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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1922
Page
15
The Guild reports a prosperous year led by president Mrs Stella Mantor. On Friday they met with Mrs L G Lowe, assisted by Mrs Paul Martin, with high attendance and a good lunch. Miss Phyllis Corbett reported as convocation delegate to Scottsbluff last week.
The Sidney Band with 14 members enjoyed a pleasant party Friday night at Parks Duncan's home. Hosts Mrs. William Simms and helpers planned luncheon and activities. Dr Tight and Mrs Light attended. A short band concert preceded games, Donald Shipman winning the guessing contest and Wauneta Metz taking the booby prize.
A pleasant miscellaneous shower descended on the new bride Mrs Harold Ells last Thursday evening at the Hornaday apartments. Hostesses Miss Lois Stowe and Miss Thelma Davis organized the event. Gifts, music, games, and refreshments filled two hours as she prepares to start her new home.
The King’s Daughters met in regular session last Monday evening with Mrs Harriett Lowe present. All members attended, including Miss Helen Wooldridge from Cheyenne and Mrs Gertrude Stokes and Mrs Mayme Mann returning after an absence. The hostess served refreshments.
The Frances Willard Union met at a Beautiful home on the north side with Mrs Chesebro. A flower mission program featured quotes from flowers and a tale of Jenny Cassedy, founder of the flower mission, who endured lifelong illness yet served humanity. A community house article, political extracts, and a chautauqua-driven date shift were noted.
The library will be open in the evenings only for one hour from 7 to 8 during the summer months per the library board.
Miss Zella Owens, student at the State University, returned Tuesday from Boulder Colorado. She will stay at home for ten days before returning to Boulder for a summer term.
Strawberries in Sidney markets arrive in exceptional quality and extended season. Merchants report most fruit coming from Missouri and eastern Nebraska, signaling a strong supply and favorable prices for buyers.
Sidney Hill and Martha Greenlee, prominent Tucson residents, were wed in a double ceremony on June 3. Miss Greenlee, longtime Tucson teacher and former state normal graduate, married Walter Hill, a Southwestern Railroad conductor and Ira Hill’s brother. The couple, now homeward, celebrate a life of friendship and planned happiness.
The Grabills announce the marriage of Elmer Grabill and Fern Phillips in Sterling Nebraska at a Presbyterian ceremony attended by a single Sidney witness. Dr. Harry Vail officiated as 200 children paused for Children’s Day. The couple plans a two week mountain drive then returns to Sidney to reside. Elmer Grabill, a Sidney schools and State University graduate, heads a department at Cheyenne Trading Co. Mrs. Grabill, previously with Metz Millinery, is from Superior Nebraska.
Miss Hannah Mary Timm and Carl Skaggs announce their marriage in North Platte. Timm led the Sidney Mercantile dry goods department for six and a half years while Skaggs worked as an Union Pacific engineer in Sidney. They will travel to Denver and Salina before settling back in North Platte.
John E. Whitman and Grace A. Hulit of Redington were married in the Methodist church last Monday evening by the pastor. John Carlson and Eva Hulit attended the ceremony.
Dan Aldridge and his family began an overland trip to Oakland California on Tuesday to establish a future home. The Sidney colony in Oakland is sizable and welcomes new families periodically. The Aldridges have lived here most of their lives and will be missed by relatives and friends.
D W Griffith brings Way Down East to the U S Theatre for two days starring Lillian Gish Richard Barthelmess and Mary Hay. The studio promises a faithful screen version of the Parker stage drama with ten months of preparation and innovations including a snowstorm and a New England river ice break.
Mrs. Foster, nee Everett Foster, is improving at an Omaha hospital and expected to return home soon. Mr. Foster has resumed work at Osborn Motor Company after a recent absence.
Mrs. George Harvey, formerly of this locality now in Denver, sustained a hand injury in a recent automobile accident. Specialists are attempting a grafting procedure to reattach the hand, with interest focused on the outcome of this medical effort.
Mrs Kate Scott a Mathematics professor at the State Normal Spearfish is spending a week with her children Mr and Mrs R S Scott before traveling to California for the summer.
