Guardsmen Head to Camp Ripley for Two-Week Training
Sidney’s National Guard unit departs early Saturday for Camp Ripley Minnesota for a two week summer encampment. Battery B 2nd Howitzer Battalion 168th Artillery leads transportation with 49 guardsmen including Captain James Shaefer and Lt Gerald Matzke among officers and Sergeants and specialists listed. No Nebraska Guard mobilization mentioned but readiness stated if needed.
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Sidney
National Guard
Camp Ripley
Minn
168Th Artillery
Natonal Guard
Nebraska National Guard
Kennedy
Reminders On Draft Registration For 18-Year-Olds
Arthur Lenzen announces that all young men must register within five days after turning 18. Registration can be done at any local board, with proper residence listed to determine jurisdiction. Reserve forces must register. active duty servicemen are exempt except after separation they must register within 30 days if born after August 30, 1922. A registration certificate is issued after registering.
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Arthur Lenzen
Board No 17
Cheyenne County
Draft Board
National Guard
Collisions Cause Wide Range of Damages in Sidney
Police records report three separate incidents. A 1947 Chevrolet driven by Marie Brenner collides with a 1949 Chevrolet half ton truck driven by Jack Wackerla near the 13th and Alnois underpass, total damages about 200 dollars. A fire truck delay on Jackson Street causes damage to a parked 1957 Ford station wagon owned by Dr C B Dorwart. Violet Nienhaeser’s 1961 Chrysler sustains about 1585 dollars in damage, Dorwart’s car 215 dollars. A 1949 Chevrolet struck by a 1949 Indian motorcycle driven by Denise Sherrard near Maple results in minor damage to the Chevrolet’s right front fender.
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13Th
Alnois
Chevrolet
Marie Brenner
Sidney
Jack Wackerla
Les Couch
Brennan
Wackerla
Nienhuser
Dorwart
John Havard Driing
Denise Sherrard
Edard
Oil Field Drilling Advances in Sleepy Hollow and Nebraska Patches
Red Willow County reports progress as Sleepy Hollow field extension nears success boosting local oil activity. Birch Oil Co and Chieftain Petroleum announce new tests in Lincoln and Furnas Counties with multiple completions and planned spuds by Mast Drilling Co and Ben-Tex Oil Corp.
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Red Willow County
Nebraska
Sleepy Hollow
Woody, Kiel and Burns
Wichita Falls
Texas
Reagan
Lansing
Hitchcock County
Birch Oil Co
Shellburn Wildcat
Ambassador Oil Corp
Trenerry
Banner County
Chieftain Petroleum Corp
Lincoln County
Donald F. Melton
Mast Drilling Co
Logan County Fair Opens on Monday in Sterling
The Logan County Fair at Sterling Colorado will run from Monday August 14 to Thursday August 17. The event features a Summit Rodeo Co. rodeo from Laramie and a traveling carnival en route to Pueblo along with appearances by Cy Tallion and The Ink Spots on Wednesday night.
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Logan County
Sterling
Colo
Summit Rodeo Co
Laramie
Pueblo
Cy Tallion
Denver
Ink Spots
George E Sullivan 71 Found Dead at Sidney Home
George E Sullivan 71 was found dead Thursday at his Sidney residence 2014 Forrest St where he had lived 18 years. A WWI Navy veteran and former Sioux Ordnance Depot employee, he married Mary Bukowski in 1922 and is survived by his wife son Paul J two grandchildren a sister and four brothers. Funeral services are Monday 9 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery and military graveside rites. Memorials may go to the church building fund.
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George E Sullivan
Forrest St
Sioux Ordnance Depot
St. Patrick’s Church
Robert Chamberlain
Greenwood Cemetery
The
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Rosary
Church Building Fund
FAA Administrator Hajeeb Halaby to address Denver hangar meeting
Private pilots in the area are invited to a hangar flying meeting with FAA Administrator Hajeeb Halaby in Denver. The event is set for this Saturday August 12 at Combs Aircraft Inc Hangar 7 Stapleton Field. CAA station at Sidney airport reported the information yesterday.
