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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1960
Page
1
The 1960 Cheyenne County Fair set records and drew large crowds with abundant exhibits and top livestock shows. Attendance and spectacle were boosted by flawless preparations, smooth programs, and strong organization from the fair board and division heads, marking one of the county’s best fairs.
The Sidney Telegraph urges boys and girls in Dalton Potter and Peel zones to sell subscriptions before Oct 1 for prizes including a Road master Pacemaker bicycle, a six transistor radio, or a Waltham wrist watch. Cash awards of two dollars per subscription are offered for smaller sales, with six weeks to participate.
Notices list 18 intended oil wells in Nebraska for the week of August 15 1960 filed with the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Entries specify operators like Pan American Superior Texaco and Tidal Oil Co with well numbers and legal locations across Kimball Banner Morrill Harlan Scotts Bluff Hitchcock Cheyenne Red Willow and other counties.
About 4 000 head of cattle were sold Friday at the Alliance Livestock Commission Co first full special car load sale of the season. Eastern buyers attended in force and many observers could not enter the pavilion. Yearling heifers led the gains with prices from 22.50 to 23.25 per head as the sale progressed. 66 train cars and many truck loads departed Alliance.
Temperatures in the Nebraska Panhandle hit 103 at Chadron 102 Alliance 101 Scottsbluff and 99 Sidney as scattered showers offered little relief. Forecasters expected 50s to 110s and warned of only modest cooling by midweek after a month and a half of scorching heat following a 42 degree dip last week.
Two Lodgepole men escaped serious injury when their 1957 convertible struck a bridge on Highway 30 four and one half miles west of Lodgepole Sunday about 9 p.m. Driver Rueben Quinn was thrown from the car but uninjured and released from Sidney Memorial Hospital after a physician check. Passenger Daniel Markel also uninjured. State Trooper Lee Anderson investigated the mishap and said the car was nearly a total loss.
Mr and Mrs LaVern L Anthony longtime Sidney residents move to Rapid City South Dakota for new roles in advertising and art at The Rapid City Journal He is ex Sidney Telegraph advertising manager and a Nebraska and Chicago arts graduate They have three children and plan to relocate by August 30 selling their Sidney home at 1224 Parkview and buying 222 Oakland St in Rapid City
Sunol Consolidated School will start classes Monday August 29 and dismiss for Labor Day. Superintendent John Webb will teach science and math. Returning to the faculty are Mrs. Delma Turgeon English and commercial, and Miss Laura Fish second third and fourth grades. New teachers include Mrs. Sylvia Foster fifth and sixth grade, Milford Smith coach and social science instructor, 1960 Chadron graduate, and Alice Randall Ome kindergarten through second grade, 1960 Scottsbluff Junior College graduate. A fourth high school teacher is still needed.
Former Sidney resident Louise Attebery 61 died on a Kimball street Sunday at 5:55 am of a heart attack while en route to work as a Kimball Cafe cashier. Born September 23 1898 in Shenandoah Iowa she lived in Sidney 1930 1957 before moving to Kimball. Survived by daughter Mrs T J Hansen of Kimball three grandchildren mother Mildred A Jackson Huntington Park California a half sister Caroline Kline Grand Junction Colorado two half brothers Dwain Sanders Bakersfield California and Dean Sanders Cheyenne and stepsister Ednad Ott Aurora Colorado Funeral at Gehrig and Son on Wednesday at 2 pm with Rev Carl L Nelson officiating Greenwood Cemetery burial.
Mrs Stella Boyle aunt of Frank Boyle of Sidney died of a heart attack at her Gothenburg home early Saturday. She had been in poor health for months but death was unexpected. A son who had just arrived found her. Survivors include another son and a daughter. Funeral services were to be held this afternoon from Gothenburg Methodist Church.
Crawford Chamber of Commerce protests the removal of a former band master's housing unit at Fort Robinson Park. In a telegram to federal state and University officials the chamber seeks an immediate policy review before the duplex is removed. The USDA, owner of the Fort Robinson Reservation, plans to vacate the building for use by the Nebraska Historical Society curator.
