Rain's Effect on Cheyenne County Crops Unclear
Cheyenne County farmers doubt whether last weeks heavy rains helped or harmed fall seeded wheat. Outcomes hinge on washout, warm weather for germination, and replant needs in hardest hit areas like Lodge Pole Chappell. Corn outlook also cautious as federal survey notes frost timing and maturity varies across Box Butte Cheyenne Morrill Sheridan regions.
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Cheyenne
Lodgepole-Chappell
Table
Chéyenne County
Sidney
Federal Bureau of Agricultural ‘Statistics
Box Butte
Morrill
Sheridan
4 H Group Returns From State Fair Tonight
Cheyenne County 4 H delegates return from a three day Nebraska State Fair contest. Gurley participants Bonnie Bartels LaDonna Handley Ruth Kenzie Helen McCoy and Bonnie Barr joined Carol Waite of Dalton in girls activities. Dairy judging team members John Hinrichs Marvin Hokom Karen Westerhoff and Lathem Mortensen were in livestock judging. They left Wednesday morning for Lincoln with County Agents Violet Shepherd and Ivan Liljegren.
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Cheyenne County
Ate
Bonnie Bartels
Karen
Westerhoff
Dalton
Ronald McMillen
Geo. Fotinos
Lawrence- ‘Sorge
Latham
Mortensen
Lincoln
Violet Shepherd
Ivan Liljegren
Major Roland Smith Added to Sioux Depot Staff
Lt Col James D Peterson announced Major Roland Smith has been recalled from Brownwood Texas to active duty and assigned to the operations division at Sioux Ordinance Depot. Smith served twenty months in the Pacific during World War II and took part in the Makin Saipan and Okinawa campaigns. Mrs Smith and two children will join him later at their officers home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland. Smith
Sioux
James .D. Peterson
Smith
Brownwood
Texas
Soc
Pacific
Makin
Saipan
Okinawa
Lakes Reappear Across Cheyenne County After Wet Summer
Cheyenne County witnesses widespread lake reappearances after one of the wettest summers on record. A large lake east of Dalton covers nearly two hundred acres, revival of a former similar lake. East Dalton farmers report seven to inches of rain in two weeks, wheat fields washed and likely reseeded after the wet spell ends. More rain fell Thursday as clouds persisted over the Nebraska panhandle.
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Cheyenne County
Dalton
Nebraska Panhandle
Sidney Public Schools See Enrollment Rise and Plan Reorganization
Enrollment in Sidney Public Schools increases about 125 from last year with the senior high at 325 students versus 301. Supt. O J Weymouth says gains are mainly in the lower grades. Fourty six teachers are listed this year. high school staff includes principal Albert Nimtz and teachers Nimtz, Shuman, Shires, Maley, Winn, Nielsen, Neu man, Fitch, Ackerson, Strom, Killian, Becker, Swedberg, Robinson, Burrows, and Bauer. Temporary quarters planned for elementary classes until a new building is completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Public Schools
O. J. Weymouth
Supt
Albert E. Nimtz
Leo Shuman
Bessie Shires
Raymond Maley
Vergal Winn
Mary A. Winn
Mable Nielsen
Louis B. Neuman
Genevieve E. Fitch
Glenn Ackerson
Renee Strom
Dean Killian
Patricia Killian
Dorothy Becker
Chester Swedberg
Verna Robinson
Don Burrows
Art Bauer
T. R. Tillotson
Lois Nisley
Ruth Eichmann
Bette Golden
Methodist Church
Naomi Eastman
Patricia Johann
Presbyterians’Church
Gertrude
Agnes Ladine
LaVona “Baker
Olive Agnew
Mary Lu Bell
Lila.Chambers
Helen
Rexroth
Rades
Lila Copley
East
Marie Nicholson
Ethel Turner
Opal Brown
Beverly Stranskey
LaVern Finke
Norma Lee ‘Rowan
Marietta Swanson
Evelyn Hoffmeister
Marceline Phillips
Myra Masters
Joyce Goff
BPW Meets Monday In Sidney Club Start
The Sidney Business and Professional Women's Club opens its fall season Monday at 6 30 PM in Hazel's Cafe party room. Mrs C V Sowards will preside over the business session and Mrs Edna Scriber will outline the year's program.