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Hajeeb Halaby
FAA
Washington
Denver
Combs Aircraft Inc
Stapleton Field
CAA
Sidney
Face Lifting Plans Approved for Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
Fair Board approved improvements including a cement floor and one partition in the Crops building. Poultry and rabbits will be separated, parking and traffic flow will be revised with NW entrance exit, highway 30 access and adjacent parking. Notices urged space requests for Merchants Building and machinery displays.
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Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
Fair Board
Fairgrounds
Merchants Building
Warren Cunningham
Doyle Foland
American National Drive-In Opens with First Customers
The American National Drive-In Bank at 12th and Jackson opened at 9 am Thursday. Ron Barker was the first to enter the building and speak to a teller via a two-way mic, while M. R. Sigler became the first car-in customer using the same system at the west window. Tellers Jerry Dykman and Jack Flohr described plans for a third part-time teller.
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The
American National Drive- In Bank
12Th and
Jackson
Ron Barker
M. R. Sigler
Jerry Dykman
Jack Flohr
Helfrich Farm Corn Crop Faces Racoon Challenge
Sunol farmer Charles Helfrich shows four foot tall corn on his benching irrigated land. He praises soil conservation with terracing and contouring while raccoons threaten the seven acre harvest, sparking a race to pick before thieves. Keith Sprenger and Wendel Mathewson observe.
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Charles Helfrich
Sunol
County Soil Conservation Board
Soil Conservation Board
Keith Sprenger
Wendel Mathewson
Helfrich
Fitting Cattle With False Teeth At Cheyenne County Fair
Warren Cunningham announces a special feature at the Cheyenne County Fair with Dr. Ward Newcomb of Chap pell demonstrating fitting cattle with stainless steel false teeth. The dentist claims the teeth add four to five years to a cow's life and recently appeared on CBS's Whats My Line. Timing to be announced.
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Cheyenne County Fair
Warren Cunningham
Fair Board
Ward Newcomb
Chappell
Sidney considers pool expansion and heating upgrades
The Sidney City Council meets at 7 30 tonight to review three Fulton and Cramer engineered plans for enlarging and heating the municipal pool. Estimated costs range from 50000 to 135000 dollars with a final decision likely sent to referendum in September. Mayor Kermit Moore urged residents to attend and review the designs as congestion at the pool grows with the city’s 8000 population.
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Sidney
Fulton & Cramer
Kermit Moore
Soil Conservation Board Elects New Aide and Reviews Work
The Soil Conservation Board met Tuesday night in the SCS office with vice chairman Keith Sprenger presiding in chairman Ed Block's absence. New staffing announced as Ivan Burdick of Dalton joins as a conservation aide. other members include Charles Helfrich, Ed Sanders, and Wendel.
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Soil Conservation Board
SCS
Keith Sprenger
Ed Block
Ivan Burdick
Dalton
Charles Helfrich
Ed Sanders
Wendel Mathewson
Firefighters tackle weeds and straw blaze near Sidney farm
The Sidney Volunteer Fire Department responded to a blaze at the Paul Hecker farm, one mile west of Sidney, at 3 30 p.m Thursday. The fire involved weeds and a straw pile with no damage reported.
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Sidney
Paul Hecker
Egging brothers expand farm cab business in Gurley Nebraska
In Gurley Nebraska the Egging brothers Ted and John expand their on farm venture The Egging Co manufacturing tractor and combine cabs over fifteen models for various machines Their plan includes a new steel building and an assembly line approach to increase daily cab production while exploring markets nationwide and diversifying to industrial equipment and school room light control ideas
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Ted
John Egging
Egging Co
Ted Egging
Gurley
Montana
Texas
Iowa
Illinois
Althaight
East Gurley
Eggings
Nebr
John
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