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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1929
Page
8
The Scottsbluff Legion posts a call for early western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming stories for its historical pageant. They seek details on the Battle of Mitchell Pass and the tale of 66 Mountain near LaGrange, inviting any locals to share accounts.
The 1929 senior class lists thirty two graduates including Marjorie Adam Virginia Adam Roy Anderson Hazel Bales Opal Birkby Clyde Brewer Irene Brooks Stewart Bush Helen Doran Goldwyn Dyke Earl Hammond Robert Harper Elizabeth Hart Ada Jobe Helen Johnson William Jordan Donald Jorgenson Ruth Karvanek Wilmena Kennedy Lolia McCleneghan Earl Mantor Adelaide Meyer Kermit Moore Loretta Osborn Marjorie Pettett Helen Riggs Frances Schwasnick Donald Shipman Willie Taylor Lucille Waddell Fannabelle Zike Evelyn Zuhlke.
Sidney golfer ties for championship in golf tourney as scores from various flights list players such as Doran, Martin, Bentley, Tompkins, Russell, Duncan, and others. The page notes multiple 18 hole rounds with scores ranging from the mid 80s to 209 in different flights and divisions.
Farmers complain that business men park in prime downtown spots blocking visitors. A plan to urge shops to park outside the business area on Saturdays to free streets for farmers and shoppers. Ray Babcock, Potter real estate man, attended and spoke briefly. Dimery and Shipman update mill prospects in Sidney and Oklahoma trips.
A Saturday May 25 theatre party offers free admission for kids with an accompanying adult to view Tarzan the Mighty. The event showcases Edgar Rice Burroughs serials in a Sidney unit arranged by Brown, Bassett’s, The Telegraph, and the U S A theatre, reviving serials on the local screen.
Poole proposes Seeing Sidney Day to highlight local business points of interest and foster closer ties among residents. No date set, but action likely at the next Chamber of Commerce meeting. Lockwood's Jewelry advertises a white gold bracelet and a diamond pendant as graduation gifts.
Electric dealers descend on Sidney for a two day meeting with speakers from Scottsbluff Grand Island Omaha Lincoln and Kansas City. R L Gill and Oscar Kirschke will discuss electricity as power to pump water for irrigation. Topics cover rural expansion sales problems and farm equipment sales plus a talk on the role of women in the electric industry. A Missouri river watershed briefing and cooperation in utilities advertising conclude the program.
H G Keeney president of the Nebraska Farmers Union told Omaha lunch attendees that wheat prices loom low on a world market. He cited 75 cents as a possible regime in many states and recalled offers of 79 cents for last year’s crop. Keeney urged tariff protection or farm debenture measures, noting current tariffs favor buyers and hurt sellers amid good soil and widespread planting of corn despite rain delays.
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