Fehringer Silver Anniversary Celebrated in Peetz
Mr and Mrs Victor Fehringer marked twenty five years with a Friday mass at 8 30 and a family dinner at home. Relatives joined a Legion hall dance and guests traveled from Columbus Humphrey Conley Ault San Rafael Merino Sterling and other Nebraska towns for the Thanksgiving weekend events.
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Victor Fehringer
Legion Hall
Katie and
Clara Fehringer
Columbus
Neb
Grandma Fehringer
Andy Fehringer
Ted Winhoff
Leonard Wehoss
Glen South
Merino
Raddatz
Virgil Disney
Andy Hegarty
Farm Womens Club
Jerritsma
Loretta Fehringer
Mel Nelson
Agnes Lockhart
Nadine Bules
Sally Lindsay
Bobh Davis
George Bartels
Elmer Davis
Harold Kitchell
Kitchell
Owallala
Lee McKibben
Harry Peppler
Fred George
Donnie Cates
Ted Lindt
George Fehringer
John Treinen
Leonard Reiken
Wm. Raddatz
John Treinen, Jr
Harrion’ Fairchild
E. James
Si Stanley Heisthofhe
Sterlin
Harold Dretchel
Engelwood
Dale Maag
Ft. Collins
Jack Easterly
Helen Maag
Hal Ludeman
Gurley
Otto Raddatz
Cheyenne
Wyo
Jack Ruhter
Dean Bules
Joe Reiners
Sterling
Colo
Mmes. Bachelder
Hartway
del Hawkins
Joe Robirds
Bill Ruhter
Ladies Elks
Delmer Nelson
Nick Burr
Broadwater
Lloyd Goranson
Bud Goranson
Ceé Celia
Margaret Munger
Lloyd Nelson
B. J. Cement
Kimball
John Nelson
J. Lavern
Maynard Nelson
Anton Nelson
Joe Wieser
Lil Wieser
Ralph Taylor
Grace Bules
Munger
Denver
Laura Jensen
Elizabeth
Hereford Show praised by Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Local readers applaud the Sidney Chamber of Commerce for donating trophies and ribbons for the Hereford Show and sale. Visitors praise the awards as beautiful and well presented, with high regard for the chamber’s time and expense in supporting the event.
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Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Hereford
Union Pacific to Install High Speed Computers in Omaha
Union Pacific plans to install two new high speed electronic computers in Omaha in 1956. The IBM machines will handle payroll and timekeeping, enabling 2400 Sidney school children to complete math homework quickly. The magnetic drum memory stores 20 000 digits across 2 000 locations and will run payroll data and wage statistics in seconds.
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Sidney
Union Pacific Railroad
Union: Pacific
Omaha
Union Pacific
IBM
Sidney Draw News Turkey Day Guests At Many Dwellings
Thanksgiving gatherings fill Sidney residences with relatives and friends. Numerous families host dinners and visits across town with guests from Alliance Scottsbluff Gurley Dalton and Denver. Hazel Olson sails to Yokohama Japan for a stay with relatives.
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Sidney
Nevin Janssen
Denver
Leslie Burley
Paul Hecker
Frank Bayliff
Bob Kelly
Henry Haupt
Paul Kurg
Louie Davis
Fred Flohr
Dalton
Jerry Haupt
Paul Wilson
Ann Olson
John Glanz
Betty
Barbara Benzel
Dan Benzel
John Glanz, Jr
John Glanz, Sr
Sam Chambers
Albin Olson
Hazel Olson
Hazel
Scottsbluff
Kenneth Olson
Marvin Kettler
Maurice Gordon
H. L. Jurgens
Gurley
Stanley Krueger
Glen Reed
Paul Hecker, Jr
Harold Kettler
John Kurz
Vernon Boyer
Fred Kettler
Otto Kurz
Roland Meininger
Robert Kurz
Earl Nightengale
Elbern Leuhrs
J.D. Emerick
Alliance
Ray Martin
Carl Kurz
Katherine Lee
Harrisburg
John Owens
Grover Hatcher
Max Mathewson
Joe Green
Eli Henderson
Ralph Zan Pelt
Bushnell
Lula Lee
Kimball Leads Panhandle Oil Drive As Banner Rises
In Cheyenne County oil activity lags while Kimball County dominates with 161 new wells and 26 discoveries, Banner adds 67 wells with seven discoveries, and Cheyenne records 44 wells with ten discoveries. Dry holes total 106 in Cheyenne, 84 in Banner, 175 in Kimball as Harrisburg Olsen Lovercheck and Downer pools draw drilling.
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Cheyenne County
Kimball
Cheyenne
Banner County
Panhandle
Superior Oil
Olsen
Morrill County
Banner
Kimball County
Harrisburg
Lovercheck
Downer
Panama Canal Runs North and South
The canal’s orientation is north-south rather than east-west as commonly believed. Fossils have helped determine the relative ages of rocks. The U S pharmaceutical industry dedicates five cents per sales dollar to research. William Henry Harrison, at 68, was the oldest U S President.
