Delegation Leaves For Washington This Week To Push Area Projects
A Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce delegation plans a Saturday departure for Washington D C on a contact trip. Ed Bauman Jim Payne Ed Cole and Gene Lienemann are confirmed with others possible. They will meet Senators Curtis and Hruska Congressman Martin and other officials and attend the Congressional Reception Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Carl Curtis
Roman Hruska
Dave Martin
Robert Kunzig
W. J. Sheehan
General Services Administration
Robert Finch
Department of Commerce
John Robson
Department of Transportation
Ray Abernathy
John Jamieson
Highway Department
Dave Hamil
REA
Clifford Hardin
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Mr. Payne
Chamber Board
Washington
E. K. Yanney
Chamber
First State Bank
Lodgepole
Board of Directors
Norbert Tiemann
Panhandle
Cole
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Melanie R. McKinley
Chamber of Commerce
Egging Co
Keith Spiker
Cathy Thompson
Omaha
Ed Bauman
Dean Larabee
Jaycees
Russ Fisher
Ken Wickstrom
Ray Graff
Dalton
Kenneth Rose
Potter
450 Memberships Seen in Cheyenne County Chamber Drive
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce expects a record membership drive this year with 54 new chamber members and about 40 new Ladies Chapter members reported by the board. Total chamber membership may reach around 450, with at least 100 in the Ladies Chapter, as communities outside Sidney show strong responses including Lodgepole Dalton Gurley and Potter. In Sidney alone 21 new memberships are listed.
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Cheyenne County
Dalton
Gurley
Potter
Sidney
Boyd Store Closes Saturday Ends 48-Year Boyd's era
Harry Marsh ends a 48 year association with Boyd's Cigar Store in Sidney as the shop closes Saturday night. New owners Dick Peetz and Ken Smith plan to reopen after remodeling to begin next week with plans to announce details later. The sale includes a Class C liquor license effective May 1 and continues the Sidney tobacco and retail legacy established by H N Boyd dating to 1907.
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Boyd
Marsh
Harry Marsh
Boyd’s Cigar
Dick Peetz
Ken Smith
Mr. Marsh
Boyd’s
Sidney
Lincoln
Mr. Peetz
Mr. Smith
Sidney Boyd
Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
H. N. Boyd
Cheyenne
Mr. Boyd
Union Pacific Railroad
Laramie
Wye
W. H. McInterney
Peetz
Boyd's
Aquatennial Dance Fundraiser At Armory This Saturday
The Band Parents Auxiliary hosts an Aquatennial dance at the Armory this Saturday, April 26, from 9 to 12. Admission is one dollar and doubles as a raffle ticket for an 18 inch color TV. Proceeds support the Sidney High Band trip to the Minneapolis-St Paul Aquatennial this July.
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Band Parents Auxiliary
Barker Brothers
Sidney High Band
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Sidney Educators Back Dr Miller Support for Miller
Members of the Sidney Education Association voted unanimously to support Dr Floyd Miller Nebraska State Commissioner of Education. A spokesman said the group recognizes his contributions to quality education and his handling of criticisms, pledging they are behind him 100 percent.
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Sidney Education Association
Floyd Miller
Sidney Association
Miller
Nebraska
Welfare Head on State Board
Virgil Knackstedt director of the Cheyenne County Welfare Department has been elected to a two year term on the executive council of the Nebraska Welfare Association.
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Virgil Knackstedt
Cheyenne County
Nebraska Welfare Association
Onetime Sidney Butcher Dies In North Platte
Ray Martin 64 a former Sidney butcher died Tuesday morning in North Platte He worked at Star Packing and Star Market before joining a packing firm in North Platte Graveside rites to be held at Greenwood Cemetery Thursday with Rev Max Kors officiating Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge Surviving are sister Helen Sizemore Berthoud Colo and brother Claude Scottsbluff Martin was never married
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Sidney
Ray Martin
North Platte
Martin
Star Packing
Star Market
Greenwood Cemetery
Max Kors
Christ Episcopal Church
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Helen Sizemore
Berthoud
Colo
Claude
Scottsbluff
Kiwanis EKG Booth Promotes Memorial Hospital Cart
The Kiwanis drive plans an information booth at 11th and Illinois near Memorial Hospital starting Thursday from 1 to 8:30 or 9 PM. It offers $5 electrocardiographs, registration cards, and answers to questions with Jack Tubbs as chairman. If interest grows, more booths may follow on other Thursdays.
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Memorial Hospital
11Th
Dlinois
Jack Tubbs
Kiwanis Club
Cooling Trend Brings Clouds and Hope for Rain
A cooling trend settled in with cloudy skies and only a trace of moisture last night and this morning. Rain is forecast, raising hopes for much needed moisture. Temperature swings ranged from 28 to 73 on Monday, 35 to 73 on Tuesday, and 42 to 54 this morning, per the FAA weather station.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Librarians Will Meet Here Monday
The Nebraska Panhandle region of the Nebraska Library Association will meet Monday April 28 at Sidney Public Library. About 60 librarians and trustees are expected from the Panhandle. Mrs Laura Berge of Hiram Scott College will lead with a book review by Mrs Marvel.
