oil showings and local notes from Sidney area
Five years ago The Superior Oil Co reported initial oil production potential in north Potter Cheyenne County with No 1 Edgar Anderson located on land owned by Edgar Anderson showing enough recovery to run production casing. In Sidney two boys pedaled from East Coast homes toward San Francisco for the Seventh Day Adventist Pan American Youth convention June 16 20. Sidney may assume Sioux Villa control around June 30. Sidney High School alumni association formed by Class of 1953, with officers and a $200 fund balance. The Shining Prairie pageant title chosen for Fort Sidney Days. Visitors include Dr Marion Davis and Dr Elsie Geirgi of NYC. Various locals and guests noted including Blaine Nelson, Gilbert Webster, F G Baker, and Evelyn Oades among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Potter
Cheyenne County
Superior Oil Co
Edgar Anderson
Potter
Sidney
San Francisco
Callif
Sioux Villa
Sidney High School
Edgar Sayre
Madeline Elsen
Marsha Planck
Edith Vining
Jack H. Lowe
Charles Bagby
J. C. Bush
Allyn Dee Whitmire
Sayre
Fort Sidney
Fred Thompson
J. L. McIntosh
Cold swim draws only two paratroopers at pool opening
The pool opened Sunday with few patrons. Two Alliance airbase paratroopers braved the chill for a brief dip. A recent Friday band concert drew hundreds at the Sidney Shell. Carl Ziegler won the flag tourney at Sidney country club, with Mark Howard second in a 30-participant event. Lewis H. Brown, former Sidney High football coach, became a Navy lieutenant j.g. Miss Zepha Lockwood arrived for a ten day visit, en route from Salem and Panama, while serving as a Medical Technician at Oak Hill hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Burnham
Alliance
Sidney Shell
Carl Ziegler
Sidney Country Club
Albert Mueller
Ziegler
Mark Howard
Lewis H. Brown
Riverton
Sidney High School
J.g
U.S. Navy
Lincoln
Zepha Lockwood
Lloyd Lockwood
Salem
Ala
Panama
Fla
Miss Lockwood
Oak Hill Hospital
Oak Hill
25 Years Ago Commencement at St Patrick's Academy
Fifty percent of the article lists the 20 graduates and 3 commercial certificate recipients to be honored by Bishop Stanislaus Vincent Bona who will deliver the baccalaureate sermon. Other items cover a Cheyenne County gale damaging farms and trees, plus local people news including travel, employment, theft, and club elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s Academy
Stanislaus Vincent Bona
D. D
Grand Island
Mable Alster
Gretchen Barlow
Mildred Beyer
Marion Blaha
Lawrence Clinton
Ferne Cortney
Patrick Dalton
Marianne Dolan
Lawrence Fahy
Agnes Filbin
Hoy Johnson
Max Manasil
Edward Meehan
Veronica Meick
Louise Reed
Evelyn Scanlan
Marie Schwartz
Robert Standley
Albert Taschacher
Viola Zwickl
Harold Patrowsky
Richard Patrowsky
Frederick Meick
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Raymond Davis
Wichita
Kan
Western Nebraska Oil Company
Scottsbluff
Local names and events highlight Sidney week
The column lists last year’s officers Ruth Hodgkin as president, plus Johnson, Doran, and Golding with Fred Stevens as treasurer. It notes a near fatal accident for Stevens, mentions Dr. Mantor’s visit, Shooters at Sidney Country Club with Charles Gunning winning, and a UP celebration in North Platte. Clarence Olson returns from college, Knox family health updates, Bundy opens a harness shop, and Bishop Beecher’s injury in Omaha. Peetz vs Sidney ball game results. Farmer Louis Houge profiled for extensive crop work and pioneering tractor use in Cheyenne County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son
Ruth Hodgkin
Johnson
Doran
Golding
Fred Stevens
I. Landis
Mark Idldings
H. E. Mantor
Denver
Country Club
Joe Simodynes
Sidney
Sidney Country Club
Charles Gunning
Longmont Corp
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
North Platte
Frances E. Knox
Afton
Iowa
Mrs. Knox
Telegraph
Wm. Bundy
Potter
Albert Greenlee
Blaine Grabill
George A. Beecher
Kearney
Omaha
Peetz
Sidney Hosts Theodore Roosevelt On A Red Letter Day
The Sidney community celebrated Monday with special honors as Theodore Roosevelt visited. The local Board of Education, chaired by J. L. McIntosh, met Tuesday evening to appoint the coming year’s Sidney school staff, naming Prof C. C. Danforth as principal and Minnie Chase as assistant principal among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Theodore Roosevelt
