Progress Day Draws 6000 Farmers to Demonstrations
Progress Day launching last year by Sidney firms and Panhandle Farm Equipment Day has grown into an interstate expo. More than 50 farm equipment firms and the University of Nebraska back the event with machinery displays and educational exhibits. John Egging notes short equipment demonstrations will replace long talks. Dawn program starts 9 30 a m at the Egging Co site four miles south and 4 1 2 miles east of Gurley. A irrigation sprinkler demo is scheduled at 3 p m on the Olson and Luehrs farm west of Sidney on Highway 30.
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Sidney Equipment
Legging Co
University of Nebraska
John Egging
Westrn
Egging Co
Gurley
Albin Olson
Elberne Luehrs
Sidney
Highway 30
Progress Day Displays Will Be Highlights
Educational displays will feature the Panhandle Farm Equipment Progress Day at the Egging Co. site near Gurley next Wednesday. Inside display booths will include items on traffic safety soil conservation noxious weeds chemical and fertilizer applications and other exhibits by equipment people. Attendees can register for prizes from Sidney Merchants lunch will be provided by local organizations transportation from the airport or downtown to the site and shuttle service at the site between machinery displays and a drawing for a grand prize of a 12 inch portable TV.
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Panhandle Farm Equipment & Progress
Egging Co
Gurley
Sidney Merchants
Debate At Kimball Monday On LB 301
A county wide 7:30 p m meeting at Kimball High School will televise LB 301 the school law creating special services in underserved areas. Speakers include J H Brauer Jr secretary of the Nebraska School Improvement Association opposing the bill and Richard Brown secretary manager of the Nebraska School Boards Association supporting it.
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Kimball
J.H. Brauer, Jr
Nebraska School Improvement Association
Richard (Ick) Brown
Nebraska School Boards Association
Twentyfold Growth at Sidney Training Center Enrollment
Enrollment at the Sidney Occupational Training School sits at 106 this week as 40 new students arrive. SOTC coordinator Joe Schaf reports 14 joining tractor mechanics, 14 auto mechanics, and 12 body and fender classes. A further class of about 10 students will enroll in Culinary Arts next Monday, April 18.
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Sidney Occupational Training School
Joe Schaf
SOTC
Mrs. Troutman Heads Garden Club District
At the Nebraska Federation of Garden Clubs district conference in Dalton 107 ladies attended. Mrs. Gilebert Troutman of Big Springs was named president and Marian Cabela of Chappell assistant director. Glenn Viehmeyer of North Platte spoke on civic improvement. Dalton's railroad park was visited. The 1967 district conference will be at Big Springs. national convention May 8-12 in New Orleans and state convention October 2-3 in Lincoln.
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Nebraska Federation of Garden Clubs
Dalton
Gilebert Troutman
Big Springs
Marian Cabela
Chappell
Glenn Viehmeyer
North Platte Experiment Station
New Orleans
Lincoln
Open House at SOTC Set for May 8
The Sidney Occupational Training Center announces its second annual open house on Sunday May 8 from 1 to 4 p m. Coordinator Joe Schaf invites the public to tour the greatly expanded facilities and observe classes in operation with students demonstrating training in classrooms and shops.
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Sidney
Joe Schaf
Mr. Schaf
New Students Arrive Sparsely as Graduates Enter Labor Market
The arrival of new students is spaced this year to aid assimilation and prevent a flood of graduates into the labor market. Schaf announced a new assistant instructor in the body and tender department will begin May 16. The school still needs assistant instructors in tractor and auto mechanics.
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Schaf
Miss Fort Sidney Days Contest Opens Entries
Seven young women have entered the Miss Fort Sidney Days pageant with more time for entrants. The event airs May 7 at 8 pm in the Sidney Junior High School Auditorium, hosted by Keith Williams. Scholarships and a trip to Miss Nebraska await the winner, with Susan DeVier crowning the 1965 queen.
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Fort Sidney
A. A. Fen- Ske
Sundl
Susan DeVier
Sidney Business Institute
Mary Jurgens
Gurley
Carol Hickox
Sidney
Diane Sedgwick
Kathy Curless
Carolyn Burdick
Dalton
Billie Jo Amith
Joan Tucker
Rehmer
Bud Madsen Rites Held Wednesday
Services for E. J. Bud Madsen aged 49 were held Wednesday at Christ Episcopal Church with Rev. Fred Parks presiding. Pallbearers listed. interment at Greenwood Cemetery. Survived by mother Effie Madsen a son Christopher two daughters Leona DeGaugh Julie two sisters Ruby Carter Leola Bishop a brother Alvin Madsen one grandchild. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge.
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E. J
Bud) Madsen
Christ Episcopal Church
Fred Parks
Rapid City
S. D
Mel Adams
Cliff Nienhaeser
Merle Spearow
Carl Christ, Jr
Guy Fulbright
Bill Highland
Greenwood Cemetery
Effie Madsen
Christopher
North Palm Beach
Fla
DeGaugh
Willeford Rites Today At Peetz
Mrs. Eva Willeford 81 died Wednesday at Poudre Valley Memorial Hospital Fort Collins. Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Peetz Evangelical United Brethren Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens Sterling. Surviving are daughter Evelyn Schachterle Englewood Colo sons Robert E Buena Park Calif Dr Jack Willeford Fort Collins and Edgar G Long Beach Calif plus four stepchildren and a sister. She was a long time Peetz resident, member of the church and several local groups.
