Cool Front Drops Temperatures and Injures Worker
Bert Lee Sivesind a county road grader operator, was injured when his left hand was dragged into a conveyor belt at a county road north east of Gurley. He was found unconscious, treated for belt burns and cuts, and hospitalized overnight before returning home to recover. Weather notes report a 29 degree drop with a high of 80 in Sidney and a forecast of mild, partly cloudy skies.
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Lee Sivesind
Gurley
Sivesind
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
10Th Ave
Sidney
CAA
Chadron
Alliance
Scottsbluff
Valentine
North Platte
Imperial
Nebraska
Lincoln
Gering
Ostenberg
Prizes Expanded for Fort Sidney Kids Parade
Jaycee co chairs Carl Schmidt and Bob Bowman announced additional prizes for the Fort Sidney Days Kids Parade on Friday morning June 20. Prizes include 10 dollars for best pony entry and best bicycle entry, plus 10 7 and 5 dollar awards in artistic and historical categories. Each entrant will receive a prize and judges named Mrs Hess Mrs Jorgenson Bart Williamson John Elwell Sr and Ed Short will judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sidney
Jaycee
Carl, Schmidt
Bob Bowman
Theroin
C B. Hess
Don Jorgenson
Iebart Williamson
John Elwell, Sr
Ed Short
4-H District Camp Fees Due Friday
County Extension Office announces deadline for camp registration at Mitchell. Fees are six dollars per member for the four day session June 16 to 19, with activities including handicrafts nature study sports and hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Grain Market Wheat Price Quoted at 162 Per Bushel
Local elevator sources report a wheat price of 162 dollars per bushel today. The quote reflects the current market level for hard red winter wheat and indicates strong demand from nearby buyers.
Remodeling Sparks Sidney Building Drive Continues
Building activity runs brisk in Sidney with remodeling garages and residences dominating spending. The City Council approved $38,000 in permits for projects including two $14,500 houses on El Rancho Road for James Wagner, drive doors for C S Radcliffe, a mill workshop use, a $1,700 covered patio for Victor Henderson, home remodels for Katie Helzer and W J Ellison, remodeling programs for Carl Loch and Louis Fehringer at $700 each, and a $4,300 office addition for Christ Construction Co.
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Sidney
James Wagner
el Rancho Road
C. S. Radcliffe
Hickory
Victor Henderson
Katie Helzer
W. J. Ellison
Carl Loch
Louis Fehringer
Christ Construction Co
Grasshoppers Plague Colorado But Are Not Dangerous Here
Grasshoppers infested Colorado threaten Cheyenne County Nebraska with 15 per square yard or more triggering spraying. Ivan Liljegren and Charles Stonecipher surveyed about twenty farms, finding widespread but variable counts. Aldrin is recommended. federal and state aid may fund range-land spraying, split costs three ways, if eligible.
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Cheyenne County
Colorado
Jim Read
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Ivan Liljegren
Charles Stonecipher
Brownson
Liljegren
Thieves Steal 168 Beers From Elmer's Tavern
Thirsty thieves pried open a rear window of Elmer's Tavern at Lodgepole and took seven cases of beer. Mrs. Elmer Phelps reported the break-in to Sheriff W. W. Schulz. No other loss or damage was noted by investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer’s
Lodgepole
Elmer Phelps
W. W. Schulz
Scottsbluff to Host VFW Meet Starting Sunday
Scottsbluff will host the 28th VFW State Convention from Sunday June 15 following registration and events. Louis Feldmann of Hazleton Pa is junior vice commander in chief and Ray H Brannaman of Denver is past national commander in chief. Mrs R Lee Millican of Palatka Fla national chaplain and Buddy Poppy director of the Auxiliary will attend.
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Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff-Gering
VFW
Auxiliary
Louis Feldmann
Hazleton
Ray H. Brannaman
Denver
R. Lee Millican
Palatka
Fla
Buddy Poppy
Chamber Meeting At Ordnance Plant Set For Tuesday
Sidney Chamber of Commerce members and other area businesspeople travel to Sioux Ordnance Depot for the quarterly meeting. The event, in SOC cafeteria at 6 30 p.m. Tuesday June 17, includes a Dutch Treat social hour, dinner at 6 30, and a post theater showing of The Pentomic Army. Reservations are due by Saturday noon.
