Veterans Day observance closes businesses and hosts events
Sidney marks its first Veterans Day in years with closures for business houses and court offices while public schools hold classes at St Patrick's School. A 2 pm program at City Auditorium features Jack Holtorf as speaker, with the Sidney High School band and a prayer by Rev. C Fred Parks. Loyde Adams to present 13 bronze stars. CAP turkey and ham prizes. coffee in City Auditorium basement. social hour at VFW and Stag Bean Feed at 6 pm for veterans.
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Sidney
Court House
Sidney Public Schools
St. Patrick’s School
City Auditorium
Scotts Bluff County
Jack Holtorf
Scottsbluff
Sidney High School
George Hinn
C. Fred’ Parks
Christ Episcopal Church
Loyde Adams
VFW
American Legion
CAP
City
VFW Club
Armed Services
Veterans Day Program Sees Speaker Jack Holtorf at City Auditorium
On Tuesday November 11 1958 at 2 PM at City Auditorium a Veterans Day program features the Advancement of Colors the national anthem and welcomes from VFW and American Legion. Sidney High School Band directed by George Hinn will perform selections while attorney Jack Holtorf Scottsbluff gives the speaking address and bronze stars are presented followed by retirement of colors by the VFW and American Legion.
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Jack Holtorf
Scottsbluff
VFW
American Legion
Sidney High School
Sidney St Patrick's to Host All Day Music Clinic
Friday s Shelglad St Patrick's High School of Sidney hosts a day long music clinic with nearly 300 students from 11 schools. Rex Yochum of Cheyenne Wyoming High School leads a 102 piece band and Alfred Blinde of Chadron State Teachers College directs a 195 member chorus. A 7 30 p m concert at the City Auditorium will feature the band and choir. Participants come from Big Springs Dalton Dix Lodge Pole Lorenzo Harrisburg Mc Grew Melbeta Potter Sunflower and St Patrick's Sidney.
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St Patrick's
Sidney
Corus
Friay
Rex Yochum
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Alfred Blinde
Nebraska State Teachers College
Chadron
City Auditorium
Big Springs
Dalton
Dix
Lodgepole
Lorenzo
Harrisburg
McGrew
Conservation Program Features State Soil Man
Warren Fairchild executive secretary of the State Soil and Water committee speaks at the Cheyenne County Soils and Water Conservation District annual meeting at the City Auditorium on Thursday evening. He will discuss the Economics of Soil and Water Conservation to Nebraska. The third annual conservation picture award will be presented, along with awards for pasture terracing and Great Plains contracts. The Cheyenne County 4 H club, state Range Judging champions, will be honored.
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Warren Fairchild
State Soil and Water Committee
Cheyenne County Soils and Water Conservation District
City Auditorium
Nebraska
Facm
Great Plains
Cheyenne “County
Rauner to Speak at Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Meet
Robert Rauner of Gurley will address the Cheyenne County Wheat Growers annual meeting and election of officers at Sidney City Auditorium Wednesday night at 7 30. His Europe trip, funded by the Nebraska Wheat Growers Association, will be the talk focus with notes on observations and accomplishments.
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Robert Rauner
Gurley
Europe
Cheyenne County
City Auditorium
Sidney
Rauner
Nebraska Wheat Growers Assa
Oil Exposition Salute Highlights Sidney Recognition
Tulsa will broadcast special salutes to Sidney and other oil centers during the International Petroleum Exposition May 14 23 1959. W. K. Warren said the broadcasts honor communities and individuals who aided industry progress with Sidney featured on KVOO Sleep walker's Serenade. Bob McMillen of The Ohio Oil Co plans to attend.
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Tulsa
Okla
Sidney
W. K. Warren
Warren
KVOO
William B. Way
IPE
Way
Bob McMillen
Ohia Oil Co
Church Break-in Nets Thief Five Dollars
Sidney police reported a break-in at Christ Episcopal Church late Sunday night or early Monday. Approximately five dollars in change was stolen from a money box after a locked pastor's study door was kicked in. nothing else reported missing. Police pursue fingerprints and have one suspect.
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Sidney
Christ Episcopal Church
Sol Willis
Willis
Betty Reiners longtime nurse dies in Sidney
Elizabeth Betty Reiners 56 died today at Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital after months as a patient. A longtime nurse at Taylor Hospital and Memorial Hospital except for 1940 1946 California years she will be buried beside husband at Greenwood Cemetery. Funeral Thursday at St Patrick's Catholic Church with Rev Thomas Dowd officiating. Memorials to Cancer Fund designated by family. Survivors include two daughters and two grandchildren, six brothers and three sisters.
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Elizabeth
Betty) Reiners
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Reiners
Taylor Hospital
Memorial Hospital
California
St Patrick’s Catholic Church
Thomas Dowd
Greenwood Cemetery
Cthe Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Cancer Fund
Edna Dedrich
7Th Ave
Sidney
Anna Salber
Petersburg
Neb
Mary Schaefer
Columbus
Rose Schell
Iliff
Colo
John B. Schmitt
Anton
Dalton
Frank
Woodland
Wash
Henry
Joseph
Sterling, Colo
Theodore
Elgin
Sidney Man Injured In Fall At Auto Supply Steps
Harold Keith manager of the Overland Cafe sustained a shoulder separation and bruises when he fell down the basement steps at Humphrey Auto Supply Friday afternoon. He was kept for observation at Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital Friday night and released Saturday morning.
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Harold Keith
Overland Cafe
Humphrey Auto Supply
Keith
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Wheat price quoted by local elevator at 1.57 per bushel
Local elevator sources quote wheat at 1.57 dollars per bushel. The price reflects current market activity for the commodity and is noted for immediate trading.
