Sidney Building Total Tops Two Million in 1950
The C A Story Agency received permits to build four more residences in Hillview Addition, pushing Sidney’s 1950 total to 2 021 000. Along with Western Construction Co.’s thirteen permits earlier, this marks the highest single year in the city’s history. City Clerk Gordon Tobin cites ongoing projects nearby and wartime constraints, noting potential larger 1951 gains if the war emergency ends.
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Story Agency
Sidney
C. A. Story
Hillview
Western Construction Co
Gordon Toin
Ohio Oil Co
Reclamation Bureau
Union Pacific
Ohio
Tobin
Truman
Peterson
Oshkosh to Become City Under Plan and Ward System
Oshkosh town board advances steps to change from village to city after census shows population over 1000. Plan splits city into two wards with two councilmen per ward and mayor elected citywide. Terms vary: two-year mayor, mixed two and one year council terms, then two-year terms thereafter. Final action anticipated at January board meeting.
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Oshkosh
Garden County News
Garden County
City of Oshkosh
Ben Sallows Former Publisher Dies at 65 in Alliance
Ben J. Sallows aged 65 and former publisher of The Alliance Times Herald died at his Alliance home, leukemia listed as cause. He advanced irrigation in Box Butte County, led a mayoral irrigation push, and last year Governor Peterson appointed him to study efficiency of the state highway department. Sallows was a known figure in Sidney and western Nebraska.
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Ben J. Sallows
Alliance Times Herald
Alliance Sunday
Sallows
Box Butte
Peterson
State
Sidney
Nebraska
Wheat levy plan eyed by Nebraska farmers meeting
The Nebraska Wheat Research Foundation set a December 22 meet at 10 a.m. in Keith county courthouse Ogallala to discuss a levy on all Nebraska farm wheat. One to five cents per bushel would fund research, storage, marketing, and campaigns to boost consumption during surpluses, with farmers from Keith Perkins Chase Devel Cheyenne Kimball and Garden counties attending.
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Nebraska Wheat Research Foundation
Ogallala
Nebraska
Keith
Perkins
Chase
Devel
Cheyenne
Kimball
Garden Counties
Keith County
Wootens Leave Sidney Junior High for Ford Kansas
Harold and Mrs. Wooten resign from Sidney Junior High to manage a combined locker plant slaughter house meat market and processing plant in Ford Kansas. Mr. Wooten to depart December 22. Mrs. Wooten stays through the year. Mrs. J L Tewell named to assume Wooten duties.
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Sidney Junior High School
Harold Wooten
Ford
Kansas
Wooten
J. L. Tewell
National Guard Seeks Enlistments in Sidney Unit
The Sidney National Guard unit seeks enlistments to reach full strength. Interested individuals can call the local armory in the City Auditorium basement or attend Wednesday drill nights from 7:30 to 9:30. Requirements include two hours of weekly drill, a two week summer encampment, and draft exemption only while not in active service.
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Sidney National Guard
City Auditorium
National Guard
Langley Infant Kennth Langley Dies. Funeral Held
Funeral services were held at The Gehrig Dugan Funeral Home for Kenneth Gene Langley infant son of Mr and Mrs Harold Langley of Sidney The baby born December 12 in a Sidney hospital died two days later in Sidney
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Gehrig-Dugan Funeral Home
Kenneth Gene Langley
Harold Langley
Sidney
Christmas Issue Scheduled Friday
The Telegraph will publish its annual Christmas greeting edition this Friday in December. Businesses are asked to extend season greeting ads via the paper with a Wednesday noon deadline. Regular Thursday ten o'clock deadline remains unchanged. advertisers may call No. 5600 to reserve space or choose ad size and type.
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The
Telegraph
Sidney
Wheat Straw Plant Would Be Profitable
Engineers at the Nebraska Resources Commission meeting in Lincoln said a strawboard plant in western Nebraska could be highly profitable. Ogallala and Sidney were noted as potential sites with ample straw and water, while a penicillin plant was also discussed. The process would release several strong fumes, but officials noted the region had essential facilities and materials.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Resources Commission
Lincoln
R. A. Goodall
Ogallala
Goodall
Nebraska Wheat Belt
Sidney
Commission
City Trials New Parking Meters In Sidney Test
Twenty new automatic parking meters are being tested in Sidney for about two months under city manager Virgil Knowles. If successful, they may replace the old meters. The meters accept pennies to build time up to one hour and trigger a meterman alert if a fault occurs. The trial checks weather durability and driver preference versus current meters.
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Sidney
Virgil Knowles
Nebraska
County Set To Produce More Food
Cheyenne County is described as ready to boost crop and livestock output for wartime needs in 1951. Farmers are solvent and skilled, farming methods improved by 15 years of practice, with wheat plantings averaging 200,000 to 250,000 acres and yields of four to six and a half million bushels. The county also shows strong dairy and beef production, plus Soil Conservation Service guidance reducing erosion and improving water management.
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Cheyenne County
SCS
Pamela Kinne Named UN Beauty Aspirant
Pamela Kinne daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Kinne of Sidney is named among twelve candidates for Cornhusker Beauty Queen at the University of Nebraska.
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Pamela Kinne
Walter E. Kinne
Sidney
Cornhusker
University of Nebraska
Fake Murder Hoax Stuns Kimball County High
A staged killing inside Kimball County high school caused a panic as students fled. Dramatics instructor Mr. Babcock planned the scene with Connie Good and Jane Mockett, who acted as assassin and accomplice before revealing the hoax to the class.
