German Exchange Student Winds Up Year’s Visit Here
Silke Hermann a 17 year old exchange student from Bremen Germany ends nearly a year in Sidney High. She joined the Ray Maley family as a member and notes Americans dress normally and enjoy many extracurriculars she embraced Pep Club FTA Masque and Gavel and served as National Representative to the Senior Class. She plans journalism or diplomacy and will repeat one more year in Germany.
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Sidney
Sidney High
Silke
Germany
U. S
Future Teachers of America
FTA
March of Dimes
Ardince
Seventeen
Cvm
Sidney .High
Sidney High School
Maley
SHS
Senate wheat bill assailed by newspaper
The Nebraska State Journal editorial denounces the Senate wheat bill passed 44-35, calling it a political stew with little economic nourishment. It warns of lower farmer income, disrupted markets from releasing government stores, and urges Carl Curtis to oppose the measure despite Hruska supporting it.
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United States Senate
Nebraska State Journal
Senate
Nebraska
Carl Curtis
Roman Hruska
Dalton School Board Adopts 121000 Budget for Year
Dalton The school board on Monday night approved a 121000 budget for the coming year up from 110,890.37. About 98000 will be raised by taxation. Mrs Clayton Gillespie was reelected president, Clarence Ziegler treasurer, and Dale Flora secretary. The old building is inadequate but no new building was discussed.
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Dalton
Java‘tion
Clayton Gillespie
Clarence Ziegler
Dale Flora
Fort Sidney Days Feature Bowman Bets Homey Weather Outlooks
Weatherman Bowman a Denver radio forecaster will headline the Fort Sidney Days parade on June 25 flying a 1937 open cockpit Ryan sport plane entered in the parade. His weather forecasts emphasize practical, non technical language aimed at everyday decisions. He served as WWII navigator and has long worked as KOA weathercaster since 1950.
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Bowman
Sidney
Fort Sidney
Denver
Old Car Club
KOA
Jay
Ed Bowman
Downey
Iowa
University of Iowa
Air Force
Selman Field
Monroe
WHO
Des Moines
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Tall
Denver Weatherman
Denver Old Car Club
Pole Valley Saddle Club
Dalton Youth Injured In Power Mower Mishap
Twelve year old Billy Mead of Dalton suffered a severe injury when his left little finger was nearly sliced off after catching it on a starting motor belt. The accident occurred at the H L Heizer home. the motor was running though unplugged. Other fingers and the thumb were nicked. five stitches restored the finger. Billy, who turns 13 on Friday, is the son of Mr and Mrs Harry Mead.
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Dalton
Billy Mead
Bill
H. L. Heizer
Billy
Harry Mead
Tree Limb Falls. Elmer Hartmann Fractures Heels
Elmer J. Hartmann, instructor at Sidney Junior High School, fractured both heels when a tree limb he was sawing fell from a ladder. He is hospitalized at Sidney Memorial Hospital in good condition. Hartmann owned and operated Omar Court property where the accident occurred. Attending doctors expect a lengthy recovery with traction costs implied.
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Elmer J. Hartmann
Sidney Junior High School
Sidney Memorial Hospital
Hartmann
Omar Court
Sidneyite’s Mother Dies in Ohiowa Nebraska
Mrs. Fred Sieckmann Sr., 86, died early this morning at her Obiowa home after a lingering illness. She was the mother of Dallas Sieckmann of Sidney. Mr. and Mrs. Sieckmann and their daughters Sharon and Kathy of Denver will attend funeral services in Ohiowa.
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Fred Sieckmann Sr
Obiowa
Neb
Dallas Sieckmann
Sidney
Sieckmann
Sharon
Kathy
Denver
Ohiowa
Sidney Council Denies Liquor License Over Opposition
The Sidney City Council rejected Clarence Zalesky's liquor license request amid protests from local dealers and a ladies group citing sufficient outlets in Sidney, which has about 15 dealerships. The meeting also approved a fireworks ordinance allowing non explosive fireworks and conducted an annual tour of the Sioux Villa office led by Jack Dissmore.
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Sidney
Clarence Zalesky
Sioux Villa
Jack
Dissmore
Watered Down Penalties Promised at Fort Sidney Days Court
A mock court in Sidney plans a 2 pm Saturday session in front of the American National Bank with a joke jail and a stock tank concession stand. Judge Charles Ham vows to water down penalties as locals like Benny Hochman and George Hinn are named in the staged proceedings.
