Sidney Sioux Depot Join In Armed Forces Tribute
Public invited to Armed Forces Day Open House at Sioux Ordnance Depot with Col. Harvey S. Bower inviting all on Sunday after a four day merchandising event. Sky Divers and parachute display planned. last year drew about five thousand attendees.
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Sidney
Sioux
Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Sidney Merchants
C of C
Col
Harvey 5
Bower
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Harvey S. Bower
Duis
Military Open House Show Promises Wide Range of Displays
An Open House at Owen House on Sunday May from 12 30 to 4 30 PM invites all to view military exhibits. The program features Army personnel and cargo carrier models, missiles, artillery pieces, defense equipment, and demonstrations of modern gear. Includes tours, train rides, Army films, a trap shoot, and fire truck rides for kids with siren sounds.
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Seux Ordnante Ders
Owen House
Dewians
Exuibi
Army
Dept
Sioux Appreciation Days badge prizes in Sidney
Sioux Ordnance Depot employees shop in Sidney this week wearing badges. Randomly posted badge numbers in many Sidney shops offer a prize if a badge holder matches the posted number. No purchase required and no strings attached as prizes are arranged by the Chamber of Commerce retail committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Sidney
Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Safeway
Made-O-Day
Gamble’s
Winter Drug Co
Jack and Jill
Snyder's Smart Clothes
McCoy Shoe Store
Powell Hardware Co
J. C. Penney Co
Fox Theatre
Cheyenne County Lumber Co
Kokjer Motor Co
Harlan Bakery
Sidney Telegraph
Thomas Lumber Co
Sidney National Bank
Duis Studio
Sidney Shoe Hospital
Silver Dollar
Lwell Motors
Stickney’s
Thompson’s Photo Center
Parade Planned Saturday in Sidney for Armed Forces Day
A short parade will be held in Sidney on Saturday at 2 30 p m to mark Armed Forces Day. It forms on 14 Ave and proceeds east on Sirlines St to 9th Ave then south on Linden St to the courthouse block where it disbands. The VFW color guard and Sidney High School marching band join the lineup with National Guard field pieces.
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Sidney
14 Ave
Sirlines St
9Th Ave
Linden St
Court House
VFW
Sidney High School
Nation Guard
Parachute Jump Planned for Armed Forces Day Open House
A Sunday demonstration of free parachuting is planned at Sioux Ordnance Depot open house. Sky diving teams from Fort Bragg North Carolina and Fort Benning Georgia will perform weather permitting.
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Sioux Ordnance Depot
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Fort Benning
Georgia
Trapshoot Weekend Feature at Sioux Ordnance Depot
A trap shoot will be held at Sioux Ordnance Depot on May 21 as part of the depot's Armed Forces Open House. The Sioux Gun Club sponsors the event with a 1 pm start, prizes for each event, a nominal entry fee, and ammo available on the grounds. Open to participants and spectators with ample parking and depot cafe facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Superly
Ac Vines
Sioux Gun Cio
H 34 Helicopter On Display Here
A H 34 helicopter from Fort Carson will be displayed locally as part of Armed Forces Navy observances. The aircraft will fly from Missouri to Sidney for the weekend events, with Capt. J. C. Hester as project officer after setup in Colorado Springs and Denver. SkyCav appearances are planned next.
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Missouri
Sidney
Armed Forces Navy
2Nd
US Army Missile Command
16Th Cavalry
Fort Carson
J. C. Hester
Colorado Springs
Denver
Air Force Displays in Fifth Army Arms Week Program
The air borne segment of Carson and the missile command will perform at events in Boulder on May 18 Pueblo and Ellsworth Air Force Base South Carolina May 20 and Sioux Ordnance Sidney May 21 as part of Armed Forces Week. An H-4 helicopter will fly to Sidney for a static display Sunday as part of the million air miles logged by the flying missile men.
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ARMY
Armed Forces
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Transportation Research Command
Ft. Eustis
Sikorsky Aircraft Division
United Aircraft
Ances
Boulder
Pueblo
Ellsworth Air Force Base
S. C
Sioux Ordnance
Sidney
Carson
Missile Command
U. S. Army
Repairs To Phone And Electric Lines Pushed Throughout Big Area
Electrical and phone service remained disrupted across Cheyenne County and Panhandle areas after a weekend storm. REA official Stanley Safranek said full service could take a week to restore in Cheyenne County with potential damages near 100000 dollars. Northwestern Bell's J R Miller called the storm the worst in 14 years, with about 30 rural phones still out and crews working from dawn to dusk. Crews from Granby Colorado and Palisade, plus three contractors, were mobilized to repair transmission lines from here to Sidney.
