Registration In Rome Stretch In Sidney Ahead Of Election
Voter registration for the Now 8 general election in Sidney heads into a home stretch with a deadline of next Saturday Oct 29. The city clerk’s office at 1112 Jackson St will stay open until nine pm to accommodate the public. Democrats outregistered Republicans 50 to 28 in a 14 hour day, boosting total registrations to about 3,200 as of this afternoon. estimates foresee 3,400 to 3,500 by week’s end. Residents must register to vote within city limits. no countywide effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Tobin
Sidney
Jackson St
Charles Gunderson Dies At 81 native of Potter
Charles Gunderson 81 a Potter native and longtime Potter cattleman died suddenly of a heart attack Saturday at his home. Born Aug. 21 1879 he built the Gunderson Hotel in 1910 and operated it until five years ago. Surviving are wife Mable Mae Retherford two sisters two brothers and no children. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. First Evangelical Lutheran Church Potter with burial in Potter Cemetery. Craig Mortuary in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Charles Gunderson
Potter
Adams
Mary Rasmussen
Gunderson
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Vernon Hintermeyer
Potter Cemetery
Craig Mortuary
Mable Mae Retherford
Emma Olson
Dix
Myrtle Gunderson
Tie Siding
Wye
W. E. Gunderson
Longmont
Elmer Gunderson
Denver
Funeral Today for A R Sassaman 53 Dalton Resident
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Arthur Ray Sassaman 53 who died Saturday at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Dalton He was a longtime Cheyenne County resident a farmer near Sidney and near Dalton Survived by two brothers Harry of Boise Idaho Fred of Westminster California and three sisters Mamie Averill Minnie Edgecomb and Ivan Law Burial will be Wednesday at Coleridge Nebraska Born May 12 1907 in Carroll Nebraska He never married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Ray Sassaman
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Dalton
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Alien Stikker
Cletus Semper
Gehrig and
San
Coleridge
Neb
Carroll, Neb
Sassaman
Soward
Mary Miles Sassaman
Harry
Boise
Idaho
Fred
Westminster
Calif
Mamie E.averill
Minnie V. Edgecomb
Nampa
Ivan Law
Belvidere
No Fund Check Charge Admitted by Worth
Worth Stanley Worth admitted writing a no fund check drawn on The Dalton State Bank. He pled not guilty before County Judge C. W. Smith and was bound over to district court under a $300 bond, which was furnished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Worth
Dalton State Bank
C. W. Smith
Sidney Groups Press East Nebraska Against Air Cuts
Sidney joins McCook Imperial Sterling and other towns seeking help from eastern Nebraska cities to protest Frontier Air Lines plan to cut southern route service to one round trip daily by November 1. The meeting in Lincoln aims to unite Omaha Lincoln Hastings and others in a strong case despite Frontier’s federal interstate routing stance and state actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
East
Nebraska
Lincoln
Frontier Air Lines
Wayne Moran
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
McCook
Imperial
Sterling
Colo
Frontier
Moran
Omaha
Hastings
Day
Tmred
Frontier Attorneys
U.S. District Court
Nebraska Aeronautics Department, Railway Commission
Kearney
Railway Commission
Ming
C Shelton
Frontier Contents
Myron Carlson Seeks Another Grand Cattle Honor
Myron Carlson of 3 Bar D Ranch aims for another Grand Champion award at the 1960 Chicago Feeder Cattle Show and Sale starting October 27. Carlson, who lists Lodgepole as his address, won the top honor last year. Union Pacific Railroad provides livestock cars for the trip to Chicago with no feed stop en route. This is Carlson’s fourth year entering his Angus cattle and earning high honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Carlson
Chicago
Carlson
Lodgepole
Union Pacific Railroad
Seven Complaints Filed Over Game Law Violations in State
County Judge C W Smith received seven complaints from the Nebraska game department about violations. Names include Dave Johnson of Sidney with a loaded shotgun, Thore3s A Mave of Kimball with an unloaded sun and loaded shotgun in a vehicle, Richard A Burr of Sidney for no game stamp, Frank J Burdick with a loaded shotgun in a vehicle, Robert L Sterkel with a loaded gun in a vehicle, James Bricker with a loaded shotgun in a vehicle, and Edward Fristrom with a loaded shotgun in a vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C W Smith
Nebraska Tishaa Game Department
Dave © Johnson
Sidney
Mave
Kimball
Richard A Burr
Frank J Burdick
Robert L Sterkel
James Bricker
Edward Fristrom
Drivers Warned Against Driving In Farm Fields
