School boards urged to widen community role in Sidney
Wright reports a Nebraska Community Education Project conference with Sidney York Mullen and Syracuse delegates. O H Roberts Jr Evansville attorney and Dr Walter Cocking urged boards to broaden community involvement and share facilities for recreation and education with Dean Frank Henzick of the University of Nebraska speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Wright
Sidney Board of Education
Sidney
Boards of Education
Nebraska Community Education Project
York
Mullen
Syracuse
Wright
O. H. Roberts, Jr
Evansville
Ind
Walter D. Cocking
School Executive Magazine
Frank Henzick
University of Nebraska Teachers College
Hi. Roberts
National School Boards Association
United States
Sidney Wright
Roberts
Cocking
Gurleyite Reappointed to Nebraska Wheat Board
Berton Cunningham of Gurley has been named by Gov. Anderson to the seven member Nebraska Wheat Development Utilization and Marketing Commission. Cunningham, one of the original western Nebraska appointees, will serve a five year term after his initial one year term expired June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheat Board
Gov
Anderson
Berton Cunningham
Gurley
Nebraska Wheat Development, Utilization and Marketing Committee
Cunningham
Victor E. Anderson
Lincoln
Commission
Nebraska
Judge Approves Two Cash Settlements In Accident Actions
District Judge John Kuns approves two lump sum settlements. Allan T. Killham receives 67264 from Leo Whetstone after an injury at a Bronson bar when removing beer cases on Sept 19, 1955. Peter Redden gets 210 from Farmers Conservative Grain Co after a June 28 grain roller injury to his left fingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kuns
Allan T. Killham
Leo Whetstone
Killham
Bronson Bar
Peter Redden
Farmers Concrative Grain Co
Redden
Big Wheat Fields Impress New Zealand Visitor in Nebraska
Miss Joan Mathews of Aukland New Zealand visits Sidney Nebraska and eastern sites tracing her grandparents farming in Colfax County. She notes vast Panhandle wheat fields, differences in cars and newspapers, and remarks on U S debt culture and American history as a school course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
New Zealand
Nebraska
Joan Mathews
Aukland
Sidney
Miss Mathews
Colfax
United States
USA
San Francisco
Denver
Panhandle
New
Premiums Set For Cheyenne County Fair Weekend
Total premiums of 4125 await winners across 4-H open educational and women’s divisions at Cheyenne County Fair. Premiums approved at Monday night fair board meeting. wheat show awards planned by Cheyenne County Nebraska Wheat Growers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Fair Board
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
Dale Talich
Bill Harms
Kenneth Morgan
LeMoyne Johnson
Gene Lienemann
Muriel Crosby
Tom Allington
John Ommen
Ron McMillen
Edith Oldershaw
23 Boy Scouts Back From Wyoming Camp
Eighteen boys from Boy Scout Troop 90 and five from Troop 83 returned from a week at Laramie Peak Wyoming. Leaders were John Colone and Floyd Castner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Wyoming
Laramie Peak
Wyo
Don Hofer
Cecil Herbert
Robert Nelson
Darrel Roberts
Terry Girardot
Ronnie Papka
Keith Hruske
Mike Mahrer
Larry Pfeil
Merle Swanson
Clinton Dorwart
Steve Janda
Jim Sheppard
Mark Anderson
Floyd Crouse
Marvin Farmer
Roy Alvares
Bob Snow
Jimmy Billeter
John Colone
Floyd Castner
Cheyenne County Collects 85 Percent of 1955 Taxes
Cheyenne County reports about 85 percent of its 1955 taxes collected totaling roughly 1.599 million dollars since last November. The eventual total stands at about 1.859 million, with real estate installments due September 1. Delinquent amounts may exceed 50 thousand dollars, trailing these collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Herb Stevens
Two Fireworks Displays Planned in Cheyenne County Tonight
Weather permitting, two sanctioned fireworks shows are set for this evening. One display will be atop the Sidney Country Club grounds and the other at Dalton’s Legion Park in Dalton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Sidney Country Club
Dalton’s Legion Park
Patrol Auto Crashes Into Pole Near Dalton
A Nebraska Safety Patrol cruiser struck a telephone pole at the south edge of Dalton during a heavy rain. Driver Patrolman Bob Cook escaped injury but the car suffered several hundreds of dollars in damage after skidding on gravel washed onto Highway 19. Cook checked into Memorial hospital for a morning checkup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Dalton
Bob Cook
Cook
Highway 19
Memorial Hospital
Wheat price supports set at two dollars a bushel
Secretary of Agriculture Benson announced the 1957 wheat price supports at $2 a bushel, pending July referendum approval of quotas. If quotas fail, supports drop to 50 percent of parity or $1.20 per bushel based on current parity estimates. Benson credited factors that allowed maintaining higher support than the minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
Garbage truck hits parked car injuring exact driver not stated
A City of Sidney garbage truck driven by James Minshall, 27, of Sidney, struck the rear of a parked auto near the intersection of 11th Ave and Illinois St about 11 am yesterday. The car, owned by Clair Bradley, 50, of Shenandoah, Ia, sheared the curb and hit a parking meter, damaging it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Sidney
James Minshall
11Th Ave
Mlinois St
Clair Bradley
Shennandoah
Bradley
Five Charged With Assessment Refusal In County Court
Five Cheyenne County residents faced county court charges for refusing to list personal property for assessment. County Attorney Pat Heaton Jr. filed the charges yesterday at the request of County Assessor Roy Gish. Named defendants include Walter Weyerts Howard Fisher Lela Cummings Jim Culpepper and Robert Lee Banes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Pat Heaton Jr
Roy Gish
Walter Weyerts
Howard Fisher
Lela Cummings
