Snowy Week Brings Life and Local Happenings to Colton
A. J. Colton J S Cline wed Miss Lydia Good at M M Kline home by Judge Gentry. Cline stays on Whitney ranch with bride. Snowbound Justice Gentry frees his team after barn buried. Colton Lyceum small attendance due to cold. News notes: windmill at N P Johnson’s, Emery Planck enters photography, snow relief hoped for stock access. Farmers weary over drifts and tax talk. alliance purity debated. Sidney free of smallpox. Lodgepole reports a nine pound boy born to Mrs Lehmkuhl. saloon tax criticized. Bridgeport notes new store, hay shipments, dinner for Dr McGillycuddy. Wireless UP trains planned with two stations. Emerson life program highlighted. Grading for Lodgepole to Potter double track seen as spring certainty.
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Colton
J. S. Cline
Lydia Good
M. M. Kline
Judge Gentry
Cline
Whitney Ranch
D. R. Good
Indiana
Justice Gentry
Colton Lyceum
N. P. Johnson
Emery Planck
Potter
Valentine
Alliance
J. S. Keiser
Water Hole Country
Minoak, Nl
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Frank Lehmkuhl
Frank
Bridgeport
D. W. White
McGillycuddy
San Francisco
Henry Stems
Chris Weyerts
John Hinrichs
Henry Hinrichs
H. G. Miller
Lodgepole
Emanuelson
Union Pacific
Cheyéfré
Belle Mee
Hasen
Smerson
Sidney progress noted with new homes and business rise
The article reports increased business for merchants and a permanent town improvement, with W. E. Hinman hiring Garey Brothers to build a nine room modern house near the Barlow home. Sidney is described as rapidly developing this spring, plus remodeling of a stone house north of the tracks for rental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Hinman
Garey Brothers
Barlow
Sidney
Dan McAleese
Sidney area notes mix of marriages jobs and local news
Marie Hahler of Sidney married E E Layton in Sterling. Hoover proposed an $80,000 federal building for Sidney spurring local speculation. Midland College Acapella group to perform in Sidney. Weather notes on Nebraska irrigation risk. Piggly Wiggly stores in several towns not operated by Safeway. Local clubs and school events detailed with multiple names. News from 15 and 5 years ago plus county updates on REA, 4 H, elections and local initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Hahler
Joseph Hahler
Sidney
Sterling
E. E. Layton
Arkansas Crouth
Mena Evening Star
Polk County
Ark
Hoover
Midland College
West
Nebraska
Bridegport
The
Order of Ahepa
George Washington
City
Russell Ahrens
Thelma Brewer
Helen Jane Jonhson
Lois Hardy
George Barker
Carolyn
Sidney High School
S. H. Snyder
Telegraph
REA
Cheyenne County
Snyder
Chamber of Commerce
Kimball
Banner Coury
Robert Rexroth
Washington, D. S
Carl Hutchison
H. W. Ells
George Thompson
Hutchison
E. R. Blome
N. W. Ladegard
Russell Dedrick
Washington
Ellen Wookey
Delores Reker
E. O. Ladine
Park Commission
Second Toastmistress Council Meeting Held In Torrington
Leadership was the theme of The Toastmistress Council 6 meeting in Torrington Wyoming on Saturday February 18. The morning included registration coffee and leadership training workshops. Local members Mrs Leon Lafler spoke on Problems In The Home while Ruth Jane Davis chaired and spoke at luncheon with other attendees including Mrs Dan Lauder and Mrs Ernest J Madsen.
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Toastmistress Council
Torrington
Wyo
Leon Lafler
Carl Nelson
Ted Crites
Vernon Schwartz
Ruth Jane Davis
Davis
Dan Lauder
Ernest J. Madsen
Madsen
Sidney
Oshkosh
Sidney Toastmistress Club of
Hitler’s Dramatic Gesture of Crushing Glasses in Speeches
Historical notes describe Adolf Hitler at peak moments in public orations grinding his glasses in his hand. He refused to wear the spectacles publicly, using the gesture as a striking personal habit during moments of high emotion.
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Hitler
Brumfield Veterans Return. Local Recruits Begin Training
Armed Forces Ronnie and Jim Brumfield arrived in the United States after Pacific duty and plan to return to Sidney March 16 for furlough. Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, trains six months of Reserve Forces duty with Privates John D. Kleven Ronald L. Devier Jerry J. Cape and Robert G. McKinnon. All four are former Scottsbluff College students and family details are listed.
