Oil discovery rumor sparked 1949 Sidney boom
Twenty years ago this week rumors spread through Sidney that oil had been found at the Mary Egging No. 1 drilling site near Gurley. Ohio Oil Co officials later confirmed the discovery, triggering a statewide leasing rush and turning Sidney’s Telegraph into a key player in oil reporting as crews flocked from across the region to witness a potential major strike.
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Sidney
Mary Egging
Gurley
Ohio Oil Co
Marathon OilCo
Mary Egging No. 1
Oll
Sidney Telegraph
Oil Company
Casper
Findlay
Ohio
Telegraph
Telegraph News Department
Ohio Ol] Co
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Logan County
Colo
Kimball
Banner
Colorado
Memorial Day Observances Set Friday Throughout The County
Memorial Day observances are planned Friday in four Cheyenne County towns Sidney Dalton Potter and Lodgepole. In Sidney at Greenwood Cemetery at 10 am, with VFW and American Legion co sponsorship, Rev John Slayton speaks, band plays, and ceremonies include an Unknown Soldier wreath and firing squad. Potter Legion Hall hosts service at 10 am with guest speaker J H McNish. In Dalton cemetery at 10 am, with dedication of a Pieta shrine at 10 30 am led by Bishop John Paschang and Rev Cletus Semper. Lodgepole Saint Pleasant View Cemetery service at 9 30 am features parade, band, Rev Raymond Thiel address.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
Dalton
Potter
Lodgepole
Greenwood Cemetery
Porter McGuver
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion Post 17
VFW
Ken Bennett
John Slayton
First United Methodist Church
Sidney High School
Larry Pippitt
Darrell Davis
Light Memorial Presbyterian Church
Lowell Swanson
The
Legion
Vfw-Legion
Simmons Cook Jr
Sidney High Buglers
Lester Boehm
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Potter American Legion Post and Auxiliary
Potter Legion Hall
J. H. McNish
Sidney Attorney
Earl Anderson
St. Mary’s Church
Carl Baker
Dalton Farmer
Phoenix
Ariz
Lodgepole American Legion
Pleasant View Cemetery
Lodgepole High School
Legionnaires
Roy Grimes
Raymond Thiel
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Delmar Zalesky
Driver Ed Training To Start Monday
The Summer Driver Education program begins Monday, June 2, for 126 students from Sidney High and St. Patrick's High School. Instructors Carl Crouse and LeRoy Bruce will lead about 30 hours of classroom instruction in ten three hour periods from 8 to 11 2m, Monday through Friday, June 20 13, with six hours of driving experience per student.
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Sidney High
St. Patrick’s High School
Carl Crouse
LeRoy Bruce
Crouse
Sidney High School
Diamond Bar Reopens Under New Management
The Diamond Bar formerly Boyd's Cigar Store opens under Dick Peetz and Ken Smith inviting the public to view the remodelled establishment. Hours are six a.m. to one a.m. daily including Sunday with mixed drinks beer package goods magazines newspapers and a full line of fresh tobaccos.
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Boyd’s Cigar
Dick Peetz
Ken Smith
Sidney High wrestling earns its place in trophy case
The Sidney Telegraph Page One mislisted wrestling while praising football basketball track field and golf. The sports review by John Colone now recognizes the wrestling team as a dominant Nebraska high school program with coach Kyle Mines holding a standout record.
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Sidney Telegraph
Sidney High School
Sidney
Sidney High
John Colone
Kyle Mines
Nebraska
Pastor Stayton to Speak at Sidney Memorial Day Cemetery Program
The Rev. John Stayton, pastor of First United Methodist Church for seven years, will give a final public appearance in Sidney on Memorial Day at the cemetery. He will transfer to another Nebraska parish with an announcement next week at the state Methodist conference. Reports also say Rev. Henry Hoffman of Lodge Pole United Methodist Church will transfer to Holdrege after two years.
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John Stayton
First United Methodist Church
Sidney
Mr. Stayton
Nebraska
Henry Hoffman
Lodgepole United
Stores to Close Friday in Memorial Day Observance
Most retail establishments in Sidney will be closed Friday for Memorial Day as the Chamber of Commerce retail committee reports. Offices banks and other activities will alsoclose and in some cases the closing will extend through the weekend.
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Sidney
Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Dalton Texaco Break-In Under Investigation
Cheyenne County sheriff investigates a break in at the Dalton Texaco station last Tuesday night. Entry was gained through a back window and a cigarette machine was broken, with a small amount of change stolen.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney Telegraph Ad Rates and Publication Details
The Sidney Telegraph announces publication on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. Annual subscription is eight dollars inside a fifty mile zone ten dollars outside. Address changes to P O Box 219 Sidney Nebraska 69162. Carrier price eight dollars per year single copy ten cents. Postage paid at Sidney Nebraska 69162. Wednesday May 28 1969. Established in 1873.
