Around The Town highlights and weekend plans
Mrs Julia Robertson of Douglas Wyoming visited with her relatives including Dr and Mrs J H Abbott and Mr and Mrs Oto Ernest. Rev James D Greene leaves for Madison Wisconsin for a Conservative Baptist regional convention. Families plan to attend Colorado State University homecoming events and other regional visits. Lynn Nelson appears in Ladies In Retirement at Nebraska Wesleyan University. The Cortneys travel from Portland via Denver after weekend visits in Alexadra and Fairbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Robertson
Douglas, Wyo
J. H. Abbott
Oto Ernest
James D. Greene
Madison
Wis
Conservative Baptist Association
Les Couch
Robert Carter
Fort Collins
Colorado State University
Hey
Lynn Nelson
Carl F Nelson
Sidney
Sister Teresa
Nebraska Wesleyan
Edna Miller Theatre
James Copp
E. P. Smith
R. Denham
Miss Nelson
Sidney High School
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lincoln
Alexandra
Fairbury
Faye Walsh
Jimmy
Beth
Ed Cortney
Courtney Os.m
Portland
Ore
Walsh
Charles Starks
Iueensburg
Cole
Cortney
Denver
FHA District Three installs new officers at Kimball meet
New District Three Future Homemakers of America officers were installed at the Kimball convention. Elected were Susie Ruskie president, Peg Noonan VP, Abby Gerhard secretary, Sharon Cape historian, Nancy Heckman parliamentarian, Marilyn Thomas recreation chair, Marilyn Wiley song leader, and Jan Pelster publicity chair. Rosemary Kuhl district advisor and state advisor Delores Gage attended. About 325 members and teachers from multiple towns attended. A Civil Defense speech by Harry H. Hilton capped the morning, with a luncheon and talent show by each chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homemakers of America
Kimball
Susie Ruskie
Big Springs
Peg Noonan
Bridgeport
Abby Gerhard
Scottsbluff
Sharon Cape
Dalton
Nancy Heckman
Marilyn Thomas
Mitchell
Marilyn Wiley
Jan Pelster
Chappell
Rosemary Kuhl
Scotts Bluff High School
Delores Gage
Lincoln
Gordon
Lyman
Chadron
Gering
Wagon Wheel
Harry H. Hilton
Civil Defense
Six Attend Ladies Golf On Wednesday
Six members of the Ladies Golf Association attended the Wednesday luncheon and golf session. Prizes went to Connie Madsen for next to low score, Nyda Biggs for next at high score, and Lena George for most bogies on the even numbered holes. Mrs George will be hostess next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Golf Association
Connie Madsen
Nyda Biggs
Lena George
Mrs George
Final Jubilee Plans for Sidney Square Dance Jubilee
Plans for the ninth annual square dance jubilee to be held in Sidney Saturday and Sunday were made at the Wednesday meeting of sponsors Silver Belles and Beaux Square Dance Club. Seven squares of dancers were present. Hosts were Mr and Mrs Jay Peters and Mr and Mrs Floyd Peterson. The next regular meeting will be Nov. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Silver Belles
Beaux Square Dance Club
Jay Peters
Floyd Peterson
Saturday Dinner For Country Club Members
Fall social activities at the Sidney Country Club start Saturday with a smorgasbord for members and guests from 7 to 4 am. Tickets are $5 per couple and reservations should be made at the club phone 4-3100. Arrangements are in charge of the Mattoons Nelsons Notehooms and Jumersons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Country Club
Frank Mattoons
HCQ
Nelsons
Ken Notehooms
J R Jumersons
Methodist WSCS Circle Meetings
