Fort Sidney Days Parades Offer $850 In Prizes
Fort Sidney Nebraska hosts two big parades June 15 and 16 with $850 in prizes. Friday features a Kids Parade with $200 in awards and a sweepstakes prize at the Band Shell. Saturday’s events similar, with judge panel including Earl Lessig and Joe Schwartz. The missing Ft Sidney Days flag sparks a public appeal.
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Fort Sidney
Ft. Sidney
Nebraska
Earl Lessig
Gurley
Joe Schwartz
Potter
Glenn Easterly
Lorenzo
Pat Ells
Sioux Ordnance Depot
J. Fred Thompson
Sidney
Glenn
Jack Glenn
Ft. Sidney Days
Steam locomotive arrival to anchor Cheyenne County meeting
The Union Pacific steam engine No. 407 arrives in Sidney and the Cheyenne County Historical Association plans to discuss moving it to a new museum site. Dr. James Olson will speak, and two historical signs from the Sidney Chamber of Commerce may be donated.
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Cheyenne County Historical Association
Union Pacific Railroad
Sidney
Historical Association
Sidney Junior High
Dick Herman
Association
James Olson
Nebraska State Historical Society
Herman
Nebraska
Union Pacific
C. H. Burnett
U. P
Burnett
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Ft. Sidney
Sidney- Black Hills
Francis Rose Funeral Held This Afternoon
Francis Edward Rose 51 died Saturday in Dalton Hospital. Funeral services were to be held at Craig Mortuary with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. He was a longtime resident of Dalton Gurley area, member of Grace Lutheran Church Harmony Lodge Royal Arch Masons and other orders, and served 14 years on the District 138 school board. Survived by wife Lorena three daughters two sisters one brother and mother.
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Craig Mortuary
Francis Rose
Dalton Hospital
E. Gomann
Greenwood Cemetery
Dalton
Gurley
Rose
Grace Lutheran Church of
Harmony Masonic Lodge
Royal Arch Masons
Knight Templars
Tehama Shrine
Hastings
Commandery
Sidney
Lorena
Glenn Cruise
Bayard
Darrell Cruise
Francine Rose
Cheyenne
Mae Rose
Evelyn Siemers
Lincoln
Kenneth
Potter
Russell
Neal Rowan
Berton Cunningham
Arnold Draper
Fred Enevoldsen
Carl Ahlm
J. B. Pankau
Lawrence Hilty
Ben Cruise
Arthur Rowan
Leo Egging
Walter Jurgens
Kenneth Morgan
Gurley Bond Issue On School Expansion Vote Tuesday
Gurley voters will decide on a proposed 100000 bond issue to expand the school with four more classrooms and a shop. The plan would give each elementary grade its own room, replacing eight classes in four rooms. Bonds would be repaid over 20 years at up to four percent interest.
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Gurley
Funeral services for J. M. C. Gillespie set for Dalton church
J. M. C Gillespie of Broadwater dies Saturday at home. Funeral at Dalton Presbyterian Church tomorrow at 2 p.m. with Rev. A P Kidwell and Rev. Richard Dwyer officiating. Burial in Dalton Cemetery. Born Sept 20 1886 in Winterset Iowa. Survived by wife Anna Marie and six children. Also survived by three brothers and 14 grandchildren. Canaday Funeral Home of Bridgeport in charge.
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Dalton
Mary Gordon Gillespie
Winterset
Nebraska
Anna Marie Schuler
Gillespie
First Presbyterian Church
Broadwater
Ex-Depot Worker Dies In Hastings
Charles R. Hankins 66, a Sioux Ordnance Depot employee from 1949 to January, died May 25 in Hastings after falling 15 feet from a hotel fire escape. He died in a Hastings hospital from injuries. Funeral services were held May 28 with burial in Hastings. Surviving cousin Mrs Dorothy Nicholsen of SOD.
