Sidney 1959 highlights span oil discovery to civic strides
Read across Sidney’s eventful year from record cold to oil gains, new county officers, Jaycees praise for Van Cliburn stance, Frontier service changes, Fort Sidney Days, and multiple local projects. Notable figures include F. L. Balderson, Joe Ruttner, William Smith, and Paul Harvey cited for local praise.
Sidney Nebraska Daily World Highlights
Blowing topsoil damages local wheatlands. Carl Christ Jr elected Chamber president with Warren Ellison as VP. Mayor Munderloh seeks museum fund drive. Sidney touted as state’s second largest city by NY prot. McCook Alli ance disputes. Potter Firemen Auxiliary named best in state. Rex Monahan’s egging well may open new field in county. A A Fenske files for fifth Unicameral term. Seventh Day Adventists dedicate new church. United Fund reaches 90 percent of goal $13,300, $1,500 more than 1958. Frontier Airlines cuts service, Sidney loses daily round trip. Clifford Henderson, 47, dies of self-inflicted gun wound. Oil Gas Commission moves HQ. Five thousandth phone installed in Sidney at Verna Gilbreath home. Cheyenne County records Christmas Day traffic fatality. Scott Deaver, four months, dies in one-car crash near Sidney. Charles Stonecipher returns to duty as assistant county agent after six months active duty. Monsignor Siudowski transferred to North Platte. Father Vincent Pelster, pastor St Patrick’s Parish.
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Nebraska
Sioux Ordnance Depot
March of Dimes
A. A. Fenske
McCook
Ralph G. Brooks
Methodist
George Fleming
Panhandle
Nebraska Assn
Neal Atkins
Greenlees Inc
Bill Peterson
Sidney
George
Conrad Messing
Howard James
Illinois
Gordon Tobin
Telegraph
Cheyenne
Lodgepole
F. L. Baldergan
South Dakota
William A. Smith
Bison
S. D
United Fund
Rep. A. L. Miller
Kimball
Interior Department
Washington
Leo Gorman
Dave Young
KSID
Ermald L. Wier
Larry Doyle
Denver
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Carl W. Crist Construction Co
Ford Hernandez
Don Sargent
Willow River
Minn
Fred C. Aldrich
Ohio Oil Co
Jim West
Potter
Omaha
Grand Island
Norfolk
Lloyd Adams
VFW
Frontier
Roddy Jayne Beene
Beloit
Kan
Wayne D. Moran
Chamber of Commerce
Frontier Airlines
Elaine Wittig
Nebraska Wesleyan
Thomas Siudowski
Anthony Egging
John XXIII
Carl Christ, Jr
Warren Ellison
Rudy Munderloh
Alliance
Potter Firemen’s Auxiliary
Rex Monahan
Fenske
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Clifford Henderson
Oil- Gas Commission
Verna Gilbreath
Cheyenne County
Scott Joseph Deaver
Ernest L. Deaver
Charles Stonecipher
Monsignor
Siudowski
North Platte
Vincent Pelster
Dalton
St. Patrick’s Parish
New Oshkosh Post Office Faces Embarrassing Perils
Oshkosh residents report slips and near collisions with a nearly all glass post office wall. Postmaster J R Haddix says posters or strips will make the door easier to see and prevent further bumps. Some locals struggled with new parcel boxes but those who followed directions learned the combinations quickly.
