Rae Jones Named Commander for Fort Sidney Days
Rae Jones, Sidney implement dealer, is named commanding officer for Fort Sidney Days on June 23 24 and 25. He holds the rank of Colonel and will lead the parade Saturday. The selection followed a committee vote with J K Mahr and Harold Keith as runners up. Plans include booster trips Thursday and Friday to promote the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sidney
Rae Jones
Sidney
C. H. Babbitt
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Jones
J. K. Mahr
Harold Keith Teing
J. W. Martinosky
Bernie Goldstein
P. J. Heaton
Don Jorgenson
Ray Babcock
Leonard Fine
C. W. Smith
C. A. Story
Jones
Dee Babbitt
Allan Stikker Named Fort Sidney Days Baseball Announcer
Allan Stikker, a Dalton sports fan, will announce all Fort Sidney Days baseball games. He knows the players and keeps up rapid chatter, promising up-to-the-minute coverage of each game with daily two o'clock starts featuring teams from Sidney Dalton Gurley Potter Bunker Hill and Eagle South Divide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Stikker
Dalton
Fort Sidney
Stikker
Sidney
Gurley
Potter
Bunker Hill
Eagle- South Divide
Traffic Hits Peak Public Caution Asked
Public safety officials in Sidney Cheyenne County urge drivers and pedestrians to be especially cautious amid a seasonal traffic surge. Tourist travel and Saturday shopping jams push volumes high. counts from June and August show thousands of daily vehicles at key intersections. Police warn against horn overuse and seek public cooperation to keep streets safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Sheriff's Office
Highway Safety Patrol
Bureau of Highways
State Department of Boards and Irrigation
9Th
10Th
11Th
13Th
Illinois
Jackson
Bullock Resigns Cheyenne County Agent Post for Scotts Bluff
W P Bullock resigns as Cheyenne County Agricultural Agent after four productive years to accept a similar post in Scotts Bluff County. He began in May 1945, aided Rural Youth and local farm groups, and collaborated with Soil Conservation. Wes Antes will be replaced. Bullock to start new duties in 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Bullock
Cheyenne County
Scotts Bluff County
Mr. Bullock
Ted Alexander
Garden
Devel
Scotts Bluff
Sioux
Banner
Douglas
CCA Canning Company
Scottsbluff
Bullock
Rural Youth
Nebraska Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association
Cheyenne County Dairy Breeders Association
County Weed District
Soil Conservation District
Wes Antes
Antes
Scotts
Scotts Bluff County Farm Bureau
Cheyenne County Farm Bureau
Gurley Legion Club Opening Wednesday Creative Verne Wilsons Orchestra Featured
Verne Wilsons orchestra will be featured at the opening of the new American Legion Hall in Gurley on Wednesday. The hall will serve Weyerts Post No. 137 as official home and community hall for social events. The auditorium is 120 by 50 feet with a main floor of 90 by 50 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verne Wilsons
American Legion Hall
Gurley
the Telegraph
Weyerts Post No
Two Year Old Dennis Thostesen Recovers From Surgeries
Northport child Dennis Thostesen son of Mr and Mrs Dean Thostesen recuperating after two operations for a club foot at Lincoln hospital. Parents report the procedures were highly successful and the boy is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Thostesen
Dean Thos
Ttesen
Northport
Lincoln Hospital
Dennis
Tourists Injured In Car Truck Collision Near Sundl
Two tourists from Washington State Mr and Mrs Wilburn R Pits of Bellingham were injured when their 1939 Plymouth four door collided with a 1935 Ford truck driven by Julius Lorenz at a filling station area in Sundl. They were treated at a Sidney hospital and released the same day. Wheat from the truck spilled onto the highway, causing minor damage to the truck and leaving the driver unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington State
Sundl
Arnold Braasch
Wilburn R. Pits
Bellingham
Wash
Sidney Hospital
Braasch
Muriel Crosby
Julius Lorenz
Uni Fights Grain Loss In Storage
