Sidney Telegraph dedicates issue to District Six teachers visit
The Sidney Telegraph proclaims this edition is dedicated to teachers attending the District Six convention. It promises picture and story features on the Sidney school system with progress updates and recent innovations. Local patrons and visitors are invited to enjoy news from Sections Two and Three, plus greetings, ads, and program highlights.
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Sidney Telegraph
Sidney
Telegraph
Nebraska
Freezing Air Follows Snowless Panhandle Storm
Nebraska Panhandle missed the first general snow of the year as three to six inches were forecast but only minor whiteness appeared. Colder air moved in, a boon for farmers awaiting harvest delays to safflower corn sorghum sugar beets and potatoes. Night lows 20 to 30 degrees, highs 35 to 50, with limited moisture. Harvests lag: about 6 percent corn and 8 percent sorghum harvested. frost hoped to dry grain. Winter wheat and rye show strong growth and stands due to favorable weather.
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Nebraska Panhandle
Panhandle
Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Wheat Belt
Pearl Davis dead at 71 rites held in Denver
Mrs Pearl Scherer Davis 71 died Oct 15 at her daughter Lois Grimm’s Denver home. Funeral Thurs Oct 17 at Moore Mortuary Denver with burial in Crown Hill. Born 1886 near Hillsboro Ill she moved to Cheyenne County 1887 later living in Mud Springs Morrill Sidney Loveland and 18 years in Colorado. Survivors include daughter Lois Grimm Denver son Ralph Lyte Hialeah Fla seven grandchildren two great grandchildren sister Faye Cares Dalton and brother Ralph Scherer Loveland.
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Moore Mortuary
Denver
Pearl Scherer Davis
Lois Grimm
Poplar St
Crown Hill Cemetery
Davis
Hillsborough
Ill
Cheyenne County
Scherer
Mud Springs
Sidney
Colorado
Latara
Alamosa
San Luis Valley
Loveland
Dalton
Clair
Grimm
Ralph Lyte
Hialeah
Fla
Faye Cares
Ralph Scherer
Foland and Dorwart Not Seeking Re election Next Year
Sidney prepares for possible city council turnover as Mayor Doyle Foland and Councilman C B Dorwart say they will not seek re election. Four year terms for Foland Dorwart and Miller expire next April. Miller undecided on retirement or re election. If Miller steps down the council would see three new members.
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Sidney
Doyle Foland
The
Telegraph
J. R. Miller
Miller
Municipal Board
Foland
Dorwart
City builds long range map program in Sidney
Sidney undertakes a long range mapping project to detail the electric system sewer water lines and city properties. City engineer Dick Land notes the 1,000 photocopying machine enables printing 8 by 24 inch sectional maps with a master index and 30 sets. Maps will aid future administrations and planning and the machine may print city forms with fee use offsetting costs.
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Sidney
Dick Land
Land
Sugar Beets Big Payments and Record Harvest Report
Panhandle beet growers receive final 1956 crop payments totaling 42.45 million dollars, with average 15.7 per ton across Colorado Nebraska Wyoming Montana and a 150 per ton final payout in four states. Ovid district payments reach 1.52 per ton on 178 percent sugar, plus 260 per ton ASC benefits, totaling about 15 46 per ton. Weather disrupted deliveries as harvest nears 35 percent complete, average 15 tons per acre and 16.5 percent sugar content, above decade average, stressing clean piles and timely delivery.
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Nebraska
Great Western Sugar Co
Frank A Kemp
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Kemp
Ovid
ASC
Mary Jane Heath Improves After Denver Hospital Transfer
Mary Jane Heath, moved to a Denver hospital over a week ago, remains on the critical list but shows improvement per her physician. She survived a major crisis last Thursday after a one car accident east of Sunol last June and had been hospitalized here for more than four months before the transfer.
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Mary Jane Heath
Denver
Heath
Sunol
Potter Co-Op Grain Annual Meeting Set
Potter Co op Grain Co schedules its annual meeting Friday at the Potter American Legion Hall. A covered dish luncheon starts at 6 30 PM and ham and ice cream are provided. Frank Rambo, public relations director, will speak.
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Potter Coop Grain Co
Potter American Legion Hall
Frank Rambo
Free Movie Event At West Central Co-op Grain Co
The rector of the West Central Co op Grain Co of Omaha invites ladies to a free movie. Door prizes will be awarded to attendees.
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West Central Co-op Grain Co
Omaha
Grain markets report wheat price at elevators
Local elevator sources quoted wheat at 173 dollars per bushel today, signaling current grain market levels. The price stands as an indicator for traders and farmers watching cash values and market activity in the region.
