Expanded Holiday Lights Ready For 1963 Display
The Chamber of Commerce reports 1393 of a 1500 dollar goal pledged for new Christmas street decorations in 1963. Plans add entryway designs at 23rd and Illinois, 5th and Illinois, 10th Ave and Toledo, plus a design at 10th Ave and Illinois. Total project cost about 4600 dollars.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
23Rd
Illinois St
5Th
10Th Ave
Toledo St
Iinois St
Chamber of Commerce
C of C
Fox Theatre
Sidney
Gering
Kenneth Noteboom
Noteboom
Cofc
Frontier Airlines sees strong October rise in passenger miles
Frontier Airlines reports a 60 percent jump in revenue passenger miles to 13.97 million in October from 8.75 million a year earlier. Sidney’s October boarding reaches 157 passengers, nearly doubling last year, with total passengers at 50,600. 12 months end at 142.23 million revenue passenger miles.
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Sidney
Civil Aeronautics Board
Frontier Airlines
Frontier
Nebraska
Rocky Mountain West
Southwest
Midwest
Lewis W. Dymond
Frontier Airlines kept six Nebraska towns on air service
The Civil Aeronautics Board allowed Frontier Airlines to continue service indefinitely to Hastings Kearney McCook Sidney Alliance and Chadron Neb after routing changes. Sidney moved to the Denver to Bismarck north south corridor with Cheyenne as an alternate. Sterling and Imperial were removed from the southern Nebraska route earlier. The airline cited improved traffic and new management.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Frontier Airlines
Nebraska
Hastings
Kearney
McCook
Sidney
Alliance
Chadron
Frontier
Denver-Omaha
Denver
Bismarck- Mandan
N.D
Cheyenne
Scottsbluff
Sterling
Colo
Imperial
Ogallala Approves City Manager Plan by Narrow Margin
Ogallala voters approve adopting a city manager form of government by a 287 to 242 vote on Tuesday. The result marks a shift in local governance structure for the Nebraska town.
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Ogallala
Weather Outlook: Partly Cloudy Through Tomorrow
Partly cloudy conditions expected with lows tonight between 20 and 30 degrees and daytime highs near 60 degrees tomorrow. No precipitation is anticipated. Strong winds are not expected to develop.
True Friend Immortalized at Lodgepole Cemetery
A hilltop graveyard north of Lodgepole holds Persinger family stones and a prominent upright marker for the dog Spud 1908 1917 with the epitaph Only a dog but a true friend. Local elders recall Spud as a loyal companion buried beside his master in the family plot.
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Lodgepole
Persinger
Spud
Telegraph
Ivan Adams Nominated for JC Distinguished Service Award
North Ward School principal Ivan Adams was named Monday night by the Kiwanis Club as its Junior Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Service Award candidate. The nomination cited his Little League Ball Parks improvement work. The Country Club meeting was led by Hollis Peratt with guests Don MacRae Wayne Moran Jim Robinson Dick Black and Ron Riedler. O J Weymouth former Sidney school head spoke on Education in American Education Week.
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Ivan Adams
North Ward
Kiwanis Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Adams
Little League
Country Club
Hollis Peratt
Don MacRae
Wayne Moran
Jim Robinson
Dick Black
Ron Riedler
Kiwanis
O.J. Weymouth
Sidney
Sidney Telegraph
Mrs. Lena Schleselman Dies at 80 with Friday Rites Planned
Lena Berst Schleselman, 80, died at Memorial Rest Home. Funeral service set for 2 p.m. Friday at First Methodist Church, with Rev. John Stayton officiating and burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Survived by daughter LaVera Brockman of Sidney and brothers Louis Berst, Fred Berst, Henry Berst. former spouse Henry Schieselman predeceased.
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Lena Schleselman
Memorial Rest Home
First Methodist Church
John Stayton
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig Mortuary
Lena Berst
Milford, Neb
Phillip and
Marie Imig Berst
Evangelical Church
Henry Schieselman
Milford
Friend
Neb
Dix
Schieselman
Sidney
LaVera Brockman
Louis Berst
Seward
Fred
Henry Berst
Elmer
Laura Taylor
Legion Government Day Held For Cheyenne County Students
About 88 high school students from Cheyenne County will attend the American Legion and Auxiliary County Government Day at the county courthouse. Paul Sheaman of Sidney High School speaks on Communism at lunch. Bill Zink of Potter will MC. The program runs 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with talks by county officials and student visits to offices.
