Rest Home Drive Forms Dalton Lions Committee
The Dalton Lions Club named a committee headed by Ray Graff to plan a fund drive for Memorial Rest Home in the Dalton area. Co chairs El er Westerhoff and Ray Ar nell, with several volunteers agreeing to canvass. The campaign aims to raise 250000 for a 60 bed home, following successful efforts at Potter and Lodgepole.
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Dalton
Gunhard Olsen
Lodgepole
Floyd Wise
Graff
Dalton Area
Dalton Hour
Lions International
Clr Steward
Dalton Lions Club
Steward
Ray Graff
Memorial Rest Home
Thompson
He's Real Old Timer Fort Sidney Days Colonel Picked
John Davison of Dalton named 1958 Fort Sidney Days Colonel by the Dalton Lions Club. A Cheyenne County native living nine miles west of Dalton he is praised as a No 1 Citizen for child welfare and community service, with a storied past of neighborly deeds and early settlement ties to the area. His duties include attending the Miss Fort Sidney Days contest on April 11. Davison is a bachelor and 1958 royalty selection signals local celebration leadership.
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John Davison
Dalton
Fort Sidney
Mr. Davison
Cheyenne County
J. H. Davison
Ickes
Daltonites
Davison
Dalton Lions Club
Chuck Lafler
Price Freeze Bill Faces Ike Deliberation
Association official says a farm price freeze is vital to the wheat area economy as the freeze bill remains unsigned. President Eisenhower, asked at a news conference, said the bill is under study and he will decide soon, joking about veto predictions and noting there will be action shortly.
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Washington, DC
Eisenhower
Emiel Tank 69 Dies Suddenly While On Trip
Emiel Tank a longtime Sidney resident aged 69 died suddenly Monday morning at his daughter Mrs Joseph Sharps home in San Diego California while wintering there He farmed north of Potter before retiring and moved to Sidney Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 p m at First Methodist Church Sidney Reverend R L Townsend will officiate with burial in Greenwood Cemetery Craig Mortuary in charge Survivors include wife Emma two daughters Mrs Sharp and Mrs Helen Meester of Potter one son Loyal of Potter six grandchildren one sister Mrs Amelia Berry of Dalton and five brothers Neal of Sidney Claus Ed John and Henry of San Diego Calif He was preceded in death by two sisters.
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Emiel Tank
Sidney
Joseph Sharp
San Diego
Calif
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig
Emma
Sharp
Helen Meester
Potter
Loyal
Amelia Berry
Dalton
Neal
Claus
North Bend
Neb
John
Fremont
Henry
Oscar Awards On TV In Lobby Of Theatre
The Fox theatre will show the Academy Awards on TV in its lobby tonight at 830. Manager Elmer Haines announced Sidney Community TV hooked into the theater, providing a deluxe set from Stickney's so patrons can watch the ceremony as if at home.
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Hollywood
Fox
Elmer Haines
Sidney Community TV
Stickney’s
Another Fund Report Slated Next Tuesday
Seventy nine fund workers in the Memorial Rest Home drive turned out for the first general report luncheon at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel and helped send total collections to date well over the halfway mark. By next Tuesday noon April 1 the second general report will be made and drive leaders hope to report the $100,000 goal is in sight. Reports yesterday were incomplete.
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Memorial Rest Home
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Potter Continues To Hike Rest Home Fund
Residents of Potter continue to subscribe to the Memorial Rest Home Fund. This week contributions came from Mr and Mrs Gilbert Hougen for 108 dollars Mr and Mrs Elmer Moench and Elmer for 15 dollars and Mrs Rebecca Nelson for 10 dollars. Total funds raised reach 16144.75 dollars per Dean Hagemeister.
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Potter
Memorial Rest Home
Gilbert Hougen
Elmer Moench
Elmer
Rebecca Nelson
Dean Hagemeister
Lodgepole Drive Seeks Larger Gifts to Reach Goal
Drive chairman Ira Steward reported over fifty thousand dollars secured so far and urged a few larger contributions to close the shortfall. Lodgepole has twenty workers ready to join the campaign, Floyd Wise chairs, and Peetz Lions Club is expected to join soon. Delays due to leadership issues are not seen as harming the outcome.
