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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1949

Page

12

Oil Discovery and Blizzard Dominate Sidney Area News of 1949

The Telegraph lists oil discovery and the January blizzard as Cheyenne County’s top 1949 stories. January coverage details a three day blizzard, transportation paralysis, isolation of Sioux Ordnance Depot, and heavy snow with wide regional impacts.

Sidney Cheyenne Nebraska Panhandle Telegraph Simmons Cook, Jr State Railway Commission Larry Brent Christensen Virgil Christensen Kimball Union Pacific Burlington Lines Sioux Villa Sioux Ordnance Lowry Field Denver Telegraph News Orville Childers William Bowman William Moore Fire Department Blizzar Sidney Area Panhandle Sidney Bpw George Coulter County Board of Commissioners Potter Jack Lowe Sidney Country Club Rudolph Thimgan Frank White John Davison Dalton North Side Charles Green Cheyenne County PTA Alice’ Stocker Cedar Rapids Alpha Nu Chapter Beta Sigma Phi John H. Kins 13Th Judicial District Sidney Lions Club F. L. ‘Button Oliver. Block Sterling

Blizzard toll and oil boom sweep Cheyenne County

January through November 1949 chronicles blizzards closing roads causing stock losses and livestock upheaval, while oil exploration by Ohio Oil and Roberts Bros triggers a regional boom. Reports cover highway work, Red Cross aid, March of Dimes pledges, and Fort Sidney Days as Cheyenne County balances disaster recovery with a rising energy industry.

Peterson Chamber of Commerce Red Cross Albert Kragel March of Dimes Game Commission Cheyenne County Ray Babcock W.P. Bullock March At Dimes Drive Sidney Territory Orville Childers William Bowman Violet Shepherd Sunol University of Nebraska Spearow 5Th Army Dalton Potter Gurley Ohio Oil Company Fox Theatre and Telegraph Talent Quest Union Pacific Sidney Cheyenne Bible Baptist Church French Merci U. P Childers-Bowman Parole Board Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District Melbeta Little Western Pat’s Grand Island New Rea Loan Hickory Street Norma Lee Rowan Valentine Sidney High School Jack Lowe State Game Commission Nellie Niemeller Colorado Bizzard BPW CAA Vergal Winn Byron Johnson Flying Panhandle Fort Sidney Jaycees Lodgepole Municipal Association John Ahim West Donald Lehmkuhl Robert K. Muller Lodgepole Annapolis Fair Board W.W. Schulz Ed Block County Farm Bureau Wayne Willard Boys State Verlin Livingston Rennie Anderson Clark Fuller Venango Ohio Mary Egging Farm Fort Norman Steffens Art Borcher Nebraska Otto Wittig South Divide Paola Kans Lewis Million Stan Kennedy Darrell Koehn Earl Johnson Wm. George Newcomers Club James Bledsoe Oklahoma Connie Mashek Plankinton Ss. D Reclamation Bureau Power Project REA George Cordray Dayton Washington Jaycee Charles Green Lodgepole Creek John Kuns Philip Cunningham Lunol Arnold Westerhoff Telephone Company North Side Telephone and Power Company L. O Nebraska National Guard SCS J. B. Pankau Dairy Breeders Association Verlin Livingstone Lunol School Trinity Lutheran Church Lions Club Babcock Reclamation Bureau Gering Sterling Alliance Mary Ellen Livingston S” Club A. J. Jorgenson Rae Jones Governor Peterson Art Lenzen Sam Bodner VFW Elmer Westerhoff Junior Legion Mable Nielsen Cancer Fund Antoinette Gesell U. S Klein Miller Western National Guard Jaycee Order Sidney Army and Air Force Ohio Oil Irene Egging St. Patrick’s New St. Paul's Lutheran Church Legion Vern Livingston American Waterworks Association Northside Stewart Brown Panhandle Hereford Association Commodity Credit Corporation Leafdale Log Cabin Tavern Platte Valley Finance Ellsworth Krueger J. L. Tewell Horn Motor Illinois H. A. Stover Carl Hutchison Extension Council Kangaroo Court Soil District Sidney Chamber of Commerce Taxpayers West End Sidney Council Knights of Columbus Saddle Beckmann Motor Company Legion Club Secretary of Navy Francis Mathews K. C Reclamation Sidney High St. Patrick’s Academy Hill City Dubuque Potter and Porter Oil Company Henry Kluitz Sidney Hotel Norma Rowan DeMolay Devel Garden Farmers Union Gas & Oil Coop Urban Gau Dalton Legion Hall Kenneth van Skike Scotia Ralph Guldahl Sidney Country Club Herbert Byrd Western Ice & Storage First Baptist Church of Colo Cheyenne County Lumber Company Zike Duane Warren Glenna Lipska Sune 14 W. P. Bullock Scottsbluff American Legion Club Gurley Legion Carl Christ Walter Jewett Sidney and Mary Egging Pony Express Courthouse J. W. Edwards Val Peterson Bertha Libsack Neal Morris First Christian Church Kimball A. M. Learsdale M. W. Osborn Old Timers Club Sol Willis, Jr Western Recruiting District of Omaha Maury Travis Denver Roberts Frontier William Lee Chubby” Hecker Kimball Reservoir Roberts Bros Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club Parker-Simmons Sidney Junior Chamber of Commerce Ohio Oil Activities Lorenzo Mae Taylor Chicago Telegraph Western Union Ideal Frontier Herman Stueveland Roberts Brothers John Elsasser Saddle Club Fair Craig Mortuary Fine’s Fund Kenny Lee Barr Gurley Boy Raymond F. DeMers Kinsey Home & Auto Supply Firestone Harlan Apple Guard Fort Leonard Wood Patrick Dalton Aubrey Haines Story Agency Arnold Braasch Glenn Weller Nebraska Panhandle Richard L. Searsey Augusta Jimmie F. Taylor San Antonio Texas Kennie Andersen Nebraska Rural Youth Group U.S. A John Hull Cornerstone New Trinity Lutheran Church Denver Drilling Company Wildcat Peetz Joe A. Gibson Herbert Good Sioux Ordnance Depot Geo. Lamphear North Platte Old Settlers Knievel Stueve No. 1 Greenlees Sidney Furniture Caywood Stueve Sidney Public Cecelia Ernest Oil Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW Club Victor Borge Elsasser Farm Ohio Oil Co Fred McHugh Lee Stores Aurora American Legion and Auxiliary Lodgepole Valley Cheyenne County Home Extension Council Paul Martin USO IGA Henry Jorney Merle Faulkner Frankfort Stevens Discovery Gordon Gillhan Seattle Wash Valley Moose Lodge Clarke Grieve National Guard Armory Charles Hancock Wes Berry Mary Eggingwell Jim Harvey Sidney Public Utilities Egging No Robert Johnston Farm Bureau Salvation Army Freda Hammer E. L. Hoover Donald L. Daly Nebraska Synod of Presbyterian Church Morrill Edith Oldershaw State Group Memphis Tenn Sidney Cab Company Gordon Don Born New Nebraska Highway Safety Patrolman

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