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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1954
Page
7
A spring party recipe feature offering fresh pineapple fritters with cheese or without, plus a mixed grill marinade. Provides batter ingredients, frying instructions, and serving tips for pineapple bites and apple fritters, along with a complete grill marination plan for lamb chops and vegetables.
James Mohatt son of Mr and Mrs James P Mohatt of Sidney will give a senior recital at Kearney State Teachers College auditorium at 8 15 on May 21. Soloist Elizabeth Arrs of Axtell will join. Program includes Bach Busoni Moonlight Sonata Brahms Hungarian Dance No 5 Schubert Moment Musical and Rachmaninoff Prelude in G minor. Mohatt has studied with George Whitfield four years and held roles in the Kearney Symphony orchestra college band and Independent Student Association. He graduates this spring and plans two years of draft duty followed by a masters in music at Northwestern University.
Household pest control and cleaning go hand in hand says Clara Leopold, Extension Specialist. She advises cleaning surfaces before applying insecticides, using 5 percent DDT oil base spray in kitchens after removing contents, and 2 percent chlordane for cockroaches and ants, with thorough drawer and pantry cleaning to remove crumbs and attractants. Regular six month closet spraying helps curb clothes moths and carpet beetles.
Advice suggests practical home maintenance ideas such as installing baseboards and shelves and asking a dry cleaner to moth proof clothes when cleaned to save yourself the work. The fragment reads as a casual, domestic suggestion list rather than a formal article.
Local households report guests and dinners from Crook to Sidney. Bonnie Jo Dickinson stayed with Kris tin Cave of Crook, while Frank Kokes hosted visits from relatives including the Bruns family. Many small social gatherings note weddings, graduations, and party attendance across Lodgepole, Sund, Egbert, and nearby areas.
Eighty three students from Cheyenne County and towns competed in the first annual Soil Conservation Poster contest. Rural pupils led with 54 participants winning prizes in four divisions, with awards of 15, 10 and 5 dollars for top three. The Rural fourth to sixth graders saw Judy Jurgens, Ronald Bartling, and Larry George Allison placing. Rural seventh and eighth graders included Barbara Jean Benzel, Ruth Elaine Benzel, and Carolyn Eineman. Town divisions highlighted Daniel Policky, Ronald Dennis Bauerkemper, Sandy Ray Rofenacht, Johnnie Laaker, Dale Houser, and Darold Thomas. Phil McMullen praised the contest.
A brief note from THE TELEGRAPH mentions gummed tape used for sealing packages. The item highlights packaging material without additional details.
Leo Schumacher of Scottsbluff was chosen commander of District II at a VFW posts meeting in Bridgeport. New officers include Irving Spencer as senior vice commander, Ben Green as junior vice commander, and Glen Mitchell as chaplain. A resolution opposing the use of the national membership list for commercial purposes was adopted for the Norfolk department convention in June. Sidney VFW members Tom Lenzen C J Kinsey Ed Mitchell Dixon Rhodes John Zerr Wes Chapman attended.
Heavy demand for water spreading this spring, especially in the Sidney Draw, is noted by Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District technicians. Mrs Lula Evans reported water runoff damaging fences and pasture areas, prompting a cooperative water spreading project to divert overflow onto level grass land. The program aims to protect land from flood damage as it gains traction in the Sidney Draw.
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