United Fund Campaign Schedule Is Announced
Sidney selects Dr. H C Q Nelson as general chairman for the first United Fund drive set for October. Three divisions and division chairmen will be named, with a kickoff meeting by month’s end to allocate budgets for 1958. Participation urged by July 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
United Fund
H.C.Q. Nelson
Chaimen
United Fund Organization
Jack Knicely
Nelson
Knicely
Iaterdayas
Cheyenne County
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Shrine Circus Here July 20
Twenty five big time circus acts led by the Polack Brothers Circus perform in Sidney at the Cheyenne County Fair grounds under Shrine Club auspices to benefit the Shrine Activity Fund. A matinee and an evening show feature the George Hannaford family bareback riders, Captain Eddie Kuehn's animal act, Freilanis Toue, a six person bicycle and high unicycle act, Flying Thrillers, a four person flying trapeze, Caribbean Holiday production, the Mandarins and numerous clowns for entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bears
United Fund Seeks Sidney Organizations for 1958 Drive
Organizations in Sidney are asked to join the United Fund by July 20. Call Dr. H C Q Nelson to submit organization name and representative for budgeting, as the drive in October will fund all participating members for 1958. The process targets city solicitors only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
United Fund
H. C. Q. Nelson
Nelson
Final O. K. Is Given Microwave TV System
The Communications Commission amended its action to assign TV channel 8 to Ainsworth Nebraska instead of channel 3 and set channel 3 for McCook Nebraska effective August 16. It authorized Collier Electric Co. to build a radio relay system linking Fort Morgan and Sterling Colorado and Sidney Nebraska to deliver Denver stations to Sterling Sidney and Kimball Nebraska community antennas. AT&T’s competing system proposal was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Communications Commission
Ainsworth
Neb
McCook
Collier Electric Co
Fort Morgan
Sterling
Colo
Sidney
Denver
Kimball
American Telephone,& Telegraph Co
History Meet Set In Dalton For July 25
Cheyenne County Historical Association schedules its second quarterly meeting on July 25 at Dalton Legion Hall. Former Dalton resident Ralph Scherer of Loveland Colorado will be the main speaker. the group supports holding three regular meetings yearly, some outside Sidney. The Mud Springs and Dalton communities are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Cheyenne County Historical Association
Dalton’s Legion Hall
Sidney
Ray Greenlee
Ralph Scherer
Loveland
Colo
Scherer
Mud Springs
The
Historical Association
Anti-Gas Tax Drive Opens In Nebraska State
Nebraska farm groups launched a petition drive to repeal the extra cent gasoline tax enacted by the Legislature. Elton Berck of the Nebraska Farmers Union filed the petition with Secretary of State Frank Marsh. The effort aims to spark a major road fight, backed by Charles Marshall of the Farm Bureau and George A. Spidel of the State Grange, with other supporters from petroleum and railroad groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Nebraska Farm Council
Elton Berck
Nebraska Farmers Union
Frank Marsh
Berck
Charles Marshall
State Farm Bureau Federation
George A. Spidel
State Grange
A A Rudd Dead at 84 Rites Planned
A. A. Rudd 84 died early today at Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital where he had been patient three months. Retired Union Pacific employee and Frank Welsh Masonic Lodge No. 75’s oldest member he received the Jordan medal in March 1956. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. First Methodist Church with R. L. Townsend. Masonic graveside rites Greenwood Cemetery. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home arranged. Born Oct 4 1872 in Tilly Foster NY he came to western Nebraska in 1898 living Sidney since 1911. Married to Dessilee Davison Grosvenor June 21 1904. she died Feb 19 1956. Survivors: daughter Laura M. Rudd and daughter Caroline E. Breternitz Sidney and granddaughter Norma Jean Breternitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Rudd
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospial
Union Pacific
Rudd
Frank Welsh Masonic Lodge
Jordan
First Methodist Church
Sidney Chapter of
Independent Order of Oold Fellows
R. L. Townsend
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Anton Alfred Rudd
Tilly Foster
N.Y
Carl
Augusta Carolina Rudd
New York State
Nebraska
Sidney
Dessilee Davison Grosvenor
Former Sidney Resident Arnold Skarka Dies in Greeley
Arnold Skarka 44 died suddenly at his Greeley home Tuesday morning. He worked nine months for the Greeley Gas Co and earlier for North Central Gas Co in Sidney. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Craig Mortuary with Rev. R. L. Townsend officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Survived by wife Rose Horn, his parents, seven children, one sister Hattie Barton, and four brothers including Clifford, Leonard, Howard, and Harold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Greeley
Arnold Skarka
Joseph Skarka
North Potter
Skarka
Greeley Gas Co
North Central Gas Co
Rose Horn
Rapid City
S.D
Wheatbelt Public Power District Cards New Tri-State Contract Plan
Wheatbelt Public Power District plans to buy Bureau of Reclamation power through Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, joining 20 plus districts in Nebraska Wyoming and Colorado. Tri-State will purchase from the Bureau and resell to members, simplifying deals and possibly delaying new generation plants if the Bureau extends guarantees beyond 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheatbelt
Bureau of Reclamation
Charles Ham
Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association
Reas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Tri- State
Tri-State
Ham
Bureau
Tri-State G&t
Grain Markets Prices for Wheat at Local Elevators
Local elevator sources quoted No 1 Wheat at 188 dollars per bushel and No 2 Wheat at 1.87 dollars per bushel. The report lists current prices for the grain in the area.
