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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1961
Page
13
The NSEA District VI teachers convention in Sidney on Oct 26 and 27 is expected to bring 1300 teachers, many needing sleeping accommodations. When hotels fill, rooms in private homes may be needed. notify Sidney Senior High at 4 5893 with available facilities.
Cheyenne County Sheriff W. W. Schulz announced $240 collected from no account checks written last spring. A woman faced charges in April for issuing rubber checks under names including Mary Lane, Sarah Swan, Alice Lee Stanley, and Sarah Swanson. Months of tracing led to reimbursement for local merchants.
Caleb Eddy, assistant plans officer at the Sioux Ordnance Depot, will address the Sidney Rotary Club on How To Survive In The Nuclear Age. Eddy plays a major role in depot defense planning and brings a message of vital importance. The Farmers Night dinner at 6 15 p m will be at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel with members inviting guests.
Charles V. Johnson 86, longtime Potter dentist, died Thursday night at Memorial Hospital after residing at Memorial Rest Home since September 22. Funeral services set for Saturday at 10 a.m. at Craig Mortuary with Rev. Aubrey Russell officiating. Burial in Massena cemetery. Born February 5, 1875 in Red Oak Iowa, he married Emma Longworthy October 3, 1902 in Massena. she died in 1926. Survivors: sister Tena Maas of Massena and brothers James of Hamburg and William of Bridgewater.
A 1956 Volkswagen was heavily damaged when it overturned at 9th and Osage at 4 30 p.m. Sunday. Driver Larry R Black, owned by Bruce Dimick, escaped injury as damages reached 360. A second collision on 20th Avenue involved Curtis H Elsen driving a 1960 Chevrolet pickup and Virgil Zwicki backing a 1958 Lincoln. damages totaled 100 with 75 on the truck and 25 on the car.
Six thousand eight hundred forty eight notices of 1961 personal taxes were sent, says M M Inhelder Cheyenne County Treasurer. Early response is excellent and this marks the start of a bulk influx of four and a half million dollars handled by the treasurer. Taxes total about three million dollars, with the rest from miscellaneous collections such as gas taxes.
Officials report 90 distress warrants sent in recent weeks for overdue motor vehicle and Old Age Assistance ADC payments. Taxpayers are responding well as payments come in, Inhelder said.
Under the 1962 wheat stabilization program the county ASC office will begin signups by precincts. ASC office manager Don Rapp says the signup process will proceed by precincts to organize allocations and registrations.
County officials said signup will occur in stages to minimize delays for individual producers. Producers will be notified by postcard when their precinct signup is scheduled. An advance schedule cannot be set until signup progress is assessed. The office has distributed about 20 percent of final payments under the 1961 emergency feed grain program. The text also notes the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 with John Hancock as president of Congress and additional signatures added subsequently.
Ogallala invited wheat growers and grain dealers to the Elks Club for a Nebraska Wheat Growers' Association session next Monday starting 10 a.m. Directors will consider revising by-laws and articles and discuss policy from the last legislative session. President John Lienemann notes the revision aims at simplification.
Senior High will host Parents Night on Wednesday Oct 18 at 7 30 p m in the high school. Parents will tour rooms where their children study following class schedules. A brief lunch hour program is planned with refreshments at the end, under Les Landmesser of the Parent's Advisory Council. chairmen are Mrs Dean Wilson and Robert Fleenor.
The Cheyenne County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office announced barley’s inclusion in the 1962 feed grain program. Cheyenne leads with a base of 31 575 acres, followed by Perkins 18 920 and Kimball 18 606. The county average yield is 27.8 bushels per acre with a first 20 percent payment rate of 11 80 per acre and later rates averaging 14 20 per acre. Sign up has not yet started as farm indexes and payment rates are not yet established.
Marius Offersen, a Potter area farmer, signed the Great Plains conservation program contract with Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District. It marks the 15th contract since the program started nearly three years ago. The plan outlines long term farming steps with yearly soil conservation practices. SCS officials urge interested farmers to contact them for details.
A long list of Nebraska towns and associated names appears, naming county officers or officials for communities such as Oakland Ogallala Omaha ONeill Ord Oxford Palmyra Paxton Pender Pierce Pilger Plainview Plattsmouth Plymouth Ralston Randolph Ravenna Rend Cloud Richland Rushville Sargent Scottsbluff Scottsbluff S. D. S. Duerr Shelton Sidney Silver Creek South Sioux City St Edward Stromsburg Superior Sutton Tecumseh Tilden Trenton Valentine Verdon Wahro Wakefield Wayne Wills Weeping Water Wallace Washington Wayne Wausa Wayne York and other communities with multiple officials listed.
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