Worst REA Blackout Ends After 90 Hour March Storm
Wheat Belt Electric restored service to virtually all customers by Friday evening March 14 after the worst storm in its history. The outage hit hundreds of farm homes across the Wheat Belt, with winds at 60 to 70 mph and drifts up to five feet. Linemen, maintenance crews, and even a plane patrol mapped faults from Lodgepole to Oshkosh, rebuilding lines to restore power.
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REA
Wheat Belt
Charles ‘Ham
Harold Hermann
Wheat Belt- Electric
Jarea
Electric
Exdgepole
Lodgepole
Bureau of Reclamation
Lou Rowan Andy
Stanley Primus
Chappell-Oshkosh
Glen” Stockham
Sidney
Sherfey
Oshkosh
Chappell
Bodgepote
Floyd Burdick
Bill Peabody
Dalton
Anton Lovell
Lovell’s
Lovells
Rowan
Peabody
Stariley
Primus
Stockham
Harold Hermarin
Don. Brown
Sidney Woman Wins Jackpot in Lucky Shoppers Day
Sidney shoppers crowned a grand cash prize winner and three merchandise winners during the Lucky Shoppers Day event. Helen Armstrong matched the 112.50 jackpot at Lockwood's jewelry store for her first cash prize in 80 years, while Louis Fehringer won two chicken dinners at Overland Cafe and two others claimed prizes at Kolzow's and Lockwood's. Next Lucky Shoppers Day is April 10, with details for participation via N. Fe Christner.
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Helen Armstrong
Lockwood
H. R. Logan
Louis Fehringer
Quince
Overland Cafe
Kolzow
Lockwood's
Glenn Fleming
Sidney
N. FE
Christner
Lodgepole Heating Co to Host Open House Saturday
L W Vance owner of Lodgepole Heating Co invites Cheyenne Sidney and surrounding counties to an open house this Saturday to showcase Lennox furnaces plumbing lines American Standard Briggs and Koehler Zenith Kelv inator Norge Ironrite Permutit Gould-water systems and other brands. Free awards and an orchid for the first 300 feminine visitors.
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Lodgepole Heating Co
L.W. Vance
Hawaii
Lennox Furnaces
American Standard
Briggs and Koehler
Zenith
Kelvinator
Norge
Ironrite
Vance
Gould-water Systems
Lodgepole
Sidney
the Telegraph
Cheyenne
The
Telegraph
Rummage Sale Boosts Sidney Band Uniform Fund
The Sidney Band Auxiliary raised 350.15 at a rummage sale on Saturday plus donations and scarf sales, bringing the fund to 2 467.15 toward uniforms for about seventy players. President Mrs Edgar Sayre thanked supporters and urged continued help as Dean Killion estimates uniforms cost about 80 dollars each.
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Sidney” Band
Sidney Band
Dean Killion
Kefauver to Speak at Sidney Luncheon Saturday
Estes Kefauver Democratic presidential hopeful will stop in Sidney this Saturday for a noon luncheon at the Sidney City Auditorium under the auspices of the Sidney Chamber of Commerce. George Kolzow arranges, public invited. Kefauver plans stops in North Platte, Scottsbluff, Alliance and Lexington around the luncheon appearance.
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Estes Kefauver
Sidney
Frank Morrison
McCook
Kefauver
Ben Duggan
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Sidney City
Autispices
Slaney Chamber of Commerce
George Kolzow
Plans for Sidney Community Hotel Move Ahead
Sidney community hotel plans advance as two operating companies and three investment firms express interest in construction and operation. Key next steps include selecting an operator and securing mortgage financing, with plans not binding until a concrete bid and specifications exist. Site at 9th and Jackson Street purchased for 51 500. Design Inc. of St. Louis handles design contract.
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Sidney Community
9Th and
Jackson Street
Design Inc
St. Louis
Bond Sales Totals for Cheyenne County Reach Sixty-One Thousand
February bond buying in Cheyenne County totaled 61517.50, announced by County Chairman H G Spearow. State Director Leland R Hall reported Nebraska total sales for February at 5,551,346.48, with Series E bonds composing about 73 percent of the total.
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Cheyenne County
H. G. Spearow
Savings Bond Committee
Leland R-Hall
Nebraska
Hall
Dalton Students Dominate Cheyenne County Spelling Bee
Nearly 300 contestants took part in the Cheyenne County Spelling contest with Dalton pupils sweeping five of six top honors. Myrna Kragel won town seventh and eighth grade title, while Sharel Sanders captured rural first in the same division. Other winners include Robert Warren and Aud rey Kragel in 3rd and 4th town, Stanley Jorgenson and Mercy Abeyta in 5th and 6th rural, with scores and judge details noted.
