American Education Week Observance Across Sidney
Education Week to be marked November 7 to 13 with a week long observance in Sidney. Supt Weymouth invites patrons to visit local schools to see actual classroom work as the theme Strengthening the Foundations of Freedom guides activities. Nebraska leaders including Governor Val Peterson and the Nebraska State Education Association affirm the aim and call for parental involvement and school home partnership.
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Sidney
Supt
O. J. Weymouth
The
American Legion
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Telegraph
Vergal Winn
Nebraska
R. N. Gould
Nebraska Congress of Parents and Teachers
America
Val Peterson
R. C. Patterson
Department of Nebraska
Archer L. Burnham
Nebraska State Education Association
Robert G Simmons
American Legion Committee On Boys’ and Girls’ County
Bird Men talk at Sidney High School ased on Hutchins program
For American Education Week Sidney students and the public may attend two assemblies at 9 a.m. and 1 15 p.m. Tuesday in the Sidney High School auditorium featuring Charles Bowman Hutchins The Bird Men a nationally known bird authority and artist He composes pastel paintings during lectures and masters bird songs making the talks art music and natural science focused The public is invited to hear him
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Sidney School
Charles Bowman Hutchins
Sidney High School
Mr. Hutchins
Sidney Airport bids reviewed for development work
Ralph Green and W L Groesbeck of Lincoln submitted the low bid of 23276.80 for Sidney Municipal Airport improvements, within the 26160 estimate. Six other bids ranged up to nearly 40000, with no contract awarded yet awaiting Civil Aeronautics Authority approval.
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Ralph Green
Lincoln
W L. Groesbeck
Sidney Municipal
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Hallowe'en Toll At Sidney Livestock Sales Barn
Emerald Rapp reports Hallowe'en damage at Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion. Mischief makers flooded yards by turning on water, damaged chutes, toppled yard light bulb, and released a sheep placed for pickup. A $5 reward is offered for locating the sheep.
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Sidney
Emerald Rapp
Hallowe’eners
Rapp
Armistice Day program planned by Legion and VFW
Armistice Day activities are set for November 11 with a parade at 10 am, a City Auditorium program including main speaker Attorney John Kuns, drill by Kimball VFW, music by Sidney High School Band, a color advance, and a Kathleen Agnew vocal solo. A noon veterans dinner and an afternoon football game at 2 pm complete the day, with uniforms encouraged for all former service members.
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American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
John Kuns
Kimball
Kimball Vfw Post
Kuns
Sidney Chappell
Veterans’ Organizations
Byron Johnson
Legion
Arthur Lenzen
VFW
The Winners 1948 Election Ticket Snippet
The excerpt lists candidates for President Vice President Senator Congressman Governor Auditor Treasurer Attorney General and state posts with party labels and indication of defeated issues including Veteran Bonus and Taxing Mineral Reservations.
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Harry S. Truman
Alben Barkley
Kenneth Wherry Eithis
A. L. Miller
Val Peterson
Ray C. Johnson
Edward Gillette
James Anderson
R. H. Larson
H. A. Palmer
Colton Ruins Still Aflame Near Sidney Elevator Fire
Fire rekindled at Colton Grain Co elevator six miles east of Sidney on Wednesday night after a seven hour blaze Sunday. Winds intensified sparks, with smoke and hot debris prompting a two hour containment effort. officials expect smouldering ruins to persist for days as twelve thousand bushels were destroyed and bins nearby remain intact.
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Colton Grain Co
Sidney
Lodgepole
Colton Company
Mrs Hutchison Appointed Clerk of Cheyenne Draft Board
Mrs Ruby Hutchison began work on November 1 as clerk of the Cheyenne County Selective Service board replacing Mrs David Eils who resigned after serving since activation. The Hutchisons recently returned from Los Angeles where they spent four and a half years. She previously worked in selective service in Sidney during World War II.
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Ruby Hutchison
Cheyenne County
Selective Service Board
David Eils
Hutchison
Los Angeles
Calif
Sidney
Cool Weather Arrives Here
A touch of wintry weather hit western Nebraska early Thursday with snow flurries reported in parts of the state and traces in Cheyenne County. A brisk wind shifted the region, cloudy skies kept moisture possible, and the weather man saw no reason to expect a prolonged freeze. Duck hunters, awaiting snow, found hope in the change though legal shooting time is already half gone and North Platte River hunting yielded little. Rain likely in eastern Nebraska but no heavy snowfall anticipated.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne
North Platte River
Cattle Breeders Meet Nov 10 at Cheyenne County Courthouse
The first annual meeting of the Cheyenne County Purebred Registered Cattle Breeders' Association will be held at the courthouse at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 10, with all members and prospective members urged to attend and help plan the year's program. The board discussed plans for a sale likely next spring and welcomed Earl Vowrs of Kimball to the board. Sidney Chamber of Commerce backs the cattle show and sale with ads, ribbons, a trophy for Grand Champion bull, and refreshments for attendees.
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Cheyenne County
Ivan Walker
Earl Vowrs
Kimball
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Memories of Golden Spike Day Revival Seen in Sidney
The Golden Spike Day held in Sidney on May 6 1938 was revived at Lions Club Wednesday noon as Dr B H Grimm showed Kermit Moore filmed footage. The reels captured Sidney residents in costumes dancing in the parade and other event highlights from the celebration.