Sheriff W. W. Schulz reported multiple complaints from farmers about motorists entering wheat fields, especially at night, causing damage. Hunters also seen driving across fields, tearing up crops. the sheriff warned that heavy damage can be inflicted on rain fields by such driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Schulz
1170 Depot Acres Up For Lease At Sioux Ordnance Depot
The District Engineer of U S Army Engineers Omaha announces bids for a five year lease of about 1170 acres at Sioux Ordnance Depot for harvesting hay and or crested wheat grass seed only. Interested parties may write the District Engineer at 6012 U S Post Office or Courthouse Omaha Nebraska 68102.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army Engineers of
Omaha
Sioux Ordnance Depot
U.S. Army Engineering District of
U.S. Post Office
No. 17Th St
Omaha 2
Nebraska
REA Chief Speaks At State Meet
Delegates to the Nebraska Rural Electric Assn semi annual meeting in Sidney will hear David A Hamil National Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration at Tuesday noon. The two day program opens with registration and committee meetings followed by a banquet featuring the Nebraska Rural Electric Beauty Pageant. Crowning the queen will be Miss Virginia Olson of Sargent, current Miss Nebraska Rural Electrification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Rural Electric Assn
David A Hamil
Rural Electrification Administration
Hamil
Logan County
Colorado
NREA
Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
Nebraska Rural Electric
Dorothy Mae Paulsen
Richard Paulsen
Oak
Miss South Central
Assa
Diane Osentowski
A. E. Osentowski
Ansley
Custer Public Power District
Nancy Nelson
Robert Nelson
Albion
Cornhusker Rural Public Power District
Virginia Olson, Sargent
Miss Nebraska Rural Electrification
Custer
Paul Ogier
Wallace
Nebraska Rural Electric Assa
Sidney
David Hamil
National Rea
Betty Hoosier Dies After Brave Fight at Six
Betty Jean Hoosier six died Saturday morning at Memorial Hospital after weeks of illness. Her funeral is set for ten o clock tomorrow at St Patrick s Catholic Church with Rev Vincent Pelster presiding. Burial will follow at Ft Morgan Colorado. Surviving are her parents Virgil and Betty Hoosier four sisters Connie Donna Ellen and Arlene grandparents Mrs Ethel Border and Ollie Hoosier great grandparents Amos Elledge Lula Brown and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jean Hoosier
Virgil Hoosier
Betty Jean
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Soux Lions Club
St Patrick’s Catholic Church
Vincent Pelster
Ft. Morgan
Colo
Craig Mortuary
Connie
Donna
Ellen
Arlene
Ethel Border
Brush
Ollie Hoosier
Amos Elledge
Denver
Lula Brown
Akron
Goodall Gifts $225000 to Doane College for Memorial Building
Mrs. Robert A. Goodall of Ogallala announced at Doane College Alumni Homecoming Banquet a $225,000 gift to fund a new classroom facility named the Goodall Memorial Arts and Science Building. The donor, widow of Goodall Electric founder and Doane alumnus, previously endowed the Goodall Cedar Point Girl Scout Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crete — A
Doane College
Goodall
Robert A. Goodall
Ogallala
Clarice M. McLeod
Doane
Aift
Good-All Electric Manufacturing Company
Cedar Point
Lake Keystone
Nebraska
Beet Acreage Hike Limited By Factories
Final payment for the 1959 beet crop totals over 2.15 million dollars in the Ovid district with an average of 12.11 per ton. The 1960 harvest shows 50 percent complete with yields and sugar content up, while plans for a 10 to 15 percent acreage increase depend on factory limits and government rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid
Great Western Sugar Co
I. L. Johnson
A.S.C
Johnson
Lodgepole Valley
U. S Dept. of Agriculture
Cuba
Gwesco
Frank A. Kemp
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Wyoming
Montana
Kemp
Second Oil Discovery In Week Reported Today
Completion work is underway at a potential oil discovery in Cheyenne County north of Potter with Pfeiffer Oil and Gas finding six feet of good saturation in the J sand at No 1 Mather. Despite a drill stem test packet failure oil and mud recovery were encouraging enough to justify running casing. No water encountered. Nearby wells and new drill notices indicate ongoing activity across the Panhandle with several operators planning new wells in Banner Kimball Red Willow and other counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Potter
Pfeiffer Oil
No. 1
Mather
Frei Field
Petroleum Inc
Frei Cse
Pfeiffer
Panhandle
Chandler and
Simpson
Kimball
Phelps
Nebraska
Southwest
Red Willow
Hitchcock
Dundy
Frontier
Gordon Carley Elected Second Vice President Of Nebraska Firemen
