Nebraska Oil 1959 Discovery Wells and Production Rise
Nebraska in 1959 logged 45 discovery wells with 73 percent in the J sand and 18 percent in the D sand. Frontier, Banner, Cheyenne show strong drilling. Morrill reports a discovery. Ongoing Cambridge Arch lease interest spurs activity in southwest Nebraska. Production crosses 100 million barrels March 20 as Pan American, Ohio Oil, British American, Shell and Chandler and Simpson lead. An Oil and Gas Commission was created by Bill 67 with Sid ney site office and H N Rhodes as director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frontier Refining Company
Red Willow
Cambridge Arch
Nebraska
Morrill County
Rinehart’s
Denver - Julesburg Basin
Richardson County
Mary Eysing
Ohio Oil Co
Cheyenne County
Rinehart
Pan American
Ohio Oil
British American
Shell and Chandler and Simpson
Oil and Gas Commission
Panhandle
Sidney
H. N. Rhodes
Colorado Commission
Four oil industry applications cleared in Nebraska hearing
The Nebraska Oil-Gas Conservation Commission approved four applications in a three hour December hearing at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. Shoreline Petroleum sought a unitization agreement and water flooding in Kimball County’s Deitz Field with 480 acres seven miles southeast of Kimball. Raymond Oil Co. received a 40 acre spacing ruling in Ban ner and Singleton Fields with tests planned for reservoir data. The commission adjusted rules and OKayed continued cases for February including PanAm Field spacing plans and bottomhole surveys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Oil-Gas Conservation Commission
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Commission
Ray Smith
Chappell
Shoreline Petroleum Corporation
Deitz Field
Kimball County
Kimball
Raymond Oil Company
Raymond Field
Singleton
Banner County
H. N Rohdes
Unti
Skelly Oil Co
Reiher
Hitchcock County
Petroleum Inc
Signet Operating and Exploration Co., Inc. Petroleum, Inc
Signet
Sutton
Cheyenne County
Rhodes
PanAm
Shoreline
Sidney
Lowell Davis
Davis
Blue Crutch and Mothers March Planned for March of Dimes
Final plans for the March of Dimes drive detail Blue Crutch activities led by P J Heaton Sr county chairman. Dan Rowan is city campaign director with Jack Thacow assisting. fundraisers include Sidney High and St Patrick's Academy drives on January 21 and January 9 respectively. Mothers of Sidney Girl Scouts oversee the Mothers March on January 28. The March of Dimes dance is set for February 6 at the National Guard Armory with Millard Music donating services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March of Dimes
P. J. Heaton Sr
National Polio Foundation
Dan Rowan
Jack Thacow
Equnty
Sidney
Sidney High
St. Patrick’s Academy
Agnes Aurich
Jerome Riewe
Duane Brandon
Dorothy Rasgorchek
St. Patrick’s
Mothers of Sidney Girl Scouts
National Guard Armory
Millard Music
Wardens Needed to Staff Sidney Warning System
Sidney’s civil defense warning program needs 1 011 wardens to cover blocks. Floyd Lanks says volunteers of both genders are required to fill chief, assistant, area, district, and block warden roles to relay alerts during emergencies such as blizzards or tornadoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Floyd Lanks
Lanks
Civil Defense
Sudney
Lol ‘Willis
Sanks
Merl Bobo
Armour Boese
Rev Kennedy to lead Bethel Baptist in Alamogordo New Mexico
Rev. Martin T. Kennedy will leave Cavary Baptist Church in Sidney on Jan 25 to become pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Alamogordo New Mexico serving a 600 member congregation. His farewell services are set for Jan 24 and Rev Andrew Hornbaker of Clarksville Texas will lead Sunday services this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin T. Kennedy
Cavary Baptist Church
Alamogordo
N. M
Bethel Baptist Church
Andrew Hornbaker
Clarksville
Tex
Rev. Kennedy
Storm Dumps 4 Inch Snow In Sidney Area
A major Nebraska snowstorm dumps four to five inches in the Sidney area causing school closures and cancelled meetings. Bus service halts with westbound routes delayed. the Soil Conservation Service event is postponed. Governor Ralph Brooks was slated to speak at North Platte but postponed as snow continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Soil Conservation Service
