Loyalty Day Dinner Urges Youth Involvement To Close Gap
John Peetz Jr. urged involvement to bridge the generation gap at the Loyalty Day dinner by Post 610, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and its Ladies Auxiliary. He warned that apathy harms youth and praised directing their energy, education, and devotion for a strong future. Jim Knackstedt, St Patrick's High School, won the Voice of Democracy with Freedom's Challenge and received a plaque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Peetz Jr
Sidney
Post 610
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ladies Auxiliary
Silent Majority
United States
Mr. Peetz
VFW
Jim Knackstedt
St. Patrick’s High School
Voice of Democracy
Jim
David W. Young
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Youngs
John Kercher
Young
Telegraph
Abandoned Areas Show Production Prospects
Oil operators in Kimball and Scotts Bluff counties test abandoned wells with promising results. Independent Ol and Gas Co and Braden-Gear Drilling Co report oil and mud oil in Kimball No 1 Westgate, while Red Feather Petroleum tests No 1 Hessler in Scotts Bluff. Mobil Oil Co files for three new sites in Dawes County and Exeter Drilling Co will drill all. Deuel County wildcat Carlson test abandoned as oil remains elusive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball
Scotts Bluff
Ol and Gas Co
Braden-Gear Drilling Co
No. 1
Westgate
Kimball County
CSW SE
Scotts Bluff County
Red Feather Petroleum
Minature
Mobil Oil Co
Dawes County
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Margaret Larson
Government Rose
Exeter Drilling Co
Braden Oil Co
Slater Oil Co
Lemmon- Summerville
CNW
Braden-Gear
Deuel County
Carlson
Rural Cheyenne County graduation and track meet this weekend
A class of 17 will graduate at 2 p.m. Friday in St Patrick's High School Auditorium with Rev. Richard Brown delivering the commencement address and diplomas handed by County Supt I A Caldwell. Music includes Jorena Englert, Susan Borcher, Vicki Horst, and Debbie Livingston. The rural school track meet follows Saturday at Weymouth Field starting 8:30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
St. Patrick’s High School
I. A. Caldwell
Richard Brown
Dalton Presbyterian Church
Edward Flinn
St. Patrick’s Church
Caldwell
Jorena Englert
Lodgepole
Susan Borcher
Vicki Horst
Debbie Livingston
Rodney Alan Mika
Harry Leroy Oliverius
Arden Miller
Delma D. Bartling
Duane Gene Franzen
Terry Lee Bauer
Barry Lynn Bauer
Beverly Dianne Narjes
Vicki J. Klorst
Stephen L. Bruns
Randy Kay Krueger
Nancy Joy Owens
Debbie Lynn Livingston
Michael David Childers
Roger Dean Rezac
Donald Marvin McNurlin
Susan Marie Borcher
Weymouth Field
Welfare Director Reports Early Food Stamp Totals
Virgil Knackstedt issues first two months of federal food stamp data. March cash received 3387.75 and coupons issued 12099. April cash received 6709.75 and coupons issued 13535.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Knackstedt
Sidney paper rate card and box change notice
Class Postage Paid at Sidney Nebr. 69162. Lend change of address to Post Office Box 219 Nebr. 69162 subscription rates eight dollars per year inside fifty mile zone ten dollars outside per year by carrier. Single copies ten cents. Sidney Nebraska Vol. 96 No. 112
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Sidney
Nebr
John Peetz Sr. Loses Leg After Burns on Farm
John Peetz Sr., an 82 year old Cheyenne County farmer, had his right leg amputated after severe burns from ignition of his overalls while burning weeds on the Peetz farm east of Sidney. He underwent surgery following a month in hospital and remains in critical condition. Peetz and his son Kenneth farm about four miles east of Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Peetz Sr
Peetz
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Kenneth
Sixth Annual All-Breed Horse Show Slated in Sidney
The Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club will host the sixth annual All-Breed Horse Show on June 21 in Sidney. For entrants and details contact Mrs. Clarence Correll Box 845 Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
Clarence Correll
New Tourist Welcome Station Moves to Lincoln Sutherland Rest Area
The Game and Parks Commission will relocate its mobile tourist welcome station from Kimball’s Gotte Park to the Lincoln Sutherland Rest Area along eastbound Interstate 80. The move aims to better serve travelers entering Nebraska, with about 2,600 eastbound cars daily on I 80 at the rest area and 1,700 on U S 30 at Kimball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln -- Sutherland
Game and Parks Commission
Willard R. Barbee
Gotte Park
Sutherland
Vo Tech Heads To Meet Here
The Nebraska Area Vocational Schools Council meets at Western Nebraska Vo-Tech this Wednesday with superintendents and presidents attending. State Education official Walt Berdcamp and leaders from Milford Hastings North Platte Norfolk Lincoln and Omaha schools join for an all day session with a noon luncheon and facility tour. This marks the first time the group gathers at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Area Vocational Schools Council
Western Nebraska
Vo-Tech
Merle Rudebusch
State Department of Education
Walt Berdcamp
Trades & Industrial Division of Vocational Education
Lowell Welch
Milford
Chester Gausman
Central Nebraska Technical College
Hastings
Ken Aten
Mid-Plains Technical College
North Platte
Don McClay
Northeastern Nebraska Technical College
Norfolk
Jim Lightbody
Lincoln Technical College
Ed Parrish
Omaha Public Schools
Wheat price support rates set by county in Nebraska
The ASCS discloses county by county wheat price support rates for Nebraska this year ranging from 1.12 to 1.31 per bushel. The national average is 1.25. Western counties list detailed by rate with Scotts Bluff Banner Kimball Cheyenne at 1.12 and others rising to 1.17 in Perkins Keith Arthur Grant.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Scotts Bluff
Banner
Kimball
Cheyenne
Sioux
Morrill
Dawes
Garden
Devel
Sheridan
Chase
Dundy
Perkins
Keith
Arthur
Grant
Open House Draws 3000 Visitors to Vo Tech School
Perfect weather brings about 3000 visitors to the Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School Open House held Sunday. After a weathered-out first attempt, 200 people rode planes piloted by Vo-Cair Flying Club members while traffic surged Friday to Sunday for the Panhandle Industrial Arts Pair display.
