Dalton High Captures Class D Speech Prize
Dalton High School edged Dix by one point to win the Class D district speech and one act play contest at Chadron State College. Final points list Dalton 35, Dix 34, Alliance St Agnes 32, Hemingford and Lodgepole 28, St Patrick s 23, Oshkosh 22, Potter 20, Gurley 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton High School
Dix
Chadron State College
Dalton
Alliance St. Agnes
Hemingford and Lodgepole
St. Patrick’s
Oshkosh
Potter
Gurley
Joette Pelster
St. Patrick’s High School
Nick Kripal
Lodgepole
St. Patrick's
Jody Wise
Wendell Dunn
Dan Albee
Tom Frerichs
Beverly Theis
Debbie Howard
Sally Warner
Harrisburg
Nancy Sullivan
Mary Alice Gillespie
Safe Harbor
Bank of Chadron
Candidates for Town and School Board Positions Won’t Stop Election Pace
Town clerks report active contests across the county with multiple filings. Potter sees four candidates for two town and two school board seats with four year terms, including incumbents Gaston and Kiliham. Lodgepole lists two school board incumbents and two education board candidates, while Dalton and Gurley report three town seats and three school board posts with several incumbents seeking reelection.
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Potter
Terrill Wickhorst
Francis
Bud) Gaston
Ed Kiliham
Jack Kuhns
Merlin Maas
Don Enevoldsen
Larry
Clarence Kripal
Lloyd Bondegard
Delmar Zalesky
Dalton
Lola Rathman
Earl Munshaw
Don Winkelman
Jim Thompson
Pat Ernest
Cleve Gillespie
Robert Beyer
Lyle Sanders
Goldie Wolcott
Gurley
Elmer Freudenberg
Emil Weyerts
Herman Frerichs
Earl Lessig
David Braver
Kenneth A. Ewert
Coordinators Re elected For Unit 19
At a regular meeting the Educational Service Unit 19 board reelected Sally Haythorn as speech and hearing coordinator and Douglas Devies as coordinator of services for the mentally retarded. The board approved a 1000 grant to the Sidney school system for a summer science workshop and agreed to assist with the Sidney In Service workshop on March 31 and April 1 with financing for consultants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Directors
Educational Service Unit 19
Sally Haythorn
Douglas Devies
Sidney School System
Sidney
Mrs Heizer Hospitalized At West Nebraska General
Ruth Heizer veteran Dalton telegraph reporter was admitted to West Nebraska General Hospital in Scottsbluff for surgery Tuesday afternoon. She estimated a uncertain stay and asked Dalton residents to send news to Mrs. Ira White.
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Ruth Heizer
Telegraph
Dalton
West Nebraska General Hospital
Scottsbluff
Ira White
Longtime Cheyenne County Resident Dies at 88
Annie Mahala Alger Campbell, age 88 and a 60 year Cheyenne County resident, died Tuesday at Memorial Hospital after 25 days as a patient. Funeral 2 pm Friday at First Christian Church. Burial Greenwood Cemetery. memorials to the church. Surviving: two sons Irvin and Lester, three granddaughters, three great grandchildren, and brother Lonnie Alger.
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Cheyenne County
Otho Campbell
Memorial Hospital
First Christian Church
Ellis Wotan
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig-Holechek
Annie Mahala Alger
Mound City
Dalton
Linden
Sidney
Irvin
Lester
Price
Utah
Lonnie Alger
Modesto
Calif
Postmaster Urges Snow Walks to Aid Mail Delivery
Postmaster Ferris Preble warns residents to clear snow from sidewalks and paths to mailboxes to ensure delivery. He notes that laws allow withholding delivery if walks are not passable, stressing prompt shoveling for carriers.
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Ferris Preble
Students To Appear In A Vocal Concert
The Choral Department of Sidney Junior and Senior High Schools presents sacred music on Friday March 20 at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium The Easter themed program includes the seventh and eighth grade choirs with five numbers and the junior high madrigal Make A Joyful Noise The high school choir performs nine numbers with selections such as The Eyes Of All Hallelujah Amen Let Thy Holy Presence and Crucifixus The Bach cantata Jesus Priceless Treasure is sung by the combined high school small group The director Jordan Ball invites all to attend promising a refined sound and meaningful experience
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Sidney
Jordan Ball
Lonesome Valley
Palestrina
Handel
Vance
Berger
Tchienokoff
Lotti
Ball
Unit 19 Board Lacks Candidate
Three of the four at large Educational Service Unit 19 board members filed for reelection. Dr H C Q Nelson of Sidney Dale Flora of Dalton and Ellis Hickman of Bushnell officially filed. Del Splitter of Big Springs did not seek reelection. The law allows incumbents to remain and resign later or be replaced by appointment or a possible write in. The board includes four at large members and one representative from each county in the Unit 19 area.
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Board For Educational Service Unit
H. C. Q. Nelson
Sidney
Dale Flora
Dalton
Ellis Hickman
Bushnell
del Splitter
Big Springs
Unit
First Heavy Snow Paralyzes County With Eight Inch Depth
A winter storm sweeps through the county dropping eight inches of snow with .58 inches of moisture. High winds and slick roads slow traffic,. schools in the county close except Sidney, and plows work to clear highways. The storm moved from Wyoming into Lincoln, concentrating on the southern half of the state. Weather expected to rise after the snow ends.
