Panhandle Oil Boom Reaches 1955 Peak With 40 Million Invested
Nebraska Panhandle oil activity surges in 1955 with 44 wildcat discoveries and 484 dry holes. Kimball County rises as a new oil hub, extensive wildcatting spans Cheyenne Banner and beyond, while a 40 million dollar capital spend marks the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Nebraska
Panhandle
Kimball County
Cheyenne County
Throne Room
Kimball
Oshkosh
Julesburg
Crawford
Banner
Cheyenne
Morris
Deuel
Garden
Sioux
Perkins
Chase
Box Butte
Dawes
Scotts Bluff
Cherry
Sheridan
Banner Olsen
Empire Drilling
Edwards
New Drilling
Brown
Garfield & Pastenak
Gross
Petroleum, Inc
Harrisburg
Empire Drilling and Powers
Merrill Olsen
Superior Oil
Garden Richards
Brinkerhoff Drilling
Shell Oil
Whitney
Skelly Oil
Young Motorist Injured In Spectacular City Collision
Wayne Willard 23 of Sidney suffered a concussion and cuts in a three vehicle crash on west Illinois St around 3 45 pm. He was thrown from his car and treated at Memorial Hospital where his condition was listed as good. Police plan charges against Willard and will also file possible charge for Jerry Krueger 19 in a second collision on Tenth Ave involving an ambulance.
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Illinois St
Wayne Willard
Sidney
Willard
Anthony
Sol Willis
West Ilinois St
Memorial Hospital
Tenth Ave
Jerry Krueger
Route A
Bill Gehrig
Krueger
Gehrig
Jackson and
King Sts
Norfolk Patrolman May Come To Sidney
Norfolk Patrolman Delmer Shipley from Norfolk is being transferred to Sub Troop D and may be stationed in Sidney. Lt. Morgan Lambert of Scottsbluff said a new officer could replace Don Born, who has resigned, keeping the local patrol force at three troopers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Morgan Lambert
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Don Born
Lambert
Delmer Shipley
Norfolk
Weekend Crashes Leave Three Injured in Cheyenne County
Three people were injured in weekend car crashes around Christmas Eve in Cheyenne County. A 1953 vehicle crashed through Gurley Oil Co. south wall injuring Robert Sparks and John Kinnersley of Sidney. Sparks and Kinnersley were hospitalized with cuts and bruises. damages to Sparks car $500 and the station wall $75. A second crash at 16th Ave and Linden St injured Emma Kenfield with broken ribs and a dislocated shoulder. both autos cited at over $1,000 in damages. A third collision at 13th Ave and Forrest St involved John Pearson and Roland Inman with $400 damage and no injuries.
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Gurley Oil Co
Robert Sparks
John Kinnersley
Sidney
Cheyenne
Sparks
Kinnersley
Dalton Pioneer Hospital
Highway 19
16Th Ave
Linden St
Harry Marsh
Emma Kenfield
Marsh
Linden
Renfield
John Pearson
Roland Inman
Mayfair Court
13Th Ave
Forrest St
Man Sought For Forgery To Be Returned To City
Ralph Tucker age unknown and address unknown is to be returned to Sidney this week from Chicago to face a forgery charge. The FBI notified Sheriff Bill Schulz that Tucker was arrested in Chicago. Deputy Sheriff Kermit Brumbaugh left Sidney to retrieve Tucker who signed extradition papers under the alias George H. Gillett. Tucker allegedly passed a $26 check on July 20 using the name Russel Kembal. Sheriff Schulz said Tucker alias Gillett may be involved in other county check activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Tucker
Sidney
Chicago
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bill Schulz
Tucker
Kermit Brumbaugh
George H. Gillett
Russel Kembal
Schulz
Gillett
1955 Wet Year Stuns Cheyenne County Weather Totals
Cheyenne County records show above average moisture across all reporting points with Sidney 19.31 inches Dalton 19.99 inches Lodgepole 19.22 inches and Potter 16.60 inches. May was the wettest month with notable spring rains boosting wheat yields, contrasting with eastern Nebraska drought.
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Cheyenne County
Tals
Or Dalton
Lodgepole
Sidney
Potter
Dalton
Weather Bureau
Dave Ells
Don Dey Ermand
Henry Jenik
George Coulter
Heart Attack Fatal for Sidney Farmer Herman Batt
Herman Batt 42 of Sidney died after a heart attack at Memorial Hospital. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev. Henry Dorn. burial Greenwood Cemetery. Born Lincoln 1913, survived by wife Freda Libsack and children Robert Roland Leroy Jean. parents George and Elizabeth Batt. several siblings. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge.
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Herman Batti
Sidney Farmer
Batt
Memorial Hospital
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Henry Dorn
Greenwood Cemetery
Mr. Batt
Sidney
Lincoln
George
Elizabeth Batt
Bertha
Martha
Potter
Ohila
Nye
Mont
Jacob
Sheridan
Wye
Harold
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Claude Weber Oil Executive Dies on Travel
Claude Weber 56 vice president and sales manager of The Frontier Refining Co. died suddenly on a business trip in North Platte last week and was buried in Denver Saturday. He was well known in Sydney for frequent Frontier visits.
