New Sidney Slogan Contest Opens Today
Sidney Nebr chamber sponsors four weekly slogan contests to replace Smile You're In Sidney. Contest runs Aug 1 to Aug 28 with finals Sept 6. Weekly winners receive prizes. grand champion chosen from four weekly winners. Entries via Telegraph post card or entry blank by Aug 7.
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Sidney
Jerry Krutsinger
Sidney Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Chamber
Krutsinger
Overland Air Service
Gundy’s
Williams & Larabee
Telegraph
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
PC Box
Nebr
Top For Calves Saturday At Sidney Livestock Sale
The Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion sold 321 head of cattle on Saturday with light weight steer calves topping at 31.30, heifer calves at 26.75 to 27.85 and yearling steers from 231.10 to 27.40. Hogs totaled 248 head with 196-lb butchers at 25.35 and lighter hogs at 25.25. Sows ranged 17.10 to 19.15 and feeder pigs 15 to 19 per head, lighter pigs as low as 10. Operators urged hog growers not to market hogs under 200 pounds. Finish was weak, bidders noting softness. Next sale set for Saturday August 6.
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Sidney Livestock Sales
Firemen Respond to Truck Fire at Doggett Trucking
Sidney Volunteer Fire Department was called to Doggett Trucking north of Sidney to extinguish a blaze in a semi truck used in cattle hauling. Fire Chief Harvey Vizina said a short in the electrical system caused the fire. Firefighters quickly extinguished it. damage estimate unavailable.
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Sidney
Doggett Trucking Company
Doggett
Harvey Vizina
Wheat Cost Studies Set for Nebraska Farms
The Nebraska Wheat Growers Association and University of Nebraska will conduct a cost of wheat production study funded by a $3,000 grant from NWGA. The project, led by Dr. Glenn Volmer, begins field work in August and aims to capture area and farm size specific costs to guide policy and farm organization.
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Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn
University of Nebraska
NWGA
Nebraska
Glenn Volmer
Department of Age Economics
Nebraska Wheat Commission
Sidney Community Forum Seeks Ideas for Improvement
Citizens are invited to a town meeting on Tuesday Aug 9 at 7 30 pm at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. The Chamber of Commerce sponsors the sound off forum to gather ideas for Sidney future activities and a work program for the coming year will be created by the Chamber board.
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Sidney
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Lloyd Carr
Chamber
Chamber Board of Directors
Panhandle forecast calls for brief storms and continued mild trend
A few brief afternoon thundershowers and otherwise fair, mild weather through Tuesday. Tonight's low 50 to 60, Tuesday's high near 90, precipitation chances 10 percent this afternoon and under five percent tonight and Tuesday. Five day outlook shows temps near normal with highs 85 to 90, lows 59 to 60, scattered showers and thunderstorms expected.
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Panhandle
Pay Your Dues Now CC Urges
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce launches its 1966 1967 membership drive with a goal of over 300 members. Stan Larabee, vice president and membership chairman, urges early dues payments to fund planned projects at home and at Sioux Army Depot. Members who mail in before the campaign begins save volunteers time and help the treasury.
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Chamber of Commerce
Stan Larabee
Sidney
Larabee
Sioux Army Depot
Mrs Crowley Rites Tuesday at St Patrick’s Church
Services will be Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. from St Patrick’s Catholic Church for Mrs David A Crowley Lenora Violet Crowley 66 of Sidney who died Saturday at Memorial Hospital after six weeks as patient and years of ill health. Rosary is 7:30 p.m. tonight at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home burial Greenwood Cemetery. Born April 8 1900 at Plover Iowa to Jacob and Wilhelmina Mueller Survivor: husband David two sons Joseph Toledo and James Cedar Rapids one daughter Kathleen Seward Sidney two sisters C C Browlee Emmetsburg and Regina Bush Mason City two brothers Homer Muscatine and Joseph Minneapolis seven grandchildren. Officiating Very Rev Vincent Pelster.
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St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
David A
Lenora Violet) Crowley
Sidney
Memorial Hospital
Rosary
The
Gehrig and Son
Greenwood Cemetery
Crowley
Plover
Iowa
Jacob and
Wilhelmina Herold Mueller
Cedar Rapids
Provo
S. C
Grand Island
Sioux Army Depot
David A. Crowley
Chicago
David
Joseph
Toledo
Ohio
James
Agnes Stimka Dies Sunday at 81 in Lodgepole
Agnes Theresa Stimka, 81, was found dead Sunday at her Lodgepole home from an apparent heart attack after months of ill health. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 9 am at St. Patrick's. burial Greenwood Cemetery. Rosary: Tuesday at 7:30 pm at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home. Survivors include son Edward E of Sunol. daughters Elsie Grothe and Dorothy Herbert of Sidney. Rose Kilgore of Fort Collins. brother Frank Mika. sisters Eva Trienen and Sophia Bailey. 12 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
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Agnes Theresa Stimka
Stimka
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Vincent Pelster
Greenwood Cemetery
Rosary
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Mrs. Stimka
Hanover
Kans
William
Kate Helriet Mika
Lodgepole
Frank Stimka
Edward E
Sunol
Elsie Grothe
Sidney
Dorthy Herbert
Rose Kilgore
Fort Collins
Colo
Frank Mika
Eva Trienen
Laramie
Woo
Sophia Bailey
Cheyenne County Courthouse Project Estimated At 445700
The Board of Commissioners reviewed preliminary courthouse plans by Hahn Dunn Gardner. Architect Richard Dunn cited a 22,000 square foot main floor and a 3,900 square foot basement with vaults and storage. Exterior entrances are accessible from surrounding streets, with one stepped east entry.
