Family-Type Vo-Tech Plan Endorsed by Cheyenne County Group
Cheyenne County residents voiced strong support for a family-type educational program at Western Nebraska Vocational-Technical School in Sidney. The pilot project would involve HEW and Labor, coordinated by Nebraska Education, with potential funding from Job Corps. A Lincoln meeting with federal and state officials was being arranged, led by local leaders including Merle Rudebusch and Edward Cole.
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Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Sidney
Citizens For Cheyenne County Development Organization
Cheyenne County
Washington D. C
Vo-Tech
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Labor
Nebraska Department of Education
Division of Vocational Education
Merle Rudebusch
Sidney Vo-Tech
Cecil Stanley
Hew
Dave Martin
Edward Cole
Lincoln
Governor’s Office
Department of Education
Western Nebraska Vocational-Technical School
Sidney City
City of
Merce
Rudebusch
Educational Department of the State
Nebraska Panhandle
Department of Agriculture
Corps of Engineers
Omaha
Secretary of Transportation
Nebraska
Kenneth Pittam
Citizens Organization
Washington
James Payne
Mr. Cole
Douglas Boyd
Lloyd Carr
Gene Lienemann
Edward Bauman
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Citizens For Cheyenne County Development
Gene Letnemann
Edward
Retiring Ed Runge Leaves Fifty Years in Lumber
Ed Runge, a veteran Sidney lumberman, retires Thursday May 15 from The Thomas Lumber Co after five decades with the firm. He started in 1919 after WWI service, became an officer and stockholder, with the Thomas firm now led by Mrs. D. R. Thomas and Dean Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Runge
Thomas Lumber Co
Runge
Sidney Lumber Co
C. N. Dietz
Omaha
D. R. Thomas
Overton
Dietz
Rivett Coal and Lumber Co
Rivett
Thomas
Nebraska
Dean Wilson
Thomas Yard
L. G. Lowe
F. L. Whitelock
Colorado
Mr. Runge
Gus Runge
Sidney
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Runges
13Th Ave
Sidney newspaper postal notice and rates
Second Class Postage Paid at Sidney Nebr Send change of address to Post Office Box 219 Sidney Nebr Subscription rates 8 per year inside 50 mile zone 10 outside 50 mile zone 8 per year by carrier Single copies 10 cents Sidney Nebraska 27
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Sidney
Nebr
Nebraska
Old Name In Auto Business Is Absent As Hahler's Is Closed
The Hahler Motor Co a longtime Sidney Nebraska Buick Pontiac GMC dealer closes after wife Mary Hahler cannot sell the business Hampered by a 90 day GM management plan the auction of equipment is set for May 28 The Hahler family ran the Buick line and GMC trucks for over fifty years and the closing affects three to four employees with Mrs Hahler hoping for a new owner and community impact noted.
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Nebraska
Hahler Motor Co
Joseph Hahler
General Motors Corp
Hahler
Buick
Mr. Hahler
Joseph
Julius
Pontiac
GMC Trucks
Sidney
Potter Oil Test In City Limits Is Abandoned
A wildcat oil test drilled within Potter city limits by Patrick A. Doheny at No. 2 Potter Unit reached 5,467 feet before being plugged and abandoned in the NE NW section 5 14 52.
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Potter
Patrick A. Doheny
Neighbors Hold Plow-In To Aid Ailing Farmer
LODGEPOLE neighbors organized a plow in at the Dennis Walsh farm twelve miles north to finish a 100 acre task for the ailing farmer hospitalized with a finger infection. Ten tractors covered a 62 2 3 foot wide strip in each plowing round as Ronnie Sick Jim Haskell Edward Schmid Stanley Stevens Walt Wellsand Leland Forell Max Lindley Dick Kastens Boyd Wiest and Floyd Stoll and Mesdames Walsh assisted with refreshments. Ernest Kahrs Harold Isley and John Kahrs helped by leveling an adjoining field for Mr Walsh.
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Dennis Walsh
Here
Mr. Walsh
Walsh
Ronnie Sick
Jim Haskell
Edward Schmid
Stanley Stevens
Walt Wellsand
Leland Forell
Max Lindley
Dick Kastens
Boyd Wiest
Floyd Stoll
Mesdames Walsh
Haskell
Forell
Ernest Kahrs
Harold Isley
John Kahrs
Walshes
Long Years Of Service Honored In Lodgepole
Lodgepole honors two top locals Lloyd Bondegard and Wayne Bond at a dedication dinner in Legion Hall attended by nearly 150 people. Bondegard, a wheat farmer and former mayor (1954 1968), is a Lion and Mason. Bond, also a wheat farmer, is recognized for rural electrification work and long service on Wheatbelt Public Power District boards since 1948, chair since 1950, and roles with Tri State Generation & Transmission and Basin Electric.
