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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1956
Page
8
The Cheyenne County American Legion and Auxiliary held a joint Dalton gathering with a county by-laws adoption and a proposed resolution to require notifying post members and district officers for posts over 1500 valuation. Attendees included District Commander Frank Dee and District Service Officer Steve Sorick.
First Ladies Day Golf meeting of the season at Sidney Country Club with 16 players. Mrs. Warren Mettlen won first prize, Mrs. Ross Barker second, Mrs. Ed Swanson third. No meeting on Memorial Day. next gathering June 6 hosted by Mrs. M. J. Merritt and Mrs. J. R. Gilliland.
Guests at the Sidney Kiwanis Club banquet included ten grade school track meet winners led by Wes Berry winner of Kiwanis athlete of the year and Bill Harris Sidney High School coach with Miss Phyllis Thompson. Berry thanked the club and Harris praised the youth program. Grade school winners present were Pat Reisner Jerry Drake John Harrington Dennis Wilcox Tom Hazelwood Rosalie Hawkins Jean Davis Judy French Ann Watson and Ken Golden.
Mrs Stan Kennedy of Lincoln was awarded an Oscar at the Lincoln Community Playhouse 1955-56 awards. Recipients were chosen from casts of five plays that season. Kennedy, who taught English speech and drama at Sidney High School last year, received a sterling silver tray inscribed Lincoln Community Playhouse 1955-56 Best Minor Actress for her role as a blond chorine in Idiot's Delight. Her minor part expanded to a musical number Born To Be Bored performed in March.
Lodgepole American Legion Auxiliary members attended the county Legion and auxiliary meeting in Dalton on Wednesday evening. Mrs Evelyn Robinson of Oshkosh District 4 president presided. Officers for 1956 57 were elected: Elmer Seyfang chair and Ewart Swanson vice chairman, installed by Mrs Robinson. Marian Dykman retires as chairman. Lodgepole attendees included Helen Hernbloom Leota Robertson Pearl Nelson Lillie Fraass Jennie Smith Alice Brown and Irma Quinn publicity chairman.
Lucinda Jackson celebrated her third birthday Wednesday afternoon at her parents home, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jackson, with seventeen children playing games and enjoying ice cream and a birthday cake. Guests included local families from Kimball and Sidney as well as grandparents from Harrisburg.
St Marys Altar Guild of the Episcopal Church met Tuesday evening in the Parish Hall with Mrs Ruben Langmacher as a guest and Mrs George Higgins serving as hostess.
Aaron Pyle of Chappell won a $600 Tupperware Purchase award for The Desert, an egg tempera painting of a buffalo skull shown in Sidney on March 21. His exhibit was sponsored by the Sidney Civic Music Association at the new Junior High auditorium during Civic Music Night.
Mrs Roy Wells newly elected Grand Martha was honored at a Providence Chapter 108 OES tea in Masomec Hall from 2 to 4 Sunday. Nearly 90 attendees included guests from Kimball Potter Dalton Locgepole and Chappell chapters. Distinguished guest Mrs Chester Peterson Wor thy Grand Matron of Chappell attended.
The Hispany Hand Garden Club held its monthly social at Mrs Ralph Fleming's home with seven members present. Gifts were thanked for birthday and Mother's Day remembrances. Bingo prizes were won, and the next meeting set for June 14 at Mrs Earl Hiett's home featuring a study on Plants From Europe by Mrs L J Darnall.
The Sidney P T A Council will hold its annual meeting at Sidney Junior High School on Monday at 7 45 pm. Council officers for 1956 57 will be elected at this meet. All school PTAs are to have a council member present with their new officers. Cheyenne County Rural Youth Meet Monday at City Auditorium in costume "hard times" for Myron Leve land birthday.
Girl Scout Troop 105 met May 21 in Linda Downing basement and practiced for the class program set for May 2 in North Ward Auditorium. Trudy Leach served as scribe.
Memorial Day services at Potter will begin at 10 am in the American Legion Hall with Frank L Balder son as principal speaker. Jim Fisher leads cemetery ceremonies with color guard and firing squad. Miss Charlotte Enevoldsen chairs auxiliary program with C E Briggs as general chairman.
Edward Frank of Sidney pled guilty to shooting a pheasant out of season. Cheyenne County Judge C W Smith fined 25 dollars and confiscated the gun for the offense alleged last week.
James Wamsley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wamsley of Sidney, was initiated May 1 as an associate member of Sigma Xi the science honorary society. He is a senior at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine and also elected to Alpha Omega Alpha the national medical honorary fraternity for high scholarship.
About 250 adjusters from 15 states attended a panel at the Midwestern Hail Adjusters Assn convention. Panelists advised against discussing settlements casually to avoid gossip and improper disclosures.
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