Hospital Is Vital Need Deaver Says
Sidney community leaders push for a modern hospital serving Cheyenne County and surrounding areas. C M Deaver leads rural solicitation, citing nearby towns with hospital facilities and the need to raise funds by late January. Precinct chairmen to canvass residents the week of January 26 for commitments to support the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deaver
Sidney
Charles M. Deaver
Alliance
Scottsbluff
Cheyenne
Merling
North Platte
Union Pacific
Burlington Railways
Jerives
Reclamation Meeting Set in Kearney Nebraska
Power and ground water will be topics at the annual Nebraska Reclamation Association meeting in Kearney on Friday and Saturday. Speakers include regional bureau officials, state and university representatives, and the banquet speaker will be Senator Kenneth Wherry. The program features three panels and a business session with director elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Reclamation Association
Kearney
Marcella Allen
Sidney
Association
Ray Babcock
Avery Batson
Denver
Bureau of Reclamation
Ralph Williams
Harry E. Polk
Williston
N. D
National Reclamation Association
Paul Gilbert
State Game Commission
Harold Kramer
Columbus
Carl W. Borgmann
Eugene GC
Reed
Morris I. Evinger
University of Nebraska
George E. Condra
University
James Adams
North Platte Experiment Station
B. Frank Butler
Cambridge
Harvey Lippincott
Gibbon
Oliver J. Scheere
Soil Conservation Service
Lincoln
Dan Jones
State Department of Roads and Irrigation
Herbert Waite
Organ Recital at Gurney Church Wednesday Evening
An organ recital featuring a new Hammond organ donated by the Charles Gathman family will be held Wednesday evening January 14 at 7 30 o'clock at Gurney Methodist Church. There is no admission charge and the public is invited. The organ serves as a memorial to the late Mrs Charlee Gathman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurney Methodist Church
Charles Gathman
Charlee Gathman
Seed Trees Ordered For 1948 In Nebraska Reach 804 550
Nebraska farmers and ranchers ordered more than 804 thousand Clarke McNary seedling trees for 1948 planting by early January. Forester Earl Maxwell of the University of Nebraska reports evergreen varieties dominate and lists top counties including Cherry with 77 550 trees and Antelope 27 300, Holt 54 800, Pierce 20 300, Rock 24 825 among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke-McNary
Nebraska
Office of Extension
Earl G. Maxwell
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
Cherry County
Antelope
Brown
Custer
Holt
Knox
Lincoln
Moorrill
Pierce
Rock
Cortney and Chambers Farm Equipment Sale Calendar
A sale of farm buildings and miscellaneous farm items will be held on Wednesday January 21 at Mrs John B Cortney s farm two miles south and one mile west of Dalton starting at one o clock Col A B Rapp will handle the sale with Dalton State Bank as clerk An earlier sale is set for Wednesday January 14 at the Sam Chambers farm in Sidney Drew starting at eleven o clock Col Rapp urges farmers to list sales early to avoid conflicts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Cortney
Dalton
A. B. Rapp
Dalton State Bank
Sam Chambers
Sidney Drew
Col. Rapp
Eleven Farm Sessions Set For January
A series of social meetings by the district one unit of the Nebraska Farmers Union will run January 20 to 31 across western Nebraska. C Edgar Leafdale of Potter says the aim is to unite all farmers regardless of union membership with talks, films, recreation, and free refreshments. Ester Harbo of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union will appear. sessions start 7 30 except Hershey noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District One
Nebraska Farmers Union
Nebraska
C. Edgar Leafdale
Potter
Leafdale
Farmers Union
Hershey
Ester Harbo
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
Hershey Legion Hall
Ee Taewall
ORS Bar I. O. D. Ie
Sidney City Auditorium
Bridgeport Legion Hall
Crawford Park Pavilion
Hay Springs Legion Hall
Gordon Legion Hall
Cheyenne County Weed Control District buys Jeep spray rig
Officials Clark Fuller Oscar Olson and Ray Wills attended the Lincoln state conference and contracted for a Jeep with spraying gear and spray material. Delivery is promised April 1 with a staffer to operate it. Farmers will pay for spraying and arrange access as the campaign against noxious weeds begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Lincoln
Clark Fuller
Oscar Olson
Ray Wills
Fuller
Potter Sale Friday Expands Listings in Potters Area
Listings grow for a public auction sale sponsored by The Potter American Legion to be held Friday afternoon. Expected to attract hundreds of bidders, the event will be run by auctioneers Col. A. B. Rapp and Col. Joe Schwarz with listings accepted by sale clerk D. F. Enevoldsen and R. M. Merscheim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter
Potter American Legion
Col
A. B. Rapp
Joe Schwarz
D. F. Enevoldsen
R. M. Merscheim
Cycle Owners To Get Scotch Lights In Sidney
All bicycle owners in Sidney are invited to the Hahler Motor company building between 11th and 12th on Jackson street next Sunday to receive free Scotch lights. The Junior Chamber of Commerce will apply the lights, finishing with a high quality reflector. The program is limited to bicycles and parents should ensure their children attend. Paul Blanskinship is the committee chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Hahler Motor Company
Jackson Street
Chamber of Commerce
The
Jaycees
Paul Blankenship
Miller Says Red Tape Hinders REA Progress