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Sidney
Lions Club
B. H. Grimm
Kermit Moore
Fall Program Of SCS Work Speeds Ahead
The Cheyenne County Soil Conservation Service district advances fall work with land leveling drop lines and ditching under way. SCS technician Lee Girardot and assistants Keneth Waddell and Ronald Coyle rush to beat the first hard freeze while expanding cooperators and surveying irrigated farms across Sid ney Draw Colton and Gurley areas.
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Cheyenne County Soil Conservation Service District
SCS
Lee Girardot
Keneth Waddell
Ronald Coyle
Sam Chambers
Sidney Draw
Earl Krueger
Colton
Ed Schultz
Berton Cunningham
Gurley
Arvin Livingston
Sidney
Glen Beale
Cheyenne Couty
Lemoyne Johnson
Lodgepole
Ed Walker
George Baird
Phillips Given One Year For Embezzlement
Frank Phillips employed as a hardware and plumbing fixture salesman at Sidney Montgomery Ward store was found guilty of embezzling funds. District Judge J L Tewell sentenced him to one year in the State Penitentiary at Lincoln. He was taken to Lincoln Wednesday by Sheriff W W Schulz after his October 17 arrest and initial plea of not guilty.
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Frank Phillips
Sidney Montgomery Ward
J. L. Tewell
Lincoln
Phillips
Cheyenne
W. W. Schulz
Robert A. Barlow
P. J. Heaton
Nebraska Election Highlights: Wherry Peterson Miller Backed
In Nebraska Republicans claim three standard bearers as Wherry returns to Washington as junior senator, Governor Peterson heads the ticket, and Rep Miller wins another House term. A Democrat seizes one seat as Eugene O Sullivan defeats Howard Buffett in Omaha.
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Nebraska
Kenneth Wherry
Washington
Val Peterson
A. L. Miller
House of Representatives
Eugene O'Sullivan
Howard Buffett
Omaha
Babcock Wins Reelection In 43rd District Senate Race
State Senator Ray Babcock of Sidney won reelection in the 43rd district with a close Cheyenne County margin and solid leads elsewhere. unofficial tallies show Babcock 4792 to Fenske 3254 across Kimball Banner Morrill Cheyenne counties with Ordville delivering a decisive 262 to 82 in precincts reporting.
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Ray Babcock
Sidney
Cheyenne
Cheyenne County
Babcock
A. A. Fenske
Sunol
Fenske
Ordville
Seventeenth Precinct
Morrill County
Kimball County
Banner County
Ray" A. Babcock
State Senate
Mr. Babcockis
Morrill
Kimball
Banner Counties
Bluffs Votes For City Manager Government Change
Voters chose the city manager form by 2,343 to 1,172, a decisive shift from 1939. The plan will replace mayor and eight councilmen with a five member council and a city manager as chief administrative official. Also on ballot Alliance voters rejected liquor by the drink 1,333 to 1,181. Banner county approves a one mile property levy to fund a new courthouse at Harrisburg, to be fixed in August 1949 for five years. Incumbent Edward A. May narrowly leads in Banner county third district race 114-95. Kimball county regents race names Ted Mundell and Charles F. Schindler as top finishers.
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Scottsbluff
Alliance
Banner County
Harrisburg
Hunt Reelected Commissioner Cecil Hunt Wins First District
County Commissioner Cecil Hunt a Democrat was reelected in the first district by a wide margin. Unofficial totals show Hunt 420 votes to Republican A C Bale 228 across three precincts Lodge Pole Colton and Eagle with Hunt carrying Lodge Pole 216 to 163 Colton 153 to 52 and Eagle 51 to 13. The first district was the only commissioner post on the ballot.
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Cecil Hunt
Hunt
A. C. Bale
Lodgepole
Lodge Pole
Bale
Colton
Eagle
Tewell Wins Re Election in 13th Judicial District
Tewell won a broad margin in Cheyenne County and carried the 13th district with unofficial totals showing Tewell 3109, Nisley 1980, Beck 1230. Returns from most counties indicate both judges will be returned to office by comfortable margins.
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Cheyenne County
J. L. Tewell
Sidney
Tewell
Isaac Nisley
Clarence Beck
Nisley
Cheyenne County Approves Veterans Bonus in Election
Unofficial results show 2085 for and 1628 against the veterans bonus while the mineral rights tax proposal failed with 1472 for and 1608 against. The bonus carried in 16 of 19 precincts.
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Cheyenne County
Barlow Reelected County Judge With Large Unopposed Lead
County judge Robert A. Barlow ran unopposed for reelection and secured a wide, countywide vote. In nineteen precincts his unofficial total reached 3659, about three quarters of all ballots cast, signaling broad support across the area.
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Robert A. Barlow
Barlow
Truman narrowly leads in Cheyenne County vote count
Unofficial results from nineteen Cheyenne County precincts show President Truman trailing Governor Dewey by five votes with about sixty mail ballots left to tally. Ordville provided Truman’s largest edge, while Terry Carpenter led the Democratic ticket, and Peterson won the GOP governor’s race.
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Dewey- Truman
Val Peterson
GOP
Cheyenne County
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dewey
Ordville
Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Kenneth Wherry
Carpenter
Wherry
Val
Frank Sorrell
Peterson
Sorrell
Bronson
Davison
Sidney No
Potter
Union Vailley
Eagle
Senator Wherry
President Truman
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Willard Stoddard
Ted Mundell
Charles F. Schindler
G. G. Evertson
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