Sidney Telegraph Crowned Best Non-Daily In Towns Over 2000
The Sidney Telegraph won first place in the general excellence category for non-dailies in towns of over 2,000 population at the Nebraska Press Association convention in Omaha. Publisher JC Bush and Jack H Lowe head the paper with staff including Ruth Jane Dotts and Jack Pollock. The award, plus a Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben citation for agricultural coverage, marks the paper’s third overall best-non-daily honor since 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Telegraph
Nebraska
Omaha
Nebraska Press Ass
Sdney
Telegraph
JC Bush
Jack H Lowe
Jack Pollock
Ruth Jane Dotts
Vern Anthony
Hank Meysenburg
John Lessig
James Skrdlant
Charles Wolford
Linotype
Richard Dotts
Walter Hall
Kenny Frandsen
Beveraly Haupt
Dorothy Carey
Missouri
Verne Scofield
Nebraska Press Assn
Bush
NPR
W. E. Beuchler
Keith County
Ogallata
Ing
Western Nebraska Observer
Kimball
Arthur Henrickson
Hemingford Ledger
A. E. Kuehn
North Platte Telegraph- Bulletin
Ak-Sar-Ben
Scottsbluff Daily Star-Heralds
Sidney Country Club to Open Pool by June
Work on a heated 52 by 32 foot pool with underwater lighting advances at Sidney Country Club. A wading area for children and a $8,000 goal are planned with stock at 25 dollars a share. Members must buy pool stock to obtain privileges. non members may inquire about joining.
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Sidney Country Club
Dean Wilson
Board of Directors
Favo
Country Club
Wilson
Three Soloists Cop Firsts In Dist VI Lions Talent Contest
In Dalton on Sunday District VI Lions talent show crowned winners across three age divisions. Gay Page Mitchell won senior vocal. Randy Warner Harrisburg topped junior cornet. Sharon Crouse Sidney led intermediate piano. Dalton trumpet trio and Kimball piano duet placed high with state contest slots pending.
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Dalton
Gay Page
Mitchell
Bill Whitney
Bayard
Randy Warner
Gering
Cornet
Sharon Crouse
Sidney
Telegraph
Lions
District VI Lions
Nebraska
Dalton Lion Ken Andersen
Kiwanis Club
Kimball
Songsters
Doralie Marker
Diana Knaub
Cheryl Lewis
Gering Farm
Harrisburg
H. Keith Warner
Accompan
Dennis
Barbara Hersh
Kingball
Cancer Film Showing Time and Two Women at Fox Theatre
A cancer film titled Time and Two Women will be shown once at the Fox Theatre this Thursday April 28 starting at 2 pm. Attendees are urged to be on time for the special screening.
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Fox
Gering Grocer Heads Safeway Employees Assn
Nearly 250 members of the Scottsbluff District of the Safeway Employees Assn met in Sidney on Sunday for annual meeting and election. Gering grocer Tony Hosaka was named district president, succeeding John Higgins. Other officers elected include Harold Weldin, Estele Laughline, Jack Benzel, Glen Thompson, Bill Dill, and Don Heath. Attendees included district and retail managers from Denver and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsbluff
Safeway Employees Assn
Sidney
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Tony Hosaka
Gering
Estelle Laughlin
Harold Weldin
Alliance
Jack Benzer
Don Heath
Telegraph
Thompson
Two Wildcats Plugged in Cheyenne and Morrill Counties
Two dry holes ended over the weekend as Kimbark Exploration and Tipps Dulling plugged No 1 Shoemaker in Cheyenne County and No 1 Kreader in Morrill County. Area activity shows slow drilling with no new locations announced, though several filings surface in Kimball Banner and Morrill counties for future work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimbark Exploration Co
Shoemaker
Cheyenne County
Morrill County
Engelland
S. D Johnson
Nebraska Oil-Gas Commission
Sidney
US Smelting, Mining & Refining Co
Chamberlain
Kimball County
Chandler & Simpson
Streeks
Wildcat
Banner County
Petroleum, Inc
Singleton
Glen Perkins Oil, Inc
Inland Drilling Co
Painter
Painter Field
Anschutz Drilling Co., Inc
Cross
Midwest Field
Marion Oil Company
Shively- Penick
Shively Field
Enbrook Oil & Gas Co., Inc
Stark/Peterson
Ackman
Redwillow County
Miami Petroleum Co
Farrell Farms Co
Farrell Field
Johnson
Engelland Field
Samuel Gary
Gritzfeld
Mrs Ernest Heads County Legion Auxiliary Chair
Mrs Richard Ernest of Dalton was elected chair of the Cheyenne County Legion Auxiliary at Lodgepole. District IV officers attended, with Mrs John Hunt of Bayard as president. The district spring meeting is set for Sunday May 1 at 2 30 pm in Alliance.
