Logan County Wheat Under 10-Year Mark
Logan County Colorado produced about 2 to 2.5 million bushels of wheat this year averaging 12 to 15 bushels per acre. Drought and hail reduced the crop from an earlier estimate of around 3 million bushels. Cheyenne County fared about normal and Kimball east of the county saw above average yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan County
Colo
Vern Carter
Cheyenne County
Kimball
Logan
Bob Stevens
Agriculture Stablization Commission
Floyd K. Reed
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Denver
Reed
Birth Announcements for Pamela, Calvin Ray, Henry Frank, Betty Jo, Lou Ann
Mr and Mrs Ted Meredith announce daughter Pamela born Aug 18 at Memorial Hospital weighing six pounds 6.44 ounces. Sister Patricia and grandparents listed. Calvin Ray born to Mr and Mrs R D Crites same day at Memorial. Henry Frank born to Mr and Mrs A F Divis with siblings Patty Sandy Cynthia Pamela and others. Betty Jo Trujillo daughter born Aug 20 at 4:47 am with siblings Michael Bernice Johnny. Lou Ann Wimmer born Aug 23 at 10:25 pm with Joyce Gail Patrick Lee as siblings. Grandparents named for each family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Meredith
Pamela
Memorial Hospital
Patricia
Henry Rupp
Scottsbluff
John Meredith
Salt Lake City
Calvin Ray
R. D. Crites
Roy Lynn
Roy Winder
Norton
Kan
Frances Anderson
Ovid
A. F. Divis
Henry Frank
Patty
Sandy
Cynthia
Henry Haupt
Sidney
Alois Divis
Peetz
Betty Jo Trujillo
Betty Jo
I. Trujillo
Michael
Bernice
Johnny
Ramoncita Trujillo
Manuelita Gonzales
San Luis
Colo
Lou Ann
Charles Wimmer
Joyce Gail
Patrick Lee
Charley Peete Earns MLB Chance With Cardinals
Charley Peete rookie outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals earned a major league opportunity after hitting .351 in 95 games with Omaha early in 1956. The standout season helped him win a call to the majors and showcase his hitting touch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Peete
St. Louis Cardinals
Omaha
Potter Well Abandoned Amid Mixed Oil Finds in Cheyenne County
One of three wildcat wells near Potter Cheyenne County was plugged by Strain Drilling Co Light No 1 reaching 5550 feet with no shows or tests. Other wells Schwartz No 1 and Anthony No 1未 drilling depth unsettled. Kimball County finds spark activity despite steel strike delaying casing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Strain Drilling Co
Potter
Shell Oil
Murphy Corp
Ashland Oil
Kimball County
Rodman Ranch
Kimball
Bushnell
Chandler-Musgrove
East Dam
Owasco
Braden Drilling Co
Frontier
Burdick Discovery
L. J. Williamson
Thompson
Dix
Magnolia
Riggs Field
Logan County
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Washington County
Yuma County
Logan
Washington
Wildcats
Reiners
CSE
Pubco Petroleum Co
Shell State
Center NW
Sterling
Halbert, Jennings & Simic
Sprague
Center SW
Crook
Banner County
Ludden
Flowerfield
Superior
Admitted and Dismissed Names From Local Notices
A list of individuals admitted and dismissed across multiple towns including Sidney Peetz Potter Denver Kearney Scottsbluff Riverton and Lodgepole. Names include William McCowen Roy Henderson Gail Jarred Annie Geib Mrs Wilford Monk and others with several households marked as admitted or dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
William McCowen
Roy Henderson
Donald Kahl
Gail Jarred
Matt Treinen
Wilford Monk
Annie Geib
Howard Portz
Charles Wimmer
Fred Kloberdanz
Wilbur’ Merklin
Lee Maddox
Fred Seeberg
Kenneth Hyatt
Pete Vigil
Frieda Niemann
Walter Hall
Peetz
Linda Roper
Potter
William Laflan
John Rasmussen
Denver
Harry Hicks
Pat Chavez
Kearney
Ella Baird
Scottsbluff
Shirley Babke
Riverton
Wyo
Douglas Smith
Billy Skanadore
Wilford Daling
Lyle Mclrvin
Thomas Webster
James Caywood
R. W. Johnson
Edson Osborn
Harold Schwartz
Don Masur
Don Kahl
