Dalton resident Elmer Westerhoff dies suddenly at 59
Elmer L. Westerhoff 59 of Dalton died Saturday night while visiting Chadron with his wife Ella Siefer and family. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Tuesday at the Dalton Presbyterian Church with burial in Dalton Cemetery. Survivors include wife Ella, daughter Karen Worth, son Ronald, three brothers and a sister. Pallbearers listed. Memorials designated to the church.
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Dalton
Elmer L. Westerhoff
Chadron
Westerhoffs
Larry Worth
Holwick Funeral Home
Bridgeport
Charles Kragel
Charles van’ de Voorde
Floyd Worth
Clarence Mellberg
Kenneth Larsen
Clifford Webster
Dalton Presbyterian Church
Garland
Neb
John Westerhoff
Ella Siefer
Sidney
John
Malcolm
Arnold
Mildred Sorge
Gurley
iMr
Westerholf
Freida Goecke
City Council Tonight Sets Bid Opening for Police Cars
The Burlington city council plans a long agenda for tonight’s regular meeting. A special item will open bids for new police cars, with reviews of golf pro applications, natural gas problems, warning signals on 13th street, planning commission joint meeting, building and occupational licenses, off street parking, sewer district plans, grade crossing status, and adjournment time.
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13Th Street
Burlington Cross
Wees
Strahan Dies Former Sidney Bank Staff Member
B F Strahan 74 a former Sidney resident and staff member at Sidney National Bank died Thursday night in La Puenta California. His son in law and daughter traveled to La Puenta for services and burial with rites date unknown. Survivors include his wife three daughters one son 20 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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B. F. Strahan
Sidney
Sidney National Bank
la Puenta
Calif
Leo Krieger
Mr. Strahan
Kriegers
Strahan
Bank
Strahans
James Adamson of Ordville Dies at 53
James Albert Adamson 53 of Ordville died unexpectedly Saturday night at home from an apparent heart attack after 16 years in the community. He was a Sioux Army Depot battery lead man and World War II veteran. Funeral service Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Sioux Army Depot community chapel with Lt. Col. Norton officiating. Burial with military rites in North Platte. He is survived by his wife Verna May, two sons Donnie and Jimmie, a daughter Jean Marie, two sisters and three nieces.
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James Albert Adamson
Ordville
Sioux Army Depot
Willard A. Norton
Craig Mortuary
Adams-Swanson Mortunary
North Platte
W. A. Norton
Dalson
N. M
James
Martha Sterns Adamson
North’ Platte
Sidney
Verna May ‘Schwerdt
Los Angeles
Calif
Adamson
South Pacific
U. S. Army
Australia
Verna May
Donnie A
Jimmie
Jean Marie
Almeda Cox
Cheyenne
Wyo
Alice Rose
Neb
District Extension Board Meets in Bridgeport
Members of Cheyenne County extension sponsoring board travel to Bridgeport for an all day district extension board meeting. Accompanying them are County Agents Ivan Liljegresn and Gayle Sample.
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Cheyenne County Extension Sponsoring Board
Bridgeport
All Day District Extension Board
Ivan Liljegresn
Gayle Sample
Greyhound seeks Lincoln direct service from Grand Island
The Greyhound Bus Company asks the Nebraska Railway Commission to authorize three daily eastbound trips from Grand Island to Lincoln. The Sidney Chamber of Commerce endorses the plan and urges a permit to improve western Nebraska connections to the state capital. Opposition from rivals is expected.
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Greyhound Co
Grand Island
Lincoln
Nebraska Railway Commission
Sidney
Greyhound
Nebraska
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Sidney Chamber of Commerce Is Supporting the Request. the Board of Directors
Commission
Busines
State
University of Nebraska
Greyhound Bus Company
Ground Breaking At Sioux Army Depot For Minuteman Launch
Ground breaking for a Launch Control Center at Sioux Army Depot west of Sidney marks start of Minuteman Missile project work. Col. Stanley W. Smiley led the ceremony with Lt. Col. John Bell Jr. and Major Paul F. Carroll among attendees from Army, Air Force, and Boeing.
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Sioux Army Depot
Sidney
Stanley W. Smiley
Sioux
John Bell Jr
Warren Air Force Base
SATAF
Paul F. Carroll
Army Corps of Engineers
H. G. Rhode
Air Force
P. B. Horner
Boeing Co
Waldo H. Dearing
Potter Seniors Named Dimes King Queen
Two Potter High School seniors were named King and Queen of the March of Dimes Teenage Dance held at the National Guard Armory. Dick Hart and Kay Lynn Erickson won, chosen for personality from 14 nominees as judges from Pot ter Sunol Sidney Lorenzo Gurley Lodgepole and Sund attended by about 150. Music by Millard Music.
