Pre Fair Schedule Frames Four Day Fort Sidney Days
The four day Cheyenne County Fair Fort Sidney Days opens Sunday Aug 9 with preliminary 4-H events. Entries due by July 18 with some leeway for harvest, and a busy pre fair schedule runs July 29 to Aug 8 featuring music contests, judging, clean up, demonstrations, and horse shows. Fort Sidney parade and rodeos cap a week of events with a big 4-H livestock sale and parade on 4-H Day.
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Fort Sidney
National Guard Armory
Fairgrounds
Hillside Gulf Course
Forsythe
Dewis
Merchants Building
Sidney
Westernaires
Jefferson County
Colo
Second Well Added To West Dalton Oil Field
Midwest Petroleum Corp and United States Smelting Refining and Mining Co report a successful drill stem test at the No 1 Goonwin offset to the No 1 Johnson in the West Dalton area. The test recovered 5 MM cu ft per day of gas and 453 ft of gassy oil with about 20 percent water. The No 1 Goonwin depth reached 4860 ft and Toltek Drilling Co. was the contractor.
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Tallyho
Dalton
Midwest Petroleum Corp
United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Co
Johnson
Toltek Drilling Co
Goodwin
Toltek and
Carolina Corp
Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
Marathon Oil Co
Doran
Sidney
Marathon
Huntsman
Ak-Sar-Ben Petroleum Corp
Minatare
Scotts Bluff County
Stuarco Oil Co
Cheyenne County
Reserve Oil and Gas Co
Sloss Field
Kimball County
Miami Petroleum Co
Waitman Field
Morrill County
Fort Sidney Days Parade Offers $500 Cash and Trophy
The Fort Sidney Days parade offers $500 in cash prizes and the Colonel's Trophy for the sweepstakes winner. Two divisions will award 100 75 50 and 25 to top four in humorous and artistic categories. An overall SweepStakes award with the Colonel's Trophy is new. The celebration runs August 9 with the Cheyenne County Fair. theme is Transportation Day Before Yesterday Yesterday Today and Tomorrow. Jaycees urge broad participation. entry blanks are in The Telegraph and mailed to Fort Sidney Days Corp Sidney Neb.
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Fort Sidney
Cheyenne County
Jaycees
Telegraph
Fort Sidney Days Corp
C-O Sidney Junior Chame Ber of Commerce
Sidney
Neb
Omaha Television Crew Shoots Stramit Scenes at Dalton Plant
A KMTV Omaha crew filmed at Midwest Stramit Corp in Dalton for a half hour agriculture industry documentary. Dale Hoaglan recordist and Leon Benschoter cameraman captured process sounds and 600 feet of footage from the straw board plant, with Benschoter hoisted 15 feet for an overall view. The program will feature Stramit and other Nebraska ag related industries, plus a new water soluble wrapping material and a soybean oil based highway paint.
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Stramit
Dale Hoaglan
Leon Benschoter
Kmtv Television
Omaha
Dalton
Midwest
Stramit Corporation
KITV
Benschoter
Sidney
May Seed Corporation
Shenandoah
Iowa
May Broadcasting Company
KMTV
Nebraska
Central City
Midwest Research Institute
Kansas City
Nebraska Agriculture Department
Stramit Board of Directors
Jeff Broady
State Agriculture and Economic Development Department
Broady
Raymond Graff
Dean Hiner
Hiner
Local dairy business viability in Sydney discussed
At the Cham ber of Commerce Industrial Council Committee meeting in Sydney the future of a local dairy was debated. Officials noted no local outlet exists, major suppliers currently serve town, and while farmers showed interest in milking cows there is doubt about a sustainable small local dairy due to packaging costs and market factors.
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Sydney
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Council
Sidney
E. R. Jimerson
Chamber of Commerce
Peetz
Denver
Cheyenne County
Weber Given Two Years In Pen
John Robert Weber, 38, of Upland California, pleaded guilty before District Judge John H. Kins to auto theft and was sentenced to two years in the Nebraska Penal Complex at Lincoln. The sentence follows his July 16 theft of Bill Maddox’s car, and an attempted county escape ended with the wreck of the stolen vehicle and Weber’s arrest.
