Two Days Remain for Cheyenne County Fair and 101 Stampede
Cheyenne County Fair and 101 Stampede enters final stretch with two days left. Tuesday Aug 13 features 4-H flag raising parade kids parade and free movie at Pax Theatre with Jerry Lewis and the Nutty Professor. Parade entries close with prize announcements and awards. Wednesday Aug 14 includes 4-H flag ceremony calf sale and livestock parade at the fairgrounds. Kids rodeo and burro race cap events, with Grand Old Opera show Tuesday night and sale at 1 p.m. Weather cooperates, rains last week reduced dust and aided attendance. fair grounds work crews report significant exhibit turnout and positive impact on attendance.
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East Ward School
Jackson
Pax Theatre
Nutty Professor
Gary Bennett
Lith
Sidney
Fox
George Morgan
Cheyenne County
Ivan Liljegren
Sidney National Bank Control Is Purchased
Edward Brodkey sells controlling interest in The Sidney National Bank to Robert C. Conrad of Bancroft Nebraska. Conrad plans to move family to Sidney for the new school term and become chairman of the board and executive committee. No officer changes. Leo Krieger remains president.
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Sidney National Bank of
Sidney
Edward Brodkey
Omaha
Robert C. Conrad
Bancroft
Neb
Conrad
Conrads
King St
Warren Ellison
Sidney National
Brodkey
Leo Krieger
Sidney Bank
Iowa
Creighton University
Creighton
Mr. Conrad
Lois
Paul
Kathy
Jeff
Safeway to End Trading Stamps in Four State Division
Safeway Stores in the Denver Division including Sidney will discontinue trading stamps on October 1 to emphasize low grocery prices. The move affects Colorado Nebraska New Mexico and South Dakota with the Gold Bond Stamp Co contract expiring the same date, said Robert L. Campbell vice president and Denver division manager.
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Safeway
Denver
Sidney
Colorado
Nebraska
New Mexico
South Dakota
Robert L. Campbell
Gold Bond Stamp Co
Employers Will Get Labor Data Meeting In Sidney
The Nebraska Department of Labor sponsors a meeting in Sidney at 7:00 PM in the Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas Co meeting room. Robert B. Thein, head of the Scotts Bluff area claims center, says the session will provide up-to-date labor law and regulation information, wage hour provisions, and employer employee responsibilities for today’s business world.
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Nebraska Department of Labor
Sidney
Robert B. Thein
Area Claims Center
Scottsbluff
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Prize Lamb Shown By Dalton Boy
A Dalton sibling duo led the sheep division at the 1968 Cheyenne County Fair with Steve Hopkins siring the grand champion fat lamb and Irene taking the reserve and reserve showman honors. Dan Twarling claimed champion pen of three, while Dan Kastens won beef showmanship over Sidney rivals. Other purple ribbons went to Vern Nelson and Rodney Theis. Swine were sparse but Jerry Spiker earned several ribbons, including red for a Yorkshire, blue for a litter, and blue for a Yorkshire bear, affiliated with Huntsman Hustlers 4-H Club.
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Dalton
Cheyenne County Fair
Steve Hopkins
Irene
Dan Twarling
Dan Kastens
Lodgepole
Rick Christensen
Bruce Luehrs
Sidney
Vern Nelson
Potter
Rodney Theis
Yorkshire
Huntsman Hustlers
Lost Graduate Reunites With Beloved Classmate at 1943 Reunion
At the Sidney High School Class of ’43 reunion, Harry F. Lenton Jr. of Meridian Idaho surprised a former classmate Les Couch, who had believed Harry to be dead in the war. The two renewed their friendship after decades apart, with Harry agreeing to avoid spots likely to bring him into contact with other grads before the dinner.
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Sidney High School
Harry F. Lenton Jr
Meridian
Idaho
Old Grads
Les Couch
Harry
Les
Panhandle Weather Forecast Flat and Warm Into Tuesday
Panhandle forecast calls for fair conditions this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with a few thunderstorms possible Tuesday afternoon. Highs reach 80 to 90 degrees, with lows expected 50 to 60. Rain chances stay under 10 percent this afternoon and tonight and at about 10 percent Tuesday.
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Panhandle
Rites Set At Dalton For Mrs. Baker
Funeral services for Mrs. Carl Baker 82 former Dalton and Sidney resident who died Friday in a Phoenix hospital will be held Tuesday at St. Marys Church Dalton with Rev. Cletus Semper officiating. Burial in Dalton Cemetery. Rosary tonight at 7 in St. Marys. Memorials to St. Marys. Survived by widower three daughters six grandchildren 12 great grandchildren and one sister.
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Dalton
Carl Baker
Sidney
Phoenix, Ariz
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Cletus Semper
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
St. Mary’s Church
Emma L. Westerhaus
Wayne
Nebr
Henry Westerhaus
Baker
Phoenix
Marie Devier
Ruby Myers
Mabel Brening
Marie Asenheimer
Altona
Neb
Sidney High schedules three sports in Side line Seattle
John Colone lists SHS football basketball and wrestling schedules in the Side line Seattle column. Sidney projects a nine game football slate with five home games. Kimball returns to Sidney as Papillion debuts as a newcomer.
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Sidney
Seattle
John Colone
Kimball
Papillion
Rainy region boosts farmers as showers aid crops
Cheyenne County and western Nebraska plus northeastern Colorado received up to four and a half inches of rain last week. Farmers and ranchers expect benefits for winter wheat planting this year as soil moisture improves. Officials at the Cheyenne County Fair and 101 Stampede noted the rain helped the region though it created mud at the fairgrounds briefly. Weather conditions varied with heavy wind and drizzle but the sun returned Sunday improving conditions for the celebration. The 1968 crop outlook remains favorable according to state observers.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Colorado
Mother Nature
Nebraska Panhandle
Mrs. Neal Craig to Speak at National VFW Auxiliary Meet
Mrs. Neal Craig of Sidney will address a publicity workshop during the 55th national convention of the Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars opening in Detroit Aug 19 at Cobo Hall. Delegates from all states, about 3000, will attend with Betty Furness as opening day speaker and the Unsing Heroine of 1968 to be honored.
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Neal Craig
Sidney
Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Detroit
Cobo Hall
Craig
Sidney Telegraph
Nebraska
V.F.W
U.S
Betty Furness
State Aid To County Will Be 106900
New figures from the State Tax Commissioner show total state aid of 10 million dollars for next year. Each county keeps 20 percent for its general fund, 80 percent redistributed to cities and villages by 1960 population. Cheyenne County would receive 106,900 with 21,380 retained locally and 85,520 shared with towns.
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State Tax Commissioner
Cheyenne County
Wheat Growers Meet Planned in Ogallala
Lincoln Nebraska August 19 meeting announced by Ray Davis president of the Nebraska Wheat Grower Association will gather at the Elks Club in Ogallala to discuss the wheat outlook and national policy decisions. The open meeting invites growers and interested residents to attend and participate.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Wheat Grower Association
Ray Davis
Potter
Ogallala
Elks Club
Million dollar rain boosts Cheyenne County crops
Farmers east and northeast of Sidney saw the first measurable precipitation since May as a series of showers dropped up to four inches, soaking ground and replenishing subsoil. The rain benefits wheat and planted grains, but will also bring weed problems as moisture arrives in a dry pocket. John Elsasser north of Sidney reported 4 1/2 inches and showers continued, with Clarence Dorman’s farm seeing a similar pattern.
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Cheyenne County
Here
Sidney
John Elsasser
Clarence Dorman
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