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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1938
Page
3
Rev J J Gheaff attends the Annual Nebraska Conference in Omaha. Mrs Matilda Joris and her son Elmon plus Mrs Joris' niece Betty Walsh, all of Santa Cruz California, visit with Mrs Joris' brother Anderson and family and other relatives.
F A Cropper visited Madison weekend to stay with his mother Mrs Robert Linn. Ray Davis of Denver district manager of Fox Theatres toured Sidney Wednesday and Thursday and stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Lew Williams. Mrs L T Hill left for Liberty Mo after months with her daughter Mrs W G Campbell and family. her son Russell drove her there for a brief visit.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Williams of Denver were weekend guests of their son Lew Williams and wife. Mr and Mrs S H Snyder and daughter Mrs Joe Schiffer of Sterling left for Lincoln to attend the State Fair and visit relatives. Snyder's nephew Paul Rehmar who had spent the summer here returned with them to Lincoln.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Greenlee spent yesterday in Denver on business. Mrs. H. F. O’Beckmann left Wednesday for Wymore to visit her mother and relatives. Miss Marthaleen Reed, four months with Aunt Hugh Patrowsky at Nella's Beauty shop, will move to Lincoln to work in a beauty shop.
A crowded social note from Sidney records visits and travels of local families and relatives. Mrs. C A Britton visits from Kinston for her brother Dr J R Taylor's funeral. Many locals and guests share weekend trips to Lyons Colorado Grand Island Denver Scottsbluff and Phoenix with family ties and pending moves.
Mr and Mrs A M Durkes of Scottsbluff visited W G Campbell on Sunday and Labor Day, sharing time at the Campbell residence with family and friends.
Ardis Kanter, daughter of Mr and Mrs E J Kanter of Chappell, underwent a tonsillectomy at Taylor hospital Tuesday morning.
Miss Edith Martin, longtime Hammond teacher, has been promoted to assistant principal at Norton school. Norton is a new building with modern equipment and a cafeteria. Grades taught range from kindergarten through tenth.
Leonard Fine departed Sunday morning for Omaha to visit friends before continuing to Chicago to begin his second year at Northwestern University. The trip includes a stopover with acquaintances prior to resuming studies in the fall term.
Mr and Mrs Bill Willis and their three children spent a weekend in the Wyoming mountains and returned home Monday night. Mr and Mrs A J Hepner and their son Harold left on Wednesday for Denver after a week long visit with relatives.
Mrs. Lillian Young of Denver visits with her daughter Mrs. Carl Olson and husband. She arrived late last week and will stay about a month.
Marilyn, baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Armstrong, was taken to Roche hospital Wednesday for medical treatment.
Mr and Mrs Robert Clark and Imogene Mowrer left Tuesday morning on a vacation trip to Yellow stone park and expect to return tomorrow.
Mrs G E Rydan of Laramie arrived Tuesday and will spend a week visiting at the home of Mrs N W Olson and daughter Anna.
Robert Jones left yesterday morning for Hastings to commence his second year of study at Hastings College.
Glen Eells and his brother N. O. Eells with wife stopped in Sidney Wednesday night while traveling from Iowa to California. Young Eells, a former Sidney resident, had attended high school here for one year.
B O Tracy traveled to Lincoln Sunday for a week of business matters and State Fair events. He is accompanied by Mrs Tracy who visits with her mother and sister during the stay.
Mr and Mrs Lloysd Lundberg and two children and Mrs F A Lundberg and daughter Gayle returned Sunday night from a week's vacation spent at Kearney and Axtell with relatives.
Miss Maxine Sokol was assigned to teach seventh and eighth grade at Wallace School for the coming year after visiting Wallace last Friday.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Schulz and son Rex of Orient Iowa visit W W Schulz and family in the city. Jesse Osborns attend Camp Clarke Day in Bridgeport and visit Mrs Emily Gebauer in Northport. Maxfield Schulz returns from Northport to begin school while Patricia remains with her grandmother to attend Northport School.
J. E. Andrews and son Charles returned from Lincoln where they had been since Sunday for the State Fair. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Whitney spent yesterday at Big Springs called by the illness of Mr. Whitney's brother.
Raymond Etherton eight fell from a tree Thursday morning while playing and broke his left arm. A limb he sat on broke, causing him to drop to the ground.
The report notes the sale of a new Plymouth four door touring sedan to Joe Weber. Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Kent of Ogallala and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Schochdopole of Ravenna visited in Sidney Monday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. White. D. A. White of Grand Island, district maintenance supervisor of Northwestern Bell Telephone, visited the local exchange Tuesday.
Dr and Mrs S M Stewart of Laramie stayed with Mr and Mrs Frank Neal over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Bud Cozney of Palisade stopped Wednesday at the home of Mr and Mrs Joe Raichart while en route home from Scottsbluff. Cozney is Raichart’s uncle. Raichart’s mother Mrs Lenona Raichart of Brush Colorado accompanied them and will stay several days at her son’s home.
The Federal Writer's Project notes several archaeological finds across Nebraska in 1886. A Elkhorn Valley mound south of Norfolk stood twenty feet high with a sixty foot interior span. Nearby near Rule a bridge pier excavation yielded a curiously shaped bone sent to the Smithsonian Institution for study.
Mrs John Cpfer of Denver is spending the week here visiting with her sister Mrs Henry Bangert and husband.
Edward Furer left Wednesday morning for Lincoln to begin his fourth year at the state university. He traveled with L. D. Willey who went for business. Willey’s sons Leroy and Duane will leave next Monday for Lincoln to resume their studies at the university. The M. W Osborn Motor company.
A 1894 excavation for the Bayard canal in Cheyenne county uncovered a complete stone oven and fireplace buried under three feet of soil. It may date a thousand years or reflect early hunter use. Nebraska yields fossil beds and mastodon bones from 1913 Indian mound digs.
Drilling has stopped at the Felmont corporation test well on the John B. Kinion ranch in southern Sioux County at a depth of 6,500 feet. The halt is temporary as equipment is removed and replaced to resume operations, according to best sources. The Union Oil company well nearby is also referenced in the field status.
In Sioux County the drill stem was diverted from a blocked hole and the new borehole reached nearly 5000 feet on Sunday. Drilling halted Monday after a section of drill stem was lost in the hole.
The Hearts Tag Day receipts totaled 51.50 after Mrs. David Ells oversaw Volunteers of America event in Sidney on Saturday. Children worked from morning to close and prizes were awarded to Faye Hughes 7.80 Edith Nelson 6.57 Darlene Koehn 5.13 with Elaine Ells Evelyn Demeier and Iva Lee Cruise also winning prizes.
The DeMers family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness during the illness and death of Mrs Mary DeMers. Mrs L F DeMers and family thank those who offered support and sympathy.
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