Nebraska
Points West
Columbus
Cheyenne
Kimball
North Platte
George Thompson Retired Grocer Dies in Sidney
George W. Thompson 82, a longtime Sidney resident and retired grocer, died Thursday morning at Memorial Hospital after years of ill health. He worked 26 years in Greenlees' grocery department, later serving as custodian at Legion Park for nine years. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m. Gehrig and Son, burial Greenwood Cemetery. Survived by Grace May Hornday wife, four daughters, one son, 12 grandchildren, two great grandchildren, one brother James Thompson. preceded in death by a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Thompson
Sidney
Memorial Hospital
Thompson
Greenlees
Legion Park
Gehrig and Son Funeral
C. E
Dorothy Livesind
Leona Beck
Mary Hoagstrom
Opal Schuerman
Cheyenne
Kenneth
Ft. Morgan
James Thompson
Lanagan
Dalton pastor Rev John B Rupley dies at 68
Rev John B Rupley former Maryland and Nebraska pastor died from a heart attack at his Dalton home. Services set Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church with burial in Charles Town West Virginia. Survived by wife Etheleen and two sons, plus five grandchildren and four sisters.
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John B. Rupley
Trinity Lutheran Church
Dalton
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
T. J. Schuldt
Oshkosh
Henry Monnich
Sidney
Church Council
Clarence Ziegler
Carl Schmidt
Samuel Michal
Laurence Miller
Herbert Fecht
Haroldean Brogren
St. Thomas Lutheran
Catawissa
Daniel E
Amelia Grable Rupley
Rupley
Boonsboro
Washington, D. C
Westminster
Baltimore
Grand Island
Neb
Maryland Synod
Home and Foreign Missionary Board
Midland College
Fremont
Dalton Lion's Club
Charles Town
Etheleen Weller
John B. Rupley Jr
el Paso
Tex
Kendig Weller, Rupley
Onaha
Nellie Bergstresser
Anna Maria, Fla
Effie Kulp
Perkasie
Grace Hesse
Arlington, Va
Ruth Settle
Baltimore, Md
Moore To Head Country Club Amid Dues Increase
Kermit L. Moore named president of the Sidney Country Club at the annual meeting. Dave Young became vice president, Ed Swanson was re elected secretary treasurer, and new board members include Mrs. Bob Clark Carl Schmidt and Dr. L S O Halloran. Richard Smith fills Young's vacancy on the board for two years. Swimming pool committee chair is Dean Wilson with members Dale Niebaum John Underdown Paul Hakes Tom Kokjer Gerald Matzke and Cliff Nienhueser. Golf dues rise by ten dollars to fund course improvements including fairway watering. Senior golf 60 plus 12 tax social included junior golf 40 plus 8 tax social 30 plus 6 tax and college students 15 plus 3 tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit L. Moore
Sidney Country Club
Dave Young
Ed Swanson
Bob Clark
Carl Schmidt
L. S. O'Halloran
Richard Smith
Mr. Young
Dean Wilson
Dale Niebaum
John Underdown
Paul Hakes
Tom Kokjer
Gerald Matzke
Cliff Nienhueser
Ag Chief Finigan to keynote Feb 16 Sidney dinner
Governor Ralph G. Brooks will speak at the 4 Farmers Businessmen banquet in Sidney on February 16 announced by Bennie Herboldsheimer president of the Cheyenne County Wheat Growers. Also attending are Pearle Finigan state agriculture director and state senators. Tickets remain on sale from listed Wheat Grower members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearle Finigan
George Gerdes
The
Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn
Ralph G. Breoks
Farmers-Businessmans Banquit
Washington
Ralph G. Brooks
Farmers Businessmen
Sidney
Bennie Herboldsheimer
Cheyenne County Wheat Growers
Cheyenne County
Herboldsheimer
al- Hance
Nebraska
Congress
St. Patrick’s
Ralph Fraass
Jim Deaver
John Underdown
Bill Fleming
Ralph Spearow
Elmer Westerhof
Howard Reimers
Norman Steffens
Walter Hilpert
Ronald Maas
Melvin Meester
Keith Sprenger
Robert Rauner
Harold Tremain
Oldest Keith County Resident Dies At 105
OGALLALA Mrs. Alice Price, Keith County's oldest resident, died Wednesday at the Ogal lala Rest Home at age 105. A former Perkins County resident for 45 years, she and her husband came to St. Edward in 1889 and later moved to Grant. Mr. Price died in 1928. She left 10 children, four living, 40 grandchildren, 46 great grandchildren, 16 great great grandchildren and eight great great great grandchildren.
