Trade Fair Canceled In Sid ney But Wheat Spraying Update Given
The Sid ney Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce retailers committee announced no May Trade Fair due to lack of a suitable downtown venue after Elks Building remodeling. Outdoor exhibits were deemed impractical. study continues for 1970 revival. Separately ag officials advised against spraying wheat now, recommending rain moisture instead to curb cutworms, with further field checks planned next week.
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Sidney
Elks
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Retailers Committee
National Guard Armory
Tom Kokjer
Kokjer Motor Co
Neil Allison
Masek’s
Cheyenne County
Ivan Liljegren
Liljegren
Deuel County
Ray Sall
Ralph Anderson
Kimball-Banner County
Cheyenne
Hagen
School board meets senator on service unit cuts
Educational Service Unit 19 board members Administrator Bill Kelley and County Superintendent IA Caldwell met State Senator Robert Clark to discuss SB 1341. The bill would reduce service units from 19 to 13, consolidating Units 17 18 and 19 across the Panhandle, which the board opposes. They also explored the premature move to eliminate the county superintendent’s office, arguing the office is still needed.
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Educational Service Unit 19
Bill Kelley
Caldwell
Robert Clark
Panhandle
Citizens to Meet in Cheyenne County Development Event
Citizens for Cheyenne County Development will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday April at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. Public is invited and urged to attend.
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Citizens For
Cheyenne County
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Lodgepole Youth Seek Constitution for Center
A delegation from Lodgepole youth will appear at the village board meeting next Monday to submit a constitution for a planned Youth Center. If the board approves, renovations on the old stone hotel will begin as the recreation center for local youths, with strong adult support and recent rapid planning.
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Lodgepole
Willis King Honored for 45 Years at Lincoln Event
Willis King, an employee of the City of Sidney, received a certificate for 45 years of service in the electrical department at a Nebraska League of Municipalities meeting in Lincoln. He has spent most of his tenure with the Sidney power plant. Drive carefully.
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Sidney
Willis King
Nebraska League of Municipalities
Lincoln
Employment Office Loses Longtime Sidney Employee
Miss Harriet Holt, with the Nebraska State Employment office in Sidney since 1943, will retire May 31 after a career spanning Bayard, Bridgeport and Sidney. Hiring by Francis Hiner, she witnessed oil booms, harvest rushes, and office moves, remaining a familiar face in four counties. Her colleagues praise her unchanged appearance and dedication.
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Nebraska State Employment Office
Sidney
Harriet Holt
Scottsbluff
North Platte
Holt
Francis Hiner
Kokjer Motor Co
11Th Avenue
Telegraph
Hardy
10Th Avenue
Miss Holt
Harlan’s Bakery
Bayard
Bayard Transcript
Bridgeport
Morrill
Panhandle forecast predicts warm spell with showers
The panel forecasts fair conditions this afternoon tonight and Friday with highs in the 60s and lows around 35 to 45. Five day outlook shows temperatures about 10 degrees above normal through Wednesday, highs 65 to 75 and lows in the 30s, with a chance of showers early next week and again midweek.
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Panhandle
Zeto
Frontier Airlines
Senior Citizens Meeting Is Set for Cheyenne County
A special Cheyenne County Senior Citizens organization meeting is planned for next Tuesday evening, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the East Ward School auditorium to discuss establishing a Senior Citizens Center. Attendance is urged.
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Cheyenne County Senior Citizens Organization
East Ward
Unit 19 Board To Meet With Rural Members
Rural school boards will be guests of the Unit board at a 6:30 dinner meeting on Wednesday evening April 9 in the Yendis Cafe. Bill Kelley administrator will give a slide presentation detailing the Unit’s work.
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Yendis
Bill Kelley
Duane
Firemen Meet and Respond to Farm Fire West of Sidney
Sidney Volunteer Fire Department held its regular meeting Thursday night and was called out to a fire on the Everett Mohatt farm four and a half miles west of Sidney at about 9:30 p m. Rain had extinguished the blaze by the time crews arrived with only weeds burned and no damage reported. The department also debated moving the state fire convention away from Sidney next fall due to a conflicting teachers convention set for October 23 to 25 with no decision reached.
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Sidney
Everett Mohatt
Equalization Meeting Set Back Thursday
Cheyenne County Commissioners postpones their board of equalization meeting to secure a Brandt Appraisal Company representative. County Clerk Ralph Englert says a future meeting will occur and be announced in The Telegraph.