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Potter High School
National Guard Armory
Dick Hart
Kay Lynn Erickson
Don Enevoldsen
Potter
Cecil Hunt
Sunol
Joe Kelley
Sidney
Glenn Fleming
Lorenzo
Harold Bradshaw
Gurley
Frank Pivonka
Lodgepole
Millard Music
Dalton
Sharon Cape
Gary Ziegler
John Helms
Rene Pfeil
St. Pat’s
Kathy Keating
James Hare
Gary Anderson
Patricia Phelps
Gary Lindley
Sherry Sergent
Sund
Lynn Davison
Dorothy Barnhart
Relatives Of Area Couple Killed In Plane Crash
Lt. John William Moran and his wife Barbara Carlisle Moran died in a Kauai crash on January nineteen. The Morans were siblings of Mrs. Jim Felt of Laramie and sister of Mrs. Felt, daughter-in-law of the Wesleys of Sidney. Funeral services planned for the couple in St Paul Minnesota after the wreckage was found January twenty one.
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John William Moran
USN
Barbara Carlisle Moran
Hawaii
Jim Felt
Laramie
Wyo
Moran
University of Wyoming
Felt
Wesley Felts
Sidney
Herbert Foreman
Los Angeles
Calif
Kauai
Waimia Canyon
Resident's Brother Is Buried In Kansas
Funeral services for Darrel Wamsley 51 of Wichita Kansas brother of Lawrence Wamsley were held last Tuesday. He died January 18 after a period of failing health with last rites in Rock Kansas and burial at Lake View Gardens Wichita. Survivors include wife Hazel a daughter Edna Lee Withiam two grandchildren six brothers and one sister. Lawrence Wamsleys return Friday from Wichita after attending services.
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Darrel Wamsley
Wichita
Kan
Lawrence Wamsley
Rock
Lakeview Gardens
Hazel
Edna Lee Withiam
Lawrence Wamsleys
John Deere Day Highlights Farm Families Show
Farmers and families gather Thursday January 31 for the annual John Deere Day sponsored by Sidney Implement Co. E E Jimerson hosts at the Fox Theater with a 1 PM show and 11 30 AM lunch. Films feature farm equipment advances and chemistry in farming with Hollywood personalities including Charley Weaver and Andy Devine.
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John Deere
Sidney Implement Co
E. E
Jim) Jimerson
Implement Company
East Illinois St
Fox Theater
Wis
Jimerson
Hollywood
Cliffe Arquette
Charlie Weaver
Andy Devine
Allen Jenkins
Donna Douglas
Titus Moody
Fibbre- McGee-and- Molly Fame
Kimball Flyer Elects New Panhandle Cloud Dusters President
Wesley Herboldsheimer of Kimball was elected president of the Panhandle Cloud Dusters at a fly-in Sunday at Alliance Airport. Leo nard Nelson of Potter steps down. New officers include Don Roberts as vice president and Mrs. Lee Shirk of Kimball as secretary. About 50 enthusiasts attended. 15 planes flew in. Guests were Joe Lorentzen, Marv Stevenson, Ray Johnson, Jim Mracek, and Dr. Bowen. A film on Canadian Lake Fishing and Nebraska Dept slides were shown. The next meeting will be called by the new president.
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Wesley Herboldsheimer
Kimball
Panhandle Cloud Dusters
Alliance
Leonard Nelson
Potter
Don Roberts
Dix
Lee Shirk
Joe Lorentzen
Nebraska Department of Aeronautics
Lincoln
Marv Stevenson
Cheyenne
Wyoming Areonautics Com
Ray Johnson
Wyoming Comm
Jim Mracek
Nebraska Flying Farmers
Dr. Bowen
Alliance Airport Authority
Nebraska Department
Lodgepole Woman Joins Cheyenne County Extension Office
Extension Office hires Miss Lucille Weyerts as clerk-typist replacing resigning Mrs. Virgil Reed. Weyerts, a Lodgepole High School graduate, attended Midland College for one year.
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Lucille Weyerts
Lodgepole
Cheyenne County
Virgil Reed
Miss Weyerts
Lodgepole High School
Midland College
Manager to Attend State C of C Winter Conference
Wayne Moran of the Sidney Chamber of Commerce will travel to Lincoln for the three day Winter Conference and annual meeting of the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce Managers Assn. Sessions at the Hotel Cornhusker include talks by C. C. Kilker and legislators on state economics and budgeting. Governor Morrison will speak at a noon luncheon. A NCCM visit to the Unicameral is among Thursday highlights.
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Wayne Moran
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Lincoln
Nebraska Chamber of Commerce Managers Assn
Cornhusker
C. C
Bud Kilker
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Micheal Russillo
Omaha
State of
Nebraska
Richard D. Marvel
Fred A. Herrington
Nebraska Tax Research Council, Inc
Frank B. Morrison
NCCM
February 1963 Chamber of Commerce membership drive targets
The chamber aims for 300 new members and a 17115 budget by February 6. Jimerson leads about workers contacting prospects. Early results show excellent gains with new and re joined members, and new members are asked to state committee preferences as a new method to form effective committees.
