Campaign On For Hospital Drive In Cheyenne County
Campaign officials report progress on a Cheyenne County hospital drive. Ira Steward says advance gifts committee will be organized in days with four groups under a special gifts chair, while a rapid phase lists potential workers. About 220 volunteer solicitors projected. headquarters in the John Deere building coordinate lists and solicitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County New Hospital
Ira Steward
Advance Gifts Committee
Special Gifts Committee
John Deere
Depot Fire Record Shows Strong Fire Prevention
A review of Sioux Ordnance Depot activities during Fire Prevention Week reveals a deliberate program to reduce fire risks. The depot educated 500 employees on extinguishers, inspected all buildings, and displayed posters while maintaining year round prevention efforts. Only two fires occurred in the past year, underscoring program effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Ike Thanks GOP For Message From Eisenhower To Nixon Supporters
Cheyenne County Republican chairman KG Mahr received a letter from Dwight D. Eisenhower thanking him for a Nixon support message. Eisenhower praised Nixon as a courageous young American with ongoing service and unshaken confidence. The Cheyenne County message was among thousands sent during the controversy over the vice presidential candidate.
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Wie KG Mahr
Cheyenne County
Republican Central Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Republican Committee
Nixon
Oil Progress Week Highlight
Oil Progress Week runs October 12 to 18 as a tribute to the role of oil in daily life. The piece notes oil fuels homes and locomotives, lubricates vehicles, powers tractors and cars, and yields ingredients for cosmetics fabrics and medicines.
Sidney Seeks Funds for Holiday Lighting Program
Cheyenne County and state officials ruled that county funds cannot be delegated for Christmas lights. The city and Chamber of Commerce must find $500 elsewhere as the $1,500 annual plan includes new lights at the south east and west entrances. George Kolzow invites community donations to complete the program.
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Sidney
Cheyenne
Jack Knicely
Nebraska
Knicely
Chamber of Commerce
George Kolzow
BPW Members Attend District Conference in Alliance
Seven Sidney Business and Professional Women members attended the district BPW conference in Alliance. Participants included Elizabeth Schwasnick W Leroy Larson Marie Nichelson Mable Nielsen Edna Scriber H Montgomery and Glenn Patrick with Nichelson district director in charge. Reports covered the Boston Biennial convention and the national BPW Week theme The Ramparts We Build. Next year’s meeting will be in Valentine.
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Sidney Business and Professional Women’s Club
BPW
Alliance
Elizabeth Schwasnick
W. Leroy Larson
Marie Nichelson
Mable Nielsen
Edna Scriber
H. RB. Montgomery
Glenn Patrick
Nielsen
Boston
Schwasnick
Valentine
Farm Prices Decline as Meat Markets Slump
Farm prices averaged a two percent decline while meat animals dropped to pre Korea levels as farmers neared an all time production record by Sept 15. The Agriculture Department noted lower prices for potatoes eggs and soybeans though wheat lemons and oranges rose. Milk reached a record high for the month and parity remained just above balance. Marketing rose twenty one percent over last year pushing feeder cattle prices down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Cancer Chairman To Omaha Meeting
Mrs. H. R. Montgomery, chair man of the Local Cancer Campaign, will go to Omaha next week for the state association meeting. Sessions run Monday through Wednesday. plans will be made for the May campaign for funds. She represents the Sidney Business and Professional Women's Club, local sponsor of the cancer fund drive.
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H. R. Montgomery
Omaha
State Association
Railroad Retirement Board Outreach at Sidney Office
A Railroad Retirement Board representative will be at the Nebraska State Employment Office in Sidney at 10 00 am Tuesday October 14 1952 for information on retirement disability spouse survivors unemployment and sickness insurance benefits. Call for details.
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Railroad Retirement Board
Nebraska State Employment Office
Sidney
New SCD Head To Take Charge Here
Phil McMullen is the new head conservationist for the Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District arriving this weekend to assume duties. He comes from Tecumseh Nebraska, is married with two sons, replacing Larry Joris who transfers to the Soil Conservation Service district office in Scottsbluff. Joris plans to leave mid next week for his new post.
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Phil McMullen
Cheyenne County
Miller On SOD Tour
A. L. Miller congressman from the district visited Sioux Ordnance Depot on October 7 at the invitation of Colonel L. G. Smoak. He toured depot areas for about an hour with Lt. Col. Edward W. Pennington. Smoak invited him to return soon, as Nebraska Senators Butler and Seaton also planned visits.
