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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1969
Page
7
Thanksgiving gatherings spread through Sidney, Sterling, Lodgepole, and nearby towns with families from Fenske, Church, Kokes, Booth, and Mustain sharing meals in homes from Sidney to Denver. Visitors from Akron to Phoenix, with anniversaries celebrated at the Melvin Kokes home and neighbors joining in, while Miss Leah Booth heads to Miami for the winter.
Administrative board members for 1970 were chosen at the First United Methodist Church congregation meeting on Nov. 20. The list includes Harold Bond as lay leader and council chair, J. W. Vaughn as board of trustees chair, and Sandra Lyons as treasurer of benevolence and church expenses, among many other named members and committee chairs.
Sunday and overnight guests were hosted in several local houses. Al bert Hornicek and John Hornicek hosted visitors in their home. Miss Sandra Houser, a Nebraska University student, spent a week with relatives and stayed overnight with Miss Tina Kripal in Lodgepole. Mrs. Lloyd Brauer visited the Robert Davis home in Lodgepole. Jerry Johnson celebrated his fifth birthday with dinner guests at Gordon Johnson’s Potter home, while Mr and Mrs Earnest Dick of Sterling were guests in the Glenn Dickinson home.
The Am erican Legion Auxiliary of Potter Post 291 sponsors a 1969-70 Americanism Program jewelry sale. Mrs. Er nest Andersen pins a jeweled American flag on Mrs. Willard Wills as folk view antiqued items representing the country. Jewelry on display at the Potter Library. Mrs. Clif Thurston, president, comments on the collection.
A U S District Court jury in Omaha found Robert Walter Allen formerly of Kimball Neb innocent of failing to report for induction. The trial cited two false address registrations alleged by Assistant U S Attorney William Tighe. Dowd defended that Allen gave addresses while wandering the country. Chief Judge Richard Robinson presided.
At Oshkosh B and C Steel Co of Gering began surveying for the 30000 square foot Midwec plant footings. Clyde Dishman, project superintendent, said weather governs progress. Footings to be completed in about two weeks if conditions stay good. Walls roof could go up quickly afterward.
A local IRS office provides a questions and answers column on federal tax matters. It covers taxpayer responsibility for returns, where to obtain extra forms, student earnings versus exemptions, casualty loss rules, and charitable gifts deductions with references to Publication 547.
A Sidney accident story misstated the time. The Hartzler Plumbing and Heating pickup driven by Harold Bayne collided with a passing car at 8:20 a.m. not p.m. A separate Potter report involved a 1958 Rambler driven by John Clausen of Dix colliding with a 1969 pickup driven by Wayne Larson of Potter as the Rambler backed from the curb near the Potter bank.
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