Oilmen Forward Safflower Bonus and New Plant Plans
Farmers under contract for safflower with PVO General Mills in Sidney will receive a bonus of 2 per ton for the 1960 crop, raising the final price to 68 per ton, while the guaranteed price climbs from 66 to 67 per ton. A new larger processing plant near Sidney should be ready by February, with a warehouse added to aid seed handling. Meetings are set in Chappell, Chadron, and Kimball featuring company and university experts.
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Pvo-General Mills
Sidney
Pvo-Gm
Nebraska-Colorado- Wyoming
Sidney Mill
Chappell, Chadron and Kimball
Company
Chappell
Court House
Chadron
Kimball Court House
Chet Swinbank
State Extension Agronomist
al Hoffman
Fresno
Calif
Pacific Oilseeds, Inc
Wayne Wolcott
Richmond
Experts To Talk Safflower Growth At Meeting Here
A safflower growth meeting in Sidney next Monday January 23 will explore the future outlook for safflower in the region. Sponsored by Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp General Mills Inc and Pacific Oil Seeds Inc the event will draw college officials county agents researchers bankers and other stakeholders from Nebraska Wyoming and Colorado. The Ft Sidney Motor Hotel will host the session from 10 a.m. with lunch to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp
General Mills Inc
Pacific Oilseeds Inc
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
College State University
Wyoming University
Safflower
Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
Nebraska University
PVO
Potter Area Crash Leaves Potter Girl Hurt
Nebraska Highway Patrol investigated two Sunday crashes near Potter. A 17 year old Potter girl driving a 1961 Falcon sustained head lacerations and bruises after veering off the road and overturning. treated at a hospital and released. A second collision at Main Street and Highway 30 involved Roy Adams of Potter stopping at a stop sign and Reuben Johnson of Kimball hitting his car. damages were $50 and $25 with no injuries. Trooper Felix Koenig led the investigations.
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Nebraska Highway Patrol
Sidney
Potter
Janet Randall
Miss Randall
Main Street
Highway 30
Roy Adams
Reuben Johnson
Kimball
Adams
Johnson
Felix Koenig
Memo To Southern Vacationers You Can Come Home
The Sidney Telegraph notes Western Nebraska enjoys unseasonably mild weather since mid December. Shirt-sleeved golfers and housewives airing winter clothing signal a temporary banana belt, with many promising days ahead though the relief will likely be brief.
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Sidney Telegraph
Nebraska
Sidney Country Club
Jerry Howerter Named Co-Chairman for Nebraska Engineering Week
Jerry Howerter of Lodgepole has been chosen as co-chairman of the University of Nebraska annual Engineering Week for the department of engineering mechanics. He is a senior in the College of Engineering and Architecture, son of Mr and Mrs Donald E Howerter. The event showcases six fields of engineering through displays in downtown store windows and campus buildings.
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Jerry Howerter
Lodgepole
University of Nebraska
Department of Engineering Mechanics
Donald E. Howerter
Jerry
College of Engineering and Architecture
No Auto Deaths In 2 Panhandle Counties
Panhandle counties Garden and Sioux posted no traffic fatalities in 1960 while Scotts Bluff County saw twelve deaths, the highest toll as traffic remains heaviest there. Nebraska safety officials reported a 15 percent drop in 1960 fatalities, part of a nationwide trend across nineteen states. The year logged 292 total deaths, with 133 from multi vehicle collisions, 88 in single vehicle crashes, 34 pedestrians, 23 at railroad crossings, and smaller counts for farm tractor operators, bicyclists, and a sled rider.
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Garden
Sioux
Panhandle
Scotts Bluff
Col. C J. Sanders
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Nebraska
Deere Day in Sidney Highlights New Tractors Parade
Sidney Implement sponsors Deere Day at the local machine shop and Fox Theatre on Wednesday. The event opens with a free lunch at the Implement store from 11 am to 1 pm and continues with a free 1 pm show at the Fox Theatre for farmers and families. The program features the movie Men, Ideas, and Tractors about John Deere's new generation of power.
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Sidney Implement, Inc
Machinery House
Fox Theatre
Sidney Implement Store
John Deere
County Seed Producers To Meet Jan. 18
The Cheyenne County Certified Seed Producers Association will hold its annual dinner meeting on Wednesday night January 18 at 6 30 p m at the Yendis Cafe in Sidney. Glenn Wichmeyer of North Platte, horticulturist at the North Platte Experiment Station, will speak on plant breeding. Election of officers will occur during the meeting. Current president is Leon Larson of Potter with secretary Ralph Spearow and treasurer Fred Kriesel. Retiring board members are Darrell Bancroft and Ralph Panabaker.
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Cheyenne County Certified Seed Producers Association
Sidney
Glenn Wichmeyer
North Platte
Viehmeyer
Leon Larson
Potter
Ralph Spearow
Fred Kriesel
Meat Plant To Open In Sidney Under Bernie Gass
Bernie Gass will open Bernie’s Packing Plant on the south end of 19th Ave in Sidney later this month. The 35 by 40 foot steel facility will handle beef and pork with a 75 head capacity, a 10 by 10 foot cold room, processing and kill floors, and two coolers. Open date targeted for January 23 with one employee Herb Edwards and plans to add staff as volume grows.
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Sidney
Bernie’s Packing
19Th Ave
Bernie Gass
Gass
Herb Edwards
The
Edwards Wholesale Meat Co
Unsigned Letters Policy in The Sidney Telegraph
The Sidney Telegraph reminds readers it will not publish unsigned Letters to the Editor. The author’s identity must be known to the publishers for protection. Signed letters are printed unless in poor taste or unduly abusive.