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Oshkosh
J. R. Haddix
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Jack Kirk
Memphis
Tenn
Roy Oak
Jaycees
U. S. National Junior Chamber of Commerce
van Cliburn
F. L. Balderson
Joe Ruttner
William Smith
Sidney Clamber
Commerce
Sioux Ordnance Lions
James Mitchell Twins
Brownson
Ralph L
Ole’’ Olsen
Horizons Unlimited
Lloyd O'Halloran
Sidney Country Club
American Broadcasting Co
Paul Harvey
Sidney Jaycees
Jc’s
California
Chuck Lafler
A .A. Fenske
Lunol
U. S. 30
Fritz Brauer
Bob Zapp
Chandler & Simpson
Stanley
SESW
Murrey Fuller
Richland
Waeh
Don Gillham
Newport
Oresxlar
Commercia
Marth. Stephens
Waco
Neb
R. E. McMillen
Sid
Tom Coffey
Alma
First Methodist
Sidney National Guard
Lyle Rabe
Nebraska Bankers Assn
Clark Fuller
Rotary
Oregon
Bobby and
Billie Eddy
Kiwanis
Stars of Tomorrow
Elmer Graff
Morrill
Grasshopper Spray
Jim Schaefer
SOD
Jim Wills
Wash
Loenzo
R. S. Stein
Dale
Gail
Motel
William Selak
Scottsbluff
Sidney Public Schools
Jerome Riewe
Elmer Seyfang
Queen's Band
Portland
Ore
Oliver Ivory
Austin Lanier
Hested-Lee
Jim Haskell
Terry Hafer
Dale Kastens
Charles Grigsby
Ed Sterett
Betty
E. Thomas C
Tom’ Jones
George Hinn
Sidney High School
Mel Everingham
Beatrice
Beverly Kicken
Ellsworth
Fred Herrington
Wheatbelt
W. W. Schulz
Sidney Band
Legion Park
Tommy Gilgren
Betsy Godfrey
Huck Finn
Becky Thatcher
George C. Abert
Army Ordnance Corps
Pentagon
Ft. Sidney
Beta Sigma Phi
Jim Krausman
John Gross
Susan Morris
Verne Bowman
Peetz Sacred Heart Church
Red Cross
Rick Innes
Finois
Herb Aldrich
Lions Club
George Taylor
Gabby Hayes
James L. Heaton
Creighton University
P J. Heaton
Senate
Sidney- Pine Bluffs
Francis Reiner
Hermann Kastener
Wheatlands
Gurley
Sunol
Gary White
Minnesota
US. 30
Burlington Railroad
New Wesleyan Methodist Church
Twila Larson
National Foundation For
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Adam Red Nest
Wanklee
Lorenzo
Gerald Matzke
United Fund Drive
Montana
College of Agriculture
J. Fred Thompson
Burlington
Colo
Berton Cunningham
Bob Hessle
Kearney
Dix
Ronald S. McGowan
North Platte Valley
Minatare
Gerald Dow
Tabor
Iowa
Marvin M. Rosen
Melbeta
Allen E. Gross
Peetz
Dalton Station
Ray Tsuruda
Victor Printz
Ordville
Janet Egging
James Mitchell
Bert Bates
Reta Brown
Army
Kent Kratz
Interior Dept
G. H. Doran
Fred Enders
Ray Smith
Gas Commission
Audrey Kragel
Bill Carroll
Minat
American Legion
Larry Wolf
Union Pacific
Charles D. Green
Harry Gould
Railroad Commission OK
Dalton LC ‘Pvt
Cty
Guy V. Doran
Dalton Presbyterian Church
Linda Reno
Chappell
Oil-Gas Commission
Sidney High Band
University of Wyoming
Robert Lowe
Civitan Club
SCS
Roger Plantz
Virginia Berry
H. N. Rhodes
Fred J. Twyman
VFW Post
Joe Gibson
Benny Hochman
JC International
Ohio Oil Employee
Beacon
Judy Jurgens
Ron Draper
Salvation Army
Welfare Clothing Center
Jack Lowe
Germany
Farmers Union
Elton Berck
District 1
Gurley Girl
Jolene Larson
Railroad Commission
Sundl Station
Gail Erickson
Midland College
T. R. Tillotson
Nebraska State Education Assn
Jerry Flora
Gerald Walker
Chicago
Sidney Lions
Les Perry
Curtis
GOP
Clare Williams
A. L. Miller
Don McGinley
Ordnance Depot Maintenance Branch
Fischers
Penney
Sy Ah
Dacron
Everson
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