Ohio Locates Wildcat Well Near Overton
Ohio Oil Co moves drilling rig into Dawson County near Overton for a wildcat stratigraphic test at Maloley No. 1. Location listed as 1,048 feet from west line and 330 feet from south line of Section 30 10 19. Drilling to be tight hole with limited information released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Oil Co
Dawson County
Overton
Sidney
Lexington
Ohio
Nebraska
Grand Island
Custer
Sandhill
Chase
Grant
Cheyenne County
Kimball County
Evertson
Ohio Oil Company
Ladegard No. 1
Gillham No. 1
Logan County
Burial Set For Weyerts Pioneer Elizabeth Tieman
Mrs. Elizabeth Tieman a Weyerts Pioneer who moved to Bushnell in 1944 died Sunday at Hastings. She lived with her son John twelve miles south of Bushnell. Funeral services will be at 2 pm Thursday at Weyerts Lutheran Church with burial in Weyerts Cemetery The Craig Mortuary in charge
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Elizabeth Tieman
Weyerts
Bushnell
Hastings
John
Weyerts Lutheran Church
Craig Mortuary
Flashy Quintet Leads SHS Band at Regional Band Day
Sidney High School’s Drum Majorette Ann Henke leads a snappy SHS band supported by Esther Kennon Karen Kinney Eileen Westerhoff and Charlene Anthony. The group joined eleven panhandle high schools at Scottsbluff Band Day with about 500 students, ending in a mass concert before the McCook Scottsbluff game. Sidney eyes University of Nebraska Band Day in Lincoln this Saturday as many locals plan to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney High School
Ann Henke
Esther Kennon
Karen Kinney
Eileen Westerhoff
Charlene Anthony
Sidney High
Panhandle
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff High School
McCook
Oil Wells Fail To Deliver In Gurley And Big Springs
Dunbar Drilling Co. plugged State No. 1 eleven miles east of Gurley after promising core tests did not yield oil commercially. Nearby wells Louis Jurgens No 1 and Dorman No. 12 showed limited oil or water findings. Ginther Warren Ginther noted 150 barrels in two days from swabbing. In Devel County, Transit Drilling Co. reported Hatterman No. 1 gas discovery, the thirteenth in the Big Springs pool, with strong early indications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Dunbar Drilling Co
Gurley
Louis Jurgens No 1
Dorman
Big Springs
Devel County
Transit Drilling Co
Hatterman No. 1
Golf Winners Give Profit To Hospital
Rudy Munderloh and Aubrey Haines donated 619.40 from the Sidney Country Club golf tournament to the forthcoming community hospital fund drive. Dr. C. B. Dorwart won the tourney, with the two players owning him and profiting from his victory. They handed the endorsement check to Ira Steward, general chairman, to fund the drive machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy Munderloh
Aubrey Haines
Sidney Country Club
C. B. Dorwart
Munderloh
Haines
Ira Steward
Blood for Freedom train seeks donors in Sidney this week
Donors aged 18 to 59 weighing at least 110 pounds may give 500 cc or one pint of blood at the Blood for Freedom train in Sidney on October 9 and 10 from 11 am to 5 pm daily. American Red Cross and Union Pacific sponsor. reporting at Union Pacific depot.
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Blood For Freedom
Sidney
Harold Olsen
VEFW
Olsen
American Red Cross
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Harlan Maddox
Labor Need Drops Here in Sidney Area
Demand for workers in Sidney is down versus October last year driven mainly by Sioux Ordnance Depot needs. Other industries show similar or higher demand in some occupations. total openings include 13 clerical and sales 13 domestic and service 5 agricultural 30 skilled 25 semi skilled and 109 unskilled.
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Sidney
Francis Hiner
Nebraska State Employment Service Office
Sioux
Hiner
NSES
Mrs. Cecilia Foster Rites Held In Sidney
Funeral services for Cecilia Johanna Foster 90 Cheyenne County pioneer were held at 10 a m in The Gehrig Funeral Home with Rev Henry Monnich officiating Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery She was born November 8 1861 in Haymaker Town Virginia moved to Auburn Illinois at age ten and later to Cheyenne County Nebraska She married George Edgar Foster February 10 1885 and they homesteaded land now part of the Sioux Ordnance Depot Survivors include son Everett L Foster of Los Angeles daughters Alma LeSueur Ingleside Neb and Grace Sellers Sidney eleven grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren a sister Mrs Mary E Leonard Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecilia Foster
Cheyenne County
Gehrig Funeral Home
Henry Monnich
Greenwood Cemetery
Cecilia Johanna Foster
Haymaker Town
Virginia
Auburn
Ill
Fillmore County
Nebro
Springfield
George Edgar Foster
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Christian Church of
Sidney
Everett L. Foster
Los Angeles
Alma l LeSueur
Ingleside
Nebr
Grace Sellers
Mary E. Leonard
Burial Held For Charles Mervin Andrews 80
Charles Mervin Andrews 80 died last Wednesday in the IOOF home at York. Funeral services were held Monday at Gehrig Funeral Home with Rev. Henry Monnich. Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery with IOOF members directing and pallbearers. Survivors include son Glenn of Burlingame California and grandchildren Barbara and Glenn.
