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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1964
Page
12
Ordville and Sioux Army Depot personnel are invited to submit news items for publication in this special weekly column. Share assignments transfers awards or notable events for fellow service members and local readers.
Local families share Easter visits and gatherings as relatives travel to and from Lincoln Denver and Cheyenne. Guests include Hradecky Averys Wiggs and many others. Events span weddings plans, church activities, Girl Scout meetings, and community notices across Sidney and nearby towns.
The Community Church of Sioux Army Depot invites the public to Sunday worship at 11:00 a.m. and a 7:30 p.m. Easter vesper with the film The Power of the Resurrection on April 12. Also noted is Everglades National Park's vast watery prairie with islands and mahogany and gumbo limbo trees.
Lincoln report says 430 bank presidents in Nebraska were urged by the Nebraska Wheat Growers Association to contact congressmen to vote for a new voluntary wheat certificate bill. Wayne B. Allen notes passage would maintain farmers income. defeat could cut 1964 wheat prices by at least 70 cents per bushel, harming county economies and farm operations.
The Sidney Public Library will receive the Dorothy Canfield Fisher award at a Sunday ceremony on April 12 for its Bookmobile service. Since the service began, total checkouts grew to 53,410 from March 1962 to March 1964, with Bookmobile lending at 53,220. Juvenile fiction declined slightly as the program attracted more school readers while adult non fiction rose 18.3 percent and adult fiction 8.4 percent. juvenile circulation remains 75-80 percent due to school stops. The award includes a $1,000 book purchase grant and credits the entire Cheyenne County for the enhanced services.
The Sidney Public Library, strained by a surge of high schoolers, shelves scarce short stories by Poe Hawthorne and Irving while students rush for classics like Jane Eyre Pride and Prejudice Les Miserables Ethan Frome Gone With The Wind. Inter library loans supplement but deadlines push topics to fit available titles as 9 p.m. closes approach. Teen readers also seek light romance and mystery alongside weighty tomes.
Pheme 234 5555 and Telegraph Printing Co Inc advertise quick printing with pickup and delivery. The notice lists the phone number and address 890 lith Ave.
An Air Force family traveling from Huttleston Virginia toward Mountain View Air Force Base Idaho were in a Friday dawn accident on Highway 30 near Sunol. 15 month old Donald Ray Overstreet died Saturday night from spinal meningitis after a cold. Airman 2c Overstreet, 21, was seriously injured. Mrs Overstreet and two younger children remained at Sioux Army Depot. Funeral plans set for Roanoke Virginia with Gehrig and Son directing local arrangements.
The District 38N Lions Clubs Talent Contest will be presented at Dalton Sunday April 12 starting at 2 p.m. Entries will come from throughout the district with Gordon as its northernmost point extending from North Platte to Bushnell. Junior intermediate and senior divisions make up the competitive classes with first and second place winners chosen in each division. First place win—
Entrants will enter the contest at the state convention to be held in Kearney on June 5 6 and 7. Second place winners will serve as alternates.
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