Wheatgrowers to Attend USDA Meeting on Grain Standards
Chappell Carl Bruns, president of the Nebraska Wheatgrowers Association, will represent the group at a USDA meeting in Kansas City on January 9 to testify on Official Grain Standards for wheat. Eleven changes are under consideration as the department tightens the standards. The issue was highlighted at the December convention as a key goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chappell
Carl Bruns
Nebraska Wheatgrowers Association
United States Department of Agriculture
Kansas City
USDA
Wheatgrowers Association
Road Alliance
Alliance
South Sheridan Party
Highway Association
Lakeside
Rushville
Iance
Homer Speer
Times-Herald
Association
Ruth Hooper Ranch
New Gym Planned for St Chappell School in Chappel
The article notes a new gym as part of St Chappell School plans to add classroom space and facilities for homemaking science music and drama. It emphasizes a larger gym for Devel County High School and highlights physical education as key to student development and athletics nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Chappell School
Chappell
Devel County High School
Out Our Nation
Martin Block Ends Lengthy Plant Service in Sidney
Martin Block retired after thirty four years as an operator at the Sidney Municipal Power Plant. He began in 1922 after eight years in Gothenburg, witnessed shifts in ownership of the plant, and noted early capacity of 600 kilowatts versus today's 8100 kilowatts. Block, 70, held a small retirement party led by daughter Mrs. Douglas Reetz. He and his wife have three children, including Rolland Block, who yesterday became supervisor of the Sterling power plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Martin
Marty
Block
Gothenburg
Douglas Reetz
Western Public Service
Consumers Public Power
Consumers
Sterling
Weather chapters of 1956 in Nebraska Panhandle show droughts and sporadic moisture
The 1956 Nebraska Panhandle year featured drought and variable moisture with no monthly records, several daily highs and lows, and overall normal average temperatures. Total yearly moisture fell short at Chadron Alliance Scottsbluff and Sidney, though timely rains aided crops. a heavy blizzard on November 2 briefly paralyzed the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Panhandle
Alliance
Chadron
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Chardon
Ber. Scottsbluff
Organized Agriculture Meeting Topics Told Feb 5
Western Nebraska Organized Agriculture sessions set in Sidney on February 5 Bayard February 6 and Crawford February 7 open to the public. Miss Reba Staggs and Charles H. Adams will discuss beef selection and preparation for the dinner table. Dr Alvin B Hoerlein will talk on research in animal disease with Rev Frank A Court as feature speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Sidney
Bayard
Crawford
Reba Staggs
National Livestock and Meat Board
Charles H. Adams
University of Nebraska
Alvin B. Hoerlein
Frank A. Court
St. Paul Methodist Church
Lincoln
Brother Of Local Man Dies At Brush
John G. Gehrig age 55 brother of W. E. Gehrig died from a heart attack while in his car outside his Brush Colorado home as he prepared to go to work. Funeral services were held at Frezieres Funeral Home with burial in Brush Cemetery. He was born October 20 1901 in Brush the youngest of four sons of Joseph and Veronica Gehrig. He had worked 35 years as an electrician at the Great Western Sugar Co. in Brush. Survivors include his wife Betty a daughter Patricia and his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Gehrig
W. E. Gehrig
Brush, Colo
Frezieres
Brush
Brush Cemetery
Mr. Gehrig
Cole
Joseph
Veronica Gehrig
W E Gehrig
Sidney
Gehrig
Great Western Sugar Co
Betty
Patricia
Colored TV Show Attracts Crowd
City auditorium viewers watched the Tournament of Roses parade on colored television. About 700 attended the public showing lasting ninety minutes, hosted by Sidney Community TV and Wamsley’s Plumbing Heating and TV, with Community TV carrying all color programs on their cabled-in channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Auditorium
Sidney Community TV
Wamsley
Community TV
Grain Markets Wheat Prices From Local Elevator Sources
Prices quoted today show No 1 Wheat at 204 dollars per bushel and No 2 Wheat at 203 dollars per bushel. Local elevator sources report steady demand as markets move.
Oil-Gas Roundup in Kimball Area Highlights New Wells
In Kimball County Nebraska oil activity centers on Kimball with two field step-outs and a development well. Notable results include a J sand recovery of 2 070 barrels oil and 210 barrels gas from Enyeart No 1. Several wildcat and test wells are progressing or plugged as dusters across Kimball and neighboring counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Panhandle
Kimball County
Ohio Oil Co
Carl Maxey
Deitz
TCT Corporation
Kreizinger Pool
Sloss
Cheyenne County
John W. McKnab
Mueller No. 1
Chandler-Musgrove
Shell Oil
Madden
Petroleum Inc
Murfin Drig. Co
Ayres
C-Nw
Wildcat
Sinclair Oil & Gas Co
Heidemann
Cnw-Ne
Stanolind Oil & Gas Co
Boslau
Banner County
C-Sw
Wykart
Vowers
C-Se
Balderson Orig. Co
Scheid
Widcat
Duane Jarred Improves After Bus Truck Crash
Duane Jarred a 20 year old with a fractured right leg and other injuries in a bus truck collision near Rock Springs Wyoming is recovering but stiff and sore according to his father Gail Jarred who visited him in Rock Springs hospital. He may be moved to the Veterans Hospital Cheyenne then to the Naval Base Hospital San Diego when travel possible. Two killed two critically injured and 28 treated for varying injuries in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Jarred
Rock Springs
Wyo
Gail Jarred
Duane
Young Jarred
Veteran’s Hospital
Cheyenne
Naval Base Hospital
San Diego
Heart Workshops In Nine Nebraska Towns
Nebraska Heart Association schedules nine workshops for Heart Fund Chairmen and workers in the week of January 7. State Chairman Robert B. Crosby announced sessions from 1 to 4 30 p.m. in Scottsbluff Beatrice North Platte Columbus Holdrege Norfolk Grand Island Omaha and ONeill from January 7 to 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heart Fund
Nebraska Heart Association
Robert B. Crosby
Scottsbluff and Beatrice
North Platte
Columbus
Holdrege
Norfolk
Grand Island
Omaha
O'Neill
Alice Hayes Named County's New Year Babe for ’57
Alice Hayes born at 1:30 am in Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital. first baby of 1957 in the county. Daughter of Airman Billie Gene Hayes and Mrs. Hayes, she has a brother and her father serves with the 24th Command Squadron in Japan. Merchants offer gifts and a $3 savings start from Sidney National Bank and a Telegraph subscription.