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Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Merle Rudebusch
Vo-Cair Flying Club
Panhandle Industrial Arts
Wheat Growth Lag Delays Panhandle Nebraska Crop Outlook
Federal observers report Nebraska wheat is growing at a nine year slow pace with average plant height 4.8 inches, well below last year and the 10 year norm. Moisture in the top four feet is above average, soil erosion and cutworm damage noted, spray programs add to 1970 costs, while southeast districts show better progress. Farmers urge price reforms tied to production costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Panhandle
Sion
South Central
East Central
Credit Bureau Sale Reported in Cheyenne County
The Credit Bureau of Cheyenne County is sold to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Empson of Chappell. L. E. Wamsley and Dennis Wamsley announce the sale which took effect May 1. The Wamsleys note rising demands on their time led to the transfer from former owners Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kelley. The Empsons also run an insurance agency in Chappell and Mr. Empson has served as administrator at Miller Memorial Hospital, planning to leave by month’s end. The bureau has almost doubled in volume over the last two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Credit Bureau
Cheyenne County
J. W
Billy’ Empson
Chappell
L. E. Wamsley
Dennis Wamsley
Empsons
Wamsleys
Bureau
Joe Kelley
Empson
Miller Memorial Hospital
The
Panhandle Forecast Highlights Mild, Unseasonably Warm
Fair and mild conditions continue this afternoon tonight and Thursday with southerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Highs reach 70 to 80 this afternoon, lows 35 to 45 tonight, and Tuesday highs 75 to 85. Wednesday through Friday stay fair and unseasonably warm with 80s by day and 50s at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Firemen Called Twice Sunday Near Sidney
The Sidney Volunteer Fire Department answered two calls Sunday morning for fires sparked by a passing train on the railroad right of way six miles east of Sidney. Fire crews extinguished the weeds, the blaze rekindled, and they returned at 11:45 a.m. to finish dousing the flames.
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Sidney
Rites Today For Gurley Resident Dewey Crees
G Dewey Crees 70 of Gurley died Friday afternoon at West General Hospital Scottsbluff after a long illness Funeral services were held at Grace Lutheran Gurley with Rev Henry York officiating Burial followed at Dalton Cemetery He was born Sept 13 1899 in Decatur County Iowa and came to Gurley in 1925 to work for the Burlington railroad He married Iva Kreps Aug 17 1935 and survived by his widow two daughters seven grandchildren four brothers and three sisters He was preceded in death by two sons.
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Gurley
G. Dewey Crees
West General Hospital
Scottsbluff
Grace Lutheran Church
Burlington Railroad
Harrisburg
Iva Kreps
Phyllis Weyerts
Dalton
Glenda Chipps
Denver
Fred Crees
Curtis
Homer
Grand River
Iowa
Dean
Azusa
Calif
Emmett
Evansdale
Emma Blondin
Goldie Danielson
Waterloo
Martha Ellison
Des Moines
Social Security Rep Set for Sidney Office On Wednesdays
Kenneth Weber from the Scottsbluff Social Security District Office will visit the Sidney Employment Office every Wednesday in May. Hours are 10 AM to 12 Noon and 1 PM to 3 PM. Call with questions about Social Security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security
Scottsbluff Social Security District
Kenneth Weber
Sidney
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Ed Cole
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Charles Colling
Lyle Morrison
Robert Lloyd
Marion Whitaker
Tom Lenzen
Wesley Brown
Ed Colone
Jesse Rowe
Chet Hickman
Art Lenzen
Neal Craig
Sidney, Nebraska
John Peetz, Sr
Kimball Loang Tourist Station
Vo-Tech School
Ervain Friede
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
America
Credit Agency Sale Reported
Brazil
Antonio Carlos Abbott
Bank of Brazil
LeBaron Goodwin
Louis Henri Guitton
Carlos Catelli Gandolfo
S. A. Minho Santista
G. Dewey
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