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Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Sidney
Sioux Ordnance
Chamber of Commerce
SOC
Pentomic Army
Post Theatre
Legislators Begin State Parks Survey Tour Across Nebraska
A seven member interim committee charged with surveying Nebraska state parks recreation areas and wildlife habitat will depart Lincoln for a week long state wide tour. Established by the 1957 legislature the panel will report back to the 1959 session. Chairman Senator George Syas of Omaha and members Leroy Behinsky Norval Dame Kathleen Foote William Moulton Frank Nelson and August Wagner will visit Fremont Ponca State Park Gavins Point Niobrara State Park Valentine Smith Lake Chadron State Park Fort Robinson Bridgeport Otter Creek Sutherland Wellfleet Swanson Lake Harlan County Reservoir Crystal Lake and Alexandria State Recreation Grounds.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Fremont
Ponca State Park
Gavins Point
Niobrara State Park
Valentine
Smith Lake
Chadron State Park
Fort Robinson
Bridgeport State Recreation Grounds
Otter Creek
Sutherland
Wellflett
Swanson Lake
Harlan County Reservoir
Crystal Lake
Alexandria State Recreation Grounds
George Syas
Omaha
Leroy Behinsky
St. Paul
Norval Dame
Stratton
Kathleen Foote
Axtell
William Moulton
Frank Nelson
O'Neill
August Wagner
Columbus
Flag Dedication At Park Diamond Set
Formal dedication of the American flag and flag pole at Legion park baseball diamond is scheduled before the opening of the Browns-Lowry Air Base game Friday night. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Honor Guard will perform the ceremony. VFW Post 610 provided the flag pole and flag. Simmons Cook Jr will be in charge.
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Legion Park
Brones-Lowry
Veterans of Foreign Wars Honor Guard
VFW Post 610
Simmons Cook, Jr
Sterling youth injured in fall near Sidney
Marcus Albro nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Vern Albro rural Sidney residents was seriously hurt in a fall from a top of an abandoned Colorado Health Department building near the old airgrounds Marcus was visiting his grandmother Mrs Joseph Scheutter at 7th and Sidney Streets when the accident occurred He has a broken toe badly lacerated head and face wounds with fourteen stitches and possible internal injuries He attends St Patrick Academy in Sidney and his father works as a mechanic at the Sioux Ordnance Depot The family lives on Rural Route 1 near Sidney
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Marcus Albro
Vern Albro
Sidney
Sterling
Coloado
Marcus
Joseph Scheutter
Sidney Streets
St.Patrick’s Academy
Sioux Ordnenece Depot
Route 1
Sidney Council Discusses Audit Police Cars And Carnival
The Sidney City Council met Monday night to approve a Fort Sidney Days carnival site on Hickory and grant a pool hall at 817 10th Avenue. They awarded the city audit to Witthoff and McIntosh, considered flood prevention terracing, prepared to bid two police cars, and set July 14 for a hearing on signs set-backs and zoning variances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
O. J. Weymouth
City Planning Board
Bob Waite
Fort Sidney
Hickory
C. S. Radcliffe
10Th Avenue
William H. Davis
Alta Vista
Witthoff and McIntosh
Grand Island
Murrey Fuller
Fuller
Research Project At Ewing Well Proves Logging Theories
Schlumberger and Shell Oil Co. fund a 50 000 pro ject at No 1 Ewing in Scotts Bluff County to study electric log interpretation at a dry hole. The team seeks to isolate streaming potential and separate it from electrochemical readings, using varying mud types and a control setting to refine oil exploration techniques. The No 1 Ewing, spudded May 21 by Jet Drilling Co., lies seven miles west of Gering on Dwight Ewing farm as part of a six well Shell wildcat series.
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Schlumberger
Shell Oil Co
Ewing
Scotts Bluff
Dwight Ewing
Gering
Shell
Jet Drilling Co
O Thez
Denver
Fischer's Shop Opens Saturday Grand Opening
Fischer's Dra pery and Specialty Shop holds a grand opening at 10th and Pine this Saturday. Owners Ervin and his wife invite the public to inspect the new building featuring over 2000 fabrics and colors for custom draperies, DIY material, full drapery hardware, decorator pillows, shower curtains, bed spreads, Eagle-Picher aluminum storm doors and windows, with door prizes worth 40 dollars and free coffee and cookies. The Fischers previously ran the drapery department at Dorothy's Draperies located at 10th and Maple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fischer's
10Th & Pine
Ervin Fischer
Fischér's
Eagle-Picher
Fischers
Dorothy
10Th
Maple
Backers Seek Retrial In District Court
George and Mollie Backer of Scottsbluff through attorneys seek a new trial over damage to Sidney property from the 13th Avenue underpass. A Cheyenne County District Court jury recently found the Backers were not injured by the underpass construction. The case has twice favored the city. The petition lists thirty one reasons for retrial.
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George
Mollie Backer
Scottsbluff
Sidney
13Th Avenue
Cheyenne County
Sidney Cafe Grand Opening Friday With Free Coffee
The Sportsman Cafe under new owner Mrs. Helen Johnson will hold its grand opening Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 2201 Illinois Street. Free coffee and donuts will be offered along with several opening day specials to the public.
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Sportsman Cafe
Helen Johnson
Illinois
Sportsman
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Ordnance Plant
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Sidney Lad
R. E. Luton
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King
Luton
Ohio
Ewing Well
Schlumberger Testing
Fischer
Sidney Cafe
Cyprus
Nicosia
Britain
Greece
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