Cheyenne County Fair to Feature 101 Stampede Centennial Event
The Cheyenne County Fair and a 101 Stampede plan mark the centennial theme. The Sidney Chamber of Commerce builds committees for a three day fair with parade over 25 entries and evening entertainment at the fair grounds. Events include high school rodeo pole bending barrel racing calf roping and calf riding. Entertainment features bands saddle clubs pony pulling contests pony races calf riding and roping greased pig races and grand entry with possible Indian village. Funding plans rely on one dollar admission buttons for barbecue Indian village rodeo and events, with other events priced one to one and a half dollars.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Ed Cole
Fair Board
Butterfield Rites To Be Wednesday
Mrs. Margaret C. Butterfield 76 a Sidney resident for 40 years died Sunday afternoon at Memorial Hospital after a two and a half month stay. Funeral services will be 10 a m Wednesday in the First Christian Church with Rev Ellis Votan officiating burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Craig-Holechek Funeral Home in charge. She was born Oct 14 1891 in Cosby Missouri to Charles and Mary Payne married Feb 16 1916 to Millard E Butterfield at Bloomington Nebraska lived in Bloomington until 1928 then moved to Sidney. Survivors include three sons Perry W S Dale and Francis J Butterfield all of Sidney two granddaughters Georgia Jo and Virginia Jo Butterfield of Sidney two brothers W S Payne of Lyman Nebraska and A C Payne of Erie Colorado and two sisters Mrs S J Kersting of Fort Collins Colorado and Mrs Della Gutscher of Longmont Colorado.
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Margaret C. Butterfield
Sidney
Memorial Hospital
First Christian Church
Ellis Votan
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig-Holechek
Margaret C. Payne
Cosby
Charles
Mary Payne
Millard E. Butterfield
Bloomington
Neb
S. J. Kersting
Fort Collins
Colo
Della Gutscher
Longmont
Foland Implement Sets Open House and Irrigation Clinic
Foland Implement Co. announces an open house this Thursday February 22 to view new M M farm equipment and will serve coffee and doughnuts all day. An irrigation clinic is scheduled at Foland's that evening at 7 30.
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Foland Implement Co
Foland’s
Hunters Plan Extended Trip After Cheyenne Stay
Dr. and Mrs. William Hunter, longtime Omaha pastors, leave next week after a year in Cheyenne County. The trip includes sermons and visits across Los Angeles Omaha Minneapolis Winnipeg Montreal London Edinburgh and Ireland, with October completion and possible Continent visits before returning home.
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William Hunter
Cheyenne County
Hunter
Sidney
Light Memorial Presbyterian Church
Dalton
Dalton Presbyterian Church
British Isles
Los Angeles
Calif
Omaha
Minneapolis
Minn
University Church
Winnipeg
Canada
Panhandle Weather Forecast Predicts Mild Period
Partly cloudy and mild this afternoon through Tuesday with night lows around 30 and highs near 50. Precipitation chances under five percent. Five Day outlook shows temperatures 5 to 10 degrees below normal Tuesday to Saturday with frequent changes.
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Panhandle
Cheyenne And Deuel Counties Cleared For Oil Drilling
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission approved seven drilling locations last week in Cheyenne Deuel Kimball Banner and Red Willow counties. Howard W. Kaler hired Braden Gear Drilling Co for No 1 L Nelson in Cheyenne County near Huntsman and also pursued a Deuel County wildcat in NW SW Sec 8 14 44 with B W Drilling Co.
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Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Cheyenne
Deuel
Howard W. Kaler
Braden-Gear Drilling Co
L. Nelson
Cheyenne County
Sand Creek
Huntsman
Nebraska
Mr. Kaler
Deuel County
B-W Drilling Co
Kaler
Devel
Kimball
Banner
Red Willow
City aims to seal down payment for Sioux Depot purchase
The City of Sidney likely will pay twenty percent of a 1 325 000 bid for about 16 000 acres and several hundred buildings at the former Sioux Army Depot this week. GSA approved the bid, with balance financed later, while a private Sioux Industrial Development Corp plans to provide capital for the deal and tenancy prospects are being explored.
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Sidney
Sioux
General Services Administration
GSA
L. M. Clinton
G. F. Bush
Sioux Industrial Development Corp
Bush
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Clinton
New Industrial Corporation
Lincoln
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
Denver
Boulder
Colo
Black Hills
Edgemont
S. D
Chadron
Distinguished Flying Cross For Schaffert
Lt Cmdr Richard W Schaffert, brother of Mrs Leroy Hadden of Sidney, received the Distinguished Flying Cross aboard the carrier Oriskany. The Nebraskan battled four MiG 17s, deterring them from an American strike group and aiding the arrival of three more Oriskany fliers. He is a 1955 University of Nebraska graduate.
