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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1958
Page
9
Gurley Garden Clubs held a crowded flower show at Legion Hall drawing visitors from the Panhandle. An on-site soil microscope demo revealed silt and fine sand causing chlorosis in many ornamentals, remedied temporarily by sulfur or copperas.
A list of summer agricultural activities across Nebraska including Soil Conservation Service events at North Platte and Ponca State Park, 4-H Conservation Camp in Ponca, and various demonstrations and shows. The report also notes a Kenyan lake country boast about golf courses on Lake Victoria with players lifting balls from hippopotamus footprints without penalty.
Two new employees have reported for duty in the Morrill County Soil Conservation District. Phillip Rickey reported to the district office June 30, and he and his wife Carolyn are staying in Gering until housing is found in Bridgeport.
Rickey, raised on a Fort Laramie ranch, earned a B S in agriculture from Chadron State and served six months in the Engineers Corps before joining the Soil Conservation Service. The district welcomes Sterling Olson from Minden, a Nebraska graduate in agriculture and agricultural engineering, with Air Force service and recent SCS work in Lincoln. Olson will aid dam construction in Wildhorse Watershed and erosion control countywide. Chadron loan firm moves to a new office building on October 1 under manager Cy Hall.
A Lewellen committee aims to raise 3000 to build a television booster tower on the town bluffs south of Lewellen. The group led by A M Frazell includes Jim Clancy Monroe Brunt C E Cooper Earl Wilson and Jack Beard. They will start soliciting contributions soon after meeting Wednesday. The committee deems the Julesburg Colorado situation satisfactory.
The association will build a brick 45 by 28 foot facility at 3rd and Chadron beside J C Penney. A former Sam Hudson service station on the corner was demolished after years of idle use. Speirs Shah Lumber Co awarded the contract for about 15500 dollars. the new site is across from Larson Building on Chadron Avenue.
Bernetha Hinthorne Dawes County Extension Agent resigns after six years in office. She will leave the position August 1 with no stated reason or future plans provided by the Dawes County Extension Board.
A State Railway Commission release notes a disputed Bayard to Bridgeport bus route will be heard in Morrill County District Court on July 24. Mrs. Mark Wombacher of the local bus depot says Continental seeks to keep traveling via South Bayard, though authorization previously required the route to stay on Highway 26N then Highway 26 through South Bayard by permit.
Continental bills the court to regain a south highway route after Wade’s Bus Line withdraws permission. The dispute centers on transportation rights and which company may operate along the southern highway.
Bayard mayor W L George announced the appointment of Mrs John Hunt as police magistrate and as justice of the peace for the Bayard precinct to fill the vacancy from L H Calvert’s death. County commissioners will confirm July 15 and the city council July 18. Eskimos in Alaska practice nalakutuk a blanket tossing sport with a tough walrus skin blanket and a contestant who lands on his feet wins. Support Your Local Merchants.
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