Gordon F. Carley of Dalton is elected second vice president of the State Volunteer Firemen's Assn at Chadron closing the four day state convention. New officers include Alvin Rausch president Ernest H Wolf first vice president Russel D Salak secretary treasurer and Rev Walter C Rundin chaplain. Fire training instructors reported eight towns remain to be standardized for firefighting and described statewide efforts to standardize hose connections hydrants and equipment for 482 departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon F. Carley
Dalton
Volunteer Firemen’s Assn
Chadron
Alvin Rausch
Norfolk
Ernest H Wolf
Deshler
Russel D. Salak
Schuyler
Walter C. Rundin
Wahoo
State Department of Education
Nebraska
William A. Berens
Bruce H. Wilson
James E. Doyle
Dalton Youth Is Winner In Land Judging
Jerry Flora of Dalton a Dalton High senior won the state 4 H Land Judging Contest at Scotia earning first place for Cheyenne County in his first year. Flora led a four man Cheyenne County 4 H team that included Policky Hutchison and Runge though the squad did not place. Francis Jorgensen Curtis high school placed eighth in the individual FFA event. Lancaster County won 4 H honors and Papillion won the FFA contest. Charles Stonecipher assisted the Cheyenne County group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Flora
Dalton
Dalton High School
Scotia
Cheyenne County
Jerry
Flora
David Policky
David Hutchison
Bob Runge
Francis Jorgensen
Curtis
Lancaster County
Charles Stonecipher
Chappell To Host Wheatbelt Meeting
The Wheatbelt Public Power District will hold its annual meeting away from Sidney for the first time. This year the gathering is set for Saturday at the Chappell high school auditorium to attract attendance from the eastern portion of the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chappell
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Sidney
North Potter Wildcat Site In Spotlight
Cheyenne County reports a potential second oil discovery within a week as Nebraska Drillers Inc tests the No 1 Bergt wildcat in NESW Sec 17 16 51 recovering 150 barrels of oil from a J sand stem test after 5164 to 90 feet open for two hours. Two Cheyenne County wells plus Ohio Oil Co No 5 Robirds drill test are noted with production prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Nebraska Drillers Inc
North Potter Territory
Petroleum Inc
Frei
Potter
Ohio
Lorenzo
Pebble Field
Ohio Oil Co
Four Drilling Items on Nebraska Oil Commission Agenda
The Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission will hold a meeting November 16 at ten a.m. at Ft. Sidney Motors Hotel. Items include applications by Gordon Cloepfil Texota Oil Co and Harper Oil for exception to drilling rules for J sand and D sand wells at unorthodox locations in Franzen Dalton Faro Dimick Fields with specifics sections and coordinates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission
Ft. Sidney Motors
Cheyenne County
Gordon Cloepfil
Commission
Franzen
Texota Oil Co
Dalton
Texota
Faro
Harper Oil Co
Dimick
Oil Wells Drilling Progress Across Nebraska Fields
In the Sidney district test, 5 170 to 90 feet yielded 730 feet of clean oil 350 feet of oil cut mud and 180 feet of muddy water. Completion work is underway after reaching 5 245 feet total depth. Anschutz and Farran plan another Robirds land well while drilling near Potter at No 1 Ruhrdorf wildcat and TWH Drilling Co. works as contractor. Anschutz also readies No 1 Dalton near Gurley. In Morrill County Miami Petroleum adds No 3 A Waitman and progresses on 4 A Waitman at 4 127 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Sidney
Robirds
Potter
Anschutz Drilling Co
Farran Development Co
Anschutz
Cheyenne County
Dalton
Gurley
Denver
Morrill County
Miami Petroleum Co
Waitman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rome
Robert Kallhoff
Gordon R. Tobin
Thompson
A. R. Sassaman
Rea
Board For Directors
Ogier
K L. Moore
Betty Hoosier
Mrs. Goodall
Pep
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Admiral Oil’s, Inc
No 1
Sandberg
Edwards Field
Banner County
Bedrock Oil and Gas Co., Inc
McCarty
Simpson Field
Kimball County
HLM Drilling Co
W. C. Poole
Muhr
Wildcat
A T Skaer
W. H. Young
Jones
the Frontier Refining Co
Hofman
Ackman Field
Redwiliw County
Skelly Oil Company
Lang
Sleepy Hollow
Redwillow County
Harless
NE. Sf
Love-Miller Drilling Co. Inc
Dolcater
Chandler & Simpson
Larson
The
Frontier Refining Company
Haag
Ackman
Petro-Lewis, Ltd
Dow & McHugh
Grubb
Petroleum, Inc
Blake
Cse
Blake Field
Ashby Drilling Co., Ltd
Burnett
Anschutz Drilling Co., Inc
Miami Petroleum Co., Inc
Waitman Field
CSW
Buffalo County
Pubco Petroleum Corp
Wayes
Gordon Carley
Mr. Berens
Sidney Department
Harvey Vizina
Clarence Hansen
Virgil Greever
Willis King
George Porter
Jim Paxton
Francis Stone
Russell Joder
Richard Boyer
Earl Henderson
Dalton Youth
Wheatbelt Meeting
North Potter
Oil Board
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