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Charles R. Hankins
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Hastings
Hankins
Bural
Dorothy Nicholsen
Sod
Window Broken at Central Ward School
Central Ward School reported to Sidney police that a rock was thrown through a window during the night. An east side window was broken out in the incident.
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Central Ward
Sidney
Emma Hafer 89 Dies. funeral in Lodgepole
Emma Hafer aged 89 died Saturday at her daughter’s home. Funeral services will be held at the Lodgepole Methodist Church at 1 PM tomorrow, with burial in Lodgepole Cemetery. She leaves three daughters Blanche Queen Alice Chaney and Faye Lehmkuhl four sons Clyde Charles Mark and Archie and 11 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.
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Lodgepole
Emma Hafer
Blanche Queen
Culver Warner
Craig Mortuary
Emma Cruff
William Cruff
Adrian
Ill
Hamilton County
W. T. Hafer
Alice Chaney
Sidney
Faye Lehmkuhl
Lincoln
Clyde
Doniphan
Charles
Chaprch
Mark
Archie
Rites Held For Mrs Ross 95 in Sidney
Funeral services were held at the Craig Mortuary for Mrs Margaret E. Ross 95 who died Friday at her Sidney home. Burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery. Born January 13 1861 in Paris Missouri she married Orren A. Ross in Lockport Illinois in 1885.
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Craig
Margaret E. Ross
Sidney
LeRoy Sitz
Fred Parks
Greenwood Cemetery
Ross
Paris
Orren A. Ross
Lockport
Mitchell
Scottsbluff
Baptist Church
Missouri
Hitch Hikers Take $100 From Kimball Man
Two airmen, Ro bert D. Wyatt 17 and Jerry Benefield 18, stationed at Warren AFB, are in custody for alleged kidnapping and robbery of Kimball resident R D Van Patten after hitch hiking a ride on Highway 30. Van Patten was robbed of $100, held captive about 100 miles south of Maxwell, and ejected near Elm Creek. Benefield was later found asleep in a motel in Elm Creek, while Wyatt was captured after a night search. Benefield fled and $90 of the money remains unrecovered.
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Kimball
Potter
Kearney
Robert D. Wyatt
Jerry Benefield
Warren Afb
R D. van Patten
van Patten
Chappell
Maxwell
State Safety Patrol
North Platte
Overton
Elm Creek
Wyatt
Benefield
Dr Grimm Buried at Large Sidney Funeral
One of Sidney's largest funerals drew about 700 mourners for Dr B H Grimm 46 who died Thursday of a heart attack. Rev Harold Taylor and Rev Howard Osborn led services at Light Memorial Presbyterian Church with burial at Gering West Lawn Cemetery. Pallbearers included Dr Cliff Babbitt Dr Herbert Nelson and others. Gehrig & Son Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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Sidney
B H Grimm
Light Memorial Presbyterian Church
Harold Taylor
Howard Osborn
Grimm
Taylor
Hayes Grimm
Gering
West Lawn Cemetery
Gering High School
Cliff Babbitt
Herbert Nelson
Clark Fuller
Doyle Butts
Ray Cruise
Joe Dodds
Gehrig & Son Funeral Home
Tornado Movies Shown in Sidney Auditorium
The Cheyenne County Extension Service sponsors a free Thursday showing of films on a 1955 tornado that killed two in Scottsbluff. Edgar Van Tassel will narrate as Ivan Liljegren notes the severe storm season is now underway. The program starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Sidney City Auditorium.
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Sidney City
Cheyenne County Extension Service
Scottsbluff
Edgar van Tassel
Cheyenne County
Ivan Liljegren
Booster trips planned for Ft Sidney Days weekend
Fort Sidney boosters announce two day trips this weekend to many towns starting Friday at 7 am from the courthouse east door. The caravan will feature Miss Fort Sidney Days, her ladies in waiting, Col Guy Doran, the Sidney High pep band, past colonels and the Jaycees will hand out novelty gifts.
