
Charles Fisher
Scott
Jack Knicely
Knicely
Clarke Knicely
Ojai
Calif
Mr. Knicely
Anton Holcomb
Redlands
Jim
New Zealand
L. O. Witters
Don Burrows
Larry Witters
Anita Michele
Lincoln
Engagement of Virginia McSherry to ETN3 Hammond
Mr and Mrs George E McSherry of South Hagerstown Maryland announce the engagement of their daughter Virginia to ETN3 Charles D Hammond son of Mr and Mrs B D Hammond of Sidney The bride to be is a 1961 graduate of South Hagerstown High School attended Catawba College and Shepherd College and works at the Washington County Free Library The groom is a 1961 graduate of Sidney High School attended Northeastern Junior College and is stationed at the Naval Security Headquarters in Washington D C The wedding is planned for May 8
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. McSherry
South Hagerstown
Virginia
Charles D. Hammond
B.D. Hammond
Sidney
Miss McSherry
Catawba College
Salisbury
N. C
Shepherd College
W. Va
Washington County Free Library
Sidney High School
Northeastern Junior College
Sterling
Naval Security Headquarters
Washington, D. C
Lions Club hears Gottschalk on Sidney future plans
Lions Club at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel featured speaker Phil Gottschalk of the Sidney Telegraph as he outlined impressions of Sidney as a new home. Lion Henry Gell noted 600 trees and 100 shrubs ordered from Clark McNary stock to be planted in spring for the centennial celebrations, with Ivan Liljegren assisting. Guests included S. G. Finch of Lodgepole, county judge, and FBI agent Robert Kinsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Gottschalk
The
Sidney Telegraph
Lions Club
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Gottschalk
Sidney
Lion Henry Gell
Ivan Liljegren
Sidney Lions
L. H. Russell
S. G. Finch
Lodgepole
Robert Kinsey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Methodist WSCS Circles Meet in Sidney First Church
The Women's Society of Christian Service groups at First Methodist in Sidney met on Thursday January 21 with The Life Within as the lesson. Plans for Lent devotions begin Ash Wednesday. Each circle reported attendance and guests. next meetings and hostesses named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Sidney
Earl Reed
Lakeside
Neb
Circle 1
Gerald Larson
Oscar Hatcher
Hilbert Borcher
J. W. Vaughn
John Slayton
Don Uzel
Harold Kuns
Glen Spearow
Circle 2
James Thayer
Tom Coffey
Dale Kinney
Robert Spearow
Clifford Webster
Circle 3
Roland Biggs
James Paxton
Elwood Lostroh
Oren Cox
Bruce Davis
W. E. Henke
Herschel Spearow
Circle 4
Ed Anderson
George Bennett
Frank Boyle
Circle 5
Keith Simpson
M. L. Anthony
Lou Houge
O. A. Olson
Circle 6
Verlin Livingston
Frank Finney
Dan Rowan
Don Sabin
William Schoneyfelt
Circle 7
Ralph Welch
Clyde Empson
Paul Lybarger
Judy le Bar
John Stayton
Frank Longan
Troop 109 Meeting Notes at Mrs Snyder's House
Troop 109 met Wednesday Jan 27 at Mrs Snyder's. All but three attended. Scouts shared a story passing from girl to girl. Debbie Cameron provided treats. They worked on the needlecraft badge and closed with a wishing circle. Judy Bolin served as troop scribe.
