Guild Art Show Opens With 156 Local Works
The Cheyenne County Art Guild kicked off a weekend exhibit with 156 works from 27 of its 35 members in the Elks Club basement. Works include oil paintings lithographs pottery and one rug hooking with many for sale. The show runs daily 1 to 5:30 p m through Saturday with free admission and a guide at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Art Guild
Jan Pippitt
Elks Club
Guild
Pippitt
Paul Adkinson
Association of Nebraska Art Clubs
Sidney Students Shine at Sixth District Music Contest
Sidney High and Junior High hosted the Sixth District Music Contest with Alliance Chadron Ogallala Sidney and Scottsbluff in Class A and Bayard Chappell Crawford Garden County Hay Springs Hemingford Hyannis Minatare Morrill Mullen Rushville and St Patrick's in Class C. Superior and excellent ratings were earned by Sidney and St Patrick's soloists and ensembles including mixed quintette and band, with judges from Colorado State University University of Colorado and Sterling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney High
Alliance
Chadron
Ogallala
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Bayard
Chappell
Crawford
Garden County
Hay Springs
Hemingford
Hyannis
Minatare
Morrill
Mullen
Rushville
St. Patrick’s
St Patrick’s
Carolyn Hruska
Bill Kreutzer
Mary Kay Johnson
Terry Gerber
Barb Lydiatt
Steve Richards
Car‘er Kerk
Janet Clouse
Floyd Stegeman
Becky Tischendorf
Nancy Taylor
Beth Hughes
Susan Carlson
Colorado State University
University of Colorado
Sterling
Cole
ASC Director Paul Lindt visits Cheyenne County ASCS Office
Nebraska ASCS Director Paul H. Lindt toured the Cheyenne County ASCS Office on Friday en route from a Denver meeting. Thompson said Lindt oversees state and county offices with farm action programs including allotments quotas and loans and noted his prior roles as Acting and State Executive Director plus Navy service and a Franklin County farm operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul H. Lindt
Nebraska
Nebraska Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Cheyenne County
Lawrence H. Thompson
Lincoln
Denver
Colo
Washington, D. C
Thompson
Nebraska State Committee
Lindt
Paul Lindt
Lawrence Thompson
Country Ascs
Membership In Chamber Hits New High For '73
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce reports 319 memberships for 1973, including 20 new members and 48 women in the ladies division, bringing nearly $14,000 in treasury with $4,400 more to collect. Board meeting Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. will review Trade Fair, United Chamber and advisory committee meetings, renovation, Neighborhood Youth Corps, and the monthly financial statement. The 1973 membership director and buyers' guide is being printed for distribution soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
Chamber
Board of Directors
National Guard
Western Nebraska United Chamber of Commerce
Western Nebraska Technical College Community Advisory Committee
Hastings College Commencement to Award 150 Degrees
Area seniors will graduate at Hastings College with 150 degrees to be awarded at the 87th commencement on May 20. Ceremony is at 3 p.m. in the Kiewit Physical Education Building. Baccalaureate services start 10:50 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church.
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Hastings College
Kiewit
First Presbyterian Church
Seismic Interest Grows at Former Sioux Army Depot Site
Interest rises as bids open May 25 for mineral rights on 17 500 acres near Sidney Nebraska. Major firms like Amoco Production Co. eye six tract package while seismographic tests by Delta Exploration and Ray Geophysical shape potential bids. Local drilling activity continues sluggish amid wet fields and several wildcat plans across Cheyenne Banner and surrounding counties.
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Sidney
General Services Administration
GSA
Delta Exploration and Ray Geophysical Co
Amoco Production Co
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Nebraska State Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Cheyenne County
Jack G Ladmer
Gear Drilling Co
Larson
Arthur E Clark
Skyland Oil Co
Claude B. Hamill
Gear
Banner County
Gear and Termo Co
Texas
Williams
Bunker Hill
Sidney to Pick Emblem at 7 30 Tonight
Sidney City Council meets at 7 30 to choose an emblem from 56 contest entries with a 250 prize. The agenda includes an annexation ordinance issue, park improvement plans with Legion Park diamond relocation, and street project payments to Filsinger Excavating Co.
