Elks Urge Flag Day Display statewide observance planned
Roland White exalted ruler of Slaney lodge urges nationwide Flag Day display on June 14. A June 9 2 30 pm event at the Elks auditorium features Frank Mattoon and Scout No 83 participants. July 4 bells are planned with Let Freedom Ring pledge by Eric Hatch and Eric Sloane.
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Roland White
Slaney Works
S Dney
the Elks’ Leader
Robert McRae
Frank Mattoon
Sidney Attorney
Elks
Does
Waite
The
Maine
Alaska
Connecticut
Eric Hatch
Eric Sloane
Grand Lodge of Elks Americanism Committee
Open House Planned for Midwest Stramit Plant Dedication
The Midwest Stramit Corp plant at Dalton invites the public to an open house Saturday from noon to 4 pm to view straw board production steps. Norman Otto and Sen. George Fleming will speak at the dedication, with tours, refreshments, and parking assistance by Dalton Lions Club. A 6 pm dinner at the Dalton Legion Hall will host architects and construction professionals. Stramit boards are made from wheat straw under heat and pressure into two inch thick four by eight foot panels.
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Midwest Stramit Corp
Dalton
Dean Hiner
Allistors
Dalton Lions Club
Aith Norman ‘Otto
Frank Morrison
George Fleming
Sidney
Dalton Legion Hall
Aechitects
Corporation
Firemen Plan June 30 Contest for Tri-State Meet
Volunteers from the city fire department discuss a June 30 tournament for the Tri-State Association. About 200 firemen are expected to participate in the event to be held near Newton, with the course and schedule outlined at the Thursday meeting.
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S.dhey
Harvey Vizina
Newton
10Th Avenue
Crop Field Day Set at University of Nebraska Station
A crop field day will be held at the Box Butte Experiment Station in August at the University of Nebraska. Extensin Agronomist Charles Feister announced the event and details.
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Universty of Nebraskas Box Butte
Charles Feister
Brother-Sister Royalty Named for Old Settlers Day 1963
The Old Settler’s King and Queen for 1963 are a Lodgepole pair, Miss Bates and her brother W L Bates. Miss Bates born April 25 1891, educated in Lodgepole, member of the Methodist Church and Eastern Star. Her brother born November 20 1889 in Cheyenne Wyoming, educated in Lodgepole Lincoln High School, University of Nebraska graduate, former Nebraska legislator and Regent, now in Denver active in the Masonic Order. The reign runs through 1964 with the big day on Monday September 2.
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Mhination
Lodgepole
Miss Away Wu Es
W. L
Vern"' Bates
Denver
Miss Bates
Bert Bates
Bates Homestead
Fenske Place
Lodgpole
Mss Bates
Methodist Church
Order of Eastern Star
Mr Bates
Cheyenne
Wyo
Camp Clark
North Platte River
Bates
Barry Lienemann Recovering From Golf Club Injury
Eight year old Barry Lienemann son of Mr and Mrs Gene Lienemann is in Memorial Hospital Cheyenne pediatrics ward after emergency brain surgery Wednesday night. He is in satisfactory condition after being struck by a golf club in his yard injuries required removal of bone fragments and a blood clot. He will be hospitalized at least ten days and will later return for a steel plate to protect the area. He looks forward to returning to Little League baseball.
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Barry Lienemann
Gene Lienemann
Memorial Hospital
Cheyenne
Young Barry
Barry
Lienemann
Bracken to Attend Job Daughters Grand Bethel Events
Ogallala resident Mr Bracken will attend the Job Daughters Grand Bethel from June 13 to 15 in his role as associate er and guardian. He will join Grand Officers for a dinner on June 2 at 6 30 p m at the Fort Sidney Hotel and speak at the formal session opening June 12 at the Junior High auditorium. Bracken will introduce Grand Officers and Escorts and respond to greetings from Masonic dignitaries and assist Ms Marion Childress of Lincoln grand guardian in presiding at the June 15 afternoon session.
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Lincoln
Grand Guardian
County Invests in Fair Grounds Facilities at Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County allocates about 84 700 dollars for buildings and equipment at the fair grounds on a 30 acre school land lease. The fair board approves fencing for 200 more parking spaces and an arena entrance from the north. Aksarben contributes 500 dollars toward improvements including a scale house and a livestock barn already paid for. A six by twelve sign and road signs will guide visitors to fair dates and events. The next meeting is set for June 25 at the 4-H building.
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Cheyenne County
Fair
Lowery Lincell
State Department of Education
Linnell
Fair Board
Burgett Peetz
Aksarben
Highway 30
Fort Sidney
Fairgrounds
Marching Site Set for Band in Mexico City Event
Sidney High School band will parade and perform at the American Society of Mexico Fourth of July celebration in Mexico City on July 6. The program includes a national anthem, a marching exhibition on the American School football field, and Nebraskan flag presentations to U S and Mexican dignitaries.
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Sidney High School
Mexico City
American Society
Michael Hazzard
American Society of Mexico
Sid Phelps
Phelps
Ron Riedler
Hazzard
Nebraska
U. S
Mexico
Safeway to Close Bridgeport Store This Saturday
Bridgeport residents learn the Safeway store will close Saturday night. The private owner is expected to vacate the premises, with Goree Vounes and Orion Starway cited as local figures connected to the store’s closure.
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Safeway
Bridgeport
Bridgepost News-Blade Sad
Feway
Leuying
Junior Baseball Day in Sidney Saturday
Sidney hosts Junior Baseball Day on Saturday highlighted on the sports page. Activities include youth games and demonstrations by local teams, with organizers inviting families to attend and celebrate youth baseball.
