Panhandle RC D Plan Is Pushed
Dr Vernon C Rockey of Crawford was chosen to represent the Nebraska Panhandle Recreation Conservation and Development steering committee in Washington for the RC D project. Governor Tiemann approved the project and it was sent to Secretary Hardin. The plan, Nebraska’s only RC D entry, aims to finance and plan local community projects with flood control, beautification, recreation, parks, and zoos. About 40 Panhandle residents attended the Scottsbluff Bank meeting, with Cheyenne County officials and business leaders among attendees.
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Panhandle
Bob Boecking
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff National Bank
Cheyenne County
Edward Bauman
Stan Larabee
Charles Helfrich
Russell Fisher
Ed Cole
Bauman
Chamber of Commerce Board
Larabee
Helfrich
Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation District
Fisher
Cole
Chamber of Commerce
Rc&d
Citizens For Cheyenne County Development’ Group
C of C Meetings Set Next Week
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce retail committee will meet at 7 30 oclock next Tuesday evening in the Chamber offices to discuss the May Trade Fair. All chairmen from board and group are asked to attend a 7 a m breakfast meeting next Wednesday at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel for progress reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Chamber
WNCC Meeting Is Set Tuesday
Alliance hosts the 19th annual Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce meeting with a 2:30 p.m. directors session, 6 p.m. social hour, and 7 p.m. banquet at the Elks Club. State engineer Marvin Nuernberger will speak. banquet is open to the public at $3 per person and tickets are on sale at the Chamber office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce
Elks Club
Marvin Nuernberger
Chamber of Commerce
Tourism Emphasized for WMCC Panhandle Unity
Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce committee met in Ogallala to review future WMUCC policies and propose a shared Panhandle tourism plan. They reject a $50,000 study by Northern Systems Co and favor joint advertising, a Panhandle brochure, and a unified sign program, with Alliance meeting Tuesday at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Panhandle
Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce
Ogallala
WNUCC
Alliance
Jack Pollock
Twist Newberry
North Platte
Jim Bradley
Alliance Chamber of Commerce
Ed Bauman
Ed Cole
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
WMCC
Northern Systems Co
Panhandle
Area Geologists Hold Convention in Albuquerque
Jack Fish of the staff of the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has returned from a convention held in Albuquerque. He said several hundred from the Rocky Mountain area attended the meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and that the event offered an outstanding panel of speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Fish
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Albuquerque
Fish
Rocky Mountain
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Friday, February 28, 1969 Sidney newspaper notice
Subscription rates listed for the Sidney Nebr publication dated February 28 1969. Rates are 8 per zone and 8 per year by carrier. Single copies cost 10 cents. The paper notes establishment in 1873.
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Sidney
Nebr
Change of Address Notice for P O Box 219
A change of address notice appears for Post Office Box 219 located within a far inside 50 mile zone. A $10 fee applies for notices outside a 500 mile radius. Details reference Sidney Nebraska Vol. 95 No. 84.
SHS Band In Concert On Sunday
The Sidney High School symphonic band presents its 18th annual Mid-Winter Concert Sunday at 2:30 in the High School Auditorium directed by Larry Pippitt with assistant Mike McDowell. A trombone quartet performs T J and One Troubadours followed by a full program of marches, classical works, and band arrangements featuring 127 musicians led by diverse soloists and sections across woodwinds, brass, and percussion. The public is invited with no admission charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney High School
Larry Pippitt
Mike McDowell
T. J.u
William P. Latham
J. S. Bach-Leidzen
W. Francis McBeth
Vaclav Nelhybel
Richard F. Goldman
Mannin Veen
Hayden Wood
Richard Rodgers
Glenn Osser
John Philip Sousa
Kathy Wright
Connie Wilson
Mary Ellen White
JoAnn Owens
Karen Johnson
Michelle Mines
Loretta Hin
Man
Carol Miller
Rochelle Wolvin
Rolanda Gorman
Barb Abrams
Vicki Atkins
Beverly Dougherty
Terry Martin
Rece
Ann Elsen
Carol Bond
Robin Wilcox
Cynthia Nelson
Susan Fisher
Carol Nissen
Carol Culwright
Peggy Mason
Nancy Meier
Bill Fankhauser
Lynnde Peterson
Beth Edwards
Joyce Foland
Chris Brush
Connie Hickox
Anita Countryman
Sharon Willis
Cindy Jackson
Debi Earnhart
Carli Baack
