County Fair Tars Leave For State Convention at Sidney
The County Fair in Sidney features a multi day schedule with a Fort Sidney Golf tournament offering 900 in golf gear at Hillside Golf Course on Sunday. 4-H livestock arrivals, animal weighing, and sale drawings begin Monday morning with horse judging and an Old Timers reception at the new museum. The Fort Sidney Days Parade follows at 5 pm on Monday down 10th Avenue. Tuesday marks Kids Day with a Fox Theatre movie and Legion Park games, plus 4-H flag raising and beef and sheep judging at the fairgrounds. A Grand Ole Opry show is planned at 8 pm Tuesday. The final day Wednesday includes hog, cattle, and sheep sales at 1 pm, a 4-H watermelon feed at 4 pm, and a 4-H live stock parade and style show at the grandstand. The Centennial Queen contest closes the event with the theme Cavalry To Capsules Défense Of Freedom.
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Fort Sidney
Hillside Golf Course
Sidney Public Library
East Illinois
Fairgrounds
Sidney
10Th Avenue
Toledo
Jackson
Ken McMillen
Fox Theatre
Legion Park
Ben Belden
The
Jaycees
Hogs Sell Strong At Sidney Market With Weight Discounts
The Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion reports firm demand as hogs sold Saturday. Buyers warn against selling under 200 pounds due to $2 to $3 per hundred discounts. 210 pound hogs brought $26 with 200-230 priced $25.50 to $25.75. sows $18.60 to $20.25. heavies $17.55. feeders $11.50 to $22 per head. Cattle also strong. yearling steers $26.80 to $28.10. heifers $23.40 to $25.70. beet cows $16.30 to $18.45. steer calves $121 to $125 per head.
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Sidney Livestock
Road Work Under Way Southeast of Gurley
A county road improvement project Southeast of Gurley will surface about four and a half miles east from U S Route 385. The road serving The Egging Co plant will be widened and hard surfaced to handle heavy car and truck traffic. The project could set a pattern for future county road surfacing and broader county planning.
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Gurley
Egging Co
Egging
Seat Belts Save Family in Nebraska Accident
A California family of six escaped major injury when their seat belts saved all but one, a minor nose fracture for Harold L. Feller. The 1966 Chevrolet station wagon hit a turning semi near East Side Cafe east of Sidney at 4 p.m. The truck driver Hyrum J. Smith was not hurt. The birthday boy Greg Feller marked eight years old as the family journeyed from Sidney toward Waterloo and Rochester to visit relatives.
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California
Sidney
John Trenerry
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Harold L. Feller
Redding
Calif
Hyrum J. Smith
Oakland
Neb
Feller
Greg Feller
Waterloo
Iowa
Rochester
Minn
Water Softener Assembled for Tripoli Shipment
Lawrence Osborn of Servi soft states a soft water conditioner was built for Mr and Mrs Delmer Richardson in Tripoli Libya. The unit features manual controls due to lack of service and no automatic repair options in the city.
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Tripoli
Libya
North Africa
Delmer Richardson
Lawrence Osborn
Servisoft
Richardsons
Western Nebraska Vo Tech Opens In Sidney Nebr
Inquiries urged for enrollment at the new Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School in Sidney. The state-supported campus opens October 3 offering courses in building construction auto mechanics tractor diesel care drafting and electronics with more to come. Tuition room and board details available from the Director of Admissions. Enrollment limits apply and applications will be processed in order. Merle Rudebusch says ages 17 to 36 have already applied. The school will use Sioux Army Depot facilities and will offer campus apartments and cafeteria services.
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Western Nebraska Vocational School
Sidney
Nebr
Western Nebraska Vocational-Technical School
Float To Stress Vo Tech School
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce will enter a float in Ft. Sidney Days parade this month highlighting the Western Nebraska Vocational-Technical School. The float may also appear in Dalton Lodgepole and Potter festival parades to advertise the school and foster public relations among Cheyenne County communities. GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY.
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Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Ft. Sidney
Western Nebraska Vocational- Technical School
Dalton
Cheyenne County
Alliance School Census Declines
Alliance School District No 6 reports a district population of 6,530, down from 7,147 last year and 7,091 in 1964. Superintendent Marven Rosen announced the annual census, noting a decline of 617 people since 1965, with prior census totals of 7,419 in 1963 and 7,442 in 1962.
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Alliance
Marven Rosen
Music Parents Organization of the Alliance School System
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Sidney Tars
AIL & Express
Camp Shelton
Columbus
Russell Jobman
Donna Cornelius
David Schubert
N. W. Tiemann
Halsey State Forest Reserve
Vo-Tech
Vo-Tech School
East
Illinois
Mr. Sayther
Jewelers
Mlinois
J. Brauer
Sidney, Nebr
Standard Chemical Mfg. Co
Omaha, Nebraska
Ian Animal Nutrition
Telegraph
James Taylor
Pete Rapp
Nygens
Baker’s Tire Service & Alignment
Cheyenne County Fair
Hoster Lumber
15Th & Quince
Burlington Tracks
Don Foxhoven
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