Sidney Board Renames Officers and Hires Ten Teachers
Sidney Board of Education met to rename officers Carl Christ Jr. president Jack Knicely vice president Buck Graham secretary and to hire ten staff members for the coming year. They released three teachers and accepted a bid to pave playgrounds at Central and North Ward Schools while outlining remaining faculty needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Board of Education
Central
North Ward
Carl Christ Jr
Jack Knicely
Buck Graham
Marion Tee
Arland Tangeman
Central School
Tangeman
Bellevue, Wash
Cattle
Michael McDowell
Dan Long
William Lorance
Judy White
Colorado State College
Greeley
Colorado
Dennis Howell
Mr. Howell
Black Hills Teachers College
Spearfish
S.D
Rapid City
Sharon Neece
Chadron State Teachers College
Leeta Crook
Fort Collins
Colo
Annette LeMay
University of Nebraska
Fullerton
Neb
Barbara Rankin
Midland College
John Willburn
Adams State College
Alamosa
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mary Jane Downey
Darrell Hunt
Boone
Iowa
Stu
Sidney Public Schools
Playground Paving Bid Approved for Central and North Pup Areas
The school board opened three bids for playground paving at Central and North. contract awarded to Lawrence Brachtenbach for 10 755 dollars. Other bidders were Nienhaeser Construction Co. and Pon Wood. The board also named American National Bank and Sidney National Bank as official depositories for school funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
North
Lawrence Brachtenbach
Nienhaeser Construction Co
Pon Wood
American National Bank
Sidney National Bank
Kenneth Knaub
LeRoy Bruce
Geraldine Talich
Athletic Fees Revised At School Board Meeting
The board updated admission fees for school athletic events with no booster tickets for elementary students or adults. Junior and Senior High tickets rise to 4 and 8 dollars, school annual costs covered by senior high. Children priced at 50 cents, adults to 1 and 1.25 dollars. Rising costs drive the red ink.
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Supt
Russell Pedersen
George Hinn
Scottsbluff
Iowa
Treater Shed Destroyed Near Sidney After Weekend Fire
Fire destroyed an oil well treater shed on the Schnell farm lease about five miles east of Sidney. Investigators report a beer party may have sparked the blaze when a can of drip gas was knocked over. Eight to ten partygoers are suspected. no charges filed yet as officials continue inquiry.
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Schnell Farm
Sidney
Lloyd Hill
Ervin Kornfeld
Denver
Guilty Verdict In Cattle Case In Sterling Colorado
A Logan County jury found John H. Hinrichs Jr. guilty of cattle larceny after about 40 minutes deliberation. Prosecutors said 18 head branded McKenzie were found at a Gurley area farm six days after theft reported February 2. Hinrichs, arrested in Cheyenne County, pleaded guilty. judge Shallenberger delayed sentencing 10 days for appeal and kept a $2000 bond. Jurors included Daniel Brachtenbach Glenn Dickinson and Melvin Kokes.
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Nebraska
Bianco
Hinrichs Jr
McKenzie Ranch
Hinrichs
Cheyenne County
Logan County
Colo
Francis L.shallenberger
Hinerichs
Daniel M. Brachtenbach
Peetz
Glenn O. Dickinson
Crook
Melvin Kokes
Panhandle Weather Forecast Sees Cooler Air and Showers
The Panhandle.web forecast predicts considerable cloudiness and cooler conditions with occasional showers tonight and Thursday. Snow is possible in the northern Panhandle tonight with lows from the 30s north to 40s south, and highs in the 50s to 60s. Precipitation chance is about 60 percent for tonight and Thursday, with a five day outlook showing temperatures a few degrees below normal, cooler late in the week, and a warmer start next week. Occasional showers expected late this week. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Northwestern Nebraska oil exploration set amid rumors
Reports from Petroleum Information indicate two wildcats planned on the Chadron arch in northwestern Nebraska. Sam G. Harrison reportedly schedules wells in Dawes and Sheridan counties with distances and directions from Chadron. earlier notes mention Mule Creek Oil plans in Sioux County and Texaco tests near Box Butte and Sheridan counties. Past activity on the Chadron arch included the Tucker Drilling and O. N. Beer program of the early 1960s with multiple granite tests and some porosity in Wolfcamp or Dakota formations.
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Nebraska
Petroleum Information
Denver
Sam G. Harrison
Chadron Arch
Dawes County
Chadron
Sheridan County
Mule Creek Oil
Sioux County
North Minatare
Texaco Inc
Box Butte
Harrison
Texaco
Smith
Da=akota and possibly in Timpas limestone or Niobrara
Wolfcamp
Tucker Drilling
O. N. Beer
Tucker-Beer
Humble Oil & Refining
Garden
Keith
Sioux
Mikado To Be St. Pat's Play At St Patrick's Academy
St Patrick's Academy presents The Mikado this weekend with a Friday 1 pm matinee for elementary students and an 8 pm Sunday public performance in the academy auditorium. Principal roles include The Mikado Bill Truitt Nanki-Poo Jim Welsh Keeko Bruce Leypoldt Pooh-Bah Bob Schitz Pish-Tush Dan Collins Yum-Yum Mary Helfrich Katisha Maryann Schwartz with a student chorus providing music.
