Fire Prevention Kickoff House To Be Razed In Sidney
Sidney Volunteer Fire Department hosts a fire prevention demonstration Sunday at 10 am featuring a burning house at 138th and Toledo to mark Fire Prevention Week. Open house 2 to 4 pm at Gurley Fire Hall will display equipment while crews from several stations lead the drill and a noon dinner is served by Chief Cook Harold Tobin.
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Sidney
Gurley
Harvey Vizina
Roy Sanks
138Th
Toledo
Gurney Fire Hall
E. H. Reinmuth
Rose
Spruce
13Th
Russell Joder
Floyd Lanks
Willis King
Bob Hossle
Dan Benzel
Harold Tobin
Planned Fire Demonstration To Raze Dilapidated House
A decayed dwelling will be razed and burned in stages as part of a firefighting drill. Problems will test location of fires and extinguishing methods with a dummy rescue. Merle Bobo will narrate from a loudspeaker as Chief Vizina notes this is a first real demonstration. Streets will be blocked around 13th.
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Merle Bobo
Chief Vizina
Kimball County lease brings 32 dollar top bid
A Lincoln report shows 13 156 acres in school land oil and gas leases with total bonus 29854 and average 226 per acre. Across 1961 75 692 acres sold for 467647 bonus at 266 per acre. The top lease was 120 acres in Kimball County bought by Chandler Simpson of Denver. Other buyers include Pan American Petroleum and British American Oil.
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Lincoln
Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Kimball County
Chandler & Simpson
Denver
Pan American * Petroleum Corporation of
British - American Oil Producing Company of
Dallas
Skelly Oil Company of
Wheat Belt Public Power District Weekends Note
The Wheat Belt Public Power District will close on Saturday afternoons starting tomorrow, according to manager Charles Ham. The change aims to adjust service hours for residents and operations.
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Wheat Belt Public Power District
Charles Ham
Youngsters Admit Series Of Break-Ins In Sidney
A group of youths aged 11 to 15 confessed to seven break-ins in Sidney over recent weeks. About six youths are involved with charges pending against at least three, to be filed after further investigation. Notable crimes include a money bag theft over $200 at 10.h sand Forrest and shell theft at Farmers Co-Op. The Late Barn entries nabbed pens, candy, and cigarettes, with some loot recovered.
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Sidney
Cheyenne
W. W Schulz
Farmers Union Gas & Oil Co-Op
Sale
Sand Forrest
Schulz
Lions Hear Paul Knowles Blind Speaker at Lions Club
Paul Knowles of Leader Dogs for the Blind spoke to the Sidney Lions Club with his Leader Dog Jane about sight preservation and cornea donation. He urged 2000 donor cards in the community, described training at Rochester, and shared his experience as a blind leader and long-time Lions member.
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Jane
Lions Club
Paul Knowles
Knowles
C S. Radcliffe
A.J Jorgenson
H. Glenn Spearow
Vince Maliszewski
Sidney Club
Rochester
Minn
Sidney Lions Club
Lions
United States
Nebraska
Knowes
Keowles
Solic
Caref
Knowies
Mr. Knowles
The
George Minshall To Get 50 Year Masons Award
Lodgepole Nebraskan reports George Minshall will receive a 50 year Masonic pin at a Thursday Oct 12 dinner in Legion Hall. Minshall is second longest member here, behind Port Bates 53 years. Grand Master of Nebraska Masons will attend plus several other pins. Tickets via Floyd Stoll and Ralph Culeton. wives invited. banquet follows reception with Golden Red fudge.
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Lodgepole
Lodgepole Masonic Lodge
Legion Hall
George Minshall
Minshall
Port Bates
Bates
Nebraska
Masons
Douglas Miller
Floyd Stoll
Ralph Culeton
Saturday Funeral For Mrs Meier 68 Lorenzo Resident
Mrs Frank Meier 68 of Lorenzo died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital after eight days as patient. She lived on a farm west of Lorenzo since her marriage December 6 1917 in Sidney. She belonged to First Methodist Church Farm Bureau 4 H and Cheyenne County 4 H Council. Funeral Saturday 2 p m at First Methodist Church burial Greenwood Cemetery Craig Mortuary in charge. Memorials to Methodist Church. Survivors include husband Frank daughter Mrs Floyd Miller Lodgepole five grandchildren two sisters and four brothers. One daughter Mrs Elmer Carsrud preceded in death March 15 1951.
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Frank Meier
Lorenzo
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
First Methodist Church
R. L. Townsend
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig
Methodist Church
Ira Mae Boggs
North Bend
Neb
William H
Ida Banghart Boggs
Womanood
Midland College
Frank
Floyd Miller
Lodgepole
Mary Isaacson
Hershey, Neb
Dora Eaton
Fremont
Charles
Russell
Floyd
Lloyd Boggs
Hershey
Elmer Carsrud
Jury Call Moved To Tuesday October 17
The district county jury call is rescheduled from Wednesday October 11 to Tuesday October 17, announced by district court clerk Mrs. Ruby Henkle. Jurors with no notices should appear at 1 30 p m on October 17. The docket call originally set for October 10 is cancelled.
