Cheyenne County Oil Hits 750000 Barrels Since Discovery
Cheyenne County has produced close to 750000 barrels of oil since the Mary Egging discovery in the East Gurley field eighteen months ago. At current value, the oil was worth about 1750000 dollars. Ohio Oil Co. accounts for around 610000 barrels from its three fields: East Gurley 400000, Huntsman High 170000, McLernon High 40000, with Dorman field extending output via new wells.
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Cheyenne County
Mary Egging
East Gurley
Ohio Oil Co
Huntsman
McLernon
Ohio
Dorman
Gintherarren-Ginther, Kinney Coastal Oil Co
L. W. Young
Sidney
Huntsman High
Sunol
West Sidney
Macauley-Borough of
Denver
Stueve
Benson
Pahl
Dakota
Henry Feldman
Feldman- Elsasser
U-Tex Oil Co
Egging
Potter
Francis Egging
Olds Drilling Co
Olds Foy
Dalton
Wildcat
Wildcat At Potter Into Third Dakota Sand
Drilling at the wildcat Egging No. 1 three miles southeast of Potter reached the third Dakota sand early Thursday with no oil or gas showings. The second bench was dry and the third sand yielded 5.41 feet. Several other wells in Cheyenne and surrounding counties were advancing, with coring planned and no immediate production reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wildcat
Potter
Dakota
R. E. Hawks
U-Tex Oil Co
Hawks
Potteron State School
Deuel County
Charles Edmondson
Denver
Ideal Drilling Co
Casper
Zimmerman No. 1
Ideal
Harrisburg
Banner County
Stanolind Oil and Gas Co
Stanolind
Banner Co
Ryan Oil Co
Indiana
Pine Bluffs
Wyo
Nebraska Line
Wyoming
Ryan
Nebraska
Rock Hill
Twin Oil Companies
Narses No. 1
Morrill County
Rock Hounds Hold December Meeting in Chappell
Western Nebraska Mineral Society met in Chappell Monday night for a program on How to Make End-Landers by Paul Bergstrom. Three new members Vic Dutton Gee Clark and Ed Kalb joined. Delwin Shunk attended as a guest. Lunch followed. next meeting January 1 with Gordon Brooks in charge. Meetings are the first Monday each month in the Chappell Library basement. Public invited to attend.
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Western Nebraska Mineral Society
Chappell
Paul Bergstrom
Vic Dutton
Gee Clark
Ed Kalb
Delwin Shunk
Emmett Soule
Freda Bergstrom
Gordon Brooks
Chappell Library
Organ Dedication At Dalton Next Sunday
Dedication services for the new Hammond organ at Trinity Lutheran Church, Dalton, will be held this Sunday evening at 8. The organ is a memorial to Louie Reimers, donated by his widow and two children, Anna Reimers and Howard Reimers, and Mrs. Donald Young. Annabelle Brogren and Yvonne Hinrichs will be organists, with Brogren also playing during the service. Hinrichs will accompany Lester Stecher and Pastor Vernon Jacobs. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
Dalton
Louie Reimers
Anna Reimers
Howard Reimers
Donald Young
Reimers
Lutheran Church
Annabelle Brogren
Yvonne Hinrichs
Miss Brogren
Miss Hinrichs
Lester Stecher
Pastor Vernon Jacobs
New Housing Construction Speeds Ahead in Sidney
Western Construction Co. moves forward with thirteen new house permits valued over 130000 dollars in Country Club Heights Sidney. N C Bud Livoni reports twenty houses already built or under way with most sold and plans to start northward around March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Construction Co
Country Club Heights
South
Sidney
N. C
Bud’ Livoni
11Th Avenue
Sidney Country Club Grounds
Livoni
Girl Scout Council Names New Officers
The Sidney City Council for the Girl Scouts met Friday night and elected Joyce Baumbach president for the coming year. Rex Olsen was chosen secretary-treasurer, with L. B. Neuman as outgoing president. Rena McCleneghan was named Sidney representative to the steering committee to lay foundations for a future Area Council and nominate directors. Troop Six hosted lunch.
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Sidney
Joyce Baumbach
Rex Olsen
L. B. Neuman
Rena McCleneghan
Future Area Council
Santa Claus Visits Lodgepole December 23
Santa Claus will make his annual daytime visit to Lodgepole on Saturday December 23. He arrives about 2 PM and will give candy and nuts to all the good children. A special park program is planned and all Lodgepole children and residents of the trade area are invited.
