Steam Rate Reduction Is Expected In Sidney
The Sidney Public Power Board will urge city council to cut the municipal steam heating rate from about eighty-two percent to a flat thirty percent. Dr. R. E. Roche said the error in the original forty percent estimate was only discovered after the next month’s bills. The board also voted to restore the ten percent discount feature eliminated with the initial rate hike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Public Power Board
R. E. Roche
Roche
Power Board
Sidney
Sidney Faces Bridgeport in Western Nebraska tilt
Sidney Maroons meet Bridgeport Bulldogs in a Friday game after rest, aiming to sharpen tactics before Tuesday’s key showdown with Scottsbluff. The Bulldogs hope for an upset as coach Leo Shuman warns against overconfidence amid a busy schedule across western Nebraska.
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Sidney
Bridgeport
Maroons
Alliance
Scottsbluff
Bulldogs
Leo Shuman
Sidney-Bridgeport
Nebraska
Mitchell
Lexington
Tigers
Omaha World Herald
Gering
Bayard
Kimball
Potter
Minatare
Melbeta
Oshkosh
AAA Sessions Set for 1946 Conservation Program
The AAA will hold precinct sign ups across the county starting Saturday in Eagle precinct to map conservation plans for 1946. County Chairman James H. Campbell promotes a county budget system replacing individual farm allowances and urges farmers to sign 1945 payment applications at the AAA office. A county meeting of AAA community committeemen met Feb. 12 to discuss the 1946 program and farm plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Eagle Precinct
James H. Campbell
Campbell
Brownson
Trognitz
Hagemeister’s
Unkcen Valley
Dalton Town Hall
Telegraph Building
Jensen Auction Sale Slated Next Tuesday
Jensen S C Jensen and C O Jensen will hold a public farm sale next Tuesday Feb 19 at their place three fourths mile north of Gurley on the east side of the road starting at eleven o'clock Col AB Rapp will be auctioneer and the American National Bank clerk The sale advertisement appears in this issue The Telegraph The sale will include twenty nine head of cattle four horses chickens feed machinery and miscellaneous items and household goods.
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S. C. Jensen
C. O. Jensen
Gurley
Col
A. B. Rapp
American National Bank
Telegraph
Long Cheyenne county jury term opens under Judge Tewell
The Cheyenne county district court jury term starts Monday morning with Judge J L Tewell presiding. A full calendar of jury and equity cases is planned, with a meeting to confirm scheduling. Notices to jurors were mailed by Clerk Dan Campbell. Eleven new divorce cases were added to the district court list, an all time high.
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Cheyenne County
J. L. Tewell
Dan Campbell
March Winds Arrive Earlier This Winter
Typical March weather showed up in February with a brisk Thursday wind and seasonably moderate temperatures. Farmers worry the wind could harm winter wheat as topsoil blows markedly through the week.
Two Traffic Charges Are Filed This Week
Harris Scholten of Grand Rapids Michigan was charged with speeding 50 miles per hour in a complaint filed by the state patrol. He was to appear before County Judge Robert A. Barlow on Thursday. Harold Davis of Ordville faces a stop sign violation and is slated to appear February 18.
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Harris Scholten
Grand Rapids
Mich
State Patrol
Scholten
Robert A. Barlow
Harold Davis
Ordville
Adjutant Plan For City To Be Before Council Tonight
A proposal uniting Sid ney with the chamber of commerce to hire a trained municipal adjutant is set for the city council tonight. The plan would create an executive board control, limit the adjutant to investigation and recommendations, and cost over six thousand dollars yearly. If rejected, a chamber option would hire the city clerk as a full time secretary shared between city and civic club business. Mayor Thomas signals possible support if economic benefits are shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
J. K. Mahr
Civic Club
Tresaurer
Mahr
Union Pacific
D. R. Thomas
Tie-In Sale Target by OPA Warned in Letter
The Omaha district office of the OPA urged publicity on alleged tie-in sales where scarce items are sold only with purchases of other goods. An anonymous Sid ney resident accused a store of forcing women to buy dresses suits and coats to obtain nylon hose. The letter urged readers to report facts with signatures to help gather evidence for an enforcement case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Omaha
Telegraph
Foland to Sponsor Free Show February 21
Foland Farm Machinery Co sponsors a free screening of Made in America at the region rooms city auditorium next Thursday February 21 starting 2 15 pm. Coffee and doughnuts will be served and three free awards presented as part of the afternoon. The all color film highlights U S fighting men and their machines pushing the enemy back and explains what the boys fought for overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Minneapolis Morine Power Implement Co
City Auditorium
Foland Farm Machinery Co
M-M
Foland
Germany
Belgium
France
Asia
Seven Seas
Potatoes Shipped In First 41 Days Of Year
Nebraska potato shippers moved 7 070 carloads of seed and table potatoes to southern marketing points in the first 41 days of the year. The report was compiled by L. E. Andersen, secretary of the Nebraska Wyoming Potato Shippers association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Potato Shippers
L. E. Andersen
Nebraska-Wyoming Potato Shippers Association
Mrs Lansing Dies After Illness at Dalton Hospital
Mrs Charles Lansing 33 born Margaret Anne Koester died Tuesday in Dalton Hospital after a period of ill health. Funeral at Dalton Catholic Church at 9:30 Friday with Rev Fullam. burial in Dalton cemetery per Gehrig Funeral Home. Pallbearers from church choir include Evelyn Kopetzky Marjorie Devier Dorothy Kettler Linda Hopkins Gladys Lexterkamp Patricia Pelster. Born Raeville Nebraska March 13 1912 she moved to western Nebraska in 1917. Educated at St Patrick's Academy Sidney and Sunol High School. Married 1934 to Charles Lansing. Survived by husband three children Raymond 11 Thomas 6 Marjorie 5 mother five brothers and three sisters.
