Centennial Celebration Opens Cheyenne County Centenary
The Cheyenne County Centennial celebration runs through Sunday with a kickoff shootout and bands panhandle fiddlers Prairie Schooners square dance club. A big parade Saturday from 21st to 8th Avenues includes dignitaries, queens, floats and cash prizes.
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Panhandle Fiddlers
Prairie Schooners Square Dance Club
Cheyenne County
Forsythe & Dowis
Sterling
Colo
the Fox
The
Elks Lodge
National Guard Armory
8Th Avenues
Dunois
10Th Avenue
Armory
Sidney
Paul Adkinson
Lyle Mather
Black Watch
Denver
John Gatlnby Jr
Velvet Spurs
North Platte
W. P. Ackerman
Robert Clark
George Fleming
New Trooper Bernard Kling Replaces Bob Cook in Chappell
Bernard Kling of Scottsbluff joins the Nebraska State Patrol in Chappell to replace Trooper Bob Cook who will resign to enter private business in Florida. Kling served four and a half years in the Navy after high school and has worked as an auto body repairman in Alliance. He and his wife Jean and two sons Michael and David reside in Chappell. Cook plans to retire to Naples, Florida with his brother in law after 14 years and eight months in the patrol.
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Nebraska State Patrol
Bernard Kling
Chappell
Bob Cook Whoa
Florida
Kling
Scottsbluff
Navy
Alliance
Jean
Michael
David
Keing
Lincoln
Cook
Lafe Patrol
Naples
Fla
Patrol
Brenda
Mike
Legion Auxiliary Plans Coupon Drive for Hospital Baths
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 134 will raise about 600000 General Mills coupons to buy two hydraulic lift baths for Logan County Hospitals at Sterling and Memorial Hospital in Sidney. Drop boxes will be in Peetz Sidney and Sterling for coupon submission, with public cooperation urged to help improve patient care.
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Peetz
Colo
American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 134
Logan County
Sterling
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
General Mills
Honor Winners Listed Monday
The finalist of honor roll winners in Sydney senior and junior high schools will be printed in Monday's Telegraph.
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Sydney
Telegraph
Sidney Man In Good Condition Following Mishap
A Sidney man, believed to be Divis, was found in good condition after a sand collapse buried him up to his neck while fishing at Lake McConaughy on Wednesday night. The 8 p.m. cave-in occurred on the west side of Kingsley Dam and was freed by Dr. B W Spencer of Ogallala and a passing boater using a boat, car, and their hands.
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Sidney
Lake McConaughy
Join Davis
Divis
Kingsley Dam
B. W. Spencer
Ogallala
Young Divis
Man Found Dead Near Kimball Country Club
Kimball County sheriff Merle Barker said Bill Anderson 23 of Kimball was found fatally shot half a mile east of the old Kimball Country Club. Authorities believe Anderson rode a motorcycle to the area and shot himself in the chest, leaving him dead at the scene.
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Kimball (Ap
Bill Anderson
Kimball
Kimball Country Club
Kimball County
Merle Barker
Anderson
Panhandle Forecast Highlights Mild Weekend
Partly cloudy conditions persist with a high near 75 to 85 Saturday. Rain chances remain near zero through Saturday and tonight lows dip to the 40s to 50s. Highs Saturday reach the mid to upper 70s to 80s in warm intervals.
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Panhandle
New Pastor Assigned To Local Church
The Rev. Stanley A. Ganzel of Friend is assigned to the pulpit of the First United Methodist Church in Sidney. He will preach June 14, replacing Rev. Dr. Sidney McCaig who moved to Texas. The Lodgepole church vacancy remains. Nye O. Bond of Lincoln named superintendent of the Omaha District.
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Stanley A. Ganzel
Friend
First United Methodist Church
Sidney
Nebraska
Nye O. Bond
Mr. Bond
Christ United
Farm Bureau Sets Annual Meeting Date
The Cheyenne County Farm Bureau scheduled its annual meeting for October 6 after a board of directors meeting Tuesday night. The session included a report by Francis Runge and Bill McDowell on a recent meeting with the Kimball County Farm Bureau.
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Farm Bureau
Cheyenne County Farm Bureau
Board of Directors
Francis Runge
Bill McDowell
Kimball County Farm Bureau
Mower Wire Injures Sidney Girl
Katherine Donnelly seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs John F Schroeder of Sidney is recovering after a power lawn mower blade struck by a wire she was near. The wire pierced her abdomen and bowel in the freak accident while a neighbor operated the mower Tuesday.
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Katherine Donnelly
John F. Schroeder
Sidney
Katherine
Elwell and Nelson Chosen To Lead County Parties
Democratic chairman Maurice A. Nelson replaces C. A. Story who led the party eight years. Republican chairman John Elwell takes over from Frank Mattoon after six years. Delegates to the state conventions were named and two party resolutions endorsed Nebraska candidates and President Nixon’s Vietnam Cambodia stance.
