Six Named as Beauty Queens at Nebraska Cornhusker Pageant
Six University of Nebraska coeds have been named Cornhusker Beauty Queens for 1937. Jean Doty of Lincoln a senior in business administration and Delta Gamma. Mary Fislar a Lincoln junior in arts and sciences and Chi Omega. Margaret McKay a Lincoln sophomore in arts and sciences and Kappa Alpha Theta. Charlene Omen from Red Oak Iowa a junior in teachers college and Alpha Phi. Cynthia Pedley of Minden a senior in arts and sciences and Kappa Alpha Theta who was Nebraska Sweetheart 1935-36. Virginia Smith of Valley a senior in teachers college and Alpha Chi Omega.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Nebraska
Mary Fislar
Lincoln
College of Arts and Sciences
Chi Omega Sorority
Comedians Congress
Hollywood
California
Margaret McKay
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Charlene Omen
Red Oak
Iowa
Teachers College
Alpha Phi Sorority
Cynthia Pedley
Minden
Nebraska
Virginia Smith
Valley
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
Soocery Pores. A wedding at St Patrick's church
A Monday morning wedding at St Patrick's church united Miss Agnes Filbin daughter of Mrs Margaret Filbin to George Saab in a nuptial high mass ceremony. Rev Anton Link presided with Miss Frances Filbin and Malvin Filbin as bridesmaid and best man. The bride wore a light blue net dress with white accessories and pink rose corsage. The bridesmaid wore pink net with navy trim and red rose corsage. The couple planned a honeymoon to Denver and Colorado points before returning to Hardy apartments Sidney. Both families are longtime residents. The bride is a St Patrick's academy graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Filbin
Margaret Filbin
George Saal
St. Patrick's Church
Anton Link
Frances Filbin
Malvin Filbin
Denver
Colorado
Hardy Apartments
Community society events for this evening
St Pauls aid society meets at Mrs Schmidt's Sundl Munster league gathers at church school at 8 for business and study. Eastern Star Kensington party at Masonic club 6 30. Jobs Daughters install officers at Masonic hall 7 30. Rebekah lodge at Odd Fellow hall. Dorcas society of Trinity Lutheran. Parents of Masonic and Eastern Star members invited to ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Aid Society
Henry Schmidt
Sundl
Munster League
Church School
Eastern Star Kensington
Masonic Hall
Masonic
Eastern Star
Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellow Hall
Dorcas Society of Trinity Lutheran
West Center Notes and Local Social Events
Ruth Osborn reports a quilting afternoon with Mrs. Irvin Ehlers and a two week-later meeting planned at Mrs. A. H. Draper. Mumps affect Chris Knucsen and Mrs. Gus Nolte. Aluminum dinner at J. C. Guill home. Crook Colorado guests at E. B. Osborn and Linton family visit to California. Eight Harmony graduates and three Henke graduates attended Sidney exercises. A 4-H cooking club formed at J. C. Guill home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Ehlers
Ehlers
A. H. Draper
Chris Knucsen
Alva Birdwell
Lloyd Mintken
E. F. Z0rn
Glen
Hugh Foy
May
J. C. Guill
O. Engelman
Crook
Colo
E. BE. Osborn
Albert Linton
Harriet Harr
Sidney
California
Community members attend Benish hall dance and Sidney show
Several residents including Merle Schlotfeld, Clarence Rogers, Leota Mae Goding and others were listed as attendees at a Sunday evening dance at Benish hall. Local couples and families also visited Sidney to attend a show with Ralph Muir, Lee Shoemaker, Edna Mayer, and Ivan Walker among those noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Schlotfeld
Clarence Rogers
William Goding
Leota Mae
Joan
Elizabeth Goding
Roy Anderson
Harriet MacAdam
George Juelfs
Jean
Dick Juelfs
Leonard
Marvin Peterson
Alice
Ralph Muir
William Shaffert
Lee Shoemaker
Maynard Mayer
Art Holt
Ollie Brogren
Francis Rose
Ed McGowan
McGowan
Grace
Benish Hall
Edna Mayer
Sidney
Ivan Walker
Charles Mayer
Goodview Community News Roundup Opens With Picnic Notes
Goodview school closed Friday for a picnic at Oberfelder grove. Supt. Robert Anderson traveled home near Lisco. Mildred Hecox returned home near Gothenburg. Ruth Emig went to Fremont. Esther Warthen to Hubbell. Senior class members named: Viola Scharrel Florence Still Merva Jean King Margar et Thompson. Well Worthwhile club reorganized with Mrs. R O Bond elected president and officers named. Projects leaders chosen as Mrs. James Campbell and Mrs. Claire Adams. Music class reorganized under A E Kinney with several pupils beginning summer work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodview
Oberfelder Grove
Robert Anderson
Lisco
Mildred Hecox
Gothenburg
Ruth Emig
Fremont
Esther Warthen
Hubbell
Viola Scharrel
Florence Still
Merva Jean King
Margaret Thompson
Will
R. O. Bond
Roy Wolfe
Kord Dykman
Marion Wolfe
James Campbell
Claire Adams
A. E. Kinney
Mary Jane
Evelyn
Marjorie Kastens
Phyllis Campbell
Joyce Adams
Marjorie Grimes
Lois Jean Munson
Fred Franklin
Hastings
Hasting College
Floyd Stoll
August
Wilbur Christensen
Bud
Don Swanson
John Easters
Meadow Lawn Social Notes From the Mayer Home
Meadow Lawn society column records overnight guests at the Charles Mayer home. Families visiting include the Coulters and Edna Mayer, with others from Ansley and nearby towns attending suppers and shows. The week ends with a school picnic at Randall's Grove and a gathering at the Mayer residence.