Kentucky Lads Ride West On Horses to California
Sanford Cheatham and Dale Simpson, both 18 and 20 from Chaplin Kentucky, set out June 2 on a cross country horseback trek toward San Francisco. They plan to work along the way to fund the journey averaging about 30 miles daily, sleeping in fields or with farmers, and hope to reach the Pacific by November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford Cheatham
Chaplin
California
San Francisco
Cheatham
Sidneys Hickory Street
Wyoming
Simpson
Sunol
Lodgepole
Cheyenne
Kentucky
Ottumwa
Buckskin
Pacific Shores
Sidney Scout Reports Statue of Liberty Thrill at Jamboree
Kenneth Foland writes from Valley Forge Pennsylvania about a Region 8 contingent touring Ford facilities in Detroit Niagara Falls and New York City. He notes a visit to the Statue of Liberty and a Manhattan tour as a highlight for the 50 Scouts from the Wye Braska Council while staying at the Sheraton McAlpin in New York with an estimated 16 009 Scouts in the city on July 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Foland
Sidney
Valley Forge
Telegraph
Scottsbluff
Iowa
Colorado
Nebraska
Wyoming
Lincoln
Chicago
Wye-Braska Council
Detroit
Greenfield Village
Ford
Fords Museum
Niagara Falls
United States
Niagara Museum
New York
Manhattan Island
Sheraton-McAlpin
New York City
Grier Sues for Divorce in Cheyenne County Court
J Maximine Grier filed for divorce from Donald L Grier in Cheyenne County District Court. The couple married July 10, 1951 and have two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Maxim Grier
Cheyenne County
Donald L Grier
Mock Nuclear Test Shocks Sidney Nebraska Civil Defense
At 1 08 p m today a simulated bomb equal to one million tons of TNT exploded northwest of Sidney during a national civil defense drill. Officials opened warnings at 9 31 a m and activated citywide alerts by 10 01 a m as police, fire and water crews secured the area and began evacuations and patient movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Schulz
Sidney
Sol Willis
Schulz
Willis
Brumbaugh
Ussr
Cheyenne County
John Elsasser
Nebraska
Civil Defense
City Water Department
Native Potter Resident Dies at 73 in Potter
Albena Sheets 73 of Potter died Wednesday evening at Kimball County Hospital a longtime Potter resident Final rites set for Saturday 2 p m at First Lutheran Church Potter Rev A J Wacker to officiate burial in Potter cemetery Arrangements by Craig Mortuary memorials suggested to First Lutheran Church She was born Albena Gunderson in Potter November 29 1883 married Truman Chapman February 5 1900 he died 1919 later wed William Sheets December 1925 he died 1947 survived by seven children fourteen other relatives and twelve grandchildren plus two sisters three brothers and seven stepchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albena Sheets
Potter
Kimball County Hospital
First Lutheran Church
A. J. Wacker
Potter Cemetery
Craig Mortuary
Albena Gunderson
John Chapman
Guy Chapman
Ovid
Boyd Chapman
Craig
Walter Chapman
Lakewood
Calif
William A Sheets
Frances Carotthers
Grand Junction
Margaret Miltenberger
Denver
Eunice Cook
Renton
Wash
Lutie Melvin
Sunnyvale
Howward Sheets
Dalton
Floyd Sheets
Walter Sheets
Emma Olsen
Dix
Myrtle Gunderson
Tie Siding
Wyo
Charles Gunderson
Walter Gunderson
Longmont
Elmer Gunderson
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Dr. Nelson
Shrine Circus
Sidneyite
Anthony
Sidney Scout
Statue of Liberty
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