Unveiling Of Aaron Pyle At Lodgepole Bank Open House
A Christmas reception at First State Bank Lodgepole on Monday Dec 23 will feature the unveiling of Ash Hollow painted by Aaron Pyle. E K Yanney bank president invites all guests with Pyle present and talk by Mrs Hjalmer Carlson of Chappell on Ash Hollow history. Proceeds or social time run 7:30 p.m. to late.
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First State Bank
Lodgepole
E. K. Yanney
Lodgepole Legion
Chappell
Aaron Pyle
Pyle
Hjalmer Carlson
Early Closings Planned Tuesday in Sidney
The Sidney retailers committee urged stores to close at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, December 24 to let employees join Christmas Eve events. The courthouse will close at noon, city offices and the employment office at 3 p.m. The Telegraph office will be closed all day Tuesday.
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Sidney Retailers Committee
Christmas Day and New Year’s Day No Telegraph
There will be no Wednesday December 25 issue or the following week’s New Year’s Day issue due to Christmas. Advertisers and correspondents are urged to note. Wirenauts plan to place reflectors on the moon to bounce hair pulsating laser beams and determine Earth moon distances to within inches by timing the signal round trip.
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Telegraph
Moon
Snowy Panhandle Outlook With Light Snow Today
The Panhandle area is forecast for light snow this afternoon accumulating one to three inches by tonight with continuing chances of heavier snow Saturday. Easterly winds 5 to 15 mph, highs in the 20s to near 30, lows 5 to 15. Snow probability around 90 percent tonight and 80 percent Saturday. Temperatures through Wednesday expected 10 degrees below normal. highs in the 20s and lows 0 to 10. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Cheyenne County Chamber elects five directors
Five men were elected to the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce board of directors. Sidney banker Robert Conrad, Jack Headley of Jack and Jill, Lloyd Carr of Overland Air Service, Ray Graff of Dalton, and Kenneth Rose of Potter will join. Graff is reelected. Rose replaces Dewey Larson. New directors take office Jan 1 with initial meeting in early January to name president and vice president, plus a new liaison to Sidney City Council and Mary Jane Gottschalk joining as women’s division president.
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Cheyenne
Mary Jane Gottschalk
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Sidney
Knicely Nears Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford
Jim Knicely son of Mr and Mrs Jack R Knicely will learn tomorrow if he wins a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University England He was one of two Nebraska students chosen in Omaha interviews and will be interviewed in Des Moines Iowa on Saturday with ten others from five states The two year scholarship valued at 2395 annually would add a second bachelor’s degree after two years He is senior and president of the George Washington University student body planning a career in international law
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Jack R. Knicely
Rhodes
Oxford University
England
Jim
Nebraska
Omaha
Joe Masek
Gering
Des Moines
Iowa
George Washington University
Washington, D. C
Oxford
Golden Gift Days Final Week With 830 In Awards
The final drawing for Golden Gift Days prizes will be this weekend with the 10 winning numbers posted on Saturday morning. Prizes must be claimed by noon Tuesday to be in winners' hands by Christmas Eve. First prize is 500, second 250, and last eight 10 each. Only four prizes were claimed last week as top prizes went unclaimed. Ed Cole of Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce says the promotion was highly successful and may recur next Christmas season. Merchants report strong sales, some 20 percent ahead of last year, with more customers from nearby towns. A post‑season survey will follow, sending questionnaires to participating merchants.
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Ed Cole
Cheyenne
Gentle Snow Brings Joy in Panhandle Snow
A light snowfall covered the Panhandle as 11 am readings showed one tenth of an inch of moisture. Snowpack began on highways prompting extreme caution for drivers while towns reported slick roads and drivers encountering 12 to 14 inch totals from Grand Island to Lincoln. Forecasters predicted more snow with east winds and plunging temperatures from 11 to 18 degrees by today morning. Flight travel resumed apart from a Frontier flight unable to land due to fog.
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Panhandle
Federal Aviation Agency
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Grand Island
Lincoln
FAA
Frontier
Husky Oil Co Wins Cheyenne County Fuel Contract
Cheyenne County commissioners awarded Husky Oil Co the fuel contract after a regular meeting Wednesday. Husky bid .1180 per gallon for regular gasoline and .098 for No 2 diesel. The year ends with a Dec 31 board meeting replacing the Jan 7 session. Newly elected officials Judge Sydney Finch and Commissioner Paul Huff named.
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Cheyenne County
Husky Oil Co
Husky
Sydney Finch
Paul Huff
Golden Gift Days Cans Poll Tonight Pickup Deadline
Ed Cole of the Chamber of Commerce says the Golden Gift Days cans will be on the streets until 8 p.m. tonight to give everyone in the first district the best chance to deposit their tickets. The first district will be sworn into office on Thursday, Jan. 9.
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Ed Cole
Chamber of Commerce
Everything Go For Annual Chamber Of Commerce Banquet
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce plans a Jan 27 banquet at the National Guard Armory with about 750 attendees. Ed Cole will deliver the keynote, special awards will be given, and tickets cost 3.50 each with sales starting Jan 2.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
National Guard
Elks Club
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