Prominent Scottsbluff Man Fred Finke Dies at 56
Fred D. Finke, 56, owner of the Finke Creamery Co. plant in Scottsbluff, died in a local hospital. A Nebraks war veteran and active in civic affairs, he had served on the city council and the Chamber of Commerce board and was involved with the American Legion, the Elks, and the Rotary club. He started the company in 1923 after earlier work in Ravenna and Kearney. Surviving are his wife and two sons, Robert and Dick. A brother Otto lives in California. another son, Pred Jr., was killed in action on Leyte on November 19.
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Scottsbluff
Fred D. Finke
Finke Creamery Co
Finke
Nebraks
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
The
Elks Lodge
Scottsbluff Rotary Club
Ravenna
Kearney
Wie
Robert
Otto
California
Pvt. Pred, Jr
Leyte
Rural Electric Loan Boosts Panhandle Farm Service
Alliance reports an initial 300000 loan from the Rural Electric Administration to fund 300 miles of lines serving 386 rural customers. Panhandle Rural Electric plans rapid construction as materials and labor allow, led by President O E Black who notes the loan guarantees project development launched last spring by local farmers and ranchers. In Scottsbluff, the high school football field will gain near double lighting for next season after an agreement to borrow ten crossbars and bulbs from the Legion field.
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Alliance
Rural Electric Administration
O. E. Black
Panhandle
Bomgardner
Scottsbluff
Gordon Henningson firm to survey for Gordon drainage district
The City Council authorized Gordon The Henningson Engineering Company of Omaha to perform the preliminary survey for establishing a drainage district. The aim is flood control in Gordon after years of inundation, with boundary outlining and engineering input to shape the complete plan. The urgent decision followed a special meeting with Mr Henningson setting the timing.
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Gordon
Henningson Engineering Company
Omaha
Henningson
Potter Lodgepole show set with 15 events Sunday
A capacity crowd is expected for the Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club second annual horse show at the fairgrounds Sunday afternoon with 15 events on track and in ring. Entries are promised from at least four states, judging will emphasize showmanship, and a parade precedes at noon followed by a 1 30 start.
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Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
Fairgrounds
Saddle Club
Topnotch
Potter observes Constitution Day with service honors
The Potter American Legion and town invite residents from Potter and surrounding towns to a Constitution Day observance next Monday September 17 in Potter park. The program features national speakers, a free barbecue, and tributes to Potter men and women who served in World War II including four war dead Kenneth Bickel Robert Johnson Parker Nelson and Robert Tebrinke. The 2:30 pm program aims to draw a large crowd with dignitaries from Wyoming expected to attend.
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Potter American Legion Post
Potter
Kenneth Bickel
Robert Johnson
Parker Nelson
Robert Tebrinke
Potter Park
Cheyenne
Scottsbluff
Bridgeport
Kimball
Chappell
Cheyenne County
Potter Legion Post
Aternoon
Wyoming
Downtown Eyesore To Be Moved In Sidney
Sidney police chief HarVey Vizina told the city council the long standing eyesore near Greenlees' store on Illinois Street will be moved to Fifth Street. The lot will be filled and fenced to prevent rubbish accumulation. The structure, pre fire zone rules, has been a downtown fire hazard. Rumors of a new business on the lot remain unconfirmed.
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Sidney
Harvey Vizina
Greenlees
Illinois Street
Fifth Street
Vizina
Osborne Rites Monday
The Rev. Thomas C. Osborne 69 father of Rev. Howard C. Osborne was killed by lightning during a storm near Bayard Nebraska. A former legislator and retired minister, he had served in Presbyterian pulpits at Wayne Scottsbluff and Alliance and helped shape state politics beginning with the 1920 Constitutional Convention. Funeral services were held at Bayard Presbyterian Church and burial followed in Bayard Cemetery. He is survived by his wife three sons and a daughter. Another son John Osborne was killed in a naval plane crash in Florida.
