Sidney Hosts First Of Three WNOA Sessions Here Tuesday
Sidney to host the first of three Western Nebraska Organized Agriculture meetings this week with sessions in Bayard and Harrison to follow. Speakers include Dr. C. Bertrand Schultz on Your University and You and Dr. William Colwell on This Business of Eating. About 200 are expected to attend at the Sidney city auditorium starting at 9 a.m. with Ray Cruise presiding.
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Sidney
WNOA
C. Bertrand Schultz
University of Nebraska State Museum
William Colwell
Sheridan
Dawes
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
Colorado
Glen Miller
Brunswick
McCook
Valentine
Scottsbluff
Wheat Belt Public Power District
Mrs. F. A. Bush Dies at 81 Rites Set for Wednesday
Mrs. F. A. Bush, 81, died Sunday at Memorial Hospital after about three years of illness. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at The Craig Mortuary, with Rev. J. R. Dailey officiating, burial in Greenwood Cemetery. A longtime figure in local women’s clubs and a Seven Day Adventist, she was born March 7, 1878 in Decatur Nebraska and married Fred A. Bush in 1899. Survivors include husband, six children, one brother and three sisters.
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F. A. Bush
Mémorial Hospital
Craig
J R. Dailey
Greenwood Cemetery
Federated Woman's Club
Wag
Sevenh Day
Adventist Church
Decatur
Tessie ‘Ellensdark
Wray
Fred A. ‘Bush
Bush
Sideal
Uni
Country Club Drive
Lela G. Bickham
Cheyenne
Ruth Hermanson
Olive Wunsch
Denver
Harvey D. ‘Bush
Madison
Grain Market Quote From Local Elevator
Local elevator sources quote wheat at 1.69 dollars per bushel for the day noting market activity and price movement in the grain trade.
Missile Base Work Set to Start Near Here This Week
Surveyors staked the Atlas missile base site two and one half miles south and one and a half miles west of town. Excavation will reach about 35 feet with construction to begin in about two weeks. The underground base will house a single Atlas missile and is part of a nine site project by Eby Construction Co. Completion is planned for March 1 next year.
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Kimball
Here
Nebraska
Dale Harrington
Eby Construction Co
Wichita
Kan
Eby Construction
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Colorado
WNUCC Seeks Presidential Candidate As March Speaker
The Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce plans to invite a national presidential candidate to speak at the March general session in Alliance. The decision was made at a recent board meeting attended by WMUCC director James Hunt and others from Sidney North Platte Chadron Crawford Harrison Hemingford Rushville and Alliance.
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WNUCC
Nxt
Wesern
Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce
Alliance
Wyre Moran
Sidney
WMUCC
Greater Nebraska Interstate, Inc
GNI Treasury
WMCC
Omaha
Hyannis
State Highway Commission
Genz Kemper
GNI
Field Expansion Fails Morrill County Offset Well Plugged
New locations were pursued after a west offset to the No 2 Dunlap discovery near Bridgeport yielded no commercial potential. The No 1 Peters in Morrill County was abandoned, ending drilling activity in the area for now as rigs move to Cheyenne County for the No 2 Graff.
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Morrill County
Kinney Coastal and Ohio Oil Co
Bridgeport
Cheyenne County
Ohio
Nebraska Oil Gas Commission
Banner County
Kinney
Peters
Exeter Drilling Co
Anderson
Potter
Anderson Field
Falcon-Seaboard Duilling Co
Singleton Heirs
Wildat
Sunol Chili Feed and Auction Raise $580 for March of Dimes
The Sunol annual chili feed and auction drew nearly 200 attendees and raised $580 for the March of Dimes. It was among the highest totals in the event and Sunol leads the county in per capita contributions. Merchants donated items worth more than their threefold value.
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Sunol
Ellis Granted Divorce in Kimball County
District Judge John Kuns issued a divorce decree to Jack R. Ellis of Sidney from Mary Helen Ellis now in Washington. The couple married in Yakima Washington in October 1957 and had no children from this marriage.
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John Kuns
Kimball
Jack R. Ellis
Sidney
Mary Helen Ellis
Washington
Yakima
Wash
License Plate Sales Rise in January 1959
County Treasurer M. M. Inhelder reports January plate sales at 4 185 sets up from 4 084 last year due to more working days. Total 1959 issuance nears 10 000 with 2 500 more expected by March 1 deadline. Motorists may keep old numbers if plates are obtained before February 15.
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M. M. Inhelder
Inhelder
Albert F Gade Dies at 82 After 53 Years in Cheyenne County
Albert Frank Gade, 82, longtime Cheyenne County resident, died early Sunday at Memorial Hospital after a year as a patient. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at St Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev Clarence Boye. burial in Greenwood Cemetery. He was born September 22 1877 in St Pierre Indiana and moved to the area in 1907. He married Bertha Mitilestead in 1911. Survivors include son Everett and daughter Mrs Fred Meick, five grandchildren, two great grandchildren, three sisters and two brothers. He had lived with his son in Sidney for 25 years before entering the hospital. Memorials suggested to St Pauls Church.
