Notable Obituaries and Local Social News Items
Mrs Anna Ellliott aunt of J H McNish of Sidney died in Lincoln last week. Mr and Mrs J H McNish attended the funeral. Mr and Mrs J C Bush returned from a San Marcos Texas trip. Cindy Peterson of Chappell seeks Theta Chi sweetheart title at Chadron State College with winner announced tonight at a formal dance. Mr and Mrs Frank Rapp of Haxton Colorado visited last Sunday with Mrs Frieda Rapp. Mr and Mrs Bill Frederickson return home tonight after three weeks in New York with visits to Mar Carruba family in Victor and Ray mond McBeth family in Rochester. Mr and Mrs Keith Simpson returned from Des Moines for Town OBS Grand Chapter. Mrs George Rippe attended funeral of her brother Henry Schelbuts in Okiowa last Friday. Leaving today for San Francisco are Mr and Mrs Howard Lang after two weeks visiting grandparents P J Beyers and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Ellliott
J. H. McNish
Sidney
Lincoln
J.C
Clara McNish
Elliott
Cindy Peterson
Chappell
Theta Chi
Chadron State College
Bill Frederickson
New York
Mar Carruba
Victor, N. Y
Raymond McBeth
Rochester
N. Y
George Rippe
Henry Schelbuts
Okiowa, Neb
San Francisco
Calif
Howard Lang
P. J. Beyers
Band Auxiliary Memberships Available Now
Parents of Sidney High Band members are urged to join the Band Auxiliary after a monthly meeting in the band room. Dues are 5 per family. Donations of Mor Valu gift certificates or Gold Band book books are welcomed. The group recently held a teachers luncheon and a pancake feed with the Lions Club. the Christmas candle sale continues to raise funds for band trips. No December meeting. next meeting January 12 at 8 pm in the cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney High Band
Lions Club
Census and admissions at Memorial Hospital tally patients and births
As of this morning Memorial Hospital reports 51 patients and five babies. Admitted in Sidney are Reynold Gorman Richard Bartling Albert Coyle David Beyer and in Lodgepole Mrs Roy Rankin. A son born to Mr and Mrs Dawene Busch weighing six pounds seven and one half ounces on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Reynold Gorman
Richard Bartling
Albert Coyle
David Beyer
Lodgepole
Roy Rankin
Dawene Busch
Hospital Tea Set for December 9
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary announces its annual Christmas Tea on December 9 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the hospital lunch room. Mrs. Hilbert Borcher, president, notes the event honors hospital employees and includes yearbook lists with 49 associate and 41 active members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospital
Hilbert Borcher
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Borcher
Catherine Ruttner
Les Hand Jr
LPN
Northeastern Junior College
Sterling
December Wedding Planned For Connie Miller and Max Patterson
Miss Connie Jean Miller of Lodgepole and Max Currier Patterson of Newport News Va will wed in December. Miller is a 1967 Lodgepole High School graduate and Chrysler Credit Corp Denver employee. Patterson, son of Mrs John W Patterson of Elk City Okla, is a 1964 Elk City High School graduate and Navy sailor stationed in Newport News aboard the USS Enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Jean Miller
Lodgepole
Max Currier Patterson
Newport News
Robert L. Miller
Miss Miller
Lodgepole High School
Central Business College of Denver
Chrysler Credit Corp
Denver
John W. Patterson
Mr. Patterson
Elk City
Oklo
Elk City High School
University of Oklahoma
Kappa Alpha Fraternity
United States Navy
Enterprise
Special Recognition At OES Meeting Honors 50 Year Member
Providence Chapter No. 108 Eastern Star held a Wednesday night session in the Masonic Temple. Past Patrons and 17 Past Matrons were recognized with plants and gifts, including Anna Osborn receiving a 50-year Grand Chapter pin. 44 attendees heard reports and a Job's Daughters feature, with gifts approved for Fremont Children’s Home and Plattsmouth Masonic Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Keith Spiker
Anna Osborn
Grand Chapter
Nebraska
Roy MacAdam
Osborn
OES
Fremont Rand
Plattsmouth
LaVern Draper
Job’s Daughters
Raymond Walker
Kathryn Walker
Kathleen McKeag Lenzen Engagement Announced
To Be Married Mr and Mrs Wallace H McKeag of Fairmont announce their daughter Kathleen to Jerome N Lenzen Jr son of Mr and Mrs Jerome N Lenzen Sr of Sidney. A wedding date has not been set. Miss McKeag is in her senior year at Lincoln General School of Nursing. Mr Lenzen is a University of Nebraska senior majoring in Business Administration and affiliated with Delta Sigma Pi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace H. McKeag
Fairmont
Kathleen
Jerome N. Lenzen Jr
Jerome N. Lenzen Sr
Sidney
Miss McKeag
Lincoln General School of Nursing
Lenzen
University of Nebraska
Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity
Lorraine Pittam elected president of Western Nebraska hairdressers
Mrs Lorraine Pittam owner of La Petitte Beauty Salon was installed president of the Western Nebraska Chapter of the National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association in Kimball. Barbara McCully of La Petitte was named secretary. The chapter plans a December 13 Christmas dance at the Elks Club and will meet January 13 at La Petitte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Pittam
la Petitte
Western Nebraska
National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association
Kimball
Barbara McCully
Elks Club
Cub Scouts Bottle Drive Planned By Pack 90
The Cub Scouts of Pack 90 announce a pop bottle drive to be held Friday evening and all day Saturday. They will canvass residential areas asking residents to donate bottles to fund pack projects. An award will go to the scout who collects the most bottles.