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Lodgepole
Richard Ernest
Dalton
Cheyenne County Legion Auxiliary
Lodgepole Legion and Auxiliary
County Legion
Orville Kastens
Alliance
Legion Hall
Morris Herbloom
Harold Lessig
Gurley
John Hunt
Bayard
Richard Moss
Minat
Wayne Kurnal
Don Brunzell
Sidney
Moss
Hunt
Flag at half mast causes calls over etiquette
The courthouse flag has flown at half mast since late last week after the rope slipped from the pulley. County Clerk I L Pindell says he will likely ask the fire department to help lower and reattach the flag. He tells callers, "We just killed another Democrat."
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I. L. Pindell
Dalton Lodgepole Musicians Win Top Class D Music Laurels
District VI music contest at Chadron State Teachers College April 22 awarded Dalton and Lodgepole high schools top Class D honors with multiple superior ratings. Mullen led Class C with ten supreme ratings. Jane Humphrey earned a rare one plus for piano.
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Chadron Prep
Chappell
Deuel Co High
Chadron State Teachers College
Mullen
Hooker Co. High
Dalton
Lodgepole
Jane Humphrey
Assumption Academy
Chadron
Michael Phillips
Dalton Band
DIX
Gurley
Robert Rowan
Harrisburg
Neva Owen
Harrison
Hyannis
Lewellen Boys
McGrew
Richard Hopkins
Chadron State
Plowing Bee Near Sunol Pulls 120 Acres In Morning Rush
Neighbors and friends of Charles Oliverius organized a plowing bee that turned 120 acres of field as 14 tractors operated between 7 30 and 11 30 am before lunch. Oliverius suffered a January heart attack and remains limited for farm work while Mrs Oliverius was taken to Sidney Memorial Hospital. Chuck and Suzanne Oliverius are 13 and 10. Lunch at John Hornicek home followed by crews aiding with plowing and food service with names of many local residents listed.
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Sunol
Charles Oliverius
Oliverius
Sidney Memorial Hospital
Chuck
Suzanne
John Hornicek
Hornicek
Charles Helfrich
Joe Zimola
Carolyn
Bernie Dailey
Robert Dailey
F. M. Bonkiewicz
H H. Misegadis
Floyd Franss
Russell O’duaniel
Kenneth DeMers
John DeMers
Charles
General Lynde to Visit Sioux Ordnance Depot
Major General Nelson M. Lynde Jr. Assistant Chief of Ordnance will visit Sioux Ordnance Depot Thursday. The 1929 US Military Academy graduate heads the Field Service Division within the Ordnance Corps and has been in his post since July 1959.
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Nelson M. Lynde, Jr
Ordnance
Field Service Division
Washington, DC
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Harvey Bower
Ordnance Corps
Sioux
General Lynde
United States Miblitary Academy
Old Settlers Elect Officers On Tuesday
The Old Settlers meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Legion Hall basement to elect new officers, name committees, and discuss fund-raising plans. Lew Quinn ends his term as president as plans for the year are outlined. Attendance has waned but the group remains a key local observance.