Mothers March On Polio In Sidney Tonight
Mrs. J. W. Houser Jr. chairing the Mothers March on Polio urges Sidney residents to be home 6 30 to 7 30 p.m. for callers collecting for the March of Dimes. Volunteers assemble at the Heaton law office 6 to 6 30 p.m. to pickup materials and will check in after the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Houser, Jr
Sidney
P. J. Heaton, Sr
Sidney Moose Lodge Holds Member Meeting and Plans
Sidney Moose Lodge No 1784 held a Wednesday meeting in the lodge home with Paul Scheetz deputy secretary of the Supreme Lodge visiting from Mooseheart Illinois. Scheetz spoke on the Loyal Order of the Moose as a family fraternity Mooseheart and the benefits of membership. Virgil Sawicki reported upcoming lodge activities including a February 7 enrollment ceremony at 2 p.m. with a supper and dance and a lifetime membership drawing for present and new members signed up by that date. A box supper for members and wives is set for January 30 and February plans include a family activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Moose Lodge
Paul Scheetz
Supreme Lodge
Mooseheart
Scheetz
Salt Lake City
United States
Ilinois
Loyal Order of the Moose
Moose
Virgil Sawicki
Sidney Lodge
Gleaners Plan Nursery Drapes at Grace Baptist
The Gleaners of Grace Baptist Church met at Mrs. Charles Lyons Dix Neb with seven members. They discussed buying material to make drapes and crib sheets for the church nursery and agreed to handle refreshments for the Silver Anniversary honoring Rev and Mrs James Greene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gleaners
Grace Baptist Church
Charles Lyons
Dix
Neb
Alvin Hedges
Portis
Italy
James Greene
Lyndell Lundy
James Garrison
Tai Wan
Belles and Beaux Hold Regular Square Dance Meeting
Silver Belles and Beaux Square Dance Club met at Central School auditorium with six squares. Guests from Holyoke Sedgwick and Lisco attended. Harry Benzel elected co chairman. Beginners classes start Feb 8 at Shelter House Legion Park Sidney at 8 p.m. Call 4 3389 for details. Next dance Feb 10 a Valentine party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Belles
Beaux Square Dance Club
Central School
Leal Jecminek
Floyd Kohrell
Holyoke
Colo
Harvey McCormick
Sedgwick
Bill
Ada Heldt
Lisco
Ed Brauer
Dan Benzel
Harry Benzel
Silver Belles and
Beaux
Shelter House
Legion Park
Sidney
Silver Belles and Beaux
Junior Leaders 4-H Elect Officers and Plan Clinic
The Jr Leaders held a 4-H meeting on January 26 1965 and elected officers for the year. President Roger Luehrs Vice President Gary Kurz Secretary Pam Schmitt Treasurer Cathy Benzel News Reporter Ron Richards. A speaking clinic is planned for February 23 and a skiing trip was discussed with the next meeting set for February 9 at the 4-H building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Luehrs
Gary Kurz
Pam Schmitt
Cathy Benzel
Ron Richards
Mrs Jaycees Plan Community Bingo Support
The Mrs Jaycees January meeting at the Jaycee Legion Hall drew 12 members and three guests Mrs Michael Campbell Mrs Ray Hegarty and Mrs Lee Oliverius They agreed to assist the American Legion with Wednesday bingo The group also accepted chairmanship of the Mothers March on Polio as a yearly project A white elephant auction closed the meeting Hostess Daryl Conger assisted by Stanley Belieu Bill Folkerts to host February 25 meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Robarchek
Jaycees
Daryl Conger
Stanley Belieu
Bill Folkerts
Sorority Alpha Iota meets on racial problems topic
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Alpha Iota Chapter held a Thursday social at Mrs. Glen Houtz home. Mrs. Don Bremer and Mrs. Houtz led the educational program on racial problems in the United States. The evening ended with Tripoli. A rummage sale at Jaycee Legion Hall is set for Saturday January 30 from eight to four with all items priced at 75 cents or less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Iota Chapter
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Alpha Iota
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Glen Houtz
United States
Don Bremer
Houtz
Tripoli
Jaycee Legion Hall
Alpha Nu Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Meeting Recap
Nineteen members of Alpha Nu Chapter Beta Sigma Phi gathered Monday at Mrs. Kenneth Woodward’s home. Mrs. Thomas Hennig and Mrs. H N Rhodes led a program featuring a Paul Harvey broadcast The Uncommon Man. Mrs. Robert Clark Jr. to host February 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Nu Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Kenneth Woodward
Thomas Hennig
H. N. Rhodes
Paul Harvey
Robert Clark, Jr
Rural Youth Met Monday in Cheyenne County 4-H building
The Cheyenne County Rural Youth group met Monday at 7:30 PM in the 4-H building at the fairgrounds. They discussed the Midewinter Rural Youth Institute in Grand Island February 5-6 and plans to attend. Members Cindy Benzel Charles Irwin Linda Jarred Ruth Dorman Jolene Block Dave Wilson and Del Rae Beerman will go. A film If Disaster Strikes promoting medical self help was shown narrated by Danny Thomas. The group will cooperate with other clubs on medical self-help programs and will send remembrances to Dale Florke hospitalized after a Lodgepole automobile crash. Kathryn McNurlin named Gurley High School 1965 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow for top homemaking exam results and active involvement in 4 H, Pep Club, volleyball, and school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Fairgrounds
