Rotary District celebrates 50th anniversary conference
Sidney Rotarrans leads a two day Rotary conference scheduled for February 6 and 7 to mark the district’s 50th anniversary. Eight charter members remain in the Sidney club as about 300 attendees are expected. Roy Wear of Denver will attend officially and Albert Kjar of Tenington chairs the event with potential candidates for district governor from Broken Bow and Ogallala.
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Nest Club
Sidney Rotarrans
Rotary
Tne
Cey Elu
Sidney Club
Losaid
Nebraska
Gland Island
Scottsblurt
ANI «H
Colorada
Retary International
Roy ‘Weart
Denver
Fine
Albert Kjar
Tenington
Ubes
Govenor
Broken P
Ogallala
Free chest X-ray screenings announced across multiple dates
Health officials announce a series of free chest X-ray screenings using a mobile unit visiting GouPly and surrounding areas from late January to February. The goal is mass screening of adults with a 12 year baseline, with special arrangements for symptomatic children and referrals to physicians if pathology is detected.
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Department of Health
Heron
Wiley
Lodevepole
Sidney
Oux Depot
Potter
Cheyenne County Chest
Wi. A
Red Cross Fund Drive Plans Discussed by Tot Cross Officers
Red Cross fund drive discussions dominated a Cheyenne County meeting at the courthouse. Clarence Castner chaired the session as officers and directors reviewed a March goal, aiming higher than last year, while plans for a new radio program and drive staffing were explored.
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Nordstrom
The
Red Cross
Chey
Clarence Castner
Ciors
Rogram
KSID
Leon Laf
Sidney Country Club Ransacked By Thieves
Vandals broke into the Sidney Country Club while closed, gaining about $30 to $40 from cigarette and juke box machines and wall box connections. Cheyenne City Sheriff Bill Schulz reported the break-in with timing undetermined due to the club being closed.
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Sidney Cintry Club
Cheyenne
Bill Schulz
Connecaire i
Prison Term Given for Mussig in Sidney Robberies
Mussig Jake Mussig of Stanwood Iowa was sentenced in Lincoln by District Judge John Kuns to two four year terms in the Nebraska Reformatory for two counts of breaking and entering connected to a Sidney service station and a motor company robbery earlier this month. He pleaded guilty and said he was half drunk at the time. He admitted breaking into other Nebraska and Iowa establishments before Sidney and was arrested a day after the Sidney robberies in Cheyenne. The judge ordered concurrent sentences not less than two nor more than four years.
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Jake
Mussig
Stanwood
Iowa
Nebraska
Lincoln
John Kuns
Sidney
Kuns
Cheyenne
Warrant Filed in Sidney Defrauding Café Bill
A warrant names former Sidney policeman Bill Paulson with defrauding a café and failing to pay a $27.40 bill. Police Chief Sol Willis says Paulson left Sidney Wednesday and was dismissed. Sanford Lee Butcher, 24, of Vernal Utah, will replace him on February 1 on probation for three months.
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Sidney
Bill Paulson
Cheyenne
Paulson
Sol Willis
Pat Heaton
Willis
Sanford Lee Butcher
Vernal
Utah
Butcher
Army
Bicycle Safety Day At Junior High
Cheyenne County Rural Youth sponsors a bicycle safety program tomorrow at 9 30 a m in the junior high school auditorium. All children with bikes and interested persons are invited to attend. A 20 minute film Bicycling Safety Today will be shown and a police explanation of local bicycle rules will follow. A bicycle safety demo by Jack Bishop, door prizes, and a joint parent teacher community focus are planned. The article notes US riders are mostly 5 to 17 year olds and over 19 000 000 bikes operate nationwide.
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Cheyenne County Rural Youth
Ettend
Police Department
Jack Bishop
United States
U.S. households rise 23 percent from 1940 to 1950
The United States saw a 23 percent increase in households between 1940 and 1950. This growth reflects postwar housing demand and demographic shifts as families formed and moved to new communities.
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United States
Peetz Community Notes and Local Visits
Community church services and multiple local visits dominate Peetz life with reports of church schedules, movie showings, Lions Club meals, and wide-ranging social visits. Several families, anniversaries, and school events are listed along with travel to Denver for stock shows and weddings in California.
Community Socials and Minor Accident Report
Maple Grove residents shared evenings at various homes including Ed Lye and Ed Miles, with many repeat visits among Gell Deaver McGowan Miles Stengel and Miles families. A serious accident injured Verne Sharman Friday, while others enjoyed weekend dinners and birthday celebrations with local residents in Saskatchewan and nearby towns.
