Lone Holiday Death In Cheyenne Area
Nebraska's Labor Day weekend saw its lone auto fatality in the southern Panhandle as Katherine Treadwell 32 of Berkeley California died after a one car crash near Chappell on Highway 30. Her brother in law Joan drove the car that left the road and overturned in a ditch.
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Southern
Panhandle
Nebraska
Berkeley
Calif
Katherine Treadwell
Cheyenne
Treadwell
Chappell
Ogallala
Joan
Harold
Sidney
J. M. Clothier
Clothier
Wilfred Deke
Ohiowa
Neb
Deke
Youth Charged After Car Hits Parked Vehicle
Sidney youth Larry Hobbs 16 faced careless driving charges after his 1946 car struck a parked 1953 model at 1605 Cedar Street around 11 25 a.m. Monday. Passenger Larry Schade 16 received a cut above the right eye. property damage estimated in the hundreds.
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Sidney
Larry Hobbs
Hobbs
Cedar Street
Gerald McCasilin
Larry Schade
Taxing Man Claims Over Levies In Cheyenne County
Bill Lyons of the Union Pacific Railroad audits county school district levies and finances. He reports over levies in districts 1 4 5 9 12 36 64 75 and 97 with Sidney needing two mills less. Consolidated Sidney levy remains 74 mills. county commissioners receive Lyons report. no levy changes ordered.
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Fin’ Hines
Cheyenne County
Union Pacific Railroad
Bill Lyons
U. P
Lyons
Sidney Lyons
T. L. Pindell
Sidney
Cars Collide Near Illinois Street In Sidney
Damage was estimated at 325 dollars after a collision between Dale Ver ton and Virgil Greever, both of Sidney. The crash occurred on 13th Avenue near Illinois Street at 4 36 p m yesterday. No injuries were reported.
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Danage
Dale Verton
Virgil Greever
Sidney
13Th Avenue
Illinois Street
State Severance Tax Hike Could Break $100000 Mark
Nebraska oil and gas severance tax may exceed $100000 for the first time in the 17 month history as August revenues are expected to surpass the figure. Daily production in late August averaged a record 55000 barrels of crude oil. For May to July, oil and gas sales totaled $17977526.50 with a 2 percent severance tax producing $279551.28 in that period.
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Nebraska
Scottbluff man fined for DUI in Cheyenne County
Paul Clark, 24, of Scottsbluff, was fined 106 dollars and costs and had his driver's license suspended for six months after pleading guilty to driving while under the influence in Cheyenne County Court yesterday.
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Paul Clark
Scottsbluff
Cheyenne
Clark
Public School Enrollment Edges Down at Sidney
Opening day figures show Sidney public schools with 1 868 pupils overall down from 1 914 a year earlier. Elementary enrollment rose to 1 367 from 1 205. secondary grades steady at 701, junior high 379 and high school 322. Parochial attendance drew away kindergartners. Don Larson failed to report as junior high coach, prompting extra assignments for five teachers and new coaching posts for Bill Harris and Arven Reynolds.
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Supt
O. J. Weymouth
Don Larson
Chadron
Larson
Los Angeles
Bill Harris
Arven Reynolds
County Board Gets 2 Pleas Two Requests Tabled And Resolved
County commissioners approved closing a road segment near Lodgepole to curb trash dumping. They also granted a $25 monthly raise petition for eight courthouse workers. A $240 appraisal set for a 50 foot wide strip along section 16-15-47 enables a 100 foot right of way for a new federally funded road.
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Lodgepole
George Coulter
State Board of Educational Lands
Parents Seek Safer Travel For Sidney Students
A 12 member parent delegation pressed the Sidney Board of Education about transporting about 28 east side students to city schools. With no district buses for out city routes and safety concerns, the board will revisit using District No. 2 bus or a Trailer City run, while urging parents to arrange immediate transportation.
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Sidney Board of Education
Highway 30
Sidney
Union Pacific
District No. 2
Trailer City
Sidney Board
Two New Building Permits Raised Sidney Construction Total
Sidney’s war construction total climbed to 758 549 with two new building permits issued by the city inspector. Art Cunningham sought a 20 000 permit for a garage and shop on the Fenske Addition fronting Highway 30 between the county fairgrounds access and a drainage ditch.
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Sidney
Art Cunningham
Fenske
Highway 30
County Fairgrounds
Men's Chorus Begins Monday New Members Sought
The Men's Community Chorus will start weekly meetings on Monday September 9 at 8 pm in the junior high vocal room. Directors William Fankhauser and George Hinn seek a large turnout and note that singing interest is all that is required to join. Last year 45 men participated and organizers hope for more in the second year.
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William Fankhauser
George Hinn
Sidney Driver Fined for Drinking Count
Charles Barnard aged 21 of Sidney was fined 100 dollars and costs in Sidney Police Court after pleading guilty to driving while under the influence charged by the Sidney police following a four vehicle crash on 13th Avenue between Linden and King Streets. Judge Glenn Greenlee suspended his driver's license for six months. Also in court Dick Downing of Sidney was fined 35 dollars and costs for reckless driving and operating without a license.
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Charles Barnard
Sidney
Barnard
13Th Avenue
Linden
King Streets
Glenn Greenlee
Barnards
Dick Downing
Two Properties Sold at Auction in Cheyenne County
Emerald Pete Rapp auctioneer reports two Cheyenne County real estate transfers. Ivan A Walker bought the Lorenzo Walter Phelps property for 6350 dollars. Edwin Wellner property in Sidney sold for 11500 dollars to W E Gehrig.