Lonnie Kurz
Suzanne Talich
Susan Saal
Linda Thompson
Janice Eich
Brenda St. Lawrence
Charles Schoenholtz
Karen Oliverius
Larry Cox
Beth Hiett
Deanna Bruns
Cheryl Gordon
Tom Biggs
Debbie Hyde
Kathy Loewe
Bob Buecker
Vickie Niebaum
Janet Trematin
Julie Bruce
Sandy Countryman
Melanie McKinley
Chris Jeppesen
Kay Hogeland
Jayne Wu
Connie Palmer
Lynn Mehling
Ron Lurber
Jeanette Jones
Julie Wilson
Roger McConnell
Jeff Spady
Advance Payment Plan Important To Farmer, County Chairman Says
Cheyenne County ASC officials urge wheat and feed grain farmers to enroll in the 1969 program to receive half of estimated diversion payments in advance. Signup runs Feb 3 to March 21. Details cover base acreages, voluntary retirement, and temporary base adjustments for certain feed grain bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
ASC
Ray Davis
Lawrence Thompson
Comical Exchange At Sidney Book Store
A portly man enters a Sidney bookstore to buy a new diet book. The clerk jokes about irony, noting that the man’s wife recently bought a cook book, highlighting a humorous communications gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Book
Ladies C Of C To Meet Monday
All women of Cheyenne County are invited to the Ladies Chapter of Commerce meeting Monday at 7 30 p m in the Chamber Building. Agenda includes committee appointments badge discussion and other interests to be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Slates Set Up For April 1 Election In County Towns
Four Cheyenne County villages held caucuses Tuesday night nominating slates for town and school board seats. Lodgepole picked Wise Grimes Bondgard Fraass for two two year town terms and Smith Zalesky Dailey Dykman for two three year school terms. Dalton nominated Panas Heizer Allen Myers for two town terms and Miller Deaver Semper Brown for school seats. Potter named six for three year village terms led by Wills Marhenke Thies McMillen Hardman Nelson with Rose Slama not seeking reelection. Mathewson Sprenger Nielsen Larson for two three year school terms. Gurley caucus saw Kurth Weyerts for one year term Fos ter Shoemaker Bolz Lessman Frerichs for two year terms. Bremer Egging for three year East District and Larson Waite for West District three year terms.
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Cheyenne County
Lodgepole
Dale Wise
Roy Grimes
Barton Bondgard
Glenn Fraass
Dick Smith
Delmar Zalesky
Robert Dailey
Lloyd Dykman
Dalton
Dalton Village
Ted Panas
John Heizer
Jesse Allen
Lemoyne Myers
Kenneth Miller
Leonard Deaver
Cletus Semper
Richard
Potter
Potter Village
Lester Wills
Walter Marhenke
Elvin Thies
Bob McMillen
Jim Hardman
Clyde Nelson
Kenneth Rose
Bob Slama
Wendel Mathewson
Keith Sprenger
Alvin Nielsen
Wayne Larson
Gurley
Melvin Kurth
Emil Weyerts
Lee Foster
Virgil Shoemaker
Jurgen Bolz
Allen Lessman
Herman Frerichs
Don Bremer
Lawrence Egging
Kenneth Larson
Rollie Waite
County records fourth oil discovery of year in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County reports its fourth new oil pool this year after Gable Drilling Co and J W Vandeveer completed production casing at No 1 Hendricks six miles northeast of Potter. Other active sites include John Son No 1, For ward No 1, Virgil Nelson No 1, Horst wildcat, and Meecham and State wells in Banner County, with brisk drilling in the Sioux Dawes Box Butte tri county area but no results yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Gable Drilling Co
J. W. Vandeveer
Hendricks
Potter
Antelope Gas Products
Braden- Gear Drilling Co
John Son
Patrick A. Doheny
Forward
Braden-Gear
Douglas and Gauntt
B-W Drilling Co
Virgil Nelson
Rabbass
Union Texas Petroleum
Lodgepole
CSW
Banner County
Holcum
Story
Kleinschmidt
No. 1
State
Colton and
Colton
B-W
Chief Drilling Co
Kimball County
Gadeken
Tri-County
Sioux-Dawes
Box Butte Counties
Panhandle Weather Forecast Sees Mild Weekend
Frontier Airlines reports fair conditions through Saturday with highs near 50s and lows in the 20s. Tonight and Saturday remain clear with zero percent precipitation. Through Wednesday temperatures average 5-10 degrees above normal, then warmer early next week with daytime highs near 40-50 and little rainfall expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
New staff joins University of Nebraska experiment station
Don Jirsa of Crete has joined the University of Nebraska experiment station at the former Sioux Army Depot site as a research technician, increasing the staff to three alongside Jerry Moline and Jim Weitzel. He is a 1964 Crete High School graduate with a BS in Agronomy from UNL earned in 1968. In Lodgepole, Cheyenne County marks its first 1969 traffic fatality as Harold H. Haack, 57, died when his gravel truck left the road and rolled. He served in WWII, worked 15 years for the county road department, and was a Glor ia Dei Lutheran Church member. He is survived by three sisters and two brothers. Memorials to Gloria Dei Church.
