Ike Yet to Confirm for Fort Sidney Days Big Crowd Hopes
Fort Sidney Days organizers press ahead with plans for June 19 to 21 hoping General Eisenhower will attend. J Fred Thomason says his presence could draw thousands. Ike’s reply pending while Eisenhower headquarters in New York and local committees keep actions in high gear. Events include a free barbecue for seven thousand, an old time dance, and Dowis and Forsythe carnival entertainment. Weather could drive attendance. success hinges on Ike’s participation.
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Fort Sidney
Ike
General Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Fort Sidney Days
J. Fred Thomason
Walter Williams
Eisenhower Headquartees
New York City
Dowis
Forsythe
Fort Sidney Days Nearing Bring Old West Spirit to Western Neb
Western Nebraska prepares for the 1952 Fort Sidney Days with parades set to draw thousands. Boosters tour the area, windows are dressed, costumes worn, and final plans for the Forsythe Dowis Carnival and free acts at the City Band Shell are completed. Entries pour in for the parades, with officials coordinating divisions and lineup at 118th and Jackson by Friday.
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Nebraska
Fort Sidney
Forsythe & Dowis
Sidney City
Leo Farrell
Hahler Motor Company
12Th and
Jackson
Larry Stuart
Sidney City Auditorium
O. L. Maddox
118Th and
Negy
Famed Mentalist To Perform On Fox Stage Next Week
Alano Dass one of the nation’s foremost mentalists will appear at the Fox Theatre next week to showcase mental telepathy. He has drawn strong crowds nationwide and was recently held over at Denver’s Tabor Theatre due to popularity.
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Alano Dass
Fox Theatre
Denver
Tabor Theatre
Bicycle Parade to Offer Eight Prizes in Fort Sidney Days
Eight prizes will be awarded in the Montgomery Ward bicycle decorating contest as a feature of the Fort Sidney Days parade. Raulph Lincoln of the Sidney store predicts more than 85 children will compete, about 60 from Ordville via the Bicycle Safety Club. First prize is a G E Sealed Beam Bicycle. other prizes include a glass casting rod, Cortland Challenger tennis racket, baseball glove, Sun rubber basketball, bike basket, chrome goose horn, and bike saddle cover.
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Montgomery- Ward
Fort Sidney
Raulph Lincoln
Sidney Montgomery-Ward
Ordville
Mrs. Sherich Funeral Held
Funeral services for Ida Belle Sherich 87 were held Saturday at The Craig Mortuary with Rev N Schroeder of Lodgepole Lutheran Church. She died Friday in a local hospital after weeks as a patient. Burial will be in Phillips Nebraska. She was born January 12 1865 in Kenton Ohio and married Benjamin F Sherich October 10 1883. Survivors include three sons Walter and Harley of Lodgepole and Vern of Caldwell Idaho, seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Ida Belle Sherich
Craig Mortuary
N. Schroeder
Lutheran Church
Lodgepole
Phillips
Nebr
Sherich
Kenton
Ohio
Hamilton County
Sidney Works Permit Total Approaches Three Quarters Million
City records show more than 750 000 in building permits issued in Sidney in the first five and a half months of the year, nearly all for homes. No large projects have started yet, keeping 1952 behind last year’s two million plus total, though a new hotel plan could push the annual figure higher. Ground for the Ninth and Jackson Street hotel is cleared, with contracts and specifications soon due, followed by building award. Mortgage financing and operator selection are still under study.
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Sidney
Gordon Tobin
Ninth and
Jackson Street
Jehovah's Witnesses Bring 1000 Guests to Sidney Meeting
Jehovah's Witnesses plan a three day assembly in Sidney using City Auditorium for general sessions and the municipal pool for baptisms. The visitors, from Wyoming Colorado and Nebraska, will arrive June 27 to 29, with no local group active since 1944. Detailed arrangements to follow.