Circle meetings of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church covered weekly programs and upcoming events. Announcements included Week of Prayer and Self Denial October 25 to 31 with a Quet Day October 26, plus Reforma tion Sunday October 29 and a joint WSCS Wesleyan Service Guild meeting November 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
University of Christian Living
Sidney Ministerial Association
Sidney
WSCS
Wesleyan Service Guild
Shirley Strandberg
Methodist Benevolent Institutions
Nebraska
Latin America
Circle
R. L Townsend
Ida Ahrens
Henry Marx
Leo Thomas
Dallas Richards
Elwood Lostroh
Don Larson
George Fisher
George Hare
Ralph Spearow
Circle Three
James Thayer
Jack Fish
Fern Gould
Neal Atkins
Circle Four
Marvin Hoppes
C. A. Story
Women Circles Meet at Light Memorial Church
The Women’s Association of Light Memorial Presbyterian Church held Thursday circle meetings on Christian Family Living. Miriam Circle hosted nine members and one guest with plans for Nov 2 luncheon. Elizabeth Circle met at J. R. Miller’s home with eight members and two guests. Mary-Martha Circle’s afternoon gathering at Elmer Hartmann’s had six members and one guest. Rachel Circle met in the Truss home with seven members. evening session at Forrest Belieu’s home had six members and four guests. Nov 16 hosts named for each circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circles of Women's Association of Light Memorial Presbyterian Church
Miriam Circle
Arnold Westerhoff
Joe Dodds
Claude Wuthier
Tom Jones
J W. Johnson
Charles Ham
Elizabeth Circle
Carl L Nelson
Pearl West
J. R. Miller
Mary-Martha Circle
Elmer Hartmann
H. C Craig
A. J. Jorgenson
Harlan Haith
Dave Rollins
Ethel Ellison
Rachel Circle
David Truss
Clark Grieve
William Fankhauser
R. C Cunningham
Russell Dedrick
Arlen Caster
Forrest Belieu
Roger Plantz
Paul Manley
Caleb Eddy
Ruth Bell
Grand Junction
Colo
Marie Nicholson
Dan Dalene
LWML Executive Board Meets at Kearney Center
The District Executive Board of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League Southern Nebraska met October 17 at the new Lutheran Student Center, Kearney State Teachers College. A $1500 grant funded Center furnishings, and $1000 was released for four Concordia Teachers College scholarships and one for Concordia Senior College. The next meeting will be January 30, 1962 at Grand Island Trinity Church with zone presidents counselors and growth chairmen attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Women's Missionary League
Southern Nebraska
New Lutheran
Kearney State Teachers College
LWML
Rudy Munderloh
Sidney
M E Heinz
Synodical District
7N Lutheran Church
Kearney
Ed Geisett ©Ala
Ed Runge honored on 40th wedding anniversary party
Mr and Mrs Ed Runge were guests of honor at a Thursday evening party at their home for their 40th wedding anniversary and Mr Runge's birthday. Attending were Mrs B E Runge Bonita Lester Glenn Mr and Mrs Francis Butterfield and daughter Mr and Mrs Fred Runge Mr and Mrs M W Riggs and Louis Schumacher of Gurley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Runge
State Liners Extension Club Meets at Bonkiewicz Home
The Oct. 11 meeting of State Liners Extension Club was hosted by Mrs. Joe Bonkiewicz Jr with five members and one guest Mrs. Maynard Schumacher present. Plans for Fall Achievement Day were discussed and Mrs. Duane Kahl led the lesson "Parents and Purse Strings." The November gathering will be at Mrs. Ed Narjes home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stateliners Extension Club
Joe Bonkiewicz Jr
Maynard Schumacher
Duane Kahl
Ed Narjes
Unusual Interviews Highlight DKG Society Meeting
