Year 1967 Chronology Highlights Nebraska and Cheyenne County
A retrospective on 1967 in Nebraska and Cheyenne County reviews major events month by month. Notable items include births at Memorial Hospital, the death of champion horse Martin’s Hobo, a murder trial for Roberta Seefeldt, county and state officials sworn in, Sioux Army Depot debates, western Nebraska oil prospects, Lutran Fort Sidney renovations, and ongoing Centennial preparations with numerous local projects and civic efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Telegraph
Sidney
Timothy Jess Jensen
Tim Jensen
Osage
Timothy
Memorial Hospital
Martin
Fred Quinn
Lodgepole
Sidney Area
Roberta Seefeldt
Gerald Seefeldt
Norbert Tiemann
Sioux
GSA
Court House
Denver
Rocky Mountain
Dan Kastens
Jim Quinn
Sandy Houser
Doug Boyd
Billie Smith
John Hutton
Carol Hutton
Eagle Rank
L. E. Lydiatt
Art Huff
Gurley-Lodgepole Minuteman Activities
Art
Carlson Ranch
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Ney
Duane Freeman
State 19
Ray Davis
Potter
Lincoln
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
Rhodes
North Platte
Omaha
John Hinrichs, Jr
Sioux Depot
Saudi‘ Arabia
Audrey Gilbreath
Lily Langdon
Ron Heit
Business Institute of
Egging Company
Gurley
Ray Evans
Pioneer Press
Sidney Jaycees
Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Craig-Holechek Funeral Home
Potter and
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Gehrig and Son
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Tom Allington
Sunol
Retailers Committee
C of C
Edward B. Cole
Louise
High Plains
Don Armour
Ogallala
Bob
G. E. Scofield
Panhandle
Montana
Wyoming Rockies
Glenn E. Bosley
Ben Belden
Jeff Bush
Mansell
Jaycees
Grand Island
Sidney Public Schools Board of Education
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Guy Fulbright
Alliance
Neal Craig
VFW
Daryl Conger
American Physical Therapists Association
Duane Johnson
Hastings College
McCoys Family
Atkins Family
Cyril P. Williams
Pueblo
Legion of Merit
Liz Cunningham
David McCumber
Rotary Exchange
Dalton Man Nickell dies after long Cheyenne County life
Charles Lee Nickell 85 of Dalton and Bridgeport died Monday in Bethel Nursing Home Bridgeport after nearly six decades in Cheyenne County He was born January 20 1882 in Holt County Missouri and married Annie Jensen in 1905 He moved to Nebraska in 1909 and farmed before entering trucking in Dalton The funeral will be Thursday at 2 PM at Dalton Presbyterian Church with burial in Dalton Cemetery Pallbearers are Gene Sanders Gus Kragel Alex Flohr John Heizer Lyle Rabe and C. J. Carley The Holewick Funeral Home Bridgeport is in charge Memorials may be given to Dalton Presbyterian Church Surviving are four sons Ernest Alvin Homer Charles Jr two daughters five grandchildren and five great grandchildren He was preceded in death by two sons and several siblings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Charles Lee
Ud) Nichell
Bethel Nursing Home
Bridgeport
Presbyterian Church of
Dalton
William H. Hunter
Dalton Cemetery
Gene Sanders
Gus Kragel
Alex Flohr
John Heizer
Lyle Rabe
C. J
Nickell
Ernest
Alvin
Bushnell
Homer
Charles Jr
Long Beach
Calif
Pearl
Vernetta
Mrs Greenlee Services To Be Thursday
Mrs. Glenn L. Greenlee 82 dies in a Denver hospital after a month’s hospitalization and months of ill health. Services Thursday morning at Gehrig & Son Funeral Home with A D Tennant of the Church of Christ officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Born Ethel Ida Earhart December 3 1885 in Mason City Illinois she moved to Sidney Nebraska in 1928. Survived by husband Glenn L. Greenlee two sons Ray Plainview Neb and Mervil L Gering four grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn L. Greenlee
Denver
Gehrig & Son Funeral
A. D. Tennant
Church of Christ
Greenwood Cemetery
Ethel Ida Earhart
Mason City
Ill
William A. Earhart
Sidney
Thornton County
Neb
Stockville
Ray
Plainview
Mervil L
Gering
Panhandle Forecast Preview
The forecast calls for fair conditions this afternoon and night with increasing cloudiness Thursday. Light snow is possible with a low tonight of five to 15 degrees and a Thursday high near 30. Snow chances are under five percent this afternoon and tonight, rising to about 40 percent Thursday. Temperatures Thursday through Monday run 3 to 13 degrees below normal with highs 25 to 35 and lows five to 15, and frequent snow periods anticipated through Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Rockies
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska Panhandle
Sidney
Mercury
Four Injured In Nebraska Car Wrecks
