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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1962
Page
4
A flurry of local notes reports shorter daylight hours forcing lantern use on evening express trains. Amid town news, military gates for cemetery fence and a surge of civic activity are noted alongside updates from Sidney’s pace of life.
After a flood on Second street villagers complained of water flow from a new rail dyke west of town. Supt Park and officials met the Village Board to discuss a possible canal to drain Lodge Pole Creek, costing about 1000 dollars. Repairs to the Union Pacific well are finished and the town braces for future water supply.
Thirty five years ago President Coolidge stunned Rapid City South Dakota with a noon mountain time statement that he would not run for reelection in 1928. The brief remark I do not choose to run for president in 1928 was delivered as the summer White House address to the public. Sidney National Guardsmen of the 134th infantry will entrain Sunday night for Camp Ashland for the state encampment. Frank Rauner of Gilead Nebraska bought the Mrs. R H Zimmer Property at 501 West Third street and plans to move his family to Sidney while farming land nearby.
Foster, a well known farmer living southwest of the city, was knocked unconscious when a bolt of lightning struck a field where he was using a drag for fall sowing. The horses were ripped from harness and fell. the fourth horse soon stood. Mrs. Foster witnessed the strike and hurried to assist after finding him unconscious and later cared for him at home.
A growing bid for a real live zoo in Sidney Southwest Sidney shows cages and byways at the 19th Avenue and Sidney Draw junction led by Earl Harvey of Ohio Oil. Rev Thomas Dowd named first priest at Sioux Ordnance Depot by Bishop Paschang. Buffalo Bend opening near Potter. Cheyenne County Fair opens Wednesday with entry day for the 1957 fair.
Reever Epley, associate coordinator, resigns after more than two years with the Sidney Community Improvement Project. He reports being hired by the Pueblo Public School System in Colorado as a music instructor.
The Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation District schedules the first Air Conservation Tour for Sunday August 26 at Sidney Airport. Large private planes will operate from 6 AM to noon offering aerial views of conservation and non-conservation work. Tickets cost 2 dollars to cover fuel. rides last 25 to 30 minutes with eastern and western county routes.
The city plans to advertise immediately for bids to replace a junked packer type garbage truck. The council agenda includes bids for a city shop building, park lot sales approval, and bids for a new waste department truck. Other items: banking, licenses, and reports on golf, water funds, and bonds.
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