Weather Outlook Mostly Cloudy And Colder With Snow
Mostly cloudy and colder with occasional snow tonight and tomorrow. Light northerly winds with about one inch of snow accumulation. Low tonight ten to 20 degrees. High tomorrow 25 to 30 degrees.
03 Dec 1956
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1956
Page
1
Mostly cloudy and colder with occasional snow tonight and tomorrow. Light northerly winds with about one inch of snow accumulation. Low tonight ten to 20 degrees. High tomorrow 25 to 30 degrees.
Cheyenne County faces a sharp cool down with about an inch of snow and winds arriving around 8 p m as a cold air surge spreads into the southern Panhandle. Light snow and north winds are expected to linger through tomorrow with sub zero readings possible for three to four days, as Scotts Bluff Weather Bureau warns. Temperature in the core cold air basin runs 40 degrees below zero.
Bib n Tucker shop owned by Ed Short claimed the winning plaque in Sidney Merchants Christmas window contest. Laura's Gift Floral and Tot Shop was second and Thompson Photo Center third among 23 entries. Vision of Christmas window theme featured blue lighting and modern rendering of the nativity. Deadline for voting was Saturday night. Retail committee aims to make the contest annual.
Bruce Brenneman, 19, of Ordville, was fined $25 and costs in Sidney Police Court after his car rammed a cement incinerator at 1545 Illinois St at 12 14 a m Saturday, demolishing the structure according to police records.
A small recovery of oil was reported from a sand drill stem test on State J No 1, a wildcat southeast of Gurley. About 470 feet of fluid recovered with 5 feet oil, 45 feet oil-cut mud and 240 feet sea water. Second test planned at 4 531 34 feet as drillers push ahead.
A compact schedule lists Nebraska farm activities from Dec to Feb. Events include the Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn convention in Sidney and the National Western Stock Show in Denver, with numerous short courses, meetings, and regional gatherings at Lincoln, Columbus, North Platte, and other cities.
Sidney issued 12 building permits in November totaling 113 420 dollars, seven for new homes. The month marked the second best November for construction, lifting the year’s total to 1 856 656 dollars, with 1954 the only stronger November on record.
First arrivals and an expected 400 to 500 participants gather in Sidney for the Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn three day session. Paul Harvey headlines the evening program at eight with advance ticket sales strong. Other speakers include Rep Clifford Hope Tom Leadley Herbert Hughes Dr E F Frolik State Sen Monroe Bixler.
The schedule covers December 3 to 5 events at Sidney City Auditorium and nearby venues. Notable items include Paul Harvey in person, registration and farm program panels, Wheat Queen presentations, luncheons at Sidney Country Club, transportation between venues, and committee meetings led by Chamber of Commerce personnel. Speakers include Ralph C. Thompson, Ivan Liljegren, Tom Leadley, and Clifford R. Hope with various experts and officials.
In Sidney, George and Molly Backer sue the City of Sidney for 10000 alleging their vacant lot at 13th Ave and Grant St was damaged by construction of the 13th Ave underpass. Trial opened this morning and is expected to continue tomorrow before the jury.
Funeral services are set for tomorrow morning at 10 30 from Gehrig and Son Funeral Home for Duane Kent Hyde infant son of Mr and Mrs Donald E Hyde of Lodgepole who died at birth Friday in Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital. Rev Robert Marron of Chappell will officiate and burial is in Greenwood Cemetery. Survivors include his parents three sisters Elaine K Patricia S Janet J and two brothers Keith D and Neal T all at home. Grandparents Mr and Mrs John W Hyde Lodgepole and Mrs Gertrude Groeger Sterling Colo.
Thirty six University of Nebraska students will be honored December 1 for high scholarship by Gamma Sigma Delta national honor society of agriculture. The dinner will be at 6 PM in the Food and Nutrition building on the college campus. Those to be honored include Walter Akeson Chappell.
Herbert H. Stevens Cheyenne County treasurer since 1943 died at 61 in a Denver hospital from liver cancer. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Lutheran Church Potter with graveside Masonic rites. He led county finances, helped place funds in government savings bonds, and was a former Potter newspaperman and WWI veteran. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth two children Wesley and Mrs Ervin Bauer three brothers and a granddaughter.
Early response to the Kings Daughters plea for local charity donations has been modest but positive. By noon today $225.56 had been reported to The Telegraph, with the group expressing satisfaction and urging continued gifts of any size.
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