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Richard W.schaffert
Leroy Hadden
Sidney
Oriskany
Navy
William Schaffert
Alliance
Dalton
W. F. Bringle
Seventh Fleet
Schaffert
Commander Schaffert
University of Nebraska
Sidney man honored for aiding Vietnam electric project
William Peabody a systems engineer for Wheatbelt Public Power District receives a Distinguished Service Award at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association meeting in Dallas. He aided Vietnam's early rural cooperatives from September 1966 to March 1967 by helping build distribution systems in two hamlets and by developing the cooperative's Vietnamese board and staff.
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Dallas
Sidney Man
South Vietnam
William Peabody
Wheatbelt
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Peabody
Vietnam
Japan
United States
Nebraska Divides State Into 26 Socioeconomic Regions
Gov Norbert Tiemann unveiled a new map dividing Nebraska into 26 socioeconomic regions. District 21 includes Cheyenne Kimball and Deuel counties with regional service centers planned for long term coordination. District 21 combines Cheyenne Kimball and Deuel counties.
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Nebraska
Norbert Tiemann
Cheyenne
Kimball
Deuel
Douglas Bereuter
State Dept. of Economic Development
Bereuter
Wool Growers Set Meeting in Sidney March 4
Plans near completion for the Nebraska Wool Growers Assn annual meeting in Sidney on March 4 chaired by Ivan Hartman of Whitney. The 9:30 a m start at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel will cover wool market prices and outlook with a Nebraska Department of Agriculture representative discussing a new predator control program. A free lamb luncheon will be served at noon.
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Nebraska Wool Growers Assn
Sidney
Ivan Hartman
Whitney
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Nebraska State Department of Agriculture
Hartman
Gilliland Enrolled in Foreign Trade Studies in Phoenix
Thomas M. Gilliland son of Mr and Mrs J R Gilliland of Sidney joins the January 1969 graduating class of The American Institute for Foreign Trade in Phoenix Arizona He is a University of Nebraska and University of Texas Law School graduate with majors in political science and law The AIFT affiliate of the American Management Assn trains students in all phases of international management with cohorts from all states 34 foreign countries and 800 colleges and universities in the U S and 161 abroad.
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Thomas M. Gilliland
J. R. Gilliland
Sidney
American Institute For Foreign Trade
Phoenix
Ariz
University of Nebraska
University of Texas Law School
American Management Assn
United States
AIFT
U. S
Help Wanted to Find Soldier Seeks Mother in Sidney
Pvt. Richard W. Bucklaw is in Vietnam and requests help locating his mother Selina Gally Marquetta Helmick. He last heard she lived in Sidney, and readers can contact the newspaper at Sidney 254 5555 collect or call the Associated Press in Omaha at 341 4963.
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U.S
Vietnam
Selina (Gally
Marquetta Helmick
Sidney
Associated Press
Omaha
Richard W. Bucklaw
Jarred Wins Five Dollar Prize in Cheyenne County Clue Contest
Gail R. Jarred of 1524 Maple St won $5 in the Who's Who In Cheyenne County contest after guessing too many clues and missing a $35 jackpot. The personality was Arlo Jones, a Sidney insurance man. Over 500 entered. his name was drawn for the prize, jackpot now rising to $65 for this week. A new personality spot appears in the Sidney Telegraph with more clues across eight columns.
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Gail R. Jarred
Maple St
Cheyenne County
Arlo Jones
Sidney
Mr. Jarred
Sidney Telegraph
Narjes Heads Seven-County Nixon Effort
Ed Narjes of Sidney named area chairman for Nixon campaign in Nebraska as George Cook plans 93 county chairs. Nixon to campaign in three Nebraska districts before the May 14 primary with key stops after the Wisconsin primary on April 2.
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Ed Narjes
Sidney
Richard Nixon
Nebraska
George Cook
Lincoln
Cook
Nixon
Einar Viren
Howard Vann
Omaha
Don Bieber
Schuyler
Thomas E. Brogan
Norfolk
Jan Cross
Bloomfield
Dieck Duxbury
Dean Dalke
Beatrice
Hal Laioon
Hastings
Bill Barrett
Lexington
Sarah Jane Cunningham
McCook
Chris Rosenberg
North Platte
Stan Heath
Alliance
Ted Blake
Bassett
Narjes
Scotts Bluff
Morrill
Garden
Devel
Cheyenne
Kimball
Banner
Wisconsin
Fireman Hurt While Fighting Grass Blaze Near Sidney
One volunteer firefighter, Cliff Sanford, was injured but not seriously while combating a grass fire Sunday on the Union Pacific Railroad right of way about 4 1/2 miles east of Sidney. A pitchfork punctured his foot en route to hospital. The blaze scorched about 40 acres and was sparked by an unknown cause. Earlier Saturday, two fires were extinguished including one on the railroad right of way five miles west of Sidney at 4 50 p.m. A separate incident saw Edward Barnhart’s car incur about 25 dollars in damage when its carburetor caught fire at 7 18 p.m.
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Sidney
Union Pacific
Cliff Sanford
Edward Barnhart
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Butterfield
Cheyenne and
Way
Deuel County Drilling Old
Vietnam Electrical Project
Viet Electric Project
Robert D. Partridge
Tiemann
Roads Dept
Tax Commissioner
Woot
Gilliland
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