Pioneer South Divide Couple Named Old Settler King and Queen
John and Emilie Hornicek of Lodgepole were chosen as the 44th Old Settler King and Queen for Lodgepole Nebraska. The couple, longtime neighbors southeast of Sunol, have six granddaughters and one great grandson. They recall homesteading era life, coal and wood scavenging for winter, and frequent visits to town at the Hornicek barn. The celebration honors their Czech heritage and years of community involvement in Masons, Legion, Eastern Star, and local schools.
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Lodgepole
John Hornicek
Sunol
Mr. Hornicek
Sidney
Nebraska
Czechoslovakia
Hornicek
Vaclav Seda
Rock
Joseph Hornicek
REA
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Masons
The
American Legion
Word War II
Eastern Star
Shrine
For Legion
Methodist Church
Royal Neighbors of America
Sunol School Board
10th Avenue seal coating planned Monday weather permitting
City officials announce seal coat work on 10th Avenue from the Lodgepole bridge to King Street Monday, with a lane split and 13th Avenue as the alternate. Half the street will be worked at a time and traffic may use the other half if needed while the oil is active. City Manager John Baudek warns against driving on the fresh oil.
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10Th Avenue
Lodge=pole bridge
Park
King Street
13Th Avenue
John Baudek
Services Pending For John Poppen Pioneer Farmer
John A. Poppen 84 a prominent Dalton farmer died Friday morning at Memorial Hospital after a period as patient. Arrangements are pending at The Craig-Holechek Funeral Home with a full obituary to follow Monday.
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Dalton
John A. Poppen
Memorial Hospital
Craig-Holechek
Parole Violator Apprehended By Trooper Larsen
Trooper Richard Larsen reported the arrest of Charles E. Wells 33 of Little Rock Ark a felony fugitive warrant issued about 30 days ago Wells was taken at 6 20 p m Thursday 2 5 miles west of Kimball after an erratic drive Wells waived extradition and will be returned to Arkansas Wells drank beer in Kimball before driving west on Highway 30 and could not show ID
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Kimball
Richard Larsen
Arkansas State Police
Arkansas Parole Authority
Larsen
Charles E. Wells
Little Rock
Ark
Wells
Arkansas
Nebraska
Weather Panhandle Forecast for the Weekend
Partly cloudy this afternoon with a few showers possible. Westerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Tonight and Saturday mostly fair. Highs 60 to 70 this afternoon, 70s Saturday. Lows 35 to 45 tonight. 20 percent precip this afternoon, less than 5 percent tonight and Saturday. Five day outlook shows below normal temperatures Saturday to Wednesday, warming over the weekend then cooler next week with highs 75 to 85 and lows 50s, with scattered thundershowers anticipated.
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Panhandle
Kurtz Move Upheld At Nebraska Game Commission
The Nebraska Game Commission 4 2 vote upheld Superintendent John Kurtz removal from Fort Robinson State Park near Crawford. Kurtz and his lawyer defended the transfer while noting strong local support for his return, with scattered talk of a Ponca State Park posting and ongoing court recourse.
