Dedication of St Pauls Lutheran Church Draws 600
Six hundred attended the dedication services Sunday at the remodeled St. Pauls Lutheran Church 12 miles northeast of Potter. Visitors came from Ogallala and Cheyenne. Clergy included Rev. G. H. Boenke Kimball Rev. O. W. Juengel Litchfield Neb Rev. Art Wegener Chappell president of the Southern Nebraska District Missouri Synod. The 1813 building was remodeled with a massive tower, new brick appearance, seating 200. Members did most remodeling, a credit to the congregation.
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Potter
Ogallala
Cheyenne
G. H. Boenke
Kimball
O. W. Juengel
Litchfield
Nebr
Art Wegener
Chappell
Southern Nebraska District-Missouri
SHS Music Contest Tonight At Sidney High Auditorium
Sidney High School hosts preliminary music contest tonight at 7 30 featuring instrumentalists and the sax quartet, horn and trumpet groups, and soloists under Director Dean Killion. Vocal entries compete next Tuesday as students use activity tickets for admission.
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Sidney High School
Dean Killion
Dale Maley
Eileen Westerhoff
Sharon Armstrong
Beverly Farmer
Phyllis Waggerby
Venice
Janet Shuman
French Shorn
Mozart
Lowell Shuman
Bill Nissen
Larry Jones
Dale Borcher
Jeff Bush
Georgia
Wedge
Janet Hartmann
Donna Steward
Cleo Kennedy
Margie Copley
Blue Bells of
Scotland
Shamshade
Charles Sayre
Burton Harris
Ray Handsel
Bill Peratt
Charles Hancock
Flora Mahaffey
Bob Hendricks
Kenneth McMillan
Herbert Clark
Dale Dodds
Nancy Neuman
Jean George
Ardith Scheurman
Myra Mathewson
JoAnn Robirds
Sidney
Gregory Rites Will Be Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Cassie B Gregory 73 held today at Gehrig Funeral Home with Rev. C Fred Parks officiating Burial in Greenwood Cemetery Survivors include Harry Gregory eight children and 71 grandchildren plus 12 great grandchildren born Oct 15 1879 in North Bend Nebraska moved to Sidney in 1915 and Colorado Springs in 1925 Out of town attendees include Alvin Johnson Harlan Siders Raymond Siders and W N Albin families
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassie B Gregory
Gregory
Sidney
Colorado Springs
Colo
Gehrig
C. Fred Parks
Greenwood Cemetery
Cassie Boggs
North Bend
Nebraska
Harry Gregory
Louise Hughes
Challis
Idaho
Maxine Johnson
Pueblo
Harlan Siders
Springfield
Raymond Siders
Venice Calif
Effie Moore
Evelyn Goddard
George Siders
Carlos Siders
Mayme Groves
North Hollywood
Calif
Dale
Sign Painter Memo for Union Station Omaha
A memo to the station sign painter warns about an incorrect sign at the Union Station cafe with the word RESTAURANT misspelled. The note urges prompt correction before the boss notices, asking not to mention the error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Station
Omaha
March Winds Prompt Mixed Weather Worries
March winds trouble farm and household life across the Nebraska Panhandle. Farmers fear wind damage to winter wheat if moisture does not arrive. households cope with pervasive dust. Visibilities fell to zero during Friday’s storm near Sidney with no reported injuries, while wheat shows greenup and field work begins as temperatures dip and then rise.
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Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Nebraska Panhandle
Sidney
Panhandle
Drainage Barrier to Sidney Underpass Debate
City officials report drainage adequacy as the main hurdle to a Union Pacific underpass in Sidney following a Lincoln conference with state federal and Union Pacific officials. A compromise appears likely with city backing 13th Avenue, railroad preferring 11th Avenue, and costs estimated around 200000 dollars for drainage plus 505000 for the grade separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Lincoln
Virgil Knowles
13Th Avenue
Knowles
Sidney
L. N. Ross
Aaa
Ress
Grarhaee
Federal
H. E. Pierson
Jack H. Lowe
E. Y. Grape
Notice Required If Property Tax Increase Is Possible
Attorney General ruled that real estate owners must be notified of any increased valuation even if the assessed value remains tied to last year’s figures under the 50 per cent assessment law. Gov Crosby noted that a parcel could be deemed 50 per cent of actual value without changing its assessed value, raising questions on levy validity for 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Begk
Robert Crosby
Two Men Sought In Burglary Of Station
An alarm went statewide for the capture of two men believed to have burglarized the Juelf Conoco Station in Potter Saturday and tied to a Denver robbery the same day. Ages 40 and 28, they drive a 1951 maroon Dodge with stolen Michigan plates. Loss ~14 dollars, candy and gum. Sheriff Schulz and Deputy Taylor head the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juelf Conoco
Potter
Denver
Michigan
W. W. Schulz
Bart Taylor
New Drilling Location Tests Nebraska's Sandhills Region
The Ohio Oil Co moves a drilling rig to McPherson County Nebraska for a No 1 D T Doyle wildcat test after seismic work. Location lies 330 feet from the north line and 2310 feet from the east line in Section 21 18 32. Previous test near Lexington and Kearney, dry hole at No 1 Madhlan in Hooker County. Leasing activity expected to ease in central Nebraska as tests focus on structural information.
