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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1948
Page
2
The Sidney Telegraph is an independent weekly published at 11th Avenue and Illinois Street. It states post office entry as second class mail matter and lists subscription rates 33.80 per year inside 50 miles and 4.00 per year outside.
Three slot machines stolen from the Vets Club at the Sioux Ord nance Depot were located by hunters under a bridge about seven miles north of the SOD entrance. Reported to Sheriff Schulz, the machines showed no heavy damage though the jackboxes were removed. More than $100 in cash plus $50 in change were missing.
The Lodgepole Valley Municipal Association will hold a regular meeting in Potter on Thursday night, November 18.
The Cheyenne County Rural Youth association postpones its regular meeting from tonight to Tuesday November 23. The session will be in Sidney City Auditorium basement with slides on the Cheyenne county delegation’s trip to the national Rural Youth conference at Jackson’s Mill West Virginia.
Sidney’s injury plagued squad prepared to meet Kimball at two o clock after a 14 to 0 loss to Chappell last Thursday. Four players sustained serious injuries including Dean Hiner with a broken knuckle and Howard Atkins with a back issue. Coach Leo Shuman may have to use reserves to field a team, while Chappell’s win showcased aggressive play and sharp blocking. Sidney had won most of its games this season despite a patchwork lineup, with the Friday game marking the end of the 1948 campaign and a historical matchup record with Chappell.
The Cheyenne County Farm Bureau Victory Dinner scheduled for today has been moved to Saturday November 27 at 1 PM in the Sidney City Auditorium basement. Clifton Berry, president, cited ongoing Farm Bureau membership drive as the reason for the postponement.
Members of the senior class at St Patrick’s Academy held a Sadie Hawkins party in the school gym on Wednesday evening last week. The program featured square dancing and other entertainment with refreshments served later.
Rostitch and Markwell stapling machines are promoted with emphasis on availability of refill staples that fit. The Telegraph notes customers can buy reliable office equipment and compatible refills from trusted sources.
Members of the junior class at St Patrick’s Academy sponsor a Chinese Carnival in the school auditorium on November 18. Afternoon events include games races and refreshments for younger students. Evening activities feature a dance for students and alumni and the crowning of popularity contest winners in a grand march.
Harold Guernsey of Scotts Bluff will be in the army and air force recruiting office in Sidney today Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday taking the place of Sgt. Ray Treadway on vacation. The Sidney office is on the third floor of the City Auditorium. Telegraph Wants Ads Get Results.
Twenty five coaches attended a Scottsbluff Junior College basketball clinic. Topics covered included a new ruling allowing coach to confer with players during games, player feet care, practice organization, dressing room rules, bench technique, and first aid and sanitary standards.
The body of Clarence Maher, 52, Tecumseh, was found in the North Platte River near Bridgeport. Sheriff Earl Yeoman could not determine if the death was accidental. Maher had worked for Jayhawk Construction Company, which recently laid a Standard Oil pipeline. State Irrigation Bureau employee Jack Ratliff found the body, east of the Bridgeport bridge, after the water level check.
Advertises custom letterhead design services for clients, offering one or more color options and referencing The Telegraph as the source of the service.
City Clerk Gordon Tobin reports that permits issued from January 1 to November 10 total over 650 thousand dollars, behind 1947's about one million but still a strong year. Tobin says 1948 will not reach last year's level, yet Sidney continues to grow and outpace 1945 and 1946.
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