Notable Sidney Residents Share Garden and Community History
A collage of local notes highlights Virgil Dean of Sidney with an 18 foot morning glory, grandson Wesley Weigand, and a tall plant wired to a telephone pole. Edna Worden recalls Dunkard Church founders Rev John Slingluff and tombstone carver work, while the Rezac brothers’ four to five pound cantaloupes delight staff. George Hungerford, former Peetz Gazette editor, debuts a Colorado history book. John Beyer returns from Yokota Air Base with observations on Japan and cultural shifts. An August wedding anniversary is noted with a cross country club event in Colorado Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Dean
Sidney
Morning Glory
Mr. Dean
Wesley Weigand
Sidney Telegraph
Dunkard
W E Gehrig
Sidney Mortician
Edna Worden
Bloomington
John A Slingluff
Worden
James E Palmer
Slingluff
Bobby
Rodney
Dean
Don Rezac
Route 1
Rezac
George E Hungerford
Peetz, Colo. Gazette
Hungerford
Colorado
Mr Hungerford
Peterson St
Fort Collins
Cole
Western Nebraska's oldest newspaper notice
Second Class Postage paid at Sidney Nebraska Send change of address to Post Office Box 219 Sidney Nebraska Subscription rates eight dollars per year inside fifty mile zone nine dollars outside fifty mile zone eight dollars per year by carrier Single copies ten cents Established in 1873 Westerns Nebraska's oldest newspaper No.6
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Nebr
Western
Nebraska
Ladegard couple recalls NORAD visit and long marriage
The Ladegards celebrated their 48th anniversary with a weekend tourney weekend visit that included Lt Col Jack Pageler and family. Col Pageler helped Mr Ladegard tour the NORAD installation at Colorado Springs, a highlight amid mingling with notable guests and memories of Sidney’s growth.
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Ladegard
Jack Pageler
Col Pageler
Lanegard
NORAD
Colorado Springs
Ladegards
Sidney
Grain Standard Hearing Set Five Proposals Are Offered
Lincoln Nebrasa public hearing will be held in Kansas City Missouri to consider proposed changes to official U S wheat standards. Duane Foote of the Nebraska Grain Improvement Assn notes the hearing is part of a nationwide AMS review and outlines five key proposals including defect limits dockage expression moisture categories a heavy grade for high test weights and discontinuing smut dockage. Comments and copies of the proposals are available by request to the U S Department of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Kansas City
Ort
Nebraska
Duane Foote
Nebraska Grain Improvement Assn
U. S&s. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Marketing Service
AMS
Grain Division
U. S Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Foote
Turn Around Cruise for Old Ironsides
Once a year the frigate Old Ironsides is maneuvered from its berth by three tugboats. They pull and reverse the ship to change course, balancing the effects of sun and wind during the ceremonial turn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironsides
Navy recruit completes basic training at San Diego
Dennis W Wilber son of Mr and Mrs Robert E Wilber Route 1 Sidney completed nine weeks at the Naval Training Center San Diego California Graduating Aug 9 in the weekly Recruit Brigade Review with about 3000 men The program covered naval orientation history and organization military law ordnance gunnery and damage control seamanship shipboard routine sentry duty drill fitness swimming first aid and survival Recruits receive tests and interviews to determine future assignments after graduation they advance to service schools or ships and shore stations for on the job training in a navy rating specialty Naval training supplies trained personnel to ships aircraft and shore stations of the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Dennis W Wilber
Robert E Wilber
Sidney
Naval Training Center
Navy
Mrs Haven Smith to keynote Nebraska GOP Women meeting
Chappell resident Mrs Haven Smith will deliver the keynote speech at the biennial convention of the Nebraska Federated Republican Women on September 20 in Scottsbluff at the Town Park Hotel. National federation president Mrs Dorothy Eston and state president Mrs J B Parks also will speak. Forman of Texas will address the gathering.
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Chappell
Haven Smith
Nebraska Federated Republican Women
Hote
Scottsbluff
National Federation
Dorothy Eston
Delaware
J. B. Parks
Pueblo
Colo
Smith
Donald Hayes
Chappell Federation
Glenn Lockhart
Clark
Cozad
South America
Association of Country Women of the World
Ed Forman
Texas
College and campus notes from Wyoming and Nebraska
Ray mond Tremain returns to the University of Wyoming after attending the Delta Gamma biennial in Kansas City Missouri. Three Sidney students win freshman scholarships to the University of Nebraska along with other moves for Dennis Rayl and Jeanie Whitmire as NSTC programs begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Wyo
University of Wyoming
Raymond Tremain
Forrest Tremain
Lodgepole
Tremain
Kappa Sigma
Delta Gamma
Kansas City
State Park Cabins in Nebraska Panhandle to Close
Nebraska state park cabin facilities will close September 15 at Ponca Niobrara Chadron and Victoria Springs with Fort Robinson remaining open for hunters until about December 1. Picnic and camping grounds plus all recreation and wayside areas stay open. the Blair tourist station closed on Labor Day.
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Chadron
Nebraska
Fort Robinson
State Game Commission
Mel Steen
Ponca
Niobrara
Victoria Springs
Game Commission
Blair
Extension Women Set Nebraska Meeting With Mrs G Ruddell
Nebraska Extension officials announce the Nebraska Council of Home Extension Clubs will host a Sept 17 19 meeting in Scottsbluff. South Dakota educator Mrs G Richard Ruddell of Spearfish will speak on You The Hub of the Wheel as the wheels turn at the annual event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
North Carolina
Arthaud
Tme
Ruddell
Black Hills Teachers College
Molded salad and kitchen tips from Star Tips booklet
Recipes and hints from 1947 South Dakota OES booklet Star Tips are shared, including Red and White Mold, onion peeling tricks, Scalloped Potatoes Supreme, and teen culture notes. It mentions Mrs Carl Speirs of Kearney and Maxine Mulvey’s cookbook, plus a teen self description and polio vaccination joke.
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BOK
Carl Speirs
Kearney
F C
Grand Chapter
South Dakota
OES
Also Mentioned on This Page
Japan
John Beyer
Willis Beyer
Yokota Air Force Base
Tokyo
U. S
Young Beyer
Air Force
Beyer
Sidneyite
Young Bever
O. oTh Sumner
Cross Club
Dann
Sidney, Nebr
Okinawa
Vo Leat
Mrs. Smith
College and Campus News
University of Nebraska
Eldon Teton
Charles D. Chambers
Victor I. Chambers
Selleck Quadrangle
John P Holms
Louise Holms
William T. Ohi
Teddy Ohi
Sioux Army Depot
Dennis Rayl
Ellen Rayl
Denver
St. Thomas Seminary
Jeanie Whitmire
Mary Whitmire
Chi Omega
Miss Whitmire
NSTC
Ludden Hall
Nebraska Panhandle
Uncle Sam
U.S
Treasury Department
Advertsing Council
Kine
Junior
Sagas
Iver
Maxine Mulvey
Red
Mre
Dick Smith
Dire
Loveland
Diane
Patricia Walker
Fond du Lac
Wis
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