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Claude Weber
Frontier Refining Co
North Platte
Denver
Weber
Sidney
Frontier
Pheasant Crashes Into Sidney Junior High Kitchen
A hen pheasant crashed through a double-strength window into the Sidney Junior High School cafeteria kitchen before 11 a.m. Police found glass fragments 20 feet from the impact. The bird seemed unharmed and was released south of the city limits by the principal and police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Junior High School
Ted Tillotson
Sol Willis
Tillotson Party
Union Pacific Raises Wages for Non Operating Staff
Union Pacific Railroad will pay about 13.5 million dollars more in wages next year due to a 14 percent hourly raise plus company funded health benefits. About 37,500 employees in clerks maintenance of way signal telegraph dining car shop crafts and firemen and oilers will benefit.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Nebraska 1955 farm report shows wheat surge but overall crop value falls
State figures show drought and low prices cut total crop value to about 474 million dollars, down 26 percent from 1954. Wheat yields hit a record 25 bushels per acre with 78.025 million bushels produced, while corn suffered drought losses and irrigation produced near 60 bushels per acre.
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Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
5 30 Close Seen Here Saturday Night
Most Sidney business houses will close at 5 30 p m on Saturday This week Hollis Peratt chair of the chamber of commerce retail committee says longer opening hours for a regular Saturday will be discarded in the main Some businesses may stay open longer Saturday night is New Year s Eve Many businesses are taking annual inventory this week
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Sidney
Hollis Peratt
Chamber of Commerce
Four Prominent Sidney Residents Die During Christmas Weekend
Four well known Sidney figures died over the Christmas weekend. Humphrey Cortney, 74, Cheyenne County farmer, died Monday at Memorial Hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. Francis Kidney, 59, Lodgepole native, died December 23. Bertha Johnson, 72, who moved to Gurley in 1919, died Monday with services Thursday. Clara M. Stephens, 75, Sidney resident since 1949, died Christmas Day. funeral held Tuesday.
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Sidney
Humphrey Cortney
Cheyenne County
Memorial Hospital
Francis Kidney
Lodgepole
Bertha Johnson
Seven Permits Issued Under Cheyenne County Overweight Rule
Cheyenne County’s overweight truck rule, in force since December 1, has yielded only seven permits. Five were issued to Ferguson Truck Lines after its trucks were stopped west of Lorenzo for law violations. The remaining two permits went to National Tank & Supply Co.
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Cheyenne County
Ferguson Truck Lines
Lorenzo
National Tank & Supply Co
Incorporation Filed By Trucking Firm Ogallala Truck Line
Ogallala Truck Line and Van & Storage Inc filed incorporation papers with the secretary of state yesterday. Authorized capitalization is 45000. Incorporators are Henry Schulz Sr Henry Schulz Jr and Ernest C Schulz. The firm maintains a terminal office in Sidney.
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Ogallala Truck Line
van & Storage, Inc
Secretary of State
Henry Schulz, Sr
Henry Schulz, Jr
Ernest C. Schulz
Nebraska Leaders Invited to Washington Wheat Policy Meeting
Two Neb raska Wheatgrowers Association leaders C H Manny Kreader and Herbert Hughes were invited by Secretary Ezra Taft Benson to join a Washington meeting January 4 and 5 to discuss forming a national wheat policy. The invite highlights Nebraska’s growing farm influence and Panhandle role in national agriculture policy. The telegram notes proposals will seek to improve agriculture broadly and asks for participation at one’s own expense.
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Nebraska Wheatgrowers Association
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
C. H
Manny
Kreader. of
Dalton
State Wheat Organization
Herbert Hughes
Imperial
Nebraska Wheat Commission
Hughes
Sec. Benson
Commodity Credit Corporation
Kreader
Kansas
Benson
Nebraska Panhandle
Snow Falls North and Central Panhandle Regions
Light snow was falling noon today across the northern and central Nebraska Panhandle with a forecast spread into the Sidney area in the afternoon. Accumulations are expected from one to two inches in the southern Panhandle with low temperatures near 10 degrees and winds ranging from 10 to 20 miles per hour.
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Nebraska Panhandle
Sidney
Panhandle
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Kimball Yung
Arrowhead Exploration
Herboldsheimer
C. C
State E
Tom Palmer
Craig Johnson
J. M. Huber
Rodman
Lukes
Haskevec
Sure Oil
Boren
Young
Travis
Schmidt
E. K. Carey
Pound
Zach & Love-Miller
Schneider
Ryan Oil
Cheyenne Farr
Braden Oil
Juelfs
British- American Oil
Jacobsen
Nieman
Harper Oil and Dunn & Boring
Sell
State
Sachs
British-American
Spearow
Ohio Oil
Rudolph
Novotny
Cizek
Palmer
Juells
Olsen
Morrill
Banner County
Haskovee
Garden County
Potter Drilling Co
Lowell Williamson
Williamson
Kimball City
Empire Drilling Co
Chicago Corporation
Doran Farms
Smith-Endders
Hitchcock County
Willis
Evelyn Travis
Eugene Goodwin
Twin Falls
Idaho
Goodwin
Herman Batt
Gering
Freda A. Libsack
Robert
Roland
Leroy
Jean
Union Pacific
State Highway Department
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