Sidney Considers Immediate Zoning Ordinance Action
The Sidney city council will seek to replace the invalidated zoning law by forming a zoning commission, holding public hearings, and notifying affected residents ten days in advance. A plot map and the ordinance would be published after council approval, following a court challenge over Sharp violation and missing vote records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
J. L. Tewell
C. B. Dorwart
Zoning Commission
P. J. Heaton
Lawrence Sharp
Food Drive Ends Saturday After Surpassing Goal
The Emergency Food Fund nears $1000 with $981.60 donated by yesterday noon. Drive chair W. J. Robinson says the fund will close Saturday night and funds will be sent to national headquarters. A. J. Jorgenson of the American National Bank offers to cancel transmission charges. Donors listed include Ethel Lyngholm, Mrs Ed Gerlach, Sidney Glass & Paint Co, F. A. Bush, Mrs Lena Neubauer, Mrs Jaeckels S. S. Class, S. H. S. Pep Club, O. J. Weymouth, Amer. Legion Aux. and Edna Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Robinson
A. J. Jorgenson
American National Bank
Ethel Lyngholm
Ed Gerlach
Sidney Glass & Paint Co
F. A. Bush
Lena Neubauer
Jaeckels
Secretary of Commerce
Henry A. Wallace
UNRRA
REA Educational Meet Monday Nite
A meeting of Rural Electrification Authority stockholders is set for next Monday at eight in the Cheyenne county district court room. The event precedes the annual Pine Bluffs meeting on June 12, with several educational issues to be discussed and all stock holders urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Electrification Authority
Cheyenne County District Court Room
Pine Bluffs
Services Held For Lodgepole Infant Nancy Schlaman
One month old Nancy Schlaman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar A. Schlaman of Lodgepole, died Sunday evening. Born April 30, she passed away. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at Gehrig Funeral Home with Rev. Raymond Miles of Chappell officiating. Burial followed at the Catholic Cemetery in Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Schlaman
Oscar A. Schlaman
Lodgepole
Gehrig Funeral Home
Raymond Miles
Chappell
Sidney
Model Plane Meet Set Here July 28
Registrations open for four Nebraska pan handle model air meets in July and August. Three Scottsbluff events and one in Sidney feature control line gas and general model contests with prizes, trophies, and separate junior and senior divisions. Exhibitions and multiple entries allowed, with prizes awarded at flight time and a sweepstakes trophy based on flying and scale exhibition points. Registration contact Ben King. continued on page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Sidney
Ben King
King
David Eisenberg To Be Here Wednesday Concert
David Eisenberg the renowned violinist will perform Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium under Wesleyan Guild sponsorship. The program features a Denver Symphony string quartet and works by Lester Stecher, Miss Maxine Westfall, and Miss Helen Peetz. Eisenberg trains under noted masters and has appeared nationwide as a concert soloist and on NBC and the Columbus Network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Eisenberg
Wesleyan Guild
Denver Symphony Orchestra
Lester Stecher
Potter
Maxine Westfall
Helen Peetz
Sidney
Hisenberg
Sametini
Knelsen
Leopold Auer
Eisenberg
United States
National Broadcasting Company
Columbus Network
New York City
Weather Warms Up As Nebraska Digs Out Of Freeze
Western Nebraska ends a cold spell as a midsummer surge brings temperatures to 96 in the day and 50 at night. Farmers welcome the warmth after a May freeze damaged crops with irrigated fields showing signs of life and wheat ready to head out. Harvest underway in the east, likely two weeks earlier if this pattern holds, Cheyenne County poised for a bumper crop with adequate soil moisture and forecasts of timely rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Mercury
Dave Ells
Cheyenne County
Wheat Men Unhappy With New Government Grain Order
Nebraska farmers protest a 10 day old policy requiring 50 percent of the 1946 wheat crop be sold to the government at a fixed price. Agricultural leaders say the order adds to government controls while miners gain, calling the policy inequitable. Dr. H. C. Filley and Rufus Howard voice dissent as farmers resist further controls. Bryan V. Holmes, Milburn, Nearmaster of the Nebraska State
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
H. C. Filley
University of Nebraska
Rufus Howard
Filley
Bryan V. Holmes
Milburn
Five Club Golf Tourney Sunday at Sidney Country Club
The Sidney country club hosts a Sunday golf tournament with teams from Sterling Alliance Scottsbluff and Riverview clubs. Top ten from each club form five player teams, teeing off at 11 am under Golf Chairman P. J. Heaton. Eightteen holes played on two courses with a post round dinner at the clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Country Club
Sterling
Alliance
Scottsbluff Country Club
Riverview Country Club
Scottsbluff
P. J. Heaton
Sidney
Heaton
Haton
R. P. Kepler
Sidney asks voters to approve sale of outlying electric lines
In a June 11 ballot series the Sidney Public Power Board explains why selling exterior transmission and distribution lines to Rural Electrification Administration backed by federal funds benefits Sidney. It notes prior 1944 vote to buy the system, reasons to sell now, contract impacts with Consumers Public Power District, and continued city service with emergency power from REA if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Rural Electric Co
Pine Bluffs
Wyo
Sidney Public Board
Power Board
Rural Electrification Administration
Consumers Public Power District
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Co-operative Farmers Organization
Cheyenne County
Sidney Electric Department
Sioux
City of
City
Country Club
Preparations For Census Under Way In Sidney
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce plans a one day dawn to dusk census next Friday to determine population. Volunteers will cover designated districts and count households rather than individuals with only family and total person counts recorded. Secretary Gordon Tobin will arrange callbacks for unoccupied houses to ensure completeness.
