Weekend Visitors and Local Family News Across Town
Weekend guests included Mr. and Mrs. Eardley Ham of Rapid City South Dakota visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ham. Janie Holtman of Casper joined Mrs. Ramona Holtman. Mrs. Cecelia Kennedy traveled to Riverside California where her son in law and daughter welcomed a second baby daughter while Mrs. Kennedy plans to stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ham
Eardley Ham
Rapid City
S.D
Ramona Holtman
Janie
Casper
Cecelia Kennedy
Riverside
Calif
Robert Montgomery
Montgomery
Riverside Hospital
Kennedy
Orval Cheney
Denver
Cheney
General Rose Memorial Hospital
Rex Elder
Holyoke
Colo
Orval Schmitt
Mr. Elder
Don Feddersen
A. J. Drake
Agra
Okla
W. F. Feddersen
el Reno
the Fedderson
A. S. Hardy
Robert Clark
California
Hardy’s
Clark
T. E. Kokjer
Kansas City
Carter Kokjer
United States
Virg Knackstedt
Greeley
Virg
Greeley Square
Sidney
Ross Barker
Asper
History Of Girl Scouts Reviewed In Telegraph
The article summarizes Juliette Low the founder of Girl Scouts born in 1860 in Savannah and her work forming troops in Scotland England and the United States. It notes the March 12 1912 first US Girl Guide company later renamed Girl Scouts and the growth to 1 931 253 members by 1952 with a wartime service record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juliette Low
Girl Scouts
Savannah
England
Scotland
Robert
Agnes ‘Baden - Powell
Girl Guides
U.S
Girl Guide
Low
United States
Adams Jorgenson Rites On Saturday
Light Memorial Presbyterian Church hosted the wedding of Mrs A W Adams and A J Jorgenson, Sidney residents. Rev Harold Taylor officiated with organist Helen Ann Jorgenson and visiting relatives in attendance. The couple left for a weeklong wedding trip and will reside at 1344 Dodge Street.
Brownie Troop 69 Celebrates Birthday Party
Brownie Troop 69 marked its birthday with a party in East Ward school auditorium attended by 50 Brownies, parents, and friends. Mrs. Del Exum led the event with helpers including Mrs. Gene Morgan and Mrs. Clif Thurston. Activities featured solos, recitations, a ballet, and a hand print plaque gift from each Brownie to her father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownie
East Ward
J. Harvey George
del Exum
Gene Morgan
Clif Thurston
Bob Schilreff
Paul Coen
Ernest Burke
Bob Rankin
P. J. Lenzen
J. W. Johnson
George
Mary Runge
Jeri
Jerri George
Morgan
Altar Society Dinner Committee Named at St Patrick's
St Patrick's Altar Society will meet Thursday at 2 p.m. in St Patrick's Auditorium. Cards will be played in the afternoon and a public dinner starts at 5 p.m. Mrs W E Gehrig Jr. serves as chairman with assist ants Mmes Keith Morris M L Merritt W E Gehrig Sr Esther Mauser Lee Hoatley H T Headley Art Lenzen Don Himes Wayne Holtz Pat Solon Ed Mitchell Harold Scott Louis Fehringer Sam Robinson and E J Foy assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s Altar Society
St. Patrick's Auditorium
W. E. Gehrig Jr
Mmes
Keith Morris
M. L. Merritt
W. E. Gehrig Sr
Esther Mauser
Lee Hoatley
H. T. Headley
Art Lenzen
Don
Rehearsal Dinner Held for Richard Herbold Sheimer and Evelyn Kientz
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Herbold Sheimer hosted a wedding rehearsal dinner Saturday evening in Fort Sidney Hotel banquet room honoring their son Richard and Miss Evelyn Kientz daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kientz. Bridal party members and families attended. Rehearsal followed at Peetz Community Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Herboldsheimer
Fort Sidney Hotel
Richard
Evelyn Kientz
Frank Kientz
Peetz Community Church
Girl Scout Week Highlights Local Troop Structure
