Dewey Lovell Rites Planned After Potter Local Figure Dies
Potter resident Dewey Sherman Lovell 66 died today at Veterans Hospital in Cheyenne after a long service to veterans groups and the community. Funeral services are set for 2 PM Tuesday at the Potter Methodist Church with military rites at the grave. Burial will follow in Potter Cemetery. He taught 30 years as a mail carrier and clerk at Potter Post Office and was active in the Lions Club, American Legion, Red Cross, and Boy Scouts. Survivors include his wife Mae, three daughters, one son, four grandchildren, and a sister. Memorials are requested to the Potter Public Library building fund.
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Potter
Dewey Lovell
Veterans Hospital
Cheyenne
Mr Lovell
Potter Methodist Church
Erwin A. Kie
Homer B. Hix
Benjamin Warrenburg
First Lutheran Church of
American Legion Post
Allen Mortuary
Kimball
Lovell
Postal Department
Potter Post Office
March of Dimes
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Nebraska
Victor Anderson
Potter Lions Club
Potter Legion Post
State Legion
Porter McGuver Post 610
Veterans of Foreign Orders
Ky-Oats Pup Tent
IOOF
Dix
Veterans Welfare
Potter Village
Mae M. Chapman
Wi'lace
O'Hara
Virgie Jean
Tex
Wesley Wuraidwig
Mary Jane
Potter Ara
Jack V McMurry
Oxie Jane
Farson
Wyo
John Dewey Lovell
Los Angeles
Ana Ome Bivide
Loren Lovell
Kimh
Crash Victim Is Residents Niece
The niece of a Sidney resident, Mrs. Julius Wagner of St. Paul Nebraska, died in a three-vehicle crash nine miles north of St. Paul on U S 281. Funeral services are set for Saturday August 10 at 2 p.m. at Wolbach Lutheran Church. Mr. and Mrs. Troutman left for Wolbach to be with the Wagner family. The Wag ners are longtime Sidney neighbors.
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Sidney
Nebraska
Julius Wagner
St. Paul
Neb
E Troutman
U.S. 281
Troutman
Wolbach
Wagner
Westernaires to perform at Cheyenne County Fair Fort Sidney Days
The renowned Westernaires will headline Cheyenne County Fair Fort Sidney Days August 11 to 14 with rodeo shows Sunday and Monday and a Monday parade. The Big Red Precisionaires will open with a Grand Entry and a Cavalry Ball affair featuring authentic 1870s-80s costumes and sidesaddle acts. The team, ages 16 to 18, has performed nationwide and in Europe marketing a film The Western Carousel.
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Fort Sidney
Big Fort Worth
Sidney
Fort Worth
Kansas City
Omaha
Denver
Westernaires
Wrk
Parade Entrants Urged to View Fort Sidney Day Parade
Memorial Hospital officials request entrants bring floats past the hospital and Rest Home so patients and residents can view the parade. Mrs Marilee Miller notes last year’s entries delighted those hospitalized and in the Rest Home. Floats may circle the hospital lot then proceed to the Rest Home parking area.
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Memorial Hospital
Fort Sidney
Marilee Miller
Caravans Go Tomorrow Boosters Seek Volunteers
Booster caravans depart Sidney at 8 30 a m Saturday to promote the Cheyenne County Fair and Fort Sidney Days. Report by 8 a m at the courthouse west side. captains Dale Kindred and Jack Blanscot head north and south crews. The Hilighters and a Rocontes ensemble provide music with planned stops including Gurley Dalton Broadwater Bridgeport Bayard Melbeta Minatare Scottsbluff Gering Harrisburg Kimball Dix Potter Sioux Army Depot and back to Sidney. Lunch at Scotts Bluff for the northbound route and Ogallala for the southbound leg.
