Socially Speaking Highlights from Bellevue Guests
Joel Babcock and his son Maurice of Bellevue visited Ed and Darlene Henkle last Friday to Wednesday, with Maurice catching a 3.5 pound Northern Pike and a walleye limit at Lake McConaughy. Others hosting or visiting include Mrs Ida Black with sisters, Ilene Nightengale visiting from Gibbon, and Mrs Frieda Widstrand hosting Stalnaker relatives from Grand Island. Phil Houser’s address at USAF Academy was announced after Sidney High School graduation, while the Bices from Toppenish and the Roods hosted a Bice reunion outing at Arapaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Babcock
Maurice
Bellevue
Ed Henkle
Lake McConaughy
Eugene Stalnaker
Grand Island
Frieda Maria Widstrand
Jack Schilling
Ethel Reutzel
Frieda
Stalnaker
Phil Houser
Paul Houser
Phil C. Houser
Usaf Academy
Colorado
Houser
Sidney High School
Ray Bice
Albert Bice
Toppenish
Wash
Vernon Rood
Ray
Albert
Rood
Roods
Deanna Ross
Loren Rood
Arapaho
Bice
Ortman Baby Debuts In Omaha With Family Tals
Deborah Marie Ortman, born Monday at 11:10 p.m. in Omaha, weighs six pounds four ounces. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Jerome J. Ortman. former Mary Jo Walsh is the mother. Grandparents are Vincent Ortman and Mrs. Walsh. the newborn is the Ortman family’s first child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome J. Ortman
Omaha
Deborah Marie
Ortmans
Mary Jo Walsh
Vincent Ortman
Everett Walsh
Kimerli Jo Morrison
John Morrison
Kearney
Kearney Hospital
Kimberli Jo
Karie Ann
Lyle Morrison
Roland Green
Joe Green
Schooners Demonstrate Square Dancing in Sterling
Prairie Schooners Club staged a square dance in Sterling with Mal Minshall calling. Dancers included Mr and Mrs Hare Mr and Mrs Loyal Hornicek and Mr and Mrs Jim Crabb. Additional events featured dances in Wray and a Saturday club dance at U-Gas-Um parking lot with guests from Grant Mesa and Aurora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Schooners Club
Sterling. Cole
Art Council of
Sterling
Mal Minshall
Geroge Hare
Loyal Hornicek
Jim Crabb
Etta Harper
Wray
Colo
Sidney
Butch Hassman
Minshall
Hare
U-Gas-Um
Bud Skeels
Nate Skeels
Grant
Major Hall
Mesa
Ariz
Glenn Larson
Aurora
Cole
Grant Fire Hall
Grant Fair
Hares
Census Counts 45 Adults and Two Newborns at Linn Peemartal
Morning census lists Linn Peemartal Hospital with 45 adults and two newborns admitted. Names of patients include Sidney Todd Shandera Iva McDonald Robert Koos Jane Barnica Gus Suhr Josephine Pursely Lodgepole Paul Ingwerson Elizabeth Barrett Dalton Katherine Cockerly Breadwater Gigi Wagoner and others. several discharges noted including Ethel Bickel Fodd Shandera Dorothy Nicholson Donna Lashle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Todd
Shandera
Iva McDonald
Robert Koos
Jane Barnica
Fi Gus
Suhr
Josephine
Pursely
Lodgepole
Paul Ingwerson
Elizabeth Barrett
Dalton
Katherine Cockerly
Breadwater
Gigi Wagoner
Sidney
Ethel, Bickel
Fodd Shandera
Dorothy
Nicholson
Donna Lashle
Dalton’s Doll Lady Keeps Crafting for Hospitals
At 85 Mrs Paul Weible of Dalton renovates dolls and dresses them in knitted outfits. She donates the dolls to Memorial Hospital and to orphanages and missions, knitting from donated yarn and creating her own patterns for both boys and girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Weible
Dalton
Memorial Hospital
Little Girls
Weible
Paul
Nemaha County
Trinity Lutheran
Lutheran World Relief
Leota
Paul Jr
Las Vegas
Nev
Grace
Ervin Marx
Grace Marx
Cheryl Marx
Cheyenne County
Engagement of Jodene Bahr and Steven Palmer Announced
The engagement of Jodene Lynette Bahr and Steven B Palmer is announced by her parents Mr and Mrs John Bahr. The groom is the son of Mrs Joan Palmer of Kimball and Bill Palmer of Gering. Bahr attends Sidney High School and works at the Cheyenne County Welfare Department and the Commonwealth Fox Theater. Palmer is a 1972 Sidney High School graduate employed by Bahr Roofing and Painting. Wedding plans are indefinite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jodene Lynette Bahr
Steven B Palmer
John Bahr
Joan Palmer
Kimball
Bill Palmer
Gering
Miss Bahr
Sidney High School
Bridal Shower for Nancy Peetz Held at St Patrick’s Church
The June 30 event honored Nancy Peetz with blue and white decorations and a serving table for 40 guests in the church basement. Gifts, entertainment, and helpers included Dianne Bonkiewicz and Alan Runge, while future groom D? Irving and Coleen Christ’s engagement were announced for August 18 in Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Peetz
LaVerne Thomas
Harold Glanz
David Peetz
E.B. Bonkiewicz
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Nancy Peetz
Miss Peetz
Gloria Bonkiewicz
Janet Peetz
Betty Peetz
Nancy
Dianne Bonkiewicz
Alan Runge
Judith Lenzen
Leo Wolff
Purgett Peetz
Bob Hiett
Lillian Morey
Glenn Easterly
Hiett
Picnic Honors 89th Birthday of Mrs. Louisa Laaker
A family picnic at Legion Park celebrated Mrs. Louisa Laaker's 89th birthday. relatives and friends from Sidney Lodgepole Potter Kimball Melbeta Chappell joined residents from Memorial Home including Raymond Laaker who hosted the cake. Distances ranged from nearby towns to distant California and New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Laaker