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Charles Mervin Andrews
IOOF
York
Gehrig
Henry Monnich
Greenwood Cemetery
Ioof Lodge
Mr. Andrews
Stockton
Ill
Omaha
Nellie Philpott
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Andrews
Glenn
Burlingame
Calif
Barbara
C C Stag Party Set For Thursday
Despite mail notices error the Sidney Country Club stag party remains scheduled for Thursday October 9. Postcards went out with the date Tuesday October 9, but the event will be Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Country Club
Beet Harvest Opens Across Western Plains Stations
Beet dumps start at Sidney and Potter stations today with a strong harvest expected. Great Western Sugar Co reports minimal hail damage and forecasts a record crop across Montana Wyoming Nebraska and Colorado based on good moisture and farming methods. Beet production could top 2 750 000 tons on 172 000 acres with about 8 500 farmers involved, and slicing factories operate in Colorado Nebraska and Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney and Potter
Great Western Sugar Co
Lodgepole Valley
Sidney-Potter
Scottsbluff
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Wyoming
Nebraska
Colorado
Greeley
Windsor
Fort Collins
Loveland
Longmont
Brighton
Fort Morgan
Sterling
Ovid
Gering
Bayard
Mitchell
Billings
Mont
Lovell
September is Dry October May Be Same in Nebraska Panhandle
The Scottsbluff weather station reports September was warm and dry across the Panhandle with Sidney averaging 63.9 degrees and Scottsbluff 65.1. Moisture was scarce, totals were below normal in Scottsbluff 0.27 inches and Sidney 0.93, while daily records included Scottsbluff 92 on the 21st. Frost occurred but caused no major crop damage and harvest weather remained ideal.
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Nebraska
Scottsbluff Weather Station
Sidney
Weather Bureau
Nebraska Panhandle
Alliance
Chadron
Scottsbluff
Panhandle
Highway 19 Sealing Project Set to Start Wednesday
A county city cooperative project to seal Highway 19 from the Yy south of Sidney to Legion Park bridge will begin Wednesday morning. Virgil Knowles says city manager Clair West and county supervisor John Ahlm will direct the work. Drivers may face brief complete road closures but disruptions will be minimal.
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Sidney
Legion Park
Virgil Knowles
Clair West
John Ahlm
Sight Saving Program To Be Given Students
George Campbell who has been blind for 18 years and spoke to the Sidney Lions Club will return this Thursday October 9 to lecture Sidney school students on The Preservation of Light. He will address Central school at 9 30 a m East Ward 10 15 a m North Ward 11 00 a m and the High School at 1 00 p m as part of Lions sponsorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Campbell
Sidney Lions Club
Sidney
Lions
Campbell
Sidney Lions
Central School
East Ward
North Ward
Farmers urged to take part in conservation program
Cheyenne County farmers may join the 1953 Agricultural Conservation Program via on-farm visits by local PMA community committeemen led by Bert W. Wiegers. The program targets soil and water conservation on the most needed acres, starting October 9, 1952, to aid national food needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
PMA
Bert W. Wiegers
County Polio Toll Rises in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County reports a rising polio toll with a year total near 16, the worst on record. Names include Mrs. Harry Gregory of Potter and Anna Martinez of Sidney among patients or suspects, while Kenneth Mitchell and James McDuffie linked to the Sioux Ordnance Depot show mixed outcomes. Terry Pfau, eight, from Merle Pfau’s family, recovered after throat paralysis surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Harry Gregory
Potter
Anna Martinez
Bart Martinez
Sidney
Richard Boese
Armour Boese
Kenneth Mitchell
Dix
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Scottsbluff
James W. McDuffie
Hemingford
SOD
Paul Heuck
Bill Rezac
Terry Pfau
Merle Pfau
Band Day At Uni Sparks Lincoln Parade and Mass Band Show
About 3 600 high school students from across Nebraska join 62 bands at the University of Nebraska for Band Day. The Sidney High School Band is among them as they march in a downtown parade and form a mass band for a campus halftime show under conductor Donald A. Lentz. Baton twirlers will total 300 as the event culminates with four pieces including Dear Old Nebraska II and Symbol of Honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Sidney
Nebraska
10Th Street
O Street
15Th Street
15Th
R Street
12Th Street
12Th
Stadium
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
University Builders
L. F
Pop” Klein
Donald A. Lentz
Dear Old Nebraska II
4-H Premium Checks Available for County Fair Winners
County Fair premiums can be picked up at the extension office within 30 days. Winners must have completed account books before receiving awards, according to Agents Violet Shepherd and Ivan Liljegren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Shepherd
Ivan Liljegren
Sidney Board Proposes New Elementary and Addition
The Sidney board of education hires Eugene Sternburg Company to design a new south side elementary and an addition to North Ward School to meet rising enrollment. A November 18 bond election for 300000 dollars will fund 175000 for the south building 75000 for the north addition and 50000 for equipment and renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Board of Education
Eugene Sternburg Company of
Denver
Northside
South Side
North Ward
Sternburg
O. J. Weymouth
Sidney
Mr. Weymouth
Block Of Dimes Raises $556 For Band Trip
Sidney service organizations raised funds for the Sidney High School band trip to University of Nebraska Band Day. The Jaycees led with $556.27, followed by earlier gifts from the Lions and Rotary clubs to support the Lincoln trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Sidney High School
University of Nebraska
Sidney Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sidney Streets
Jaycees
Lions and
Rotary Clubs
Lincoln
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J. K. Mahr
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Dave Martin
Dwight Gris
Wold
United States Senate
Joe Brown
State Railway Commission
Bob Crosby
A. L. Miller
Charles Warner
Mir. Mahr
Frank Marsh Jr
Frank Heintze
United States
Hugh Butler
Clarence Beck
Mrs. Foster
Pioneer
Chas. Andrews
C. C. Stag
O.C
Uni
Education Board
Legion Auxiliary Leaders
American Legion Auxiliary
Ned Sandberg
Broadwater
J. H. Kane
Mary McVicker
Wilma Harms
Bancroft
W. E. Edwards
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