Hail Storms Ravage Wide Region Across Colorado Line
Reports from Sidney to Chappell describe widespread hail and wind damage. Farmers in Lorenzo Peetz Colton Lodgepole and surrounding areas faced 75 to 100 percent crop losses with buildings damaged and roofs torn, while some locales like Gurley saw minimal rain and hail.
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Villa
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Colorado Line
Colorado
Lorenzo
Peetz
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Colton
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Colo
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Gurley
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Sidney
Sidney High School Band Concert Program
The Sidney High School Band concert Friday June 27 at 8 PM features Prince Overture I Love a Parade Salutation March Faith of Our Fathers and more. Soloist Jack Knicely will sing Duna and Old Man River accompanied by Mrs Anne Merrick with pieces including Showboat Souvenirs My Sun Them Basses and The Syncopated Clock.
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America
Jack Knicely
Anne Merrick
Penney's Employee Rule Leads This Week
Myron Seveland of the J C Penney men's department acts as manager during the employees sale. He jokes about keeping a 16 foot whip handy to keep store members in line during the event.
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Myron Seveland
J. C. Penney
Penney
Seveland
Mattoon Heads Legion Post 17 in Annual Meeting
Frank Mattoon was elected commander of American Legion Post 17 at the annual meeting on Tuesday night. Carl Christ Jr. was replaced as commander. Leo Gorman became first vice commander with Dan Duncan as second vice commander. Bob Wible was named adjutant and Larry Treblik finance officer. Louis Johnson became sergeant at arms. George Barlow was reelected to a three year board term, Henry Gell elected for three years, and M C Janda selected for a two year term to fill the expired slot.
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Frank Mattoon
American Legion
Carl Christ, Jr
Leo Gorman
Dan Duncan
Bob Wible
Larry Treblik
Louis Johnson
George Barlow
Henry Gell
M. C. Janda
Mattoon
Community Hospital Admits and Births List
Admitted: Fay Young Anton Oeltjen Lila Lyman Catherine Hatcher Harold Hernbloom Marie Kohl schmidt Charles Cherry Edgar McCluer Otto Thurow Dalton Donald Wright Joyce Wit Helen Wilson Rachel Trevino Don al Ednsley Jr SOD George Vosika Lodgepole. Dismissed: Jessie Trevino Jolene Block Herbert Johnson Marilyn Eaton Beulah Pfeil Donald Deaver Catherine Hatcher Anton Oeltjen Edgar McCluer Edward Mayer Faye Young Otto Thur ow Donald Wright Joyce Wit. Births: A daughter to Donald Deaver June 16 a son to Charles Cherry June 24 a son to Roy Adams Potter June 25 a son to Harold Hernbloom Lodgepole June 21 a son to Faye Young June 19.
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Fay Young
Anton Oeltjen
Potter
Lila Lyman
Catherine Hatcher
Harold Hernbloom
Lodgepole
Marie Kohlschmidt
Charles Cherry
Edgar McCluer
Otto Thurow
Dalton
Donald Wright
Joyce Wit
Helen Wilson
Broadwater
Rachel Trevino
Brownson
Donal Ednsley, Jr
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Roy Adams
George Vosika
Jessie Trevino
Jolene Block
Herbert Johnson
Marilyn Eaton
Beulah Pfeil
Donald Deaver
Cuentin Gillett
Glen
Nebr
Edward Mayer
Faye Young
Taylor Hospital Admits and Discharges Highlight June Births
A hospital log lists admissions at Taylor Hospital including Mrs. Olin Drake Mrs. Harold Tremain Mary Oswald Lavonne Rogan and Marvin Kealy among others. Discharges include Mary Lucille Bergner Mary Oswald and Lavonne Rogan plus several named patients and a June birth notice notes boys and a girl born to Borcher Greer Gonzales Lopez.
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Dalton
Glen McPherson
Peetz
Johnny Haws
George Whitney
Potter
Barbara Akerson
Chappell
Joaquin Lopez
Mary Lucille Bergner
Murray McCumber
Ernest Lindahl
Anna Holt
Olin Drake
Mary Oswald
Dean Wilson
Lloyd McAfee
Harry Rogan
Lavonne Rogan
Grand _ Island
Cresencio Rocha
Harold Tremain
Harold Draper
Garold Borcher
Donald Greer
Joe Gonzales
Drying Lamps Used to Dry Waterlogged Athletic Fields
Infrared heat lamp banks are employed to dry water soaked athletic fields, a costly but effective method reported as teams prepare venues after heavy rain.
Radio Hams In Field Day At Point of Rocks
Eight local radio amateurs from Sidney and area joined the annual field day contest sponsored by the Amateur Radio Relay League. The group operated five stations for 24 hours from 4 p.m. Saturday to 4 p.m. Sunday at Point of Rocks five miles east of Potter, joining 91 similar stations nationwide and in Canada. Participants donating time and gear for emergency communications were Charles B. Beard Kimball Rod L. Mac Adam Dean W. Hagemeister Don E. Erickson Potter Kenneth L. Fleming Lorenzo and F J. Wengrzyn W B Highland and A O Phares Sidney.
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The
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United States
Canada
Point of Rocks
Potter
Amateur Radio Service
Charles B. Beard
Kimball
Rod L. MacAdam
Dean W. Hagemeister
Don E. Erickson
Kenneth L. Fleming
Lorenzo
F. J. Wengrzyn
W. B. Highland
A. O. Phares
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