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Dalton
Cheyenne County
Myrna Kragel
Sharel Sanders
District 701
Ith
Myrna
Kragel
Rodney Moore
Sidney
Robert Warren
Phyllis " Daly
Audrey" Kragel
James Henke
Sharel* Sanders
Gloria Sheridan
Stanley Jorgenson
Anna Faye Weed
T. R. Tillotson
Werdell Lessman
Esther Booth
Sundl
Shirley Carter
Gurley
House Of Flowers Opens In Sidney Draws Huge Crowd
More than 3,000 visitors attended the grand opening of the House of Flowers at 1106 Illinois, in former Telegraph offices. Martha Libsack and Helen Hahler thanked attendees and apologized to those who left without flowers.
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Sidney
House of Flowers
Illinois
The
Telegraph
Martha Libsack
Helen Hahler
Jury System Defended As Fairest Plan
District Judge John Kuns defended the jury system in a Rotary Club address. He traced juries to ancient Greece, argued that lay panels deliver fair verdicts better than experts, and noted lawyers and judges can cause courtroom confusion. Kuns, seeking reelection in the 13th district, urged willing jury service as good citizenship.
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John Kuns
Rotary Club
Kuns
Isaac Nisley
Alliance Attorney Dies After Alley Hospital Surgery
Walter R. Metz, 63, a prominent Alliance attorney, died at Alliance hospital about 7 p.m. Friday while undergoing surgery. He was injured in an automobile crash near Dalton Wednesday when a car driven by Milo Elliott of Hemingford rear-ended a pipe truck in a blizzard four miles north of Dalton. Elliott sustained no serious injuries. both men were hospitalized in Dalton, and Metz was moved to Alliance hospital Friday.
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Walter R. Metz
Alliance
Alliance Hospital
Dalton
Milo Elliott
Hemingford
Elliott
Metz
Nebraska's Shame and the Highways Dilemma
The Telegraph reports a Monday crash in western Nebraska that killed five Lodgepole residents after a large pavement break allowed a car to collide with a Mayflower Moving van. State officials blamed underfunding and a delayed repair, noting Nebraska returned over five million in federal funds due to lacking matching money.
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Lodgepole
Nebraska
State Highway Patrol
Mel Busckist
Ralph Thompson
Sidney
State Highway Department
The
Telegraph
Highway Department
Iby
Wheat Check Encouraging Wheat Check Encouraging
Wheat fields in western Nebraska escaped major winter damage with a strong root system and good moisture. Surveys show most planted wheat survived a windy winter in good condition and should advance rapidly with spring weather. Snow cover reduced damage from January and February storms, though recent blizzards piled snow in borrow pits. Additional moisture and possible rain were forecast as storms move across the state. Roads remain soggy causing travel difficulties and tractors assist in freeing trapped vehicles.
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Telegraph
Nebraska
Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Plreseicahan
Tremain Wins $700 Damage Award in 1951 Crash
In the February district court term Cecil Tremain won a verdict against Joel Frerichs stemming from a June 18 1951 automobile collision near Sidney. Tremain sought $1000 damages plus costs and the case involved Tremains daughter driving the family car when it veered into a ditch after Frerichs car and farm equipment were parked on the road. Judge John Kuns presided with jurors Carl Borcher Henry L Schnell Carl T Larson Elwood Lostroh Earl H Neilson Francis Roelle Raymond Slama Harry Schumacher Theo A Braver Lloyd Johnson Jess Higgins Kenneth Larson.
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District Court
Cecil Tremain
Joel Frerichs
Sidney
John ‘Kuns
Carl Borcher
Henry L. Schnell
Carl
T. Larson
Elwood -Lostroh
Earl
Neilgon
Francis
Roelle
Raymond Slama
Harry Schumacher
Theo
Braver
Lloyd* Johnson
Jess Higgins
Kenneth
Larson
Oil Lease Dispute Settled In Court
Roberts Brothers win rights to oil lease after defendants default. John C Elsasser farm case heard March 11 before District Judge John Kuns. title to lease rights quieted in Roberts Brothers.
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Roberts Brothers Vss
Henry Feldman
He “Stein
Rexall Drilling ’ Company
John C
Elsasser
John .Kuns
Roberts ‘Brothers Organization
Five Lodgepole residents die in highway crash near Sidney
Five Lodgepole residents killed when their 1948 Oldsmobile collided head on with a Mayflower moving van on Highway 30, 6.9 miles east of Sidney. A sixth passenger survived shock. Victims were Norman Pace, Joe McCormack, John Rowe, Marcey Juranek and Bertha Juranek. The route to Sioux Ordnance Depot was delayed by the crash.
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Mayflower
Sidney
State Safety Patrol
Highway No. 30
Nebraska
Lodgepole
Sioux Ordnance Depot
State Highway Patrol
Norman Wayne Pace
Joe McCormack
John Robert ‘Rowe
Marcey
Eugene Juranek
Miss’ Eee Juranek
Ger
Neebranka
Highway Safety Patrol
Cheyenne
Mel Busckist
Ronald
Gorman
Kimball
Stanley
Proble
Walter“ Metzi
Cheyenne’County
Lodgepole Crossing
Dpion
Gehrig
Telegraph
Mneli
Sioux Ordnance
Pave
The
SOC
Wassa
the. Marine Corps
Korea
Rowe
SOD
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Lodgepole Firm
ReadySoon
Vctim
Tremain
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