Unit 19 Attends Special Study Institute at Kearney
Douglas Dennvs of Educational Service Unit 19 attends a two day Special Study Institute for teachers of the trainable mentally retarded at Kearney State College. The event, sponsored by the State Department of Education Special Education Section, offers new physical education techniques for the mentally handicapped with speakers from the Lare Project in Lincoln, Kearney Public Schools, and Iowa State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Dennvs
Educational Service Unit #19
Kearney State College
Special Education Section
State Department of Education
Lare Project
Lincoln
Kearney Public Schools
Iowa State University
Senior Center Pot Luck Dinner Draws Big Crowd
The Senior Citizens Center hosted a Wednesday pot luck dinner with a record 78 attendees. Guests Rev Darrell Davis and Mrs Davis from Light Memorial Presbyterian Church attended the luncheon, and eight tables of pitch and five tables of pin ohele were used after the feast. The pool tournament is now in full swing with strong interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senior Citizen’s Center
Darrell Davis
The
Light Memorial Presbyterian Church
Special Guests At LDS Church Invite Local Attendance
Stake representatives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints from Cheyenne Wyoming will speak at the Toledo and Keller Drive Mormon Church this Sunday at 11 a.m. Other meetings on that day include Priesthood at 8 30 a.m. and Sunday School at 10. Everyone is welcome to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Cheyenne
Wyo
Toledo
Keller Drive
Double wedding bells at Sterling and Elsie churches
In Sterling and Elsie segments, Linda Magers of Elsie wed Clayton Shoemaker in a 2 PM ceremony at Elsie United Methodist Church. Attendants wore Empire gowns in champagne and bronze tones as pastors, ushers, and family shared a reception in the church parlors. The couple will reside in Scottsbluff after he teaches in Minatare and she nurses at St Mary’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Methodist Church
Elsie, Neb
Linda Magers
Dale Magers
Elsie
Clayton Shoemaker
Lee Shoemaker
Dalton
Max Towell
Church of Christ
Paula Magers
Celia Peterson
Scottsbluff
Becky Schack
Aurora
Cole
Lyla Stouffer
Julie Houtz
Sidney
Jeff May
Mary Jo Houtz
Wendy May
Ron Vogt
Loveland
Colo
James Haworth
Jack May
Broomfield
Robert Daacke
Cheyenne
Wyo
Frank Boyse
Kearney
Glen Houtz
Charles R. Cutler
A. W. Harbeson
Dave Ketchum
May
Daacke
Bonnie Miller
Albin
Mary Peter
Dalton Class To Stage Let Me Out Of Here
Dalton senior class presents a three act comedy in the school auditorium on Wednesday November 19 at 730 pm. Admission 75 cents for adults 25 cents for students. Eve Boyd played by Cornelia Thompson and Rona Lynn portrayed by Ann Walsh drive the humor with apartment roommate antics. Other cast includes Mary Petersons Garret Lynn Steve Cobb and several others in supporting roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Dalton School
Eve Boyd
Cornelia Thompson
Rona Lynn
Ann Walsh
Bessie Rhodes
Mary Petersons
Hazel Miles
Cindy Cruise
Steve Cobb
Gene Nelson
Garret Lynn
Steve Louderback
Victor Ward
Tom Borges
Angela Boyd
Karen Schinzel
Gifford Morton
Tom Frerichs
Marshal Ward
Ted Watchorn
BPW Club Plans Subscriptions and Conventions