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Nebraska Game Commission
John Kurtz
Fort Robinson
Crawford
Kurtz
John Dinning
Lincoln
Bruce Cowgil
Cowgil
Ponca State Park
Nebraska
Ponca
Dallas Johnson
Game Commission
Charles Right
McCook
Autdengarten Rites Set For Saturday
Mrs. Karl Autdengarten 54 died Tuesday at Air Force Hospital Scott Air Force Base Illinois after an extended illness Funeral services 9:30 a m Saturday at St Patrick s Church Sidney Very Rev Vincent J Pelster V F officiating Burial Greenwood Cemetery Rosary recited Friday 7 30 in Gehrig and Son Funeral Home Marie Elizabeth Wallrich born Oct 2 1913 in Germany to Nicholas and Marie Willstein Wallrich Married Lt Sgt Karl Aufdengarten Buffalo New York Dec 27 1954 Surviving widower one daughter Bridgette E Franklin of San Francisco one grandson John F Franklin IV a brother Michael Wallrich Buffalo NY and sister Suzanne Kroll Koblenz Germany
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Karl Autdengarten
Air Force Hospital
Scott Air Force Base
Ill
St. Patrick’s Church
Sidney
Vincent J. Pelster
V. F
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son
Marie Elizabeth Wallich
Germany
Nicholas
Marie Willstein Wallrich
Karl Aufdengarten
Buffalo
N. Y
Brigette E. Franklin
San Francisco
Calif
John F. Franklin IV
State sets pheasant season with reduced bag limits
Pheasant bag and possession limits are cut with a 79 day season from November 2 to January 19. The daily pheasant bag drops from four to three and possession from 16 to 12, hens outlawed. Goose, duck and turkey dates and bag limits adjusted. grouse extended seven days.
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Nebraska Game Commission
Turkey
Payroll and population boosts cited in NWB expansion
Expansion of Northwestern Bell Telephone Co service facilities in Sidney will bring a sizable crew from Western Electric for several months and permanently add about ten local NWB WE employees. About twenty WE personnel are already at work on equipment installation with forty more due by mid November, tapering down by mid March next year.
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Sidney
Western Electric Co
NWB
Western Electric
Carpenter warns Sidney Vo Tech future stormy for school
Nebraska State Senator Terry Carpenter told Sidney public school teachers that the Western Nebraska Vo Tech School at Sidney was an accidental creation and that the next Sidney senator, likely Robert L. Clark, will have a difficult task to keep the school. He criticized how the bill passed and warned that the program will be fully funded yet control how local schools are run, with no support for public employee strikes. The panel included Senator George Gerdes and Clark, and the workshop concluded with a school board banquet after sessions for teachers and administrators.
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Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Western Nebraska
Vo-Tech
Sidney
Sen
Carpenter
George Fleming
Fleming
Robert L. Clark
Sen. Carpenter
George Gerdes
Alliance
Clark
Senate
Gerdes
Dick Osterday
George Hinn
Elmer Hartman
Mildred Tillotson
Russell J. Pederser
Robert Clark
Telegraph
Father Pelster Heads to St Paul Nebraska
Very Rev Vincent Pelster moves from St Patricks Sidney to Sts Peter and Paul Parish St Paul Bishop assigns Rev Edward Flinn to Sidney Chadron priests shift Lambert Phillips named assistant pastor at St Patrick's Sidney Pelster helped oversee the new St Patricks Junior Senior High School project native origin details noted with other Nebraska assignments.
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St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Grand Island
Vincent Pelster
St. Patrick’s
Sidney
Sts. Peter and Paul
St. Paul
Edward Flinn
St. Patrick’s Parish
Chadron
Stephen Deaver
Stapleton and
Arnold
Father
Farewell Coffee Planned Monday
Members of The Altar Society and the Knights of Columbus plan a farewell coffee for Very Rev. Vincent Pelster on Monday night at 7 30 in the Youth Center. All friends of Father Pelster are invited to attend.
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Altar Society
Knights of Columbus
Vincent Pelster
Father Pelster
Special Meeting of Cheyenne County NFO Monday Night
The Cheyenne County chapter of the National Farmers Organization will hold a special meeting at the National Guard Armory Monday night August 26 at eight o'clock. NFO President Frank Jones of Lodgepole urged all NFO members and other interested persons to attend, noting Jones was recently elected vice-president of the Third District NFO in Nebraska.
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Cheyenne County
National Farmers Organization
National Guard
NFO
Frank Jones
Lodgepole
Jones
Nebraska
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Old Settlers
John Poppen
W. C. “Bud” Kemptar
Sidney High
Tom Ernst
James Thompson
Telephone Company
Sidney Vo-Tech
Sidney Educators Association
St. Paul, Nebraska
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