20 Dec 1965
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1965
Page
1
The Sidney Telegraph plans to print Friday’s Christmas Greeting Edition on Thursday to reach Sidney area subscribers early. Postmaster Leo Gorman will assist to ensure same evening or next morning delivery. Advertisers may call 254-5555 to place Season’s Greeting ads from Telegraph’s booklet of designs.
Services for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Jeannotte will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday from Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Very Rev Vincent J. Pelster of St Patrick's Catholic Church officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Anna Jeannette was born Dec 15 and died Dec 17 at Memorial Hospital. She is survived by her parents, three sisters Brenda Lee, Debbie Jean and Rayette Marie and one brother Brett Wayne.
Partly cloudy and mild tonight and Tuesday with lows 15 25 and highs 45 55. Five day outlook shows temperatures averaging 5 10 degrees above normal through Saturday with highs 40 50 and lows 15 25. Little or no precipitation is expected during the period. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
Cheyenne County treasurer Mrs. Mabel Jorgensen says motor license plates go on sale January 3 1966 with windows open 8 am to 4 pm. Plates are crimson on cream for Nebraska Centennial with new number format A 38-1 B 38-1 and reflectorization. One month only in January for mail orders add 50 cents. Passenger car plates cost $9 up 50 cents for reflector charges. Tax amounts info available from County Assessor.
In November the nonagricultural job openings totaled 61, down from October and the prior year. Most demand came from mining, contract construction, manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, and the federal government. Four-county labor pool held steady at 207 job seekers with 105 women, 32 veterans, 53 under 22, and 52 over 45. Unemployment insurance payouts exceeded 7000 dollars. The Sidney office serves Banner, Cheyenne, Deuel, and Kimball counties.
In Potter at 6 45 a m Thursday a moving vehicle and a parked car collided Trooper Paul Manley Nebraska State Patrol says icy street conditions caused the mishap John E Sommers Jr 24 Potter was attempting to park at the curb when his car skidded on the ice and struck the other vehicle
Applications for acting postmaster of the Sidney Post Office are invited by C A Story chair of the Cheyenne County Democratic Central Committee. Applications must be received by 5 p.m. Wednesday December 22. An executive committee meeting and interviews will follow at 7 30 p.m. in the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel Shelter Room. The permanent appointee will be selected later from the eligible list. Information available from Story or the Post Office.
The Chamber of Commerce will issue regular reports in 1965 with space from The Sidney Telegraph and KSID. The Telegraph provides monthly column space while KSID offers time slots at 7 20 a m and 6 15 p m every Tuesday for Ron Mercer to share chamber activities and plans. The aim is broader public understanding of the chamber’s civic work and community promotion.
District Judge A W Crites of Chadron who presided over the Sidney police trial in Cheyenne County will retire for compelling personal reasons and enter private law practice with Gordon Shaffer in Chadron. A mixed district committee will submit three names to Gov Morrison to appoint his replacement. There is no mention of injuries or additional details beyond a minor parked car collision with damages totaling 125 dollars.
Stores in Sidney stay open to 9 p m Monday through Thursday and close at 4 30 p m Friday to give employees time for Christmas Eve. Many offices close Friday and the courthouse noon, with city offices locked all day. The Sidney Library also closes all day, Sioux Army Depot mostly closed, Telegraph off Friday. Postoffice hours shift to 5 30 p m Friday then return to 8 a m to 5 p m Tuesday. Postal volume down on letters, packages steady.
A Rose Parade lineup includes the Sidney Band and 21 other ensembles. Pasadena City College Lancer musicians headline as Official Tournament of Roses Band for the 36th year, with UCLA and Michigan State University bands also prominent in the 77th annual event.
The Sidney High Band Parents Auxiliary holds its final meeting at 8 pm in the Junior High Cafeteria to review itinerary food lodging and tour plans for the California trip and Tournament of Roses. Dr. James E. Thayer and nurse Mrs. Glen Houtz will accompany the band.
A Chappell Rotary delegation led by Senator Ramey Whitney toured the Sidney Occupational Training Center on Thursday. The group met with coordinator Joe Schaf, enjoyed lunch in the cafeteria, and toured school facilities, praising the center’s hospitality.
Sixty four years of marriage were celebrated by Mr. and Mrs. George C. Thompson at their home in Sidney with their children and many relatives in attendance. The couple married December 18 1901 at Weyerts Lutheran Church and survived a blizzard on the way to the ceremony.
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