Cheyenne County Fair and Ft Sidney Days Celebrate Record Turnout
The Cheyenne County Fair and Ft Sidney Days combined celebration is hailed as a major success with near perfect weather and record crowds. Organizers from the Cheyenne County Fair Board and the Sidney Jaycee coordinated a balanced program, praising community effort and planning while noting the 1963 triumph inspires goals for 1964.
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Cheyenne County Fair
Ft. Sidney Days
Mother Nature
Cheyenne County Fair Board
Sidney Jaycee Committee
Sidney’ ‘Telegraph
4Ya
Two New Jersey youths face armed robbery case in Nebraska
Paul A. Craig 33 received 10 years in the Nebraska Penal Complex after armed robbery conviction. Bernard Mulligan 21 of Red Bank NJ got five years probation and restitution for the $173 stolen. Michael W. McKinney 21 had charges dismissed after being found uninvolved. Judge John Kuns also sentenced Walter Knight 23 to three years for a car theft in Sidney.
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Bay
Sidney
John Kuns
Pearle ‘Chaley
Hhey
Cheyenne
John Peetz Jr
Paul A. Craig
Nebraska
Craig
Bernard Mulligan
Red Bank
N. 1
Michael W McKinney
Peetz
New Jersey
California
Grand Island
Mullican
McKinney
Denver
Union Station
Chappell
Denver Priice
Mulligan
Kuns
Walter Knight
Knight
State Penitentiary
Lincoln
Local firm hires Leon from Eure ho Kon beer work
Leon joins a local firm from Eure ho Kon beer work and will repair and service typewriters. He is accompanied by his wife during the move to the Siney Office Supply location.
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S Leon
Eureho Kon Beer
S'iney
Renar
Used Car Auction At Whitlock Truck Co Huge Success
Local dealers sponsored the first Used Car Auction last Saturday and reported very satisfactory prices. Ninety eight of one hundred thirty seven cars offered sold, with buyers from Texas Colorado Wyoming South Dakota and the West Coast. Sponsors included Elwell Motors Gibson Ford Hualverson Larabee Kokjer Motors and Sidney Auto Sales.
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Whitlock Truck Co
Texas
Colo
Wyoming
South Dakota
Elwell Motors
Gibson Ford
Hualverson-Larabee
Kokjer Motors
Sidney Auto
Wheat Growers Board Meeting Scheduled in Ogallala
The Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn board meets Monday Aug. 19 at the Elks Club in Ogallala starting 10 am. Discussions cover full membership drive grain standards and changes with elevator personnel invited. Dr. Hanway of the College of Agriculture will answer questions on wheat streak mosaic. Car departures listed from Potter Co-Op Sidney Implement and Lodge Pole Drug Store.
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Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn
Elks Club
Ogallala
Hanway
College of Agriculture
Potter Co-Op
Sidney
Lodgepole Drug Store
Sidney Man's Auto Damaged In Wreck
Two accidents reported by the Colorado State Patrol Tuesday morning and afternoon near Peetz Iliff and Proctor caused vehicle damage. Peter W Fahey 21 of Sidney sustained a bruised hand after his 1962 car rolled into a ditch southeast of Peetz. Gary D Darwin 18 of Iliff suffered bruises when his pickup collided with Bernard A Darms 37 of Iliff five miles north of Proctor.
Nebraska oil wildcatters push to open new fields
Major operators and independents announced drilling plans across Nebraska from Scotts Bluff to Red Willow as hopes rise for a major discovery. The Sleepy Hollow and Singleton fields remain the top producers while secondary recovery efforts target higher output. The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission set August 20 for its next meeting amid anticipated legal issues around Huntsman’s gas field in Cheyenne County.
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Cedar Valley
Scotts Bluff
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Red Willon County
Commission
Nebraska
Jaine
Sleepy Hollow
Rea Willow
Singleton
Kimball County
Sleeny Hollow
Huntsman
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Leo Bolin Elected To Blue Cross Board
Leo T Colin administrator of Memorial Hospital in Sydney was elected to the Nebraska Blue Cross board on August 12. He will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Paul Finnimian who will become administrator of Lutheran Hospital Loveland Colorado.
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Omaha
Leo T Colin
Memorial Hospital
Sydney
Nebraska Blue Cross
Bolin
Paul Finnimian
Finnman
Lutheran Hospital
Loveland
Colorado
Grand Champion Steer Sells At Cheyenne County 4 H Auction
The 933 pound grand champion Hereford steer raised by Paul Hutchison sold for 41 per hundred weight to Ken Wickstrom of the Silver Dollar Bar and Grill at the Cheyenne County Fair auction. Other champions and buyers—from reserve and grand fat heifers to Angus and Shorthorn entries—are listed with weights and bidders.
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Paul Hutchison
Cheyenne County Fair
Ken Wickstrom
Silver Dollar Bar and Grill
Dave Policky
Chappell Livestocs
Safeway Stores
Angus Steer
Dan Dailey
American National Bank
Heifer
Bruce Brauer
American Na
Ogallala Wheat Leader to Speak at Cheyenne Banquet
Carson R. Smith, prominent Ogallala rancher and charter Nebraska Wheat Commission member, will headline the farmer business banquet sponsored by Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Assn on Wednesday August 21 at 6 30 p m in Yendis Cafe. Ron Maas Potter president will serve as master of ceremonies.