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Sidney
Cheyenne County Fair
Fort Sidney
Dale Kindred
Jack Blanscot
Hilighters
Homer
Nina Rocontes
Boosters
Gurley
Dalton
Broadwater
Bridgeport
Bayard
Melbeta
Minatare
Scottsbluff
Gering
Harrisburg
Kimball
Dix
Potter
Sioux Army Depot
Sunol
Lodgepole
Chappell
Oshkosh
Lewellen
Ogallala
Brule
Big Springs
Julesburg
Ovid
Sedgwick
Crook
Proctor
Cliff
Sterling
Peetz
Del Lamm Becomes New Union Pacific Agent in Sidney
Del Lamm, a Union Pacific railroad veteran of nearly 30 years, starts as Sidney ticket agent on July 26 replacing retiree D. E. Weimers. He comes from Potter after a three year stint there, with his home remaining in Potter until his daughter graduates next spring.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Sidney
del Lamm
D. E. Weimers
Lamm
Potter
Bd Wilson
Ogallala
Julesburg
Colo
U. P
Chillicothe, ‘Mo
Humphrey
Neb
Rock River
Wyo
Sunol
Severe Fracture Strikes Sidney Visitor During Horse Ride
A Michigan girl, Skerry Salmonson, 13, visiting Sidney, suffered a severe fracture when her horse reared and fell on her at Carl Kurz farm near East Lansing. She is hospitalized at Memorial Hospital. condition described as satisfactory.护
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Sidney
Michigan
Skerry Samonson
East Lansing
Mich
Carl Kurz
Memorial Hospital
Roland Salmonson
Salmonson
John Kurz
Marvin Kettler
Work Starts Today At No 1 Madden
Work began today at the No 1 Madden site near the abandoned Liberty Field in south Potter. The venture led by S. D. Johnson and Bill Garber includes partner names and aims a 5700 foot sand test with the rig moved on location Thursday.
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South Potter
Parade Lineup Showcases Royalty and Local Groups
Fort Sidney Days parade at 5 pm Monday features Royalty past and present led by 1963 Fort Sidney Colonel K J Dykman along with Queen Judith Steinback and attendants Sharon Crouse Janice Rude Rodeo Queen Janice McDermott and Lady In Waiting Jean McMillen plus Nebraskas Wheat Queen Chantal Misegadis. Parade includes VFW Color Guard Civil Air Patrol Cadet Corps Scottsbluff High School Band Westernaires Fron tier Airlines stage coach and many local organizations with prize money for winners.
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Fort Sidney
Ken Kiesehorst
Marshall Jack Dissmore
VFW
Sidney High School
Dylman
Civil Air Patrol Cadet Corps
Jaycees
Scottsbluff High School
Ogallala
Westernaires
Jefferson County
Colo
Wheat Belt Public Power District
Kiwanis Club
Memorial Hospital
Sioux Army Depot
Harmony Nook
Green Stamps
Lions Club
Cheyenne County Wheat Growers
American Legion
Seventeen Club
Beta Syma Phi Sorority
4-H Clovers
Rotary Club
Harlans’ Bakery
Ells Band
H & H Stables
Frontier Airlines
Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
Fire Department
Local Boy Billy Schmutte Fractures Femur in Colorado Springs
Six year old Billy Schmutte of Sidney suffered a severe femur fracture in a backyard scuffle while on vacation in Colorado Springs. He is in traction in Penrose Hospital room 411 and expected to stay two to three weeks. His parents and visiting relatives traveled between Sidney and Colorado Springs to arrange care and clothing.
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Billy Schmutte
Ted Schmutte
Sidney
Colorado Springs
Colo
Schmutte
Bill Behrends
Houston
Texas
Mr. Behrends
Billy
Penrose Hospital
Scchmutte
Minnesotan Carl Farrington to speak at Nebraska Wheat Show
Carl C. Farrington of Archer-Daniels-Midland will address the 21st annual Nebraska State Wheat Show on Oct 13 in Ogallala. The NAD executive will share Europe and Orient experiences. Entries for market wheat, certified seed, and junior divisions face a Sept 13 deadline to allow milling and baking tests.
