Around The Town Travel Log From Bill Peabody’s Family Visit
Word from Bill Peabody now in Afghanistan describes a June 28 departure from Washington to London Frankfurt Munich Beirut Tehran and Kandahar arriving July 5. He notes curious locals and quick help for a flat tire, with the Rand Kabul address listed. Also updates on Cheyenne nurse Mrs. Ken Bennett and a long list of relatives and friends visiting, returning, or traveling between Lincoln Sidney Gothenburg and Denver, plus a 1700-student Summer Orientation at Kearney State College.
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Bill Peabody
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Afghanistan
Washington
D.C
London
England
Frankfurt
Munich
Germany
Beirut
Lebanon
Teheran
Iran
Kandahar
William L. Peabody
USAID
NRECA
Kearney State College
Randall Hobson
Lila Hobson
Lodgepole
Kenneth R. Fuehrer
Donna L. Fuehrer
Sidney
Quilt Material Needed By LCW At Trinity Church
The Lutheran Church Women of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church met in the fellowship hall with Mrs. Al Bauer presiding. Miss Maude Quelle outlined the Mor-Valu group project and LCW voted to sponsor it. Sewing group will meet 1:30 p.m. Aug. 21. three quilts begun and need sheet blankets padding yarn flannel backing cotton and corduroy scraps. Hostesses were Mrs. Brumfield Miss Quelle and Mrs. John Engle. Next meeting set for 2 p.m. Sept. 5.
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Lutheran Church Womer
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Fellowship Hall
al Bauer
Maude Quelle
LCW
Jim Brumfield
Brumfield
Quelle
John Engle
August community events and reunions in Sidney
A schedule of local events includes Cheyenne County Historical Association and Chamber of Commerce meetings on August 5, a Sidney Ladies Invitational golf tournament on August 7, the 25th anniversary reunion of the Sidney High School Class of 1943 with activities August 10, a SHS 1943 class picnic on August 11, an American Legion Auxiliary meeting on August 13 with VJ Day program, and a United Methodist Church women’s society session on August 15 with devotions and hostesses.
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Sidney High School
Sidney Country Club
SHS
Legion Park
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Lodgepole United Methodist Church
Nell Melton
Henry Hoffman
Don Haefer
Mark Hafer
George Hillman
Sidney
Merle Spearow
Bob McKay
Look Who's Here Look Who's Here Matthew Scott Adolph
Mr and Mrs Glenn Adolph at 1222 Spruce Street announce the birth of son Matthew Scott at 8 24 am on July 30 at Memorial Hospital weighing eight pounds five and a half ounces. Grandparents are Ralph Herrera Sidney and Jake Adolph Sterling Cole. Great grandmother is Francis Herrera Lingle Wyoming.
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Matthew Scott Adolph
Glenn Adolph
Spruce Street
Matthew Scott
Memorial Hospital
Steven Anthony
Ralph Herrera
Sidney
Jake Adolph
Sterling, Cole
Francis Herrera
Lingle
Wyo
Census Update Reveals Local Patient Admissions
Census shows 38 patients with one baby among admissions across Sidney Peetz Potter Gurley and Chappell areas. Names include Timothy Deaver Wally Namath Jayne Holt man Larry David Michael Shane Baca Hannah Bartels and others. discharges include Hart Man sur Marshall Cogill Hutchison Kanter Lipska and Somnenburg with several incomplete entries remaining.
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Sidney
Timothy Deaver
Wally Namath
Jayne Holtman
Peetz
Larry David
Michael Shane Baca
Gurley
Hannah Bartels
Alva
Hart
Julius Mansur
Patrick Marshall
Norman Cogill
Carl Hutchison
Chappell
Dwain Kanter
Jerry Lipska
Potter
Broadwater
Minnie Somnenburg
Lodgepole
Frank Pivonka
Saddle Club Plans Aug Steak Fry Campout Trip
Members of the Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club will ride out Tuesday to meet traveling Methodist minister Billy Richardson along the Pony Express route. Bernie Gass invites interested members to contact him. a steak fry and overnight campout at Hackberry north of Potter is set for Aug 17 and 18 with Mrs Wes Jensen handling inquiries. The club met last Wednesday at the clubhouse with Wilmer Brauer as guest and Leroy Childers presiding. the group holds monthly meetings on the last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
Billy Richardson
Bernie Gass
Wilmer Brauer
Leroy Childers
Hackberry
Potter
Wes Jensen
Nursing Home Birthdays List Seniors and Staff
Aug 7 Louise Hine age 85 and Pauline Banks age 42 observed at the facility. Aug 11 Jerry Krueger age 32 and Aug 13 Mary Uptegrove age 60 noted in the nursing home birthday roster.