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Thomas C. Osborne
Howard C. Osborne
Light Memorial Presbyterian Church
Sidney
Bayard
Nebraska
North Platte Valley
Osborne
Turkey Ranch
Mr. Osborne
Wayne
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Forty
Presbyterian Church
Howard Osborne
Charles Osborne
France
Clifford Osborne
New York City
Emily Osborne
One-Year Sentence For Stealing Automobile
Gene Warren of Ames Iowa was sentenced to a year in the state penitentiary by District Judge J L Tewell for theft of an automobile belonging to Carl Olson of Sidney Warren was found with a ticket to Spokane Washington when arrested after alighting from a passenger train here and stealing the car.
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Gene Warren
Ames
Iowa
Carl* Olson
Sidney
J. L. Tewell
Warren
Spokane
Washington
Meininger Rites Held At Scottsbluff
Henrietta Meininger 45 a Sidney resident and former Scottsbluff and Lyman resident died Friday at her home near Scottsbluff. Survived by four sons Kenneth Tor rington LeRoy with Fort Logan Colorado Leo Edward at home and Carl Alex Adolph sister Mrs John Bohl of Wisconsin father Conrad Bendel of Scottsbluff three brothers, burial at Scottsbluff Cemetery with Craig Home for Funerals in charge.
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Henrietta Meininger
Sidney
Scottsbluff and
Lyman
Here
Leo
Edward
Kenneth
Torrington
Cpl
LeRoy Meininger
Fort Logan
Colo
Conrad Bendel
Scottsbluff
Carl
Alex
Adolph
John Bohl
Wisconsin
Regester Rites Held Monday
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Regester 89 of Sidney died Sunday after a period of illness. Funeral services were held Monday at Gehrig Funeral Home with Rev. Ralph Kersey officiating. Burial was in Chester Nebraska. She was known for nursing work in Sidney and retired due to health. Born Missouri August 12 1856, she married Robert Regester in 1873. he died in 1900. Survived by two sons Harry Dol Woodland Park Colorado and Fred R. Minatare, four daughters Mrs George Bauer Sidney, Mrs Miry Martin and Mrs Nell Woolard Denver, and Mrs Hattie Woolard Princeton Minnesota, plus 35 grandchildren, 60 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Gehrig Funeral Home
Ralph Kersey
Christian Church
Chester
Nebr
Sidney
Regester
Missouri
Robert Regester
Harry
Dol
Woodland ‘Park
Colc
Frea R
Minatare
George Bauer
Miry
Martin
Nell
Wooaford
Denver
Hattie
Woolard
Princeton, Minn
City Receives Drainage Survey Findings and Costs
A West Sid ney survey by Edgar R. Grupe and city officials outlines drainage improvements for the town. Proposals include a storm sewer along 19th avenue feeding a drainage ditch, regrading off grade streets after heavy rains, surfacing on 16th 17th avenues and Jackson King streets, and new ditches to channel runoff to the creek. The park culvert washes out in floods and two additional culverts could raise capacity toward the highway bridge cost about 8400 dollars, with concrete aprons and spillways suggested as a lower figure.
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West Sidney
Edgar R. Grupe
Scottsbluff
Grupe
Grape
19Th Avenue
16Th
17Th
Jackson and King Streets
Park
Plane Meet Delayed By Weather And Rescheduled
The plane meet was postponed due to high winds and will be held on Sunday September 23. Volunteer firemen sponsor the event and officials expect a larger field with more entrants as the schedule remains the same.
Hunting Season Opens October 13 in Nebraska 1945
The 1945 Nebraska hunting season opens Saturday morning October 13, a half hour before sunrise, and runs to December 31. Daily bag limits include pheasants five cock birds and ten in possession, ducks ten per day with twenty in possession, geese two with four in possession. Timber squirrel season runs September 15 to December 31 with a daily bag of five. Trapping runs December 1 to March 1. Hunting hours are from a half hour before sunrise to sunset.
