Reappraisal Field Survey Started Here
Second phase of Cheyenne County's scientific reappraisal program is underway. Orville Brandt of Jus ten Haynes Co. of Denver has begun obtaining physical descriptions and facts about houses in County Club Heights. Brandt has data on nearly 100 homes and will survey all dwellings in Sidney before work moves to the county's villages. He does not assign valuations yet. later figures will be reviewed by county officials. The material gathered is detailed and includes ownership, construction, rooms, utilities, neighborhood, zoning, plumbing, heating, and finishes. A photo and exterior plan accompany each dwelling.
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Cheyenne County
Orville Brandt
Justen Haynes Co
Denver
County Club Heights
Brandt
Sidney
Saltdady
Ex-Servicemen In Snappy Greetings
Sidney police were called to a suspected street fight but found two men with no fight. They claimed to be old service pals reuniting in a wartime style greeting. Police Capt. Roy Bauer commented on the odd scene.
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Sidney
Scence
Roy Bauer
Safety Patrol Office Repainted In Sidney Nebraska
The Nebraska Safety Patrol office in Sidney's City Auditorium was repainted in blue tones named Nebraska Safety Patrol Blue. Dispatcher Bob Barry and Dispatcher Earl Elliott led the project using three gallons of state purchased paint.
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Nebraska Safety Patrol
Sidney
Bob Barry
Earl Elliott
Paving Planned for Highway 29 South of Kimball
The state highway department announced 11.9 miles of Highway 29 will receive asphalt paving as part of a March 29 bid. The project aims to create a direct paved route from Kimball to Denver and Colorado points, with plans to extend north to Nebraska line in the future.
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Kimball
Denver
Colorado
State Highway Department
Colorado Line
State Line
Colorado Highway
Stoneham
Nebraska Line
Nebraska Panhadle
North Platte Valley
Parole Hearing Set for 11 Inmates Including Killer Bowman
William Bowman 41, life for murder since 1937, is among 11 penitentiary inmates slated for parole hearing April 18 by the board of pardons. Bowman and co defendant Or ville Childers beat and killed 89 year old William Moore in his Sidney home. Childers is imprisoned with a reduced sentence of 40 years after commutation. The docket also lists for reformatory and penitentiary review several other inmates with charges of forgery, checks and break in.
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William Bowman
Board of Pardons
Bowman
Orville Childers
William Moore
Sidney
Moore
Childers
Denver
Cheyenne
George Burback
Scotts Bluff
Leroy Bear Robe
Alliance
Box Butte
Celso Bravo
Scottsbluff
Buffalo
Richard Buhr
Otis
Cole
Utah Webb
Morrill
Miss America Sharon Ritchie to attend Miss Nebraska pageant in Sidney
Sharon Kay Ritchie a 19 year old Miss America titleholder from Grand Island will appear at the Miss Nebraska Pageant in Sidney June 12 13 as part of Fort Sidney Days events. Governor Anderson and Miss Nebraska Queen Sandra Speicher will also attend with at least 15 contestants.
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United States
Sidney
Nebraska
Sidney Jaycees
Sharon Kay Ritchie
America
Victor Anderson
Jaycees
Colorado Women's College
Denver
Grand Island
Sandra Speicher
Lincoln
Peting
Fort Sidney
Dan Duncan
National Guard
Guy Henninger
Sharon Kay
McCook, Neb
Forrest Ritchie
Neb
County Receives 49876.81 in State School Aid
Cheyenne County treasurer Herb Stevens reports a 49876.81 dollar state apportionment check for distribution to county school districts. The total state apportionment this year is 3,040,757, with growth from higher land rentals and other revenues. the funds will be allocated by per district shares and school census figures.
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Cheyenne County
Herb Stevens
State Education Department
Stevens
Sidney
Nebraska
Dean Wilson Tops Sidney City Council Field
Dean Wilson, employed at Thomas Lumber Co., leads alphabetically as a Sidney City Council candidate. Married with three sons, he belongs to the Sidney Chamber of Commerce, Junior Chamber, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Rotary, and the Country Club where he served as secretary treasurer. He served in the Naval Air Corps during World War II.
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Sidney
Dean Wilson
Wilson
Thomas Lumber Co
Dean
Tom
Mike
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Rotary Club
Sidney Country Club
Country Club
Naval Air Corps
Bridgeport To Host Legion Meet
A district IV American Legion meeting for post officers and executive committee members is scheduled for Wednesday March 21 in Bridgeport. Sidney post commander Don Brunzell urged all interested members to contact him for details.
