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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1968
Page
1
Lodgepole hosts the 44th Annual Old Settlers Reunion on Labor Day Monday September 2 with a parade at 10 a.m. near the airport, a free Lions barbecue, horse pulling contest, flower show, Lodgepole High Band, royal couple John Hornicek and wife, kids races, bike show, country store drawing, carnival and evening dance.
Gerald Moline of Sidney shows Gem's Knicknack among 135 horses from 11 states at Estes Park Colorado. The event featured a large entry field and the group elected new officers at the show.
City manager outlines Sept 11 meeting at Elks Auditorium with 500 seats for input on one or two I-80 interchanges at Sidney. Officials including city council, county commissioners and chamber board to sit at a head table. Speakers will identify themselves and use a public address system linked to a tape recorder. A vote may be required at some point.
C. V. McKellips, 54, was charged in district court with two counts of no fund checks. He appeared in county court, was bound over to district court, and is jailed awaiting trial. The checks totaled 10 dollars to Sabin Standard Service and 14.10 dollars to Sidney Conoco, drawn on Bridgeport State Bank. He was arrested in Sidney by the county sheriff's department.
Col. J. E. Kruger announced that 30 applicants are invited to start the basic officer candidate training on September 13. Among the 30 is Donald R. Keiper of Sidney. The seven weeks of instruction end with graduation and oath on November 1, followed by six months of in service training with veteran officers.
Weather in the Panhandle shows clear to partly cloudy skies today and Saturday. Highs near 80 and lows around 45 to 55 with rain chances under five percent. Five day outlook calls for normal temperatures Saturday through Wednesday, mostly fair with a warming trend through the weekend and a possible shower at the end of the period.
A mid day crash 4.2 miles west of Sidney on Highway 30 left a 1965 sports car and a U-Haul trailer totaling out. Driver Colleen Makin 26 Salt Lake City and a passenger were uninjured. The westbound semi driven by Dickie Hill 26 Unionville Missouri overturned. both Hill and owner Gerald Mullenix Cincinnati Iowa were injured but not seriously.
Grand Exalted Ruler Edward W. McCabe of Nashville will visit Ogallala Elks Lodge 1760 on Sunday September 29 for a dinner and reception at 6 30 p.m. Hobe Blackledge of Kearney will accompany him as past Grand Exalted Ruler. State Elks officers and lodge members are invited with reservations while space lasts.
Cheyenne County Farm Bureau officers Francis Runge and Bob Misegadis attended the statewide leadership conference in Alliance last Friday with their wives. State President Roland Nelson and secretary treasurer Robert Thompson spoke on agriculture issues for the coming legislative year. Evening address by Paul Stendenburg of Iowa Farm Bureau Insurance Company capped the dinner.
The region ends August with record moisture improving soil and surface moisture for the 1969 wheat crop in western Nebraska and northeastern Colorado. Farmers foresee a robust fall harvest and ample feed, though frost timing after Labor Day remains a key risk. Beets ahead of normal, but white mold and blight threaten beans. potatoes show bumper yields amid ideal blight control conditions.
The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission approves four new drilling locations with most in Gage and Red Willow counties. Key sites include Oltman No. 2 in Gage, Lafferty No. 1 in Red Willow, State No. 1 in Northwest Sleepy Hollow Field, and State No. 1 in Banner County. A southeastern Cheyenne site begins grading as deeper sands are tested and Shell Oil expands to Goshen County Wyoming. The Cheyenne discovery at Banck No. 1 near Dalton shows encouraging swab results.
Preliminary plans set for the Nebraska Wheat Growers Association and Nebraska Wheat Hearts convention in Sidney on November 13 14 and 15. Expected attendance reaches 400 for business and social sessions with ladies hosting luncheons and activities. Attendees at planning included Mrs Anthony of Dalton state Wheat Hearts president Phil Curtiss Sidney Cheyenne County Wheat Growers president Mrs Clifford Herboldsheimer Potter Cheyenne County Wheat Hearts president and Bob Rauner Sidney Nebraska Wheat Committee chairman.
Carl Dumier chairman of the Kansas Wheat Commission was elected president of Great Plains Wheat Inc at a Denver meeting of the market development association board. He succeeds Mearl Gifford as head of the organization serving 350,000 wheat producers across Colorado Kansas Nebraska North Dakota Oklahoma and South Dakota. Elmore Bathurst of Oklahoma was named vice president and Gif ford becomes secretary. Nebraska adds Ray Davis Potter and Robert Rosener Fairbury as directors.
Government offices at local, state, and national levels will be closed Monday September 2 for Labor Day. Most retail outlets will also close. post office lobby remains open, mailboxes serviced, and home delivery suspended. The Sidney Telegraph will not print Monday, with content moved to Wednesday.
Nebraska gunners face hunting land access before the 79 day pheasant season opens November 2. Landowners vary in policies but favor respectful hunters who ask permission and avoid leaving gates open or damaging fences. Game warden Ray Frandsen stresses written permission signs when used and reminds that trespassing carries fines up to 100 dollars and potential jail time.
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