Washington inaugural parade trip open still scarce hotel rooms
Carl Curtis reports rail space remains available for the Sidney High School Band trip to Washington for the inaugural parade but hotel rooms are limited. Miss Richards handles ticket sales at 1516 Harney St Omaha GOP HQ with prices 6 8 14 and 18.
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Washington
Carl Curtis
Meanhwile
Miss Richards
Harney St
Omaha
GOP
Sidney High School
Washington, D.,c
Deposits Rise Half Million in Cheyenne County Banks
Five Cheyenne County banks show deposits totaling about 15.21 million dollars at year end 1956, up from 14.76 million a year earlier. Savings at Sidney Federal rose near 300 thousand, and residents added over one million in US Savings Bonds in 1956, amid a mixed economy with oil and wheat adjustments and anticipated 1957 activity.
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Cheyenne County
Telegraph
Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Assn
United States Savings
Cheyenne
Lodgepole
Potter State
Potter
Dalton State
Dalton
Sidney Trade
History Levy Bill Aims County Historical Support
Sen. A A Fenske of Lunol introduced LB 9 in the Nebraska Legislature proposing a county mill levy not exceeding one tenth of a mill to support county historical associations. Co-sponsors are Sens. Cole of Merriman and Aufenkamp of Julian with a public hearing planned and Cheyenne County Historical Association backing. Dick Herman, president of the association, plans to testify in Lincoln.
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A. A. Fenske
Lunol
Nebraska
Fenske
D. J. Cole
Merriman
John Aufenkamp
Julian
Cheyenne County Historical Association
Dick Herman
Lincoln
Farm Bureau To Hold Membership Meeting
Cheyenne County Farm Bureau sets a kick-off membership meeting for Wednesday January 9 at 7 30 PM in the American Legion rooms at the city auditorium. Principal speaker is Robert Thompson Nebraska Farm Bureau secretary treasurer. Harold Kettler is bureau president.
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Cheyenne County Farm Bureau
American Legion
City Auditorium
Robert Thompson
Sec.treas
Nebraska Farm Bureau
Thompson
Harold Kettler
Gurley Woman Injured In One Car Crash
Mrs. Nellie Egging, 68, of Gurley, was hospitalized with shock and cuts after a one car crash on a county road east of Gurley. The 1953 car went off the soft shoulder after hitting gravel ruts, crossed the road, struck a bank, and leaked an estimated $1,200 in damage. She was thrown from the vehicle but suffered no fractures.
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Nellie Egging
Gurley
Memorial Hospital
Egging
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Wheat Measuring Job Near Finish
Cheyenne County farmers are nearly finished with a wheat acreage survey by ASC teams. 1,058 farms have been surveyed and 1,342 will be checked. completion is planned for January 15 weather permitting. Producers will be notified of planted acreage and allotments and decide whether to reduce acreage or stay out of compliance.
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Cheyenne County
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Don Rapp
ASC
Sidney
Sidney 1956 Construction Falls Under Two Million
Nebraska city records show Sidney issued permits totaling 1 888 656 in 1956 down from prior years. Since Jan 1 1956 the city has seen 17 739 275 in total new construction including 932 homes valued at 10 739 275 and 1 861 527 for commercial work with other projects making up the balance.
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Nebraska
United States
Sidney
Warrenem
Sidney Construction
Tax Collections Hit New Record In Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County tax receipts for November and December 1956 totaled a record 909 293 62 as the county treasurer M M "Jack" Inhelder noted. November 1956 alone climbed to 645 373 68 with December 263 919 94, while the overall 1956 composite tax bill exceeded one and a half million dollars.
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Cheyenne County
M. M
Jack” Inhelder
Inhelder
Funeral Today for Mrs Preston 77 in Lincoln
Funeral services were held at Christ Episcopal Church for Mrs Jessie D. Preston who died Tuesday in Lincoln where she had lived fifty years. Burial was in Greenwold Cemetery with Craig Mortuary in charge. Survivors include a daughter, a son, two grandsons and two sisters.
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Christ Episcopal Church
Jessie D. Preston
Lincoln
C. F. Parks
Greenwoold Cemetery
Craig Mortuary
Jessie D. Smith
Sidney
Peter
Hannah Allen Smith
England
Non-Conforming Uses Lag in Receiving City Certificates
Sidney imposes a new zoning rule requiring non conforming uses to obtain certificates within 90 days but city inspectors report no applications. The ordinance allows discontinuation after three to ten years and may face court testing. no forms exist for certificates.