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Ft. Sidney
Pat Heaton Jr
Peetz
Sterling
Cliff
Sedgwick
Ovid
Julesburg
Big Springs
Ogallala
Chappell
Lodgepole
Potter
Kimball
Scottsbluff
Minatare
Bayard
Bridgeport
Broadwater
Dalton
Gurley
Heaton
Sidney
Fort Sidney
Ft. Sidney Day
Guy Doran
Sidney High School
Sidney Jaycees
Beggs to Speak at Sidney Chamber Meeting Tomorrow
Dr. Walter K. Beggs head of the Nebraska Community Improvement Project will speak on community relations at the Sioux Ordnance Depot Cafeteria 6 30 pm. M R Sigler Sidney Chamber manager says reservations for the dinner must be phoned in by noon tomorrow wives of members invited.
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Sioux Ordnance Depot
Sidney
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Walter K. Beggs
Nebraska Community Improvement Project
Beggs
M. R. Sigler
Sidney Chamber
Chamber
Sigler
Production expansion in Cheyenne and Juells oil fields
Two Cheyenne County fields extend with new locations. Ohio Oil drills Spearow and Egging No 1 tests show oil gas potential. British American taps Nickell No 1 in Juells Field extending eastern limits. Magnolia, Western Prairie, and others announce wildcats and multiple tests. several holes deemed dry.
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Cheyenne County
Ohio Oil
Spearow
Anthony Egging
Ohio
Juells Field
Juelfs
Magnolia Petroleum
Magnolia
Juells No
Wildcat
New Drilling Co
Barrett
Kimball County
O'Donnell & Edmondson
Banner County
Love - Miller Drilling Co
Wise
Phillips Field
Tom Palmer, Inc
State
C-Se
Ansel State
Rock Hill Oil Co
McNish
C-Nw
Utah Southern Oil Co
Wyoming Oil & Gas Co
Ray No. 1
Deud County
Better TV Microwave Set for Sterling Relay Station
Collier Electric Co representatives told Sterling officials they are pursuing federal approval for a microwave relay near Ft Morgan. The plan would beam Channels 4, 7, and 9 to Sterling and then to Sidney and Kimball Nebraska, with construction possible in two weeks.
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Collier Electric Co
Denver
Sterling
Collier
Sidney
Sterling Advocate
Sterling Community TV
Ft. Morgan
Robert Lewis and Clark Krummel
Chas. Pope
Federal Communications Commission
Sidney and
Kimball
Neb
Pope
Sterling Country Club
James Walker
Ken Curlee
John Edwards
Henry Peters
Ellis Jones
Thomas Thorsen
Marvin McElwain
Charles Sandhouse
Fireworks Display Planned at Sidney Country Club
Generous local donations fund a July Fourth fireworks show at Sidney Country Club. Donors include Sidney Country Club Kiwanis Club Chamber of Commerce Elks Lodge Junior Chamber Lions Club Rotary Club and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Sidney Volunteer Fire Department will handle the display from the northeast hillside of the country club for full visibility.
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Sidney
Sidney Country Club
Kiwanis Club
Stars of Tomorrow Fund
Chamber of Commerce
Elks Lodge
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club
Rotary Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sidney Volunteer Fire Department
Country Club
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Jackson Sts
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Band Shell
Albert O Bingaman
Greenfield
Ila
Donald H Lamb
Laramie
Merritt C Warren
Creighton, Neb
Cleve G
Clayton J
Franklin H
Bert
George
Frank
Kimball Man
Dr. Beggs
Chamber Meet
Juells
Mayer
Anschutz Drilling Company of
G J Schmidt
Montana
Scotts Bluff County
Panhandle
Gulf Oil Corp
Wyatt No
Hackberry Field
Chandler - Musgrove, Inc
Alden
Banch
Skelly Oil Co
Lindberg
Morrill County
Lindberg Field
J W. Braden Oil Co
Wyatt “B
Stanolard Oil & Gas Co
Baleinsperger No
C - NE
Riggs Field
Shell Oil Co
Johnson No 1
Wildcat New Drilling Co
Ludden No 1
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