Alpha Beta chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma met in Julesburg with 17 members and one guest. The program featured taped interviews on foreign backgrounds, including missionaries, a German student, and recent European travelers. Plans were made for a tea honoring DKG members in District VI during the teachers convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Beta Chapter
Delta Kappa Gamma Society
Elmer Ebke
Julesburg
Ono
B. Sayard
Greenwood
Neb
Chappell
Ed Stewart
John Glenn
John Anderson
Olin Bower
Robert Stasenka
Carl L. Nelson
Hans Zellweiger
Sidney High School
Ray Maley
Carl Nelson
John Sylaart
Dalton
Ellen Peterson
Mable Nielsen
Marie Nichelson
Peterson
Delta Kappa Gamma
T. R. Tillotson
Potter Student Has Part In College Play
Danny Knight son of Mr and Mrs Delmar E Knight of Potter will play Pedro in The Visit by Friedrich Duerrenmatt presented by Chadron State Players at Chadron State College November 2 and 3 at 8 pm. Knight a Potter High School graduate and CSC freshman majors in speech. Tickets on sale at the Memorial Union box office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny Knight
Delmar E Knight
Potter
Pedro
Friedrich Duerrenmatt
Chadron State Players
Chadron State College
Knight
Potter High School
Memorial Union
Square Dance Jubilee Starts Here Saturday
The 9th annual square dance jubilee sponsored by Silver Belles and Beauy Square Dance Club begins Saturday with a 5 30 to 7 30 p m smorgasbord at the Ft. Sidney Hotel. Dancing at 8 p m at the National Guard Armory features master of ceremonies Virg Knackstedt. Dinner tickets are 2 25 per person and dance admission is 2 per couple. A dancers and callers clinic is set for Sunday from 1 to 5 p m at the armory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Belles and
Beauy Square
Ft. Sidney
National Guard Armory
Virg Knackstedt
Armory
Dogs attack woman. she calls dog catcher from booth
Mrs Emma Oswell was chased by two snarling dogs and fled to a phone booth. She closed the door and telephoned the dog catcher for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Oswell
Busy PTA Meetings Plan Hospitality For District VI
Four Public Grade School PTA groups met Wednesday night to plan hospitality for the District VI Teacher's Association convention in Sidney on Oct 26-27. Attendees included about 60 at each session, with reports on Civil Defense drills, new report cards, and a film shown titled Your Child's Intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District VI
Sidney
South Ward
Bob Hossle
Sol Willis
C. D
William Usher
Bob Cook
H. N. Rhodes
John Jesnen
East Ward
LaVern Draper
Dora Maring
District P.ta
Harrisburg
Darrell Hunt
Maring
Draper
Leroy Schmidt
Virginia Cox
Central School
Milton Nissen
Otto Aufdengarten
Noel Golden
District T.A
Mildred Sayre
Ogallala
Russell Joder
North Ward
Sidney Public Library Tops Nebraska Library Contest
Sidney Public Library won first place in a Nebraska Library Association statewide contest judged from library objectives and book policies submitted to the American Library Association. Potter and Coleridge, Fremont, Valentine, Falls City, McCook, and Fairbury public libraries were among other winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Public Library
Nebraska Library Association
Association
Omaha
Potter and Coleridge School
Fremont Children’s Library
Valentine
Falls City
McCook and Fairbury
American Library Association
Chicago
American Library Assn
The
Plains
Mari Sandoz
Potter
Gerald Matzke
Sidney Public Library Board
Sidney
Charles Morehouse
leBaron Goodwin
Wallace Brown
Weather outlook turns cloudy and colder tonight
A dry but cloudy pattern takes over with colder air tonight and Saturday. Lows drop into the 30s to 40s, while daytime highs Saturday rise to the 50s, with a chance of light snow flurries.