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St. Patrick’s Academy Stuents
St. Patrick's Academy
Bill Truitt
Jim Welsh
Keeko
Bruce Leypoldt
Bob Schitz
Dan Collins
Mary Helfrich
Pittl-Sing
Helen Krajewski
Peep-Bo
Mary Spencer
Katisha
Maryann Schwartz
Graveside Rites Scheduled Here
Graveside services will be held at Greenwood Cemetery at 10 a.m. Friday for Elise McManes 78 who died Monday in Odessa Texas. Dr. William Hunter of Light Memorial Presbyterian Church will officiate. McManes born February 24 1889 in Diller Nebraska. Survived by niece Mrs. Floyd Miller Gurley. She was not a local resident but known through visits to the Miller home.
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Greenwood Cemectery
Elise McManes
Odessa
Texas
William Hunter
Light Memorial Presbyterian Church
Miss McManes
Diller
Neb
Floyd Miller
Gurley
Miller
Sidney Schools Fine Arts Festival Continues Weeklong Event
The Sidney High School Fine Arts Festival runs all week with concerts and plays. Tonight features a choral concert at 7 30 p m in the Junior High Auditorium with sixth through eighth grade choruses and senior high chorus. The week ends Friday with vocal and instrumental solos and ensembles and readings by English and dramatics students.
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Sidney High School
Duane Johnson
Dan Long
Tom Welch
Cathy Holbrook
Linda Ahrens
Gary Caster
Lynette Pederson
Bonnie Bennett
Pam Hahler
Steven Anderson
Penny Pedersen
Vonna Cornelius
Pam Himes
Mary Prester
Phil
Deanna Nelson
John Emerson
Paula Kitch
Ann Peterson
Duane Nichols
Sidney Public Schools
Sidney
Sidney Junior High
Telegraph
Rural eighth grade graduates to receive diplomas in Elks Auditorium
Twenty two rural school students will get diplomas Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Cheyenne County eighth grade graduation in the Elks Auditorium. Rev. John Stayton will give the Invocation and Benediction. Diplomas will be handed out by County Superintendent I. A. Caldwell. The program includes piano solos and an accordion solo by various students and a song by Trinity Lutheran School students.
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Cheyenne County
Elks
John Stayton
First Methodist Church
Reid Bond
Mr. Stayton
Betty la Bruns
Nancy Rexroth
Carol Flessner
DIST
Marilyn Kay Dykman
Cheryl Diane Bartling
Nancy R.rexroth
Carol D. Flessner
Jacqueline Kay McVicker
Mickey Richard Dolan
Beverly Ruth Theis
Harold J. Darling
Bids Due May 19 for Sioux Army Depot Property
Sidney city officials set a May 19 3 p.m. deadline for sealed cash bids on land and depot property. The process aims to balance agricultural use with future industrial and commercial development while negotiating ownership transfer with the General Services Administration. Mayor Thorpe and the council will accompany city leaders to Kansas City for GSA talks.
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Sioux Army Depot
City of
Sidney
Post Office Department
George Felsch
Thorpe
Vo~tech
Agricultural Research Station
General Services Administration
GSA
Kansas City
Chamber of Commerce meeting on shoplifting mitigations
The Fort Sidney retailers committee will meet Friday noon at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel to discuss shoplifting. Chairman Vern Draper invites interested parties. Main speaker John Peetz Jr. Cheyenne County Attorney will outline handling procedures for the growing problem.
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Chamber of Commerce Retailers Committee
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Vern Draper
Cheyenne County
John Peetz Jr
Cornerstone For Courthouse Will Be Laid May 19
Cornerstone laying for the new Cheyenne County courthouse will be held on Friday May 19 at two o clock The Board of Commissioners has announced The Nebraska Masonic Lodge AF AM will be in charge of the ceremony Lodges from Potter Lodge Pole Dalton and Sidney will participate
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Cheyenne County
Board of Commissioners
Nebraska Masonic Lodge
Af&am
Potter
Lodgepole
Dalton
Sidney
Band Auxiliary To Hold Broom Sale
The Sidney High Band Auxiliary sponsors an annual broom sale to fund future band projects. Items for sale include brooms, mops, cages, pot holders, ironing board covers, and kitchen aids, sold door to door Saturday by band members. Proceeds benefit the band and the Nebraska Federation For the Blind, whose sightless artisans made the items. Band members will also stand at Tru-Line on West Illinois all day Saturday for out of town buyers.
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Sidney High Band
Nebraska Federation For the Blind
Tru- Line Company
West Ilinois
Linda Abrams
Tom Edwards
John Scholl
Duane Johnson
Sidney High
Diane Hyde
Ray Oliverius
Milt Nissen
Telegraph
New Hangar Sought for Sidney Municipal Airport
Lloyd Carr, airport manager, asked the Sidney city council for a combined 50 by 60 steel hangar and 20 by 40 office at the airport. He estimates around 20000 dollars to complete including plumbing heating and wiring and urges space for private flying growth and future Frontier Airlines needs. Plans to draft specifications by May 22 and include the project in the 1967 68 budget with possible rental or amortization terms.
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Lloyd Carr
Sidney Municipal
George Felsch
Mr. Carr
Carr
Frontier Airlines
Sidney
Western Nebraska Vocational School weighs aircraft mechanics course
The council received word that a course for airplane mechanics may be added to the curriculum at Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School. The board agreed to fund part of a statewide advanced recruiting program to gauge interest. A joint plan between the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics and the Department of Education is in the talking stage, with a detailed plan expected later this month. Predictions say the program could attract several hundred students to Sidney.
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Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Nebraska Department of Aeronautics
Department of Education
Sidney
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Northwestern
Nebraska Oil Exploring
St. Pat’s
Sidney Schools
Telephone Co
Jack Pfeifer
N W. Bell Telephone” Co
Sidney Business
Pfeifer
Telephone Company
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