Cheyenne County Chamber Maps Fall Fair Plans and Events
The Cheyenne County Chamber board met with three Fair Board members to discuss the upcoming Cheyenne County Fair and 101 Stampede. They weighed plans for a buffalo barbecue and Little Britches Rodeo while noting possible rodeo stock conflicts. The Ladies Auxiliary will run the parade and the Sidney Jaycees will stage a Kids Day Rodeo. an Indian village is planned.
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Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Cheyenne County Fair Board
Cheyenne County
Chamber Board
Norbert Tiemann
Sidney
Ed Cole
Western Nebraska
State Highway Workers Given Service Pins
Nebraska Highway Department employees at Sidney received service pins for 10 or more years. Thirty year pins went to Victor Nelson Harold Higgins and Earl Nightingale. Twenty year pins went to Lynn Rowe Jack McCann Lloyd Wamsley John Glant and John Bowman. A 10 year pin went to Art Witkowski. Maintenance Superintendent Robert Mason notes the pins honor faithfulness amid blizzards high waters emergencies and traffic hazards.
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Nebraska Highway Department
Sidney
Victor Nelson
Harold Higgins
Earl Nightingale
Lynn Rowe
Jack McCann
Lloyd Walmsley
John Glant
John Bow
Art Witkowski
Engineering Department
Robert Mason
Auto Mishap on Cedar and 13th Leaves Two Cars Damaged
Police investigated a Thursday traffic mishap at the Cedar and 13th intersection. Davene K. Busch of Chappell turning left collided with Robert D. Turvey of Cedar as Turvey’s car traveled east. Damages were about 250 dollars for the Busch car and 145 for Turvey's. A second report on a parked-car incident was not completed today.
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Davene K. Busch
Chappell
Cedar
Robert D. Turvey
Turvey
Girl Scout News Officers and Song Day Report
Vickie Lurber serves as president and Linda Wiedeburg as vice president of the troop. Kathryn Birner is the news reporter. Connie Crammer and Beth Brower contributed treats. On March 20 the group sang songs including Huey the Admiral and others.
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Vickie Lurber
Linda Wiedeburg
Kathryn Birner
Connie Crammer Brang
Beth Brower
Huey
Admiral
Harry George Rites Set for Grand Island Resident
Harry C. George Sr. 68 of Grand Island died Wednesday. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Applebutler Geddes Mortuary in Grand Island. He was a Navy veteran, later worked at the VA Hospital there, and is survived by his wife Mable, two sons Harry Jr. and Michael, two sisters Edith Ross and Esther Petrie, and four brothers Fred Bill Harvey and Charles.
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Harry C. George Sr
Grand Island
Applebutler- Geddes
Illinois
George
Mable
Harry Jr
Michael
Edith Ross
Peetz
Esther Petrie
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Fred
Bill
Harvey
Sidney
Charles
Las Vegas
Nev
Services Held Thursday For Jr. Feuerborn
Funeral services were held at St. Patrick’s Church for Joseph P. Feuerborn 58 who died Monday at Memorial Hospital after a two week heart attack illness. Interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery with pallbearers named from the community. He was born in Willowdale Kansas on December 14 1909 and lived in several Kansas towns before settling in Sidney in 1954. He worked for Masek Aue to Equipment Co and was survived by his widow four sons three daughters a sister two brothers and one grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s Church
Joseph P. Feuerborn
Memorial Hospital
Vincent J. Pelster
Greenwood Cemetery
Francis McElfresh
Leo Schaf
Don Collins
Dale Katen
Hugh Maxwell
John Schmitt
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Sidney
Mary Sawtelle
Littleton
Colo
Eugenia T
Catherine M
Portland
Ore
Caroline Miller
Kirkwood
Clarice Kliesen
Dodge City
Kan
Geraldine Sueman
McPherson
W. O. Feuerborn
Savannah
Elmer
Bellevue
Wash
Honors Contest Draws Several Area Entrants
Students from Chap pell St. Patrick of Sidney Dalton Dix Gurley and Lodgepole are among 1200 entrants from 48 schools at Chadron for the eighth annual inter high school scholastic contest. Trophies will be awarded to winners in various events.
