Oil-Gas Wildcat Drilling Across Cheyenne County
Eighteen drilling sites are active or staked in Cheyenne County as wildcat efforts continue. The No. 1 Young near Dalton was plugged after 1,710 feet of water in the drill stem test, with limited oil and gas recovery and mechanical troubles ending the hole. Banner Oil Co. served as contractor. The Musil No. 1 venture by Petroleum Inc and Exeter Drilling Co. targets the J sand at 5,310 feet near Potter. Jul-Tex Drilling Co. of Abilene, a Miami Petroleum division, fields the No. 1 McGowan location fourteen miles west of Dalton. Chandler & Simpson abandoned No 1 Fisher after swab tests near Woten Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Midwest Oil Corp
Tom Jordan Jr
Banner Oil Co
Musil No. 1
Wildcat
Potter
Petroleum Inc
Exeter Drilling Co
Jul-Tex Drilling Co
Abilene
Texas
Cheyenne County
McGowan
Jul-Tex
Miami Petroleum Co
Chandler & Simpson
No 1
Fisher
Woten Field
Power mower injures six year old on school grounds
Six year old Ricky Bailey son of the Rev and Mrs J R Bailey 2045 12th Ave suffered broken legs when his clothing tangled in a power mower on South Ward school property yesterday morning. The machine was stopped in time and hospital attendants say his condition is satisfactory this morning.
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Ricky Bailey
J. R. Bailey
H Ave
South Ward
Memorial Hospital
Former Sidney Resident Belle Birmingham Dies in McCook
Belle Birmingham 86, a former Sidney resident, died Saturday in McCook after living there with her daughter Bea since her husband’s death 23 years ago. Final rites were held in Kearney. Surviving are her son James of Cheyenne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Birmingham
Sidney
McCook
Kearney
Free Carnival Ducats For County Fair Rides
Carnival tickets will be distributed at the 10th and Illinois booth tomorrow and again at the fairgrounds office next week. Warren Cunningham fair board secretary says the tickets were originally planned for Sidney merchants and will be valid for kiddie rides.
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10Th & Ilinois
Warren Cunningham
Fair Board
Cunningham
Sidney Merchants
Printz Reports On Shrine Bowl
Former Sidney High School football player Gordon Printz is part of Shrine Bowl North. The squad will practice in Lincoln August 20 before flying to Minneapolis for a day off and a visit to the Shrine Hospital.
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Printz
Sidney High
Gordon Prints
Cologne
Lincoln
Minneapolis
Shine
Cheyenne County Social Security Benefits Reach $57K Monthly
At the end of 1959 the United States social security program paid 7,937 Nebraska Panhandle residents a total of $461,231 monthly. Cheyenne County individuals receive about $56,911 monthly across 10 beneficiaries. Nationwide benefits exceed $10 billion annually for old age survivors and disability insurance. The silver anniversary marks 74 million workers in covered employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Panhandle
Cheyenne
Social Security
McGinley Plans Weekend Stop at Devel County Fair
Congressman Donald McGinley will spend Saturday in the district visiting the Devel County Fair before returning to Washington for the final session of Congress. He aims to see as much of the district as possible during the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chappell
Donald McGinley
Devel County
Washington
Fire destroys hangar and planes at Lodgepole Flying Service
Don Brown says a $30,000 blaze that razed the east hangar at Lodgepole damaged four aircraft and spreading fire in the hangar. One Piper spraying plane survived, with repairs and insurance details noted as Brown assesses losses and continues mercy flights for Sidney Memorial Hospital.
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Lodgepole
Arrow
Don Brown
Piper
Brown
Flying Service
Brantly
Harold Isley
Paul Smith
Sidney Memorial Hospital
Nominees Announced for ASC Precinct Committeemen
Nominees for fifteen ASC precinct committeemen were announced under program rules. Petitions can add nominees by August 18, ballots go to eligible voters August 24, due September 6. County convention September 22 will select the county committee to take office October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASC
Don Rapp
Freight Rate Cut Boosts Area Wheat Sales
A 16.4 cent per hundred pound freight reduction on export wheat from western Nebraska western Kansas and eastern Colorado to the West Coast was approved by nine railroads. The new rate of 11 cents per hundred pounds follows pressure from the Wheat Growers Assn and Governor Brooks who urged broader markets and lower costs to compete with Canadian wheat. The move aims to open Asian markets and relieve surpluses while highlighting the Great Plains role in supplying U S and foreign buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
West Coast
Wheat Growers Assn
Wheat Growers Association
Ralph Brooks
Cozad
Garden City
Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee
Asia
Great Plains
Chicago
Wheat Producers Transportation Committee
Art Wilks
Burlington
Colo
Don Andersen
Genoa
Lawrence House
Goodland
Kan
Ora Martin
Carson Smith
Ogallala
John Lienemann
Scottsbluff
Brooks
United States
Assa
Demo Leaders Meet Saturday in Cheyenne County
About 80 Cheyenne County Democratic Central Committee members receive invitations for a 7:30 p.m. Saturday meeting at Sidney Country Club chaired by E. K. Yanney. Topics include the Panhandle fundraising dinner on Sept 24 and local political developments. A party booth for the Cheyenne County Fair will be on the agenda. The one hour meeting ends with light refreshments in the downstairs dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Democratic Central Committee
Sidney Country Club
E. K. Yanney
Lodgepole
Panhandle
Sidney
Yanney
Cheyenne County Fair
Deuel Countians Named Royalty For 60 Reunion
Lodgepole Old Settlers Reunion names Queen Jennie Nelson and King Malcolm Carlson both Deuel County residents who arrived in 1885. Honor honors stem from a century and a half in the area. Bert Bates and Reta Brown were last year’s royal pair. Vern Bates, son of Bert, will be featured speaker. Mrs Wayne Campbell and Arian Luxa head a museum this year with items sought from locals.
