Open House for New Dalton Stramit Plant Saturday
The Midwest Stramit Corp plant in Dalton will host an open house on Saturday June 8 from noon to 4 pm. Visitors will tour the plant to see straw board production from raw material to finished product. Norman Otto will speak at a dedication ceremony replacing Pearle Finigan. Senator George H. Fleming will attend with refreshments provided by Wheatbelt Public Power District and Dalton Lions Club members assisting. Parking will be arranged by a Lions committee led by Kenneth McRoberts.
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Dalton
Midwest Stramit Corp
Stramit
Norman Otto
Frank Morrison
Pearle Finigan
Nebraska Agriculture Department
Otto
George H
Dalton Plant Officials Invite Dinner with Construction Team
William Waite Verner Hinman Ed Lessman Floyd Burdick Lawrence Miller Glen Twarling and Chuck Zoede will assist. The Dalton Boy Scouts will serve as errand boys. A 6 p.m. dinner at the Dalton Legion Hall invites construction men and architects to meet officials. tickets are available from Dean Hiner, Stramit plant general manager.
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William Waite
Verner Hinman
Ed Lessman
Floyd Burdick
Lawrence Miller
Glen Twarling
Chuck Zoede
Dalton
Dalton Legion Hall
Dean Hiner
Stramit
Oil Wells Logged At Kimball and Cedar Valley Fields
New oil discoveries and a field well boost Nebraska patch output. In Kimball County two joint venture wells and a field completion produced 840 feet of oil in Dix Itt is No 1 Durland Trust and 135 feet of oil at Campbell No 1 by Wolf Exploration and Ralph E Fair Inc. A Kimball County field well, No 7 South Baltensperger Unit, also reported production. In Scotts Bluff County the Cedar Valley Field shows promise with six wells completed after 12 feet of good show at No 1 Chase Yount. Cheyenne and Gage counties added new drilling locations, with Edward Mike Davis to drill Beyer No 3 and an Emerald Field outpost at Nielsen Warren No 1 just east of Potters.
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Kimball County
Scotts Bluff County
Cedar Valley
Kimball
Petroleum Inc
C. W. Hughes
Virgil King
Exeter Drilling Co
Dix Itt
Durland Trust
SESW
Kimball’County
Sunray-Dx Ol Cos
Potter
Vandalism Costs Rise at Legions Park in Sidney
Vandals struck Legions Park Tuesday night hammering a door and damaging a restroom near the creek. Shingles, windows, and toilets were damaged, with water waste and valve tampering cited by Park Superintendent Frank Smith as costly for taxpayers and park upkeep. City Manager Tom Coffey urged anyone with information to contact police for help stopping further vandalism.
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Legions Park
Frank Smith
Sidney
Tom Coffey
Coffey
Band Parents Meeting to End School Year
Sidney High School band parents schedule final meeting of the year for June 16 at 8 p.m. in the Junior High band room with Mrs. Jack Knicely presiding. Parents should bring paper and pencil to note trip clothing, packing, and travel details for the Mexico trip.
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Sidney High School
Jack Knicely
Mexico
VFW to Install Lite-A-Bike Tape at Police Station
Bike riders may bring their bicycles to the Sidney police station on Saturday June 8 between 9 am and 5 pm to receive free scotch light tape on the front and back. VFW Post 610 members will apply the tape in the station driveway as part of the Lite-A-Bike campaign led by Ervin Smith and Tom Lenzen.
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Sidney
Police Station
VFW Post 610
Ervin Smith
Tom Lenzen
Stramit Corp Sees Sales Doubled, Board Reshaped
Dean Hiner of The Midwest Stramit Corp reports to Dalton stockholders that next year’s sales estimate has doubled from 90 days prior based on confirmed orders and positive market response. The annual meeting also elected directors for terms of one to three years and named new officers including Ray Graff as president and Dr. Carl Cornelius as vice president.
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Dean Hiner
Midwest Stramit Corp
Dalton
Dalton Region Hall
Hiner
Ray Graff
Ray Weed
Carl Christ
Gene Leinemann
Carl Cornelius
Lawrence Marrin
Kenneth Rimington
Planning Commission Adds Member and Rec Area Talk
The Sidney Planning Commission seated a new member R C Cunningham replacing Sen George Feming as term expired. They discussed plans for an extension of the city recreation area along South and 9th Avenues with potential southwest town development in the near future.
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Sidney
4-H Judging Training Contest Yields Cheyenne County Wins
About 300 4-Hers and leaders crowded the Fairgrounds for the annual judging training contest. Cheyenne County teams swept first in Livestock, Crops, and Home Economics with Dead County second in two divisions and Kimball third in Home Economics.
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Fairgrounds
Cheyenne County
Kimball
Weekend Police Report Shows Three Car Accidents
Police logged three weekend crashes causing property damage but no injuries. On Friday at 18th and Illinois Ben zel and Cheryl Hill collided. Benzel’s car damage listed at 16.29 and Hill was uninjured. On Saturday at 15th and Hi nois Streets Hernandez struck Mills. Hernandez damage listed at 19 while Mills’ damage unknown. A third crash on Illinois involved Jo Ann Benzel and L H Smith. Benzel damage 55 with Smith damaged but not listed.