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Chadron
Chappell
St. Patrick of Sidney
Dalton
Dix
Gurley
Lodgepole
Gun Theft Reported At Read's Army Store
A Colt Centennial revolver valued around 125 dollars was stolen from Read's Army Store at 935 Illinois after a plate glass window was broken Wednesday night or Thursday morning. Police received the loss report about 7:30 a.m. Also, a Grant Nebraska man reported a stereo tape player and eight tapes stolen from his 1967 Chevrolet in the Safeway parking lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Read
Ilinois
Nebman
Vo- Tech
Trio Held At Kimball In Drug Law Case
Three men Herbert East Woodward Nimro and Nick Gargala were held in Kimball County Jail on suspicion of violating state drug laws after arrests Monday near the post office. Officers from the State Patrol postal inspectors and sheriff’s office said a package from a Denver lab would identify contents. East is said to have been dismissed from Hiram Scott College while Nimro and Gargala were noted as students there.
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Kimball
Kimball County
Herbert East
Woodward Nimro
Nick Gargala
Stewart Corns
State Patrol
John Oliver
Scottsbluff
John Thornburg
Hastings
M. Smith
North Platte
Nimro
Corns
Oliver
East
Gargala
Hiram Scott College
Hiram Scott
Denver
Calvary Baptist Ladies Meet at Parsonage
The Woman's Missionary Society of Calvary Baptist Church met Tuesday evening at the parsonage with Mrs Sanford Butcher presiding. Mrs Elmer Mundy led the program Pray in One Accord. Refreshments followed the St Patrick theme. The next meeting is April 16 with Mrs Elmer Van Natter as co hostess.
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Woman’s Missionary Society of Calvary Baptist Church
Sanford Butcher
Frieda Maria Widstrand
Elmer Mundy
Mundy
St. Patrick
Richard Volkman
Dick Thomas
Frank Harriman
Jadean Merklin
Jayneee
Arpil 16
Elmer van Natter
Brilliant Flashes Mark State Electric Testing Program
Robert F. Risch of Tri-State Generation explains lightning like flashes seen across the northern sky as tests on 230 000 volt lines carrying Nebraska power. A faulty circuit near Rapid City produced an extended arc, energizing air between wires and drawing technicians from South Dakota to fix the problem.
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Robert F. Risch
Denver
Colo
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc
Risch
Bureau of Reclamation
Nebraska
South Dakota
Rapid City
S. Dakota
Sidney
Devel County Chest X-Ray Survey Coming to Chappell
Mrs. Joe Lehman announces the Chest X-Ray Survey will be held in Chappell on Vincent Ave March 26 to 29. The mobile unit serves Devel County residents but is limited to one unit yearly, focusing on county seats and large communities.
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Chappell
Devel County
Joe Lehman
Vincent Ave
Health Department
Kimball Council Creates Housing Authority For Low Cost Homes
A Kimball city council resolution establishes a housing authority to study low cost housing with Minatare representatives. The plan may take three forms: conventional city built and owned housing, turn key by an outside agency, or a leased project built and operated by others but leased by the city.
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Kimball
Minatare
Census Admits and Discharges Across Towns
Census report lists 41 patients with no infants. Admitted in Sidney Gerald Gerler Lawrence Tegner. Kimball Donald Hadden. Lodgepole Dennis Borges. Dismissed in Sidney Mrs Tom Colling Brett Vizina. Chappell Mrs Paul Mick.
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Sidney
Gerald Gerler
Lawrence Tegner
Kimball
Donald Hadden
Lodgepole
Dennis Borges
Tom Colling
Brett Vizina
Chappell
Paul Mick
Sergeant Krieger Receives Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Sergeant Donald E. Krieger of Glasgow Air Force Base Montana earns a service ribbon as part of the 13th Fighter Interceptor Squadron’s Outstanding Unit Award for May 1965 to April 1967. The unit is praised for readiness and defense capabilities, with Krieger a 1963 St Patrick’s Academy graduate and married to Cheryl Larabee.
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Glasgow
Mont
Donald E. Krieger
Leo V. Krieger
Maple
Sidney
Neb
U.S. Air Force
Glasgow Afb
Aerospace Defense Command
Kreiger
St. Patrick’s Academy
Cheryl
Stan Larabee
1641
Jackson
Banned European waxworks shape grim horror chambers
The removal of banned European waxworks reveals how US museums recreate pivotal American history events and figures, contrasting chilling displays with educational exhibits.
