Pony Express Ride Recalled In Western Nebraska
The 1949 Pony Express revival faced rain yet stayed close to schedule from Pine Bluffs to Lodgepole. Riders including Bert Bates and 12 year old Lloyd Mayor braved hazards, while crowds witnessed at Sidney and Gothenburg. The run covered 600 miles in about four hours and fifteen minutes with a ceremonial finish and dual postmarked stamps.
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Pony Express
Nebraska
Pine Bluffs
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Lodgepole
Ovid
Gothenburg
Bert Bates
West
Hank Neumann
Neumann
Bates
Mike Killham
Bert Schadegg
Kimball
Highway Patrol
Allen Atkins
Bridgeport
Henry Peterson
Phyllis Mortenson
Paul Jenkins
H. E. Pierson
C. B. Dorwart
I. W. Osborn
N. W. Laregard
John Treinen
Inene Goranson
Bill Wolf
Corliss Darnsteadt
al Vach
Calvin Klentz
Rosalie Klentz
Gerry Fisher
Lloyd
Wyo
Gothenburg Park
B. A.norsworthy
John Kuns
Nebraska Highway Safety Patrol
Killham Services Set For Thursday
Mrs. Emma Irene Killham died at a local hospital on her 79th birthday after a three month illness. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 PM Thursday at The Gehrig Funeral Home. A fuller obituary will appear in Friday’s Telegraph.
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Emma Irene Killham
Gehrig Funeral Home
The
Telegraph
Alfred Sutter Rites Are Set
Funeral services for Alfred Sutter 63 a Sidney resident for 30 years will be held at First Methodist Church at two oclock Wednesday with Rev Walter Jewett in charge Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery under Gehrig Funeral Home With Sidney Fire Department pallbearers Active retired and honorary members of the Sidney Volunteer Fire Department are asked to meet at the fire department headquarters at 115 Wednesday for the funeral Sutter an employee at the City Fire Hall for three years and a veteran of the department died after a heart attack suffered last Tuesday morning He was born July 1 1885 in Audubon Iowa lived in South Dakota and Iowa before moving to Proctor Colorado and Sidney in 1919 as a railroad worker He worked three years in oil before joining the fire department He was baptized Lutheran and belonged to Modern Woodmen of America the Masonic Lodge I O O F and the fire department He married Stazy Hajek March 21 1906 in Bloomfield Nebraska survived by widow a daughter three sisters seven sisters and three brothers two grandchildren and one great grandchild He was predeceased by two infant children and a son Willard killed in a 1940 automobile accident
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Alfred Sutter
Sidney
First Methodist Church
Walter Jewett
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig Funeral Home
Sidney Fire Department
Sidney Volunteer Fire Department
Fire Department
Sutter
Audubon
Iowa
South Dakota
Proctor
Colo
Modern Woodmen of America
Masonic Lodge
Stazy Hajek
Bloomfield
Nebr
Fred Peters
Frank Laharty
Omaha
Francis McLaughlin
Anita Friche
Guss Sutter
Dick Sutter
Crook, Colo
Bill Sutter
Mickey Holtman
Fred Peters, Jr
Jane Ann Holtman
Willard
Rotarians Preview Fort Sidney Era at Club Event
Fort Sidney days loom as the Rotary Club hosts an evening of nostalgia led by Guy V. Doran former Telegraph publisher. Doran recalled Sidney’s early years amid Fort Sidney’s military activity while Bob Thompson performed with Dorothy Osborn and Dr. George Thompson chaired.
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Fort Sidney
Rotary Club
Guy V. Doran
Certified Seed Production To Hit New Peak This Year
The panhandle area of Nebraska will produce more certified seed this year with Cheyenne County playing a pivotal role. Major crops to be certified include winter wheat, spring barley, safflower, and Ranger Alfalfa. Inspectors will start in southeast Nebraska around June 16 and complete by July 5. Applications for alfalfa, red clover, soybeans, sorghums, safflower and sudan grass are due August 1. Local farmers listed include Irwin Campbell, Joe Cizek, Grafton Crabb, Ralph Fraass, Lee Hagemeister, Lemoyne Johnson, Brunker Oats, C. Edgar Leafdale, Henry McGowan, Earl Munshaw, Allen Stikker, John Treinen, Ray Wills, and Hugh Paris.
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Panhandle
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
W. P. Bullock
Nebraska Crop Improvement
Irwin Campbell
Dalton
Joe Cizek
Potter
Cheyenne
Grafton Crabb
Lodgepole
Ralph Fraass
Lee D. Hagemeister
Lemoyne Johnson
C. Edgar Leafdale
Nebred
Henry McGowan
Dix
Earl Munshaw
Allen Stikker
John J. Treinen
Sidney
Ray Wills
Hugh Paris
Restroom Set Up by Sidney Civic Women in Cheyenne Co
Extension clubwomen and other civic minded women in Sidney unite to reopen a ladies restroom in the basement of the Cheyenne County courthouse. The space will have new furnishings, a baby crib, cot, easy chairs, magazines, and an attendant. The project, led by Mrs. Leon Lafler, seeks ongoing funds to make the facility permanent with support from W C T U, W S C S circles, and the American Legion Auxiliary.