Social notes from local families visit and games
Lorenzo and Mrs Meijer hosted visitors at the Frank Meier home while J D Bolton and Bobby visited relatives in Denver Fort Morgan. J B Carl returned from Fort Morgan after ten days with Bolton. Coney family from Sunnyside Wash stayed with Payzant. Otto Raddatz and Violet joined Bertha Anderson family Sunday. Patty Ted Fleming Murray returned from Lincoln and North Bend. Hugh Paris called on Meier. Kimball beat Peetz 6 to 8. Walker family spent weekend with Walker kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Raddatz
Stanley
Violet
Frank Meier
J. D. Bolton
Bobby
Denver
Fort Morgan
J. B. Carl
John Coney
Jean
June
Sunnyside
Wash
Hugh Paris
Kimball
Peetz
Charles Walker
Raymond and
Eula Fern
Bert Walker
Medicine Row
Wye
Hugh Cortney
Colorado
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Mexico
Wyoming
Carlsbad Caverns
Raymond
Eula Fern Walker
H. P. Cortney
Nick Brachtenbach
Harry Fleming
Elmer Harlan
Patline
Max Smith
Sterling
George Fleming
Melvin Phelps
Walter Phelps
Ervin Phelps
Jimmy Dean
Harold ‘Arthur
Ed Walker
James Walker
Vernon
Ed .Walker
Local social notes and a Spanish warship attack headline
A string of social visits and family gatherings is noted across Medicine Row with gatherings at Cortneys, Meiers, Phelps, Harlan, Fleming, Walker and related households. The report closes with a brief wartime item: Spanish planes attacked a warship, named as the Admiral Scheer, in the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spanish Ministry of Defense
Admiral Scheer
German government reports deadly attack on battleship off Ibiza
Berlin says a criminal attack on the pocket battleship Deutschland near Ibiza left 20 sailors dead and 73 wounded as Chancellor Hitler convened cabinet session and the government pledged measures to be announced to the European non intervention committee in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hitler
Deutchland
Balearic
Ibiza
European Non-Intervention Committee
Lon
Fire kills seven in Maryland straw berry shanty blaze
A straw berry pickers' shanty near Marion Station Maryland burned killing seven Negroes, raising weeklong deaths to eleven. Sheriff Dryden and deputies pursued clues toward incendiary origins, with Deputy Dorsey naming two suspects in an earlier four fatal fire. In Ohio, Youngstown leaders warned of a steel dependent economy facing a crippling strike that left at least 173,000 idle as negotiations stalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crisfield
Marion Station
William H. Dryden
Isaac Dorsey
Dorsey Hall
Youngstown
Berlin antisemitic bans deepen Nazi cultural exile
The article notes Jews in Germany being pushed out of public life by the regime as Goebbels proclaims bans across theatre film opera and journalism. It also reports air raids on Barcelona and Valencia with hundreds dead or injured, plus a Washington debate on highway expenditure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Joseph Paul Goebbels
Leo Blech
State Opera
Relief Bill Hurdles Slow as House Bloc Delays Decision
White House and Capitol leaders held talks to resolve amendments that would earmark 505 million of the 1 billion relief fund for public works flood control and roads. Administration seeks自由 allocation. A pact on public works and flood control appears satisfactory but full agreement hinges on the house roads committee meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Capitol
House
House Roads Committee
Nomesteaders Cooking Club Formed by 4-H Workers
The Homesteaders 4-H cooking club organized by County Agent Swinbank at the E. M. Nelson home last Tuesday has eight charter members. Officers include Arleigh Nelson president Cecil Nelson vice president Myril Stewart secretary Kathryn Peterson assistant leader Cressie Nelson reporter Delores Struve song leader and Mrs Maurice Nelson leader. Miss McKee was a visitor and offered club work information. Lunch was served after the meeting and the next gathering is planned at Mrs Maurice Nelson’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homesteaders
Swinbank
E. M. Nelson
Arleigh Nelson
Cecil Nelson
Myril Stewart
Kathryn Peterson
Cressie Nelson
Delores Struve
Maurice Nelson
Miss McKee
Card of Thanks for Eighth Grade Graduation
Mrs Gertrude Nelson county superintendent thanks Mayor Roche city officials J W Cochran and junior high music students for their cooperation in making eighth grade graduation exercises last Friday a complete success.
