Nebraska 4-H Winners Gain National Honors in 1948
Nebraska state 4-H winners Marie Schneider of O Neill and Wayne Spier of Blue Springs earned national recognition for achievement. Schneider organized recreation and an orchestra for clubs and won an all expense trip to Chicago 4 H Club Congress. Spier led soil conservation work including waterways a dam and windbreak planting and received a $200 Firestone scholarship. Activities are continued under Extension Service supervision.
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Nebraska
Marie Schneider
O'Neill
Marie
Chicago
United States Rubber Co
Wayne Spier
Blue Springs
Firestone
Thee
Sidney Chronicle 1948 Chronology Events Highlights
A dense chronology lists Sidney area happenings from March to June 1948, including political primaries, local appointments, and community projects. Notable items mention Taft and Stassen in primaries, plans for Easter services, safety patrols, sewer plant funding, and county agricultural and civic activities with multiple local leaders and organizations named.
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t-Ti Clus
Sid-ney
Sraus
Hunt
Barry Marsh
Sidney Rotary Club
Jack Lane
Edgar Leafd
Abraska Crop Improvement Association
Bob Gordon
City
Sidney
North Platte Valley League
Highway
County Soil Conservation Service
Taft
Stassen
Frank Cizek
Potter Farmer
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Ralph Thompson Hones
Eid O
Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska
Alice Stocker
Jaycees
Dorwart
Thomas
Sterling
Colo
Walter Cork
Herschel Spearow
H. E. Pierson
Vandenberg
Mel Busekist
Speeder
Lee
Jaycee
Robert H. Helm
Scottsbluff
Dalton
Harold Stassen
Cheyenne County
George Hossack
Caroline Coler
Sidney Enterprise
Marie Nicholson
Sidney Bpw
Floyd Harrington
Northwestern Division
Communication Workers of America
Sol Willis
Potter
Lorenzo
Panhandle
Greenlees
Civic Music Series
Jeannette Mary McDonald
Joe Dodds
Circuit Six
Lutheran Women's Missionary League
American Legion
Garing
V. Sewards
Chalibure Lee
Dune & Watqa
Giorney
Atty
J. L. Thorpe
Bureau of Highways
Mary Murphy
Marjorie Fikkan
Lodgepole Valley District Association
Wamsley-Maddox Inc
J. C. Bush
Presigep
Lions Club
Oi, Oil Co
President Truman
Leary
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County Fairgrounds
Western Nebraska Bar Association
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Nebraska
J. BR. Crabb
Lodgepole
Dairy Breeders Association
Sidney High School
Pat Heaton, Jr
St. Pat's
C. Edgar Leafdale
Flying Farmers
Tony Galento
Five Keys
Harold Tobin
Fire House
Kathleen Asnew
Don Barker
Point of Rocks
Beverly Lyngholm
Keith Richens
Thompson’s
Ohio Oil Company
St. Patrick’s Academy
LeRoy Chaon
Gering
Sterling Power Lines
Omaha World-Herald
Kenneth Andersen
Cheyenne County Rural Youth
North Side
James McIntosh
North Platte
Martha Pierson
Safeway Store
Shovner
Nebraska Panhandle
Missouri River
Ann Sslfeig
Cole Supply. Company
Jackson St
Sidney, Nebraska
MARS
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Sidney Public Utilities
Jackson Street
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