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Fort Sidney
Sidney
Benny Hochman
George Hinn
Dean Wilson
Dick Smith
Jack Flohr
American National Bank
Ham
Oil-Gas News Discovery Reported In NW Cheyenne County
Baumgartner Oil Co of Denver reports an apparent oil discovery in the extreme northwest corner of Cheyenne County. The Willson Ranch No 1 B well near Juelfs and Willson Ranch fields shows a J sand producer with 1122 feet of oil and 120 feet of oil cut mud captured in tests.
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Baumgartner Oil Co
Denver
Cheyenne County
Baumgartner
Willson Ranch
Juelfs
Banner County
T.W.H. Drilling Co
Willgon Ranch
Morrill County
Texata Oil Co
Faro
Dalton
Exeter Drilling Co
Linton
Reimers
Texota
S. D. Johnson
Keno
Miami
Petroleum ‘Co
Earl G. Anderson
Potter
Ohio Oil Co
Power Outages Hit 200 Families in County Storm
A Tuesday storm brought winds and rain across the county causing minor damage. About 200 Wheatbelt Public Power District customers lost power from two outages, including 150 from two poles west of Gurley and 50 when a cat near a transformer was electrocuted. Restoration took up to four hours.
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Wheatbelt Public Power District
Gurley
Wheatbelt
Gene _ Lienemann
Lienemann
Rites Thursday At Potter For Selma Engstrom
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p m for Selma H Engstrom 77 of Dix who died Monday at Pioneer Memorial Hospital Dalton Rev Vernon Hintermeyer will officiate at First Evangelical Lutheran Church Potter Burial will be in Kimball cemetery Allen Mortuary in charge of arrangements Survivors include daughter Elizabeth Christiansen of Kimball two sons Lawrence Engstrom of Dix and Raymond Engstrom of Lincoln eight grandchildren three great grandchildren three brothers and a sister John L Carlson of Dix Carl Carlson of Sand Point Idaho and Pete Hanson and Ellen Lundberg both living in Sweden.
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Selma H. Engstrom
Dix
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Dalton
Vernon Hintermeyer
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Potter
Kimball Cemetery
Allen Mortuary
Engstrom
Resele
Sweden
Rawlins
Wyo
Adolph Engstrom
Laramie
Sidney
Metropolitan
Elizabeth Christiansen
Kim‘ball
Lawrence’ Engstrom
Raymond Engstrom
Lincoln
John L. Carlson
Carl Carlson
Sand Point
Idaho
Pete Hanson
Ellen Lundberg
VFW Votes Harsh Stand On Communistic Nations
In North Platte the Nebraska Veterans of Foreign Wars convention endorsed severing diplomatic relations with any communist nation whose leader insults the U S government and president. The body also backed a broader WWI veteran pension program ROTC expansion requiring male students for degrees and a Congress proclamation making Veterans Day a nationwide holiday and closing all government business.
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North Platte
VFW
Congress
Swiss Wheat Delegation Visits Cheyenne County This Week
The Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Association hosts a Swiss wheat delegation arriving Saturday and departing Monday. They dine in Sidney, tour the county, spend Sunday in rest, and travel with a Foreign Agriculture Service representative. Bennie Herboldsheimer leads the Sidney program while C C Wheat Growers officials coordinate.
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Cheyanne
Red Cross Accepting Chilean Relief Funds
Cheyenne County Red Cross accepts private donations for Chilean earthquake victims through county chairman Ruby Spindler. Contributions may be sent in care of Spindler or treasurer Lew Wilson with United Fund Board approval and no organized solicitations.
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Chile
Cheyenne County Red Cross
Ruby Spindler
Party Line Gets Record Call From Fairbanks Alaska
KSID host Ron Tighe chats with Mr and Mrs Forrest Planck calling from Fairbanks Alaska on the long distance daytime program. The vacationing couple report near 24 hour sun and beautiful weather during their Arctic summer visit.
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KSID
Forrest Planck
Alaska
Fairbanks
Ron Tighe
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Kile Herman
Bremen
Gordon Printz
Telegraph
Maleys
Jang
Silke Hermenn
Martyn Maley
Ray Maley
Fort Sidney Days
Ft. Sidney
S ‘Weatherman Bowman
Elmer Hartmann
Sidneyite
Council
Selma Engstrom
Red Cross
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