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Ronnie
Jim Brumfield
United States
Pacific
Sidney
Fort Leonard Wood
John D. Kleven
Oswald Kleven
Route 1
Kimball
Ronald L. Devier
Jerry J. Cape
Dalton
Robert G. McKinnon
Robert D. McKinnon
Bushnell
Volun
Army Reserve
National Guard
Scottsbluff College
Devier
James T. Devier
Cape
Robert E. Cape
Former Sidneyite Fined for No Fund Check
Homer Foster, 40, formerly of Sidney and now in Kimball, was fined $50 and costs in Cheyenne County Court on a no fund check charge. He allegedly wrote a $10 insufficient funds check to a Dalton beer parlor on Sept. 10, 1955, and was arrested in Kimball Saturday night by Deputy Sheriff Kermit Brumbaugh.
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Homer Foster
Sidney
Kimball
Cheyenne
Foster
Dalton
Kermit Brumbaugh
Realtors Focus On Today's Home
A National Association of Real Estate Boards analyst notes that modern existing homes, built in the last 15 years, remain steady in sales and transfers with prices stable or higher. While new construction remains strong nationwide, local markets vary by city size and land availability, water and sewer access, and transportation.
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Seiie
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Schou
Mr. Schou
NAREB
Prospects Grow for Modern Structures in Market Talk
The speaker notes that thousands of buyers will be active this year as interest shifts toward existing modern structures. He believes a stronger demand will emerge for up to date property options amid improving market confidence.
Nebraska County Court Traffic Docket Summary
County Court entries list individuals with speeding violations and related offenses in multiple towns. Names include Frank Elliott Sidney speeding reckless driving and other fines. Gloria Martin SOD expired license and fictitious plates. Miguel Tafolla speeding. Ernie Lee Sterkel second offense speeding. and several others with respective fines from 11 to 40 dollars plus costs.
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Frank Elliott
Sidney
James Toll
Potter
George Richards
Laramie
Wye
Timothy Webb
North Platte
Robert Ransom
Wilbur Merklin
Brownson
Vonnie Aguiniga
Kimball
Robert Molle
Chappell
Dwayne Brauer
Roy Bobo
Lavern Flessner
Gurley
Gloria Martin
Miguel Tafolla
Lee Koch
Everett Poppert
James Willey
Edison
Nebr
James Belk
Ernie Lee Sterkel
Traffic Fines Noted For Spurgin and Hackathorn
Charles Spurgin of Sidney was fined $20 and costs for speeding. Jack Hackathorn of Kansas City was fined $15 and costs for speeding.
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Charles Spurgin
Sidney
Jack Hackathorn
Kansas City
Better the Best 4 H Calf and Electric Club Meets
The Better the Best 4 H Calf and Electric Club gathered at Sunny side schoolhouse February 13 with Floyd Irwin presiding and all members present. Lester Theis outlined electric club topics and a skating party for Sidney was planned inviting the girls 4 H club. A lunch of pie cocoa and coffee was served by Mrs Yeager and Mrs Theis. Gene Hokori reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnyside
Floyd Irwin
Lester Theis
Sidney
Yeager
Theis
Gene Hokori
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Margaret Wright
Council Bluffs
Miss Doran
Miss Wright
Cen Oace
Pia
J. L. Tewell
Phillips County
Pindell
Omaha
Chicago
Dunphy
Air Mail
Emily Gould
Foster Cook
Clifton McIntosh
Notre Dame
Lou Closman
Closman Boys
Frank Schroeder
R. A. Barlow
Robert Andrew
Piggly Wiggly
Chadron
Scottsbluff
Safeway System
Pat Ryan
C. A. Sorenson
Robert Wait
J. W Johnson
Uptegrove
House
Ernest Wickard
Emerald Rapp
Cheyenne County Dairy Breeders
Gurley Legion Hall
Leonard Bond
Tom Allington
Kenneth Mueller
Kenneth Larson
H. G. Spearow
US Savings Bond Committee
Ogallala
Reclamation Bureau
R. N. Capsey Construction Co
Sidney Rotary Club
L. J. Bible
Nebraska Division of Natural Resources
Frank O. Low
Washington, D.C
Help Your Heart Fund
Jett
Spain
Fordomatic
Ford
JOE A. Gibson Inc
Hinois
Ught Craft
Foland
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