Sidney Opens 1951 1952 School Year Sept 4
Sidney public schools will open the 1951 1952 term on Tuesday September 4 with enrollment upturn noted by Mr Weymouth. A new elementary building will not be ready, causing class shifts. Registration schedules for seniors to freshmen are outlined along with non resident and eighth grade requirements. Reports by September 4 include auditorium and location specifics for different grades and days. Temporary changes may occur based on population shifts.
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Sidney’s
J. Weymouth
Weymouth
Sidney
Countyuperintendents
Court House
Junicr High
12Th Ave
Union Pacific
North Side
16Th Avenue
Union Pacific Register
12Th Avenue
20Th Avenue
Frances Willard School
8Th Avenue
Lions Club Musical Night In Sidney Meeting
The Sidney Lions Club hosted a Wednesday meeting featuring Miss Joanne Reynard of Kansas City as mezzo soprano. She sang with pianist Miss Joyce Baumbach while visiting. Paul Faust reported on the Junior Baseball Tournament and announced Gurley and Sioux Ordnance Depot will award the championship and consolation trophies. Rep A L Miller was a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Lions
Joanne Reynard
Kansas City
Reynard
Kansas City Light Opera Company
Kansas City Municipal Band
Philharmonic Chorus
Joyce Baumbach
Paul Faust
Gurley
Sioux Ordnance
A. L. Miller Willlso
Legion Post 17 to Install New Officers Tonight
The American Legion Post 17 plans a Tuesday meeting at the Legion Club to install new officers. Installing officer will be W. P. Ackerman with special guest W. J. Cotter from Lincoln attending as a state employment representative. Legionnaires are urged to wear their Legion caps during the service. Mae.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Post 17
The
Legion Club
W. P. Ackerman
W. J. Cotter
Lincoln
State Yetenaps Employment Representave. Mae
Two Ese From Flaies In Car Wreck
Cheyenne County reports a weekend of alarming accidents on Highway 30 and nearby roads. Ogallala driver Lawrence Sator rescued Mrs. Margaret Butts and Roland H. Banks from a burning car west of Sidney after a misty pass failed. Banks and Butts sustained minor injuries. no hospitalizations. A South Dakota car was nearly destroyed east of Sidney in a collision with a left-turning Ford. No serious injuries. Two cars damaged at an intersection on Brownson road near Highway 30 in a sideswipe. A separate ditching incident on Highway 19 near Huntsman left Wendell Mayden and family with minor injuries.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
Ogallala
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Lawrence Sator
Margaret Butts
Roland H. Banks
Banks
Sator
South Dakota
Highway 30
W. W. Schulz
E. H. Preuss
Sioux Falls
S. D
George Frerichs
Gurley
Packard
Ford
Preuss
Mr. Frerichs
Brownson Road
Nebraska Highway Safety Patrol
Joseph Thornton
Long Beach
Calif
Buick
Herbert Green
Sterling
Colo
Nash
California
Wendell Mayden
Alliance
Highway 19
Huntsman
Mayden
Dorothy Mayden
Two Tons Sent To Aid Midwest Flood Victims
Two tons of household goods clothing and shoes were sent to Midwest flood victims this week from Cheyenne County. The drive was led by A E Wright chairing the Lions Club with help from other county Lions clubs. Ralph Thompson Sidney Lions Club president thanked contributors and volunteers and the National Guard for use of the Sidney Armory as collection HQ. Cheyenne County American Red Cross sent 500 dollars as the county quota in the national emergency finance drive.
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Midwest
Cheyenne County
Wder
Slaney Lions Club
Lions Clubs
A. E. Wright
Ralph Thompson
Sidney Lions Club
National Guard
Sidney Armory
The
American Red Cross
National Organization
Crosby to Speak at Old Settlers' Day in North Platte
Crosby of North Platte Nebraska gubernatorial candidate will be principal speaker at the 27th annual Old Settlers Reunion next Monday September 3. Festivities include a Grand Parade at 11 and prizes in many categories with cash awards for losers. Other events feature Melvynn-Hiett electric train, two ball games, a flower show, a dance, open house at the school addition, and meals by the Methodist WSCS and American Legion Auxiliary.
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Bob. Crosby
North Platte
Nebraska
Old Settlers
Melvynn
Hiett
Legion Hall
Legion ’ Hall
John Brown
Harold Edens
Mr. Crosby
Methodist
WSCS
American Legion Auxiliary
J Williams Rites Held
Final services were held in Sidney for John R. Williams 71 who died Thursday night after a three month illness. Rites at The Methodist Church were led by Rev. Glenn O. McPherson. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery via Gehrig Funeral Home. Williams born January 3 1880 in Woodbine Illinois moved to Iowa in 1886 then Cheyenne County in 1912 to farm. Survived by daughter Murrel Crosby Sidney sister Lola Rowe Long Beach brother D C Williams Long Beach. son Loring preceded in death.
