Wheat Harvest Teetering Amid Heat In Nebraska Panhandle
Farmers in the Nebraska Panhandle await their first chance to cut wheat as extreme heat presses on crops in early July 1961. Reports from Cheyenne and Kimball counties note stem rust risk, high moisture levels in some lots, and expectations for a July 15 harvest start. Elevator data show mixed moisture and test weights, with Peetz and Padroni districts reporting variable yields and rust concerns. The period remains tense as farmers monitor weather and crop condition ahead of harvest.
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Nebraska Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Ivan Liljegren
Liljegren
Sedgwick
Colo
Padroni
Kimball County
Nebraska Observer
Kimball
Body of Girl Recovered After 64 Hour Search at Jumbo Reservoir
The body of 15 year old Margaret Stibley of Peetz Colorado was found at Jumbo Reservoir by volunteers and divers after a long search. The discovery followed a high wind that pushed the body ashore near the location where she jumped from a boat. Sheriff Vern Hastings cited extensive volunteer help and a Denver diving team, with a possible coroner's inquest pending.
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Margaret Stibley
Peetz
Colo
Jumbo Reservoir
Vern Hastings
Sterling
Lloyd Triplett
Julesburg
Thomas Frame
Sedgwick
Miss Stibley
Hastings
Denver
Sheriff Hastings
Pete Fogale
Padroni
Roy Crow
Top Women Golfers In Tourney This Weekend
Mrs A P Looky Madgett of Hastings defends her title in the fifth annual Women's State Sand Greens Tournament at Sidney Country Club. Wilma Gilliland of Kimball makes a fourth bid as 60 reservations already exist. advance registration urged.
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A. P
Looky Madgett
Hastings
Sidney Country Club
Southern Hills Club
Meadowbrook Golf Club
Wilma Gilliland
Kimball
Ross Barker
Sidney
Fred George
Ed Swanson
Country Club
Barker
Lewellen to Convert Hospital for Nursing Home Use
Lewellen hospital board plans to use the unused Lewellen Hospital as a nursing home after failing to attract a local doctor. They aim to open a nursing home by August with a registered nurse in charge and hospital equipment stored for now. President Mrs James Clancy leads the board with members J L Kats Ernest Fischer Mrs Bruce Cochran and Mrs Kenneth Miller.
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Lewellen
Lewellen Hospital
James Clancy
J L Kats
Ernest Fischer
Bruce Cochran
Kenneth Miller
Wards Plans To Open Six New Stores Soon
Montgomery Ward announces six new stores including a catalog outlet in Sidney. The Sidney catalog store will replace the long operating retail outlet from 1935. A merchandise closeout is underway and catalog service details will be released before the July 29 opening.
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Montgomery Ward
Sidney
Peggy O'Holleran Improves After Traffic Injury
Five year old Peggy O HOLL ERAN daughter of Dr and Mrs Lloyd O’Holleran is reported improving after a skull fracture and leg injuries suffered when she ran or walked in front of a car on Saturday. The condition is listed today as satisfactory.
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Peggy O’holleran
Lloyd O'Holleran
Nebraska county official salaries move through Legislature
A bill LB373 advancing 35 6 final reading raises pay for Nebraska county officials. It sets new floors for clerks deputies and other officers in counties from 9 000 to 16 000 population and fixes deputy salaries at 75 percent of the chief's pay. The measure names multiple sponsors and takes effect 90 days after gubernatorial approval.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne
Joe T. Vosoba
Wilber
George H. Fleming
Sidney
Cecil Craft
North Platte
Matt Wylie
Elgin
Lewis Webb
Ogallala
Michael P. Russillo
Omaha
Marvin E Stromer
Lincoln
John P. Munnelly
Yanney resigns from 4J School Board in Lodgepole
Yanney cashier of First State Bank and member of District 4J resigns citing new Rutgers University work and a 200 page book project. He notes appointment to the state board of education will require three or more Lodgepole trips monthly as the district launches a $10 million college building program needing more board supervision.
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Lodgepole
E K Yanney
First State Bank
Yanney
Lodgepole Nebraska
Jeopard
Rutgers University
State Board of Education
Wheat Acreage Allotments Likely Reduced In Nebraska In 1962
Cheyenne County and most Nebraska counties face reduced historical wheat base acreages for 1962 with 91 of 94 counties showing declines. Cheyenne County, large in wheat, loses 2952 base acres versus nearly 4000 in a neighboring county. A joint meeting of 45 community committeemen tonight will review farm records and ASC program changes.
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Cheyenne County
ASC
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Rapp
75 Bushel Barley Reported At Lodgepole
Lodgepole reports high barley acreage with harvest in progress. Elevators note loads of high testing barley and an exceptional field averaging 75 bushels per acre. Most yields range 50 to 20 bushels with some hail damage. Barley tests 51 to 43 pounds per bushel with 10 to 17 percent moisture. Farmers about to cut. more barley planted than in recent years. windrowing and combining underway.