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Sidney
Dick Land
Welfare Office Moves Out Of Crowded County Courthouse
Crowded county courthouse space forced the welfare department to relocate to four rooms in the Osborn Building. The move halves the county share of rent to 30 dollars monthly while the state covers the other half. Three staff remain with plans to add a second case worker soon. one current worker is LeRoy Pointer. The two vacated rooms may be reassigned to the county superintendent or district court reporters now housed in judges’ chambers.
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Cheyenne County
Osborn
George Fleming
Fleming
Welfare Department
LeRoy Pointer
Big Springs
Grain Markets Wheat Prices From Local Elevator
Wheat prices today at local elevator sources show No 1 Wheat at 203 dollars per bushel and No 2 Wheat at 202 dollars per bushel.
Mystery Installation Work Seen Near Sidney By McDonald Co
The E. J. McDonald Construction Co of Los Angeles explores office space in the Moore Building Sidney and eyes trucks and earth-moving gear for an installation project slated to take about 14 months near Bridgeport. Officials deny knowledge of any Nebraska project, while authorities hint at possible secret military work within 50 miles of Sidney.
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Sidney
E. J. McDonald Construction Co
Los Angeles
Moore Building
Telegraph
Charles Wilson
McDonald Construction Co
Wilson
Bridgeport
Associated Press
McDonald
E. J. McDonald
Nebraska
Sioux Ordnance
Omaha
Army Corps of Engineers
Alliance
Scottsbluff
Ogalala
McDonald Venture
Forged check leads to two Kearney youths arrest
Daniel Cottam, 24, and Floyd Metcalf, 16, both of Kearney, were arrested on Highway 30 between Kimball and Potter after a Sidney National Bank employee reported a forged check for 175 dollars. The Cheyenne County attorney’s office considered charges as Sheriff Bill Schulz and Nebraska Safety Patrol noted the arrest and identification.
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Cheyenne
Kearney
Sidney National Bank
Daniel Cottam
Floyd Metcalf
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Kimball
Potter
Bill Schulz
RAIL REP TO VISIT SIDNEY FOR ROE TRAINING AID
A Railroad Retirement Board representative will be at the Nebraska State Employment Office in Sidney at 1 p.m. January 8 to provide information on railroad retirement disability wife and survivor benefits and railroad unemployment or sickness insurance benefits.
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Railroad Retirement Board
Nebraska State Employment Office
Sidney
Rites Saturday In Sidney For Mrs. Anna Jenik
Funeral services for 84 year old Mrs. Anna Jenik will be held Saturday at 1 30 PM from the Craig Mortuary with Rev Norman Schroeder of Lodgepole officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs Jenik died Wednesday in Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital. She was born Anna Kowles in Hanover Kansas and married John Jenik in Lodgepole in 1891. Surviving are three daughters and one son, 15 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Pallbearers include grandsons and grandsons in law.
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Anna Jenik
Craig Mortuary
Norman Schroeder
Lodgepole
Greenwood Cemetery
Jenik
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Anna Julia Kowles
Hanover
Kan
Joseph
Anna Kowles
John Jenik
Denver
Josephine Kozel
Haddam
Angeline Poell
Ida Werner
Winside
Neb
Charles Rowles
Carroll, Neb
William Rowles
Spearfish
S. D
Dallas John
Willard
Warren Kerk
Delvin Schultz
Roland
Loren Jenik
Jerald Niblock
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Congressman Miller
Hinn
American National
Sidney National
13Th Ave
Nebraska National Guard
Wilford Nelson
Nebraska State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Nelson
Western
States
Territory of
Hawaii
Ralph Panabaker
Heart Fund
Panabakers
Panabaker
Lou Winters
County Heart Fund Campaign
Edgar D. Preston
Preston
Leah Way
Edgar D. Preston Jr
Butte, Mont
Anna Mary Smith
Carrie Clough
Watsonville
Calif
W. D. Harte
Marius Christensen
M. W. Osborn
Leo E. Osborn
Here
Sheriff's Office
Safety Patrol
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