Surprising Wheat Harvest Spreads Across Cheyenne County
Rainfall varied up to three quarters of an inch in eastern Cheyenne County Thursday night but harvest advances fast. Reports from Chappell Lodgepole Sidney Sunol Colton and Dalton indicate 20 to 25 bushels per acre on average with some pockets yielding higher and others only 3 to 4 bushels in hail damaged areas. Weights up to 63 pounds and overall good quality prevail as a hot dry weekend could finish operations.
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Cheyenne County
Gurley
Dalton
Chappell
H. W. Quinn
Farmers Co- Op Elevator
Paul Smith
Smith Elevator
Sidney — Warren Mettlen
Huntsman
Mettlen
SUNOL
John DeMers Jr
DeMers
Colton
Cecil Tremain
Larry Miller
Chiff Stahly
Daltn
Nine New Combines Boost Harvest Speed in Kansas to 144‑Foot Swaths
Isaac brothers Abe and Ben from Meade Kansas operate nine combines on Haven Smith land in Deuel County cutting about fifty acres per hour. The crew of eighteen uses nine trucks and three trailers to service fields from Chappell to Kimball. They maintain equipment meticulously for quick, clean harvests reducing hail risk and farmer costs.
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Chappell
Isaac
Meade
Kan
Abe
Ben Isaac
Haven Smith
Deuc
Isaacs
Kimball
Brother Abe
Chappell Register
Bertha Brauer to Be Buried in Local Lutheran Cemetery
Bertha Elizabeth Brauer 75 died Wednesday at Lutheran Old People’s Home Omaha where she had lived two years Funeral services set for 2 pm Saturday at St Pauls Lutheran Church with Reverends Boye and Krohn Burial in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery South Divide Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge Born August 30 1887 in Malcolm Nebraska she lived in Cheyenne County most of life later in Lincoln and Omaha Survivors include six brothers Richard Arthur Ewald Sidney Carl Hastings George and two sisters Mrs Clara Laker Aurora Ind and Mrs Helen Mueller San Francisco Memorials requested to Old People’s Home Omaha
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Bertha Elizabeth Brauer
Malcolm, Neb
Fritz
Albertine Oldenburg Brauer
Cheyenne County
Lincoln
Omaha
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
Richard
Arthur
Ewald
Sidney
Carl
Eustis
Walter
Hastings
George
Aurora
Ind
Clara Laker
Helen Mueller
San Francisco
United Chambers Meet in Chadron on July 11
The Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce will convene at the Abbott Lodge near Chadron State Park on Thursday July 11. President John Elwell Jr of Sidney leads the group as directors meet at 2 pm with a social hour at 5 30 pm before dinner. Agenda includes the Agate National Monument project. Reservation options are available with Superintendent Vic Leonard at Chadron State Park.
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Chadron
Nebraska
Vic Leonard
Chadron State Park
Burial Monday In CAELES For Mrs. Sachs
Cheyenne County resident since 1920 Mrs Anna Sachs 67 died this morning at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Delton. Burial will be Monday afternoon at Trinity Lutheran Church Dalton with Rev Ron Norman officiating. Officiating and burial at Dalton Cemetery. Craig Mortuary in charge. Survivors include two daughters one son ten grandchildren with one daughter predeceased. Born January 17 1896 at Cushing Town moved to Randolph Nevada in 1901 married William Sacs December 30 1919 in Sioux City Iowa and farmed near Dalton until 1950.
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Cheyenne County
Anna Sachs
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Delton
Trinity Lutheran Church of
Dalton
Ron Norman
Craig
Trinity Lutheran Church
Sachs
Cushing
Randolph
Nev
Whe
William Sacs
Sioux City
Iowa
Sidney
Bunker Hill
Sacs
Kermit Nelson
Dale Henseldsheimer
Bushnell
Debo Sahs
Skokie
Ill
Mildred Stark
Central City
Neb
Pickup Demolished On Dead End Road
A 1961 model pickup driven by 20 year old Tommy Whitson of Stinnett Texas was eastbound on a county road when it topped a hill and struck a dead end two miles west and two miles south of Sidney. The truck rolled over completely and was valued at 1600 dollars. The driver was uninjured. Deputy Kermit Brumbaugh reported the incident at 3 10 p m Tuesday.