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Chamber Commerce
Sidney
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Gordon Tobin
Tobin
Chamber of Commerce
Freeze Injury in Nebraska Wheat Fields Reports 10 to 30 Percent Damage
Agronomists from the University of Nebraska report two types of freezing injury to winter wheat across central and western Nebraska. Stem rot and lodging risk are noted, with Cheyenne county showing up to 30 percent stem injury and an overall 10 percent damage in that area. Despite the injury, yields of 20 to 25 bushels are possible barring later hidden damage. The survey covers fields from Adams county to Cheyenne county after recent freezing temperatures.
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Nebraska
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
T. A. Kiesselbach
Jesse Livingston
J. C. Swinbank
Adams County
Cheyenne County
North Platte West
North Platte
Has
Sheriff Schulz on State Meeting Panel
Cheyenne County Sheriff W. W. Schulz will join a panel at the Nebraska State Conference on Traffic Law Enforcement in Omaha next Friday June 14. The session aims to boost traffic enforcement and justice in courts, addressing postwar traffic problems. Panel topics include organization personnel administration policies enforcement and tactics. Sponsored by the Nebraska Bar Association American Bar Association National Council of Safety and the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
W. W. Schulz
Nebraska
Omaha
Schulz
Nebraska Bar Association
The
American Bar Association
National Council of Safety
Committee On Traffic Safety
Dwight Griswold
Marine Recruiter to Visit Sidney on Two Wednesdays
A U S Marine Corps recruiting sergeant will be in Sidney on June 12 and June 26 to interview young men interested in enlisting. The Cheyenne district office announced the visits, with the recruiter stationed at the Sidney post office from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM on each date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Marine Corps
Sidney
Cheyenne
Primary Election Heat Builds In County Commissioner Race
With five days to go before the primary, three Democratic candidates for the county commissioner seat in the second district vie for support. Rex Carey of Dalton, George Fleming of Lorenzo, and James A. Sparks of Sidney are well known countywide, backed by business and farming credentials. Carey dodges a vote split by emphasizing qualifications, Fleming leverages farming and farm union ties, while Sparks continues to mobilize early ballot activity as campaign momentum grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Carey
Dalton
George Fleming
Lorenzo
James A. Sparks
Sidney
Carey
Fleming
The
Telegraph
Farmer's Union
Sparks
VEW Wrestling Riot Ends Tuesday Night at Sidney Auditorium
A wrestling show at the Sidney auditorium ended in a riot during a special four man tag bout. Jack Nazworthy selected Kenny Williams, leaving Red Ryan and Count Von Zuppi as partners. Nazworthy and Williams clashed, Williams turned on Nazworthy, and all three mauled Nazworthy leading to a ten minute thirty second finish. Referee Rick Ganson disqualified Count Von Zuppi in an earlier bout, Kenny Williams outpointed Mike Ryan in a two out of three falls match, and a slugging exchange with Nazworthy occurred during part of that contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Auditorium
Jack Nazworthy
Kenny Williams
Red Ryan
Count von Zuppi
J. Nazworthy
Williams
Nazworthy
Ryan
von Zuppi
Exmarine
Cramer Infant Rites Held Here Sunday
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cramer of Sidney. The child was born Saturday night in a Sidney hospital. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery with Gehrig Funeral Home directing. The child is survived by the parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Cramer
Sidney
Sidney Hospital
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig Funeral Home
Primary Election Tuesday in Sidney Voters face two the two questions
Sidney voters will go to the polls next Tuesday to decide the primary and to choose ballots for the general election. The two questions concern a sale contract with the Rural Electrification Administration of Pine Bluffs and a three year energy purchase from the Pine Bluffs REA. A sixty percent margin is required to approve the sale. Polling places vary by ward and include Frances Willard school east ward, northside school, court house basement, and Spearow Equipment building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
REA
Pine Bluffs
Rural Electric Company
Wyo
City Power Board
Telegraph
Union Pacific
10 Avenue
Frances Willard
East Ward
North Side
Northside
Newton Street
10Th Avenue
Court House
Spearow Equipment
Band Concert Opens Summer Series in Sidney Band Shell
Mrs Shirley Keith Dutton Miss Maxine Westfall and Miss Donna Doran appear as soloists with the Sidney municipal band in the band shell at 830 tonight. Dutton sings Begin the Beguine and Indian Love Call while Westfall plays Gypsy Love Song and Sylvia. Doran will sing the hymn and Grant Mathews directs the first of the summer concert series scheduled for Fridays through July.
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Shirley Keith Dutton
Maxine Westfall
Donna Doran
Sidney Municipal Band
Shell
Dutton
Shirley Keith
Cole Porter
Rudolf Friml
Westfall
Sidney
Kimball
Victor Herbert
Sylvia
Oley Speaks
Sidney High School
Grant Mathews
Iowa Man Dies While Visiting Brother-In-Law
William Major Updike 40 formerly of Clarinda Iowa died suddenly of a heart attack at 9 40 Sunday evening while visiting his brother in law Bernard Washburn of Sioux Villa The Craig Home for Funerals took the body to a funeral home at Wheatland Wyoming where funeral services will be held this afternoon He is survived by his wife Maud ie a daughter 15 and a son 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Major Updike
Clarinda
Iowa
Bernard Washburn
Sioux Villa
Craig Home For
Wheatland
Wyoming
Maudie
Sidney Baseball 9s to Play Sunday at Local Park
Baseball fans can see both Sidney teams in action Sunday as the Legion club and the Bu-Pro nine tangle on the park diamond. Other Sunday games include Potter vs Plain View at Potter and South Divide vs Peetz at South Divide. Last Sunday's games were rained out with no stated makeups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Legion Club
Park Diamond
Potter
Plain View
South Divide
Peetz Aggregation
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Dorwart
REA Educational Meet
City Council and Power Board
Sheriff Schulz
Marine
Cramer
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