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A. L. Miller
Congress
Sioux
L. G. Smoak
Congressman Miller
Smoak
Edward W. Pennington
Miller
Colonel Smoak
Nebraska
Hugh Butler
Fred A. Seaton
Atkinson Mayor Lee Attacks Miller In Congressional Bid
Francis D. Lee, Atkinson mayor and Democratic candidate for Congress from Nebraska 4th District, stopped in Sidney to blast incumbent A. L. Miller. Lee accused Miller of publicity seeking and missteps over SOD and Cornhusker Ordnance Plant incidents, noting off duty workers and urging accountability. Lee, 40, longtime attorney, ex city attorney of Atkinson and Stuart, and father of eight, campaigns on Miller’s voting record and public statements.
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A. L. Miller
Congress
4Th
Atkinson
Francis D. Lee
Sidney
Lee
Rep. Miller
Miller
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Doc Miller
SOC
Cornhusker Ordnance Plant
Grand Island
4Th Congressional District
Atkinson and
Stuart
Bum Check Writer Receives 60 Day Jail Term
Bless DeWood was charged with writing a no account check and appeared for a hearing October 2 before District Judge John Kuns. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bless DeWood
John Kuns
Farm Bureau Head to Speak At Gurley Hall
Charles Marshall president of the Nebraska Farm Bureau and American Farm Bureau director will speak at Gurley Legion Hall at 8 pm Thursday October 16. A Western Nebraska audience is expected and a concurrent program is planned. He will discuss the American Farm Bureau directors meeting and precede the state membership campaign.
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Charles Marshall
Nebraska Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Gurley Legion Hall
Farm Bureau
Nebraska
Marshall
Harold Bond
Cheyenne County
Oil producers expand in Kimball county fields with new wells
Western Nebraska Observer reports two more producers and a dry hole added to Kimball county despite modest drill stem tests. Superior Oil's Terman No 1 extends the Southwest Potter field, with DSTs showing 1155 feet oil and 270 feet brackish water in the D sand. Rock Hill and Twin Oil add Market No 3 as a sand producer in Smith Enders field. Magnolia leases shift to a diagonal offset as Stanolind and Don Johnston Drilling explore offsets.
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Ohio Oil Company
Kugler Field
Ohio
Colton
Western Nebraska Observer
Kimball County
Superior Oil Company
Potter Field
Guy Terman
Gheyenne
Rock Hill
Twin Oil Companies
Smith-Enders
Miracle-Fifer
Durland Trust
Magnolia-Mockett No
Don Johnston Drilling Co
Stanolind
Magnolia
Nebraska Women to Attend National Home Demonstration Council Meet
At least a busload of Nebraska women will travel to Raleigh North Carolina for the National Home Demonstration Council meeting October 26 to 29. The Nebraska delegation travels by chartered bus and the program runs from vesper to noon Thursday with the schedule shifted to ensure timely homeward travel for elections. Mrs Haven Smith of Chappell will give the opening address and Mrs Sam Maxwell chairs as Nebraska's official delegate.
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Nebraska
National Home Demonstration Council
Raleigh
N. C
Haven Smith
Chappell
Sam Maxwell
Nebraska Council of Home Extension Clubs
REA Warns Hunters Not To Hit Lines
Western Nebraska’s pheasant season could harm lines and insulators. Charles Ham warns careless shots crack insulators, causing outages for rural families. Wheat Belt Electric offers a $100 reward for information leading to arrests. Report incidents to the Sidney office or local Wheat Belt lineman.
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Nebraska
Charles Ham
Wheat Belt Electric Membership Association
Wheat Belt Electric
Sidney
Wheat Belt
Boss Dinner Set for JayCees at Sidney Country Club
The JayCees plan a Bosses Night Dinner at Sidney Country Club starting at 6 PM Tuesday. A plaque will honor the employer voted the year’s most outstanding for civic achievement and JayCee relations. All JayCees should attend with their employers.
