Kes selring son earns SP5 in Germany and other regional visits
Mr and Mrs Herbert Kesseling announce their son Sp 5 Clinton Kes selring was promoted on February 28 after 15 months in Germany. His APO New York address is RA 177-20-409 538th CC S Co. Other local visitors include families from Haxtun Big Springs and Sheridan. Various trips note confirmations and museum showings in Colorado and Nebraska with relatives attending birthdays and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Kesselring
Clinton C. Kesselring
Germany
CC & S Co
APO
New York
Correction of baptism report for Nelson infant
The record notes Edward Allan Nelson infant son of Mr and Mrs Terry A Nelson of Ft Collins Colo was baptized at the First Methodist Church in Sidney by Rev John E Stayton on Sunday Mar 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Allan Nelson
Terry A. Nelson
Ft. Collins
Colo
Sidney
John E. Stayton
Brownie Troop 94 Meets at South Ward School in March
Troop 94 held a meeting at South Ward School on March 13 with a Nebraska Centennial Year family tree project. Girl Scout Week activities include wearing Brownie uniforms at school. The group attended Methodist Church services on Girl Scout Sunday, March 12, reported by Lynda Wiedeburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Ward
Nebraska
Lynda Wiedeburg
Shower For Mrs Wittrock Featured By Lodge Pole Friends
Mrs Gerald Wittrock formerly Lois Florke of Lodge Pole was guest of honor at a Saturday afternoon baby shower hosted by Mrs Alfred Peters. Mrs Ethel Brandl assisted. twenty guests attended. Joan Owen sang with Vicki Peters accompanying. After gift opening, lunch was served. centerpiece showed a stork and favors were safety pin storks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Wittrock
Lois Florke
Lodgepole
Alfred Peters
Presbyterian Circles Meet at Light Memorial Church
The Women's Association circles met Thursday to study Joy For An Anxious Age. Miriam Rachel Circle gathered with 12 members at Mrs E W Barnes home as Mrs John Hall led devotions and Mrs Helen Johnson gave the lesson. Mary Elizabeth Circle met at Adele Seeger home with 15 members present. Cora Gain led devotions and Seeger taught. Ruth Circle gathered at the church with 12 members and two guests. Wayne Ayres led devotions and Helen Johnson taught. hostess was Wendell Abrams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Association of Light Memorial Presbyterian Church
Miriam Rachel
E. W. Barnes
John Hall
Helen Johnson
Mary Elizabeth
Adele Seeger
Cora Gain
Seeger
Ruth Circle
Wayne Ayres
Wendell Abrams
UP Oldtimers 29 Anniversary Meet at National Guard Armory
The Union Pacific Oldtimers and Auxiliary held a ham dinner Saturday at 6 p.m. at the National Guard Armory to mark the 16th anniversary. Fifty members and guests attended. President Clarence Hare and Auxiliary President Mrs. Howard Robinson led a brief business meeting before a Bingo session. The decorating committee included Mr. and Mrs. Foster Cook chairing, with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Tobler, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. White, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Corder, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Oldtimers
National Guard Armory
Clarence Hare
Howard Robinson
Foster Cook
R. L. Tobler
R. J. White
J. T. Corder
Frank Baker
Dorcas Class Chooses Officers At First Baptist Meeting
The Dorcas Class of the First Baptist Church met March 14 at Mrs. Jeannette Buecker home. Gladys Owens led prayer, devotions by Ethel Wimner on The Lord's Supper, eight members answered roll with the word God in a foreign language. Officers elected: President Jean Van Mark, Vice President Dorothy Nicholson, Secretary Jeannette Buecker, Treasurer Emma Cassidy, with Blanche Humphrey as courtesy chairman. A Bible study on the lion and the lamb followed and next meeting is March 28 at Emma Cassidy’s home. Roll call will be a verse containing tithe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorcas
First Baptist Church
Jeannette Buecker
Gladys Owens
Ethel Wimner
Jean van Mark
Dorothy Nicholson
Emma Cassidy
Blanche Humphrey
Potterites Lead At Northeastern Junior College Piano Workshop
