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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1966
Page
1
Come to Sidney next Tuesday and Wednesday for a big Carnival of Values. June 14 and 15 feature twelve rides on Jackson Street, set up by Forsythe and Dewis Carnival Co. through the Sidney Chamber of Commerce. Sidney retailers offer tickets plus fifteen cents for rides. a circus atmosphere for all.
Rain across western Nebraska eased drought concerns and revived wheat prospects. Totals from two to 3.5 inches improved conditions in Cheyenne and Deuel counties, with Sunol and Sidney reporting heavy falls. Extension agents expect a normal to above average yield if warm, wet weather continues, though late frost and heat could limit gains in some locales.
In May judge Roy Gish reported 215 dollars in fines in Sidney Police Court with 68 dollars in costs. Offenders included nine driving violations nine intoxication cases and one dog complaint.
Dal ton Public School superintendent Richard Krause says the district remains fully accredited though the State Board of Education downgraded it from class A to minor accreditation for 1966 1967. He notes new building plans and upcoming programs aim to meet standards, including elementary and high school physical education and foreign language. The district must fund improvements to regain higher accreditation, with the board pushing for community support to move back to class A next year.
Twenty one Omaha youths ages 9 through 14 will spend ten days June 18 to 27 on farms in Western Nebraska as part of a Youth Environment Project led by First Lutheran Church of Potter. The program aims to bridge city country worlds and foster cross racial friendships, with Potter members participating after a March Omaha seminar.
The 1966-67 budget for School District No. 1 will be adopted at Sidney’s regular board meeting next Monday night. Agenda includes: reading minutes and bills, bids for South Ward playground and Biology Lab, teacher elections, use of school bus for Junior League Baseball, budget adoption, and superintendent’s report plus plans for band storage and state re‑evaluation. Also noted are the first annual Sidney Country Club Invitational golf tournament and city development projects likely totaling over one million dollars by year end.
State Roads Department opened bids Thursday for 10.5 million dollars in highway projects. Major Interstate 80 work covers nine counties with 13 miles of paving and three bridges between Hershey and Sutherland interchanges and 2.6 miles with one bridge near Bushnell. Also includes pre construction clear ing for I 480 right of way in Omaha between 23rd and 20th Streets and Chicago and Cass Streets.
A pre camp workshop and party for 4 H Junior Leaders will be held at the 4 H building Monday night for leaders from Kimball Cheyenne Banner Morrill and Devel counties. Supper at 6 30 pm followed by recreation and Ki Ba Che Mo camp discussion. The group will stay overnight to participate in Starting camp activities on Tuesday.
A group of area youths left Sidney this morning by a special bus for Lincoln to take part in the annual Boys and Girls State activities. The plan calls for return next Friday, June 17. The accompanying photo shows students from Sidney Kimball Potter and nearby towns along with the long time bus driver and Legion sponsor.
The Suno school board will consider a resident proposal to discontinue the four grade high school and have high school students attend another district. A board member said the request is out of order at the annual meeting as the agenda and budget are already set.
Stella M Henke 68 died at Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Funeral set for 10 am Saturday at St Mary's Church Dalton with Mass by Rev Cletus Semper and sermon by Very Rev Vincent Pelster. Burial in St Mary's Cemetery with Rosary at 8 pm Friday. She was born Feb 6 1898 in Iowa and lived in Dalton since 1922. Survived by nine children, two sisters, two brothers, and 21 grandchildren.
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