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Santa Claus
Lodgepole
Bond Issue Election Set For January 8 In Sidney
A special election in School District No. 1 is scheduled for Monday January 8 to approve bonds totaling 276000 dollars for a new elementary grade school. Fifty five percent approval required. Superintendent Weymouth calls it an absolute must as enrollment climbs above last year with overcrowded classrooms. Plans by Frank McNett show a modern one story building on Linden Street between 16th and 17th Avenues, funded without a mill levy increase.
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Board of Education
Frank McNett
Grand Island
Linden Street
16Th
17Th Avenue
O. J. Weymouth
Sidney
Weymouth
Northside
State Road Plan Board Favored by Farmers Union
Cheyenne County Farmers Union held its annual meeting naming Harold Brauer as a new board member from Gurley and reelecting Russell Olson Nienhuser Sidney vice president Robert Rexroth Sidney secretary treasurer and Robert Huff Lodgepole as board member. They passed resolutions urging a state planning board for road construction and maintenance a broader tax base opposition to a state sales tax calls for economic audit and elimination of duplicate state papers plus an audit of the road department and more road funding in the next legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Farmers Union
Farmers Union
Cheyenne County
Harold Brauer
Gurley
Russell Olson
Nienhuser
Sidney
Robert Rexroth
Robert Huff
Lodgepole
Hereford Breeders Elect Leaders At Nebraska Panhandle Meet
Stewart Brown of Sidney reelected president of the Nebraska Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association at the annual meeting held Tuesday. New officers include William Schaffert Dalton vice president Tom Allington Sundl secretary and Arthur McMillen Sidney treasurer. Earl Vowers Kimball and Brown named directors for three years and McMillen fills the vacancy caused by F L Hester’s death. New members joining are Lester Willoughby Potter Goodview Ranch Scottsbluff George Miller & Sons Holyoke Forrest J Scrivner Haigler and Tellford Ewing Gering. The year’s sale on December 1 at Cheyenne County fair grounds drew wide attendance and boosted cattle interests in the region.
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Stewart Brown
Sidney
Nebraska Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association
William Schaffert
Dalton
Tom Allington
Sundl
Arthur McMillen
Brown
Earl Vowers
Kimball
Mr. McMillen
F. L. Hester
Lester Willoughby
Potter
Goodview Ranch
Scottsbluff
George Miller & Sons
Holyoke
Forrest J. Scrivner
Haigler
Tellford Ewing
Gering
Hereford Association
Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
Conservation Shows Rapid Increase During Past Year
Cheyenne County farmers embrace conservation with four years of district effort showing growth. Dry land farms lead with 2300 acres of new contouring, 600 acres of new pasture growing, 1100 acres of permanent grass and legume seeding, and 17 miles of terraces and diversions. Irrigated land activity declines as officials note a natural trend.
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Cheyenne County
Soil Board To Meet To Plan 1951 Program
Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District supervisors will meet tonight at the extension office. All members are urged to attend to help plan the 1951 program especially the educational phases to be conducted during the winter months.
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Board of Supervisors
Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District
Grassed waterways and stubble mulch fallow expansion noted
The article highlights grassed waterways as surpassing all prior years combined and records 5000 acres of stubble mulch fallow installed, underscoring major conservation practices adopted that year.
Flood of Christmas Mail Continues at Local Post Office
Postmaster John Martinosky reports record Christmas mail flow with greeting cards both local and out of state piling up. Officials urge immediate mailing and, if needed, Air Mail or Special Delivery after this week to ensure delivery before Christmas.
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John Martinosky
Wheat Has Good Start In Western Nebraska
State federal division of agricultural statistics notes winter wheat in Cheyenne County and western Nebraska at a dormant yet favorable stage. Crops show strong root systems with adequate moisture, and harvest progress for corn and beets updates point to overall favorable prospects for farmers in the Lodgepole Valley and Panhandle regions.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Panhandle
Lodgepole
BPW Donates To Kings Daughters
Members of the Sidney Business and Professional Women's Club attended Hazel’s Cafe Christmas party. The group voted a $25 donation to the Kings Daughters for local charity work. Mrs. Roy Wells announced Mrs. Rena McCleneghan as education and vocation committee chair. Chest X-Ray drive chairwoman reported the mobile unit's return after breakdowns and that X-rayed individuals will be notified if needed.
