Venango Pulls Away With Big Fourth Inning Win Over Sidney Elks
Venango defeats Sidney Elks 11 to 5 in a Nebraska Independent League game at Sidney. Maynard Wieser hit a homer and two singles for Sidney. Wendell Maupine pitched well for Venango, while Maynard Wieser also powered the Elks with a three extra-base hit night. Venango takes lead with an eight-run fourth inning aided by several Elks errors and miscues.
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Sidney Elks
Venango
Elks
Hank Meysenburg
Hansen
D. Callies
Collison
Tehf
Watkins
Maynard Wieser
Bob Samson
Zoff
Maynard
Weiser
Meysenburg
Dan Arnold
Bill Jallen
Arnold
R. Callies
Larry Lewis
Wendell Maupine
Sidney
Jallen
Grant
Legion Area Tournament Opens With Heavy McCook Wins
In McCook Sunday, the Gibson Ford Junior Legion lost 17-5 to McCook, while the Jaycee Midgets fell 6-1 to North Platte, eliminating the Jaycees from the single elimination Midget bracket. McCook pounded 13 hits, with Meyers and Williams leading the offense. Raetz earned the win.
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Jaycee Legion
Gibson Ford Junior Legion
American Legion
McCook
North Platte
McCook Legion
Junior Legion
Jaycees
Scottsbluff
Dennis Mika
Ron Wegener
Ed Giery
Jerry Cronk
Roland Schubert
Raetz
Gibson Ford Crew
Meyers
Williams
Luther
Sidney
Rich Rae
Keith Talley
Jim Cook
Don Sommers
Phil Cronk
Jerred Stecher
Talley
H Cronk
Schobert
Ramos
Swanson
Mangels
Rf McKay
Willard
Thorpe
Anderson
Gierg
Mika
Wegener
H Harvey
Weekly
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Meyer
de Nordin
Suhr
Chase
Sanders
Rae
Keiper
Baade
P Cronk
Sommers
C Stecher
Cook
If Maher
Ft May
Rf Olsen
Krause
Steinke
C Cotton
Lb Brown
Crook
Championship Flight Opens in Men’s Golf Title Play at Sidney CC
Sunday’s opening round of the championship flight at Sidney Country Club saw five matches completed. Walt Closman beat Clark Grieve 4-3, Ron Tighe defeated Ric Ladine 2-1, Carl Schmidt Jr. won against Elmer Ladine 5-4, Dean Wilson downed Lew Mehling one up, and Pat Pattison beat Weldon Stewart. Remaining first round matches include Hollis Peratt vs Blip Doran, Don Jorgenson vs Jim Felt, and Nick Ladegard vs Ken Pottorff.
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Sidney Country Club
Walt Closman
Clark Grieve
Ron Tighe
Ric Ladine
Carl Schmidt, Jr
Elmer Ladine
Dean Wilson
Lew Mehling
Pat Pattison
Weldon Stewart
Hollis Peratt
Blip Doran
Don Jorgenson
Jim Felt
Nick Ladegard
Ken Pottorff
Stull Places At Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo
Stull finished fourth in bulldogging with a 39.1 time earning 647 dollars. Haythorn timed 78.0 in steer roping for 433 dollars. Sonny Worrell of Fredonia Kansas won top cowboy honors with 4310 dollars while Calf roping and steer roping helped reach a record 90000 dollars in prize money distributed among 415 cowboys.
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Dick ‘Stull
Potter
Saldo Haythorn
Ogallaia
Don Fedderson
Sidney
Reno
Okla
Stull
Haythorn
Sonny Worrell
Fredonia
Kansas
Fort Kearny Cottonwood Crowned Largest Living Specimen
The Fort Kearny cottonwood retains the national crown as the largest living tree in its species, beating Cedar Creek’s 100 foot tall rival. The American Forestry Association notes the winner’s 30 foot circumference at 414 feet high, with E D Metzger as owner and the eastern Nebraska Public Power District as seconds.
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Lincoln
Game Commission
Fort Kearny
American Forestry Association
Cedar Creek
Plattsmouth
E D Metzger
Eastern
Nebraska
AKA
Lifesaving Classes Begin Second Session at City Pool
A second series of lifesaving classes starts Aug 5 at the Sydney Municipal Pool per assistant manager Mrs Harold O Connor. Over 20 students already enrolled, with continued demand prompting another run. Swimmers must attend the August 5 demonstration to qualify, with classes from morning to afternoon led by instructors Mike On and Cal Outright.
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Sdney
Harold O'Conner
O'Conner
Mike
Cal
Antelope Census Shows Increases in Most Units
Aerial survey by the Game Commission finds Nebraska pronghorn herds up from 1960 with gains in all units except North Sioux where trapping and harvest reduced the population. North Sioux hosts 300 hunters September 16 to 18. Box Butte shows the largest increase, Garden Unit uptick noted, 1,270 square miles sampled in 5,840 miles of range.
