The Sidney herald., 1955-05-12

] family, and with Mrs. Charlotte lines.
She came to attend uneral services
for Bill Fox, whose obituary appears
in this issue of h Herald.
Elmer S~orenSOn, manager of the
Yellowstone Mercantile Co. store, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Roth, manager of the
ladies' ready to wear department, viii
leave Friday for Minneapolis on a
buying trip.
MIR. and Mrs. L.. A. Prichard will
leave Sunday for Pontiac, Michigan,
to take delivery OF a new car which
they viii drive home. They will make
the trip east owe the N. P. from
Glendive direct to Pontiac and will
enjoy a ~leisurely trip home visiting
among friends at various points.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Schmitt returned
last week Wednesday from Spokane,
Wn., to take up their residence here
again.
Mrs. Fred Hurst received a letter
the first OF the week from Mrs. Geo.
Carpenter, living at Nubreber, Calf,
informing her of the recent death of
Mrs. Bert Henry from a Stroke. Wait
ing for some friends to come in to
play cards, she was reading a paper
when she fell from her chair in sud-
den death. Mr.. Carpenter and Mr..
Henry operated a barber shop in Sidney
in the building occupied by the Thrifty
Drug store now and, leaving here
nearly 80 years ago, have been associ-
/ dLCA III LldL On0lAAC02 Al GdlLLOIIlH.
where Mr.. Henry is still working at
the trade. The Henrys were back here
five years ago, but the Carpenters
have never returned. They had many
friends here and early day Sidney
residents will remember them all very
well.
Don Ekedahl is here from Willows.
California, visiting his brother, Leroy
Ekedahl and family and his uncle, OF
to Habedank and family. Making the
trip by car, he is enjoying a vacation
from his work in the advertising sec
ton of the Sears Roebuck store at
Willows, He was here a short time
ten years ago and is surprised at
the growth and development of the
Sidney community in the intervening
time.
Jake Koch is leaving this week for
Eugene, Oregon, where he has been
transferred by the Columbia Powder
Co. He opened the territory here for
the company, in the oil drilling devel-
ment, and is going into the logging
and quarry phase of the business which
uses a lot Of dynamite in Oregon and
northern California. Mrs. Koch and
their three daughters will join him
at Eugene when school is out for the
summer vacation, and the children will
enter the school there in the fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Wheeler arrived
last week from Spokane, Wn, to again
take UP their residence in Sidney.
They spent the winter there with their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Loren Dorothy Gibbs. Mr.. Gibbs
drives a transport for the Union Oil
Co., and they have lived there several
years. Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler left Sid
e three years ago on account of his
health and located at Hamilton, Mon
tana. where they lived until going to
Spokane last fall. They kept their home
here. rented while they were gone,
which they have re-occupied. He is
feeling pretty well again n looking
the part, their friends are happy to
note in welcoming them back. He
says that Spokane is a busy city and
the traffic congestion is a civic prob
lem. Homes are being built by the
hundreds as the city limits keep ex-
banding. The WheelerS lived here II
years during most of which time he
was employed by the state highway
department. Coming from Wichita,
Kansas, he homeSteaded in Mckenzie
county in 1908. Their son Clayton,
well remembered here for his musical
talent. has been pianist with an or
chestra in Honolulu for several years
and sent them plane tickets to visit
him there during the past winter, but
they did not make the trip.
Mrs. Frank (Marian) Tibbs has been
here from Florence, Oregon, called
last week by the death Of her father,
N. H. Nelson. Mr.. and Mrs. TibbS with
their family left here IN 1884 and To-
Gated in Los Angeles where she later
entered the real state business with
fine success. They acquired a beauti-
full summer home at Florence, a popu-
lar ocean resort town. where they es-
capped the heat of L. A. during that
period of the year and finally moved
to make their permanent home there.
Frank likes hunting and fishing and
that is a Sportsman's paradise, she
told us. They have summer cabins on
the lake which are occupied to capaci-
ty by tourists through the summer
months. They are also building a new
home in Florence to be nearer the
schools. The eldest of their three sons
is teaching in the high school at Hol-
lister. Calf, and the second has re-
Gently graduated from UCLA where
he majored in business administration
while the third and youngest is ir
high school at Florence. Two married
daughters are Mrs. Ralph Bentley
! (Florence), with her husband and two
daughters and a son, living in Flor.
ence. and Mrs. VIM. Baugh (Margie)
with her husband and one daughter
living in Los Angeles. Mrs. Tibbs flew
as far as Glendive in coming here anC
will return from there by plane. Hel
brother. Orville, who recently moved
from Portland to Redding, Calf, witt
his family, also flew here for hi
fathers funeral.