Don Heath Named Boss of Year by Jaycees
Sidney Safeway manager Don Heath was named Boss of the Year for 1961 at the Jaycees Bosses Night dinner. The selection cited his community service, support for employee participation in Jaycee and local projects, and his long service in Sidney. Heath is a Sidney High School alumnus, class of 1940.
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Don Heath
Jaycees
Sidney
Safeway
Heath
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tom Kokjer
Death
Health
Sidney High School
Sidney Jaycees honor local leaders at dinner event
Darrell Conger Jaycee president received this year's key man award for his role as a therapist at Memorial Hospital and active Jaycees member since arriving in Sidney six years ago from Lusk. Merle Bobo, immediate past president, was given the distinguished service award. Forrest Belieu accepted a certificate of appreciation for Seven-Up Bottling Co. Benny Hochman delivered an inspirational talk as Dean Wilson served as master of ceremonies at the Ft Sidney Hotel dinner meeting.
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Sidney Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
Tom Kokjer
Darrel Conger
Jaycee
Don Heath
Safeway
Merle Bobo
The
Jaycees
Forrest Belieu
Benny Hochman
Venam
Thea
Sidney
Lusk
Darrell Conger
Conger
Memorial Hospital
Sidney Merle Bobo
Good Speakers For Teachers District VI Convention in Sidney
Sidney hosts the District VI Teacher Convention October 26 and 27 with early registration Wednesday evening and full programs Thursday. Main speaker Dr William R. Ross of Colorado State College and banquet speaker Phillip Lovejoy lead a lineup featuring Dr Marguerite Fisher and a Sidney McCook football game with a special halftime band program.
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Sidney
Sidney McCook
NSEA
Sidney Chorus
William R. Ross
Colorado State College At
Greeley
Ross
Commission On Colleges and Universities of
The
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Phillip Lovejoy
Lovejoy
United States
San Francisco
United Nations
Chile
Denmark
Marguerite Fisher
Fisher
Free World
No Price Too Great To Pay Says Jaycee Speaker
Benny Hochman, a former Nazi prisoner, urged community bomb shelters as mass survival against attack and called for government tax support. He warned Americans to fear Soviet conquest and praised freedom and willingness to pay any price to preserve it at the Junior Chamber of Commerce Bosses Night at Ft Sidney Motor Hotel.
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Benny Hochman
Chamber of Commerce
Sidney
Hochman
Nikita Khrushchev
Personal preparedness highlighted at Rotary Farmers Night
Eddy urges Rotary members and guests to embrace personal preparedness as a key to civil defense in the atomic age. He explains fallout shelters, home shelters, and the National Fallout Shelter Program while emphasizing individual responsibility for survival after attack. 117 attended, with Dr Eldridge and Jan Laux among guests. District Governor Watson to be honored at the next meeting.
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Rotarians
Caleb Eddy
Directorate For Administration
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Foldy
Eddy
Department of Defense
Suffey
Spac
Teddy
Comrad
B Eldridge
Lincoln
Jan Laux
Sidney High School
Raymond Watson
Hastings
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy Cooler Through Thursday
Weather outlook shows partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures through Thursday. Lows tonight near 30 degrees, with daytime highs Thursday reaching the 60s.
Firemen Seek 63 Meet County Units To Cooperate
Five Cheyenne County fire departments plan to host the 1963 Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen’s Association convention at Sidney, with 25 county representatives traveling to Norfolk for the 1961 conclave. The Sidney delegation promotes Sidney as a convention city and underscores Gordon Carley’s state leadership role as a factor for 1963. Fire Chief Harvey Vizina leads Sidney’s contingent with several other officials and volunteers from Dalton Potter Gurley Lodge Pole and Gurley areas.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Norfolk
Falls City
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Dalton
Gordon Carley
State Association
Harvey Vizina
Richard Boyer
Willis King
George ‘Red’ Porter
Richard Schiller
Charles Hawkins
Russell Joder
Walt Herboldsheimer
Dean Stettner
Jim Paxton
Katherine Mika Dies Here at 74 Tuesday
Katherine Wika Mika 74 a Lodgepole resident for 72 years died Tuesday night at Memorial Hospital after ten days as a patient. She never married and is survived by three sisters Mrs Simka Sunol Mrs Frank Tremnen and Mrs Frank Bailey of Laramie and one brother Frank Vika of Lodgepole. Funeral services are pending with Gehrig and Son Funeral Home. Born February 4 1887 in Hanover Kansas she moved to Cheyenne County with her parents as a child and lived on a farm south of Lodgepole.