Santa letters sent to kids from Santa Claus Indiana event
Parents may send their letters to Santa Claus Indiana and receive replies signed by Santa. Kokjer Motor Co sponsors four full color letters with envelopes and postmark from Santa Claus. Parents address stamp and drop letters in a special mailbox for mailing before Christmas.
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Santa Claus
Ind
Kokjer Motor Co
Santa
Kokjers
Brooks Victory Seen As Teacher Triumph
The Nebraska Education News cites educators viewing Ralph Brooks political win as public rejection of the teaching profession. Brooks, president of McCook Junior College, serves as McCook public school superintendent and has led several Nebraska schools.
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Brooks
Nebraska Education News
Nebraska State Education Assn
Ralph Brooks
McCook Junior College
McCook Public
Nebraska
Car damages estimated at $240 after alley crash
Peetz Cole resident damaged his car this weekend when his vehicle struck a tree in an alley near the Burlington Section House off 7th Ave. Sidney police estimated damage at $240.
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Peetz
United Fund Drive Nears 80 Percent Mark
The United Fund reached 80 percent of its $13,500 goal as initial tabulations showed $10,034.83 raised. Door to door work by 100 women was completed, with further residential and business contributions pending counting. Mrs. Ralph Welch praised the workers for a real good job.
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United Fund
Ralph Welch
Cubs Sinker Sale Helps Camp Fund
About thirty to forty Cub Scouts in blue uniforms organized a sinker doughnut sale at Harlan's Bakery to raise funds for camping trips and activities. Den leaders and Mrs Lenhart Schubert oversaw setup while Chuck Christensen led the pre sale campaign and delivery to buyers city wide.
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Cub Scouts
Harlan’s
Cub Pack 90
Joe Bailey
Tom Jones
Charles Christensen
Cubs
Lenhart Schubert
Glen Ackerson
Fire damages straw bales near Burlington rail section house
Firefighters reported an undetermined origin blaze damaging straw bales near the Burlington Railroad section house on Sunday about 1 55 p m. The bales were owned by Matt Treinen of Sidney with an estimated damage of 19 dollars.
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Burlington Railroad
Sidney
Matt Treinen
Jobless Claims Jump in Sidney Four-County Area
Unemployment claims in the Sidney four county area rose 159 percent from a year earlier with 29 new claims filed and 31 weeks paid. October saw 946 contacts at the Sidney office and 99 job applications completed as local demand for potato harvest workers boosted farm placements. The area office serves Cheyenne Banner Devel and Kimball counties with some workers commuting in.
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Sidney
Francis R. Hiner
Hiner
Sidney Employment Office
Sidney Area
Cheyenne, Banner, Devel
Kimball Counties
Lyman Seeks LPV Conference Entry At Meeting
Lyman High School asks to join the 12 member Lodgepole Valley activities conference. Coach Fred Shores presents for Lyman before about 110 attendees, noting Lyman plays Wyoming games and would be among the conference's larger schools with 42 boys. Potter wins official LPV football champs trophy and banquet set in Lodgepole.
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Gurley
Lyman High School
Lodgepole Valley
LPV
Fred Shores
Lyman
Shores
Wyoming
Scottsbluff
Shores U
Wyoming Texas Trail
North Platte Valley
Nebraska
Potter
LPV Athletic
Fedderson Tops San Francisco Bulldogging Event
Don Fedderson of Sidney won the bulldogging event at the Grand National Rodeo in the Cow Palace San Francisco with a 704.6 time on his fourth try earning 1500 dollars plus belt buckle hat and boots. His partner Dick Stull of Potter also earned recent rodeo fame at Madison Square Garden.
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Don Fedderson
Sidney
San Francisco
Fedderson
Cow Palace
Dick Stull
Potter
Stull
Madison Square Garden
Cheyenne County
Farmers Sign Up for Soil Bank in Cheyenne County
Six Cheyenne County farmers filed for soil bank aid totaling 14,664.70 dollars, more than 7,600 above the county’s 7,035 dollar allocation. statewide, 6,515 Nebraska farmers requested 14.59 million, with 4,539 covering entire acreage and 729,766 acres filed, surpassing the 506,000 acre goal. allocations listed for Kimball, Banner, Box Butte, Morrill, Garden, and Scotts Bluff counties.
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Cheyenne County
Conservation Reserve
Soil Bank
Nebraska
Kimball County
Banner County
Box Butte
Morrill
Garden
Scotts Bluff
All States Back Federal Route Plan Across Great Plains
Harley Rhoades of the International Parks Highway Assn says a federally numbered all-weather north south route will pass through Texas Oklahoma Colorado Nebraska and the Dakotas. The plan awaits the Association of American Highway Officials numbering committee in San Francisco December 1. If approved a single federal number could replace state highways with 351 proposed. Nebraska will follow highway 19. readiness to post new numbers exists pending official approval.
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Harley Rhoades
International Parks Highway Assn
Burlington
Colo
Great Plains
Canada
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
The
Assn. of American Highway Officials
San Francisco
Rhoades
Association
A. E. Johnson
Washington, D. C
L. N. Ross
Potter: Housewife Tops in Football Forecast Contest
Jeanne Wills, a farmer's wife from Potter north of Sidney, led The Sidney Telegraph weekly contest as top prognosticator. She missed only four of twenty forecasts with two ties. several runners up followed, while several major college games were missed.
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Jeanne Wills
Potter
Sidney” Telegraph
Leslie Wills
Larry Nelson
Arlo’Nelson
Peetz
Colorado
LaVerne Kintz
Francis O'Ross
Larry Humphrey
SOC
Leo Zwickl
Jack Cook
Sidney
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