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Sidney
Kermit Brumbaugh
Tommy Whitson
Stinnett
Tex
Fotinos Named Permanent Manager at Colby Safeway
George Fotinos has been assigned to the Safeway Store in Colby Kansas as permanent manager. He is a former assistant at the Sidney store and previously manager of the Bridgeport store. He will begin duties on Monday and the Fotinos family will move to Colby this weekend.
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George Fotinos
Safeway
Colby
Kan
Fotinos
Sidney
Bridgeport
Loss Is Heavy In Car Fire Valued Paintings Burned
Mr and Mrs Leon Phifer of Vineland New Jersey visited Sidney with a car fire that destroyed clothing luggage, money and a number of Mrs Phifer’s paintings painted in the United States and Europe. The blaze erupted after lunch near Ft Morgan forcing them to abandon the trunk and flee as fuel flames threatened an explosion. The couple, staying with Mr and Mrs David W Young, lost European bought clothing and several paintings including a large Alps work intended for the Youngs. Local merchants helped them as they recovered from the loss and planned to continue their trip to California before returning to New Jersey.
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Leon Phifer
Vineland
N. J
Sidney
Phifer
United States
Europe
David W Young
Young
Denver
Sidney Tas
Phifers
Ft. Morgan
Alps
Youngs
Frontier Airlines reaches third long term pact this year
Frontier Airlines finalized a contract with station agents reservation clerks and stock clerks lasting until June 1966. The agreement raises wages vacations and working conditions and marks the third long term deal with employee groups this year following pilots and flight dispatchers pacts signed earlier.
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Denver
Frontier Airlines
Frontier
Cedar Valley Field Renews Oil Optimism
Oil wells in the Cedar Valley Field of Scotts Bluff County show potential output around 600 barrels per day. Operators Sun Oil Co Stuart Co Oil Co Inc and Sam Gary seek temporary production limits before the Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission in Sidney on July 16 to avoid rapid reservoir depletion.
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Cedar Valley
Scotts Bluff County
Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission
Sidney
Sun Oil Co
Stuarco Oil Co., Inc
Sam Gary
W White Feather Petroleum Inc
Robert Thorpe
The
Oil Commission
Nebraska
Sleepy Hollow
Red Willow County
Neprasans
Kimball Discovery
Kimball County
Durland Arust
Dix
Petroleum Inc
C. W. Hughes
Vigil King
Exeter Drilling Co
Granite
Ackman
R W. Kirk
Longmont
Colo
George Stoeppelworth
Ring-West Petroleum Co
Cheyenixte County
Mary Egging
Denver Julesburg
Egging
Marathon Oil Co
Tremendous reception for Sidney High Band in Mexico City
In a telephone report Mrs Betty Knicely says the Sidney High School Band drew a huge audience in Mexico City. They performed at the Theatre of the Grove and are set for two television shows on Channel 2. A 6 pm Fourth of July concert at the National Auditorium awaits, while a large crowd in the Virreyes Hotel lobby hailed the group as professional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mexico
The
Telegraph
Betty Knicely
Sidney High School
Knicely
Angel Salan
Palace of Fine Arts
National Auditorium
Progress Report On Minuteman Sites Across Three-State Region
Col. W. E. Todd reports rapid progress on Minuteman missile sites in Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming. Construction has reached 32.5 million of 83.4 million, with 60 to 65 million expected by September. The 90th Strategic Missile Wing will oversee about 200 missiles at Warren AFB Cheyenne, while a 2300 mile underground cable network links sites to base.
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Nebraska-Colorado-Wyoming
W. E. Todd
Col. Todd
Sioux Army Depot
Nebraska
Minuteman
Corps of Engineer
Air Force
F. E. Wikstrom
SAC
90Th Strategic Missile Wing
Warren Air Force Base
Cheyenne
Wyo
Col
Todd
SATAF
Tri-State
Air Force Base
Wikstrom
Carrier Corp
Boeing Co
M. Iclson-Knudsen
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Bertha Brauer
United Chambers
Caeles
Mrs. Sachs
Pickup
Dead End Road
Minutemen
American Bridge Co
Great Falls
Wsiath
Rapid City, & D
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