Well Known Woman Is Dead in Alliance Neb
Harry McKibbin, 66, prominent Alliance businessman’s wife, died at home from an apparent heart attack after ill health following dinner. She had earlier traveled to Sidney with her son-in-law to meet Ohio relatives visiting for commemorations. Born July 13, 1899, in Germantown Neb, she married Harry F. McKibbin in Hastings on April 21, 1921. survivors listed.
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Alliance
Harry
Laura) McKibbin
Laramies
Sandoz Museum Planned At Mari Sandoz Grave Site
A museum planned on Mari Sandoz grave site near Gordon will reproduce her New York apartment studio and home. An Allied van delivered over three tons of furniture and research material to Gordon for eventual display, with state aid sought to fund the project and run the semi private museum. Lowell Smith documented the 1720 mile transport from New York, including 180 cartons of university earmarked research.
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Gordon
Mari Sandoz
Sandoz
New York City
Miss Sandoz
New York
Bob Pifer
Lowell Smith
Bakersfield
Cal
Smith
St Lincoln
Voce School Bids Open June 15 for Alliance Vocational School
Alliance officials set June 15 as the bid opening date for the Alliance Area Vocational School building. The board approved final octagonal plans on school grounds north of the Junior High, with architect G. E. Gadyardt present to outline details. Bids will be advertised and 50 specification sets printed.
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Alliance
Alliance Area
Board of Education
G. E. Gadyardt
Kirkham, Michael and Associates
Rapid City
Oshkosh to host Nebraska State Sand Greens Golf event
Oshkosh has been selected as the site for the Nebraska State Sand Greens Golf tournament. The two day event in July will attract golfers and families from across the state with rounds planned for July 16 and 17 in Valentine and Oshkosh.
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Oshkosh
Don Fecht
Nebraska
Chappell
Alliance Rodeo Plans Set for July 1966 Rodeo
Directors of Cattle Capital Rodeo Inc sponsor Alliance Rodeo finalize contracts for three performances on July 22 23 and 24 with a rodeo queen parade on July 9 and the big parade on July 23 ticket chairmen are Don Harris and Frank Warner ticket prices are 125 in advance 175 at the gate season tickets 3 children 50 cents plans for the queen and rodeo parades to be finalized at next Wednesday's meeting
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Alliance
Cattle Capital Rodeo Inc
Alliance Rodeo
Don Harris
Frank Warner
Childre i
Sioux County School Bond Vote On Tap In Harrison
Sioux County High School District voters go to the polls Tuesday on a 400000 bond issue to build and furnish a new high school. This is a second election after a 291 to 260 victory in 1965, but a 55 percent majority is required. Polls open 8 am to 8 pm in Harrison County Courthouse basement Curly School Dist 12 Chalk Buttes Dist 47. The bond would be retired in 20 years or less.
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Harrison
Sioux County
Nebraska
Curly
Chalk Buttes
Béiid
Hemingford Voters to Decide 185000 Bond for New High School
Hemingford residents face a Tuesday ballot on a 185000 bond vote to build a 70 by 210 foot high school to west of the current campus. District 18 with about 500 eligible voters will vote 6 am to 8 pm at the Municipal Utilities Building. If approved, the old building becomes elementary, and the new facility will include multiple classrooms, laboratories, a band room, library study space, offices and restrooms. The bond would be repaid over 30 years, adding roughly 7.53 to 7.75 mills to the district levy.
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Hemingford
Municipal Utilities
Hemingford High School
McGrew and Bayard Schools Announce One Year Plan
The McGrew and Bayard high schools will close in Bayard’s district next year with students attending Bayard High School via McGrew buses. Officials declined to comment. The one year pact may not include seventh and eighth graders. A grade school will stay in McGrew.
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Bayard
M@Grew
Bayard High School
McGrew
Water depletion report for Box Butte County rise
Dr. Eugene Reed of the University of Nebraska warned a Legislative Council groundwater committee that Box Butte County faces rapid groundwater depletion. He cited 332 wells irrigating 45,000 acres and concentrated pumping as causing overuse, linked to low precipitation. Senator Maurice Krerhér chaired the panel with Sens. Gerdes Wylie and Ruhnke among others.
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Alliance
Box Butte County
Eugene Reed
University of Nebraska
Legislative Council
Reed
University
Maurice Krerhér
Aurora
George Gerdes
William Wylie
Elgin
Arnold Ruhnke
Plymouth
Merit Register Hereford Show At 1966 State Fair
Lincoln special outlines the first National Register of Merit Hereford show at the Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln September 28. about 400 entries expected for ROM points and $15 000 purse. Brandt notes fair is premier show site and adds Charolais classes debut this year. Also mentions Lewis and Clark Expedition, Sioux Grand Council, and ship traffic rule for Nebraska waters.
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Hereford
Lincoln
Nebraska
Henry Brandt
Brandt
American Hereford Association
Grand Council
Calumet Bluff
Gavins Point
Waterworks Growth Shapes Early Nebraska Towns
Nebraska territorial towns faced water supply woes as settlers dug wells and cisterns. Omaha built a public water system starting 1881, later municipal takeover in 1912 cutting costs. Beatrice, Grand Island, Columbus, Fremont, Blair and others followed with evolving hydrants, wells, and municipal ownership. Also notes fishing ban on private land, rattlesnake birth, and year-round cottontail hunting warnings.
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Territorial
Nebraska
Omaha
Missouri
Beatrice
Falls City
Grand Island
Columbus
Fremont
Blair
Reunion Planned For Girls State Twenty-Fourth Annual Banquet
Girls State officials invite first Cornhusker Girls State members to the twenty fourth reunion banquet on June 14 at 6 30 PM on the University of Nebraska campus. Speaker will be Suzanne Jouvenat former Girls State Governor 1965. Highlights of the 1939 founding at Camp Kiwanis near Milford recalled by Betsy Brodahl and Dr. Mary S. Bitner. Brodahl now dean of women at Augustana College. Bitner medical director for all sessions. Also on the program are Mrs Frank B Morrison and Mrs William Wilson Eleanor Kessler Hastings delegate to Girls State and Girls Nation in 1956.
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Cornhusker Girls State
University of Nebraska
Suzanne Jouvenat
Girls State
Camp Kiwanis
Milford
Betsy Brodahl
Rock Island
Ilinois
Mary S. Bitner
Lincoln
Broadahl
Wahoo
Miss Brodahl
Augustana College
Bitner
Frank B. Morrison
William Wilson
Eleanor Kessler
Hastings
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