Midewinter Rural Youth Institute
Grand Island
Neb
Cindy Benzel
Charles Irwin
Linda Jarred
Ruth Dorman
Jolene Block
Dave Wilson
del Rae Beerman
Danny Thomas
Dale Florke
Lodgepole
Cheyenne
Kathryn McNurlin
Gurley High School
Betty Crocker
Kathryn
Marvin McNurlin
Gurley
Mrs. R C Maguire Dies In Hastings Neb
Mrs. R C Maguire 83 died yesterday in a Hastings Nebraska hospital after months of ill health. She had lived with her son R C Maguire and family in Sidney for several years. Born in Saline County, Neb she is survived by husband one son R D Maguire of Sidney one daughter in Harvard Neb and two grandchildren. Arrangements are pending with services in Stockville Neb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C
Maggie) Maguire
Hastings
Neb
R. D. Maguire
Sidney
Harvard
Rome Englert Rites Today
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in Immanuel Lutheran Church Lodgepole for Rome W. Englert with Rev John Schmidt officiating. He died at DePaul Hospital Cheyenne Wyoming Tuesday January 26 from a heart attack. Pallbearers were his grandchildren Ted Holeman Rich Englert Dick Englert Todd White Jay Holeman and Dan McMichel. Burial was in Pleasant View Cemetery. Craig Mortuary directed arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Lodgepole
Rome
W. Englert
John Schmidt
DePaul Hospital
Cheyenne
Wye
Ted Holeman
Rich Englert
Dick Englert
Todd White
Jay Holeman
Dan McMichel
Pleasant View Cemetery
Craig Mortuary
American Legion Auxiliary 17 Meet at Jaycee Hall
The American Legion Auxiliary 17 met Tuesday at Jaycee Legion Hall with President Mrs. Lloyd Lockwood presiding. A scholarship report by Mrs. Alvin Duis highlighted funds for the Little Red School House and 1965 SOS scholarship emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Jaycee Legion Hall
Lloyd Lockwood
Alvin Duis
Little Red School House
Legion Auxiliary
Frank Longan
Legion and Auxiliary
Columbus
Neb
Legionnaires
Potter School Raises $238 For March of Dimes
The Potter school held a March of Dimes program Monday evening with a full auditorium. Activities included fifth and sixth grade basketball, a hockey game by the girls, and a square dance by younger students. A film on birth defects was shown. Pep Club opened donations with $25, and the cheerleaders collected the funds totaling $238.05.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter School
Potter High School
Salem pilot aids Polar Strike airlift in Alaska
Major Donald P. Wegner of Salem Oregon serves in U S Air Force MATS providing airlift for exercise Polar Strike in Alaska. He is based at Travis AFB California and helped move troops and nearly 10 000 tons of supplies for the joint U S Canadian cold weather maneuver. Wegner a North Salem High School graduate attended Willamette University. His wife Florence Block of Sidney Nebraska is mentioned in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald P. Wegner
Orville P. Wegner
24Th St
Salem
Ore
U. S. Air Force Military Air Transport Service
MATS
Alaska
Wegner
Travis Afb
Calif
North Salem High School
Willamette University
Florence
John Block
Illinois St
Sidney
Neb
February Lesson For Extension Clubs Is Medical Self Help
Medical Self-Help is a 16 hour free course for the public, prepared by the Defense and HEW. It covers shelter, first aid, burns, fractures, and infant care, to survive when professionals are unavailable. Leader sessions were held in Lodgepole, Dalton, and Sidney to train extension clubs to present the program locally. A film, If Disaster Strikes, supports the effort, underscoring the need for public readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Cheyenne
U. S. Department of Defense
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Defense
Department of Health
American Medical Association
Council On National Security
Committee On
United States
Lodgepole
Dalton
Sidney
Extension Clubs GOAL GAINERS CLUB meeting notes
The Goal Gainers Extension Club met Tuesday at one o clock for luncheon at Mrs. Irvin Ehlers home with nine members present. 1965 president Mrs. Clarence Robirds led the meeting reporting on the January 18 winter council, presenting the lesson Let s Limber Up. Yearbooks were distributed and dues collected. Mrs. James Vass drew from the birthday box. Next hostess will be Mrs. Herb Statler for the February 23 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goal Gainers Extension Club
Irvin Ehlers
Clarence Robirds
James Vass
Herb Statler
Troop 150 Girl Scouts Meet at Sidney Junior High
Troop 150 met Wednesday at Sidney Junior High School room 105 to discuss invitations for the box social, dues collected by Kathy Wright, treats brought by Linda Perez, and cookie money with Mrs. Palmer. They planned badges and entertainment as Pam Adams excused the patrol. Linda Perez reported the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Junior High School
Kathy Wright
Linda Perez
Mrs. Palmer
Pam Adams
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Oui
Methodist Wscs
Sidney Moose
Belles & Beaux
Mrs. Jaycees
Beta Sigma Phi
Kathryn MC Nurlin
R.C. Maguire
American Legion
Paxton
Danny Thomsas
Nebraska State Department of Health
Civil Defense
Cheyenne County Extension Office
Goal Gainers
Girl Scout News
Cathy Spencer
Cary
Clayton Spencer
Patrice Herboldsheimer
Bennie Herbold Sheimer
the Telegraph Printing Co., Inc
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