Sidney High to Graduate 34 at Annual Commencement
The Sidney high school will graduate thirty four students next Thursday at the annual commencement in the new city hall auditorium. The baccalaureate services begin Sunday night at the Methodist church with Rev H C Welker delivering the sermon. Processionals by Dorothy Dimick and Helen Jane Johnson precede the program. Salutatorian Virginia Johnson to deliver the salutatory, Genes ia Foster to give the valedictory, and Cullen Wright to speak. Diploma presentation by President L T Poole. Ceremony starts eight o'clock with mixed chorus and girls quartet.
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Sidney High ‘School
The
Methodist Church
New City Hall
H. C. Welker
Presbyterian Church
Dorothy Dimick
Hal Schenck
E. C. van Hise
Episcopal Church
W. T. Kahse
Lutheran Church
J. H. Bicknell
Christian Church
Helen Jane Johnson
Virginia Johnson
Juluus Cochran
Genesia Foster
Cullen Wright
Scottsbluff
Wright
Nebraska
Sidney High School
L. T. Poole
Board of Education
Court Of Honor For Boy Scouts In Sidney
A special court of honor will be held by the Boy Scout council of Sidney on Tuesday May 20 at 7 30 p m in the auditorium of the senior high school. Adult leaders of the scout troops will receive merit badges for work done and Scoutmaster Carper of Troop 990 will be farewelled.
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Boy Scout Council of
Sidney
Scout Troops
Carper
Infection causes death of Mrs L A Pearson
Mrs L A Pearson died Wednesday night at a local hospital after a four week illness. Blood poisoning from a slight facial infection caused her death. Survived by husband and four children. No funeral arrangements set. Body at Gehrig-Stone funeral home.
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L. A. Pearson
Lizzie Shelby
Shelby
Kansas
Gehrig Stone Funeral Home
Sidney weighs municipal field plan to join air tour route
Local leaders in Sidney consider taking over and maintaining the current landing field to gain airport inclusion in a Nebraska air tour route. The privately owned field blocks landings, leaving Sidney out. a municipal lease of about 90 dollars yearly could transfer control and equipment, following junior chamber discussions with no action yet.
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Sidney
Scouth
Chamber of Commerce
Douglas McKnight
Union Pacific Railroad
Nebdraska
McKnight
Seniors of St. Patrick's Acade my stage Pollyanna in four act ballet
Seniors of St Patrick academy will present a four act comedy Pollyanna at the academy auditorium Sunday night starting at 8 oclock. Seventeen academy students are in the cast and musical entertainment will be provided.
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St. Patrick’s Academy
Academy
Thomas Tompsett Receives Government Award This Week
Thomas V Tompsett a Cheyenne county war veteran who killed Sheriff J M Nelson near Sidney last year will receive a government pension totaling 3596 dollars. A legion official said the recognition reflects shell shock as a wartime injury and honors veterans who fought for Tompsett’s maintenance. The report lists partial awards from 1924 to 1927 with installments and back pay, plus other veterans’ cases won by the American Legion rehabilitation division including Diler Stambaugh and Ray E Andrews estates.
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Thomas V. Tompsett
Cheyenne County
J. M. Nelson
Sidney
A. H. Dilley
Nebraska American Legion
Tompsett
American Legion
Legion
Tompesett
State Hospital For the
Sheriff Nelson
Diler Stambaugh
Emia
Ute DePue
Ray E. Andrews
George R.ollman
Kearney
Clarence Larson
Lyons
Jensen
Orville Chatt
la Frenz
Tekamah
O. R. Martin
Wayne Post
Bible coach Dana Bible to speak at Sidney luncheon
Tickets for the Monday noon chamber of commerce event are nearly sold out in Sidney. Nebraska University head sports mentor Dana X. Bible, flying in with Ray Ramsey, will discuss more than athletics and boost ties between the university and Sidney. Plates are 75 cents. the Union Pacific dining room luncheon begins at noon, with limited seating for about 65 attendees.
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Chamber of Commerce
Dana X. Bible
Nebraska University
Mentor
Nebraska
Sidney
Bible
Ray Ramsey
Lincoln
Ramsey
Mr. Bible
Union Pacific
Delivery Truck Theft Hints at Local Car Ring
A light delivery truck owned by Finke Creamery was stolen Wednesday night and reported to police. Sheriff Schulz links the theft to suspects who abandoned a stolen Chevrolet near the cemetery after running out of gas, aided by a Loveland Colorado sticker. Police warn of ongoing petty thefts of auto parts and gasoline in Sidney, with tires and gas being the main targets.
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Finke Creamery Company
W. W. Schulz
Loveland
Colo
Schulz
Colorado
Sidney
Parking relief plan eyed for Sidney Saturdays
The Sidney junior chamber forms a committee led by C. M. Priggan and Charles Blair to canvass downtown merchants. They seek voluntary Saturday parking bans within defined blocks to free spots for farmers, asking Mayor Schroeder to issue a proclamation and council action as a formal request. Progress on a milk ordinance is reported satisfactory by Mr. McKnight.