W. Olson and sons, Albin and Carl, marketed the best baby beeves ever brought to Sidney. They delivered 23 head to one butcher and 28 to another, receiving the highest market price. Sidney will eat grand meat for a while.
Mrs. Nick Paper of Lincoln and Mr. and Mrs. George Paper of Boulder Colorado were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Goldwin Kratz. Mrs Paper is the mother and George Paper the brother of Mrs. Kratz.
A new tennis court on church grounds is complete and open to the public. Trustees praise the addition as a step toward better health and outdoor recreation for all ages.
Mrs. Harry Stover Mrs. Andy Anderson and Mrs. Oakley Otten attended a Sterling circus on Friday and described the performance as very good They posed with a 19 inch Shetland colt and prize the resulting photograph as a fine keepsake
Short vacation brings Miss Mabel Wooldridge from Cheyenne where she works for Stockman's Jconmpany, linked to the War Finance Corporation, to her home circle for a fortnight.
Mr and Mrs McNish enjoyed a brief morning conversation on Friday when Mrs McNish’s cousin and her husband Mr and Mrs Gemein Wagner paused during their west to east tour.
H W Ewert, farming 14 miles NW of Sidney, visited the city Wednesday. He notes the winter wheat on mellow ground is poorest, but spring wheat, oats, and corn will supplement his acreage and winter wheat will not be a failure.
Professor M. C. Green and wife began their overland trip on a Wednesday to Toledo Iowa to visit relatives. They were joined at North Platte by Ray Breterius and Dick Kepler who planned to visit relatives for a few days.
Mrs. Harry King Mrs. Mark Spanogle and Mrs. Loren North visited the King and Simodnyes homes in Bridgeport on Wednesday and attended the Eastern Star in the evening.
Mrs Paul Martin and her two young sons left Saturday for Long Beach California to visit her parents Prof and Mrs Stevens. They will stay for several weeks.
A family drive began Tuesday to Cheyenne Wells Colorado for a Wells F M Philson and daughter Elsie. Gladys plans a two week home visit while Elsie stays with the Perry family for further visitation.
Miss Jean Swatzlander returns from State University where she earned creditable grades during the past year and is brightening the home circle with her vacation visit.
Clarence Olson, a university student, is home at the N. W. Olson ranch for a spell. This is his third year and he expects to complete six more terms at the university before he calls it enough.
Notices state the called warrants include the Second and Third Commissioner Districts Colton No 2 Road Gurley Road Pleasant View Road 1920 levy Trog ait Road All County Bridge Warrants dated June 8 1922 M Lancaster County Treasurer Also Herbert family trip to 5 section ranch for annual cropping and harvest in Sidney with a little girl and wife.
Mrs Nellie Dedrich Davis of Laramie Wyoming and her two young daughters are June guests in the Swan Dedrich household. Nellie will visit many friends and her parents during the stay.
Mr. Shoemaker II W. J. Shoemaker, agent for the Union Pacific, was confined to his bed with tonsillitis but is better today after being taken for Monday illness and now shows improvement.
John H. Null at 166 East Front Street North Platte Nebraska offers details on installing complete radio phone services with local contact provided for scheduling and questions.
Hink's Boot Shop advertises men's outing bar work shoes offered at a special price of 2.60. The sale highlights a new value on durable footwear for bar and work settings.
E. D. Snell and wife and daughter Dottie of Cambridge Nebraska visited from last Saturday until Thursday with their son Dr Snell and his wife. They traveled by auto.
Farmers Union ships hogs on Monday. Phone in your list by Saturday morning. Adyv.
A district notice states Viott Party holding school order No 38 registered No 9 District No 26 remains to be paid with funds left at American Bank for payment. L T Rezania signs the entry.
Donald Hansen of Fremont, son of the junior member of the T. J. Hansen Company, was busy in the city on Wednesday. The company is well known across the state.
John H. Null of 106 East Front Street North offers ready to deliver components to assemble a hadiophone. Local readers are invited to contact the supplier for pricing and stock availability.
The passage discusses diverse crow species and related birds, noting they are all birds of distinction with notable talents or vices. It lists raven, rock crow, blue jay, green jay, magpie, jackdaw, among others, and states crows and their kin are scattered worldwide.
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