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Louise Hine
Pauline Banks
Jerry Krueger
Mary Uptegrove
Jerusalem cemetery restoration request sparks funding bid
The Jerusalem Cemeteries Council has appealed to the Government for 2.25 million dollars to restore the Jewish Cemetery on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem. The plan calls for 50 000 new tombstones and walls.
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Tugh Jerusalem
The
Jerusalem Cemeteries Council
Mount of Olives
East Jerusalem
Florence Quinn Engaged to Jerry Clark in Spring Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Quinn announce the engagement of their daughter Florence Sue to Jerry Gene Clark son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Clark of Sidney A spring wedding is planned Miss Quinn graduates from Lodgepole High School this spring and Clark also graduates from Sidney High School He is employed by Enterprise Drilling Co.
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Fred Quinn
Florence Sue
Jerry Gene Clark
Gerald Clark
Sidney
Miss Quinn
Lodgepole High School
Sidney High School
Enterprise Drilling Co
Lady Golfers Invitational Planned at Hillside Course
The Sidney Ladies Invitational Golf tournament is set for Wednesday at Hillside Golf Course. Players from Nebraska panhandle, Colorado and Wyoming will compete in 9 and 18 hole formats with high handicap golfers welcome. Coffee and rolls at 7:30 a.m. tee off 8:30 a.m. Entry $3.50 includes meals and style show. luncheon and show only tickets $2.00. Reservations to Country Club 254-3100. contact chairmen Mrs. Rollie Biggs and Mrs. H.C.Q. Nelson at 4-2710 and 4-3623.
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Sidney
Hillside
Village Toys
Faddis Pro Shop
Country Club
Nebraska Panhandle
Colorado
Wyoming
Rollie Biggs
H.C.Q. Nelson
Sidney Volunteer Fire Dept July Monthly Report
The Sidney Volunteer Fire Department released its July monthly report at the regular meeting. It lists seven city calls, three silent calls, four rural calls, two training practices, four trash burning complaints, four inspections and three tournament practices.
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Sidney Volunteer Fire Department
Rites Tuesday For Fred Quackenbush
Fred Quackenbush, 87, an uncle of Mrs. Jack H. Lowe of Sidney, died at Fort Morgan Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe and Mrs. Lowe's sister Carolyn Kennedy of Pittsburgh will attend the funeral services in Fort Morgan Tuesday morning at ten o'clock. He had lived in Fort Morgan for more than sixty years. His wife, a sister of the late Mrs. E. L. Uptegrove of Sidney, died about two years ago.
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Fred Quackenbush
Jack H. Lowe
Sidney
Fort Morgan
Status Of Women Studies Fueling Talent In California
Frances Craig surveys the California Advisory Commission on the Status of Women. The body promotes day care, teen and adult education, and job training to empower mature women and prepare girls for future roles. It advocates school courses in home management and budgeting and argues for more women in public office, with four focused committees and broad state impact.
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Frances Craig
California Advisory Commission On the Status of Women
Ronald Reagan
Carolyn Heine
California Commission
Sidney
Jim Payne
Commission
California
Heine
Commission On the Status of Women
John F. Kennedy
Nebraska
United States
Welfare Jobs Openings In Nebraska Merit Examinations
Eight job openings with the Nebraska Department of Public Welfare will be filled through merit system examinations. Tests are held every Wednesday at 8 a.m. in the Merit System Office, 11th Floor, State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska until adequate registers are established. Positions include medical claims investigator, director of Social Service, personnel assistant, food stamp program auditor, assistant chief of administration division, systems analyst, research analyst, and psychiatric social worker.
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Nebraska Department of Public Welfare
Merit System
State Capitol
Lincoln
Nebraska
Czech Dancers Plan Picnic At Cheyenne County Fair
Czech dancers sponsor a picnic Sunday August 11 at Legion Park Sidney in conjunction with the Cheyenne County Fair and 101 Stampede. The event serves Panhandle Czech families but public invites welcome and participants should bring their own food. For information contact Mrs. Robert Lafler Sidney.
