Wheat Referendum Polling Places Listed for June 20 Vote
Cheyenne County voters will choose market wheat quotas for 1959 on June 20. Polls open 8 am to 8 pm at ten sites including Town Hall and ASC Office. Voters may cast ballots outside their precinct with eligibility checked. two thirds approval keeps quotas with price support at not less than $1.81 per bushel, otherwise about $1.20.
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Bob Buhrdorf
Cheyenne County
ASC
Sidney
Buhrdorf
Potter
Secretary of Agriculture
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with showers and storms
The forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows near 56 tonight and highs around 75 on Saturday. The five day outlook shows daytime temperatures around the 80s and nighttime lows in the 30s with precipitation averaging one half to one inch as showers and storms occur.
Local Weather and Storms Hit Nebraska Towns
Skies remain cloudy with light rain possible as Sidney reports 77 earlier. Scottsbluff area saw a tornado, hail, and damaged outbuildings. Winds up to 75 mph affected farms in Gering Valley. no injuries. Five day outlook shows highs near 80, lows around 50 with showers and thunderstorms likely weekend.
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Sidney
Scottsbluff
L. D. Towater
Gering Valley
Chadron
Casper
Alliance
North Platte
Imperial
Douglas
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Beatrice
Died Wednesday Near Peetz Farmed South of Sidney
Nickalas Brachtenbach 73 died at home in Sidney after months of declining health. A Cheyenne County resident for 50 years he farmed near Sidney close to the Colorado line for 44 years. Born August 6 1884 in Chicago he came to Sidney in 1908 and married Katie Lenzen in 1917. Funeral 9 am Saturday at St Patrick's Sidney with Father Gilmarten. burial Greenwood. rosary 8 pm Friday Gehrig and Son. Survived by wife Katie seven children 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild plus many relatives.
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Nickalas
Nick) Brachtenbach
Sidney
Mr. Brachtenbach
Cheyenne County
Colorado Line
Nickolas Brachtenbach
Chicago
Adolph
Barbara Glazner Brachtenbach
Katie Lenzen
St. Patrick’s Church
Thomas Gilmarten
Peetz
Gehrigs and Sons
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Brachtenbach
Henry
Yakima
Wash
Joe
Proctor
Colo
Sterling
Jake Morfield
Grants Pass
Ore
Albert Hadley
Medford
Oil field record set as 48 tests listed in two states
In the Colorado Nebraska area 48 new tests were listed this week a new 1958 regional record. The tally includes 15 new Nebraska locations with multiple wells in Banner Kimball and Cheyenne counties. Notable drillings include Nolte Mather Young and Anderson fields with wildcat test details and several dry holes as crews push a ten-well Cheyenne County series.
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Colorado-Nebraska
Nebraska
Banner
Kimball
Cheyenne County
W. F. Rogers Drilling Co
Colorado Southern Petroleum Corp
CNW
Pelster
Reimers
Raymond Oil Co
Mather
Petroleum, Inc
Garvey Drilling Co
Bedrock Oil and Gas Co
Young
CNE
Ohio Oil Co
Thimgahn , In
Mohatt
Triton Oil” ‘and Gas Co
William J. Owen
Inter-Continent Oil Co
Anderson
Anderson Field
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Garrard
Also Oil and Gas Corp
Chandler and Simpson
Wickstrom
Kimball County
Banner County
Warner
Smith Field
Johnson ‘'O
Willson Ranch
Sturaco Oil Co
Murfin Drilling Co
Huffman
Mac English
Gil
Wickland
Pedersen
Lewis Drilling Co
Barrett
Wrecks East of Sidney Leave Several Damaged
Two crashes in the Route 30 area east of Sidney within 24 hours damaged four vehicles. George J. Kavanaugh of Sidney and Dale E. Brinkman of Wheaton Illinois collided first with minor damage. A second collision involved Earl Bishop of Sidney and Raymond H. O'Dell with Francis Hiner injured. O'Dell's truck $100 damage and Bishop's car $350. Patrolman Felix Koenig investigated.
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Sidney
George J. Kavanaugh
Dale E. Brinkman
Wheaton
Illinois
Route 30
Brinkman
Kavanaugh
Felix Koenig
Earl Bishop
Raymond H O’dell
Francis Hiner
Bishop
O'Dell
Chadron Opens Tourist Booth on Third Street
Chadron Chamber of Commerce opens a summer information booth on Third Street in front of the Chicoine used car lot. The pink air conditioned booth offers tourist information to travelers while the Chamber office at City Hall closes for the season.
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Chadron
Dinner Meeting Tickets Available For Chamber-SOD
Tickets to the Chamber of Commerce SOD dinner meeting set for next Tuesday evening June 17 at 6 30 are moving fast says Chamber Manager M R Sigler. A 5 30 Dutch Treat social hour precedes the 6 30 dinner at the officers club with reservations taken by phoning the chamber office. The program includes a post theatre film challenging those who doubt the country’s present defense methods.
