Bingo To Be Offered At Cheyenne County Fair By Jaycees
Jaycees of Sidney will operate the bingo games at the Cheyenne County Fair for three days Thursday Friday and Saturday under a state licensed program. Rules prohibit Sunday play limit to 21 and older, cap 30 cents per game and 10 percent of gross to county with prizes at 5 percent and 40 percent to operator.
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Cheyenne County Fair
Warren Cunningham
Fair Board
Sidney Jaycees
Pearld Fichigan
Oi Cee Bingo
Dick Th
Jaycees
Oere
Strong Bros Carnival
Smith
Cunningham
Harold4
Pals
Rites Tuesday For Mrs. Vaughn Potter Resident
Mrs. Darline J. Vaughn 62 longtime Potter resident died Sunday at a Cheyenne hospital after surgery. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. Potter Methodist Church with Rev. C. D. Hoagland presiding. Burial in Potter Cemetery. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge. Born November 7, 1896 in Columbus Nebraska she was daughter of Bert and Rachel Pinney. Survived by husband Fred W. Vaughn a daughter Maxine Suckstorf two grandchildren one brother Wilbur Pinney and three sisters Mrs. W W Witterding Mrs. Mabel Hickstein and Mrs. Ruby Gronquist.
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Darline
J. Vaughn
Potter
Cheyenne
Potter Methodist Church
C. D. Hoagland
Potter Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Columbus
Neb
Vaughn
Bert
Rachel Talbot Pinney
Fred W. Vaughn
Greeley
Colo
Maxine Suckstorf
Denver
Wilbur Pinney
Lincoln
W. W Witterding
Elsinore
Calif
Mabel, Hickstein
Elm Creek
Ruby Gronquist
Two-Car Crash Near Sidney No Injuries Reported
Passengers in two vehicles escaped injury in a minor collision about 2 p.m. Sunday one-and-a-half miles east of Sidney. Ruth Huckfeldt of Torrington left the highway turning car. Jenny Miller of Dayton Ohio passed when struck. Damage to Huckfeldt’s trailer and Miller’s right side was estimated at $150 each.
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Sidney
Safety Patrol
Félix Koenig
Ruth Huckfeldt
Torrington
Wyo
Jenny Miller
Dayton
Ohio
Huckfeldt
Patroman
Huckfeldt Auto
Miller
Sheep Producers To Tour Wool Lab In Cheyenne and Chappell
The Cheyenne Deuel County Sheep Breeders Assn invites members to a Thursday meeting at the elevator in Chappell. They plan a tour of the University of Wyoming Wool Laboratory on Tuesday August 18. Contact Lemoyne Johnson, association president, for details.
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Cheyenne - Deuel County Sheep Breeders Assn
Chappell
University of Wyoming
Lemoyne Johnson
Mrs. Chryst Dies At 56 Funeral Is Set Here
Mrs. Douglas Chryst 56 died Sunday in a Scottsbluff hospital after surgery. She had run the Rainbow Cafe in Sidney since 1939. Funeral Tuesday at 2 30 p.m. in Craig Mortuary with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Survivors include husband Dale, a son, a daughter and three sons, three stepchildren, nine grandchildren, four brothers, three sisters, and many relatives.
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Douglas Chryst
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Rainbow Cafe
Mr. Chryst
Atwood
Kan
C. E. Brittain
Craig
Greenwoo
Letha Lena Seymour
Conway
Town
Leonard
Flora Wilson ‘Seymour
Dale W. Chryst
Forrest Stone
Leota Kennedy
Donald D. Lewis
Dalton
Arvene W. Lewis
Morrill
Homer H. Lewis
Portland
Karvel
Colo
Cora Cibbs
Kiowa
Eva Wager
Pueblo
Rehabilitation closes case for Sidney man 76
Oscar Bennett of Sidney, who lost a leg in 1957, has received an artificial limb and retraining through Nebraska Division of Rehabilitation Services. Bennett, now 76, returned to work at Maddox Trailer Sales after gate training and prosthetic fitting, with praise for the Sidney hospital and Amputee Clinic staff.
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Delwyn C. Lindholm
Scottsbluff
Division of Rehabilitation Services
Case
Oscar Bennett
Sidney
Bennett
Lindwoth
Telegraph
State of
Lindholm
Maddox Trailer Sales
Douglas County
Adair County
Iowa
Broadwater
Oshkosh
Nebraska
Idaho
Washington
Kansas
Wyoming
California
Herz Bennett
Omaha
Dwight Frost
Sidney Hospital
Colton Grass Fire Causes Negligible Damage
Volunteer firefighters contained a grass fire Sunday evening one and a half miles south of Colton on a George Deaver farm operated by Dan Deaver. Fire damage was reported negligible by the responders.
