Welch Installed As President Of Sidney Chamber Group
Ralph Welch was installed as president of the Sidney Chamber of Commerce at the year’s final quarterly meeting at the country club. He, the only nominee, succeeds from the post of first vice president. Officers named include Hollis Peratt as first vice president J Hammond McNish as second vice president and directors J B Baker Don Jorgenson Dean Wilson Edward Bauman for terms. The group eyed 1957 projects to boost industry highway work and supported a trial United Fund drive. About 50 members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Welch
Dean Wilson
Welch
Don Jorgenson
Edward Bauman
J. B. Baker
Hollis Peratt
J. Hammond McNish
Thompson
Country Club
Sidney Insurance
United Fund
Fred Thompson
Sidney
Ralph Thompson
Chris Milius to Speak at Cheyenne County Farm Meeting
Chris Milius of Omaha, longtime head of the Nebraska Farmers Union, will be the speaker at the Cheyenne County Farmers Union annual meeting on Wednesday December 19. The event in the Sidney City Auditorium Legion Room starts at 10 30 a m with lunch served. New officers will be elected and other business conducted per Harold Brauer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Farmers Union
Chris Milius
Omaha
Nebraska Farmers 'Union
Legion Room
Sidney City Auditorium
Milius
Harold Brauer
Atomic Energy Van Appearance Delayed
The Atoms for Peace exhibit van touring the nation is postponed to Tuesday and Wednesday December 18 and 19. The display by the US Atomic Energy Commission will run 8 am to 5 pm on the west side of the Sidney city auditorium under Jaycees sponsorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atoms For Peace
Sidney
City
Atomic Tenergy Commission
Jaycees
Sidney United Fund talks on committee formation
A temporary committee formed last week in Sidney held discussions this week on selecting a permanent board for a United Fund Drive. Rudy Munderloh chaired the talks and said progress was made toward finalizing permanent membership, with interviews already held and a completion hoped within a week. The plan calls for a one time fund drive in fall 1958 to support all acceptable local charities for the calendar year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund Drive
Sidney
Rudy Munderloh
Munderloh
United Fund
County crews measure 57 wheat acres with 12 teams
Twelve two man teams work from Cheyenne County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation offices measuring land seeded to wheat. Aerial maps aid the effort and completion is hoped by month end. Farmers will receive cards in February showing wheat allotment and total land planted in wheat. By April 1 farmers can clear excess acreage by plowing or continue with wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Rapp
Tax Distributions Seen Soon in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Treasurer Inhelder says tax distributions to school districts and urban units will go out in the near future after his appointment to fill the late Herb Stevens’s vacancy. An auditor’s official was present for a quick check of records, noting a lack of distribution in recent months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Cheyenne
Inhelder
Herb Stevens
State Auditor
Carl Lyon
Inheller
Services Held In Texas For Sidneyites Father
Oren F. Chesebro 92, father of Mrs. Glen Spearow and Mrs. Vera Watson of Sidney, died in McAllen Texas after a six week illness. He was a retired salesman and Methodist minister who left Sidney in 1928 and returned for visits. Survivors include son Harold Chesebro of Neligh Nebraska. Funeral services were held in McAllen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren F. Chesebro
Glen. Spearow
Vera Watson
Sidney
McAllen
Tex
Chesebro
Harold
Neligh
Nebr
Nebraska Oil Production Breaks 50 000 Barrel Daily Mark
Nebraska crude oil output rose above 50 000 barrels per day led by panhandle wells as Western European demand grows amid Middle East curtailments. Daily totals climbed to 50 539 barrels from 48 859 a week earlier amid new Braden Drilling Wykert No 1 results in Kimball County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Panhandle
Braden Drilling Co
Stuarco Oil
Kimball County
Braden
The
Telegraph
Wykert
Cheyenne County
Wildcat State No. 1
Gurley
Petroleum, Inc
Shell Oil
Potter
Petroleum Information
Colorado
Wyoming
Sidney Council weighs tougher variance rules for construction
The Sidney City Council hinted variances for building will be harder to obtain after the new zoning code takes effect January 10. They granted Ray Maley a $30,000 permit for a home on 15th Ave and King St with a 12 foot front and rear yard variances, noting the lot would exceed 25 percent coverage. The meeting also set December 17 for sale of paving district bonds and discussed a 14 by 14 foot city airport building addition while debating a post underpass damage settlement deadline and pending litigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Ray Maley
15Th Ave
King St
Maley
C B. Dorwart
Ferris Preble
S. P. DeBoer
Denver
Jim Morris
National Finalist Joe Feuerborn Advances in Merit Essay
Joe Feuerborn Jr of 2019 Elm St earned finalist status in the National Merit Scholarship program for 1957. The Oct 24 testing day placed him among the top five percent of seniors. He will take the College Entrance Examination Board aptitude test in Sterling on Jan 12 and works on a national science aptitude project featuring a linear ion accelerator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Feuerborn Jr
