Hereford Sale Sets High Nebraska Panhandle Record
A high average registered Hereford sale near Alliance Nebraska established Tuesday and Wednesday at the William T. Schaffert and Sons auction. The 267 lots grossed 198230 dollars with an average of 750 dollars. Bulls averaged 2263 dollars from 11 head and 677 dollars from 256 cows. WS Sandhills Domino sold for 7500 dollars to Ted Warkenthien and Sons of Clark SD, and a two year old heifer sold for 1900 dollars to Mrs. E. M. Eldred of Lakeside. Volume buyers included Louis Dupet of Paris France and Leo Greenwald of Orient SD.
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Sandhills Domino
Ted Warkenthien
Mrs Haven Smith Invited On Tour To France
Mrs Haven Smith received a two week friendship tour invitation from the French government beginning March 15. Six prominent American women will join the delegation visiting the International Center for Childhood New Urban Development Agricultural College of Grignon Renault Automobile works University of Caen Versaille Fontainbleau and Normandy beaches from 1944 plus leading French women’s organizations.
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Chappell
Haven Smith
International Center For Childhood
New Urban Developement
Agricultural College of
Sterling Chamber Manager Named Kansas Angus Secretary
James D. Hladik, longtime Sterling Chamber of Commerce manager since November 1967, has been appointed secretary-fieldman for the Kansas Angus association. The assignment takes effect January 2. Hladik previously led Wichita area agricultural efforts before moving to Sterling.
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Sterling, Colo
James D. Hladik
Sterling Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Angus Association
Kansas
Hladik
Sterling Chamber
Wichita
Kan
Agriculture Department
Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Kimball Lions Prep Baskets For Christmas Drive
Kimball Lions Club plans baskets for area families this Christmas co chaired by Ron Soper. They seek donations from residents and ask anyone knowing of families in need to contact Soper. Cash gifts should go to Elmer Nelson Box 181 treasurer of Christmas Basket Fund.
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Kimball - Kimball Lions Club
Ron Soper
Soper
Elmer Nelson
Christmas Basket Fund
Staley Renamed National Farmers Organization Leader
Oren Lee Staley of Missouri won a 14th term as president of the National Farmers Organization in a landslide over Don Myers of Indiana. The vote totaled 4,899 to 687 as Staley pledged to force processors to pay fair prices for farm produce. Myers advocated democratization and a broader grassroots approach to organizing farmers.
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ST. Louis
Oren
Lee Staley
National Farmers Organization
Staley
Don Myers
Waterloo
Ind
Myers
NFC
Michigan
John Kuch
Vandals Strike Deuel County Housing and Golf Course
In Chappel Deuel County on November 27 vandals damaged a labor home owned by Wesley Johnson north of Julesburg by breaking all windows and wrecking furniture. A similar labor house owned by Albert Smith suffered damage, and the nearby Julesburg golf course had broken windows and furniture. Damages run into hundreds of dollars. Sheriff Floyd Stahl reports other unoccupied houses in Sedgwick County area were hit.
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Chappell - Deuel County
Wesley Johnson
Julesburg
Albert Smith
Devel County
Floyd Stahl
Sedgwick County
Bluffs Man Dies On Downtown Kimball Street
Vincent Claire a 71 year old Scottsbluff man collapsed and died on a downtown Kimball street early Wednesday morning. An autopsy will determine cause of death. He had been awaiting police after a minor accident. He worked as a bookkeeper for H. R. Neusbaum Construction Co in Kimball for 12 years.
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Kimball
Scottsbluff
Vincent Claire
Kimball Street
Bridgeport High Receives Okay for Veterans Program
Bridgeport High School is approved to offer cooperative farm training for Nebraska veterans. James C. Smith of the State Department of Veterans Affairs announces the first Nebraska approval for veterans farm training. A. N. Ostdick will direct the class with instructors Don Siffring Ken Ostermeier Gene Claver and Gary Darnell. Curriculum covers farm and ranch management beef breeding and physiology farm mechanics safety feeding irrigation and soil topics.
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Bridgeport
James C. Smith
State Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Veterans Administration For Veterans Training
Nebraska
A. N. Ostdick
Don Siffring
Morrill County
Ken Ostermeier
Bridgeport High School
Gene Claver
Bayard High School
Gary Darnell
Veterans may pursue higher education in agriculture and farming
The program supports management, sugar beet production and winter wheat production with 17 veterans enrolled and a goal of 25 by January 1 1969. Eligible veterans must have served six months after January 31 1955 and received an ignorable discharge. VA pays a training allowance of 105 dollars with no dependents, 125 with one dependent, 145 with two dependents, and seven dollars for each additional dependent. Local veterans should contact their service officer or Dways Riddle, Morrill County veteran service officer at Bridgeport.
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Veterans Administration
Schools set January sixth return after long Christmas break
The December at the Schools column notes Peetz Gurley and Sidney Public Schools will resume on Monday January 6 after an extended Christmas vacation. Readers are urged not to return on January 2 and to wait until the sixth.
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Peetz
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Sterling
Kimball Lions
Falcon
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Gordon
Sidney
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Colton
Deuel County
Bridgeport High
iWinners
Nebr
Dixie
Dways Riddle
14Th
Osage
Tos
Celo
Kings
Gages
Lamond Ping
Donatinos
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