Sidney High Band Sent Off by Thousands to Portland
A crowd of over five thousand gathered at the Union Pacific depot Sunday evening to bid farewell to the Sidney High band en route to the Portland Rose Festival in Oregon. The group totaled 169 travelers including 103 band members and 66 adults, with four special railroad cars. Among those present were band director George Hinn, Superintendent O J Weymouth, and Mayor Ferris Preble. Loading began about 5 40 p m and the Portland Rose pulled away at 6 10 p m.
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Sidney High
Oregon
Union Pacific
Portland
Sidney Aggregation
Guisti
George Hinn
O. J. Weymouth
Ferris Preble
Portland Rose
Sidney
Western Nebraska Joins Nuclear Missile Network Expansion
The Air Force announced a broader Titan and Atlas missile system, extending to the Kimball area in western Nebraska and surrounding regions. New sites include Fort Collins Greeley near Cheyenne and towns east of Cheyenne. Overall, nine additional locations boost a 19-site network with underground and surface launch options.
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Nebraska
United States
Kimball
Cheyenne
Denver
Preas
Castle‘ Rock
Colo
IG Aif
Force
Warren ‘Air Force
Bae
Air ‘Force
Colorado
Lowry Air Force
Byers
Castle Rock
Big
Air Force
Warren
Titan
Atlas
Fort Collins
Greeley
Ellsworth Girl Crowned Rodeo Queen at Potter Rodeo
Beverly Kicken of Ellsworth Nebraska was named Rodeo Queen at the Potter Rodeo's final performance. Attendants were Elaine Berges and Georgia Debus. The event drew a record crowd thanks to ideal weather and a lineup featuring Dick Stull Don Fedder son Benny Reynolds and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth
Potter
Beverly Kicken
Neb
Elaine Berges
Ovid, Cola
Georgia Debus
Sterling
Colo
Dick Stull
Don Fedderson
Benney Reynolds
Don Feddersen
Leon Beckman
Neal Bechtel
Bob Karney
Jack Mitche
Ike Lambertson
Leon Bockman
Don Fed
Mike McGinley
Rod*Frary
Mel Clark
Kayo Morgan
Art Moble
Jim’ Trene
Brone
Montana Flash
Benny Reynolds
Bernis Johnson
Lambertson
Dick ‘Bryant
Charges Dropped In May 8 Party Case In Sidney
Judy Shoopman and Judy Hyatt of Sidney had their charges of minor in possession dropped in Cheyenne County Court. Alice Rodgers was found not guilty of procuring liquor for a minor from the same party. Her husband faces similar charges still pending.
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Judy Shoopman
Judy Hyatt
Sidney
Cheyenne
Alice Rodgers
Girl 10 Breaks Arm In Fall While Playing
Carol Bailey of Sidney injured her arm while playing Sunday. The 10 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs J Jo Bailey was swinging on ropes near a creek when she fell and is in good condition Monday.
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Carol Bailey
J. Jo Bailey
Sidney
Carol
Sidney Records State's Lowest Temps Amid Warm Weekend
Sidney logged the state's low readings with 59 degrees in the early morning and 53 degrees Saturday, while Scotts Bluff recorded 96. By Sunday the mercury rose to 91 with warm winds driving temperature swings.
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Sidney
Scotts Bluff
The
Mercury
New Sidney 66 Oil No 2 Service Station Opens
The Sidney 66 Oil No 2 at 10th and Spruce opens for business with Clarence Surber as manager. Surber has seven years with Sidney 66 Oil Co. A grand opening is planned in the near future.
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Sidney 66 Oil
10Th and
Spruce
Telegraph
Clarence Surber
Surber
Sidney 66 Oil Co
Services Held For Victim Of Shooting Here
Funeral services were held at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home for Oliver Ivory, 31, who died from gunshot wounds suffered Friday May 29. Cheyenne County authorities hold Austin Lanier about 65 in connection with the shooting. no hearing date has been set. The inquest was canceled. Ivory’s sister and mother from Los Angeles, a daughter 12, a wife and son in Texarkana, and another sister survive. Ivory, born August 26, 1927 in Hooks, Texas, worked on construction in Sidney about four months, previously lived in Oklahoma City. Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Oliver Ivory
Cheyenne County
Austin Lanier
Lanier
Oliver
Lula Mae Matthews
Los Angeles
Mamie Louise
Sidney
Tex
Mr. Oliver
Hooks, Tex
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Greenwood Cemetery
Physicians Plan Special Polio Inoculation Day
Physicians announce a Polio Inoculation Day for Saturday June 13 to vaccinate children and adults with a $2 shot. The event, supported by P J Heaton and local doctors, urges all residents ages 0 to 40 to get immunized and may hold a second day in July if needed.
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Sidney
P. J. ‘Heaton
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Heaton
Aerial Campaign Against Grasshopper Outbreak Begins
Northwest Cheyenne County farmers launch an aerial spray on about 15 sections to halt a severe grasshopper outbreak spotted last Thursday. At a Don Erickson farm meeting, 20 farmers approved the plan. ground crews continue spraying where not in the aerial program while two planes operate the northwest.
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Cheyenne County
Don Erickson
Potter
Dalton
Ivan Liljegren
Erickson
Liljegren
Survey Finds Few Grasshoppers in Nebraska Rangeland
Entomologist Clifford Wallstrom reported an initial survey shows very few grasshoppers in western Nebraska rangeland. State officials will tour Cheyenne County the week of June 15 to assess need for a range spraying program. Ranchers seek inclusion of about 96 000 acres in a federal state hopper control plan. County Agent Ivan Liljegren will invite interested parties and local control committee members to join the inspection team.
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Clifford Wallstrom
Nebraska
Wallstrom
Cheyenne County
Ivan Liljegren
Weather outlook with scattered afternoon thunderstorms
Fair tonight and Tuesday with scattered afternoon thunder showers. Lows 50 to 60 tonight, highs around 80 on Tuesday.
Depot Hosts Chamber Quarterly Meeting and Talks
Commissioner Fred Herrington and Col. George Abert will speak at the Chamber of Commerce quarterly meeting at Sioux Ordnance Depot. The dinner begins at 6 30 p m at the SOD Cafeteria with principal remarks expected in Lincoln.
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Fred Herrington
Lincoln
Chamber of Commerce
Sioux Ordnance Depot
George Abert
Kimball man breaks arm in oil field accident
A 21 year old Kimball oil field worker Jimmy Dale Clifton suffered a broken arm in an oil field accident near Kimball on Monday morning. He was taken to Sidney Memorial Hospital where a local physician treated him. Doctors described the arm as broken in several places.
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Kimball
Jimmy Dale Clifton
Clifton
Sidney Memorial Hospital
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Jim Pais
Cal Outright
Jerry Felt
Ning
Kimballs
Launching Life
Jim Wise
Potter Rodeo
Om Om
Ivory
Don Rapp
ASC
Rapp
Mr. Rapp
National Foundation
State
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