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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1960
Page
11
Sam Powell and a bridge gang member killed a 24 pound wildcat in the bluffs north of John Andersons house at Brownson this week. It is the region’s first wildcat kill in years and reflects local wildlife activity.
On Sunday a three section Barnum and Bailey train steamed through Sidney en route to Cheyenne where exhibitions were held Monday. The town welcomed the show with most residents out to view the elephants and parade.
The hotel registers show heavy travel as auto tourists and land seekers fill the scene. A. J. Jorgenson visits from Omaha, Clara Klein heads to Denver for music studies, H. G. Hall travels to Denver for new art ideas, and L. Jessen with wife plan a Billy Sunday visit in Omaha.
The Cheyenne County Fall Festival held Thursday through Saturday drew widespread interest from farmers and business leaders and is hailed as one of the best in history. The Sidney Juvenile band traveled to Omaha for a parade and performances, with plans to return Friday. Dr. Harry Mantor treated Adrian Short for a broken collar bone after a high school football game in Lodge Pole.
Chal Bentley Clarence Jolliff and Nig Francis motored to Omaha for the Legion convention. Bentley will stay in the eastern part of the state for business. C E Grisham of Scottsbluff visited Sidney on Monday. Grisham is a newspaper man and former editor of the Lodge Pole Express. Orrin Weymouth and Hobart S Davis refereed a football game at Bridgeport last Friday. Leo Osborn returned from a hunting trip reporting a deer and a mountain sheep shot. an excellent outing.
A Boeing multimetored United Airlines passenger ship wrecked early yesterday west of Cheyenne killing twelve. Detroit Tigers clinched the World Series with a 4 to 3 win over the Chicago Cubs as Goose Goslin drove in the winning run. Montgomery Ward to open a Sidney store at 1025 Illinois Street. Sidney attendees for Lincoln game include numerous local residents. Joe Simodynes prepares hunting shack work on the Platte river as hunting season nears.
W. B. Morris a 36 year old construction worker for The Tillotson Construction Co of Omaha died after being struck by a car while changing a tire on his own car along Highway No 30 about a half mile east of Sunol. A Sidney 26 Alliance 0 win over Alliance topped the conference standings. The American Legion fourth district convention in Sidney is expected to draw at least 300 visitors plus local attendees. Mr and Mrs Gail Sauer were guests at A S Hardy home. Mr Sauer recently discharged from Fort Leavenworth. Jeanette Larson, formerly in Denver, will work as addressograph operator at Sioux Ordnance Depot and live in Sidney with her mother.
Mr and Mrs Mark Schilz and family of Sidney move to a farm near Columbus Nebraska after years in Sidney Judge and Mrs J L Tewell return from Oklahoma City where their son Lt Bill Tewell serves as Educational Advisor for Veterans at the Norman Oklahoma Separation Center and is being discharged
A cold night brought the season's first freeze with a low of 28 degrees before 9 p.m. as Sidney prepares to dedicate a new concrete runway at Municipal Airport on Sunday. The dedication is organized by the Sidney squadron of the Nebraska Civil Air Patrol and CAP Cadets.
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