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Carson R. Smith
Ogallala
Nebraska Wheat Commission
Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Assn
Smith
State Wheat Commission
Allington Sale Reports Three Registered Hereford Bulls Sold
Tom C Allington and Sons, Suno!, report the sale of three registered horned Hereford bulls with Laura C Best of New Ragmer, Colo mentioned among the buyers.
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Tom C
Allington & Sons
Suno
Laura C Best
New Ragmer
Colo
IFYE Students Arrive to Join Nebraska Hosts
Miss Mariana Cortez of Ecuador leads a group of ten International Farm Youth Exchange students who will stay with Nebraska host families. The group includes delegates from South America Europe Asia and the Middle East. They were welcomed at a Lincoln picnic by the University of Nebraska Extension staff. Cortez will stay with hosts including BK Baker Trenton Theodore Smith Chappell and Walden Ericson Funk after visiting Cheyenne County. All participants and agents will meet September 14 15 at State 4H Camp Halsey for a concluding get together.
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Mariana Cortez
Ezcuador
Roy Anderson
Sidney
International Farm
Nebraska
IFYE
South America
Europe
Asia
Middle East
Lincoln
University of Nebraska Agricultural Extension Staff
Cortez
Cheyenne County
R. Baker
Trenton
Theodore Smith
Chappell
Walden Ericson
Funk
FYE Clumni
Halsey
Paper Boy Injured Riding Route Near San Marino
A twelve year old boy, Mike Herron, delivering papers on a bicycle at the San Marino Road and Coronado Court intersection, suffered minor injuries after being struck by a pickup driven by Bill Smith around 5 48 pm Wednesday. He reportedly rode from behind a parked vehicle into the pickup's path.
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Mike Herron
Verde Lane
San Marino Road
Coronado Court
Young Herron
Bill Smith
Conservation Air Tour Sunday Near Cheyenne County
Tickets remain for a Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation District air tour Sunday. For two dollars riders can see county conservation projects aboard a 20 to 30 minute flight. Tours start at 6 a.m. and run to noon. tickets from the SCS office or at the airport with a nursery for kids and coffee and rolls available.
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Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation District
SCS
Weather outlook fair through tomorrow
The forecast calls for pleasant conditions with no precipitation. Tonight's low is expected around 50 to 60 degrees, and tomorrow's high should reach 85 to 90 degrees, bringing warm northward conditions.
Tragedy on Nebraska Farm as 9-Year-Old Dies in Rifle Accident
A nine-year-old Wisner boy Ricky Taege was killed when a 208 deer rifle discharged while two boys Taege and Randy Mathewson played in a Rod ney Mathewson farm bedroom. County officials held a coroner's inquest to document facts for the families.
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Sidney Draw
Potter
Ricky Saege
Wisner
Neb
Rodney Mathewson
John Peetz Jr
Young Taege
Randy Mathewson
Homn
Taege
Ricky
Dean Taege
Mathewson
Craig Mortuary
Cattle Missing After Truck Upset Near Sidney Nebraska
A truck carrying 2A cattle overturned on a county road east of Sidney near the cemetery at 7 a.m. One animal died, others escaped and 25 were gathered at the Sidney Livestock Pavilion. Eight or nine head remained unaccounted for as searchers on horseback combed the countryside. The driver was Allen Hubbard Jr., 30, of Brush, Colorado. the truck belonged to I. R. Booth & Son of Denver.
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Sidney
Sidney Cemetery
Mel Busekist
Highway Safety Patrol
Sidney Nebraska Meat Packers
Allen Hubbard Jr
Brush
Colo
I. R. Booth & Son
Denver
Hubbard
Busekist
Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion
Bear School Graduate Now With Baker Tire
Mr Lloyd O Sweet of 1026 Spruce Street Sidney Nebraska completed training at Bear Manufacturing Company Automotive Safety Service School in Rock Island Illinois. He received linement balancing and frame straightening instruction and is now alignment and brake foreman at Bakers Tire Service in Sidney.
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Lloyd O. Sweet
Spruce Street
Sidney
Nebraska
Bear Manufacturing Company
Rock Island
Illinois
Sweet
Bakers Tire Service
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Sidney Man
Tor
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Edge of
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Kimball
Ibex
Chandler and Simpson
Madden
Banner Oil Co. Inc
Johnson
Vansen Production Co
Morrill
Oul-Gas Commission
Edward Mike Davis
Nelson
CSW
Brinkerhoff Drilling Co
Tom Wessels Jr
Sioux Army Depot
H. Glenn Spearow
Tom Coffey
Richard P. Vinal
Col
Stanley W. Smil
George Fleming
H. R. Partridge
Savings Bond Division
the Telegraph
U. S. Army
Minuteman
Sioux
Stanley W. Smiley
Richard P. Vinaluez
Internal Revenue
Leo Bolin
Blue Cross Board
Tional Bank
Angus
Gary Kurz
Jim Anderson
John Clay & Co
Brian Anderson
Rudy’s
Arthur Huff
Carl Olson
Keith Rexroth
John Clay
Angus Heifer
Kenneth Beyer
Sidney National Bank
Peggy Ahlschwede
Dave Hutchison
Bernie’s
John Helfrich
Potter Cold Storage
Marlaine Walker
Nebraska Meat Packers
Randy Sprenger
Leadbetter
Kathy Miles
H C Q_ Nelson
Hereford
Rich Bode
Nancy Range
Angus Hefer
Greg Sprenger
Sidney Implement
Allington Sale
Paper Boy
Conservation Air Tour
Bear School
Baker Tire
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