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Sidney
Ak-Sar-Ben Grants $500 For Cheyenne County Fair Office
The Cheyenne County Fair board received 500 from Ak-Sar-Ben for an office and barn on the far grounds. The county fair improvement program uses a dollar matching plan with Ak-Sar-Ben funding 500 and counties raising at least an equal amount. Ak-Sar-Ben allocates 50,000 yearly for improvements and about 135,000 for premiums.
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Omaha
Cheyenne County Fair Board
Ak-Sar-Ben
Burgett Peetz
L W_Sinde
J L Thurmond
Ponnier County
Al-Sar-Ben
State Racing Commission
Thurmond
Ak- Sar-Ben
Route 385 paving in Canada coming soon
Alliance motel operator John O Barry said at Lamar Colorado meeting that Route 385 will soon be paved from Mexico to Regina Canada with Canada to pave the last 18 miles next year. Officers including Ray David and Mrs Forrest Barnes were re elected as traveling secretaries along the route.
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Alliance
John O. Barry
Nebraska
Mexico
Regina
Can
Canada
Barry
Lamar
Colo
Texas
Colorado
Nebika
Dakotas
Pres Ray David
Willisdon
Chadron
Forrest Barnes
Chadeen
Three Year Old Loses Finger To Bicycle Chain
Douglas Hart aged three from 145 Country Club Drive nearly lost a finger after getting it caught in a bicycle chain while visiting a neighbor. Rescue crews freed him before hospital assessment showed no broken bones though the nail will regrow. Parents joke about his name prompting a Hart way.
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Douglas Hart
George Hart
Country Club
Douglas
Yeeida
Fire Department
Doug
Harts
Hart
Break In and Tool Thefts Reported in County
Sheriff W. W. Schulz reports a rash of break-ins and farm tool thefts this week. Thieves stole $30 worth of hand tools from Chuck Lafler’s field machinery and $30 from Leonard Rieken’s farm south of Sidney. Ed McGowan finds a broken cafe rear door pane and $35 missing from the Buffalo Bend Cafe cash register.
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W. W. Schulz
Chuck Lafler
Sidney
Leonard Rieken
Ed McGowan
Buffalo Bend
Broadwater Votes To Keep Its High School
Broadwater residents vote 69 to 60 to keep the local high school open. With shrinking enrollment and five teachers, the alternative was to ship students to another town.
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Broadwater
Guardsmen Experience Live Gas Drill at Armory
Sidney National Guard members conducted a live gas drill during their weekly session at the armory. Sgt Jim Jensen led mask briefing with Set George Grothe demonstrating mask use and gear checks. A harmless test gas flowed in a tent as each man completed two respirator trials, with visitors from Scottsbluff Sterling Cole and Sioux Army Depot observing.
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Sidney
National Guard
Jim Jensen
George Grothe
Edward E Hatheld
Army Advsor
Carl F Pawless
Scottsbluff
Paul Pumphery
Sterling, Cole
E Wier
Sioux Army Depot
Marps
Jim Jen
Crackdown on Visiting Hours at Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital tightens visiting rules after medical staff recommendation. Only two visitors per patient allowed during designated hours 2 30 to 3 30 pm and 7 30 to 8 30 pm. Exceptions are for critically ill patients families of very ill patients and relatives of surgery patients.
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Memorial Hospital
Leo Bolin
Mr. Bolin
Bolin
Bushnell School District to Consider Addition Plan
Bushnell patrons meet Monday to decide on a building program adding to the present school. A Cheyenne architectural firm says improvements would cost about $70,000.
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Bushnell
Bushnell School District
Cheyenne
Bushnell School Board
Stramit Plant Open House Set Saturday
Midwest Stramit Corp of Dalton hosts an open house Saturday from noon to four with a two o'clock dedication. Pearle Finigan Nebraska Agriculture director and State Senator George Fleming will attend, after prior schedule changes. KSID will broadcast remotely starting at one o'clock as the public is invited.
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Midwest Stramit Corp
Dalton
Pearle Finigan
Nebraska Agriculture Department
Finigan
George Fleming
KSID
Grass Fire Spreads West of Sidney Quelled
Sidney volunteer firemen responded to a grass fire three and a half miles west of Sidney at 3 04 pm on Thursday. No damage occurred and the truck returned at 3 30 pm.
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Sidney
Farmers Should Check Now To See If Freeze Damaged Field Wheat
Nebraska extension agronomists outline how to assess frost damage on wheat after a mid season freeze. They describe symptoms of damage in heads and florets, methods to estimate kernel development, and when silage may be good. guidance varies by region within Nebraska and surrounding areas.
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Nebraska
J. C. Swinbank
University of Nebraska Extension
Panhandle
Lyle Burton
Cheyenne County
Swinbank
Swinback
West
Lions Hear About Airport Operation in Sidney
Dale Kindred told the Fort Sidney Lions the local airport is a major employer with fourteen full time staff and a near one hundred thousand dollar annual payroll. He traced Frontier Airlines growth over 16 years from one plane to forty one, serving 62 communities and noted CAB probation with June boardings down by 10, while April and May passenger counts rose to 142 and 170 respectively. John Brown of Boise attended as a guest, with Stewart Brown as program chairman.
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Sidney
Dale Kindred
Lions
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Kindred
Frontier Airlines
John Brown
Boise
Idaho
Stewart Brown
Vacation Jobs Require Cards
Nebraska Panhandle students seek summer work with social security cards. The Scottsbluff office issued over 1900 new numbers this five month period, a record since 1946. Apply at 1717 Avenue A Scottsbluff or via post office or State Employment Service for out of town residents.
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Nebraska Panhandle
Scottsbluff
Avenue A
Pos
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Vern” Bates
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Burton Bracken
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Stramit
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