Industrial plan endorsed at Sidney meeting
More than one hundred business and professional people plus farmers attended a Sidney Industrial Corp exploratory meeting at the Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel. They endorsed forming a strong industrial corporation to seek new industry and payrolls while planning a follow up meeting to chart next moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
Sidney Industrial Corp
Edward Bauman
Jack H. Lowe
Here
Don Porter
Montgomery Ward Etore
Ward
McCook
Nebraska
Bluffs
Clark Williams
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff Industrial Corp
Sidney
Guy V. Doran
the Telegraph
A. J. Jorgenson
Conad
Columbus
Carl Christ Sr
Christ
C A. Story
Pfeifer tests oil in J sand at Mother Chief No 3
Pfeifer Oil and Glas report a drillstem test in west Frei Cheyenne County on No 3 Mother Chief, recovering 1340 feet of free oil, 130 feet oil cut mud, and 30 feet watery mud from 5466 to 72 feet. Other tests planned include No 1 X Maher and No 1 Durland Trust while nearby firms move toward additional targets in Morrill and Kimball counties and Sunray drills near Pierce Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfeifer Oil and
Glas
Mother-Chief
West Frei
Cheyenne County
Pfeifer
Mather
Frei
Morrill County
Ohio Oil Company
Exeter Drilling
Durland Trust
Kimball County
Champlin Oil and Refining
Schmoeller
Miami Petroleum
Texas
Nielsen
Waitmilan Area
Pierce Lake
Pundy County
Nebraska
Sunray
Admire
Excelsior Oil Corp
Onewell North Fork
Lansing
Trenton
Valenne
Kankee- B
Sleepy Hollow Feld
Red Willow
Lansing-Kansas_ City
Leonard Walker 54 Dies in California
Leonard Walker aged 54, a former resident of Sidney, died Monday at the Veterans Hospital in Livermore California. He had lived in Tracy for several years. He is survived by his wife Rose and one son. He was a brother of Mrs Harold Spiker of Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Walker
Sidney
Livermore
Cal
Tracy
Calif
Walker
Harold Spiker
Rose
No Saturday Closing For Ft. Sidney Event
Sidney Chamber of Commerce retail committee decides not to enforce a full day Saturday closing during Fort Sidney Days rodeo. Merle Bobo reports the Fort Sidney Days board favors closing to boost attendance but concerns arise over shopper hardship. Merchants urged to buy rodeo tickets for themselves and employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Fort Sidney
Bobo
Sidney
Hollis Peratt
Jaycees
Assured Price For Safflower Hiked To $70
The PVO-GM safflower processing mill in Sidney raised the 1961 contracted seed guaranteed price from $67 to $70 per ton. The mill may offer a bonus beyond the guarantee and notes it paid over a half million dollars to Cheyenne County farmers in 1960. It is expanding processing capacity after a fire and has over five thousand tons of seed stored, with a new field worker added to grow contracted acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvo-Gm
Sidney
Cheyenne County
State Wheat Show At Lexington This Year
The 1961 Nebraska State Wheat Show will be held in Lexington on Oct. 19. Duane Foote, executive secretary of the Nebraska Grain Improvement Association, says the event draws wheat exhibits from across the state for various awards. Four-H and FFA members submit samples and may join grain judging activities with sponsors including the Nebraska Grain Improvement Association, Lexington Chamber of Commerce, University of Nebraska Extension, Nebraska Crop Improvement Association, and Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itexington
Duane Foote
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Four-H
Future Farmer of America
Foote
Lexington Chamber of Commerce
University of Nebraska Agricultural Extension Service
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Stars of Tomorrow Talent Parade Set for Sunday
The Sidney Kiwanis Club presents the annual Stars of Tomorrow talent contest Sunday at 2 p.m. at Sidney Junior High School with ages from kindergarten to 12th grade. Hollis Peratt hosts as contestants perform in three age groups featuring dances, solos, instrumentals, and vocal numbers by local and depot participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Kiwanis Club
Sidney Junior High
Hollis Peratt
Donna Fay
Potter
Anthony V. Ybarra
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Vonda Coulter
Nancy Ann Peetz
Sidney
Deborah E. Thurston
Debby Brady
Nancy Jean Kastens
Lodgepole
