Legion Auxiliary Hosts Girls State Program In Peetz
Approximately 80 attendees from Peetz and neighboring towns gathered Sunday afternoon in the hall for a Legion Auxiliary Girls State program. Speakers included Miss Jane McAfee of Sterling and Miss Diane Asbury of Akron with Miss Nellie Huey assisting, discussing Girl State and Girls Nation. The event ended with tea.
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Legion Auxiliary
Bt. Morgan
Sterling
Haxtun
Winzy
Akron
Wiggins
Yuna
Julesburg
Peetz
Jane McAfee
Nellie Huey
Liff
Bob Davis
Bob
Ralph
Wty
Dick DuBois
Shelly DuBois
Dean DuBois
Gillette
Wyo
Arval Gish
Michael
Mr. Gish
Sidney Community News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Sidney residents share visits at the Schumachers Morgan breeding farm and Nay Springs for the Pineridge Morgan Horse Breeders Association annual meeting where Dean Olson is elected Vice President for 1966 1967. The note lists weddings birthdays dinners rodeos and 4-H events with several local families attending and hosting gatherings across Sidney and nearby towns.
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Dean Olson
Chadron
Jonny Schimacher
Schumechers
Morgan
Olsons
Schumachers
Nay Springs
Charles Marcy
Marcy
Pineridge Morgan Horse Breeders Association
Wilmer Brauer
Sidney
Ray Anderson
Linda Kay
John Owens
Butch Beeshart
Butch
Leo Kurth
Potter
Mark Foreman
Albin Olson
Dave Ells
George Thompson
Maynard Osborne
Gus Hellbush
Paul Wilson
Loretta
Kathy
Sam
Rex
Cary Wilson
Electa Standon
Sidney Rest Home
Standon
Dorothy van Aelstyn
Charles Sparks
Keenesburg
Colorado
Dorothy
Howard Kurz
Yolanda
Frank Kurz
Mr. Kurz
Robert Kurz
Pete Wiebe
San Bernadino
California
Everett Mowatt
Historical Society to operate Chimney Rock information center
BAYARD Nebraska State Historical Society will run an information center near Chimney Rock at the Highway 26 wayside park for the summer. A small house trailer will be moved to the spot with an attendant in about two weeks to provide information about Chimney Rock and other area sites.
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Bayard
The
Nebraska State Historical Society
Chimney Rock
Wood
Historical Society
Nursing Home Ready Soon in Gering at 21st and T
GERING Bel Air Manor a new 75 bed facility at 21st and T Streets in Gering will open July 1. President M F Brandt announced after State Health Department and state fire marshal approval. The one story building has 30 single and 23 double bedrooms plus three lobbies. Eugene Brandt son of M F Brandt will be administrator, currently leading the Minatare home.
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Gering - Bel-Air Manor
21St
T Streets
Gering
M. F. Brandt
State Health Department
Eugene Brandt
Minatare
Gering Schools Crowded Budget Discusses Sinking Fund
Gering Board of Education adopted the 1966 67 budget of 843 484 and considered a four mill sinking fund for future building needs. No action on the levy was taken but the fund would be used to build an elementary school in the North Field Addition. Superintendent Hale Geister warned enrollment could rise by 100 to 150 students this fall as the three grade schools remain full even after a new elementary school opened last fall.
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Gering
Gering Board of Education
Northfield
Supt. of
Hale Geister
Agent Given Scholarship to Attend CSU
Bridgeport Morrill County Extension agent Don Siffring received a 100 scholarship from Farm Foundation to attend the National Extension Workers Summer School from June 13 to July 1. The award requires enrollment in agricultural policy courses. Siffring will return to Morrill County on July 5.
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Bridgeport
Don Siffring
Morrill County
Colorado State University
Farm Foundation
National Extension Workers
Siffring
California man loses car after train strike in Deuel County
Richard C. Gilliland 27 of Stanford California pulled off Highway 30 to sleep off liquor, then left his car at Carlson's 3-O Ranch crossing. While two volunteers tried to help, Gilliland reportedly refused to leave the vehicle until dragged out as a train approached and struck the car, yielding a fine in Deuel County court.
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Chappell
California
Deuel
Richard C. Gilliland
Stanford
Calif
Carlson
3-O Ranch
Julesburg
Gilliland
Oshkosh Fourth of July to feature parade and Queen candidates
Oshkosh Jaycees plan a bigger celebration with a parade carrying Centennial Queen candidates, a free noon barbecue in the city park, swimming pool open, possible baseball games, free kiddie rides on fire trucks, and a free watermelon feed for attendees. Entry forms are available for girls entering the Centennial Queen contest.
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Oshkosh
Wheat King Open Golf Tourney At Chappell Sunday
The seventeenth annual Wheat King Open will be held at Chappell on Sunday June 12. It is billed as the state’s largest one day tournament with registration from 6 to 10 a.m. Lunch will be provided by the Woman's Golf Club. The Championship flight plays 27 holes, other flights 18. Raymond Clark, the 1965 defending champion, will attend to defend his title.
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Chappell
Woman’s Golf Club
Raymond Clark
Quarter Horse Show Set in Oshkosh This Friday
OSHKOSH AQHA annual Quarter Horse show set for Friday and Saturday June 17 18 at the Oshkosh fairgrounds. events include halter judging cutting barrel racing pole bending calf roping and team tying with senior junior open and novice divisions. evening bull session at 6 30 with a Drifters dance to follow plus trophies ribbons and cash awards. judge Dean Ewing Wichita Kansas show superintendent Pat McGinley and other officials named.
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Oshkosh
AQHA
Dean Ewing
Wichita
Kansas
Pat McGinley
Paul Dietlein Ring Stewart
J. R. Haddix
Deuel County Plans School Reorganization To One Board
The State Reorganization Committee approved Deuel County’s plan to dissolve seven Class I districts and the High School District No 200. A new Class II district would cover K through 12, creating a unified program under one board to improve staff and facility flexibility.
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Chappell
State Reorganization Committee
Deuel County
Boards of Education
Lyman Maupin, Nebraska’s Youngest Editor, Dies at 60
Richard M. Maupin, who became Nebraska’s youngest editor at 17 after starting a newspaper in Lyman, died in Omaha at age 60. He left a legacy in early regional journalism and local publishing.
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Lyman
Richard M. Maupin
Nebraska
Omaha
Doris Runge Graduates From Chadron College Arts Week
Doris Runge earned a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Elementary Education at Chadron State College. She and Doris and Patty Runge spent Arts and Science Week at the Chadron campus. May 22 marked her graduation day with family nearby in the region.
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Doris
Patty Runge
Chadron
Chadron State College
Milan Glassburn
Bridgeport
M. J. Hobbs
Kay Nelson
Rick Glassburn
Rick
Leonard Nelson
Ed Killham
Sarah Vacik
Jack Wendll
Wendell Johnson
Gordon Johnson
C. H. Hammond
Elizabeth
Randolph
Nebr
Michael Rasvan
Curtis Pushes Unified Traffic Safety Program
Senator Carl Curtis urged a nationwide traffic safety program focusing on drivers, road and vehicle conditions. He warned against shifting attention from driver errors to other factors, citing speed, drunken and careless driving as core hazards and urging manufacturers to improve automobile safety.
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Washington, D.C
Carl Curtis
Nebraska
United States Senate
Curtis
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