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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1957
Page
1
Chappell residents may see a TV booster unit installed on the Farmers Elevator building if fundraising succeeds. Solicitors aim for many small donations to cover the cost, with nearby towns already using similar units and reporting good results.
The town mayor and council advance toward building a sewage treatment plant southeast of Ogallala after consulting Noskey and Hickey of North Platte. The firm will conduct tests to design a plant meeting city needs as residents along the South Platte River object to current discharges that threaten livestock.
A public dedication tonight honors Mary Lynch, pioneer of Kimball County, with a sketch of her life by Irma Coens. Emery, president of Scottsbluff district seven state school board association, will speak at the $210000 East Ward Grade School on East Sixth Street near the fairgrounds.
Lee Shipley assistant Scottsbluff police chief since 1952 has resigned. City Manager Carsten Leikvold accepted the resignation with regret and said a successor has not been named while he considers reorganizing the police department.
The Ohio Oil Co. began drilling the Mary Egging No 1 wildcat in Cheyenne County Nebraska on April 25 1949 and plans a second deep test in the same section within days to access deep oil in the Julesburg Basin local forecast calls for light snow tonight and tomorrow with up to two inches total accumulation, meteorologist Walt Slansky says.
In Cheyenne County three rigs remain active as multiple wildcat tests unfold. Ohio Oil reports the Mary Egging No 1 near the D and J sands could resume testing after completing the McLernon No 4 drill, with deep sand prospects and historic production highlighted.
A capacity audience at Sidney High School listened to the seventh annual mid winter concert of the Symphonic Band. The 90 minute program featured chorale preludes, an operatic overture, bold band marches and progressive jazz hints, with The Man With the Golden Arm as the highlight. Guest artists were the Sidney Men’s Chorus under William Fankhauser, and lighting by Jack King, Dale Dodds, and Jerry Wolfe.
County highlights mark 4-H week with strong growth across clubs. More than 100 cattle enter the 4-H baby beef show and sale, prompting a new livestock barn. Ivan Liljegren and home demonstration leaders Dora Livingston and Bonnie Lindau drive the program as 4-H enrollment and activity surge. Training sessions for county club leaders accompany displays in store windows.
An informal farmers clinic on irrigation power units and tractors is scheduled Wednesday at Foland Farm Machinery. Starting at 1 30 p m a factory representative will discuss service and application of the topics. Farmers are invited to attend and ask questions. Free coffee and doughnuts will be served.
The City of Sidney announces a street light expansion by its electrical distribution department. 13 new lights were installed on Monterey Drive and Pasadena Place last week. five more lights are planned on Lodgepole Road Park View Road and Craig Avenue.
In Cheyenne County, Sheriff Bill Schulz a Republican, serves a six term tenure while yellowed scratch-pads reveal old Cheyenne County Young Democrats forms in his office suggesting political influence within the sheriff system.
Sidney Jaycees plan a multi evening town drive starting tomorrow at 6 30 after a meeting at the Elks Club to sell four light bulbs for 1 dollar. Funds support future Jaycee projects and curb bulb lifting from sockets.
A petit jury has been called for Monday March 11 per Cheyenne County District Court clerk Ruby Spindler. On the docket is a $50,000 judgment suit by Kenneth C Earnhart against Cecil Tremain Earnhart, stemming from a injuries in an automobile accident in Gerin where Earnhart was a passenger.
Cheyenne County Extension Service Board meets at Sidneys Central School auditorium at 7 30 pm with Keith Carter Ak Sar Ben assistant GM as guest speaker on The Ak Sar Ben Story Public invited and two northwest district board seats up for three year terms Activity report for the past year followed by musical numbers and a humorous skit.
Two members of Sidney's Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment 424th Army Reserve Ordnance Battalion start a two week active duty period at Fort Riley Kansas. Sergeants Dale Kinney and Charles Dannar join the unit. Kinney is battalion sergeant major and Dannar is personnel sergeant.
Ervin Fischer sells his partnership stake in Nienhueser & Fischer to Don Weber. The firm becomes Nienhueser & Weber, with Weber a two year employee and former excavator. The original partnership formed in 1950 aided Country Club Heights expansion. Fischer plans no immediate moves, but may expand a recently acquired drapery shop.
Sidney business changes include Masek Auto Supply Co of Gering opening a new branch at 1835 Illinois Street and buying out Auto Equipment & Supply Co inventory at 1840 Illinois Street. Electric Service Co also moves nearby. Triangle Sheet Metal & Heating Co. expected to move into 1840 Illinois Street alongside the changes.
Announcement reveals the Rail's Cafe bought by Mr and Mrs Jim Sharp formerly of Kimball. They ran Waffle Shop in Kimball last year and previously owned restaurants in Oklahoma and Los Angeles. Free coffee and doughnuts offered to the public tomorrow 2 to 5 p.m.
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