Girl Scout Week honors Juliette Low on March 12 1912 Savannah Ga and outlines the Guiding Star Council in Sidney including three Intermediate Troops and 13 Brownie Troops with listed leaders. It details Scout program aims days activities and the national Cookies for Camping drive running March 9 to support Camp Lake Maloney nearby offering day and overnight camping and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
The
Telegraph
Arlys Beese
Nancy Bott
United States
Juliette Low
Girl Scouts
U.S.A
Savannah
Guiding Star Council of
Girl Scout
Armour Beese
Calvin Sentency
Lloyd Morris
Vernon Anderson
Dave Olinger
Deward Jelinek
Carl Christ Jr
John Hall
Elmer Ladine
Oren Cox
Wilbur Bennett
N. C. Livoni
Vern Anthony
Delva Exum
Gene Morgan
Mary Ellen Laubner
J. W. Houser Jr
Dick Knudsen
A. H. McGee
Louis Fehringer
Don Wells
Roy Bobo
Albert Stewart
Weert Frerichs
Albert Roper
Nevin Janssen
Robert Fleener
Lee Bodeman
Robert Simpson
R. J. Brening
James Thayer
W. J. Robinson
Guiding Star Council
Lake Maloney
North Platte
VFW to Elect Officers Monday in Local Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars to elect 1958 officers at Tuesday night meeting in the post home at 21st and Illinois. Post commander Joe Hajek announced installation will be held in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
21St
Illinois
Joe Hajek
Preliminary Speech Contest Thursday at Sidney High
A preliminary elimination contest for Sidney High School speech students will be held Thursday in the senior high auditorium to select contestants for the Nebraska State Educators Association District 6 meet in Sidney on March 27 and 28. Judges include Mrs. Mabel Oliver of Gurley High School and local instructor James Godfrey. The event opens to the public with a full schedule of oral interpretations, public address, drama readings, poetry, discussion, extemporaneous speaking, radio and TV news commentary, and original public address, featuring numerous local students. District 6 encompasses 49 Western Nebraska schools with prior eliminations in many schools and a separate cut for smaller schools at Big Springs on March 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney High School
Sidney
Mabel Oliver
Gurley High School
James Godfrey
Sandra Lewis
Tom Rogers
Howard Riewe
Kay Thomas
Brenda Wickstrom
Barbara Cork
Gwen Revell
Nancy Bretz
Sandra Tillotson
Darold Thomas
Roberta Thorpe
Linda Miniken
Mike Baeckel
Joyce Robinson
Mike Manuel
Jerry Mangels
Barbara Morgan
Virginia Roper
Corrine Miller
Russ Schoenfelder
Roxie Olsen
Jill Dobson
Jim Irwin
Maureen Bowen
Sharon Sears
Genevieve Abougit
Ron Gilbreath
Cal Outright
Jim Merry
Gerald Beyer
Larry Pippitt
Judith Townsend
Gerald Schulz
Harry Northup
Cal Cutright
Nebraska
Big Springs
Lodgepole Valley Activities Association
Dalton High School
Jim Buterbaugh
Nebraska State Educators Association
Bakers Present Plaques To U.P. Club And Auxiliary
The Union Pacific Oldtimers Club 29 and Auxiliary honored by plaques from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker at a Saturday dinner. Club and auxiliary members’ names inscribed on plaques to be hung in the Union Pacific depot. About fifty people attended the 6:30 dinner at the city auditorium with a birthday theme and Irish solos by Delton Lamm. Delton Lamm led business meetings. W. J Maring presided over auxiliary, W. B. Swenson chaired, aided by Glenn Moore and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Oldtimers Club
Frank Baker
Union Pacific
City Auditorium
Delton Lamm
Marlene Church
W. J Maring
W. B. Swenson
Glenn Moore
W. A. Aurich
Glenn Hedgecock
Gordon Woman Named New DAR State Regent
Mrs. Folsom Gates of Gordon was elected state regent of the Nebraska Society Daughters of the American Revolution at the fifty sixth annual conference. She succeeds Mrs. H. L. Blackledge of Kearney as officers were installed by Mrs. A J Rasmussen of Omaha past national vice president general. Omaha was awarded the 1959 conference to be held February 1920 with the president general of the national DAR Mrs Frederic A Groves of Washington scheduled to attend.
