Ft Sidney Days Parade Draws Record Crowds and Awards
Dalton Lions Club won grand prize for the second year with a Flower Drum Song float. Gurley 4 H Do Betters and Busy Cooks 4 H Club placed high in divisions. various civic groups won artistic, religious, humorous, and historical prizes. Parade honored Lt Col Richard McNamara. water fights thrilled crowds as about 1,450 attended rodeo events. 900 children saw a Pepsi sponsored movie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton Lions Club
Ft. Sidney
Gurley
Busy Cooks
McCormick Farm
Huntsman Hustlers
Ae “Hospitals
Memorial Hospital
Sidney Rotary
Kiwanis
St. Paul's
Goldenrod Cafe
Mill Stream
Richard R. McNamara
Army
National Guard
Ft. Sidney Days
Pat Zalesky
Carolyn Atkins
Karin Felt
Sidney Jaycees
Harold Keith
Ft Sidney
Marshall Larkins
Guy Dora
G. H. Doran
Gilbert Sorge
H. W
Pat'’ Ells
Nebraska
Wheat Queen
Connie Hruska
Sidney
Cheyenne
Sidney and Potter Fire Departments
Richard Schiller
Leon Drake
Ladine
Glenn Carroll
Pepsi-Cola
Funeral Tuesday in Sidney for Perry Dobbins 82
Funeral services for Perry P Dobbins 82 die Friday evening at a nursing home in Ogallala will be held Tuesday at 2 p m at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Rev Norman Schroeder of Lodgepole officiating Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery He was born April 2 1879 in Ohio and married Julia Cutler Feb 28 1928 in Mankato Kaw They lived in York Nebraska until 1930 then farmed south of Sidney They moved to Lodgepole in 1954 Survivors include wife Julia five daughters Fern Dobberstine Dorothy Kilgore Helen Nelson Hazel Cradick Kay Ray two sons Eugene and Leslie eight grandchildren six great grandchildren one brother Firman Dobbins and one sister Belle Lemons
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry P Dobbins
Ogallala
Norman Schroeder
Lodgepole
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Ohio
Dobbins
John Dobbins
Mankato
Kaw
Julia Cutler
York
Neb
Sidne
Julia
Fern Dobberstine
Dorothy Kilgore
Helen Nelson
Hazel Cradick
Kay Ray
Eugene
Shelleyville
Ind
Leslie
Firman Dobbins
Belle Lemons
Springfield
Ore
Dundy Furnas Have Activity In Oil Fields
Dundy and Furnas counties report active oil exploration with three wildcat wells in Furnas County testing Reagan and Granite at about 4400 feet. Sterling Drilling completes 3900 foot casing at No 1 Dunn in Dundy County, Admire oil shows on drill stem test, and Nebraska's rigs rise to 39 with improved weather and field conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BF Allison
Furnas County
Ten Bensel
Philips
T J Minnick
Beaver Creek
Sterling Drilling Company
Dunn
Dundy County
Foraker
Lansing
Kansas City
Kelly Bushing
Pierce Lake Feld
Nebraska
Wards to Close at Sterling August 19
Montgomery Ward will close its Sterling retail store on August 19 after failing to settle a new lease, with the building owned by two Denver men. The store opened May 18, 1929 and employed 32 people. most may be offered positions at other Ward stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Montgomery Ward
Ray Nimmo
Kansas City
Nimmo
Denver
Ward
Nebraska Oil and Gas Permits for June 19 1961
The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission lists 17 proposed oil wells for the week of June 19 1961. Operators include Skelly Oil Company Frontier Refining Company Miami Petroleum Co Inc Texaco Inc British American Oil Pan American Petroleum Corp and others with sites in Red Willow Kimball Furnas Cheyenne and Lincoln counties among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Skelly Oil Company
Frontier Refining Company
Jennings
Sleepy Hollow
Red Willow County
Miami Petroleum Co., Inc
Nielsen
Waitman Field
Morrill County
c-Lewis
Texaco, Inc
McConahay
Silver Creek Field
British - American Oil Producing Co
Treat
Wildcat
Furnas County
c-Garvey
Burch Drilling Co
Inc
Interstate Gas & Oil
Hendrickson
Dundy County
c-Own
Tom Jordan
Freas
c-Exeter
Sam Gary
Denver
Cheyenne County
c-Regal
Donnell Drilling Co
Heidtbrink & Stark
Robert Rutledge
Melton
Lincoln County
C- Donnell
Juniper Oil and Mining Co
Mills
Hironomous Field
Kimball County
c-Brinkerhoff
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Altman
Hayes County
C- Notlet
Love-Miller Drilling Co, Inc
Lobb
c-Cwn
Schumacher
Love
Miller Tom Palmer
Mintken Field
Summer Band First Rehearsal Set Tuesday
The Sidney Summer Band will hold its first rehearsal Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Sidney Junior High band room. Sid Phelps, director, invites Senior High Band students graduates and any adults interested in playing. The first concert is planned Friday at the new Legion Park bandshell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Sidney Junior High