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John Robert Weber
Upland
Cal
John H. Kins
Nebraska
Lincoln
Weber
Bill Maddox
Prominent Kirk Area Farmer Dies Suddenly at 77
Joseph Gotfred Johnson, 77, well known Banner County farmer and rancher, died Friday at his Kirk area home from a heart attack. Funeral service held at Harrisburg Community Church with Rev Don Notz. burial in Kirk Cemetery. Survived by sister Hannah Johnson and sister Mrs Clara C. Anderson. brothers preceded him in death. Born January 31, 1887 in Courtland Kansas. moved to Banner County as infant. lived on family homestead north of Potter. retired from farming. never married. Affiliated with American Sunday School Union chapel at Kirk but not active in church.
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Banner County
Joseph Gotfred
Joe) Johnson
Kirk
Harrisburg Community Church
Don Notz
Allen Mortuary
Kimball
Mr. Johnson
Courtland
Kaw
Potter
Hannah Johnson
American Sunday School Union Chapel
Clara C. Anderson
Weather outlook and harvest progress in Cheyenne County
Panhandle forecast calls for scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers with fair conditions tonight and Thursday. Cheyenne County reports 99 percent of the wheat harvest complete with rainfall hoped for to improve crops. irrigation drives ongoing as corn tassels begin and oats and alfalfa advance. Pastures dry in spots, trace-element deficiencies noted but roots may restore growth. farmers anticipate 60-70 bushels per acre for oats and praise a near-ideal winter wheat season.
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Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Ivan Liljegren
Liljegren
Potter
Three Mishaps Occur In Less Than 114 Hours
Sidney police logged three minor accidents within about 90 minutes Monday afternoon. Lloyd Forster’s Merchants Transfer truck backed into Verdell Zimmer’s pickup at Montgomery Ward causing $40 damage to the pickup. Gene Sties’s car rolled into Lyle Stewart’s parked vehicle at Legion Park, with $50 and $75 damages respectively. W F Waite’s pickup and Wayne David’s National Tank Co truck collided at 13th and Illinois causing $150 to Waite’s truck.
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Sidney
Montgomery Ward
Merchants Transfer
Lloyd G. Forster
Sidney Roofing Company
Verdell R. Zimmer
Legion Park
Gene J. Sties
Lyle P. Stewart
Sties
Stewart Auto
13Th and
Ilinois
W. F. Waite
Dalton
13Th
National Tank Company
Wayne H. David
Illinois
Waite
Jean A. Smith
Pichard Carmody
Ordville
Carmody
Smith Auto
No Relief Seen From Heat Wave Lingers Across Panhandle
Heat wave expected to persist through Monday with highs in the 90s and lows in the 60s to mid 60s. Thunder showers possible but unlikely to bring relief. Scottsbluff area logged 0.11 inch of rain on Tuesday amid thunderstorms that knocked out power. Since, hot and dry conditions have dominated, with Sidney reaching 1.56 inches only during a prior storm. Nighttime warmth continues as air conditioners run and irrigation pumps operate in rural districts. Temperature readings show 62-95 on July 20 and 61-101 on July 21, with 65-98 by 11 a.m. today.
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Scottsbluff Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Scottsbluff
Panhandle
Sidney
Dave Ells
Mercury
Sidnay
Melodrama Cast Announced For Legion Park Outdoors
John Helms director of Panhandle Players reveals the August 6 and 7 melodrama Lillie, The Felon's Daughter. Cast includes Sandy Williams as Lillie Fairweather, Betsy Fairweather, Jean Frerichs, Don Krieger, Compton Fairweather, Greg Feuerborn, Craven Sinclair, Barb Helms, Ophelia Fairweather, Rob in Steel, Mildred Elwell, Connie Madsen, Mrs Bloodgood, Colleen Christ, Marie, Bruce Blanchard, and Lord Montmorency. The show will be outdoors at the Jaycee Band shell, Legion Park.
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John Helms
Panhandle Players
Lillie
Sandy Williams
Lillie Fairweather
Jean Frerichs
Betsy Fairweather
Don Krieger
Compton Fairweather
Greg Feuerborn
Craven Sinclair
Barb Helms
Ophelia Fairweather
W. T. Miller
Robin Steel
Mildred Elwell
Kinglsey
Connie Madsen
Martin Predicts GOP Gains at Dedication Event
North Platte Republican Rep Dave Martin predicted Goldwater led ticket could win 40 more House seats this fall. He contrasted with Postmaster General John Gronouski who forecast a disaster for the GOP under Goldwaters leadership at the Federal Building dedication.
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North Platte
Goldwater
House of Representatives
Dave Martin
John Gronouski
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West Dalton
Phelps
Skinner Corp
Zach
Turnbull
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Midwest Oil Corp
Kosch
Murfin Drilling Co
Scotts Bluff
Midwest Stramit Corporation
Concensus
Martin
GOP
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