Potter Rodeo Draws Record 185 Entries for $3400 Purse
A record 185 cowboys entered the Seventh Annual Potter Rodeo with 125 competing in the main event and a total prize pool of 3400 dollars. Cowboys came from nine states including Montana Colorado Wyoming and Nebraska for top cash and added entry money. Professionals judged and clowned the show with Benny Reynolds among multiple entrants and George Yocum Glen Hartman leading several events.
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Jack Hunter
Ardmore
S. D
Mike Cervey
Benny
Reynolds
Dick Srull
Potter
Montana
Kansas
New Mexico
South Dakta
Colorado
North Dakota
Wyoming
Nebraska
Movie Smorgesbord Set For Wednesday at Fox Theatre
Fox Theatre plans a midweek screening night chosen by patrons with three films seating a vote. Susan Hayward stars in I Want To Live and Audrey Hepburn appears in Three Coins in a Fountain along with Cary Grant in Houseboat.
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Cuean
Fox Theatre
Susan Hayward
Audrey Hepburn
Cary Grant
Fox
Elmer Haines
Commission to set flare limits for Rohlfing Field gas
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission will decide June 21 on maximum vented or flared natural gas in open wells with Rohlfing Field as test case eight miles south and 12 miles west of Sidney. Other actions include rules for Willson Ranch and Raymond Fields and Frontier Refining water disposal in Ackman Field.
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Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Rohlfing
Sidney
Commission
Frontier Refining Co
Ackman
Topeka
Frontier
Kankee
Red Willow
Raymond
Banner County
Willson Ranch
Humphrey's Auto Supply To Move Into New Sidneу Home
Work has begun on a new home for Humphrey's Auto Supply Co in Sidney on Illinois Street between 12th and 13th Avenues. The remodel adds 33 by 96 feet to the existing 33 by 125 foot building, creating parking and space for a 24 foot shelf line and a machine shop. The project, costing around 15000 dollars, is financed by Ira Humphrey of Ogallala and should be ready for occupancy by September.
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Humphrey’s Auto Supply Co
Sidney
Illinois St
12Th
13Th Aves
Humphrey’s
M. W. Osborn
Bulding
Bill Vaughn
Humphrey
Ira Humphrey
Ogallala
Zalesky Liquor License Hearing Set for June 13
City council schedules a June 13 hearing on Clarence Zalesky's package liquor license application for 924 King St former produce house between 10th and St Aves adjacent to Frontier Refining Co. The council must act before forwarding to Lincoln for liquor commission consideration.
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Clarence Zalesky
King St
10Th and
St. Aves
Frontier Refining Co
Council
Lincoln
Liquor Commission
Gurley Youths Win Expert Rifleman Medal
Four Gurley youths Bobby Hinrichs Jerry Miller Lyle Miller and Rodney Ahl earned the Expert Rifleman Medal from the National Rifle Association recognizing high marks in junior shooting The Gurley Scouts Junior Rifle Club members passed 13 lower NRA qualifications after firing hundreds of targets to reach expert status and await one more target set to aim for Distinguished Rifleman level.
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Gurley
National Rifle Assn
Bobby Hinrichs
Jerry Miller
Lyle Miller
Rodney Ahl
The
Gurley Scouts Junior Rifle Club
Gurley Farmers Union Co op Sets 44th Annual Meeting
The Gurley Farmers Union Co operative Assn will hold its 44th annual meeting at the Gurley school on Wednesday June 15 at 8 pm. Election of officers is a main agenda item. Lunch will be served after the program.
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Gurley
Fred Yauncy Wins Driving Road-Co
Fred Yauncy topped 15 contestants in the Jaycee Teen-Age Road-eo at Wayne Nebraska winning a $75 scholarship and a spot in the state contest. Yauncy scored 329 points, nine ahead of Jerome Riewe who had 326 and Dennis Wilcox with 318 in a sixteen-entrant field. Dick Bauer chaired the event.
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Fred Yauney
Jaycee
Wayne
Neb
Yarney
Jerome Riewe
Win
Dennis Wilcox
Dick Bauer
Rev Townsend Honored By Wesleyan Trustees in Lincoln
Rev R L Townsend pastor of the First Methodist Church in Sidney was among six retiring Nebraska Wesleyan University Board of Trustees members honored at a Lincoln ceremony. Board chair J D Anderson praised Townsend for conviction and effectiveness, with other retiring members named from Yo, Crete, Lincoln, Des Patines, and Grand Island.