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Ogallala
Minneapolis
Carl C. Farrington
Farrington
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co
Europe
Orient
Duane Foote
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
University of Nebraska
Ogallala Chamber of Commerce
Foote
Open Class Horse Entries Due Saturday
Entries in the Open Class Horse competition at the Cheyenne County Fair are due by noon on Saturday. Blanks available from the extension office or superintendents Chuck Fisher Ken Fleming and Vern Sinsel. Trophies and all-around awards announced by sponsors including Baker Tire Service Mil Bar and Lounge Rudy's El Palomino Motel Stickney's Sidney National Bank and Halvorson Larson Motor Co.
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Cheyenne County Fair
Chuck Fisher
Ken Fleming
Vern Sinsel
Baker Tire Service Mil
Rudy's” Inc
Leegcro'e Valley Saddle Club
Born’s Skelry
Kiwanis Chit
Sidney Livestock Sales
Powell Hardware
Greenlees’ Inc
Sidney Implement Co
Photo Center
SBA Representative Visit Planned in Sidney Next Week
A 4A representative from the Omaha SBA branch will be in Sidney next Wednesday August 14. The Chamber of Commerce invites those interested to confer and seek counseling on financial assistance government contracts and subcontracts new product development and technical and managerial aid.
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Omaha
The
Small Business Administration
Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
Knight Arrested After Crashing and Stealing Car in Sidney
Walter Knight 23, just released from Nebraska State Penitentiary, was arrested near Brownson after car theft in Sidney. He previously stayed with a friend, denied license, and is jailed awaiting hearing. A separate crash on Highway 30 near Potter injured Orville Furber, minor injuries, $800 damage.
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Walter Knight
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Knight
Paul Manley
Nebraska Highway Safety Patrol
Highway 30
Sidney
Manley
Brownson
New Orleans
Art's Motors
Plymouth
Barney Smith
Merchants Transfer Co
Jaycees
Fort Sidney
Potter
Austin Healy
Orville L Furber
Lebanon
Ore
Borrow Pit
Furber
Het
Funber
Memorial Hospital
No Sale On Monday For Sidney Livestock
No sale will take place Monday at Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion due to the Cheyenne County Fair and Fort Sidney Days. Regular Monday sales resume Monday August 19, manager Dave Truss says. A special horse sale is set for Sunday August 18 and a special cattle sale will feature Monday August 26.
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Fort Sidney
Sidney
Dave Truss
Joint Cheyenne County Fair Fort Sidney Days Opens Sunday
Weather outlook cheerful for the five day Cheyenne County Fair and Fort Sidney Days with light afternoon thundershowers possible. Local festivities begin Sunday at 5 30 p.m. with an opening ceremony, barbecue, rodeo acts, and judges for steer wrestling events.
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Geo Fleming
Carl Olson
Cecil Hunt
William G. Smith
Sidney High School
Fairgrounds
Potter Barbecue Club
County Lions Club
Westernaires
Bill Bushboom
At & P.m
Dick Stull
Don Fedderson
Merchants Building
Fort Sidney
Forsythe &Dowis
Minatare Runs Fire Tourney to Claim Top Honors
Minatare won the North Platte Valley Volunteer Firemen Association water tournament at the Band Shell area in Alliance on Sunday taking first in Ladder Climb and 50-foot Coupling, second in Cellar, and third in Hose Change to tally 14 points edging Morrill's 12 and Daltor's 20. Scottsbluff received the goat after a weak showing as 106 contestants entered. Bayard entered a junior team winning the only special event, the Junior 50 Foot Coupling.
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Minature
North Platte Valley Volunteer Firemen Association
Band Shell
Alliance
Minatare
Morrill
Daltor
Sidney
Dalton
Chadron
Mitchell
Bridgeport
Gurley
Gering
Scottsbluff
Bayard
Driver’s license fees rise to fund education program
The sale of driver’s licenses starts Tuesday in Cheyenne County with licenses due by end of October. Adult licenses rise to 3 dollars, probationary to 5 dollars, and learners’ permits to 1 dollar. The increases support an expanded Driver Education program in the state.
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Mable Jorgensen
Cheyenne County
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SBA
Sidney Livestock
Weatherman
Scottsbluff Weather Bureau
Sidney Lions Club
Armory
Lions
Community Betterment Council
Louis Neuman
Vince Maliszewski
Lawrence Weamsiley
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