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Board of Commissioners
Richard Dunn
North Platte
Hahn
Dunn
Sidney Midgets poised to reach state tourney
The Sidney Kiwanis American Legion Midget baseball team leads the regional playoff versus North Platte at Alliance Tuesday, with a 20-4 season record to North Platte’s 10-6. If they win, a community fund aims to raise at least 500 dollars to send the team to Omaha, with The Sidney Telegraph serving as a collection site and contributors’ names published unless asked anonymous.
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North Platte
Alliance
Sidney
Omaha
Sidney Telegraph
Nebraska
Fashion Revue Doors Open With Prize Giveaways
The Sidney Telegraph and Beta Sigma Phi sponsor a city wide Fashion Revue at the Elks auditorium on Friday Aug 5 starting 2 a.m. Merchants like Town and Country Market, Janda Tobin Drug, Safeway and Gambles help fund valuable door prizes. Models from Lee's Dept Store and J C Penney will wear new looks with local coiffures and cosmetics. Tickets are 50 cents and on sale now or at the door.
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Sidney Telegraph
Beta Sigma Phi
Sidney
Elks Auditorium
Town and Country Market
Janda Tobin Drug
Fix Pharmacy
Western Auto
Gift Shop
Safeway
Deck
Ers
Gambles
Moore’s Glass and Paint
Lockwood Jewelry
Star Market
Fox Theatre
Sidney Flooring
Rex Jewelry
Kay McCumber
Lee’s Dept
J. C. Penney Co
Snyders Men’s
Fine’s
J. M. McDonald Co
Merricks Shoe
Style Center
Mademoiselle
McCoy
Airline Strike Cuts Frontier July Boardings
The Frontier Airlines office in Sidney notes July boardings at 138, seven more than July 1965 but 12 below the quota. Manager Dale Kindred attributes the shortfall to a current industry strike, breaking a string of over quota months even as the yearly total reaches 1,050. Monthly figures show January 161, February 132, March 118, April 154, May 178, June 159, and July 138.
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Frontier Airlines
Sidney
Dale Kindred
Frontier
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School Opens Near Sidney
Inquiries are invited for enrollment at the Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School near Sidney. The state-supported campus at Sioux Army Depot will offer five initial courses including building construction, auto mechanics, tractor diesel, drafting and electronics with room and cafeteria services. Tuition is $84 for Nebraskans and $168 for nonresidents per quarter, plus $81 for room and $111 for meals. Enrollment is first come, first served. applications requested to the Director of Admissions, Sidney 69162.
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Vo-Tech
Sioux Army Depot
Sidney
Nebraska
Merle Rudebusch
Western Nebraska Vocational- Technical School
Don Shuck Named President at Holyoke Bank and Trust
Don E. Shuck, vice president and cashier of Sidney National Bank, named president of Holyoke Bank and Trust Co in Holyoke Colorado. George F. Garland, founder and longtime president, to remain in Holyoke. Shuck and family to move mid August. A replacement for Shuck at Sidney National Bank will be announced.
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Don E. Shuck
Sidney National Bank
Holyoke Bank and Trust Co
Holyoke
Colo
George F. Garland
Holyoke Bank
Garland
George B. Garland
Monterey
Calif
Shuck
Leo Krieger
10 County Tech School Proposed
The State Board of Education will hear the petition from ten Nebraska counties seeking a mid plains area vocational technical school. A 9:30 a.m. public hearing in the State Capitol precedes a decision on certifying the proposal for a vote in the counties. The group names Arthur Chase Custer Dundy Keith Lincoln Logan Perkins Red Willow and Thomas. They say the school would start next year with enrollment rising to 1400.
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Lincoln
State Board of Education
Nebraska
Mid-Plains Area
State Capitol
Arthur
Chase
Custer
Dundy
Keith
Logan
Perkins
Red Willow
Thomase
Seek Entries In Centennial Queen Contest
Official entry blank for Miss Cheyenne County in the Centennial queen contest appears in the Telegraph. Applications may be returned to Ben Belden or Mrs LeRoy Hadden. Winner selected during Cheyenne County Fair on Wednesday Aug 24 at 8 30 p m in front of the grandstand.
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Telegraph
Cheyenne County
Ben Belden
LeRoy Hadden
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Ivan Liljegren
Liljegren
Agnes Stimka
Fort
Sidney Kiwanis-American Legion
Veterans Service Officer
Dave Elis
Veterans Office
Ellis
Don Shuck
Nebraska Panhandle
Devel County
Cheyenne
Box Butte
North Platte Valley
Chappell
Ivan Lilejegren
County Tech School
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