Julie Edwards Wins Sandoz Essay Contest
Julie Edwards of Sidney, a seventh grader, won the 5th annual Mari Sandoz Essay Contest for NEBRASKAland magazine. She will receive the award June 19 during NEBRASKAland DAYS in North Platte, with a family stay at a state park and a school gift. The theme was NEBRASKAland Trails to Adventure. more than 600 entries were received.
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Lincoln
Sidney
Julie Edwards
Mari Sandoz
Nebraskaland Magazine
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Julie
James W. Edwards
18Th Avenue
Sidney Junior High School
Nebraskaland Days
North Platte
Laura Franklin
Wayne
Wayne State College
Dick Nealy
Cornhusker Editors Club
Central Telephone and Utilities Corporation
Jack Lowe
Sidney Telegraph
Barc Wade
Omaha
AAA Cornhusker Motor Club
Bridgett Tupper
Inavale
Gail Walla
Linwood
Lynn Bantam
Orleans
Tom Morgan
David City
Nebraska State Park
Nebraskaland Days, Inc
Andy Devine
Leanne Garwood
Bassett
Gary Aerts
Aquinas
Douglas Clark
Nemaha Valley
Talmage
Natalie Dietrich
Cedar Canyon
Gering
Rock County
Dale Lenz
Moorefield
Medicine Valley
Curtis
Scott McDowell
Tecumseh
Diane Plasek
Aquinasnes
Mary C. Schuele
St. Anthony's School
Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
Red Cloud
Elizabeth Huff
The
Game Commission
Panhandle Deep Tests Intrigue Oil Industry in Nebraska
Oil firms eye Cheyenne and Dawes counties as deep tests target the Big Blue sand of lower Permian age. Webb Resources moves a rig near Lodgepole to drill No 1 Lehmkuhl while G S Campbell Brinkerhoff drill three wildcats in Dawes County. Two new wells in Scotts Bluff Cedar Valley and Endo Field reported. Permits include remote Helmer Valley in Arthur County and several wildcats in Banner Kimball and Morill counties. Contracts held by Gable Drilling, Braden Gear, Toltek.
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Cheyenne
Dawes
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Lodgepole
Webb Resources, Inc
Stuarco Drilling Co
Panhandle
Dawes County
G.S. Campbell and
Brinkerhoff Drilling Co
Morrell
Braddock
NW NW
Gable Drilling Co
Scotts Bluff County
Cedar Valley
Hickey GE
Webb Resources
Nelson
Endo
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation
Arthur County
Francois R. Jacob and
Stoeppelworth Drilling Co
Helmer Valley
Nwsw
Banner County
Enbrook Oil and Gas Co
Thienhardt
Morris
Sundance Oil Co
Wynne
Patrick A. Doheny
Fiscus Wagner
Morrill County
Merrell GE
Braden-Gear Drilling Co
Two Accidents Reported in Sidney This Week
Two noninjury accidents occurred in Sidney over the past few days. On Olsen Drive Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. Roger Plantz backed from a driveway and hit William Hakonson’s westbound car, causing about 90 and 300 dollars in damages respectively. Plantz was charged with failure to yield. Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Norma Wester backed from a Jackson Street city lot and struck Connie Holbrook’s car, with Wester’s vehicle sustaining about 100 dollars in damage and Holbrook's undamaged.
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Sidney
Olsen Drive
Roger E. Plantz
William Hakonson
Plantz
Hakonson
Norma Wester
Dlinois
Jackson Street
Connie Holbrook
Monte Vista Drive
Wester
Hollbrook Auto
Do Your License Plate Ends With Six
If your plate ends in 6 this month you must get a car inspection. Cheyenne County garages and service stations are licensed as state testing stations and offer testing, defect correction, re tests, and sticker installation once the car passes.
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Cheyenne County
Farm Bureau Board Names Appointments at Meeting
At a Cheyenne County Farm Bureau session Tuesday evening chairman Francis Runge presided. Membership chairman Leo Wolff Jr. named captains Bob Misegadis, Mr Runge, Floyd Bruns and Leonard Beyer. Policy committee selections include Ronald Hadeen at county level Roland Green at state and Kenneth Morgan at national.