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Sidney Business and Professional Women’s Club
Hazel
Myra Masters
Kings Daughters
Roy Wells
Rena McCleneghan
J. S. Bright
Explosion Cuts Northbound Traffic On Highway 19 Near Dalton
An 1950 Ford semi carrying three large butane tanks overturned and burned after 6 30 am. One tank exploded sending flames high and severing telephone lines north. The driver survived, fire crews stood by, losses included the truck, lines, and bridge damage estimated at 6200 400.
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Highway 19
Dalton
Nebraska State Highway Patrol
Borrow Pit
Don Born
Sidney
George D. Prangley, Jr
Fort Morgan
Colo
Joe A. Alberta
State Street
East Borrow Pit
Gurley
Here
N. W. Bell
Highway Patrol
Rev Flora Assigned to New Mission Work in California
The Rev George Flora resigns from the Board of Foreign Missions and joins the Board of American Missions as a missionary. He will organize a new church in the Kaiser Sub-Division of San Jose California, with his family leaving for California January first. The Floras recently returned from Liberia where they served many years as Lutheran missionaries.
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George Flora
Board of Foreign Missions
Board of American Missions
Kaiser
San Jose
Calif
California
Floras
Liberia
Butler Freed Not Guilty In Blue Sky and Burglary Cases
Verdicts of not guilty were returned in two cases. K Dean Butler of Lusk Wyoming was acquitted on Blue Sky Law charges, and Roy Livingston of Sidney was acquitted of breaking and entering. Jurors were later selected for the State vs James E Hubbard robbery case at Frandsen's Liquor Store in Dalton.
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K. Dean Butler
Lusk
Wyo
Roy Livingston
Sidney
James E. Hubbard
Frandsen
Dalton
Carol Chappell
Alfred “Lucky” Michens
George E. Slaughter
Alliance
Hubbard
Butler
Neil Rowan
Frank Rauner
Elmer Westerhoff
Harold Johnson
Omaha
Paul Spearow
Paul Nagengast
Howard Sheets
William George
Stewart Brown
Frank Halsey
Fred Oliverius
Art Brauer
Ralph Carleton
Hugh Paris
George Kavanaugh
L. H. Sprengel
Matt Treinen
Burke
Viola Lindsey
Hugh Griffith
Sol Willis
Deon Rezac
Ervin Smith
Dick Lindley
W. W. Schulz
Charles Simpson
Livingston
Cliff Herboldsheimer
Anton Steffens
Clarence Meyer
Henry Schuler
Lloyd Talich
Ed Meyer
S. R. Panabaker
Floyd Miller
Jens Englert
W. F
State Draft Calls For 1,400 Men For Nebraska
Nebraska's January draft call is 714 men and February 711. The two month total reaches 1,425, the largest for a two month period since the act. Col Francis Drath notes wartime calls peaked at 1,700 in a 30 day period and says the office has prepared to meet the increase.
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Nebraska
Francis Drath
Drath
Webber Store Burns Ends Owner's Ill Health
Scotts Bluff tale reports Webber furniture store destroyed by fire Tuesday morning. Owner Jack Webber, weakened by prolonged illness, fell ill from the strain but by Wednesday night was described as much improved and up and around. Fire caused an estimated 350000 to 400000 dollars in damage, with plans to rebuild undecided.
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Jack Webber
Webber
Scottsbluff
Legion Sets Plans For Christmas Party
A Christmas party sponsored by American Legion Post 17 and its auxiliary will be held at 8 o'clock Thursday night December 21 in the Legion club. All members and guest card holders may attend. The price is $1 per couple. There will be cats entertainment door prizes dancing and special music.
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American Legion Post 17
Legion Club
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Brophy
Yuma County
Ginther-Warren- Ginther Et Als
British-American Oil Producing Co
Logan County
Koenig-Ashby
Rock Hounds
Ound
Hillview
C. A. Story Company
19Th Avenue
Story
Fairview
American Securities Corp
Girl Scout Council
State Road Plan Board
Hereford
Soil Board
BPW
Kings
Flora
Blue Sky
Legion
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