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Drive
Ira Steward
Lodgepole
Steward
Floyd Wise
Peetz
Colo
Lions Club
Mr. Steward
Lodgepole Man Loses Arm In Farm Accident
Raymond Hixon a 39 year old farmer near Lodgepole suffered severe injuries when his right arm was torn off below the elbow in an alfalfa feed grinder. He was taken to Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition. Hixon is the son in law of Fred Lehmkuhl of Lodgepole.
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Raymond Hixon
Lodgepole
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Hixon
Fred Lehmkuhl
License Sales Lag in Cheyenne County 1958
Cheyenne County treasurer reports slower car licensing than last year with 5,590 licenses sold to date in 1958 versus 8,756 at this time in 1957. Treasurer notes about 46 cars remain unlicensed, and records show no decrease in total county vehicles.
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Cheyenne County
Terminal Expands Storage Tanks Near Sidney Nebraska
Wyoming Nebraska Pipe Line Co expands terminal east of Sidney with two new storage tanks adding 10 000 barrels, lifting total to 101 000 barrels. Loading racks, local material purchases, and regional service area described. Project to be finished by May 1 under supervisor R E Fleenor. nine employees employed. president M H Robineau heads Frontier Refining Co.
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Wyoming - Nebraska Pipe Line Co
Sidney
R. E
Bob’ Fleenor
Fleenor
National Supply Co
Frank Loch
Cheyenne
Casper
M. H
Bud) Robineau
Sidney Oil
Frontier Refining Co
Farmers urged to order spring trees now
County Agent Ivan Liljegren urges farmers to place orders for spring trees while supply is strong and prices are low. Orders accepted through April while supplies last. Red Cedar is scarce. Chinese elm, American elm, green ash, Ponderosa pine and cotoneaster are plentiful. Honeysuckle, Nanking cherry and hackberry also in good supply. County agent in post office basement ready to help with varieties and ordering.
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Ivan Liljegren
Rain and Snow Move Through Nebraska Panhandle
Moisture ushers in spring-like weather with wet snow and rain in the Nebraska Panhandle. The weather bureau expects mostly cloudy skies through Thursday with daytime highs 40 to 50 and night lows 25 to 30. Rain likely in the daytime, changing to snow at night in higher elevations.
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Nebraska Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Bureau
Council Approves Drink Permits and Tax Cut in Sidney
Sidney city council renewed all class C liquor licenses and reissued package licenses for the coming year. An ordinance lowered city occupational tax on a package license to 200 dollars from 500 to align with similar cities. Building activity rose with six permit requests, including a $5,000 project by W F Hawkins for a chemical fertilizer warehouse on Burlington at 12th and Pine. Total permits issued amounted to 35,615 dollars.
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Ward
Juanita Ward
Dale A. Gloubitz
Sidney
W. F. Hawkins
Burlington
12Th
Pine
Wheat Supplies Are Higher by Traders Say
The Chicago Board of Trade reported a rise in visible U.S. wheat supplies by 611,000 bushels last week to 280,538,000. Corn grew 183,000 to 89,963,000 while oats fell 399,000 to 11,154,000 and rye dropped 79,000 to 2,050,000 and soybeans declined 777,000 to 18,050,000.
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Chicago Board of Trade
United States
Farm Outlook Mixed as Spring Work Delayed in Nebraska
Government crop observers report spring seeding behind schedule in Nebraska due to snow and wet soil. Central and northeast areas may delay field work by three to four weeks, with no oats or barley seeded yet and wheat starting to green despite remaining significant snow cover. The favorable moisture could aid wheat after a vigorous start.
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Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Vote In April 1 City Election To Decide Fate Of Ree Program
Voters will decide on a $0.5 mill tax to fund a juvenile recreation program including kid's baseball. Sidney already runs a successful baseball program funded by civic clubs and a separate supervised summer activities program. legality and city funding are contested. Local lodges clubs and others have voluntarily funded baseball, while city backing faces legal questions without voter backing.
