Sioux Depot bid sparks bid for future industry at Sioux
The City of Sidney approved a $1,325,000 offer for the former Sioux Army Depot properties, forming the Sioux Industrial Development Corp. to rent lease or sell land and buildings to private industry. The master corporation aims to attract industrial, commercial and agricultural activity, create payrolls, and revive the regional economy after the depot’s closure in 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Sioux
Sioux Industrial Development Corp
Army
General Services Administration
Secretary of State
The
Combine
New Sioux Industrial Development Corp Formally Incorporated
A notice of incorporation for the Sioux Industrial Development Corp announces a nonprofit group buying land and other properties from the former Sioux Army Depot for 1 325 000 dollars. Incorporators listed include Leonard A. Beyer Raymond H. Lessman and Ronald W. McMillen with many more participants involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Industrial Develop~ment Corp
Sidney Telegraph
Sioux Army
Leonard A. Beyer
Raymond H. Lessman
Ronald W. McMillen
Northwestern Bell Plans $26 Million Nebraska Upgrade in 1968
Northwestern Bell outlines a $26 million Nebraska upgrade for 1968 including Sidney and Omaha additions. The program adds direct dialing for long distance calls and Touch-Tone service, plus replacement of local Sidney equipment. Major projects include a 15 story Omaha building and microwave links to Omaha, Merriman, and Suspected rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Nebraska
R. E. Runice
Runice
Omaha
Norfolk
Educational Television
Sutherland
ETV
Merriman
Grand Island
Holdrege
Lexington
Huff Seeks First District Cheyenne County Commissioner
Paul Huff a Lodgepole resident and Lodgepole High School graduate filed for Cheyenne County First District commissioner. He joins A A Fenske the incumbent and Floyd Treblik in the race. Huff farms southwest of Lodgepole and is active in the Lodgepole Methodist Church with his wife Leila and four children Ken Karen Kurt and Keith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Paul Huff
Lodgepole
A. A. Fenske
Sunol
Floyd Treblik
Huff
Lodgepole High School
City-Wide May Promotion Plans Staged By Chamber Group
The Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee approves a three day city wide promotion for May 2 to 4 featuring summer fashions sports home improvement cookouts boats and camping. A May 5 fly in breakfast dedication at the new airport hangar is planned with booths at Elks Auditorium and street closures under council approval. Persons named include Ben Belden John Gottschalk Clark Wicks Richard Fix Neil Allison and M R Sigler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Elks
Jackson
1Lfth Streets
Telegraph
Lion’s Club
Ben Belden
John Gottschalk
Clark Wicks
Richard Fix
Neil Allison
M. R. Sigler
Tax Seminar On Petitions Set Feb 14 In Sidney
A tax information meeting in Sidney on February 14 at the 4 H Building begins at 1 30 pm. Western Nebraska sessions are led by Jack Timmons with Dr Everett E Peterson directing five eastern meetings to explain state and local government costs and the impact of proposed tax changes on sales income personal property exemptions and homestead rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Fairgrounds
Jack Timmons
Nebraska University Agricultural Economics
Nebraska
Everett E. Peterson
Peterson
Vice’s
Police Warn Of Shooting Guns In City
Police urge parent cooperation to curb a problem in Sidney as Roy Adams is shot twice with a b by two boys on 13th near Maple and Newton. Chief Roy Bauer notes city ordinances ban all gun shooting and says the issue, though not out of hand, prompts complaints of property damage from careless air rifles and bb guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Roy Adams
Maple
Newton
Roy Bauer
New Beauty Salon Opens In Sidney Building
La Petitte Beauty Salon announces its opening at 821 12th Ave in The Sidney Flooring and Supply Co. building with entrance on 12th Ave. Owner Miss Vonnie Pittam, a Joslin School of Beauty graduate in Denver last September, will specialize in hair cutting and styling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Petitte Beauty Salon
12Th Ave
Sidney Flooring and Supply Co
Vonnie Pittam
Joslin School of Beauty
Denver
Mail Tampering Incidents Reported to Police
Postmaster Ferris Preble told police of tampering in which mail in a box at 2005 15th was opened and returned with nothing missing. Earlier, mail was taken from a box and left on the street, and a mail relay box was tipped over. Mrs. Joe Frerichs reported a 3 1/2 horsepower Clinton motor stolen from a garden tractor at 1828 Elm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Ferris Preble
Lumir Musil
Joe Frerichs
