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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1940

Page

12

Major League Play Set To Open Today

Opening day forecasts a boisterous race in both leagues with the Yankees as torque favorites. National League matches feature Cincinnati and St Louis as strong contenders, while the day’s games list Chicago at Cincinnati and Pittsburgh at St. Louis among others.

New York Yankees Yankees Cincinnati Reds St. Louis Cardinals National League Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh St. Louis Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia New York American League Washington Cleveland Chicago Detroit Roosevelt

Double Track Meet Slated for April 24 at Sidney

Co Coaches Reed and Brown announced that the Sidney invitational track and field meet will be held Wednesday April 24 with fifteen schools invited. The Lodgepole Valley Athletic Association meet also takes place on Sidney track drawing ten more schools. Officials call the invitational likely the fastest in history as Sidney fields a strong all around team. The Maroons seek top honors as visiting teams prepare to “shoot the works” for trophies awarded to the champion and to the winning relay team.

Sidney Reed Brown Lodgepole Valley Athletic Association Maroons

Sportsmen Opposing Spearing Game Fish

West Nebraska Sportsmen’s Association at Minatare meeting voted to urge the state game commission to ban spears for trout. All 138 members pledged to act as unofficial game wardens and report illegal fishing. They criticized rod and reel activity at Kilpatrick’s Lake and urged anglers to extinguish cigarette stubs and respect property. A state game farm for upland birds was discussed, likely near Lake Minatare, with an early May Bridgeport meeting planned.

West Kilpatrick Lake Minatare Association Bridgeport

Sidney Tennis Team Beats Bridgeport 4 to 2 in Meet

Sidney high school tennis defeated Bridgeport 4 to 2 on Saturday. Singles results show Ellsworth 8-6 6-3 over Mahan, Agnew 6-4 9-7 over Jones, Ackerman 7-5 5-7 8-6 over Galusha. Bridgeport’s Stone defeated Van Gorder 3-6 6-2 5-7. Doubles saw Ellsworth and Agnew take Jones and Mahan 6-4 6-3 while Stone and Galusha beat Ackerman and Slayter 2-6 4-6. FOR SALE: Remittance Books and Order Books. Also inventory books and sheets.

Sidney High School Bridgeport Ellsworth Sidney Mahan Agnew Jones Ackerman Galusha Stone van Gorder Telegraph

Sidney Places 6th In Scottsbluff Contests

Sidney's track team finished sixth at the Scottsbluff relays as Casper dominated with 70 points. Sidney scored 12, with its 440-yard relay win in 74.8 seconds, driven by Bent ley Simms Kratz Cairless. Other placings included 880-yard won by Casper and further showings by Oshkosh Minatare.

Sidney Lennie Darnell Casper Bentley Simms Kratz Cairless Cheyenne Mina

Enlarged Spud Cellar Facilities For Valley

The Nebraska Certified Potato Growers association plans a 170 by 100 foot addition at one North Flatte Valley plant with a 15 000 to 20 000 dollar expansion. The new building will house machinery to double or triple daily washing capacity and include a 50 carload basement storage for ready shipments. The project follows a successful year and earlier washing and grading advances that opened Chicago and distant markets with premiums.

North Flatte Valley Chicago

Lady to Be Official of District Bushnell PTA

Mrs Ralph Hammond of Bushnell has been named assistant director of the sixth district P TA Comprised of Kimball Cheyenne Banner Devel and Keith counties Hammond will assist groups seeking to form P TA units The district conference is set for April 26 at Lyman with state president Mrs M E Richards of Denver Colo and Nebraska president Mrs Gail Powell leading a school of instruction at the meeting.

Ralph Hammond Bushnell Parent-Teachers’ Association Kimball Cheyenne Banner Devel Keith Hammond Lyman M. E. Richards Denver Colo P-Ta Gail Powell Nebraska

Ivory billed woodpecker noted as rare North American bird

A report highlights the ivory billed woodpecker as the rarest and most elusive of North American birds, underscoring its scarce sightings and conservation concern.

For Sale Mandy ring memo books and refills

For sale Mandy ring memo books priced 25 to 50 cents with refills available. Caution to buyers: do not purchase two ring memo books unless you know where to obtain refills.

Mandy Ring

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