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Colton
George Deaver
Dan Deaver
House Rejects 237000 Sioux Ordnance Depot Ammunition Plant funds
The House Appropriations Committee denied a $237,000 Army request for bomb proof shelters and a barricade at the Sioux Ordnance Depot to support its ammunition demolition program. The depot reported large demolition totals since 1956 and emphasized safety and salvage from unusable munitions.
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House Appropriations Committee
Army
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Washington
L. E. Seeman
Gen Seeman
Faith Hope and Parity to Highlight Wheat Show
Beatrice Iowa humorist Dave Livingston will MC the Nebraska Wheat Show in Sidney Oct 29 with a talk on faith hope and parity. Nebraska Safety Patrol reports 51 contacts in a two hour selective enforcement sweep in the Sidney area. Ten troopers stationed along U S Highway 30 and U S 385 halted speeders and issued warnings for flags on parked trucks missing tabs and obstructions.
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Beatrice — Iowa
Dave Livingston
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Sidney
U. S. Highway 30
U. S. 385
Morgan R. Lambert
Scottsbluff
Panhandle
Omaha
Lincoln
Mel Busekist
Lt Lambert
Scottabluff
Sgt. Busekist
Vic Hanson
Bridgeport
Roy Anderson
Kimball
Felix Koenig
Esley Kotschwar
Paul Manley
Alliance
John Oliver
del Shipley
Bob Zapp
North Platte Neb
Services Tuesday For Dix Youth 3 Choked On Pea
Dix Ronald Scott McGowan three died unexpectedly Saturday on an errand in Kimball County autopsy showed accidental swallow of a garden pea. Cousin James McGowan 11 aided him before he collapsed burial at Dix Cemetery with Rev. S. G. Williams officiating. He was born Oct 3 1955 in Sidney. Survivors include parents Thomas N McGowan Sr 15 year old Thomas Jr Virginia Yvonne and grandparents Mr and Mrs Ed Miles of Sidney.
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Dix
Ronald Scott McGowan
Thomas N. McGowan
John D. Knapp
Kimball
Kimball County
James McGowan
Dix Presbyterian Church
the Lad
Sidney
Thomas N. Jr
Virginia
Yvonne
Ed Miles
Chamber Board approves check warning and shoplifting system
The Chamber of Commerce Board approves a check warning and shoplifting system to be set up by Chamber manager Wayne Moran. The Board will contact about 26 firms that pledged membership this year but have not paid dues. A Dollar Days report notes balloons with one dollar certificates were returned from Dix.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Wayne Moran
Retail Committee
Arnold Ring
Dix
Trained Dogs Perform Amazing Tricks At 59 Fair Rodeo
Gene Sisler of Emmett Idaho brings Australian Shepherds Jerry Rock and Rye to Cheyenne County Fair and Rodeo August 20 21 and 22. The dogs entertain with a range of tricks culminating in a dramatic cattle drive scene with comedy and rescue starring lifelike canine intelligence.
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Gene Sisler
Emmett
Idaho
Jerry
Rock and Rye
Cheyenne County Fair
VFW Convention Chairs Named for Nebraska Fall Meet
Sidney hosts the Veterans of Foreign Wars Nebraska Fall Conference October 17 18 with at least 300 participants. Tom Lenzen Jim Paxton and Mabel Olson lead as general co chairs with multiple committee heads announced including Reservations Registrations Publicity Banquet Procurement Advertising Meeting Place Reception and Hospitality. Bob Lowe Nebraska VFW adjutant to visit Sidney August 20 to meet the group.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Sidney Post
Tom Lenzen
Jim Paxton
Mabel Olson
Lenzen
Department
Paxton
North Platte
Olson
Marion Whitaker
Neal Craig
Bill Steele
Chet Hickman
Vern Anthony
Howard Emerson
Keith Richins
Ed Mitchell
Harold Mathews
Herman Baumbach
W. R. Atkins
Bob Lowe
VFW Adjutant
Roland Banks Reports Four Foot Two Inch Rattlesnake
Roland Banks recounts killing a four foot two inch rattler with ten rattles while fishing at Lake McConaughy. The report adds a local angle to ongoing snake stories surrounding the region.
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Roland Banks
Banks
Lake McConaughy
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Cility Seeman
Lincoln Air Force Base
Offutt Air Force Base
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Offutt
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Knapp
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Sister
VFW
Convo
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