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Sidney
Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Home Extension Council
American Legion Auxiliary
Leon Lafler
Arnold Sunderman
Country Club Party Slated For Tonight
A Days of 49 party at Sidney Country Club opens tonight at eight. Restricted to members and out-of-town guests, the event follows last year's popular gathering. The entertainment committee plans Fort Sidney Days time for period costumes. Joe Merck's orchestra plays old time dancing. Lunch served at ten, tickets one dollar each.
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Sidney Country Club
Fort Sidney
Joe Merck
Pioneer Spirit Lives in Pony Express Ride Observed
M W Osborn led the Sidney Division in a 1949 Pony Express run that finished ahead of schedule with no serious accidents. The crowd in Gothenburg numbered in the thousands as riders aged from 19 to 76 completed the route, with Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club praised for the event and parade.
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M. W. Osborn
Osborn
Sidney
Lodagepole Valley
Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
Pony Express
Gothenburg
Mr. Osborn
Cheyenne County
N. W. Ladegard
Buddy Osborn
Allen Mudge
Long Beach
Calif
Bert Bates
Lodgepole
Sow Produces 18 Pigs on Lodgepole Farm
A sow on the Herman Florke farm near Lodgepole produced eighteen piglets last week, all born alive and reported to be thriving. Cheyenne County records may recognize this as an all-time high, though other records could exist.
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Herman Florke
Lodgepole
Mr. Florke
Cheyenne County
Cheyenne Among Large Donors To March Of Dimes
Nebraska March of Dimes 1949 contributions reached a record 339960.14 dollars announced by University of Nebraska Chancellor R G Gustavson. Fifty percent funds county chapters for medical care 1948 epidemic and new patients this year while the other half supports national foundation research training and epidemic aid. Kearney County led per capita giving with 8957 11 for an average over 1 30 per person. several counties with 6000 to 12500 population posted high per capita figures.
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Nebraska March of Dimes
University of Nebraska
R. G. Gustavson
State March of Dimes
Nebraska
National Foundation
Gustavson
Kearney
Kearney County
Minden
Bridgeport Bluffs paving planned in July letting
State highway department lists 1 696 000 paving projects for a July 7 letting as part of about 3 000 000 in work this year after a gasoline tax increase. Federal aid 645 000 state funds 995 000 maintenance 150 000 county 6 000. Projects include U S 26 and State Route 86 Bridgeport Scotts Bluff line and Hemingford No 19 No 87 Chadron Alliance routes.
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State Highway Department
F. H. Klietsch
Klietsch
Moerrill
U. S. 26
Bridgeport
Scotts Bluff
Box Butte
Hemingford
Dawes
Chadron
Alliance
Services for Infant Koehn Held at Greenwood Cemetery
Funeral rites for Cecil LeRoy Koehn infant son of Mr and Mrs Darrell Koehn will be at 10 o clock Saturday morning at Gehrig Funeral Jame. The infant died at birth Friday June 17 at a local hospital. Rev Hy Dorn will officiate. Burial is in Greenwood Cemetery.
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the Gehrig
Cecil LeRoy Koehn
Darrell Koehn
Hy ‘Dorn
Greenwood Cemetery
CAA Moves Operations From Intermediate Field Near Sidney
Civil Aeronautics Association will discontinue field operations west of Sidney on or after July 1 and transfer all activity to Sidney Municipal Airport. Until new buildings are ready at Sidney, the CAA station remains at its present site possible by January 1, 1950. Work begins on seeding runways at Sidney.
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Civil Aeronautics Association
Sidney
Sidney Municipal
CAA
Farm CCC storage program aims to bolster emergency grain housing
The Commodity Credit Corporation unveils a plan to aid farmers with distressed grain loans, storage construction loans, and emergency bin purchases. Highlights include 75 percent distress loans to be converted after storage is built within 90 days, 85 percent storage loans with five year terms, CCC storage provision when local options fail, and cooperative efforts with storage manufacturers to speed deliveries.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Frank W. Reed
Nebraska Production and Marketing Administration Committee
Department of Agriculture
Veterinarian To Open Office Here
Dr. J. W. Edwards a Colorado A and M June graduate will open an office in Sidney at the Cheyenne County Non-Stock building serving the Sidney trade area. He is a Minnesota native who attended the University of Minnesota and will take the state exam in Lincoln. He and his wife Kathleen Cruise reside with the Cruises at 1307 Dodge Street while new offices are prepared. office phone 874 J residence 366 W.
