Enrollment Up 50 in Sidney as Schools Open
About 2,600 students begin classes in Sidney this week with 1360 total across St. Pauls St Patricks Academy and Sidney Public Schools. St. Pauls up 14 to 61, St. Patricks up 46 to 572, Sidney Public Schools down 14 to 1,957. Elementary totals 1,167, junior high 426, senior high 364.
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Sidney
St. Paul's Lutheran
Sidney Public Schools
St. Patrick’s Academy
St. Paul's
St. Pat's
St. Patrick's Academy
St. Pat’s
East Ward
South Ward
North Ward
Central
Mortgage Burned By Legionnaires Celebration Set
Sidney’s American Legion Post 17 paid off the building mortgage at 922 Illinois St and plans a free dinner dance for members on Monday Sept 12 at 6 30 p m in the Pastime club rooms. Miller Brothers provide entertainment and roast prime ribs of beef will be served. Reservations by Sept 10 at Al’s barber shop Pastime club or Model cleaners.
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Sidney
American Legion Post 17
Illinois St
Miller Brothers
Ralph Warren Killed in Colorado Crash
Ralph A. Warren, 57, Sterling oilman and brother of Gene Warren of Sidney, died after his car collided with a dump truck at a construction site on Highway 6 near Keensburg. Funeral services will be held Thursday at Radford Funeral Home in Sterling. Warren’s family holds interests in Ginther Warren Ginther and Kinsney Coastal Oil, aiding development of the Borman field and other western Nebraska and northeastern Colorado fields.
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Ralph A. Warren
Sterling, Colo
Gene Warren
Sidney
Keensburg
Colo
Radford Funeral Home
Sterling
Warren
Denver
Ginther-Warren-Ginther W and
Kinsney Coastal Oil Co
Borman
Western
Nebrosity
Colorado
Eureka Mercury Sees 76 At Noon As Heat Breaks
After a month of 90 plus degree readings in Sidney, the city recorded 76 at noon today. Forecasters say a cool front has entered the state with light scattered showers suggesting a trend toward cooler weather.
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Sidney
Nebraska Wheat Queen Contest Seeks Candidates for 1960
Local groups statewide are urged to enter candidates for the 1960 Nebraska Wheat Queen contest with entries due by October 3. The 1960-61 queen will be chosen October 13 at the Nebraska Wheat Show in Chadron, with Jolene Larson of Gurley the current queen.
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Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Duane Foote
Chadron
Jolene Larson
Gurley
Foote
Nebraska
Nebraska Wheat Queens
Dawes County
Farm and Rural
Chambers of Commerce
Sidney extends summer water rates through September
City Manager Tom Coffey announced Sidney will keep summer water rates in effect through September to encourage watering while a dry spell stretches across Panhandle communities. Winter rates start at 1.25 dollars per 3000 gallons, with higher tiers. summer rates charge 1.25 dollars per 3000 gallons and 10 cents per thousand for the next 97 000 gallons.
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Panhandle
Sidney
Tom Coffey
Pan American No. 1 Stecher Wildcat Starts in Potter County
Pan American Petroleum moves into its No. 1 Stecher wildcat north of Potter, with Grinkerhoff Drilling Co. contracted to drill. Banner Oil plugged and abandoned the No. 1 Hagemeister northeast of Potter. Morrill Kimball Banner counties each report one field producer with no discoveries. Morrill’s Tom Palmer No. 1 State-6 tests two pay zones in Lane Field.
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Pan - American Petroleum Corp
Potter
Pan-Am
Grinkerhoff Drilling Co
NWSEE
Banner Oil Co
Morrill
Kimball
Banner Counties
Morrill County
Tom Palmer
Lane
Chase Ends With Arrest After Hill Collision
Colorado State Patrolman Howard McFarlane and Logan County Deputy Donald Strawn pursued Glen Roach of Sidney for improper vehicle registration. Their cruisers collided, causing about 31,500 in damage. McFarlane suffered a head cut and Strawn a sprained wrist, Roach halted after McFarlan pulled his gun and Roach surrendered.
