Population of 8004 Official for Sidney and Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Nebraska shows 14829 residents at the April 1 1960 census, up 2748 from 1950 for a 22% rise, with Sidney at 8004 and a 3092 gain over 1950. Statewide declines occurred in 71 counties, while Sidney's growth ranked among the top city gains. details from the U S Commerce Field Office in Cheyenne Wyoming.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
U. S. Department of Commerce
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Dodge
Kimball
Lancaster
Sarpy
Bellevue
Millard
Papillion
Ralston
Majestic Building
Wyoming
Leafdale Well Swabs Six Barrels Per Hour In Cheyenne County
Exeter Drilling recovers formation at six barrels per hour from No 1 Homes-Hansen in CSW 23 16N 53W Cheyenne County near Kimball line, swab test lasting six hours. No. 2 Arp in Frei Field extension drills while Mather No 1 pumps eight barrels daily plus six percent water. several wells in Morrill and Dundy counties report activity and abandonment of tests.
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Exeter Drilling Company
Natural
Es- Hansen
Cheyenne County
Kimball County
Leafdale
Kimball
Mather
Frei Field
Pfeifer Drilling Company No
Stuarco Oil Company
Frei
Rex Monahan
Banner Drilling Company
Ginther- Warren-Ginther
Thomipson
Morrill
Sunray
Mid
Stroup
Dunday County
Lansing
Basketball Next On High School Agenda
Sidney High School hoopsters prepare for a tough schedule as the season opens. Details and a feature appear on the Sports Page.
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Sidney High School
Hitchcock County 80 Acre Spacing Approved
The Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission granted a temporary 80 acre spacing order in Hitchcock County’s Culbertson field, citing the Culbertson discovery by M W Valentine and Excelsior Oil No 1 Schaffert as a notable year standout. Protests and petitions were noted for Franzen Cheyenne County and pending actions in Cheyenne County Dalton and Red Willow Sleepy Hollow fields.
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Nebraska
State Oil and Gas, Commission
Culbertson Field
Hitchcock County
Culbertson
M W. Valentine
Schaffert
Hitchcock
Franzen
Cheyenne County
Gordon Cloepfil
North American Oil Company
Commission
Cheverges County
Dalton Field
Red Willow County
Sleepy Hollow
Land Fill Plan OK'd For City
Sidney approves a land fill garbage plan moving from burning at a northeast dump to burying waste under dirt at a new site east of the current dumps. Roy Steel Marsh leases his land to the city in exchange for property improvements. The process uses a caterpillar tractor to spread and cover garbage with a foot of dirt, eliminating smoke and rodent problems as decomposing waste heats the cover.
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Sidney
Roy Steel Marsh
Marsh
Tom Coffey
Friends of Scouting Dinner Hosts Announced
The annual Friends of Scouting dinner for the Wyo Braska Area Boy Scout Council will be Sunday November 20 at 1 30 PM at Scottsbluff Country Club. Milward W Simpson former Wyoming governor will be featured speaker with Frank Kleager as master of ceremonies.
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Friends of Scouting
Wyo-Braska Area
Boy Scout Council
Scottsbluff Country Club
Milward W. Simpson
Cody
Wyo
Wyoming
Frank Kleager
Scottsbluff
H. D. Kosman
No School Planned for Two Fridays in Sidney
Sidney public schools will not hold classes on Friday November 18 and Friday November 25. On November 18 more than 90 local teachers will visit classes in Gering Scottsbluff Chappell Ogallala Fort Morgan and Brush as part of the annual in service training program. Thanksgiving vacation starts Wednesday November 23 after the school day ends and resumes Monday November 28.
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Sidney Public Schools
Gering
Scottsbluff
Chappell
Ogallala
Ft Morgan
Brush
Mother and Baby Hospitalized After Crash
Mrs. Shirley A. Maeder 25 and her two year old son Kirk were hospitalized after a Saturday crash on Saturday at 4 50 p m. Maeder suffered whiplash and neck and shoulder injuries while son had a forehead cut and loosened teeth. Maeder’s 1955 Mercury collided with Alice V Carlson’s 1956 Dodge Four door. Damages were 200 and 350 respectively. Car turning left and southbound cars involved. Police reported minor collisions and parked car damage also noted.
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Maeder
Harley D. Greaver
Fourteenth St
Sidney
Florence Cane
Chappei
16Th
Illinois
LeRoy Marsh
Illinois St
Delores Guzow
Elm Street
Memorial Rest Home Near Capacity Despite Early Expansion
Memorial Rest Home, opened less than five months ago, is within four guests of full capacity. Administrator Leo Bolin reports thirty-two guests now, with occupancy rising steadily from twelve in June to thirty-two by October. The home operates on a break even basis with rates described as about right and relies on private room rentals reducing original capacity. The facility notes positive hospital integration, staff training, and community interest, though challenges include matching roommates and catering to guest preferences.
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Memorial Rest Home
Memorial Hospital
Sidney Trade Area
Telegraph
Thompson
Leo Bolin
Bolin
Memorial Hospital Debt Cleared With Auxiliary Help
Memorial Hospital near Sidney completed a debt free status after the final mortgage payment of 1800 dollars aided by the Hospital Ladies Auxiliary. A ceremony at a special meeting saw A J Jorgenson receive the cancelled notes from auxiliary president Mrs Lester Hand Jr. Stewart recalled the hospital’s early bond defeat and praised the community effort.
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Sidney Trade
Thompson
Memorial Hospital
Hospital Board
A. J. Jorgenson
Lester Hand Jr
Hospital Ladies Auxiliary
Ira Steward
First Hospital Board
W. J. Robinson
Telegraph
Auxiliary
Jorgenson
Leo Bolin
Sidney
Steward
Ladies Auxiliary
Sidney Airman Christensen to be Honored by Rotary Club
Albert C. Christensen of 2131 Linden will receive a Silver Wings air mail scroll at the Sidney Rotary Club meeting on November 21. The honor recognizes his service as an air mail pilot between Sidney and Cheyenne on September 8, and the presentation will be made by Mayor Kermit Moore.
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Albert C. Christensen
Linden
Sidney
Kermit Moore
Rotary ‘Club
Christensen
New York
San Francisco
Russ
Brinkley
Silver Wings
J. B. Medaris
Roscoe Turner
Bernt Balchen
Viola Gentry
Arthur Godfrey
Felix DuPont
Wright Brothers
Air Mail
Gerald Walker Chosen 4-H Delegate from Sidney
Sidney youth Gerald Walker, a 4-H member among Nebraska’s twenty nine delegates to the National 4-H Congress in Chicago, is noted as a top county 4-H performer. His honors include 1960 Field Crops Program winner, Grain Marketing Trip recipient, Union Pacific Scholarship, and multiple state fair and wheat show awards. He helped with a University of Nebraska entomology light trap in 1960 and is a Lorenzo High School graduate.
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Gerald Walker
Sidney
Nebraska
Chicago
Union Pacific
College of Agriculture
Lincoln
Nebraska State Air
Beatrice
University of Nebraska
Raymond Walker
Lorenzo High School
Lorenzo
Cheyenne County
4-H
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Oil-Gas News
Ok’s
Hagemeister
Shirley A. Maeder
Sky Manor
Sidney Ministerial Association
Colorado
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