Sidney area meetings and events listed for Tuesday and Wednesday
Local clubs meet in various venues including Alpha Nu chapter of Beta Sigma Phi in Sidney, Toastmasters in Fort Sidney, Elks Lodge, and King’s Daughters groups. Garden, hospital auxiliary, church circles, Eastern Star, Wheat Growers, Farm Bureau, Rebekah, and St. Patrick’s groups schedule sessions. Panhandle Players audition Time Out For Ginger in the high school auditorium. Also notes culinary tip and a Sidney economy banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Nu Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Sidney
Fort Sidney
BP O
Elks Lodge
King's Daughters Business and Professional Women
Sidney Garden Club
Clarence Strandberg
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Holy Trinity Lutheran Dorcas Society
Grace Baptist Missionary Circle
East Ward
Providence Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Eleanor Karrer
McCook
Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Association
Potter Legion Hall
Cheyenne County Farm Bureau
Robert Thompson
Rebekah Kensington
Odd Fellow
W.S.C S. Circle
St. Patrick's
Sidney Minister's Association
New Panhandle Players
Ginger
Connie Madsen
Dalton Students Hold Evening Speech Class For Contests
Dalton High School students meet after hours under English teacher Jim Buterbaugh to study for two upcoming speech contests. About 32 students attend the extra curricular sessions, with winners announced in Friday’s elimination event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Entrants Sought for Miss Ft. Sidney Pageant in Sidney
Henry Meysenburg invites Cheyenne County civic groups sororities and women’s organizations to nominate candidates for the Miss Ft. Sidney Pageant set for April 11 at Sidney High School. Entries close March 22. Last year’s winner Reba Kinne and runner up Carolyn McGirr cited as local standouts in wider pageant contests. entrants must be 18 by Sept 1 and under 28 with judges scoring talent beauty and personality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Reba Kinne
Lincoln
Sidney
Carolyn McGirr
Long Beach
California
Time Out For Ginger try outs announced by Panhandle Players
Panhandle Players announce open try outs for Time Out For Ginger a three act comedy by Ronald Alexander to be staged in late April. Try outs Wednesday at 8 pm in the senior high auditorium directed by Connie Madsen with roles listed including maid mother father three teen girls two teen boys the high school principal and a bank president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle Players
Ginger
Ronald Alexander
Connie Madsen
Sidney Student Receives Honors at Sterling NJC
Stewart Brown Jr of Sidney joined the Zeta Theta chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling in a Tuesday ceremony. The group requires upper ten percent scholars with a B average to retain membership. Brown, a second year student majoring in Business Administration, was named Student of the Month for February by the Sterling Lions Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Brown, Jr
Sidney
Northeastern Junior College
Sterling
Zeta Theta Chapter
Phi Theta Kappa
National Honorary Society For
Zeta Theta
United States
Young Brown
NJC
Beng
Sterling Lion’s Club
Gary Statler Hosts Friday Dance Party
Gary Statler hosted about 70 boys and girls at a Friday evening dance in the Fort Sidney Hotel banquet room. The All-Star Stompers, a student band from St. Patrick's Academy featuring Kent Stringham, provided music. Refreshments of oilfields and punch were served on tables decorated with imitation records and red umbrellas, with black and red crepe paper streamers and red balloons decorating the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Statler
Fort Sidney Hotel
All-Star Stompers
St. Patrick's Academy
Kent Stringham
Cunningham to Be With Equitable Life
Equitable Life announces Warren E Cunningham of Sidney as representative for the area. A longtime resident active in farm management, he shifted to part time duties a year ago and now returns to a broader role in life insurance to keep him busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equitable Life
Warren E. Cunningham
Sidney
Cunningham
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History of
Brownie Troop
Altar Society
VFW
New Dar Head
Jerry Flora
Bob Beyers
Stuart Bancroft
Russia
America
Joan Willeke
J. Edgar Hoover
Ronnie Warren
Judy Pelster
Dorothy Parker
Mary Jo Marrin
Annie
Willie’s Prayer
Mr. Buterbaugh
Butch Westerhoff
Carol Heine
Leon Gillespie
Leon Winters
Audrey Kragel
Jerry McRoberts
Leroy Sparks
Dalton Group
Tchekoff
Bob Warren
Ardyce Carroll
Kimball High School
Dennis Walsh
Gary White
Lyle Graff
Panhandle
Betty Crocker
JoAnn Booker
Guide Rock
General Mills
Supreme
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