Box 219 50 mil Friday October 31 1969 volume 96 number 33
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1969
Page
1
Wheat Growers Urge County Coops Work In United Effort
Cheyenne County Wheat Growers rallied Wednesday night with resolutions for state convention in Ogallala in November. They urged closer cooperation among county cooperatives to cut duplication, improve buying power and storage use, and push for a weight and grade station. Other measures called for a National Wheat Board with nonpolitical farmer representation, expanded ACP funds, fair returns under USDA programs, and stronger emphasis on new markets and utilization research to reduce wheat stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheerie County
Ogallala
Cheyenne County
National Wheat Board
Congress of
United States
Fide
Secretary of Agriculture
A.C. P
USDA
Legislative Branch
U. S
European
Africa
South America
Fox Barber Shop Reopens in Sidney
The Fox Barber Shop reopens in Sidney this Wednesday under new owner-operator Paul Moore. Moore comes from Lincoln and trained at Omaha Barber College where he also taught. he brings 15 years of barbering experience including nine at Lincoln Air Base before its 1966 closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
Sidney
The
Paul Moore
Lincoln
Moore
Omaha Barber College
Lincoln Air Base
Wheatbelt PPD to Hold Annual Meet in Sidney Wednesday
Emmett F. Butler of Newton Iowa will headline Wheatbelt Public Power Districts annual meeting at the National Guard Armory Sidney on Wednesday Nov 5 A chuck wagon dinner at 6 30 p m and reports at 7 30 p m precede the speaker Butler a writer publisher and former director of public and employee relations for Maytag will speak He is a Kiwanis and Boy Scout Silver Beaver Award recipient The meeting is held on a weekday due to weekend scheduling needs Wheatbelt outlines its role in powering area farms and notes a 1968 cost drop to 21 cents per kilowatt hour and rising farm consumption with Platte Pipeline as the district’s largest user The 1969 year marks new items for Wheatbelt to review and annual reports were mailed to customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett F. Butler
Newton
Iowa
Wheatbelt Public Power District
National Guard Armory
Sidney
Wayne E. Bond
Wheatbelt
Gene Lienemann
Butler
Maytag Company
Know College
Galesburg
Ilinois
Kiwanis Club
Platte Pipeline Company
New Foreman For N W Bell Named
Don Schroeder appointed service foreman for N W Bell in the Sid ney and Potter exchange area replacing Jack Tubbs who moved to Omaha. Schroeder began with the company in 1955 as a cable splicer’s helper later serving as supply foreman and service foreman in Omaha. He was a US Navy Reserve chief warrant officer and active in the Jaycees and Florence Masonic Lodge. His wife LaVonne and daughters Sally Oprah and Susan will move to Sidney November 19 to 2682 Laredo Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Bell Telephone Co
Don Schroeder
Jack Tubbs
Omaha
Schroeder
Sidney and
Potter Exchange
N. W. Bell
Western Electric Distributing
U. S. Naval Reserve
Jaycees
Florence
Look Out New York Engleirt On His Way
Cheyenne County Clerk Ralph Englert and Dale Whitefoot depart Sunday for New York City to assist with the November 4 elections. Both trained in operating voting machines they will join a Brooklyn neighborhood with 7000 machines. They will be briefed Monday work Tuesday review results Wednesday and return Thursday with a police escort to help navigate the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Englert
Cheyenne
Ralph Englert
Dale Whitefoot
New York City
Brooklyn
Big City
County Redistricting Years and Elections Consolidation
Elton Berck Nebraska Farmers Union president urges public relations push to unify farm and public messages. He notes a strong rural America supports family farms over corporate agriculture and cites effective union legislative work. Cheyenne County plans redraw to include Sidney in all districts. 1970 election includes most offices. March 13 filing. May 5 primary. Nov 3 general. Ralph Englert backs consolidating county elections with school, village, and city polls to save time and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Union
Gurley
Washington
America
National Farmers Union
Cheyenne County
Cheyenne
Ralph Englert
Wet Snowfall Covers Area
Cheyenne County residents faced a snowy spell with up to five to six inches of wet snow from a Tuesday night rain that turned to snow by Wednesday. By 11 p.m. Thursday three inches remained, with FAA data showing temperatures from Wednesday to noon today ranging from 26 to 41 degrees and moisture totals around .65 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Panhandle Forecast Signals Mild Weekend Warmth
Partly cloudy through Saturday with highs in the 40s and a 50 degree high on Saturday. Low temperatures near 20s to 30s, precipitation near zero. Five day outlook shows near normal temperatures through Wednesday and a warming trend into the weekend with highs in the 50s and lows in the mid 20s to mid 30s. Mostly fair weather with a small chance of rain or snow after the first of next week. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Former Sidney Resident Dies
Mrs. Melvin R. Hunt aged 57 died October 21 after a brief illness. Funeral services were held October 24 in Antioch and interment followed at Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland. She lived in the Sidney area from 1918 to 1941. her husband worked for Caterpillar Tractor Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin R. Hunt
San Lorenzo
Calif
Antioch
Chapel of the Chimes
Oakland
Hunt
Ona Stahl
Sidney
Caterpillar Tractor, Co
Obituary fragment lists surviving family members
Surviving are the widower, two daughters and two sons, a brother and a sister with five grandchildren. Jean Christianson of Antioch and Marlene Cook of San Lorenzo are listed as daughters while Richard Hunt of Hayward is noted as a son. Benton Stahl of Volcano and Bereneice Hunt of Sunol are named siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. E. Christianson
Jean
Antioch
Jim Cook
Marlene
San Lorenzo
Richard Hunt
Hayward
Calif
Benton Stahl
Volcano
Bereneice Hunt
Sunol
Also Mentioned on This Page
United Effort
Fox Barber Shop
Wheatbelt P.P.D
Emmett F, Butler
NW Bell
Louis Schmale
Elmer Nagengast
Potter
Lodgepole
Virgil Nelson
Phil Curtiss
Alliance Man
Kenneth Nienhuser
Grant Poole
Alliance
Cliff Bartel
Bob Messersmith
Hemingford
Telegraph
Elton Berck
Nebraska Farmers Union
Nixon
Box Butte County
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