Panhandle Forecase and Local Incidents Summary
The bulletin covers a cool clearing night with a 20 percent rain chance, and a sunny Saturday with mid 70s to low 80s highs. It lists multiple arrests for speeding and DWI, several vehicle accidents with damages, and confirms the deaths of two Sidney residents, Frank E Longan aged 82 and Harold Martin aged 67, with funeral details and surviving relatives. It notes a well known Sidney resident’s death and details on service arrangements.
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Panhandle
Sidney
Frank E. Longan
Linden Street
First United Methodist Church
Rodney Wilmoth
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig & Son Funeral Home
First United Methodist Church of
Sidney and Memorial Hospital
Frank Earl Longan
Galena
Kanto
John
Sarah Howells Longan
Broadwater
Nebraska
Sioux Army Depot
Bartley
Neb
Lilian
Casad
United Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Scottish Rite
Hastings
American Legion
Providence
Order of
Fastern Star
Addie Douglas
Oshkosh
Dessie McNurlin
Everett
Scottsbluff
Bert
Tractor Fire Extinguished Near Countryside Village
Sidney firefighters responded at 10:50 am Thursday to a location south of Countryside Mobile Village where a tractor was reportedly on fire. The blaze was extinguished before arrival. The tractor was owned by Maurine Rapp.
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Pizza Hut
Ford
Marlinda Neitz
Plymouth
Berton
Donna Akeson
Chappell
Neitz
Sidney
Mobile Village
Maurine Rapp
Local Club Events and Bake Sale Planned
On Saturday May 28 the Southern Panhandle CB Club hosts a weiner roast at 6 pm one mile west and one mile south of Sundl. St Patrick's Alumni Association runs a Bake Sale at Jack and Jill Store starting 9 am. A $100 Cash Raffle ticket will be drawn. On Thursday June 2 the 4 H Tractor Operator and Safety Course meets at 2 pm in the courthouse basement for 14 and 15 year olds. A Covered Dish Dinner for WW I veterans and Ladies Auxiliary follows at 6:30 pm in the Senior Citizen Clubrooms.
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Southern Panhandle
CB Club
Sundl
St. Patrick’s Alumni Association
Jack and Jill
Hospital Notes Admitted And Births At Local Ward
Admission list includes Sidney Preances Gnegu Jean Van Seggern Mrs Gary Powell Chappell Mrs John Bride Gurley Harry Schumacher Dismissals include Frances Griego Alvin Hedges Dalton Tracy Henschel Maynard Mayer Mrs Rolhe Ahlim and daughter Births record Mr and Mrs Gary Powell Sidney Baby Boy Mr and Mrs John Bade Chappell Baby Girl
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Nawotp
Sidney Preances
Gnegu
Jean van Seggern
Gary Powell
Chappell
John Bride Gurley
Harry Schumacher
Sidney Frances Griego
Alvin Hedges Dalton Tracy Henschel
Maynard Mayer
Rolhe Ahlim
Sidney
John Bade Chappell
Cheyenne County Chamber Eyes Manager Decision Next Week
Dick Fix, president of the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce, says interviews for the chamber manager position are ongoing and a decision may be announced sometime next week.
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Dick Fix
Cheyenne County
Pool boosters plan campaign for Sidney pool bond issue
Plans for promoting the Sidney swimming pool bond question will be set at a meeting next Tuesday. Mrs. Bertram O Connor leads the booster group formed this week and asks anyone interested in assisting to contact her.
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Sidney Swimming Pool
Bertram O'Connor
O'Connor
Gas prices rise for Memorial Day travel says AAA
Washington AAA reports holiday motorists will find ample gasoline but at higher prices. A survey of 3,600 stations finds premium around 6.89 dollars per gallon, unleaded about 4.9, and regular about 6.4 cents higher than last year, with diesel also up.
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Washington
UPI
American Automobile Association
AAA
AAA Sai
Meals on Wheels seeks volunteers and donations in CPTA drive
Sidney volunteers for the Meals on Wheels program are urged to contact director Mrs ML Merritt at 254-2833. CPTA president Mrs Jim Deaver says funds are low and letters will go to county churchwomen groups asking for donations to cover uncollectible meals and supplies, with Thrift Shop profits funding rents and the part time manager.
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ML _ Merritt
Merritt
Christian People
CPTA
Jim Deaver
Deaver
Mae Gorman
Spm
Jim Jones
Win
Lowry Lindell
Beef producers to register for June vote on beef order
Cheyenne County ASCS will register beef producers June 11 to 17 to vote on a beef research and information order. If over half of registered producers vote and two thirds approve, a beef board of up to 68 producers will be appointed. Registration can be in person or by mail for those who produced beef in 1976.
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Cheyenne County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Lawrence Thompson
Cheyenne County
Secretary of Agriculture
FFA
Thompson
Terrytown Refuses Share in Nebraska Road Project
Terrytown Nebraska has refused to pay its $36,000 share of a $3 million Neb 71 highway project. The Nebraska Highway Commission planned to discuss the town’s nonpayment at its monthly meeting. State Roads Director Tom Doyle cited the mayor Barbara Carpenter and the town board for the rejection.
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Lincoln
UPI
Nebraska
Terrytown
Nebraska Highway Commission
Tom Doyle
Barbara Carpenter
National Farm Safety Week Proclaimed by President
President proclaims July 25 31 as the 34th National Farm Safety Week with the theme Safety is a Good Investment co sponsored by the National Safety Council and the US Department of Agriculture. Initiated in 1944 to reduce wartime agricultural losses the program warns of farm accidents injuring or killing thousands including 1900 deaths and 180000 disabling injuries last year.
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Lincoln
Carter
National Safety Council
US Department of Agriculture
The
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