Wheat varieties urged as milling demand rises near Potter
Peetz Hares Co operatives heard extension agronomist J C Swinbank urge farmers to stress strong gluten wheat for milling and baking. He noted hard winter wheat in western Nebraska and adjacent areas, warned against weak gluten types, and outlined desirable traits for milling and protein. Mosaic virus threat, control efforts, and seed timing discussed. directors reelected and finances shown with assets over 160 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peetz
Nebraska
Swinbank
Cheyenne
Wichita
M. M. Gillham
del Hawkins
Felix LeBlanc
Joe Robirds
H. H. Herboldsheimer
Kimball to Denver Road Gains Ground
The Colorado highway commission backed making Weld county road from Stoneham north to Kimball part of the state system. The Stoneham route favored over Briggsdale to the Wyoming line. Kimball Gering Scottsbluff seek this shortcut to Denver with potential paving and highway 29 improvements planned for 1955 57.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsbluff
Briggsdale
Wyoming Line
Carpenter
Kimball
Gering
Denver
Nebraska Highway Department
Crosby Plans Session With Leaseholders
Governor Robert Crosby will meet with school land leaseholders in Kimball County Courthouse assembly room at 3 30 p m next Saturday June 12 to hear grievances and discuss new lease administration proposals. The Panhandle leaseholders formed a committee in Alliance to convey sentiments on rent adjustments or sale, amid a national drive to amend the constitution keeping revenues in counties with the lands. Over half of the 60 000 required signatures have been gathered for the statewide ballot measure, with 38 counties to be represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Crosby
Kimball
Kimball County
Panhandle
Alliance
Crosby
State Board of Educational Lands and Funds
State Perpetual School Fund
District 86 Merger To Potter Approved
The state school reorganizing panel approved 30 redistricting plans after a public hearing. One plan to split district 28 in Merrick county into three parts was rejected. The approved plan attached district 86 to Potter in Cheyenne County.
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State
Merrick County
Potter
Cheyenne County
Hospital appoints Frank E. Harris chief consultant
Frank E. Harris arrives from Kennett Missouri to lead the Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital as first consultant administrator. He has trimmed thousands of dollars from the equipment list and aims to organize a ladies auxiliary as the hospital nears completion. Ira Steward, board chairman, says his experience will aid remaining building and equipping stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Frank E. Harris
Kennett
Harris
Ira Steward
New Hospital Cornerstone Rites Planned for July 11
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital taps July 11 for a cornerstone ceremony. Plans hinge on Senator Bowring officiating. invitation renewed after replacing Griswold. Contractors report slight delays from door jamb shortages while brickwork and two tone brick exterior progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Eve Bowring
Bowring
Dwight Griswold
Griswold
SCS Leaders Tour Cheyenne County Terracing Projects
Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District hosts Walt Ekdahl and fifteen Garden County farmers on an all day terracing tour. They visited Graf ton Crabb Ed Block Joe Green Frank Klentz Lou Evans Gunhardt Olson Bennie Herboldsheimer farms and watched a terrace built by Wes Herboldsheimer. Lunch in Sidney capped the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Scotts Bluff County
Kimball Club approves Ohio Oil lease on 100 acres
The Kimball County Club board okayed Ohio Oil Co. to lease 100 acres at 185 dollars per acre plus 10 dollars delay rental. Initial payment 18,500 dollars due on a three year term. Ohio plans two immediate drills while monitoring plans for the lease’s second half of 1954. Nearby developments include Magnolia offsetting a Kimball discovery and several drillings in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball County Club
O. K
Ohio Oil Co
Ohio
Kimball Club
University of Omaha
Country Club
Gordon
Hussey
Kimball County
Kenton
Dix
Nebraska
the Telegraph
J. S. Leonard
Sidney
Findlay
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Magnolia
Baur
Cal-Star
New York Tourist Dies After Heart Attack in Sidney
Mrs. Caroline Geyer a 59 year old New York resident from Jackson Heights died at a Sidney Hospital Friday after a heart attack on Wednesday during a layover while traveling from Colorado to New York. Survived by husband Andrew H. Geyer and one daughter. Remains shipped to Jackson Heights for funeral and burial. Local arrangements were by Gehrig & Son Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Mountains
New York
Sidney Hospital
Caroline Geyer
Lane
Jackson Heights
Mickey Fees Crowned 1954 Fort Sidney Days Queen
Mickey Fees, 19, from Sioux Ordnance Depot, was named 1954 Fort Sidney Days Queen at the queen dance Saturday night. Runnerups Miss Mary An Rufenacht of Don Brown Flying Service Lodgepole and Miss Rosemary Ruttner of Sidney Jaycees.