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Cheyenne County
Emerald
Pete” Rapp
Walter Phelps
Lorenzo
Ivan A Walker
W. E. Gehrig
Edwin Wellner
Sidney
Old Settlers Parade Winners Told at Lodgepole Event
Senator John C. Beaver spoke at the 33rd Old Settlers Reunion in Lodgepole while thousands watched the morning parade. Parade entries peaked at 140 with kids in prizes, including Best costumes and Decorated bikes. Winners across categories featured The Vegetable Man, Scarecrow, and multiple floats and old cars.
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John C. Beaver
Beemer
Nebraska
Lodgepole
A. A. Fenske
Sunol
Beaver
Dwight W. Burney
Julesburg
Earl Henderson
Frank Smith
Sidney
Gurley
Dalton
Chappell
Garden County
C. A. Peterson
Edward Townley
Carl Ziegler
Doyle Foland
L. E. Lydiatt
Kids Parade
Danny Kastens
Tara Peters
Goodview
Lloyd Dykman
Sandra Hernbloom
Elaine Hyde
Kathy
Robert Kimball
Randy Hobson
Lois Stickley
Shirley Mika
Kenneth Humphrey
Frank Jones
Cilldren
Donna Ruth Brown
Kreider Implement Co
Lodgepole Lions Club
Cabella's
Maas No 2 leads Cheyenne County oil gains after Labor Day break
The Cheyenne County oil scene shows one new producer in the Maas No 2, NWSW of 18-17-52, with 650 feet of total fluid of which 470 feet was free oil. Three wells were dry or doubtful, including Johnson No 2. Numerous new locations and wildcats are listed across Kimball, Banner, Garden, Morrill, Kimball and Platte counties as crews resume field work.
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Cheyenne County
British-American Oil
Gaylord-juells
Heider
Shell Oil Co
Petroleum
O.1
Sidney
Denver
Stuarcu Oil
Porter
Reserve Petroleum
Murfin
Marion Oil Co
Wytex Oil Corp
Selover
Banner County
Wildcat
Lowell J. Williamson, Inc
Warner No
Smith Field
Western Prairie Oil Co. & Nebraska Drillers, Inc
Larson
Chandler - Musgrove, Inc
Herbert
Kimball County
Lowell J. Williamson
Pure Oil Co
Stander
Panam
British - American Oil Prod. Co
Fink
Brinkerhoff Drilling Co
Jackson
Garden County
McCord
Tom Palmer, Inc
State
Ansel State Field
Linn-Nugent
Pan American Pet. Corp
Ostgren
Ostgren Field
Great Western Oil Co
Boyle No
Kimball Field
Fredericks - Russell
Legion Starts Member Drive in Sidney Post 7
The American Legion 1958 membership drive begins under Jim Rasmussen, drive chairman for Sidney Post No.7. September marks the start of dues campaigns, with a smoker planned for paid up members in October. Rasmussen notes the post’s extensive community activities.
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American Legion
Jim Rasmussen
Rites Tuesday For Mrs Jorgenson 68
Funeral services for Mrs A J Jorgenson 68 were held at Light Memorial Presbyterian Church. She died Friday morning in Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital after a week-long hospitalization. Burial was at Greenwood Cemetery with Eastern Star rites. Pallbearers included Glenn Spearow Clark Grieve Kermit Moore Leo E Osborn Marius Christensen and George Barlow. Survivors include husband Albert James Jorgenson daughter Gwen dolyn McKenzie son Donald W Draper sister Mrs Raymond Scott and brother Arthur H Draper.
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Light Memorial Presbyterian Church
A. J. Jorgenson
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
H. B. Taylor
Greenwood Cemetery
The
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Eastern Star
Jorgenson
Glenn Spearow
Clark Grieve
Kermit Moore
Leo E. Osborn
Marius Christensen
George Barlow
American National Bank
Sidney National Bank
Mary Ann Draper
Paul and
Margaret Benton Draper
Council Bluffs
Albert James Jorgenson
Sidney
Albert
Gwendolyn McKenzie
McCook
Donald W
Raymond Scott
Los Angeles
Arthur H. Draper
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Thompson
Priver
Terday
Wayne Cornelius
C. J. Cornelius
William Kalous
Thompson Phoic
County Board
Ed Bauman
Bauman
Wichita
Kan
Zoo
Bond & Roiznson Accountants
Schou-Welch Insurance Company
Margaret Mathews
Jaycees
Sidney Zoo
L Men
Old Settlers
Lodgepole Village Fire Department
Wanda’s Gift Shop
Sunnyside School
Wise Locker Plant
Hy Dykman
Korde Dykman
Otto Rahe
Marion Dickinson
Ronald Hadeen
George Fleming
Harold Isley
Buick
Kenneth Johnson
Jerry Fisher
Bud Frahm
Kid’s Ponies
Gregg Ray
Chris Ray
Steve Ray
Oil-Gas News
Davis Oil Co
Soule
Wildcat Davis Oil Co
Graham
Builders Investment
Wildcat Gulf Oil Corp
Stevens
Stevens Field
Champlin Oil & Refining Co
Republic Natural Gas Co
Griffith No
Rue Field
O'Donnell & Edmondson
U.P
Janicek
Skelly Oil Co
Lindberg
Morrill County
Cne
Legion
Mrs. Jorgenson
King and
Labor Day
W. E. Chambers
George Minshall
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