Over 650 Serve At CC Dinner
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce Chuckwagon Dinner drew more than 650 attendees to honor Cheyenne County rural residents. Gene Lienemann hosted, Lloyd Carr welcomed guests, and Arthur B. Morgan of New Holland spoke on farming evolution and global food supply. The event highlighted local initiative and the growth of the New Holland Company from a farmer idea to a worldwide manufacturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Cheyenne County
Gene Lienemann
Lloyd Carr
Sidney
Arthur B. Morgan
New Holland Machinery Company
New Holland Company
Ed Nolt
Nolt
Mr. Morgan
Nebraska
Sidney Occupational Training Center Food Service Group
John Stay=ton
First Methodist Church
Steaks Taken In Sidney Breakin
The Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office seeks suspects who broke into Sidney Elk’s Lodge and stole about 38 steaks. The incident was discovered Wednesday night with entry gained by breaking a back window pane and releasing the interior latch. This marks a second Elk’s Lodge break-in in the past month, with the rear window area providing near perfect privacy for the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office
Sidney Elk’s Lodge
Elk’s
Bishop Paschang to visit Sidney for confirmations
Bishop Paschang of the Diocese of Grand Island arrives in Sidney on Sunday May 1 for his annual diocesan visit and will confirm 70 youths and 10 adults at St Patrick's Church at 7:30 p.m. The ceremony will be assisted by Father Pelster and area priests. A separate report notes vandalism on Stand Pipe Hill where a six and a half foot Jack Pine was cut down. Sidney police pursue leads and county officials condemn the act. Cheyenne County Agent Ivan Liljegren emphasizes pride in pioneer history and tree planting efforts to beautify the county bluffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Paschang
Grand Island
Sidney
Paschang
Nebraska
Platte River
Faschang
Vincent J. Pelster
V. F
St. Patrick’s Church
Michael P. Murphy
Bernard Nelson
Standpipe Hill
George Felsch
North Bluffs
Cheyenne
Ivan Liljegren
Library District Meeting May 4th
A district library convention for the Panhandle Western Plains area will convene at the Sidney City Library on Wednesday May 4 starting at 9 20 a m. Librarians and library board members from throughout the region will attend with main speaker John Kopische Scottsbluff librarian and Louise Nixon executive secretary of the Nebraska Library Commission. Business sessions and discussions will run all day and a noon luncheon will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Western Plains
Sidney City Library
John Kopische
Scottsbluff
Louise Nixon
Nebraska Library Commission
Kokjer Motor Co Plans Addition at 12th and Jackson
Plans drawn for a Kokjer Motor Co addition include a 6 car showroom five offices on the west side of the current used car lot building. The 50 by 60 foot addition will convert the present showroom into parts and service areas with a customer waiting room and expanded display space. Architects Hahn Dunn and Gardner of North Platte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokjer Motor Co
12Th and
Jackson St
Thomas L. Kokjer
Hahn, Dunn and Gardner
North Platte
May 10 Deadline For Art Contest
May 10 is the deadline for entries in the Cheyenne County Centennial Art Show to be held at Sidney City Library on May 12 13 and 14. Librarian R W Brownie Brown urges interested artists to contact him for entry blanks and information. Each entrant may submit three paintings and all entries will be displayed at the library. The contest offers state awards backed by Governor Frank Morrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Sidney City
R. W
Brownie) Brown
Frank Morrison
Progress Day draws around 6000 for Panhandle event
Gusty winds and moisture did not deter the 1966 Panhandle Farm Equipment and Progress Day in the region. About 6,000 attended with 1,778 registering for $1,100 in gift certificates offered by Sidney merchants. A drawing awarded a portable TV to Gloria Cramer of Sunol. Demonstrations featured a 1917 steamer tugging 10,000 pounds against a modern crawler tractor and a two wheel drive versus four wheel drive tractor. Exhibitors from Canada, the United States, and Cheyenne County showcased machinery for efficient farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Sidney Merchants
Gloria Cramer
Sunol
Canada
United States
Cheyenne County
Jim Lassette
Bridgeport
Victor Newsome Dies of Heart Attack at 59
Victor W. Newsome 59 of Sioux Army Depot died suddenly of a heart attack at Memorial Hospital. Services at Craig Mortuary Sidney at 2 p.m. Monday with Rev. Burton Kugler officiating. burial Greenwood Cemetery. Born March 20, 1907 in Frankfort Kansas. married Bertha Kronquest August 23, 1934 in Hastings Nebraska. Survivors include wife Bertha, daughter Linda Duckworth, sister Thelma Matthews, and brothers Floyd Wilber Harold Edwin. Memorial heart fund designated.