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Charles Lansing
Margaret Anne Koester
Dalton Hospital
Dalton Catholic Church
Fullam
Dalton Cemetery
Gehrig Funeral Home
Raymond
Thomas
Marjorie
REA Order On Phillips Is Resisted
Pine Bluffs Rural Electric Co counsel said the firm would defy an REA administrator Wickard order seeking to remove manager George N. Phillips. Directors back Phillips. plan 1500 more miles of line near Potter, Dix, Cheyenne County. The dispute, tied to personnel at the top, alarms farmers awaiting electrification in western Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Heaton
Pine Bluffs
Wyo.) Rural Electric Co
Claude Wickard
REA
George N. Phillips
Heaton
Wickard
Phillips
Pine Bluffs Company
Cheyenne County
Potter
Potter and
Dix
Nebraska
A. L. Miller
Washington D. C
Arthur Borcher
Sidney
Emery Horrum
Nebraka
Borcher
Horrum
Tourney Centers For West Teams Selected
Western Nebraska announces centers for Class A to D basketball tournaments. Scoring districts include Scottsbluff, Alliance, Curtis, Kearney, McCook, North Platte, Gering, Chadron, Gordon, Ogallala, Mitchell, Oshkosh, Morrill, Sidney, Bridgeport, and Paxton among others. Directors listed: Supt. J. E. Shedd, Supt. R. B. Carey, Supt. Harold West, Supt. Charles Sanderson, Walter Cork, and J. W. Sanderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsbluff — Alliance
Curtis, Kearney, McCook, North Platte
Scottsbluff
Supt
J. E. Shedd
Gering
Bayard
Bridgeport
Chadron
Gordon
Mitchell
Ogallala
Sidney
R. B. Carey
Big Springs
Chappell
Grant
Hershey
North Platte
St. Patrick's
Paxton
Stapleton
Sutherland
Harold West
Mitchell— Kimball
Lyman
Minatare
Morrill
Oshkosh
Potter
St. Patrick’s
Charles Sanderson
Officials Urge Quick Move of Wheat to Market
The Department of Agriculture asks farmers to ship all spare wheat to meet export needs by June 30. Despite a 1945 harvest, wartime shortages push for rapid movement of grain from surplus states west of the Mississippi. Farmers should contact local elevators and ship as fast as transport allows. a 1946 crop is possible.
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Department of Agriculture
Mississippi River
Dakotas
Montana
Nebraska
Kansas
Pacific
Ilean
Boyd's Open House to mark twenty fifth year in Sidney
Boyd's Cigar Store hosts an open house this Saturday from noon to four to celebrate 25 years of operation in Sidney. Harry Marsh invites men women and children to visit with birthday treats. Opened on Lincoln's Birthday in 1921 the store has remained at the same location and Marsh, longtime employee, is now a stockholder in The H N Boyd Co. The business retails tobacco confections magazines and beer on and off sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd's
Sidney
Harry Marsh
Marsh
H. N. Boyd Co
Boyd’s
Moisture Cited For Panhandle Winter Wheat And Rye
Nebraska’s weekly crop survey reports moisture is needed for winter wheat and rye, especially in western sections. Winds caused some wheat damage but most could be repaired with moisture. About three percent of the corn remains in fields as movement out of state continues. There is good demand for better seed corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
Bureau
Lutheran Rally Set for Trinity Church February 20
Sidney joins 500 nationwide Lutheran rallies with Harold Levander as keynote at Trinity Lutheran Church. Levander, Minnesota conference Lutheran Brotherhood president, is a South St. Paul lawyer and Gustavus Adolphus and University of Minnesota Law School alumnus. He once won the National Oratorical Contest and debated British Isles universities.