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Sidney
Nebraska Wesleyan University Board of Trustees
Lincoln
Robert L. Townsend
First Methodist Church
J D Anderson
Omaha
Townsend
America
Wayne Harrington
Ben Johnson
Crete
Gladys Reed Marquardt
Farle Wo Wuiltse
Des Patines
Grand Island
Grain market wheat price from local elevator
Local elevator sources quoted wheat at 1.63 per bushel in today's grain market update.
Cool Weather Slows Wheat Growth In Panhandle
Crop observers say cool days ease rapid wheat growth, aiding moisture balance. Fields reach waist height and head out, but continued slow weather may require more storage as another large Panhandle crop is expected. Rain forecast for today welcomed. hail losses limited so far and farmers prep government storage bin compliance.
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Panhandle
Effort to Block Country Club Drive Repaving
The Telegraph reports a planned effort by property owners not fronting the street to block the repaving of Country Club Drive in the Country Club Heights Addition. Legal counsel may be retained. the move follows city approval of Repaving District No 1, the first district project in Sidney after a petition from half of property owners. The street, deteriorated after winter, serves as main access to Sidney Country Club and a key arterial in the area.
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Telegraph
Country Club Drive
Country Club Heights
Sidney
Sidney Country Club
Welch Announces Door Prize Winners at Opening
Welch announces door prize winners during the grand opening of Ralph Welch Insurance Offices. First prize goes to BF Strahan for an electric drill, second prize to Roland Musil of Potter for a waterless cooker, and third to John Echter for a toaster.
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Erand
Ralph Welch Insurance
BF Strahan
Roland Musil
Potter
John Echternach
Five UP Pullman cars derail near Sidney with minor injuries
About 70 aboard the City of Los Angeles Streamliner escaped serious harm after a broken rail sent five Pullman cars off the track west of Sidney. No cars overturned, passengers transferred to an eastbound train, and the line was back in service by 9 a.m. Saturday.
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Gene Morris
Ben Gardener
Omaha
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Tomah
Daughters of the Nile
Cheyenne
Wyo
A. L. Redding
A. L. Rusha
Joseph Washington
Chicago
National Supreme
Miami
Union Pacific City of
Los Angeles
Sidney
Petit
Brownson
Traffic Blockade Threatens Wreck Response At Union Pacific Derailment
Police and sheriffs describe the highway chaos near the Union Pacific Streamliner wreck as the greatest danger to victims and responders. An ambulance was trapped by curious drivers while four patrolmen struggled to keep the highway open. Col. Bower’s Sioux Ordnance Depot provided buses in case of mass injuries, and authorities urged stricter crowd control to prevent future blockages.
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Union Pacific
Highway 30
Highway Patrol
Mel Busekist
Sidney
Busekist
Buschist
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Col. Bower
Alliance Attorney Heads Western Bar Association
Daniel Stubbs of Alliance was elected president of the Western Nebraska Bar Assn at the group s annual meeting in Sidney He succeeds Lowell C Davis of Sidney Harry Gantz of Alliance was named vice president and Alan Curtiss of Alliance is the new secretary The 1961 annual meeting and institute will be in Alliance Memorials were presented for Edward F Carr of North Platte and James Heaton Gerald Matzke of Sidney presented the memorial tribute Eight five persons attended the noon luncheon and program highlighted by a humorous talk by Walter Cooper of Fort Collins Colo
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Daniel Stubbs
Alliance
Western Nebraska Bar Assn
Sidney
Lowell C. Davis
Harry Gantz
Alan Curtiss
Davis
Edward F Carr
North Platte
Gerald Matzke
James Heaton
Walter Cooper
Fort Collins
Colo
Ordnance Depot To Host C of C Quarterly
The Sioux Ordnance Depot Cafeteria hosts the second Chamber of Commerce quarterly at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday. Dr. Edgar Palmer of the University of Nebraska will speak on the Retail Sales Reporting Plan a monthly business report covering Nebraska cities except Sidney.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Edgar 2. Palmer
The
University of Nebraska
Sidney
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