Sidney High captures two Class B state titles
Sidney High School athletes won two state championships last weekend. The track and field team clinched the Class B title at Kearney, beating rivals by ten points, while golf star Bill Christ led Sidney to the Class B crown at Lincoln with a 75 medal score. The year also featured football and basketball victories, bulking up the trophy collection.
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Sidney High School
Sidney
Kearney
Bill Christ
Lincoln
Sidney High
Feminine Trio Heads Sidney High Class of 1969
Sidney High School announces the three top graduates for the Class of 1969 Miss Julianne Marie Narjes Valedictorian Miss Elizabeth Ann Edwards Salutatorian and Miss Freda J Herrington Class Orator. They will address graduates at the commencement Wednesday at 8 PM in the Junior High Auditorium. Narjes Edwards and Herrington are daughters of local residents with ties to Wichita Kansas.
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Sidney High School
Julianne Marie Narjes
Elizabeth Ann Edwards
Freda J. Herrington
Miss Narjes
Alvin Narjes
Miss Edwards
James Edwards
Miss Herrington
Ben Hajek
Wichita, Kan
Sidney
County NFC Head Resigns Over Policy Differences
Erwin W. Phelps has resigned as president of the Cheyenne County chapter of the National Farm Organization over policy disagreements on grain program strategy. He favors starting price controls at processing levels and filtering down, while remaining committed to the NFO goal of collective actions to raise prices. Robert Harms would become president if needed, and the June meeting may discuss millet and wheat marketing controls.
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Erwin W. Phelps
Cheyenne County
National Farm Organization
Phelps
NFO
Robert Harms
Lodgepole
Norman Steffens
Harrs
Steffens
Busy Summer In Store For Scouts Cubs
The Wye-Braska Council of the Boy Scouts of America plans a busy June with 72 troops in 12 west Nebraska and 3 east Wyoming counties to run action games dual contests and physical skills practice. Cubs will join in June with themes Things That Go as 69 packs plan Cubmobiles skatemobiles scooters stilts wagons planes and model boats trains and more including cubmobile and pinewood derbies. Webelos under 11 will work on the Forester badge and serve as derby officials or helpers at pack meetings.
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Nebraska
Wyoming
Nichols
Webelos
Congressman Dave Martin Advises on Academy Appointments
Congressman Dave Martin urges eligible young men in his district to contact his Washington office about appointments to military or naval academies. The qualifying examination is scheduled for July 8, 1970, for entry on July 1, 1970, with the address for inquiries at the House Office Building in Washington D C.
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Dave Martin
House
Washington D.C
Weather Panhandle Forecast for Fair to Partly Cloudy
Panhandle area forecast calls for fair conditions this afternoon and tonight with a shift to partly cloudy skies Tuesday. Widely scattered thundershowers possible this afternoon and evening. Warm temperatures with highs near 85 and lows around 50 to 60. Precipitation chances low today and tonight, about 29 percent Tuesday. Outlook through Saturday shows 2 to 6 degrees above normal, then cooler midweek with highs in the 70s and lows near 50. Scattered showers and storms expected, most around midweek. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Steers top at 38.90 a hundred at Sidney sale
A consignment of whiteface steers sold Saturday at the Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion, averaging 428 pounds, topped the market at 38.90 per hundred. Several black steers were near that level in a strong sale as area farmers bid for cattle to put on grass. Representative lots include 55 whiteface steers at 38.90, 31 whiteface at 38.50, and 23 black steers at 38.80. Weigh-up cows sold from 20 to 26 per hundred.
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Sidney
Tax Hearing Expected To End Tuesday
Cheyenne County commissioners in their role as Board of Equalization expect to conclude reappraisal hearings by Tuesday afternoon after appointment based sessions. 185 individuals or reps had appeared by Friday evening with many taxpayers bringing attorneys. The hearings followed a countywide reappraisal by Orville Brandt of Scottsbluff, with Brandt present along with county officials to ensure each property owner can discuss value and seek adjustment if needed. The board will review all cases and issue determinations as soon as possible. a statewide July examination by the State Board of Equalization will visit Cheyenne County in Gering.