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Sidney Business and Professional Women’s Club
Hazel’s Cafe
C. V. Sowards
Edna Scriber
Selection of Hotel Board Moves Forward Next Week
Formation of the Sidney Community Hotel Corporation should be completed by next week with Articles of Incorporation heading to the Secretary of State. By Wednesday noon 1 004 individuals and firms had bought stock. After the board is formed, decisions on site, architect and operation will begin, with committees already surveying. Financial drive paused pending official setup to assure stockholders the hotel will be built and controlled by the corporation.
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Sidney Community Hotel Corporation
Secretary of State
Lowery
Lindall
Chiat
Faith in Sidney grows as locals seek hotel shares
Lowry Lindell reports broad community interest in a proposed Sidney hotel. A Vermont couple, Harold and Dorothy Wilbur, writes they would buy a share and support the town. Lindell notes some locals aren’t on the stockholder list and offers to accommodate them.
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Sidney
Hete
Lowry Lindell
Johnson
Vermont
Harry Leach
Sod
Harold
Dorothy Wilbur
Lindell Seeks Funds and Plans for New Hotel Project
Lindell stated most potential team members remain available for the drive and can volunteer another week or ten days. The site committee has reviewed locations but cannot act without a permanent board to report findings and recommendations. An audit shows over 257 thousand dollars pledged, above the minimum for a fifty-room hotel, with aim to raise enough for a sixty-room structure per Hockenbury Systems Inc survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindell
Hockenbury Systems, Inc
Rudy's Fifth Birthday Sale Under Way
The fifth anniversary of Rudy's Inc is observed this weekend with a Friday and Saturday sale at the IGA store on West Illinois Street. Special prizes include an Apex washing machine to be given away on September 21, furnished by Cloud Electric Co. A two page ad outlines the full birthday sale story.
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Rudy’ S Inc
IGA
West Illinois Street
Apex
Cloud . Electric .Co
Drivers Urged To Observe Stop Signs At Schools
Chief of Police Sol Willis urges drivers to heed stop signs along Illinois and 10th as school hours resume. King street between Sidney Junior High and St Patrick's Academy will be blocked during school hours. He warns of strict speed enforcement and arrests for violators to protect growing student foot traffic.
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Sol Willis
Illinois
10Th
King Street
Sidney Junior High School
St. Patrick’s Academy
Labor Short Depot Has Openings In Sidney Area
August report from Nebraska State Employment Service shows Sidney area labor supply 30 percent below July levels with September prospects worse. High school and college students returning to school will strain supply further while demand climbs. 1,434 people contacted and 858 referred to work, 78 hired. Local Sioux Ordnance Depot listing vacancies across 50 to 60 roles with wages from 1.13 to 1.42 per hour including foremen and supervisors. Information available at state employment offices in Nebraska, Colorado or Kansas.
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Sidney
Francis Hiner
Nebraska State Employment Service Office
Hiner
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Nouk
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Telegraph Expands, Moves to New Sidney Quarters
The Telegraph marks 78 years in Sidney Nebraska as it plans a move to larger quarters on 11th Avenue built by Guy V. Doran. Daily publication is planned when occupancy occurs, with current press runs over 4000 and newsprint shortages and pricing challenging the move.
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The
Telegraph
Sidney
Union Pacific Railroad
Nebraska
11Th Avenue
Guy V. Doran
Telegraph Printing Co
Cheyenne County
Polio Cases Reported in Cheyenne County
Three new polio cases were recorded in Cheyenne County this week, bringing the yearly total to four per J W Martinosky county director of the March of Dimes. Ralph Robertson 59 Potter Iris Coleman 10 and Mrs Albert Keiper 33 were taken to Scottsbluff Scotts Bluff County Hospital for treatment. Robertson has a mild case affecting the right leg and was expected to be released next week. Coleman suffers paralysis in both legs and was in isolation. Keiper has paralysis in the right arm and left leg with hopeful prognosis.
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Cheyenne County
J. W. Martinosky
March of Dimes
Methodist
Scottsbluff
Ralph Robertson
Potter
Iris Coleman
C. C. Coleman
King Street
Albert Keiper
North Side
B. H. Grimm
Robertson
Coleman
Lost and Found Department Closes After Public Inspection
The Telegraph reports a long running lost and found department closed after public inspection. Many articles including wallets and key cases were examined by visitors, with some items claimed and others destined for destruction. A Glenwood Iowa reader proposed sending unclaimed glasses to Congo missionaries. a cameo brooch and pearls went unclaimed and were taken early.