Two Potter residents Mrs Paul Reimers and Mrs Delton Lamm joined 43 piano students and teachers at a March 6 workshop sponsored by Northeastern Junior College. David Burge Storm Bull and Paul Parmelee joined University of Colorado College of Music in leading the event to aid teachers and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter
Northeastern Junior College
Paul Reimers
Delton Lamm
Storm Bull
David Burge
Paul Parmelee
University of Colorado College of Music
Style Show Luncheon For Wheat Hearts In Cheyenne County
Ray Davis of the Nebraska Wheatgrowers spoke at a Cheyenne County Wheat Hearts luncheon and style show at Dudes Steak House. Local officers were named and decorations featured centennial Nebraska wheat motifs with door prize centerpieces. A spring style show by Mademoiselle's John Schou highlighted the event attended by 125 women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Davis
Potter
Nebraska Wheatgrowers
Cheyenne County Wheathearts
Dude’s Steak House
The
Wheathearts
Frank Johannsen
Bayard
Clifford Herboldsheimer
Herboldsheimer
Nebraska
Davis
John Schou
Mademoiselle
Shirley Edwards
Jeannie Baker
Betty Tremain
Mildred Johnson
Gloria Wittig
Ruth Miller
Sharon Talich
Debbie Duncan
Fern Ellison
Louise Jorgenson
Scholl
St Pat’s Girls Honored At Annual CDA Tea
Ten senior girls and their mothers attended the Catholic Daughters of America Court Mother Seton tea on March 12 at St. Patrick’s High School. Mrs. Lenzen gave the welcoming address and explained a CDA scholarship. About 40 people were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Daughters of America
Dorwart
Robert Decker
Dennis Jurgens
Joe Ringelman
Kathy
Oscar Schlaman
Jane
Joe Bonkiewicz, Jr
Mary
Everett Mohart
Teresa
Martin Schwartz
Mary Ann
Henry Meysenburg
Diane
Mark Wieser
Terri
Tony Kaus
Pam
Charles Helfrich
Clifford Runge
Jolene
Auxiliary Met at Hospital In Lodgepole Conference Room
Auxiliary Memorial Hospital Auxiliary met Tuesday afternoon in the hospital conference room with 13 members. Mrs. A. C. Bale presided and Mrs. Eugene Winston led the Auxiliary prayer. Committees reported and members were asked to help prepare tray decorations and contact other groups. Mrs. Bale to be reached in Lodgepole for groups wishing to participate. Mrs. Earl Schulz reported on the Junior Hospital Auxiliary tea where pins were presented to young members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
A. C. Bale
Eugene Winston
Bale
Lodgepole
Earl Schulz
Fiddlers to play for public dance in Kimball
The Western Nebraska Old Time Fiddlers will play at the Moose Lodge in Kimball Nebraska for a public dance on Saturday March 18 starting at 9 p m. Music and dancing continue until 1 a m everyone is welcome to attend the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Kimball
Neb
Moose Lodge
Sidney Lions hear Rotary exchange student from Australia
Coleen Christ spoke at the Sidney Lions Club noon meeting at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel on experiences as an exchange student in Australia. Ed Haupt announced the Zone 2 ladies night banquet for March 29 at the same hotel with delegates attending. Stan Larabee said the club will spearhead the Stand Pipe Hill park project after prior groundwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleen Christ
Rotary
Australia
Sidney Lions Club
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Gold Coast High School
Queensland
Ed Haupt
Lions Club Zone 2
Stan Larabee
James Peterson
Sidney Duplicate Bridge standings at Wednesday meeting
Four pairs placed as Ankeny first Steenberg second Yester third with a four way tie for fourth among Kuns Gehrig Herrod in the Sidney group. Weekly games start at 7 30 p m in Marathon Oil building conference room with all players welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Duplicate Bridge Group
Robert Ankeny
van Steenberg
Bill Yester
John Kuns
William Gehrig
Francis Herrod
Marathon Oil Building
Trailblazers Club Postpones March Meeting
The Trailblazers Antique Car Club postpones its Sunday meeting to an unspecified later date. On Tuesday March 21 CES Kensington meets at the Masonic Temple at 1 15 p m for a dessert luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trailblazers Antique Car Club