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Cheyenne County
Milo
Iowa
Mary Alice A “Williams
Cheyenne ‘County
Potter
Peter Hansen
Methodist Church
O. D. Hoagland
Potter Cemetery
Craig Mortuary
Mr. Hansen
Denmark
United States
Dannebrog
Howard ‘County
Rose Hansen
Hansens
Cheyenne
Wyo
Hansen
Elmer Seyfang
Seyfang-Hansen
Masonic Lodge
Potter Lodge
Tom
Martin
Denver
Bart
Eugene
Andy
Calgary
Canada
Canning Clinic Draws Attention in County
Canning demonstrations held in Reyenne County last week drew strong attendance and keen interest due to abundant garden produce this year. Miss Violet Shepherd, home extension agent, explained clinics were held in Lodgepole and Sidney.
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Reyenne County
Violet Shepherd
School Leaseholders Unite To Fight State Legislation
Sidney hosts delegates from nine Nebraska counties forming the Nebraska Leaseholders Association to resist recent school lands leasing laws. Charles Green named president to organize statewide efforts, with 45 counties leasing school lands and a six week timeline to complete the state organization. Lawyers Beatty and Halcombe spoke on limits of lease renewals and possible injunctions as tactics are explored.
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Sidney
Nebraska
Charles Green
Nebraska Leaseholders Association
Cheyenne
Devel
Kimball-Banner
Lincoln
Keith
Morrill
Box Butte
Perkins
Hayes County
Green
Youth Center Board Plans Reopening Program
Sidney’s Youth Center, popular in 1950 51, will reopen after an executive committee meeting in September. Delegates from Lions Rotary BPWC VFW and American Legion will organize for the year and outline the program. A E Nimtz, chairman, plans changes. The program will resemble last year with set nights for junior high and high school students, rules, hours, and capable chaperons.
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Sidney
The
Lions
Rotary
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
A. E. Nimtz
Dalton Festival Queen Crowned In Midnight Ceremony
Eighteen year old Marcelene Thompson was crowned Queen of the Dalton Festival by Mayor Lyle Rabe in a midnight ceremony closing a Beta Sigma Phi sponsored dance. She led 11 candidates and named attendants Miss Dorothy Ernest and Miss Willa Mae Lyons. The trio will ride in the parade on Tuesday September 18, marking the 24th annual fall celebration chaired by L. W. Marrin.
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Marcelene Thompson
Dalton
Lyle Rabe
Dorothy
Ernest
Willa Mae Lyons
L. W. Marrin
Miller to tour district during House recess stops
Rep A L Miller will visit multiple Nebraska towns during the House recess. He speaks at the Sidney Lions Club at noon on September 5 and appears at the Old Settlers Picnic in Lodgepole on September 3. Other engagements include Kimball County Fair September 1 Perkins County Hospital dedication September 2 Morrill County Fair Bridgeport September 4 and Platte Valley towns.
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House
A. L. Miller
Sidney
Tillotsons In Bad Accident Involving Tillotsons and Trudel family
Mr and Mrs T R Tillotson and daughter Sandra were seriously injured in a two car crash on Highway 30 near Wood River Thursday afternoon. Carl Trudel 52 of Wauseon Ohio and his wife and daughter were also hurt. Mrs Alice Osler 84 died from shock and injuries. O J Weymouth said Mr Tillotson should return for school in Sidney, while Mrs Tillotson faces a long recuperation. Sandra may join her father back in Sidney.
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T. R. Tillotson
Sandra
Wood River
Alice Osler
Kennesaw
Tillotson
St. Francis Hospital
Grand Island
Carl Trudel
Wauseon
Ohio
Trudel
Lila
Osler
O. J. Weymouth
Sidney Public Schools
Sgt Harley Ferrier Returns From Korea Front Line Duty
Sgt First Class Harley Ferrier veteran of 89 months overseas duty returns from Korea on furlough to Sidney with wife son and parents. He served with the 1st Cavalry Division 5th Cavalry Regiment and was wounded once in the arm. Ferrier spent 16 months in Europe and four years in Panama before World War II, later returning to Korea. He recounts winter hardship without heavy clothing and the switch to home cooking and fresh milk during his furlough.
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Harley Ferrier
Korea
Carleton
Haze
Sgt
Ferrier
1St Cavalry Division
5Th Cavalry Regiment
Sidney
Fort Sidney
Panama
Europe
St Patrick Parish Picnic At Legion Park
About two hundred people were served at the St Patrick s parish picnic Sunday at Legion Park sponsored by the Sidney Council Knights of Columbus. Soft drinks and ice cream were offered free with ice cream supplied by Whitmores Creamery of Mitchell. Whitmore, a former St Patrick s Academy coach, had a personal interest in the event.
