Western Outlook in Sidney Telegraph features
The September Western Outlook supplement arrives in The Sidney Telegraph this week. It reaches over 28 thousand homes with an estimated 100 thousand readers. Highlights include AT&T and Northwestern Bell modernization, Fort Robinson tourism, Chimney Canyon recollections, Fort Sidney Colonels, Lake McConaughy, Nebraska Negro settlement, and upcoming Nebraska hunting seasons.
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Sidney Telegraph
Western Outlook
Western
Nebraska
Western Nebraska
At&t
Northwestern Bell
Chimney Canyons
Peetz
Colo
Glenn Houtz
Fort Sidney
McConaughy
Mrs. Fred George Named Area Good Neighbor for 1967
Ak-Sar-Ben honored Sidney nurse Mrs. Fred George as the area’s good neighbor for 1967. Dr. C. B. Dorwart presented a silver tea set at a Sunday reception in Sidney, noting her decades of volunteer service and hospital work. The nomination stemmed from her long care in Sidney and surrounding communities.
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Ak-Sar-Ben
Fred George
Sidney
George
C. B. Dorwart
Ak-Sar- Ben
Dorwart
Sidney Telegraph
KSID
Mrs. George
McKinley McIntosh
Geo
United Methodist Church
Telegraph
Johnston Rites On Thursday
Frederick W. Johnston 81 lifelong Cheyenne County resident died this morning at Memorial Hospital. Services set for 10 am Thursday at St Patrick Church with Rosary at 8 pm Wednesday. Funeral arrangements by Gehrig and Son. He was born November 12 1886 in Dalton and married Florence Stack in 1927. Survived by son Frederick Jr of Sidney daughter Mrs Martin Grant and 14 grandchildren. A complete obituary will appear Wednesday.
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Cheyenne County
Frederick W. Johnston
Memorial Hospital
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Mr. Johnston
Dalton
Teatrick
Rosa Ane Johnston
North Platte
Florence Stack
Johnston
Union Pacific Railroad
Frederick, Jr
Sidney
Martin Grant
Field Day Showcases Irrigation Equipment in Fort Morgan
The Fifth Annual Irrigation Equipment Field Days in Fort Morgan Colorado on September 11 and 12 will feature over one hundred manufacturers and distributors. Don Miles CSU extension irrigation engineer says emphasis is on labor and water saving methods with automatic and semi automatic sprinkler and gravity irrigation equipment. Exhibits run 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Fort Morgan Riverside Park just north of I 80 on Colorado 52.
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Fort Morgan
Colorado
Don Miles
Colorado State University Extension
Fort Morgan Riverside Park
Colorado 52
Counties Hit Maximum On Levy In Nebraska 1968 69
A state auditor review finds 15 of 25 Nebraska counties reporting 1968 69 property tax data increased mill levies. Several counties will cut levies due to higher valuations with Box Butte Boyd and Thayer at the constitutional ceiling of 14.28 mills.
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Nebraska
Box Butte
Boyd
Thayer
Panhandle Weather Forecast Warmer With Little Rain
Forecasters predict fair conditions in the Panhandle with a warm trend this afternoon tonight and Tuesday Highs near 80 this afternoon and in the 80s Tuesday Lows 40 to 50 tonight and 45 to 55 later Warmer early in the period then mild changes with 80s highs and little precipitation Five day outlook shows average temperatures two to nine degrees above normal Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Fair End
Frontier Airlines
Rites Today For Myrtle Graham
Funeral services were held at St Patrick's Church for Myrtle Ellen Bayne Graham 177 who died Friday morning at Pioneer Memorial Hospital. She had been ill for five years and was hospitalized much of that time. Rites were conducted at 10 by Rev Cletus Semper of Dalton. Interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery with the ro sary recited Sunday evening at The Gehrig and Son Funeral Home.
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St. Patrick’s Church
Myrtle Ellen Bayne Graham
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Cletus Semper
Dalton
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Mrs. Annie Benninghouse Rites Pending
Mrs. Annie Benninghouse, 85, died this Monday morning at Memorial Hospital after a stroke last Thursday. Funeral arrangements were not complete at press time. Craig-Holechek Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Annie Benninghouse
Memorial Hospital
Telegraph
Craig-Holechek
Peetz Man Joins Northeastern Junior College Committee
Hubert Herboldsheimer, a wheat farmer northwest of Peetz, was named to the Northeastern Junior College college committee to fill the unexpired term of the late Sammy Williams, expiring in 1972. Other Sterling members named are Dr. C. J. Jankovsky, Clarence Lebsack and Vic Lockwood.
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Hubert Herboldsheimer
Peetz
Northeastern Junior College
J. H. Jackson
Sterling
Herboldsheimer
Sammy Williams
C. J. Jankovsky
Clarence Lebsack
Vic Lockwood
Important Retail Meeting Set in Fort Sidney
Sidney Chamber of Commerce retail committee calls a Monday 8:15 p.m. meeting at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel chaired by Ed Haupt. Plans for fall and winter programs in the retail and wholesale sector must be firmed up and good attendance is hoped.