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Eva Wileford
Peetz
Poudre Valley Memorial Hospital
Fort Collins
Colo
Willeford
Evelyn Schachterle
Englewood
Robert E
Buena Park
Calif
Jack Willeford
Edgar G
Long Beach Calif
Alice Hubbard
Sidney
Amy Larson
Potter
Fay Woods
Des Moines
Iowa
Glen Willeford
Sterling
Hazel Berges
Peetz Eub
Rebekah Lodge
EUB Women’s Auxiliary
16 Entries In Dalton Talent Show at School Auditorium
Dalton Lions Club hosts 16 entries in a Saturday talent show at the School Auditorium with 8 p.m. start. Winners in three divisions advance to the District Talent Show in Kimball Sunday afternoon, April 24. Proceeds fund a youth program and public performance opportunities.
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Dalton Lions Club
Dalton
Kimball
The
Lions
Charles Geller
Lawrence Marrin
Elwin Linton
Kenneth McRoberts
Labor Shortage Shrinks Seasonal Labor in Four Counties
In four county area labor supply fell over ten percent last month as seasonal workers return to jobs. Francis Hiner of Sidney employment office says supply is 15 percent below April 1 1965 and demand in many occupations will rise due to brighter farm prospects. Outside recruitment and full time farm program staff are planned. unemployment claims eased from last month, with high school and college students seeking summer work.
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Four County
Francis Hiner
Sidney
Rites set Monday for L J Damm longtime Nebraska farmer
Lambertus J. Damm 89 died at Memorial Hospital after 12 days in failing health. Service Monday at 10 from Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Rev John Stayton of First Methodist officiating. Burial Greenwood cemetery. Born December 1 1876 in Ostfriesland Germany he moved to Bruning Nebraska then Cheyenne County in 1918. Survived by one daughter Mrs Harry Anderson Sidney one son Henry Damm California 13 grandchildren 32 great grandchildren. wife and three children preceded him in death.
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Lambertus J. Damm
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Damm
Gehrig and Son Funeral
John Stayton
First Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Ostfiesland
Germany
Pieke S. Damm
Bruning
Neb
Cheyenne County
Bronson
Etta A. Demer
Harry Anderson
Sidney
Henry Damm
California
Dies In Local Hotel Near Baker Oregon
Vern S. Brown 83 died suddenly of a heart attack today in a local motel while en route to Boise Idaho. He operated a theatre in Missouri Valley Iowa and was a long time Baker Oregon resident. Survivors include wife Clara and son Robert E of Dallas Texas. Burial will be in Baker Oregon. body being sent to Oregon for services. Gehrig and Son in charge of local arrangements.
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Vern S. Brown
Boise
Idaho
Missouri Valley
Iowa
Mr. Brown
Baker
Ore
Clara
Robert E
Dallas
Tex
Oregon
Gehrig and Son
Lt Frederick to Viet Nam reassignment announced
Second Lt. John W. Frederick, formerly transportation officer at Sioux Army Depot, is reassigned to duty in Vietnam per Lt. Col. Cyril P. Williams. He has been at the depot since May last year and departed last week for new duties. His wife Maureen and infant daughter Nancy will live in Grand Junction, Colorado while he serves overseas.
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John W. Frederick
Sioux Army Depot
Viet Nam
Cyril P. Williams
Frederick
Maureen
Nancy
Grand Junction
Colo
Weather Panhandle Forecast
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with a chance of brief showers Saturday afternoon. Low tonight 35 to 45, high Saturday 60 to 70. Five day outlook shows temperatures near normal through Wednesday, cooler early next week then warming. Highs near 60, lows in the 30s, scattered showers indicated.
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Panhandle
Navy Accepts Five More Recruits From Cheyenne County
Five Cheyenne County youths join the Navy with recruits Leslie Flohr and Haskell reporting to San Diego for training. Flohr, a Dalton native, earned an advance pay grade due to aviation college credits and will receive 14 days home leave after training. Also enlisting are Donald Morris, James Kallhoff, James Pelster, and Thomas Haskell, with Morris and Pelster finishing high school in May and June and entering active duty soon after.
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Cheyenne County
M. C. Cleaver
BMI
U.S. Navy
Leslie Fred Flohr
Fred Flohr
Dalton
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Flohr
Navy
Haskell
Devel County High School
Chappell
Donald Ray Morris
Eugene E. Morris
Sky Road
James Lee Kallhoff
Rose Kennedy
James Joseph Pelster
Leonard L. Pelster
Thomas Ray Haskell
James M. Haskell
Lodgepole
Morris
Pelster
Kallhoff
Sidney High School
Dalton High School
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Duchess
Buck Doane
Alliance
Mr. Doane
Mrs. Troutman
Bud
MDTA
Manpower Development Training Administration
Nebraska
Omaha
C. P. Williams
Devel County
Bob Woolman
John Weshing
Paula
Judy Schinzel
My Shadow
Henry
Carol
Lyle Geller
Dale Henke
Pat Schinzel
Wilma Petersons
Kathy Kurth
Vickie Rathman
Ann Thompson
Pam Martin
Billy Bayon
Susan Allen
Baratone
Rex Prather
Betty Jean Weed
Mary Ellen Adams
Dennis Ravert
Steve Allen
Connie Flora
Mary Ellen Adam
Woolman
Deuel
L. J. Damm
U. S
Greenwich
Thomas R, Haskell
James J, Pelster
James L, Kallhoff
Leslie F, Flohr
Donald R,jorris
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