Memorial Day Services Across Five Communities
Five Cheyenne County communities will hold Memorial Day ceremonies Monday inviting public attendance. Weyerts Lutheran Church hosts a 10 am service at Weyerts Cemetery with Rev. Danielson and a cemetery care offering. Lodgepole commemorates at 10 am in its cemetery with a parade, speaker Rev. Lew Meissner, and wreath for the unknown soldier. Dalton observes a 10 am service at its cemetery with Rev. Melvin Morrow. Porter Legion Hall hosts Potter Memorial Day rites at 10:30 am led by the American Legion, featuring John Peetz Jr. as speaker and a wreath for the unknown soldier. Sidney’s Greenwood Cemetery services begin 11 am, co-sponsored by Porters Post 610 VFW and American Legion Post 17, with Jack R. Knicely as principal speaker and Al Brauer as master of ceremonies plus music from the Sidney High School band.
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Cheyenne County
Veterans Service Organizations
Weyerts Lutheran Church
Weyerts Cemetery
Alvin Danielson
Danielson
Lodgepole
Legion
Lew Meissner
Immanual
Ray Henke
Charles Geller
Potter Legion Hall
American Legion
John Peetz
VFW
Marion Whitaker
John Stayton
First Methodist Church
Sidney High School
Roller skating party ties two anniversaries and weddings
A long list of guests attended a roller skating party honoring Paul Booth and Terri Mashek on their birthdays, with extended family visiting from Sidney and Lodgepole. Local events include a school commencement reception for Kathy Hornicek and a Garden Club meeting in Kimball with speaker Mrs. L. P. Johnson, plus a note on a Perahera festival in Kandy, Ceylon marking 10 midsummer days and the Tooth Temple relic.
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Hugh Booth
Clarence Mashek
Paul Booth
Terri Mashek
Dean Fenske
Don Misegadis
Delbert Davison
Terry Rood
Rodney Mika
Doug
Tim Zalesky
Lodgepole
Rich
Doyle Misegadis
Ted Mashek
Rocky Oliverius
Kim Booth
Sunny Truss
Sidney
Luci Cramer
Doreen Oliverius
Tammy
Starlene Mika
Theresa Misevadis
Penny Mashek
Vicki Zalesky
Alys
Sanya Lafler
Don Lafler
Gordon Nornicek
Sterling Hospital
Dawn
Valita Lafler
John Horniceks
Gordon Hornicek
Kathy
John Hornicek
Gene Hodges
Ken
Phil Mashek
William Gade
Edward Heeg
Omana
William
Harrs
Everett Gade
William Gades
Leah Booth
Denver
Charles Freed
Europe
Leah
Virgil Staab
Kimball
Robert Mika
Sandra Kilgore
Tom Rammerez
Sunol Garden Club
L.P. Johnson
Dalton
Kandy
Ceylon
Gaddis Promoted Amid Ocean Floor Colonization Quote
Dale Gaddis receives a promotion while a separate public figure Captain Cousteau proclaims that humanity must colonize the ocean floor. The remarks underline a push for expanded underwater exploration and leadership changes.
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Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Minor Mishap Takes Place on Thursday
Sidney Police investigated a minor accident after 7 p.m. at the corner of 21st and Illinois involving a car driven by Henry Vincent Jr. of Ft. Smith Arkansas and a motorcycle rented from Born's Skelly Service driven by Ronald Milton Steelman of SAD. Damages were about 75 dollars to the car and 65 dollars to the motorcycle.
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Sidney
21St and
Illnoois
Henry Vincent Jr
Ft. Smith
Ark
Illinois
21St Avenue
Ronald Milton Steelman
SAD
Born
Skelly Service
Vincent
Doc Holliday epitaph reads He died in bed
Glenwood Springs Colorado reports a brief AP item noting a large stone grave marker for frontier gunman and gambler Doc Holliday, whose epitaph states He died in bed. The piece reflects on his life and demise in the American West.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
Doc Holliday
Film Official Endows Chair at Brandeis University
Samuel Schulman and his wife Sylvia underwrite an endowed chair in theatre arts at Brandeis University. Vern Austin of the Fox Theatre in Sidney announced the gift. Dr Edwin Burr Pettet is named first incumbent of the chair tied to Brandeis new $4 million Theatre Arts Center.
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Samuel Schulman
National General Corp
Sylvia
Brandeis University
Vern Austin
Fox Theatre
Sidney
Fox
National General
Edwin Burr Pettet
Brandeis Theatre Arts
Brandeis
Sunfish Reaches Massive Size With 11 Foot Span
A full grown ocean sunfish can measure up to 11 feet and weigh about 2000 pounds, demonstrating extreme body proportions among marine creatures.
Junior Bowlers Told of Summer Leagues Plans
Youth bowlers aged 8 through 18 are invited to summer leagues starting the week of June 13. Free instruction sessions run 1 30 to 3 P M on June 1 and June 3 at Cedar Lanes. Registration for leagues occurs June 6 and 7 with 75 cent Association dues for those not in winter leagues. All interested players urged to attend.
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Cedar Lanes
Primitive tribes survive in scattered regions
The text notes that truly primitive tribes persist only in parts of Australia central New Guinea and the jungles of South America, indicating isolated pockets where traditional living remains.
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Australia
Central
New Guinea
South America
Law States Weeds Must Be Destroyed in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Weed Control issues notice under the Nebraska Noxious Weed Law Section 2955 requiring landowners to eradicate noxious weeds on their property. If ignored, Weed Control Superintendent Archie Greenwood will order destruction and costs charged to the land, with treatments by cutting tillage cropping pasturing or chemicals as needed to prevent blooming or seed spread.
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Cheyenne County
Archie Greenwood
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Suno News
Dale Gaddis
Dale Gaddi
Kenneth Orr
Valley Forge
Army Nurse Corps
Valley Forge General Hospital
Robin
Gaddis
West Nebraska General Hospital School of Nursing
Glenn Gaddis
DODGE
Film
Endows
Triangle SI
Otio
OSAGE
P.D.A
Winter Drug CO
Nebraska
Greenlees’ Fabric Center
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