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Chamber of Commerce
M. R. Sigler
Chamber
Fort Sidney Days Event Ready For Next Week
The Fort Sidney Days festival in Nebraska Panhandle runs three days starting June 19 with a concert by the Sidney High School Band and honorary participants. A Forsyth & Dewis carnival, Kids Day activities, a parade, an NSRA rodeo, a Saturday mile parade, a Sunday rodeo, a free barbecue, dances, baseball, and a veteran Fort Sidney Days button tradition.
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Fort Sidney
Nebraska Panhandle
Panhandle
Sidney High School
SHS
Nebraska
Washington, D. C
John Davison
Dalton
NSRA
Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
Sidney
Black Hills
South Dakota
Hail wind and hoppers threaten prospects in wheat belt
Virgil R. Atkins 69 a Sidney resident and former Union Pacific employee dies at Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital after years of illness. Funeral set for 2 pm Saturday at Craig Mortuary with Rev Towns end officiating. Survived by wife Maude and several children and siblings. Area farmers brace for record wheat crop amid hail wind and grasshopper damage with storage and price worries as forecasts hint at new national wheat highs and continued drought stress.
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Virgil R. Atkins
Sidney
Union Pacific
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Mr. Atkins
Craig Mortuary
Robert Townsend
Greenwood Cemetery
Genoa
Neb
John W
Lora Gregg Atkins
Maude Larson
Arcadia
Forrest
Burnett
Barney) C. Atkins
C. Oakley Atkins
Cheyenne
Neal A. Atkins
Richard W. Atkins
Denver
Howard T. Atkins
Virgie Mead
Pinebluffs
Wyo
Phyllis
Allen Atkins
John W. Atkins
Alhhambra
Calif
Alice Atkins
Los Angeles
Methodist Church Building Fund
Cancer Society
Cheyenne County
Warren Mettlin
Farmers Co-op Grain
Potter
Dalton
Gurley
Lorenzo
Peetz
Colo
Bob Buhrdorf
ASC
Forced Landing In Big Springs Field
Major and Mrs. George Eldridge and four children on a Salina Kansas to California flight made an unscheduled forced landing in a wheat field on the Ervin Koehler farm near Big Springs due to engine trouble. No injuries or damage reported. While the plane was towed away the family dined at Elvin Zimmerman’s home before resuming the trip.
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George Eldridge
Salina
Kans
California
Ervin Koehler
Big Springs
Navy
Elvin Zimmerman
Scouts Sell Pepper to Support Camp Trip
Boy Scouts of Troop 83 will sell cans of black pepper on Saturday to raise funds for a camp trip to Laramie Peak on June 22. Nine of fifteen scouts are available if funds are met. $17 per boy covers a week at camp, with a half pound can priced at $1.
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Boy Scouts of
Troop 83
Laramie Peak
Bill Lydden
Lyddon
Lawyer's Oil Group Meet In North Platte
The Nebraska State Bar Association oil and gas committee will meet in North Platte on Friday June 13 under chairman Ivan Van Steenburg Kimball to discuss oil and gas conservation and proposed regulation.
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Lawyer's Oil Group
North Platte
Oil and Gas Committee
The
Nebraska State Bar Association
Ivan van Steenburg
Kimball
Three Pay Fines In Police Court
Erma Stewart of Sidney failed to appear in police court to face a disturbance charge. Judge Bart Taylor ordered bond of $14 forfeited. Jerome M. Ricwe, Sidney, charged with speeding was given a fine of $10 and paid $4 costs in police court today. Samuel B. Stone, of Oklahoma City forfeited a $14 bond on a charge of disturbance here.
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Erma Stewart
Sidney
Bart Taylor
Jerome M. Ricwe
Samual B. Stone
Oklahoma City
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School House
Legion Hall
Community Hall
Pole
Colton Sand Eagle District
Union Valley
Dalton Davison
Dalton Gurley Gurley
Sidney Sidney Huntsman
Sidney Brownson
Sidney Lorenzo Lorenzo Potter
Pleasant View
Potter Bunker Hill
Potter Trognitz
Cizek Chambers
Mt. Vernon
Colorado
Wasel Usvdeloa
Suatects Dn
Scotts Bluff County
Shell Oil Co
Morrill
Shell
Hitchcock County
Skelly Oil Co
Lansing
Jankovitz
Hudson Oil Field
Trenton
Air Force
S. E. Anderson
Air Research and Development Command
Moon
Man
Ft. Sidney
W. R. Atkins
Kenneth Logan
Associated Press
U.S
Department of Agriculture
United Press International
Hall
Big Springs Field
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