Local residents travel and visitors listed for family and friends
Mrs John Austin and daughter Janet visit Leaksville N C for six weeks after a Denver stopover. Cheyenne County welfare head Jo an Hart returns from Wichita regional welfare conference. Nebraska University students Ken McMillen Judy Jervis arrive for weekend with families. Mrs Truman Hardesty and baby Karen visit Laramie. Weymouths host Bailey pair from Sheridan. Sherrerds plan five week Mexico vacation. Bonkiewiczs return from Denver with newborn Ann Jerilyn. Bonkiewicz children stay with grandparents. Ronnie Brown visits from Ames Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Austin
Janet
Frank Whittemore
Leaksville
N.C
Denver
Whittemore
Joan Hart
Cheyenne County
Wichita
Kan
American Public Welfare Association
Ken McMillen
Judy Jervis
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Art McMillen
J. R. Jervis
Anne Bartholomew
Uiversity
Jervis
Truman
Hardesty
Karen
Laramie
Mouth
C. E. Bailey
Sheridan
Wye
E. S. Sherrerd
Mexico
Mexico City
Regis
Amanda Ruiz
Guadalajara
Ruiz
Sidney
T. E Kokjer
Hans Kokjer
Joseph Bonkiewicz Jr
Ann Jerilyn
Ann
Bonkiewicz
Mary Margaret
Mark
Joseph Bonkiewicz
Ronnie Brown
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
U C_ Brown
PTA Groups Elect New Officers and Plan Installations
Four grade school PTA groups held evening meetings electing new officers for each ward. Installations are set for April with plans for next year and a Fun Night fundraising event. Benny Hochman spoke as a former prisoner of war. other sessions featured play cast previews and pledge recitals.
Girls State Representatives Named From Sidney and Nearby Schools
Girls State selections from Sidney St Patrick's Potter and Gurley High Schools will attend the 16th annual session at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln June 11 to 17 1917. Leaders include Sandra Lewis Barbara Cork Sharyn James Janice Lehman Edna Warrelmann Karen Berry and others with activities in band drama oratory and 4 H. A public presentation of He Came Seeing Monday at First Methodist Church features Wesleyan touring players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Wesleyan
St. Pat's
Potter and Gurley
St Patrick's
Potter
Sidney High School
Sandra Lewis
Ancel Lewis
Barbara Cork
Walter Cork
Light Memorial Presbyterian Church
Job’s Daughters
Seventeen Club
Masque and Gavel
St. Patrick’s
St. Patrick's High School
Sharyn Kathryn James
J. M James
Janice Lechman
Elizabeth Lechman
James
Sidney Jaycees
American Legion
Sharyn
Girls Glee Club
Our Lady of the Snows
Gurley
Karen Ann Berry
Clifton Berry
Karen
LPVAA
Methodist Church
MYF
Carl Raymond Gray
National Fraternity of Student Musicians
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Auxiliary
Mary P. Hamlin
First Methodist Church
Green Boys
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Kent Bond
Harold Bond
Hildred Bressler
Gordon
Gary Campbell
Murray
Bruce Hutchings
Allen
Tod Moore
Wood River
Merlena Starkey
Oshkosh
Giff Tompkins
Nancy Tompkins
Omaha
Elizabeth Webster
Wilma Wolfe
Melvin Davidson
CWF Plans Easter Clothing Drive for Child Saving Institute
Christian Women's Fellowship members met at Mrs. Phil Etherton's home to plan an Easter clothing project for the Child Saving Institute in Omaha. Mrs. Ralph Lundberg led the session. clothing will be boxed at the April 4 meeting. The group announced the state convention in Scottsbluff April 25 to 28 and urged attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Child Saving Institute
Omaha
Christian Women's Fellowship
Phil Etherton
Ralph Lundberg
Scottsbluff
Paul Pearson
Southeast Asia
Duane Martin
George Burr
Dick Roberts
Frieda Widstrand
St Martha's Guild Hears Guest Speaker
Mrs Utaka Yamamoto president of the District 8 Women's Auxiliary of Lyman spoke at St Martha's Guild Christ Episcopal Church. The group planned a rummage sale April 12 and 13 with co chairs Mrs George Barlow and Mrs Robert Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utaka Yamamoto