Miss Mabel Nielsen reports on 50 years of the National Business and Professional Women's Clubs at the Sidney club dinner. The International BPW convention is set for Dublin, Ireland this summer and the national convention will be in Hawaii. The club voted to gift a subscription of the National Businesswoman magazine to the library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Nielsen
Sidney Club
Dublin
Ireland
Hawaii
Community club events and meetings listed for Friday to Monday
The notice lists multiple local club activities including Every Friday Duplicate Bridge Club at 7 30 p m in the Parish Hall Episcopal Church social hour 5 30 p m and dinner 6 30 p m for Union Pacific Old Timers Club now at Yendis Cafe with reservations by Nov 12. Prairie Schooners Square Dance 8 p m at South Ward Elementary auditorium Trailblazers Antique Car Club meets 1 p m at Dean Hecker home south of Sidney potluck for Venona Chapter No 281 Order of Eastern Star 5 30 p m Lodgepole Masonic Hall bingo rolls and coffee provided Harvest dinner for Lodgepole Valley VFW and Ladies Auxiliary at Scottsbluff Gering area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duplicate Bridge Club
The
Episcopal Church
Union Pacific Old Timers Club No. 29
Yendis Cafe
T. N. Crawford
Les Landmesser
Trailblazers Antique Car Club
Dean Hecker
Sidney
Venona Chapter No
Order of Eastern Star
Lodgepole Masonic Hall
NOY
Lodgepole Valley Barracks
Ladies Auxiliary
Nile Valley Barracks
Scottsbluff-Gering
Veterans events and meetings at VFW and clubs
A VFW Hall gathering at 6 30 pm invites attendees to bring a covered dish table service and a white elephant for bingo and calls for rides at 254 3324. The Ladies Auxiliary to Porter McGuiver Post 610 meets at 7 30 pm in the Legion Club every Tuesday. Toastmasters Club 2408 meets Tuesdays at 6 30 am at The Chateau. The Sidney Weight Losers TOPS club meets at St Patrick's Church basement with weigh ins at 6 15 pm and meeting at 7 pm. visitors welcome. call 254 5890 if unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW Hall
Porter McGuver
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
Legion Club
Toastmasters Club
Chateau
Sidney Weight Losers Tops
St. Patrick’s Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. J. C. Bush
San Marcos, Texas
Frank Rapp
Haxton, Colo
Frieda Rapp
Keith Simpson
Des Moines
Iowa
Shour
State Hospital
Omaha
Harold Hendee
Kathleen McKeag
Cub Scouts
Kearney Institute
LDS Church
Magers
Sterling, Colo
Carli Denise Baack
Earl Baack
Randall Dean Williams
Ron Williams
Peetz
First Christian Church
Ellis J. Wotan
James Thompson
Ogallala
JoAnn Owen
Tom Baack
Steve Williams
Cindy Tilghman
Crook
Cindy Williams
Greeley
Luann Slama
Potter
Shari Couch
Sterling, Cole
Steve Steele
Bill Steele
Joan Guenther
Emer Buhrdorf
Walter Bredehoff
Ella Mangels
Mike Bules
Gary Nienhueser
Nancy Kenton
Pat Frosh
Douglas
Sidney High School
Peetz High School
Northeastern
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
J. N. Sellers
Ernest Baack
Hap Williams
Walter Bredehoft
Dorothy Buskhart
Joyce Shriner
Jeanette Whited
Gerald Jobe
Mary Clemins
Merino
Stan Williams
Dave Williams
Dean Schmidt
Jolynn Glassburn
Bob Williams
Jerry Robbins
Herb Baack
Dix
And
Ray Slama
Mike
Luann
Mark
Elmer Buhrdorf
Don Benish
Art Baack
Pam
Wendall Johnson
Kim
Todd
Tom
Carol Baack
Shelley
Brown-Havano Studio
North Platte
the Photo Center
BPW
Prairie Schooners
South Ward
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