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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1947
Page
4
The 25 voice Wesleyan University glee club from Nebraska Wesleyan University, under Professor Leslie R. Marks, will perform at the high school Tuesday March 25 at 1 pm. The group embarks on a fifth annual road tour covering 1300 miles, visiting forty communities with a large roster of members listed.
The Telegraph will publish James C Olson notes on Nebraska history. This installment recounts the Pony Express of 1860 61 from St Joseph to Sacramento via Fort Kearney Julesburg Scottsbluff and Chimney Rock detailing riders horses stations and the perilous crossing and noting the venture failed financially and ended with the 1861 completion of the transcontinental telegraph.
The Nebraska legislature passed three bills to increase budget transparency for school districts. LB 115 requires districts over 150 pupils to publish annual budget estimates. LB 127 and LB 128 require districts with 1,000 to 40,000 population and those over 150 pupils to publish claims allowed and a statement of proceedings at each meeting. Rolled gummed tape in sizes one to three inches is in stock at The Telegraph.
Leonard Reiken stays with his uncle Joe A Oliverius while Ed Ahlberg and family attend a Sidney machinery sale. A son born to Joe and Mrs Oliverius at Good Samaritan Hospital in Sterling weighed six pounds fourteen ounces. Farmers haul wheat as cars allow amid influenza and AAA sign up day in Sterling.
The Blue Birds club met at Shirley Boyd's home on March 7 after school. Absentees were Bonnie McDaniels and Bertha Woodward. Leader Ardis Westerhoff proposed a party with the Snappy Sewers for March 27.
The Jolly Fellows Cooking Club gathered March 9 at 4:00 at Lloyd Graff’s home for a regular meeting. Members prepared cake salmon loaf and salad with ice cream for lunch. Mrs Leger presented calf pictures from the Denver Stock Show taken by Mr Leger and Mr Bullock. All members attended except Linda Hopkins who was ill with the flu. The next meeting will be at Alfred and Dorothy Leger’s home with Duane Warren reporting.
Frances Kaub Schleuter harpist will recital at the Methodist Church next Sunday evening March 23 at 7 30 o clock. She is daughter of Rev Louis H Kaub former Methodist minister here and Mrs Kaub. She studied harp since childhood and finished university education before high school graduation. At Juilliard School of Music in New York City she studied under renowned French harpist Marcel Grandjany.
The Legislature passed a bill 26 to 12 raising auto driver's license fees from $1 to $2. Revenue boosts would double patrol funds and add 55 patrolmen to the State Highway Patrol. Introducers Senators Ray A. Babcock Sidney N. F. Schroeder Hoskins say the goal is to "stop slaughter on the highways."
The Busy Body Baby Beef club organized at the E. L. Madden home February 22 with nine former members and new member Ronald Cady. Officers chosen are President Jay Peters Vice president Glen Fleming secretary Shirley Madden and news reporter Jack Peters. Meetings planned for March 7 at Kenneth Fleming home and March 8 at Kenneth Fleming home later rescheduled due to Farmers Union.
Additional oil and mineral leases on Dawes county lands have been surrendered per Dawes County Clerk Rose lyn Mackey records. The Ohio Oil Co. Sinclair Prairie Oil Co. and Charles F. and John T. Coffee relinquished portions including 2 130 acres by Ohio Oil and 4 151 acres by Sinclair Prairie Oil Co.
The P. V. Livestock Club met March 7 at Willabelle and Jimmy Seifer’s home with most members present. Discussion focused on beginnings of livestock care and housing conditions. The next meeting will be April 11 at Duane Brunner’s home. A lunch was served. Bobby Harms, Reporter.
The article notes that middlemen handle half of all consumer goods in the United States and about 18 percent of industrial goods are sold through jobbers or wholesalers. This reflects the reliance on intermediary firms to distribute products across markets.
An advertisement touts IDEAL RECORD BOOKS as the best system for keeping income tax records for farmers or business men. It suggests consulting a lawyer or income tax consultant for validation. The Telegraph notes a good stock of paper clips though scarce, offering boxes or cartons with a limit of one carton per customer.
Sidney's office supply headquarters advertises ledgers and ledger sheets available at The Telegraph.
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