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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1961
Page
5
Charles Herzog K L Neff Ori Oliver Darnall W W Woolsey and Verle Brown solicit funds this week. Anyone wishing to donate may contact these Lions club members.
State officials invite bids on 89 miles of cement surfacing for Highway N-88 from the current hard surface to Banner County line. Bids due Aug 3 at Lincoln the Department of Roads. Project covers grading detours culverts soil base asphalt surface and incidental work. Completion will advance N-88 toward junction with N-92 amid rising traffic. Bridgeport Lions report nearing completion of museum and tourist center with volunteers sought for Greeters. Center to open day and night with maps history and brochures for visitors.
The Bayard Police Department relocates to a newly renovated former pump house west of Yvonne's Beauty Shop. Inside renovations nearly rebuilt the structure with a new floor and three rooms. Remaining work includes updating jail facilities and adding concrete block walls to connect the office and jail for potential female prisoner housing.
The Bridgeport News-Blade marks 61 years this July, tracing roots to 1900 when Burlington's first newspaper emerged. It absorbed rivals like Platte Valley News Herald Morrill County Sun Dalton Delegate and Broadwater News. current owners the Lays purchased in 1845 and run the operation from a modern 35 by 90 foot building at Eighth and Marr.
Nebraska's oil and gas activity heats up with 22 new drilling locations for the week of July 10 1961. Operators include Simmons Oil Co Brinkerhoff Drilling Co Stuarco Oil Co Texota Oil Co and Midwest Oil Corp. Wells span Red Willow Hayes Cheyenne Kimball Banner and other counties as exploration expands north east of Lexington and near Elwood.
Miss Ida Hofert, a 51 year schoolteacher in Gasport, argues grade school math is taught as a game. She says students are mollycoddled and then suddenly faced with cold real world problems.
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