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JayCees
Sidney Country Club
JayCee
Rural Youth Plan Event in Omaha Next Wednesday
Nebraska Rural Youth members prepare for their annual day in Omaha sponsored by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. The program starts at 9:00 a.m. with registration and coffee hour at Ak-Sar-Ben Field 4-H building and ends with dinner and an evening party in Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum. Events include industry tours at 10 a.m. a noon luncheon and awards panel on funding farming. Afternoon sightseeing tours complete the day.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Ak- Sar-Ben Field
Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum
Plans For New Addition West Of City Underway
Calendar of events lists Oil Progress Week activities and multiple local group meetings in Sidney. Chambers urges advance notices to Mrs. John Andresen, with dates October 13 to 17 featuring Rotary, BPW, JayCees, PTA branches, Lions Club, Boy Scouts, Air Corps Reserve, and a football game against Ogallala.
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Chamber of Commerce
John Andresen
Sidney Bpw Club
Yendis
Rotary Club
Tri-County Real Estate Board
City Council
City Auditorium
Sidney
JayCees
Sidney Pta
Central
Sidney Lions Club
Hazel
Job
Mrs Hewley Rites Friday in Bridgeport Nebraska
Mrs George Hewley 85 a Gurley area resident died Tuesday after two weeks in Veterans Memorial Hospital Bridgeport Services set for Friday 2 pm at Bridgeport Presbyterian Church Rev Walter Ul rich to officiate Burial in Gurley Cemetery Canada Funeral Home in charge Survivors include five daughters three sons and numerous grandchildren great grandchildren and a sister from Red Oak Iowa.
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George Hewley
Gurley
Bridgeport
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Presbyterian Church
Walter E. Ulrich
Canada Funeral Home
Nancy Elizabeth Gabst
Red Oak
Iowa
Nebraska
George Bewley
Sidney
Gurley Territory
Bewley
Velma Mikkelson
Alice Brown
Long Beach
Calif
Blanche Norris
Esther Peddy
la Junta
Colo
Beryl Rose
Los Animas
Ralph
Orville Bewley
Northport
Nebr
Jesse Bewley
Emma Wallace
BPW Biennial Report To Be Delivered Monday
Mrs Elizabeth Schwasnick Sidney BPW president will report on the business and professional women's clubs biennial convention held this summer in Boston. The meeting will follow a 6 30 o'clock dinner in the Yendis Cafe with the local group Monday night.
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Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Boston
Elizabeth Schwasnick
Sidney Bpw
Yendis
New Patrol Operator Appointed in Sidney Nebraska
New Patrol Operator Kermit Brumbaugh began officially this week as operator in the Nebraska State Safety patrol office in Sidney. He replaces Herman Fleming who moved to maintenance in the McCook North Platte Sidney and Gering safety patrol area. Brumbaugh and Earl Elliott share duties as operator with Jerry Vavrina as relief man.
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Kermit Brumbaugh
Nebraska
Sidney
Herman Fleming
McCook
North Platte
Gering
Brumbaugh
Earl Elliott
Jerry Vavrina
City plans annex 80 acres for hospital and school site
Sidney explores annexation of 80 acres at the city west edge for a proposed hospital and grade school plus more than 300 residential lots and highway access. Architect layout discussions with Chamber School Land Addition committee set changes for state education land board review before city annexation and public auction. Collaborative effort involves O J Weymouth Rae Jones Leonard Fine Ferris Preble and others.
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Sidney
Sidney Community Hospital
Chamber of Commerce
George Kolzow
Chamber
State Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Kolzow
Country Club Heights
O. J. Weymouth
Rae Jones
Leonard Fine
Ferris Preble
Sioux Ordnance Depot Expands Handicapped Hiring
Sioux Ordnance Depot’s Personnel Division announced during National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week that the depot continues active employment of physically handicapped workers. About 400 such employees are currently on the payroll, reflecting continued commitment to equal opportunity, following last year’s President’s citation for commendable efforts in this area.
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Sioux Ordnance Depot
W National
Realtors Will Meet Here On Monday
The Tri-County Real Estate Association holds its second meeting this Monday night at Hazel's Cafe party room after a 6 30 dinner. The group includes 13 licensed members from Kimball Devel and Cheyenne Counties. All real estate licensees may join. meetings occur on the second Monday each month rotating among the three counties.
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Tri-County Real Estate Association
Hazel’s Cafe
Kimball
Devel
Cheyenne
Plains Theatre to Close Monday Night After Final Show
Plains Theatre will close Monday night after the final show due to increasing cold weather. The Sunday feature is Painting the Clouds With Sunshine starring Virginia Mayo and Gene Nelson. The second attraction is Port of New York at the Plains Drive-In Theatre.
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Noew & the Plains Drive-In Theatre
the Plains Management
Virginia Mayo
Gene Nelson
Port
New York
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