Property Owners Split Over Main Street Surfacing Plan
City council faces a split on whether to oil or pave the east west Illinois Street through Sidney. East end residents push concrete while west Sidney owners favor oil pave, with a test section laid at the west junction to study durability under heavy traffic. Councilman Roche urges permanent improvements to satisfy state Lincoln highway standards and reduce future costs.
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Illinois Street
West
Sidney
R. E Roche
Llinois
Roche
Wyoming
Buy At Home Plea Is Again Sounded By Chamber Commerce
AJ Jorgenson president of the American National Bank urged support for home shopping at the chamber of commerce semi monthly meeting. He warned that sending purchases away harms Sidneys home industry and urged cooperation between merchants and the buying public to sustain local businesses. He criticized petty jealousy and urged patrons to back home enterprises to help Sidney prosper. (Continued on page 6).
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Chamber Commerce
A J J. Jorgenson
American National Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Jor‘yenso
Sidney
Sidis
Jorgenson
Passion Play Set For June In Western Nebraska
The Gift of God outdoor passion play debuts June 14 to 17 near Chimney Rock Bayard Nebraska. This fifth presentation seats 10000 nightly for four performances with a cast of 150, featuring Lawrence Nye as John the Baptist and a Wesleyan choir from area towns. Free will offering funds the event with no admission.
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Mississippi River
Bayard
Deminion
Canada
John the Baptist
Lawrence Nye
Nebraska Wesleyan
Wesleyan
North Platte Valley
Scottsbluff
Gering
Bridgeport
Minatare
Alliance
Natural Rock
Hill
Vale
Great Western Nebraska Amphitheatre
Chimney Rock
Bethlehem
Judas
Jesus
Pilate
Peter
Jesus Christ
Nicodemus
Joseph of
Arimathea
Champion Spellers of County Schools Named Saturday
More than 120 county students competed in oral and written rounds across fifth to eighth grades. In the oral contest Henrietta Eastman of Sidney junior high won a Hafis wrist watch and a state contest entry, with Wendell Snocker of Potter sixth grade taking second. The written crown went to Thelma Fulton of Sidney junior high eighth grade, with Kathleen Sozel of St. Patrick’s winning second.
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Gertrude Nelson
Henrietta Eastman
Sidney Junior High
E. S Sherrerd
Tastman
Omaha
Light moisture in county Saturday brings limited relief
Snow squalls and intermittent rain gave Cheyenne County some moisture on Saturday but not enough to ease fears of crop abandonment. Rain fell in the morning turning to sleet then snow with squalls and sun later. Dalton and Gurley saw more rain than Sidney. Water stood in Dalton streets early, roads dried after sun. Mail carriers reported easy routes in Sidney though some side streets softened. air traffic remained uninterrupted. Trains ran on schedule as frigid windshields hampered motorists. Saturday night lows near six above zero, the coldest this month. Unsettled weather expected with slightly warmer temps to follow.
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Cheyenne Couinty
Dalton
Gurley
Sidney
South Table
Panhandle
Read This Before You Vote Today in Nebraska Primary
A Nebraska appeal urges citizens to vote in today’s election, stressing duty and participation. It discusses choosing between Republican and Democratic tickets, highlights national issues as pivotal, and endorses voting early. The writer urges support for a candidate in the Democratic or Republican primary, promising representation if elected.
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Nebraska
Econduct
Hoover
Simmons
Alfalfa Bill Murray Finds Pleasure Mingling With Common People
Oklahoma governor and Democratic presidential hopeful Alfalfa Bill Murray visited Sidney late Saturday night en route to the west coast. He greeted by about 200 locals, kept up by a phone wire from friend Joseph of Sidney, and avoided confrontation despite past tensions over Texas police at Red river bridge.
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Bill’ Murray
West
Sidney
Admits
Alfalfa
Bill Murray
Oklahoma
West Coast
Fifalfa
Bill
Texas
Red River Bridge
Joseph of
Pacific Limited
Quiet Elections In Three County Towns
Municipal elections in Dalton Potter and Gurley passed quietly last Tuesday with heavy votes but little excitement at the polls. Upsets were few though several formed officers were unseated according to reports clipped from papers of those cities.
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Dalton
Potter and Gurley
Potter Review
Potter's Annual
Tax Collections In March Are Low
State Treasurer T. W. Bass reported gasoline tax collections for March at 445699 dollars. After administrative deductions and refunds, one fourth of the balance, 110230 dollars, was apportioned to counties based on automobile registrations for county highway work.
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T. W. Bass
Poor prospects for winter wheat seen statewide
Nebraska bankers report only 7 percent of normal conditions for winter wheat, signaling the poorest harvest outlook in a decade. A record spring wheat, barley and corn planting is expected as abandonment rises, with eastern soil moisture adequate but panhandle conditions deficient and wheat stocks down to 34 percent of last year.
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Nebraska
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
Panhandle
Men’s Club Holds Large Gathering
Enthusiasm rose at the monthly meeting of the non sectarian Men’s Club with over 60 attendees from all ages and creeds. A 6:30 dinner by Presbyterian women preceded a travelogue by William B Jordan about coastal South America, health tips by Dr F A Barger, piano solos by Gordon Tobin, and group singing led by Dr E S Sherrard. The club is praised as a beneficial local movement fostering intergenerational understanding.
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Mens Club
The
Presbyterian Church
William B. Jordan
Jordan
Seattle
Straits of Magelen
South America
F. A. Barger
Gordon Tobin
E. S. Sherrerd
Sidney
Black Hills Denver highway directors in session Thursday
Nebraska boosters meet in Bridgeport to advance a western route from Colorado to the Black Hills. Sidney officials P Poole Osborn Pavlat Winter Christensen Greenlee discuss federal highway designation and broader support. Delegation cites Wyoming route and push to a single Colorado Nebraska designation.
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Black Hills
Denver
Beaver-Black Hills
Nebraska
Helcra
Bridgeport
Colorado
South Dakota
Sidney
L. T Poole
M. W. Osborn
Henry Pavlat
Earl A Winter
Marius Christensen
Roy E. Greenlee
Boozting
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Torrington Lusk
Denver-Black
Principals on Edge for Legion Boxing Card in Sidney Tonight
Gladiators of the sacking industry set the stage in Sidney as the American Legion promotes a boxing card tonight. The bill features two amateur bouts plus a 10 round main event pitting Chief Bill Banks from Oklahoma against Crick Moore of Cheyenne, with Banks showing progress and Moore favored. The semi final pairs Ernie Gill of Sterling and Sailor Randolph of Iowa, whom Hippo Collins says is Iowa’s middleweight champ, drawing local interest. Billy ONeil, the standout prelim contender from Scottsbluff, is matched after his previous knockout triumph. Keith Adams of Sidney is also listed on the program.
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Sidney
American Legion
Oklahoma
iCruck Moore
Pride and Joy
Cheyenne
Moore
Banks
Ernie Gill
Sterling
Sailor Randolph
Iowa
Terest
Gill
Randolph
Hippo Collins
Hippo
Billy O'Neil
Fingh
Scottsbluff
O'Neil
Harry Leonhardt
Jack Poole
Poole
O’neil
Keith Adams
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A. J. Jorgenson
Thelma Fulton
Doran
Big Fifth
John Garner
Franklin Roosevelt
William Murray
Herbert Hoover
Joseph France
Maryland
G. P. Kratz
Kratz
B. C. Grabill
E. H. Biggs
Legion
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