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Ohio Oil Co
Nebraska Sandhills
McPherson County
Sidney
D. T. Doyle
Lexington
Kearney
Nebr
Ohio
Dawson
Buffalo
Bill Edmondson
Joe Rose
Denver
Lee Adams
Paul Trees
Everett Chapman
Doug Ford
Salina Basin
Nebraska
Custer
Rev Dr H Ralph Bixel Installed at Sidney First Christian
Installation ceremonies for the Rev Dr H Ralph Bixel pastor of the First Christian Church in Sidney will be Wednesday with a 6 30 p m dinner for members. Earl Bledsoe will be toastmaster. Campbell and L A Pearson of the church board will serve as charge of the installation. Dr Bixel came from Trinidad Colorado where he served four years and holds a degree from Burtonall College in Pennsylvania.
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Ralph :Bixel
Ds New
First Christian Church
Sidney
Earl Bledsoe
Es Campbell
L. A. Pearson
Bixel
Trinidad
Colo
Gjor
Burton
Local Bowlers To State Meet
Local bowlers from Rails Co-Op Beckmanns and Rail's team competed in the State Men's Bowling Tournament in Omaha last weekend. Participants included Pearlie Copley Les Perry Andy Oskvarek Sid Simmerman Chuck Harris George Dracon Ray Hartzler Elmer Weber Bill Beard Frank Holms Lloyd Harlan Dick Kahl Clarence Yates Dave Hendricks Jim Keating. High nine game totals for locals were Sid Simmerman 1581 Frank Holms 1526 Clarence Yates 1552. High series leaders were Frank Holms 556 Sid Simmerman 551 and Dick Kahl 548.
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Omaha
Rails
Beckmann’s
Pearlie Copley
Les Perry
Andy Oskvarek
Sid Simmerman
Chuck Harris
Rail
George Dracon
Ray Hartzler
Elmer Weber
Bill Beard
Frank Holms
Lloyd Harlan
Dick Kahl
Clarence Yates
Dave Hendricks
Jim Keating
Holms
Simmerman
Kahl
Tucker Nabbed After Short Freedom From Boys School
Raymond Tucker, 16, escapee from the Boys Training School at Kearney, was arrested in Dunning Nebraska about 6:30 pm Thursday while driving a stolen car. He had been convicted of writing bad checks and sent to Kearney after previous offenses. Authorities note he appears older than his years and has a lengthy criminal history.
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Raymond Tucker
Kearney
Dunning
Nebraska
Tucker
Charges Filed In Car Wreck Near Sioux Depot Road
Two men faced Cheyenne County court on Monday on charges from a two car collision near Highway 30 and the Sioux Ordnance Depot road. Don Wyett, 68, SOD, was charged with driving while intoxicated leaving the scene and improper meeting and passing. fined 102 dollars plus costs and 30 day license suspension. Robert Wyett was fined 10 dollars and costs on an intoxication count. A 19 Closer sedan driven east by Burl Headley SOD was sideswiped by Wyett’s 1942 Plymouth. damages estimated at 50 dollars to the Plymouth and 100 to the Frazer. No injuries were reported. That night John B. Ross of Cheyenne was arrested for DWI. fined 100 dollars and costs with a 30 day license suspension.