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St. Patrick’s
Legion Park
Sidney Council
Knights of Columbus
Whitmores’ Creamery
Mitchell
Whitmore
St. Patrick’s Academy
Finke Creamery
Sidney
Busy September Looms Over Cheyenne County Events
September brings Old Settlers reunion in Lodgepole on Labor Day. Dalton’s Fall Festival spans Sept 17–18 with displays, parade, game, programs, and a dance. Schools open Sept 4 with rising enrollments. LPVAA plans season kickoff Sept 8. Western Nebraska chamber convention Sept 13. Extension clubwomen reorganize Sept 21. football and fall activities fill the month.
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Cheyenne County
Lodgepole
Dalton
Cheyenne County Educators Club
Sidney High School
St. Patrick’s Academy
Lodgepole Valley Activities Association
LPVAA
Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce of
Nebraska
First Stock Payment Due On September First
First stock payment for stock purchased for the Sidney Hotel Corporation is due on September 1 and may be made at Platte Valley Finance Company located at 945 10th Avenue.
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Yard & 3
Sidney: ‘Hotel. Corporation
Platte Valley Finance Company
10Th Avenue
Law Has Busy Week In Cheyenne County News
Cheyenne County sheriffs report a busy week with car thefts break ins and a gunpoint hitchhiker. A black 1939 Ford was stolen from across from the Overland Cafe with Lyle Van Ness driving. Other incidents include thefts in Chappell and a hitchhiker drama near Sidney. Ray Cooper eluded arrest and is jailed in Cheyenne awaiting Texas police. Porter Settle, now in Rawlins, faces a one to one and a half year term for grand larceny.
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Cheyenne County
Lucy
Teresa van Ness
Overland Cafe
Lyle van Ness
W. W. Schulz
Schulz
Chappell
Sidney
Dewey Frederickson
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Scottsbluff
Air Corps
Kimball
Frederickson
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ray Cooper
Cooper
Texas
Texas’ Police
Abileft
Elmer Juedes
Lodgepole
Sheriff Schulz
Ralph Porter Settle
State
Rawlins
Settle
Trophies Given At Potter Plane Meet
Potter Aero-nuts sponsor a junior freeflight model airplane contest at Potter airport on Sunday. Entrants came from Scottsbluff Sidney and Potter. Six trophies were awarded to top fliers Harvey McMillen 15 Scottsbluff Champion Jimmy Coulter 10 Potter Folly Floyd Brown 15 Sidney Fu Bar 36 Daryl Dedic 16 Potter Zeek Rickie MacAdam 6 Potter Folly Billy Hagemeister 15 Potter Folly
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Potter Aero-nuts
Potter
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Harvey
McMillen
Jimmy
Coulter
Floyd Brown
Daryl Dedic
Rickie MacAdam
Billy Hagemeister
Uncle Tom's Cabin at Fox Theatre This Week
Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic will be shown in original version at the Fox Theatre today and tomorrow with continuous shows from 1 30 p m. Manager Elmer Haines says attendance is encouraged for both children and adults and five all color cartoons will accompany the feature.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Fox
Theatre Today
Elmer Haines
Mr. Haines
Drilled As Off Set To Dormanz 9
Large oil find in Cheyenne County as British American’s Rapp No 1 becomes southeast offset to Dorman No 9 near Sidney. Drill stem tests yield 2,420 feet of oil in the lower D sand and about two million cubic feet of gas in the upper D sand. BA plans accelerated drilling in Nebraska, with activity also reported in Colorado fields and related completions and test operations across multiple wells and locations.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
Elsasser
Dorman
Nebraska
A. B. Rapp
Colorado Drilling Ventures
Yenter
Venter
Graylin
Wagner
Armstrong
Peetz
No. 3
Segelke
Ohio
Gurley
Mather No. 4
Huntsman Field
Foy No
Dalton
Jack Wise
New Oil Development Rule Stays in Effect
State Geologist G. E. Contra and Associate State Geologist E. C. Reed announce that Nebraska will continue current oil and gas development rules until October 1. A new requirement will require operators to notify the State Geologist of an intent to drill before operations begin by letter to the Nebraska Hall office at Lincoln.
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G. E. Contra
E. C. Reed
Nebraska
Nebraska Hall
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
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University of Illinois
Arizona
Russel C. Fey
Chicago
Ill
Crosby
J. Williams
George Evertson
Kimball Lincoln
C. F. Heider
Garden
John McGinley
Lisco
Deuel
Darrell Clark
Keith E. G. Lindquist
W. E. Propst
Madrid
Robert Beatty
Lavern Halcombe
Lancaster County
Youth Center Board
Rep. Miller
Tillotsons
5Th Cavalry
Seattle
Fort’ “Riley
Kansas
5Th Army
St. Patrick Parish
Potter Man
Rapp
B. A
Dormanz
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