No Let-Up Seen In State Oil Drilling Work
Nebraska's oil program shows strong growth with state leading the Rocky Mountain region in well completions for the first nine months. More than fifty new drilling sites were permitted in two weeks, and drilling activity spread across at least fifteen counties. notable leases, new wildcats, and ongoing tests underpin a robust but uneven picture as operators push ahead before year end.
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Nebraska
Rocky Mountain Empire
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Box Butte
Panhandle
Ardmore
Oklo
Quintin Little
Hemingford
Oil-Gas Conservation
Sidney
Mast Drilling Co
Chieftain Petroleum Corp
Lincoln County
Wallace
Melton
John E Farmer
Red Willow
McCook
Lansing
H. L. Hunt
Dallas
Holt, Wheeler
Garfield and
Loup Counties
Arrowhead Exploration Co
Denver
Custer County
Morrill County
Vincent and Welch
Lindberg
Texota Oil Co
Bridgeport
Edward Nerud
Dunlap
Texota
G. H. Doran
Ray Smith
Chappell
Fred Enders
Kimball
Weather outlook shows mild, fair conditions ahead
The forecast calls for fair and mild weather through tonight with lows in the upper 20s. High temperatures tomorrow are expected to reach the upper 60s as conditions stay dry.
Wayne Campbell Reelected Leader Of County Wheat Growers
Wayne Campbell of Lodgepole was reelected president at the Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Association annual meeting held here Wednesday night. Bennie Herboldsheimer Potter was named secretary treasurer, Bob Elsen Colton became secretary treasurer, and the group backed the bushel management plan and sedimentation test plan to boost foreign exports. A membership drive aims for 400 members as Campbell urged unity to defend farmers’ income. Bob Rauner of Dalton spoke for the Nebraska Wheat Growers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Association
Yendis
Bob Elsen
Colton
Ronald Maas
Potter
Wayne Campbell
Lodgepole
Bennie Herboldsheimer
Campbell
Bob Rauner
Dalton
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
United Fund Drive Faces Delays in Employer Campaign
United Fund response lags as employer outreach stalls says Benny Hochman. Dr HC Q Nelson urges cooperation, quick contributions, and patience with volunteer workers. Neighbor campaigns in Sidney praised as organized. east and north sections set to begin soon. Nelson emphasizes the fund supports vital community projects and asks everyone to do their part.
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United Fund
Benny Hochman
Dr HC Q
Peace Corps Exam To Be Given This Month
Postmaster Leo Gorman announced an entrance test for the Peace Corps will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov 28 and 29, 1961. Details on place and time will be posted on the bulletin board of the Sidney post office, including stations and branches, with updates to the press when information is received.
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Leo Gorman
Peace Corps
Budletin Board
Sidney Oo Ast
Gorman
Free Show at Fox Theater After Veterans Day Parade
Meadow Gold sponsors a free Saturday morning program for boys and girls at the Fox Theater. The Roy Rogers film leads the program, followed by comedy and cartoons. The event kicks off after the Veterans Day parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadow Gold
Fox Theater
Roy Rogers
Wetter Wheat Soil Found In Nebraska Fields This Fall
Nebraska farmers report nearly 19 percent wetter soil in the upper four feet of wheat fields from mid October surveys. Average available water reached 3.94 inches, up from 3.32 inches last year, with gains across districts. Saturation in the upper two feet rose 25 percent to about 2.10 inches, while surface moisture averaged 1.48 inches. Harvests near end, 1961 crops forecast about 3 percent below 1960 but 17 percent above 1947-49 average. government pays farmers about 768 million to reduce production of grains amid surpluses. Winter wheat seeding nearly finished. moisture favorable across Central and Northern Great Plains.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Central
Panhandle
South Central District
Southwest
South Central
Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Registration For Adult Education Classes Scheduled
Adult education classes will be offered at Sidney High School this fall and winter. Registration runs Nov 13 to 22 at the junior high office, with sign up weekdays 8 am to 4 pm and Mon Wed Fri evenings 7 to 9 pm. Fees include 30 cents per hour, $1 registration, plus materials. Civil Defense class is free. Classes cover Typing, Woodworking, Metalwork, Bridge, Chess, Algebra, Cake Decorating, Art, and more. start Nov 28 or 29 with day to be decided by attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney High School
Ancel Lewis
Don Burrows
News by Sidney High journalism class set for Telegraph page
The journalism class at Sidney High School will provide regular school news for The Sidney Telegraph starting next week. Kent Helen, the instructor, will assign students to report from public school sources to give readers coverage of school activities and feature stories with both written pieces and photographs.
