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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1946
Page
1
A city wide clean up campaign starts Wednesday in Sidney, with cooperation from the city and Chamber of Commerce. Residents are urged to brighten streets, alleys and yards by collecting trash, garbage and debris from the north side of town.
City officials join with the chamber of commerce to launch a vigorous annual clean up campaign. Mayor C B Dorwart proclaims the week beginning Wednesday June 12, 1946, urging all citizens to cooperate so Sidney may take pride in its appearance and cleanliness.
Morning pickup will involve city trucks and workers. Crews will work south and stay on the job as long as necessary to finish the task, per Mayor C. B. Dorwart.
The Sidney Country Club reopens its redecorated and furnshed clubhouse tonight after seven. Miss Freda Hammer is new manager caterer. Members only may attend the house warming with light refreshments. The improved facility will host luncheons, dinners and social events. Hammer has booked a party for Thursday.
Potter plans an all day Fourth of July celebration featuring a baseball game between the Fort Warren club and a Potter club expected to draw a capacity crowd. A picnic and evening Legion Hall dance are also on the program.
Two petitions signed by over sixty percent of resident property owners ask Sidney city council to pave expanded districts on the east side of Tenth Avenue and a large west end area. The council will district the paving by ordinance, with an engineer to study west district storm sewers before work begins. The west district covers most of 18th through 22nd avenues and nearby streets from Linden to Maple, with Jackson and King streets and Linden also included.
Fifteen acres of spinach near Iliff south of Sidney spoiled after transportation failed during a rail tie up. The crop, enough for several freight cars, was ready for cutting two weeks earlier but no cars were available. Nakamura and family farmed near Iliff and despite Lions Club offers to help, only a small salvage was possible and most of the crop would be plowed under.
In Pine Bluffs Wyoming a major fight for control of the Pine Bluffs Rural Electric Co. is anticipated at the annual meeting set for Wednesday night. W T Bill Young leads a slate seeking to oust the current directors amid claims the last election was not genuine and concerns over board competence. The dispute has sparked relatively tense local mobilization as stakeholders in Kimball and Banner counties weigh the implications for the REA affiliate.
The summer recreation program led by Leo Shuman starts today at nine at Sidney High School grounds for children up to fourteen with games, softball, tennis, and stories. At eleven Shuman and Patricia Osborn begin activities at the north side park. Morning sessions run nine to twelve at both sites daily except Sundays. Evening programs from seven target older youth with tennis and softball. Plans include fishing contests, leagues, carnivals, and matches. Free swimming is offered four days weekly to children under twelve with classes possible later.
Charles N. Deaver a Colton farmer now living in Sidney was elected president of the Nebraska Grain and Feed Dealers Association at a state wide Omaha meeting. He succeeds R M Watson. Glenn L LeDiout Omaha Chamber of Commerce urged Nebraskans to support the University of Nebraska's agricultural college and experiment stations to keep talent from leaving for out of state offers.
City council members approved a revised garbage ordinance at Friday’s meeting but deferred action until June 21 to allow minor changes. City Attorney Heaton was unavailable for a legal opinion. An informal poll showed unanimous approval of the revised measure. If approved, the city would assume trash collection and bill residents monthly through the power office.
The Spearow Equipment Company took the winning bid Friday evening for a new cemetery tractor and mower. The bid was 1069 dollars without attachments, beating three Sidney firms The Hossack Implement Co and Foland Farm Machinery Co and Scottsbluff’s Nebraska Machinery Co. The Spearow bid was the lowest of the four proposals.
Western Nebraska holds strong prospects for a bumper winter wheat crop despite a thirty percent freeze impact. Recent warm weather spurred rapid growth and color. State reports note limited visible damage like white heads, with moisture shortages persisting in Saunders, Seward, Lancaster, Otoe, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, and Richardson counties.
Harold J. West resigns as Ogallala schools superintendent after seven years. George M. Anderson, board president, announces the move. West, previously Lodge Dole official and athletic instructor, plans to stay in Ogallala and pursue a business path, signaling an early role with a life insurance underwriting firm.
Chadron votes on liquor by the drink, hoping for a record turnout after failed attempts in nearby towns. The ballot also includes a $35,000 bond measure for a war memorial recreation center, to be matched by $30,000 from a local war memorial commission.