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Cheyenne County
American Legion
Paul Sheaman
Sidney High School
Louis Johnson
Bill Zink
Potter
Cheyenne
KSID
Dalton
Gurley
Lodgepole
Lorenzo, Potter
Sunol
St. Patrick’s Academy
Sidney
Ton of Soap Highlight of Motel Meeting
Nebraska Motel Association plans a Sidney convention this weekend. Lawrence Wamsley coordinates local arrangements with motel operators bringing used soap bars to stack in a Fort Sidney lobby tank for Church World Service. The effort supports relief work by reusing bars still good but not reusable in motels.
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Nebraska Motel Assn
Sidney
Lawrence Wamsley
Fort Sidney
Church World Service Organization
McGovern to push unified wheat bill at NWGA meet
Senator George McGovern will address the Nebraska Wheat Growers Association convention urging unified grower support for voluntary wheat legislation. The 10th annual NWGA gathering features speeches by Kenneth Kendrick Jack Hart Elvin Adamson and Lewis Dymond and ends with the crowning of the 1964 wheat queen.
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McGovern
Congress
NWGA
CCC
Kenneth Kendrick
National Association of Wheat Growers
Jack Hart
Lincoln Journal
Agriculture Committee
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
Elvin Adamson
Nebraska Stock Growers Ass’n
Lewis W. Dymond
Frontier Airlines
Bulls Bring Averages Over $1,000 At Alliance Sale
Forty-eight Hereford bulls were sold at Alliance Monday during the Western Nebraska Hereford Association semi annual sale. The 48 animals grossed $28,300 with the grand champion consigned by Earl Mohahan of Hyannis selling for $1,250. Top ten animals total $10,975.
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Alliance
Nebraska
Earl Mohahan
Hyannis
Pedrett, Ole longtime Kimball resident, dies at 75
Ole Pedrett of Kimball died in Hastings on Monday at age 75. Born December 28, 1887 in Ayr Nebraska he came to Kimball with his parents in 1888 and had lived there ever since.
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Kimball
Ulrich
Ole) Pedrett
Hastings
Ayr
Neb
Nebraska Motel Association Meeting At Fort Sidney Hotel
Attendance of 125 to 150 is expected this weekend for the annual Nebraska Motel Association meeting at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. Lawrence E. Wamsley reports sessions, banquets, and speeches by Mel Hinman and Dr. Robert Manley with programs and a dance to follow. Local members include Fort Sidney and three other motels.
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Nebraska Motel Association
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Lawrence E. Wamsley
Fort Sidney
State Group
Mel E. Hinman
Center Denver Motor Hotel
Kermit Hansen
U.S. National Bank
Omaha
Sid Phelps
Ken Brown
Lexington
Deluxe Motel
el Palomino
Sidney Motor Lodge
City Renewal Plan Pushed In Sidney Meeting
Sidney leaders pushed downtown renewal plans after a meeting of thirty business owners at the city council chambers. They plan a daylong study trip to Grand Junction, Colorado, scheduled for Thursday November 21, to inspect their beautification project, aiming for a long range program to attract shoppers while involving property owners in planning.
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Sidney
Frontier Airlines
Grand Junction
Colo
Tom Coffey
Chamber of Commerce
Kenneth Noteboom
Coffey
Noteboom
Nebraska Corn Harvest Expected Two Weeks Early
Government crop observers report Nebraska corn harvest is nearly two weeks ahead of normal due to warm dry weather. By last weekend 85 percent of corn and almost all milo had been harvested per the State Federal Division of Agriculture Statistics weekly report.
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Nebraska
Federal Division of Agriculture Statistics
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State Motel Assn
Sylvia Lynn Cook
Bridgeport
Jeanine Diane Dingman
Carol Eloise Gasseling
Hemingford
Dixie Hageman
Crawford
Karen Virginia Hastings
Elsie
Charolette Rae Hight
Harrisburg
Karen Anne Howard
Karen Katherine Hruska
Judy Ann Karnik
Cheryl Lynn Lauer
Sherry Rae Mundt
Lana Jean Olson
Venango
Carol Anne Pivonka
Sheri Lou Schou
Gloria Rose Tlamka
International Parks Highway Association
Ray David
IPHA
Williston
Saskatchewan
Mexico
Rio Grand River
Texas
Legion Government
Sheaman
Union Pacific
North America
H. F. Krohn
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Skoplie
Yugoslavia
Panhandle
North Platte
Church World Service
Duncan
St. Louis
Dr. Krohn
Arnold Sunderman
Walter Aurich
Ole Pedrett
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