Nebraska oil drilling record highlights state as reserve location
Wildcat exploration in Nebraska kept a steady pace in mid-1961 with 13 new discoveries in the third quarter, two fewer than the prior quarter and equal to last year’s Q3. Major finds included three finaled wells in Banner, Kimball, and Red Willow counties, with potential boosts from Lincoln County near Wallace. Two wells in Cheyenne County were plugged.
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Wildcat
Nebraska
Banner
Kimball
Red Willow
Cheyenne
Dundy
Frontier County
Mast Drilling Co
Chieftain Petroleum Corp
No 1
Melton
Lincoln County
Wallace
Rocky Mountain
Cheyenne County
Denver-Julesburg
Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Sidney
Dalton Native Mrs Brown 32 Dies. rites held at Trinity Lutheran
Mrs Br Brown 32 a Dalton native died Friday in Pioneer Memorial Hospital after months of illness. Funeral services were at 2 pm at Dalton Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev Ron Norman officiating and burial in Dalton Cemetery. Helececk Funeral Home handled arrangements. Pallbearers named. Survived by husband B V Brown and son Rodney Gayland, parents Reinhold and Mrs Miller, two brothers and two sisters.
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Br. Brown
Dalton
Pioneer ‘Memorial Hospital
Omaha
Dalton Trinity Lutheran Church
Ron Norman
Dalton Cemetery
Helececk
Loring Hinman
Herman Bennett
Dick Aurich
Elwin Martin
Ted Panas
Owen Schuler
Dorothy Miller
Reinhold Miller
Dalton High School
B. V. Brown
Pine Bluffs
Rodney Gayland
Reinhold M. Miller
Daton
Lawrence Miller
Melvin Miller
North Platte
Marjorie Plante
Virgil Cole
Denver
Bryant Bound Over In Malicious Destruction Case
Bryant Bound Over from Deer Lodge Montana after arraignment this morning on malicious destruction of property charges. He is held on a $250 bond and awaits a district court hearing.
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William Bryant
Deer Lodge
Mont
Second Phase Of UF Drive Ready To Go
The 1962 United Fund drive shows about 3500 collected in advance gifts as of this morning, Ada Hansen reports. She believes early returns are slightly ahead of last year, with a $16000 goal in sight but several teams still unpaid. The employee employer phase begins with a morning kickoff, as dozens of team workers fan out across Sidney to solicit contributions for four member agencies. Benny Hochman leads the drive aided by UF officials and volunteers. A Sioux Ordnance Depot campaign launches Tuesday at Building 202 with leader talks by Jack Knicely and Waldo Dearing addressing depot personnel. Ira Johnson chairs the Sioux Federal Fund Raising Committee. Keith Morris and William Faragher serve on the committee. Sioux aims for a record per capita response.
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United Fund
Ada Hansen
Sidney Business District
Benny Hochman
Focal
Sioux
Jack Knicely
Sidney Attorney
Waldo Dearing
Col
Harvey Bower
Ira Johnson
Keith Morris
William Faragher
Six Thousand Ton Storage Building To Aid Safflower Trade
A six thousand ton storage building is being added to safflower facilities east of Sidney. Ned Robinson, manager of the PVO GM safflower plant, says the new steel warehouse will be ready in two to three weeks to ease a tight year for storage. Other local and co op elevators remain open to safflower seed. Weather could relieve the storage squeeze as harvest advances across the four state area.
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Co-Op
Potter and Chappell
Con
Pvo-Gm
Robinson
Sidney Mill
Open House kicks off Fire Prevention Week at Sioux Depot
Fire Prevention Week starts with an open house at the Sioux Ordnance Depot Fire Department offering tours of a modern firehouse and a Fire Prevention cemetery, plus extinguisher demonstrations from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily all week. Next Sunday Sidney Fire Department stages a public demonstration with a burning house at 183th and Toledo to show tactics for fighting fires, rescuing victims, and locating the source, beginning at noon.
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Sioux Ordnance Depot Fire Department
Sidney Fire Department
183Th
Toledo
Fire Fighting Demonstration Postponed To Sunday Oct 15
Sidney Volunteer Fire Department postpones the National Fire Prevention Week drill to Sunday at 12 noon. Fire Chief Harvey Vizina leads 45 active members in a staged burn of the Roy Sanks house at 13th and Toledo to practice locating fires rescuing a dummy and handling hazards. The department lists officers directors and 25 year members among its 45 plus volunteers, with a fleet including a 1942 Dodge truck a 1954 American La France 1 000 gallon truck and a rescue unit.
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Sidney
Wfe Gehrig
Harold Tobin
Lee Gatn
Fred George
Frank Jengl
Harry Marsh
George
Red" Porter
M W Riggs
W W Schulz
Reynold Spence
Roy Tobler
Bob Wait
Ray Wellner
Ernest Worden
Francis Stone
Mrs Hiett 79 Dies After Long Illness in Sidney Area
Gertrude Caroline Shaw Hiett aged 79 a longtime Lorenzo Sidney resident died Sunday at Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services set for Tuesday 2 p.m. at First Christian Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Memorial Hospital memorial requested by family. Survived by five children 17 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren with ties to York Nebraska Sidney Denver Davenport and Berthoud among others.
