Sidney Council Deliberates on Sewage Plant and North Crossing
Tonight the city council faces the sewage disposal plant plan and a proposed non grade crossing to the north side. Consulting engineer Robert Fulton from Lincoln will join the talks along with state engineering reps and Union Pacific officials. A tentative viaduct or underpass plan carries costs from 90 thousand to about 200 thousand dollars with possible federal and state aid. The council also considers approving an airport commission to oversee Sidney field development with three appointees to be presented.
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Robert Fulton
Lincoln
Fulton
Power Board
P. J. Heaton
Sidney
State
Union Pacific Railroad
State Highway Department
Union Pacific
Sidney Field
Boys Are Missing On School's Honor Roll
The Sidney Hi-Life reports the Sid ney High School honor roll for the last six weeks shows few boys making four A grades. Senior Bernadine Littleton and Katie Ells lead the seniors while Pam Kinne and Beverly Lyngholm are juniors. Sophomore Kathleen Agnew and freshman Mary Ellen Livingston are the only others named.
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Sidney High School
Sidney Hi-Life
Bernadine Littleton
Katie Ells
Pam Kinne
Beverly Lyngholm
Kathleen Agnew
Mary Ellen Livingston
Film on Veteran Rehabilitation Shown to Lions Club
A Lions Club meeting featured a film about veteran rehabilitation, focusing on army and navy personnel who lost limbs. Sponsored by the American Legion and shown by Dallas Berney of the Nebraska State Employment Office, it highlighted job possibilities for veterans and noted low absenteeism. Employers were urged to give veterans full consideration, with assurances of above average performance despite injuries.
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Army and Navy
Lions Club
American Legion
Dallas Berney
Nebraska State Employment Office
Sid ney High Senior Bob Duis to solo with Wyoming University Band
Bob Duis a Sidney High senior and band president has been invited to appear as clarinet soloist with the Wyoming University Band during a touring series across Wyoming. The week long trip includes Casper and Bighorn Basin stops then returns via Lander and Rawlins, with Duis also joining the band as a member.
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Bob Duis
Sidney High
Wyoming University
Wyoming
Casper
Bighorn Basin
Laramie
Lander
Rawlins
Bob
Nebraska
Colorado College of Education
Greeley
Lincoln
Harold Bachman
Chicago
Robert Wagner
Wagner
Snow Offsets Wind Losses in Nebraska Farms
Farmers in the Sidney vicinity weighed Tuesday night’s wet snow against recent high winds that damaged winter crops. The state agricultural report notes moisture benefits for winter wheat in parts of Nebraska while western areas faced dryness. rye prospects improve in north central and northeastern regions. Spring farming hopes rise as weather warms, with corn shelling and trucking activity increasing and some roads remaining poor or impassable.
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Sidney
Agricultural Department
Nebraska
Polk County
Kimball County
Jolson Story Opens at Fox with Parks Keyes
The Jolson Story opens today at the Fox Theatre and runs through Monday. Larry Parks stars as Jolson with Evelyn Keyes, William Demarest, and Bill Goodwin. The film, based on Jolson’s era, features a large hit song list including California Here I Come and Waiting for the Robert E Lee. screenplay by Stephen Longstreet. Alfred E. Green directs for Sidney Skolsky.
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Columbia Pictures
Jolson
Fox Theatre
Larry Parks
Evelyn Keyes
William Demarest
Bill Goodwin
Times of America
California
Parks
Demarest
Goodwin
Stephen Longstreet
Alfred E. Green
Sidney Skolsky
Spring Arrives as Nebraskans Await Warmer Weather
Western Nebraska marks the start of spring while recalling a harsh 1946 47 winter. The season brought chilly winds, early snows from October, and steady cold with few warm spells, contrasting regional blizzards and sub zero events elsewhere. Locals hope the forecast aligns with calendar signs.
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Rocky Mountain Territory
Canadian
Atlantic Sea
Wesleyan Girls Glee Club to Perform in Sidney
The Nebraska Wesleyan Girls Glee Club directed by Leslie R. Marks will perform at Sidney High School auditorium at 1:15 p m on Tuesday March 25. The 25 voice choir travels thirteen hundred miles and presents forty one concerts in two weeks with a varied sacred and popular program and soloists.
