17 May 1918
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
1
The annual school exhibit showcased student work across rooms with vivid decorations. Miss Neumner, Miss Spencer, and Miss McFadden led displays blending craft, history and patriotic themes while parents toured and noted the close teacher parent bonds.
Memorial services at the Methodist Church on Sunday May 26 1918 at 11 am include choir songs prayers sermons and readings by Rev Light Rev Ives Rev Langston Rev Seville and Prof Lewis with Americans Darling. Decorations Day May 30 parade forms at 10 am in front of I0. F Hall to cemetery led by Sidney Drum Corps and graves decorated. At 2 pm post gathers at I.0. O. F Hall and moves to Tobin Opera House for program including song Lincoln s Gettysburg by Clayton Radcliffe address by Hon. W. P. Miles and benediction by Rev Langston. Home Guards and Sons of Veterans invited.
Word to friends from Mrs. D. R. Campbell says husband in Rochester Minnesota is improving and may be permanently cured with treatment. Ray Chambers in Alliance hospital after appendicitis surgery and lung heart treatment shows improvement. Mrs. Mary Hadley gravely ill at home with children summoned. Mrs. Julia Kelly ill but improving. Bryan James weak but sits up briefly each day. Mrs. Lorenz Suali improving under nurse care after erysipelas. Dr. W. A. Zwick, Dentist, Osborn Building.
R A Babcock county chairman led a meeting in Sidney to organize a rapid action Red Cross War Fund Drive. Attendees included town chairmen and Mrs Nellie West. Rally days and district counts were set. Potter opens on the 14th with speeches. County quota $5000. Sidney quota $2200.
An open meeting of the Business Men's Club discussed how to raise Sidney and tributary county's quota of 2200 for the Red Cross War Fund drive to begin May 20. W. E. Swatzlander presided, F. A. Gapen acted as secretary, and volunteers were assigned to territories with W. L. Gaston as speaker. If weather allows, the talk will be on the courthouse lawn.
A group of musicians gathered Tuesday evening in the county courthouse to organize the Sidney Band electing Prof. D. J. Lewis as band director Harvey Bush as secretary and Glenn Van Gorder as treasurer The group began with a band practice and shows promise for fine summer concerts with community support anticipated.
The boys to go today to the army include Edward George Reeves enlisted as locomotive hostler Charles Hartial Johnson car repairer Arthur D Marshall R R conductor A W Bonhon R R brakeman and others were reported too late for publication This station will not have to send any men on the 26th as enlistments are sufficient to cancel the draft quota Mrs Flora Roney of Salida Colo is visiting her sister Mrs Mack Radcliff FY Get your Dry Cell Batteries at Os born Garage
The Sidney High School Commencement opens with a baccalaureate service at the Methodist Church Sunday May 18 at 8 00 p m with Bishop Beecher of Kearney Nebraska delivering the address. Graduation exercises follow at Tobin Opera House Thursday May 23 at 330 p m featuring an U S A Orchestra, various musical numbers, and diplomas presented by J J Melfatash with Dean Butterworth as speaker. All are invited to both events, with the baccalaureate an union service and the Opera House program open to the public. The class roll lists Dulia Armstrong Frances Burgess Mary Clark Raymond Clinton Martha Cunningham Bvelyn Doran Bner Fulton Beulah Grabill Vera Hand Trene Harris Bessie Hornby Raymond Maley Mary McIntosh Philip Scheutz Viula Walker Clirk Wooldridge.
Union Pacific cuts passenger service effective June 1. Between Council Bluffs and North Platte trains 10 7 8 13 12 17 18 four daily each way to be removed. west of North Platte trains 3 10 7 8 377 18 also cut. Trains 12 and 3 continue North Platte Denver as separate services. 125+ train and engine workers affected. engineers conductors move to freight, younger workers displaced. F R Means District Manager Sidney State Bank urges Honest Abe policy.
A Friday May 10 benefit at Lodgepole drew a large audience for the Episcopal church event. The home talent performed Somewhere in France, highlighting French faith in America and urging United States duty in the crisis. Cast included C. W. West and Mrs. Margaret Martin as Monseuer and Madame Grau det and Clayton Parks, Phillis Corbett, Elvira Campbell, Ann Radcliff as Red Cross nurse, and Dr. Sherrerd. Special acts featured twenty boys in patriotic drill, Elvira Campbell, Sammies on the March, Home Guard, Norine Dedrick solo, Naomi Fishman patriotic reading. The guild netted about $150.
Tonight on the Court House lawn a Red Cross talk will be given by W. I. Gaston. The speaker is said to win every audience and will discuss topics not heard before. The event starts at 7:30 with further diversions afterward.
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