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American Legion
Bridgeport
Sidney Post
Don Brunzell
Brunzell
Sidney
Lila Meyer
Potter
Rhetta Robinson
Gurley
Caron Robinson
Alliance
Sidney High School
Mike Frost
Ancel Lewis
L. M Clinton
Frank Balderson
J H McNish
J. L. Thorpe
J. Madsen
Harold C. Craig
Lynch
Rena McCleneghan
Rites Held for Clarence A. Glassburn in Sidney
Funeral services for Clarence A. Glassburn 86 will be at First Methodist Church Sidney. Burial at Greenwood Cemetery beside his wife who died in 1934. Pallbearers are his six sons. Memorials to Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital. He was born February 23 1870 in Ohio and died at Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital after fifteen days as patient. Surviving children include Carr Ruhter Floyd Milan Wilber Addie Hull De Witt Thomas Max and Ed Nelson a daughter. Also surviving three sisters thirty grandchildren forty eight great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. One daughter died in 1947.
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First Methodist
Sidney
Clarence A. Glassburn
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Robert L. Townsend
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig
Glassburn
Clarence Albert Glassburn
Ohio
Nelson
Mary Woods Glassburn
Marrid
Fostoria
Ida Victoria Blarton
Carrie Ruhter
Floyd
Milan
Wilber
Addie Hull
de Witt
Senate defeats bid to restore 90 percent supports
Nebraska’s two senators voted with the majority as the Senate rejected an effort to restore 90 per cent supports on cotton corn and peanuts. The 54 to 41 vote marked a major Administration victory and signals possible defeat of high supports for wheat rice and dairy. Eisenhower and the Agriculture Department push to keep flexible parity based supports from 1954.
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Nebraska
Senate
Eisenhower
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow
Party cloudy and colder tonight with a low around 20. Tomorrow stays chilly with most areas staying below freezing and a high near 35.
Lance Barker Wins Legion Speech Event
Lance Barker of Sidney High School won first place in the District American Legion oratorical contest held in the Sidney Legion Club rooms. He will represent the district at the State Contest in Loup City on March 12 where he receives a $25 savings bond.
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Frank Dee
Hemingford
American Legion
Lance Barker
Sidney High
Dee
Carol Gonzales
St. Patrick’s High School
Herbert Feidler
Scottsbluff
Thompson
Sidney High School
Sidney Legion Club
Barker
Ross Barker
Loup “City
St. Patrick's High School
Herbert Feicher
Hemford
Civil Defense Meeting Set for Sidney March 21
Officers and members of the South West Nebraska Sheriffs Peace Officers and Civil Defense Communications Organization will meet in Sidney on Wednesday March 21. Police Chief Sol Willis said Sidney holds a vital communications role in civil defense, with about 50 expected attendees.
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South West Nebraska
Peace Officers
Civil Defense Communications Organiztion
Sidney
Sol Willis
Colorado
Kansas
Willis
City Auditorium
Civil Defense
Nebraska
Panhandle
North Potter oil production reports and new wells
North Potter County sees a new Longworth No. 1 well in Farr Field with a three hour drill stem test yielding 150 feet of oil and 90 feet of oil smeared mud. Magnolia Petroleum tests Juells No 1 in Morrill County's Juells Field with 35 barrels in 24 hours. Multiple counties report rigs, tests, and dry holes as oil activity widens in the Denver Julesburg Basin.
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Cheyenne County
True Oil Co
Casper
Telegraph
Longworth No. 1
Farr
Morrill County
Juells Field
Magnolia Petroleum
Magnolia
Cheyenne
Ohio
Kimball County
Shell Oil
Travis
Denver-Julesburg
Eichenberger No. 1
F. P. Zoch
New Drilling Co
Champlin Oil
Republic Natural Gas
Chicago Corp
Stephens No
E A. Obering
Gilbert
Semler
Rite-Way Oil
Cabeen
Schneider
Superior Oil Co
Banner County
Superior
Panhandle
Legislature Act May Loose Thousands Of Tax Dollars
Nebraska corporations including some in Cheyenne County will escape paying taxes on capital stock surplus and undivided profits this year under a new legislative framework. County Assessor Roy Gish explains the shift from actual to assessed values and warns it could raise mill levies. rural valuation cuts could push state and county levies up despite a 30 percent livestock and farm machinery value reduction.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Roy Gish
Gish
Tota
State Tax Commissioner
Cheyenne
Sidney High School announces 1956 senior scholars
Lovina Mahlman is valedictorian with a seven semester average of 97.5 percent and only one B plus. Salutatorian Lucille Dean holds a 96.4 percent average, with Alice Wood named class orator at 95.2 percent. Others include Michael Monnich 94.72 and Mikell Peratt 94.7. Grade scales show A 95-100, B 88-94, C 78-87 with plus minus adjustments.
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Lovina Mahlman
Sidney High School
Mahlman
Lucille Dean
Prade
Alice Wood
Miss Wood
SHS
Michael Monnich
Mikell Peratt
Sidney
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Safety Patrol
Miss America
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Lidice
Ritchie
Council
Legion Meet
C. A. Glassburn
Legion
North Potter
Kimball S. D. Johnson
Petroleum, Inc
Allison
Trader Oil Co
Bushnell
Logan
Washington
Morgan Counties
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Peratt
Monnich
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