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Ogallala
Alice Price
Keith County
Perkins County
St. Edward
Neb
Grant
Price
Five Safflower Meetings On Tap Next Week
A series of safflower extension meetings sponsored by the Nebraska Extension Service will be held next week. The schedule starts Tuesday at Chappell and ends Friday in Sidney with talks on production practices research results and growers experiences with the 1959 safflower crop. Attendees may discuss growing methods and future plans with featured speakers Chet Swinbank Al Hoffman Dr Jim Williams and Walt Peterson as time allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Extension Service
Chappell
Sidney
Chet Swinbank
State Extension Agronomist
al Hoffman
Pacific Oil Seeds, Inc
Jim Williams
University of Nebraska
Walt Peterson
U.S.D.A
Kimball
Alliance - City Auditorium
Chadron - Chadron High School
Voc Ag
City Auditorium
Legion
Potter Man Undergoes Rabies Treatment After Cat Bite
Kenneth Mueller of a Potter area farm faces 14 rabies shots after a stray cat on his farm bit him. State Health Department confirms rabies in the cat, prompting a local warning to residents northeast of Potter. The cat died the day after the bite and testing in Lincoln confirmed rabies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter
Kenneth Mueller
Sidney
State Health Department
Mueller
James Edwards
Infant Succumbs To Pneumonia
Teresa Helen Schwartz aged 20 months died at Memorial Hospital after three days of pneumonia. Funeral services set for Monday at 10 a.m. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Rev. Brittain. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. She was born April 24, 1958 in Sidney. Survivors include parents Harold G. Schwartz and Virginia Bell, sister Randy Kay, and grandparents Clyde Bell, Laury Schwartz, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teresa Helen Schwartz
Harold G. Schwartz
Memorial Hospital
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Rev
C. E. Brittain
Greenwood Cemetery
Teresa
Sidney
Schwartz
Virginia Bell
Mr. Schwartz
The
Park Oil Service
Randy Kay
Clyde Bell
Culberson, Neb
Laury Schwartz
Lyons
Ore
Christ Miller
Culberson
Ed Carpenter
Eckley, Colo
Soil Conservation Awards Program Rescheduled in Cheyenne County
The Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation annual dinner and awards program, postponed by snow, is reset for Jan. 20 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Patrick's Youth Center. More than 200 people are expected. Duane Chamberlain of the State Committee will speak and awards will honor 1959 conservation leaders.
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Cheyenne
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Paced
Tions
Ner
Oil-Gas Commission OK
Kennedy
New Mexico
Holy Trinity Lutheran
16Th and Linden
Kennely
Ft Worth
Platte Valley Baptist Association
George Ray
Baptist Pastors’ ‘Conference
Colorado Convention
Civil Air Patrol Cadets
Lions Club
Odd Fellows Lodge
Young Women's Auxiliary
Mission Study
Colorado Baptist Conventor
Rebekah Lodge
Peggy
Kenny
Kirby
George Thompson
Dalton Pastor
J. B. Rupley
Farmer-Businessman
Brooks
Finigan
Potter Man
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