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Sidney High School
Sidney Telegraph
Kent Helen
Telegraph
Helen
Pin Dinner Ohio Honors Employes For Long Service
Jesse S. King of Sidney retires after 29 years with Ohio Oil Co., leading a list of long service awardees at the annual Pin Dinner at the Country Club. Others honored include 25-year veterans Leonard A. Lindstrom and Wesley F. Dixon, 20-year Frank G. Walker, 15-year Frank E Carey, and 10-year and 5-year recipients. Supervisors from Sidney and Casper assisted, with two retired list members Isaac S Miller and Taylor H O Neill also present.
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Jesse S. King of
Sidney
Ohio Oil Co
Ohio Oil
Country Club
Leonard A. Lindstrom
Wesley F. Dixon
Frank G. Walker
Frank E Carey
Harry L Handley
Lloyd F. Root
Alfred B Christensen
Walter W Liles
Donald E. Hume
Edward R Travis
John E. Pearson
Roger L. Kenton
Maynard A Schumacher
Gordon E Richards
Henry R. Elias
William R Curless
George C White
Roy V Dwinell
Michael P Popp
Roy B Peters
Clarence R Gheen
Paul F Johnson
Leonard L Phares
Loyde A. Aurich
George L. Bailey
Hervey W. Nelson
F D Schultz
R. E Knip
R W McCanne
H J Brunt
L C Powell
R. E Engdahl
B H Howard
Casper
Isaac S Miller
Taylor H O'Neill
Annual Bean Feed Set For Saturday
Veterans in Cheyenne County are invited to the Veterans Day Hamen Bean Feed at the VFW Post Home starting at 6 pm. Co sponsors are Post 160 VFW and Post 17 American Legion. The VFW will be open all afternoon as headquarters. Sidney stores close 9 to 11 am and a parade along Illinois from 15th to 6th starts at 10 am. In Potter a morning program in the Legion Hall at 10 30 am features Gene Lienemann of Wheat Belt Public Power District as guest speaker. Lodgepole posts sponsor a Veterans Day program in the morning.
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Cheyenne County
VFW Post
Post 160
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 17
American Legion
Sidney
Ilinois
Potter
Legion Hall
Gene Lienemann
Wheat Belt Public Power District
Lodgepole’s Legion Post
Austrian youth to speak at Sidney Rotary meeting
An Austrian student, Bertram F. Blin of Vienna, recipient of a Rotary Foundation Fellowship for the 1961-62 year, will address the Sidney Rotary Club next Monday at 6 15 p.m in the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel banquet room. Blin, studying forestry at Utah State University, is a Vienna sponsor selected fellow and a London born single man entering a future in forestry. He holds a 1961 forestry engineering degree from the Institute for Agriculture in Vienna and participates in multiple clubs including Forest Students, Jeunesse musicale, and the rowing Normans club.
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Rotary Foundation
Sidney Rotary Club
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Bertram F. Blin
Vienna
Utah State University
Logan
Rotary Club of Vienna
Otto Jaschke
Mr. Blin
London
England
Classical High School
Institute For Agriculture
Blin
Forest Students Club
58 Bulls Consigned To Hereford Auction
Alliance hosts the Western Nebraska Hereford Association sale with 58 bulls consigned for the 45th semi annual show. Elmer Pelton of Britton SD will judge the morning event starting at 9 am at the Alliance Livestock Auction Barn. Col Charles Corkle of Norfolk will auction at 1 pm. Officers include Dick Phipps, Lee Furman, and Tom C Allington. Consignors listed include Tom C Allington and Sons, Don Bullington, Ed Bullington, Sidney Bullington, C H Greenwood, Earl Henderson and Sons, Floyd Henderson, Charles L Iodence, J J Herefords Inc, Vernon Co Jones and Sons, Verlin W Livingston, G McMillen, Joe McMillen, Phipps Hereford Ranch, Lyle Phipps, Orla Rucker, Marvin S Tucker, and William T Schaffert and Sons.