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Nebraska Wesleyan Girls’ Glee Club
Leslie R. Marks
Sidney High School
Girls’ Glee Club
Annual Band Clinic Planned March 28
The Sidney schools sponsor the annual Spring Band Clinic at the high school auditorium at eight o'clock on Friday March 28. Grant Mathews director of instrumental music announces James Johnson of Scottsbluff High School Band will guest conduct. Public invited with admission set at 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
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Sidney Schools
Grant Mathews
James Johnson
Scottsbluff High School
Mathews
Earl Williams Dies Suddenly at 62 in Sidney Area
Earl J Williams 62 longtime Sidney Peetz resident died suddenly of a heart attack Wednesday morning at his daughter's home after a flu illness. Funeral at First Methodist Church Saturday at 2 pm with Rev Walter Jewett. interment Sidney cemetery. Born October 15, 1884 in Woodbine Illinois he moved to Colorado in 1916, lived near Peetz, then Sidney since 1936. Surviving daughters Vada Otzenberger Sterling Vera Hemmer Kathryn Nelson Sidney Zel ia Peterson Los Angeles and brothers George Nora IL David Rockford IN.
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Earl J Williams
Sidney and
Peetz
First Methodist Church
Walter Jewett
Sidney Cemetery
The
Gehrig Funeral Home
Mr Williams
Woodbine
Illinois
Nora
Colorado
Mr. Williams
Sidney
Vera
Northside
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Vada Otzenberger
Sterling
Vera Hemmer
Kathryn Nelson
Zelia Peterson
Los Angeles
George
David
Rockford
SS Representative Visits Scottsbluff Office Next Week
A Social Security Administration representative will visit the Scottsbluff area next Wednesday March 26, at the Nebraska State Employment Service Office from 9:00 to 12:00 and 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Residents with questions about old age and survivors insurance benefits should contact the SSA office at 114 Flynn Ridge Scottsbluff. Wage earners aged 65 and not employed should inquire about entitlement to benefits, and survivors of wage earners in business or industry should seek guidance to avoid benefit loss.
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Social Security Administration
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Car Thief Held For Trial In Sidney Case
John Vaill bound over to district court under $2,500 bond for the alleged theft of John Ahlm's automobile from a Sidney street. He was arraigned by County Judge Robert A. Barlow and may face a District Judge James L. Tewell hearing this weekend after wrecking the car at Chappell.
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John Vaill
John Ahim
Sidney
James L. Tewell
Vaill
Robert A. Barlow
Ahlm
Sidney Street
Chappell
Bus To Carry County Lung Bus To Carry
Lions Club authorized a used school bus purchase to house and transport Cheyenne County’s iron lung. About 1800 remained in the fund, 1400 to be paid for the bus, with the rest for painting and modifications. A committee led by Dr. B. H. Grimm, Robert Clark, and T. E. Kokjer has sought transport ideas since last fall, inspired by Holdrege Nebr’s similar purchase, aiming to fit the lung, respirator, doctors, and attendants.
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Cheyennne County
Lions Club
B. H. Grimm
Robert Clark
T. E. Kokjer
Sidney
Numerous Public Auctions Scheduled by Telegraph Listings
The Telegraph lists several upcoming public auctions over the next two weeks. Mrs. John Weiand will auction household goods March 24 at 1 PM at 829 15th Avenue. Glen Revell plans a sale March 25 at his Sidney-area location at 1 PM. Col. A. B. Rapp and Rapp Bros. handle both, with Deaver’s April 1 sale of four land sections south of Colton and Waddell’s Cafe fixtures sale on April 2 at 1 PM. Col. Rapp also seeks listings for an April 5 machinery sale.
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Telegraph
John Weiand
15Th Avenue
Glen Revell
Sidney
Col. A. B. Rapp
Rapp
Col. Rapp
Guy Ellsworth
S. H. Snyder dies of heart attack in Sidney
Sidney loses prominent merchant S H Snyder at age 62 or 65? He died Monday night after a brief illness and hospital care. Born in Kiev in 1882, he came to America at 21, settled in Sidney in 1910, built Snyder Clothing Co, and held interests in Cheyenne and Sterling. Funeral services were held in Denver. Survived by wife, seven children, and four grandchildren.
