September Calendar Brims With County Activities and 4-H
Cheyenne County schools start in September with Old Settlers Day Labor Day events and the Potter Days and Dalton Fall Festival. The Nebraska State Fair will feature 20 local 4-H members. New extension agent Miss Dora Huestle begins duties replacing Violet Shephard. Several extension meetings and 4-H milestones are planned, with reports due September 15 and awards committee Sept. 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Dalton
Lincoln
Ordville
Dora Huestle
Violet Shepherd
Bridgeport
Ethel Saxton
L. B. Willey
Duane Loewenstein
Dwight Lambert
Mr. Lambert
Arthur Ward
Ivan Siljegren
Stores Close For Labor Day Across Chamber Merchants
Retailers committee of the Chamber of Commerce sets Labor Day closures for all stores on Monday September 7. An earlier Chamber placard had listed September 1 as Labor Day and merchants are urged to note the correction.
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Retailers Committee of
The
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Reward Offered for Missing Rushville Girl Karen Talbot
The Sidney Police Department advertised a 1000 dollar reward for information leading to the safe return of 13 year old Karen Talbot of Rushville who vanished a week ago. She is 5 feet 4 inches, 120 pounds, wearing black slacks a green blouse and a white sweater with RHS Band in orange and black. She was last seen near the Rushville courthouse at 9 45 p m August 20 after leaving a movie with a friend. Relatives have posted 1600 dollar reward and authorities urge anyone seeing her to contact Sheriff Hills in Rushville Nebraska.
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Sidney
Karen Talbot
Rushville
Nebraska
Karen
RHS
Court House
Sheriff Hills
Nebr
Man Hurt In Road Construction Accident East Of Lodgepole
Cecil O. Cone, 52, suffered a fractured left leg at 7:45 a.m. Thursday in a construction site mishap east of Lodgepole. Cone rode on a machine spreading hot mix when a passing truck struck him, and trailer wheels ran over his leg. He was taken to Sidney Hospital. The Nebraska State Safety Patrol investigated. A second minor downtown Lodgepole crash involved Lyle Westerbeck driving a pickup for Kiewit Sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil O. Cone
Lodgepole
Cone
Stephan J. Horbath, Jr
Grinnell
Kans
Peter B. Kiewit
Grand Island
Howard Macomber
Summit
Ark
Pose Prettily, Bessie Wins Unrelated Beef Bet Portrait
Sunol resident Tom Allington showcases his cow Bessie in the foreground after she wins best looking head among two bovines. The informal contest, held to settle a $5 dispute with Stewart Brown of Sidney, features the other cow with a more dejected look.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Allington
Sunol
Mr. Allington
Stewart Brown
Sidney
Potter Days Set With Parades Exhibits And Dance
Potter Days will run Sept 9 and 10 with a big parade at 10 am Thursday. Golden Nugget Shows, free movies, and concerts are planned. exhibits in Nelson Garage, 60 prize money, and events by 4-H Campfire Girls and Boy Scouts. A Slave Auction by the Potter Lions Club caps the two day celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.M. Clatterbuck
Percy Jones
Nelson Garage
Potter Youth Center
Potter School
Potter Volunteer Firemen
Howard Vetter
Panhandle Playboys
Bunker Hill
Potter
Potter Lions Club
American Legion
Bob Calame
New Agent Starts Work Here Today in Cheyenne County
Miss Dora Hueftle begins duties as Cheyenne County's sixth home extension agent. A 1953 College of Agriculture graduate from Lincoln, she trained at the local office last summer. She replaces Miss Violet Shepherd, who resigned July 1 to become Grant County agent in Silver City, New Mexico after six years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Dora Hueftle
Miss Hueftle
College of Agriculture
Lincoln
Violet Shepherd
Grant County
Silver City
N. Mex
Shepherd
Rent Controls End in Cheyenne County Decontrol Today
Cheyenne County ends rent controls last night with decontrol effective in the Sidney area starting today, September 1. Lawrence Marrin, head of the Rent Advisory Board, confirms receipt of the Washington notice via Glenwood W. Sherrard, Defense Rental Area Division director, due to the rent office closure.
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Mier. Vy
Cheyenne County
Lawrence Marrin
Cheyenne
Rent Board
Sidney
Old Settlers Day Activities Planned At Cheyenne County
The annual Old Settlers Reunion on Labor Day at Lodgepole features a King and Queen Hank Neuman and Mrs. Robert Barlow. A noon Methodist dinner and Legion Auxiliary meal precede an afternoon parade, prize divisions, baseball games, and a Legion Hall dance with Millard Music.