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Albert F Gade
Cheyenne County
Memorial Hospital
St Paul's Lutheran Church
Clarence Boye
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig Mortuary
St Pierre
Ind
Albert Frank Gade
August
Augusta Raschke Gade
Sunal
Bertha Mitilestead
Mr Gade
Union Pacifie Railroad
Sunal End
Everett
Sidney
Fred Meick
Vis George Horricks
Dalton
M3 Amelia Smith
Kansas
Ity
Vis Emmi Bendroth
Omaha
William Gade
Suno
Ted Gade
Oriha
Gas bills rise as month runs 38 percent colder
North Central Gas Co figures show the last month was 38 percent colder than the prior month, the fourth coldest since 1950. Other cold periods were Jan 1955, Feb 1956 and Feb 1959. Data cover mid month readings. mid Dec to mid Jan period up 38 percent over mid Nov to mid Dec per Gene Morfan of the company.
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North Central Gas Co
Gene Morfan
the Gas,Company
Scout Leaders Will Meet Here Wednesday
Adult leaders of the Tinta Tonka Boy Scout District will hold their monthly meeting at the East Side school in Sidney Wednesday night at 7 30. E K Yarney of Lodge pole district chairman will preside. District scouters from Bushnell to Chappell Gurley Dalton and from Minatere to Oshkosh will attend along with district scoutmasters and den mothers for training sessions. A good attendance is anticipated if the weather is favorable.
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Gurley
Sidney
Telegraph
Tinta Tonka
East Side
E. K. Yarney
Lodgepole
Bushnell
Chappell
Dalton
Minatere
Oshkosh
Jaycees To Elect Fr. Sidney Days Board
Fort S cries Daily notes the Jaycees will elect Fr. Sidney Days board members at the regular meeting Tuesday evening. All Jaycees are urged to attend.
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Jaycees
Sidney Days
Fort S.crey
Snow Falls Across Nebraska Panhandle With 3 to 5 Inches
Snow covered the Nebraska Panhandle from Dalton to Pecotz with depths of three to five inches. No wind aided the fall and temperatures moderated road hazards as drivers reported several minor mishaps but no injuries. Frontier Airlines noted smooth arrivals while police cleared traffic snarls at the 13th Ave underpass.
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Telegraph
Don Dey Ermand
Dalton
Potter
Dix
Kimball
Lodgepole
Colorado Line
Pecotz
Panhandle
Earliier
Denver
Nebraska
North Platte
Frontier Airlines
Sidney
Lincoln
13Th Ave
City Seeks Help With Sidneys Rat Problem
City Manager Tom Coffey asks residents to report rat sightings by calling 5548 so bait boxes, too small for pets to enter, can be placed citywide. A Denver pest control firm was hired as sightings rise across West Sidney and along the eastern creek.
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Tom Coffey
Coffey
Denver
Sidney
Young Republicans To Meet Here Feb 8
Cheyenne County Young Republicans plan a meeting in the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel on February 8 as part of Nebraska GOP efforts. State GOP chairman Charles Thone met with Nebraska Young Republicans in Lexington to discuss their role in the 1960 elections.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska Republican State Committee
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Nebraska
Young Republicans
Lexington
GOP
Charles Thone
Cozad Coach Harold Chaffee Named Sidney Football Mentor
Harold George Chaffee 33, long time Cozad coach in football basketball and track, will become Sidney head football coach succeeding Bud Lade. Chaffee, a Colorado State graduate and former Navy Seabees, has a 61 27 and 3 record across nine years at Cozad Holyoke and Conad, with two Class B track titles and multiple Eastern Conference football titles. He plans to move to Sidney in August with his wife and four children Connie Kathy Mike and Mark.
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Harold George Chaffee
Cozad
Neb
Sidney
Telegraph
Bud Lade
Lade
Colorado State University
Fort Collins
Chaffee
Nebraska
Conad
Holdrege
Holyoke
Colo
American Legion
Englewood, Colo
Navy Seabees
Colorado State
Connie
Kathy
Mike
Mark
Chaffees
Tele
Maddox Mechanics Earn Progress Awards
Francis Simeons a Maddox Motors mechanic received a bronze plaque for completing one year of advanced automotive mechanics study under Chrysler Corporation. The program, Master Technicians Service Conference, showcases up to date service methods. Harlan Maddox leads the dealer’s conference here. Another Maddox mechanic Bob Young earned an eight year Master Technician award.
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Francis Simeons
Maddox Motors
Chrysler Corporation
Harlan Maddox
Maddox
Bob Young
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Dalton and
Patty Policky
Hereford
Patty
Joe Policky
CNW
Signet Operating & Exploration Co
Johnson
Scively Extension
Glen Perkins Oil, Inc
Kimball County
Brinkerhoff Drilling Co
van Pelt
Nebr
Tiger Oil Co
Painter Field
Ellis
March We Dimes
Footsore
Hugh Cabinet
Gurtky
Terrwalk
March of Dimes
Cabinet
House of Representatives
Tony Hauschel
Illinois
West
Neil Munderloh
Hausche
Rudy Munderloh
Albert F. Gade
St. Paul’s Church
Nebraska Panhandle
Harold Chaffee
Kearney
University of Nebraska
West Nebraska
Cinpeetg G. Chaffee
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