State Convention of Epsilon Sigma Alpha Opens Here On Friday
About 150 Epsilon Sigma Alpha members will gather in Sidney for the Nebraska State Convention from Friday evening through Sunday at the Youth Center and Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. State officers include Mrs. Dale Marples of Schuyler as president and Mrs. Jill Ferrand, Omaha, as first vice president. International Council reps Mrs. Dean Monson and Miss Delphine Pittman will attend. Events include a Friday night credentials check, Knight awards, a banquet, officer installation, and a Sunday awards presentation with the new president accepting.
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Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Sidney
Nebraska
Tournament of Knights
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Dale Marples
Schuyler
Neb
Jill Ferrand
Omaha
Jackhristiansen
Kimball
Larry Fraz
Jer
Icincoln
Elwood Mink
Don 4Rimbleman
W.D. Brawner
Dix
Goldenrod
Bill Biesecker
John Hackney
Scottsbluff
Gale Erlewine
Ogallala
Fort Sidney
Bob Hossle
Ed Cole
Cheyenne County
DeVenne School of Dance
General Assembly
Senior Citizens Center Fund Approved in Sidney
The Senior Citizens Council of Sidney gains a $19,600 program approval from the Nebraska Advisory Committee on Aging with City of Sidney funding. Total first year cost is $19,600, city share $3,600 cash plus $1,300 in kind for city manager salary. The center will occupy the former Kansas Nebraska Gas Co. building at 10th Ave and King St.
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Senior Citizens Council of
Sidney
Nebraska Advisory Committee On Aging
City of
C.B. Dorwart
Lincoln
John Baudek
10Th Ave
King Sts
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Board of County Commissioners
Cheyenne County
Panhandle Community Action Agency
Office of Economic Opportunity
Gering
OEO
Committee On Aging
Kansas-Nebraska Gas Co
Panhandle Community Action Council
New Wheat Uses Found but Surpluses Remain
Washington data shows 1968-69 domestic wheat use at a record level for feed with 782 million bushels consumed domestically, while exports drop to 535 million, leaving carryover near 800 million by July 1. The 1969-70 outlook mirrors 1968-69 with higher exports and competition from major exporters.
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Washington, D. C
Canada
Australia
France
Argentina
Derby Date Changed For Soap Box Race
The Soap Box Derby date is moved from Sunday June 8 to Sunday June 15, per chairman Ben Belden. Postponement allows entrants more time to finish cars and aims to ensure safe, careful driving.
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Ben Belden
Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club Horse Show Set In Sidney
The All Breed Horse Show will be held at the local arena in southwest Sidney on Sunday June 15 starting at 9 am. Bernie Gass is chairman with Ted Klug as judge and Dale Katen as ring announcer. Entries include three classes adarter, performance and junior performance with ribbons, lunch, and a $1 fee for under 18 in the junior class.
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Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
Sidney
Bernie Gass
Ted Klug
Dale Katen
Showtime
LeRoy Childers
Jack Weideburg
Clarence Correll
Karen Weideburg
Ioan Childers
Coleen Gass
Evelyn Correll
Delight Correll
Board Seeks Cheyenne County Flood Data From Corps
Cheyenne County requests inclusion in U S Army Corps of Engineers study of tri butaries to the South Platte River. Board members note county flood issues cross watershed lines and link heavy August rains in the southeast to road and bridge damage and soil loss.
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Board of County Commissioners
Cheyenne County
South Platte River
United States Corps of Engineers
W. H. McKenzie
Douglas Boyd
Washington D. C
Omaha
Colorado
Reverend Herman Transferring to Red Cloud Nebraska
The Rev. Harvey Herman, pastor of the Sidney Assembly of God for three years, resigns to accept the pastorate at Red Cloud Nebraska. A successor is not yet named. He and Mrs. Herman and their son Harvey move to Red Cloud this week. Harvey Jr. graduates from Sidney High School this spring and plans to enroll at Evangel College in Springfield Missouri, majoring in music and minoring in Bible.
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Harvey Herman
Sidney Assembly of God Church
Red Cloud
Neb
Herman
Harvey
Harvey Jr
Sidney High School
Evangel College
Springfield
Panhandle forecast calls for fair conditions through Thursday
Generaly fair weather across the Panhandle this afternoon tonight and Thursday with highs in the 80s and lows around 45 to 55. Precipitation probability near zero through Thursday. Five day outlook shows temperatures 2 to 8 degrees above normal through Monday with a warm start and cooler showers by next week’s outset. highs 75 to 85 and lows in the 50s.
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Panhandle
Elks Lodge Dedication Weekend Planned in Sid ney
Formal dedication of Sid ney Elks Lodge No. 1894 sails this week with a gala weekend. Dignitaries, Elks from region, and Doc guests gather for a dinner, open house, and dance sessions Friday through Sunday featuring Crippled Children, Elks scholars, Scout Troop 69, and a Taylor's Supper Club cast finale.
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Sidney Elks Lodge
Elks
Ogallala Lodge
Scottsbluff Lodge
Taylor’s Supper Club
Denver
Bond Sales Totals in Cheyenne County in April
U S Savings Bonds and Freedom Shares sales in Cheyenne County reached 23907 dollars in April per H Glenn Spearow chairman. The first four months of the year brought sales totaling 96239 dollars.
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U.S. Savings
Freedom
Cheyenne County
H. Glenn Spearow
McCaig Named to Sid ney United Methodist Church
Omaha announced changes in two Cheyenne County parishes at the annual Methodist Conference. Bishop Noah W. Moore named Dr. Sidney McCaig to the First United Methodist Church in Sidney succeeding Rev. John Slayton who moves to Geneva. Harold D. Backus will lead Lodgepole United Methodist Church succeeding Rev. Henry Hoffmann as Hoffmann moves to Holdrege.
