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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1950
Page
2
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J. C. Bush and Jack H. Lowe are listed as publishers and the notice states their newspaper is entered at the Sidney Nebraska Post Office as second class mail matter. Subscription rates are $3.50 per year inside a 50 mile zone and $4.00 per year outside that zone.
The City of Sidney votes to annex the Grabill Addition a 640.41 acre tract south of the city and extending toward the Country Club. The move follows rapid building permit growth from 27 thousand to 170 thousand dollars in early 1949 and paves the way for hundreds of future homes in Country Club Heights and surrounding lots. The Telegraph editorially notes no conflict of interest and predicts Sidney's continued growth toward becoming a major Nebraska city.
The Bridgeport News-Blade endorses a unified Community Chest style donation plan after criticizing the flood of fund drives in the year. It urges local agencies to join a single lump sum approach, noting larger cities use similar systems and suggesting local adoption.
The Cheyenne County Fair Board gains public trust as private citizens attend a meeting to offer concrete suggestions on programming and policy. The board has improved fair grounds and raised overall programming, earning public recognition and encouragement for further progress.
Old timer advises keeping overcoats and coal stocked as spring begins in March but furnace fires may be needed until mid June. The article notes trees budding, wheat greening, ducks migrating north, and early warm days mingled with lingering chilly spells.
In a wry personal column, Jack H. Lowe laments Sidney’s hectic pace. He recalls quieter farm-town days, jokes about overbooked nights, and pleads for a moratorium on activities to restore family time, health, and domestic bliss.
Bobby Sox from Potter High School won top honors in the local one act play contest and earned a Superior rating at Dalton competing with other schools. The Potter cast travels to Scottsbluff today for the district contest at the junior college with players Jerry Larson Jo Ann Hagemeister Patsy Hagemeister Ronald Maas Wendell Anderson Ronald Stines and Alfred Jung.
Scottsbluff College juniors tour with excerpts from Life With Mother. The group has visiting Sidney and has performed at Morrill Bridgeport Bayard Harrisburg Kimball Dix and Potter high schools to boost ticket sales for the college production and show Valley students what the junior college offers.
Expression of gratitude to friends and neighbors for cards gifts and calls during hospitalization in Omaha. Appreciation for kindness that will never be forgotten. Mrs George Kummer.
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