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Board of Equalization
Orville Brandt
Scottsbluff
Brandt
Ed Swanson
Ralph Englert
State Board of Equalization
Cheyenne County Board
Gering
Century Passes In Review As Old Possessions Sold
A Sidney auction Saturday sold the furnishings of Grace McFadden the last of the family long rooted in Cheyenne County. Hugh McFadden moved west with the railroad and the McFadden house stood at the edge of town as Sidney expanded in the 1930s to 1950s with much of the local building boom tied to the family property.
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McFadden
Cheyenne County
Hugh McFadden
Union Pacific Railroad
Sidney
McFaddens
Western Nebraska I-80 Will Get State's First Bond Funds
Susan Peterson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Bill Peterson, was among preschoolers receiving diplomas at Sugar n Spice Nursery commencement. Rev Darrell Davis prepared to present the scroll as the group gathered for the ceremony.
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Nebraska
Tiny Susan Peterson
Bill Peterson
Sugar ’N Spice Nursery
Susan
Darrell Davis
Nebraska bond plan targets I-80 segments in western state
State Engineer says two I-80 sections in western Nebraska will start letting bids in August under new highway bonding law signed by Gov. Tiemann. Projects include 12 miles from Bushnell to Kimball and another western site. Ohio? No.
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Nebraska
Marvin Nuernberger
Norbert Tiemann
Nuernberger
Roads Department
Bushnell
Kimball
Missouri River
Spring Street
Omaha
Tiemann
Jerome Warner
Waverly
Jules Burbach
Crofton
Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Sen. Carpenter
Deuel County
Big Springs
Chappell
Oshkosh
Colorado
Colorado Roads Department
Julesburg
Denver
Cheyenne County
Grain Certification Deadline Delayed to May 30
Nebraska growers of certified seed crops receive a May 30 extension to submit field inspection applications. Early crops include wheat oats barley rye bromegrass and crownvetch. Original deadline was May 20 with a $5 late filing fee after May 30. Extension applies only to listed early crops. later crops retain original deadlines.
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Lincoln -- Nebraska
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
NCIA
Dave Gilgren Dies at 72 in Bridgeport
David Gilgren 72 a longtime Cheyenne County resident died Sunday at Bridgeport Hospital after a period in the Bridgeport Rest Home He was born June 26 1896 in Sweden and came to Dalton at age two He lived in Dalton Sidney and finally Bridgeport He was a charter member of Dalton Presbyterian Church Survived by one brother Gus Gardena California and many nieces and nephews Funeral rites are pending at Craig-Holechek Funeral Home.
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David Gilgren
Cheyenne County
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Rest Home
Craig-Holechek
Mr. Gilgren
Sweden
Dalton
Sidney
Sadie Scott
Dalton Presbyterian Church
Gus
Gardena
Calif
Sidney Police Commended By Ontario Lady
A Belleville Ontario visitor sent a thank you letter praising Sidney police for courtesy and help during a tour through the state. Nurse Doris Hogle singled out Officer Sanford Butcher for kindness after a group member tripped and injured her knee as surgery for Mrs. Bennett proceeded well.
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Sidney
Belleville
Ontario
Doris Hogle
Sanford Butcher
Federal Loan Plan Changes Slows Farm Storage Loan Program
Changes will be made to the farm storage and drying equipment loan program effective May 30 to slow rapid growth and cut government expenditures as part of inflation combat. Lawrence Thompson, ASC office manager in Cheyenne County, said applications approved after May 29 will be affected. Farmers with unfiled applications should complete and file them now if action is desired before May 30.
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Lawrence Thompson
ASC
Cheyenne County
Thompson
Chamber Board To Meet Tuesday
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce board of directors will meet at 8 o clock Tuesday evening in the Chamber office. President E K Yanney will lead the session with reports on the Washington D C and Lincoln trips and updates on tourist attractions and the Highway I 80 sign projects.
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Cheyenne County
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Beth Edwards
Duis
Freda Herrington
NFC
Clark G. Nichols
Wye-Braska
Boy Scouts of America
Academy
Rotary
Lake Placid
New York
James F. Conway
Rotary International
Hull Cook
Linden Street
Worldwide Service Association
International Assembly
N.Y
Conway
Rockville Centre
Cook
St. Patrick’s High School
Dave Gilgren
Ontario Lady
Chamber Board
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