24 Dec 1965
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1965
Page
1
A devotional piece presents invocations to God and Father as repeated daily prayers. The text references a Christ Child knocking at every door and reflects a domestic, reverent tone from the author Prieda Mo Widstrand.
The Cheyenne County Division of Public Welfare will open a new Family Service Department led by Counselor Fred Cullens. The unit aims to provide help for personal, marriage and financial problems before families resort to welfare, with confidential case handling and voluntary participation.
The Cheyenne County Noxious Weed Board is reorganized as the Cheyenne County Control Board with funds routed through court offices. Appointed by the county commissioners, members include Jack Wesher Gauiey Virgil Woh vis Jural Poitter Bob Lafler Lumir Studnicka Sidneys Roy Earnhart and Luebeard. A Tuesday meeting outlined plans for a county wide weed control program.
County commissioners approved bridge lumber from Cheyenne County Lumber Co for 3810.04 and cutter edges from Construction Service Inc for 5417. They authorized purchase of a 1966 Dodge wagon from Elwell Motors for 1700 plus trade in and bought two gas tanks and pups from Petroleum Construction Co for 1477.14. A special meeting Jan 1 will address board reorganization and depository appointments.
Potter Nebraska director Bob Aue attended the Semi annual meeting of the South Dakota Minnesota Nebraska and Iowa Wool Growers Association in Sioux Falls South Dakota on December 14 and 15 1965. The four boards met to review their 1965 wool marketing year and set policies for 1966 for over 35000 members. Phil Colangelo president of the Wool Bureau spoke on expanding wool use and the bureau’s work in the United States. The meeting was described as probably the most
C A Story reports Cheyenne County Democratic Central Committee recommends Ferris Preble for acting city postmaster at a Wednesday meeting. Madeline Aufdengarten named alternate if Preble fails postal approval. Preble, Osage Grocery owner and former Sidney mayor, would resign his business to take the post. Leo Gorman to retire after over 40 years in government service.
Light snow expected tonight and Friday with accumulations of one to three inches. Lows tonight 9 to 15, highs around 20 to 30 tomorrow. Five day outlook shows temperatures about five degrees below normal through Monday with daytime highs in the 30s and lows near 15. Light snow to start the period and again at the start of next week.
A noon farewell luncheon in Sidney honors Nebraska Official Centennial Ambassadors the Sidney High Band before their Pasadena trip for the Tournament of Roses Parade. Governor Morrison and Mrs Morrison lead dignitaries including Don Shriner Centennial Commission chair and Ed Sykes with Mary Ebel.
Ewan John Vickery, 17, of Naracoorte South Australia, will arrive in Kimball next February for a Rotary Exchange. He will stay two months with the Marv Knutsen family and live in about five homes during his year. Vickery will meet Kimball’s current exchange student Tom Gillespie, and both will depart Sydney January 8 with Gillespie’s parents meeting them in Los Angeles January 30 before traveling home via Grand Canyon White Sands and Carlsbad Caverns potentially visiting Old Mexico.
A light but persistent snow began about 9 52 am with over an inch on the ground by 11 am and .04 inch moisture. Highways out of Sidney were slick, Frontier flights delayed, and temperatures fell from 35 to 21. Snow spread across Wyoming, South Dakota, Colorado and Kansas with Casper reporting five inches. Sgt. Mel Busekist urged extreme caution amid heavy holiday traffic and icy roads.
I A Caldwell principal at Lodgepole High School announced his candidacy for Cheyenne County Superintendent of Schools in the 1966 election. Caldwell has 42 years in education, including 30 in Cheyenne County, with prior posts in Shelby Deshler Morrill Milford Sunol Erickson Lorenzo Ordville Potter Sunol. He and wife Mrs Caldwell live in Sunol where she is postmaster and runs a grocery.
The Social Security Amendments of 1965 broaden disability eligibility by redefining disability to require a condition expected to last 12 months or more, with benefits limited to those unable to perform substantial gainful work. Benefits still require at least 5 years of work credits in the 10 years before disability.
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