Get Out The Vote drive mobilizes Sidney volunteers
Sidney volunteers organize by voter blocks for an all out GOTV effort led from the Chamber of Commerce. George Kolzow says workers will canvass and get out the biggest possible vote with 48 American Legion Auxiliary checkers at polling sites and a 1 pm telephone push to nonvoters. Transportation and babysitting are arranged to aid turnout.
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Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
Campaign and Information Bureau
George Kolzow
American Legion Auxiliary
Seventeen Club
Local People To John Deere Meeting in Oklahoma City
Representatives of the John Deere Plow Company in Sidney were among the officials from across the country at special meetings held last week in Oklahoma City. The sessions were to observe special and experimental developments related to farming equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Deere Meeting
John Deere Plow Company
Sidney
Oklahoma City
Girl Scouts Campaign Seeks Funds In Area
A local Girl Scouts drive began Monday with cookie sales and fund raising. Scouts highlight that donations may be tax deductible and Mrs Clarence Meyer of Lodgepole heads the effort reporting an appearance on KSID radio Wednesday at 3 20 PM.
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Clarence Meyer
Lodgepole
KSID
Interest in County Hospital Campaign Grows
Countywide support for a Community Hospital campaign is rising as volunteer workers expand across Lodgepole Potter Dalton Gurley and nearby communities. The drive is led by Ira Steward as general chairman with Jack Lowe as associate and Rudy Munderluh as advance gifts chair. memorials attract many donors and substantial gifts are anticipated.
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Lodgepole
Potter
Dalton
Gurley
Ira Steward
Sidney
Jack Lowe
Arthur
Rowan
Rudy Munderloh
W. P. Ackerman
George Barlow
J. C. Bush
Carl W. Christ
Robert Clark
Hull A. Cook
Max E. Cory
Ray Cruise
Lowell Davis
Charles Deaver
Guy W. Doran
C. B. Dorwart
George Fleming
B. H. Grimm
Dean W. Hagemeeister
Aubrey Haines
E. L. Hoover
C. Knowles
Thomas Kokjer
Leon Lafler
O. L. Maddox
Clarence Meyer
Earl Munshaw
Gunhardt Olsen
Gerald Pitnam
Clifford Russel
R. H. Rybolt
Ed Stewart
Gordon Tobin
Ernest Wickard
Earle Winter
Union Pacific Aims Faster Local Shipments
B W Rapp Union Pacific freight agent announced a revised system to speed less than carload shipments from Omaha to southwest Nebraska and northeast Colorado. Direct dispatch to Julesburg Colo with direct truck reloads should cut delivery time by about a day in many cases.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Colorado
B. W. Rapp
Union Pacific
Julesburg
Colo
Rapp
NW Bell Seeks Bonded Rate Increase Pending Appeal
Northwestern Bell Telephone asks the Nebraska State Railway Commission to allow a bond backed rate hike, raising one party service from 45 to 60 cents monthly and proportionally for other classes. It cites 1,571,669 dollars net annual earnings and seeks 316,445 dollars more, needing 685,157 dollars extra gross revenue. The commission will decide on approval of the bond proposal.
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
State Railway Commission
State Supreme Court
Railway Commission
Nebraska
Chrysler to Launch 1953 Model Ads Across 52 Million Readers
More than 3000 newspapers with a combined circulation over 52 million will carry Chrysler's 1953 new model announcement. John H. Caron, Chrysler advertising manager, says the plan targets 3500 dealers across the United States. An ensuing national magazine campaign in October to December will also promote the Most Beautiful Chrysler Ever Designed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Caron
Chrysler
Chrysler Corp
United States
Caron
Alliance Man Heads District Six Teachers Alliance
Roy Nelson principal of Alliance High School was named president of District 6 of the Nebraska State Education Association at the Chadron meeting. He succeeds Russell Wilkie of Gering. Officers elected include Henry Hagen Morrill secretary Lawrence Lemons Scottsbluff and James Myers Chadron treasurer. The district urged a state school board amendment to be voted November 4 to create a representative board and name a state superintendent. The group also backed abolishing the third grade certificate and requiring normal school or one year of college training for credentials.