The Nebraska State Patrol reports two back to back crashes near Sidney over two days. Allen McGee of Sidney lost control and a collision with a second vehicle caused a total loss of his 1959 car with tooth injuries to McGee. The second crash near 1:30 am involved Gary Heckman of Westminster Colorado driving a 1951 car into Sidney Implement Lot hitting a parked tractor. Heckman and two passengers Elmer Holliday and Johnny Schepker, both of Sidney, were injured. Holliday released. Heckman and Schepker held overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska State Patrol
Sidney
Allen McGee
Alfred. Taney
McGee
Gary Heckman
Westminister
Colo
Heckman
Elmer B. Holliday
Johnny Schepker
Holliday
Memorial Hospital
Schepker
Suspected Car Thief Released
A California man jailed December 12 on auto theft suspicions and charged with feloniously concealing a stolen automobile was released Thursday. FBI checks traced the actual suspect to Toledo, Ohio, though Ellis was driving the car when apprehended after three men at a filling station prompted a police call. The stolen vehicle, reported earlier this year in another state, broke down near town as Ellis sought repair parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Sidney
Roy Bauer
Bauer
FBI
Toledo
Ohio
Ellis
Sidney Federal Pays $160,200 In Dividends
Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Association announced a dividend of $160,200 to savings customers for the past year. Manager Jim Payne reported the payment is a little over a 10 percent increase from last year and reflected solid savings and financing results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Association
Jim Payne
Snow Storm Leaves Little Moisture As Colder Weather Approaches
A weekend snow storm brought minimal moisture with a forecast of dropping temperatures next weekend. Record low readings occurred in Sidney and Lodgepole with single digit lows, while Dalton reported minus five. Snow totals were light, with traces and up to 0.19 inches locally, and moisture in Potter’s snow estimated at 0.04 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodgepole
Dalton
Don Dey Ermand
Potter
George Coulter
Inductee Lindon A. Sanders Leads December Call
Lindon Allen Sanders of Potter was the sole December inductee per Cheyenne County selective service clerk Mrs. Louis Johnson. He is in basic training at Fort Bliss Texas. One man was sent for physical elimination and Johnson notes ten will go for physicals and five for induction in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindon Allen Sanders of
Potter
Louis Johnson
Cheyenne County
Selective Service Board
Fort Bliss
Texas
Johnson
Farmers Tax Guide Ready for 1968 Tax Season
Cheyenne County Extension office received the 1968 Farmer's Tax Guide. Publication 225 from the Internal Revenue Service explains income and self employment taxes and aids in filing federal returns. Available at the Extension office in the Post Office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Ivan Liljegren
U.S. Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Service
Post Office
Wheat Grower Urges Passage of Farm Bill
Phil Curtiss of Sidney, president of the Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Association, urged farmers to convey their views on the Monroney Purcell Farm Bill before a Senate Agriculture and Forestry hearing in January. He emphasized price support loans and reserve stock use to maintain producer control and noted the bill’s impact on reserve levels and the Commodity Credit Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Curtiss
Sidney
Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Association
Senate Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
Monroney-Purcell
Curtiss
Commodity Credit Corporation
Slick City Streets Blamed In Several Weekend Mishaps
Seven traffic accidents were investigated by Sidney Police over the Christmas weekend as slick streets contributed to crashes. No injuries were reported though damage varied from $10 to $335.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Pamela Hahler
Diana Jung
14Th
King
Hahler
Jung Auto
Wendell Bedmont
Julesburg
Colorado
Illinois
Elmer Haines Transfers to Calgary Canada
Friends report Elmer Haines moves to Calgary Canada to manage a new Fox Theatre there. He has worked with Fox in Los Angeles after leaving Sidney and will open the Calgary theatre soon. Mrs Haines and daughter Priscilla will join him after selling their Los Angeles home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Haines
Haines
Calgary
Canada
Fox Theatre
Sidney
Fox
Los Angeles
Calif
Hainnes
Priscilla
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Greenlee
Glenn Greenlee
Sidney Federal
Christ Construction’ Company
Qne
Farmer’s Tax Guide Ready
John Stasch
Behmont
Kay A. Vach
Steven W. Reeves
Reeves
Forrest
Robert J. Young
Dodge Street
Marjorie Dougherty
Dougherty
Young
Rebecca Davison
Rita Blome
Kerry Nienhuser
Forrest Sunday
Karen Martinasky
Hickory
Ligon Arnold
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
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