Annual Wheat Selling Rush Starts In County
Open weather favors Cheyenne County farmers moving thousands of bushels of 1949 wheat to market as the January rush empties farm barns. No. 1 wheat quotes around 1.93 per bushel. many crops stored on farms last year. The report notes light corn movement, slow potato shipping, and ample hay with lower prices. Weather and tax timing influence marketing, with 1950 crop prospects seen below average and moisture-critical winter wheat at risk. December cattle shipments rose to 52,562 from 36,165 in 1948, while sheep imports fell to 16,186 from 44,719.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
State
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
Traret
Nebraska
Dr Murray to lead Sidney Country Club presidency
Dr. M J Murray was elected president of Sidney Country Club at the stockholders meeting. J C Bush was named vice president Milton Handsel secretary treasurer Dr C A Bitner John J Treinen and Jack H Lowe elected directors. Stockholders approved the annual financial and committee reports. Dues for 1950 discussed as the board plans to meet soon to set rates and arrange 1950 activities. The club house has been closed for remodeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Murray
Sidney Country Club
J. C. Bush
Milton Handsel
Sec.treas
C. A. Bitner
John J. Treinen
Civic Music Series Meeting Monday At Mrs Pippitt Home
Community members invited to discuss the Sidney Civic Music Series at an eight o clock meeting Monday night hosted by Mrs L L Pippitt president. Officers welcome input for future plans and improvements. Address 1645 Maple Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Civic Music
L. L. Pippitt
March of Dimes Drive Intensified in Cheyenne County
County Campaign Director John W. Martinosky announced the 1950 March of Dimes drive will run January 16 to 31 in Cheyenne County and nationwide. He said it will be the most intensive effort in local history, aiming to fund polio care and support volunteers committed to a record fundraising year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
John W. Martinosky
Martinosky
National Foundation For
March of Dimes
Mr. Martinosky
VEW Adds Sixteen Members and Two Transfers at Post 610
Porter McGuire Post No 610 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars enrolled sixteen new members and two transfers at its regular Tuesday night meeting raising total to 2 The new members include H W Nelson Wilbur B Snyder Chas L Hickox Theodore G Antrim Francis H Gaston George D Smith Ruben R Bear Guadalupe A Ramos Merced J Penturia Edward R Travis Laramie L Peniska Warren A Shindie Louis R Bowen and William Bennett The transfers are Joseph H Schaf and William H Tyson Leo Schumacher district commander spoke on VFW service to the community and praised the post for exceeding its quota by eight He noted plans for the March of Dimes campaign in Sydney Lunch was served by the VFW Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter-McGuire Post No
Sidney
The
Post
VFW
Burial Thursday For Mrs Perkins
Funeral services for Mrs Shalto M. Perkins 77 were held Thursday afternoon at The Gehrig Funeral Home. Rev Walter Jewett led rites with solos by Mrs Ida Ahrens. Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery. Born January 10 1872 in Preemption Illinois she is survived by her husband eight children and several spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gehrig Funeral
Shalto M. Perkins
Walter Jewett
Ida Ahrens
Greenwood Cemetery
Mary Helen Perkins
Preemption
Illinois
Velma Peatz
Miles City
Mont
Earl E. Perkins
Ground Broken For Dairy Queen Store On Illinois Street
Ground was broken Monday for a Dairy Queen store on Illinois Street between 13th and 14th Avenue. General contractor E W Bill Ward will oversee building with completion planned for occupancy in the spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Queen
Illinois Street
13Th and
14Th Avenue
E. W
Bill” Ward
Crisco Pie Guessing Contest At IGA Store Weekend
Housewives in Sidn¢éy area can guess how many pies baked from a carload of Crisco. Closest guesses win awards as part of a Crisco car load sale at the IGA Store this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidn¢éy
IGA
County Goes Group Sought County Needs Crop Improvement Group
Cheyenne County agriculture seeks a county crop improvement association per Kenneth Van Skike. Interest is insufficient to form the group now, though weed district efforts show progress in controlling noxious weeds and promoting farmer cooperation.