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Cheyenne County Farm Bureau Board
Francis Runge
Leo Wolff Jr
Bob Misegadis
Mr. Runge
Floyd Bruns
Leonard Beyer
Ronald Hadeen
Roland Green
State
Kenneth Morgan
National
Bible School Program Tonight at First Christian Church
A Vacation Bible School program will conclude Friday evening at 7:30 at the First Christian Church. The presentation features the children and staff from the program as they showcase what they learned during the session.
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First Christian Church
Nebraska farm youth grant winners announced
Rural rehabilitation education grants go to 196 Nebraska farm and ranch youths for the next school term. Awards total 75000 dollars and may be used at any state or governmental college, university, vocational, or technical school. Recipients include Janice Pile Peggy Hood Penny Yekel Randall Benzel Theresa Van Anne Duane Baker Linda Weitzel Willard Hageman Lonnie Peterson Lorinda Weyers.
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Panhandle
Nebraska
Willard Hageman
Lonnie Peterson
Scotts Bluff
Lorinda Weyers
Sheridan
Ed board names Cecil Stanley as state Education Commissioner
Lincoln Nebraska the State Board of Education hired Cecil Stanley 60 as State Education Commissioner to replace dismissed Dr Floyd A Miller. Stanley salary 19000 a year, same as Miller. Stanley formerly vocational director for the department helped create Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School at Sidney and has shown ongoing interest in the school’s success Merle Rudebusch director of the vo tech school says Stanley is a fine man and notes a new vacancy in directing the vocational program to fill.
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Lincoln
State Board of Education
Cecil Stanley
Floyd A. Miller
State Department of Education
Miller
Stanley
Sidney
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Merle Rudebusch
Vo-Tech
Rudebusch
Resolution Urges I C C to Deny UP Passenger Trains Discontinuance
The Legislature adopted a resolution by a 34 to 0 vote urging the Interstate Commerce Commission to deny Union Pacific's plan to discontinue passenger trains 5 and 6 between Omaha and Los Angeles. The routes serve Omaha Fremont Columbus Grand Island Kearney North Platte Ogallala Sidney Kimball and other Nebraska towns. Senator Robert Clark of Sidney, sponsor of the measure, called the trains a fine method of travel and voiced concern for Panhandle residents.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific
Omaha
Los Angeles
Fremont
Columbus
Grand Island
Kearney
North Platte
Ogallala
Sidney
Kimball
Nebraska
Robert Clark
Panhandle
Highway Meeting Set June 13 15 in Lamar Colorado
The International Parks Highway Association 385-85 will hold its national convention in Lamar Colorado on June 13 14 and 15 Registration opens at the Chamber of Commerce on Main Street June 13 Dudes and Dames entertain Friday at 8 p m at the Community Building A luncheon Saturday and a banquet Saturday night at Parks Place East Olive social hour at 6 p m Reservations to C W Cox P O Box 129 Lamar Colorado 81052
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Lamar
Colo
International Parks Highway Association
Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Dudes and Dames
Parks Place
East Olive
C. W. Cox
P. O. Box
Firemen Plan Busy Weekend in Sidney Nebraska
Nebraska Volunteer Firemen's Association will meet in Sidney with two events this weekend. An awards dinner and public dance at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel features Wayne Henry's band and social hour. A Sunday planning session will finalize October's state convention arrangements with state and auxiliary officers attending.
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Nebraska Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Ladies Auxiliary
Fire Chiefs’ Association
Sidney
Robert L. Larsen
Gering
Kenneth P. Schwartz
Red Cloud
Holly P. Wollhoff
Central City
Russell D. Salak
Schuler
Harold Winkelman
Dalton
Donald Dickmeyer
Chadron
Arthur R. Stevens
Imperial
Lloyd C. Bauer
Edward O. Brokan
Valley
State Chiefs Association
Carl Roberteson
Robert Larsen
Potter School Hearing Set for Budget Discussion
A hearing on the 1969 70 school budget for Potter Public School will be held at 8 p m Tuesday June 24 in the school according to superintendent Albert J Mason. All school patrons are welcome to attend.