District 8
Lyman
St. Marth’s Guild of
Christ Episcopal Church
Yamamoto
Windham House
New York
Episcopal
Gerald Snow
George Barlow
Robert Clark
Kimball
Waldo Deering
Joel Babcock
Charles Willey
Schlumber-Janes Bid Stars Farewell Coffee For Members
Mrs Jack Bachman and Mrs Ross Warner were guests of honor at a farewell coffee hosted by Schlumber-Janes at Mrs Bill Wehmiller’s home yesterday. Ten ladies attended as Bachman and Warner prepare to move, one to Cortez Cato and the other to Kimball, and both were given farewell gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bachman
Ross Warner
Schlumber-Janes
Bill Wehmiller
Bachman
Cortez
Cato
Warner
Kimball
Rebekahs Plan March 30 Bake Sale at Preble's Grocery
Rebekah Lodge met in Odd Fellow hall with 31 members present. Plans for a bake sale on March 30 at Preble's Grocery plus initiation at the April 3 meeting were discussed. Meeting time to shift to 8 p.m. from April 3 onward. A biographical reading on Schyler Colfax was given by Mrs Lee Gantee and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preble’s Grocery
Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellow Hall
Lawrence Osborn
Noble Grand
Schyler Colfax
Lee Gain
Rex Olsen
Carl Hutchison
Jack Hutchison
Nate Christner
Tri County Realtors Hear Guest Speakers
Tri County Realtors heard guest speakers Don Dixon state president and Harry Bull executive vice president at the Wednesday dinner meeting at Sidney Country Club. John Scholl president conducted the business meeting with 12 members and guests present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Dixon
Harry Bull
Tri County
Sidney Country Club
John Scholl
Miss Haven To Lead Leader Training Meet In Cheyenne
Miss Nancy Haven of Western Beet Sugar Producers will visit Cheyenne County on Friday March 29 for a leader training meeting on Party Desserts. The session starts at 1 30 PM in the city auditorium dining room with two leaders from each Extension Club and all 4 H Club leaders invited. Demonstrations cover quick desserts frozen desserts and other dessert variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Haven
Western Beet Sugar Producers, Inc
Cheyenne County
City Auditorium
Silver Belles Beaux Learn New Dance at V F Hall
Silver Belles and Beaux danced Wednesday evening at the V F hall with Ross Barker as caller Guests were Mr and Mrs Edward Winn and Mr and Mrs Irvin Wheeler, all of Potter A new round dance Honest and Truly was taught by Ross Barker Kenittam and others Hosts were Mr and Mrs Norman Swanson and Mr and Mrs Harold Lessman The next dance is April 3 at the V F W hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Belles
Beaux
V.F . Hall
Ross Barker
Edward Winn
Irvin Wheeler
Potter
Ken Ittam
Norman Swanson
Harold Lessman
V.F.W. Hall
Wesleyan Guild Dinner Meeting at First Methodist Church
Fourteen Wesleyan Service Guild members gathered for a covered-dish supper at Mrs. R L Townsend home. Miss Ellen Peterson led the business session and Mrs H P Bollinger was named delegate to the annual conference in Lincoln April 9-11. The program on The Church and Mental Health was by Miss Mable Nielsen and Miss Carrie Jensen. A Palm Sunday breakfast is planned next, location to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan Service Guild
First Methodist Church
R. L. Townsend
Ellen Peterson
H P Bollinger
Women’s Societies of the Church
Lincoln
Mable Nielsen
Carrie Jensen
Royal Neighbors Hold Thursday Meeting in Sidney
Royal Neighbors met in the Odd Fellows hall with 26 members and two guests Mrs Zelma Neenan of San Gabriel California and Mrs Marie Layton of North Platte. Mrs John Call presided as vice oracle and plans were made for the tri county convention to be held in Sidney on June 10. The evening included dancing and prizes with Miss Joan Schuerman high, Mrs James Proper low, and a door prize to Mrs Frank Raufer.