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Cheyenne County
Board of Equalization
Brandt Appraisal Company
Ralph Englert
Near
Fueture
Rural school problems talk by Kahl and Caldwell
Kahl, member of the 19 board, will discuss common problems of rural schools, while I A Caldwell, county superintendent, will speak on legislation. The event highlights governance and educational policy issues for local districts.
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Kahl
I. A. Caldwell
Prominent South Divide Farmer Dies After Car Crash
Richard Davison, former Sidney resident, died Thursday at the Veterans Hospital in Lincoln after a lingering illness. Survived by mother Rose Davison of Sidney, wife Ruth, daughters Kathy and Lois of York Ned, and preceded by sister Verna Heizer and father D E Davison. Funeral plans pending in York.
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Richard Davison
Sidney
Veteran’s Hospital
Lincoln
Rose Davison
Ruth
Kathy
Lois
York
Ned
Verna Heizer
D. E. Davison
Waite Rites Set On Monday
Cheyenne County mourns William F Waite 68 a longtime resident who died after a long illness at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Dalton Funeral services will be at Grace Lutheran Gurley with interment at Greenwood Cemetery Craig Holechek Funeral Home in charge Waite born Oct 8 1900 in South Omaha moved with family to Iowa then Lodgepole later life on Tank farm near Gurley Dalton He is survived by widow a son a daughter two grandchildren four brothers three sisters and many relatives Memorials to Gurley and Dalton fire departments and Grace Lutheran Church.
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Cheyenne County
William F. Waite
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Dalton
Grace Lutheran Church
William Frederick Waite
South Omaha
Neb
William
Louisa Baker Waite
Iowa
Lodgepole
Marie Tank
Sidney
Tank Farm
Gurley-Dalton
Gurley
Dalton Lions Club
Roland
Carol Reed
Aurora
Colo
Paula Rae
Rollie John Waite
Herman
Vancouver
Wash
Arthur
Woodbine
Edward
George
St. Helens
Ore
Anna Shepard
Risgah
Clara Huffaker
Des Moines
South Divide
Emanuel Brauer
Brauer
Don Tedesco
Max Ibach
Nebraska State Patrol
Oren Cox
Mr. Brauer
Susan Brakhage Brauer
Anna Marie Moeller
Colton
Roland of
Stanton
Gillette
Wyo
Alvin
Altus
Okla
Lloyd
Vern
Ed Frakes
Lucille
Scottsbluff
Ervin Kreinbring
Eleanora
James Leech
Betty
North Platte
John
Erich
Theodore
Albert
Bushnell
Kansas City
Kan
Martha Max
Wilmington, Il
Suzinda Sagehorn
Cleveland
Ohio
Susan Hahler
Community chairmen named for Cheyenne cancer drive
Chairmen for the Cheyenne County cancer fund drive have been named by Mrs. Myrtle Simmerman, head of the county American Cancer Society chapter. Local leaders include Leslie Landmesser in Sidney, A A Fenske and John Webb in Potter area, and several co chairs in Sunol, Lodgepole, Dalton, Gurley, Lorenzo, and Brownson. Campaign materials were distributed at a Legion Club meeting in Sidney with Bill Boston from Scottsbluff as guest. The county drive, largely a one day event, will occur Sunday, April 13. Great strides have been made in the fight against cancer, and donors are urged to give.
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Cheyenne County Cancer Fund
Myrtle Simmerman
American Cancer Society
Sidney
Potter McGuyer
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Leslie Landmesser
Potter
Clarence Meyer
Lodgepole
Ray Henke
Ernest
Dalton
Doris Mahin
Gurley
Leonard Rieken
Floyd Fleming
Lorenzo
Leo Whetstone
Brownson
Legion Club
Bill Boston
Scottsbluff
Welcome Rain Accompanies A Lightning Display
A brilliant display of lightning moved in from the west early Thursday evening developing into the season's first electrical storm. Lightning snapped for several hours with light rainfall measured at 0.32 inches by the FAA station. Temperatures ranged 29 to 69 Wednesday, 35 to 73 Thursday, and 41 to 50 by midmorning today.
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Federal Aviation Flight Service
Feedlots Must Be Registered
Lincoln Nebraska feedlot owners are urged by the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture and Home Economics to register their feedlots. There is no penalty for registering now, though registration should have been completed by July 1 1968.
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Lincoln
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture and Home Economics
Nebraska
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