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Big Area
Cheyenne County
Pine Bilufis Rea
Stanley Safranek
The
Telegraph
Panhandle
J. R. Miller
Sidney
Northwestern Bell
Safranek
Granby
Colorado
Palisade
Here
Storm blackout sweeps Cheyenne County services. 600 families hit
A weather system caused widespread outages in Cheyenne County with about 600 families affected in the Wheatbelt REA district. By Monday night the number dwindled to 25 as service was restored in most areas. Downed poles in the Sidney Draw area and eight farm customers south of Sidney remained without power. Estimated Wheatbelt damage totaled 10 to 15 thousand dollars with broader regional costs running into the hundreds of thousands. Crews from multiple districts cooperated to restore service swiftly.
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Wheatbelt
Cheyenne County
Charles Ham
Sidney
Ham
Rea
Panhandle
Akron
Colorado
Southwest Rural Public Power District
Custer
Deaver Resigns From Memorial Hospital Board
Charles N. Deaver resigns from the Memorial Hospital board after long service since its formation. He cites personal business as preventing regular attendance and a replacement to be appointed. The board accepts the resignation with regret and praises his invaluable contributions to the building committee. A development committee reports on possible Memorial Rest Home expansion and plans a study group to meet next Tuesday with Verne Pangborn of the State Health Department.
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Charles N. Deaver
Memorial Hospital Board
Deaver
Memorial Rest Home
A. J. Jorgenson
Dean Hagemeister
Verne Pangborn
State Health Department
Potter 1961 Rodeo Set With Big Purses And Notables
Potter's 1961 rodeo runs June 3-4 with an expected purse exceeding 3900 dollars. Top cowboys like Benny Reynolds Don and Bill Fedderson and Casey Tibbs are listed among possible participants. Summit Contractors of Laramie will supply stock for the RCA sanctioned event. Girls' Barrel racing added.
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Dewey Larson
Potter Rodeo Association
Benny Reynolds
Millrose
Montana
Don
Bill Fedderson
Casey Tibbs
Summit Contractors
Laramie
Larson
Roger Mawson
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Bryan O'Neill
Colorado Springs
Colorado
American Legion
George Whitney
Kenneth Stines
Dick Stull
Jim Fisher
Cliff Herboldsheimer
Phil Crantz
North-South Bus Service Resumes After Strike
Continent al Bus Lines announces regular North-South routes will restart next Monday after a 13 month strike. Eastbound from Denver at 5 30 p m to Sterling and then on to Peetz Sidney Bridgeport and Scottsbluff with times listed. westbound from Scottsbluff at 7 45 a m to Sidney Sterling and Denver.
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Continental Bus Lines
Denver
Sterling
Peetz
Sidney
Bridgeport
Scottsbluff
Catholic high school project planned for Sidney
An architect has been hired to design a new 500000 dollar junior-senior Catholic high school on 15 acres near 23rd and Osage in Sidney. The plan calls for eight classrooms and about 400 students in grades seven through 12 with remodel of the existing Academy for a convent and grades one through six remaining at the 12th and Linden site. Construction targeted to begin within 10 months and occupancy by September 1, 1963, at the latest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Vincent Pelster
St. Patrick’s Executive Board
J. E. Kelley
Langhart and Mctuire
Denver
New Cheyenne Co exploration stated wildcat drill planned
Miami Petroleum will drill No. 1 Wittrock in Cheyenne County nine and a half miles northeast of Potter and slightly southeast of Graham Field. The well tests a sandstone interval in a wildcat prospect northwest of Exeter and Edison area readings list multiple other new locations from the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission among Red Willow Furnas Kimball and other counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Petroleum
Wittrock
Cheyenne County
Potter
Graham Field
Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Stateswide Oil Corporation
Anderson
Furnas County
Exeter
Edison
Burch Drilling Company
Kuper
Red Willow County
Wildcat
Sunray
Signet Operating and Exploration Company
Gieseking
Kimball County
Sage Oil Company, Inc
UPRR
Skull Creek
C-Lewis
Graham
Wet Spring Boosts Sidney Farm Outlook in 1961
Close to eight inches of moisture have fallen in Sidney since the year began and more than three inches since last Friday. Official observer Dave Ells notes May is among the wettest on record, soaking ground deeply and lifting crop prospects after a drought-like period. Linemen report flooded soil loosening poles and plowed fields yielding stuck trucks as damage repair crews work across the area.
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Sidney
Dave Ells
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Col. Bower
Sparky
Alfred St. John, III
Alfeat St Tahun
Asu
Harvey Bower
JU. S. Army
Dix
Sidney Draw
Charles Deaver
Ted Egging
L. S. O’halloran
Kelley
C. B. Dorwart
Jim Beyer
Louis Fehringer
M. C. Janda
R. R. Rauner
Art Lenzen
Allen Karnik
John Peetz, Jr
L. M. Clinton
J. L. Thorpe
Everett Mohart
D. J. Garcia
Victor Langhart
Father Pelster
New Cheyenne Co
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