Kimball Welcomes R and R Well Service Office
L O Griffith announces the oil well service firm R and R Well Service Co has opened an office in Kimball. George A Smith serves as tool pusher. the company hires 60 workers, operates 15 rigs, and leases the W F Gettel yard on South Oak Street. The firm also runs in Cortex Rangely and Fort Collins Colorado.
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Kimball
R & R Well Service Co., Inc
L. O. Griffith
Griffith
George A. Smith
W. F. Gettel Company
South Oak Street
Cortex
Rangely
Fort Collin
Colo
Hayden & Griffith Oil Well Service
Chappell Nursing Home Contract Awarded to CHAPPELL
CHAPPELL BRACHTENBACH Construction Co. of Sidney has won the general contract for Devel County's new 24 bed nursing home at Chappell. Work began last Monday. Architect is Howard Duncan of Scottsbluff.
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Chappell -- Brachtenbach Construction Co
Sidney
Devel County
Chappell
Howard Duncan
Scottsbluff
Nebraska highway bid schedule includes Lake Minatare project
Nebraska Highway Department lists March 21 bid items for Scotts Bluff County and Sioux County. A 4.4 mile paved recreation road at Lake Minatare plus 2 miles of asphalt surface nearby. In Sioux County 4.1 miles north of Harrison workers will grade and apply armor coat surfacing.
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Scotts Bluff
Nebraska
Nebraska Highway Department
Lake Minatare
Scotts Bluff County
Sioux County
Harrison
Spelling Contest Set for Oshkosh Students
The Garden county spelling contest will be held Saturday March 2 at Oshkosh grade school starting at 2 p.m. An alternate date is March 9 in case of storm. Contestants must arrive by 1 45 to register. Written spelling only with grade level groupings.
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Oshkosh
Garden County
Mabel Clear
Fox Theatre
Vern Austin
Elvis Presley
Rev Harold T Shay Named Priest In Charge Of Mission
The Rev Harold T Shay is appointed priest in charge of the Gordon Merriman Holly Episcopal Mission until June 1. He previously served as rector of St Matthew's Alliance and retired as rector of St John’s Deadwood. The Shays live in Alliance Nebraska and he is married to Hester Null of Sidney. He is well known in Sidney.
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Alliance
Harold T. Shay
Gordon-Merriman - Holly
Shay
St. Matthew’s Church
St. John’s Church
Deadwood
South Dakota
Shays
Nebraska
Hester Null
Sidney
Potatoes Fed to Cattle on Berea Pastureland
About 80 acres northwest of Berea were covered with potatoes as Garland Fisher plans to feed them to his cattle. The U S Department of Agriculture pays owners for surplus potatoes. five owners supplied loads weighed at the Berea elevator. No. 2 or better potatoes fetch 75 cents per hundredweight after cattle consumption. value as cattle feed is about 25 percent of grain.
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Alliance
Berea
Garland Fisher
Fisher
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Michael Golightly
Nebraska Certified Potato Growers Association
Western Potatoes, Inc
Glen Price
C. J. Marsh
Arthur Johnson
Golightly
Nebraska Extension Service
Bayard Low Bid For 20-Unit Housing Project
Bayard plans a 20 one bedroom unit low rent housing project. Bayard native Bayard Rice submitted the apparent low bid of $207,097, with six total bids. Dean Arter and Associates served as architect and a federal agency will review before award.
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Bayard
Don Rice
Glen Huntington
Dean Arter and Associates
Rice
Huntington
Minatare Sets Pioneer Day July 25
Minatare Planning Commission declares July 25 as Minatare Pioneer Day. The event echoes last year’s centennial celebration, with proposals to build a swimming pool tennis court roller and ice skating rink a rest stop on Highway 26 a large sign for Lake Minatare. The plan includes picnic tables a play area and possibly a large Indian teepee and an old fashioned country store at the rest stop.
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Minatare
Lake Minatare
Rodeo Personality John Jett Dies at 76
John Jett of Bridgeport died in a Bridgeport nursing home at age 76. Born May 28 1891 in Kansas he married Edna Boman November 29 1916 in Girard Kansas. He worked 31 years on the Greenwood ranch near Bridgeport and was active in rodeo. Survivors: daughter Jamnita Oestereich Cheyenne son J D Jett Fallbrook California brother Cloud Oklahoma City and four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Bridgeport
John Jett
Kansas
Edna Boman
Girrard
Kan
Cheyenne
Greenwood Ranch
Jamnita Oestereich
J. D. Jett
Fallbrook
Calif
Cloud
Oklahoma City
Karate's origins trace to China and Okinawa
The article notes karate meaning empty hand, its roots in China where peasants learned to fight with feet elbows and knuckles to avoid weapons. It spread from China to Okinawa and Japan. Also Budapest reports Hungarians average 3063 calories daily, ranking ninth worldwide and higher than Austria Sweden Italy and West Germany.