Sid Phelps
Legion Park
L P Houge Dies at 81 Rites Planned
Louis P. Houge 81, longtime Cheyenne County resident, died Saturday morning in a Cheyenne hospital after two weeks as a patient. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 10 a.m. at First Methodist Church with Dr R L Townsend officiating and Greenwood Cemetery burial under Craig Mortuary care. Born November 20 1879 in Badger Iowa he moved from Edgeley North Dakota to Sidney Nebraska in 1910 where he helped pioneer tractor farming. Survivors include wife Ethel a son Charles of Cheyenne a daughter Mildred Jurgen s of Denver nine grandchildren ten great grandchildren two sisters and four brothers. He was preceded in death by a son Merle in 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis P. Houge
Cheyenne County
Cheyenne
First Methodist Church
R. L. Townsend
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig
Badger
Iowa
Mr. Houge
Albert
Caroline Houge
Edgeley
N. D
Maggie Knudson
Sidney
Ethel Sharman
Houge
Liberty State Bank
A.A.A
Frank Welch Masonic Lodge
Ethel
Charles
Mildred Jurgens
Denver
Agnes Livingston
Bessie Olsen
Carl J
Clarence M
Alvin H
Peter G
Dilworth
Minn
Merle
Safflower Oil Demand Booms New Markets eyed By PVO Official
Pacific Vegetable Oils Corp vice president Joe Smith says safflower oil demand in the edible oils field is soaring and plans to expand contracted acreage in Nebraska Wyoming Colorado and Kansas to meet growing needs. The Sidney mill rebuilt after a fire and now processes last year’s seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Vegetable Oils Corp
Joe Smith
PVO
San Francisco
Sidney
General Mills
Stockton
Sacramento
Calif
Smith
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
California
Sidney Mill
Pvo-Gm Mill
Cheyenne County
Ned Robinson
Les Hefferline
Culbertson
Mont
Dale Dybbro
Vernon
Long Beach
George Kopas
Richmond
Neil Vance
Ken Woodward
Merlin Lowenberg
Rural Area Boost Spotlighted in Lodgepole Meeting
A Lodgepole gathering Tuesday explores forming a regional Rural Area Development group funded by the Rural Electrification Administration. Wheat Belt Public Power District sponsors with speakers from Washington DC and Nebraska groups to discuss industry without smokestacks and local economic growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodgepole
Nebraska
Wheat Belt Public Power District
Charles Ham
Wheat Belt
Ham
Washington
Washington, D. C
Robert Turner
Rural Electrification Administration
Hart
Lincoln Journal
Bert Evans
University of Nebraska
Gene Lienemann
Wheat Belt Organization
Lodgepole American Legion Hall
America
Cheyenne County
Garden, Morrill
Deuel
New Home Extension Agent Named for Cheyenne County
Beverly Discoe 21 of Paxton Neb will assume duties as Cheyenne County Home Extension Agent on July 1 She is a University of Nebraska graduate with a bachelor of science in home economics and completed a five month training at Columbus Neb This is her first post as home agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Discoe
Paxton
Neb
Cheyenne County
Homer Discoe
University of Nebraska
Columbus
U P Winner Again Of Safety Laurels
Union Pacific Railroad again wins the National Safety Council Railroad Employee Award for 1960 based on accident ratings. UP leads its class with 261 injuries and deaths per million man hours, marking its 18th top honor in 38 years and the rule against consecutive repeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Railroad
National Safety Council
Union Pacific
Harvest May Start Here In Three Weeks
Nebraska Panhandle expects a 21.5 million bushel winter wheat harvest this year based on June estimates. Weather remains the crucial factor as showers could bring hail losses, while a big push may begin by July 10 and finish within twenty days. County outlooks vary with yields tied to conditions, fertilizer use varies, and overall state harvest could top 100 million bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Panhandle
Panhandle
Panhandie
Combine
Nebraska
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sidney Day
al Ladine
Perry Dobbins
Telegraph
Dundy
Furnas
Oil-Gas News
Raymond M Hart
Flesner
Franklin County
Farmer
Banner Oil Co., Inc
Sam G Harrison
Frontier County
British - American Oil Producing Company
Gupton
L. P. Houge
Pvo-Gm
H C Newman, Jr. Fremont
Jack Hart
U.P
Cheyenne Kimball
Banner Deuel
Garden
Box Butte
Sioux-Sheridan
Bluffs-Merrill
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
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