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Isareer
Sidney
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Nebraska Highway Patrol
Don Wyeit
Robert Wyett
Doran Find Will Hype Wildcatting At Lodgepole
Doran No.1 drill stem test at 4619-4627 feet yielded no oil or gas and 252 feet of salt water as Doran Farms Inc reports a promising though not large find three miles west of Sidney. The discovery stirs wildcat interest in the Lodgepole Valley amid earlier six dry holes in Cheyenne County, with majors releasing acreage and seismic work continuing at reduced pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doran
Doran Farms Inc
Sidney
Lodgepole
Cheyenne County
Potter
Chicago Corp
Republic Natural Gas
Ohio Oil Co
Doran No. 1
Ohio
Johnson-No
Johnson’ Field
Sickney
Folfewing
Magnolia’ Petroleum’ Corp
Anna Chaloupka
Chicago Corp.-Republic Natural Gas
Charles Krueger
Agents Attend Alliance Meeting in Panhandle Program Planning
Cheyenne County agents Vio let Shepherd and Ivan Liljegren will travel to Alliance this Friday for the annual program planning meeting for Panhandle agents. They will be joined by Deuel County agent Carl Ryan and Kimball County agent Chet Walters for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Violet Shepherd
Ivan Liljegren
Alliance
Panhandle
Carl Ryan
Deuel County
Chet Walters
Kimball County
Paroled Car Thieves Admit Guilt in Break-In Spree
Two Sidney men, Jack L. Wheeland and Marvin J. Ballard, pleaded guilty to entering and robbing cars in March. Judge John Kuns gave probation after they admitted drinking that night and having no reason for the spree. Miss Violet Shepherd’s Cheyenne County extension agent car suffered the heaviest loss with a broken window and theft of a suitcase and laundry bag. Wheeland was paroled to Virgil Knackstedt and Sheriff Schulz, Ballard to Hargla Keith and Sheriff Schulz.
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Marth
Sidney
John ‘Kuns
Jack L. Wheeland
Marvin J. Ballard
Ipleas
Violet
Shepherd
Cheyenne
Hobe
Wheeland
Virgil ‘Knackstedt
W. W.’Schulz
Balard
Hargla
Keith
Schulz
Aeill
Two Sterling men held in Sidney rape probe
Two Sterling men, ages 40 and 27, were detained Monday on suspicion of raping two Sidney girls about 12. Authorities withheld names pending further evidence to justify charges. Nebraska or Colorado jurisdiction unclear as Sheriff Schulz and Attorney Knicely investigate. details remain tightly controlled.
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Colorado
Sterling
Sidney
Colo
Iliff
Sidney Girls
Cheyenne
W. W. Schulz
Jack Knicely
Sterling Monday Investi
Peys
Nebraska
Fe SB
Authoriti
Here
Sol Willis
Schulz
Knicely
Fair Board Meeting in Lexington Monday
Cheyenne County Fair Board members and county agents will represent the county at an area wide meeting in Lexington Monday night. Delegates Stewart Brown Art McMillen Warren Cunningham Violet Shepherd and Ivan Liljegren will attend along with a banquet and discussions on fair entertainment premium lists and other business. Miss Shepherd will stay in Lexington until Thursday for an REA meeting led by Harold H Herman and Ella Oldenburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Fair Board
Lexington
Stewart Brown
Art McMillen
Warren Cunningham
Violet Shepherd
Ivan Liljegren
Dining Room Added To Silver Dollar Open This Week
A new dining room has been added to the facilities of the Silver Dollar Bar and Lounge and is now open for business. Aubrey Haines, manager, will operate the dining room in the back part of the establishment. The menu features steaks seafood fried chicken salads and sandwiches. Hours are weekdays 3 PM to 11 PM and Sundays noon to 7 PM.
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Silver Dollar
Busi
Aubrey Haines
The
Fragmentary ages noted in a youth incident report
A newspaper fragment cites two youths involved in a case, naming ages about twelve and fifteen. Context is limited but indicates a juvenile incident requiring further details for full understanding.
Summer Church School Planned in Ogallala
A workshop for the Daily Vacation Church School workers in the area was held in Ogallala under Nebraska Council of Churches leadership. Sidney participants included Rev. C. Fred Parks Mrs. Howard Sheets Mrs. Lucille Grage and Rev. Dr. Benj Schwartz. The Sidney Vacation Church School runs June 1 to 12 in two sections at North Side School and Junior High School with Parks as Dean and Schwartz as business manager.
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Ogallala
Nebraska Council of Churches
Sidney
C. Fred Parks
Howard Sheets
Lucille Grage
Benj. Schwartz
Methodist Church
North Side School
Parks
Schwartz
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Thompson
Ehmke
Sharman
Superior Oil Co
Killham No
Christianson No. 1
Weld County
South Texas Development Co
Tulley-Carter
National Associates
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Little Beaver
Washington County
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R. A. Goodall
Continental Oil Co
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Lion Oil Co
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J. L. Thorpe
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Ana
Ine Involved
Summer Church School
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