Sputnik Pressure Prompts Defense Economy at Sioux Depot
Defense budget pressures from Congress and Sputnik threaten personnel at Sioux Ordnance Depot. Officials refuse comment while Rep. Miller pushes for a Washington visit to seek a revised mission, such as storage and maintenance of atomic warheads, to preserve the Nebraska base and its skilled workforce.
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Pentagon
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Sioux
A. L. Miller
Nebraska
Sronthold
Congress
Defense
Charles Wilson
Wilson
Miller
Washington
Ordnance Department
Rep. Miller
Orde Mg
Wet Tooeech
Nws
Fia
Ead Satig Dain
Bist
Education convention opens in Sidney with 1957 program
Official registration starts at 4 p m today for the District VI Nebraska State Education Association convention in Sidney. About 1 200 educators from Panhandle counties are expected despite flu outbreaks. housing for 800 has been arranged. Tonight features the Sidney Community Mens and Womens choruses at 8 p m in the junior high. Tomorrow includes Dr Harold Taylor of Sarah Lawrence College as main speaker at 8 30 a m with sectional sessions and a 6 p m banquet headlining Mrs Betty Roadman. Friday offers more clinics and a final general session at 1 30 p m with Dr William Carr, NEA secretary, delivering the featured address.
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Nebraska State Education Association
Sidney
Panhandle
Sand Hills
Nebraska
Harold Taylor
Sarah Lawrence College
New York
Betty Roadman
William Carr
NEA
World Community Day Observed In Sidney Churches
World Community Day will be observed in Sidney on Friday November 1 at 2 p.m. in the Church of the Nazarene under United Church Women local president Mrs Ralph Welch. Rev R L Townsend of First Methodist Church will speak with installation of new officers by Mrs Welch. Parl Cs for Peace to be brought. items include blankets warm clothing linens and denims for mothers to make work clothes for husbands and sons.
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Sidney
Church of the Nazarene
United Church Women
Ralph Welch
Telegraph
R.L Townsend
First Methodist Church
United Church
Welch
County Oil Well Ventures Delayed By Big Troubles
In Cheyenne County several oil well projects halted by mechanical failures. Genco Oil Co report Jobe No 1 drill pipe trouble at 4 438 feet in 22 16 50. Hawkins No 1 at 4 870 feet awaiting draw works motor repair. Van Pelt J No 1 dry hole. Tones No 1 yields 15 barrels per hour at 4 175 87 feet. Pan American plugged Van Pelt J No 1. W F Rogers No 1 Smith A is a 3 720 feet oil test from 6 726 38 feet. Ohio Oil Co idle near Colorado line awaiting repairs. Numbers indicate field activity remains constrained by gear failures.
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Genco Oil Co
Scottsbluff
Jobe No 1
Reimers
Colorado State Line
Ohio Oil Co
Banner County
W. F. Rogers Oil Co
Smith A
Smith Field
Pan-American Petroleum
van Pelt J
Dundy County
Wildcat
Lansing- Kansas City
Mrs. Rathman 63 Dies at Dalton Home
Antonia Bertha Warnemunde Rathman 63 died at her Dalton home after a brief illness. Funeral set for Friday at 2 pm at Dalton Presbyterian Church with Rev. Lee Nelson officiating. burial in Dalton cemetery. Craig Mortuary in charge. Memorials suggested to Dalton Presbyterian Church. She was born near Wisner Nebraska October 2 1894 and married Fred Rathman in Wayne on July 19 1917. The couple farmed southeast of Dalton before moving to town in 1948. Survivors include husband Fred four daughters Lucille Fisher Anita Larson Jeane Thies Berna Dee Delcamp three sons Fred Jr Lynn Arthur twelve grandchildren four brothers William Henry Fred Erwin and one sister Erna Roland. She was preceded in death by her parents.
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Fred Rathman
Dalton
Dalton Presbyterian Church
Lee Nelson
Dalton Cemetery
Craig Mortuary
Antonia Bertha Warnemunde
Wisner
Neb
Fred and
Ida Sellman Warnemunde
Winside
Wayne State Teachers College
Wayne County
Fred D Rathman
Wayne
Cheyenne County
Fred
Lucille Fisher
Sidney
Anita Larson
Jeane Thies
Potter
Berna Dee Delcamp
Denver
Fred Jr
Lynn
Arthur
Norwalk
Calif
William
St. James
Minn
Henry
Pequot Lake
Lexington
Erwin
Mayer Reelected to Westcentral Grain Co op Board
M W Mayer of Dalton has been reelected to the board of directors of the Westcentral Grain Co op. The election was held Monday at the 20th annual meeting of the cooperative.
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M W Mayer
Dalton
The
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Co-Op
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