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Lodgepole
Smith's Elevator
Farmers Cooperative Elevator
Postoffice Lobby Hours Change at Sidney Office
Postmaster Leo Gorman announces lobby closure as of next Monday changing hours to 6 am to 8 30 pm. Window hours stay 8 30 am to 5 pm. Last mail pickup from drops and front collection box will be 8 30 pm.
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Sidney Postoffice
Leo Gorman
Gorman
People You Know feature adds Sidney dentist and guest speaker
In the Friday Sidney Telegraph column readers meet a new Sidney dentist and his family. The page also notes a colorful guest speaker leading Presbyterian Church services, a blood bank appeal, and a WWI reunion of two old buddies, all part of the new Telegraph feature.
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Sidney Telegraph
Sidney
Presbyterian Church
Telegraph
Gall
Gurley School Earns Class A Accreditation for 1961 62
Gurley School is fully accredited Class A for the 1961 62 year, with no advisements under the new standards. New board members are Mrs Clara Lessig and Melvin Kurth, replacing retiring members Mrs Jeanette Ahlm and Buck Allison. Robert Scoville becomes superintendent, succeeding Marvin Rosen who left for Geneva Nebraska. Music instructor Douglas Anderson offers lessons with some fees for non residents.
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Gurley
Clara Lessig
Melvin Kurth
Jeanette Ahlm
Buck Allison
Robert Scoville
Holstein
Nebr
Marvin Rosen
Rosen
Geneva
Douglas Anderson
William Jackson
Warren Glover
Robert Schurman
John Flora
Roger Killion
Richard Ferris
Eleanor Speirs
Donna Anderson
Richard Pankratz
Sophia’ Geis
Arleta Rohde
Vernele Lessig
Herman Frerichs
Herbert Fastenau
$17.75 Per Acre Bonus Paid For Oil Lease in Nebraska
Tenneco Oil Company paid a high bonus of $17.75 per acre at the Lincoln sale by the Nebraska Board of Educational Lands and Funds. Tract 31 in section 36 2N 26W Red Willow County drew $8,520, part of $55,141.73 total, averaging $3.37 per acre. All tracts sold, with one in Cheyenne County near Sidney gas field. Harper Oil Co paid $5.50 per acre totaling $880 for its lease.
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Tenneco Oil Company
Lincoln
Nebraska Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Red Willow
Cheyenne County
Sidney Gas Field
Harper Oil Co
Arapahoe Grants Pipeline Right Of Way Across County Roads
Arapahoe Pipeline Co. receives permission to lay crude oil pipelines beneath three county roads at four feet depth, between townships and ranges in sections 31 32 25 26 and 23 26. Roads to stay open during installation with surface restoration. County also reappoints veteran affairs official and plans for county records microfilm bids.
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Arapahoe Pipeline Co
Arapahoe Co
Clayton Mintken
Veterans Commission
I. L. Pindell
Potter Man Is Held As Burglary Suspect
Kimball Vaughn Russell of Potter is jailed on a breaking and entering charge for the March 25 burglary of the Kimball County Co op Oil station. Sheriff Jim Shaul says Russell admitted the break in and acted alone. $272.54 from a filing cabinet and about $8 from an employee were stolen.
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Kimball
Vaughn Russell
Potter
Kimball County Co-op
Jim Shaul
Russell
Oil discoveries eyed across Cheyenne Banner Frontier counties
The Banner County report highlights the No. 1 Peterson well near Raymond Field with 15 feet oil and 546 feet water in a drill stem test, plus other Cheyenne and Kimball County finds. Notable successes include Midwest Oils in Watchern North Faro, Stuarco Oil in Olsen Field, and Ambassador Oil in Treanery, signaling new development areas amid several wildcat and extension tests.
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Banner County
Raymond Oil Co
Peterson
Raymond Field
Cheyenne County
Midwest Oils. Crep
Watchern
North
Faro
Dalton
Kimball County
Panhandle
Kimball
Love-Miller
Lobb
Stuarco Oil Co
CSE
Ambassador Oil Co
Treanery
Weaver Field
Harper Oil Co
Dimick
Sidney
Gower Oil Co
Potter
Francis Egging
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Chappell
Jim Ledbetter
Colorado
By Sarah Alden
Triplett
Elsie Carleton
J. B. Ruttner
Blanche Frost
Carleton
Greenlees
Ksid Radio
Omaha World Herald
Kokjer Motor Co
Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
Winter Drug
Madsen’s
Barker's Cleaners
Western Drug Co
Sidney Flooring and Supply
Frontier Music Co
Telegraph Printing Co
Sportsman Cafe
Deluxe Motel
Carl Christ Construction Co
American National Bank
Sidney Ladies Golf Association
Madgett—Champ
Wards
Peggy O'Holleran
Gurley School
Cheers Board
Scoville
Arapahoe
Edwin Foster Blair
Simmons Oil Company
Fisher Wildcat
Red Willow County
Lansing-Kansas City
Silver Creek
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