Methodist Church Marks 75th Year in Sidney
Sidney's First Methodist Church prepares for a 75th anniversary observance this Sunday July 11 with morning services at the church a 5 pm Band Shell gathering a 6 pm picnic dinner and an 8 pm film showing John Wesley A free organ is provided by Schmoller and Mueller of Scottsbluff The church began July 8 1879 under Rev B Lemon and has a long history including the Lemon Memorial Methodist Church of Sidney built in 1884 and a 1919 dedication of a new brick church and parsonage
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Sidney
First Methodist
Methodist Men’s Club
John Wesley
Schmoller and Mueller Music Company
Scottsbluff
B. Lemon
North Platte
West Nebraska
Edgar G. Fowler
James R. Maple
L. F. Shelton
James F. Simpson
Chas. K. Aline
E S. Ebbs
James M. Blood
William F. Moore
J. W. Fowler
James B. Maple
Mary Alline
Alda Cessna
Emma C. Corbin
Town of
Board of Home Missions
Lemon Memorial Methodist Church
First Church
Fowler
Jonathan Turner
Leslie Stevens
Lemon
Historical Car Exhibition Delights Nebraskans in Panhandle Tour
The Nebraska Centennial Railroad Car drew over a thousand visitors as it toured Cheyenne County Chappell Kimball and Gering during a six state journey. Dr Vladimir Kucera director and Czech refugee praised western Nebraskans for their keen interest and intergenerational engagement with historic artifacts. Tales gathered from old settlers and taped for archives highlight the exhibit travels toward Lincoln for the State Fair with planned broadcasts on Radio Free Europe.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Dr. Kucera
Maley Field Expansion Aims in Sidney Area
Oil activity surges in Kimball County Nebraska as BA Oil Producing Co plans Maley No. 2 to strike sand pay early today while Miracle-Fifer Drilling Co pursues a westward extension to the Maley Field. Other operators report two new producers in the Tor geson and Long fields and a new eight inch pipeline moving Long field crude to the Pure Transportation Co. station at Smith Enders.
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Maley
Sidney
BA Oil Producing Co
Maley No. 2
Maley No. 1
S. Raymond Maley
Miracle-Fifer Drilling Co
Miracle-Fifer
Frank Boyle
Kimball County
Nebraska
Torgeson Field
Longfield
NW NW
Gilbert
Sene SE
Pure Transportation Company
Long
Smith-Enders
Long Field
Pure
Smith-Enders Field
Pure Transportation Co
Gurley
Wheat acreage cuts set for next year in Nebraska counties
Wheat producers face a 12 percent national reduction and county quotas in Cheyenne Kimball and Deuel. By July 23 growers learn their individual acre allotments as ASC offices finalize figures. The referEndum will decide on new controls and government supports amid cross compliance and paring in the farm bill.
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Cheyenne
Kimball
Devel
Nebraska Asc
Lincoln
Benson
Cheyenne County
Kimball County
Deuel County
House
Senate
Kansas
Four-Point Wheat Acreage Plan Proposed for 1955
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson outlines a four point 1955 wheat program including a national marketing quota a 55 million acre allotment a July 23 referendum and cross compliance unclear farm size penalties. Farmers must meet all allotments to qualify for price support with larger growers facing a total acreage limit. Noncompliant producers lose price support and face quota penalties.
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Benson
Ezra Taft Benson
Dick Herman Named To Direct Telegraph News Department
Dick Herman a 26 year old newsman joins The Telegraph editorial staff and will head the news desk for the Sidney trade area. A Burlington Iowa native and University of Missouri graduate he brings experience from Iowa Kansas and Nebraska papers including Scottsbluff Star Herald and Dodge City Globe. He and his wife Jacquelyn and their 23 month old son Ted are in Grand Island awaiting suitable living facilities in Sidney. The move supports plans to publish more often and expand field coverage as the Sidney paper shifts toward tri weekly publication.
