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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1955
Page
6
Numerous families hosted Thanksgiving dinners and weekend guests through Sidney and Crawford. Local residents welcomed relatives from Nebraska, Colorado, Ohio, and California, including university students and alumni. The report notes university singers, a Christmas concert lineup, and several funerals and church visits.
He attended a three day Thanksgiving Youth Convention of the Nebraska District of the Assemblies of God with five others from the church. Thanksgiving dinner guests of Mr and Mrs R C Cunningham included Mr and Mrs F F Wilson of Denver and C A Story. Tuesday overnight guests at C A Story and the Cunninghams were Mr and Mrs W D Kincad Irene Kincad and daughters Shirley and Edna Claire of Fort Collins.
More than 100 teenagers from Sidney Public Schools and St. Patrick's High School attended an Elks Lodge dance on Friday night from 8 to 11. The event, planned as a monthly affair, featured refreshments, music from a juke box, and chaperones including Mrs. Leon Lafler Joy Knackstedt and Mr and Mrs Walter Schear. Elks lodge manager Howard Portz praised the turnout and urged other schools to join upcoming dances announced in The Telegraph.
Kiwanis Club schedules Ladies Night for coming Wednesday with a Smorgasbord dinner at 6 30. Don Newberg reported 16 numbers selected from 75 applicants for the Stars of Tomorrow Show on December 8. Virgil Knack stedt George Fleming J B Baker and L A Linstrom handle arrangements and program.
The Friday event by the Bridge Clubs Couples Bridge Club saw Mr. and Mrs. Harold P. Craig win prizes for high score after dinner. The next meeting is scheduled for Friday December 16 with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hartmann.
The list details a full KSID broadcast lineup with programs from Sign On at 6:30 through Sign Off later in the day. It features news, weather, music interludes, talk shows, and varied entertainment including Sunrise Serenade, Martin Block Show, Zingo Show, Paul Harvey, Treasury Bandstand, and Skyrocketing Records among others.
Rory Calhoun confirms June safari with Hill the archaeologist, wife Liza Baron and mother-in-law joining to Europe and Spain trip. he later heads to Hong Kong shoot with Lita. Donald O’Connor eyes a film on Malcolm Campbell’s speed-boat record. Veda Ann Borg and Andrew McLaglen near California divorce. Elizabeth Taylor pursues Kent lodge offer for sentimental reasons.
Mr and Mrs Joe Rudolph of Sidney in the Kenneth Rudolph home. Mr and Mrs Ted Houser are proud parents of a baby girl born Nov 23 at Sidney Hospital. Joe Bonkiewicz Sr was discharged and is recuperating at home. We wish him a speedy recovery. Mrs Guy Stevens returned to her home in Grand Island. Tuesday called here by the death of her aunt Mrs H R Neumann. Jerry Gentry played with the Kenneth DeMers children Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mr Wilbur Houser spent Wednesday at the Leland Fell home in Sidney. Billie Brown was a weekend guest of his cousin Danny Dick inson. Death of Alta Dickinson of Lodge Pole reported Friday. Sympathy to the bereaved families. Mrs Ralph Armstrong and daughter Betty spent Tuesday evening with the D E Dickinson Betty Armstrong attended the football game in Carbondale Colorado and Crook Colorado. Crook 60 Carbondale 21.
In Pickens, defendant pleads guilty to liquor law violation and claims ignorance of the whisky seller. Circuit Judge Joseph R. Moss recalls a prior case where the accused did not know his own father-in-law. The judge’s remark highlights the odd parallel drawn during sentencing.
A study notes that nine out of ten matchbooks in the United States are distributed as freebies with other goods and are not sold directly to consumers. The finding highlights charitable, promotional, or packaging use and suggests minimal consumer purchase involvement.
Thanksgiving crowds gathered in Sidney and area homes for meals. Families from Big Springs Julesburg Denver Washington and Sunol shared dinners and suppers at the McKinley McIntosh Bonkiewicz Brown Kokes Houser Gentry and related households. Neighbors and relatives visited during the afternoon including Loomis Booth Kent DeMers Gwen Jacob Aldara Bahr and Henry Bahr.
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