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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1962
Page
16
The Sidney Telegraph invites readers to submit notes about notable locals. Send names or brief items to People you Know, Box 219, Sidney, Nebraska, to appear in future columns.
Noted performers Aunt Jemima and accompanist Ted Harmon, long with Quaker Oats, visit Sidney for the Lions Band Auxiliary Pancake Feed and a grade school appearance after touring from Chicago. They enjoy travel and family time with a monthly week off.
Progress on the Chappel grain storage unit in the Nebraska Panhandle says the 110 foot structure will rise 40 more feet with a cupola. Concrete roof to be poured in 7 to 10 days. Completion planned by February 1. Unit will hold 150000 bushels of grain.
Kimball County files suit in Kimball County alleging Neff Trucking caused damage to a county motor grader in a November 14, 1961 accident. Frank Williams operated the grader near Dix when Clinton Crow’s Neff truck rear ended it. Damages claimed total 4,782.33 plus 1,344 for 84 days use loss. Attorney Jack H. Myers represents the county.
The Deuel County High School Alumni Association named August 22, 1964 for the next reunion. They filled the vacancy on the board from Mrs J. G. McCormick and announced a new member later. Current officers include Leroy Clark president and Allen Cave vice president with Mrs Robert Gardner secretary and Mrs Roy Akeson treasurer.
Oshkosh American Legion, long inactive, reopened with a dinner and meeting. About two dozen members attended and agreed to restart regular meetings and broaden activity. John Heller was named commander with Roy Rittenhouse as vice commander and other officers elected.
Union Pacific water tower and tank at Chappell were torn down after obsolescence with diesel era. The 51 year old structure, idle for years, will be sold for grain storage and may hold about 75 000 bushels. Installed in 1911, the tower stood before double track laid through the area. Dee Ward, once pumper, is named.
Lewellen Lions Club plans to raise half the cost of a Nebraska Parks Commission marker for Ash Hollow cemetery. The sign would be car accessible, readable, and explain the site’s history from its 1849 founding after a young white girl’s burial.
In Columbus Ohio the Water Department says ordinary power boats can help reduce taste and odor in reservoir water by breaking up algal blooms. Officials note high speed boats may lift odor laden water from below and have a different effect.
0 C Swackhamer of Tarkio and Leon M Hill of Amarillo highlight the Nebraska Stock Growers Assn regional meeting at Scottsbluff on December 1. Session times and speakers include Elvin Adamson and a panel moderated by George S Round with noon luncheons for attendees.
The State Game Commission plans to ask the 1963 Legislature to nearly double hunting and fishing permit fees in Nebraska. An estimated 600000 dollars yearly would fund a new capital improvement fund to expand hunting and fishing opportunities, plus eminent domain powers for state parks and a retirement program for commission employees.
Secretary Freeman proposed a 9.8 million ton sugar quota for 1963, up from 9.5 million to 10 million in 1962. Domestic allocations total 5,875,000 tons with specified shares for beet and cane regions, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and the Virgin Islands. Cuba remains excluded due to absent diplomatic relations.
Globe Telegraph Printing Co offers finest Christmas cards at the lowest price. Located at 1133 Jackson St the print house advertises quality cards for customers seeking value and seasonal stationery.
A TB and Christmas Seal awareness piece explains how half a million Americans suffer chronic respiratory diseases. It details acute and chronic categories, including tuberculosis lung cancer and allergies, noting transmission factors and the impact by age and gender.
IMC International Minerals and Chemical Corp buys Alamo Lumber of San Antonio May Brothers of Lafayette and Mud Control Laboratories of Oklahoma City in a stock exchange. The merger creates a nationwide network for drilling mud and engineering services with offices in Sidney and Kimball New Jersey.
The York Rite Masons of Nebraska plan a three day gathering at the Masonic Temple in Omaha with about 300 attendees from multiple states. Notable events include grand council sessions led by Most Illustrious Edward H. Lockwood, plus distinguished service awards to John H. Smith Lawrence Hagood and Henry T. Mammen.
Colorado's Fort Morgan Brush cutoff, a $7 million segment of the Interstate 80S system from Denver northeast to Brush, is expected to open within about ten days if mild fall weather holds. The four-lane route will extend to the Nebraska border near Julesburg, with right of way purchases under way for a 23 mile Atwood extension. Weather delays remain a risk and contracting could start in January.
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