Sidney in the Days of 69 Opens at Tobin Opera House
Sidney Legion Post 17 stages a two night revival of frontier Sidney from 1869 at the Tobin Opera House May 15 and 16. The show spotlights cowboys, soldiers, gamblers and lynchings with proceeds funding the Juvenile band’s trip to the national convention in Omaha next fall. A popularity contest offers a dozen cabinet portraits as top prize.
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Sidney
Dakoti
Black Hills
American Legion
Sidney Post No 17
Tobin Opera House
Cheyenne County
Phelps Studio
Gurley Organizes Golf Club and Season Preview
Gurley forms a golf club with eighteen prominent citizens planning a new course west of town on a quarter section near Wildhorse Canyon. R. P. Kepler helped lay out the over 2700 yard course with hazards promising a sporty challenge. Local baseball games open Sunday at 8:00 with Sterling visiting. Sidney’s lineup includes new faces and strong opponents like Cheyenne and Broadwater. Robert Tate of Omaha was in Sidney on Wednesday.
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Haskill Hill
Gurley
R. P. Kepler
Sidney
Nesigons
Sterling
Cheyenne
Alliance
Chappell
Oshkosh
Broadwater
Chairman's Players Win Golf Honors
Blip Doran and his Blippers defeated the Jays under Jay Closman in a Sunday golf banquet match described as a drubbing by three strokes. The writeup notes many humorous incidents from the round, with players blaming luck, attire, or miscounted holes, and promises continued coverage on page 8.
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Doran
Jays
Jay Closman
Next Bargain Day Planned by Merchants Association
The Merchants Association met at the Union Pacific hotel to finalize plans for the next Big Bargain Day on May 20. Committees for Sales and Entertainment were named, rules about bargain sheets were discussed, and hitching racks were highlighted for public use at vacant lots near Cheyenne County Trading Company's elevator.
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Merchants Association
Union
Pacific Hotel
J. Earl Thayer
Kate Phelps
J. B. Byars Co
Cheyenne County ‘Trading Company
First Street
Sidney Nebr opens splendid country club house gala day
Fort Morgan visitors Frank Miller Ab Baker and Edward Hellstein joined local residents in Sidney for the opening and dedication of a new country club house. More than 400 attended a banquet followed by a dedicatory program and a grand ball, praising neighborliness and community spirit.
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Edward Hellstein
Sidney
Fort Morgan
Times
Nebr
Frank Miller
Ab Baker
Brush
Sterling
Scottsbluff
Bidney
Music Week in Sidney Promises Finest Western Nebraska Talent
Music Week in Sidney May 8 and 9 showcases a free program featuring the Pinafore opera by Sidney High School under Prof. Smith, plus concerts at Tobin Opera House and the Methodist church. Audiences from Cheyenne county and beyond are urged to attend, weather permitting, to witness a polished lineup of local musicians donating their performances for a grand community event.
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Sidney
Portsmouth Harbor
Weedon
Sidney High School
Smith
Tobin Opera House
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Roscoe Zimmer Dies In Omaha Hospital
Roscoe Zimmer died at St. Joseph's hospital in Omaha at 1:45 PM after heart trouble worsened. He had recently been taken to Omaha for treatment, with Mrs Zimmer and their children Fred and Gladys visiting and returning to Sidney. Funeral was held in North Platte with interment there. a full obituary will appear next week.
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Roscoe Zimmer
St. Joseph's Hospital
Omaha
Mr. Zimmer
St Joseph’s Hospital
North Platte
Zimmer
St Patrick Seniors Present Southern Cinderella at Patrick's
St Patrick's Academy will stage a three act comedy drama A Southern Cinderella at 7:30 pm in the school auditorium. The program includes Ave Maria chorus a Hamlet scene and a waltz duet plus a recitation. Cast features Madame Charteris Clara Portrey Enid Bellamy and Helen Mohart with students performing as clowns and other roles.