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Earl Gell
Ed Lye
Keith Deaver
Silver Dolar
Gerald Stengel
Harvey Miles
TN Club
Julia Rasmussen
T. N. McGowan
T. N. McGowan Home. Mr.and Mrs. Loring Tobler
Ed Miles
Donald Miller
Cindy
Cecil Pritchett
Danny
John van Mark
Jim van Mark
Harry Stately
Lester Black
Verne Sharman
Local Visits and Hospital Update In Small Town
A string of Sunday visits among families including the Benzel and Benkiewicz households honored Dennis Walsh Albert Runion and the Rasmunssen families as Jorgensen hosted at Mabel Jorgensen's home. Charles Smith entered the hospital Sunday night after illness since Thursday with best wishes for recovery.
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Harvey Benzel
H. P. ‘Cortney
T. M. Benkiewicz
Oscar Schlaman
Dennis Walsh
Frank Rasmussen
Julia Rasmussen
Dorothy
Albert Runion
Will Frerichs Sr
Charles Smith
J. C. Jorgensen
Sunnyside People and Visits Across Local Homes
Sunnyside notes record social visits and travel from Friday to Sunday. Families including Hokom, Talich, and Darling hosted or visited at homes of Block, Tremain, Campbell, and Teague, with Denver trip for Mrs Talich and hospital stays mentioned.
Sunny Side Improvement Club Meets at Schoolhouse
The Sunny Side Improvement Club gathered Monday evening at Sunny Side Schoolhouse with many in attendance. A film was shown and a speaker discussed Social Security. Mrs Albert Brandl and Sand visited Mrs Ralph Talich Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Gal Talich called in the evening. Mr and Mrs Cecil Hartley of Nebraska City were guests in the John Theis home for Sunday dinner.
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Earl Wylie
Ott Raddatz
Edgar Meier
London Crusaders
Texas
Lions Club
Raymond Madden
Bushnell
Marvin Fleming
Edson Madden
Denver
Carl Madden
Melvin Lockhart
John Nelson
Ted Lindt
Jerritsma
Goranson
Kimball
Wesley Herboldsheimer
Elmer Davis
John DuBoise
Sterling
Cecilia
Patrick Goranson
Lloyd Goranson
Francis Roelle
Pleasanton
Neb
J. C. Peters
Amelia
Helen
Albert Fehringer
Frank Fehringer
Walter Schumacher
Baby
Ben Fehringer
Henry Fehringer
Columbus
Nebr
Leo Fehringer
Jim Schaefer
Virginia Johnson
Adolph Groeger
Raymond Groeger
Chuck Gbafler
Mrs. Delmer Nelson
Nick Burr
del Hawkins
Nobel
Stanley Raddatz
Lady Elks
Mesdames Bachelder
Hartway
Bill Ruhter
Joe Robirds
Peetz Progressive Extension Club
Delmer Nelson
Ray Wood
Eva Larson
Nelson
Mesdames Hap Williams
Dennis Cates
Toy Norton
Joe Oliverius
Melvin Nelson
Harry Segelke
Roger Adams
Howard Lindsay
Earl Gorman
Clyde Gorman
Sidney
Ronnie Knifer
S. Marostica
Wieser
Ida
George Knifer
Ivan Fehringer
Donald Fehringer
Dairy Producers
Schnell Shuteau
Jake Pfisterer
Pine Dale
Wyo
Harmon Fairchild
Bob Hawkins
Maurice Nelson
Harold Segelke
Joe Brachtenbach
Arnold Fehringer
Lee Stanfield
Nicky
Larry Clemens
Nicky Norton
Terry Clemens
Mae Nelson
Chappell
Anton Nelson
Shirley Main
Sutherland
Ed Miles
Harry Sparks
David Truss
T. M. Benkiewicz
Harry Stately
August Miller
T. N. McGowan
Harvey Miles
John Theis
Cecil Hartley
Nebraska City
Carl Ulmschneider
Sunny Side, Improvement Club
Sunny Side Schoolhouse
Albert Brandl
Sand
Ralph Talich
Gal Talich
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Tot
Seuss
Sidney Country Club
Plymouth Radio & Hetter AT
Iwell Motors
Telegraph
Peetz News
Sacred” Heart Church
Gilmartin
McPherson
Clarence Stout
Holyoke, Colo
Peetz
Cass
Louis Michaels
Howard Adams
John Fehringer
San Francisco
Calif
Mary Ann
Robert Hungerford
Bergman
Francis Hruza
Kenneth Williams
FFA
Orley Beam
Maple Grove
Mrs. Earl Gell
Sunnyside
John Hokom
Carol Ann
Lowell Hokom
Dick Almschneider
Ed Block
Talich
St. Lukes
Olive Johnson
Janet Hokom
Wayne Campbell
Chris Lee
Kenneth Darling
Guy Tremain
Sharrol Talich
Mary Jo Teague
Wansiey
LINCO
Majestic
Sidney, Nebraska
Seven- UP “Bottling Co
Vinx
John
Gamble
Milton Handsel
Ford
Studebaker Starliner
Pasa
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States
Canada
Alaska
JOE A. Gibson, Inc
Newton
Phillips Petroleum Company
Phillips 66
Sidney 66 Oil Company
Doe
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