Nebraska Panhandle wheat mosaic research gains backing
A 1962 effort led by the Rural Area Development Committee seeks local field research in Cheyenne County to combat mosaic disease, root rot and other wheat pests. Plans include a permanent site near Cheyenne County with a dedicated research specialist, testing plots, and collaboration with Lincoln and Akron facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Fred Thompson
Sidney Telegraph News
Nebraska Panhandle
North Platte
Alliance
Lincoln
Southern Panhandle
Ag College
Huntsman
RAD
Ray Cruise
Ralph Spearow
Ivan Liljegren
George Fleming
Albin Olson
E. F Frolik
College of Agriculture
Cheyenne County
USDA
Akron
Colo
Legislative Budget Committee
Don Hanway
John Weshing
J. M. Daly
R. E. Hill
Bob Staples
John Schmidt
Mirage Flats
Sheridan County
Panhandle
Fort Sidney Days Floats Sought for August Parade
Fort Sidney Days plans a downtown parade on Monday August 12 at 5 pm with a common theme Gay 90s styles and fashions. Five cash prizes total 350 will be awarded to top floats with top prize 125. An entry blank appears in this issue and Kenny Kieselhorst urges entries soon. A Kids Parade Tuesday will follow with costumes prizes and themes. committee members include Vince Calahan Paul Humann Ken McMillen and Daryl Conger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Kalihoff
Fort Sidney
Sidney
The
Telegraph
Kenny Kieselhorst
Parade
Vince Calahan
Paul Humann
Ken McMillen
Daryl Conger
CAP Cadets Headed to Lincoln Camp Nine Day Encampment
Six Sidney Civil Air Patrol cadets depart by plane for a nine day CAP encampment at Lincoln Air Force Base. Cadets will join peers from Nebraska for flight sessions, workshops, and training in firefighting, engine inspection, and airplane identification. Orientation flights in a C 47 transport and possible H 21 helicopter are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Lincoln Air Force Base
Dennis Miller
Gurley
Jason Minshall
Quince
Joe Hajek
14Th Ave
Thomas Hanneman
Tweite Lane
Thomas Buecker
Maple
Robert Plantz
Olsen Drive
State of
Nebraska
Cam
Forrest Chapman
Sidney Cap
New Needlework Class At County Fair Opens
Cheyenne County offers a new open class for needlework at the county fair this August. Entries must be 100 percent wool and completed since Jan 1, 1963, with a yarn label. Categories include afghans and wearables in one group and baby sets and socks in another. Local first place winners advance to state judging for a $1000 national prize. Contact Miss Gaye Sample at the Sidney extension office for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knitters
Brocketers
Cheyenne County
Gayle Sample
Gaye Sample
Sidney
Wheat Growers Banquet Plans Moves Ahead
Plans for the Wheat Grower Businessmen banquet were advanced for the third week of August with a tentative youth center site. The Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Assn met in the Fort Sidney director’s room Friday night to discuss fair displays. Ron Maas, president, said two display types may be used and members will strive to provide outstanding exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Assn
Fort Sidney
Ron Maas
Blood donors sought for Mrs Heizer in Denver hospital
Four blood donors are requested by Mrs. C. E. Heizer after transfusions at St. Joseph's Hospital in Denver. Donors should travel to Denver within ten days and donate a pint in Mrs. Heizer's name at the Belle Benfils Blood Bank, Colorado General Hospital. She may be contacted at the home address 44468 for questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Heizer
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Denver
Survey Crew Arrives for Missile Installation Work
The United States Coastal and Geodetic Survey brings a fifteen man team to the area for missile installation work. John Crusemeyer has established residence here while other crew members will be commuting daily. An office will be set up at the Denver-Chicago truck terminal about a mile east of Sidney on Highway 30. Further operation details appear in The Telegraph's Inter editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph
United States Coastal and Geodetic Survey
John Crusemeyer
Denver-Chicago
Sidney
Highway
M Inter
Soap Box Derby Winners Shine in Sidney Race
Irvin Butts, 12, son of Doyle and Mrs Butts, wins the Sidney Soap Box Derby on Highway 19 to cap a crowd of over three thousand. He receives a $500 Chevrolet savings bond, a $35 travel check for Akron, and the Knudsen trophy. Bobbie Matthes takes second. Lauren Swanson earns a special safety award for stopping safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Butts
Knudsen
Jaycees
Creed
Sidney
Highway 19
Doyle Butts
Chevrolet
Akron
Ohio
Ust
Knudseiy
Bobbie Matthes
Frank Matthes
Jaycees Derby Committee
Lauren Swanson
L. L. Swanson
Lanny Fiengenschuh
Bobby Matthes
Feigerschuh
Lyle van Cleave
Lyle
Sunol wreck leaves no injuries but heavy vehicle damage
No one hurt in a two vehicle collision at the Sunol intersection. A pickup driven by William Gade of Sunol and a car driven by Annie L Barrett of Springville Utah collided around 2 Sunol time Saturday. Car damage estimated at 600 dollars, pickup 300 dollars. Mrs Barrett received bruises and was taken to Memorial hospital for examination but released to continue the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
2 Sunol
Patromanuel Shipley
William Gade
Sunol
Annie L Barrett
Springville
Utah
Bartlett
Barret
Memorial Hospital
Weather Outlook With Partly Cloudy Skies Through Tuesday
Partly cloudy conditions persist through Tuesday with scattered thunder showers expected Monday afternoon and night. Low Monday night around 50 degrees. Highs Tuesday forecast near 75 to 80 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igh
Nebraska Ranks Second in Castor Bean Production