Dorcas Circles Hold Monthly Meeting at Homes
Three circles of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Dorcas Society met for business and devotion in members homes. Circle 1 plus guests planned tiling a church room and welcomed Ida Lund returning to the group. Circle 2 elected Carleton Haze treasurer and studied Ruth the Privileged Possessor of a Forfeited Inheritance. Circle 3 hosted by George Taylor welcomed Tom Miller as a new member and purchased a pew for the new church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Dorcas Society
Circle 1
Carl Christ Jr
Clifford Jensen
Dwight Beck
Esther Swanson
Ida Lund
North Platte
Lillian Johnson
Myron Reeves
Martin Black
Wesley Berry
Circle
Bud Rae
Emma Baker
Herbert Rabe
Paul Larson
Carleton Haze
Ruth
Rabe
Guy Barry
George Tayior
Circle 3
Stanley Narkland
Tom Miller
Etta Block
WSCS Circle Eight Holds Lesson Studies at Home
Mrs Roy Reed hosted Circle 8 WSCS at her home for an evening of lesson studies from the Miss on US A study book with chapter titles Millions on the Move Bars and Stripes and Institutions Are Their Homes. Eleven members attended and welcomed new member Mrs Frank Balderson. The group voted informal summer meetings to sew for Epworth School girls and to buy patterns and materials. Refreshments were provided by Mrs Reed and Mrs Shirley Strandberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U S.A
Roy Reed
Circle 8
WSCS
First Methodist Church
Bars and Stripes
Howard Atkins
Frank Balderson
Epworth
Reed
Shirley Strandberg
Marriage License for Paul L Mitchell and Ruth McRobers
Paul L Mitchell of Narachan sett Rhode Island and Ruth McRobers of Gurley New Zealanders obtain a marriage license. A separate note states Kiwis average 216 pounds of meat per person annually versus 161 pounds in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul L Mitchell
Narachansett, RI
Ruth McRobers
Gurley
New
Bridal Shower Honors Miss Elaine McElfresh
Miss Elaine McElfresh was guest of honor at a spring themed bridal shower held at her home last evening hosted by Miss Rhetta Robinson and Miss Patricia Tyson. Gifts were displayed under a rainbow with Pots of Gold at each end containing small items from Joanne and Don McElfresh. Prizes were awarded to Marcia Meick, Mrs Larry Schreiner, and Mrs Charles Wimmer, who donated their winnings to the honoree. Refreshments included Rainbow cake, ice cream, and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elaine McElfresh
Rhetta Robinson
Patricia Tyson
Joanne
Don McElfresh
Marcia Meick
Larry Schreiner
Charles Wimmer
Miss McElfresh
Mmes Fred Segelke
Dean Adams
Sylvan Fox
Fred Meick
Sam Aguinga
Carl Ziegler
Robert Irwin
Louis Weibel
Fred Kloberdanz
Roger Armstrong
Francis McElfresh
Carol Jarred
Mary Weibel
Janice Jarred
Rachel Cordovia
Cathy Segelke
Joanne McElfresh
Sam Robinson
Conrad Messing
Mary Reker
Gail Jarred
Clara Hendricks
John Kubicek
Birdie Irwin
Cheryll Justice
Extension Club to Host Easter Bonnets and Egg Hunt
Eight members of the H.O A Extension Club met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs John Call’s home. They planned Easter bonnets and an Easter egg hunt for children at the April 9 meeting at Mrs Wilbur Bennett’s home. Mrs Call led a brief business meeting and Mrs Oren Cox gave the lesson on Hems and Seam Finishings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.O A Extension Club
John Call
Call
Wilbur Bennett
Oren Cox
Lodge Homemakers Club Reports March Meeting