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Chamber of Commerce
R.“Jimerson
Chadronite Heads Nebraska Wheat Commission
William G. Lindeken of Chadron elected chairman of the Nebraska Wheat Commission with Howard Oberg of Lincoln as vice chairman. Lindeken succeeds Richard Lewis. Oberg succeeds Carl Bruns. The seven member panel oversees foreign and domestic marketing, utilization, and wheat development research funded by a half cent per bushel Nebraska tax. Other members: Edgar Ashton, Herbert Hughes, and Carson Smith.
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Lincoln
William G. Lindeken
Chadron
Nebraska Wheat Commission
Howard Oberg
Lindeken
Richard Lewis
Arapahoe
Oberg
Carl Bruns
Chappell
Great Plains Wheat, Inc
GPW
Nebraska
Edgar Ashton
Nebraska City
Herbert Hughes
Imperial
Carson Smith
Ogallala
County Fair Fort Sidney Days Set August 11 14
The first combined Cheyenne County Fair and Ft Sidney Days runs August 11 through 14. Rodeos by Beutler from Elk City and Forsythe Dewis Carnival anchor the event with concerts and a grand parade. Highlights include a Sunday barbecue, Tuesday Kids Day, possible Grand Ole Opry show, and a 4 H livestock sale with an 4H revue finale.
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Ft. Sidney
Cheyenne County
Lowry Lindell
Fair Board
Loring Tobler
Rodeo
Ella “Jiggs
Buetler & Son
Elk City
Okla
Denver
Ducers
Burwell
North Platte
Lincoln County
Lindell
Sidney
Ft. Sidney Days ‘Corporation
Rin
Use Of Safflower In Ice Cream Is Sought By Fleming
Nebraska lawmakers Sen. George H. Fleming and Sen. Don McGinley introduced LB 413 to permit safflower oil in ice cream. Fleming said eastern dairy interests assured limited opposition and noted safflower is growing as a Nebraska commodity and should not be excluded from ice cream production.
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Fleming
Nebraska
George H. Fleming
Sidney
Don McGinley
Ogallala
Sen
Son
Lincoln
Two Men Chosen for Insurance Career School
Farmers Insurance Group selects Louis Keller of 135 Manor Road and Gene Higgins of 1501 21st Ave to attend a career agents school at the Colorado Springs regional office. The program, conducted in regional offices, aims to better prepare them for the insurance profession and they will represent Farmers exclusively.
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Farmers Insurance Group
Louis Keller
Manor Road
Gene Higgins
21St Ave
Colorado Springs
Civil Defense Training Signups Reported
Chief Sol Willis says fifty persons have signed for a Civil Defense course starting tomorrow night. Two weekly classes will run on Tuesdays and Wednesdays with dates set at the first meeting at Sidney Junior High. The Sidney Volunteer Fire Department sponsors the program.
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Police
Sol Willis
Civil ‘Defense
Willis
Sidney Volunteer Fire ‘Department
Speakers At WNOA Here Feb 6 Highlight Nesmith And Rothman
Western Nebraska Organized Agriculture set for Sidney on February 6 will feature Dwight A. Nesmith associate professor at Kansas State University and Bess Rothman a Dallas born fashion consultant now in Bridgeport. Nesmith, a Chicago area native, earned a BSME from Northwestern and MS from Kansas State, with industry roles at Cudany Packing Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac and General Motors. Rothman, Texas native, studied at Texas Woman’s University, built a career as buyer and fashion trainer in Dallas Honolulu Chicago and Chicago stores, and has led fashion and sales training efforts for I B M Continental Casualty and banks. She has conducted workshops for S M A Northwestern NMU Texas Woman’s University UNL and other schools.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Dwight A. Nesmith
Kansas State University
Bess Rothman
Bridgeport
Army Air Force
Nesmith
Technological Institute
Northwestern University
Kansas State
Cudany Packing Co
Buda Corporation
Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiack
General Motors
Tau Beta Pi
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Rothman
Texas
Texas Woman's University
Dallas
Honolulu
Hawaii
Charles A. Stevens
Chicago
Continental Casualty Insurance
Banks
Northwestern
University of New Mexico
Texas Women's University
University of Nebraska
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James Adamson
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Companions of Cana Council
Jarvis Burrell
Fremhort
Astead
Harold Thom
Carl L. Nelson
Alustrious Harvey Smith
John Smith
Adolf Wensien
Brownville
Carl R. Greisen
Earl W. Schultz
Archie W. White
Fremont
Grand Council
Roya?l
Clifton J. Berry
Cana Council
Telegraph
Thompson
Kansas
Kimball Flyer
New President Cloud Dusters
Chamber
Chadronite Heads Wheat Commission
William G. Lindeken Ee
WNOA
Dwight A, Nesmith
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