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J. W. Edwards
Colorado A and M
Sidney
Edwards
Minnesota
University of Minnesota
Lyman Beet Factory Will Not Open This Year
The Lyman sugar factory, begun in 1927, will not operate this year. P H McMaster of Scottsbluff Neb district manager for Great Western Sugar Co told employees and Lyman townspeople Friday. McMaster, Lyman Andrews assistant vice president and H W Hooper district superintendent met with staff. Contracts signed lead to the lowest beet acreage in Nebraska since 1918.
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Lyman
P. H. McMaster
Scottsbluff
Nebr
Great Western Sugar Co
Gurley oil discovery may become vast western field
Oil men anticipate the Hollingsworth test near Chadron could yield one of the region’s largest producing territories. Drilling continues deep in the Sundance formation about 2300 feet down, with testing planned for the Dakota formation if the lower layer proves nonproductive. Road access and county cooperation issues previously hindered progress.
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West
Hollingsworth
Chadron
Sundance
Dakota
Dawes County Board
Towns Battle For U. S. 30
The Lincoln Highway U S 30 project brings together towns and state agencies to fix a permanent east west route. Kimball residents seek a compromise keeping the highway near the city edge while Ogallala expands paving downtown. Sidney rumors persist of routing changes but no official confirmation exists.
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America
Kimball
Potter
Dix
Public Roads Administration
Table Land
Country Club
State Line
Ogallala
No. 30
Sidney
Elm Street
Three From Here At State VFW Meeting
Commander Arthur Lenzen of the Sidney VFW Post and Mrs. Sam Bodner with Mrs. Alvin Cox representing the Auxiliary attended the state convention in Omaha last week. Highlights include a battle over suspending Nebraska rent decontrol and a push to make V J Day a legal holiday. A resolution directs Congress to allow lump sum payments for wartime NSLI beneficiaries. Jack Jacobson of Lexington was elected state commander.
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Arthur Lenzen
Sidney Vfw Post
Sam Bodner
Alvin Cox
Omaha
VFW
Nebraska
Conress
NSLI
Jack Jacobson
Lexington
Dr T Y Dorwart Dies At Lexington
Dr T Y Dorwart, 51, of Lexington, died Saturday evening after a cerebral hemorrhage. He was brother to Dr C B Dorwart of Sidney. Funeral services will be held in Lexington this morning. Six months earlier another brother, Dr Harry Dorwart, of Lexington, died under nearly identical circumstances.
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T. Y. Dorwart
Lexington
C. B. Dorwart
Sidney
Harry Dorwart
Oil discovery prompts comprehensive geophysical work across Nebraska panhandle
Ohio Oil Co reports Mary Egging No. 1 well near Gurley yielding 15 barrels per hour in swabbing tests with pumping tests pending. Independent surveys expand in Lincoln, Garden, Morrill, Cheyenne and Kimball counties. Crews from United Geophysical Co and Tulsa teams begin extensive seismic studies east of Scottsbluff, north of Bayard, signaling a major exploration push in western Nebraska.
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Sidney
Nebraska Panhandle
United Geophysical Co
Pasadena
Calif
Scottsbluff
Scotsbluff
Bayard
N. H. Miller
Cheyenne County
Tulsa
Okla
Kimball Co
Nebraska
Kimball Development Co
Morrill County
Kimball County
Ohio Oil Co
Mary Egging No. 1
Gurley
Ohio
Ohio Company
Telegraph
Hio Company
MS Edians
Ae Ino
Mary Egging
Big Horn
Wyoming
W. T. Knieval
West Point
Nebr
Jerry Burgess
Powell
Wyo
Dalton-Broadwater
Dalton
Blue Cross Blue Shield Expansion Planned in Sidney
The semi annual re opening of Blue Cross Blue Shield groups in Sidney is set for June 27 to July 1. Firms with five or more employees may form new groups and add members. Norton R Long will visit over forty Sidney firms to organize groups among 37 existing. self employed and small firms may join later. Rural families may join township based after area committees form. 1948 data show 251 hospitalized Blue Cross members in Sidney with $9,438 paid to local hospitals and $4,212 paid to Cheyenne County physicians.
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Sidney
Norton R. Long
Blue Cross
Blue Sheld
Cheyenne County
District Telephone Head Retires Aug 1
O W Johnson retires as district manager of Northwestern Bell Telephone Co on August 1. R A Devereaux, assistant personnel director in Omaha, will succeed him. Johnson is known in Sidney for his telephone company work and as Rotary district governor.
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O. W. Johnson
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
R. A. Devereaux
Omaha
Johnson
Sidney
Telephone Company
Rotary
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Frances Lathrop
Killham
Pioneer Spirit
March of Dimes
Bridgeport’Bluffs
Lyman Beet
U. S. 30
T. Y.dorwart
Egging Well
Egging
North Platte Valley
Blue Shield
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