Rep. A. L. Miller argues REA expansion stalls due to Washington DC red tape and overstaffed administration. He cites district managers needing three divisions’ approvals to buy a typewriter and warns continuous supervision by Washington persists despite initial guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep. A. L. Miller
REA
Washington D.C
Washington
Committee On Appropriations
Dimes Drive Opens In Cheyenne County For 6000 Goal
The 1948 March of Dimes campaign kicks off Thursday in Cheyenne County with a $6,000 county goal under John W. Martinosky. Sidney’s Jaycees coordinate events led by Chester Hickman, with Jack Fyffe’s 13 piece orchestra for a January 30 ball. Local chairmen and school drives join 500,000 volunteers nationwide to fund infantile paralysis treatment and prevention. Half the funds stay in county, half go to the national foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cheyenne County
John W. Martinosky
Sidney
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Chester Hickman
John Abramson
George Martin
Harold Baker
Byron Johnson
Dean Wilson
L. L. Pippin
Dwight Beck
Jaycees
Jack Fyfffe
Cheyenne
City
County
Don Dey Ermand
Dalton
George Minshall
Lodgepole
Della Caldwell
Sundl
Albert Kruger
Gurley
Mae M. Lovell
Potter
Alex Gursky
Sioux Ordnance Depot
National Foundation
Snow and Cold Sweep Panhandle Nebraska Towns
Strong northerly winds pushed temperatures below freezing in western Nebraska early Monday. A CAA station reported 14 above zero at 7:28 a.m. with gusts to 35 mph. Snow fell at Cheyenne Denver and Scottsbluff by noon, with flurries expected around Sidney Monday night though no heavy storm forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
CAA
Cheyenne
Denver
Scottsbluff
Sidney
New Honors to Ramon Vinay
Tenor Ramon Vinay of the Metropolitan Opera Association will be heard January 26 in the Sidney Greater Artists Series. He recently starred as Otello at La Scala in Milan, becoming the first Western Hemisphere artist to sing the opening lead. Vinay also sang Otello in NBC Symphony broadcasts conducted by Toscanini, December 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramon Vinay
Metropolitan Opera Association
Milan
Italy
LaBesla
Vinay
United States
Canada
Otello
NBC Symphony
Toscanini
la Scala
Viney
LaScala
Nebraska
Colorado
Mr. Vinay
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Gering Farmer Is Wheat King Crowns At 1948 Event
John M. Ewing of Gering won the Nebraska Wheat King crown with Cheyenne wheat test weight 63 and 13.2% protein amid 1,200 attendees in Sidney. Miss Erma Crosby of Sidney earned the Wheat Queen title with a gold trophy. The show highlighted Cheyenne County producers, including Dalton brothers Miller placing second. Ewing will compete in Minneapolis, while several other top samples from across the region were recognized and advance to further contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
John M. Ewing
Gering
Scotts Bluff County
Erma Crosby
Muriel Crosby
Sidney
Sidney City
Alliance
Ewing
Minneapolis
Omaha
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Dalton
Miller Brothers
Cheyenne County
Kenneth
Don
Gesina Miller
Cheyenne
Crosby
Edgar Leafdale
Neal Dunlavy
Potter
Hugh Paris
U. S
Ellsworth Moser
U. S. National Bank of Omaha
Phillip W. Pillsbury
Pillsbury Mills
Wheat King
Shaeffer
Miller Brethere
Leon A. Detsch
Box Butte Co
Pawnee
Roy W. Robinson
Lyman
Scotts Bluff
Thomas Lenzen
Cheyenne Co
Elmer Raven
Crawford
Dawes Co
Bob Lehn
Julesburg
Colo
Chappell
Ewing Family Wins Wheat King Award Surprise
John M. Ewing, 74, is named Nebraska Wheat King at the Nebraska Wheat Show, with son Dwight placing third. The Ewings, long-time farmers from Cedar Valley, reveal they underestimated their wheat worth after testing showed a weight of 63. The family migrated from Pennsylvania in 1887, homesteading near Cheyenne County as Nebraskan farm life shaped their decades of work and home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Auditorium
Dwight Ewing
Gering
John M. Ewing
Nebraska Wheat King
Dwight
Mrs. Ewing
Mr. Ewing
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Sidney
Rubedeau Gap
Cedar Valley
Tii
Cheyenne
Bidney
Kimball
Banner
Scotts Bluff
Morrill
Wyoming Line
Ewings
Ewing
Redington
Nebraska Wheat Show draws 1200 attendees at City Auditorium
The 1948 Nebraska Wheat Show drew more than 1,200 people and 418 wheat samples, staging an education and entertainment program at the City Auditorium. An afternoon featured demonstrations on yeast and quick breads, ironing shirts, and a film about from farm to home, with a 2:30 talk by Arthur Gust on wheat varieties, plus a DuPont film on seed treatment. Evening events showcased queen candidates linked to 4‑H and wheat farmers, with talks by L. P. Reitz and R. W. Scoular on soil, varieties, and marketing, noting improvements since 1920s smut issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gooch, Milling and Elevator Co
Lincoln
Arthur Gust
Colorado Milling and Elevator Co
DuPont
Clarice Bloom
Wheat Flour Institute
Chicago
Mary Runnalls Elliott
University of Nebraska
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
J. Edgar Leafdale
Cheyenne County
Far
Russell Olson
Calvin Kientz
Verlin Livingston
Sidney
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Mus
Tuéy
Logan County
Peetz
Extension Foresters’ Office
Box Butee
Deuel
Garden
Keith
Sheridan
Sioux
Cortney
Chambers
Potter Legion Hall
Pine Bluffs Agr
Alliance City Auditorium
Miller
Panhandle
John Ewing
Reitz
Scoular
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