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Old Settlers
Legion Hall
Lew Quinn
Old Reliables
Gear Grinders Safety Club Seeks New Members
Teens and young men are invited to join the Gear Grinders Safety Club. Meetings are Mondays at 7:30 p.m. at Doggett's Auto Parts. For information contact Phil Fleming or Kent Miller.
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Gear Grinders Safety Club
Doggett’s Auto Parts
Phil Fleming
Kent Miller
Miss Fort Sidney 1960 Candidate Sylvia Phillips
Sylvia Phillips 18, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Phillips of Sidney, a Sidney High senior and former varsity cheerleader. She will perform a dramatic reading as talent and is president of Seventeen Club and 1960 Sweetheart of Sidney Ingle school. She also holds posts in Honor Society Masque and Gavel, and has training in piano and tap dancing.
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Sylvia Phillips
Ralph Phillips
Sidney
Sidney High School
Sylvia
Seventeen Club
Sidney Ingle School
Calvary Baptist Church
Texas
Sidney Homtown Stamps
Bankers Gather for Nebraska Group VI Meeting in Sidney
About 250 bankers and their wives are expected to attend Group VI’s annual meeting and election in Sidney at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. Key speakers include E M Black of Fullerton, Neb., group president, and Mark W Pickell of Chicago editor of Livestock and Grain Bulletin. Evening banquet features Edmund H Harding of Washington, NC, a veteran humorist with over 4,000 speeches.
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Nebraska Bankers Assn
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
E M. Black
Fullerton, Neb
Mark W. Pickell
Chicago
Livestock and Grain Bulletin
Edmund H. Harding
Washington, N. C
Sidney
Nebraska
Group VI
Lyle D. Rabe
Dalton
Businessmen plan Sidney air filter plant venture
A trio of Sidney and Lodgepole businessmen returned from Boston after touring Kleer-Aire Products. They explored buying a controlling interest to bring an air filtering plant to Sidney. A meeting is set for Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the City Auditorium to discuss plans and the Boston plant’s potential.
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Sidney
Lodgepole
Boston
Mass
Kleer-Aire Products, Inc
Robert Bennet
Don Brown
Frank Pivonka
Benner
City Auditorium
Chamber of Commercce
Frontier and Pilots Reach New 20 Month Contract
Frontier Airline and its 162 pilots reached a 20 month agreement after three days of talks aided by mediator Frank K. Switzer. The deal raises wages increases pension contributions and guarantees minimum sherit pay for time away from home domicile. Flights cover 30 twin engine aircraft across 11 states with bases in Billings Denver Omaha Phoenix and Salt Lake City.
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Denver
Frontier Airline
Frontier
Frank K. Switzer
National Mediation Board
Rocky Mountains
Midwest
Billings
Omaha
Phoenix
Salt Lake City
Wheat price quoted at 1.73 per bushel by local elevator
Local elevator sources list a wheat price of 1.73 per bushel for today. The report records a single pricing note without broader market context or additional commodities.
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Nebraska Press Association
Gering Grocer
Safeway
Assn
Ernest Heads
County Legion Women
Potter
Irma Quinn
Merrita Chipperfield
Julia Heats
Jim Grimes
Chappels
Dwight Smith
Allen Zimmer
Mary Davenport
Sharon Criswell
Stanley Fernandez
Keith Inasrsoi
T Ddy Smith
Hay $Prings
2Nis
Bernard Cripps
Betts Hoffman
Hemingford
Kent Yardley
Robert Stewart
Pyman
Ciaraint
Larry Cannady
Diane Wright
Larry Boyer
Paul Coble
Charles Licking
ST Agnes
Girls Give Thedford
Carole Sue Crawford
Jim Siefer
Sidney Yard
Ger, Nelson Lynde Jr
Ordnance Depot
Gear Grinders
Duis
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