Graduation Exercises Slated At Lorenzo High School
Lorenzo High School plans graduation on Wednesday May 17 in the auditorium for three graduates two boys and one girl. Valedictorian Douglas Redbirds Salutatorian Clara Childers and Allen Chambers to speak as Earl D Franklin of Sterling delivers the commencement address. Daccalaureate May 1 8 Honors Day May 18 and school picnic May 19 accompany the senior events with eighth grade graduates included in the program.
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Lorenzo High School
Douglas Redbirds
Clara Childers
Salutavorian
Allen Chambers
Barbara Childers
Marlaine Walker
Lavern Meier
Kaye Nelson
Steve Treinen
James Andersen
Dorcas Society Hosts Friendship Tea at Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity Lutheran Dorcas Society held a Friendship Tea Thursday afternoon with 75 members and guests present. Alvin Bauer served as mistress of ceremonies introducing program numbers. Readers and vocal solos were performed, officers welcomed guests, and each attendee received a tulip name plate crafted by Mrs. T. E. Hakill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Trinity Lutheran Dorcas Society
Alvin Bauer
Carl Christ Jr
Lowry Lindell
Henry Monnich
Bauer
Anna Rexroth
Don Robinson
D. R. Sedgwick
T. E. Hakill
Louis Niebaum
Ben Folkerts
Three Piano Recitals by Tompson Studio on Sunday
Piano students from the Tompson Piano Studio will perform three spring recitals Sunday afternoon in the First Methodist Church social hall. About 75 students from Sidney and nearby areas will play in one hour programs at 1:30, 3:00, and 4:30 pm. Mr and Mrs James Thompson instruct.
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Tompson Piano Studio
First Methodist Church
Sidney
James Thompson
Garden Club To Have Silver Tea and Flower Display
Sidney Garden Club met Tuesday at Mrs Emma Tank’s home with co hostess Mrs Marvin Anthony. 15 members answered roll call and held a plant exchange. A silver tea and flower display were voted for June 16 at 2 pm in the 4 H building. Plans include garden therapy and visiting shut ins. Petunias will be bought for Memorial Hospital Rest Home planters. The meeting featured talks on transplanting and gladol nomenclature. Next meeting is June 13 at 1 pm at Mrs William Adams and a garden tea by Lorenzo Helping Hand Club will follow.
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Sidney Garden Club
Emma’ Tank
Marvin Anthony
Herbert Rabe
Memorial Hospital Rest Home
Glenn Spearow
Rex Olsen
Gladol
Leslie Sain
William Adams
Lorenzo Helping Hand Club
Rural 8th Graders to Visit Sidney Junior High Monday
Sidney Junior High invites Rural 8th graders entering next year to visit on Monday May 15. St Paul’s eighth graders will be visitors for the day. Classes start 8:20 a.m. Visitors should report to the office and check in with Principal T R Tillotson for arrival guidance.
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E Pathe
Sidney
BPO Elects Officers and Explains Stamp Project
Officers elected at the Monday meeting of BPO Does were Mrs. H R Montgomery first counselor Mrs. George Coleman senior counselor and Mrs Lawrence Witters junior counselor. They were installed by Mrs. D C Jelinek deputy supreme president and Mrs Virgil Knack stedt deputy supreme conductor. Mrs Lawrence Brachtenbach presided with 31 members present. Special guest was Mrs Leitha Cormfany of Ainsworth South Dakota Nebraska West Area president. A benevolence report showed $336.85 and 2 18 hours donated by Dees for the year ending May 1 1961. A benevolence card party May 6 in the Elks auditorium drew 68 attendees with prizes to many members. A letter from Past Supreme President Isal Burr notes the Student Loan Fund is now in operation and details are available from Mrs Leon Lafler Drove secretary. New Gold Bond project explained awarding 700 points per filled stamp book with 32 620 points needed for furniture. Initiation set for May 22 with officer practice May 20 at 1 30 p m in the Elks auditorium. Decor prizes awarded and hostesses named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.P.O. Does
H R. Montgomery
George Coleman
Lawrence Witters
D. C. Jelinek
Virgil Knackstedt
Lawrence Brachtenbach
Leitha Cormfany
Ainsworth
South da
Leon Lafler
Brachtenbach
Elks
Michael Timlin
Fred Lehmkuhl
B. C Atkins
John Engel
H. R Montgomery
Howard Portz
Russell Flecher
Mother Daughter Tea Honors Central School Girls
Girls from kindergarten through sixth grade at Central School, joined by their mothers, attended a Mother Daughter Tea in the school auditorium. More than 275 guests enjoyed dances, songs, piano solos, and decorations featuring May baskets and a waste picket fence.
