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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1966
Page
5
The Peetz FFA chapter joins national observances for National FFA Week. Members designed and built a large sign to display at the Peetz Farmers Elevator Co. Dennis Roelle, president, and Gary Stretesky, vocational agriculture instructor, pose with the sign in a Telegraph photo.
The Business Institute of Sidney reports two students Gayle Smith and Susan Crouse finished shorthand proficiency in the Executive Secretarial course with dictation speeds of 140 wpm for five minutes. Gayle Smith is Sidney High School a graduate who entered in June 1965, while Susan Crouse is Alliance High School graduate who entered in June. The note adds various local social visits and gatherings in the community including Farm Bureau meetings and club events.
National FFA Week observance at Peetz High School features exhibits and a Channel 3 Sterling appearance Friday morning. Vocational agriculture instructor Gary Stretesky will take sophomores Steve Hume Sam Headley and Randy Fehringer to demonstrate tractor safety on the Doris Berry show at 10 am. Peetz FFA chapter has 26 members with projects valued at 15940 dollars, including two members Dennis Roelle and Jim Roelle each with 65 swine and several cattle. Linda Jo Sutton of Sidney is accepted for the summer term at the National College of Business in Rapid City.
The text recalls Burton's Bend as Furnas County's first Indian trading post and notes its renaming to Holbrook in honor of a CB& Railroad official. It also mentions Nebraska fishing laws restricting hooks per line and total hooks across lines, and cites Americans' high per capita paper consumption at about 479 pounds annually.
Cooks flavor lamb chops by brushing with garlic flavored salad oil. Prepare by letting a peeled clove of garlic steep in the oil for several hours or overnight to infuse the taste.
Mr and Mrs J C Johnson hosted a cousins dinner with guests Mr and Mrs C L Walters Mr and Mrs Frank Klentz and Mr and Mrs C H Hammond missing were Mr and Mrs Lloyd Reineka. Doris Runge and Bob Runge visited from Benkleman and Chadron for Rural Youth Convention returning to Vernon. Several families shared meals with neighbors including the Madden Ells and Benn inghouse groups. A E Killham attended the funeral of his brother Bill Killham in Colorado Springs after a Florida trip. Samuel Finley Breeze Morse is noted as the telegraph inventor and a famed painter. A proverb emphasizes salesmanship as many small wins.
Dean Scheele of Dix was elected president of Educational Service Unit No. 19 at an organizational meeting held Thursday at Sidney High School. Wayne Peterson of Chappell became vice president and Delmont Splitter of Big Springs was named secretary. The board, appointed by Governor Morrison to implement LB 301, includes Dean Hunter, E. K. Yanney, Ellis Hickman, Ron Maas, and Tom Olson. They plan monthly meetings at 7:30 p.m. at Sidney High School. Service Unit No. 19 covers Deuel, Garden, Cheyenne and Kimball counties.
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