Dan Eugene Zwickl
Ronnie Boen
Darrel Lyberger
Jim Selzer
Eddie Ott
Donna Lee Allen
Dalton
Paul William John
Gary Tsuruda
Jimmy Adamson
David Takahashi
Randy Cotten
Valerie
Ann” Lamm
Nancy Jo Schadegg
Shelly Berman
Rodney Lee Griffiths
Sharon Crouse
Jerry Dale Flora
Sandie Schreiner
Sharlyce Gulzow
Evelyn Hilpert
Joan Schnell
Valerie Lamm
Nancy Balleger
Dee D. Deal
Colleen Egging
Deanie Musil
All of Potter
Clara L. Childers
Lorenzo
Kristin Cave
Don Ray
S Cruise
Potter Lodgepole Precincts Schedule Notices
Potter Potter Legion Hall and Lodgepole Legion Hall list precincts to report on March 13th to 16th including Trognitz Pleas Ant View Bunkerhill Potter Lodgepole Colton Eagle and related locations and requested reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Dalton Legion Hall
Union Valley
Eagle, Davison, Gurley
Gurley
Sth
Eagle, Davison
Huntsman
Potter
Potter Legion Hall
Trognitz
Pleasant View
Bunkerhill
Lodgepole
Lodgepole Legion
Lodgepolle
Colton
EAGLE
Lorenzo
Brownson
Sidney
Caucuses Pick School and Village Board Nominees Across County
Lodgepole Dalton Gurley and Potter held caucuses Tuesday night to select nominees for April 4 elections. Lodgepole named four for the school board and four for the village board with two to be chosen for each two or three year term. Potter listed six for the city board and four for the school board with two year terms. Dalton audiences chose incumbents and new candidates for the village and school boards with several pairings advancing to contested races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodgepole
Hart Quinn
Don Howerter
George Hillman
Ralph Fraass
Paul Fraass
Harold Kreider
Arnold Michelman
Edwin Misegadis
Lloyd Bondegard
A. L. Kripal
Dick Smith
Potter
Kenneth Rose
Frank Gaston
Bruce Juelfs
Rudy Dedic
Jim Coulter
Dewey Larson
Ray Davis
John Meyer
Roland Maas
Roy Adams
Dalton Village Board
Teddy Panas
Freddy Rathman, Jr
Larry Schmitt
John Heizer
Clarence Ziegler
Roy Ziegler
Cleve Gillespie
Clayton Gillespie
Gurley
Virgil Schumacher
Earl Lessig
Allan Lessman
Richard Ferris
Lee Foster
Herman Frerichs
Foster
Schumacher
Lessman
Clara Lessig
Harry Handley
Melvin Kurth
Robert Hinrichs
Wayne Elson
Kenneth Larson
Buck Allison
Myrtle Higgins
Jeannette Ahilm
Auto Crash Injures Sidney Woman on 18th Street
A collision at 18th Street and Jackson Saturday left Dolores Ann Kent with head injuries. Larry Averman a 17 year old from Cheyenne Wyoming driving a 1958 Plymouth skidded 85 feet into Richard Kent 30 of 2462 Coronado Court. Damages were about 300 to the Kent car and 350 to Averman’s vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
18Th Street
Jackson
Larry Averman
Cheyenne
Wyo
Richard Kent
Coronado Court
Dolores Ann Kent
Kent
Averman
Alice Carper
Forrest
County Red Cross Fund Drive Kicks Off
The Cheyenne County Red Cross launches a month long fundraising campaign led by Mrs Joe Bailey with a county goal of 4252 and 2613 raised through Sidney. Literacy letters and envelopes will move farm to farm with neighbors collecting in rural areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
American Red Cross
Sidney
Red Cross
United Fund
Joe Bailey
Bailey
Charlotte Drive
Lawrence Marrin
Dalton
Goldie Wolcott
Gurley
Earl Tebrinke
D. F. Enevoldsen
Potter
Glen Geiger
Trailer City
Glenn Easterly
Lorenzo
Glenn Fraass
County Officials Urge Farmers to Complete Feed Grain Survey
County ASC offices set up temporary sites in Dalton Gurley Potter and Lodgepole to collect two years crop histories for 1959 and 1960. The drive covers corn oats barley and grain sorghum with a March 17 deadline and aims to establish feed grain history for the 1961 growing year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASC
Dalton
Gurley
Potter
Lodgepole
Sidney
Congress
Saddle Club Card Party set for Sunday evening
The Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club invites the public to a card party on Sunday March 5 from eight to 10 30 p m. Games include bridge pinochle and pitch with prizes for best and worst scores. Door prizes offered. Admission 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dundy County
Marie Maher
John Brauer
Oscar Hatcher
California
Ft. Sidney
Lexington
Legion
North Side
Miracle Equipment Company
Grinnell
Iowa
Legion Park
Lodgepole, Dalton, Gurley
Dele Flora
Lewis Hutzenbiler
Kermit Nelson
Harold Borges
County Red Cross
Secretary of Agriculture
Saddle Club
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