Cheyenne County Historical Association to Organize in Sidney
An organizational meeting set for 7 30 p m Wednesday at Sidney Junior High School cafeteria inaugurates the Cheyenne County Historical Association a non profit group to collect preserve and display local history. Officers will be elected and committees named with bylaws to be discussed. The association aims to secure a temporary museum site a Union Pacific locomotive for courthouse lawn and fossils for the county collection plus donor pledges. Residents of nearby towns are urged to join or contact The Telegraph if unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Historical Association
Union Pacific
University of Nebraska State Museum
Dalton
Lodgepole
Potter
Gurley
Calton
Lorenzo
Potter Driver Loses License For One Year
Edward Akers of Potter has his driving license suspended for one year under the Nebraska point system. The action, effective April 13, follows 15 demerit points from November 28, 1955, to April 13 this year, with three speeding charges and one driving under the influence conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Akers
Potter
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Bill Schulz
Akers
Record Cheyenne County bank deposits reach new high
Cheyenne County reports a record total of 15,742,328.74 dollars in bank deposits across five banks as of April 10. County residents hold about 25 million in government savings bonds, with deposits distributed among American National Bank of Sidney, Dalton State Bank, First State Bank of Lodgepole, Potter State Bank, and Sidney National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Telegraph
American National Bank of
Sidney
Dalton State Bank
First State Bank of
Lodgepole
Potter State Bank
Sidney National Bank
Bond Sales In County Show Big Increase
Cheyenne County residents bought 240 209 in savings bonds during March the largest monthly total of the year pushing 1956 county sales to 452 146 at 461 percent of the annual goal. Nebraska March sales rose over the prior month with total year to date at 31 888 106 or 32 percent of the yearly goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
U.S
W. B. Millard, Jr
Nebraska
Scotts Bluff
Garden
Kimball
Morrill
Region 16
Banner County Approves Half Million School Bond
A school bond issue in Banner County passed by 352 to 224 to finance a new central building for most local students. Two small areas were merged with adjoining districts while the majority remain in the district operating the central school. Both elementary and seventh grade levels will use the new facility.
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Banner County
Miss Nebraska Interview On KSID Sunday
KSID will air an interview with Miss Nebraska 1955 Sandra Speicher Sunday at 4 PM. Jo Schroeder of KLIN will host the transcription while Miss Speicher promotes the Miss Nebraska and Miss Fort Sidney contests staged by the Jaycees in Sidney. The Fort Sidney queen will be chosen at a May dance and compete in the state pageant on June 12 and 13 with Kay Ritchie and Gov. Victor Anderson among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KSID
Sandra Speicher
Lincoln
Sidney
Jo Schroeder
KLIN
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Dave Young
Miss Speicher
Funeral Today for Mrs Van Mark 53
Funeral services were held at Craig Mortuary for Mrs John Van Mark 53 who died Wednesday in Memorial Hospital. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery. She was born Dec 14 1902 in Kearney, married Dec 2 1924 to John Van Mark of Torrington and had three children. The family lived near Sidney since 1937.
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Craig
John van Mark
Memorial Hospital
H. Glenn Discoe
Greenwood Cemetery
Anna May Flury
Charles
Bertha Egbert Flury
Kearney
John VanMark
Torrington
VanMarks
Sidney
VanMark
Grace Baptist Church of
James
Anna Owens
Gladys Johnson
Charles Flury
Howard Flury
Lillian Guinty
Casper
Mary Fairbanks
Woodriver
Harry Statley
Charles Wright
William Zierlein
Don Rapp
L. C Brown
Ralph Chapman
Life Sentence Of Bowman Cut To Term Of 40 Years
The State Pardon Board commuted the life sentence of William Bowman of Sidney to 40 years. Bowman and Orville Childers were convicted of murdering 89 year old William Moore during a 1937 burglary. Moore died from injuries after resisting the break in. The board had earlier commuted Childers to 40 years.
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Bowman
State Pardon Board
William Bowman
Sidney
Orville Childers
William Moore
Moore
Mr Moore
Childers
Magnolia adds Hagemeister No 3 in Cheyenne County oil field
Magnolia Petroleum reports a new Hagemeister No 3 oil well in Cheyenne County and notes strong initial results. Other activity includes Ohio Oil Co entering Rudolph Field near Sidney with McMillen No 1 and OConnell No 2 in Lorenzo area, along with several dry holes and several new producers in Balten sperger and Roach leases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia Petroleum
Cheyenne County
Magnolia
Jeulfs
Scottsbluff
Telegraph
Ohio Oil Co
Rudolph
Sidney
Ohio
O’connell
O'Connell
Lorenzo
Duster
Braden Oil
Farr
Kimball County
Baltensperger
Warrior Oi! Co
Gulf
Black Drilling Co
Barrett
True Oil Co
Stearns Petroleum
New Drilling Co
Reeder
Anscrutz Drilling Co
Walker
Wilson
Small Heirs
Reserve Week Proclaimed By Sidney Mayor
Mayor Doyle Foland proclaims next week as Military Reserve Week in Sidney. The six month reserve training program targets youths aged 17 to 18 percent. The program, under the Reserve Forces Act of 1955, requires six months of training followed by active reserve service for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Foland
Sidney
Reserve Forces Act
Mrs Osborn Resigns Welfare Boss Post After Ill Health
Olga Osborn, longtime head of Cheyenne County Welfare Office, resigns due to ill health. Joan Hart serves as acting director as the state and county prepare to appoint a new permanent director. Applicants must pass state merit exams. blanks available at the welfare office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Osborn
Cheyenne County
Osborn
Phoenix, Ariz
Joan Hart
State Division of Public Welfare
City to Hold Yard Trash Pickup Next Week
Sidney city crews will collect yard debris for three days starting next week. The schedule divides pickup by area north of the Union Pacific tracks on Monday, between the UP and Burlington tracks on Tuesday, and south of the Burlington tracks on Wednesday. Residents should place piles near alleys or by cans, not at the curb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Murrey Fuller
Fuller
Union Pacific
U. P
Burlington
Burlington Tracks
Ft Collins Woman Escapes Injury as Wheel Flies by
Mrs Mary Drama visiting in Sidney narrowly avoids harm when a Caterpillar road grader wheel rim explodes and hurls through the air striking a plate glass window near Moore's Paint and Glass store on Tenth Ave. Nol an Drake drove the grader for Oil Field Excavating Co. Minor property damage reported.
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Ft. Collins
Sidney
Mary Drama
Tenth Ave
Jackson
Illinois
Nolan Drake
Drama
Moore’s Paint and Glass
Realtor Speaker Harold B Clingerman to Address County Realtors
Harold B Clingerman field executive of the National Association of Real Estate Boards will speak at a meeting of the I1i County Board of Realtors in Sidaiv May 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold B Clingerman
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Synecker
I1i County Board of Realtors
Sidaiv
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S. Weather Bureau
Department of Commence
Historical Society Organization
Sidney High School
Dorothy Holloway
Mike Monnich
Sharon Proper
Marion Hayworth
Mrs. Holloway
Darlene Gerke
Lovina Mahlman
Bob Hendricks
Thompson
Miss Nebraska
North Potter
Juelfs Field
Texas Co
McMillen
Lowell Williamson
Swearingen
Army Ordnance Reserve Unit
Spring Farm
City Auditorium
Mrs Drama
Mrs. Drama
Buildi Ag
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