Six Cheyenne County drilling sites staked for action oil patch
Oil and gas news reports six active sites in Cheyenne County with new wildcat and test discoveries. Stuarco Oil plans to expand the north Potter field, while other operators including Kissinger, Monahan, Banner, and Pure Oil pursue additional wells and logs. Completion announcements include Graff Dalton Field and State No 1 in Morrill County with early production estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Stuarco Oil Co
Potter
Clyde G. Kissinger Alo
R. K. Kelley
Nelson
CNE
Lorenzo
Rex Monahan
Als
Mary Egging
Gurley
Monahan
HLM Drilling Co
Wildcat
Banner Oil Co
Hagemeister
Sutton
Myron Riebold
Hayden Wildcat
Dalton
Cabeen Exploration Co
Sidney
Dalton Field
Ohio Oil Co
Morrill County
Omaha’s 750000th conventiongoer from Sunol honored
Cecil Hunt of Sunol Cheyenne County was hailed as Omaha’s 750000th convention delegate at the Nebraska Association of County Officials event. He received a city key from Mayor Rosenblatt, a Chamber plaque, was made an honorary member, and used a chauffeured car during the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Cecil Hunt
Sunol
Hunt
Nebraska Assn
Cheyenne
Nebraska Association of County Officials
Chamber of Commerce
Castle Hotel
B. B. Gribble
Champers Convention Bureau
Rosenblatt Hunt
Chamber
Richard Walker
Cheyenne County
No Buses For Soo Damsels Christmas Party
No bus transportation will be provided for the SO Damsels annual children's Christmas party at the Soo Theatre Sioux Ord nce Depot Sunday December 13. The event will proceed with two sessions for children ages up to six at 1 pm and seven to twelve at 2:15 pm. Parents must provide their own transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SO Damsels
Soo Theatre
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Sodamsel
High Court Rejects Caril Fugate Bid for New Trial
The Nebraska Supreme Court denied a request by 15 year old Caril Fugate for a new trial. The court affirmed Lancaster County District Court findings that her jury convicted her of first degree murder for aiding Charles Starkweather in January 1958 killings, and she received a life sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska State Supreme Court
Caril Fugate
Tne
Lancaster County District Court
Wannd
Charles Starkweather
Wampas
More Oil Leases Filed In Past Week In Cheyenne County
Continental Oil Co. added three leases in Cheyenne County during the week ending Dec. 10, per County Clerk I L Pindell records. The week saw six new oil and gas leases filed seven assignments two lease renewals and one overriding royalty assignment. One release covers 3 440 acres in the county’s western section held by Chris Terman and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Oil Co
Cheyennne County
I L. Pindell
Chris Terman
Residents back museum idea but doubt tax funding approval
A Sidney poll shows strong support for a historical museum but fears about funding. Many residents favor a museum and a fundraising drive or voluntary contributions, while some worry voters would reject a tax mill levy. Chamber leaders back the project. locals cite past tax refusals and wish for more facts before committing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy Munderloh
Seum
Chamber of Commerce
Ed Bauman
Carl Christ, Jr
Chamber
Wayne Moran
Roy Greenlee
Albert Benish Dies at 85 Resident 73 Years in Cheyenne County
Albert Benish aged 85 and a longtime Cheyenne County resident died Thursday at West Nebraska Memorial Hospital in Scottsbluff after five days hospitalization and prior five months in Sidney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are Saturday at 2 p.m. at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Rev. C Fred Parks officiating. burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials to Memorial Hospital Rest Home. Born in Chicago November 18 1874 he moved to Cheyenne County in 1886 and engaged in farming and business in Sidney before retiring. Survivors include daughter Viola of Sidney three brothers and two sisters. The Benish farm near Potter was an early social center with community dances twice a week.
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Albert Benish
Cheyenne County
West Nebraska Memorial Hospital
Scottsbluff
Benish
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
C. Fred Parks
Christ Episcopal Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Memorial Hospital Rest Home
Chicago
Mr Benish
Anton
Jessie Benish
North Potter
Anna Petrzilka
Viola
Joseph
William
Anna Nelson
John Nelson
Potter
Ballots Mailed On Veterans Day Store Closing Debate
Voters consider closing Sidney stores on Veterans Day next year with ballots mailed today. The Chamber of Commerce tail committee polls businessmen before a final 1960 Closing Calendar recommendation. Veterans groups push recognition for service while merchants note Nov 11 falls on Friday and Saturday in upcoming years, key shopping days.
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Sidney
Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Chamber
Advance Fee Scams Evolve As Law Cracks Down
The advance fee racket, long a con man's staple, adopts new disguises while law enforcement curbs it. Despite reforms, millions of dollars are swindled yearly. The piece explains how legitimate use differs and directs readers to page eight for guidance.
Sidney Schools Plan Christmas Choral Program
The Sidney public schools present the annual Christmas choral program on Tuesday December 22 at 7 30 pm in the senior high auditorium. Admission is free and the public is invited. The program features the high school chorus combined sixth grade chorus fifth and sixth grade chorus girls sextet and girls trio under the direction of Joyce Mitchell Ron Peterson and William Fankhauser with assistants Sidney Phelps and Lois Watson.
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Sidney Public Schools
Joyce Mitchell
Ron Peterson
William Fankhauser
Sidney Phelps
Lois Watson
Beet Payment Details for 1959 Sugar Beet Harvest
The Great Western Sugar Company will pay beet growers 6.83 million dollars on December 15 as the first payment on beets delivered November 5 to 30. A prior 26.05 million was paid on November 20 for beets delivered through November 4. President Frank A. Kemp reported harvest nearly complete on over 98 percent of the 1959 crop across Colorado Nebraska Wyoming and Montana with about 2 percent unharvested in Colorado and small portions in Montana and northern Wyoming. Nebraska harvest is nearly finished.