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Telegraph’s .Lost and Found
Glenwood
Iowa
Congo
Highway 19 Crash Scrapes Pop Load Across Road
A Pepsi Cola truck rolled on Highway 19 north of Dalton spilling 245 cases of soda on the road and into ditches. Deputy Braasch reported broken glass and sticky glassy mess with $300 damage to the load and $300 to the truck. Driver James W Brackner, 57, of Alliance, was uninjured. Cleanup and salvage followed with bottles scattered along the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Cheyenne County
Arnold Braasch
Braasch
James W. Brackner
Alliance
Brackner
Nebraska
Highway Safety’ Patrol
Lodgepole
Earl
Page
Ford
Martha‘ Hanson
Holyoke
Colo
Nash
Sidney
Safety Patrol
Mary D. Ruby
Ogden
Utah
Borrow Pit
District Legion Session Tuesday in Hemingford
District 4 American Legion posts from eight Western Nebraska counties meet September 11 in Hemingford with about 400 Legion and auxiliary members. Governor Val Peterson to speak at 1 15 pm. Juvenile Judge Gillian of Denver and Adjutant Pat Patterson also address. Sessions include officer elections, discussions, and a public speaking program. Banquet and dance cap the day with auxiliary events in the morning.
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American Legionnaires
Nebraska
Hemingford
Legion
Val Peterson
Peterson
Lincoln
Alliance
Gillian
Denver
Pat Patterson
Legionaires
Pete
Marchetti
Omaha
E .L. Meyer
Alliarice
Sky Manor housing project outlined for Sidney hilltops
Plans for Sky Manor would develop 95 houses along Sidney hilltops with 50 slated for completion by mid December. Homes pre assembled in Ogallala by Platte Valley Building and Development Corp and sold via Arlo Jones Agency. Prices range 7000 to 10200 dollars including lot paving utilities and sidewalks with an entrance street under construction and city officials approving the plat.
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Sky Manor
North
Sidney
Arlo Jones
Arlo Jones Agency
Ogallala
George Sumner
Platte Valley Building and Development Corporation
Summer
Sky. Manor’ Addition
Jones
Don; Weber
City “Council
City Planning
Legion Club Opening Set For Tonight at J C Penney Building
The Legion Club opens in the basement of the J C Penney store tonight at seven o clock. The Johnny Miller trio, an outstanding entertainment and dance music combo, is signed for the first week. The club will be open Saturday and Sunday from 1 PM to midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American , Legion Club
J. C. Penney
Johnny Miller
Doran 1 two miles from field in Gurley area
Oil news from the Gurley area reports Doran No 1 wildcat two miles west of Ohio s East Gurley field on land owned by Doran Farms of Sidney. It is treated as a separate structure near the East Gurley field with precise section coordinates. Other notes mention Huntsman field drilling plans, a Mather No 4 salt water setback, and multiple wildcat and production tests across Kimball and Logan counties with various drillers including Perle Smith Casper Big Chief and Magnolia Oil.
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Gurley Territory
Ohio
East Gurley
Doran Farms, Inc
Sidney
East Gurley Field
Huntsman Field
O. A. Mather
Mather
Lieber
Wildcat
Sioux
Morrison
Perle. Smith
Casper
Bancroft
Reimers
Gurley
Scherer
Huntsman
Pyle No
Yuma County
Colo
Brown Drilling Co
Denver
Rapp No
Big Chief Drilling Co
Rapp No. 1
Logan County
I. J. Dunn
Kimball County
Derby Oil Co
Wytex* Oi' Co
Tela Corp
Kimball
Gulf Oil “Co
Sisson
J” Sands
Jackson’ Gyger Ranch
Chappell
Gyger
Dunbar~ Drilling Co
Ansh Anshutz ‘Drilling Company
Big Springs
Anschutz
Robb
Magnolia Oil Company
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Britain
Royal Air Force
Tn City
BPW
Rudy
NSES
Ares
Ithe
Zoerexe
Isabel
District Legion
Legion Club
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