Pioneer settler Leslie Sanders dies after brief illness
Leslie Vernon Sanders 52 a pioneer resident of the north Potter area died Friday evening in a Dalton hospital after a brief illness. He settled northeast of Potter in 1889, married Pearl Jacobson in Sidney in June 1905, and lived on his father's farm until 1925. Eleven children were born, ten surviving with their mother. Survivors include five sons, five daughters, four grandchildren, a brother in Long Beach, and five sisters. Services will be held at the Sanders home Tuesday at two o'clock with interment in Sanders cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Vernon Sanders
North Potter
Dalton
Potter
Mr. Sanders
John Sanders
Sidney
Camp Clarke
Sanders
Pearl Jacobson
Vernon
Grover
Earl
Jack
Gene
Ferne Yost
Dix
Ernest. Nickell
Harry Shinker
Margy
Leona
Emmons
Long Beach
Calif
Dorothy Sanders
Dan Aldridge
Percy Cahoon
Long
Rice Funeral Home
Annual Play Day Brings 143 Girls to Sidney High
Sidney high school hosted its annual invitational play day on Saturday with 143 participants. Registration began at nine o'clock and activities followed. Schools from Chadron Gurley Lisco Scottsbluff Kimball and Cheyenne joined Sidney in volleyball tennis basketball softball and hit-pin ball. A rotation system ensured every girl participated in all activities. At noon long lunch tables lined the main hall and after lunch each school presented a special stunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney High School
Ichappell
Gurley
Lisco
Scottsbluff
Kimball
Cheyenne
Sidney
Mrs Bales' Father Dies in Atlantic Iowa
T M Bickett, father of Mrs Glen Bales, died May 3 in Atlantic Iowa. A longtime resident who homesteaded four miles north of town and later operated a drag line in Sidney. He lived in Redington before settling in Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Bales
T. M. Bickett
Atlantic
Towa
Sidney
Redington
Cheyenne County Reports 93 Percent Farm Plan Sign-Up
Farmers in Cheyenne county signed Farm Plans to join the 1940 AIAA Farm Program. May 1 was the deadline. 93 percent of county farmers signed, slightly below 94 percent in 1939. The 1938 program covered 93.2 percent of cropland. current sign-ups suggest about 96 percent under the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
AIAA
J. H. Campbell
Agricultural Conservation Committee
Campbell
Maupin Drops Bid as Swanson Wins Railway Post by 502
Deputy Secretary Don DeVries announced an unofficial primary canvass showing Hastings contractor I S Swanson defeating Will Maupin Beaton for railway commissioner. Swanson 29,403 Maupin 28,901. official status awaits state canvassing board. Maupin said he did not “particularly care” about the redo.
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Don DeVries
Will Maupin
Is. A. Swanson
Hastings
Maupin
Gering, Hastings
Omaha
DeVries
Swanson
Secretary of State
State
City Council Opens New Term With Appointees Confirmed
City council enters another year as D. R. Thomas repeats as president and Mayor R. E. Roche begins his fourth term. Appointments include West as street commissioner and numerous department heads with one library board change replacing C. S. Radcliffe with Roy E. Greenlee. Discussion notes a potential new city water well amid health department concerns about the old north side well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. Thomas
R. E. Roche
Co. A. West
Co. L. Durell
M. O. Billeter
Sol Willis, Jr
Paul Onlbrecht
H. L. Slawson
H. F. Kahler
Glen Greenlee
Jack Bowman
C. C. Jones
Cc. C. Jones
S. A. Moore
W. F. Krueger
Fred Runge
C. W. Zike
Leslie Neubauer
Paul L. Martin
C. B. Dorwart
George Masse
I. E. Grabill
Library
C. S. Radcliffe
Roy E. Greenlee
State Health Department
Three Farmers Attend Mass Meeting At St Paul
Fred Weikhorst Arthur Schuessler and George Coulter were among about 20 000 farmers who gathered in St Paul Minnesota to press for changes in land bank loan policy and management. Delegations came from twenty states with Henry Wallace secretary of agriculture as the main speaker. The Potter men traveled to Omaha and then rode a special train for the rest of the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Weikhorst
Arthur Schuessler
George Coulter
St. Paul
Minn
Henry Wallace
Two More Road Bids Approved By State
The state highway department accepted low bids and issued contracts on two more projects from last week’s $1,017,000 letting. One project remains to be contracted. Banner county Highway 29 Harrisburg Gering 8.3 miles base prime armor coat A H Read Cheyenne 35176 47. Dawes county Highway 19 Alliance Chadron 10.7 miles prime armor coat Northwestern Engineering Rapid City South Dakota 64918 30.
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State Highway Department
Banner County
Harrisburg-Gering
A. H. Read
Cheyenne
Dawes County
Alliance-Chadron
Northwestern Engineering
Rapid City
South Dakota
May Fete At Frances Willard School Thursday Afternoon
Frances Willard school students perform the May fete May Magic at city park Thursday at five o'clock. The public is invited to witness the spring production with all students in onstage roles. Secrecy surrounds the king and queen identities. The cast includes Flowers Crocuses Evelyn Busacker Betty Bell La Wanna Wasser Caroline Lei.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances ‘Willard
City Park
Flowers, Crocuses
Evelyn Busacker
Betty Bell
la Wanna ‘Wasser
Caroline Lei
Tow Car Driver Held For Evading License
John Donald Carroll an employee of a Kansas tow service was jailed in Gering on a $500 bond after he towed a new truck in Nebraska without paying a $10 tow fee. He pleaded guilty before Judge C. O. Lyda and was held for district court. Carroll said he entered Nebraska from Colorado near Sidney and could not find the port of entry. State patrol said the offense was the second charged to his employer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Donald Carroll
Kansas Automobile
Gering
Nebraska
Carroll
C.O. Lyda
Kansas City
Ne Braska
Colorado
Sidney
Council Committees Announced For Year
The following committee appointments for the city council were announced Friday night. Finance, Thomas, Ells and Kokjer. cemetery, fines and licenses, Thompson, Kokjer and Heavrin. parks and amusement, Kokjer, Blome and Ells. streets, Heavrin, Thomas and Thompson. Water, sewer and light, Ells, Blome and Heavrin. buildings, fire and library, Blome, Thomas and Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fhynance
Thomas
Ells
Kokjer
Thompson
Heavrin
Blome
Reckless Driver Fined Ten Dollars Here Sunday
Glen M. Pence of Sterling was fined ten dollars and costs by Justice of the Peace E. J. Leonard early Sunday morning after Pence admitted a charge of careless driving. He was arrested by a state patrolman about 1 30 a m three miles east of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen M. Pence
Sterling
Justice of the Peace
E. J. Leonard
Pence
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Leslie Sanders
General Electric
Schenectady
N.Y
Will Maupin Beaton
Perry
New City
White House
Inner Circle
City Hall
New York City
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Rep
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
James A. Farley
Wendell Willkie
Taft
Martin
Willkie
Farley
Frances Willard
J. F. Hill
John van Anne
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