Sidney Chappell Line Bid O OKd
REA in Washington approved bids for 31 miles of transmission line from Sidney to Chappell. The W H Griffin Construction Co of Aurora Nebraska won at 67 549 92. Construction must start within 30 days and finish within 40 days. The line links with the Sidney Gering transmission line and serves eastern Cheyenne and Devel counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REA
Washington
Sidney
Chappell
W. HH. Griffin Construction Co
Aurora
Nebr
Reclamation Bureau
Cheyenne County
Devel County
Miller Predicts 1950 Uproar In Washington In His Telegraph Column
Rep A L Miller looks into 1950 in his weekly Telegraph letter predicting Congress will not repeal Taft Hartley or adopt major reforms while enacting selective tax cuts and social security expansion. He foresees reduced foreign spending, wage labor unification, and a possible eight billion dollar deficit reduction if three Hoover Commission ideas are adopted. He expects peace moves, China and Spain recognition, and continued spread of communism in Asia, with farm prices dropping 10 to 15 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Miller
Telegraph
Congress
Russia
China
England
Truman
Spain
Asia
India
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
City Owned Plant Tours Open House January 15
The open house invites the public to tour Sidney's municipally owned power plant, the city well at 11th and Newton, and the Sewage Disposal Plant Sunday afternoon from 2:30 to 4 o'clock. Guides will assist. warnings about high voltage and moving machinery are issued and the city disclaims liability for accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
11Th
Newton Street
Board of Public Works
Verne Livingston
Rites Held Here For Mrs Wilnes 77
Graveside services were held Tuesday at Sidney cemetery for Mrs. Margaret E. Wilnes 77 who died earlier in Beatrice. She was buried beside husband Soren J. Wilnes who died in 1942. Rev Henry Monnich officiated with Gehrig Funeral Home handling arrangements. She leaves two sons six grandchildren two step sons a brother and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Cemetery
Margaret E. Wilnes
Beatrice
Sidney
Wilnes
Soren J. Wilnes
Henry Monnich
Trinity Lutheran Church
Gehrig
Lloyd G. Bemiss
Manhattan Beach
Calif
DeWitt C. Young
St. Petersburg
Fla
Norman Wilnes
North Platte
Harold Simon
van Nuys
R. H. Bradley
Rapid City
South Dakota
J. W. Marquardt
Fay Greening
Wymore, Nebr
Oliver. Mills
Wichita
Kansas
Telegraph Supports Local Essay Contest Cooperation
The Telegraph and Sidney VFW Auxiliary sponsor Cheyenne County’s 15th annual National High School Essay Contest with the theme Peace, With Honor, For America. Open to all high school students, prizes include 25 10 and 5 locally, with state and national competition. Entries due April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Telegraph
Sidney Vfw
America
United States
Colorado
Cheyenne County
Telegraph-Vew
Mable Hansen
VFW
Hansen
Lodgepole subscribers to gain Telegraph coverage expansion
The Telegraph will expand Lodgepole news and solicit a Lodgepole resident to cover news and handle advertising on commission. A staffer will assist initially, with start planned next week. Telegraph subscriptions exceed 3,600, serving Cheyenne County at over 85 percent of local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodgepole Express
Telegraph
Lodgepole
Express
Cheyenne County
Ohio Company Moves Well West of Cruise No.1 in Sidney Area
Ohio Oil Co moves rig 1.5 miles west of Cruise No.1 to drill next well on the Huntsman High structure north of Sidney. Lease with Orin A. Mather of Aurora Nebr covers 13 SE NW 12-14-50. Water well started and underground tests continue to gauge gas bearing sands from the Dakota sandstone. Ohio seeks the extent of gas reserves and may apply for a Sidney natural gas franchise if warranted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Oil Co
Huntsman
Sidney
Ohio
Orin A. Mather
Aurora
Nebr
Mather
Two Day School in Sidney Jan 20 21
Plans for a two day recreation school in the Sidney City Auditorium are led by Cheyenne County agent Kenneth Van Skike and Violet Shepherd. The event features five sessions Friday afternoon and evening and all day Saturday with a dinner Friday evening at six o'clock. Registration costs 2 for the full school or 50 cents per session. Jane Farwell, recreation director, will lead instruction. The Rural Youth group will host a dinner at Yendis Cafe for 1.50 per plate. The program targets club leaders church representatives and school staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney City
Kenneth van Skike
Cheyenne County
Violet Shepherd
Jane Farwell
Nebraska
van Skike
Shepherd
Suit Against Farm Union Oil Dismissed
