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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1961
Page
1
Santa's Workshop features life size figures of Santa and elves crafted by Mr and Mrs Panabaker. The display includes miniature machinery and a tiny tea table with a teaker stove, all scaled by Mr Panabaker to create a festive Christmas scene near Dalton.
Nebraska oil operators use secondary recovery to lift large oil quantities that primary methods miss. Forty-two units produced 406,840 barrels in October keeping daily state output above 70,000 barrels. Water flooding leads, with propane, butane, and natural gas injections also used. Industry projects 1962 to boost drilling. permits surged past 1,000 for first time, signaling a potential record year.
Cheyenne County reports a pay discovery near Dalton and a new field potential as Texetag Oil and Co of Denver test the area. The J sand well recovered 90 feet oil and 90 feet cut mud with no water, production casing run. Other fields include Sid ney No 1 Rapp in Pecos, and a West Gurley wildcat three miles west. Dawes and Box Butte counties show seismic tests and new drilling locations amid ongoing exploration into 1940s style oil prospects.
The Telegraph partners with the Nebraska Highway Safety Patrol to urge drivers to use lights, drive cautiously, avoid speeding, and stay alert during the three day holiday weekend marking the start of the season. Let’s all have a Merry Christmas.
The area braces for more winds and colder temperatures extending into Saturday. A brief 20 minute blizzard at the airport reduced visibility to half a mile with no ceiling. Winds peaked at 58 mph with gusts, temps ranged from 20 to 58 yesterday and 20 to 28 today. No precipitation anticipated.
Carl Crouse an instructor at Sidney High School has accepted a five year appointment to the Education and Oratorical Contest Committee of the American Legion Department of Nebraska. The panel promotes relations between the Legion and Nebraska education and oversees youth programs including oratorical contests County Government Day Boys State Girls State Scouting and baseball.
County officials will not see pay raises until January 1, 1963, the start of four year terms for those elected in 1962. Base salaries of 4400 dollars for clerk, assessor, treasurer, superintendent, sheriff, attorney, and district court clerk remain unchanged through January 1967. all offices up for election next fall.
A one car crash at 2:30 a.m. Thursday, about a half mile north of the Highways 30 and 385 junction, caused about 125 dollars damage to a 1959 Volks wagon. Driver Fred L. Yarney, 18, of 1812 Forrest, said he fell asleep. the southbound car crossed to the opposite shoulder and struck a highway sign. Yarney was uninjured.
Domestic electricity customers in Chappell will see a Christmas gift on their December charges as the city council, by a motion from Councilman Mann and seconded by Councilman Wedberg, approves a special Christmas rate of a cent per kilowatt hour on the final 1961 light bill.
The city council set January 22 to decide on the enlargement plan for the Muny swimming pool. Three or four proposals are under review including an enclosed winter option, with public views invited before the election. City officials note the pool is too small and must be enlarged to meet need.
An overturned Drillers Butane truck on Highway 30 near Sidney caused a one hour closure due to fire hazard. The driver Schilz escaped as fuel leaked and vapors rose while police and fire crews redirected traffic via cemetery road. The truck carried 1350 gallons. the motor ran about 30 minutes before dying. No injuries reported. A man matching a pedestrian description was questioned, later found to be blind in one eye and en route to a veterans hospital in Illinois.
Mrs. John Kechter, Unit 46-C Ordville, will take over news writing and paper distribution for The Sidney Telegraph at Ordville and Sioux Ordnance Depot starting next week, succeeding Mrs. William Koeneck. The Koeneckes have bought a Sidney home and will move there. For news tips or delivery info for the Seo-Ordville column contact Mrs. Rechter after this week. no paper printed Monday December 25 or Monday January. Rechter’s phone is 6-7224.
Forecasters say a white Christmas is unlikely as mild weather prevails through Wednesday with temperatures 4 to 12 degrees above normal. Normal highs near 38 and lows around 13, with frequent changes in conditions expected.
Jen Hems and Ann Thomas, students at Sidney High School, will attend a meeting with the constitutional committee of the Nebraska Safety Association in Lincoln on December 27. Governor Frantirson will meet with the group in the State Capitol building.
The Goodview grade school will close at the end of the current year. Students will be sent to Lodgepole under an arrangement with the Lodgepole board. Significant savings to school patrons are reported.
Memorial Hospital and Rest Home board authorized building committee to consult an architect on expanding by eight units in 1962. Anticipated sketches may appear within a month and possibly at the Jan 23 annual meeting. Funds may come from a $20,000 bequest by John Caywood, with the rest to be borrowed. The plan to finish the west wing basement as an emergency shelter was also discussed, possibly aided by federal grants.
Meadow Gold Co offers the public its annual free Christmas show at the Fox Theater this Saturday. Doors open at 9 30 a.m. with the first show starting at ten and programs running continuously all day.
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