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Wyh
Dick Herman
The
Telegraph
Herman
Sidney
Mr. Herman
Burlington
Iowa
University of Missouri
Jacquelyn
Ted
Grand Island
Ackerman Heads Anderson Drive in Cheyenne County
W P Ackerman of Sidney was named chairman of the Victor E Anderson for Governor club in Cheyenne County. Anderson, the Lincoln Republican candidate, praised Ackerman and outlined a platform emphasizing fair dealing, tax reform, highway safety, and efficient state government.
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W. P. Ackerman
Sidney
Victor E. Anderson
Cheyenne County
Lincoln
Ackerman
Anderson
Nebraska
Sidney Man Seeks Uranium Deposits Near Laramie
Tony Messing of Laramie Wyoming and his father George Messing are prospecting for uranium in the Laramie area. A 42 pound uranium ore sample has been displayed at The American National Bank after analysis showed about two percent uranium content. Messing holds three claims on a school section with mineral rights to nearby property and plans to form a company to develop the ore using bulldozers.
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Sidney
Tony Messing
Laramie
Wyo
George Messing
Tony
American National Bank
Resurfacing Set For No 30 Bids Sought
Bids from contractors to resurface Highway 30 from Kimball to Bushnell were requested by the Department of Roads and Irrigation in Lincoln. Sealed bids must be received by 10 a.m. July 29. The 11.9 mile project includes a new roadbed from the Cheyenne County line west to Kimball and a future surface plan with an oil mat and asphalt concrete. The state will keep the highway through Kimball for 8 to 10 years.
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Kimball
Bushnell
Department of Roads and Irrigation
Lincoln
Kimball County
Cheyenne County
Kimball-Bushnell
Cornerstone Ceremony Set for Cheyenne County Hospital
A cornerstone laying marks a milestone in the Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital project with a 2 pm ceremony led by W. J. Bill Robinson. Dean Joseph B. Burt will speak, followed by a financial report by A. J. Jorgenson. The event includes music, invocations, tours, and a donor brochure, with about one third of the building completed.
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Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
W. J
Bill” Robinson
Joseph B. Burt
State Board of Health
Nebraska Pharmacy College
Sidney Band
Dean Killion
Harold Taylor
Light Memorial Presbyterian Church
Dean Burt
A. J. Jorgenson
Ira Steward
Fred Parks
Christ Episcopal Church
Robinson
Frank N. McNett
Grand Island
Sidney Trade Area
Harvest To Reach Peak Next Week Across Panhandle
A field by field survey across the Panhandle shows 1954 wheat yields stronger than hoped despite dry weather. Elevators report good kernels with moisture around 12 percent and upper yields in many areas, though boxcar shortages threaten shipments. Local reports from Chappell Colton Lodgepole Sunol Sidney Lorenzo Potter and Peetz detail 18 to 40 bushel ranges with weights 52 to 63 pounds and moisture 8 to 13 percent as the harvest accelerates into next week.
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Panhandle
Isi
Chappell
Glenn Taylor
Colton
Lodgepolfe
H. W. Quinn
Lodgepole Farmers Elevator
Quinn
SUNOL
Henry Gell
DeMers and Son
Sidney
Denver
Emerald Rapp
Cheyenne County
Lorenzo
Alex Benzel
Lorenzo Farmers Co-op
Ted Fleming
Dalton
Marvin Aurich
Co-op
Peetz
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Methodist Church
C. A. Story
Anton Rudd
Story
Frank Hand
Rudd
Virginia Schou
Hoothe
Fort Sidney
Black Hills
W. A. James
Masonic Lodge
Board of Trustees
Maley Field
Platte Line
Platte Pipe Line Co
East Gurley
Wyoming
Colorado
Platte
Wheat Belt Electric Membership Association of
Wheat Belt
Telegraph News Department
Sidney Man
Curtis
Carl T. Curtis
Inden
United States Senate
Mr. Curtis
Minden
Congress
Wheat Belt Electric Membership Assn
REA
Schneider Electric Co
Omaha
Prairies
Devel County
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