Gurley Youth Hereford Steer Grand Champion at Cheyenne County Fair
Gurley youth Kim Ahischwede’s Hereford steer Alexander won grand championship at Cheyenne County Fair. Reserve went to Lina Bayne’s Angus Thunder. Dalton’s Marylynn Weed won dairy grand with Guernsey Jennie Lynn. Chief Judge Dave Williams, Univ. of Nebraska. Fair opening cooler weather drew large crowds amid livestock shows, horse events, rodeo, and a Saturday schedule of parades, sales, and contests.
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Ivan Leljegren
Alexander
Hereford
Kim Ahlschewede
Gurley
Lina Bayne
Dalton
County Fair
Lina
Mary Lynn Weed
Jennie Lynn
Dave Williams
University of Nebraska
Subscriptions Sought In Sidney Telegraph Campaign
Seventy two youths in the Sidney trade area entered the Telegraph subscription drive. A girl reported eight new subscriptions and a boy sixteen in two days. The contest runs to October 1 with prizes like bicycle radio wrist watch and cash. every entrant winning at least one sub gets a prize. Eight thousand papers were mailed Wednesday to recruit subscribers.
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Sidney
Sidney Telegraph
Telegraph
Cheyenne County
The
Fice
New Manager at J. M. McDonald Co Store in Sidney
Arnold Ring resigns as manager of the J. M. McDonald Co store in Sidney effective today. Gordon Bonser, from the North Platte McDonald store, will take over as manager. Ray Watkins, district manager, announces the change. Ring plans future announcements. Bonser is from Bertrand Neb with a wife and two sons. Sidney will house them when housing found. The chain now operates 107 stores with new additions in metro shopping centers.
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Arnold Ring
J. M. McDonald Co
Sidney
Gordon Bonser
McDonald
North Platte
Ray Watkins
Ring
Chamber ‘of Commerce
Mr. Bonser
Bertrand
Neb
J. M.* McDonand Co
Watkins
Rites Held At Kearney For Mrs Story's Mother
Funeral services were held in Kearney for Mrs. Clara Kincaid 85 mother of Mrs. C A Story and grandmother of Mrs. R C Cunningham both of Sidney. She died Friday morning in Kearney where she had lived most of her life after two years of declining health. Survivors include another daughter Mrs Elmer Rose of Kearney two sons Harold of Kearney and Ray of Cheyenne 14 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren.
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Kearney
Clara Kincaid
C. A. Story
R. C. Cunningham
Sidney
Ray
Cheyenne
Wayne Bond Named New Lodgepole Lions Club President
Wayne Bond has been named president of the Lodgepole Lions Club succeeding Roy Bills who resigned last week. Bond was selected by the Board of Directors after previously serving as first vice-president. The resignation moved all current officers up one rank with Lew Quinn as first vice-president, Ed Brock as second, and Don Hafler as third.
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Lodgepole
Wayne Bond
Lions Club
Roy Bills
Bond
Lew Quinn
Ed Brock
Don Hafler
Public Invited To GHS Alumni Social Hour
Gurley High School Alumni Association invites the public to a social hour during the Alumni Reunion on August 27 at Gurley High School auditorium from 2 to 4 p.m. The event encourages former students and friends to reconnect in a community gathering.
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GHS
Gurley
Gurley High School
Assa
Dorman Farm Home Burns in $4000 Loss
Alvin Dorman farm home ten miles southeast of here suffered more than four thousand dollars in damage when a fire started while the Dormans were away. Neighboring farmers and firefighters battled the blaze with bucket brigades. contents and building were a total loss. Firefighters from Crook and Peetz responded as Sterlings prairie fire drew 500 men away.
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Donald Darwin
Lloyd Stratton
Dormans
Crook and Peetz
Sterling
Iliff
Merino
Fleming
Meanest Man Strips Garden in Lodgepole Nebraska
Lodgepole Nebraskan reports the so called Meanest Man visited Monday night and vandalized Dick Schlaman and his wife garden. The couple aged 82 and 70 saw months of work ruined as tomatoes onions and cucumbers were stripped. They rely on the garden for pride in retirement.
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Dick Schlaman
Schlaman
Bond Sales Lag In Western Region In First 7 Months
Seven western Nebraska counties reached 537 percent of their US Savings Bond quota by July end led by Kimball County with 681 percent and 318 188 in sales. Other counties followed including Garden Scotts Bluff Deuel Cheyenne Morrill and Banner with varied totals and percentages. Nationally sales rose while redemptions fell for the third consecutive month versus a year ago.
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Western Region
Nebraska
J. Jorgenson
Sidney
Kimball County
Garden
Scotts Bluff
Deuel
Cheyenne
Morrill
Banner
Interesting Wildcat Drilling Location Set South Of Sidney
HLM Drilling Co and Patrick F Beaird announce a wildcat eight miles south and four east of Sidney on state land near the Colorado line. The No 1 State on CNW NE Sec 16 12 49 will test a J sand, following a nearby dry hole to the east.
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Sidney
HLM Drilling Co
Patrick F. Beaird
Colorado Line
Maley Field
CNW
Laaker
Jul-Tex
Cheyenne County
British-American Oil Producing Co
Buffalo County
Nebraska
Leroy Censer
Paul Hahn
Pan-American Petroleum Corp
Mor 1
Coun
Elizabeth King
CSWNE
Powers Receives 10 Year Sentence In Soviet Court
The Soviet court sentenced U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers to prison and allowed a brief meeting with his wife. Prosecutor asked for 15 years, defense urged leniency, and the trial followed Powers’ May 1 U2 incident over the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Francis Gary Powers
Powers
Roman Ruzenko
Power
Mikhail Grimov
Nikita S. Khrushchev
United States
Eisenhower
Russia
Oliver. Powers
West Nebraska JC s To Convene At Alliance
Bayard Bob Frakes district A vice president of Nebraska Jaycees says Western Nebraska Jaycees will hold a regional district conference in Alliance this Saturday and Sunday. The program opens with a golf tournament Saturday morning. Districts A B and C west of North Platte will be represented with Mike Milder and state officers expected to attend.
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Bayard
Bob Frakes
Nebraska Jaycees
Alliance
Frakes
Jaycees
Nebraska
North Platte
Mike Milder
Omaha
SOD Employee Is 100000th Patient At Bluffs Hospital
George Horacek a mechanical engineer at the Sioux Ordinance Depot in Sidney became the 100000th patient admitted on August 17 at West Nebraska General Hospital. He received a private AC room with flowers radio and television. The first patient admitted in 1924 was Donald Drucker from Mitchell. The hospital reports 4500 admissions last year with about a quarter from outside Scotts Bluff County as it expands with a two million dollar development program to upgrade facilities and services.
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West Nebraska General Hospital
George Horacek
Sioux Ordinance Depot
Sidney
Horacek
Donald Drucker
Mitchell
Scotts Bluff County
Nebraska
Free Movie At Fox Theatre Saturday Morning
The Telegraph offers a free Back to School movie at the Fox Theatre Saturday at ten o'clock. All boys and girls in the Sidney trade area are invited to attend.
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the Telegraph
Fox Theatre
Sidney Trade Area
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Miss Oldershaw
Ivan Liljegren
Liljegren
Fitzsimmons
MacDonald’s
al McDonald
Lodgepole Lions Club
Wildcat
S.x
Red Willow County
Red Willow Bs Fioeu-Central
Qul Co
Fritz
CNW NW
Russ Court
Panhandle
Nebraska Panhandle
Sidney Pvco-General Mills
Bridgeport
London
West Nebraska JC
SOD
Bluffs Hospital
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