Sidney bids for 1958 Nebraska Wheat Show discussion
Donald J. Lehr and Dick Good plan a Sidney luncheon to explore hosting the Nebraska grain show. Sidney’s bid follows prior shows in Alliance York and Lexington, with about a thousand entries and 500 accompanied farmers and industry participants expected for a one day event featuring baking and milling quality judging.
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Donald J. Lehr
Lincoln
Nebraska Grain Improvement Assn
Dick Good
Omaha
Chamber of Commerce
Sidney
Fort Sidney
Jack Lowe
Charles N. Deaver
C. H. Kreader
Dalton
The
Grain Improvement Association
Nebraska
Lodgepole Wheat Meeting Set by Cheyenne County Growers
Cheyenne County wheat growers hold countywide meetings to explain the organization’s work and aims. Recent sessions in Potter and Dalton drew good attendance. the next gathering happens at Lodgepole Legion hall Monday March 31 at 7 30 pm. Discussions cover legislation favorable to producers and international wheat marketing. Bob Rauner reports on Washington activities and Manny Kreader works on a European marketing office.
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Cheyenne County
Potter and
Dalton
Legion Hall
Lodgepole
Bob Rauner
Washington
Manny Kreader
Europe
Ike Veto Could Cost Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Millions
Bob Rauner of the Nebraska Wheat Growers Association warned Sidney Chamber of Commerce directors that a veto of the farm price freeze bill could cut Cheyenne County wheat cash income by about 1.2 million dollars. Using 225,000 acres and 24.3 bushels per acre, county production would total 5,467,500 bushels. at 2 dollars per bushel income would be 10,935,000, while at 1.78 dollars it would be 9,732,150, a drop of over a million dollars and a 12 percent income decrease statewide with a soil bank plan reducing production.
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Bob Rauner
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Cheyenne County
ASC
Rauner
Cheyenne
Soil Bank
Chamber
Nebraska
Joel Babcock Files For County Attorney
Sidney attorney Joel Babcock filed in the County Clerk’s office as a Republican nominee for county attorney. He graduated from the University of Nebraska School of Law and is a member of the Nebraska and American Bar Associations. He partners with J. L. Thorpe in his law practice, is married with one child, and has been active in the Jaycees, the Legion, and the Elks.
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Joel Babcock
Sidney
Mr. Babcock
University of Nebraska School of Law
Nebraska Bar
American Bar Association
J. L. Thorpe
Jaycees
the Legion
the Elks
Fort Sidney
Episcopal Church
Miss Oldershaw Will Not Seek Reelection
Miss Edith Oldershaw, Cheyenne County Education Superintendent, announces she will not run again. She cites twenty years in office and prior service in Sidney Public Schools, thanking local friends and her pioneer Sidney family.
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Edith Oldershaw
Miss Oldershaw
Cheyenne County
Sidney Public Schools
Sidney
Wheat Acre Credit Bill To Eisenhower
The Senate passed a bill by voice vote to grant all wheat farmers credit for their base acreages even if they over planted last fall. The measure follows a 1957 act that limited credit to allotted acres for overplanted histories and credits base acreage when planted within limits.
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Senate
White House
Congress
Senate Reconsiders Farm Price Freeze Policy
Senate Republicans swung to support letting a one year farm price freeze bill become law after pleas from candidates. The switch follows criticism of a veto and notes the measure would lock major crop supports at 1957 levels, potentially increasing farm surpluses and disposal costs. Eisenhower warned against the shift as a wrong turn.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Benson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Grain market price quo at local elevator for wheat
Local elevator sources quote wheat at 189 per bushel today. This price reflects current grain market levels and applies to nearby sales.
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Committee of Lions
Ak- Sar-Ben
Association
Ike
Ezra Taft Benson
Emiel_ Tank
Rest Home Fund
Liljegren
West
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