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United Methodist
Cheyenne County
Omaha
Noah W. Moore
United Methodist Church
Nebraska
First United Methodist Church
Sidney
Sidney McCaig
John Slayton
Geneva
McCaig
Southwest
Mc Cook
Henry Hoffmann
Lodgepole United Methodist Church
Harold D. Backus
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Donald J. Webster
St. James Church
Lincoln
Gerald Schwab
Bushnell
Mr. Schwab
Cozad Parkview Church
Gene Hagerman
Gering Trinity-Melbeta
T.J. Fraser
Wauneta-Mt. Zion
Mr. Hagerman
Douglas=Burr
Walter Jewett
Kearney
Diller
Lauren Ekdahl
Douglas- Burr
Leon Foster
Potter United Methodist Church
Harold Massie
Gurley
Lehmkuhl No 1 aims to open new oil play in basin
Drillers move to the Lehmkuhl estate northwest of Lodgepole in the Denver Julesburg Basin for a milestone venture. Webb Resources Inc operates the No 1 Lehmkuhl with Stu Arco Drilling handling the contract, targeting the Big Blue Sand of the lower Permian in a section not heavily explored. A commercial discovery could unlock a new oil play in western Nebraska and northeastern Colorado.
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Lehmkuhl
Lodgepole
Denver-Julesburg
Webb Resources, Inc
Stu=arco Drilling Co
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Oil-Gas Commission
Stone
Nebraska
Colorado
Marathon Oil Co
Ohio Oil Co
Mary Egging
Gurley
Nebraska Panhandle
Egging
Dakota
Sam Gary
Denver
Montana
Wyoming
Webb Resources
Carolyn Allen Named For Tour Of Scandinavia
Carolyn Allen a Lodgepole French and social studies teacher is among two students and eight graduates of Kearney State College chosen for an eight week Scandinavian Summer Institute financing by a U S Office of Education grant. The program runs June 19 to Aug 5 in Denmark Norway and Sweden with core courses on culture politics and social institutions and stops at Herning Folkeskale Elsinore and the University of Oslo before a Norway Sweden tour. They return to Chicago by Pan American Airlines on Aug 6.
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Carolyn Allen
Lodgepole
Kearney State College
Chadron State
Peru State
Wayne State
U. S. Office of Education
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Atlantic
United States
Herning Folkeskale
Jutland Peninsula
Elsinore
Mahler
University of Oslo
Chicago
Pan American Airlines
SBA Visit Planned in Scottsbluff on June 11
The Small Business Administration will send a loan officer from Omaha to interview interested parties in Scottsbluff. Appointments should be made by calling 635-3121 before June 11. The Davey Company conference room at 17 East 21st Street will host the visit, with brochures available at The Davey Company offices.
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Small Business Administration
Scottsbluff
Omaha
Davey Company
East 21St Street
SBA
Cabela Mailings Boost Sidney Postal Volumes
University of Nebraska index for March shows Sidney postal receipts up 323.9 percent from March last year and 268.6 percent above February, driven by Cabela's Sporting Goods mail order business. Cabela's moved from Chappell last year and mailed 175 thousand catalogs as daily mailings continue to lift post office activity.
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University of Nebraska Business Index
Sidney
Ferris Preble
Cabela
Sporting Goods
Cabela’s
Sidney Post Office
Chappell
John Deere Co
Staters Head to Lincoln for Week Long State Program
A busload of Boy and Girl Staters depart Friday for Lincoln for the Cornhusker Boys and Girls State programs run by the American Legion and Auxiliary. The event runs June 7 to 13 with 421 boys and 369 girls registered. Boys meet at Nebraska Center Hall of Youth and girls at Selleck Quadrangle. Sidney, St Patrick’s, Gurley, Lodgepole, Dalton, and Potter join stops as 7 am pickup points. Each participant runs for elective office with a primary election next Sunday and a general election on June 9. Governors will be inaugurated at the capitol on June 10.
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Lincoln
Cornhusker
American Legion and Auxiliary
Nebraska Center Hall of Youth
Selleck
Kimball
Big Springs
Sidney
Hardy- Clark Furniture
Sidney High
JoAnn Owen
Bill Fankhauser
St. Patrick’s
Joette Pelster
John Schlaman
Gurley
Marcia Flessner
Bob Lessig
Lodgepole
Jody Wise
Steve Olson
Dalton
Cornelia Thompson
Tom Frerichs
Potter
Susie Herboldsheimer
Jerel Walters
Boys and Girls State
Mrs. Johnson's Grandson Dies Burial Tuesday
LINCOLN The death of James F. Groth 27 who died Saturday was attributed to natural causes after an autopsy. Chief Deputy County Attorney William Blue said the death, following a minor accident, was not related to the incident. Groth a Univ of Nebraska Law College graduate and member of Groth and Biehn, was the grandson of Mrs. J. W. Johnson of Sidney. Funeral services were held in Lincoln Tuesday.
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Lincoln
James F
Jay) Groth
William Blue
Groth
Blue
University of Nebraska Law College
Groth and Biehn
J. W. Johnson
Sidney
Helen Jane Johnson
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Derby
Board
Red Cloud, Neb
Elks Lodge
U.S
Methodist
Harold Backus
Dalwon
Triangle J, Oil Co
Braden-Gear Drilling Co
Holly Resources and Reserve Drilling Co
Lorenzo
Rohlfing
Patrick A. Doheny
Fiscus-Wagner
Braden-Gear
Doheny
Morrill County
Merrell
Sioux County
Scandinavia
Bluffs
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