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University of Nebraska Experiment Station
Sioux Army Depot
Don Jirsa
Crete
Jirsa
Her-sah
Crete High School
University of Nebraska
Jerry Moline
Jim Weitzel
Lodgepole
Cheyenne County
Harold H. Haack
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Raymond Theil
Pleasant View
Lodgepole American Legion Post
Haack
Potter
Nebraska State Patrol
Max Shach
Sidney
Panhandle
Harold Henry Haack
Lincoln
Lewis J
Emma Bruns Haack
Road Department
Emil Zalesky
Sther
Sunol
Lena Ellis
Denver
Colo
Betty Baker
Pittsburg
Calif
Albert Haack
St. Paul
Minn
Arnold Haack
Three Nebraska State Patrol Officers Receive Advances
Three Nebraska State Patrol officers in the Kimball Cheyenne Deuel County area were promoted and reassigned effective March 1 with transfers by June 1. Dale E. Justice of Sidney rises from Sergeant to Lieutenant and heads communications for North Platte, Scottsbluff, and Sidney. Allan L. Qleen Anderson of Chappell becomes Corporal and moves to Kimball. Harry S. Corns of Kimball advances from Corporal to Sergeant and transfers to Chadron.
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Nebraska
Kimball-Cheyenne-Deuel
James E. Kruger
Dale E. Justice of
Sidney
North Platte
Scottsbluff and
Jerry Vavrina
Allan L. Qleen Anderson
Chappell
Kimball
31.7 Million Paid To Nebraska Veterans In 1968
The Veterans Administration paid over 31.7 million dollars in compensation and pension benefits to Nebraska veterans and dependents in 1968. At year end 23,217 Nebraska veterans received compensation or pension benefits, while 8,570 dependents of deceased veterans were on VA rolls. Education, GI loans, hospital care, and other VA programs formed the remainder of expenditures.
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Veterans Administration
Nebraska
C. W.nixon
Lincoln
Nixon
Derby clinic hosts sixteen youngsters at Jaycee Hall
Sixteen boys attended the Soap Box Derby clinic at Jaycee Hall Thursday evening. Charles Everitt, the new clinic director, explained the rules. 1966 Derby winner Jan Headley assisted, showing his car and recounting his winning experiences. Attendees included Bradley Belden Jerry Zich Jeff Hodglin Dale Bonner Carl Roelle Pat Gretch Jay Peterson Tim Bills Randy Paxton Don Paxton Dexter Smith Ed Clark Tom Jenks Tim J. Harmon Bradley Craig Stewart Koch.
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Jaycee Hall
Charles Everitt
Jan Headley
Bradley Belden
Jerry Zich
Jeff Hodglin
Dale Bonner
Carl Roelle
Pat Gretch
Jay Peterson
Tim Bills
Randy Paxton
Don Paxton
Dexter Smith
Ed Clark
Tom Jenks
Tim J. Harmon
Bradley Craig
Stewart Koch
Artists Describe Art Exhibit at Sidney Public Library
All persons are urged to attend the Art Exhibit Open House this Sunday at the Sidney Public Library from 2 to 5 p.m. Artists will describe their work and may be purchased. The exhibit runs until March 15 with hopes of a permanent display. The Library offers art prints available for borrowing for two months.
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Sidney Public Library
Two New Adult Education Classes at Sidney High
Two adult education courses begin next Tuesday at Sidney High School. An art class taught by Miss Jan Phillips costs 11 dollars and meets at 7 p m in the art room. A basic aviation ground course taught by Rick Jensen costs 20 dollars and meets at 7 p m in Room 10. Interested residents are urged to attend the Tuesday sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Rankin
Jan Phillips
Sidney High School
Rick Jensen
Kimball Soldier Dies In Vietnam
Edward Bernard Steele age 28 of Kimball was killed in action in Vietnam Tuesday. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Bernard Steele of Kimball. The death was officially reported by military authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball
Vietnam
Edward Bernard Steele
Bernard Steele
Title II Grant Is Announced For Sidney Public Schools
Supt Russell Pedersen announced that Sidney Public Schools received a Title II grant for the year to buy library books and instructional media. The federal government covers half the funds, and the school can supplement enrichment efforts. The grant amount is 1923 dollars, part of a four year total of 14737 dollars used for books and materials.
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Supt
Russell Pedersen
Sidney Public Schools
Minor Pickup Accident Reported At Memorial Hospital Lot
A Sidney Police Department entry notes a single minor accident Thursday at 7 15 PM. A half ton pickup driven by Tom O Connell Sr struck a parked car owned by Jerome C Cabela in the Memorial Hospital parking lot.
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Sidney
Tom O’connell Sr
Jerome C. Cabela
Memorial Hospital
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Panhandle Rc&d
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Lester Steffens
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Larry Lingwall
Kathy Brunick
Bill Luben
David Muehling
Pam French
Jim Benzel
Ken Paxton
Jeff Samson
Rex Skarka
Lenn Dishman
John Curless
Brent Abrams
Bob Paxton
Dave Hendee
Rodney Born
Richard Ross
Jerry Spiker
Rodney Oliverius
Ken Boehm
Dan Sherrerd
Steve Empson
Craig Wilson
George Hartman
Monte Trobaugh
Bob Matthes
Valerie Miller
Marsha Griffiths
Linda Draper
Rhonda Gable
Barb Wolf
Debbie Musil
Cindy Tilghman
Gayle Gass
Callae Curless
Candy Musil
John Jenks
Linda Thayer
Wayne Cornelius
Ron Skarka
Bruce Outright
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