Jim Culpepper
Robert Lee Banes
Judge Rules for Loan Firm in Two Nebraska Cases
District Judge John Kuns ruled for Grand Island Finance Co in two actions started by the late Burel Kinney and pressed by Kinney's estate. The cases held that note and chattel mortgage transfers from Hastings Motor Co to Grand Island Finance constituted a sale, not a loan, affecting local lending practices. Attorneys said they will appeal to the Nebraska Supreme Court after recent related rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
John Kuns
Kuns
Grand Island Finance Co
Burel Kinney
Sidney
Kinney
Grand Island
Hastings Motor Co
Hastings
Hastings Truck Company
Grand Island Finance
Nebraska Supreme Court
Rites Held Tuesday For Guy S Shaw 76
Funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church for Guy S Shaw 76 who died Saturday evening in Memorial Hospital Burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery The Craig Mortuary oversaw arrangements Shaw a prominent Cheyenne County farmer and former Commissioner served 12 years on the county board He helped organize the Farmers Cooperative Elevator at Lorenzo in 1918 later serving as its president for a decade and remained on its board of directors until 1946 He was active in the Methodist Church and served many years on the Lorenzo School Board
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Guy S&s Shaw
Memorial Hospital
R. L Townsend
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig
Mr. Shaw
Cheyenne County
Lorenzo
Methodist Church
Lorenzo School
Vandals Shoot Insulators Hallmark Sund-Colton Area
Wheatbelt Public Power District reports line insulators shot in the Sund Colton area causing outages and hundreds of dollars in damage. Manager Charles Ham says more than six insulators were destroyed in the past month. A $100 reward is offered for information leading to arrests and convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sund-Colton
Wheatbelt
Charles Ham
Sundl- Colton
Missing Colt sixgun at Ft Sidney Days Museum
A .45 caliber Colt Model 1873 single action pistol serial 137025 is missing from a display at Ft Sidney Days Museum. The owners suspect it was taken by mistake and request information from The Telegraph. no questions will be asked. Loss could impact future displays at the Ft Sidney Days Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Sidney Days
Friday Rites Held For Mrs. J. Goeman
Funeral services were held at Trinity Lutheran Church Dalton for Mrs. Johanna Goeman 79 who died after a stroke in Bridgeport. She survived by two daughters Mrs Faye DeVier Sidney and Mrs Mable Englert Dalton two sons Morris Glenda Wye and Robert Broadwater plus two granddaughters and many relatives. She had lived in Dalton Gurley Broadwater Scottsbluff and Bridgeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
Dalton
Johanna Goeman
Bridgeport
Maude Cook
Simon Goeman
Goeman
Gurley
Broadwater
Scottsbluff
Faye DeVier
Sidney
Mable Englert
Morris
Glenda
Wye
Robert
Marcheta Morgheim
Minatare
la von Achziger
Bayard
Emma Peters
Albert Keller 50 Dies in Washington
Mrs Frank Fraundorfer receives word of the death of her brother Albert Keller 50 of Seattle who died last week after a two year illness. Funeral services were held Thursday morning in Seattle. Mr Keller was well known in Sidney having once been employed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fraundorfer
Albert Keller
Seattle
Keller
Sidney
Riverton Man Bound Over On Forgery Charge
James C Hayes age 22 of Riverton Neb was bound over to Cheyenne County Court after pleading guilty to forging a check on a Kimball man and passing it in a Sidney clothing store violating state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C Hayes
Riverton
Neb
Cheyenne Couty Court
C. W. Smith
Hayes
Kimball
Sidney Men's
Nearly Eight Inches Reported At Dalton Nebraska Panhandle floods and hail devastate crops
Monsoon like rains swept through the Nebraska Panhandle from Saturday with heavy hail and tornado reports between Sidney and Crook Colorado. Dalton measured 3 60 inches last night and 7.10 inches for July, flooding parks in Sidney and causing farm losses across Lorenzo Potter and Lodgepole areas. Park improvements prevented floods while Minatare faced a million dollar damage estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Panhandle
Sidney
Crook
Colorado
Sterling
Cheyenne County
Potter
Lorenzo
Ervin Phelps
Clyde Lucas
Lodgepole
Scottsbluff Weather Bureau
Illinois St
Dalton
Park
Lodgepole Creek
Sidney's Legion Park
Frank Smith
CAA
Dave Ells
Louis Miller Farm
Gurley
Trace
North Platte Valley
Torrington
Oshkosh
Gering Valley
Weather Modification Inc
Scottsbluff
A.L. Miller
Kimball
Minatare
Washington
Farm land values rise across regions in year to March
United States farmland values increased in all regions for the year ended last March. The national average rose 4 percent with the Southeast showing the largest gains 5 to 11 percent. Most northeastern and lake states also climbed. Nebraska and Colorado were the only states with declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Agriculture Department
Southeast
Lake States
Colorado
Nebraska
Department
Phone Firm Pays 63055 In Taxes in 1955 Nebraska return
J R Miller manager of Northwestern Bell Telephone says the 1955 county tax payment for personal property is 18915.65, part of a total county bill near 63055.38. He notes Nebraska telephone taxes rose since 1941 and that total 1955 Nebraska tax and excise payments by Northwestern Bell exceed 7.3 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
J. R. Miller
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Miller
Nebraska
Northwestern Bell
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Miss Mathew
County Fair
Steven
Patrol
David A. Hamil
Atwood Cole
Rural Electrification Administration
Ezra T. Benson
Hamil
Ancher Nelson
Minnesota
Lawrence Begeron
Guy S. Shaw
J. Goeman
Sioux County
Davis Oil Co
Scotts Bluff
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