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Old Settlers
Tage Edote
Recordeer
Hank Neuman
Lodgepole
Cheyenne County
Robert A. Barlow
Chidken
Methodist Wscs
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Stone Hotel
Robert Barlow
Chappell Midgets
Junior Legion
Millard Music
Wheeler-Pittman
Jelineks Released From The Hospital
Mr and Mrs Albert Jelinek, seriously injured in an automobile accident a month ago, were released from a local hospital Sunday and are convalescing at their daughter’s home Mrs Lewis Johnson. Mrs Jelinek remains bedfast with hip injuries and hopes for recovery soon. Mrs Mary Christensen, Mrs Jelinek’s sister who was with them, is still hospitalized in Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Jelinek
Lewis Johnson
Jelinek
Mary Christensen
Sioux City
Amelia Van Anne Crowned Queen Of Dalton Festival 1953
Amelia Van Anne was chosen queen for the 1953 Dalton Fall Festival at the Queen dance held Saturday night by Beta Theta chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. Attendants are Shirley VandeVoorde and Karen Westerhoff. Crowning was done by John Davison Sr. A full slate of events runs Monday and Tuesday September 14 and 15, including sports, parades, exhibits, and a closing Legion dance.
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Amelia van Anne
Dalton
Beta Theta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Shirley VandeVoorde
Karen Westerhoff
John Davison
Legion Hall
The
Legion
Two Wrecks Happen Near Sidney Nebraska
In Sidney two separate crashes are reported. A 1953 Studebaker driven by Mrs. Peter Erikson of Palo Alto Calif. rolled over after high beam use near Lodgepole injuring Mrs. Erika son and Mrs. Loretta McCarthy. Damages include $400 to the Erikson car and $15 to Ernest Wickard’s fence. A second collision east of town involved Caroll Wages and Gene Cole on US 30, causing minor damage and a ditch entry but no injuries.
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Sidney
Peter Erikson
Loretta V. McCarthy
Palo Alto
Calif
McCarthy
Erikson
Lodgepole
Caroll O. Wages
Chappell
Gene Cole
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Hospital Bids To Be Opened September 29
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital bids for general construction plumbing heating ventilating air conditioning utility steam and electrical work will be opened September 29 at 2 p m by the hospital board of trustees in the City Auditorium Sidney Telegraph office sets of drawings and specs available about August 31 from Frank N McNett and Company Grand Island Neb with a $10 per set charge refundable upon return. limit five sets per contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Sidney Telegraph
Jack H. Lowe
Hospital Association
Hospital Board ‘of Trustees
MIT
Weekend oil results mix in Cheyenne County
Weekend oil news in Cheyenne County reports Tabler No. 4 positive drill stem tests near Doran Farms and Dorman lease with 4,875 feet depth and significant gas shows. Rapp No. 4 north of Sidney appears disappointing while Haupt No. 1 shows solid weekend pumping. Ladegard 1-B casing set. Tabler 3 pumping static. several wells planned perforation or testing today. Local drillers include Ginther Warren Ginther and G-W-G.
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Cheyenne County
Tabler No. 4
Ohio
Doran Farms
Dorman Lease
Ginther- Warren-Ginther
Sidney
Haupt No. 1
Haupt 2
Ladegard 1
Tabler No. 3
G-W-G
Rapp No. 4
Oil Worker Injured in Rig Accident Near Browns
Philip Adkinson, an oil worker for Delaware Drillers Inc., suffered a compound fracture of the left leg just above the ankle on a rig three miles south of Browns. He was taken to Taylor Hospital by ambulance on Sunday afternoon after a pipe mishap during the joint-pull operation left him with the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Adkinson
Delaware Drillers Inc
Browns
Adkinson
Taylor Hospital
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Neuman
Cheyenne County Fair
Louie Neuman
Sidney High School
Bernard Baruch
Louie
Ivan Liljegren
Thompson
Cecil Cone
Bessie
Ing
Levi Hahn
Mr. Brown
Mr. Sherrard
Mr. Marrin
Irene Goranson
Surrey
Flashing Judy
Balton Clothing Company
Jelineks
Crabb and
Hinrichs
Grafton Crabb
John Hinrichs, Jr
Gurley
Mr. Crabb
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