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Iide
St. Patrick's Academy
St. Patrick's Auditorium
Marie
Chiorus May
Priscilla
Hamlet
James McIntosh
Horatio
Hugh Cortney
Verner Mitchell
James Delaney
Myra Jo Quinn
Katherine Hahler
Elisabeth Worden
Madame Charteris
Clara Portrey
Enid Bellamy
Helen Mohart
Rosie
Winterberry
Patrick McGinnis of Kimball Passes Away
Patrick McGinnis of Kimball dies after pneumonia surge following a cold. He was about 55 years old and had lived in Kimball over 40 years, once a blacksmith who patented a steel irrigation flame. Funeral at St Josephs church with high mass and burial in Kimball cemetery.
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Patrick McGinnis
Kimball
McGinnis
St. Josephs Church
Molemn
Father Kell
Father Link
Sidney
Father Keller
Chappell
Kimball Cemetery
Chamber of Commerce Meets on Calf Club Plans
The Sidney chamber held its semi monthly lunch at the Union Pacific hotel. Members discussed forming calf clubs in the county and eight members offered to buy calves for the boys, with the Liberty State Bank pledging two. Dr. Hart offered a four year old Ayreshire bull to any club with purebred heifers. M W Dimery named official publicity agent.
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Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Union Pacific
Charles Welton
Chamber
Fred Slawson
A. J. Jorgenson
M. W. Dimery
M. W. Osborn
W. R. Weeden
E L. Uptegrove
C. W. Hornaday
Liberty State Bank
G. E. Hart
Simmons to Meet Constituents in Sidney May Sixth
Congressman Robert G. Simmons will be at the Sidney courthouse on May 6 to discuss any matters of legislation of interest to the district. He states he plans to tour the district to learn how best to serve the people and welcomes input from residents.
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Robert G. Simmons
Court House
Sidney
Simmons
Gurley Bridge Luncheon Brings Four Tables of Players
Mrs. Charles Semerad hosted a midweek bridge luncheon at her Gurley home with four tables in play. Mrs. J. J. McIntosh won first prize and Mrs. Claude Golding took second. Sidney guests included Mrs. Kep ler, McNish, Phelps, West, Golding, Costello, Barlow, Hart, Bentley, Stokes, J. L. McIntosh, Guy, Doran, and Pete. The Fremont Evening Tribune notes a new Methodist Community church in Gurley and praises Rev. Moore and the community for financing and building it. Sidney Juvenile Band heads to Omaha for the American Legion convention, with Neely planning to send its Boy Scout band.
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Charles Semerad
Gur‘ley
J. J. McIntosh
Prise
Claude Golding
Sidney
Meedames Kepler
McNish
Phelps
Pete
Fremont
Evening Tribune
New Methodist Community
Gurley
Moore
Omaha
American Legion
Neely
Nebr
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Herre Kats
Ahrens
Lilebendorfer
Raub
Ladies Quartet
Delores Carleton Franklin Hornaday
Sidney Male Quartet
Tobi
Hobert
C ‘Gvemupleton
J.W. Johnson
Maberdtlee
Opera House
Ewpolnist
Mrs. Holtort
Mr. Templeton
India
Minnetonka
Holtorf
Wate
Logan
Spross
Huhay -Drolla
Paceini
Massenet Mac Dowell
Tower
Rachemanninoff -Rimsky—Korsakoff _Tieufance
Gilbert and Sullivan
Ridney High School Chorus
H.B. Smith
Ith
Grabill
Sibelius
Mandalay
Dorothy Hart
Leslie Bentley
Potter
We Johnson
Woman's Ciub Quartet
Bolo
Green
J. W. Johnson
Miss Mathers
Boeing
Prof
Yarndiey
Penrod
Peterson
Mr. Peterson
Mrs. Liebendorfer
Schumann
Herbert
Trio
Albert Houghton
Miss Mathers Wieniawski
Averdrigo
ST. Patrick
Patrick McGinnes
Chamber OF Commerce
Lincoln Highway
Kearney
C. W. Johnson
B. W. Bonham
Lob Simmons
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