Ward W Johnson Rites Planned in Sidney
Ward W Johnson 65 longtime Sidney resident and former Safeway manager died Tuesday after a three day illness. Funeral services are set for 10 30am Thursday at First United Methodist Church with Rev Stanley Ganzel officiating. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery with graveside rites by Frank Welch Lodge AF and AM. The Holeciek Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. In State viewing at the funeral home this evening. casket remains closed. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church. He was born August 28, 1906 in Alliance to John W and Lena Neff Johnson and moved to Sidney in 1922. He married Ada Nelson on April 20, 1930 in Alliance. He served as local Safeway manager for years. Surviving: widow Ada. two sons Dr Dana Johnson and H Raywood Johnson of Boulder Colo. one daughter Janet Poirrier of Portsmouth VA. three brothers Allison O Johnson of Fruitland ID, Glenn of Emmett ID, Frank of Alliance. three sisters Josephine Fuller of El Cajon CA, Hope Matteson of Cheyenne WY, Katherine Hinman of Dalton. and five grandchildren. One sister preceded him in death.
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First United Methodist Church
Stanley Ganzel
Greenwood Cemetery
Frank Welch Lodge
Af&am
Holeciek Funeral Home
Ward Warren Johnson
Alliance
John W
Lena Neff Johnson
Sidney
Ada Nelson
Johnson
Dana Johnson
H. Raywood Johnson
Boulder
Cole
Janet Poirrier
Portsmouth
Allison O. Johnson
Fruitland
Idaho
Glenn
Emmett
Frank
Josephine Fuller
el Cajon
Calif
Hope Matteson
Cheyenne
Wye
Katherine Hinman
Dalton
Year-Round School Urged In Nebraska Study
A Nebraska university study reports Nebraskans favor year-round school operation and urges districts to weigh the calendar’s impacts. It notes school groups lean more positive than non school groups and recommends district feasibility studies and community involvement. The report includes addresses to obtain the full summary.
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Lincoln
YRO
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Nebraska
NN Department of Educational Administration
PTA
NU Department of Educational Administration
Dale Hayes
Ronald Browne
Australia
Jean Snell
Thomas Kepel
Thomas
Firemen Attend NPW Meeting In Harrisburg
Four Sidney firefighters joined the North Platte Valley Firemen's Association gathering in Harrisburg Tuesday night. Ray Bayne, Mike Hartzler, Dan Frerichs and Jim Trowbridge travelled from here. Bayne thanked the association for aid during his successful bid for second vice president of the Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen's Association.
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Sidney
North Platte Valley Firemen’s Association
Harrisburg
Ray Bayne
Mike Hartzler
Dan Frerichs
Jim Trowbridge
Bayne
Nebraska Stateolunteer Firemen
Accattuin
Sunnyside Lindbergs Return to Omaha After Visit
Mr and Mrs Ed Lindberg left Thursday for their Omaha home after visiting with the Russell Olson home the past couple weeks. Mr and Mrs Albert Brandl stayed in Lincoln from Friday to Monday with Mr and Mrs Reid Bond.
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Ed Lindberg
Omaha
Russell Olson
Albert Brandl
Lincoln
Reid Bond
K N Celebrates Its 35th Year
Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas Company marks 35th anniversary with a 22 page special edition detailing growth from 37 communities in 1936 to 307 served cities now. It notes employment rising to 1204, pipeline mileage from 400 to 11586, plant investment from 19 million to 1915 million, and NYSE listing in 1970.
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Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Company
K-N
Thomas A Creigh, Jr
Kansas Nebraska
Louis Fischer
Kansas Power and Light Company
Salina
Kansas Pipeline
Nebraska Natural Gas Company
Robert Harris
International Highway Parks Association Plans Fall Workshop
Lodgepole and Sidney host the fall workshop for the International Highway Parks Association with about 50 representatives from states along Highway 385 and participants from Mexico and Canada. Eric Yanney and Lew Quinn organize events from Friday registration at the Ideal Motor Court Lodgepole to Sunday breakfast led by association president Ray E. David.
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Lodgepole
Sidney
International Highway Parks Association
385
Mexico
Canada
Eric Yanney
Logepole
Nebraska
Lew Quinn
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Ideal Motor
Check Alert Circulates Through Chamber Office
Ed Cole, manager of the Commerce, reminds merchants that the Check Alert program is a Chamber project. Some have notified law enforcement, but the Chamber office should be contacted at 254-5851 or 254-5852 to spread the warning within the business community in about half an hour.
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Ed Cole
Cheyenne County
Penn State Faces Providence in Holiday Festival Opener
Penn State meets Providence College in the first round of the Holiday Basketball Festival at Madison Square Garden on Dec 27 with other early matchups including Fordham-Utah St Peter's Duke and Syracuse-Louisville. The Nittany Lions also play in the Volunteer Classic in Knoxville Dec 17-18.
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University Park
Penn State
Providence College
New York
Madison Square Garden
Fordham
Utah
St Peter’s
Duke
Syracuse
Louisville
Knoxville
Tenn
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Robert Lough
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Wallace Hernbloom
Mae Zalesky
Sidney Monday
Oscar Olson
Lodgepole Plaza
Lemoyne Johnson Homes
Ralph Talich
Paul Smith
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Farm Bureau
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Lemoyne
Crawford
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Scottsbluff
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Kearney
Lester Theis
NPW
Sunnyside
Lindbergs
New York Stock Exchange
Knott’s
Washington, D.C
Kenneth H Wood
Seventhday Adventist
Review and Herald
Sidney Telegraph
Harlan’s Bakery & Coffee Shop
RCA
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