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Sidney Telegraph
County Extension Board Members Elected Saturday
Mrs. Robert Irwin and Joe Policky were elected to three year terms on the Cheyenne County Extension Board at the Saturday meeting in the 4-H building. Retiring members were Q. A. Olson Verlin Livingston and Wilford Nelson.
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Robert Irwin
Joe Policky
Cheyenne County Extension Board
Fairgrounds
Irwin
Policky
Q. A. Olson
Verlin Livingston
Women’s Extension Council
Wilford Nelson
Ivan _ Liljegren
Charles Stonecipher
Martha Stephens
United Fund Shortfall Reported at Sidney Sioux Depot
The United Fund of Sidney and Sioux Ordnance Depot reports a campaign total of 12,835 86 toward a 15,000 goal, indicating a shortfall of about 2,200 with ongoing but unlikely offsetting pledges. Breakdown shows Advance gifts 3,857, Business gifts 6,562 78, Depot gifts 1,486 35, Residential gifts 929.73.
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United Fund of Sidney
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Lions Club Talent Contest Date Set
The Sidney Lions Club announces its annual talent contest will take place Sunday February 19 at 2 30 p m in the Senior High auditorium Co chairmen are Don Heath and Vince Maliszewski The event features three entrant divisions junior ten years and under intermediate 11 to 15 years and senior 16 to 19 prizes go to the top entrant in each division Formal entry blanks will appear in The Telegraph later and applications may be phoned to Mr Maliszewski at 5519
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Sidney Lions Club
Don Heath
Vince Maliszewski
Telegraph
Maliszewski
Checks Bounced in Sidney Payroll Scam
Sheriff’s officers report two bounced payroll checks passed at Greenlee’s and J M McDonalds Clothing in Sidney. One McDonald’s check for 11278 and a Greenlee’s total of 97.84 were signed claiming to be payroll from Peter Kiewit Sons Company Omaha. The culprit used the alias James A Peterson and supplied a driver’s license number.
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Greenlee's
J. M. McDonald’s Clothing
Sidney
McDonald's
Greenlee’s
Frank QC
Dickerson
James A. Peterson
Peter Kiewit Sons Company
General Contractors
Omaha
Nebraska
Sheep Growers Meet Thursday in Lodgepole
The Cheyenne Devel County Sheep Association will hold its third annual meeting at the Legion Hall in Lodgepole Thursday at seven o'clock. Kenneth Quast of the American Sheep Producers Council of Denver will be the main speaker.
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Cheyenne-Devel County
Cheyenne
Devel
Ag Meetings Set Across Panhandle in February
The 1961 Western Nebraska Organized Agriculture tour will stop in Oshkosh February 7 Kimball February 8 and Chadron February 9. Father Clyde Whitney of Scottsbluff will discuss Conservation of Youth at all three venues. Dr Elvin F Frolik dean of the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture will speak in Kimball and Chadron on Agriculture in the Sixties and will address The Role of the Land Grant College in the Field of Farm Policy at Chadron.
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Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Oshkosh
Kimball
Chadron
Clyde Whitney
Elvin F. Frolik
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
Lincoln
Land Grant College
Oil and Gas Lease Bond Proposal Angers Nebraska Industry
Legislation LB 146 by Sen M M Forrester proposes a 500 dollar bond for state oil and gas leases and requires surrender of leases if payments are 90 days late. Industry officials in Lincoln and the Panhandle warn the bill would raise administrative costs and deter future leasing.
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Panhandle
Sen
M. M. Forrester
Anselmo
Ken Monroe
Lincoln
Nebraska Oil and Gas Association
The
Telegraph
Nebraska
Panhandle Area
Elder Statesman of Lodgepole Honored by Lions Club
Lodgepole residents honored C O Bill s known as Pop Bills a pioneer in western Nebraska since 1915 at a Lions Club This Is Your Life program Club President Wayne Bond led the event noting Bills charter membership and 80 plus years of community service Attendees included Bills children grandchildren and great grandchildren as well as neighbors and friends from Fairbury Oklahoma Rawlins and Sidney
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O ‘Pop’ Bills
Bond
Bills
Lodgepole
Ruth Adele Werham
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Fairbury
Harry
Sue Quinn
Quinn
C. O Bills
Mr Bills
Churen
Lions
Pames
Lodgepole Lions Club
C. O
Pop‘ Bills
Wayne Bond
Lodgepole Lions
Nebraska oil lease bond and surrender act proposal
A Nebraska bill requires lessees under oil, gas, or mineral leases executed after passage to post a corporate surety bond of at least five hundred dollars with the county register of deeds. It also mandates surrender of the lease upon termination or nonpayment, with enforcement via existing statutes.
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Nebraska
Register of Deeds
Gov Morrison To Attend Western Nebraska Dinner
Residents of western Nebraska may meet Governor Frank Morrison at a Jan 30 dinner in the Ft Sidney Hotel. The Cheyenne County Democratic Central Committee sponsors the event with E. K. Yanney as chairman and tickets at 5 dollars each.
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Nebraska
Frank Morrison
Ft Sidney
Morrison
Cheyenne County Democratic Central Committee
E. K. Yanney
Otto Aufdengarten
Hcq
Nelson
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Senate
Darrell Bancroft
Ralph Panabaker
County Extension Board
Margaret Stahly
Milford, Neb
I.F.Y.E
England
Chet Walters
Alma Jorn
United Fund
Lions Club
Law
Frank Nelson
Peter H. Claussen
Elder Statesman
Mr. Bond
Cr. Bills
Racine, Illin
Ois
Gov. Morrison
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