1962 weather heavy year for Cheyenne County headlines
Frances Craig surveys 1962 as devastating weather and extreme events dominated Cheyenne County news. From River floods in Sidney to crop losses, hail damage, and a killing freeze, the year reshaped agriculture and local industry as Minuteman missile sites arrived nearby and area projects progressed. Local plans for schools, infrastructure, and services frame the year’s memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Craig
Cheyenne County
Lodgepole Creek
Sidney
Begi
Ing
Telegraph
Telegraph News
Panhandle
Sidney Telegraph
Second Bluffs Field Well Is Now Indicated
Development of a new oil field in Scotts Bluff County appears to be a success. Sinclair Oil and Gas Co ran production casing this week at a southwest offset to Sam Gary's No. 1 Whipple in an unnamed field and expects to establish commercial production. The well No. 1 McClenehan reports good saturation in the J sand. Pan American tests another well in Vowers Field with limited show but casing planned. Drilling activity in Nebraska was slow but weather conditions could accelerate work in the western state. State oil production averaged 67 610 barrels daily last week as Sam Gary’s Whipple well east of Wesl ago in Scotts Bluff County yielded 240 barrels daily from 5278 82 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotts Bluff County
Sinclair Oil and Gas Co
Sam Gary
McClenehan
Banner County
Pan-American
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Guy Chambers
Sidney
Stuarco Oil Co
Christoffersen
Deaser
Weather Bureau
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Wesels
Scotts Bluff
Wildcat
Denver- Julesburg
Hotel Corp Meeting Set for January Fifteenth
Notice issued for the Sidney Community Hotel Corp annual meeting to be held at the hotel on Tuesday January 15 at eight o'clock. Directors will be elected and other business transacted. This is the parent corporation owner of the real estate with no connection to the operating company.
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Sidney Community Hotel Corp
Weather Outlook With Mild Range Ahead
Weather outlook indicates cooler temperatures with a range in the 15 to 25 degree lows tonight and 40 to 45 degree highs tomorrow. Light winds and mostly clear skies expected through the period.
Wheat Entering 1963 Favorably
Tincoln winter wheat remains in good condition as snow provided moisture and protection from cold. Surface soil is dry and porous ready to absorb moisture while risk of root freezing remains. Mild weather allows cleanup of fallen grain and winter forage use for livestock gains. Feeder cattle movement and lambing begin in northern flocks with some losses reported.
Tree Requests Available Via County Agents
Nebraska farmers and ranchers can obtain Clark McNary tree order blanks at County Extension offices. Since 1926 the program has sold over 40 million trees for plantings. Prices are 3 dollars per hundred broadleaf, 5 dollars per hundred evergreens, 450 dollars per hundred shrubs, and 8 dollars per hundred Christmas stock. Trees ship in-state in March or early April 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Karl Loerch
University of Nebraska Extension Forester
Nebraska National Forest
Halsey
State
Maich
Missile site digging under way north of Potter in Flight F
Excavation work for Minuteman missile launching and control sites has begun in Residency Two of Warren AFB. Morrison Knudsen scrapes locations F8 and F10 to 17 feet, then drilling will bore silos to minus 94 feet. Ten launchers and one control center form Flight F, with 200 missiles planned across Nebraska Wyoming and Colorado, completion expected in 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter
Minuteman
Warren Air Force Base
Paul Carroll
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Engineers
Sioux Army Depot
Morrison-Knudsen
General Contractors
Maj. Carroll
Minutemen
Dix
Rado
Nebraska
U. S. Air Force
SATAF
Maj
H. G. Rhode
Sioux
Boeing Co
United States
Strategic Air Command
Hemisphere
First To Serve Route Two Dave Ells to Retire Jan 4
Dave Ells, longtime rural mail carrier on Sidney Route No. 2, will retire January 4 after 40 years of service. He drove 89 miles over 172 families, beginning on a cow trail route with Model T cars and open-air taxis. Ells aided by local farmers, weathered severe winters, and maintained 30 vehicles over four decades. He also volunteers as a weather observer since 1936 and serves as a veterans service officer, active in multiple local groups such as the Masonic Blue Lodge and Royal Arch Masons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Ells
Sidney
Mr. Ells
Les Perry
Sidney Draw
Ells
Virgin Mail
Dave
Highway 19
Henry Yowell
Carl Mahr
Nebraska
RFD
Postal Service
Milo Shipman
Doug Boyd
Cheyenne County Veterans Service
American Legion Post 17
Masonic Blue Lodge
Royal Arch Masons
Thieves Break Into Bushnell Bank Over New Year Holiday
Thieves broke into the Kimball County Bank at Bushnell during the New Year holiday and fled with an undetermined amount of money and securities. Entry was via an adjoining building. after closing Monday, the deed was discovered Tuesday. About $2000 in coins was missing though the bank safe was not entered. Safe deposits were opened but losses unclear. FBI joined Kimball County authorities in the investigation.