Nebraska now stands second in the nation as a producer of castor beans, per J H William and J A Hooks in the Nebraska Experiment Station Quarterly. Domestic production accounts for 19 percent of U S castor beans, and Nebraska has only three years of commercial growth, with market prospects tied to solving key agronomic questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
J H. William
J A Hooks
Nebraska Experiment Station Quarterly
College of Agriculture
United States
Clyde Toof 81 laid to rest in Dalton services
Funeral services for Clyde B. Toof 81 were held at First Presbyterian Church Dalton with Rev E L Nelson officiating. Burial followed in Dalton Cemetery. Surviving family includes wife, three children Kathryn Eckert Richard and Patricia Clow, nine grandchildren and a sister Minnie Mowrer. Memorials designated to Dalton Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Dalton
Clyde B. Toof
Dalton Hospital
E. L. Nelson
Dalton Cemetery
Craig
Herbert Fecht
Phil Curtiss
Roy Ziegler
Clarence Mellberg
Don Dey Ermand
Lyle Rabe
Toof
Cheyenne County
Aurora
Nebr
David L
Emily E. Toof
University of Nebraska
Giltner
Plainview
Fairbury
Farm Bureau
Dalton Co-Op Assn
Dalton Presbyterian Church
Kathryn Eckert
Bridgeport
Richard
Columbus
Patricia Clow
Omaha
Minnie Mowrer
Sidney
$6.5 Million Contract Sets Missiles Link
A $6.5 million project will connect Warren Air Force Base with 200 Minuteman missile silos via 2200 miles of communications cable. Ets Hokin Galvin-Hood will handle the work under Air Force supervision, starting near Burns Wyoming and spanning southeast Wyoming southwestern Nebraska and northeastern Colorado. The project aims to enable push button control from headquarters and tie all sites to Warren AFB as Boeing begins missile assembly. missiles to be operational by late 1964 or early 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Warren Air Force Base
Ets Hokin Galvin-Hood
Air Force
Chester W. Hartz
Minuteman Wing
Burns
Wyo
Wyoming
Nebraska
Colorado
Minutemen
Boeing Co
Wild Ride Ends With Driver Jailed In Cheyenne County
County Attorney John Peetz Jr. said charges will be filed against William James Markel of Lodgepole in Cheyenne County for reckless driving and related offenses after a high speed chase through the Country Club Heights area. Patrolman Paul Manley attempted to stop the vehicle which damaged the Country Club gate and golf course before being captured about an hour later and jailed. No hearing date has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Peetz Jr
William James Markel
Lodgepole
Cheyenne
Country Club Heights
Paul Manley
Country Club
Markel
Frontier Boardings Near CAB Quota in June
Frontier Manager Dale Kindred told The Telegraph that 140 people boarded outgoing planes at Sidney through Sunday night June 23. The CAB five per day loadings rule could push June total above May figures, as April lagged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frontier
Dale Kindred
Telegraph
Sidney
CAB
Early Harvest Damaged by Hot Weather and Severe Storms
A high wind hail storm hit Lodgepole area Friday afternoon causing extensive crop and property damage. Trees were uprooted roofs torn and power lines knocked out plunging Lodgepole into darkness for about an hour. Wheat and barley suffered severe losses across farms including Bondegard Campbell Smith and others with up to 900 acres of wheat wiped out. Weather dropped up to two inches of rain and moisture totals reached .90 inches at a local farm with more damage reported northeast of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodgepole
Duane Bondegard
Lloyd Bondegard
Wayne Campbell
Ed Smith
Glen Real
Paul Mortensen
Fred Henning
Richard Henning
Paul Ingwerson
Hank Jessen
Harold Hyde
Jerry Hyde
Bob Harms
Dom Ernest
al Reed
Alturas Man LeRoy Taylor Dies on Coast
LeRow Ernest Ersie Taylor 55 of Alturas California former Cheyenne County resident died Friday June 21 in Alturas. Funeral services pending burial in Klamath Falls Oregon. Born August 15 1908 in Bellville Kansas he moved with family to Sidney Gurley and Tilden Nebraska. He earned degrees from Nebraska Wesleyan and University of Colorado. Survived by wife Helen two daughters Carol and Sharon McKim two grandchildren a brother and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRow
Ersie Taylor
Alturas
Calif
Cheyenne County
Klamath Falls
Ore
Mr. Taylor
Bellville
Kan
LeRoy Taylor
Sidney
A. D. Greenlee
Gurley
Nebraska Wesleyan
Lincoln
University of Colorado At
Boulder
Tilden
Neb
Lambie and Malatore, C. P. A.’s
Taylor
Harry McCollum
Sidney IM Health
Helen
Carol
Sharon McKim
Boston
Mass
Rudy Munderloh
Early Nebraska wheat harvest forecast for July
Wheat across southwestern Nebraska is turning rapidly and some fields may be cut before the Fourth of July. Hot dry weather accelerates ripening across the western end of the panhandle, with several fields already near full ripeness. Localities vary as disease and hail affect yields but many areas expect high quality and output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Nebraska
North Platte
Big Springs - Chappell
Lodgepole
Chappell
Cheyenne County
Council To Hear Golf Club Report Tonight
The City Council at the Municipal Building will open bids for city gasoline supply a truck cab and chassis and lighting globes for a year. The meeting will also approve building permits licenses and the treasurer’s report. Lama M Pottof’s liquor license transfer hearing and golf course improvement progress are on the agenda along with the 1963-64 budget and door to door peddling regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lama M. Pottorff
Nema M. Johnson
Don McRae
Council
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nebraska Crop Research
Kimball
Devel
Lancaster County
Rural Area Development Committee
Ned Saweby
Mike
Barney Smith
Irvin
Lincoln Camp
Soap Box
Clyde Toof
Frontier Boards
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!