Chamber Plans Employee Membership Drive Next Tuesday
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce will launch an employee membership drive next Tuesday morning led by Chairman Dean Wilson. Dues are expected at 15 dollars including four meals. actual dues could be 5 dollars if meals are counted separately. The drive targets all Sidney employees plus ministers teachers and farmers. 213 businessmen are already signed for 1959 with a goal of 300 memberships plus 100 employee memberships to reach around 400 total.
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Orin Sa Ee
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Dean Wilson
Sidney
72 Year Old Sidneyite Uninjured After Car Collision
A 72 year old Sidney man, Guy B. Hire, escaped injury in a two car collision at the 14th and King intersection about 3:55 p.m. The other vehicle was driven by W. G. Shamis. Damage to Shamis car was about 240 dollars and to Hire's auto about 35 dollars.
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Sidney
14Th and
King
Guy B. Hire
W. G. Shamis
Shamis
Derald E. Armstrong
Sterling
Cold
Armstrong
Four hubcaps stolen at Sioux Ordnance Depot
Sheriff W. W. Schulz said four hubcaps were stolen from a car at the Sioux Ordnance Depot during the previous night and an investigation by the sheriff's office was underway on Friday.
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Sheriff's Office
Sioux Ordnance Depot
W. W. Schulz
Schulz
Jurgens Buys Sidney Livestock Pavilion for 41500
Farmer Herman B. Jurgens of Gurley purchased the Sidney Livestock Pavilion at public auction for 41500. Emerald Pete Rapp sold his own pavilion and said he could not devote enough time to develop the business. The pavilion may open next Thursday March 9 if papers are filed and arrangements made.
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Herman B. Jurgens
Gurley
Sidney Livestock Sales
Emerald
Pete” Rapp
Jurgens
Telegraph
Rapp
Kiwanis Star Show Deadline Set and Officials Named
At a Wednesday Kiwanis Club meeting Arch Davis of Scottsbluff and Chuck Habel of Casper were guests. Vern Shoopman announced the Stars of Tomorrow Show applications are due Monday March 16. The show is set for Friday April 24 and applications are available at Sidney banks Arlo Jones’s office or from any Kiwanian. The monthly board meeting followed.
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Kiwanis Club
Arch Davis
Scottsdluff
Chuck Habel
Casper
Wyo
Vern Shoopman
Sidney Banks
Arlo Jones
Blustery March Weather Forecast From Scottsbluff Bureau
Weather outlook promises snow flurries and gusty winds for five days. Daytime highs near the 40s with nighttime lows 15 to 25. Increasing cloudiness expected Saturday and Saturday night as a typical March pattern continues.
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Scottsbluff Weather Bureau
Snow Blame Cited In Chappell Fatality Near Ogallala
A 17-year-old Ogallala girl Ila Campbell died when her car skidded on icy pavement and struck a semi truck near Chappell while en route to a Class A basketball tournament. Sandra L. Lamm, also 17, survived with injuries. Snow and ice drifting caused the crash in Deuel County.
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Chappell
Decuel County
Ogallala
Illa Campbell
Art Campbell
Sandra L. Lamm
Ila Campbell
U. S. 30
Telegraph
Nine New Oil Producers Reported In Western Nebraska
Western Nebraska exploration boosted by nine new producers in Banner Kimball and Cheyenne counties. Notable finds include the No 2 Cizek in Murfin Field Cheyenne County and multiple offsets in Banner and Kimball counties with drill stem tests yielding hundreds to thousands of feet of oil saturated sand and casing operations underway.
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Banner County
Banner
Kimball
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Cizek
Murfin
Potter, Petroleum Inc
Sunray-Midcontinent
Lipska
Morrill County
Juvelfs-Gaylord
Sterling Drilling Co
Linska
Davis Oil Company
Luddenfield
Pan American
Barrett
Willson Ranch
Johnson
Sinclair Oil and Gas
Singleton
Kimball County
Sam G. Harrison
Bartow
Bushnell
Chapman
Tom Palmer
Forsling
Linn-Nugent
Signet
Kimball Sunray
SE NW
Wheat price quoted by local elevator at $1.66
Local elevator sources report wheat at 1.66 dollars per bushel. The price reflects current grain market values and is cited as today’s quotation by regional suppliers.
Major Sidney Projects Set to Top One Million Dollars
Construction activity across Sidney and surrounding Cheyenne County shows a bright outlook with major projects expected to exceed 1 million dollars in Sidney and about 750 thousand in the rest of the county. Elevators, schools and hospitals lead the spending as housing and remodeling add to the total.
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Sidney
Country Club Heights
Cheyenne County
United States
Sidney Memorial Hospital
First Methodist Church
Farm Placement Officers Named
Sidney employment office manager Francis R. Hiner names eight volunteer farm placement representatives to assist farmers and workers across Cheyenne Devel and Kimball counties. The listed reps include Dalton Late Chicester Gurley Lodgepole Potter Big Springs Chappell Kimball Bushnell Kimball towns with associated offices and phone numbers.
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Sidney
Francis R. Hiner
Cheyenne County
Dalton
Chicester
Consumers’ Co-Op
Gurley
Lee Foster
Farmers Union Co-Op
Lodgepole
Horton Quinn
Farmers Co-Op
Potter
Roy Hampton
Farmers’ Union Co-Op
Devel County
Big Springs
Glen Kepler
Kepler Implement Co
Chappell
Robert Woolman
Kimball County
Bushnell
Elmer Swanson
Bushnell Drug Store
Kimball
Ada Adles
Seevers Infant Dies in Denver
Barry Alan Seevers age 1 month, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Seevers, died in a Denver hospital after transfer by ambulance. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 p.m. at St. Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev. O L Meuller officiating. Burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Crap Mortuary handling arrangements. Survivors include grandparents Mr and Mrs John Seevers of Sidney and Mr and Mrs Amos Peterson of Cushing Nebraska.
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Barry Alan Seevers
Herbert Seevers
Denver
Memorial Hospital
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
O. L Meuller
Grenwood Cemetery
John Seevers
Sidney
Amos Peterson
Cushing Neb
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Colo
Donald F Waldman
Deuel County
Oil-Gas News
Francis Reiner
Sidney Area
Hiner
Warren Mettlen
10Th
Toledo
Country Club
First Methodist
L E. Lydiatt
Horace Quinn
St. Mary's Catholic
Cletus Semper
Poter
Potter Co- Op
Ervin Wheeler
Stan ‘Juells
Buffalo Bend
U.S
Seevers
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