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Ruby Henkle
District Court
Two New Oil Locations Are Set For Area
Morrill County hosts two drilling permits and a field expansion in Lindberg and Holt areas. Falcon-Sea board Drilling Co. gets No 3 Schaffert. Stuarco Oil Co. gets No 1 Holt wildcat. Raymond Oil Co. completes No 1 Juells casing in Lindberg. Cheyenne County reports a dry hole at Whist Field No 1 Whitney and No 1 Bayne north east of Dalton. Sunol Field No 1 Johnson finished with 1.5 million cubic feet daily potential. Texota Oil Co completes No 1 Madden near Potter and drills in North Faro near Dalton.
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Morrill County
Nebraska Oil and Conservation Commission
Falcon-Seaboard Drilling Co
Lindberg Field
Stuarco Oil Co Inc
Dalton
Raymond Oil Co
Juells
Cheyenne County
Potter
Canyon On Co
Whitney
Sam Gary
Regal Oil Co
Bayne
Cheyenne
Faro
School Program Set For KSID Broadcast
The Sidney High School journalism class under Kent Helen will present Echoes From Sidney High each Thursday from 6 15 to 6 45 p m on KSID. The 30 minute program covers student news events and interviews with faculty while featuring top country tunes. It is a KSID public service with different student reporters each week.
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Sidney High School
Kent Helen
Sidney High
KSID
United Fund Drive Kickoff Set For Tuesday Morning
The United Fund employer worker drive starts with a 6 45 am kickoff breakfast at Yendis Cafe Tuesday. Benny Hochman chairs the division and urges captains and workers to attend as drive information and materials are distributed. Captains include Warren Miller Fehringer Wilson Wahrman Brum baugh Knicely Williamson Mayer Schou Bobo Robinson Elwell Usher Himes Kalous Decker. Each captain will appoint three assistants.
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United Fund
Yendis
Benny Hochman
Hochman
Duane Warren
Rick Miller
Louis Fehringer
Lew Wilson
Gene Wahrman
Kermit Brumbaugh
Jack Knicely
Bob Williamson
Bud Mayer
John Schou
Roy Bobo
Don Robinson
John Elwell
Bill Usher
Don Himes
George Fotinos
Ken McMillen
Ed Haupt
Bill Kalous
Bob Decker
Oil Drilling Pace In Nebraska Tops Rocky Mountain Region
Nebraska led the Rocky Mountain oil activity in the first nine months of 1961, drilling 776 wells versus 695 in Wyoming, 551 in New Mexico and 407 in Colorado. Nebraska also captured 38 of 99 total regional discoveries, as Rinehart's Oil Reporting Service noted, with about half of 3,211 regional wells being producers.
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Nebraska
Rocky Mountain
Wyoming
Cornhusker
New Mexico
Colorado
Rinehart’s
Oil Reporting Service
Coin operated dry cleaning praised by Sidney owners
Good response reported to coin machine cleaning at King Koin Launderette in Sidney. The new service, a first for the city and among few in the state, uses a solvent similar to dry cleaning and is described as a supplement to professional cleaners rather than a replacement. Virginia Habeeb notes it can clean many non washable fabrics quickly and economically with safe results when proper instructions are followed.
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Curtis Elsen
Sidney
Virginia T. Habeeb
the American Home” Magazine
Special Speaker For Rotary Monday Night
The Rotary Club will hear Eugene K. Helger of Omaha speak on Prescription For Tomorrow, arranged with Smith Kline and French Laboratories. Program arrangements are managed by Warren Ellison.
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Rotary
Rotary Club
Smith Kline and
French Pharmaceutical Laboratories
Eugene K. Helger
Omaha
Warren Ellison
Spud Growers Meeting Planned at Berea Oct 20
Alliance officials announced a meeting to discuss a new above ground potato storage unit at Berea ten miles northwest of Alliance on October 20. E A Olson extension agricultural engineer at the University of Nebraska will lead the event. Richard Claycomb designed the storage shed after years of research in the Red River Valley. Growers are invited to attend and inspect the facilities, which can be scaled for smaller farms or cooperatives. The session starts at 8 pm.
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Alliance
Berea
Nebraska
E A. Olson
University of Nebraska
Richard Claycomb
Red River Valley
North Dakota
Olson
Premium quality wheat gains higher baking payments
The USDA announced a new premium schedule under the 1962 wheat price-support program. Hard red spring, hard red winter, and hard white wheats will receive 3 to 24 cents per bushel based on baking quality as measured by the sedimentation test. The aim is to reflect true flour value for bread baking and encourage growing higher quality wheat.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
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Linden
Bobo
Jim Paxton
Mrs. Meier
United Fund of
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Guy V. Doran
Rudy Munderloh
Mr. Doran
Sidney Telegraph
Rest Home
Telegraph
Rocky Mountains
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Tex
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