Birthday Party and Library of Local Social News
Loce Tryores Miss Dona Doran honored guest Miss Mar on Critchfield for her seventh birthday with a swimming party and later refreshments at local hotels. Rebekah Lodge installed officers in the Odd Fellows building with lunch served, including Georgia Bagby and Caroline Sparks. Ed and Sadie Erickson celebrated 25 years of marriage with guests and a church ceremony. St Pauls Aid Society hosted by Mrs Louis Nelson with a follow up luncheon. Non Host Picnic at the Sherrerd home included D W Jorgenson and others. Safety First Auxiliary hosted by Mrs Costello with bridge prizes awarded. Past Matrons luncheon hosted by Mrs Nelson Miller. Segar-Webster wedding at First Methodist with 60 guests. bride Miss Autumn Seger and Dwight E Webster wed under candlelight with reception, couple to reside in Boston after August 1. Alliance wedding of Miss Ethel Lou Davis and J William Craig at the Presbyterian church with reception following. The couple will reside at 1305 12th Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dona Doran
Maron Critchfield
Geraldine Goodwin
Ann Kokjer
Cohen Bundy
Pamela Kinney
Janet Martin
Dorothy Maring
Mary Joan McIntosh
Marilyn Jean Hand
Claracelle Oades
Maxine Critchfield
Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows
Georgia Bagby
Noble Grand
Caroline Sparks
Mesdames Georgia Bagby
Ina Johnson
Margaret Payne
Yarmouth
Boston
Mass
Webster
School of Theology
Boston University
Methodist Church
Florence
Clayenter Methodist Church
Hastings High School
Hastings College
Sigma Tau Sigma Society
Riverdale
Danbury
Iowa
Eta Phi Lamba Society
Orrin Webster
North Platte
Gilbert Webster
Lincoln
Flora Fentress
Osceola
H. Adcock
Nora
Presbyterian Church In Alliance
Ethel Lou Davis
Ernest L Davis
Alliance
J. William Craig
H. P. Craig
Sidney
T. C. Osborn
Violette Taylor
Scottsbluff
Bruce Davis
Geraldine Moshier
Willard Lynch
H F Craig
Ropert
Donald
Harold
John Hindricks, Jr
Roy Grabriel
Gurley
Craig
Alliance High School
St Joseph's Hospital
12Th Avenue
Oregon Trail Days at Gering July 18 19
Western Nebraska plans for Oregon Trail days in Gering feature a bigger event with increased parade prizes of 360 dollars and a 50 dollar sweep stakes award plus enhanced Old Settlers exhibits. High Valley bands, free attractions, rides, Sioux engagement, and concerts are planned as officials push to make this year’s celebration bigger and better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gering
Nebraska
Old Settlers
Marriage Scandal Mounts In Bronx Tale Of Sheila And Peter
Sheila MecCann, 21, and Peter Carscadden sparked a wave of headlines as their secret marriage surfaced after a long absence. Police report a tale of bootleggers and abduction accompanying the couple’s morning appearance at the McCann mansion and a widely circulated but unverified front page image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheila
Joe
Angela
Frank McCann
McCann Mansion
Fifth Avenue
Carscadden
Bronx
Francis X. O’reilley
Miss Carscad
McCann Family Welcomes Sheila and Peter in Tense Visit
The McCann household receives Sheila Carscadden and Peter McCann as Judge McCann, Mrs. Carscadden, and Frank convene to address rumors. Casserly's report about a studio theft and a run of snowbound lovers is discussed amid emotional tension and family grief.
