Local social notes and travel for regional figures
Virgil Dean departs for Alliance Nebraska for Scottish Rite sessions and visits Bill Buckminster. Many local residents attend events in Alliance Denver Lincoln and Chappell. Attendees include the Reitz and Willey families, Mrs. OConnell, Mrs. Gehrig, and Mrs. Hruska. College riding events voiced by Fisher and Gass. a large turnout at the Nebraska Horseman’s Clinic. Funeral services attended in Lexington for John Meines Frerichs. A.W.A.W. state division convention participation and Nebraska Bankers trip to Omaha referenced. Bob Maine heads to Sacramento after engineer’s school. VFW district meeting held in Chappell with officials from Tekamah and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Dean
Alliance
Neb
Af&am
Bill Buckminster
Henry Reitz
Cornelius Mintken
Connie Jo Hruska
O'Connell
Gehrig
Dave Brewer
Cook
Hruska
Cornelius Mintkens
Chuck Fisher
Scott
University of Nebraska
Horseman’s
Lincoln
Fisher
Bob Maine
Sacramento
Calif
Engineers’ School
Rock Island
Ill
Denver
Earl Bledsoe
Chappell
Neal Craig
Marion Whitaker
Carl Kruse
Tekamah
Craig
New Officers Elected By CD of America
Mrs Jerome Lenzen was elected grand regent of the Catholic Daughters of America Court Mother Seton at St Patrick s Church parlors on Tuesday April 27. Other officers elected include MacKinley McIntosh Paul Desrosiers Mel Busekist Ray Josten Ron Tighe Joe Kelley Art Pelster Chuck Lafler C B Dorwart and W J Pelster with Gene Bennett and Delores Williams as trustees. Activities announced include mother daughter breakfast May 2 after 9 am Mass Senior girls tea May 16 and a May 25 reception and installation of new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Lenzen
Catholic Daughters of America
Mother Seton
St. Patrick’s Church
MacKinley McIntosh
Paul Desrosiers
Mel Busekist
Ray Josten
Ron Tighe
Joe Kelley
Art Pelster
Monitor
Clara Peetz
Art Cunningham
Kelley
Busekist
AAUW Backs State Income Tax at Nebraska Convention
The Nebraska Division of the American Association of University Women endorsed broadening the tax base to include income tax at the Omaha convention. A resolution for sale of school lands was tabled for study. Officers elected: Minnie Zuehlke as second vice president and Reta King as treasurer. Next year’s annual meeting will be in Sidney. Attendees included Mrs. G. F. Bush, Mrs. Verlin Livingston and Mrs. William Kalous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
American Association of University Women
Omaha
Minnie Zuehlke
Grand Island
Reta King of
Chadron
Sidney
G. F. Bush
Verlin Livingston
William Kalous
WWI Veterans Auxiliary
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Phil Schleicher
Scottsbluff
Edson Baggs
H. P. Groshans
Kimball
A. W. Burton
Alliance
Philip Schutz
Bridgeport
Beatrice
Carlberg
Axell Nordeen
Bridal Shower for Carol Lowe Before June Wedding
Miss Paula Kitch hosted a bridal shower Tuesday evening April 27 in her apartment for Carol Lowe who will wed Ronald Kukal of the U S Navy June 2 in Gordon Nebraska. Lowe, a Sidney Public Schools teacher, was joined by Ruth Gudgel Sheryl Jones Sharon Berndt Margaret McChesney Judy Lebar Jewell Eckerle with Del Rae Beerman and Linda Warnke absent. Allice White assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paula Kitch
Carol Lowe
Miss Lowe
Ronald Kukal
U.S. Navy
Gordon
Neb
Sidney Public
Ruth Gudgel
Sheryl Jones
Sharon Berndt
Margaret McChesney
Judy Lebar
Jewell Eckerle
del Rae Beerman
Linda Warnke
Miss Kitch
Allice White
Engagements announced for Connie Jo Hruska and Beverly Hobson
Engaged are Connie Jo Hruska of Denver to William Lee Cunningham of Sidney, announced at a May tea in Denver. Beverly Jean Hobson of Lodgepole to Jerry Dennis F. Walsh of Lodgepole, both students at Kearney State College, with early fall weddings planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis S. Hruska
Sidney
Connie Jo
Denver
William Lee Cunningham
Arthur J.cunningham
Miss Hruska
Cornelius Mintken
Colo
Jesse N. Hobson
Beverly Jean
Jerry Dennis F. Walsh
Lodgepole
Kearney State College
Miss Hobson
Kappa Delta Pi
Xi Phi
Walsh
Caledonian
Lions Meet With Sowers Club at Sidney Luncheon
The Sowers Club of Lincoln joined the Sidney Lions Club for a noon meeting at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. Grover Rowe and Louie entertained as door prizes drew guests from Kimball and nearby towns, with over one hundred attendees. It was a joint effort with the Sidney Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sowers Club of
Lincoln
Sidney Lions Club
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Nebraska
Grover Rowe
Louie
Kimball