Isidron Trujillo
Henry Gell
Ralph Crites
Alois Davis
Katherine Meredith
Lodgepole
George Handley
Ogallala
Loren Gale
Modification Ordered On Driving Penalty
Judge C. W. Smith adjusted the Cheyenne County DUI sentence for William Dalton 44 of Sidney. Dalton pleaded guilty to the June 23 drink drive charge and was fined 1100 dollars plus costs with a six month license suspension, delayed 30 days to allow harvest of a 1956 wheat crop. Trial delay was to permit Dalton to harvest his winter wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
C. W. Smith
Smith
William Dalton
Sidney
Dalton
Nebraska Safety Patrol
What That Tower At The Fairgrounds Was
The three story wooden fire drill training tower at Cheyenne County Fairgrounds sits east of the exhibit halls. Built nearly three years ago it is used by Sidney fire fighters for drills with local crews and visiting firemen who compete by racing hoses to the top. The ground level is closed and used for gas mask and chemical practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
Funeral Today for Mrs Ella Burke 85
Funeral services were held at 1 pm from Gehrig and Son Funeral Home for Mrs Ella Burke 85 who died last Saturday at the Pasadena home of her daughter Mrs Carl Ledbetter. She had long resided in Sidney before moving to Pasadena. The Rev H P Bollinger officiated and burial was in Greenwood Cemetery beside her husband Carl E Burke with pallbearers Marius Christensen Roy Greenlee Albin Olson David Ells Kenneth Agnew and N W Osborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Ella Burke
Pasadena
Calif
Carl Ledbetter
Burke
Sidney
H. P. Bollinger
Greenwood Cemetery
Carl E. Burke
Marius Christensen
Roy Greenlee
Albin Olson
David Ells
Kenneth Agnew
N. W Osborn
Wheatmen Begin To Seed 07 Wheat Crop
Seeding of Cheyenne County's 1957 wheat crop will start next week with farmers planning to work fields Monday or Tuesday. Some Lodgepole farmers may wait until after Labor Day, while others will seed earlier in the eastern part of the county. Rain has fallen in parts of the southwestern county, but surface moisture remains light. subsurface supply is satisfactory. Irrigated crops in Lodgepole Valley look good and corn outlook remains steady statewide, with several counties reporting drought impacts and varied crop conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Telegraph
Lodgepole
Fred Enevoldsen
Dalton
Lawrence Marrin
Marrin
A. C. Peterson
Sidney Draw
Sidney
Nebraska
Federal Divison of Agricultural Statistics
Misouri River
Valley
Greeley
Boone, Madison, Stanton
Cuming
Thurston
Howard
Hall, Nance
Merrick
Platte
Colfax
Dodge
Hamilton
York, Polk
Butler
Seward
Dawson
Thayer
Saline
Jefferson
Pawnee
Richardson
Panhandle
North Platte Valley
VFW Plans Open House At New Post Building
Preliminary plans for a VFW open house were set at a Wednesday night committee meeting in the new club rooms. The event on September 8 will be free for Porter McGuire Post members and their wives. Admission requires a 1957 membership card, obtainable at the door, with music by a live combo and free refreshments. Committee head Bill Rezac chaired the meeting with Commander Simmons Cook and members John Bukovsky and Neal Craig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Porter McGuire Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bill Rezac
Simmons Cook
John Bukovsky
Neal Craig
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Texas
Edward
Pe Hi Utena Bank
Dockar
Continental National Bank of
Bill Schulz
Nebraska Panhandle
Pamela Meredith
Calvin Ray Crites
Henry Frank Divis
Lou Ann Wimmer
Colorado
James Coulter
Goetz
Goetz Brewing
Don Shipman
MGR. Panhandle Distributing Co
Fairgrounds
Harvey Vizina
Cheyenne County Fair
4-H Club
A&w Root
10Th & Pine
Mercury
Wamsley's
Wheatbelt
Gheg
Illinois
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