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Central S
T. R. Tillotson
leBaron Goodwin
Gerald Hyde
Richard Smith
Parent - Teacher Association
Panhandle Players spotlight Angel Street cast
Connie Nigelsen directs Angel Street for Panhandle Players with a strong, suspenseful cast. The article profiles Mrs Manningham played by Thelma LaBinet and Mr Manningham by Rick Miller along with Inspector Rough Nancy and Elizabeth, highlighting Connie as a driving creative force and Panhandle’s fourth season success in Nebraska theater.
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Angel Street
Connie Nigelsen
Brigadeen
Connie
T.e
Conne
Mr. Manningham
Rick Miller
Mrs. Manningham
Inspector Rough
W. T. Miller
Nancy
Jan Ringsleman
Elizabeth
Marjorie Fristrem
Rock of Gibraltar
Intercity Rotary Meeting to Feature SBA Official
An intercity Rotary dinner in Ft. Sidney features a regional director of the Small Business Administration for Colorado New Mexico Utah and Wyoming. A Lakewood Colorado Rotary member since 1949 he is a past district governor and former deputy administrator in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Anns
Smal Business Administration
Ates
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
Rotary Club
Lakewood
Colo
Rotary International
Washington, D. C
U. S. Small Business Administration
U.S.A
Rocky Mountain
Smethils
American Cancer Society
Wheat Ridge
Denver and
New Officers Installed At Providence OES Chapter Meeting
Providence Chapter 108 Order of Eastern Star installed new officers with Mrs Keith Spiker becoming Ruth and David E Ells as sentinel. Mrs Roy MacAdam assisted as past matron. Attendance 36. social hour, hostess chair Marvin Anthony. center basket of apple blossoms and pink tapers.
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Robert Hiett
Weldon Stewart
Providence
Order of Eastern Star
Lloyd Talic
Lincoln
Keith Spiker
Ruth
David E. Ells
Sentinel
James Bickell
Harold Bretz
Roy MacAdam
Spiker
Luceba
Chrappell
Marvin Anthony
Gerald Hyde
Ida Ahrens
Funeral Today For Edward Anderson 70
Funeral services were held at First Methodist Church for Edward F. Anderson 70 who died suddenly Tuesday morning of a heart attack while working in his yard at 1440 14th Ave Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery directed by Craig Mortuary Pallbearers were Arza Millsap William Stegeman Sr Guy Hire Roy Adams Mike Kosmicki and L W Kahl He had lived in Sidney since 1940 operated the Osage Grocery 1942 to 1951 born March 13 1891 at Marquette Neb survived by wife Ruth Roberts daughter two cochildren three brothers three sisters four step grandchildren and other relatives
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First Methodist Church
Edward F. Anderson
14Th Ave
R. L. Townsend
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig Mortuary
Arza Millsap
Big Springs
William Stegeman, Sr
Guy Hire
Roy Adams
Mike Kosmicki
L. W. Kahl
Mr. Andersen
Dney
Osage
Marquee, Neb
Louis
Martina Christensen Andersen
Christina Rasmussen
Marquete
Chappell
Andersen
Sidney
Ruth Roberts
Plants Rebound on Krakatau Wind After Eruption
After Krakatau's 1883 eruption thatKilled all life the Indonesian island remained barren for years yet within a decade new vegetation covered the coast and interior areas showing rapid ecological recovery driven by wind dispersed seeds and resilient pioneer species
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Krakatau
World Seen by Magnum Photographers Exhibition in New York
A Magnum photos exhibit showcases work from more than two dozen photographers from 10 countries, tracing the coop’s 1930s Paris origins to modern global photojournalism. The show, curated by Ernest Haas, spans 72 aluminum panels and travels from Tokyo to New York with future stops in museums and universities through 1962.
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Issa
Magnum Photographers
New York City
Tokyo
Japan
America
Library of Congress
Manhattlan
Magnum
Paris
Henri Cartier- Bresson
Robert Capa
David ‘Chim
Seymour
George Rodger
Werner Bischof
Ernst Haas
New York
Magnum Picture
Peru
Indo- China
Washington
Civil defense radiological course draws 60 towns here
Thirty seven registered for a four hour civil defense session at the Junior High School taught by Vergal Winn with Joe Haugan and Carl Crouse assisting. Police fire and sheriff officials from Bushnell Kimball Dix Sidney Gurley and Dalton attended plus civil defense staff. Tomorrow's class will cover more theory and include a visit to a fallout shelter. A third session is planned for May 20.
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Vergal Winn
Joe Haugan
Carl Crouse
Fire
Sheriff's Offices
Bushnell, Kimball
Dix
Sidney
Gurley
Dalton
Gladys Bell Honored for 40 Years with Northwestern Bell
Miss Gladys Bell received a forty year pin and a transistor radio at a retirement tea in Sidney Nebraska. She began as a telephone operator in 1921 and became chief operator in 1928, a post she held for decades. Bell has traveled widely and remains active in Rebekah Lodge and related circles.