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Sidney
S H Snyder
Russia
Snyder
United States
Denver
Hebrew Educational Alliance
Kiev
America
Lincoln
Mr. Snyder
Snyder Clothing Co
Cheyenne
Sterling
Mr Snyder
Morris
Craig Home For
Benjamin
Joe Schiffer
Israel
Salt Lake City
J. S. Israel
Los Angeles
B. E. Krantz
Charles Diamond
Higher Beet Wage Is Scheduled This Year
The Agriculture Department raised minimum wage rates for sugar beet growers by 7.8 percent on average to qualify for Sugar Act subsidies. The 1947 crop will see gains in labor pay with piece work about $3.20 per acre and hourly rates of 60 cents for blocking thinning and weeding and 65 cents for pulling and topping. Harvesting and cultivation rates rose about 5.2 and 2.6 percent respectively.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Former Sidney Girl Appears In Recital
Frances Kaub Schleuter, a harpist with wide acclaim, will perform a recital at the Methodist Church Sunday at 7:30 pm. Her father, Rev. Louis Kaub, once pastor there, is linked to the church’s history. She began harp study in high school and has studied with renowned harpists nationally.
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Sidney
Methodist Church
Frances Kaub Schleuter
Louis Kaub
Schleuter
Hazardous Test Boosts Dalton's Water Supply
Melvin E Reseigh aged 57 of Ordville died of a heart attack Monday in a local hospital after being treated since Saturday. He moved to Sidney from Sterling four decades ago to work at the ordnance depot as a freight handler. Survived by wife and three children.
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Melvin E Reseigh
Ordville
Mr. Reseigh
Sterling
Sidney
Ordnance Depot
Craig
Ag Calendar Dates Listed
Upcoming events include 4-H Leader Training at University of Nebraska April 7 to 9, high school vocational agriculture clinics in Lincoln April 11 and 12 and North Platte April 25 and 26, and 34th Feeders Day on April 18. National Home Demonstration Week runs May 4 to 12 with club women hosting celebrations.
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University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
Lincoln
North Platte
College of Agriculture
Extension Club
27 Percent Hike In Accidents Last Year
Captain C J Sanders of the Nebraska Safety Patrol issues the final accident summary for 1946. Nebraska traffic deaths totaled 268, up 27 percent from 210 in 1945, with 5826 injuries and 14 002 reportable accidents causing an estimated $6 834 175 in losses. Douglas County led with 27 fatalities, while Lancaster and Dawson counties each reported 13. Thirty counties had no fatalities.
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C. J. Sanders
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Nebraska
Douglas County
Lancaster
Dawson Counties
Underground Crew Doubles Normal Flow in Dalton Well
Dalton village workers led by Maurice Gamble doubled the flow of the Dalton well after weeks of underground work 300 feet below ground. Despite lighting outages and equipment failures, they replaced a fan with a grain blower and reshaped old casing to fit the well. Flow now meets deep pump capacity and should ease water shortages in the coming months.
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Dalton Village
Telegraph
Maurice Gamble
Dalton Machinist
Gamble
Mr. Gamble
Daltonites
Coyote Hunt Set For Next Sunday By SOV
The Sioux Ordinance Depot SOV sponsors a coyote hunt next Sunday starting 12 15 PM from the SOV Club building three fourths of a mile south of the SOD gate on the county road Lunch will be served by the SOV after the hunt Only shotguns will be allowed The Telegraph includes the hunt instructions.
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Soveterans
Sioux Ordnance Depot
SOV Club
SOV
The
Telegraph
Potter Rural Fire District meeting urged
Potter district farmers plan to organize a Rural Fire District like nearby districts. A meeting is set for next Tuesday March 25 at eight at the Potter American Legion Hall to discuss forming the district and starting legal steps. The notice outlines proposed boundaries connecting with Cheyenne County districts and northern Logan County Colorado.
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Potter District
Potter American Legion Hall
the Telegraph
Cheyenne County
Logan County
Colo
Sidney Rurall Fire District
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Miy Bluebell
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Wesleyan Choir
Earl Williams
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Nebr
S. H. Snyder
Dalton
Potter Fire District
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