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Denver
Great Western Sugar Company
Frank A. Kemp
Colorado
Nebraska
Wyoming
Montana
Wyomin
Life Resident of Sunol Community Mrs Skrdle Dies
Toni Skrdle 84 a lifelong Sunol area resident since 1882 died Thursday night at her farm home 14 miles south of Sunol Funeral services set for Tuesday at 1 30 p m at Gehrg and Son Funeral Home with Rev Henry Monnich officiating Burial in Bohemian Cemetery south of Sund She was born April 17 1875 in Czechoslovakia emigrated to the United States at six years old Married Jakob Skrolle in 1896 he preceded her in death five years ago Also preceded in death in 1925 by a son Frank Survivors include six children Mrs Emma Kohlschmidt of Crook Mrs James Oliverius of Lodgepole and Mary Rose John and Joe all at home five grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Toni Skrdle
South Sunol
Sunol
Gehrg and Son
Henry Monnich
Bohemian
Sund
Czechoslovakia
Skrolle
United States
Jakob Skrolle
Frank
Emma, Kohlschmidt
Crook
James Oliverius
Lodgepole
Mary
Rose
John
Joe
KSID Christmas Treasure Chest Contest Opens
The second annual Christmas Treasure Chest contest by KSID and local Sidney businesses begins. Top prize is a miniature Chevrolet Corvette with 214 horsepower. second prize $50. prizes three through seven are $10. seventh through fifteenth prize a pair of Fox Theatre passes to Jules Verne Journey to the Center of the Earth. A free Fox show for children is at ten. contest details announced over KRKD.
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KSID
Sidney Business Houses
Fox
Jules Vernes
Center of the Earth
Ten Ecino
Krold
Rev Hasenyager Resigns to Pursue Graduate Studies
Rev W. K Hasenyager of First Christian Church resigned Tuesday to serve Evergreen Community Christian Church in Colorado as student pastor while attending Illiff School of Theology in Denver for a bachelor of divinity degree. He will leave Sidney after Christmas with his wife and three children. He helped lead local civic projects and served as secretary-treasurer of the Sidney Ministerial Association, re-elected this year. A supply pastor will serve until a new pastor is named.
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W. K Hasenyager
First Christian Church
Evergreen Community Christian Church
Evergreen
Colo
Illiff School of Theology
Denver
Hasenyager
Sidney
Sidney Ministerial Alsn
Ann
Paul
Tom
Hasenvagers
Oakland
Iowa
Phillips University
Enid
Oklo
Bob Lauters
Rev
Three Hospitalized In Rash Of Accidents
A trio of accidents near Potter Dalton and Sidney left three people hospitalized none in serious condition. Richard Borchart and Arthur Borcher sustained severe injuries on San Marino Drive at about 6 45 p m. A Dalton man Marvin Pelster 21 suffered cuts and bruises in a one car crash north of Dalton at 8 30 p m. A two car collision near Pot ter involved Vergil Frickey and Donald Christensen with minor injuries, neither hospitalized.
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Potter
Dalton
Sidney
Richard Borchart
Arthur Borcher
San Marino
Borchart
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Marvin Pelster
Robert Zapp
Pelster
U. S. Highway 385
Zapp
del Shipley
Shipley
Studebaker
Vergil M. Frickey
Donald Christensen
Minneapolis
Christensen
Supreme Court Reverses R. Zorn Estate ruling
Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday reversed a Cheyenne County District Court verdict in the Ruth B Zorn estate dispute. The high court ruled for appellants Roy Buchanan Sidney Ray Buchanan and Betty Walford over the 1953 Will which left real estate to them. Ruth Zorn died in 1957 and Howard Zorn had sued in 1958.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Supreme Court
Cheyenne County District Court
Ruth B Zorn
Roy Buchanan
Sidney
Ray Buchanan
Dalton
Betty Walford
Denver
Zorn
Howard
District Court
High Court
Manslaughter Charge Filed In Fatal Shooting
In Ogallala Nebraska 19 year old Edgar L Smith of Julesburg Colorado was charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 17 year old Sharon Nowak. Nowak was outside a car talking with Smith and Rod Shelburn of Brule when a pistol discharged striking her in the forehead. She was flown to Denver where she died after surgery.
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Ogallala
Neb
Edgar L. Smith
Julesburg
Colo
Sharon Nowak
Sharon
Young Smith
Rod Shelburn
Brule
Denver
Telegraph Editor to Judge Press Contest
Jack H. Lowe editor of The Sidney Telegraph accepted an invitation to judge human interest and feature stories in the Louisiana Newspaper Contest. Bruce H McCoy secretary of the Louisiana Press Assn issued the invitation and said Lowe was recommended by Verne Scofield secretary manager of the Nebraska Press Assn. Judging must be completed by January with only one judge used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack H. Lowe
Sidney Telegraph
Louisiana
Bruce H McCoy
Louisiana Press Assn
Lowe
Verne Scofield
Nebraska Press Assn
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Oil-Gas News
Banner
Banner County
Chandler and Simpson
McMurray
Pure Oil Co
Brauer
D. J. Pickrell
Olsen
Kimball County
Miami Petroleum
Waitman
Miami
Man
Soo
A. K Greenlee
Wno
California
Greenlee
Ray Maley
Maley
C. F. Parks
Rev. Parks
Fort Sidney
Florence Jackson
Weller
Ing
Jackson
Guy Doran
Bud Lade
Skrdle
Nebraska-Frontier
W. K. Hasenyager
Rev. Hasenyager
Washington, D. C
Frontier Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Frontier
Louis B. Maytag, Jr
Jack D. Obbink
Maytag
Obbink
Clarence Davis
Davis
Supreme Court
R. Zorn
Telegraph
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