Regents Scholarship Winners in Area Towns Announced
Regents scholarships were awarded across area schools with 306 state winners from 4611 test takers and 1241 alternates. Sidney Public High School's Susan Cook, club and NHS member, heads local winners. Gurley and Lodgepole also name winners and alternates. St Patrick's Academy honors Eugenia Feuerborn as its winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Nebraska
Sidney Public High School
Susan Cook
Hull Cook
Phil Ihrig
Eugenia Feuerborn Lodgepole Public Schools
St. Patrick’s Academy
Divorce Decrees Tie to Licenses in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County District Court filings show a 30 percent rise in divorce petitions from 1958 to last year and nearly double the decrees issued, while marriages declined. About 62 petitions were filed and 50 divorces granted last year. licenses issued fell from 124 in 1958 to 110 last year. June, August and September led in licenses, with August 1958 the peak two-year period.
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Sidney
Cheyenne County District Court
Volunteer Firemen Begin 1960 Fund Drive and Dance
The Sidney Volunteer Fire Department has started its annual fund drive aiming for 2,000 dollars. Last year volunteers logged 4,981 hours with firefighting accounting for about 2,090 hours and 301 calls. The fund drive culminates in a February 13 dance at the Sidney National Guard Armory with Millard Music Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Sidney National
Millard
Vandals dismember Nativity figure on Sterling courthouse lawn
Willis Benz, Logan County custodian, found the Christ child at the Sterling Nativity Scene torn apart with an arm removed and scattered in bushes. Joseph and Mary were undamaged. Sterling service clubs may fund replacement parts. the scene cost about $200 when purchased in 1959.
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Sterling
Willis Benz
Joseph and
Mary
Benz
Sterling Service Clubs
Logan County
Traffic Mishaps Cost Cheyenne County Big in 1959
The Safety Patrol estimated countywide property losses at 71118 from 146 accidents in 1959. Panhandle fatalities totaled 33 across 24 crashes, with Cheyenne County contributing five. Scotts Bluff led with ten deaths in 375 accidents. Patrol Lst. Dale Justice in Gering compiled the figures.
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Safety Patrol
Cheyenne County
Panhandle
Patrol Lst
Dale Justice
Gering
Scotts Bluff
NU Expert To Discuss Farm and Home Records
Ted Nelson extension agriculture economist from Lincoln will conduct a session on using farm record books and home record books for farmers and their wives Monday at 7 p.m. at the city auditorium. Nelson will also discuss questions on social security. The meeting is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Nelson
Lincoln
City Auditorium
Nelson
Wildcat drilling under way at Geis Farm near Dalton
Oil news reports a new wildcat well No 1 Geis NW SE Sec 12-16-50 three miles southwest of Dalton funded by Kinney Coastal Oil Co under farmout from The Ohio Oil Co. Drilling moved in and surface casing expected, near Reimers Field. Nearby counties show prolific activity with Waitman Field completion 121 bpd and multiple new wells in Banner County. Kimi 41 Luck in Kimball County shows two dry holes.
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Cheyenne County
Wildcat
Dalton Kinney Coastal Oil Co
Ohio Oil Co
Reimers
Kinney Coastal
Dorman
Sidney
Miami Petroleum Co
Waitman
Morill County
Waitman Field
Banner County
Nebraska
Wytex
Midwest
Yale Lewis
Jack Ladmer
Sam G. Harrison
Olsen
Wynne
Sese
Chandler-Simpson
Nelson
Panam
Kimi
Kimball County
Big Salute to Ike Dinner Tickets On Sale in Panhandle
Tickets are on sale in 11 Panhandle counties for the Dinner With Ike in Sidney on Wednesday Jan 27. Five Sidney chairmen organize sales. 350 to 400 guests at 10 per plate. Fred G Randahl former ND Governor and current Assistant Secretary of the Interior will headline. Joel Babcock leads publicity with about 250 tickets in Cheyenne County and the rest in 10 nearby counties. Top Nebraska Republicans expected. Sidney calls itself the smallest U S city hosting the salute.
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Panhandle
Ike
Sidney
Robert Clark
Jack Knicely
Frank Mattoon
B. H Grimm
Rarph Welch
Fred G. Randahl
North Dakota
W. J Robinson
Cheyenne County
GOP Central Committee
U. S
Eisenhower
Nebraska
Qomania
Milton Lee Mayer Dies at Four Funeral Held in Potter
Milton Lee Mayer four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R Mayer died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital from chronic bronchial condition and heart defect. Funeral services were held at First Evangelical Lutheran Church Potter with burial in Potter Cemetery. Survivors include brother Kim, parents, grandparents Maynard Mayer and J J Fiegenstuhl, great grandparents Mayer and Goding.
