People You Know Highlights from Sidney and Nearby
A Sidney couple Leon and wife return from an 11 week trailer vacation across Florida and Louisiana attending Mardi Gras in New Orleans and visiting Natchez. Driver Education at Sidney High marks 13 years with 150 sophomores enrolled this year, led by Carl Crouse, noting 1,200 graduates and low collisions. Sadie Mellberg returns to work after foot injury from a toothpick incident. Sidneyites transplant updates include Duck Dotts in Monterey and Ralph Thompson in Santa Barbara. Coral Case, former Sidney resident, competes as South Dakota entry in America Junior Miss in Mobile, Alabama with national finals on Saturday. Vern Anthony from Sidney contributes greeting and reminiscences of Telegraph days from Rapid City Journal.
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Leon Lafler
Sidney
Southland
Florida
del Ray Beach
Sarasota
New Orleans
Laflers
U. S
Natchez
Carl Crouse
Sidney High School
Mr. Crouse
Frank Foster
Robert Yarnell
Judy Potters
Mr Crouse
Crouse
Jack Sievers
Sioux Army Depot
Paul Manley
Highway Safety Patrol
Ralph Welch
Jerry Kallhoff
Sunol
Coral Case
Paul Case
Rauid City
South Dakota
Mobile
Ala
Belingrath Gardens
Dauphin Island
United States
Nebraska
Vern Anthony
Telegraph
Rapid City Journal
Carol Case
Vern
Lee
Ben
Toastmasters
Sherdan
Deerfield
Pactola
Change of address and rates notice in Sidney Nebr
Publication lists second class postage and directs change of address to Post Office Box 219 Sidney Nebraska. Subscription rates are $8 per year inside a 50 mile zone and $9 outside. 10 cent copies and cartier service noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Nebr
Cartier
Simgzie
Now Is Good Time To Carry Out ACP Practices
Farmers should plan or begin Agricultural Conservation Program work before spring plowing and lease arrangements. In Cheyenne County terraces dams and strip cropping are common spring ACP projects with cost sharing available. ACP, established in 1936, aims to conserve soil water grass and wildlife on over a million farms nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Krauter
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
ASCS
Cheyenne
Congress
Feed Grain Sign Up Progress Reported
A report by Don Rapp ASC office manager at Sidney outlines 1,133 farms in the county growing feed grains with 2,646 having filed applications as of March 7. Base crop acres total 15,364 across barley corn and grain sorghum, with planned diversions totaling 6,832 acres and anticipated payments of 73,028 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Rapp
ASC
Sidney
Mr Rapp
Birley
Interstate Highway Creeps Toward West
State Engineer John Hossack says the 40 mile Grand Island to Kearney segment will be completed by late summer with only shoulder work remaining from Wood River to Grand Island. Paving partly finished from Wood River to Shelton and from Shelton to Newark, with Newark to Kearney due to start in spring. Work resumes this spring on the Kearney to Elm Creek stretch, grading two-thirds done, and Lexington to Elm Creek bids set for March 28 with construction planned in May.
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Lincoln
Grand Island
Kearney
John Hossack
Weod River
Wood River
Shelton
Newark
Hossack
Elm Creek
Lexington
Cozad
Juliet Extension Club Meets at Eva Van Mark Home
The Juliet Extension Club met February 27 at Mrs Eva Van Mark’s home with ten members and one guest, Mrs John Van Mark present. Vice president Mrs Rodney Mathewson conducted the business session. Roll call was a favorite recipe and Mrs Clarence Couen presented the lesson Choosing and Using Lamps. Next meeting planned for March 27 with Mrs Rodney Mathewson as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juliet
Juliet Extension Club
Eva van Mark
John van Mark
Rodney Mathewson
Clarence Couen
Loyalty Day event planned by VFW Post 610
The State Voice of Democracy winner Reinhard Schuster of Kimball will attend the Loyalty Day banquet on Wednesday May 1 at the VFW Post Home Port 610. Local sponsor support funded new banquet tables and an Open House for advertisers. Pancake Feed proceeds go to Little League Baseball. Election of officers is set for April with installation in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Voice of Democracy
Reinhard Schuster
Kimball
Porter McGuver
Post 610
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW Post
VFW
Charles Colling
Ervin Smith
Little League Baseball
Frontier Seeks Permission For Added Channels
Frontier Broad casting Co of Cheyenne seeks a license from the FCC to supply 3 network television to Scottsbluff and nearby areas. If granted, KOA TV and KBTV signals from Denver would be relayed to Scottsbluff Gering and Terrytown via six translator stations at Borie Alban Scottsbluff, using UHF channels 2 and 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frontier Broadcasting Co
Cheyenne
Federal Communications Commission
Scottsbluff and Vicinity
Koa-Tv
NBC
KBTV
ABC
Denver
Scottsbluff
Gering
Terrytown
Frontier Broadcasting
Kstf-Tv
CBS
Frontier
Borie and Alban
Wyo
Wheat and sorghum qualify for reseal program
Nebraska ASCS officials say about 19 million bushels of wheat and nearly 20 million hundredweight of grain sorghum stored on farms will be eligible for government reseal. Reseal payments of 4.5 cents per bushel for wheat and 24 cents for sorghum are anticipated, with barley oats and soybeans also slated for delivery under the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Jim Newton
Newton
Steel Corp Hosts Panhandle Dealers Dinner Meeting
Officials from seven Cheyenne County firms join about 100 farm fence and building products dealers for a session with United States Steel Corp. agricultural officials in Scottsbluff on Tuesday March 19. The dinner, organized by U S Steel representative E A Kinne, will be at Scottsbluff Country Club at 6 15 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
United States Steel Corp
Scottsbluff
E. A. Kinne
U. S. Steel
Sidney
Nebraska
Wyoming
Scottsbluff Country Club
Dalton High names state representatives for Girls and Boys
Dalton High selects Diana Aurich and Dick Rabe as state representatives. Aurich, a junior, is an honor student active in band chorus drama volleyball 4-H and church activities. Rabe, a junior, participates in band chorus and serves on the school paper staff and class president.
