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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1953
Page
8
Miss Marilyn Bean and Albert Rosenlieb were married June 21 in the First Baptist Church of Laramie Wyoming in a double ring ceremony. Rev W J Diegelman officiated with Miss Gertrude McKay playing the marches and Cecil Cupps singing.
Mr and Mrs Arno Thomases celebrated their silver wedding anniversary with a dinner at their home on Sunday evening June 24 The event featured a three layer cake baked by Mrs Evan Stines of Potter Guests included Harold Thomas Rev Dorn Raymond Brewer Hollis Thomas John DeMers Jr Roy Thomas Irvin Fischer William Badziong and many others plus the Thomases children LaVerne Raymond Lila Mae and Marjorie.
Kathleen Ebien Agnew daughter of Kenneth and the late Kathleen Smith Agnew of Sidney will marry George Rudolph Bauder Jr son of Mr and Mrs George Rudolph Bauder Sr of Indianapolis Indiana. Agnew a University of Nebraska Teachers College graduate and Denver city school teacher plans her Master’s at Denver University this summer Bauder attends Radar School at Lowry AFB Denver and studied at Whitenburg College Springfield Ohio member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. The ceremony is set for four o clock in the afternoon Sunday July 26 in Denver.
Lodgepole Auxiliary Unit 286 of the American Legion Auxiliary at Lodgepole installed officers for the coming year. Elected were Evelyn Talieh president Marjorie Peterson first vice president Mabel Kreider second vice president Olive Johnson secretary Irma Quinn treasurer Alice Brown historian Jennie Smith chaplain Leona Bahr sergeant at arms. County president Jeanette Ahern of Gurley officiated. Nancy Wise reported on Girls State and Marvin Hokom on Boys State. Public gathering ended with pie and coffee.
Mrs R W Rose and Mrs Norman Trobough hosted the Northey Birthday Club picnic at the Sidney shelter to honor Mr and Mrs Ed Northey on their 42nd wedding anniversary. Rose motif decor, 22 years of club history, guests from Sterling Padroni Cheyenne and Sidney attended.
An American Legion Auxiliary School of Instruction for incoming officers was held in the Auxiliary room of the City Auditorium on June 25 at 1 p.m. The program was led by Mrs. J. K. Kane, Fourth District president, and Mrs. W. E. Edwards, District Secretary, both of Alliance. Attending units included Dix and Kimball of Kimball County, Big Springs and Chappell of Deuel County, and Gurley Lodgepole Potter and Sidney of Cheyenne County. Lodgepole was the only unit with the full roster present. Afterward Sidney hosted lunch at the Jolly Rancher.
A double ring wedding united Miss Wanda Harms daughter of Mr and Mrs C G Osborn Sidney and Ale Donald Hajek son of Mr and Mrs John Hajek Sr Sidney in a 7 pm Fort Warren Air Force Base ceremony. An Air Force chaplain officiated in Chapel Six in front of 30 relatives and friends. The Sky Trail Banquet Room hosted a reception with a three tier cake and candles. Ali and Mrs Hajek will reside in Cheyenne while he is stationed there. out of town guests included families from Rapid City Carlisle Alliance and Sidney.
Mr and Mrs Walter Dykman of Lodgepole announce the engagement of their daughter Dixie Ann to Pvt Warren Dean Christensen son of Mr and Mrs Wilbert Christensen of Lodgepole Pvt Christensen is serving with the Armed Forces in Austria No date has been set for the wedding.
A peculiar ink smell on the telegraph want ad page triggers thousand dollar guesses as readers speculate over a hidden profit. Local headlines note the odd clue led to a rush of inquiries and speculative sales.
Seven newcomers attended a Newcomers Club luncheon at Yendis Cafe on Monday with 39 at 1 p.m. The group later played bridge and canasta. Prizes were awarded for bridge and canasta, plus a newest newcomer prize to Mrs. Bruce Hagemeister and a birthday prize to Mrs. Henry Klutz.
Brownie Troop No 1 held its annual picnic on June 29 with funds from the treasury. The girls recited the Girl Scout pledge and laws, earned their wings to advance, but will be without a leader. They voted to gift money to the First Christian Church and held their last meeting after three years of meeting there.
The Merry Mix Bridge Club met at Mrs. Walter Corks home on June 24 after a dutch treat luncheon at Gray's. Two guests attended: Miss Esther Shaw and Mrs. Ray Maley. Prizes went to Mrs. Henry Baeckel high, Mrs Clyde Johnson second, and Mrs. A. E. Nimtz traveling.
Members of the J. J. Club and their husbands attended the annual dinner Saturday night at Brownson Tavern followed by a social gathering at the Lawrence Schilz home.
A joint picnic of the afternoon and evening guilds of the Christian Women's Fellowship of First Christian Church was held at Legion Park. Missionary Mrs Richard Ewing from Brazil served as installation officer for both groups. New officers installed for the Afternoon Guild were President Mrs Frank Gadd and others. Evening Guild officers included President Mrs Clarence Gough and others. The next meeting is July 17.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Schues sler were honored at a grocery shower given by friends and neighbors Sunday evening June 21. The Schuesslers just returned from a wedding trip to Yellowstone Park Boulder Dam and the West Coast. They are making their home on a farm northeast of Potter.
4-H Club members from Cheyenne Devel and Garden Counties will gather in Sidney and at Lemoyne Johnson farm Lodgepole on Thursday July 9 for the annual pre County Fair Judging Days. Nebraska Extension Service personnel will conduct meetings with girls meeting at 9 30 in the Sidney City Auditorium basement and boys at the Lemoyne Johnson farm north of Sunol. Boys will judge fat livestock classes under K C Foote an animal husbandman from Lincoln and assistants.
Miss Violet Shepherd, Cheyenne County Home Extension Agent for six years, worked until midnight on her final day and attended a 4-H Club meeting as her last official duty. The county extension sponsoring board announced no replacement yet, highlighting a likely period without a home agent in Cheyenne County.
Dr James Hayhurst of Scottsbluff spoke at the Cheyenne Kimball Deuel Medical Society meeting in Sidney. About 20 members attended a 7:30 p m dinner at the Sidney Country Club and a later meeting at Dr and Mrs B H Grimm's home. Dr and Mrs Hayhurst were special guests as ladies played bridge during the gathering.
Dr Lloyd O Holeran from Omaha will assist Dr C B Dowart in July and August. He brings wife and two sons, is Creighton Medical School trained, and recently interned at St Joseph's Hospital. He will seek a Rochester Minnesota surgery fellowship this fall.
The board hopes to secure a publication or internal effort to obtain assistance before the county fair. Miss Shepherd departs Friday for Silver City New Mexico to begin work as Grant County Agent on July 20. She will arrange housing and travel in New Mexico and Arizona during the interim.
The note claims that Eur seals do not drink but absorb water directly through their pores. This quirky assertion appears as a brief, isolated zoological fact without broader context or sources.
C. A. Johnson of Omaha, long tied to Sid ey development, will retire July 31 after 41 years with the company. He helped design the steel for the building that houses Stickney's, and he has been a key figure in M-M steel's period of activity within the firm.
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