City protests Frontier cut in Nebraska air service
Sidney officials protest Frontier Airlines plan to reduce four city routes to one daily round trip beginning Nov. 1. Mayor Kermit Moore sends letters to Governor Burney and Frontier to halt the change, citing lack of prior consultation and potential future service reductions. McCook and Imperial leaders join in, seeking state aid to preserve current flights to Denver.
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Sidney
Frontier Air Lines
Frontier
Sterling
Colo
Imperial
McCook
Kermit Moore
Dwight Burney
State Board of Aeronautics
Frontier Airlines
Denver
McCook, Imperial, Sidney and
Civil Aeronautics Board
Kearney
Nebraska
J. Dan Brock
Sara
F. M. Karrer
Braska
George Pyle
State Railway Commission
Residential Drive Starts Monday for Sidney Sioux United Fund
More than 50 women will begin a house to house canvass as the Sidney Sioux Ordnance Depot United Fund drives into its residential phase led by chairman Mrs J D Olinger. Eleven area captains named workers to cover all community areas and sorority members from Epsilon Sigma Alpha assist with Muscular Dystrophy fundraising. General Chairman Gerald Matzke reports $6318 42 of the $15000 goal with room for more contributions. Scouts mothers who wish to help may call Mrs Olinger at 4158.
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Sidney- Sioux
John Echternach
Harold Hyde
Bob .Hassle
K. H. Bagby
Déward “Jelinek
William Folkerts
Don McLaughlin
Neal Atkins
Don Born
Doyle Butts
Ken Perkins
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
United Fund
Gerald Matzke
Olinger
Pin Dinner Honors Ohio Oil Employees
Long time Ohio Oil Co workers were honored at a pin dinner at Sidney Country Club marking ten years of Sidney District activity. Recipients from production and pipeline departments received service pins for 5 to 30 years, with annuitants Isaac S. Miller and Taylor H. ONeill also recognized.
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Ohio Oil Co
Sidney Country Club
Sidney
R. W. McCanne
Casper
George W. Hettrick
Wesley E. Brown
Louis J. Nutzenbiler
Wayne O. van Cidave
Edward L. Schinzel
James IL. Jones
Sherman OQ. Nation
Henry P. Meyer
Warren Druse
Cecil L. Hunt
Arthur L Chambers
Ted Oliverius
Thomas B. Sutton
Earl E. Cruise
Charles LE. Wimmer
George C. Osborne
Victor Baxter
R I. van Cleave
S V Holloway
M Vo Timlin
L R Black
D C Albers
T J Nolan
C H Carrieron
J M_ Blanscet
Sidney Lions Win National Member Drive
The Sidney Lions Club won first place in Division IV of Lions International Membership Contest for 1953 60. The national award letter, addressed to E. E. Haines, announced by Warren Brown, noted the club’s drive increased members from the 20s to over 50. The group also reported raising 269 dollars and 209.13 dollars for Betty Jean.
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Sidney Lions Club
Sidney
R. Roy Keaton
Lions International
Lions Club
Lions Internaional
E. E. Haines
Haines
Warren Brown
Herb Aldrich
Sidney Lions
Betty Jean
Mrs. Goldie Bolie Dalton Resident Dies
Mrs. Goldie Bolie 63 of Dalton died Thursday morning at Scotts Bluff Hospital. Services Monday 10:30 a.m. at Dalton Presbyterian Church with Rev. E. L. Nelson Jr. officiating. Burial at Gordon Cemetery at 3:30 p.m. A memorial to Dalton Presbyterian Church. Funeral arrangements by Holewick Funeral Home Bridgeport. Survived by son Boyd Batesland daughter Glenna Stauffer Vesta Armstrong mother Lucy Manning two brothers E A Manning Ralph Manning five sisters Gladis Claussen Grace Clark Pearl Leonard Maude Wells Bernice Wilhoit six grandchildren one great grandchild plus extended family.
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Goldie Bolie
Dalton
Scottsbluff
Dalton Presbyterian Church
E. L. Nelson Jr
Gordon Cemetery
Ra Memorial
Holewick Funeral Home
Bridgeport
Bolie
Boyd
Batesland
S. D
Glenna Stauffer
Gordon and
Vesta Armstrong
Rushville
Lucy Manning
Sargent
E. A. Manning
Arcadia
Fla
Arid
Ralph Manning
Anselmo
Gladis Claussen
San Francisco
Grace Clark
Broken Bow
Pearl Leonard
Shelton
Maude Wells
Milburn
Bernice, Wilhoit
Sidneyite Riding in NU Pass Defense
Sidneyite shines in defensive duties as Nebraska completes pass disruption. Players containing the NU coverage pressure stifled multiple attempts and forced incompletions, underscoring a stout aerial defense.
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Sidneyite
City Offices To Register Voters Saturday
Sidney city offices will open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday to process registrations. By Friday noon the total reached 2,919 with 1,542 Republicans, 1,218 Democrats, and 159 Independents. City Clerk Gordon Tobin urged early registration to avoid long lines as the Oct. 29 deadline looms with seven days left.