Joseph Feuerborn
Elm St
Joe
Sterling
St. Patrick’s High School
Christmas fund drive for King's Daughters under heavy lag
King's Daughters Christmas fund totals $855.56, far short of needs as Sidney families face cold, hungry holidays. The Tele gram office accepts all contributions, with checks payable to The King's Daughters, as organizers plan charity efforts amid ongoing appeal. Previous sum of $616.66 listed along with multiple private donors and group gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
King's Daughters
Kathryn
Taylor
Thomas E. Kokier
Grace M. Schulte
Roy A. Wells
Julia O’connell
Mable
Olinger
U. P. Oldtimers
C. W. Hornaday
Knights’ of Columbus
O. J
Clara A. Hendriks
Pancake Day Fundraiser for Youth Camp Norwesca
A Pancake Day hosted by the Methodist Men's Club will run Saturday December 15 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the city auditorium basement. The menu features all the pancakes one can eat for $1. Proceeds benefit the Methodist Youth Camp Norwesca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Men's Club
City Auditorium
Methodist
Norwesca
Nebraska Seeks Local Airline Feeder Network for Sidney 1957
Nebraska's State Aeronautics Department seeks CAA approval for a local feeder network replacing some trunk routes. The plan would serve 13 cities including Sidney Beatrice Hastings Kearney McCook Imperial and Norfolk linking to Lincoln and Omaha. Public brief due by December 20 with a hoped 1957 startup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
State Board of Aeronautics
Washington
Rolland Hart
Rush Clark
Nebraska
Civil Aeronautics Commission
Hart
Harr
State Aeronautics Department
United Airlines
Scottsbluff
Grand Island
North Platte
Braniff
Norfolk
Western Airlines
Alliance
Beatrice
Hastings
Kearney
McCook
Imperial
Chadron
Ainsworth
Lincoln
Omaha
Henderson
Aeronautics
Stephen Gilbert
Gilbert
Weyerts Man Dead At 64
Fred C Thompson, 64, of the Weyerts Community, died after a two week illness in a Scottsbluff hospital. Services planned at Immanuel Lutheran Church Weyerts with burial in Weyerts Cemetery. He lived his life in Weyerts and was a lifelong church member and local official. Survived by wife Anna Jurgens, three sons Arthur Cart Lodgepole and Lawrence Dalton, three grandchildren, and brother George of Sidney. Memorials to Immanuel Lutheran Church requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Thompson
Weyerts
Scottsbluff
Craig Mortuary
Amanuel Lutheran Church
E G. Shrig
Fred C Thompson
Thomas Thompson
Weycrs
Mr. Thompson
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Church Council
Anna Jurg Ns
Arthur
Cart
F Lodgepole
Lawrence
Dalton
George Thompson
Sidney Ile
George Miller
Harry
Will
Miller Dies In Denver Rites Friday For W L Miller
William L. Miller 83 died yesterday morning in a Denver hospital after a year of declining health. Funeral services set for 10 30 Friday at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Rev Henry Monnich officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Miller born in Philadelphia in 1873 moved to Sidney in 1918 and worked for the Union Pacific Railroad from 1919 to 1939 before retiring to Denver. Surviving are his wife Mae four daughters Lola Katherine Theira and Vae Elaine seven grandchildren two great grandchildren and one brother and four sisters of Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Miller
Denver
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Henry Monnich
Greenwood Cemetery
Philadelphia
Penn
Sidney
Union Pacific Railroad
Mae
Lola
Katherine
Theira
Vae
Elaine
Omaha
Mrs. Schwartz Dies Tuesday at 55 in Sidney
Mrs. Frederick L. Schwartz 55 died at home on Elm Street after a yearlong illness. Funeral services to be held in Sidney this week. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge. Memorials may be sent to Muscular Dystrophy. Born August 4, 1899 in Kimball, she was the daughter of George and Rose Keller Hite. She married Frederick L. Schwartz on August 6, 1918 in Kimball. Survivors include her husband, five daughters Evelyn Burt and Louise Banks and Helen Houser and Leila Stone and Ada Gray, and three sons Leonard Harold and Gary, all of Sidney or nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick L. Schwartz
Elm St
Sidney
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Helen Vida Hite
Kimball
George and
Rose Keller Hite
Frederick Laury Schwartz
Grain Markets Wheat Prices From Local Elevator
Grain markets report No 1 Wheat priced at 203 dollars per bushel by local elevator sources. No 2 Wheat price is unclear showing 0 or question marks per bushel.
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Sidney Chamber Group
Atomic Energy van
United Fund Group
Texas
Sidneyites
Logan County
Colorado Gas and Oil Conservation Commission
In Sidney
13Th Ave
Nebraska Supreme Court
Lucky
Rolland Banks
Banks
North Platte River
Bank
Pat
Joe Feuerborn
King’s Daughters
Civil Aeronautics Board
James Deegan
Deegan
Casper
Wyo
Chadron, Valentine
Columbus
CAA
Curtis Henderson
William Bartie Rel N Jurgens
Thomas Theson
Robert Jurgens
Thomas Miller
Perce Dimick
Martin Porges
Herbert Rabe
Herman Bruns
Abbe Bruins
Charles van DeVoord
Comnelius Weyerts
Iim
W. L. Miller
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