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Potter Public
Albert J. Mason
Safe-Play Manufacturing Expands in Sidney
Safe-Play Manufacturing in Sidney reports growing business as a large order was shipped to Cramer athletic products. Nine employees current, with manager Tom Barnes noting potential hiring to meet rising demand. Shipped items include down box and chain sets, quarterback towels, and girls PE jumpers.
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Safe Play Manufacturing Company
Sidney
Cramer Athletic Products
Safe- Play
Tom Barnes
Plains Lab Field Tour Set For June 20th
University of Nebraska High Plains Agricultural Laboratory in Sidney hosts its annual field day on June 20 starting at 1 30 p m Eleven stops will cover Pale Western Cutworm Control Protein Studies Wheat Fungicide Insect Control Hybrid Wheat and Varietal Research Millet and Sorghum Breeding Crop Rotation Millet and Bean Rotation Fire Control Demonstration and Chemical Fallow among other topics University personnel including Louis Daigger Eric Kerr John Schmidt and Loren Robison will discuss research areas at the stops Farmers and others are invited to assemble at the headquarters five miles north of Sidney on Highway 385 then 2 5 miles west and one mile north.
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Sidney
University of Nebraska
High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
Highway 385
Geraldine Moline
Western
Nebraska
Art Hagen
Scotts Bluff Station
Louis Dalgger
John Schmidt
Department of Agronomy
East Campus
Frank Williams
Jim Weitzal
C. R. Fenster
Scotts Bluff
Lionel Harris
Louis Daigger
Joe Range
Charles Fe
Loren Robison
Extension Agronomist
Lincoln
Frontier Adds 97 Passenger Jets To Fleet
Frontier Airlines accepts delivery of the first of seven 97 passenger Boeing 737-200 jets with a second due by July 1. Additional aircraft will enter service on Frontier routes in October through December under CAB route awards, expanding the fleet to ten jets by July.
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Denver - Frontier Airlines
Frontier
E. Paul Burke
Frontier Airlines
Burke
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Wheat Board To Meet June 12-13
Lincoln officials schedule an advisory committee meeting for June 12 and 13 in the Terminal Building conference room. Robert Rauner of Sidney serves as committee chairman for the Division of Wheat Development Utilization and Marketing Nebraska Department of Agriculture.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Robert Rauner
Sidney
Service Held Today For Mrs Schnell
Funeral services are held at St Pauls Lutheran Church for Mrs G George Schnell 76 who died at Memorial Hospital Wednesday. The Rev Lester Boehm officiates with interment at Greenwood Cemetery. Surviving are her husband four sons six daughters and numerous grandchildren. Her birth name Julia Richard was born May 28 1893 in Russia and she came to the United States 56 years ago. She married G George Schnell in 1913 in Scottsbluff and lived in Mina tare before moving to the St George Ranch east of Sidney in 1939. She was a member of St Pauls Church. She was preceded in death by a son Henry and a daughter Katherine Sterkel.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
G. George Schnell
Memorial Hospital
Lester Boehm
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
St. Paul’s Church
Julia Richard
William Schnell
Ella Johnson
Mary Bauer
Sidney
Louis
Longmont
Colo
Fred
New Orleans
Helen Ward
Santa Rosa
Calif
Esther Slemers
Salt Lake City
Emma Lutzinger
Seward
Gottfried Schnieder
Ft. Morgan
Fred Sagel
Gree
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Sandoz
Farm Bureau Board
Board
Sidney Ellis Lodge No
Mel Crom
Ogallala Lodge
Rod Smith
Elks
Robert Wait
Robert Hessle
Scottsbluff Lodge No. 1367
Ken Green
Vince Collura
Lincoln Lodge No. 80
Crom
Taylors
Taylor’s
Denver
Sam Toole
Potter
Telegraph
Safe-Play
Plains Lab
Eric Kerr
Lloyd Andersen
Wheat Board
Mrs. Schnell
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