Sidney Youth Council in finals for state honor
Sidney is one of six finalists for the Outstanding Youth Community in Nebraska as the Nebraska Youth Council conference unfolds at the Nebraska Center for Continuing Education. Bill Eddy of Sidney highlighted renovating the Fort Sidney museum and other projects including a UNICEF drive that raised 212 in one hour.
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Sidney Youth Council
Lincoln
Telegraph
Sidney
Nebraska
Nebraska Youth Council
Nebraska Center For Continuing Education
Suzanne Plum
Nebraska Council
Bill Eddy
Fort Sidney
Unicef
Hallowe’en
Ogallala
Hootenannys
Arapahoe
North Platte
Humboldt
Eddy
Sidney Council
Postage and subscription details for Sidney paper
Second Class Postage Paid at Sidney Nebr Send change of address to Post Office Box 219 Sidney Nebr Subscription rates 8 per year inside 50 mile zone 9 outside 50 mile zone 8 per year by carrier Single copies 10 cents.
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Sidney
Nebr
Panhandle Weather Forecast Sees Warmer Weekend Ahead
The Panhandle forecast calls for increasing cloudiness this afternoon tonight and Saturday with occasional light rain showers Saturday. Lows 40 50 tonight highs 60 70 Saturday. Five day outlook: temperatures 5 10 degrees below normal through Wednesday with a cooling weekend and frequent changes thereafter. Highs 65 75 lows 40 50 scattered showers expected over the weekend and mid next week.
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Panhandle
Summer Long Dry Spell Is Holding Fast
Western Nebraska wheat producers wait for rain to feed the 1965 crop. Soil remains too dry for seeding except where scattered showers occur. Some planters go ahead with deep seed attempts while others hold off, hoping for timely moisture. Wheat program signup continues with Oct. 2 deadline and weather likely to influence decisions. Irrigation crops fare better but water tables drop due to heavy use. Sidney wells show a slight decline but are expected to recover after summer ends.
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Nebraska
Panhandle
Washington
Sidney
Most Area Schools To Open Monday August 31
About 4,400 students will return to Cheyenne County classrooms starting Monday August 31 with refurbished buildings and new additions at Sidney High School. St Patrick's Academy will not be ready for the start but hopes for an October move. Sunol Dalton Potter Dix Gurley Sioux Army Depot Lorenz St Pauls Lutheran open that date. Public officials urge drivers to watch for children. safety council and police echo the warning.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney High School
St. Patrick’s Academy
Sunol
Dalton
Potter
Dix
Gurley
Sioux Army Depot
Lorenz
St. Paul’s Lutheran
John Webb
St. Patrick’s
Francis Kroll
Francis Cortney
Las Vegas
Neb
Sidney Russell Pedersen
Vincent Pelster
A. J. Mason
Richard Krause
Robert Scoville
Lodgepole Duane Freeman
Lorenzo
Leo Turner
Josie Klitzing
George Gerdes
National Safety Council
After 59 Years, Chappell Farmer Ends Hog Raising
Herman Germer of Chappell retires from raising registered Duroc hogs after 59 years. He turned 80 in July and sold his final crop. The Germer family moved to a new home on Third Street after years on a northeast Chappell farm. They arrived from Plymouth in the 1920s and Germer began with registered Duroes in 1905 before years in Canada and South Dakota. He remains active in the National Association and holds a long record in Duroc breeding.
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Chappell
Herman Germer
Germer
Third Street
Plymouth
Nebraska
Canada
South Dakota
National Association
Car Demolished Here Thursday
A car carrying a family to Silver Spring Maryland was demolished in a rear end collision on Highway 30, 2.1 miles east of Sidney at 4 50 p m. One person, 21 year old Sandra K Evans of Maryland, suffered whiplash and was hospitalized at Memorial. Her husband Norman and their 11 month old baby were passengers in the east bound Rambler a 1961 model. Ralph H Reed 30 of York Nebraska drove a 1960 Kenworth semi that struck the Rambler from behind as it signaled a left turn into Frontier service station. Damages estimated at 75 and the Evans car was a total loss.
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Silver Spring
Sidney
John Trenerry
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Sandra K. Evans
Maryland
Memorial Hospital
Trenerry
Evans
Frontier
Ralph H. Reed
York
Neb
Norman
New Appliance Service Opens in Sidney
The Telegraph reports B and B Appliance Service opens its doors at 1731 Illinois with an all day open house on Saturday. Co owners Leonard Benzel and Marvin Boehmer run the appliance sales and service operation offering work on all models. The store is a Norge and Maytag dealer featuring free coffee and rolls and a prize drawing.
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Telegraph
Ilinois
Leonard Benzel
Marvin Boehmer
Benzel
Sidney
Boehmer
Cheyenne County
Wheatbelt
Norge
Maytag
Real Estate Taxes Delinquent After September 1
Second half real estate taxes become delinquent September 1 and incur seven percent interest. Taxes become due January 1.
Drought Holds While Slight Rain Returns to Panhandle
Widespread drouth grips Western Nebraska as Scottsbluff reports rainfall five inches below normal. Sidney observer notes 7.75 inches this year, about five inches under expectation, with two to three inches typical in fall and winter. Measurable rain raises cautious hopes though frost threats loom. Linings show record highs and lows for Cheyenne County with a growing season around 131 days.
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Nebraska
Scottsbluff Weather Bureau
Cheyenne County
Dave Elis
Sidney
Elis
Dalton
Scottsbluff
Lodgepole
Potter
Telegraph
Ells
South Hill
Don Dey Ermand
Dey Ermand
Henry Jenik
Lorenzo
Chester Phelps
Farmers Elevator
George Coulter Jr
Alliance
Chadron
Dalton Festival Queens To Be Crowned Saturday Night
Nominees for the Dalton Fall Festival royal court were honored at a tea and dessert luncheon and will compete in a 7:30 p.m. pageant at the high school auditorium. Mrs. Kenwood Andersen will MC the coronation of the queen and two attendants. Winners are chosen by mail ballots due by noon Saturday.
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Dalton
Kenwood Andersen
Legion Hall
American Legion Auxiliary
Wheat program allows acreage shifts for winter wheat
The Agriculture Department says winter wheat farmers who enroll by Oct 2 can modify acreage commitments next spring. Unlike 1964, the 1965 plan lets farmers reallocate to feed grains or divert part of their allotment to noncrop uses in exchange for payments, with the option to change decisions in spring.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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Jim Knicely
Barbara McIntosh
Jack Knicely
Harold Gugelman
St. Patrick’s High School
St. Patrick Academy
Skyline
Academy
Vol
Sidney School
Russell Pedersen
V. T. Miller
Roland Englebright
Chappell Farmer
Drouth
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