Students Tour County Government Day In Sidney
More than 120 Cheyenne County high school students joined the American Legion Boy and Girl Government Day at the Cheyenne County courthouse in Sidney. Participants swore in as county officers, observed a mock trial, and heard speakers including Eugene Kurkowski. School representatives from multiple districts filled roles from county clerk to county judge and commissioner as part of the hands on civics event.
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Hammond McNish
Sidney
Jack White
Dalton
Larry Allen
Sunol
Evelyn
Cheyenne County
American Legion
Legion
Ney
U. S
Yendis Cafe
County Legion
Ray Henke
Eugene Kurkowski
Kent Bancroft
Joey van Anne
Joyce Heine
Joyce Pelster
Mary Sue Townley
Leslie Flohr
Kim Weilbe
Richard Krause
Sidney High School
Pam Hinrichs
Ronald Pieper
Mike Merritt
Donna Burrows
George Siders
Mary Jo Thomas
Jeanie Whitmire
Carl Nelson
Jane Weymouth
Karen Searles
Linda van Cleave
Lyndell Nelson
Dave Dobson
Faul.f. Sheaman
St. Patrick’s Academy
Jody Kmiger
Mike Maher
Mike Durbin
Jack Cook
Sandra Zwickl
Keith Hruska
Cynthia Mortis
Richard Read
Sandra Williams
Sandra Myhr
Deanna Neimoller
Joyce Behm
Francis Clapham
Lorenzo Elverna Walker
Karen Meier
Douglas “Larsh
Douglas Robirds
Clara Childers
Allen Chambers
Ernestine Childers
Robert Hunter
Gry An
Miracles Do Happen Mrs Clara Meick Walk Again
Mrs Clara Meick of Sidney aged 65 who has been invalid since childhood due to polio may walk again thanks to therapy. After a fall in East Moline she sought Cheyenne treatment and was promised walking by completion. She now uses crutches and learns to lift her feet rather than shuffle hoping to use no crutches soon.
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Clara Meick
Sidney
Joe
East Moline
Cheyenne
Stroke Seen As Cause Of Heaton's Accident
In Denver last week Henry R. Heaton 57 brother of Sidney resident P. J. Heaton suffered paralysis after an auto crash. Doctors suspect a stroke may have caused or followed the accident. Heaton regained consciousness and has no recollection of the crash. injuries included a broken right hand and minor hurts. Doctors expect recovery without permanent disability.
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Denver
Henry R. Heaton
P. J. Heaton
Sidney
Denver General Hospital
Heaton
Tris
Heo
Denver General
Depot Pay Day Advances Two Days
Sioux Ordnance Depot personnel will receive their pay checks this week on Wednesday instead of Friday due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The change affects all employees and ensures funds are available before the holiday.
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Sioux Ordnance
Nebraska eyes vegetable region in NW alliance claim
Dr Joseph Young of the University of Nebraska says NW Nebraska has soil water and climate to support a vegetable canning industry worth up to 250 million dollars annually in the next decade and Hex Butte County could become highly productive. He spoke to Mirage Flats Scottsbluff and Alliance representatives Friday night. He added a research project is needed to prove the state’s undeniable potential to major canners.
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Alliance —Nebraska
Hex Butte County
Joseph Young
University of Nebraska
Department of Horticulture
Mirage Flats
Scottsbluff
Allance
Nebraska
District Court Docket Sets December Session For Trials
A number of criminal and civil cases are on the district court docket for the December 5 session. A jury has been drawn for the December session. Mrs. Ruby Spindler announced certficates for jurors who served in the special September term are available at her courthouse office.