Clinton
Sidney's Oldest Retailer Changes Hands
Greenlees' Inc Sidney's oldest retail business is bought by Alva W Bill Peterson and Una C Peterson. The new corporation Greenlees Depart ment Store Co of Sidney Neb begins Feb 12 1968 with Peterson as head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Greenlees’ Inc
Alva W
Bill’ Peterson
Una C. Peterson
Peterson
Pioneer Sidney
Greenlees’ Department Store Co
Nebr
Greenlee
A. K. Greenlee
McLernon’s
Albert
Roy
Sidney Telegraph
Crossingville
Erie County
Pennsylvania
Cheyenne County
York
Greenlees
Elizabeth McAllister
Christ Church
Callaghan McCarty
County Antrim
Ireland
America
Philadelphia
Omaha
Council Bluffs
A. K
Cyclone
Peter Reames
Peter Benson
J. L. Jones
Prescott
Arizona
Catherine
Sidney High School
Peru State Normal
University of Washington
Seattle
Washington
Albert Greenlee
Petersons
Chamber of Commerce
Jens Englert Dies at 80 Pioneer Cheyenne County Farmer
Jens Englert eighty longtime Dalton area resident died in Scottsbluff after a long illness. He farmed Cheyenne County for at least fifty years on a show place east of Dalton with a modern home, well equipped shop and shelterbelt. Funeral arrangements are by Craig-Holechek Funeral Home. A fuller obituary appears next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jens Englert
Cheyenne County
Dalton
Scottsbluff
Mr. Englert
Englert
Craig-Holechek
Telephone Man Predicts End To Bogus Sales
Paul O'Hara of Northwestern Bell says postal rate changes include a provision that ends by mail solicitations for a bogus classified directory. He notes that materials that resemble a bill but are actually solicitations are nonmailable and cannot be mailed. O'Hara welcomes the change to reduce hard feelings toward the telephone company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul O’hara
Northwestern Bell
O’ Hara
O’hara
Three Teachers join Vo Tech Staff
Three new teachers joined the Vo Tech staff. Mayer comes from Hahler Motor Co. in Sidney with 20 years in automotive and farm equipment. Orvis, a McCook native with Chadron State math degree, teaches related subjects with wife Jackie at the school. Howell handles airframe and powerplant, moving his family from Barnesville Ohio, after work with Roscoe Turner Aero Corp in Indianapolis and National Airlines in Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vo-Tech
Mayer
Hahler Motor Co
Sidney
Ruth
12Th
University of Nebraska
Orvis
McCook
Chadron State
Jackie
Forgery Suspect Nabbed After Nebraska Parole Violation
A parole violator from the Colorado State Penitentiary, Jimmy D. Clayton of Denver, was arrested in Sterling by Logan County authorities. He allegedly forged several checks across the Nebraska Panhandle and was identified by Cheyenne County Sheriff Kermit Brumbaugh. Sterling detains him with a Colorado detainer pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Coleman
Colorado State Penitentiary
Logan County
Sterling
Nebraska Panhandle
Cheyenne
Kermit Brumbaugh
Jimmy D. Clayton
Brumbaugh
East Bay Service
Sidney
Colorado
Lodgepole Resident Charlie Peters Dies at 53
Charlie Peters 53 a Lodgepole resident was found dead at home likely from a heart attack. Funeral at Immanuel Lutheran Lodgepole with Rev Raymond Thiel. burial in Pleasant View Cemetery with Lodgepole American Legion Post rites. Survived by two sisters seven brothers and many nieces and nephews. Peters WWII veteran carpentry work single. Local obituary notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Peters
Lodgepole
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Raymond Thiel
Pleasant View
Lodgepole American Legion Post
Craig-Holececk
Panhandle Weekend Weather Outlook
Fair this afternoon tonight and Saturday with lows near 15 to 25 and highs 45 to 55. Slight precipitation risk under five percent. Five day outlook shows near normal temperatures through Wednesday with highs near 40 and lows 10 to 20. Light snow possible early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Warning System Planned for Sidney Merchants
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce plans a bad check warning system led by Clark Wicks with Don Born and Mrs. Jack Knicely. After a Wednesday incident, the plan aims to notify six merchants who will alert their lists, enabling rapid notices to most stores, and may later warn about shoplifters and illegal solicitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
Clark Wicks
Denver
Coleman
Sterling
Wicks
Don Born
Jack Knicely
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pate
New Corp
NWB
A. W
Kenneth Mayer
Jerold Howell
Gail Orvis
Chas. Peters
Ralph Englert
Brownson
Colton
Davison
Gurley
Potter
Sidney Rural
Union Valley
Shoup Company
Sidney Jaycees
Frank Marsh
Allan Beerman
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!