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Victor W. Newsome
Sioux Army Depot
Memorial Hospital
Newsome
Craig Mortuary
Sidney
Burton Kugler
Dix Presbyterian Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Frankfort
Kans
Bertha Jane Kronquest
Hastings
Neb
North Platte
Sioux
Bertha June
Sad
Linda Duckworth
Roscoe
Thelma) Matthews
Alta Vista
Floyd
Wilber
Harold
Junction City
Edwin
Redwood City
Calif
Heart
Road improvement urged for Egging Co. plant approach
Robert L. Clark urged widening and paving the four and a half mile route to The Egging Co. manufacturing plant from U.S. 385 south of Gurley. He noted the plant employs about 100 people and that the road is heavily traveled and hazardous due to wide heavy equipment. A county-funded project would require action by the Cheyenne County commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egging Co
U.S. Highway 385
Gurley
Robert L. Clark
Sidney
Industrial Council Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Clark
Cheyenne County
U.S. 385
Lew Mehling
Sioux Shipments To Grow Impacts Local Training Centers
Lt.-Col. Cyril P. Williams announced Sioux Army Depot will accelerate out shipments of equipment to May 16, risking shortages at the Sidney Occupational Training Center and the state trade school. The plan aims to ship items last to the schools, with Nebraska surplus materials available to help, possibly delaying a clerical class set for May 14. Cheyenne County receives Ak-Sar-Ben Good Neighbor honors for the Sidney BPW Club’s community service and long local leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyril P. Williams
Sioux Army Depot
Sioux
Sidney Occupational Training Center
State Trade School
SOTC
Williams
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Sidney Business and Professional Woman’s Club
Albin Olson
Sidney
Raymond Graff
Dalton
C. B. Dorwart
Sidney Bpw
Memorial Rest Home
Memorial Hospital
Business Institute of Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
O. Albin Olson
Sidney School Board
Cheyenne County Fair Board
Rotary Club
County Extension Board
First Methodist Church
Mr. Olson
Olson
College of Agriculture
Cheyenne County Rural Development Organization
Graff
John Deere
Stramit
Dalton Presbyterian Church
Three Inductees Named by Cheyenne County Board
Three men were sent for induction into the army this week per Mrs. Louis Johnson, clerk of the Cheyenne County Selective Service Board. Donald and Richard Sommers of Potter and James McCaig of Sidney are training at Fort Bliss, Texas. A total of 13 were sent for physical examinations this month, with May calls listing 22 for physicals and none for induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Johnson
Cheyenne County
Selective Service Board
Donald and
Richard Sommers
Potter
James McCaig
Sidney
Fort Bliss
Texas
Johnson
State Vocational School to Open Next Fall
Col. Williams reports federal and state officials reviewed the material list for the new vocational technical school set to open next fall. The school should be able to count on about four out of five requested items, a satisfactory acquisition rate for now. Some initial programs may face equipment and supply shortages, but major planning should not be revised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Williams
Lincoln man named director to visit Sidney next week
Merle Rudebusch of Lincoln, named director of the state trade school, will visit Sidney on May 6 and 7 to interview Sioux employees about jobs in administration, maintenance and related areas. He aims to attract Federal payroll staff to join the school’s staff, citing depot experience and utility knowledge as valuable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Rudebusch
Lincoln
State Department of Education
Sidney
Five Courses Planned for State Vo Tech School
Mr Rudebusch told Col Williams the state will start its vo tech program next fall with auto mechanics building construction electronics and drafting courses. He said instructors are being interviewed and a business manager and coordinator of instructional services may be hired. Administrative staff will be filled first with custodial and maintenance workers following. Instructional staff will grow each quarter and October courses may expand to include others in June 1967.
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Rudebusch
Col. Williams
Instruc
Tional Services
Law Day Talks Set For Schools May 2
Sidney lawyers will speak at several Cheyenne County schools on Monday May 2 for Law Day. Speakers include J H McNish at Sidney High School P J Heaton Jr at St Patrick's Academy Gerald Matzke at Lodgepole Jack R Knicely at Dalton Don Tedesco at Gurley and P J Heaton Sr at Potter. Bush will address Kiwanis Monday night and urged churches to include Law Day themes in Sunday sermons.
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Sidney
Cheyenne County
G. F. Bush
Sidney High School
J. H. McNish
St. Patrick’s Academy
P. J. Heaton, Jr
Lodgepole
Gerald Matzke
Dalton
Jack R. Knicely
Gurley
Don Tedesco
Potter
Burbach Endorses Combined Income and Sales Tax
State Senator J. W. Burbach advocates a combined income and sales tax to replace property tax and likely end the Legislature's authority. He spoke at a reception for Sidney and Cheyenne County residents, stressing tax equity between rural and urban areas and calling for strong leadership with a decade in the state legislature.
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J. W. Burbach
Burbach
Sidney
Cheyenne County
George Fleming
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Ron Barker
Library District Meeting
Kokjer
Victor Newsome
Keith Simpson
BPW
O, Albin Olson
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