December Holiday Basketball and School Activities Across Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County schools unveil a busy December with basketball openers at Gurley Potter Lorenzo and Lodgepole, Christmas programs and operettas across elementary to high schools, student bake sales and aptitude tests, and Christmas vacation beginning December 22 with classes resuming January 3. Key events include Gurley hosting Dix and Dalton, Potter vs Lorenzo, Lodgepole schedule, Sidney wrestling in Holyoke and Sterling, and multiple Christmas concerts and dinners.
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Cheyenne County
Gurley Gurley
Big Springs
Gurley
Dix
Dalton
Potter
State Employment Office
Santa Claus
Lorenzo
Lodgepole
Charles Morehouse
Nebraska Speech Teachers
Fremont
Julesburg
National Assembly
Lodgepole Valley Activities Association
Harrisburg
Sod
St. Pat's
Sidney
Betty Crocker
Ing
State Employment Service
Heizer’s
Brestel’s
McGrew
Broadwater
Bushnell
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Sidney High School
North Platte
Sterling
Alliance
Chappell
Kimball
McCook
Holyoke
Greeley
Sunol Sunol
Lewellen
St. Pat's Reserves
Still Critical Carrie Sparks in Memorial Hospital
Mrs Carrie Sparks remains in critical condition at Memorial Hospital after suffering a heart attack at her home on Monday.
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Carrie Sparks
Memorial Hospital
Balloon Nights at Zike's Roller Rink Begin Fridays
Balloon Nights at Zike's Roller Rink start tonight with weekly Fridays. Balloons strung throughout the rink will each hold a prize for revelers.
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Zike’s Roller Rink
New Jail To Be Open For Business Soon
Sidney Police Chief Sol Willis says the new jail will open by week’s start after last minute plumbing. The facility features solid steel doors and ceilings, a steel-screened window system, a bull pen with two bunks, a shower, stool and basins, and separate cells including a women’s cell. Inside controls are limited to toilet buttons with other utilities in the hall. Officers plan to protect the modern jail with cushioned footwear and durable tile.
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Sidney
Sol Willis
Willis
Bull Pen
Records Pamphlets At Cheyenne County Extension Office
Records and pamphlets are available at the Cheyenne County Extension office. Home Account books cost 50 cents each, Farm Account Books 50 cents, and Farmers Tax Guildes are free. A variety of pamphlets on Lawn Diseases, Pallet Flocks, Grasshoppers, state farm tests, candy recipes, cooking for a crowd, meal planning, breakfast ideas, and bread baking are also free to take.
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Cheyenne County
Consumer Finance Film Is Available
The Littlest Giant, a film released by the National Consumer Finance Association, is now available for showing. Raoul C. Nelson, manager of the American Loan Plan Office, demonstrated it to Dix High School seniors and will arrange dates for other schools upon request. The 12 minute film explains the consumer finance field, its origins, operation, and community impact, with a possibility of another film this school year.
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National Consumer Finance Association
Raoul C. Nelson
American Loan Plan Office
Nelson
Dix
Sidney Draw News Livingston Family Visits In Denver
The Sidney Draw News reports social visits in Denver as Mrs. Verlin Livingston and her children stay with her sister and family, plus numerous Thanksgiving and weekend gatherings among local residents including the Kurz, Olson, Kurz, Emerick, and Mohatt families, with hospital and guest exchanges noted.
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Sidney
Livingston
Denver
Verlin Livingston
Jon Frazer
Gus Huestler
St. Luke’s Hospital
Frank Kurz
Don Bell
Howard Kurz
LeRoy Childers
Albin Olson
Delbert Castellaw
Castellaw
Bayard
Neb
Carl Olson
Anna Baker
Terry van Aelstyn
Hann Aelstyn
Martin Patrick
Elbern Luehrs
Bruce
Susan
George Hanson
Dean Olson
Jim Mohatt
Bill Armstrong
Otis
Colo
Youlanda Kurz
Robert Kurz
John Owens
Joe Green
Katherine Lee
Darell Jones
Ralph van Pelt
Roy Darnell
D. Castellan
Philip Kurz
Hank Meyers
John Glanz
Mr. Glanz
J. Demerick
Alliance
Sidney Motel
Geo. Hanson
Ges. Hanson
J. D. Emerick
C. 8
Mary Ann Mohatt
Everett Mohatt
Donald Deaver
Little Kristy Olson
J. D. Americk
Louise Cunningham
Beverly Mohatt
Memorial Hospital
Bob Mills
Boulder
City Truck Collisions Cause Notable Vehicle Damage
A city truck sustained estimated damage of 150 dollars after a rear end collision at 9 15 a m Wednesday at 11th and Illinois. Willis King drove a 1956 International pickup left turning when struck from behind by Monica Dee Henderson's 1958 Thunderbird. Henderson's car damage was 45 dollars. Police reported an intersection crash at 13th and Illinois at 12 47 a m Thursday causing 120 dollars damage to Harold Spiker's 1949 Chevrolet, after his car stopped on green and was hit from behind by Leonard McKeever's 1955 International truck. No damage to the truck. A separate two car collision at 11 30 a m Thursday on Hickory street east of 10th Ave involved a 1957 Ford driven by Harry R. Young backing into Herbert E. Schilz's 1959 Chrysler. no injuries reported.
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11Th
Ilinois
Willis King
Monica Dee Henderson
Jackson
Henderson
Sidney
13Th
Illinois
Harold Spiker
Spiker
Leonard McKeever
S. 2Nd
Smithfield
Utah
Hickory Street
10Th Ave
Ford
Harry R. Young
Auburn
Neb
Chrysler
Herbert E. Schilz
W. B Street
North Platte
Tourists Ride Durango Narrow Gauge to Silverton
The nation’s only narrow gauge passenger railroad from Durango to Silverton along the Animas River Canyon finished its most successful summer, carrying over 38,000 travelers versus just over 37,000 in 1960.
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Durango
Colon
Silverton
Animas River Canyon
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