Potter Man Called To Washington On Farm Policy Work
Wilford Nelson of Potter and Nebraska ASC leaders briefed Washington officials on Great Plains Farm Program aims and dust suppression efforts under the 1956 Nebraska Agricultural Conservation Program. Federal Practice 18 payments outlined include seeding and cover crop incentives to curb wind erosion amid drought.
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Potter
Man
Washington
ASC
Nelson
Wilford Nelson
Nebraska Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
USDA
The
Soil Conservation Service
Great Plains
Farmers Home Administration
Trees for Cheyenne County Farmers Under Clark McNary Act
Cheyenne County farmers are urged to apply for seedling trees under the Clark McNary Act. A planter will operate this year with first come first served ordering. Available species include broadleaf elms hackberry honey locust cottonwood green ash Russian olive black locust Russian mulberry boxelder wild plum and shrubs like Nanking cherry lilac and Tatarian honeysuckle. Evergreen options are red cedar ponderosa pine and Austrian pine priced per hundred dollars three for broadleaf three fifty for evergreens and four fifty for shrubs, plus six cents per tree planting fee. Maximum ASC payments reach six dollars per hundred. Orders accepted by SCS in Sidney or the county agent. evergreens ship from Nebraska National Forest at Halsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Phil McMullen
County Soil District
McMulen
ASC
SCS
Sidney
Nebraska National Forest
Halsey
Oil Leasing Surges Near Oshkosh in Garden County
Close to 50 000 acres in Garden County placed under mineral lease after Richards No 1 near Oshkosh yielded oil. Richards well produces about 150 barrels daily with oil stored in tanks awaiting truck transport. Ohio Oil Co cancels some leases as demand rises while rumors of a Platte Line survey circulate. Extension of production could boost Sidney as an oil hub, shifting activity from Kimball and Banner counties.
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Garden County
Richards No. 1
Oshkosh
Richards
Platte
Morrill County
Sidney
Kimball
Banner Counties
Fire destroys hay on Paul Narjes farm near Sidney
Ten ton of hay on the Paul Narjes farm southeast of Sidney was destroyed by fire late Wednesday afternoon. Sidney firemen responded to the call and towed a bulldozer to scatter the burning hay. Firemen remained at the scene for several hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Narjes
Sidney
Fair Board Delays Decision on New Building Plan
Cheyenne County Fair Board postponed any decision on a new building at the fairgrounds until after the State Fair Board meeting January 23 and 24 in Lincoln. Members plan to tour area grounds to compare construction approaches and consider moving lights to Legion Park. They discussed exchanging park flood lights for fairground spotlights while preserving lighting for rodeo events. The board also decided to reelect all officers: Stewart Brown chairman, Art McMillen vice chairman, Ralph Carleton treasurer, Lewry Lindell secretary, Arnold Westerhoff and Warren Cunningham groundskeepers.
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Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
County Fair Board
State Fair Board
Lincoln
Rae Jones
Sol Willis
Fairgrounds
Legion Park
Stewart Brown
Art McMillen
Ralph Carleton
Lewry Lindell
Arnold Westerhoff
Warren Cunningham
Hospital Usage Reaches Peak at Cheyenne County Memorial
The Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital reports the highest patient load in the first two weeks of January since opening last summer. No specific cause given for the rise, though a mild flu wave is noted. Surgery and births contribute to the current surge per Hospital Administrator Frank Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Frank Harris
Local Legion Club to Sponsor Saturday Dances
The Sidney American Legion club will sponsor a series of Saturday night dances with live orchestration starting tomorrow night. Commander Don Bounzell announced the events will occur each Saturday through March 10 at the legion hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney American Legion Club
Don Bounzell
Sidney Records Quiet Traffic Year in 1955
Sidney police report a relatively quiet 1955 with 415 accidents and 12 break-ins. Drunks rose to 180, with decreases in disorderly conduct and dr drunk drivers, while overtime parking fell slightly from 5904 to 5458. No murders since 1952 and no motor vehicle fatalities since 1953.
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Sidney
Ervin Smith
Sunol Dimes Show Raises 304 For March of Dimes
Sunol teenagers earned about 17 per high school student at a Tuesday night talent show in the Sunol School Auditorium. The event drew a capacity crowd and netted 304 for the March of Dimes with praise for student organizers and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunol
March of Dimes
Peggy
Tommy Allington
Janet Gade
Dorothy Dulevr
Valerie Lamm
Wanda Stanford
Mary Lou
Bud Bartling
Janie
Jerry Misegadis
Amy Kimble
Diane Demers
Marlene Church
Linda Lee Gade
Floyd Irwin
Charlotte Culver
Wrecks Cause 750 Dollars In Damage In Sidney And Dalton
An estimated 450 dollars of damage resulted at 3 40 p m yesterday when cars driven by Donald Grimm 19 and William Schmehl 67 both of Sidney collided at Jackson Street and 23rd Avenue Police said no injuries. About 8 30 a m yesterday on a county road west and south of Dalton a pickup went out of control after a tire blew reporting 300 dollars damage Gary Barris 14 driving with a school permit was among the injured or involved with two passengers.
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Donald Grimm
William Schmehl
Sidney
Jackson St
23Rd Ave
Grimm
Dalton
Gary Barris
Cheyenne County
Walford Estate Land Sale Slated for Feb 1
Executor George Barlow of Sidney announces the sale of 1360 acres from the John Walford estate to be held at the Dalton Legion Hall on February 1. The property includes 480 acres in Cheyenne County and 880 acres in Morrill County with mineral rights where available. The estate is appraised at 184 323.62 with up to $50 000 to be distributed among four institutions and nine individual bequests to persons.
