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Newspaper
The Telegraph News
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1939
Page
1
A man in a car fatally injured a coyote that darted onto a highway west of Potter near the Coulter farm. The driver backed up to load the carcass, then brought it into town. Coyotes are reported more plentiful this year.
Dedication of a monument at Mud Springs north of Dalton marks the historic Pony Express and telegraph station. The Nebraska State Historical Society will accept a land deed from Mrs. Etta Scherer and heirs to preserve the site, with hundreds expected to attend and a picnic lunch encouraged.
A fire of undetermined origin damaged the Robert J. Wait residence at 1318 Forrest Street Sunday afternoon. The blaze confined to the basement and one chimney but caused heavy smoke and water damage to the house and contents. Mrs. P. J. Heaton saw the fire, and firefighters kept the blaze from spreading further. the cause remains unclear despite a morning laundry stove fire being considered unlikely.
University of Nebraska state museum field party will work near Oskosh this summer for the first time. Giant camel bones found there prompted the expedition. Two Lincoln départs headed to Hemingford quar ries and Broadwater fossil beds with further digs planned in Gordon Crawford Brady Oskosh Ogallala and New Mexico Carlsbad caverns.
Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Johnson 79 will be held this afternoon at the Lutheran church in Potter with Dr. W. T. Kahse of Sidney officiating. Interment follows at Smyrna cemetery northeast of Potter. Rice Funeral Home directs. Mrs. Johnson died Sunday in a Sidney hospital after a long illness. She was born in Sweden and settled in Cheyenne county in 1889. She lived on the Potter area homestead before moving to Sidney after 1895 and later to her son Alfred’s home amid declining health.
Four Nebraska 4 H delegates Winona Francke Clyde Althouse Harold Stevens and Margaret Miller will attend the national 4 H club camp in Washington D C with L I Frisbie and Mrs Mary Nelson guiding them The group will travel via Chicago Detroit Niagara Falls New York Annapolis and Philadelphia to a seven day camp with delegates from 42 states and Puerto Rico They will visit the White House Capitol Mount Vernon and other national sites
Spike Films shown Friday night by the Rotary Club featured two sets of moving pictures by Kermit Moore and W. P. Ackerman. A group photo in old time clothes was taken during the build up and submitted to the Rotarian magazine for publication.
Four hundred attended the Walther League Zone rally in Sidney. Gerhardt Bergt of Potter was elected zone president for the coming year and will lead the 1940 session. Other officers named include Bette Mehner secretary Bernice Bergt treasurer and Jeanette Aurich reporter.
The city of Sidney hires Tallon and Martin Scottsbluff auditors to supervise a new set of books covering most municipal operations. Changes focus on city clerk and city treasurer offices to simplify work and cut annual auditing effort. Water department changes are minor per Water Commissioner Carl C. Jones. The auditors must provide a year's supervision as part of the agreement.
Jess Tompkins of Sidney Country Club won the championship with a 147 over 36 holes. He led with a 71 in morning stroke play and finished ahead of Clark Grieve who totaled 151. Don Jorgenson and Lezotte also placed in the field with 160 and 165 respectively. Ingrovstadt from Ogallala also competed.
Stuart K. Bush and Leroy D. Willey Jr of Sidney and Ray L. Cruise of Gurley were among 884 graduates at the 68th annual commencement of the University of Nebraska held in the Coliseum Monday morning. Bush earned the M D degree, Willey the bachelor of science in chemical engineering, and Cruise the bachelor of science in agriculture. Dr. F B Jewett of New York City spoke on Forty One Years After Graduation.
Lee McKibbin, 61, of Peetz, died Sunday after two years of declining health. She arrived with husband Lee thirty years ago, lived on a Peetz area farm, then moved to town. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 PM at Peetz Community Church with Rev. Taylor and Rev. Reiser officiating. Interment in Peetz Cemetery, Gerrg Funeral Home in charge. The couple had no children.
Judge J L Tewell of Sidney was elected president of the western Nebraska bar association at the Scottsbluff convention. The 13th district judge will host the 1940 meeting in Sidney in early June.
Six hundred ladies completed the Telegraph cooking school sessions with high praise for director Miss Dorothy Gill home economist. About nine hundred attended over two days and Friday’s session nearly filled the theatre as prizes and foods valued at over fifty dollars were distributed to participants.
Fox Theatre in Billings reports strong bookings led by Return of the Cisco Kid on Friday and Saturday. Sunday debut of Young Mr Lincoln stars Henry Fonda in Nebraska. Additional titles include Pygmalion San Francisco Let Freedom Ring Prairie Moon Rose of Washington Square and more with Dark Victory featuring Bette Davis currently showing.
Present and former members of the C. C. girls and Huntsman Hustlers 4-H clubs staged a program at the Dis. 77 school house last Friday night to honor Mrs. W. E. Brockelsby and other 4-H workers for a remarkable community record. The event also celebrated 25 years of Agricultural Extension work with the C. C. girls club dating to 1927. The groups reported 36 and 16 completed projects respectively, including national trip winners and state champions, highlighting sustained guidance from Brockelsby and leaders.
Willi e Franklin, a Negro hotel porter, was arrested Sunday after Nebraska State Liquor Commission investigator JL Buss said he sought to buy a pint of liquor. County Attorney R P Kepler filed a complaint charging sale of liquor without a license. Franklin sought a Monday hearing but the judge was away.
The tenth annual Gift Of God pageant in Bayard Nebraska runs June 13 to 16 drawing thousands from across the state and nation for the Passion Play on the Prairies. The production involves hundreds in the cast chorus back stage helpers ushers and traffic police with many more serving year round on committees. Continued on Page 6 Col 2.
The golden jubilee Nebraska Stockgrowers convention in Alliance runs June 8 to 10. About 1,000 to 1,200 delegates and visitors are expected with many staying three days. President Hansen opens the 1 PM session at the Elks club on June 8 with Dutch lunch and a ladies’ program. a banquet and dance follow.
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