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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1961
Page
5
Weekend see many families traveling to Lamar Nebraska to see parental kin and Vermont friends. Omaha World Herald feature on sod houses ties into a visit in Elders home. Visitors include Richard Donaldson from Hopkins Minnesota en route to Stanford, and others from Wyoming Denver and Ames.
Sidney Junior and Senior High announce semester honor rolls for all grades. Seniors lead with multiple 4 A's, including Tony Rock and Sandra Cook. numerous students across grades hold 3 A's or 2 A's with B's. Recognition spans ninth through eighth grade, detailing individual students and their grade-point distinctions.
Extension Club members met Tuesday at Mrs. Eugene Winston’s home with five guests present. New officers were installed led by Mrs. Merle Pfan. Civil Defense was set as a major study project and plans were discussed to provide entertainment for Rest Home residents. A Civil Defense program was given by Mrs. Eugene Orton and Mrs. Arnold Larson. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday February 28 at Mrs. Jack Wright’s home.
School lunch offerings list meals for January 31 February 1 2 3 and February 6. Menu includes navy beans with ham carrot celery salad fruit hot rolls and milk February 1 barbequed sandwich buttered corn apple kringle February 2 turkey and noodles lettuce salad jello fruit chocolate chip cookie bread and butter sandwich milk February 3 fish fillets buttered peas tomato juice wilted kale lemon topping bread and butter sandwich milk February 6 macaroni and meat sauce combination salad fruit mix cookie.
Mrs. Martin Grant presided over a Diocesan Council of Catholic Women deanery meeting in Oshkosh with 56 attendees from Oshkosh and nearby towns. Clergy from Sutherland Oshkosh Dalton Sidney and Grt Bluff briefed on liturgy education and fundraising while Garden County High School students performed a musical program.
Engaged pair Mary Ann Jones of Ft. Collins and Kenneth I E Anderson, son of Franklin Anderson, formerly of Sidney, now in Ft. Collins, announce plans for marriage. Both are Colorado State University graduates with Sigma Kappa and Sigma Nu affiliations. Miss Jones recently worked for Pillsbury in Minneapolis and presently for D C Roger Agency in Ft. Collins. Her fiancé is a resident engineer for Great Western Sugar Co. in Johnstown Colorado.
Saddle Club met with 26 members as B Blaker chaired and reported Dry land won novice cutting in LaVista Pueblo Colorado. It placed second in novice cutting at the National Western with 82 entrants scoring 142. A public card party was planned with Wes Jensen coordinating. Hosts were Mr and Mrs Dale Nelson and Mr and Mrs Charles McRae.
Chadron State College President Dr Barton L. Kline announced the resignation of Dr Eugene E. Rydahl associate professor of speech and Director of Drama accepted by the State Normal Board to end his Chadron tenure May 31 1961.
Nina Chaney 73 a former Sidney resident died at her Cheyenne Wyoming home. She was the wife of Albert Chaney a noted home decorator who died in 1949. Born August 5 1887 in Phelps City Missouri she lived many years in Sidney before moving to Cheyenne in 1934. She worked in Memorial Hospital dining room and was a member of the Christian Church and Rebekah Lodge. One son Richard L Chaney resided Frontier Park Ave Rockport Missouri.
Monizy events diary lists Rotary and Teasmasters clubs, March of Dimes dance at National Guard Armory with Millard Music band, King and Queen coronation by Cov Frink Morrison, Newcomers Club, and Mother's March of Dimes. Feb 1 Kiwanis Job's Daughters Rebekah Lodge Xi Rho Exemplar and other society meetings. Feb 2 Presbyterian Women Episcopal St Martha's Guild St Pauls Lutheran Ladies Aid and film Step Sitters. Feb 4 Beta Sigma Phi Valentine dance at Ft Sidney Hotel.
Newborns announced January 27 include a boy to Dixon Finley a girl to William Kinnersley a boy to Bill Smith and a boy to J F Maestas. Dismissals include multiple individuals from Sidney Lodgepole Denver Peetz Gurley and Kimball. Names listed for admitted and dismissed.