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Legion Park
Sidney
Panehandie
Cheyenne County
Robert Lafler
4-H Eager Hands Club Meet and Field Trip
The Eager Hands 4-H club met at Mrs. R. A. Scott's home to work on projects and plan songs for a mothers song contest. A later trip on June 29 to Ogallala Nebraska included Front Street Mansion on the Hill Boot Hill stage coach ride and a lunch at Reporter Laura Baudek.
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Eager Hands
R. A. Scott
Ogallala
Nebi
Front Street
Mansion On
WEYERTS July Returns for Parade Float Help
Weyerts urges clubs to join parade efforts for the Fair. He notes the "101 Stampede" button with "Partners in Progress" and emphasizes cooperative extension work. The message invites clubs to build floats or booths to show community support and participate in upcoming events.
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Canada
Disturbing Peace Fines Paid After Knife Fight
A Lexington man and a North Platte couple paid county court fines Friday for disturbing the peace stemming from a knife fight the prior night. Steve Barrett, 28, and his wife Sybie paid 32.50 each, while John Embree, 31, of Lexington, paid 57.50 after pleading guilty. Embree suffered a minor cut on the left side at the Deluxe Motel, 2201 Illinois, not requiring medical help.
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Lexington
North Platte
Steve Barrett
Sybie
John Embree
Embree
Deluxe
Illinois
Sidney Police July summary reports 62 arrests and 89 investigations
July police activities show 62 total arrests and charges including 32 traffic offenses. Offenses include 21 thefts and multiple break ins, 16 petty larcenies, 44 dog complaints, 44 dog complaints, 1 conduct. The report notes 1,315 phone calls, 303 dispatches, 122 hours foot patrol, 31 special duties, and a 59 percent drop in vandalism from May to July 1968.
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Sidney
Petitions Seek Reinstatement of Head Start
In Kansas City petitions with over 700 signatures from four western Nebraska counties were presented to the Office of Economic Opportunity in support of a possible Head Start program. Letters accompanied the effort, aiming to fund nine month centers in Scotts Bluff Cheyenne Morrill and Kimball counties.
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Kansas City
Nebraska
Nebraska Panhandle
Louise Korman
Office of Economic Opportunity
Scotts Bluff
Cheyenne
Morrill
Kimball
OEO
John Buckstead
Four No Hitters Mark Central Ohio League Title Tie
In a rainout plagued playoff saga Zanesville and Lancaster shared the Central Ohio League crown. Zanesville finished 24-2 with 13 shutouts including four no hitters by Dave Lowe Jerald McCoy Doug Braden and Ron Moore while Lancaster went 19-4.
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Columbus
Ohio
Zanesville
Lancaster
Blue Devils
Dave Lowe
Jerald McCoy
Doug Braden
Ron Moore
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John Hart
Woodland Hills
Calif
A. S. Hardy
Robert Clark Sr
Jose Ramon Paz
Madrid
Spain
Paz
Ramon
Vernon Rood
Alma Hawk
Raymond Fox
Rapid City
Sidney Friday
Fox
Carolyn Kennedy
Fort Collins
Don D. Howard
Pittsburgh
Fred Gillig
Steve
Julie
Kent
Whittier
Anne Short
Lee Stormberg
Jeri Roberts
Paul Roberts
Linda Gillham
Ivan Gillham
Colorado State University
Peetz High School
Roberts
Ivan Fehringer
Denver
Mrs. Fehringer
Dennis Bellairs
Lake McConaughy
Mary Treinen
Long Beach
Clara Nelson
Ethel Jeffrey
Appleton
Phoenix
Ariz
N. C. Livoni
Gordon Magnuson
Troy
Central City
Neb
Magnuson
Levi Magnuson
Gothenburg
M. E. Douglas
Don Wood
St. Luke’s Hospital
Ed, Haupt
Gladys Brush
Las Vegas
New Mex
Chuck Haupt
Brad Davidson
Las Cruces
Joe Stbley
Vicky
Roy MacAdam
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Roderick
M. L. Elisworth
Kevin and
Kristi
Portland
Ore
James Bohac
Corky Booth
Sunol
Fred Kretz
Ellsworth
Cheyenne County Historical Association
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Francis DeBrunner
Lodgepole American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Clarence Meyer
Susan Schlaman
William B. Miller
May Heath
Helen Minshall
Nora Wolfe
Saddle Club
Florence Quinn
Florence Sue Quinn
Lady Golfers Invitational
Homemakers
E’ Laine
Telegraph
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