The University of Nebraska Extension launches an educational campaign to help wheat growers prevent grain losses from storage. About 10 percent of wheat stored under commodity loans is in poor condition, with 80 percent of damaged grain labeled sick wheat due to high moisture and weed contamination. Recent tests show drying grain with forced air can cure damp small grain economically, with oats reaching 13 percent moisture and 92 percent germination after drying. Experiments will expand this year under Prof. L. W. Hurlbut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Nebraska Agricultural Extension Service
J. C
Chet” Swinbank
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Omaha
Swinbank
University of Nebraska
L. W. Hurlbut
Agricultural Engineering Department
Rev Jewett to stay at Sidney and Gurley pastorate
The Nebraska Methodist Conference at Scottsbluff reassigned Rev. Walter L. Jewett to Sidney for the coming year and to serve the Gurley pastorate again. The conference listed 91 ministers moving to new charges, including Rev. Homer B. Hix to Palisade and changes in other Kearney District appointments. The body, with 278 ministers in 350 churches, rejected raising district superintendent salaries and approved a benevolence plan boosting Nebraska Wesleyan University funds by 17,105 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Jewett
First Methodist Church
Sidney
Nebraska Methodist Conference
Scottsbluff
Jewett
Gurley
Homer B. Hix
Potter
Palisade
O. D. Hoagland
Kearney
Glen C.'Fry
Big Springs
Max O. McCamley
Chappell
Donald E. Littrell
Kimball
C. R. Fritz
Lodgepole
Harry E. Hess
Ogallala
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Hairless Joes Pay Penalty In Kangaroo Court Shuffle
A rowdy Saturday kangaroo court in Fort Sidney snaps up a list of barberless Sidney businessmen. Judges Ralph Thompson and J. L. Thorpe convict each offender, fines range from one to five dollars with a matching tie, and the spectacle ends with court adjournment until next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hairless Joes
Kangaroo Court
Sidney
Ralph Thompson
J. L. Thorpe
Lowell Davis
Ed Stokes
Cliff Russell
Dr. R. E
R. P. Kepler
Joe Dodds
C. H. Babbitt
W. A. Burleson
Bud Madsen
E. L. Hoover
Doyle
Booster caravan itinerary issued for Sidney event
The Fort Sidney Days booster caravan schedule for Thursday and Friday will tour the Nebraska Panhandle to promote the June 23 25 three day event. Sidney Jaycees urge wide participation and list departure times and stop towns for each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sidney
Nebraska Panhandle
Sidney
Crook
Sedgwick
Miniature Train To Appear In Fort Sidney Days Parade
The Union Pacific miniature freight train, built in 1923 and stored during the war, will join the Fort Sidney Days parade. Records show extensive shuttling from 1929 to 1948 totaling about 187 thousand miles, with a conservatively estimated 225 thousand miles overall. The locomotive sits on a tractor frame, with a tender, stock car, box car, coal car, tank car, and caboose in the train lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sidney
Union Pacific
Sidney
Omaha
Sidney Prepares For Pony Express Revival Ceremony
The Pony Express ride revival will stage a ceremony north of the Commercial Hotel with a rider carrying a replica mail pouch. Riders from Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming join the route from Blair to Kimball, ending at North Platte with Miss Margaret Chamberlain, 18, as the solo rider on the final leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Hotel
Sidney
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
Joe Dodds
M. W. Osborn
Blair
Scottsbluff
State Line
Kimball
Pine Bluffs
Wyo
Lodgepole
Chappell
Ovid
Colo
Saddle Club
Paul Johnson
Big Springs
Highway 30
Ogallala
A R Chaney Dies After Long Illness
A R Chaney, formerly of Sidney, died in Cheyenne Thursday night after several months illness. A painter by trade, he lived in Sidney for years before moving to Cheyenne and later returning to painting. He was injured in a fall years ago and had been in ill health since. He is survived by his wife and son Richard, who runs a Cheyenne shoe store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Chaney
Sidney
Cheyenne
Mr. Chaney
Richard
Legion Club to Build Modern Store on Illino is Street Lot
