Sidney and County Teachers Active at District Convention
Chadron hosts District Six teachers convention with Sidney leaders guiding plans. T. R. Tillotson of Sidney serves as district president and candidate for state executive committee. First session features a stage presentation of The Glass Menagerie by Chadron State College. Adjournment Friday follows final announcements.
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Sidney
Cheyenne County
Chadron
T. R. Tillotson
Tillotson
Charles Morehouse
Potter
John Jensen
N.E.A
E. Thomas Jones
Josie Klitzing
Darrel Hunt
Ancel Lewis
Eilmer Hartmann
Klitzing
Hunt
L. E. Lydiatt
Lodgepole
Glass Menagerie
Speech and Drama Department
Chadron State College
Nebraska Potato Growth and Shifting Cultivation Throughout the Century
A historical overview of Nebraska potato farming traces the rise of potato cultivation from early 1900s growth to its peak during the World War II era, followed by a decline due to diversification and irrigation. It notes county production shifts in Box Butte and Scotts Bluff, price-driven acreage changes, and leadership by Jake Pedrett and HH Werner driving improved varieties and handling.
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Nebraska
Box Butte
Scotts Bluff County
Jake Pedrett
Kimbell
Nebraska Potato Improvement Assn
HH. O. Werner
The
Agricultural College
Eisenhower backs Curtis for Nebraska senator
President Eisenhower issued a strong endorsement for Senator Carl T. Curtis Republican Nebraska, urging Nebraskans to support his reelection on Election Day. He praised Curtis as a key Finance Committee member and defender of fiscal discipline and item veto authority.
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Minden
Eisenhower
Carl T. Curtis
Rep
Neb
Jim
Curtis
Nebraska
United States
Sena
Congress
Northwestern Bell adds 50000-dollar Kimball building expansion
A major addition to Northwestern Bell's Kimball telephone building, valued at nearly 50000 dollars, is nearing completion. Manager L M Fleming notes rapid growth with phones up 50 percent to 2788 in Kimball plus 50 mobile radios, driving new space alongside a 16 by 69 foot rear extension and a 12 by 16 foot mobile radio shop expansion.
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Kimball
Northwestern Bell
L. M. Fleming
Garage addition and paving expand company premises
An additional stall was added to the garage building at the rear of the company property. The area between the main building and the radio shop and garage was paved with concrete and fenced.
Eight Thousand Cattle Slated For Oshkosh Auction Block
Oshkosh will host four big cattle sales in the coming weeks with more than 8,000 head expected. The first sale on October 25 will feature 1,500 to 2,000 cattle from Sandhill stock including Ashby and Arthur. A second sale on October 27 will bring over 2,000 head to the ring as consignments keep arriving daily.
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Oshkosh
Herb Hartman
Sandhill
Ashby, Arthur
Calf Club Sale Set and Consignments Queued
A sale slated for Thursday November 3 will feature consignments for club calves. Hartman reports early entries and a noon auction where one steer and one heifer from each herd will be selected and sold.
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Hartman
Chappell Youths To Hold Halloween for UNICEF
Chappell Methodist young stars collect pennies for UNICEF again to aid the United Children's Effort. The funds will buy milk food and medicine for hungry and under privileged children worldwide.
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Chappell
Unicef
Chappell — Methodist
United Children
Caledonia Scottish Music Show to Open Big Springs Season
Big Springs residents will see Caledonia a Scottish music and dance program by the Singers and Dancers of Scotland directed by Andrew MacPherson on Wednesday Oct 26 at Memorial Hall. The show features Jacobite songs Highlands airs Duke of Perth Burns poetry and Pipings with soloists S Gordon Lang and Hilda Wilson. Licensing of television booster stations planned in Oshkosh Garden County under new FCC ruling.
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Big Springs
Atlantic
Caledonia
Scotland
Andrew MacPherson
Memorial Hall
United States
Canada
Highlands
Licensing push for local TV boosters outlined
The report outlines licensing requirements for stations and says applications must be filed by October 31. Marvin Ro mig has worked with the Lewellen group and Merle Starkey to prepare the filings, with a plan to form a corporation by February to oversee boosters Channel 8 with Channel 6 and Channel 12 with Channel 2 programs.
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Marvin Romig
Lewellen Group
Merle Starkey
Oshkosh
Marriage Licenses for Sidney Residents Listed
Orlyn Dickson and Virginia Robinson along with William E Cooper and Helen Martha Borges of Sidney are recorded for marriage licenses. The notice also includes an advertisement line urging readers to use local want ads for selling Wave something and trade.
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Orlyn Dickson
Sidney
Virginia Robinson
William E. Cooper
Helen Martha Borges
State Health Department Needs Stressed In Study Report
Nebraska’s Health Department is underfinanced and understaffed, unable to deliver creditable services. The Public Health Service study cites three core shortages money personnel and space and recommends decentralizing space to outstate areas and consolidating public health duties under the department. Dr C B Dorwart joins a Committee of 100 Doctors urging legislative action.
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State Health Department
Nebraska
Dorwart
Health Department
Public Health Service
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