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Alice Hayes
Billie Gene Hayes
Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Alice
Sidney Merchants
24Th Command Squadron
Japan
Red Cross
Hayes
Alice Abeyta
Western Drug Co
Army Surplus
Greenlees’ Inc
Princess Shoppe
Alvin Duis Studio
Haworth Hardware
Carlson-Frink
Lyon
Buick, Inc
Bank
Ben Franklin
Town & Country Market
Bib'n Tucker
Sidney National Bank
Lockwood’s Jewelers
Sidney 66 Oil Co
J. M. McDonald’s
Lee
Sidney Telegraph
Billie Hayes
Thompson
Dimes Drive To Begin In County Area
The 1957 March of Dimes campaign kicks off in Cheyenne County and nationwide tomorrow with a 30 day goal to raise 10000 dollars. County fund drive chairman Dick Smith says the local chapter is about 4200 dollars in the red to cover polio care and treatment. Local leaders named include Potter American Legion, Dalton Mrs Clara Lindsey, Gurley Harold Lessig, Lodgepole Mrs Esther Carleton, and in Sidney Mrs Earle Winter who will head the Mothers March for Polio. Boy Scouts will distribute MOD canisters and posters to businesses as various events are planned. The theme is Lets Finish the Fight with vaccine education distributed countywide.
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Cheyenné County
Dick Smith
National Polio Foundation
Smith
Potter
American Legion
Dalton
Clara Lindsey
Gurley
Harold ‘Lessig
Lodgepole
Esther Carleton
Sidney
Earle Winter
Boy Scouts
TB Seal Report Falls Short of Last Year
Mrs. Elizabeth Schwasnick Cheyenne County chairman reports TB Christmas Seal fund contributions total 975.3 dollars so far this year, well below last year’s 1 040 78 dollars. She urges remaining contributors to mail in gifts before the state headquarters deadline Saturday January 5 as the next report is due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Schwasnick
Cheyenne County
Schwasnick
Omaha
Sidney Dates For Tax Office Open For 1956 Returns
Sidney schedules IRS walk in days for 1956 tax returns with January February March and April sessions listed. John Frenking notes forms available in the post office basement and urges filers to self prepare if possible with help by phone or office visits as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
John Frenking
IRS
Sidney
Post Office
Frenking
TRS
Jones L. McCrory
Omah
Ren
Steve
Lis
12th Night Ceremony in Sidney Sponsored by Lions Club
Sidney observes 12th Night with a tree burning ritual near the Municipal Bandshell. The event begins around 6 30 p m Sunday with Lions Club officials in charge and invites residents to bring used trees to Bandshell Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Sidney Lions Club
Wheat Outlook Uncertain Near Year End in Nebraska
Western Nebraska wheat farmers face an uncertain outlook as fall dry spells and sporadic moisture cloud the crop's emergence from dormancy. Factors include federal farm program gaps and shrinking wheat acreage, with Cheyenne County heavily invested in wheat’s fate. Irrigation continues, livestock remain in good condition, hay prices stay high, and milk cows remain in demand as lambing starts. Precipitation data shows limited totals across western towns.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Grand Island
Valentine
Chadron
Imperial
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Aliens In Omaha Urged To Register Address January
Immigration officials in Omaha announce that address report forms will be available at the local immigration and post offices starting January. Robert C. Wilson warns noncitizens must report addresses yearly to avoid penalties including fines up to 200 dollars jail and possible deportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Itheir
Immigration and Naturalization ‘Service
Ag Prices Rise In Past Weeks Report
The Agriculture Department said farm product prices increased 1.26 per cent between mid November and mid December. The price level stood about 6.6 per cent higher than a year earlier and about 24.6 per cent below the record in February 1951. Prices paid by farmers in mid December were unchanged from November and roughly 3.8 per cent above last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
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Bruns
Matt Berg
Sheriff Berg
Bayard Area
Weather “Modification Co
San Jose
Calif
Valley
Suppression, Inc
Bridgeport
Lyman
Reetz
John Evelyn Jurgens
Rolland
Kimball Area
Pubco Petroleum
Don M. Rounds
Sanford Oil
Nelson No. 1
Wytex Oil Corp
Pierson
Heart
In Sidney
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