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Sidney
Resurfacing To Start On Highway 30
Resurfacing of U S Highway 30 between Sidney and Lodge Pole will start this week after a delay from equipment. Teton Construction Co. of Cheyenne holds the contract with Sunol mixing plant approved, weather permitting finish in about twenty working days to avoid penalties. Traffic will be funneled along No 30 during work.
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U. S. Highway 30
Sidney
Lodgepole
Bob Mason
Sunol
Teton Construction Co
Cheyenne
U. S. 30
Mason
State Highway Department
Wheat Growers Seek Higher Loan Prices and Policy Support
At the NAWG meeting in Lincoln the executive committee urged the Secretary of Agriculture to set national loan prices for wheat above the current average and expand export certificates. They also backed a longer 1965 Ag Act with no payment limits and explored a maximum voluntary diversion for the 1969 crop. Nebraska officials updated plans as the city considers canceling a Sidney I-80 pattern town hall to avoid disruption.
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Lincoln
National Association of Wheat Growers
Secretary of Agriculture
Gulf
Ray Davis
Potter
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
Davis
NAWG
Freeman
E. L. Hatcher
Colorado
George Meeker
Kan
Sas
Meeker
Congress
Kansas
Eugene Moos
Washington
Elks Club
Ogallala
Nebraska
Wheat Hearts
Short Agenda At Council Tonight
The Sidney city council has a brief meeting agenda with a park plan from City Manager John Baudek under review. Other items include Sidney Chamber of Commerce seeking to cancel a Wednesday town hall meeting and Sidney Community Hotel Corp. applying for a Class C liquor license to replace L. H. Russell Inc.
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Sidney
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Cheyenne County Commissioners
Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Department
John Hossack
John Baudek
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Sidney Community Hotel Corp
L. H. Russell Inc
Certified Growers Win Top Awards At 1968 State Fair
Two Cheyenne County men led the certified seed show at the Nebraska State Fair. Ralph Spearow of Gurley won first in early varieties and was named overall grand champion with Scout 66. Harold Draper of Dalton won first in late varieties with winter wheat entries Trapper and Lan cer. The fair drew 184 entries this year.
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Cheyenne County
Ralph Spearow
Gurley
Scout
Harold Draper
Dalton
Trapper and Lancer
Rauner Named Chairman of Nebraska Wheat Advisory Group
Robert Rauner, 45, of Sidney, named chairman of the Wheat Division Advisory Committee for the Nebraska Department of Agriculture. He has served since 1966 and is former president of the Nebraska Wheat Growers Association, succeeding John Sullivan. Other members include Edgar Atirston Nebraska City and Carl Bruns Chappell among seven.
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Sidney
Nebraska
Robert Rauner
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Rauner
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
John Sullivan
Wallace
Edgar Asherton
Nebraska City
Robert Ro
Sener
Fairbury
Ed Narjes
Carl Bruns
Chappell
Ron Cutler
Elsie
New Method Of Control For Hoppers In Wheat Available To Farmers
County Agent Ivan Liljegren explains Thimet, a new grasshopper control for wheat, with warnings about its high human toxicity. Extension entomologist Robert Roselle notes limited testing, while field results in Nebraska and South Dakota show Thimet can protect treated wheat. Farmers are urged to read labels and calibrate grain drills for proper distribution.
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Ivan Liljegren
Robert Roselle
Liljegren
Roselle
Nebraska
South Dakota
Bushnell
Schools Seek State Aid Funds For Nebraska Districts
Commissioner Floyd Miller reports 96 percent of eligible Nebraska public school districts filed for state aid by the Sept 1 deadline. A total of 1,677 of 1,743 districts applied, with $25 million allocated by the 1967 legislature for aid to education. Distribution in December.
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Lincoln
Floyd Miller
Nebraska
Miller
Sidney Public Schools
Omaha
Hogs and Cattle Hit Strong Peaks at Sidney Sale
At the Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion a hog topped at 19.50 while 625-lb steers sold to 27.50 and 500-lb steers to 29.40. Cows weighed 475 to 500 lb brought 16 to 18. A special sale is set for next Saturday with over 500 head already listed. Contact Truss or McDuffie to list cattle.
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Sidney Livestock Sales
Dave Truss
Dallas McDuffie
Truss
McDuffie
Oil Man Skeet Hardy Found Dead on Grabill Lease
Leon V. Skeet Hardy a 54 year old oil service operator was found dead at a Grabill farm oil well lease eight miles west of Sidney. Coroner John Peetz Jr. said death came from a shot to the right temple with a 12 gauge automatic shotgun. Hardy was reportedly alone when found and a note was left for his wife as authorities awaited word from a son overseas.
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Leon V
Skeet) Hardy
Grabill
Sidney
Don Hendricks
Marathon Oil Co
Cheyenne County
John Peetz Jr
Peetz
Hardy
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Friends Honor
Fred W. Johnston
Myrtle Graham
Keith
Devel
U.S. 30
Paxton
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