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Roy Nelson
Alliance High School
Nebaska State Education Association
Chadron
Nelson
Russell Wilkie Gering
Henry Hagen
Morrill
Lawrence Lemons
Scottsbluff
James Myers
Fate of District 17 to be decided at joint hearing
A joint hearing by Kimball and Cheyenne county superintendents is set for 10:30 a.m. October 29 in Kimball to decide whether District 17 should merge with Potter in Cheyenne county or with Dix. District 17 has no schoolhouse and sends students to Potter and Dix. The district sits on the large Southwest Potter oil field, with potential production boosting tax revenue if merged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball
Cheyenne
Potter
Cheyenne County
Western Nebraska Observer
Kimball County
District 17
Dix
Voting Residence Rules Explained by County Clerk
Cheyenne County residents learn residency requirements to vote at their home precinct. Six months in state, 40 days in county, and 10 days in precinct are needed. Movers to Sidney may need absentee ballots. Ballots issued totaled 114 by Monday noon, about 25 for servicemen.
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Cheyenne
L. Pindell
Sidney
Fron
Prayer Week On For Methodists
The Methodist women announce two days of observances during Prayer Week. A Quiet Day with devotions and meditation led by Dr. Benjamin F. Schwartz is set for Wednesday October 29 from 9 to 11 a.m. Mrs Schwartz plays the organ. A program on Ventures Of Faith closes the week Friday October 31 at 2 p.m. Participants include Mesdames Hancock Wait Vaughn Weimer Gates Welch Story Boyle Brown Henke and Ida Ahrens. Mrs Schwartz will provide organ selections and accompany Ahrens in a vocal solo.
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Benjamin F. Schwartz
D. E. Weimer
Ed ‘Gates
S. B.° Haile
Ralph Welch
C. A. Story
Frank Boyle
Ura Brown
W. E. Henke
Mrs. Schwartz
Ida Ahrens
Morrill County Joins Nebraska Safety Patrol Network
Morrill County joins the Nebraska Safety Patrol communications network. Sheriff Earl Yeoman buys a $600 sending and receiving set to connect with area wide radio links linking county sheriffs and police forces from Gering Chadron Alliance Sidney Bridgeport and Chappell.
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Morrill County
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Earl Yeoman
Gering
Chadron
Alliance
Sidney
Bridgeport
Chappell
Scottsbluff
Yeoman
Box Car Shortage Not Yet Critical in Nebraska
The box car shortage has arrived in Nebraska but is not critical, says L A Dickson of the American Association of Railroads car service division. He notes Nebraska is not alone, October being a peak loading month and good crops worsened the shortage. Railroads expect easing in November after the seasonal peak.
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Nebraska
L. A. Dickson
American Association of Railroads
Dickson
Midwest
Goodwin Receives Army Commendation Ribbon
Announcement of Capt. Francis L. Goodwin receiving the Army Commendation Ribbon with Metal Pendant in Korea. Brig Gen. John K. Waters, I Corps Chief of Staff, presided at the ceremony. Goodwin earned the honor for meritorious service from May to August 1952 as assistant operations officer of I Corps after being recalled to active duty in June 1951.
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Francis L. Goodwin
Sidney
Korea
John K. Waters
I Corps
Goodwin
Boy Scouts Get Out the Vote Campaign Nationwide Drive
The Boy Scouts of America plan a nonpartisan nationwide drive on November 1 urging voting with a Liberty Bell cutout left on doors. In the Wye-Braska area about 2500 Scouts will place 1100 posters and hang 25 000 door cutouts to boost turnout ahead of the November 4 election.
