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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1966
Page
1
Nebraska announces a Sugar Bowl showdown with Alabama to avenge last year’s Orange Bowl loss. The Cornhuskers, aiming for a 10-0 record, still have Oklahoma on Thanksgiving Day, a game that won’t affect bowl selection or the Big Eight title. The Nebraska-Oklahoma game will be broadcast nationwide.
Nebraska Music Educators Association chose Sidney to host the 1967 state music clinic set for November 16 to 18. The bid was led by Duane Johnson and Ron Mercer with a campaign that included 600 letters and 31 telegrams. The event will draw at least 2,500 attendees and feature band chorus and orchestra study, meetings of state associations, concerts, demonstrations, and top clinicians at the Sidney Junior High School auditorium, with 1,000 guests housed in private homes.
At Holdrege state convention last week elected leaders from Dalton and Potter. Mrs. Robert Ankeny of Dalton and Ray Davis of Potter were chosen as presidents of the Nebraska Wheat Growers and the Nebraska Wheat Hearts. Davis was reelected to a second term.
The Rev. Max L. Kors of Christ Episcopal Church will deliver the Thanksgiving message at union services held Wednesday at 7:30 PM. The First Methodist Church hosts the event under Sidney Ministerial Association auspices and invites the public to attend.
The Cheyenne County Educators Association meeting set for tonight is postponed to next Monday night at 7 30 p m. The gathering will be held in the Gurley School.
Patty Jelinek June Zwickl and Connie Adams star as dancing girls in Dr James Thayers Land Of The Singing Sky first staged this Friday and Saturday at 8 pm in Sidney High School auditorium. Admission is 1 for adults and 50 cents for students. The historic musical follows pioneers crossing Nebraska and a wagon train massacre search for a missing relative. Plan to attend one of the two nights for an evening of pleasure.
At Holdrege countywide convention, Cheyenne County claims leaders in Nebraska Wheat Growers and Wheat Hearts. Ray Davis of Potter reelected Wheat Growers president with Vic Haas of Hemingford as vice president. Mrs. Robert Ankeny of Dalton elected Wheat Hearts president. other officers include Mrs. Frank Johannsen Bayard and Mrs. Richard Lewis Holbrook as vice presidents.
Cheyenne County Farmers Union meeting at Fort Sid ney Motor Hotel approved resolutions on county roads and revenue control by school districts. They endorsed income tax over sales tax, rejected state control of local school revenue, and protested the powers of the Secretary of Agriculture over farm prices and beef imports. New officers were elected led by Dean Meyer as chairman with Vern Brauer and Adolf Fastenau in key roles.
The State Department of Roads expects Interstate 80 from Gilmer to Henderson to open in the first 10 days of December. It will complete the Omaha to North Platte link. Gov. Morrison State Engineer Hossack and highway officials plan a dedication ceremony.
Mrs Bessie Curtis died Saturday at Memorial Hospital in Sidney Nebraska Services set for 10 30 a m Wednesday at Craig Hole chek Funeral Home with Rev Carl L Nelson of Light Memorial Presbyterian Church officiating Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery She was born October 12 1890 at Palmer Nebraska to John K and Laura Goodrich Knapp and married L Barker Curtis December 2 1908 They came to Sidney in the early 1940s She worked at Sioux Army Depot and as a nurses aid in Sidney and Omaha They farmed near Palmer and Central City before moving to western Nebraska Mr Curtis died in 1950 One son Gerald preceded her in death Survivors include one son Lloyd of Oelrichs South Dakota two daughters Hazel Denman of Blackwell Missouri and Mabel Beck of Lakewood Colorado four brothers Cal Knapp of St Paul Nebraska Charlie Martin of Omaha and two others plus three sisters and nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Minnie A. Huls age 80 of Gurley will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Weyerts Immanuel Lutheran Church with Rev. Alvin Danielson officiating burial will follow in Weyerts Cemetery Mrs Huls died Saturday morning at Dalton hospital born June 25 1886 in Grand Island moved to Weyerts Community in 1887 she married Bethel Penick in 1908 he died in 1912 she married William Huls in 1918 he died in 1954 survivors include two daughters Mrs Charles Rathbun of Scottsbluff and Mrs Jerry Cole of Sidney two sons Jake Huls of Mendota Dr and Jasper Huls of Gurley two brothers Otto Rahe of Lodgepole and Bill Rahe of Missouri two sisters Mrs Martha Wiegers of Lodgepole and Mrs Alvina Sanders of Napa Calif eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren a memorial has been established to Weyerts Immanuel Lutheran Church Craig Holechek Funeral Home of Sidney is in charge of arrangements.
After nine weeks of floor storage for books overshoes and coats Dalton students finally have lockers. The long awaited lockers arrived Sunday last week and were installed during the week completing the new addition equipment. An Open House is planned per Supt. Richard Krause.
Nebraska reports two new oil wells over the weekend with a Frontier County discovery at Ben J. Taylor’s No. 1 Swanson nearest existing production about a mile away and 600 feet of clean oil plus 1 000 feet of oil cut mud. A Cheyenne County extension at No. 1 Ruhter shows 1 700 feet of clean oil on drill stem test. Operators Braden and Gear Gage Oil and Gas and Apollo Corp. also received permits for two wildcat wells for Tom Wessels Jr. and Regal Drilling Co. and Falcon Seaboard Drilling Co. announced two more locations in Cheyenne and Banner counties. The Neeley wildcat in Scotts Bluff County by Stuarco Oil Co. and Oil and Gas Futures, Inc. was disclosed, with other Nebraska locations noted as previously published.
Harry C. Hardinger of Albia Iowa dies at Memorial Hospital Sidney born Aug 29 1895 Benton Iowa WWII veteran lifelong Iowa resident. Survivors include wife Gladys Albia two sons Philip Freeport Sr Lauren Albia one daughter Mrs Ed Narjes Sidney two sisters Mrs George Cutt La Feria Texas and Mrs Ema Brallier Lake Butler Florida services pending for Friday.
During October the Cheyenne County Division of Public Welfare disbursed 27012.40 dollars. The county’s share was 3132.66 dollars. At the monthly board meeting six Old Age Assistance, four medical, seven Aid to Dependent Children, and four Aid to the Disabled applications were approved. Eight Old Age Assistance checks were reviewed, seven allowed continued aid, one suspended for excess resources.
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