Veterans Groups Plan District Sessions in Dalton and Sidney
American Legion District IV and Auxiliary will meet in Dalton on Oct 8 with 200 plus expected, including a parade and memorial service. VFW District I and Auxiliary plan an Oct 9 session in Sidney with officers and state officials attending. events include a luncheon and sessions for both Auxiliary and Legionnaires.
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American Legion
VFW Plan
Dalton
Sidney
Cheyenne County
District IV
American Legion and Auxiliary
District I
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Legion
Dalton Legion Hall
Dalton School
Sugar beet season opens as Nebraska factories ready
Western Nebraska sugar beet growers gear up for 1966 harvest with Great Western Sugar Co facilities ready to start processing October 7. Beet digging begins early in October and tests from the Ovid factory show high quality beets. Weather promises and past crop comparisons point to a strong season amid ongoing efforts to wrap irrigation and prep for 1967 winter wheat planting.
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Western
Nebraska
Great Western Sugar Co
Colorado
Leonard Henderson
GW Scottsbluff and
Gering
Lodgepole Valley
Sidney
Ovid, Cole
Ovid
North Platte Valley
Panhandle
Southern
Sidney News Postal Rates and Address Info
Public notice from Sidney Nebraska outlines post office box 219 for changes of address and subscription pricing. Rates are 8 dollars per year inside a 50 mile zone and 10 dollars outside. carrier delivery also 8 dollars yearly. Single copies cost 10 cents. Established 1873 in Sidney Nebraska.
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Sidney
Nebr
4-H Week Highlights National Reach and Local Involvement
National 4-H Week spotlights 2.2 million members in the U S and Puerto Rico with 38 000 in Nebraska aged 9 to 19. Seward County will host 706 members and Lancaster County 1530 as urban and rural youth share diverse projects from meats judging to photography and entomology. Since the 1900s about 25 million youths have joined Cooperative Extension 4-H activities under Wes Antes.
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U.S
Puerto Rico
Nebraska
Seward County
Lancaster County
Cooperative Extension Service
Wes Antes
4-H
Panhandle Weather Forecast Quietly Shifts to Mild Outlook
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with a few light showers possible. Lows near 40 tonight, high around 70 on Tuesday, precipitation about 10 percent each period. Five day outlook shows average temperatures 10 degrees below normal through Saturday, with cool showers early and clearing with rising temperatures later in the week. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Henry Stikker Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for Henry Stikker 82 longtime Dalton resident will be held at 2p.m. Tuesday from Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Dalton with Rev. Robert Miller officiating Burial will be in the family plot in Dalton cemetery Craig Mortuary of Sidney is in charge Pallbearers are Fred Schuler John Schuler William Siefer Max Ravert Roy Ziegler and Cleave Gillespie He was born in Germany December 8 1883 and came to Cheyenne County in 1889 with his parents They homesteaded seven miles east of Dalton Survivors include one brother Ben one niece Mrs Rose Cartelyou of Fairfax California and one nephew Allen of Sidney He was preceded in death by his parents two brothers and one sister Memorials may be given to Dalton Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.
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Henry Stikker
Dalton
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Robert Miller
Craig
Sidney
Fred Schuler
John Schuler
William Siefer
Max Ravert
Roy Ziegler
Cleave Gillespie
Germany
Welcome Teachers Dinner Hosted by Sidney Chamber
The annual Welcome Teachers dinner will be held at the Sidney Senior High cafeteria on Wednesday evening September 28 with serving starting at 7 pm. Businessmen are urged to buy at least one teacher ticket and attend to better acquaint themselves with educators. Ken Pittam leads Chamber duties while W T Miller, Sidney Educators Club president, represents the teachers.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sidney Senior High
Ken Pittam
W. T. Miller
Sidney Educators Club
Sidney Public Schools
St. Patrick’s
Business Institute of Sidney
Grasshopper Threat Seen In Nebraska Wheat Fields
Grasshoppers in field margins threaten newly planted wheat in Nebraska. USDA entomologist Jerry Bell of the University of Nebraska notes high hopper concentrations along field borders and predicts movement into wheat as weeds dry. Each new blade cut means a plant is lost. The issue is ongoing in Nebraska.