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Council
Sidney
Ed Prince
Gordon Tobin
Prince
South Country Club Subdivision
Frank Mattoon
Kirkham-Michael & Associates
Legion Park
Filsinger Excavating Co
CVSO Spring Seminar Draws About 100 Veterans Officers
Around 100 participated in a two day CVSO Spring Seminar at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. Marion Whitaker of Cheyenne County chaired arrangements and served as state CVSO vice president. Eastern attendees arrived by chartered bus from Omaha and welcomed by John Soll of West Point, the state president.
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Veterans Service
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Marion Whitaker
Cheyenne County
Whitaker
Omaha
John Soll
West Point
County Service Officers
Nebraska Veterans Home
Nebraska Veterans’ Aid
FAA Honors William Tharp for Special Achievement Award
William Tharp an Air Traffic Control Specialist with the FAA at Sidney Flight Service Station received a Special Achievement Award on April 25 1973. The recognition cited his superior efforts in performing assigned duties and followed a supervisor's recommendation. The award was signed by Robert Gale Chief of the Air Traffic Division Central Region Kansas City Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tharp
Federal Aviation Administration
Sidney Flight
FAA
Tharp
Robert Gale
Kansas City
Missouri
Stockman urged to prep as cooler rain moves in
Panhandle forecast shows cooler conditions this afternoon and tonight with occasional rain and temperatures in the mid 40s to mid 30s. Northeasterly winds 8 to 15 mph and precipitation chances around 60 to 70 percent. Extended outlook calls for decreasing clouds mid week, then partly sunny by Thursday and Friday with highs reaching the 50s to low 60s and cool nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Stockman
Stockmen
Residents May Qualify For Improvement Loans
County supervisor David E. Rainbolt of the Farmers Home Administration in Sidney says Cheyenne County homeowners may qualify for 504 home improvement loans. Loans up to 3500 dollars at 1 percent interest with up to 10 year terms aid safe repairs and health-related improvements.
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David E. Rainbolt
Farmers Home Administration Office
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Rainbolt
Little League Meeting Set in Sidney
A Cheyenne County Little League meeting is scheduled for Tuesday night at 8.00 at Lodgepole Plaza Nursing Home in Sidney. All interested persons are urged to attend and those wanting to be managers are especially encouraged to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Little League
Lodgepole Plaza
Sidney
Kindergarten Enrollment Set Tuesday and Wednesday
Sidney Public Schools announce kindergarten enrollment beginning Tuesday for children five by October 15. Parents bring birth certificates and health forms. A-M register Tuesday, N-Z register Wednesday. locations vary by residence with South, Central, and North Elementary schools hosting signups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Public Schools
Mildred Tillotson
South
Central School
North
Tillotson
Hammond McNish Wins 1973 Bubb Award at KU
Professor J. Hammond McNish of the University of Kansas School of Business receives the 1973 Henry A. Bubb Award for Distinguished Teaching in Business. The $1,000 prize honors outstanding classroom teaching based on student evaluations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hammond McNish
University of Kansas School of Business
Henry A. Bubb
Bubb
Capitol Federal Savings and Loan Association
Topeka
McNish
K.U
Clinton and McNish
Sidney
Neb
Nebraska
Siren Test Scheduled by Sidney Fire Dept
The Sidney Volunteer Fire Dept will conduct a siren test Tuesday at 6 p.m. Three signals will be sounded: alert with steady high and low notes, take cover with wavering tones, and fire with alternating beeps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
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Shane Schilling
James Schilling
Kathryn McMillen
Ken McMillan
Sidney High School
Susan Easterly
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Wayne McConnell
Randy Paxton
Lori Schmidt
Cindy Buecker
Ann Elwell
Jean Curtiss
Jordan Ball
ASC
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Navy
Southwest Pacific
Franklin County
William Wayne Dean
Bridgeport
Dale Lynn Fernander
John Dennis Heizer
Dalton
Monty Chris Ogard
CVSO
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Administration
Small Business Administration
Hammond McNish
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