Funeral services for Walter C Phelps 74 will be held Wednesday at two o'clock at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Sidney. The Rev Henry Monnich will officiate. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Phelps died Sunday in Lincoln after surgery. He had lived in Lorenzo and Lincoln, worked elevators there, was an Elks member, and leaves wife Ellen plus two daughters and two sons, two step children, six grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
Mrs. Pearl Simpson visiting her son Claude in Eugene Oregon suffered a heart attack Thursday afternoon. She is in Eugene Hospital and expected to stay about two months. Friends report her condition is satisfactory.
The United Fund of Sidney and Sioux Ordnance Depot schedules two meetings this week to finalize the 1960 61 budget. Tuesday at 7 p m at the Ft Sidney Motor Hotel allows participating organizations to present their fund needs. Thursday revisits budget requests to curb excessive asks ahead of the Autumn campaign.
John Deere dealers from the region and across the United States and Canada will gather in Dallas for one of the largest sales meetings. Jimerson of the Sidney Implement Co joins 4,500 independent dealers to view the new tractor line debuting late September. Airlines will fly in 16 carriers to move 1,500 others for the event.
Ninety-two calves sold for about twenty five thousand dollars at the Cheyenne County Fair fat calf hog and lamb show and auction. Top price 37.4 cents per pound went to Kim Ahlschwede for his grand champion steer sold to the Silver Dollar Bar and Cafe of Sidney. Paul Hutchison’s reserve champion Hereford steer sold for 27.14 cents per pound to the Cheyenne County Republican Party. Lina Bayne’s reserve Angus steer brought 33 cents per hundred. Notable buyers included Kimball Locker Co and Dr. James Edwards of Sidney. Outsiders aiding sales included John Clay Co Arvada Packing Co and Producers of Denver. Hogs sold to Wayne Walker 24.50 per hundred and Gary Kurz 28.50 for lambs. The heat did not dampen bidding as the sale lasted nearly three hours. local 4-H kids were treated to cold watermelon after the sale amid a thunderstorm and brief rain.
City Manager Tom Coffey announced Sidney will require registration before the November general vote. Registration starts September 12 under a first class city status with a 1960 census population over 7,900. Voters must provide name and party affiliation and unregistered residents cannot cast a ballot. Coffey hopes for 3,000 registrants but warns many may opt not to register, as seen in New York State.
Joseph C Nelson 68 a Gurley resident since 1916 died in Powell Wyoming Friday Funeral services set for Gurley Grace Lutheran Church Wednesday at two Rev Henry Trawney officiating Interment in Dalton Cemetery Hollewick Funeral Home Bridgeport in charge He was born in Oakland Nebraska in August 1892 Survived by brother Oscar Minatare and sister Mrs Evelyn Gollehort Salt Lake City
Don Wells, former manager of Denver Elevators in Sidney, is transferred to Greeley to run a new truck brokerage for the Colorado Millings and Elevator Company. The division is unique in the firm, which is affiliated with Denver Elevators. Wells moved here in October 1957 from Norton, Kansas, and his wife works at the Cheyenne County Welfare Office. He has been active in the Sidney Junior Chamber of Commerce and served as a Fort Sidney Days director. Born in Lewellen, he attended local schools.
Louis A. Saali 54 of Dalton, a mechanic at Foland Farm Machinery, died after a heart attack in his car near his doctor’s office. Funeral services set for 9 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick’s Church, with burial in Dalton Cemetery. rosary tonight at Gehrig’s. Survivors include his wife Regina, five sons Joseph Lawrence William Donald, two daughters Patricia and Alice, his mother Mrs. Susan Saali, and a brother George. Memorials to St. Patrick’s Church fund.
Fire officials issued another hazard warning as tinder dry grass and weeds heighten risk after a grass fire reported Monday near the Union Pacific right of way between 15th and 16th. No damage was reported.
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