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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1966
Page
1
Cheyenne County residents enjoy safer lives than most U S communities, based on recent government figures. The data highlight lower accident rates, raising questions about whether local behavior or local hazards drive the difference amid national safety regulation debates.
The Sidney Telegraph offers free ads for one week from March 30 to April to honor National Want Ad Week. Youth and adults may use the free columns, with rules published in today’s issue. The piece also surveys long history of want ads and reviews national accident statistics and Cheyenne County’s fatality figures for the year ending January 1, 1964.
Gerald Peck Aufdengarten, 45, a rodeo performer and Phillips Propane Gas distributor, was found dead Tuesday after his truck skidded off a rural road north of Arthur. Funeral rites were held at 2 p.m. at the Arthur Baptist Church. Burial followed in Arthur. He had heart trouble and is survived by his wife, two daughters, a son, and his parents Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Aufdengarten of Ogallala.
A district meeting for the Military Order of Cooties VFW will be held Sunday April 3 at 1 p.m. at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. Neal Craig leads arrangements. The district includes Cootie Pup Tents from North Platte Ogallala Scottsbluff and Sidney and the Cootie Auxiliary from Ogallala. Officers will be elected and plans set for future meetings. All cooties in western Nebraska urged to attend.
The second annual Progress Day aims to surpass last year with contracts from about 50 companies for demonstrations and displays. Highlights include 3 pm sprinkler system demos at the Albin Olson and Elbern Luehrs farm near Sidney, shuttle viewing, and door prizes culminating in a grand prize portable TV. Also Cheyenne County eyes a new courthouse with a $390,000 fund, possible demolition of the current building, and plans to survey architects for expansion or replacement.
The Telegraph features a special 4-H section showcasing Cheyenne County youth programing. In 1965 the county had 43 clubs with 146 boys and 353 girls enrolled guided by county agents leaders and the 4-H council. The issue includes pictures stories and local merchant advertising.
Frontier Airlines reports a fair and mild trend tonight into Tuesday with lows near 30 and highs in the 60s. Temperatures through Saturday average 10 to 15 degrees above normal as a mild start gives way to a cooler end of the week with highs around 60 and lows near 30 and light rain or snow late in the period.
Ronald Reagan addressed about 5000 Nebraska Republicans at the University Coliseum in Lincoln, criticizing Great Society programs, warning against one party rule becoming one man rule, and urging a compassionate but non coercive approach. The banquet named E. J. Faulkner as senior president and other officers.
Over 800 persons registered during the three days of the Farmers Days event at the Sidney Goodyear Service Store. The TV set went to K E Cline of Dalton, the dish set to Mrs Stan Raddatz of Route 2 Sidney, and other prizes like a blanket set to Bernard Delashmutt and electric blankets to John Engel and Henry Gell of Sidney. Store manager Norm Trepke praised the turnout and ads in the Sidney Telegraph for drawing crowds.
City council convenes for a regular session with bids for the Waste Department Building and a variety of items on the docket. Items include a Lock Your Car Day proposal by insurers, building permits and licenses, appointment to fill Christ’s term to 5/1/67, excess PD funds redeposit, library invoices, Ordinance 745 police judge salary, airport engineering estimates, planning commission rezoning for James W Edwards, and a major city road plan recommendation.
Three public information meetings will discuss rules and regulations for approving public elementary schools. A Lincoln Nebraska hearing on April 5 at 10:00 A.M. will also be discussed. Meetings: March 28 7:30 p.m. at District 32 schoolhouse near Weyerts Lutheran Church. March 29 7:30 p.m. at District 56 Schoolhouse near South Divide Lutheran Church. March 31 7:30 p.m. at District 75 Schoolhouse in Brownson.
The Sidney American Legion Post and Auxiliary will meet Tuesday night at 8 p.m. at the Jaycee Legion Hall. The postponed birthday covered dish dinner is canceled this time. A TV set drawing will be held, and all Legionnaires and Auxiliary members are urged to attend.
Nebraska safflower production fell 67 percent from 1964 to a record low, with about 1.12 million pounds from 5,500 harvested acres. Causes included hail, leaf spot, frost, chemical damage, dry pre-seeding conditions, and heavy rains. Abandonment hit 36 percent. yield 320 pounds per harvested acre. Prices averaged $70 per ton, value about $39,200.
Federal Highway Administrator Rex M Whitton invites Nebraskans to a public hearing on outdoor advertising and junkyard controls under the Highway Beautification Act of 1965. The session, led by William C Thornton, begins 9 30 a m April 5 in the Senate Chamber Lincoln with pre registration April 4. The act governs advertising within 660 feet of right of way and junkyards within 1000 feet along interstate and federal aid highways.
Last week's storm delayed initial work on the viaduct east of Sidney but crews started today. The south side is now one-way to allow adding four feet of width, completing widening previously done on the north side months earlier.
Walter T. Meissner, 72, died Sunday at Memorial Hospital in Sidney after ten weeks of illness. Services were set for Wednesday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Sidney with Rev. Henry Monnich. Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Lily, son Harold, daughters Agnes Deir and Wilma Jones, one brother Henry, and eight grandchildren. Memorials may go to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Craig Mortuary conducted arrangements. Born April 10, 1893, in Grand Island Nebraska, he lived in Buffalo County before moving to Sidney in 1940, retiring from Thomas Lumber in 1958.
Services for 73 year old Ralph S. Davidson who died Saturday at Memorial Hospital in Sidney were held at 2 pm at the Craig Mortuary with Rev. John Slayton officiating. Burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery. Davidson, born July 12 1892 in Minden Nebraska, moved to Sidney in 1923 and worked as a grocery clerk. He married Blanche Schley on May 2 1917 in Springfield Missouri. Survivors include his wife, one daughter Virginia Vick of Portland Oregon, two grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and one sister Jeannette Davidson of Los Angeles. Pallbearers were Roy Greenlee, Larry Clinton, John Elwell Sr., Don Jorgenson, Perry Butterfield and Ben Belden. Memorials may be made to the First Methodist Church of Sidney.
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