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Colorado
Howard McFarlane
Logan County
Donald Strawn
Glen Roach
Sidney
McFarland
Strawn
Roach
Holiday weekend sees no major crashes in Potter Devel area
State Trooper reports Potter Devel Cheyenne and Kimball counties had no serious crashes during the heavy holiday period. Traffic on US 39 peaked at 250 to 275 cars per hour while incidents included a Crook Colorado man striking a cow and a near head on collision that was avoided by a swerving driver. Debris from other accidents and drownings also noted across Johnson Lake region and Fremont.
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Devel
Cheyenne
Kimball
Mel Busesist
U.S. 39
Busckist
Rudolph Meyerholz
Crook
Colo
Sidney
Meyerholz
Felix Koenig
Gary Wagner
Lincoln
Wagner
Donald A. Podoll
Fremont
Deborah Hovey
Lowe Bonacci
Omaha
Crowds and crowning mark Lodgepole Old Settlers Reunion
Crowds estimated at 2500 to 3000 attend Lodgepole 36th Old Settlers Reunion Labor Day events. Jennie Nelson crowned queen Malcolm Carlson king. Parade features 60 units, bands from Lodgepole Potter Gurley Dalton Chappell Oshkosh, floats from Chapell and Sidney, political figures include George Fleming Dave Martin Sam Diedrichs Charles Lafier.
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Lodgepole
Jennie Nelson
Malcolm Carlson
Old Settlers
Labor Day
Chappell
Sidney
Lodgepole, Potter, Gurley-Dalton
Oshkosh
Electrical outage hits Newton Street area last night
City line crews battled a two hour blackout affecting residences and axirimens south of Newton Street between 11th and six Avenues. Crews replaced a faulty transformer and carried out line repairs to restore power.
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Newton St
11Th
Moe
Sidney plumber Bayliff, 79, dies after long illness
Frank A Bayliff 79 longtime Sidney resident died Tuesday morning at Memorial Hospital after several years of poor health He was a plasterer and brick mason involved in local building Formerly of Onsto Iowa he moved to Sidney in 1909 He married Kathrine Fischer in 1909 their golden anniversary was observed last fall Funeral Thursday at 1 30 p m First Methodist Church burial Greenwood Cemetery Gehri g and Son in charge Survivors include his wife two daughters Fern Hecker and Elorien Everson a son Frank Jr and many relatives including a niece Opal Meick plus 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren Also surviving are Walter Ro of Bellflower Calif and stepsister Mrs Jim Vach of Albion Neb
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Frank A. Bayliff
Sidney
Memorial Hospital
Mr Bayliff
First Methodist Church
C. E. Brittain
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Onsto
Iowa
John David
Lucy Sinkey Bayliff
Gordon
Neb
Kathrine Fischer
Methodist Church
Paul Hecker
Fern
Elorien Everson
Frank Jr
Long Beach
Opal Meick
Walter Ro
Bellflower
Calif
Ji im+Vach
Albion
Graveside rites for Martinez infant boy
Graveside rites were held Thursday for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Madeline Martinez of Sidney who died shortly after birth Aug 31 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Dalton. The Rev Vincent Pulster officiated with Craig Norwary in charge of arrangements. Survivors include ten brothers and sisters.
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Madeline Martinez
Sidney
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Dalton
Vincent Pulster
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig Norwary
Sidney Levy Rises to 82 Mills in 1960 County Budget
Cheyenne County 1960 tax bill totals over 2.5 million for city, school, county and state purposes, with schools taking about 1.5 million. Final levies approved by the County Board set Sidney city operating and bond costs at 264,473.55 and 95,186.97 respectively, plus county and village shares and state taxes.
