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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1920
Page
9
A long list of Sidney residents and visitors travel to Denver Colorado Colorado Springs Gurley and Lincoln Highway with trips for visits business and holidays. Highlights include Mrs L G Simon Denver visit and multiple local families planning winter stays in Sidney or travel to nearby cities.
Accompanied by Mrs Warren and her mother, the Warren sisters will be cared for by Little Jean Warren, a day pupil at St Patrick's Academy, as Mrs Warren departs. John A. Madder recently joined the Telegraph staff, familiar to Nebraska towns after time in Gering, Scottsbluff and Mitchell before arriving in Sidney.
Burney Duggan of Omaha left Sidney on Saturday morning after a stay of over a week. He planned hunting but was discouraged by warm weather that Sidney has endured for ten days. Henry Freytag, remaining in Omaha, is due back this week en route via Chester Kansas to visit Mrs. Freytag's father, Stephen Fosdick, who is over eighty five and seriously ill.
Al Morrow traveled to Denver with his daughters Erma and Gladys from Friday to Monday. The trio planned a busy schedule of shopping sightseeing and business and would have extended their stay but for school duties resuming Monday.
Mrs J L Sitton returned from Denver where she entered H O Shunk s Boston terriers and reports both hosts greatly pleased with the honors won Their Shunks plan to stay in Denver until after December first Mrs Ellen Foss traveled from Sidney to see Pin afore starring her daughter Mrs Roy D Stansbury in Dick Deadeye and will visit Denver with another daughter Mrs Join Dingman after which she returns to Sidney Little Sammy Lowe recovering at J F Whitelocks Peetz Cole is in town for a short visit and will enter school after the holidays His brother Bill in Omaha nears convalescence after an appendectomy and will be home soon
The North Platte board of education prepared a budget totaling 123280 dollars for the year. Lincoln hosts a January grain grading demonstration by high school teams. Night classes in cooking sewing gas engines sheet metal drawing and electrical work are offered at several high schools. Peetz High School library now exceeds 300 volumes across history travel encyclopedias and reference works. Washington Scottsbluff Parent Teachers Association shows strong progress with fathers attending last week’s meeting. Lodge Pole residents organized a new Parent Teacher Association to boost community education. Salesbury also has a Parent Teacher Association. The meeting covered needs for more classroom space and concerns about how boys spend their evenings.
The Lodge of Elks of North Platte entertained the Grand Island football team and its coaches, the North Platte team and coaches, and local high school faculty and students home for vacation, at a party and dance at the Elks Home on Thanksgiving night. A Chalk Buttes school house meeting discussed hot lunches and forming a hot lunch club for district children. The club was organized with officers elected for the year and equipment plans set.
North Platte debuts a new high school orchestra under Chas J. Killian at the last senior high PTA meeting. The ensemble performed several selections to strong approval and will be продолж?
E N Yeatch principal of Garden Valley school promotes a community club or building for rural neighbors to gather for sociable or educational times. The organization includes 29 members and a variety of instruments such as violins cornets clarinets trombones saxophones horns viol drums and piano.
The Executive Committee of the Nebraska State Teachers association will be urged to name North Platte as a district session meeting location in 1922. Geo. Carey, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, Supt. C. L. Littel of the city schools, and Harry Dixon testified. Attendance in this section is estimated at five hundred or more.
The new slogan Watch Your Speech emerges from Better English Week. The campaign urges both adults and students to curb slovenly speech and adopt clear, pleasant enunciation and civic pride in language. The example pledge from children calls for daily learning to articulate one word correctly for a year.
Ogallala and surrounding areas report growing Parent-Teacher associations as communities push for youth welfare. The Ogallala weekly highlights widespread formation of PTAs and the belief that these groups will bring substantial future benefits to children and families.
A local excerpt questions extending the same benefits of mental, moral, and physical training to Ogallala and Sidney. It argues that if the program benefits other communities, it should be available for these towns to prepare youth for future citizenship.
Local eleven defeated Alliance 14 to 13 at League Park in a hard fought game. Sidney built a first half lead, Alliance rallied in the final period but fell just short as Captain Chambers and Clark led a late drive to a winning touchdown and kick.
A Columbia Record item notes that a chicken crosses the road due to a show window featuring a goat mirror. The brief wry remark ties poultry movement to odd display tricks and humor.
The Little Rock Gazette notes a figure of thirty thousand poets in Japan, cited as a factor contributing to California's worries. This odd statistic prompts readers to consider cultural influence and creative clout across borders.
A vivid matchup features Greenville and Viedmont amid a bumper crop season. Local agriculture and sports communities watch the bumper yield impact as teams meet.
SIDNEY LUMBER CO. promotes home improvement and building supplies, inviting customers to inquire about projects and materials at their local facility. The message emphasizes ready access to timber, hardware, and expert assistance for home projects.
The U S A Theatre contracts Edward Lazar to produce a one reel film in Sidney costarring local talent. Tickets grant votes for a leading lady with top votes winning the role and potential future work. Filming to begin Dec 6 at Sidney locations and finish in about two weeks. The completed film will be shown at the U S A for three days before being donated to the Chamber of Commerce for archival record.
Display at Elite Millinery Shop features cunning hewpies in pink blue or Georgette and maline fabrics. Charming gifts for grown ups and children, showcasing veritable vamps in assorted styles.
The Sidney Mercantile Company promotes finishing frocks with hemstitching and piggeting, inviting customers to bring in materials for tailored edging and decorative work this season.
Sheriff J W McDaniel levies on properties in Sidney Nebraska to satisfy a 1920 judgment for American Bank of Sidney against H A Livingston Gus Wellner and others. Real estate includes Clarkson additions lots 2 27 26 4 22 5 6 8. Sale set for December 14 1920 at 10 a.m. at courthouse front door.
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