Roper announces engagement of Virginia to Wayne Bules
Engaged Mr and Mrs A B Roper of Sterling announce their daughter Virginia will wed Wayne Bules son of Mr and Mrs K J Bules Sr of Gurley. The wedding planned for Nov 26 at Sterling Methodist Church. Miss Roper graduated from Beth-EL School of Nursing in Colorado Springs and works at Memorial Hospital there. Fiance is engaged in farming near Gurley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A B Roper
Sterling
Virginia
Wayne Bules
K J Bules
Gurley
Sterling Methodist Church
Miss Roper
Beth-E] School of Nursing
Colorado Springs
Memorial Hospital
Cadet Teachers Talk On FTA Program
Future Teachers of America O J Weymouth Chapter met in the senior high library with Lyndell Nelson presiding. Twenty members answered roll call as three Cadet teachers from Chadron State Teachers College spoke about college life courses offered and sorority and fraternity life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Teachers of America
O J Weymouth
Lyndell Nelson
Jim Conners
Linda Davison
Maarilyn Fekerle
Chadron State Teachers College
UN College
Kensington Eastern Star Tuesday Session
Mrs Herschel Spearow Mrs Glenn Hornbeck and Mrs Don Wetmer hosted the Eastern Star Kensington Tuesday afternoon meeting. Mrs Kenneth Bagby presided at a brief business session with 14 members present. The rest of the time was spent playing cards with Winifred Wolf winning high score in bridge and Roy Depew high in canasta. The next meeting will be November 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschel Spearow
Glenn Hornbeck
Don Wetmer
Eastern Star Kensington
Kenneth Bagby
Winifred Wolf
Roy Depew
Canasta
Ninth annual square dance jubilee and week of club events
The schedule lists events from October 22 to 26 at sites including National Guard Armory Ft Sidney Hotel and First Methodist Church. Activities include a square dance jubilee hosted by Sis Belles and Beaux Square Dane Club with Virg Knackstedt emcee, a callers clinic, various clubs meeting nightly, and a covered dish social. admission 2. per couple or 2.25 per person for the clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sis. Belles and
Beaux Square Dane Club
National Guard Armory
Antique Car Club holds Sunday business session near Gurley
Fourteen members of the Antique Car Club met Sunday afternoon at the Walt Weyerts farm east of Gurley. Mrs Gilbert Sorge presided at a business session. Mrs Bill Meick and Mrs Em Weyerts were appointed historian and assistant, replacing Gary Dobberstine who is now at Chadron State Teachers College. The gathering ended with a pot luck supper and social. Next meeting will be Nov 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antque Car Club
Walt Weyerts
Gurley
Gilbert Sorge
Bill Meick
Em Weyerts
Gary Dobberstine
Chadron State Teachers College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ralph Lundberg
W. Ericson
Dance Club
Country Club
Methodist
Elsie Leech
Ruth Anderson
Roy Adams
A. B. Means
Momett
J. L. Boucher
St. Joseph, Mo
O ' Olson
W. E Henke
Rosalie Jenkins
Hazel Fogelsong
Charles Wiedeburg
Ward Johnson
Kermit Moore
George Young
Ed Swanson
John Elwell Sr
Hazel Overman
RL Townsend
Mable Jorgenson
Myron Hopp
Donald Kahl
Sidney Phelps
George Niekum
Womens Assn
Ernest Seeger
Ancel Lewis
Nelson Will
Ruth Circle
L.W.M.L
Ed Runges
DKG Society
P.T.A
James D. Grene
Ted Hinton
James Greene
Fanniel Davis
William Stotler
Frank Schuppan
Ralph Spencer
Marjorie Pals
Larry Delinger
Pat McIntyre
Spencer
Ron Tighe
Owen Rogers
John Henkel
Baill Daniels
SOLK
J “Mets
Acchomtown
Virginia Roper
F.T.A
OES
Kensington
Kiwams
Toastmasters Club
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Rotary Club
BPO
Catholic Young People's Club
C.F. Lodge
Kings Daughters
Alpha Nu Chapter
Civitan Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Sidney Post
St. Paul's
Mrs Jaycees
Rebekah Kensington
Lodge
Pole Valley Saddle Club
Alpha Iota
Gamma Tau
E.S
S Pm
Knights Red and Custom Club
Helping Hand Garden Club
Royal Neighbors of America
Keystone Fellowship
Antique Car Club
Ackerman-Robinson
Nebraska Panhandle
Tenth Ave
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