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Jehovah's Witnesses
Sidney
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
State Honors 30 Employees at Bridgeport Ceremony
Thirty Panhandle employees of the State Department of Roads and Irrigation, including six in Sidney, were honored Tuesday in Bridgeport for long service. Robert H. Willis received a 56 year award. he is the department’s longest-serving member.
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State Department of Roads and Irrigation
Sidney
Bridgeport
Department
Harold Aitken
Robert H. Willis
Bureau of Irrigation
Department of Roads and Irrigation
Willis
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Bureau of Irrigation, Water Power and Drainage
Platte River
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
New York
Tom C. Middleswart
Fred H. Kletsch
Harold Goodrich
Chadron
J. W. Billeter
R. A. Million
Oshkosh
I. N. Smith
O. L. Hansen
Scottsbluff
Joe Griggs
Gordon
E. J. Schnieder
David B. Ender
Henry McMillan
Victor A. Nelson
Andrew Nelson
July 1 Tax Deadline Reminder by County Officials
County Treasurer Herbert Stevens reminds taxpayers that the second half of 1951 taxes is delinquent after July 1. Notices were mailed this week from the treasurer’s office to those who paid the first half last fall.
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Herbert Stevens
New Grain Regulations Spark District Meeting Discussion
At the 12th district Nebras ka Grain Dealers Association meeting in Yendis Cafe, 72 attendees heard about new sanitation rules under the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act. Howard Elm and Van Howstan explained hidden infestation and contamination risks extending to grain elevators, with emphasis on wheat and broader grain handling practices.
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Nebraska Grain Dealers Association
Charles Deaver
Sidney
Howard Elm
Lincoln
van Howstan
Omaha Grain Exchange
Dick Woods
Joe May
Kansas City Grain Exchange
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Food and Drug Administration
South Potter Field Gets New Oil Well
Shell Oil Co. adds another well in South Potter Field. Drill stem test at No. 1 Kennedy recovered 2,750 feet of oil and 150 feet of heavily oil cut mud in the D sand. Kennedy offsets Hagemeister No. 1. Regional oil news on Page Four, Section Three.
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Shell Oil Co
South Potter Field
Kennedy
Panhandle Paint and Glass opens in Sidney
The Panhandle Paint and Glass company opens in the former Hardy's Furniture building across from the courthouse, owned by Dan Duncan and Glenn Siebken. A grand opening is planned for Saturday July 12, with retail and wholesale trade now available. Products include Siedlitz Multitint paints Pittsburg plate glass Solex Du plate and Twindow glass, Plus Bruce and Ktem paint lines and Rubberset brushes. Polishers and sanders available on call.
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Panhandle Paint and Glass Company
Sidney
Dan Duncan
Glenn Siebken
Hardy’s Furniture Store
New Paint and Glass Company
Siedlitz
Pittsburg
Ktem
Bruce
Sanders
Telegraph
Big Contract Let For SOD At Sioux Ordnance Depot
A $695,495 contract was let Wednesday to Peter Kiewitt Sons of Omaha for construction of an employment and security building and service facilities at Sioux Ordnance Depot. It was the largest of $1,666,259.24 in military construction contracts in Colorado, Minnesota and Nebraska by the Omaha district Army Engineer's office. The Sidney project includes a single story 90 by 40 feet masonry building plus gas station, truck and trailer garage, change and lunchroom, and a combined storehouse and crew building.
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Peter Kiewitt Sons Company
Omaha
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Colorado
Minnesota
Nebraska
Omaha District Army Engineer's Office
Sidney
Showdown Today On Unit Efforts In West Sidney Field
Landowners near West Sidney area have hired an attorney to meet Ohio Oil Co. officials at ten o’clock this morning over the proposed gas oil unitization for the West Sidney Field. Ohio aims to create an 11 thousand acre unit with one gas well per 360 acres and oil wells after standard offsets. Local landowners show cautious support for gas but doubt the oil unit terms. Sidney district manager EK B Stewart says the proposal is among the fairest he has seen and wants owners to be satisfied with the plan. Discussions continue this afternoon with Ohio officials.