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Mildred
Mickey” Fees
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Fort Sidney Days
Mary An Rufenacht
Don Brown Flying Service
Lodgepole
Rosemary Ruttner
Sidney Jaycees
Gene Leinemann
C. P. Herboldsheimer
Potter
Jeannie George
Thompson’s Food Store
Lucille Egging
Potter American Legion
Kay Gallagher
lLoch
Lyons Buick Agency
Bernie Goldstein
Fort Sidney
Charles Ham
B A May Hit Jackpot in Maley Field South of Sidney
British American Oil Producing Co. finally struck oil in the Maley field near Sidney Nebraska after five years of searching. No. 1 Maley flowed 188 barrels per day with no water, as the field shares ownership among Maley Zwickl and Buchan. The discovery follows earlier NE and CO yields and signals more drilling in Cheyenne County and the South Table region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British-American Oil Producing Co
Nebraska
Maley
Sidney
B-A
Julesburg
Colorado
Logan County
Cheyene County
South Texas Development Co
Buchan
South Texas
Magnolia
Zwicks
S. Raymond Maley
John Zwickl
Jay Buchan
Zwickl
Illinois
Cheyenne County
Fleming Field
Widstrand Heart Victim Rites Wednesday
Gus A. Widstrand 64, retired Union Pacific employee and Sidney resident, died Monday after a heart attack. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Christian Church, Greenwood Cemetery burial. Survived by widow Frieda, three children, four grandchildren, two brothers, two sisters.
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Gus A. Widestrand
Union Pacific
Sidney
First Christian Church
H. Ralph Bixel
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig & Son
Gus Andrew Widstrand
Ord
Nebraska
St. Paul
Nebr
Frieda Marie Blomstedt
Violet Christensen
Sedgwick
Colo
Gus E. Widstrand
Ethel Reutzel
Ed Widstrand
North Platte
Art Widstrand
Wellington
Julia Blomstedt
Tillie Rose
Sutherland
Mrs. Moore Rites Tuesday in Sidney
Mrs. Ernest R. Moore aged 74 died Saturday after a heart attack. Rites held at 2 PM at Gehrig & Son Funeral Home with Rev. Harold B. Taylor, burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Nellie Gargen born 1880 in Council Bluffs. married Ernest H. Moore in 1898 Cheyenne. later moved to Sidney. Survived by husband and daughter Mrs. Mildred Rigdon of Portland.
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Sidney
Ernest R. Moore
Greenwood Cemetery
Nellie Frances Gargen
Council Bluffs
Ernest H. Moore
Cheyenne
Wyo
Moore
Mildred Rigdon
Portland
Ore
Death of Omaha man Charles Hess at 84
Mrs. George Kolzow's father Charles Hess 84 of Omaha died Saturday after a long illness at 4 15 pm. Funeral services were held in Omaha Tuesday at 1 o'clock. Mrs. Kolzow was with him at the time of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kolzow
Charles Hess
Omaha
Hess
Float entries listed for 1954 Fort Sidney Days Parade
Thirteen floats are already listed for the June 19 Fort Sidney Days Parade as parade chairman Kermit Brumbaugh seeks more entries by June 15 for competitive slots. He urged county groups and businesses to participate, noting help is available from Leon Cline.
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Fort Sidney
Kermit Brumbaugh
Brumbaugh
Mrumbaugh
Leon Cline
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Maddox Motor Company
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Sidney National Bank
Cheyenne County Rural Youth
Colton Grain
Bob Fischer
Wheat Belt Electric Membership Association
Miss Frontier Days
Cheyenne
Flower Sale Aids Ingleside Chapel Drive
Sidney women launch a fund drive for Ingleside Hospital to build a chapel for mental patients. On Saturday June 12 a ten hour carnations sale runs 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in streets and residences to meet Cheyenne County’s $2560 quota. Sponsors are St Patrick's Altar Society and Sidney Council of Church Women. Co chairs are Mrs Arnold Westerhoff and Mrs Al Koester. Girl Scouts and 4-H clubs handle residential sales. Each flower sells for a quarter or more. Cheyenne County hosts 27 hospital patients and a population of 12 081.
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Sidney
Ingleside Hospital
Cheyenne County
St. Patrick’s Altar Society
Sidney Council of Churchwomen
Arnold Westerhoff
al Koester
Girl Scouts
Wind and hail sweep western Nebraska on cold front
A wide area from the Wyoming line to Ogallala endured strong winds 45 to 55 mph and scattered hail Sunday as a cold front moved through western Nebraska. In Potter and vicinity a tornado damaged barns and grainaries while rain and wind battered farms north and east of town. County reports list varied damage from light to heavy with many buildings impacted and debris scattered.
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Wyoming Line
Ogallala
Cheyenne County
Potter
Kimball County
Art Hendrickson
Western Nebraska Observer
Allen Karnik
Chris Maas
Oscar Redeen
Art Johnson
Oscar Mueller
Harold Schriner
Gurley
Dalton
Lodgepole
Sidney
CAA
Lorenzo
Lake McConaughy
Laramie
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Bridgeport
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Twister
China
Moncay
Viet Nam
Mao Tsetung
Kimball-To
New Hospital
SCS
Rock Hill
Smith- Enders Field
A. F. Tool
Don Johnston Drilling Co
Dietz Field
Superior
Dietz
Eddie Fisher
Hafeman
Nwsw
Trans- Era
Banner County
Joe V. Larson
Byrd Oil Co
Kirk
Mickey
Maley Pool
Gus A. Widstrand
Mrs. Moore
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