Legion Park
Memorial Home
Henry Laaker
Raymond Laaker
Hilda Bivins
Car Reker and Twain
Kenneth Humphrey
Dean Hecker
Robert Fischer
George
Sidney
Elmer Phelps
Lavern Phelps
Todd
Lodgepole
Don Larson
Potter
Jim Gilroy
Dalton
Ed Bivins
Melbeta
Dale Bivens
Kimball
Albert Brauer
Chappell
Bernice Hecker
California
Gilbert Huntsman
Shawn
N.M
Bill Bivens
Laramie
Wyo
Robert Wiggs
Russell
Ronald Wiggs
Joanna
el Paso
Tex
Raymond Laakers
Brotherson Birthday Open House At Holy Trinity
John Brotherson birthday celebration will be held this Sunday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church from 2 to 4 p.m. The event is an open house hosted by Mrs. Brotherson with no gifts requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brotherson
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Garlan Farmer Group Meets at Mrs. Frank Gadd Home
The Garlan Farmer Group of the First Christian Church met Thursday at the home of Mrs. Frank Gadd. President Mrs. Hazel Horst led prayer to open. Eight members and two guests joined in the CWF prayer and lesson by Mrs. LaVerne Couch on We Are the Salt of the Earth from Matthew 5. Worship by Mrs. Luella Plantz followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garlan Farmer
First Christian Church
Frank Gadd
Hazel Horst
CWF
LaVerne Couch
Luella Plantz
LCW Hosts Patriotism Themed Meeting at Holy Trinity
Mrs Marvin Jacobsen attended the Thursday Lutheran Church Women gathering at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Mrs Henry Dumler led patriotic devotions and lessons with assistance from Mrs Gary Hessler and others. The group planned a Lutheran World Relief layette baby shower and set a future date. Hosting duty was shared by Mrs Harlan Brei, Mrs William McDowell, Mrs Arnold Muehling and Mrs Robert Elsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Jacobsen
Lutheran Church
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Graduate Earnhart Named Secretary of the Year 1972
Debra Earnhart daughter of Mr and Mrs D K Earnhart recently graduated Lincoln School of Commerce with an executive secretarial major. In a class of 200 she earned the Secretary of the Year 1972 trophy for top honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debra Earnhart
D. K. Earnhart
Lincoln School of Commerce
Miss Earnhart
Nebraskaland Festival Honorees Highlight Wheat Month March
Mrs. Clarence Hare of Sidney is featured for a second year baking 2000 biscuits for the Cowboy Breakfast at Nebraskaland. Recognized helpers include Mrs. Sue Smith and Mrs. Chet Frame, Wheat Hearts president, transporting large batches. Wheat Queen Rae Etta Dykes and Wheat Princess Cindy Louderback attend promotions ahead of Wheat and Sandwich Months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Hare
Sidney
North Platte Telegraph
Sue Smith
Lincoln
Chet Frame
Gurley
Nebraska Wheat Hearts
Hare
Union Pacific Railroad
North Platte
St. Patrick's Altar Society
Frame
Rae Etta Dykes
Lyman
Wheat Queen
Cindy Louderback
Dalton
Kathy Cruise
University of Nebraska
Extension Office Has New Secretary in Cheyenne County
A change at the Cheyenne County Extension office in the courthouse assigns Mrs. Carol McMillen to the secretarial post left vacant by Mrs. Hetty Shipley who leaves July 27 for Norfolk. Shipley, a 17 year Sidney resident, worked three and a half years at the office and will begin at Norfolk High School in the principal's office and guidance department. Her family includes Nancy, Doug, David, Kathy, Peg, and Adele, with new addresses and plans noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Paul
Carol) McMillen
Hetty Shipley
Norfolk
Shipley
Sidney
Norfolk High School
Nancy
Willeach
Doug
Union Pacific
David
Northeast Nebraska College
Kathy
Peg
Adele
Madison Ave
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ida Black
Ann Frymier
Loveland
Emma Christensen
Ilene Nightengale
Earl Nightengale
Tom Nightengale
Gibbon
Kearney State College
Deborah Marie Ortman
Gail Rahn
Grand Junction
Jovoanna
Walter Prange
East Sidney
J H Abbott
Rahn
Gail Davis
Dalton and
Jorodina
Marie Johnson
Harold Brink
Cheryl
Tualatin
Ore
Pat Gienan
Wayne Adamson
Bushnell
T R Tillotson
Lori and
Deanna Eyes
Kathy Miles
New York
Harvey Miles
The
Kinnisons
C R Kinnison
Ovid
Christ Episcopal Church
M.H Goldsberry
South Bend
Ind
Linn Peemartal Hospital
Dalton’s
Jodene Bahr
Carl W. Christ, Jr
Coleen
Richard David Irving
Donald J. Irving
Peoria
Miss Christ
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Chi Omega Sorority
Christ
Irving
Brotherson
Joun Brotherson
CWF Church
LCW
Henry Dumler
Gary Héssler
Dumler
Elmer A. Leslie
Providence
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
York Rite
Cheyenne County Courthouse
Christ Episcopal Parish Hall
Sidney Day Care Corporation
1St Street
Sioux Villa
Kiwanis Club
Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
Rotary Club
Sidney Motor Hotel
Methodist Church
Alcoholics Anonymous
Legion Rooms
Rebekah Lodge
Laura Rudd
Laura Fish
Wedne Cave
Band Shell
P.m
the Legion Park
Sidney Ladies’ Golf Association
Hillside
Sidney Lions Club
the Chateau
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