First Clerks of the Month Honored in Sidney Quest
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce retail committee named the first Clerks of the Month for December. Lois Osborne of Powell Hardware and Ken Redfuss of Greenlees, Inc. each received a ribbon and a $10 bonus. Winners were chosen by mystery shoppers using a 12 question criteria.
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C. of C. Quest
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Lois Osborne
Powell Hardware
Illinois
Ken Redfuss
Greenlees, Inc
Tenth Street
Powell
Osborne
Tax collections hit 99 percent in Cheyenne County
County Treasurer M. M. Inhelder announced that 99 percent of Cheyenne County real estate and personal taxes for 1958-59 have been collected. November receipts totaled 372,657.21 for 1960 taxes, with additional 1958 and 1959 taxes of 2,312.51 and 15,159.59 collected respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Inhelder
Cheyenne County
Inhelder
Court Of Honor To Start At 8 Oclock
The Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremonies at Gurley Sunday night were moved from 7 30 to eight o clock. Scoutmaster Floyd Miller said the program opens with a half hour concert by the Gurley and Delton bands, then ceremonies granting Eagle rank to eight Gurley Boy Scouts in the Gurley school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurley
Floyd Miller
Delton
Gurley School
Sidney Building Permits Show 1960 Totals Hit $715000
January through November 1960 saw 197 building permits issued with a total valuation of 715040, below 1959’s 833944 for the same period. November 1960 had 15 permits totaling 55900, while March 1960 led with 21 permits valuing 118420.
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J. R Paxton
Sidney
Bulding
Willy Them
Paxton
General Mills-Pvo Safflower
Open House Set At Dix School Addition
The Dix public school system will host an open house for its new addition on Thursday at seven o'clock in December. The $280,009 project includes kindergarten through sixth grade classrooms, a band room, cafeteria, shop, home economics expansion, art room, and a multipurpose space. Designers Hinde and Laurinet of North Platte. Wiedeman Brothers of Scotts Bluff acted as general contractors with W D Brawner as superintendent and William G Kelley as principal.
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Dix
Discovery of oil near Sleepy Hollow field in Red Willow County
Muffin Drilling Co reports a significant oil discovery about a mile east of Sleepy Hollow in Red Willow Nebraska. No. 1 Gallaca, C NW NW 32 3N 26W, tested in Lansing zone with 660 feet clean oil 70 feet muddy oil and 60 feet heavily oil cut mud. Flowing pressure rose to 240 psi with 20 minute shut in around 30 psi. Unofficial tests in basal Lansing Pennsylvanian show encouraging results. Nearby dry holes and other wildcats noted in surrounding blocks and counties. Exploration partners include Ashby Drilling Co Blair Associates Murfin, Kimbark Exploration and Vaughey & Vaughey.
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Muffin Drilling Company
Sleepy Hollow
Red Willow County
Nebraska
Gallaca
CNW
Lansing
Reagan
Faye Peterson
Kimball
Wildcat
Rounds Field
William Meakins
Sheeler
Cheyenne County
Northeastern Cheyenne Co Acreage Sells For .50 Per Acre Friday
Nebraska land sale in Lincoln by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds reports Shell Oil Company paying 50 cents per acre for three 640 acre tracts in Cheyenne County and similar bids across Hitchcock, Arthur, Morrill, and Lincoln counties. Total bonuses reach $9,365.25 for 10,717 acres sold involving multiple companies and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeastern
Cheyenne Co
Lincoln
Cheyenne County
Shell Oil Company
Board of Educational Lands
Shell
Mately
Reimer Field
H. C. Moore
Hitchcock
Pan American Petroleum
Hitchcock County
Pan American
Dundy
States’ Oil Royalty Company of Lincoln
Arthur County
Superior Oil Company
Superior
Ivan C. Lovett
Scottsbluff
Robert W. Downer
Harrisburg
Morrill County
Cheyenne
Shell Oil
Lincoln County
Vernon J. Downing
Bitting
Wichita
Downing
Dalton cafe owner shot by rifle mishap in accident
Charles Eckert, manager of the C. & W. cafe in Dalton, was wounded Thursday night while repairing a .22 rifle. He was listed in fair condition at Pioneer Memorial Hospital after the bullet entered the left chest and exited below the left arm, passing above the heart with no serious organ damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Dalton’s
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Charles Eckert
Eckert
United Fund total near three quarters of goal
The 1961 United Fund drive for Sidney and Linux Ordinance Depot stands about fifteen percent short of its $15,000 goal. General Chairman Gerald Matzke announced the latest figure as $12,448.66 in cash and pledges. Further donations are possible but reaching the target is unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund of
Sidney and Linux Ordnance Depot
Gerald Matzke
Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy Tonight and Saturday
Partly cloudy weather expected tonight and Saturday with overnight lows around 25 to 35 degrees. Saturday highs reach the 50s, bringing milder daytime temperatures and dry conditions.
Oil Firm's Payroll and Taxes Support Area Economy
Ohio Oil Company's Sidney district supports the four state area with an average annual payroll over 700000 and 1959 taxes of 117251 ad valorem plus 158712 severance and conservation taxes. The operation spans Nebraska Colorado South Dakota and Wyoming with significant oil and gas production, land leasing, and field development centered in Cheyenne and Morrill Counties and eastern Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land Department
Ohio Oil Company
Sherrill Drum
W. J
Jerry” Monk
J. Nolan
Sidney
Nolan
Jim McClelland
Telegraph
Pat Brennan
Ohio
Huntsman
West Sidney
Sidney Area
Nebraska
Colorado
South Dakota
Wyoming
Ohio Oil Company No
Mary Egging
Gurley Pool
Egging
Gurley
Cheyenne County
Kimball
Banner
Morrill
L. A. ‘Whitey’ Lindstrom
Denver-Julesburg
Cheyenne and
Morrill County
Denver Julesburg Basin
Dundy
Hitchcock
Red Willow
Yuma
Prowers
Bent
Kiowa
Geological Department
District Geological
Casper
Home Office
Ohio Oi
Findley
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Ohio Oil Co
Tom Nolen
Wes Felt
L. A. Lindstrom
Lindstrom
Sherill Drum
Felt
Greenlees
Rehfuss
Greenlee
Court of Honor
Dalton Cafe
Jaycee
Don Gilbreath
Virg Reed
Reed
Jaycee Bairman
Frontier Music Co
10Th Street
North Central Gas Co
United Fund
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