Market Quotations From Wheat to Eggs in Aged Ledger
Prices quoted include wheat at 1105 corn 1.15 eats 50 barley 70 hens 42 pounds and various No 1 No 2 and No 6 classifications plus Leghorn broilers colored springs and old roosters. Butterfat 26 eggs No 1 14. This fragment shows a dense list of farm product prices and grade references without broader market context.
Disarming Humor as Weapon Against Hostility
Humor is presented as an effective tool to lessen aggression and defuse tense situations. The piece argues wit can soften hostility, encourage dialogue, and reduce conflict in social interactions.
Local Folk Take Trips And Plan Cabin Camp Near Denver
Mr and Mrs A D Greenlee traveled to Albuquerque New Mexico for a few days visiting Mrs Greenlee’s parents Mr and Mrs E A Spitler and Roy Spitler. Mrs Mary Kolterman and son Alfred and Janice visited relatives in Lincoln. Mrs Kolterman’s daughter Eena Dagenforde stayed with Mr and Mrs Paul Ohlbrecht, who are siblings of Mrs Kolterman. Mr and Mrs Ray Ohlbrecht of Denver visited Sidney with his parents. P J Ackles bought land west of Denver on Colfax to build a cabin camp, planning to stay in Sidney until late week then move to Denver to start building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Greenlee
Albuquerque N M
Greenlee
E A Spitler
Roy Spitler
Gallup N M
Albuquerque
Mary Kolterman
Alfred
Janice
Lincoln
Airs
Kolterman
Eena Dagenforde
Hebron
Paul Ohlbrecht
Ohlbrecht
Ray Ohlbrecht
Denver
P. J. Ackles
Colfax Avenue
Ackles
Sidney
Writing in the Sand by a Huron County Teacher
In early Huron county Ohio teacher Joseph Dana faced scarce supplies and used outdoor sand tracing to teach spelling grammar and arithmetic, directing pupils to form letters and numbers in the sand as a practical lesson in resourcefulness and willpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron County
Ohio
Joseph Dana
Racial theory cited on nasal cartilage differences
A Colier's Weekly piece asserts that thousands of Africans and other octaroans possess a nasal cartilage unique to their race, claiming the tissue is seven eighths white and a sole distinguishing feature. The theory is presented as a racial characteristic without scientific backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thrausth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jean Doty
College of Business Administration
Delta Gamma Sorority
Cynthhe
Pedley
Yean
Dary
Margaret M
Kay
Flora
Gurley
Oshkosh
Ozark Mountains
University of Colorado At Boulder
J. H. O’neil
Union Pacific
O'Neil
J. W. Goodale
J. L. Tewell
E. L. Uptegrove
Bridgettes Club
L. L. Christy
Ed Ahrens
Young’s Safe
Perkins Home
F. H. Wolf
K. S. Agnew
St. Martha’s Guild
St. Martha's Guild
Episcopal Church
C. S. Radcliffe
Country Club
E. D. Worden
J. A. Bentley
G. P. Kratz
P. J. Heaton
Francis Willard Union
Court House
Louis Benninghouse
Everett Foster
Gus Hellbush
D. P. Ells
J. W. Neilsen
J. L. Tyner
W. J. Shoemaker
Presbyterian Circle
E. W. Childs
T. W. Hawkins
J. C. Swinbank
Ecerch
Willing Workers Aid Society
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Legion Rooms
Methodist Kensington
Frances Willard Kensington
W. J. Perry
West
Center
Ruth Osborn
Atlantic
Henry T
Dick) Merrill
Inset
Flyer
John S
Jack) Lambie
New York
London
Floyd Bennett Field
John Kastens
Mable Amsden
Velma Campbell
York
Kearney
Hubert Bourdegard
Meadow Lawn
James Coulter
Randall’s Grove
Andrew Samp
Lorenzo
Frank Meijer
Lewis Canons
Barcelona
Spain
Valencia
Mallorca
Balearics
Washington
Barker Cleaners
Jackson Street
Smith-Hughes School
the Barker Cleaners
Jackson St
Nomesteaders Cooking Club
Adlerika
Western Drug Company
Chick Boyes
City Auditorium
Central Shoe Store
Bette Davis
Humphrey" Bogart
Ola Lane
Isabel Jewell
Eduardo Cianweill
Jane Bryan
Rosalind Marolis
Mayo Methot
Allen Jenkins
Sohn Lifel
Ben Welden
Henry O'Neill
Harry Warren
al Dubin
Lloyd Bacon
Ruby Keeler
Lee Dixon
Wini Shaw
Ross Alexander
Hugh O’connell
Warner Bros
Ray Enright
Johnny Marcer
Richard Whiting
Fitzpatrick
Bombay
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