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Nebraska
Inducted into Army Air Corps Soldier Serves Overseas
Staff Sergeant Robert J. Rexroth, son of Mr and Mrs Ray Rexroth of Gurley, was inducted April 13 1942. He trained as Air Corps Mechanic at Sheppard Field Texas Gunnery at Las Vegas Bombardier at Santa Monica and Instructor in Gunnery at Fort Myers Florida. He served two years in Kingman Arizona as instructor then at Greensboro for replacement training and later went overseas with the Ninth Air Forces in Belgium.
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Robert J. Rexroth
Ray Rexroth
Gurley
Army Air Corps
Air Corps
Sheppard Field
Texas
Las Vegas
Nevada
Santa Monica
California
Fort Meyers
Florida
Kingman
Arizona
Greensboro
North Carolina
Ninth Air Forces
Belgium
Fewer Farms But Acreage Is Almost Same in Nebraska Panhandle
Nebraska panhandle counties lost about 1,200 farms from 1940 to 1945, while total farm acres fell only slightly from 8,727,373 to 8,643,669. The statewide figures show 9.0% fewer farms but 8% more total farm land, with Douglas and Dodge counties posting gains and Chase and Hooker counties seeing the sharpest farm declines. Harry H. Nims, based in Kearney, led the Nebraska enumeration office.
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Panhandle
Nebraska
Bureau of Census
Department of Commerce
Cheyenne County
Garden
Sheridan
Sioux
Cheyenne
Douglas
Dodge
Chase
Hooker
Harry H. Nims
Kearney
Request For Liquor Permit Held Over
The liquor license application of Peter J. Peetz was presented to the city council Friday night but action was held over until the next meeting because all members were not present. The state liquor commission seeks the city board's recommendation before proceeding with licenses, though it is not bound by local actions.
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Peter J. Peetz
State Liquor Commission
Winter wheat and barley trials planted near Huntsman
J C Swinbank Nebraska Grain Improvement secretary assisted Cheyenne county agent with plots of ten winter wheat varieties and nine winter barley varieties near Fred Kettler and Floyd Miller farms. College of Agriculture will evaluate yields and milling baking qualities. observers welcome to visit and inspect plots. Comanche noted as a recommended option for small trials.
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J. C. Swinbank
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Cheyenne County
Fred Kettler
Floyd Miller
Fred Keitler
Huntsman
College of Agriculture
Mr. Kettler
Cheyenne
Michigan
Reno
Woodwin
Tennessee
Floyd Miller Farm
Nebraska
Miller Farm
Pawnee
Blackhall
Comanche
Nebred
Tenmarq
Wichita
Swinbank
Miller
Farm Prices Hold Near Top Levels In Aug Report
Nebraska index of prices received by farmers for all commodities stood at 200 percent of the 1909-14 base on August 15, two points below July yet ten points above last year. Grains slipped while poultry products rose. wheat, oats, barley fell, corn rose, grain sorghums up eight, meats declined in some sectors, potatoes dropped amid large harvest, dairy stayed steady, eggs rose moderately, chickens eased.
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State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Bureau
Field Blaze Fought By Local Department Near Town
A Sunday afternoon fire east of town prompted a local department to respond to a field blaze that threatened a large hay stack. The blaze was extinguished before causing damage and a second small blaze near a stubble field was also checked.
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Fred Finke
Kimball County
Charles R. Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Gus Rieseberg
Rieseberg
Robert Peterson
AAA
Morrill County
Broadwater
Co. W. Draper
St. Joseph
Broadwater Messiah
REA
Charles Whittier
Augusta
Rhine River
Halloran General Hospital
Staten Island
N. Y
St. Vith
John Chester
Geneva
Victory Bonds
Vincent Jacianes
Jadian
Ardennes Forest
U.S. Treasury Department
the Telegraph Printing Company
T. C. Osborne
Meininger
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Scottsbluff Cemetery
Craig Home For Funerals
Elizabeth C. Regester
Alvin Duis
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