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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1960
Page
5
Around The Town 77 spotlights a Thanksgiving weekend in Sidney with numerous families hosting relatives from Kimball Alliance Denver and beyond. Attendees include the Hyde and Bird families, the Bratchenbachs, the Camerons, the Jacobsens, and many others visiting from Lincoln, Scottsbluff, Pine Bluffs, and Sidney while Gerald Walker prepares for a 4-H trip to Chicago.
The Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church will hold a Christmas meeting Thursday December 1 at 1 30 p m in the church chapel. Mrs Elmer Ladine is program chairman arranging a Carol Sing with Mrs Ron Peterson as organist. A vocal trio will provide special music and a tea will follow in the social hall.
A snapshot of club schedules from Monday to Thursday lists groups such as Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority Alpha Nu chapter BSP sorority Rotary King’s Daughters and Kiwanis along with sessions of Business and Professional Women Toastmasters Newcomers Club and various church and charitable groups meeting at defined times each day in November and December including guest callers and special events.
More than 150 teens from Sidney and surrounding areas attended the first Elks Club teen-age dance Saturday night. Ten door prizes were awarded. eight winners named include Jerry Clausen Evelyn Hilpert Bob Samson Larry Deal Lomnie Martinez Betty Beckerman Kenneth Johnson and Jack Langdon. Prizes included gift certificates and Fox Theatre passes.
Mr and Mrs Ray Wellner were honored at a family luncheon and reception in the Yendis party room for their 40th wedding anniversary. Six sons and daughters in law, grandchildren and three great grandchildren attended, with Grace by the eldest great grandson Mike Bolle of Denver. Daughters Veronica Spero Catherine Hopf Helena Mills and daughter in law Hoy Johnson served at the reception. Relatives from out of town included Dr and Mrs Fred E Mills Evantsville Ind Catherine Hopf and Jane t Salt Lake City Hoy Johnson and son Mike Grand Junction Colo Francis Wellner Barbara Kansas City Kan G A Spero Edwin Wellner and five daughters Don Bolke Damwaine Bolke and Jerry Spero of Denver Arleen Bolke RN from San Francisco attended.
Funeral services were held for John Davis Tschacher Jr. 38 at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home. He died November 22 at Grand City Missouri. Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery with military honors. He served in the U S Navy from 1942 to 1945. He married Betty Jean Matthews in 1954 and is survived by four daughters, a step-daughter, his parents, two sisters, and three brothers.
OsHkosh groom Victor Wright and Riverdale bride Erma Da Costa tied the knot on October 22 in a ceremony that revealed prior marriages between hometowns. Miss Carol Robinson of Oshkosh had wed Harvey Allen of Riverdale years earlier, with Allen’s Riverdale parents attending both weddings.
Admitted: Sidney Robert Jay Jr Christine Jeppesen Gregory Usher Lana Lee Schnell Mrs Hammond Mc Nish Glenn Adams Mrs Lloyd Sweet Mrs A L Cruise Wesley Dixon Thomas Rocha Ella Mik kelsen Pamela Reitz Scott Sands Mrs Peter De Geest irs Cass Muro Mrs John Bahr Mrs Daryl Meier SOD: Mrs Verle Monie Dalton Louis Hutzenbiler Potter Mrs Hildur Johnson Ada m Olsen Ovid Jose Alvarez Denver Joseph Stanec Warren Mich Lee Gonyea DISMISSED: Sidney Mrs Harvey Heintz and son Mrs David Willis and daughter Ella Baird Mrs Victor Lamber t Norman Fletchall Gregory Usher Christina Jeppesen Mrs John Brotherson Lana Lee Schnell Mrs Joseph Good and son Robert Jay Jr Mrs Marie Acker man Mrs A L Cruise Gurley Mrs Theo Egging and son Dalton Mrs Robert Grothe Kimball Mrs Ronald Shook and daughter Mrs Donald Walker Las Cruces Paul Cullins NEWBORN: Nov 20 a boy to Mr and Mrs Harvey Heintz Nov 21 a girl to Mr and Mrs Robert Shook Kimball Nov 22 a boy to Mr and Mrs Theo Egging Gurley Nov 23 a boy to Mr and Mrs Joseph Goad
Denver movie industry figure and Universal International Pictures branch manager in Denver, H Monsky, died of a heart attack at a New York hospital while on a vacation trip with his wife. He was 64, born in Omaha, and funeral services were held in Denver.