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Nebraska Panhandle
Nebraska Library Association
Sidney Public Library
R.W. Brown
Panhandle
Laura Berge
Hiram Scott College
Lincoln
Louise Dixon
Nebraska Library Commission
Marvel
Library Service
Early Spraying Campaign Improves Wheat Conditions
Nebraska reports show wheat conditions ranging from fair to good as soils warm. Panhandle and southwest soil moisture improved after rains, with spraying active in Cheyenne County to combat pale western cutworms. Farmers weigh spraying costs and drift risks as heaviest infestations feared. winter wheat in southern Panhandle described as excellent despite the pest.
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Nebraska
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Bureau
Panhandle
Southwest
Cheyenne
Cutworm Threat Prompts Countywide Spraying Plan
Agricultural Agent Ivan Liljegren reports Cheyenne County will see 75 percent or more of winter wheat sprayed for Pale Western cutworms, up 25 percent from last year. He backs a 2.4D and Endrin mix on thin stands and weed patches, warns against pasturing sprayed fields, and notes ongoing inspections and countywide spray availability.
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Cheyenne County
Ivan Liljegren
Telegraph
Robert Roselle
University of Nebraska
Liljegren
Mrs Knicely Wins Two Awards in Press Contest
Betty Knicely of Sidney won second place in two categories in the Nebraska Press Women annual writing contest. The awards were announced at a Lincoln meeting. A former Telegraph reporter, she now runs The Bookkeepers and contributed pieces published in The Telegraph. Reva Evans of Gordon Journal led Panhandle winners.
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Betty Knicely
Sidney
Nebraska Press Women’s Organization
Lincoln
Knicely
Sidney Telegraph
Telegraph
Panhandle
Reva Evans
Gordon Journal
The
Kokjer Named to Memorial Hospital Board
Thomas L. Kokjer has been named to Memorial Hospital board of directors. The appointment was made at the April meeting to fill a vacancy created by the death of A. J. Jorgensen, former board chairman. Ray Cruise was named chairman after Jorgensen’s passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Kokjer
Memorial Hospital
A. J. Jorgensen
Mr. Jorgensen
Ray Cruise
Mr. Kokjer
Panhandle Weather Forecast With Chance of Showers
Variable cloudiness continues this afternoon into Thursday with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly in the afternoons and evenings. Highs near 70 Thursday with lows in the 40s. tonight 40s and a 20 percent to 30 percent precipitation chance. Five day outlook shows temperatures near or slightly below normal with a cooling trend and highs near 60 and lows in the 30s early next week.
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Panhandle
Koester Wins Bronze Star For Vietnam Service
John A. Koester of Sidney received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service as a scout with Battery E, 82nd Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam near Bien Hoa. He also earned the Air Medal during the same ceremony. The specialist entered active duty in October 1967, completed basic training at Fort Bliss and arrived overseas last April.
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Bien Hoa
Vietnam
John A. Koester
Henry Koester
Route 2
Sidney
Koester
82Nd Artillery
1St Cavalry Division
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Funeral Held Tuesday For Susan Hahler
Susan Hahler 68 lifelong Cheyenne County resident died Saturday at Memorial Hospital. Last rites conducted at St Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev. Lester Boehm presiding. Burial in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery South Divide. Pallbearers were nephews Paul Brauer Edward Brauer Donald Brauer Harold Brauer David Brauer Herman Brauer Jr. Survived by five brothers and two sisters. Husband Joseph Hahler Sr died in 1945. Family long tied to farming and business in Cheyenne County and Sidney. husband a early automobile dealer in western Nebraska.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Susan Hahler
Cheyenne County
Memorial Hospital
Lester Boehm
Trinity Lutheran
Susan Brauer
South Divide
Herman
Susan
Nee Brakhage) Brauer
Joseph Hahler Sr
Theodore
Erich
John Brauer
Sidney
Albert Brauer
Bushnell
Herman Brauer
Kansas City
Kan
Martha Max
Wilmington
Luzinda Sagehorn
Cleveland
Ohio
Telegraph Corrects Death Notice Error for Susan Hahler
A typographical mix up in Wednesday’s Telegraph caused confusion in the Susan Hahler death notice, disappointing the family. The Telegraph regrets the error.
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Telegraph
Susan Hahler
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William Fankhauser
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Potter Mentor
Cheyenne County Education Associat
Gurley School
Herb Pabst
Jessie Sanders
Clara Lessig
Kent Lee
Harlin Dormann
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