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Cheyenne County
I. L. Pindell
Board of County Commissioners
Sidney
Gurley
Pindell
Weed and Cemetery
Telegraph
Nebraska
Dalton
Lodgepole
Potter
State of Nebraska
City of Sidney
Village of Dalton
Youth Killed Day Before Leaving Job at Sioux Depot
Funeral services were held for 18 year old Jimmy Takahashi of Sidney at Craig Mortuary. He died after a 23 foot fall from a warehouse roof at Sioux Ordnance Depot while operating a manually operated hoist. Takahashi attended Sidney High School class of 1958 and was active in the Boy Scouts and band. He recently helped lead a new Explorer Post at Ordville and had art scholarships at Chadron State Teachers College. He was evacuated as a child to relocation centers in California and Idaho before moving to the depot area in 1945. He is survived by his parents, a brother and two sisters, and his burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Craig Mortuary
Jimmy Takahashi
Sidney High School
Sioux Ordnance Depot
The
Coast Roofing Co
Los Alamitos
Cailif
Sidney Memorial Hospital
Cheyenne
Jimmy
Boy Scouts
Sidney High
Ordville
Brownson
Sidney
Enid
Okla
Portland
Ore
Washington, D. C
Chadron State Teachers College
Chadron
SOD
James Takahashi
Seattle
Tulekae Relocation Center
California
Minidoka Relocaton Center
Idaho
David
Darlene
Cheryl
Kazuma Nakauchi
Wash
R. L. Townsend
First Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Breakout Artist Sentenced Again in Nebraska Case
Gilbert Sagasser 29, once a leader in a 1955 prison break at a Cheyenne County jail, was sentenced to seven years plus added time on burglary and arson charges. He and six other inmates were thwarted by a dead end utility tunnel during a Sunday escape attempt. Sheriff W Schulz noted Sagasser’s long criminal record and prior pen sentences.
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Nebraska Penitentiary
Cheyenne County
Gilbert Sagasser
Sagasser
Western Implement
W Schulz
Segasser
Air Mail Service Celebration at Sidney Airport
Special ceremonies mark the 40th anniversary of the first New York to California air mail flight at Sidney Airport with veteran pilots flying the original route to North Platte Sidney and Cheyenne. Albert Christensen will deliver a mail pouch to Cheyenne between 10 and 10 30 a.m. Local officials and Silver Wings Fraternity members will participate and letters collected will be sent to the Smithsonian.
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Sidney
New York
California
North Platte
Cheyenne
Albert Christensen
Cheyenn
Christensen
Christensen Radio & TV
Silver Wings Fraternity
Kermit Moore
Cliff Wolf
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, D. C
Lloyd Carr
Wayne, Moran
Ed Bauman
Chamber
New ‘York
San Francisco
America
Harrisburg
Herbert Martens
Julesburg
Cole
Cwd. Doher
Nelson
Youths Arraigned For Auto Theft At Sidney High
A car stolen during a Sidney High School football scrimmage was recovered minutes later west of Potter on Highway 30 by patrolmen Del Shipley and Don Dodson. Douglas Blair 18 and Jack Lechman 17 both Sterling appeared before county judge C W Smith with Blair bound over to District Court and Lechman pleading not guilty. Both on parole from Buena Vista Colorado reformatory. bonds set at 1000 each. Lechman to county court for hearing Friday.
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Sidney High School
Potter
del Shipley
Sidney
Don Dodson
Kimball
Douglas Eugene Blair
Jack Lechman
Sterling
C. W Smith
Blair
Lechman
Buena Vista
Colo., Doys
Cheyenne County
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Eureka
Mercury
Jolene Larsen
Gurley High School
Kenneth Larsen
Pan-Ams
Stecher
Podoll
Koenig
Broadwater
McGrew
Charles Jackson
Charles Ewing
Alliance
Warren Marvin
Bridgeport
David Gasseling
Hemingford
Sridgeport
U.S. 385
Gasseling
Scottsbluff
North
North .Platte
Jolley Rose Schuster
North’ Platte Hospital
Johnson Lake
Nexr
Lexington
George Fleming
Dave Martin
Kearney
Sam Diedrichs
Burke Bridge
Charles Lafier
Don Wise
Henry Peterson
K J Dykman
Kreider and Son Implement Co
Cub
Lutheran Church
Oly
Mary
Smith Elevator
American Legion Voiture 40_et
K. J. Dykman
District 65
Lodgepole Volunteer Fire
Jerry Fisher
Marion Dickenson
Fred Kriesel
Coonville
John Johnson
King Carlson
Carlson
Sweden
York County
Deuel County
Albert Franss
Ole Olson
Kreider and Son
Frank Bayliff
Longness
Martinez
Jim Takahashi
Ronald East
Michael Wright
Kenneth Johnson
Danny Stoval
Gary Policky
Gene Printz
Tony Rock
Dale Woods
Tom Dindinger
Jay Stecker
Frank Allison
Dick Yonekura
Dennis McCoy
Larry Jepson
Bobby Albro
Kyle Carhill
James K. Takahashi
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