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Lincoln
Game Commission
North Sioux
Box Butte
Potter Nips Lodgepole In Ninth On Schubarth Homers
In a Panhandle Baseball League makeup game Potter beat Lodgepole 13 12 in nine innings. Butch Schubarth hit a leadoff homer in the bottom of the ninth to break a 12 12 tie and give Potter the win. Don Hunt and Dan Arnold homered for Lodgepole. Potter rallied with key hits from Cletus Wright and Russ Langley. Dan Arnold had a three hit day for Lodgepole while Hunt added a homer and a double.
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Potter
Lodgepole
PBL
Butch Schubarth
Schubarth
Hunt
Little League Games Postponed to Saturday
The Little League night games scheduled for Tuesday August 1 at Legion Park are postponed to Saturday August 5 due to a band event. The same teams will play on Saturday as were set for Tuesday.
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Legion Park
Little League Night Games Schedule Highlights
A Minor League on August 2 features Gehrig and Son Yanks versus Western Auto Braves at 6 30 and SOD versus Ackerman Agency Cubs at 8 15 Also August 4 has Community TV Reds against SGD at 6 30 August 5 presents Banks Drive In Or oles facing Star Market Giants at 6 30 and Welch Insurance Tigers versus Coca Cola Dodgers at 8 15 Midget League shows August 4 SOD versus Jaycees Telegraph wants Get Results Try Them
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Gehrig & Son Yanks
Western Auto Braves
SOD
Ackerman Agency Cubs
Community TV
Reds
SGD
Banks Drive
Oroles
Star Market Giants
Welch Insurance Tigers
Coca Cola Dodgers
Jaycees
Early Scandinavian Settlers Shape Nebraska Frontier Life
Boone County area saw post Civil War arrivals with five white settlers in Newman Grove by 1809. Reports detail Anna Marie Nelson’s family digging in a creek bank dugout, scant crops, and survival on game and ground corn, plus wolves beaver and other furs. The Halver Halverson family arrived in 1870 without tools or livestock and, with neighbor aid, cleared wheat with scarce equipment, finally using two steers and a sled to haul hay while children herded stock and helped with chores. Scandinavian communities soon built schools and churches and formed lasting settlements.
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Boone County
Danker
The
Historical Society
Albion
Leona D. Keeshan
Newman Grove
Anna Marie Nelson
Nelson
Halvor Halverson
Europe
Nebraska
Peetz Juniors fall to Yuma 11 2 in area tournament
Peetz Juniors were eliminated from the Colorado area I tournament in Akron by Yuma 11 to 2. An eight run fifth inning broke a 2-2 deadlock as Yuma out hit Peetz 11 to 3. McCall led Yuma with a homer, double and single while Mitchell added a triple, double and single. Peetz committed five errors and had hits from Chuck Koester Johnson and Wieser.
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Peetz
Junior Legion
Akron
Yuma
McCall
Mitchell
Chuck Koester
Johnson
Ron Wieser
Bountiful Clover Find Near Baltimore Suburb
In Catonsville Dorothy Easter and Bonnie Lee Harkins searched the grass for five minutes and recovered 32 four leaf clovers and three five leaf clovers.
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Baltimore
Catonsville
Dorothy Easter
Bonnie Lee Harkins
Bowling Ball and Chain League Standings and Honors
In the Bowling Ball and Chain League, scratch scores show D. Finley leading men with a 213 high game and 563 high series, while L. Wolverton tops women with 156 high game and 419 high series. Finley and Segelke post 596 for high team game and 1687 for high team series.
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Ball & Chain League
D. Finley
L. Wolverton
Finley & Segelke
Flying Club Forms In Sidney Cuts Costs For Members
President M C Sherrerd leads the newly incorporated Sidney Flying Club which bought a 1953 Piper Tri Pac er that seats a pilot and three passengers. Officers include Bill Robinson as vice president Forrest Bellcu as secretary treasurer and Carl Christ Jr and Bob Rauner on the board. Lloyd Carr helped organize and will be operations officer. Each member pays an equal share. liability protection comes from incorporation. The group may add members and purchase another plane if needed.
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Sidney Flying Club
M. C Sherrerd
Bill Robinson
Forrest Bellcu
Carl Christ, Jr
Bob Rauner
Gurley
Sherrerd
Lloyd Carr
Flying Club
Oil Output Steady in Nebraska Weekly Report
Oil production in Nebraska for the week ending July 3 averaged 58,403 barrels daily, roughly unchanged from the prior week, per the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
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