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West Sidney
Ohio Oil Co
Telegraph
Ohio
EK. B. Stewart
Sidney
Ife
No 0
June Heat Wave Grips Panhandle Wheat Harvest
Western Nebraska farmers fear a labor and equipment shortage as a record wheat crop approaches harvest around July 1. Kansas may divert combines and workers, while college students and Mexican Nationals aid in beet and potato regions. May employment eased 13 percent from last year with 6,832 jobs filled. unemployment claims averaged 1,613 weekly.
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Nebraska
State Employment Service
Department of Agriculture
Department
Kansas
Scottsbluff- Gering
Fringe Zoning Powers Discussed By Local Officials
City Sidney and county leaders debated enforcing fringe zoning around the city citing a 1943 ordinance. County Commissioners Fleming and Coulter urged study, with County Attorney Knicely to advise, while Sheriff Schulz noted limited authority and voluntary cleanup efforts. A truck route on Hickory Street and potential state legislation to extend zoning near city limits were also discussed.
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Sidney
George Fleming
George Coulter
Potter
Cecil Hunt
Sund
W. W. Schulz
Jack Knicely
Concensus
Hickory Street
Sugar Beets Acreage Declines Slightly in Nebraska Districts
The Great Western Sugar Co reports Sidney district planted acreage at 432 acres vs 494 last year while Potter district shows 86 acres, both below 1951. Labor shortages and loss of contracted growers cited. Seed potato certification for 1952 totals 5,220 acres, led by Box Butte and Scotts Bluff with about 1,500 each. other counties listed in descending order.
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Sidney- Potter
Great Western Sugar Co
Sidney
Potter
Nebraska
The
Potato Certification Association
Alliance
Marx Koehnke
Association
Koehnke
Nebraska Panhandle
Box Butte
Scotts Bluff
Sheridan
Banner
Kimball
Sioux
Keith
Morrill
Lincoln
Dawson
Dawes
Sidney Pool Opens Sunday at Legion Park
Municipal pool in Legion Park opens Sunday with John Dykal as manager taking duties June 20. Arlina Harte named assistant manager. Three guards Ann Kokjer, Marcelyn Dedrick, and Sally Jo Speicher will monitor pool activity.
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Sidney Municipal
Legion Park
John Dykal
St. Patrick’s Academy
Arlina Harte
Ann Kokjer
Marcelyn Dedrick
Sally Jo Speicher
Omaha
Midnight Show at Fox Theatre Friday 13th
The Fox Theatre books a special midnight screening tonight to mark Friday the 13th. Olsen and Johnson star in The Ghost Chasers in a rare late program.
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Fox Theatre
Olsen and Johnson
Record Heat Reaches 99 Degrees in Sidney Nebraska
The thermometer hit a record 99 degrees in Sidney on Tuesday afternoon as Nebraska baked in heat up to 106 in Imperial. Wheat fields show stress yet ample soil moisture and forecasts lift Nebraska winter wheat production to 108 million bushels, with Panhandle output possibly reaching 20 million. Nebraska ranks second to Kansas in wheat prospects.
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Sidney
Nebraska
Imperial
Department of Agriculture
Department
Kansas
Nebraska Crop Prospects Improve Across Wheat Rye and Corn
Nebraska faces a mixed harvest forecast with record national wheat output. Winter and spring wheat totals reach over 1.2 billion bushels nationally, while Nebraska corn planting nears completion at 94 percent, well ahead of last year’s pace and aided by favorable recent weather. Rye production remains steady with last year’s acreage, and crop estimates hold from last month amid improved conditions for corn and wheat.
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Nebraska
State
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
Bureau
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Sidney Telegraph
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Lodgepole Cub Scout Pack
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Foland Farm Machinery
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Beckmann Motor Company
the Dairy Queen
Sidney Air Service
Montgomery Ward
Greenlees’, Inc
Ohio Oil Company
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Dalton
Maddox Motor
Fox Stage
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