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Katherine Wika
Lodgepole
Memorial Hospital
Agnes Stimka
Sunol
Gehrig and Son
Miss Mika
Hanover
Kan
William
Katherine Helvert
Mika
Cheyenne County
Lodgepale
Tude
Simka
Suno
Frank Tremnen
Frank Bailey
Laramie
Frank Vika
Loadgepale
Queen Candidates up for Wheat at Nebraska Show
Two Cheyenne County nominees vie for state Wheat Queen tomorrow at the 1962 Nebraska Wheat Show. Miss Jeanhe Miller daughter of Floyd and Mrs Miller Gurley sponsored by Reimers Seed Farm and Miss Jolene Block daughter of Ed and Mrs Block Lodgepole sponsored by Sunnyside Community Club compete. The queen will be crowned at the evening program concluding the day in Lexington with 1961 Queen Connie Hruska of Sidney presiding.
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Cheyenne County
Jeanhe Miller
Floyd Miller
Gurley
Reimers
Jolene Block
Ed Block
Lodgepole
Sunnyside
Connie Hruska
Sidney
United Fund Drive Faces Record Lag In Sidney
United Fund in Sidney nears the 1962 total with less than a third of the $16 000 goal raised. Ada Hansen notes about 4500 in cash and pledges as advance gifts and employee-employer work lag. Depot reports no reply, raising concern that the drive may fail to meet quota and destabilize agency funding for 1962.
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United Fund
Sidney
Ada Hansen
Sioux Ordance Depot
Communities Alliance
Benny He Hmen
Sed
Hansen
Jack If Lowe
United Fund of
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Kings Daughters
Travelers Aid
Exterior Work At El Palomino Motel
Exterior improvements and decorating at the El Palomino Motel at 2220 Limo Street are part of an annual program to keep the property in top shape. Owner Sam Kollund said workmen have finished stuccoing the exterior and further redecorative work will continue funded by available funds. The El Palomino has twenty two units.
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el Palomino Motel
Pt Palomino Wotel
Limo St
Sam Qollund
EE Palomino
Ohio Oil resumes wildcat drilling in Cheyenne County
Ohio Oil Co resumes exploration with No 1 W Engelland at a wildcat site 3 miles west of Gurley in Cheyenne County and 1.5 miles north of Sioux Ordnance Depot. Exeter Drilling Co. to rig up. another wildcat at No 1 Frerichs near Gurley with a J sand test planned.
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Ohio Oil Co
Cheyenne County
Gurley
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Ohio
W. Engelland
Walter Engelland
Meta Sorge
Exeter Drilling Co
Sidney
John Crawford
Brinkerhoff Drilling Co
Frerichs
Mary Egging
Denver- Julesburg
Nebraska
Colorado
W. Engelland and
Frerichs Ventures
Kimball County
Lorenzo
Kimball
U.p-R.r
Evertson
Hart
Gower Oil Co
Sidney Gas
Strata Oil Co
Banner County
Olsen
NWSW
Millard
Sam Gary
Ingwerson
Lodgepole
Logan County
Colo
The
Explorer
Potato Harvest Yield Correction for Kruezer Crop
A Monday potato harvest line misstated Kruezer family crop yield. The correct figure is 600 bushels, not 60. The error was a misspelt extra letter in the original report.
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Charles Kruezer
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Bobo
Sidney Yards
Union Pacific Railroad
Cheyenne
George Portz
Union Pacific
Mr. Potz
Hitler
Poland
Ft Sidney Motor Hotel
Dean Wilson
Rotary
Nebr
P.O. Box
Western Nebraska
Vizina
Katherine Mika
Lloyd’s
Jeanne Miller
Schoul
Wildcat
United Fund Serves Humanity
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