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Virgil Knackstedt Named Boys State Representative
Virgil Knackstedt of St. Patrick’s High School Sidney is chosen as the Boys State representative. He is an honor student and assistant editor of Prairie Echo, class student council representative, and active in track basketball and Great Books. James Harr named as alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Knackstedt
St. Patrick’s High School
Sidney
Virgil
Prairie Echo
James Harr
Den 10 Pack 90 Meets Friday April 30
Den 10 Pack 90 met Friday April 30 at our assistant den mothers Mrs Beutler. We opened with the Cub Scout Promise. Bradley Beutler brought treats. We played a catch and throw game. Mrs Beutler announced next month’s theme My Hometown. We made May baskets and cards for Mothers Day. We made bird feeders from logs. We closed with the Law of the Pack reported by Randy Paxton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
den 10 Pack
Mrs. Beutler
Bradley Beutler
Four-H Junior Citizens elect officers in April meeting
Junior Citizens Club held a April 28 gathering with Connie Krueger presiding. Officers elected include Karla Childers as president Jim Childers as vice president Gary Krueger treasurer Brenda Richards reporter Rodney Rezac program chairman and Brenda Richards reporter. Country Maidens 4-H started April 14 with Marlene Ernest president Mary Alice Gillespie vice president Linda Burdick secretary treasurer Kay Smith news reporter. Committee selections and project plans for shirts blouses and Beginning Meal Planning were discussed. meeting adjourned with refreshments. Kay Smith is news reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Citizens
Junior Citizens Club
Connie Krueger
Karla Childers
Jim Childers
Gary Krueger
Robert Kurz
Brenda Richards
Rodney Rezac
Country Maidens
Marlene Ernest
Mary Alice Gillespie
Linda Burdick
Kay Smith
Patty Smith
Marlene Bushman
Betty Franss
Jol ly Nine 4 H Club Holds March Meeting
The third Jol ly Nine 4 H Club meeting was at Beth and Kathy Grant home. Members discussed the Spring Party and booth ideas, debated fabric labels and material purchases, and tested color bibs. Refreshments were served. The next meeting is April 1 at Margaret O Connell's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly Nine 4-H Club
Beth
Kathy Grant
Kathy Bennett
Margaret O’connell
Sidney Public School Menu May 3 to May 10
The Sidney Public School menu lists daily meals from Monday May 3 to Monday May 10 with options including barbecued wieners, ground roast beef, creamed turkey, hamburger patties, tuna with noodles, and ham salad. Each day includes milk and side dishes, with notes about possible substitutions and change.
Den 2 Pack 82 Pack meeting notes and treats
After school Monday, the den led a flag salute by David Maine and named a bird for roll call. The den mother reminded of the Pack meeting Wednesday April 28. The den chief guided practice for the opening ceremony and the group made string spools for birds. Bob Cramer supplied treats, and they closed with the living circle. Keeper of the Buckskin Jon Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DEN
David Maine
Bob Cramer
Jon Johnson
Extension Club Meetings Bring Plan for Teas and Lessons
Extension clubs report multiple gatherings in late April with members hosting visits at Mrs. George Young and Mrs. Ray Wellner homes. The May 1 Mother Daughter Tea at the 4-H building in Sidney, led by Mrs. Arnold Westerhoff on stain removal, is announced, with May 25 and May 19 host dates. Other groups note pledges, guest speakers, and Easter hospital favors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goal Gainers Club
Goal Gainers Extension Club
George Young
Sidney
Arnold Westerhoff
Laura Bush
Westerhoff
Suzettes Extension Club
Ray Wellner
Arnold Sunderman
Susan Hahler
John Edzard
Joe Gerler
Esther Swanson
Citizenship
U. S
China
Reading
Edzard
May
S. C. Jen- Sen
Henrietta Borcher
Swanson
Marines train four weeks at Camp Pendleton
Marine private Doyle W. Tallmage, son of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Tallmage of Route 2 Dalton, completes a four week individual combat training course April 23 at the Second Infantry Training Regiment Camp Pendleton California. The 20 day program covers small unit tactics night operations and weapons under simulated combat conditions. Also noted Larry Gerdes a senior at Concordia Teacher's College Seward Nebraska was assigned by the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod placement committee to Immanuel Lutheran School Arapahoe Nebraska to begin service there in early fall. son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gerdes of Sidney Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Doyle W. Tallmage
