Juvenile Readers Lead Way At Area Libraries
May activity at Western Plains Regional Library and Sidney Public Library shows juvenile readers driving circulation. Cheyenne County bookmobile issued 2 082 total items, 1 732 juvenile. Deuel County bookmobile 1 771 total, 1 507 juvenile. Dalton 85 total with 51 juvenile, Lodgepole 139 total with 33 juvenile, Potter 291 total with 100 juvenile. Grand total 4 278 items, 2 859 juvenile fiction, 595 juvenile non fiction, 407 adult fiction, 277 adult non fiction, 40 magazines. cardholders rose to 5 011. Bookmobile trips 1 237 miles in Cheyenne and Deuel counties. Income included 97.85 for copier use and 62.02 in fines.
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Western Plains Regional Library
Sidney Public Library
Cheyenne County
Deuel County
Dalton Public
Lodgepole’s Library
Potter Library
Square Dancers Have Active Week
Prairie Schooners Square Dance Club had a busy week with events from June 4 to June 13. Activities included Old Time Fiddlers opening the Centennial Celebration, Oshkosh Sandhills Swingers graduation for a youth class, and an Exhibition team performance. Members attended events in Amherst and Hastings, with planning for the Nebraska State convention and reorganization discussed. A regular meeting, a touring exhibition group bid, and a June 13 graduation at South Elementary were noted, with hosts Jim Crabb and Mel Hoppmann.
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Prairie Schooners
Oshkosh Sandhills
Swingin Schooners
Amherst
Jim Crabb
George Hare
Mike
Melvin Hoppmann
Dick Ladine
Lori
Mal Minshall
Nebraska State Association
Hastings
Minshall
Nebraska
State Association
Oshkosh
South
Mel Hoppmann
Rebekahs Hold 59th District Meeting in Minatare
The Rebekah District 33 59th annual meeting was hosted by Lillie Rebekah Lodge 339 in Minatare on Friday June 5. Eight Sidney Lodge members attended and helped with the rededication ceremony. The assembly president from Falls City attended as guest. A total of 96 members and guests were present.
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Rebekah District
Minatare
Lillie Rebekah Lodge
Sidney Rebekah Lodge No
Leslie Sabin
Alma Averill
Ellen Bergner
Hattie Lipka
Katie Helzer
Frank Klentz
Oren Cox
Rex Olsen
Sidney Lodge
IOOF
Women’s Society of Christian Service of
Nebraska Legislature drops county license move requirement
The Nebraska Legislature rejected a bill that would have forced residents to obtain a new driver's license when moving between counties. The motion was killed 25 to 14 during the third day of the current special session in Lincoln. BOOST NEBRASKA.
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Lincoln
Final Bingo Play at Center Thursday During Centennial Year
The Senior Citizens Center held its final bingo game of the season on Thursday with winners named including Antonia Graczyk Walter Kaylor Carl Christ Ada Seevers Georgia Glaubitz Grace Schneider and many others. The center hosted card games under Mrs Mary Nelsen and Mrs Ross Robinson with hostesses Mrs Emma Nelsen and Mrs Hattie Lipke. Walter Kaylor led pinochle with Alfred Peterson and George Rippe high and second respectively. The Cheyenne County Centennial Celebration drew large attendance and artist C A Stark created the centennial window painting at the center.
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Senior Citizens Center
Loretta Fehringer
Margaret Nagengast
Antonia Graczyk
Walter Kaylor
Carl Christ
Ada Seevers
Georgia Glaubitz
Grace Schneider
Ross Robison
Frank Kokes
Ernest Langley
Frieda Rapp
Dessie McNurlin
Frank Frauendorfer
Morris
Alfred Peterson
George Rippe
Marius Offerson
Harley Ellis
Cheyenne County
C. A. Stark
Nebraska Mari Sandoz Essay Contest Winners
Carol Nelson a 16 year old student at Neumann High School in Wahoo won the 1970 Mari Sandoz Essay contest with a poem on Nebraska history theme Nebraska Where History Lives On Miss Nelson wrote about Grand mother Jo Runners-up include David Ahrendts 11th grade Kearney High School Paula Cooke 8th grade Morrill Junior High
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Carol Nelson
Neumann High School
Wahoo
Mari Sandoz
Nebraska
Miss Nelson
David Ahrendts
Kearney High School
Paula Cooke
Morrill
Nebraska school students compete in annual NEBRASKAland contest
A list of students from multiple Nebraska schools including Fairbury Junior High and Kearney High School joined the annual NEBRASKAland Magazine contest run with NEBRASKAland Days in North Platte. Participants span grades from 7th to 11th with schools such as Cedar Rapids High and Ord High represented.
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Diana Fall
Fairbury
Loretta Malm
Neumann
Wahoo
Julie McRoberts
Dalton
Tony Mulford
Kearney
Gladys Oosting
Adams Public
Mary Schuele
Cedar Rapids
Marilyn Staab
Ord
Jeri Wegelin
Cedar Canyon
Gering
Buddy Miles Forms New Express After Band Split
Buddy Miles assembles a nine man lineup for an album Them Changes. The new Buddy Miles Express includes most members from the Age of Aquarius, following a 1960s Muddy Miles Express split and a stint with Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsies.
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Chicago
Buddy Miles
Muddy Miles Express
Miles
Jimi Hendrix
The
Age of Aquarius
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COOK
DECCA
Thomas
Rebekahs
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