A motion to dismiss the suit for 3529.60 damages by Earl N Johnson against Farmers Union Cooperative Gas & Oil Company was filed in district court. Johnson, represented by Atty L M Clinton, asked dismissal with prejudice and cited a full and complete settlement on January 7. The case arose from a fuel tank explosion at the Johnson home during fuel delivery by Farmers Union employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl N. Johnson
Farmers Union Cooperative Gas & Oil Company
Clerk of District Court
Atty. L. M.clinton
Johnson
Farmers Union
Wildcat Test Abandoned At Kratz No. 1
The Stout-Morgan Kratz No. 1 wildcat well near Dalton was abandoned as a dry hole after reaching 4777 feet. Depths included Dakota 4256 and Niobrara 3495 with La Kota sandstone at 4635. Operator Claude E. Stout said the project would be dropped but plans to drill again in spring remain. The well sits eleven miles east of Dalton in a large Ohio Oil Co. lease area on land owned by Lt Col G P Kratz of Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stout-Morgan
Claude E. Stout
Stout
Dalton
The
Ohio Oil Co
G. P. Kratz
Washington D. C
Dispute Over Land East of Cruise Gas Well Near Sidney
A quiet title action filed in Cheyenne County District Court by Mr and Mrs Edward Lipke against Lillian Sparks seeks to clear a cloud on the west half of Section 8 Township 14 North Range 49 west of the 6th P M Cheyenne County. Lipkes allege Sparks holds 51 percent oil and mineral rights via quit claims dating from 1949 while Lipkes claim long adverse possession since before 1948 and ownership of the surface. L M Clinton represents the plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Clerk of District Court
Edward Lipke
Lillian Sparks
Township 14
Range
Cheyenne County
Sipkes
Ohio Oil Company
Lillian S. Sparks
Sparks
Hubert R. Fuller
John McCleneghan
R. H. Dunlavy
E. L. Apegrove
Lipkes
L.M. Clinton
Housing Demand Amazes Sample in Sidney
Sidney resident L. E. Sample advertises a three room apartment on Elm Street and receives twenty five calls before noon Tuesday. By Tuesday morning the unit is rented, leaving many hopeful renters disappointed as the housing shortage seems to worsen despite expectations of easing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
L. E. Sample
Elm Street
Telegraph
First Tests Hopeful At Caywood 2
Ohio Oil Co reports Caywood No 2 in east Gurley field Cheyenne county drilled to 4420 feet reaching Dakota sandstone first bench casing to 4405 feet first drill stem test yielded 645 feet of oil and oil and gas cut mud deemed partially successful oil shows expected after swabbing no salt water found. East Gurley now has seven producers with average daily output near 1000 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Oil Co
Gurley
Cheyenne County
Caywood No
Joseph Egging
Mary Egging
Ohio
Casper
East Gurley Field
Telegraph
East Gurley
Egging
Caywood
Stevens
VEW Directs Dimes Drive in Sidney for March of Dimes
VEW directs a March of Dimes solicitation in Sidney next week on Tuesday Thursday and Friday. Porter McGuire post VFW chairs the drive with Harlan Maddox and a wide committee urging business and professional men to seek donations from employees to reach the county goal of six thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Porter McGuire
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Harlan Maddox
Chet Hickman
A. M. Leafdale
James Raynor
George Meehan
Bud Madsen
Albert Bonesteel
Rasto Brown
Ed Mitchell
Keith Richens
Neal Atkins
John Zerr
Art Lenzen
Miss Heaton Wins Oratorical Honor at St Patrick’s Academy
Catherine Heaton, a senior, won first place in the St Patrick's Academy high school oratorical contest Monday night. The subject was Federal Aid for the Catholic Child. She triumphed over three finalists who had been class champions. Dorothy Downey, Vincent Heeg and Jea Vosa followed in order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Heaton
St. Patrick's Academy
Miss Heaton
Dorothy Downey
Vincent Heeg
Jea Vosa
Basketball Schedule For Region Tonight And Early Next Week
Tonight region games include St Pat s first and second teams at Pine Bluffs and other pairings such as Sidney at Chappell, Broadwater at Dix, Dal ton at Potter in LPVAA conference action. Monday January 16 brings Dix at Sidney freshmen. Tuesday January 17 features S pass against St Mary s of Cheyenne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pat's
Pine Bluffs
Sidney
Chappell
Bushnell
Sunol
Gurley
Ledgepole
Broadwater
Dix
Dalton
Potter
St. Mary’s
Cheyenne
Ere
Also Mentioned on This Page
Panhandle
Dr. Murray
Civic Music Series
VEW
County Goes Group
Theo. Egging
Weed District Board of Supervisors
Bob Hinrichs
Ed Block Farm
Ralph Talich
Talich
Soil Conservation
Lemoyne Johnson
Nebraska Experimental Station
John Flora Farm
Flora Farm
Cliff Webster Farm
Extension Service
Weed District
Sidney - Chappell Line
O. K
Miller
Harry
Farm Union Oil
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!