Local church groups and scouts announce Wednesday events
Eastern Star Chapter meets at 7309 pm in the Masonic Hall with a Wednesday program. Rebekah Kensington hosts a 230 pm Legion Park picnic led by Hattie Lipke and Ina Johnson. Boy Scouts gather 730 pm in the band shell. Methodist Missionary Society meets Thursday 230 pm with Mrs. Byron Pavlat hosting Dorcas Society at 230 pm in the Lutheran church dining room. Queen Esthers hold a 800 am picnic breakfast at Legion Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star Chapter
Masonic Hall
Rebekah Kensington
Legion Park
Mesdames Hattie Lipke
Ina Johnson
Boy Scouts
Shell Methodist Missionary Society
Byron Pavlat
Dorcas Society
Lutheran
Northwestern Bell Manager to Transfer to Kimball
The manager of Northwestern Bell Telephone will be moved to Kimball on August 13 to take an operator post with the local service. Mrs. Sleeth, with 15 years at the company, will relocate with her two children as part of the transfer. Harrisburg census data show Banner county population fell from 1403 in 1940 to 1676 in 1980, a decline of 273, due largely to years of drought and crop failures prompting relocations. Verlyn Hammond, 20, of Bushnell, saved from eye injury at Matt Tomich farm by coworkers when hot creosote splashed into his eye. he received medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Paulat
Potter
Union Pacific Railroad
Pavlat
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Union Pacific
Nebraska
West Coast
Morrill County
Joachim Sound System
Allan Atkins
Broadwater
The
Fair Association
W. A. Canaday
Pesident
J. Cedric Conover
Arthur Erickson
K L Neff
G B. Alshouse
Bern R. Coulter
C H Silvernail
J L. Gorst
Matt Brandt
T.O’ Nida
Garland Lindberg
F. F. Hamilton
Minatare
Theams
Roger Nuss
Alex C Nuss
Nuss
Bayard
Scottsbluff
Floyd Peck
Lee Shipley
Scottsbluff Fire Department
Kimball
Lucien Siebenaler
Siebenaler Farm
Siebenaler
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Kimoall
Harrisburg
Census Bureau
Banner County
Verlyn Hammond
Bushnell
Hammond
Matt Tomich
Lovers Runaway Marriage Revealed In Connecticut Twist
Sheila and Peter deny an elopement to Boston and claim they were spirited away to Connecticut. Judge McCann probes their meeting at Tiller's Beach last Labor Day, as Apricot color flares on Sheila's face and tension rises. To be continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Gertrude
Judge McCann
Sheila
Boston
Connecticut
Pete
Tiller’s Beach
Improvised Eye Irrigation After Creosote Exposure
A person received first aid after creosote exposure with water poured into the eye to dilute it before transport to Kimball hospital for treatment.
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Kimball Hospital
Nebraska May business slows vs 1939 levels
May sales of 439 independent Nebraska retailers ran 2.4 percent below May 1939 but 9.2 percent above April this year. Five month totals up 1.2 percent from the same period last year. Omaha down 5.2 percent vs May 1939 but up 14 percent from April. Lincoln up 8 percent vs 1939 and 11.6 percent vs April. Grand Island down 2.3 percent from May last year. Jewelry stores off 9.8 percent. other sectors show mixed gains and losses across cities and population brackets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Census Bureau
Omaha
Lincoln
Grand Island
North Platte
Trade sector price index movements summary
A historical table lists percentage changes across retail sectors including lumber and building material dealers at 8.8 percent, men and boys clothing stores eight per cent, furniture at 7.2, department stores 6.7, filling stations 3.2, groceries with meats 3.2, groceries without meats 3.1, drug stores 2.7 and general stores 0.3.
Farm Income Jumps In First Four Months
Nebraska farmers saw higher cash income in January through April this year than in any similar period recently, with about 7.3 million dollars in farm marketings and nationwide gains led by North Dakota and Iowa. Livestock receipts rose 15 percent from April last year in the seven-state area including Nebraska, amid corn loan effects and wheat redemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
North Central
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
United States
West North Central States
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Loce
Tryores
Ed Erickson
Erickson
J A Kerr
Sadie Sanders
John Sanders
St. Paul's Ltd Society
Louis Nelson
St Paul's Aid Society
E S Sherrerd
D W Jorgenson
Clark Grieve
Harceld Keith
Iedo Lee Hanna S A Sherrerd
Gwendolyn Jorgenson
Safety First Auxiliary
John Costello
Marguerite McMillan
A F Abrens
Elwood Singer
Nelson Miller
Leo Osborn
C E Warrick
Catherine Wright
Bernice Landeen
Marion Landeen
Marguerite Adcock
Juliet
Clifford Webster
Lyle Seger
Warren Reeves
Seger
Marjorie Underhill
Miram Payne
Ethyl Larson
Donna Adcock
Velowcrone National Park
Saeed Chase
Davis-Craig
the Panhandle
Oregon
Bridgeport
First State Bank
O J Melton
Ralph Carleton
A R Schoenberg
Wm B. Miller
Minatare Baby Crowns
Hazel Sleeth
Kethi Uris
Den
Paul B. McCann
Neely
Lizzie
Peter McCann
Gertrude Keane
Mc Cann House
Mc Canns
Jim
Mother Carscadden
Mrs. Carscadden
McCann
Mamie
Frank
Mr. McCann
Mrs. McCann
Casserly
Columbus Avenue
Tony
Banner County News
Porter Oil Co
Oswald Mingo
Mary Lou Sticklemud
Porter
Permant
J. Edgar Smith
Ike Walton
C Bennett
Hotel
Shirley-Savoy
Broadway
Prasat
Member
Federal Reserve System
Sidney, Nebraska
Vramnce Corporsat
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