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Dalton
Diana Aurich
Marvin Aurich
Dick Rabe
Lyle Rabe
Aurich
Dalton High
Salem Lutheran Church At
Donna Allen
Jess Allen
Allen
Dalton United Presbyterian Church
Rabe
Dalton School
Larry Lessman
Ed Lessman
Lodgepole High Names Girls State Delegates
Lodgepole High selects Marilyn Block and Patsy Bondegard as Stater and alternate for Girls State from five candidates. Block, a three year student active in band chorus pep club volleyball and Methodist Youth Fellowship, will attend in Lincoln June 15 through 21. Bondegard serves as news reporter and class treasurer and has cheered for two years while remaining active in band chorus and M Y F.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodgepole
Marilyn Block
Ed Block
Patsy Bondegard
Lloyd Bondegard
Lodgepole American Legion Auxiliary
Lincoln
Miss Block
Methodist Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Miss Bondegard
Frontier Time Saver Tickets to speed air travel
Frontier Airlines introduces Time Saver Tickets a write your own ticket plan to cut pre flight delays. Passengers call for reservations then fill in origin destination and flight number on a book of tickets and board directly with luggage either carry on or checked. Stewardesses collect tickets later and the plan also acts as a charge account with monthly travel records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Frontier Airlines
C M. Britt
Frontier
Sidney Man Escapes Car Crash With Minor Injuries
DeWitt C. Jones, 26, of Sidney escaped injury when his car went out of control on a county road 12 miles north of Bayard. A tire blew and the vehicle rolled into a ditch. Property damage was about $150.
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DeWitt C. Jones
Sidney
Bayard
Gary Wood
Telegraph Want Ads Boost Local Trade and Sales
Classified columns invite readers to place items for sale or trade in the Telegraph. Listings offer a quick route to reach buyers, with space for goods, services, and notices to attract local customers.
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Telegraph
Wheat yields still hinge on weather says Nebraska Wheat Commission
Louis Thompson of Iowa State University studied 25 years of weather impact on wheat. Wheat per acre has doubled, but Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma winter wheat yields rise about one-half bushel per acre annually since 1935. Spring wheat states North Dakota and South Dakota show about one-fourth bushel annual gains. Thompson notes two favorable weather cycles since 1935 and 269 million extra bushels from 1958 to 1961 across the Great Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska Wheat Commission
Louis Thompson
Iowa State University
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
North Dakota
South Dakota
Thompson
Great Plains
Fleming's Truck Bill Gains Near Unanimous OK
Nebraska lawmakers approved LB209 on final reading by 41-1. The bill, introduced by Sens. George H. Fleming Sidney Frank Nelson of O Neill and Lloyd Stalder of Humboldt, would let pickups and light trucks use the same highway speed limits as passenger cars. Sen. Matt Wylie of Elgin dissented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
George H. Fleming
Sidney
Frank Nelson
O'Neill
Lloyd Stalder
Humboldt
Matt Wylie
Elgin
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J. W. McDonald Co
Sadie Mellberg
Duck Dotts
Monterey
Calif
Ralph Thompson
Santa Barbara
Che Sidney Celegraph
Sas
Western Nebraska
Pete Sewald
John Zerr
Harvey Vizina
Don Hart
Mr. Vizina
Rudy Munderloh
The
Red Cross
Krauter
Ratio
U.S
U.S. Dept. of Labor
Kennedy
Glen Sutton
Vernon Anderson
Gene Bennett
Lloyd Adams
Marion Whitaker
Leo Schaf
Collings
KOA
Channel
Lodgepole High
Sidney Man
Fleming
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