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John Walford
Dalton Legion Hall
Dalton Pioneer
George Barlow
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Dalton
Morrill County
Ag Meeting Dates Set For Panhandle
The Western Nebraska Organized Agriculture hosts meetings for western Nebraska farm and ranch families on Feb 7 in Harrison Feb 8 in Scottsbluff and Feb 9 in Chappell. Bill Schaffert of the organization will explain its purpose at each stop. Programs cover grain drying and live stock with Robert Koch leading the Harrison livestock panel at Ft. Robinson.
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Western Nebraska
Harrison
Scottsbluff
Chappell
Bill Schaffert
Bridgeport
Western Nebraska Organized Agriculture
Robert Koch
Ft. Robinson Beef Cattle Research Station
Nebraska oil output eases from prior peak
Daily production in Nebraska slipped from a record 34 460 barrels to 33 958 barrels per day last week. Drillers reported activity across Cheyenne, Kimball, Banner and Chase counties with several wildcat holes and tests, some showing oil saturation while others remained dry. The note mentions Ohi o Oil Co. wells at Fleming B No. 1 and O'Connell No. 1 as gas or oil events, with ongoing drilling in J sand and D sand formations and multiple boreholes in progress near Kimball and Sidney.
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A. A. Fensee
Lundl
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Morrill
Kimball
Banner
Fenske
Ohio
Hornicek
Jones-Shelburne & Farmer
Banner County
Shell Oil
Sharples Oil Co
Kimball County
Nebraska wheat groups clash over growth plans and voices
The Nebraska Wheat Commission created by SB 518 funds research and promotion with a quarter- cent levy, while the Nebraska Wheatgrowers Association, led by Mannie Kreader and Louis Miller in Sidney Gurley, advocates non political grower representation to liaise with the commission. The association seeks education, legislation support, and broader research and marketing efforts for Nebraska wheat.
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Nebraska Wheat Commission
Nebraska Wheatgrowers Association
Nebraska
Sidney
C. H
Mannie) Kreader
Dalton
George Gerdes
Alliance
Carl Bruns
Chappell
Lester Mort
Venango
Louis Miller
Gurley
Mead and Grand Island Plants Cutbacks Rumors Grow
Rep. A L Miller said Washington has no definite word on Sioux Ordnance Depot plans while Mead and Grand Island production plants face reductions. The Sioux depot remains a military operation under Ordnance Corps, with payroll around 1200, not the same as storage at Sioux.
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Miller
Soc
A. L. Miller
The
Telegraph Today
Washington
Sioux
Rep. Miller
Pentagon
Sidney
Mead
Grand Island
Mead and
Nebraska
Mead and Cornhusker
Nebraska Division of Resources
Omaha
Lincoln
Fremont
Department of Ordnance
County Leads Nebraska in Rural School Teacher Pay
Cheyenne County rural districts top the state in rural teacher salaries with a nine month maximum of 4 800 and an average rural pay of 3 211. The statewide rural average is 2 302 while high school and elementary salaries across the state range around 3 900 to 3 820. The overall average salary for all public school employees is 3 232, up 4.7 percent from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Nebraska State Education Association
NSEA
Willard Siders Rites Set in Sidney Saturday
Funeral services for Willard Jackson Dad Siders 78 painter and interior decorator of Sidney are at 10 am Saturday at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home. He died Wednesday in a Bridgeport nursing home. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Survived by eight children and a foster brother. one son preceded him in 1918.
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Gehrig & Son
Willard Jackson
Dad” Siders
Sidney Painter
Siders
Bridgeport
Fred Parks
Greenwood Cemetery
Sol Willis
Harvey Vizina
Jack Hutchinson
Troy Smith
Kermit Moore
Dan Duncan
Mr. Siders
North Bend
Neb
Andrew Jackson
Mattie Siders
Davenport
Cheyenne County
George
Carlost
Sidney
Harlan
Belle Fontaine
Ohio
Raymond
Los Angeles
Effie Moore
Evelyn Ross
Maxine Johnson
Pueblo
Colo
Louise Highes
Cahallis
Idaho
Frank Morey
National Wheatmen Meeting Set for Portland in February
Ezra Taft Benson secretary of agriculture will speak at the National Association of Wheat Growers sixth annual meeting in Portland Oregon February 1 2 and 3. Other speakers include Congressman Clifford Hope Governor Paul Patterson Claude Gifford and Gwynn Garnet. The event marks the first time the gathering is held outside the Great Plains wheat area.
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Portland
Ore
Ezra Taft Benson
National Association of Wheatgrowers
Benson
Clifford Hope
Kansas
Paul Patterson
Oregon
Claude Gifford
Farm Journal Publications
Gwynn Garnet
Foreign Agricultural Service
USDA
U.S
Great Plains
Spook Show Tonight at Fox Theatre with Dracula’s Daughter
Manager Elmer Haines schedules a Friday the 13th Spook Show at Fox Theatre to provide jitters for superstition fans. Feature attraction is Dracula's Daughter, promising a traditional frightful experience.
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Fox Theatre
Elmer Haines
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Usda Program
Eisenhower
Congress
Cheyenne County Agriculture Conservation and Stabilization Office
Burington
Thompson
Ohio Oil Co
Garden County News
Fair Board
Legion Club
Sunol "Dimes
Harris
Walford
Barlow
Panhandle
Fleming B
Lorenzo
Fleming Hole
O’connell No. 1
Murfin
Sutton
General Resources
Frontier Refining
Sloss State Field
Wheat Commission
Assn
Grand Island Mead
Wayne L. Wood
Sec- Ordville Arrow
U. S
Baumholder
Germany
Spook Show
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