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Ruby Spindler
Union Thanksgiving Services Planned for Wednesday Evening
Union Thanksgiving services sponsored by the Sidney Ministerial Association will be held Wednesday at 7 30 p m in Holy Trinity Lutheran Church The Rev Henry Monnich host pastor will deliver the sermon titled The Importance of Gratitude Special music from a choir of more than 50 voices directed by Larry Delinger Mrs Ron Peterson will be organist The service includes an invocation litany of Thanksgiving and readings with Rev James D Greene leading The service concludes with a fellowship hour in the social hall following refreshments by women of the participating churches A freewill offering will fund furnishings for Memorial Rest Home Chapel including altar pulpit railing pews and a hi fi system. plans were submitted to the hospital board for final approval with added community invitation to contribute and join weekly Wednesday worship at the chapel
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Union
Sidney Ministerial Association
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Henry Monnch
Larry Delinger
Ron Peterson
Kermit Moore
Monnich
James D. Greene
Ministerial Association
Grace Baptist
Carl Nelson
Light Memorial Presbyterian
Greene
Rest Home Chapel
Memorial Rest Home
Hospital Board of Directors
Hospital Board
Sidney Chamber unit parley with area farmers
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce Industrial committee hosted the first of several talks with Cheyenne County farmers to spark a coordinated plan for new industry. Attendees included Raymond Weed John Underdown Harold Tremain Wayne Campbell Benny Herboldsheimer and committee members Warren Ellison Ed Bauman Charles Ham Leo Bolin Carl Christ Jr Dick Bauer Bill Usher Ralph Welch Merle Bobo and Gene Bonkiewicz. The session aimed to alert farmers to the need for Cheyenne County industrial development.
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Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Cheyenne County
Raymond Weed
John Underdown
Harold Tremain
Wayne Campbell
Benny Herboldsheimer
Sidney Area
Warren Ellison
Ed Bauman
Charles Ham
Leo Bolin
Carl Christ, Jr
Dick Bauer
Bill Usher
Ralph Welch
Chappell Light Rate Sliced For Holidays
Chap pell residents will see Christmas cheer as the City Council approves a December electricity rate cut to one cent per kWh for all domestic users. The holiday policy mirrors a similar move in 1959.
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Chappell
Tuesday Rites At Dalton For Mrs Click 60
Frieda E Winkelman Click age 60 dies after lingering illness in Pioneer Memorial Hospital funeral Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church Dalton with Rev Ron Norman. burial Dalton Cemetery. Craig Mortuary in charge. memorial to Trinity Lutheran Church. Pallbearers Harold Wort Edward Walsh Fred Flohr James Jensen Kermit Nelson Richard Weible. honorary pallbearers Gus Hellbusch Lawrence Dirks Raymond Graff E E Osborn George Worth Dewey Dirks. Born Oct 14 1900 Fontenelle Neb moved to North Bend, married Feb 7 1922 to Clyde Click. farm west of Dalton. Mr Click died 1942. Survived by sisters Clara Stoll Dalton Elsie Sanders Wilder Idaho, brothers George Winkelman Dalton Ernest Clarence North Bend, and many nieces and nephews. Preceded by parents, four sisters and one brother.
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Frieda E. Click
Dalton
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ron Norman
Craig
Harold Wort
Edward Walsh
Fred Flohr
James Jensen
Kermit Nelson
Richard Weible
Gus Hellbush
Lawrence Dirks
Raymond Graff
E. E Osborn
George Worth
Dewey Dirks
Fontenelle
Neb
Frieda E. Winkelman
William
Frederika Kruse Winkelman
North Bend
Womahoood
Clyde Click
Click
United Lutheran Christian Women
Midland Women
Midland College
Fremont
Clara Stoll
Elsie Sanders
Wilder
Idaho
George Winkelman
Ernest
Clarence
United Fund Shortfall Yet Sioux Depot Rises Higher
The United Fund of Sidney and Sioux Ordnance Depot reports a $3,500 gap to a $15,000 goal. Depot totals exceed last year by four dollars despite 20 fewer employees. As of this morning $11,440 was raised, SGD contributing $1,478. Officials doubt meeting the total, hoping data collections and resorts push it toward $13,000.
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United Fund of
Sidney
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Gerald Matzke
Matzke
Falien
SGD
Mauzke
United Fund
D. W. Jorgenson
William Faragher
Depot
Floyd E. Brenneman
Jorgenson
Telegraph
Thompson
Auto crash Prince, five youths escape canyon fall
Five teenagers narrowly escaped death when a 1958 Chevrolet left a gravel county road four miles west and two miles south of Sidney. Driver Michael Holtz 17 was northbound when the curve was missed. the car rolled upright about 20 feet from a 30 foot canyon. Injured were Sidney natives Michael Holtz Forest Lindgren 17 Jean Lindgren 15 Monica Henderson 16 and Donna Gurdes 16. They were treated at Memorial Hospital and released. vehicle damage estimated at 800 dollars.
