People You Know in Sidney and the Pacific Northwest
A look at Sidney natives and long-time residents now spread from Vancouver Washington to Denver and Libya. Hubert Bockstadter, sign and display expert, recalls Sidney friends and the 1959 Sidney High School Band. John Sullivan, a Denver plumbing inspector, once Sidney’s plumber, remains active in Legion affairs. Ed Paquette, former Sidney power plant chief engineer, tours the East with visiting locals. Harry Woolston, newly married, bids farewell to Sidney hospitality while splitting time with Victoria. Ed Hanna, Frontier Days announcer, earns top rodeo honors in Cheyenne. A light-hearted bit about misheard questions and a Libya-bound oil family caps the column.
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Sidney
Hubert Bockstadter
Fritz Brauer
West Coast
Vancouver
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Bockstadter
Jack Lowe
The
Telegraph
Sidney High School
Portland
John Sullivan
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Hitchison and Stove
Sullivan
Erasle
American Legion
Mr. Sullivan
Ed Paquette
West Hartford
Conn
Fern
Merritt Lane
Sherry
Tommy
Sidneyites
Jerry Johnson
Jane Johnson
Mr. Poquette
Harry Woolston
Bessie Fine
Woolston
Victoria
B. C
Mr. Woolston
Cheyenne
Ed Hanna
Harold Keith
Hanna
Wyoming
Frontier Days
Brass
Fountain OF Youth
R. E
Bob) McMillen
Ohio Oil Co
Oasis Oil Co. Ce Inc
Libya
North Africa
McMillens
United States
Mr. McMillen
Oasis Co
Tripoli
Mediterranean
Europe
America
McMillen
Self Help Program Of Wheat Farmers Praised As Stabilizer
Lincoln Nebraska wheat growers self help market development is praised as a quiet revolution stabilizing farm income. Mannie Kreader notes Nebraskas Wheat Month end supported by Great Plains Wheat Inc with states Nebraska Kansas Colorado and North Dakota. Wheat growers fund market development efforts, stressing marketing as vital as production. The Nebraska Legislature created the Wheat Commission in a milestone move.
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Breader
Lincoln
Nebraska
Mannie Kreader
Nebraska Wheat Growers Assocation
Kreader
Ers
Sebrasha
Katsas
Colorado
North Dakota
Great Plains Wheat, Inc
Garden City
Kansas
United States
America
Great Plains
Nebraska Wheat Growers
Nebraska Wheat Commission
Roofing theft report from Joplin curbside incident
Mrs Mary Silvers saw two men loading rolls of her new roofing into a car at the curb. One man replied they were stealing it, driving away as she questioned the action. Police were notified.
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Joplin
Mon
Mary Silvers
Mimoa Mile Lore
Sunol Auto Crash Damages Fast, Vehicle and Fence Damaged
Elvera Dominguez, 31, of Sunol, lost control on State Highway 2 near Cedar Creek Cole Tuesday afternoon. Her car skidded off the right shoulder into a borrow pit and through a fence, with damage estimated at 60 dollars to the car and 15 dollars to the fence, according to the Colorado Patrol.
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Elvera Dominguez
Sunol
Cedar Creek Cole
Colorado Patrol
Borrow Pit
Baltimore lieutenant attempts cash paycheck with ID
In suburban Reisterstown a Baltimore police lieutenant showed up in full uniform at a shop and center to cash his paycheck but could not proceed without proper identification.
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Baltimore
Reisterstown
Telegraph Want Ads Sell or Trade Offer
Classified notice promoting Telegraph want ads as a simple way to sell items or trade goods. Encourages readers to place ads for quick, local inquiries and transactions.
Grade A Milk Law Debuts in Nebraska Legislature
Lincoln Nebraska The 1961 session enacted a new Grade A milk law replacing the unconstitutional prior measure. Key points permit direct sales of raw milk from brucellosis free herds tested for tuberculosis, require labeled “Raw Ungraded Milk” or “Raw Ungraded Cream,” restrict sales to consumers only, and remove daily customer limits. Pasteurized ungraded milk may be sold under labeling and bacterial limits, with enforcement by the Bureau of Dairies Foods Weights and Measures.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
State Supreme Court
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Dairies, Foods, Weights and Measures
State Department of Agriculture
State Capitol Building
State Capitol
Neb
Seed Awards For 4 H and FFA At Nebraska Show
Nebraska 4 H club members and Future Farmers of America will receive 10 additional seed awards at the Nebraska State Wheat Show in Lexington on October 19. Foundation or certified seed worth up to 15 dollars per winner will go to the champion junior exhibitor across eight crops. Entries for 1961 show must reach Lexington by October 13, with seed and entry materials available from local extension agents or Lincoln offices.
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Lexington
Nebraska
4-H Club
Future Farmers of America
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska Feed and Grain Dealers Assocation
Nebraska Consolidated Mills Co
Duane Foote
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Foote
Harold Stevens
Dawson County
Neb
Lexington Chamber of Commerce
Keim Hall
College of Agriculture
Lincoln
Taiwan and Formosa Origins of a Beautiful Island Name
The name Taiwan links to the Chinese word meaning Bay of Taiwan while Formosa, coined by Portuguese explorers, means Beautiful Island and referred to Ilha Formosa.
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Taiwan
Formosa
Bay of Terraces
Ilha Formosa
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Sidney Telegraph
Columbine Country Club
Babenck
Babcock
Columbine
Bill Butler
Mr. Butler
Boxer
Casper
Utah
Butler
Army
Elvis J. Stahr, Jr
White Sands Missile Range
N. M
John G. Shinkle
White Sands
Mr. Stahr
2Nd Battle Group
1St Infantry
2Nd Infantry Division
Ft. Benning
Upatoi Creek
Military Academy
U. S. Military Academy
U. S. Army Infantry School
Army Army
Redstone
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cape
Chrysler Corp
West Point
Georgia Post
FFA
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