Million Dollar Building Program In City In '49
In 1949 Sidney is tallying a record breaking million dollar building program reports City Clerk Gordon Tovin. Applications total near $600,000 with estimated costs often 40 percent higher. Over 30 new houses planned including eight by American Securities in Fairview near Sidney High School. Sidney adds new shops, trailers, a church, school addition, and notable remodels. Lustron homes by American Securities draw attention as Quonset hut use expands in local business. The city grows with new cafes drive ins and moving housing projects near Country Club Heights, signaling continued expansion and improved prospects.
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Sidney
Gordon Tovin
American Securities Corporation
Fairview
Sidney High School
Wes Berry
West
Illinois
Assembly of God Church
North Side
Silver Dollar Tavern
Aubrey Haines
Greenlees, Inc
Sidney ~ Furniture
Osborn
Secal
Glenn Weler
Toby’s
Toé
A. Gibson, Inc
Ford
Country Club Heights
Blue Cross Blue Shield Enrollment Drive in Sidney
The semi-annual re opening of Blue Cross Blue Shield groups in Sidney runs December 19 to 23. New members may join for employees of 34 firms, with about 44 firms eligible. Roche and Taylor Hospitals and local physicians participate in the campaign, with prior payments totaling 13202.26 for 325 hospitalizations and 7655.50 for 280 Blue Shield services. The plans are operated under Nebraska Hospital Assembly and Nebraska State Medical Association sponsorship.
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Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Sidney
Roche and Taylor Hospitals
Roche and Taylor
Lustron Home Open For Public Sunday
The Lustron home at 22nd and Linden Street built for The American Securities Co. will be open for public inspection Sunday from 1 to 5 pm. Beginning Monday it will be open daily 10 am to 3 pm. It is the first Lustron home in the community and has attracted much interest.
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22Nd and
Linden Street
American Securities Co
Santa Claus Visits Sidney Chamber Christmas Parties
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce hosts Friday and Saturday holiday events with films, treats, and a visit from Santa Claus. The Fox Theatre shows begin at 1 45 this afternoon and 9 45 tomorrow morning, with admission limited to pre school through fourth grade, prioritizing local Sidney children this afternoon and country children on Saturday morning.
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Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Santa Claus
Fox Theatre
Sidney
Youth Center to Dedicate $100000 Facility December 18
The 100 thousand dollar St Patrick’s Youth Center in Sidney, built to curb delinquency, will be dedicated Sunday at 3:30 pm with Msgr Anton Link presiding. Bishop Edward J Hunkeler and attorney P J Heaton will speak, with tours afterward for the public. Col J O Baker is among invited dignitaries.
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Sidney
St. Patrick’s
14Th and
King Street
Anton Link
Youth Center
Edward J. Hunkeler
Grand Island
Nebraska
Msgr
P.J. Heaton
Link
St. Patrick’s School
P. J. Heaton
Franklin Hornaday
Hunkeler
St. Patrick's School Orchestra
God Bless America
Col. J. O. Baker
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Holiday Buying Perking Up in Sidney Ahead of Christmas
Shoppers are bracing for a busy weekend as Sidney merchants report brisk but controlled early holiday business. Stores plan six o clock closings next week including Christmas Eve, with some staying open evenings. Toy stocks improve with early buying, and city decorations brighten downtown while residences follow suit ahead of the holiday rush.
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Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
Gordon Tobin
Tobin
Telegraph
Wek
Ice Skating Pond Opens at American Legion Park
The lagoon rink at American Legion Park is ready for public use this week. Park officials note a small house by the rink with a stove and fuel, and they urge visitors to skate, enjoy the well lighted facility, and use the supplied fuel rather than trees or wooden articles.
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American Legion Park
Park Board
Family loses everything in sudden blaze
A two room frame house at 816 Osage Street owned by August Jurgens burned after an oil stove exploded. Mr and Mrs Oliver Swain and their 14 year old son Ronnie escaped with nothing as firemen limited damage. Friends started a fund via The Telegraph to aid replacement of possessions and clothing with donations at the welfare office and local hotels.
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Oliver Swain
Sidney
August Jurgens
Osage Street
Swains
Swain
Ronnie
Mr. Swain
Telegraph
Doyle Foland
Glen Bales
W. W. Schulz
Arnold Braasch
Robert A. Barlow
Shirley Jenks
Frances Lathrop
Cheyenne
Kings Daughters Prepare Christmas Aid for Needy
The Kings Daughters in Sidney plan their annual pre Christmas visit to indigent and aged residents. Call Mrs Rena McCleneghan at 5755 to add families or shut ins to the aid list. The group, one of Sidney's oldest, works year round and intensifies efforts at Christmas to provide food and remembrances.
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Kings Daughters
Rena McCleneghan
Kings Daugters
Sidney
Boy Scout Troop
King‘s Daughters
Kings
Derald Pittam
Ronnie Brown
Godfrey Lopez
Jerry Wolf
Kent Bond
Wesley Berry
Dale Joe Dodds
Jimmy Rogers
Johnny Hedges
Scout Pack 89 Christmas Party Tuesday
Members of Scout Pack 89 and their parents are urged to attend the Christmas party at 7:30 PM Tuesday night in the IOOF hall.