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Alliance
Western Nebraska Hereford Association
Alliance Livestock Auction Barn
Elmer Pelton
Britton
Col
Charles Corkle
Norfolk
Dick Phipps
Whitman
Lee Furman
Marsland
Tom C Allington
Sunol
Tom C. Allington and
Sidney Bullington
Mullen
Weldon Bullington
Tyron
C. H. Greenwood
White Clay
Earl Henderson
Train Victim Buried Amid Graveside Rites
Graveside services were held at Greenwood Cemetery at 2 pm Thursday for Frineda Gonzalez a 57 year old transient killed by a train near Potter Friday night last week The Rev Father Vincent Pelster officiated Gehrig and Son Funeral Home handled arrangements Efforts are ongoing to contact the dead man's relatives in Old Mexico if the family wishes the body may be moved once contact is made
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Greenwood Cemetery
Frineda Gonzalez
Potter
Vincent Pelster
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Old Mexico
Sidney Officials Say CAB Hearing Should End Today
Sidney and other southwestern Nebraska communities pressed to retain Frontier Airlines service on the southern route. City officials testified on poor surface transport and the need for air service to spur development as hearings before the Civil Aeronautics Board continued in Lincoln.
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Sidney
Nebraska
Frontier Airlines
L. M. Clinton
Lincoln Star
Frontier
William Nelson
Clinton
Scottsbluff
Associated Press
Lloyd Carr
Wayne ‘Moran
Chamber of Commerce
Omaha
Carr
Kearney
Lincoln
Moran
Washington, D. C
Kimball
Telegraphzi
Fiincofar
Air Service
Yala
Barron Fredricks
Ian Denver
Grand Island
North Platte
Frontier Service
Denver
Cheyenne
Be Jan 11 Annual Soil Conservation Dinner Set
The Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District will host its annual banquet on Thursday Jan 11 at the Youth Center. Cheyenne County supervisors decided the date Tuesday night and invited Duane Chamberlain Alliance supervisor to speak. The dinner honors outstanding cooperators and features a notable out of town speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District
Duane Chamberlain
Alliance
Cheyenne County
Board of Supervisors
Fugitive Returned To Maryland Today
Maryland authorities flew James Gatewood back to the Maryland Correctional Institution at Jessup after arresting him ten days ago with Scotty Daniels. Gatewood had escaped from a work gang a year earlier and was identified as a wanted escapee through fingerprinting.
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Maryland
James Gatewood
Maryland Correctional Institution
Jessup
Gatewood
Scotty Daniels
James
Maryland Institution
Dalton Woman Injured in Early Morning Car Collision
Mrs P E Christensen, 74, of Dalton, was hospitalized with a concussion and head injuries after a two car crash at 6:55 am at Greenwood Cemetery Highway. She was a passenger in a 1950 Ford driven by Carl Christensen, which collided with a 1956 Chevrolet pickup driven by Andrew J. Hemmery of Sidney. The pickup sustained minor damage. Christensen’s car was total loss. Hemmery and others were not injured.
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PE Dik Christensen
Dalton
Sten
Memorial Hospital
Iijaries
Greenwood Cemetery Highway
Delmar Shipleys
Christensen
Brais
Ateing
Ford
Raiusband
Carl Christensem
Andrew J. Hemmery
Sidney
Chitsidhsen
Greenwood Cemetery
Carl Christensen
Andrew J Hemmer
Telegraph
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Bennie Herbolsheimer
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Harvey Bower
Don Jorgenson
American National Bank
Hochman
Ohio
Bertramblin
Rotary
Austria
Hereford
Imperial
McCook, Kearney
Hastings
Y Moran Reports
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