Ces Kensington
Masonic Temple
Census at Memorial Hospital Records 60 Patients and Nursery Babies
At Memorial Hospital the 8 a.m. census shows 60 patients and three babies in the nursery. Admissions include Sidney Burgett Peetz Marguerite McMillen Hulda Mewes Bradley Baxter Jeffrey Baxter Gee McMillen Elliott Noteboom Barbara Lambert Victor Lambert Eugene Foster Michael Jensen Edith Hostettler Dalton Loyde Aurich Lodgepole Gerald Witrock Henry Block Rob ert Whalen. Dismissals include Dale Mattox Peggy Allington Julie Hernandez Charles Moor Michael Gehrig Ronald Brunick Janice Billeter Potter Elmer Seyfang. Birth announcement: twins a boy and a girl to Mr and Mrs Gerald Witsrock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Burgett Peetz
Marguerite McMillen
Hulda Mewes
Bradley Baxter
Jeffrey Baxter
Gee McMillen
Elliott Noteboom
Barbara Lambert
Victor Lambert
Eugene Foster
Michael Jensen
Edith Hostettler Dalton
Loyde Aurich Lodgepole
Gerald Wittrock
Henry Block
Robert Whalen
Salem LWML Meeting Notes Christian Task Theme
The Salem Lutheran Women’s Missionary League met on March 15 at the church with Mrs. Virgil Horst presiding. Ten members and one guest, Katie Schwartz, attended as the group discussed plans for the spring rally in Gurley on May 16 and set the next meeting for April 20 hosted by Mrs. Louis Schwartz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Lutheran Women’s Missionary League
Virgil Horst
Norman Rushman
Katie Schwartz
God
Alvin Kuehn
Leonard Oberndorfer
Gurley
Mildred Sorge
Louis Schwartz
The Juliets Club Holds March Meeting at Mathewson Home
The Juliets gathered March 15 at Rodney Mathewson’s home with guest Anne Klinker of Omaha. Members shared Nebraska memories, voted to donate to the Historical Association piano fund, and planned a tour of the house and museum before the April meeting. Mrs. Jim Van Mark presented a ironing demonstration named Making Short Work of Ironing. The next meeting is April 19 at the Jim Van Mark home after a spring luncheon downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Mathewson
Anne Klinker
Omaha
Nebraska
The
Historical Association
Jim van Mark
Mrs Jaycees Hold March Meeting In Sidney
The Mrs Jaycees group met March 14 at president Mrs Jerald Haupts home with guest Mrs Neil Blue. Officers nominations were made and Mrs G F Bush named pageant tea chairman for April 22. Co chairs Mrs Robert Gould and Mrs Ken Bowersox plan the Mrs Jaycees float for Augusts Centennial parade. A $25 check was approved for Ken McMillens piano purchase for the officers quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Sidney
Ken McMillen
Bowersox
Burton Harris
Gould
LPVAA Music Festival Scheduled for Tuesday at Lorenzo Public School
The Lodgepole Valley Activities Association festival returns next Tuesday with morning auditions and a 1 10 p m rehearsal of the combined chorus directed by Wilson Fredling. At 3 p m a public concert, followed by a Sloppy Joe feed for March of Dimes, and a sock hop from 12 to 1. The Sunflower, Melbeta, Lorenzo, Bushnell choruses perform diverse selections including Life Up Your Heads Madame Jeanette Climb Every Mountain and If I Had A Hammer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodgepole Valley Activities Association
Lorenzo Public School
Wilson Fredling
Sunflower
Melbeta
Lorenzo
Bushnell
America
Sidney Country Club Holds March Social This Saturday
The Sidney Country Club invites all members to its March social this Saturday evening. A cocktail hour starts at 6 30 p m followed by a member variety show at 8 p m and a buffet dinner afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Country Club
Rebekahs Lodge Postpones Time Change Plans
The Rebekah Lodge met March 15 with Mrs Stella Cox as noble grand. A progress report on Centennial plans was given and two members were appointed to organize gifts for district officers. The April 6 meeting will adopt summer hours with 9 p.m. start. Twenty members attended. Hostesses were Mrs Phyllis Brumbaugh Mrs Edna Scriber and Mrs Aletha Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
Stella Cox
Noble Grand
Phyllis Brumbaugh
Edna Scriber
Aletha Johnson