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Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Maurice A. Nelson
C. A. Story
Story
John Elwell
Frank Mattoon
Tom Allington
Maurice Nelson
Otto Aufdengarten
M. G P. Nissen
Robert Rauner
Nelson
Sheraton- Fontenelle
Omaha
Aufdengarten
Leonard Fine
Vikki Kangasperko
Rotary Exchange
Finland
Ed Narjes
Clark Fuller
John Gottschalk
Lincoln
Gottschalk
Bob Clark
Narjes
Elwell
Mattoon
Ralph Welch
Fuller
Nebraska
Nixon
Vietnam
Cambodia
Campaign to Oppose Rerouting U S 385 in Nebraska
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce leads petitions to keep International Highway 385 on its current Nebraska route. Public hearings on two I-80 linking projects south of Lodgepole and Sunol are set with June 26 deadline for hearing requests. Nebraska Dept of Roads invites comments and maps show the proposed paths.
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U.S
Nebraska
Nebraska Department of Roads
Lodgepole
Sunol
I-80
Nebraska Dept. of Roads
Central Building
South Junction
Nebraska 2
Lincoln
Nebr
Cheyenne County
Lake McConaughy
Lewellen
Oshkosh
Bridgeport
Highway 26 Association
Alliance
E. K. Yanney
Barley loan rate set by Nebraska ASC office
Nebraska barley loan rates for this year range from 87 cents a bushel in Douglas County to 74 cents in Dawes and Sioux counties. The rates, released by the State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office, compare with the national 83 cent support level.
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Nebraska
Douglas County
Dawes
Sioux
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Hearings Begin On Soil Set Up In Statewide Series
The State Soil and Water Conservation Commission opened a series of 18 public hearings on proposed natural resource district boundaries. The first session was at the State Capitol with 8 p.m. start times for all subsequent meetings. Western Nebraska sites include Chadron July 6, Scottsbluff July 7, and Sidney July 8 at local venues.
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Lincoln
State Soil and Water Conservation Commission
State Capitol
Nebraska
Campus Center
Chadron
Extension
Scottsbluff
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Sidney
Chamber Protest Over Frontier Airlines Flight Removal
The board protested the removal of a Frontier Airlines round trip that stopped at Sidney and sent letters to the Civil Aeronautics Commission in Washington and the Nebraska Aeronautics Commission in Lincoln. Omaha and Lincoln Chambers back the protests with letters, and Cheyenne County Chamber attends Nebraska land observance in North Platte June 15 21 with a booth and literature. The Chamber front will also appear in the 2 30 p m June 18 parade.
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Frontier Air
Sidney
Civil Aeronautics Commission
Washington, D. C
Nebraska Aeronautics Commission
Lincoln
Omaha
Lincoln Chambers of Commerce
Cheyenne County
Chamber of Commerce Front
Trailer dump plan eyed for Fairgrounds camp site
The Chamber tourist committee named Floyd Lanks and Francis Hiner to assess a trailer dump at the Fairgrounds camp site with an estimated cost of 1344 dollars. Local officials from the city county and Fair Board have been consulted with no serious objections. financing remains the main hurdle and a three way arrangement is sought. Manager Ed Cole will contact all groups and Lanks Hiner and Pittam plan to present at the next council meeting.
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Chamber
Floyd Lanks
Francis Hiner
Fairgrounds
County Commissioners
Fair Board
Ed Cole
Ken Pittam
Hiner
Lanks
Mr. Cole
Honor Luncheon Plans in Sidney Nebraska
The Sidney Chamber proposes honoring Mrs. C B Dorwart as 1970 Mother of the Year and the Cabelas for outstanding business. A Dutch Luncheon is set for 12 noon Wednesday June 10 at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel with limited attendance.
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Cole
Chamber
C. B. Dorwart
Nebraska
Cabelas
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Chamber Board of Directors
Sidney
Lloyd Carr
Boy Scout Organization
Keith Spiker
Grand Island
Nebraska Chamber of Commerce Secretaries Association
Dalton Hospital to Go On Block Next Tuesday
Dalton's Pioneer Memorial Hospital, a two story building with roots dating back to 1908, will be auctioned along with Dr. J. B. Pankau's other property. The site housed a school and later a hospital and rest home, remembered by many in the Dalton area for six decades of community service.
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Dalton
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
J. B. Pankau
Frank Mintken
G. PF. Zarbaugh
Pankau
Dr. Zarbaugh
Dr. Pankau
Nisédeath
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Susan Herboldsheimer
Potter
Nebraska Wheat Queen
Debbie Bondegard
Kathy Wright
Jorena Englert
Connie Palmer
Cheyenne
Wyo
Vfw-Legion
Sidney, Potter
Harrisburg
Neb
State Game Commission
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Shrine Club
Big Cheyenne County
Kay McCumber
American National Bank
Bob Cook
Legion Auxiliary
Lund
iLodgepole
Plath
Garden
Morrill, Banner
Dalton Hospital
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