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Kimball County
Bushnell
FBI
Bonkiewicz Sr. Dies at 70 in Lodgepole
Joe Bonkiewicz Sr of Lodgepole died suddenly at Memorial Hospital from a heart attack. He would have turned 71 on Jan 18 and farmed near Lodgepole for 24 years after immigrating from Poland at 19. Survived by wife Helen, three sons, one daughter, 17 grandchildren, seven great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 9:30 a.m. in St Patrick Catholic Church with Rev Vincent Peilster. Burial Greenwood Cemetery. Rosary Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home.
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Joe Bonkiewicz Sr
Lodgepole
Memorial Hospital
Bonkiewicz
United States
Poland
Helen
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Vincent Peilster
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Early-Day Resident J M Sager Dies in California
Grace Barlow learns of the death on New Year's Eve of her brother-in-law J M Sager 80 a Sidney area resident visiting Myron Sager in San Francisco California He had been ill four to five months and died unexpectedly Funeral services are set for 3 30 p m Thursday at Woodlawn Mortuary San Francisco Sonic services to follow He was formerly employed by the Union Pacific Railroad in Sidney His wife had died earlier
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Rhonda Lynn Hager
Mrs. Hager
Rhonda Lynn
S. A. Rathbun
Carl J. Cornelius
Henry Hager
Sidney
Riverton
Wyo
Anna Lee
Hager
Ben Trump
L. E. Hager
Holyoke
Colo
Frank Trump
Chappell
Willie Boutin
Campbell, Neb
E. D. Hager
Lyman
Hartry T. McGuire
Colorado Springs
Adele McGuire
Seattle
Wash
Grace Barlow
J. M. Sager
Mr. Sager
Rush Hart
Barlow
Myron Sager
San Fransisco
Calif
San Francisco
Woodlawn Mortuary
Sager
Union Pacific Railroad
Frontier Air Lines Reports 91 December Boardings
Frontier Air Lines announced 91 passenger boardings in December, matching the November figure. The report notes consistent demand and provides no change in monthly totals for the period.
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Frontier Air Lines
Nebraska Praised for Role in Boosting World Wheat Markets
Richard Lewis chairman of the Nebraska Wheat Commission says U S wheat exports rose from 400 million bushels in 1958 to 7.4 million in 1962 and cites Nebraska led market development with four factors including diverse wheat types, large production, strong storage, and robust transportation. The commission supports market development and will celebrate its eighth anniversary next summer.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
United States
Richard Lewis
Nebraska Wheat Commission
Lewis
Great Plains
Kansas
Colorado
North
South Dakota
Great Plains Wheat, Inc
Garden City
U. S
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
St. Lawrence Seaway
Gulf of Mexico
Argentina
Canada
Australia
Russia
Carson R. Smith
Ogallala
William G. Lindeken
Chadron
Carl Bruns
Chappell
Herbert J. Hughes
Imperial
Edgar Ashton
Nebraska City
Howard Oberg
New Year Quiet in Area as 1962 Ends
Police report two arrests for intoxication at year end and three drunk drivers nabbed by Highway Patrol. Sheriff’s office logged no incidents. Public dances drew crowds, and Cheyenne County recorded seven fatalities with October the deadliest month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol Willis
Highway Safety Patrol
Sheriff's Office
Cheyenne
Jaycees Meet Tonight in Sidney
The Sidney Junior Chamber of Commerce holds its regular meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the Yendis Cafe. A dinner precedes the gathering.
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Sidney Junior Chamber of Commerce
Yendis
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Positine
Nebr
P.O
Aes
Western
Stebbe
Ivan Liljegren
Liljegren
Platte River
County Rural Development Organization
Dalton
Safflower
Farmers Union Grain Elevator
St. Patrick’s New High School
Farm Bureau
Farmers Union
Sidney North Side
West Sidney
Union Pacific
Sidney Band
Mexico City
High Plains
Fort Sidney
Second Bluffs
Hotel Corp
Bushnell Bank
California
Jaycees
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