Fort Sidney Days Fair Opens Weekend Galas
Cheyenne County gears up for the 1965 Cheyenne County Fair Fort Sidney Days with livestock shows, 4-H contests, a big barbecue by Potter Barbecue Club, a Lions Clubs parade, RCA rodeos, and a full slate of events from Sunday through Wednesday. Beoulevard activities include golf, a carnival by Forsythe Dowis, and a grand parade route to ease traffic and sun glare.
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Fort Sidney
Hardy Clark Furniture Store
Fairgrounds
Buetler and Son
Hillside
Merchants Building
Arts & Crafts
Cheyenne County
Home Extension Club
Arts and Crafts
Jaycees
10Th
Toledo
Jackson
RCA
Fox Theatre
Legion Park
Area Rain Brings Moisture Across Cheyenne County
Rain fell across Cheyenne County and nearby areas ending a three week dry spell. Totals varied from traces to about a half inch with Lodgepole reporting the most at around 0.50 inches. Observers measured rainfall at Sidney Potter Gurley Dalton and surrounding locales as fog reduced visibility and flights were cancelled.
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Cheyenne County
Federal Aviation Agency
Sidney
Dave Ells
George Coulter
Potter
Gurley
Earl Lessig
North Potter
Dalton
Don Dey Ermand
Lodgepole
Henry Jenik
Deep Test Rumors Persist In Western Nebraska Oil Fields
Rumors say Sinclair Oil and Gas may renew a deep test in Banner County after a recent rig fire halted a prior venture. New producers appeared in Banner and Cheyenne counties as Ring West Petroleum and Janes E. Blackman reported casing on No. 1 Post GW NE Sec 26-20-55 in Foot Hills, and Sinclair on No. 25 Singleton Unit GW SW NE Sec 24-17-54 in Singleton Field.
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Nebraska
Banner County
Sinclair Oil and Gas Co
Sinclair
Ring-West Petroleum Corp
Janes E. Blackman
Foot Hills
Singleton
Kimbark Exploration Co
Orrin
Cheyenne County
Nwne
Sioux Army Depot
Sioux County
Regal Drilling Co
James E. Blackman
Vaughn
Regal and Blackman
Denver- Julesburg
Morrill County
Cheyenne
Box Butte
Sioux
Petroleum Information
Gold Bar Resources
Consolidated Virginia Mining
Toronto
Louis Cooper
Kimball County
H. R. Neusbaum
H. D. Moore
Rosenthal
Weweka
Business Institute of Sidney Announces Evening Openings
The Business Institute of Sidney invites inquiries as two more evening openings are scheduled next week. The office will be open Tuesday and Thursday nights from six to nine p m.
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The
Business Institute of Sidney
Rites For John Hyde Saturday
Funeral services for John William Hyde 81 longtime Lodgepole resident will be held Saturday morning at the Craig Mortuary. Hyde died Thursday in Memorial Hospital after living in a Rest Home the last year. Burial will be Greenwood Cemetery with pallbearers named. Survivors include three sons two daughters a brother and 16 grandchildren plus one great grandchild. Memorial gifts may go to the heart fund.
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Craig Mortuary
John William Hyde
Lodgepole
Memorial Hospital
Carl L. Nelson
Greenwood Cemetery
George Emanuelson
Ed Misegadis
Ed Markel
al Bruns
Keith Spiker
Chuck Lafler
Waco
Neb
Eleanor McNiff
Lincoln
Hyde
Heart Fund
Harold W
Gerald
Sidney
Don E
Eleanor Sheldon
Washburn
N.C
Genevieve Epstein
Denver
James M. Hyde
Centennial Commission Heads Elected In Cheyenne County
Dick Thailing manager of Northwestern Bell in Sidney was elected chairman of the Cheyenne County Nebraska Centennial Commission. Mrs. LeRoy Hadden was chosen secretary as the group plans a county wide commission with members from each community to coordinate centennial programs. The meeting at the 4-H building was presided by Don Shriner of Lincoln who leads the Nebraska Centennial Office and urged grassroots statewide involvement for the 1967 centennial.
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Dick Thailing
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Nebraska State Centennial Commission
Thailing
Hadden
Don Shriner
Lincoln
New Industry For Chappell
The new cheese factory at Chappell will be dedicated next Thursday with Gov. Morrison slated to attend. See Page One, Sec. Three for a detailed report by Bill Eddy of The Sidney Telegraph news staff.
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Chappell
Gov. Morrison
Bill Eddy
Sidney Telegraph News
Jet Fly Over Set for Western Nebraska Air Fair
The Nebraska National Guard plans a 2 p.m. jet fly over in F-84s above Sidney Municipal Airport during the Western Nebraska Air Fair on Sunday, Aug 29. The event includes skydiving, military helicopters, soaring demonstrations, and various aircraft displays with no airport admission charge. A breakfast served 7 to 11 a.m. costs one dollar, with pancakes sausage eggs and coffee. The fair is co sponsored by the Sidney Civil Air Patrol squadron Overland Air Service and Sidney Chamber of Commerce.