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Milton Lee Mayer
Charles R. Mayer
North Potter
Memorial Hospital
Denver
Vernon Hintermeyer
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Potter
Richard Ransom
Craig Mortuary
Sidney
Milton Lee
Miles
Charles R
Donna Fiegenschuh
Kim
Maynard Mayer
J J Fiegenschuh
Charles M Mayer
Cora Goding
Otto Kruger Dies Retired Gurley Farmer at 82
Otto Hermann Kruger 82 a retired farmer of the Gurley and Dalton area died Thursday afternoon apparently of a heart attack. He was found by his daughter Mrs Hattie Parady with whom he had lived the past year. Funeral services Monday at 2 p m from St Pauls Lutheran Sidney. Burial Greenwood Cemetery. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge. He was born July 7 1877 in Germany and came to the United States at 14. Survived by three daughters and four sons, twenty grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. The family moved to Gurley in 1914 and later to Dalton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Hermann Kruger
Gurley
Dalton
Hattie Parady
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Sidney
G. L. Mueller
Salem Lutheran Church
Clarence Boye
Deputies Nab Wanted Men Across Nebraska Region
Cheyenne County deputies traveled to eastern and north western Nebraska to arrest wanted men. Gene Hruby, about 40, surrendered in Wahoo on parole violation after contacting the sheriff. Kermit Brumbaugh helped bring Joe Tapley from Chadron on bad check charges. Tapley had been visiting relatives in Valentine and Chadron areas.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Gene Morris
Wahoo
Neb
Gene Hruby
W. W. Schulz
Hruby
Sheriff's Office
Kermit Brumbaugh
Chadron
Joe Tapley
Iowan
Tapley
Valentine
Outstate Nebraskans to speed Interstate work meeting
A meeting at North Platte's Pawnee Hotel Sunday brings together Lincoln led Bennet Martin and Nebraskan civic leaders to press for advancing the Interstate Highway program beyond Omaha. The gathering aims to alert Governor and highway officials to statewide impatience over delays and Omaha routing costs. Nebraska ranks third from bottom in interstate road readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Platte
Pawnee Hotel
Central
Nebraska
Lincoln
Bennet Martin
Omaha
Highway Department
Sidney High Secures $4910 Federal Education Grant
Sidney High School will receive $4910 in federal aid for 1960 to fund science, foreign language and mathematics equipment. The Nebraska total of $479,238 supports 152 schools under the National Defense Education Act, with Sidney participating for the first time. Funds cover lab equipment, language lab gear, and related purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Nebraska
State Department of Education
Freeman B. Decker
Lincoln
F. K. Alexander
Department of Education
Alexander
Omaha
Waco
Hastings
Alliance
Beatrice
Chadron
Big Springs
Chappell
Gezing
Holdrege
Kearney
Kimball
Lexington
McCook
Minden
Nebraska City
North Platte
Ogallala
Oshkosh
Scottsbluff
South Sioux City
Valentine
Westside
York
Pedestrian Hit and Two Minor Collisions Mark Slippery Day
A 54 year old Potter man, William G. Smith, was hospitalized with a fractured right arm after being struck by Austyn Young of Sidney at 10th and Illinois. Police say Young, driving slowly, did not face charges. Two other minor wrecks stemmed from ice: Anna Kieselhorst’s car was rear ended by Jodie Barnhill, causing about 50 worth of damage and minor back pains. John Rosario rear ended Don Challberg at 10th and Jackson with no vehicle damage and minor injuries. The incidents occurred Thursday afternoon.
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Potter
William G. Smith
Austyn Young
Sidney
10Th
Illinois
Smith
Sidney Memorial Hospital
Young
Ilinois Street
Anna Kieselhorst
Jodie Ann Barnhill
Kieselhorst
Barnhill
Jackson
John Rosario
Don Challberg
Bad Check Artist Hits Sidney and North Platte
A suspected bad check artist cashed $120 in Sidney on two worthless checks and bought a watch and glasses. One check was no account and the other a forgery. He gave route No. 2 Sidney as his address. The same man, 40 to 48, cashed two checks in North Platte for $300, listing the same Sidney route No. 2 address. The Chamber of Commerce has a check warning system not yet in effect.
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Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
W. W. Schulz
North Platte
Route No. 2
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Twirler
Sidney High
Rodney Bales
Dave Dorman
Karen Greene
Leland Lewis
Lynn Nelson
Gary Porter
Mick Rennick
Jerry McRoberts
Cornhusker Boys’ State
Beverly Mae Higgins
Clinton Jurgens
Beverly
Jesse A. Higgins
Clinton
Walter Jurgens
Pep
Lodgepole
Lodgepoe
E. G. Ihrig
Phil
The
Air Force Academy
Robert E Lee
William L. Lee
Potter Regents
American Legion
Lorenzo
Mark Andersen
Roy Andersen
Mark
Chadron State Teachers College
Lorenzo School
St. Patrick's Academy
Eugenia Feuerborn
Joseph Feuerborn
St. Patrick's
Mark Andersen Lorenzo Public Schools
Beverly Mae Riggins Gurley High School
Dalton High School
Robert E. Lee Potter High School
Sidney Good
Sidneyites
Fort Sidney
Boy Scouts
Red Cross
Vandels
Geis Farm
Morrill
Otto Kruger
Mr Kruger
Herman
Emil
Parady
Clara Krager
Bertha Kruger
Albert of
Carl
Danver
Arthur
Los Angeles
Paul
Sacramento
Calif
Hedwig Schwenke
Martha Malone
Germany
East Nebraska
C. J. Weymouth
Telegraph
Bie
Pali
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