Panhandle Players schedule a general meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Room 103 of the junior high to plan the musical Brigadoon with the Men's Community Chorus for March 10 and 11. They seek community participation in acting, singing, and stage crews as casting is not yet complete.
Sale of Radio Station KIMB to Norton Warner of Wichita was announced by local officers of the radio corporation. Completion depends on Federal Communications Commission approval. Warner, acting as manager, has tied to State KAKE for 30 years. KIMB will keep current schedule. Station began broadcasting in February 1959. Terms not announced, but investors may see a small profit beyond their original investment.
Mr and Mrs Dean Steward of Canoga Park California announce the birth of a son Robert Charles born in Beverly Hills hospital on Wednesday November 23 weighing five pounds fourteen ounces. He has sisters Leslie Kay age eight and Linda Lu age six. Grandparents are Ira Steward of Sidney and Charles Keller of Denver and great grandmother Velma Kirkman of North Platte.
Start of the Christmas season will be marked Saturday December 3 at Sidney Country Club with a pre holiday dinner dance. A smorgasbord will be served at 7 p.m. followed by dancing. Music by the Dick Dotts Trio. Admission five dollars per couple. Reservations at the club phone 3100 by Friday noon. Committee includes Mr and Mrs George Fleming Mr and Mrs Walter Closman and Mr and Mrs John Underdown.
Brownie Troop 114 met at East Ward School on Nov 15 and 22 to invest Troop 143 and plan a Christmas program for parents. Linda Lindsay brought treats. Mrs Hunt visited. Sandra Lyddon reported. Troop 116 opened Nov 21 at North Ward School with song and duty, played Queen Mary, prepared Christmas gifts, prayed, and enjoyed Jamie Hawkins treats. Troop 119 held four meetings including a hike to North Side Park, making fall centerpieces, observing an Intermediate Scout investiture, and starting hospital tray items. officers listed by name. Troop 19 met at Presbyterian Church on Nov 18 with 24 members and 4 leaders, electing officers, planning hospital tray favors, closing with Peace of the River, next meeting Dec 2. Gaylene Wells reported. Troop 152 met Nov 17 with Mrs. Ray Josten and Mrs. Wayne Davis, making pilgrim figures from blue and white paper, enacting a Thanksgiving story, Susan Jenks served cupcakes. Nancy Josiah reported. Troop 1} opened Nov 16 with flag salute, completed business meeting, made Thanksgiving Grace booklets, learned Four In A Boat, and played taps. Karen Sue Johnson reported. Troop 38 Troca 28 met Nov 22 at Mrs. James Edwards home. R C Cunningham assisted, Beth Edwards led. Thanksgiving play, turkey centerpieces, Beth supplied treats. Carol Nissen reported.
Ogallala official Dean Davis, 34, manager of the Ogallala Airport, was found dead in a light plane crash near North Platte. He was last heard from shortly after attempting a flight earlier today.
Harod O Connor and his wife of Sid ney Miller Implement Company were notified they qualified for a ten day Hawaii trip to attend the J I Case World Premiere and Dealers Sales conference. They will depart Saturday December 3 from San Francisco to Honolulu flying with Case dealers worldwide to view films and discuss new equipment and sales techniques.
The Sidney Jaycees plan a one night sales drive for new 50 star flags for homes Tuesday from 7 30 to about ten. Residential sales follow recent flag sales to Sidney merchants. A house flag kit with flag, bracket and pole sells for 4 50. The flag is the 3 x 5 foot size.
Scottsbluff Nebraska reports nine inches of fresh snow the heaviest in the nation outside high mountain passes. Strong winds piled drifts and blocked main roads in Alliance Crawford and Harrison areas while traffic slowed to a near standstill across northwestern Nebraska.
Families across South Sund gathered for Thanksgiving at various homes including the Barnharts, Bartlings, Houser, Zalesky, Kokes, Dickenson, Kallhoff, Hornick and Miles households. Notable stops included homes in Security Colorado Pine Bluffs Wyoming Yuma Cole and Dalton. The listings note multiple couples and their children sharing meals and holiday cheer.
Sidney city manager Tom Coffey, after studying the 1960 census, suggests the proposed Third District could span fifty nine counties and absorb much of the First and Third districts. He warns western Nebraska’s political clout in Washington may shrink, explores at large representation, and offers no recommendations.
Storm conditions and low visibility slowed the ground search for Davis after he disappeared near North Platte. A ground blizzard enveloped the area during Sunday night, delaying efforts until morning. The report notes the West Virginia motto, Mountain semper ibi, meaning mountaineers are always free.
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