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Kimball County
Western Nebraska Observer
Babcock
Connie Good
Jane Mockett
Good
Grain Drying Demonstration Proves Practical In Wheat Harvest
Ed Block farm near Sunal hosts a second year grain drying demonstration led by Cheyenne County Agent Kenneth Van Skike. Drying reduced moisture from 17.86 to 10.7 percent, enabling earlier cutting by three to four days and improving chances for No 1 wheat. Costs: 1005 KWH and 23.23 cents total, nine cents per bushel. Further work focuses on blower size and bin efficiency to use full capacity. Plans to continue demonstrations to spur farmer adoption.
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Ed Block
Sunal
Cheyenne
Kenneth van Skike
Oil Recovery Reported At Three Wells
Ohio Oil Co reports oil recovery at three Cheyenne County wells with casing underway and further testing planned. Dorman lease near Sidney shows static progress while Huntsman High tests yield gas and oil, and Feldman Elsasser's test was hampered by drill pipe failure. Dorman No 3 awaits tubing for rework and potential commercial production.
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The
Ohio Oil Co
Cheyenne County
Dorman
Sidney
Oil Leases Cover 650000 Acres in Cheyenne County
County Clerk I L Pindell estimates more than 650 thousand acres in Cheyenne County are under oil and gas leases as exploration expands across the region.
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I. L. Pindell
Cheyenne County
Panhandle Oil Expansion Dominates County Leasing Activity
The county, with about 760,000 acres under lease, shows Ohio Oil Co. holding the largest share as preliminary exploration continues. The California Co. reports its first Nebraska well near Harrison and plans deeper drilling to basement rock. Gas shows at a Chadron well pause operations, while Ryan Oil Co. plans a new split of drilling near Alliance.
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Pindell
Ohio Oil Co
Ohio
A. L. Mann
Harrison
Sioux County
John Gayle
California Co
Gayle
Nebraska
Standard Oils Coa
California
Mann
Noble Drilling Co
Casper
Eben Warner
Chadron
Dawes County
Maurice van Kirk
The
Chadron Record
Warner
van Kirk
Texas
Sidney
Ryan Oil Co
Wyoming
Alliance
Former Resident Of This City Succumbs
Mrs. George E. Sheldon aged 65, formerly Mrs. Jack Dearman of Sidney, died Sunday in Gravett Arkansas. A Norton Kansas native, she married Dearman in 1904, moved to Sidney in 1909, and remarried Sheldon in 1947 after Dearman’s 1934 death. A daughter, Mrs. V O Strait of Sidney, survives.
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George E. Sheldon
Jack Dearman
Sidney
Gravett, Ark
Norton
Kansas
Dearman
Sheldon
V. O. Strait
Blanche Dearman
Architect Sketch Promotes 276000 Dollar School Bond Issue
An interior sketch of the kindergarten room accompanies a plan for a new Sidney elementary grade school. The school board schedules a special election on January 8 to authorize a 276000 dollar bond issue to fund the building, needed by the next school year per Supt. O J Weymouth. Architect Frank McNett of Grand Island leads the project, with prior Western Nebraska school and hospital designs.
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Sidney
O. J. Weymouth
Frank McNett
Grand Island
Nebraska
Yenter No 1 well flowing forty barrels per hour
The British American Oil Producing Co vlas Yenter No 1 well in Logan County Colorado was flowing at about forty barrels per hour yesterday per Sidney office. The Yenter Block northwest of Sterling shows one of the basin’s best wells with Koenig Ashby No 3 new location and spudding expected today. Koenig Ashby No 1 is on production and No 2 was drilling at 3,264 feet Monday morning.
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Logan County
Colo
Sidney
Yenter
Sterling
Julesburg
Koenig-Ashby
Scouters Training Course Completed Local Scouts Finish Six Week Council Session
A six week training course for scouters concluded Thursday night with 17 pupils. The program was conducted under the Wye-Braska Boy Scout Council for interested scouters. In charge were Harold Wouten, council training chairman, Leroy Johnson local scout field executive, and Robert Havercamp Scottsbluff field executive.
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Wye-Braska
Traffic Resumes After Butane Blast Near Dalton
Traffic on Highway 19 south of Dalton returned to normal at 1 45 p m Friday after a wrecked butane laden truck was removed Gordon Carley a Dalton firefighter said the truck valued at 20000 slipped into a ditch Thursday and its trailer struck a bridge abutment the truck caught fire and one tank exploded causing leaks in another gas continued burning until 11 a m Friday detoured by highway department crews the truck posed a potential danger for a day
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Highway 19
Dalton
Gordon Carley
Carley
Highway Department
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Wootens
Langley
Panhandle
Egging
Potter
Pahl No. 2
Huntsman High
Pahi No. 1
Benson No. 3
Stueve No. 3
East Gurley Field
Yuma County
Dorman No. 8
Dorman Farm
Dakota Bench
K. K. Knapp
Dorman No. 3
Feldman- Elsasser
Henry Feldman
Panhandle Oil Search
Sioux, Dawes, Box Butte Counties
Nebr
Gurley
West Gurley
Clarence Dorman
Osborn
J. A. Bentley
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