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Panama Canal
U. S
William Henry Harrison
U.S
Wells Drilled Dry as Companies Plug Multiple Joints
Five wells were dry holes. Petroleum Inc plugged Stuart No. 1 in NE NE Section 11-15-56. General Resources plugged Rodman No. 1 in NW NW SE Section 26-15-55. Empire Oil Co plugged Retignitz No 1 in NW NW Section 9-13-55. T Roy Wadkins and Davis Oil Co plugged Jones No 1 in NW SW Section 8-16-57. Stanolind prepared to plug Scheele No 1 in SW SW Section 14-15-54, north offset to Steele discovery north of Dix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petroleum, Inc
General Resources
Empire Oil Co
T Roy Wadkins
Davis Oil Co
Stanolind
Dix
December Busy Month Lies Ahead
December brings holidays and meetings across Cheyenne County. Rural Youth elects officers on Dec 5, Sidney Chamber of Commerce names 1956 officers on Dec 6, Kiwanis hosts Stars of Tomorrow on Dec 8, with Christmas events at schools and churches and a Windy Plains Boy Scout district meeting on Dec 28. Official holidays follow Christmas and New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Kiwanis Club
Stars of Tomorrow
Windy Plains
Lincoln Gish Hopes for Answers on New Valuation Statutes
Cheyenne County Assessor Roy Gish and Commissioner George Fleming attend the Fifth Annual Nebraska Citizen's Council meeting in Lincoln to learn how the new basic value and average inventory tax rules will be applied. Officials seek quick court clarity as March 1 assessment day nears.
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Cheyenne
Roy Gish
Nebraska
Lincoln
Gish
George Fleming
Nebraska Citizen’s Council, Inc
Fred Herrington
Herrington
Kimball
Devel County
C. S. Beck
State Supreme Court
Beck
Stolen Auto Recovered In Sidney Chase
A 1951 Pontiac stolen from 11th Ave in Sidney was found about an hour after the theft. Nebraskan and Colorado officers set up road blocks and alerted surrounding states. A 16 year old from Wilmington California was captured in Sterling and charged with auto theft. The youth faces juvenile court action.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Sidney
Jo Neeley
11Th Ave
Miss Neeley
Sterling
Charles Eugene Duxton
Wilmington
Calif
Kermit Brumbaugh
Duxton
Fearful W heat Prices Outlook From Nebraska Farmers
Western Nebraska farmers fear a drop in wheat prices and prefer selling now at today’s market price but delaying delivery until after year’s start. University economists at the National Outlook Conference in Washington say 1956 profits will likely weaken, with costs steady or rising while prices fall, except seeds feed and livestock. Net farm income is expected to decline, depending on national business conditions and federal farm programs.
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Nebraska
University of Nebraska
National Outlook
Washington, D.C
USDA
Everett Peterson
Eldon Erickson
At the Helm Mrs Vaughn Leads Sidney Social Service
In five years in Sidney, Mrs J W Vaughn emerged as a key figure in social and service groups. As president of the Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service for a second year, she shows strong leadership. Her husband runs Humphrey’s Auto Supply. they live in County Club Heights with two sons Rodney and Ellis. They moved from Ogallala and now value Sidney, engaging in bridge and square dancing. She has held offices in church circles and WSCS, plus roles in the Newcomer’s Club and PTA, and currently serves as Electa in Providence Chapter Order of Eastern Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
J. W. Vaughn
Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service
Humphrey
Rodney
Ellis
County Club Heights
Ogallala
Vaughn
Methodist
WSCS
Newcomer’s Club
PTA
Electa
Providence
Order of Eastern Star
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al Roper
Jack Cameron
Cameron
Wm. Appelgate
Bob Carter
Lee Hawkins
Donald’ Gillham
Bob Hawkins
Maurice Nelson
David
Claude Ross
Claude Gillham
John ’.Treinen
Kia Raddatz
Herman Dallegge
Howard Dallegge
Ben Durham
Torrington
Wye
Henry Wallier
Leonard Vallier
George Heimbenger
the Telegraph Gentlemen
Jean Wallop
Wyoming
Lord Portchester
England
Oliver M. Wallop
Big Horn
Geo. Cumming & Son
Amherst
Kalamazoo
Mich
Tim Hill
Eugene Kerns
Thelma Roush
Jerry Fehringer
Chappell
Fehringer
Kathleen Mohatt
Florence Leuhrs
J. D. Emerich
George Bauer
Violet
Sharol
Shirley DeVier
Dave Kelly
Raine Weimer
Eugene Bauer
Dick Windstrom
Jim Mohatt
Mohatt
Howard Kurz
Otto Raddatz, Sr
Minnie Tulle
Tulle
Victor Chambers
Herman van Aelstyn
Mark van Aelstyn
J.W. Vaughn
Liberal
Kan
Seward County
Zed Coffey
Coffey
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