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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1926
Page
4
A bulletin lists morning worship at 11 a m and Sunday school at 10 a m at Trinity Church, afternoon services at 2 30 p m, Grace Church and Gurtey Church also with 10 a m Sunday schools and evening worship at 5 p m. W T Kahse noted.
Sunday services will begin at 10 30 with English services and 10 00 for Confessional services An announcement for Holy Communion is requested for Saturday afternoon and evening Pastor Peters notes summer opportunities to contemplate God through nature and spiritual development for times when worshippers may be few.
First Sunday after Trinity services listed including Holy Communion at eight, Church School at ten, and Morning Prayer at eleven with sermon on Authority. Article urges planning for summer focusing on spiritual and physical life.
Special services at St Patrick's Catholic church on June 6 feature a Corpus Christi procession with four outdoor altars and benedictions at each. One High Mass will be conducted at 9 a.m. Rev Father Dick J S of St Marys Kansas will deliver the sermon.
Society notes record a Presbyterian circle gathering at the church with Mesdames Pettibone Te wel Uptegrove and Ellis as hostesses. North Sidney bridge club held a 1 o clock luncheon at the country club followed by bridge at Mrs. McNish's home with guests including Mrs. Gordon Bryant and Mrs. George Gerhart. Mrs. Phelps won first honora at a dinner at the Country club, honors also awarded at the Hyde home and at the Country club bridge dinner. East End and other clubs held meetings with prize winners named and Mrs. Floss Witham honored at a breakfast by Mrs. Weeden and Mrs. Dimery.
Evangelistic meetings led by Rev and Mrs George L Rowe here over three weeks will end with the Sunday evening service at the tabernacle announced by evangelist Rose. Local churches join in closing programs. men and women’s day meetings have drawn large crowds. Afterward, Mrs Rose leads a series at Chappell starting Sunday, with a tabernacle under construction and Mr Shirk directing music for the new site.
John Bahr has been amying hogs and cattle for me at Lodge Pole on Tuesdays and Saturdays. After June 12 he will be in Lodge Pole on Tuesdays only. Hogs bought my appointment the same as heretofore. A A Batier.
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for sympathy and acts of kindness during our bereavement for our mother grandmother and Slater. We especially appreciate the floral offerings from Mrs Blanche McThonald Frederick Taylor Feroy Taylor Mrs Helen Merson and Max Johnson.
Coroner reports indicate Pilger and his wife died likely from fright or strangulation after drowning at North Sterling Reservoir as their daughter Katherine watched from shore. A Mexican beet worker, Alec Diez, and four other boys swam at the outlet. Diez and another boy were seized by cramps, with Diez and one other rescued while two others failed to aid. Pilger, long-time Peetz resident, leaves son Claire and a listed family in the area. Armstrong and Rower are noted Peetz residents with Sidney ties.
The Sidney Bottling company, operating plants in Sidney, Scottsbluff and Torridgeport, reports rapid growth in local business. It manufactures and distributes soft drinks with a modern plant and automatic machinery, praised for cleanliness in mixing and bottling under manager J. J. Manson.
Scottsbluff Star Herald reports a citywide bonfire and celebration Monday night after water was directed into the government canal. Chamber of commerce organizers invited farmers across the area to join, bringing old boxes and kindling soaked in oil for a dramatic blaze seen for miles. Fire trucks arrived as crowds danced on the pavement and slogans proclaimed local cooperation and solidarity.
The St Patrick's academy closed its year with prizes for several students. Awards included class averages for multiple grades, music, sewing, art, and special pins donated by the Art Publication Society to Gladys Sweet and Martha Davis. Dignitaries and supporters thanked include Rev Anton Tink, Sidney Corweil No. 1861 Knights of Columbus, WJ, I O'Neil, Mrs Carrie O'Neil, and John L McCarthy.
The film Quo Vadis arrives at the U.S. theatre Monday and Tuesday, dramatizing the early Christian era in Rome. It contrasts Nero’s Rome with the Christian faith led by Peter, featuring an expansive cast and Emil Jannings as Nero.
Plans are discussed for a big race meet here at the fair grounds track. The event would offer handsome purses to attract speedy competitors and produce exciting matches and notable records, per the Chappell Register.
Sergeant Jack Fhanny of the State Fire Prevention bureau made an official visit to Gurley on Wednesday.
Miss Kerlyn Pubank daughter of Mrs Alice Exbank of Kimball and Slaney Manning of Ayannis Nob were married at the bride’s home at ten o’clock Wednesday morning by Bishop Beecher of the Mpiscopius church. The newlyweds are on a east honeymoon by car and stopped here yesterday to visit the bride’s cousin Mrs Donald Passett. They will reside at the Manning ranch in Efyannis
A woman with four children, the youngest age four, stopped in Kimball on Sunday claiming she was walking from Ohio to California. She reported that $77.00 was stolen from her in Illinois. Locals provided meals and one night’s lodging at the Brown Hotel.
Governor McMullen addressed the annual encampment of the Nebraska G A R at Hastings praising Civil War veterans for settling Nebraska and noting their role from territorial days to postwar civic service. He cited Daniel Freeman as the first homesteader and said DAR plans a marker on the Freeman homestead.
At the International Council of Religious Education in Charmingham Alabama Dr John T Barbner Smith of Chicago urged churches to use newspapers for publicity He said clergy and press should learn each other and that newspapers are the best medium to spread the gospel and advertise church work He noted he has always received fair treatment from the press
Mrs J L Cramb of Denver accompanied by daughters Mrs Giles Hartley and Mrs 7 W Duncan of Wildmar Colo came for Decoration day and are visiting Mrs Cramb's daughter Mrs George Burr.
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