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Sidney
United States
Trinity Lutheran Church
Harold Levander
Levander
Lutheran Brotherhood of the Minnesota Conference of the
Augustana Synod
Kelly
University of Minnesota Law School
Gustavus
Oxford
Cambridge
Dublin
British Isles
High Awards To Livingston High Awards To Livingston
Verlin Livingston, county 4 H club leader, earned two top national awards after ten years of service. His work led to a Chicago trip for the National Club Congress and a Washington DC trip to the National Club Camp for overall 4 H achievement. He has led eight club projects and produced many exhibits, talks, and demonstrations since 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Bullock
Verlin Livingston
Verlin
Chicago
National Club Congress
Washington D. C
National Club
Calvin Klentz
Lincoln
KFAB
Wisconsin appoints Major Bertramson to soils faculty
Major B R Bertramson son of Mr and Mrs J W Bertramson Potter has been named assistant professor in the University of Wisconsin soils department and will begin duties March 1 He comes from Germany where he served as food and agriculture specialist in military government and was chief of the food and agriculture section for the Gross Hessen region with about four million people He is visiting his parents with his wife after recent deployment abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. Bertramson
J. W. Bertramson
Potter
University of Wisconsin
Bertramson
Germany
Gross Hessen
U. S
Mary Joan McIntosh Valedictorian At St Patrick's Academy
Mary Joan McIntosh daughter of Mr and Mrs McKinley J McIntosh is valedictorian of the 1946 graduating class at St Patrick's Academy with a scholastic average of 96.2 percent for three and a half years. Two students share salutatorian honors Frances Johnston and Rosemary O'Neil both at 95 percent. All three excel in extra curricular activities and Academy affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Joan McIntosh
McKinley J. McIntosh
St. Patrick’s Academy
Frances Johnston
Fred Johnston
Rosemary O'Neil
Carrie O'Neil
Story of China Told to Lions at Sidney Club Dinner
Dr. Max Gentry spoke at the Lions Club ladies night at Sidney Country Club on China’s age old methods versus modern US military approaches. He described twelve years in Chungking as a medical missionary, evacuation via the Burma Road, and 31 months in China as a lieutenant colonel instructing Chinese medical students. The program included a Q and A led by W. J. Robinson and two vocal solos by Mrs. Howard Osborne, with 118 attendees.
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United States
China
Lions Club
Sidney Country Club
Max Gentry
Gering
Gentry
Chungking
Burma Road
United States Army
Japan
Nationalist Party
W. J
Bill” Robinson
I. Q
E.S. Stokes
Howard Osborne
Barbara Banta
1946 License Plates Needed by February 16
State patrol announced that drivers must display 1946 plates by February 16 1946 and risk arrest for using 1945 plates starting that Saturday. All law officers will monitor for old plates from that date. County treasurer notes January plate sales were the heaviest on record as most owners already possess new tags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Patrol
Regulations Outlined For Scooters Drivers
State patrol announced that Auto Glides or Scooters are motor vehicles requiring title and registration. Operators with two horsepower or less do not need an operator's license but must be at least sixteen years old.
Transfers Hit Record Peak in Cheyenne County Real Estate
An estimated 325000 in town and rural real estate transfers have been recorded since January 1 with another 75000 in deals not yet filed. About one hundred transactions span farms, business buildings, residences and development sites, reflecting strong demand and rising prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Gurley
Soil Plan Is Heard By Dalton Lions
Dalton Lions Club held a meeting on soil conservation with County Agent Wm. Bullock Olaf Johnson Morrill county leader Clyde Johnson Cheyenne county chairman and George Harmon district conservationist speaking on the needs and methods of soil conservation. The group praised the program and endorsed the Legion building project and formed an advisory committee. The club reported progress on a Cemetery club and noted a clothing drive yielding over 1200 pounds of clothes delivered by Graff truck to Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Dalton Lions Club
Wm. Bullock
Olaf Johnson
Morrill
Clyde Johnson
Cheyenne
George Harmon
Dalton Lions
Lions Orchestra
Lions
Club
Sidney
Firemen's Ball Tops This Saturday Event
Dance lovers have a treat as the Sidney Volunteer Fire Department presents the annual Firemen's Ball this Saturday night February 16. One of the oldest dance events of the season it is held near Valentine Day and draws one of the year's largest crowds according to the dance committee.
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Sidney Volunteer Fire Department
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Power Boards
Dr. Roche
Vern Livingston
Maroon
Calton
Sunol School
Davison
Eagle
School South
Gurley, Gurley High School
Huntsman
Town Hall
Lorenzo
School House
Pleasant View
Hagemeister's
Jensen
Margaret Koester
Wickard Action
Chass D
Broadwater
Lewellen
Lodgepole
Sunol
Walter Cork
Sunflower
Harrisburg
McGrew
Liberty
J. W. Sanderson
Boyd
Panhandle
Livingston
Major Bertramson
Academy
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