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Federal Aviation Agency Flight Service Station
13Th Street
Bob Mason
Nebraska Highway Patrol
Colton
Wyoming
Lincoln
FAA
Mason
Cheyenne County
Kimball
Chappell
Oshkosh
Nebraska
Employment Activity On Even Keel
The Sidney office reports 160 job seekers registered at February end, down from 196 in February 1969. There were 713 new applications, 22 by women and 28 under 22, with 57 job orders filled across industries except construction. Continued weeks claimed rose 70 percent year over year, due to interstate highway workers, and a decline is expected as 1970 work begins. The office serves Banner Cheyenne Devel and Kimball counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis R. Hiner
Kimball
George Risk Industries
Sidney
Banner
Cheyenne
Devel
Kim~ball
Base Pay For Area Teachers Is Announced
Salary schedules for area schools set base pay with boosts. Dix Potter Lodgepole and Gurley raise to 6400 for a Bachelor's degree. Increments for experience and schooling range from three to four percent, Potter at five percent for both factors. Dalton base 6200 plus 10 monthly health and accident insurance. Sidney base pay 6500 plus health and accident insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dix
Potter
Lodgepole and Gurley
Dalton
Sidney
Two Sidney Men Sentenced In District Court
Richard Stanley and Edgar Martin Ball were sentenced by District Judge John J. Kuns for burglary and feloniously breaking and entering a building in a Sidney Ray's TV case. Linda Smith received a two year probation. Sentences run concurrently.
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John J. Kuns
State of
Nebraska
Richard Stanley
Edgar Martin Ball
Linda Smith
Ray’s TV
Sidney
Stanley
Ball
Miss Smith
MAC Musicians Fete At Dalton Next Wednesday
The Minuteman Activities Conference music contest will take place at Dalton Public School next Wednesday March 25. Vocal and instrumental groups and soloists compete for four trophies awarded at the end of the day. Gary Batts leads as general chairman with judges from Sidney and Chadron State College.
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Minuteman Activities Conference
Dalton Public School
Gary Batts
Dalton
Bill Farkhauser
Larry Pippitt
Sidney
Harrington
Mr. Blinde
Chadron State College
Mrs. Welch Named to Direct 1970 Census for Cheyenne County
Mrs. Ralph Welch will head the 1970 Cheyenne County census, with 11 enumerators. Training for enumerators is set for Sidney on March 30 and 31, and door to door census work starts April 1. Residents will receive short forms before visits, with long forms in 20 percent of calls.
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Ralph Welch
Cheyenne County
Frank Mattoon
Republican Central Committee
Welch
Telegraph
Sidney
Rites Set Friday for Henry Narjes
Henry F. Narjes 85 died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital after 3 1/2 weeks of illness. Funeral at 10 a.m. Friday in St. Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev. Lester Boehm officiating. Interment in Preston cemetery. memorials to St. Pauls Church. Narjes born January 20 1885 in Hanover Germany. survived by widow Minnie Hoeme Narjes prior wife died 1930, two daughters Hulda Wiese Haven Kan Lillian Krusemark Pratt Kan, one son George Lod gepole ten grandchildren. Also survived by nine brothers and sisters. Funeral home Craig-Holechek in charge. He had lived in Sidney since 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry F. Narjes
Memorial Hospital
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Lester Boehm
Preston
Kan
Craig-Holechek
St. Paul’s Church
Fenry Fred Narjes
Hanover
Germany
Henry F
Sophia Bostelmann Narjes
Minnie Hoeme
Natrona
Narjes
Marie
Mariechin) Carstens
Bispingen
United States
Pratt County
Nebraska
Weyerts
Dix
Sidney
Hulda Wiese
Haven
Lillian Krusemark
Pratt
George
Lodgepole
Millet Exports Grow as Cheyenne County NFO Reports Loss
At Cheyenne County NFO meeting five car loads and six semi loads of millet were moved out of the county. Grain sold for higher prices thanks to NFO efforts. Norm Steffens led 30 letters to President Nixon, Nebraska senators, and legislators urging support for the coalition farm bill. Dinner planned before April 20 meeting with time and place to be announced.
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Cheyenne County
NFO
Norm Steffens
Nixon
Nebraska
City Council Member Warns of Crime Spreading
A city council member urges the public to recognize rising crime dangers reaching communities like this, urging vigilance and awareness as reported in See the Letterbox.
Alliance hosts Panhandle district crew leaders training
Mrs Welch joined fellow Panhandle district crew leaders in Alliance for a two day training session this week. William K Fox field supervisor of the Grand Island district office also attended the event.
Northwest Frontier Forecast With Snow and Warm Weekend
Forecast warns stock men of continued snow this afternoon and tonight with diminishing activity Thursday as four to seven inches of snow accumulate by Thursday morning. Northerly winds 15 to 25 mph cause blowing snow in patches. Highs near 30 this afternoon and Thursday, lows 10 to 20. Thursday precipitation 20 percent. Friday through Sunday looks for chances of snow Friday and sunny, warmer Saturday and Sunday with highs in the 30s Friday, 50 to 60 by Sunday. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Frontier Airlines
Nyle Leypoldt Suffers Heart Attack at Union Pacific Depot
Nyle Leypoldt, a Union Pacific employee, suffered a heart attack at about 5 a m Tuesday while at his work at the Sidney depot and is currently listed as holding his own at Memorial Hospital.
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Nyle Leypoldt
Memorial Hospital
Union Pacific
Sidney
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Dalton High Caps
Mrs
Merle Rudebusch
Sidney Elks Lodge
Police
St. Bernard
MAC
Henry Narjes
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