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Orient
China
Okinawa
Japan
Budapest
MTI
Austria
Sweden
Italy
West Germany
Nomination Highlights for 48th Grammy Awards
Bobbie Gentry leads with ten nominations for Ode to Billie Joe. The Supremes, Beatles, and Glen Campbell score seven nominations each. Classical Mahlers dominate, with Mahler works earning multiple nods. Winners announced February 29 in four cities with a televised show planned for May 8.
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Bobbie Gentry
Billie Joe
Sgt. Pepper
Glen Campbell
Phoenix
Campbell
Ed Ames
Gentry
Nancy
Frank Sinatra
Sth Dimension
Dionne Warwick
Alfie
Petula Clark
Carr
Him
Aretha Franklin
Frankie Valli
Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Ames
Ray Charles
Lana Cantrell
The
Sun Dimension
Harpers Bizarre
Jefferson Airplane
Gustav Mahler
Mahler
Sunol Farewell Dinner For Leo Rood And Community Notes
A farewell dinner for Leo Rood and his family was held at the Sidney Church of Christ basement with Sunol families in attendance. The Sunol scene included visits among residents, small gatherings, road trips by Murrel Crosby and others, a Pinochle club, skating party, birthday dinners, and various family visits to nearby towns such as Imperial, Denver, Scottsbluff, and Sterling. Several local households hosted guests, hosted parties, and joined in social events like a Tupperware party, a Lutheran Laymans meeting, and a Western Nebraska Hereford Ball Sale.
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Leo Rood
Sidney Church of Christ
Sunol
Herb Statler
Murrel Crosby
Imperial
Bill Behrends
A. J, Fenske
A. A. Fenske
Leah
Ester Booth
Jack Fenske
Clarence Mashel
A. J. Fenske
Ray Smith
Albin
Wyo
Harry Oliverius
William Koehn
Mervin Finnell
Leo Reod
Oregon
Don Sharman
Darrell
Harry Oliverias
Sterling
Lou Young
Irwin
Dennis Kilgore
Dennis Jr
Phil Mashek
Sidney
Webb
Brenda
Alice Rexroth
Bob Misegadis
Fred Dorman
Chappell Hospital
North Platte
Hugh Booth
Russell Church
Chappell
Gary Church
Ted Warl
Pat Bryant
Tom Allington
Alliance
Nebraska
Dave Allington
Allington
Lincoln
John Webb
Claude Roades
Julius Arenold
Allen Southard
Francis Mitchell
Alderman Freed Becomes First Woman on Local Council
Mrs. Kenneth Freed is named by Mayor Carl Zwermann to fill a city council vacancy in Robinson Illinois. She is the first woman alderman in the southeastern Illinois community and will serve until the next regular city election.
Former Resident Dies In Cheyenne
Floyd Morr a former Sidney resident died Saturday night in the VA hospital at Cheyenne Wyoming after a period of ill health. Funeral and interment services were held Friday morning in Cheyenne. Morr left Sidney in the 1950s after years as a carpenter and was an uncle of Mrs. Don Sabin. He is survived by his widow Wanda and five sons.
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Floyd Morr
Sidney
Cheyenne
Wyo
Morr
Don Sabin
Peoria, I
Richard Morr
Sheraton
Iowa
Wanda
Accidents Blamed on Ice in Sidney Area
Police investigated three recent incidents blamed on icy streets. Diana L. Cruise’s car and Marie A. Humphrey’s auto collided at 10th and Maple with about 100 in damages total. Deana M. Gilstrap’s westbound car hit Henry J. Kieselhorst’s left turning vehicle on Forrest. Aaron F. Weber backed into Mary M. Scott in a parking lot. No injuries or charges reported.
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Diana L. Cruise
Sidney
10Th
Maple
Marie A. Humphrey
Humphrey
Cruise
Humphrey Auto
Forrest
Deana M. Gilstrap
Henry J. Kieselhorst
Aaron F. Weber
Mary M. Scott
Word Puzzle Across and Down Clues List
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Viewpoint
Maxim
Twilight
Diva’s
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