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Nebraska
Jerry Bell
U.S. Department of Agriculture Research
University of Nebraska
Bell
Band Parents Rummage Set at Sidney High
The Sidney High School Band Parents announce a rummage sale on October 6 and 7 at Elke Auditorium from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Coffee and rolls offered on the second day. Chairman Mrs Ray Oliverius and Mrs Carl Johnson oversee lunch arrangements. Rummage can be brought Wednesday for sorting. donations of Gold Bond stamps are welcome.
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Sidney High School
Elke
Ray Oliverius
Carl Johnson
Oliverius
Feeder Prices Strong at Sidney Sale Across Cattle Types
Feeder demand remained brisk at the Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion with buyers from Colorado and Iowa purchasing hundreds of head. A Colorado feeder bought 110 heifer calves at 92.50 to 100 per head, while an Iowa feeder took a good lot of fancy steers. A sale of 146 head averaged 735 pounds at 25.95 for steers and 26.80 for lighter steers, and Harry Noonan’s black steer calves were bid to 30.10. Hog prices topped at 22.50 as the next sale is set for October 8 with listings already being compiled for October 1.
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Sidney
Colorado
Iowa
Harry Noonan
Dave Truss
Bob Aue
Potter
Cave Truss
Harold Cave
Crook
Colo
Hillside Golf Course Sees Record Golf Activity in 1966
Hillside Golf Course is expected to host between ten and twelve thousand rounds in 1966, a sharp rise from 1965. Hillside pro Carl Faddis notes 2,021 paid green fees and over 7,000 season ticket holders so far, with juniors and tourists boosting participation. The course draws Kimball and Chappell players, regional visitors, and business travelers, while modest 18-hole expansion could boost jobs and attendance.
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Hillside Golf Course
Carl Faddis
Hillside
Mr. Faddis
Chappell
Faddis
Port Work Conference On Airport Expansion
A pre-construction conference on the Sidney Municipal Airport expansion is set for tomorrow at ten in the city council rooms. Attendees will include FAA, the State Department of Aeronautics, Frontier Airlines, the city, and the contractor to coordinate work with airline schedules. The project aims to extend the runway and reroute Route 19, with total cost around 400000 dollars. no start date yet.
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Sidney
Nebraska Highway Department
Union Pacific
State 19
Town
James Paxton
City of
Sidney Municipal
George Felsch
Federal Aviation Agency
State Department of Aeronautics
Frontier Airlines
Frontier
Felsch
Federal Aviation
Pan American raises crude prices five cents per barrel
Pan American Petroleum Corp. Friday announced a five cent per barrel increase in posted crude prices. The hike applies to Kansas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, West Texas New Mexico and the Julesburg Basin area of Colorado and Nebraska.
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Tulsa
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Kansas
Oklahoma
North Dakota
West Texas
New Mexico
Julesburg Basin
Colorado
Nebraska
Hunnicut Wins Second Highest IOOF Role in Nation
Chester J. Hunnicut, formerly of Sidney and now from Powell Wyoming, has been named Sovereign Grand Warden at the IOOF national convention in Washington. Hunnicut joined IOOF in Sidney and was initiated at Sidney Lodge No 91.
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Soveriegn Grand Lodge
The
Independent Order of Old Fellows
Sidney
Chester J. Hunnicut
Powell, Wyo
Soveriegn
Washington
Reently
Hunnicut
IOOF
Sidney Lodge No
Christmas Parade Planned in Sidney by Chamber Group
The Sidney retail committee of the Chamber of Commerce will try to start an annual Christmas parade this year with the theme Old Fashioned Christmas. Churches and service clubs will be invited to participate with floats.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Sidney
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