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Scout Pack 89
IOOF
Energizing of Electric Line Nears in Nebraska and Wyoming
The Reclamation Bureau plans energizing its Sidney to Gering transmission line early next year with initial 33 kilovolts, rising to 115 kilovolts after substation work. The Wheat Belt Electric Association and Rural Electric Company of Pine Bluffs rely on the line for farm power, while right of way is being staked for Sidney to Ogallala. Negotiations with Sioux Ordnance Depot and potential wholesale contracts with Sidney and Pine Bluffs signal broader regional integration despite local Board of Public Works阻outs.
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Reclamation Bureau
Gering
Sidney
Bureau
Casper
Sidney-Gering
Wheat Belt
Rural Electric Company
Pine Bluffs
Wyo
Cheyenne County
Kimball and
Banner Counties
Nebraska
Ogallala
Colorado
Sidney-Ogallala
Sterling
Colo
Wheat Belt Association
Here
Chappell
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Fifth Army
Kimball
City Board of Public Works
Oil Showing Claim Made Near Chadron
Drillers at an oil test near Chadron claim traces of oil and gas in the well but stop short of asserting commercial potential. In Box Butte County, Stanolind Oil and Gas Co is active, with no drilling yet, while independent deals are rumored. Baxter test east of Ger ing draws hopeful independent scouts seeking Panhandle discoveries beyond Cheyenne County.
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Chadron
Alliance Times Herald
Stanolind Oil and Gas Co
Box Butte County
Baxter
Ger- Ing
Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Oil prospects update from Cheyenne County wells and tests
Oil and gas activity in Cheyenne County advances with Ohio Egging Nos 1 and 2 pumping around 200 and 4420 to 4442 test yields. Knievel No 3 producing about 100 barrels daily after an initial 189 barrel rate. Cruise No 1 shows oil, saltwater, and gas readings. Lakota sand testing continues. Additional drills and Lakotas target at 4500 feet amid multiple non producers and joint ventures.
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Ohio
Stout-Morgan
Two Cars And House Involved In Wreck
Sidney police report an accident at Sioux Villa Friday night involving a house and two parked cars. Reuben W. Rose backed a 1934 Chevrolet and struck Jerry Clark's 1941 Buick, which rolled into the house damaging both the home and the Buick. No damage estimate was given.
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Sidney
Sioux Villa
Reuben W. Rose
Jerry Clark
Clark
Airport Gets Improvement at Sidney Municipal Airport
The Civil Aeronautics Administration aims to move its intermediate field to Sidney Municipal Airport by January 1. The new watch house is finished and equipment installed. Radio gear and towers from the field west of town have been moved, with runway lights and electric supply underway. Don Brown, airport manager, considers adding ten more hangars as modernization continues.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Sidney Municipal
Maiy Field
CAA
REA
Sidney
Don Brown
Testing Egging No. 3 well in East Gurley pool yields varied results
Ohio Oil Co reports Egging No. 3 in the East Gurley field continuing tests with small oil and water yields from the first bench of the Dakotas. Core data show 424 feet of oil plus 150 feet water, and 152 feet oil with 90 feet drilling mud in another run. Further tests aim to confirm commercial viability amid water intrusion and varying outputs.
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Ohio Oil Co
East Gurley
Dakotas
R. W. McCanne
Ohio
East Gurley Pool
Knievel No. 3
Stevens No. 1
Farm Bureau To Elect Officers Saturday At Cheyenne Meeting
Officers for the Cheyenne County Farm Bureau will be elected at a 1:30 PM board of directors meeting in the Yendis Cafe party room. Wives and husbands are invited to attend.
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Cheyenne County Farm Bureau
Board of Directors
Yendis Cafe
Ohio Oil tests Lakota sands at Cruise No 1 well
Ohio Oil Co continues coring toward Lakota sands at Cruise No 1 three miles north of Sidney as gas bearing Dakota sandstones yield two to six million cubic feet per day. Deeper Lakota tests may produce oil or gas, with three division officials flying to Sidney to review results and plan further drilling. Local gas interest surges. franchises and pipeline grid discussions arise as Ohio eyes a large gas producer.
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Ohio
The
Ohio Oil Co
Sidney
Lakota
Dakota
Dakotas
Dakota Beach
O. Vt
Henry
R. W
McCanne
D. W
Sellery
Casper
Huntsman High
Western Ice Chosen by Allied Van Lines Terminal
The Western Ice and Storage is named the Allied Van Lines terminal offering nationwide service and listing Allied as a major motor transportation firm. Information on Allied and other lines is available at 1543 Hickory Street. Western Ice also becomes dealer for Philco deepfreeze units.
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Western Ice and Storage
Allied van Lines
Allied
Western Ice
Hickory Street
Philco
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Nebraska Hospital Assembly
Nebraska State Medical Association
Lustron
Santa
Sidney - Gering
George No
Lohman and Associates
Thompson No
Elsasser
Roberts Brothers
Baker No
Frontier Ideal
Egging
East Gurley Wells
Farm Bureau
Elec
Boy Scouts
Kansas*Nebraska Gas Co
North Central Gas Co
North Platte Valley
Allied van
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