Fifteen Golden Gift Days Tickets Set For Saturday Draw
Fifteen tickets will be drawn Saturday for final week prizes in Sidney's Golden Gift Days. Five unredeemed from weeks one and two will boost eligible winners to fifteen. Tickets drawn at Elwell Motor Co. at five p.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollie Ber
Sidney
Connie Weber
Walter Seefeldt
Elwell Motor Co
10Th Ave
Illinois St
Jones Shopping Center
23Rd
Old Knabe Grand Piano Hopes for Fort Sidney Home
The Cheyenne County Historical Association seeks 2000 dollars by June 1 to buy an 1877 William Knabe Co. grand piano owned by the Misses Grace and Rose McFadden. The piano, one of two of its kind, would grace the restored former fort Sidney commanding officer's home, now set for public opening next March. Donations to Box 647 Sidney Neb 69162, are tax deductible as the nonprofit group advances work on authentic period furnishings.
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Fort Sidney
Cheyenne County Historical Association
Grace
Rose McFadden
William Knabe Co
Baltimore
cPudden
Cheyenne
Funeral Rites for Edward Nelson and Marie Stormberg Held
Funeral services were conducted for Edward M. Nelson 86 a Potter area pioneer and for Marie Stormberg 71 of Sidney. Nelson born near North Bend in 1880 settled in Cheyenne County in 1889 and helped establish local schools. Stormberg a David City native moved to Potter in 1917 then Sidney in 1948 died at Memorial Hospital after four months’ confinement. Rosary for Stormberg Monday at Gehrig and Son. burial Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials to St Patrick’s School fund. Weather outlook shows fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with little precipitation.
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Marie Stormberg
Sidney
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Vincent J. Pelster
Buria
Greenwood Cemetery
Rosary
The
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
St. Patrick’s School Fund
David City
Neb
John Colling
Potter
Herbert Stormberg
Creighton
Altar Society
Royal Neighbors
Legion of Mary
First Methodist Church
Edward M. Nelson
Nelson
Memorial Hospital
John Slayton
Erwin Kiel
Craig Holececk
North Bend
Nebraska
Mr. Nelson
Verda J. Glassburn
Cheyenne County
Board of Education
District 16
Potter and Peetz
Colo
Methodist Church
Maurice
H. C. Q. Nelson
Alan
Wilfred
Potter, L. K
Red
Cypress
Calif
Delbert
Granada Hills
Laverne
Denver
Arleigh
Loveland
Irma Vannover
Anaheim
Cressie Witt
van Nuys
Elmer
Alexandria
Agnes Lockhart
Sterling
Gladys Bertramson
Fred Enevoldsen
John Fehringer
J. C. Johnson
T. Larson
J. M. Nelson
O. A. Olson
G. C. Olsen
Leo Olsen
John Rasmussen
Sidney Memorial Hospital
Oil Drilling Expands in Nebraska Panhandle
The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission approved two new drilling sites in Cheyenne County, including the No 1 Ralph in the Filon Field and the No 1 OConnell near Sidney. Several other wildcat and development locations were announced across Morrill, Kimball, Banner, and Cheyenne counties with hearings set for December 20. Hoosier Oil seeks unorthodox Larson Ranch Field sites and could begin wells before year end if approved.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Filon
Potter
Ralph
Burks and Burns and Toltek Drilling Co
Pawnee Petroleum Co
Exeter Drilling Co
O'Connell
Sidney
Nebraska
Commission
Banner Drilling Corp
Production Land and Cattle Co
Morrill County
Dunlap
Equity Oil Co
Barrett
Banner County
Braden-Gear
Hoosier Oil Co
Larson Ranch
Hoosier
Half Century Banking Career To End Soon
George W. Barlow, executive vice president of The American National Bank of Sidney, plans to retire at year end after a 50 year banking career begun in 1914. A native of Cheyenne County, he worked at Lodgepole, Sunol, and Dalton before joining American National in 1940. He and wife plan to move to Laguna Beach, California, but may not burn bridges here. The Barrows were honored at a bank dinner where he received a certificate and a wristwatch.
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Nebraska
George W. Barlow
American National Bank of
Sidney
Barlow
Laguna Beach
Calif
Cheyenne County
First State Bank of
Lodgepole
Farmers State Bank
Sunol
Dalton State Bank of
Dalton
American National
L.R. Barlow
Barlows
Laguna
Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
State Association
Marguerite McMillan
Glenn Spearow
Potter Sergeant Gets Air Medal
Marine Staff Sergeant Dennis E. Schreiner of Potter receives the Air Medal at Marble Mountain Air Facility near Da Nang. Schreiner belongs to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 164, First Marine Aircraft Wing, with duties including airlift, medevac, and air support for U S and Allied ground forces in combat zones.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
Dennis E. Schreiner
Harold Schreiner
Potter
Marble Mountain Air Facility
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron
First
Marine Aircraft Wing
U. S
Two Car Collision Near First State Bank No Injuries
A 9:25 am Saturday crash on Highway 30 in Lodgepole caused minor damage with no injuries. Lois L. Stickley 21 of Lodgepole stopped at a stop sign to turn left when struck by eastbound Lynn M. Abshier 38 of Kimball. Damages were estimated at 100 dollars to Stickley’s car and 20 dollars to Abshier’s.
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First State Bank
Highway
Lodgepole
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Lois L. Stickley
Lynn M. Abshier
Kimball
Steckley
Parole Requests From Cheyenne County Inmates
Two reformatory inmates from Cheyenne County seek parole at the upcoming hearing on January 19. Allen D. Ely, 25, was convicted of forgery last February and given a 1 to 2 year term. Harold Schepker, 23, convicted of carrying a confessed weapon December 29, 1965, received 18 months to two years.
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Cheyenne County
Allen D. Ely
Harold Schepker
Check Area For Use Of Microwave
A temporary 60 foot microwave tower was briefly erected on the N W Bell Telephone Co building Saturday by AT&T workers to test reception for a potential long distance network from Denver to Regina Alberta. The tower was removed Sunday. no decision on local installation was announced.
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N. W. Bell Telephone Company
Jack Pfeifer
At&t
Denver
Regina
Alberta
Canada
Pfeifer
Interstate 80 nears full Nebraska Panhandle reach
I-80 openings extend to North Platte and Maxwell, enabling all the way travel from Omaha to Hershey. The Hershey North Platte and Maxwell segments mark the season’s end with two proposed interchanges near Sidney, potentially giving the city strong access. The 290 mile continuous stretch from Hershey to Omaha improves east west travel across Nebraska.
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Nebraska Panhandle
Lincoln
Omaha
State Highway Department
Maxwell-North Platte
North Platte
Sidney
Nebraska
Hershey
Maxwell
Hershey-North Platte
Gilter-Henderson
Kimball Tuesday Features Recreation Bids and Wheat Donation
Two major Kimball events unfold Tuesday with bid openings for a 260 acre recreation area east of Kimball, costing about 330500 dollars and funded largely by federal and state grants. Also planned is a carload of 120000 pounds of wheat donated by Kimball and Banner Counties for overseas distribution by Christian Rural Overseas Program, possibly toward Pakistan, as part of Nebraska’s shipment alongside 34 boxcars of milo.
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Kimball
Banner
Kimball County Hall
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Pakistan
Banner Counties
Nebraska
Also Mentioned on This Page
K. L. Moore
E. R. Flessner
Gurley
Charlene Green
Art Borcher
Telegraph
Edward Nelson
Potter Area
Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Oil Search Broadeas
Lth Avenue
P. O. Box
American Bank
Nebraska Bankers Assn., Inc
Donald W. Jorgenson
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