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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1947
Page
2
Readers praise Telegraph publicity for Wheat For Relief. Donations total hundreds of bushels of grain and dollars for shipping. The letter discusses handling, elevator practices, and avoiding misstatements while noting local community visits and gatherings with numerous residents and social updates.
Mrs. Elmer Carsard of San Francisco arrived Monday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Frank Meier and family while Mrs. Mae Barr of Boulder also arrived, spending the day with relatives. The note mentions Lorenzo prepared by Mrs. Frank Meier and shows multiple visiting relatives arriving in the Mo poste region.
South Colton residents share visits as Miss Shirley Crosby stays with Miss Lorraine Hornicek. The George family enjoys a new Chevrolet. Ron Hunt visits Dan Booth while the Booths travel. Madelyn Elsen dines with the George Bartels in Gurley. Harry George family and Mrs. John George visit W R George. Mrs. Bob Schweitzberger and daughter Janet Marie of Denver are noted residents.
Mrs. Frank Morey dined with sister Mrs. Herman Jurgens. Mrs. Geo Messing returned from Shelby. Cecil Hunt and Muriel Crosby attended the Joe Ruttner sale. Wendell and Henry Bailey visited H J Elsen. Guests at the Morey home included Stewart Brown Peeitz Crosby and others as plans were made for the October 17 Altar Society program in Sidney. J Elsen and sons Curtis and Bob left for Ogden Utah on a business pleasure trip.
A number of steamers on the Great Lakes are now equipped with radar, a wartime development widely used by the navy. The device enables ships to proceed safely under conditions that in prewar days would have forced them to anchor, improving navigation and efficiency.
An alarming description notes piranha in the Amazon valley Brazil that can reduce a human to a skeleton within minutes. The undershot jaws carry a double row of sharklike teeth and the fish reach about eight to nine inches in length.
A rummage sale is set for October 241h and 251h in the City Auditorium basement. Proceeds go to ongoing community projects and local charities.
Cuba, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Turkey, Liberia, Argentina, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and Monaco issued memorial stamps honoring the late President Roosevelt. Several other nations also plan similar issues.
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