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Michael Holtz
Sidney
Wayne Holtz
Mission Drive
Forest Lindgren
Jean
Russell Lindgren
Jackson St
Monica Henderson
Holtz
Cers
Frank Kurz
State Patrol
Lindgren
Memorial Hospital
County Demos Parley With New Governor
A Cheyenne County Democratic delegation flew to Lincoln by chartered plane to meet Governor-Elect Frank Morrison. Led by E. K. Yanney the group includes Leonard Fine C. A. Story Morris Nelson and H. C. Q. Nelson. They will hold an all day conference on issues facing the Nebraska Panhandle.
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Sidney Area
Lincoln
Frank Morrison
Nebraska Panhandle
E. K. Yanney
Lodgepole
Leonard Fine
Sidney
C. A. Storey
Morris Nelson
Potter
H. C. Q. Nelson
Tom Allington
Sunol
Don Brown
Telegraph
Cheyenne County
C. A. Story
Alliance Financing Biggest In History
The City of Alliance will fund a $1.75 million enlargement at the Municipal Light Plant by issuing Electric System Revenue Bonds to the Kirkpatrick Pettis Company and five associates. Interest totals $722,950 over the bond life through 1982, averaging about 3.61 percent annually, marking the city's largest financial undertaking.
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Alliance
Kirkpatrick- Pettis Company of
Omaha
Lewellen Hospital Reopens Under Dr. Cowan
Lewellen brings back hospital operations with Dr. L H Cowan returning to Lewellen and opening an office. A full staff including administrator Mrs Ed Stokey is hired. Nurses aides and other workers were selected from many applications as the hospital auxiliary cleaned and prepared the facility for reopening after a June closure. Board members announcing the reopening are William Timm John McCall Glenn Paulsen Walter Seeley Jake Kats and Dr L H Cowan.
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Lewellen Hospital
Lewellen’s
William Timm
John McCall
Glenn Paulsen
Walter Seeley
Jake Kats
L. H. Cowan
Antique Auto Club Names Official Title Change
Lodge Pole Valley Old Car Club voted Sunday to rename as Antique Auto Club and to hold regu lar meetings on the third Sunday of each month at 1 p.m. starting in January. The session includes a workshop business meeting and covered dish dinner. Bob Lafler, president, officiated at the Sunday session in the 4-H building, eight members and families attended. The next meeting will be Sunday Dec 4 at 1 p.m. at Bull Meick's home east of Gurley.
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Lodge
Pole Valley Old Car Club
Antique Auto Club
Bob Lafler
Bull Meick
Gurley
Western Area Out In Cold For Congress
Nebraska will trim its districts from four to three after redistricting. The move endangers western representation as the new 43rd District will be larger and eastern counties gain voting power. Current old 4th District rep Dave Martin faces a tougher race with expanded districts based on 1960 census figures.
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Nebraska
Dave Martin
Kearney
Don McGinley
Ogallala
West
Weil
A. L. Miller
Kimball
Grand Island
McGinley
Alert action nets check artist near Sidney
Big Springs attendant Tim Glenn halted a suspected phony check artist after a 9:20 p.m. Saturday incident. The suspect, Shane S. Reno of Dillon Montana, used a check to a “Larry Meadows” drawn on Platte Valley State Bank. Reno and a woman, Shirley Monlis, were arrested east of Sidney and detained by Cheyenne and Deuel County authorities.
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Big Springs
Sidney
Shane S. Reno
Dillon
Montana
Tim Glenn
Brown
Glenn
Reno
Larry Meadows
Platte Valley State Bank
Kearney
James.h. Wilson
Ohio
Meadows
State Patrol
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Hilpert
Charles Bilis
Jeannie Miller
Joline Block
Bob Hunter
Lorenzo
Jody Krueger
St. Patrick's
Richard Rae
St. Patrick’s
Sally Jo Morgan
Dot District Court
County Demos
Alliance Financing
Congress
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