Oshkosh Club Vandalized
Police report repeated damage at the Oshkosh Country Club with cars driven over greens and poles removed or moved. Sheriff Ray Loyd has secured evidence. vandalism risks heavy fines for the private property destruction.
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Oshkosh
Oshkosh Country Club
Ray Loyd
Eleven File In Deuel County Primaries
Eleven candidates filed for the Deuel County and area primaries before the Friday March 15 deadline. Kenneth Samuels county judge filed August 30 1967. Wheat Belt Public Power Eastern Subdivision nominees Victor Johnson George Zimmerman and Ray Cerny. Chappell precinct county commissioners Myron Carlson and Richard Essman Republican tickets. Noxious Weed Control board Darold Cheleen Wilbur Criswell. Wayne Peterson March 15 for Educational Service Unit No 19 to represent Deuel County. Agnes Hayes March 15 for Republican County convention delegate and Haven Smith March 1 as Republican national convention delegate District 3 uncommitted. Block Mother Program Set.
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Chappell
Kenneth Samuels
Wheat Belt
Black mother safety program planned for Alliance Hemingford
County Civil Defense Director Clyde Lawson announced a new safety plan named black mother. Sponsors include the Civil Defense agency Mrs Jaycees Alliance and the American Legion Auxiliary Hemingford. Volunteers will host signs on their homes and aid children in trouble or danger on public streets.
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Hemingford
Alliance
Civil Defense
Clyde Lawson
Civil Defense Agency
Use Of Certified Seed Urges Oats For Nebraska Farmers
Nebraska farmers should use certified seed and adapted oat varieties to maximize yields says Dean Lancaster secretary of the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association. He warns against using bin-run seed and urges early planting good seedbeds and proper fertilization. County Extension Agents offer guidance and certified seed directories are available.
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Nebraska
Dean Lancaster
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Lancaster
Coelacanth Displayed at Chicago Field Museum
A living Coelacanth, a 3-foot-long fossil fish harpooned off the Comoro Islands, is now on display at the Field Museum of Natural History. Dr Karel F. Liem compared it to a dinosaur find, noting its 300 million years of evolutionary stasis and its rudimentary limb features. It was donated by the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois.
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Chicago
Comoro Islands
Indian Ocean
Africa
Field Museum of Natural History
Field Museum
Karel F. Liem
College of Medicine
University of Illinois
Liem
Alliance Power Lineman Killed in Electrical Accident
Ned Alliance Burt Brown aged 57 a lineman for Alliance City Utilities Department was electrocuted Thursday afternoon while using a cherry picker lift after contacting a high voltage wire. He was working in Alliance Nebraska.
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Alliance
Ned
Burt Brown
Alliance City Utilities Department
Farmer's Daughters 4-H Club Holds March Meeting
The Farmer's Daughters 4-H Club met March 9 at Dist. 97 schoolhouse. Members reported project choices, discussed a Spring Party booth led by Mrs. Jerome Lenzen, and planned community service at a rest home with help from Mrs. Joe Bonkiewicz.
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Farmer’s Daughters 4-H Club
Dist
Jerome Lenzen
Joe Bonkiewicz
H. Hruska
First National Bank of Marine Directors Long Banking Careers
The First National Bank of Marine lists three directors with a combined 160 years in banking. Herbert Gehrs aged 78 has served since 1908 in the town near St. Louis. Herbert He Esterlem, 67, began at the bank in Collinsville in 1917 and O Wo Billhartz, about 67, started his career January 1901 in New Baden. Billhartz recalled the bank’s 1950s upgrade to a modern posting machine and witness to today’s salary of 50,000 for a posting machine.
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Banking Marine
Tl (Ap
First National Bank of Marine
Herbert Gehrs
St Toms
Herbert He Esterlem
Collinsville
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Sidney Council of Youth
the Telegraph
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Girl Scout News
Harry George
Jr. Feuerborn
Calvary Baptist Ladies
Nebraska Panhandle
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Farmer’s Daughters
America
Chevrolet
Kokier Motor Company
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