Ferd Hernandez Homecoming Boosts Boxing Hero Ford
Ferd Hernandez expresses deep gratitude after a Sidney Jaycees welcome home ceremony. The East-West Intercity bout survivor recalls tough opponents Ottie Adkins and Don Sargent, credits trainer guidance in New Orleans, and says his future lies in education over immediate pro boxing while appreciating local support.
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Ottie Adkins
New York
Don Sargent
Minneapolis
Sidney Ice
Chicago
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Arch
Fete
Sargent
Adkins
Ralph Dupas
New Orleans
Jefferson Downs
Jack Fickler
Fordy
Dupas
Ferd
McCook Has 18 Track Lettermen Nucleus of Team
McCook High School opens track with 18 lettermen led by Krauss Trail Confer Seligman and Hoff among returning monogram winners. Coach Gaylen Moyer and Assistant John Edwards prepare for a season opener dual against North Platte on March 31. In a Sherbrooke note, Queenie the beagle had 12 pups with nine surviving.
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McCook
McCook High School
Bill Braun
George Krauss
Larry Siligman
Jim Phinney
Dick Hoff
Chuck Trail
Aaron Johnson
Barry Zulauff
Ray
Kunkee
Mike Confer
Bob Thompson
Don Thompson
Alan Adams
Rich Cuellar
Chuck Campbell
Duane, Hein
Howard Berg
Gary Hower
Krauss
Seligman
Trail
Confer
Campbell
Hein
Gaylen Moyer
John Edwards
North Platte
Sherbrooke, Okla
Queenie
Don Clowrey
Sherbrook
Sidney honors Ferd Hernandez with homecoming ceremony
About 150 Sidney residents and the Sidney High pep band welcomed Ferd Hernandez home from Golden Gloves fights. Mayor Ferris Preble presented a certificate of appreciation and Ford received a luggage gift from the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The event at the American National Bank included family members, local officials, and The Sidney Telegraph editor Jack Lowe as host.
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Sidney Jaycees
Jack Lowe
Sidney Telegraph
Four Vets Return To Maroon Golf Team 11 Matches Set
Sidney high divot diggers schedule eleven golf matches for the season with weather likely to allow a full slate. Head coach Bill Harris notes limited practice time as the team, led by seniors Bob Rennick Howie Maley Neil Munderloh and Richard Moore, gears for the Sidney Invitational and a 10 other events across Nebraska and Beatrice Lincoln and Holdrege venues.
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Sidney High
Sidney
Nebraska
Bill Harris
Bob Rennick
Howie Maley
Neil Munderloh
Ner
Richard Moore
Mick Rennick
Leland Lewis
Rod Bales
Joe Haugan
Rick Ladine
Jim Bruenger
North Platte
Chappell
Kimball
Scottsbluff
Second Round In Volleyball at Sid ney tournament
Second round volleyball games set for Wednesday at 6 30 in the junior high gym. Winners from the first bracket were Gurley Methodist Presbyterian Church Calvary Baptist Methodist East Presbyterian No 2 Peetz Evangelical. Pairings include Calvary Baptist vs Christian at 6 30 and Gurley Methodist vs Presbyterian No 2 at 7 15.
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Peetz Ev
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Grace Baptist
Gurley Hosts Six-Team Double Elimination Volleyball Tourney
Gurley high school hosts a three night double elimination volleyball tournament beginning Wednesday in the gym featuring six teams from Lisco Dix Weyerts Sidney and Gurley with Gurley the only high school squad. Games start at 6 p.m. each night Wednesday through Friday and the event is sponsored by Gurley high school's sophomore class. First round pairings are listed.
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Weyerts
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Bowling SOD Men’s League Final Standings and Highs
The March 24 1959 Bowling SOD Men’s League results show won by Sidney Shoe Hospital 30, with Born’s Skelly 30 and Transportation 29 close. High team series went to Transportation 2608, while Louie Gonzales led individuals with 621 in series and 237 in a game. Wednesday’s matches featured Gurley vs Lisco and Weyert’s vs Dix with Sidney and Gurley high school teams drawing byes.
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Sidney Shoe Hospital
Born’s Skelly
Transportation
Roads & Grounds
Brownson Tavern
Sidney ‘G6
Oil Co
Bing’s Sportsmans Bar
Silver Dollar
Engineers
General Supply
Victone Cleaners
Mel's Sinclair
Art's Motors
Dolly Roids Bt
Born's Skelly
Sidney
Louie Gonzales
Dick Sedgwick
Bill Jallen
Eddie Raulinaitis
Bing” Miller
Harry Pokrwinski
Don Hart
Ray Hernandez
Bill Robinson
Sidney Kimball set to clash in opener on snowy oval
Sidney High leads a hoped for season opener against Kimball on the Maroon field oval where two thirds remain snowbound. If usable, the meet will start at 3 pm with expectations of a closer duel than recent years as returning stars from both schools vie in the 440 800 and mile events plus relays and field events.
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Kimball
Sidney
Don Pittam
Jay Hazelwood
Jim Dietz
Gene Keller
Leland Lewis
Drcling
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Don Gram
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Fischer
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Printz
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Delater
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Dietz
Lake McConaughy storage climbs in Nebraska reservoirs
Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District reports March 1 storage at its Nebraska reservoirs stood at 1,688,400 acre feet, up from 1,143,010 acre feet a year earlier. Hydraulic engineer A. W. Hall released the figures Friday.
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