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Lodgepole
Jennie Nelson
Malcolm Carlson
Deuel County
Old Settlers
Lew Quinn
Bert Bates
Reta Brown
Chappell
Vern Bates
Vern
Lodgepsle High School
Wayne Campbell
Arian Luxa
Two Trucks Collide on Potter Main Street
Two truck drivers escaped injury when an eastbound Pittam Kimball truck and a westbound Harmeier Scottsbluff truck collided at Potter Main Street and U.S. 30. Damages totaled about 2,850 with the Western Nebraska Express vehicle sustaining roughly 2,500 in damage and Pittam’s truck about 350.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter
U.S. Highway 30
Mel Busekist
Orvile N. Pittam
Kimball
Ray Harmeier
Gering
Harmeier
Western Nebraska Express Co
Scottsbluff
WNX
Telegraph Opens Rural Youths to Sidney Subscription Contest
The Telegraph launches a rural youth subscription drive with top prizes of bicycles radios and wrist watches plus a $1 per subscription payment for those not meeting top tier awards. Participants must start after August 17 and use individual order books to track sales across Sidney’s trade area.
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Sidney
Sidney Telegraph
the Telegraph
Sidney Trade
Telegraph
Thank you Sidney friends for a wonderful year
Silke Hermann writes from Nebraska and recalls a year in Sidney High, thanking residents for a warm welcome, singing in the choir, church visits, and individual conversations. She describes travels from Lincoln to Montreal with 33 students, visits to Niagara Falls, Washington and New York, a Massachusetts Amherst finale, and a July 27 departure from Montreal on the Seven Seas. She plans to write again after returning to Germany and expresses homesickness and gratitude.
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Bremien
Yad
Sidney
Sidney High
Rotterdam
Europe
America
United States
Lincoln
Montreal
Germany
Deuel County Fair Opens Parade Saturday Highlights
CHAPPELL The Deuel County Fair opened Friday with registration and will feature a 10 a.m. parade Saturday. More than 30 trophies and awards will be presented by local merchants and groups. A horseshoe tournament and prize money for church and youth entries are planned, with a variety show at 7:45 p.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chappell
Deuel County
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McGinley
Devel County Fair
Raymond L. Davis
Dix
James C Johnson
Earl H. Gell
Colton
Brownson
Raymond Anthony
James Beyer
Wendel W. Mathewson
Charles Schmitt
Martin F. Schwartz
Joe Policky
George Heumann
Rodney G Mathewson
Harvey George
Floyd Schnell
Bunker Hill
Leonard Beyer
Clarence Beyer
Arthur Borcher, Jr
Harold Smith
Thomas Lang
Dennis Larson
Alvin Kuehn
George Ehlers
Frank Deaver
Anton Steffens
Chambers Keith Sprenger
Francis Runge
Virgil Walters
W. R. Nelson
Arleigh Nelson
Earl D. Hunter
Bernard Fuhrer
Dick Stull
Alvin Elmquist
Milan Glassburn
Colton Robert Elsen
Ralph Brauer
Donald Miller
Harvey Miles
Donald Deaver
Kenneth Dimick
Roger Jorgensen
Ernest Frerichs
J. B. Jurgens
Leslie Johnson
Davison
Raymond Weed
Raymond Henke
Elwin Linton
Charles Weir
Harold Winkelman
Richard Ladine
Harold Lessman
Charles Bancroft
Fred Flohr
Kenneth McRoberts
EAGLE
Willard Frerichs
Archie Greenwood
Henry Jessen
Dom Ernest
Raymond Jessen
Don Block
Bill Dykman
Bob Harms
John Folkerts
George Frerichs
Carl Jurgens
Gurley
Wayne Elsen
Bernard Busboom
Robert Poppen
Harold Ahlschwede
Fred Kriesel
Harold Gibbons
Chet Frame
Ross Gathman
Verne Miller
Lowell Larson
Huntsman
Ray Cruise
Robert McKay
Ed Miles
Louis Miller
Paul Spearow
Edwin Blanke
Walter Miller
John Schol
Harry Sparks
Ralph Spearow
Borges
Louis Bruns
Russell Olson
Harry Lee
Lorenzo
Bob Lafler
Robert Hajek
Albert Mahr
Raymond Walker
Eugene Meier
J. H. Laaker
Ivan Walker
Kenneth Fleming
Ervin Phelps
Vernon Walker
Pleasant View
Kenneth Mueller
Harry Stein
Ernest Gerler
Virgil Nelson
Elmer Hilpert
John D. Meyer
Harold Schuessler
Robert Benzel
Elmer Schubarth
Walter Hilpert
Potter Melvin Meester
Warren Nelson
Raymond Slama
Warren Johnson
Roy Adams
Ralph Anderson
Clay
Nebraska Pan
Handle
Deuel Countians
Silke Hermann
Niagara Falls
Canada
A&s'ers
Washington, D. C
New York
U. S
University of Massassachutes
Amherst
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