Twenty members gathered at Mrs Horace Quinn's home on Tuesday March 19 for St Patrick's Day games and a business session led by Mrs Myron Carlson. Members conducted lessons on Teenager Looks At His Family Oven Ready Biscuits and Rolls and prepared chicken salad refreshments as hosting duties were noted for the next April 16 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodgepote Homemakers Club
Horace Quinn
Myron Carlson
Clarence Meyers
Leonard Bond
John Ommen
Arnold Kehl
Harlow Welton
Dale Wise
Pick Smith
Roy Bills
Glenraass
Carl Ulmschneider
Floyd Treblick
Sorority Beta Alpha Hosts Semi Formal Dinner Night
Members of Beta Alpha chapter of Beta Sigma Phi entertained at a semi formal smorgasbord at Sidney Country Club. Husbands and Xi Rho Exemplar chapter guests joined. Mrs Robert Bowman welcomed guests as president. Clair Biggs and Mrs Biggs crowned king and queen with spring flower bouquets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Alpha
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Sidney Country Club
Xi Rho Exemplar
Robert Bowman
Clair Biggs
Bowman
Art Bauer
Tom Lenzen
Burgett Feetz
Lloyd O'Halloran
Keith Schwartz
Mrs Vetter Honored At Shower In Sieckman Home
Mrs Dallas Sieckman and Mrs Mal Kirkham hosted a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Chester Vetter at the Sieckmann home on Wednesday evening. Gifts were few. cards, high and low scores were won by Mrs Doraelos and Mrs Vernon Schilling. Twelve guests attended, including Greenlee's employees and Mrs Neal Atkins, Mrs Bill Peterson, and Mrs Vernon Schilling of Ogalalla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Sieckman
Mal. Kirkham
Chester Vetter
Sieckmann
Doraelos
High
Vernon Schilling
Low
Greenlee’s
Neal Atkins
Bill Peterson
Ogallala
Card Club Evenings Benefit Local Hostesses And Players
Mrs Bill Wehmiller hosted P C B Club and two guests with two tables of cards. Prizes went to Mrs Ray Bunderman for high, Mrs Les Keri second, and Mrs Don Sherwood low. Upcoming April 1 meeting at Mrs Gil Feather’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.C.B
Bill Wehmiller
P.C.B. Club
Claron Mann
Lumir Musil
Ray 3Underman
Les Keri
Don Sherwood
Gil Feather
Also Mentioned on This Page
South Ward
Hollis Peratt
PTA
Richard Land
J. B Meyer
Kenneth Bennett
J. D. Olinger
John Jensen
Washington
Ed Hinrich
Paul Hakées
North Ward
Lloyd Biedermann
Stanley Primus
Don Huppold
Ben Berges
James Willis
Benny Hochman
Milton Steer
Central School
Raymond Oliverius
R. C. Cunningham
R. L Townsend
Agnes Ladine
Richard Maddox
Marie Nicholson
Nebraska Congress of Parents and Teachers
Roland Biggs
Judith Townsend
Carole Swift
Dianne Hinrichs
Sharon
Lila Christensen
June McMillen
Carolyn McGirr
East Ward Pta
Esther Meath
Roy Oliverius
Pearlie Copley
Keith Spiker
Blanche Baker
Spiker
Organization of National Educator's Association
John Lindsey
Cub Scouts
Den 5
Outer Space
Joe Bailey
Phineas
Mmes. Lenhart Schubert
Howard Berg
Richard Henkel
Virgil Ward
J. L Nienhaeser
Berg
Henkel
Edna Mary Warrelmann
Edwin Harmsen
Voice of Democracy
Warrelmann
Potter American Legion Auxiliary Unit 291
Methodist W.lcs
Lutheran Guild
Potter Women's Club
Enid Miller
Enid Miller Hoffman
Friends
Sharin James
Edna Warrelmann
Karen Berry
CWF
The
St. Martha's Guild
Rebekahs
Tri-County Realtors
Miss Haven
Wesleyan Guild
Royal Neighbors
First Methodist
Sidney, Top Center
Dorcas
Elaine McElfresh
H.O.A. Extension Club
Lodgepole Homemakers Club
Mrs. Vetter
William Walford
Marathonettes
Sherman
Milton
Corbin
Merle Long
Yierry
W D Powell
Anich
Trenors
Walter Cork High
Henry Baeckel
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