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Sidney Telegraph
830Th Avenue
Sidney
Nebraska
P. O. Box 219
Protests Against Train Removal Target June 14
Residents may protest the removal of Union Pacific trains No 5 and 6 by writing to H Neil Garson or M B McManaman by June 14. Union Pacific claims a $2 million annual loss and plans to remove service on June 29. Trains run Omaha to Los Angeles, previously carrying mail now largely shifted to air and truck shuttles.
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Union Pacific
H. Neil Garson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington D.C
M. B. McManaman
Nebraska State Railway Commission
Lincoln
Neb
Omaha
Los Angeles
Power System Bids Ordered by Sidney City Council
Sidney city council authorized the city manager to advertise for bids on equipment for upgrading the electrical distribution system. Total spending may reach about 500 thousand dollars after an engineering study, with likely tie in to the Bureau of Reclamation grid rather than expanding the municipal plant. The council also called for bids on a new street sweeper, a year’s gasoline for city vehicles, and light bulbs. A proposed 10th and 11th Avenue speed limit raise from 25 to 35 mph was defeated 3 to 2. Ed Bauman and Stan Larambee supported the change. Mayor Bob Hossle and councilors George Elwood and Del Koch opposed. Routine annual audit accepted.
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Sidney
Bureau of Reclamation
South
Ed Bauman
10Th Ave
Newton
Toledo Sts
11Th Ave
Parkview Road
Stan Larabee
Bob Hossle
George Elwood
del Koch
Chamber seeks Sidney hearing on UP train suspension
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce directors voted to request a hearing in Sidney on Union Pacific trains No 5 and 6 to be removed June 29. They argue a Sidney venue may gain more support. upgrading service rather than cutting schedules should precede any removals. The group also endorses a coast to coast highway sign project along I 80 with shared costs and future coordination with Sidney, Lodgepole, Potter, Kimball, Chappell, and Cheyenne Wyoming.
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Cheyenne County
Interstate Commerce Commission
Big Springs
Chappell
Lodgepole
Sidney
Potter
Kimball
Lodgepole Valley
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Wyo
Yanney
Washington
Chamber
Ed Cole
Robert L. Clark
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Kenneth Wickstrom
Russell Fisher
Chamber of Commerce
Wickstrom
Fisher
Kay McCumber
Mary Jane Gottschalk
Chamber of Commerce Board
City of
Western Nebraska eyed for model city in federal plan
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce president E. K. Yanney proposed a federal idea to build 110 new cities in the United States to relieve rural decline and urban slums. He touts western Nebraska’s climate water access and room for growth, with a Nebraska Panhandle location near Denver and Rocky Mountain recreation, as a potential site. Washington reportedly studies the concept as a regional development solution.
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Congress
United States
E. K. Yanney
Cheyenne County
Mr. Yanney
Nebraska
Panhandle
Yanney
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Rocky Mountain
America
Washington D. C
Weather outlook for Sidney and Panhandle region
The forecast calls for generally fair weather this afternoon tonight and tomorrow with northerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Highs today and Thursday near 70 to 80, lows in the 40s, precipitation probability near zero. A five day trend shows temperatures 2 to 9 degrees above normal Thursday through Monday, warmer end of week then cooling early next week. Showers and thunderstorms most numerous around the start of next week.
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Sidney
Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Friday Saturday Closing Set For Banks In Cheyenne County
Five banks in Cheyenne County and the Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Assn will close Friday and Saturday for a Memorial Day weekend. Participating banks include American National Bank and Sidney National Bank of Sidney Dalton State Bank of Dalton First State Bank of Lodgepole and Potter State Bank of Potter. Public offices and agencies also observe the long weekend.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Assn
American National Bank
Sidney National Bank of Sidney
Dalton State Bank of
Dalton
First State Bank of
Lodgepole
Potter State Bank of
Potter
June Looms As Critical Crop Month In The Plains
The weather now becomes the key factor for farming on the plains in the next month or six weeks. June is pivotal as moisture and temperatures decide crop outcomes. Winter wheat is moisture rich and spring grains depend on June. hail remains a background threat though losses are usually scattered. The Weather Bureau projects a warm June with a moisture belt edge affecting western Nebraska and northeastern Colorado.
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Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Colorado
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Webb Resources, Inc
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Diamond Bar
Dalton Texaco
Fort Sidney
Ken Moncrief
Ralph Spencer
Jim Edwards
Glenn Hornbeck
Glen Houtz
Herb Nelson
Ed Hinrichs
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U.P
Cole
Robert Hossle
Banks
Loan Assn
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