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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1970
Page
11
A 50 year reception honors Mr and Mrs Gilbert Hougen for their golden wedding anniversary. The no gift event runs 2 to 4 pm Sunday June 14 at First Lutheran Church Potter. Lutheran Church Women and What-So-Ever Club host actions. The Hougens wed in Grand Island on June 15 1920.
A list of recurring meetings in Sidney including Welfare Rights Organization Wednesdays at 7 p.m. 1243 Rose, Sidney Optimist Club dinners, Providence Chapter 108 Eastern Star, Rebekah Past Noble Grand club, Duplicate Bridge, Sunol Garden Club workshop, Civil Air Patrol, Rotary Kiwanis, Alcoholics Anonymous, TOPS Weight Losers, and St Patrick's meeting times with locations like the Yendis Cafe Masonic Temple IOOF Hall and Episcopal Parish Hall.
The Elks schedule lists June 13 dinner and dance with Wayne Henzi, June 14 flag ceremony, June 15 lodge meeting, June 20 lounge party, June 22, and June 27 Las Vegas night. A correction notes the Kid's parade float winner should be Miss Starla Oliverius and not Stanley Oliverius. the Sidney Senior High Honor Roll omitted seniors Larry Kiewit and Chuck Walt.
Mrs. Gary Thompson formerly Judy Johnson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd H Johnson, earned a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine commencement on June 7. A 1965 Sidney High School graduate, she will work in pathology at University Hospital. Her husband Gary Thompson, also a 1965 Sidney alum, teaches science at Bancroft Junior High in Omaha.
The honor roll for Chadron State College’s second semester 1969 70 includes area students with a 3.50 to 3.99 GPA. Notables are Joan Haskell Lodgepole. Robert Runge Sidney. Henry Loebe Sidney. Dennis Vick Bridgeport. Patricia Wilcox Bridgeport. Robert Eddy Dix. Linda Garcia Sidney. various freshmen and sophomores from Sidney Bridgeport Potter and nearby towns. Sixty one students made the Dean's List for the same term, requiring all A's in 12 or more hours. The list features Jacquelyn McKillip Bridgeport. John Weitzel Bridgeport. Sharon Jensen Sidney. Gerald Thompson Sidney.
The Sidney Weight Loser's Club met in St. Patrick's basement with Mrs. Kieselhorts presiding. Nineteen members and one guest, Mrs. Louise Bachman, attended. They set the KOPS graduation for Tuesday June 30 after the weigh in and discussed by laws, parade float reports, and Sidney city recreation programs. The next meeting is June 16.
As of this morning Memorial Hospital lists 47 patients with three newborns. The census includes admissions in multiple towns such as Sidney Gurley and Peetz with several named individuals and two births: a son to James Judd and wife at 2 38 pm and a daughter to Tyler Staman and husband at 4 06 pm.
Melissa Ann Craig weighs five pounds thirteen ounces and was born May 26 in a Steamboat Springs hospital. She has a brother named David, age three and a half. Grandparents include Marvin Kettler of Sidney and Harold Craig of Denver, with great grandmother listed as Mrs. Fred Kettler of Corvina California.
The Merry Ten Extension Club met at Mrs. Loren Avey's home on May 27 with dinner at the Silver Dollar. Mrs. Raoul Nelson led a wigs lesson assisted by guest Mrs. Sanford Butcher who demonstrated styling tricks. A Mother's Day gift exchange followed and a farewell gift was given to Mrs. W. L. Griffith who is moving to Scottsbluff.
The Past Matrons Club met at the Shelter House in Legion Park at 9 a.m. with hostesses Mrs. Harold Bond Mrs. T R Tillotson and Mrs. Roy MacAdam. June birthdays for Mrs. Jean Johnson and Mrs. Jack Headley were noted. A Providence Chapter No 108 initiation ceremony was announced and a July 19 family picnic planned. The session adjourned for summer with a September 23 meeting at Mrs. Frank Gregg's home.
The Sidney city council reviewed proposals for a trailer park waste dump at the fairgrounds with an estimated 1345 and potential county funding, a 400-seat baseball stadium with built in facilities, and an indoor year round pool funded by the school district. A meeting with the school board and an architect was planned to obtain cost figures and explore ownership and use. The council also appointed G F Bush to the planning commission and retained Schaff and Associates for Lodgepole Creek bridge widening. The minibike issue remained unresolved.
June events include a dinner dance and cocktail party honoring Mrs C B Dorwart, a golf invitational, and a team match with Kimball. The pool becomes adult-only after 5 p.m. Thursday. No Sunday smorgasbords in June. menu orders only. Club opens 1 p.m. daily, closed Mondays. dining room closes 9 p.m. Reservations require 12 hours advance notice.
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