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Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
C. M. Priggan
Charles Blair
Herman Schroeder
McKnight
All Organization Committee
McKelvie defends Farm Board against grain ad attack
Lincoln figure S R McKelvie a grain member of the federal Farm Board responds to a full page Central City Republican ad attacking the board's grain marketing program. He questions a university regent backing the ad and argues farmers should own and control their marketing system while noting price declines occurred despite the board's actions.
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S. R. McKelvie
Lincoln
Federal Farm Board
Central City Republican
The
Farm Board
Farmer
Fred A. March
Palmer
University of Nebraska
McKelvie
United States Chamber of Commerce
Marsh
Melvin Sweet Leads Sidney Rifle Club Past Peetz
Melvin Sweet led the Sidney rifle club to a Monday win over Peetz at Wal-Bur hall with a 361 score for high honors. Heinie Bauman was second with 326, while Clayton Parks and Ned Hewitt tied for third at 320 as 10 standing 10 sitting and 20 prone shots were fired. Peetz beat Lorenzo 491 to 448 in a separate shoot, with T. Hansen of Peetz posting 92 high.
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Melvin Sweet
Sidney Rifle Club
Peetz
Wal-Bur Hall
Sweet
Heinie Bauman
Sidney Club
Clayton Parks
Bidney
Ned Hewitt
Lorenzo
T. Hansen
Popular Sidney Couple Weds in Surprise Holyoke Ceremony
Miss Ella Davis and Russell Kinkade, a well known Sidney pair, married last Saturday May 10 in Holyoke Colo at the Methodist parsonage with Rev. Mortis officiating. Miss Davis, daughter of Mr and Mrs George H Davis, has lived in Sidney all her life and is a 1927 Sidney High School graduate. Mr Kinkade, son of Mr and Mrs M B Kinkade of Houston Kan, has resided in Sidney for the past year and works for Standard Oil.
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Ella Davis
Russell Kinkade
Sidney
Holyoke
Colo
Mortis
Miss Davis
George H. Davs
Sidney High School
Mr. Kinkade
M. B. Kinkade
Houston
Kan
Standard Oil Company
Wheat market slump as outlook improves grain demand
Weekly grain market review reports ongoing price declines for wheat and corn through May 10 despite steady cash demand. Prospects for winter and spring wheat improve in the United States amid slow export demand, with modest stock levels supporting feed grains. crop conditions vary across regions, notably in Kansas and Oklahoma, while European demand remains weak.
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Grain Market Review
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
North Central States
Kansas
Oklahoma
Canada
Euroopean
Intermittent Showers End Balmy Spell for May Crops
Weather notes describe intermittent showers across Cheyenne county ending a balmy spell. Heavy rain improved crop prospects as winter grain sprouts, reseeding plans adjust and subsoil moisture supports corn and barley, with harvest expected earlier if warm June and July follow. Mrs. Lizzie Shelby dies after two day illness. funeral arrangements pending.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
Sidney Girl to Dance in Denver Recital
Jean Liebendorfer, 10, of Sidney is chosen to join four dancers representing a large acrobatic class in the Di Gaetano annual recital May 26 at Denver city auditorium. The show will feature 65 girls in Spanish costume and the Di Gaetanos, ten in number, plus an 18 week London Paris Berlin tour by three. Thousands of dollars are allotted for scenery and costumes.
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di Gaetanos
Keith Orpheum
di Gaetano School of
Jean
G. F. Liebendorfer
Sidney
Denver City Auditorium
Orpheum Theatre
Denver
Cheyenne
Don di Gaetano
London
Paris
Berlin
George Taylor Recovers at Home After Foot Fracture
George Taylor vice president of the American National Bank remains at home with a fractured bone in the foot resulting from a hit and run incident weeks ago. Earlier examinations failed to detect the injury though he has remained active since the crash.
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George Taylor
American National Bank
Mr. Taylor
Nolan Funeral At Catholic Church This Morning
Funeral services for Frank B Nolan who died suddenly Monday morning will be held at the Catholic church at 10 30 this morning with Rev Anton Link in charge Burial is to be in the Catholic cemetery east of town The funeral was postponed from yesterday morning due to relatives inability to arrive in Sidney
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Nolan
Anton Link
Sidney
Proctor Farmer Shot in Occupancy Dispute Near Proctor
Ben Costigan 32, was shot and killed Monday night on a farm near Proctor Colorado by John Friend 52 a rancher. Friend returned home after the shooting and alerted the sheriff then drove to Proctor to report the death.
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Proctor
Ben Costigan
Colo
Sidney
John Friend
Friend
Costigan
Crook
Denver
Orville Travis
Brophy Farm
Edgar Norris
Brophy Place
Travis
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M. E. Church
H. Clare Welker
Scottsbluff TO
Boy Scouts
Junior Chamber
Thomas Tompsett
Finke
Chevrolet
Hkeking
MC Kelvie
Sidney Girl
Jean Liebendorfer
di Gaetano
Womans Clubs of
Lodge«Pole and Kimball
Intercounty Federation of Womans Clubs
J. E. Paquette
D. T. Weidman
LeRoy Larson
Ella King
Broken Bow
H. B. Nelson
Charles Trognitz
W. H. Filis
Gustav Hellebush
F. A. Bush
Maud Ganson
Logan County
Norris
Howard Maggard
Maggard
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