George E. Tallmage
Route 2
Dalton
Second Infantry Training Regiment
Marine Corps
Larry Gerdes
Concordia Teacher’s College
Seward
Neb
Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
Immanuel Lutheran School of
Araphahoe
Larry
G. W. Gerdes
Sidney
St. Paul’s Lutheran School
Anniversary Celebrated by Mr and Mrs DeMers Jr Sunol
Mr and Mrs John DeMers Jr celebrated their silver anniversary with a covered dish dinner at home in Sunol. Guests included Mrs John Moseman of Sidney, Mrs John DeMers Sr of Sunol, and many relatives from California and Montana. The couple received numerous gifts as the evening ended with social tributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John DeMers, Jr
Sunol
Leonard Moseman
Missoula
Mont
John Moseman
Sidney
John DeMers Sr
John Herboldsheimer
San Diego
Calif
Don Burrows
Kenneth DeMers
Anno Thomas
Bill Badziongs
George Niemanns
Vern Sharmans
Irvin Fisher
Bill Jallen
Donald DeMers
Carla
John DeMers
Kathleen
Richard
Cub Scout News April 23 at Mrs Paxtons
The meeting opened with a flag ceremony led by Randy Paxton and Jay Garcia bringing treats. The den chief demonstrated an Indian Windmill propeller that could reverse direction, and the group answered roll call with names of birds. Scott Dalene visited, and members discussed hair on eggheads and how sweet potatoes grow. A state birds quiz and a potato race filled the session, and plans were made to bring green thumb projects to the pack meeting on April 28 before closing with the Cub Scout Promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Scout Promise
Randy Paxton
Troop 45 Meeting Opens With Flyup Practice
Colleen Buhrdorf opened the meeting for Troop 45 while Becky Mowry brought treats. Cathy Nelson served as reporter, and scouts rehearsed for their upcoming Flyup milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troop 45
Colleen Buhrdorf
Becky Mowry
Cathy Nelson
Memorial Hospital Census and Admits List
The census at Memorial Hospital at 8 a.m. Monday morning shows 39 patients and two babies in the nursery. Admitted: Sidney, Laurence Hare, Terri Siegrist, Mrs. W. E. Brockelsby, Mrs. Ray Abbott, Mrs. Orville Filsinger, Carole Carr, Mrs. Joe Ribes, Judy Sparks, Julia Roche, Mrs. Dwight Hix, Ray Wills, Walter Runge, L. A. Pearson, John Pyle, Mrs. Gilbert Blanchard, Mrs. Dean Stettner, Mrs. H. M. Clemens, Mrs. Elmer Ladine, Ed Brockelsby. Dismissed: Sidney, Carole Carr, Mrs. Duane Martin, Knight McHatton, Mrs. John Robarchek and daughter, Mrs. Derald Pittam and son, Diana Rosales, Mrs. Fred Johnston, Mrs. George Barlow, Judy Sparks, Medreth Zednick, Fred Kettler, Karen Richards, Mrs. Victor Reker and daughter, Frank Walker, James Livingston, Virgil E. Knackstedt, Josephine Cloud, Mrs. Ray C. Abbott, Mrs. Brown Lodgepole, Mrs. Herman Florke, Pearl Dickinson Boulder, Cole. Births: A girl to Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Hix. Deaths: John Stimka, Emil Fickenscher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Laurence Hare
Terri Siegrist
W. E. Brockelsby
Ray Abbott
Orville Filsinger
Carole Carr
Joe Ribes
Judy Sparks
Julia Roche
Dwight Hix
Ray Wills
Walter Runge
L. A. Pearson
John Pyle
Gilbert Blanchard
Dean Stettner
H. M. Clemens
Elmer Ladine
Ed Brockelsby
Duane Martin
Knight McHatton
John Robarchek
Derald Pittam
Diana Rosales
Fred Johnston
George Barlow
Medreth Zednick
Fred Kettler
Karen Richards
Victor Reker
Frank Walker
James Livingston
Virgil E. Knackstedt
Josephine Cloud
Ray C. Abbott
Brown Lodgepole
Herman Florke
Pearl Dickinson
Boulder
Cole
LeRoyock Kimball
J.R. Goranson
Potter
Donald Spencer
John Stimka
Emil Fickenscher
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John Meines Frerichs
Lexington
John Frerichs
Jim Taylor
Martha
David Frerichs
Jean Haley
Ogallala
Herman Frerichs
Gurley
Albert Stevens
Broadwater
Guy Bush
A.W.A.W
Lew Mehling
Don Jorgenson
Nebraska State Bankers Assn
George Niemann
Don Moeller
Michael
Hooper
CD of America
AAUW
Nebr
Bert Brooking
Mary Davison
Otto Aufdengarten
Lynda Dyane
Bobbie Lee Aufdengarten
Davison
Bobbie Lee
Sidney and
Art
Rod Ruzanic
Otto Aufdengartens
C. A. Triska
Connie JO Hauska
Beverly Jean Hobson
Sidney Public School
Menu
Suzettes Club
Rush Creek
Dist
WWI
District 7
William Zehr
Arthur Kirk
Bill Crantz
Ned J. Sandberg
Phil H. Schleicher
District
R. B. Rowbottom
Cub Scout News
Sharon Benzel
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Business Institute of Sidney
Genoveva Gallardo
Connie Schnell
Miss Benzel
Miss Schnell
Telegraph
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