Chappell Art Show to Commemorate Centennial
Western Nebraska residents are invited to a Chappell High School art show on April 29 30 marking the centennial. Nebraska artists may enter two works for district and statewide exhibitions with prizes and purchase awards. Entry blanks available from Mrs. LeRoy Hadden Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Panhandle
Chappell High School
Elder Gallery
Nebraskand Wesleyan University
Lincoln
Glen Bruns
Chappell
LeRoy Hadden
Sidney
Cheyenne County
CSC Musical Cast Announced for 110 In the Shade
Chadron State College reveals cast for the musical 110 In the Shade directed by Carol Pratt and Alfred Blinde. Leads include Lizzy Curry played by Jan Stiver and H C Curry by Joe Randazzo with Noah Curry by Brad Lemmon and Bill Starbuck by John Blinde. Local chorus features John Frerichs Ed Mathews Rex Prather Gale Shoemaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Richard
Carol Pratt
Alfred Blinde
Jan Stiver
Oral
South Dakota
Lizzy Curry
Joe Randazzo
Bergenfield
New Jersey
H. C. Curry
Brad Lemmon
Cozad
Noah Curry
John Blinde
Chadron
Bill Starbuck
Mike Miller
Norfolk
File
Barbara Furlong
Morton
Wyoming
Snookie Updegraff
John Frerichs
Sidney
Ed Mathews
Rex Prather
Dalton
Gale Shoemaker
Potatoes Suggested for Use in Other Dishes
The note recommends saving extra baked potatoes for later use in potato soup or hashed browns. It advises increasing oven output next time to cook more spuds for future meals.
St Patrick's Faculty Attend Saturday Science Workshop
The faculty from St Patrick's elementary grade school will attend a science workshop on Saturday March 18 at North Platte. The workshop will be conducted by Joseph McCoy, representative for Holt Rinehart and Winston publishing company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s
North Platte
Joseph McCoy
Holt, Rinehart and Winston Publishing Company
Lodgepole ALA Met Thursday For Charity And Plans
Lodgepole American Legion Auxiliary met in the home of Mrs. Arthur Disney with 22 members and three guests. They completed a February hospital assignment of eleven T-binders, donated to Heard fund Neb Childrens Home and Radio Free Europe, considered Easter cards to four Gold Star Mothers, planned a layette for Child Welfare month, announced Carol Ann Hokom will attend Cornhusker Girls State, and noted past presidents Elizabeth Barrett and Jennie Smith remain active. Next meeting April 11 at Mrs. L. E. Lydiatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis DeBrunner
Lodgepole American Legion Auxiliary
Arthur Disney
Ely Liggett
Mark Hafer
Verna Franss
William Cox
Heard Fund
Nebraska Childrens Home
Radio Free Europe
Mary Budt
Lucy Peterson
Ethel Coady
Susan Estabrook
Soldiers and Sailors Home
Grand Island
Department
Paul Smith
Carol Ann Hokom
Lodgepole
Cornhusker Girls State
Carol
John Hokom
Rita
Floyd Stall
Curtis Brown
John Hornicek
Dalton Lions Easter Egg Hunt Mar 25 at Legion Park
Dalton Lions club met March 14 to plan the Easter egg hunt for children through fifth grade at Legion Park at 2 p.m. on Saturday March 25. Adults accompanying children receive ice cream bars. If weather turns, radio notices on March 24 will announce alternatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton Lions Club
Legion Park
Jimmy Jensen
Charles Geller
Presbyterian Church
Kenneth Weber
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Mar
Dale Flora
Dalton Lions
Mary Nelson Graduates Navy Basic Training in Maryland
Mary McLeod Nelson daughter of Rev and Mrs Nelson of College Alaska formerly of Sidney completed ten weeks of basic training at the United States Naval Training Center Bainbridge Maryland and was graduated during a military review on March 10 She will spend ten days with family before reporting to the U S Naval Air Station Seattle Washington Her training covered naval orientation history citizenship ships aircraft and armament navy jobs self improvement first aid physical training and drill She will serve for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McLeod Nelson
Nelson
College
Alaska
Sidney
United States Naval Training Center
Bainbridge
U. S. Naval Air Station
Seattle
Wash
Mary
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