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Boy Scouts of America
United States
Liberty Bell
Boy Scouts of American
Arthur A. Schuck
America
Boy Scouts
Boy Scout
Boy Scouts of
Wye-Braska
Scotts Bluff
Banner
Cheyenne
Dawes
Devel, Garden
Grant
Kimball
Morrill
Sheridan
Sioux
Nebraska
Goshen
Platte
Wyoming
al Christy
Gering
Wyo-Braska
Christy
The
Freedoms Foundation
Pigs on Stage at New Fox Theatre October Show
Manager Elmer Haines announces The Three Little Pigs will appear on Friday October 31 at 4 PM at the New Fox Theatre. Admission is 50 cents for children and 70 cents for adults, sponsored by Penthouse Productions featuring an all adult New York cast.
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Fox Theatre
Elmer Haines
Penthouse Productions
New York
Spicknell No. 1 Gas Well Completed Sparks Activity
The Spicknell No. 1 in the West Sidney area is being completed as a gas well after drill stem tests indicated promising gas flow. DST No. 5 yielded 3.9 million cubic feet of gas in 30 minutes of open time, while DST No. 6 produced mostly water and little oil. Total depth reached 4,840 feet with two proven gas wells existing nearby.
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West
Sidney
Spicknell
DST No
Spickwell
Ohio
Anderson No. 1
State No. 1
Woods
Chicago Corporation
West Peetz Pool
Kenneth Gillham
Gillham
Chicago-Republic
Gulf Plains
Natural Oil and Gas Company
Aerial Jaycees Plan Noisy Get Out The Vote Tour
The Sidney Jaycees lead a statewide plan to greet the Flying Jaycee plane with fire whistles car horns and noisemakers as it buzzes Sid ney Wednesday November 4. Pilot Claude Erisman and co chair Charles Thone will drop 30000 pamphlets and 10000 Let’s all vote buttons while urging locals to vote. The tour includes McCook Ogallala Kimball Scottsbluff Alliance Chadron and Valentine as Nebraska seeks a new voting record after 1181 in 1940.
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Sidney
Flying Jaycee
Dan Duncan
Sidney Jaycees
Paul Rever
Nebraska
Charles Thone
Lincoln
Thones
Claude Erisman
Auburn
McCook
Ogallala
Kimball
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Chadron
Valentine
Jaycees
Stock hurdles loom as hotel project awaits funds
The U S Department of Commerce announced more stock sales are needed for the Sidney hotel project, with estimated cost 435 395 dollars. Construction can begin in spring with basement work possible this fall. Other approved allotments include church and office projects in Nebraska.
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Sidney
U. S. Department of Commerce
National Production Authority
Marvin K. Hicks
Omaha
Department
NPA
Hotel Corporation
Carl Christ
First
Presbyterian Church
Grand Island
Nebr
St. Stanislaus
Our Lady
Omaha Masonic Home
Sparkman to Speak in Sterling Colorado Visit for Sparkman
Senator John J. Sparkman Democratic vice presidential candidate and running mate of Governor Adria Stevenson will tour Colorado October 30. He will address crowds in Greeley Loveland and Sterling with large county delegations expected from Sedgwick Logan Phillips Washington Yuma Morgan and nearby areas.
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John J. Sparkman
Adria E. Stevenson
Illinois
Colorado
Greeley
Eighth, Avenue Gymnasium
Loveland
Sterling
Sedgwick
Logan
Phillips
Washington
Yuma
Morgan
Sparkman
Farmers Union District to Elect Officers
The First District Farmers Union will hold its annual election meeting on Wednesday October 29 at 10 oclock in the Gurley Legion Hall. Henry Gell president notes principal speakers include Vern Dorothy Pleasanton Nebr director from the Second District and Chris Milius Omaha State Farmers Union president. All members are urged to attend and participate in the discussions.
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Farmers Union
Gurley Legion Hall
Henry Gell
Vern Dorothy
Pleasanton
Nebr
Chris Milius
Omaha
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Margaret Truman
Harry Truman
Manchester
N. H
State Armory
Adlai Stevenson
NW Bell
Alliance Man
Sidney Public Schools
Sidney Public School
Toledo Street
Safety Patrol Network
Army
Fox
O—O
Buzz
Sidney Construction
Hicks
Sunderland Building
Farmers Union District
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