REA Plans Bright Future for Cheyenne County Co op
A continued REA plan envisions experienced leadership for both Pine Bluffs and Sidney districts with Cheyenne County electrification. Estimated investment ranges from one to two million dollars to serve irrigation pumps and farm improvements, boosting crop and livestock output and farm valuations across Kimball Cheyenne and Deuel counties.
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REA
Cheyenne County
Bluffs
Telegraph
William J. Neal
Washington
Pine Bluffs
Sidney
Potter Territory
Lodgepole
Nebraska
Kimball
Chappell
Cheyenne
Deuel
Nebraska Voters Ponder 1944 Political Prospects
A Nevada newspaper canvasses Nebraskans on Stassen Griswold and Butler isolationism, noting Stassen’s six year horizon and Griswold’s dying bid. Voters doubt electability and expect a heated Fleming Bales county commissioner race in district two. The piece closes with a promise of no more political reports until the general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Stassen
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Mr.Stassen
Mr. Stassen
Griswold
Mr. Griswold
William Schall
Butler
Hirohito
Schall
Mercury Hits County Sees Heat Strain and Water Surge
Heat wave triggers grass fire halts with Mercury Hits 101 crews summoned to stop spread near buildings. Dry spell boosts water use in Sidney while swimming pool crowds and Legion Park picnics fill weekend. Farmers wary of crop damage from heat though irrigation shows promise amid May freeze losses and replanting. Nebraska temperatures reach 93 to 107 across towns including Columbus 107 and Kearney 106.
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Sidney
Legion Park
Nebraska
Columbus
Kearney
Hayes Center
Overton
Fairbury
North Platte
Big Springs
Scottsbluff
Chadron
30 4-Hers Attend Bridgeport Judging
Thirty 4-H members attended a judging day in Bridgeport where Miss Winda Barthwait of Lexington and Miss Charlotte Reike, a Nebraska University student, led the foods project training. Homemaking judging was directed by Miss LaRayne Steyer, also a Nebraska University student. The attendees received valuable instruction and guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winda Barthwait
Lexington
Charlotte Reike
LaRayne Steyer
Nebraska University
4 H District Training on Livestock Judging Held at Bridgeport
The annual 4 H district training meeting on judging livestock crops clothing and foods was held Saturdays at Bridgeport per county agent William Bullock. Over 100 4 H boys and girls from Garden Morrill Kimball Cheyenne and Scotts Bluff counties participated. Sheep judged at Fred Smith farm five miles south of Bridgeport hogs at Lloyd Jones farm west of Smith’s and beef cattle and horses at Greenwood ranch ten miles south of Bridgeport.
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Bridgeport
William Bullock
Garden
Morrill
Kimball
Cheyenne
Scotts
Bluff
Fred Smith
Lloyd Jones
Smith
Greenwood Ranch
Harvest Start Expected Around July 10 Across Plains
Farmers expect the harvest to be well underway by mid July barring cool weather. Last year’s peak came in early August, with a two week lead this year. Repair parts shortages hinder the harvest as major plants face strikes. An itinerant crew of harvesters will move north through Oklahoma and Kansas, arriving early July to help cut about 250000 acres of winter wheat.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Mitchell 4-H Camp Kicks Off Statewide Tour
Nebraska 4-H Club camps for boys and girls open this week with more than three thousand expected to attend through August. Oakland hosts the first camp June 18 20 followed by Scottsbluff Hartington Long Pine Chadron Seward Lexington and Curtis with dates ranging from June 23 to August 22 including a state conservation session in August in Curtis Fremont and other towns.
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Nebraska
Oakland
Scottsbluff
Hartington
Long Pine
Chadren
Seward
Lexington
State Conservation
Curtis
Fremont
Wheat Rye Contest Bond Prize Details and Field Meetings
The grain improvement field meetings will offer observers a look at wheat samples from 100 farms in each locality where a test plot is located. A winter wheat test compares ten varieties for yield and a seed treating demonstration will be presented at each meeting.
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Maddox Motor
Sidney, Nebraska
Mercury
Mitchell
L. Rex Carey
Servisoft
Soft Water Service
Servisore
Soft Water Service CO
P. O
Eepusar
American Legion Club
Montgomery Ward
Kerr
Riverside
Dupont
Carnu
DuPont No. 7
Jor Rubbers
Dot
Vise
Victory Garden
Parowax
Stoker
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