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Illinois St
Patricia A. Benzel
Rt. 2
Sidney
Cheryl A Hill
Lone Pine Court
Benzel
Hill
Arthur A. Hernandez
Florence Mills
Ri 1
Sydney
Hernandez
Mills
15Th
Hinois Sts
Illinois
Sth
9Th Avenues
Jo Ann Benzel
Rt 1
L H. Smith
Potter
Smith
Rate Hearing Set On City Cab Company Rates
A State Railway Commission hearing on Joe I. Dodds application to revise current City Cab Co. rates is scheduled for July 17 at 9:00 a.m. in the district courtroom at the courthouse.
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State Railway Commission
Joe I. Dodds
City Cab Co
Wayne Man Named Masonic Master in Nebraska Grand Lodge
Ralph M. Carhart of Wayne was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Nebraska at the 106th annual communication in Lincoln. Carhart runs a lumber business in Wayne. Appointive officers were renamed, including Charles N. Ninegar of Bayard as Grand Tyter.
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Ralph M. Carhart
Wayne
Grand Lodge
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of
Nebraska
Lincoln
Carhart
Charles N. Ninegar
Bayard
Grand Tyter
Weekend Aerial Tour For Nebraska Legislators Planned
Nebraska legislators will fly on an air tour of the state Friday and Saturday. Sponsored by the Departments of Aeronautics Agriculture Roads Nebraska Resources and the Game Commission the itinerary lists stops at Holdrege McCook Ogallala Sidney Scottsbluff Cozad Ord and Lincoln. Takeoff Friday morning prevents a session that day with arrival times through the afternoon and evening.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
State Departments of Aeronautics, Agriculture, Roads
Nebraska Resources and
the Game Commission
Holdrege
McCook
Ogallala
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Cozad
Ord
Breakin Reported At Harvester Here
Cheyenne County sheriff reports a break in at International Harvester on east Highway 30. The rear door was kicked in during a routine check around 3:30 a.m. A pop machine and a candy machine were burglarized, with about $5 taken from each.
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Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office
International Harvester
East Highway
Gene Morris
Sidney schools prepare for 1963 64 enrollment rise
The Sidney Board of Education approved seven new teachers for the 1963 64 budget boosting staff to near full capacity. New hires include Duane Thayer Charles Brown Paul Moss Fern Neuman Everett Miller and Ethel Massie plus Viola Zelenka joining first grade pending assignments. The district plans a July 2 bid opening for high school and junior high projects and buys a driver education station wagon for 2900 with a two year dealer swap.
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Sidney School
Russell J Peterson
Duane Thayer
Kearney State Teachers College
Thayer
Charles Brown
Sidney
Olathe
Colo
Mr. Brown
Colorado State College
Greeley
Paul Moss
Lorenzo
Chadron College
Fern Neuman
Alliance
East Tennesseee State College
Everett Miller
Chadron State College
Miller
Eustis
Neb
Kearney State College
Ethel Massie
Massie
Viola Zelenka
North
South
Igboo
Dak
Chadron State Teachers College
Sidney Board of Education
Elwell Motors
Myra Masters
Lila Jensen
Hoover Bros. Co
Kewanee Science Laboratory
John Underdown
Carl Christ Jr
Museum Fund Receives Local Contributions
Recent donations to the Cheyenne County Historical Society museum fund include ten dollars from the Center Ladies Aid. Contributions may be sent to The Sidney Telegraph Box 219 Sidney for forwarding to the association.
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Cheyenne County Historical Society Museum
The
Center Ladies Aid
Sidney Telegraph
Box 219
Sidney
Association
Kosmicki Nominated for Alliance Postmaster Post
Paul Kosmicki, acting Alliance Postmaster, won the recommendation of Box Butte County Democratic Central Committee for the permanent post. The action occurred Monday night at Alliance City Hall.
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Alliance
Paul Kosmicki
Aliance
Box Butte County
Democratic Central Committee
Sidney Board Approves 1963 64 Budget With Higher Levies
The Sidney Board of Education approved the 1963 64 general fund budget of 889 670 an increase of 58 595 over last year. The general fund levy rises to 50 7 mills from 48 35 mills while the bond fund climbs to about 5 35 mills from 4 2 mills. Enrollment nears 2 173 students with 496 junior high and 464 senior high, as funding shifts support salary increases and new instructors.
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Sidney Board of Education
McNish Named to United Fund Board in Sidney
Sidney attorney J. H. McNish was named to the United Fund board replacing Jack H Lowe who resigned. A budget hearing is set for July 24 at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel with agency representatives to discuss funding and distribution of payments since last February. Board secretary Ada Hansen said division chairmen will organize supplies and campaign workers for the upcoming United Fund activities this fall.
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J. H. McNish
Sidney
United Fund of
United Fund
Ada Haansen
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Stan Krueger
Sidney Herbert Meborder Hanne
Joe Polul
Carl Kurz
Gordon Peeks
Chappell
Frank Gillespie
Northside
431 Club
Telegraph
Stramit Corp
Howard Reimers
David W. Williams
University At Lincoln
Madelene Pfister
Louis Rudman
Ivan Liljegren
Gayle Sample
Lyle Burton
Dorothy Canarsky
Fred Schmidt
Keith Arth
Dee Follis
Kimball-Banner
Harry Kuska
Garden
Bob Woolman
Devel County
Kiwanis Club
Vern Shoopman
Hollis Peratt
Ted Til Iotson
al Bruns
Whitey Lindstrom
John Dissmore
Ralph M. Carhartt
Breakin
Harvester
Kosmicki
Alliance PO
Wanis Club
General Fund
United Fund Board
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