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Gertrude Hiett
Lorenzo and
Sidney
Memorial Hospital
First Christian Church
Aubrey Russell
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig Mortuary
Gertrude Caroline Shaw
York
Neb
John Shaw
Earl V. Hiett
Cheyenne County
Hiett
James
Lois) Hazelwood
Paul
Lucille) Pearson
Doris) Delaney
Davenport
Iowa
Marvin
Denver
Robert
Grace Schreiner
Berthoud
Colo
Ray Bolton
Stromburg
Miles Shaw
Fresno
Calif
Bushnell
Former Groceryman Dies In Scottsbluff
Ralph Chappell a former Sidney resident died in a Scottsbluff hospital after a fall fractured his leg in two places. Death was attributed to a heart attack Sunday morning. He managed the O P Skaggs grocery in Sidney. Surviving wife at 216 W 20th Scottsbluff son Doug Las a teacher in Scottsbluff and daughter Mary Jo in Chicago.
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Ralph Chappell
Sidney
Scottsbluff Hospital
O P Skaggs
W 20Th
Scottsbluff
Douglas
Mary Jo
Chicago
Snow Threat Is Past Here
Improving weather expected in the Nebraska Panhandle after a weekend of leaden skies and snow threats. Western Nebraska was to receive six inches of snow Sunday but moisture turned to light drizzle. In Sidney the temperature was 32 degrees with no crop damage expected, and a potential cooler night without damaging freezes. The Lodgepole Valley sugar beet harvest proceeds amid cooler September conditions, with farmers noting lower than expected tonnage. Great Western Sugar Co at Ovid could not report current averages. beet digging continues unless weather interferes.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Lodgepole
Great Western Sugar Co
Ovid
Area VII Land and Stubble Mulch Judging Contested
About 150 4-H and FFA youths from Kimball Oshkosh Alliance Bridgeport Bayard Chadron and Sidney areas gather in Cheyenne County for the Area VII Land and Stubble Mulch Judging contest. The event opens at 8 30 a m with registration at the 4 H building and features scoring briefings by Harold Gilman and Charles Fenster before judging eight sites. The noon program includes a film Junior Rain Drops after which ribbons will be awarded and the winning teams advance to the state meet in Lincoln on Saturday Oct 21. County agents FFA instructors soil and conservation staff assist with scoring and the Soil Conservation District board and 4 H leaders serve as directors. the contest is open to the public.
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Cheyenne County
Ivan Liljegren
Kimball
Oshkosh
Alliance
Bridgeport
Bayard
Chadron
Sidney
Fairgrounds
FFA
Lincoln
Soil Conservation District Board
Bob Anderson
Sidney Draw Farmer
Liljegren
Speaker Set For Wheat Belt Meeting
Dr Dwight Nesmith of Kansas State University has accepted as main speaker for the Wheat Belt Public Power District annual meeting. The all day event on Saturday Oct 28 in Dalton will feature Nesmith on The Farm City Future. Senator Dave Martin may also attend.
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Dwight Nesmith
Department of Agricultural and Industrial Services
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Wheat Belt
Jury Call Date Rescheduled for District Court
The district court jury call is moved to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday Oct 17 per clerk Mrs Ruby Henkle. Jurors were previously told to report on Wednesday Oct 11.
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District Court
Ruby Henkle
On-Farm Industry Meeting Aims to Boost Diversification
A Wednesday night meeting at Chappellire Hall promotes on-farm industry to diversify farming with limited investment. Hollis Newman of Neway Manufacturing will speak on hog production equipment, highlighting barley use as a secondary crop and the chance for farmers to increase income without large building costs. Transportation from Wheat Belt Building at 7:15 p.m. provided.
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FFA
Chappellire Hall
Wheat Belt Public
Lienemann
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United Fund Drive
Mrs. Brown
Bryant
Harold Weagen
Trailer City
Norman Sharp
George Wheelock
Woagen
Harvey Vizina
Willis King
Floyd Lanks
Harold Tobin King
Merle Bobo
Richard Boyer
Bob Hassle
W. E Gehrig
Earl Henderson
Dan Benzel
Ron Ahlberg
Jim Brooks
Roy Bauer
Roy Bobo
Carl Christ, Jr
Cary Christ
M. L. Drake
Virgil Greever
Charles Hawkins
Walter Herboldsheimer
Phillip Hannemann
Jack Hutchison
Mike Hartzler
Russell Joder
Marvin Kettler
Arnold Larson
Louis Nienhaeser
Ray Oliverius
Gene Orton
George Ott
J. R. Paxton
Myron Peter
George Porter
L Sharp
Cliff Sanford
Richard Schiller
Henry Schoenholtz
Dean Stettner
Dallas Stettner
Gerry van Natter
Carrol Wagaman
Don Vizina
Robert Williamson
Soil Conservation
Roger Plantz
Charles Helfrich
Board of Supervisors
Keith Sprenger
Wendell Mathewson
Ed Block
Ed Sanders
Nebraska Panhandle
Big Territory
4-H
Frances Craig
Southern Panhandle Area Development Association
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Gene Lienemann
The
South
Ern Panhandle Committee
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