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Gladys Bell
Telephone Co
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
J. W. Murphy
North Platte
Lanagan
Miss Bell
Sidney
Oasis
Ella Runge
Ham and Bond to Attend Washington Rural Development Meeting
Charles Ham, manager of Wheatbelt Public Power, and Wayne Bond, district board president, will fly to Washington, D.C., Sunday for a Rural Development meeting sponsored by the Rural Electric Administration and the National Rural Electric Association. The session at the Willard hotel will cover the new Rural Development bill with Speaker Freeman and Clyde Ellis addressing attendees.
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Charles Ham
Wheatbelt
Wayne Bond
Washington, D.C
The
Rural Electric Administration
National Rural Electric Association
Congress
Willard Hotel
Agriculture Freeman
Clyde Ellis
Washington
Community Events May 13 18 Include Rummage Sale and Local Clubs
A crowded schedule lists a rummage sale at 1.00 F. Hall by Rebekah Lodge, plus banquets and proms at Sidney High. Mother's Day smorgasbord at Sidney Country Club, antique car show, Luther League meetings, Rotary, Toastmasters, and many church and fraternal gatherings through May 18. Local organizations include Eastern Star Kingston, Delta Kappa Gamma, V F W Auxiliary, Xi Iota Exemplar, Job's Daughters, and Rebekah Lodge activities.
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F. Hall
Rebekah Lodge
Sidney High
Sidney Country Club
Luther League
Eastern Star Kensington
Alpha Beta
Delta Kappa Gamma Society
V.F.W. Auxiliary
Xi Iota
B.S P. Sorority
Lions State Meet Expected In Kearney Convention
About 500 Lions and spouses convene for Nebraska Lions state meeting in Kearney for a three day program. A mixer opens the event at Ft. Kearney Hotel, with a parade through the business district Saturday afternoon and a talent contest at Kearney High School auditorium.
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Kearney
Nebraska Lions
Ft. Kearney
Stee
al Schock
Sioux Falls
S. D
New Kearney High School
Lions Light Foundation
The
Light Conservation Foundation
Dan Reiter
Look Who's Here Look Who's Here Toni Rene Martin
Mr and Mrs Efarl Martin of Scottsbluff are parents of a daughter Toni Ranee born at 4 45 p m on Saturday May in St Marys Hospital Scottsbluff weighing 5 pounds 8 ounces Grandparents Mr and Mrs Duane Martin Sidney and Mr and Mrs Clarence Dungap Scottsbluff Great grandfather John Cornett Centerville Ta
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Toni Rene Martin
Efarl Martin
Scottsbluff
Toni Ranee
St.i Mary’'s Hospital
Duane Martin
Sidney
Clarence Dungap
Scottsblufff
John Cornett
Centerville
Army Lieutenant Hammond Promoted in Denver
Charles W Hammond son of Mr and Mrs Everett Hammond Dix was promoted to first lieutenant in Denver where he serves on the Fitzsimons Army Hospital staff as a physical therapist He entered the Army in October 1959 The 25 year old officer is a 1958 graduate of Nebraska State Teachers College and a 1959 graduate of State University of Iowa His wife Karen accompanies him in Denver.
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Denver
Charles W. Hammond
Everett Hammond, Dix
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Hammond
Nebraska State Teachers College
Kearney
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Karen
Olds and LeBlanc Shine Among Bandsmen at The Gift Shop
The Gift Shop, Jewelers hosts a display featuring prominent names Olds and LeBlanc among bandsmen. Patrons see notable musicians showcased in a refined jewelry setting. The event emphasizes local music history and artisan craft.
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County Extension Clubs
Louis Fehringer
Bonnie
Jess Higgins
Earl Gell
Jack H. Lowe
Germany
Thompson
Lorenzo School
Earl D Franklin
Sterling
American Legion
Diplcimas
Dean Hunter
Arthur Kile
Dorcas Society
Garden Club
Jr. Hi
BPO
Central School
James Edwards
P.ta
Carl Schmidt
Nebraska
E Players
Blythe Spirit
Crucible
Bud
Madsens
Phyllis
Julie
Chris
Shorter College
Rome
Maester
Columbia
Guiding Light
Connie Madsen
SBA
Rotary
Sidney, Kimball and Chappell
Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
Harold R. Smethills
O.E.S
Edward Anderson
Thétttein
By Irving Desforap
Newsfeatures
Ruth Jane Dotts
Hawaii
Cuba
Bahamas
Mexico
Canada
United States
Clarence Hansen
Peter Schwartz
Bell
Supreme Forrest Woodman Circle
Toastmasters Club
A-L.a
Sidney Educator's Club
Kiwanis Club
Job’s Daughters
Beta Alpha
B.S.P. Sorority
Christian Women’s Fellowship
Methodist
WSCS
Presbyterian Women's Association
Royal Neighbors of America
St. Paul's Lutheran Walther League
Lions State
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