Local Notes Highlight Wide-ranging Family Visits
Local society notes recount a family picnic hosted by Mr. and Mrs. O J Weymouth for relatives from Chadron and Hot Springs South Dakota. Others travel to Longmont Colorado and Denver for visits and schooling. News covers pledges at the University of Nebraska, nursing and embalming studies, and staffing changes in county offices across Dalton Sidney and surrounding towns.
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O. J. Weymouth
Mr. Weymouth
Cleve Childers
Melvin Wager
Mr. Childers
Mr. Wager
Chadron
LaVern Weymouth
Hot Springs
South Dakota
Dick Weymouth
Bill Weymiller
W. W
Mercy Hospital
Bud Gehrig
St. Louis
Ann Kokjer
T. E. Kokjer
Sidney
Kappa Kappa Gamma
University of Nebraska
Marianne Kins
Kimball
Alpha Phi
Joan Larson
Chi Omega
Kay Sievert
Sigma Kappa
Walt Hardy
Denver
J. H. Abcott
Martin Nelson
Sioux City
Nelson
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
Forrest
Barstow
Calif
Verne Ankeny
Laurel
Dalton
California
John Seevers
Concordia Teachers College
John
Miriam Helfrich
Robert A. Barlow
Lila Lewis
Colorado A & M
Fort Collins
LaVern Draper
Linda Hopkins
Bernice Kelly
Kelly
American National Bank
Henry Blome
Paul
Colo
Firemen To Host Banquet And State Meet
The Sidney Volunteer Fire Department will hold a banquet for firemen their wives and guests on September 20 at Yendis Cafe. Officials will present a report on a new fire engine for city council approval before bids. The 68th Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen Association convention will be in Norfolk October 15 16 and 17 with Governor Val Peterson speaking at the banquet and Art Briese performing. Delegates include Chief I B Downs and Secretary C A Hansen. demonstrations led by Joseph I Fetters and staff. firsttime ladies auxiliary meeting added.
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Sidney Volunteer Fire Department
Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen Association
Norfolk
Sidney
I. B. Downs
C. A. Hansen
Val Peterson
Art Briese
Knight
Joseph I. Fetters
Storm Lashes Western Nebraska With Early Frost Fears
The region felt a sharp cold snap as Monday morning hit 39 degrees signaling a potential early frost. After ten days of violent weather, clear skies prevailed but rains and floods worsened travel routes between Kimball and Burns. Union Pacific rerouted westbound trains through Julesburg and Sterling to La Salle and north to Cheyenne as heavy showers and hail caused washouts and debris across Lodgepole and Dry Creeks. Cheyenne County soaked, Sidney reported over half an inch of rain with strong winds. Farmers, delayed by muddy fields, feared reseeding as some had to rework planted areas and aim to finish by mid month.
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Nebraska
Union Pacific Railroad
U. S. Highway No. 30
Kimball
Burns
Pine Bluffs
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Julesburg
Sterling
la Salle
Colo
Cheyenne
Cheyenne County
Complications From Mumps Cause Death
Seven year old Kathy Buddecke Kimball, daughter of Mrs Kather ine Buddecke, former resident, died at Kimball Hospital early Monday from complications of mumps. Funeral arrangements were incomplete Monday. Survived by mother, Katherine Buddecke of Sidney and Dalton, and 11 siblings. preceded in death by a brother and her father.
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Kathy Buddecke
Kimball
Katherine Buddecke
Kimball Hospital
Katherine Kallhoff
Sidney and
Dalton
Bonus for Hate Hat Trade in Virginia 1662
In 1662 Virginia offered 10 pounds of tobacco for every good wool or fur hat made in the colony. This policy aimed to stimulate local hat production and textile crafts by rewarding skilled hatters with tobacco currency.
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Virginia
Cheyenne County Extension Council to Elect Officers
Cheyenne County extension clubwomen plan another active year and will present the proposed season program at the county council meeting on Friday September 21. Officers for the coming year will be selected at that session and Miss Violet Shepherd home agent says an executive board meeting will occur before the council date.
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Cheyenne County Extension
Violet Shepherd
Cheyenne County Home
Urban Gau Named By Railway Commission
Urban Gau of Omaha formerly with the Nebraska Safety Patrol in Sidney has been appointed an inspector for the Nebraska Railway Commission. His appointment is effective September 4. Gau will undergo a month of training in Lincoln before starting work in the Omaha district and automatically becomes a state deputy sheriff.
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Urban Gau
Omaha
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Sidney
Nebraska Railway Commission
Gau
Lincoln
Monuments Rise to Figures From Pocahontas to Pickford
Communities honor historic and modern figures with monuments. The essay notes increasing memorials to individuals from Pocahontas and Sacajawea to Mary Pickford and Irene Castle. It also recalls Juan Ponce de Leon as early Florida’s discoverer, ridiculed yet inspiring poets.
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Mary Pickford
Irene Castle
Arabs Introduce Algebra to Modern Europe
The Arabs introduced algebra to modern Europeans. The work of Mohammed Ben Musa was translated into English in 1831.
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Mohammed Ben Musa
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Morrill
Bernard Miller
Black Hills
Bad Lands
Gordon Miller
Carleton Haze
Harley Ferrier
Baby
Scottsbluff
Sydney Dunn
Ogden
Utah
Elmer Holtman
G. O. Holtman
Lodgepole
Conoco
Ogallala
Jerald Johnson
Couer d’ Alene
Oregon
Johnson
C. B. Johnson
Dean Wolstenholm
Toelle
Church of the Nazarene
Ful Suede Lovelies
Jacqueline
Coll
Merricks
82Nd ‘Airborne Division
County’s
Extension Council
Railway Commission
Florida
Jian Ponce
de Leon
Porto ‘Rico
Emerald
Danie Bs Howard
New York City
Howard
Dodge
Elwell Motors
Illinois Street
Telegraph
Nebraska Division
United States Brewers Foundation
Nat'l Berk Bldg
Lincoly
Waijemery
Illinois
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