The American Legion Club bought the business lot on Illinois Street east of Greenlees' to erect a two story building with basement. A representative of a major chain may advise leasing the property for a long term basement and first floor, with the second floor for club offices. If plans proceed, occupancy could be next spring and the project may cost about 150000 dollars with the club borrowing little.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Club
Illinois Street
Greenlees
R. E. Roche
Legion Club
L. L. Keedick
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Roche
The
Farm Survey Rushes Toward July 1 Deadline in Cheyenne
Cheyenne County AAA volunteers rush to finish farm surveys by July 1 to compile wheat allotment data for 1 Muriel Crosby, chairman. Farmers who had no wheat seeded in 1947 1948 or 1949 must file a written allotment request by June 20 to the county AAA office addressed to Mr Crosby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Muriel Crosby
County Aaa
Crosby
Autowrecks in Sidney injure several drivers
A 1946 Ford driven by Edgar F. Wright sustained about 80 dollars damage in a Friday collision at the 9th and Illinois intersection when the northbound Ford met a 1938 Ford owned by Raymond C. Cramer as it backed from a curb. A 1942 Nash owned by John S. Hunter of Vellito California suffered about 22.75 dollars damage after being rammed at 17th and Illinois when a 1948 Dodge driven by Jack E. Ruhter struck the parked Nash at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar F. Wright
9Th
Illinois
Sidney
Raymond C. Cramer
John S. Hunter
Vellito
Calif
17Th
Jack E. Ruhter
Location Of Next Test Well Awaited As Dismantling Begins
Oil field activity at Mary Egging No 1 five miles east of Gurley centers on dismantling of a 140 foot derrick owned by Kerr McGee under contract for Ohio Oil Co. The rig, reportedly worth about 250000 dollars, was used on the 4400 foot depth Egging well where satisfactory saturation was found. Pumping equipment will be installed after the rig is removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Egging
Gurley
Ohio Oil Co
Kerr- McGee Company
Oklahoma City
Ohio
Egging
Wheat market rises on bigger crop forecast in Nebraska
Wheat prices climbed to around 1.84 to 1.85 per bushel in Sidney amid expectations of a larger Nebraska 1949 crop, with forecasts increasing to 71 million bushels of winter wheat and an average yield of 19 bushels per acre. The department projects a 1.337 billion bushel national crop, potentially prompting acreage controls and tighter marketing quotas next year. Continued improvements in Nebraska and western conditions supported the gains, while last month’s estimates were adjusted higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Uncle Sam
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Agricultural Department
State Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Agriculture Department
Department
Charles F. Brannan
Oil discovery near Gurley sparks Cheyenne County speculation
The Ohio Oil Company announces an oil strike near Gurley, with pumping tests under way but no released production figures. Locals trade rumors on daily output and potential second well as company officials seek headquarters and possible pipeline connections, while the Telegraph sticks to factual reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Ohio Oil Co
Gurley
Ohio
the Telegraph
Dan Griffin
Mary Egging
Sidney
Rob Evans
Casper
North Platte Valley
Telegraph
New Parking Rules Enforced Around Courthouse Saturdays
Sidney police will enforce parallel parking and a two hour limit on the east side of the courthouse Saturdays starting June 11. Chief Sol Willis asks public cooperation to observe the new rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Pace
Sol Willis
Break In Reported At Lodgepole Station
The Richter Filling Station at Lodgepole was burglarized overnight Saturday with few items stolen. Entry was gained by prying open a window, according to Sheriff W. D. Schulz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodgepole
W. D. Schulz
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Boy Scouts of America
Sidney Board of Education
Chamber of Commerce
Big Seven
Minneapolis
Moline Dealers
Gurley Legion Club
Uni
Rev. Jewett
Glenn Draper
Julesburg
Ogailala
Broadwater
Bridgeport
Bayard
Minatare
Gering
Dix
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Jaycees
Pony Express
Ohio Company
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