Western Nebraska oil activity includes Amerada Federal Geiser No 1 spudding in Sioux county with geologist M F E Hestbeck reporting. Simultaneous gas showings at Woodward Oil Co Gertrude Schmitt No 3 in Ardmore SD exceed commercial estimates, with two oil shows at depths 480 to 530 feet and 1055 to 1065 feet.
Mrs Frances Doran announced the Greater Artists series will come to Sidney next fall amid ticket sales concerns. She noted sales were not yet enough to cover most expenses but tickets remain available through the summer and fall. Chamber of Commerce backing is expected to boost sales and local interest. Surrounding towns have shown strong ticket demand.
Four Sidney young men Carl John Schmidt Thomas Joseph O Connell Norman Harold Wilnes and Lewis Henry Sebold enlisted in the United States Navy May 31 at the Navy Recruiting station in Omaha. They joined for two years in the regular navy and are now undergoing training in San Diego California.
The city council announced a budget increase of 9500 to raise salaries across most departments while maintaining a nineteen mill levy for the upcoming year. Total revenue for 1946-47 is projected at 78500 with adjustments possible as the budget is reviewed, and salaries were raised at the request of city employees and approved by department heads as prudent given rising living costs. The mill levy distribution includes General 5, Cemetery 1, Sewer 4, Library 1, Park 1, Fire Dept Maintenance 4, City Hall Maintenance 1, Music and Amusement 5, Street Lighting 3.3, Intersection Paving 4, Intersection Sinking 2.
Sidney city council approved a new zoning ordinance plan and appointed a zoning commission led by A. D. Greenlee with Earl Winter and J. C. Bush as members. The panel will study the law, hold hearings for property owners, and report back before final council action. The previous ordinance was struck down by District Judge J. L. Tewell due to an incomplete minutes record.
Friday night's opening concert drew a capacity crowd under perfect weather. Soloists included Mrs Shirley Keith Dutton, Maxine Westfall, and Donna Doran. Vern Livingston hosted. John Martinosky gave the intermission address. Grant Mathews conducted a varied program that earned spontaneous applause, signaling a strong summer season ahead.
Voters south of the Union Pacific and east of 10th Avenue vote at Frances Willard school known as the east ward school. North side residents north of Union Pacific vote at the north side school. South of Union Pacific to Newton Street and west of 10th Avenue vote at the courthouse basement. South of Newton Street and west of 10th Avenue vote at Spearow Equipment Building.
Sidney’s method of operating the power properties through a power board received high praise from Guy Palmis Fort Collins city manager. He called the St Joe system free of politics and envied by managers dealing with political boards. He urged combining power and city manager offices and noted engineers should run boards to ease official workload and fund city needs.
State highway patrol headquarters in Lincoln announces two new patrolmen for western Nebraska. Raymond L. Winn of Omaha will be stationed in Oshkosh and Herbert Wallace of McCook will operate out of Sidney. Both are new members of the patrol.
The practice 4-H District Judging Day will be held at Bridgeport High School on Saturday June 15 at 9 30 a m. State 4 H Club office members and specialists oversee the event with training and practice in judging for home economics crops and livestock projects. Attendees should bring a pencil and their lunch.
The Sidney Power Board and city council urge voters to approve two questions today: sale of outlying power lines to the Rural Electrification Administration and a power contract with REA. A district cooperative centered in Sidney could follow, with lines to Bridgeport as nucleus. Polls open eight at the north side school house and east ward school house.
The Sidney municipal swimming pool will open for the summer Wednesday announced by the park board. Robert Wait Jr will be pool manager with Barbara Radcliffe as assistant. Free swimming for children eleven and under is sponsored by the city. Adult admission thirty cents and children twenty cents, with suits and towels available for a small fee.
Sterling Country Club led with 85 points in a five team golf event at Sidney Country Club. Red Waite of Scottsbluff matched par 70 to take low score, while Scottsbluff took 2nd with 75% of possible points. Riverview of Scottsbluff 3rd, Sidney 4th at 49%, Alliance 5th at 25%. Yo Nomura and Guy Lamberdux notable. Weather windy, outside nine challenging. Also notes Sidney zoning ordinance invalidation stirs Neb municipalities as judge requires named votes on records.
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