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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1957
Page
1
Sidney High School band members were praised as good will ambassadors after their Washington trip and inaugural parade. Band director George Hinn called their performance excellent and the group the best in the parade, expressing pride in the youngsters.
Accounts from adults and students describe a smooth charter trip to Washington with tours of the White House and Capitol, the Lincoln Memorial, Smithsonian, and Arlington Cemetery. They praise the parade, reception by Congress, and overall behavior of the Sidney delegation.
A Fort Sidney native now living in Washington praised the Sidney band after the president's inaugural parade. Maj Gen C H Bonesteel commended the director and personnel for an exceptionally fine turnout and performance. He noted the band stood out among many good young performers and expressed pride in their showing.
The sole door to door canvass for the March of Dimes in Sidney will be held next Tuesday evening January 29 starting at 7 p.m. Beta Sigma Phi and Epsilon Sigma Alpha members will canvass from Heaton and Heaton offices at 1025 10th Avenue meeting at 6:30 p.m. Volunteers will carry ID cards for checks.
The Division of Employment Security warns Nebraska employers that fourth quarter 1956 state unemployment insurance tax payments must be mailed to the Lincoln office by January 31. Delinquent payments will prevent full offset of the 3 percent federal unemployment tax and incur 1 percent monthly interest after January 31.
Mrs Velasquez 56 died Wednesday evening at Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital after a heart attack at her Ordville home. Rosary services are set in Sidney and Greeley with funeral rites at St Patrick's Church in Sidney and Our Lady of Peace in Greeley. She was born December 12 1900 in Calhoun County West Virginia and married Peter Velasquez February 3 1917 at Clayton New Mexico. Survivors include her husband six children and several siblings. Burial will be in Greeley cemetery.
An off campus Education 375 course begins with an organizational meeting and first class on Saturday February 2 at 10 a.m. in the Senior High School Library. Instructor is Howard Mickelson from Chadron State Teachers College. The course offers three undergraduate credits and may count as an elective toward a two year diploma. Contact Ralph Spencer at the high school, phone 4638.
Harold Keith, manager of The Overland Cafe, received a letter from a woman asking if he was the 1954 manager. She wanted to send sixty five cents to settle her conscience and confirm the link across decades.
The City of Sidney seeks FCC suggestions to clear persistent radio static blamed on central street light circuits. City Manager Murrey Fuller says hundreds of man hours and costs have not resolved the problem, which still disrupts evenings despite lights off rarely improving reception.
Second semester adult education classes will begin Tuesday Feb 5 using staff from the public school system. Demand decides offerings with ten enrollments minimum and $5 tuition per class plus textbooks. Enrollment deadline is Friday Feb 1. Contact A E Nimtz at the high school office for details and enrollment form.
Two men are held in Cheyenne County Jail awaiting district court arraignments on parole violations. James Kautz, 18, of Gering, was placed on a two year parole after pleading guilty to adultery and arrested this week in Alliance for passing a bad check. William Hess, former Sidney resident, also faces parole violation. he received a two year parole on Nov 4 1955 after pleading guilty to removal of mortgaged property.
Nebraska lawmakers and officials discuss a Supreme Court decision requiring personal notice in legal actions, threatening hefty costs for cities and counties that rely on newspaper notices for assessments, taxes, and public proceedings. The State Judicial Council will meet to seek legislative fixes.
Four Nebraska Panhandle cities Sidney Scottsbluff Alliance and Chadron urge Frontier Air Lines in their CAB briefs opposing Ozark Air Lines Their filings also push for connected routes from Denver to Omaha via Sidney and North Platte Grand Island and Lincoln plus a Casper link Officials argue Panhandle growth depends on fixed east west and north south route patterns set by the forthcoming Seven States order.
Nebraska Panhandle farmers must dispose of noncompliant wheat by June 20 to avoid counting against 1957 acreage allotments. Eastern and southern growers face June 1, north central June 15, with June 20 deadlines applying to Cheyenne Banner Box Butte Dawes Devel Garden Kimball Morrill Scotts Bluff Sheridan Sioux counties.
The Nebraska Panhandle endures a harsh cold snap with subzero readings. Sidney logged 12 below zero, regions like Gordon Crawford Harrison and Chadron at 22 to 30 below. Forecast calls for slight warming and light snow but a storm to the south could veer north. Battery failures rose while pipes froze and ice thickened on Lake McConaughy. livestock and rivers face heavy ice and hard conditions statewide.
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