Mr. and Mrs. Danny Markel of Lodgepole announce the birth of their son Jeffery Daniel on Saturday January 28 at 12 07 PM weighing seven pounds 11 ounces. Grandparents are Lloyd Mintken Sidney Edsward Markel Lodgepole and Ed Zorn Bushnell and George S Jewett Portland Ore. Great grandparents listed as well.
Siddhartha Gautama, known as Buddha, founded Buddhism around 560 BC. The religion became India's dominant faith until roughly the 10th century AD.
The 2 day Nebraska Rural Electric meeting in Lincoln includes reports by Wayne Bert-there and Charles Ham on Wheatbelt and state managers. Delegates hear NRSA updates, safety awards, and talks on retirement, automation, and rural development.
The Senior Planning Board of the Guiding Star Girl Scout Council met in North Platte at Mrs. Gren Tracy's home on Saturday January 14. Delegates from Lexington North Platte Ogallala and Chappell attended. Mary Pat Dolan presided and Barbara Ramsey was secretary. They adopted Rules of Procedure evaluated a chartered bus trip to Minden for the Festival of Lights and Pioneer Village and planned sessions for Goodall Cedar Point Camp. Committees were formed for a centennial heritage project and a conference will be held April 29-30 at Cedar Point Camp with the theme Out of the Past Into the Future.
Mrs. W. S. Doran of La Jolla California held a painting exhibition with the San Diego Art Institute at the House of Charm on Plaza Balboa Park. The event drew invitations to several Sidney residents. her husband hails from a pioneer Sidney family, son of the late Mr and Mrs Edmund Doran, with brother Guy V. Doran and sister-in-law Mrs. Henry Doran also of Sidney.
Ton DC will speak on Our Expanding Rural Electric Systems. Cysening the afternoon session will feature Larry Osnvald of Little Rock Arkansas who will discuss the Advantages of Working Together. Final reports of the meeting will close the resolutions and legislative committees. New officers to be installed before adjournment.
Brownie Troop 80 met at Church of Christ basement with 13 members and one guest Kathy Birdsall. They played games, wrote a thank you letter to The Telegraph, and Darlene Runge brought treats.
T-Bone 4-H Club met at Carl Kurz home with Connie Krueger Barbara Kurz and Ronnie Richards as top members. Officers elected Gary Kurz president Robert Benzel VP Dick Mort secretary Connie Krauze treasurer Gary Krueger reporter. They named Carl Kurz leader and Larcy Krueger assistant. discussed calf naming and year feeding plan. Refreshments by Mrs Kurz. Next meeting Feb 24 Everett Mohatt home. Gary Krueger reporter.
The Sidney Kiwanis Club schedules a Wednesday 7 a.m. breakfast at the Country Club to launch the Stars of Tomorrow show advertising campaign dated March 5. Proceeds aid needy Sidney area boys and girls. 20 students are currently assisted in public and parochial schools. Ken Neteboom leads the program as 1961 chairman of the Stars Tomorrow effort.
A Sidney area woman was taken to Memorial Hospital early Monday after an apparent tranquilizer overdose. Physicians listed her condition as satisfactory, with family sources saying she ingested a quantity described as 25 times the usual dose after a family altercation. Her husband found her in a stupor and she was saved by timely medical care.
Mrs Harriett Bondegard 72 former Lodgepole resident died Jan 23 in an Aurora Neb hospital after a heart attack. Funeral Jan 25 at Higby Mortuary Aurora with Rev Donald Nunnally. burial Phillips Cemetery. Born June 1 1888 in Kolding Denmark she settled in Dennebrog then Loup City area before return to Aurora. Survived by two sisters Anna Benson and Elizien Christansen and three stepsons Hubert Lloyd and Floyd.
Four principal cities Auckland Wellington Christchurch and Dunedin are described for their features. Auckland is praised for a good harbor while Wellington serves as a government seat. Christchurch is noted for its cathedral and Dunedin for the country’s oldest university.
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