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Sidney
Western Nebraska
Record 4-H and FFA livestock auction at Kimball County Fair
The Kimball County Fair 4-H and FFA auction saw the grand champion steer bring 50.00 per hundred with cattle averaging 31.50. Top hogs hit 45.00 per hundred and hogs averaged 37.00. Lamb top reached 85.00 with an 38.50 average. Maurice and Elmer Kath conducted the sale for fair officials.
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FFA
Kimball County Fair
Cheyenne County
4-H
Maurice
Elmer Kath
AEC to Finalize Proton Accelerator Site Bid Soon
The Atomic Energy Commission is expected to announce finalists for a 250 million proton accelerator project. Sidney proposes using part of Sioux Army Depot, with Nebraska lawmakers backing Sidney and Mead area bids. The AEC may narrow 125 proposals by month’s end, as WNUCC leaders relay the update from Sen. Carl T. Curtis and WBN candidates.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Sidney
Sioux Army Depot
AEC
Nebraska
Mead Area
Omaha
Lincoln
Carl T. Curtis
W. B. Agee
North Platte
Western Nebraska
Val Peterson to visit Cheyenne County Fair Monday
Former Nebraska governor Val Peterson, a leading GOP hopeful, will attend Cheyenne County Fair and Ft. Sidney Days next Monday arriving Sunday to appear at the Republican booth and meet GOP leaders. Peterson has served in high offices from local to national levels including ambassador to Denmark and federal civil defense administrator.
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Val Peterson
Nebraska
Cheyenne County Fair
Ft. Sidney
Peterson
Fairgrounds
Denmark
Eisenhower
University of Nebraska
Elgin
Elgin Review
J. M. McDonald Co
Dannebrog
Frederick IX
Fleming to stay for Sioux trade school briefing
Senator George H. Fleming, home after a seven month Nebraska Legislature session, will remain in town for a week to meet Nebraska Department of Education officials reviewing Sioux Depot as Nebraska second trade school site. He will attend a Thursday luncheon with Sioux officials and the Chamber of Commerce Industrial Council, then head to Grand Lake, Colorado, for a vacation. He and wife Sylvia will be honored in Ft. Sidney Days parade Monday. Fleming's trade school bill at Sioux passed, surviving committee and floor fights, and he co sponsored a state lands sale bill later vetoed by Gov. Morrison.
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George H. Fleming
Nebraska Legislature
Nebraska Department of Education
Sioux Depot
Nebraska
Sen. Fleming
Industrial Council Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Sylvia
Grand Lake
Colo
Ft. Sidney
Jaycees
Sioux
Sen
Fleming
Scotts Bluff
Frank Morrison
Old Timers To Register At The Museum
Old Timers register for the 1965 Cheyenne County Fair Fort Sidney Days from 9 a m to 4 p m at the Museum on 6th Avenue. Cheyenne County Historical Assn members run registration and serve coffee and doughnuts. registrants receive ribbons showing years lived in the area in six categories.
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Fort Sidney
6Th Avenue
Cheyenne County Historical Assn
Cowboys Vie For Honors at Cheyenne County Fair Rodeo
With more than $5,000 in prize money at stake the Cheyenne County Fair Rodeo returns to Sidney for August 22 and 23. Previous champions include Lee Cockrell who earned $656 in the 9.8 second calf-tying feat and Jim Mihalek Marty Wood Ronnie Thomas and Billy Hale prize recipients in bareback bronc saddle bronc bull riding and steer wrestling. Pro Rodeo Association events drive national standings as 1964 posse set records with 591 rodeos and $3,665,469 paid out, outpacing PGA prize money of $2,865,017.
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Cheyenne County Fair
Sidney
Fairgrounds
Texas
Lee Cockrell
Cockrell
Fairgrounds Arena
Jim Mihalek
Broomfield
Colo
Marty Wood
Bow< Ness
Alta
Ronnie Thomas
Whiting
Billy Hale
Checotah
Okla
Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
Pro Rodeo
Saddle Bronc
Hero Wood
Hale
Colorado Springs
Falcon High School
R.C.A
Denver
U.S
Canada
P.G.A
Panhandle Weather: Clouds Light Rain Then Warmer Showers
Forecast calls for mostly cloudy tonight with light rain. Saturday will be partly cloudy and warmer with scattered showers in the afternoon. Lows tonight 50 to 60, highs Saturday 75 to 85. Five day outlook shows average temperatures 2 to 5 degrees below normal with minor changes through Wednesday.
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Panhandle
Fort Sidney Days Parade Opens With Colorful Floats and Bands
The 1965 Fort Sidney Days parade features 98 entries including 20 float-type entries, six bands led by the Rose Bowl-bound Sidney High School group, and royalty from Fort Sidney Days Lodgepole Old Settlers Day and Kimball. Prizes total 750 dollars with 100 for first in each of five categories.
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Fort Sidney Days
Proces Sion
10Th Street
Ken McMillen
Fort Sidney
Dalton
Gurley
Potter
Ron Tighe
Sidney Community TV
Kimball
Lincoln
Sidney High School
Brighton
Colo
Lodgepole
Harrisburg
Logan County
City of
Cheyenne County
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Business School
John Hyde
Centennial Commission
George Fleming
Frank Mattoon
Eft
Don Jorgenson
Champ Kimball
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