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Sidney
Gordon Tobin
Farmers Union District I Meet Set Here Monday
Farmers from 21 western Nebraska counties will convene in Sidney for the annual District I Farmers Union meeting. The program begins Monday at 10 30 am at the Yendis Cafe with Elton Berck as featured speaker. Officers will be elected, with outgoing officers Ray Crawford Bob Messersmith and Harold Brauer named.
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Nebraska
Sidney
District I Farmers Union
Dist. T
Harold Brauer
Yendis
State Farmers Union
Elton Berck
Ray Crawford
Alliance
Bob Messersmith
Brauer
Burglars Break into Frontier Service Station in Lodgepole
Four tires and a case of Prestone were stolen from the Frontier Service station in Lodgepole. Manager Floyd Treblik found the break-in when arriving to work Thursday morning. Cheyenne County sheriff's office investigated, taking fingerprints and footprints at the scene.
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Frontier Service
Prestone
Floyd Treblik
Cheyenne County
Farmers for Jack to Pick Officers in Kennedy Johnson Drive
Maurice Nelson of Potter was named county chairman of the Farmers for Kennedy committee and called a meeting for next Thursday at 2 30 pm in the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel basement to select a vice chairman a vice chairwoman and precinct directors to contact farm families urging support for Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson in the November 8 election. Nelson was appointed chairman at a Scotts Bluff meeting.
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Maurice Nelson
Potter
Farmers For Kennedy
Vic
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Nelson
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Scottsbluff
Peetz Rites Set Monday Morning For Mrs Knifer 85
Katherine Knifer 85 long-time Peetz resident died Thursday at a Loveland hospital after two years as a patient. Funeral Monday at 10:30 a.m. from Peetz Evangelical United Brethren Church with Rev. Raymond Scott officiating. burial in Peetz Cemetery. Survivors include four daughters eight grandchildren 19 great grandchildren two sons a sister and a brother.
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Katherine Knifer
Peetz
Loveland Hospital
John
Barbara Kohl
Inman
Neb
George L. Knifer
Hooper
Mr. Knifer
Grace Vernon
Sidney
Evelyn Knifer
Cheyenne
Anna Marostica
Boise
Idaho
Katherine Custer
Waco
Tex
Lewis G
William J
Denver
Anna Coleman
Grand Island
Perry Kohl
Tampa
Fila
Wheatbelt District Hosts Nebraska Rural Electric Meeting
REA Administrator Hamil to speak at the semi annual Nebraska Rural Electric Assn meeting in Sidney with delegates attending tours helicopter demonstrations and a Miss Nebraska Rural Electrification pageant. Local Wheatbelt staff coordinate events under Wayne Bond and Charles Ham.
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Wheatbelt Power District
Wheatbelt
Wayne Bond
Lodgepole
Ogier
Rural Electrification Administration
Ham
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn
E. Dudley Beck
Tekamah
Burt County Public Power District
Nebraska
NRECA
Charles Ham
Harold Hermann
Grant
Midwest E.mc
Lyle Marotz
Hoskins
Wayne County Public Power District
NREA
Rural Electric
Kokjer Named JC Boss Of The Year In Sidney
Thomas L. Kokjer was named the Jaycee Boss of the Year at the annual Bosses Night attended by over 100 Jaycees and bosses. Gerald Matzke received the Distinguished Service Award for civic contributions, with multiple roles in local organizations. Dale Rice won the Key Man award though absent, and Cheyenne County Abstract Co. earned the Business of the Year award. Don Egg spoke on leadership responsibility.
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Jaycee
Merle Bobo
Gerald Matzke
Jaycees
Matzke
United Fund Drive
National Guard
Sidney Memorial Hospital
Sidney’s Service Clubs
Camber of Commerce
Telegraph
Benny Hochman
Thomas Kokjer
Kokjer
Don Egr
Omaha
Omaha JC
Cheyenne County Abstract Co
Thomas L. Kokjer
Joe A. Gibson
Fort Sidney
The
Elks Lodge
Chamber of Commerce
United Fund
Sidney National Guard
Cheyenne Young Republicans
Lodgepole Lions
Fort Sidney Days Corp
Sidney Country Club
Presbyterian Church
Mariners Club
Dale Rice
Baker's
Tire Service
Rice
Scottsbluff
G. H. “Blip” Doran
Carl Schmidt
Bob Lafler
Hochman
D.S.A
Don Egg
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Tom Coffey
Chambers
Wayne Moran
Chambers of Commerce
Moore
Pyle
Department of Aeronautics
Lincoln
Clifford Griffin
McCook Chamber
Aviation Committee
John T. Harris
D. C. Jelinek
J. D. Olinger
Ohio Oil
Hettrick
New Lions Club
Duis
Farmers Union District
Jack
Mrs. Knifer
REA
Hamil
Nebraska Rural Electric
Rural Electric System
Miss Nebraska Rural Electrification
Dorothy Mac Paulsen
Richard Paulsen
Miss South Central
Virginia Olson
Nebraska Rural Electrification
Custer
Miss Olson
University of Nebraska
St. Louis
Board of Directors
K. L. Moore
John Meyer
Smithfield
Dawson County Public Power District
Lexington
Edward Hahn
Tecumseh
Eastern Nebraska Public Power District
Syracuse
DSA
Cheyenne County Abstract
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