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Lodgepole
Lloyd Bondegard
Eft
Wayne Bond
Ernest Meyer
Lodgepole Lions Club
Legion Hall
Bondegard
Bond
Wheatbelt Public Power District Board
Tri State Generation & Transmission
Basin Electric
Telegraph
City Council Eyes Frontier Plans Before Terminal OK'd
Sidney officials travel to Denver to learn Frontier Airlines long range plans for serving the city as a new airport terminal approval nears. April boardings were 153, down from 204 a year earlier with 53 in the first twelve days of May. A 150 monthly quota has been unofficially met most months. Debates include possible Denver to Scottsbluff direct flights and a shuttle to Sidney. Also postponed were speed limit changes and courthouse square parking meter removal. A natural gas rate study by R W Beck Co. favors no rate increase now. Three planning commission terms were renewed for Carl Olson, R C Cunningham and Ken Pittam.
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Denver
Frontier Airlines
Frontier
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Services On Friday For Walt Kruger
Walter Kruger aged 61 died Tuesday night at Miller Memorial Hospital Chappell after a 25 day stay following a 10 month illness. Funeral services set for Friday at 2:30 pm at St Pauls Lutheran Sidney with Rev Lester Boehm officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home handled arrangements. Survived by wife Irene Ruhter Kruger two sons Rev James W Kruger of Flin Flon Manitoba Canada and brothers Albert of Edgeley ND and Jack of San Diego. Preceded by parents Christof and Dora Kruger and one son. Memorials designated to St Pauls Lutheran Church.
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Walter Kruger
Miller Memorial Hospital
Chappell
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of
Sidney
Lester Boehm
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Mr. Kruger
Fredonia
N. Dak
North Dakota
Marsing
Idaho
Nampa
San Diego
Calif
Edgeley
N.D
Krugers
Osage
Winnemaca
Nev
Irene Ruhter
James W. Kruger
Flin Flon
Manitoba
Canada
Albert Kruger
N. D
Jack
Christof
Dora Hanneld Kruger
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Certification Deadline Pushes Seed Applications
Cheyenne County Exten sion agent Ivan Liljegren says the May 20 deadline to submit applications for certified seed production covers crops including wheat oats barley rye bromegrass wheatgrass crownvetch sweet clover and first crop alfalfa. Growers must file through the county office to keep complete production records and allow time for field inspections and assistance from the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association.
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Ivan Liljegren
Cheyenne
Liljegren
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Social Security Pumps 142000 Monthly Into Cheyenne County
Social Security reports Cheyenne County ends 1968 with 1,720 beneficiaries drawing 142000 in monthly benefits. Eleven Panhandle counties total 13870 recipients at 1111000 monthly, aided by 1967 amendments boosting payments and more beneficiaries. By May 1969 over 25 million Americans receive benefits, with 3.8 million children and 0.5 million young widowed mothers covered. Medicare hospital insurance widely available to those 65 or older.
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Cheyenne County
Scottsbluff
Panhandle
Claire W.schuneman
Social Security
Banner
Box Butte
Cheyenne
Dawes
Deuel
Garden
Kimball
Morrill
Scotts Bluff
Sheridan
Schuneman
Nebraska Panhandle
Wheatbelt Truck Damaged Heavily in County Road Upset
A Wheat Belt Public Power District line truck, driven by Steve Groshans, rolled one and a half times after sinking into a soft shoulder on a county road five miles east and three north of Dalton. Groshans was hospitalized. passenger John Stark suffered cuts and bruises but was not hospitalized. Truck damage estimated at $15,000.
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Wheatbelt Pubic Power District
Dalton
Gene Lienemann
Steve Groshans
Groshans
John Stark
Panhandle Weather Forecast With Troughs and Showers
Partly cloudy conditions through Thursday with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Highs in the mid to upper 70s to 80s, lows in the 40s to 50s, and a 10 to 40 percent precipitation chance across periods. Five day outlook shows near normal temperatures with a cooling trend then warming next week and scattered thundershowers most days.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
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Hahler’s
City Planning Commission
Carl Olson
R. C. Cunningham
Ken Pittam
Walt Kruger
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