Board of Education
J. L. McIntosh
Leroy Martin
J. J. McIntosh
John Daugherty
M. J. Sanders
A. D. Stewitts
C. C. Danforth
Minnie Chase
Frances Knox
Anna Boat
Local items and real estate noted at Sidney
School notes mention McFadden first primary and Neubauer second primary with 308 pupils enrolled. M. H. Monnett bought John Gustafson's 480 acre ranch near Sidney, including 150 cattle and 14 horses for 4750 cash. A dam in Morrow addition owned by J. E. Brudeen burned last Saturday. The Clio Club held a calico ball at the opera house. Washburn and Greenlee plan a two month Wyoming Colorado trip with covered wagons and tents. Bayard residents Sandoz Franklin Zehner visited to see the president. Mrs. Gast, mother of Mrs. Radcliffe, visited during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrow
J. E. Brudeen
Clio Club
Sidney
Opera House
M. E. Washburn
A. K. Greenlee
Wyoming
Colorado
Paul Sandoz
Marcus A. Franklin
E. Zehner
Bayard
Gast
Radcliffe
Independence Day in Court House Rock at Mud Springs
On July 4th residents of Court House Rock celebrate the 117th anniversary of independence at Mud Springs twenty five miles north of Sidney. In eastern Nebraska a lightning strike killed Floy Caldwell at her father M Caldwell's residence in University Place Lincoln. The town reports football mania among boys in the streets in various stages of growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House Rock Precinct
Mud Springs
Sidney
Nebraska
Floy Caldwell
M. Caldwell
Lodge Pole
University Place
Lincoln
Edwin Booth dies in New York amid legacy as tragedy’s great
The obituary notes Edwin Booth, famed tragedian, died in New York Wednesday morning after a life described as a fevered run to glory. It recalls his standing as a premier stage actor and marks his death as the end of an era for American theater. Alongside, local items report Daw son’s ice cream shop opening well attended and several residents planning fairs and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Booth
New York
Dawson’s
C. G. Peterson
J. W. Harper
Father St. Lawrence of
Bancroft
Sidney
W. S. Adams
Lapeer
New Hampshire
F. D. Hayes
Redington
Nebraska Women Lead In Public Life And Travel Shifts
The report notes prominent roles for women in Nebraska including a female minister, lawyer, six county superintendents, ten physicians, and many editors. Emigrants head toward Oregon and Washington as travel rises after June. Knights Templar excursion tickets go on sale then. Bob Oberfelder reached Camp Clark but turned back due to poor roads. Firemen’s ball drew a moderate crowd with Miss Conley winning 145 votes to Miss McEvoy’s 100.
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Nebraska
Oregon
Washington
U. P
Knights Templar
Bob Oberfelders
Camp Clark
Conley
McEvoy
Local railroad work advances as crews bring in new turntable
Jeter of Cheyenne arrived to supervise the installation while E P Osgood reached town after a long trip north reporting poor road conditions making freight movement difficult. Bishop Sharp, a Utah Central president and Mormon Church official, passed east through the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeter
Cheyenne
E. P. Osgood
Bishop Sharp
Utah Cental
Mormon Church
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Blaine Nelson
Tommy Kokjer
Gilbert Webster
Webster
Gertrude Webster
F. G. Baker
Robert Baker
Fort Logan
Max McMillan
Jean Oades
Miami
Marguerite McMillan
Evelyn Oades of
Gering
Frank G. Schroeder
American Bank
J. W. Johnson
Bell M. Stoutenbrough Club
Guy V. Doran
Claude R. Golding
Glenn Matte
Aanuindeg
Lew’s
9Th & Pine
Clarence Olson
Nels Olson
Nebraska State Agricultural College
Louis P. Houge
Houge
Air Force
Walter W. Irwin
Edwards Afb
California Desert
NSO
FOX Theatre
Helen Johnson
Sportsman Cafe
Illinois
Rudy's
Dad
Jacobsen
ATA
Farmers Union
Mlinois
Vice
the Gift Shop Jewelers
Cameo Expandex
Pete
John Deere
Chevrolet
Helen
Emerald
Pete" Rapp
American Securities Corp
American National Bank Building
B. C. Kelly
L. W. Lindell
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