New Drilling Sites Staked Across Nebraska Week
Announcement of seven new wildcat drilling programs in Nebraska says operators Sundance Oil Stuartco Oil Co Miami Oil Producers Murfin Drilling Thomas Producing and Calloway will drill in Kimball Banner Lincoln Hitchock Morrill Red Willow and Banner counties. Two new field wells Ten naco Red Willow and Pan American Banner County are also listed with Exeter as contractor. The week also notes several dry holes and a South Dakota test by Elk Oil Co near Edgemont with Baker Drilling as contractor.
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Nebraska
Sundance Oil and
Stuarco Oil Co
Kimball County
Banner County
Miami Oil
Murfin Drilling Co.Thomas Producing
Wiliam O. Calloway
Miami
Lincoln County
Meyer Ranch Co
Brestel Ranch Co
Murfin-Thomas
Hitchcock County
Baker
CSE
Callowa
Exeter Drilling Co
Sinclair Oil and Gas
Singleton
Singleton Fiell
Matador
Morrill County
Matador-Willson
W. W. Garber
J. W. Vanderveer
Cheyenne County
Co. R. Bale and Strain Drilling Co
Haag
Red Willow County
CSW NW
Silver Creek
Custer
Keith
Lincoln
Red Willow
Sioux
Cheyenne
Kimball
Morrill
South Dakota
ELK Oil Co
Edgemont
Baker Drilling Co
Cook No. 5 First State Oil Well Hits Half Million
Nebraska's Cook No. 5 well in the Cook Field northeast of Sidney passed the 500 000 barrel milestone after resuming operations July 13 following repairs. The well, completed October 14, 1952, had produced 499 740 barrels by June 10 and was confirmed by Marathon Oil Co. official R. W. McCanne.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Cook No
Cook
Sidney
R. W. McCanne
Casper
Marathon Oil Co
Marathon Messenger
Kimball Men Form Oil Drilling Firm in Ponasco
Five Kimball men filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state for Ponasco Inc an oil drilling firm with 25000 authorized capitalization Incorporators are Charles E Harris Harper A High Robert L Poundstone Reed Gilmore and Jack H Myers.
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Lincoln
Kimball
Ponasco, Inc
Charles E. Harris
Harper A. High
Robert L. Poundstone
Reed Gilmore
Jack H. Myers
County Educators Will Meet Sept 17
The Cheyenne County Educators Assn will hold its first fall meeting on Monday Sep 17 at the Gurley School at 7 30 pm Robert Scoville of Gurley, the president, says the session will focus on committee selection and planning the year’s program.
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Cheyenne County
Sears Names New Manager in Sidney Store
Bob Williams has been appointed manager of the Sears catalog store in Sidney. He arrived from Cortez Colorado where he led the store for nine months, after a two month trainee stint in Farmington New Mexico. A Lamar Colorado native, he previously ran a pizza business for two years. Williams, a 1958 Colorado State University graduate, lives with his wife Kathryn and their nine month old son Jamie at 642 Charlotte Drive.
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Sears
Sidney
Bob Williams
Cortez
Colo
Farmington, New Mex
Lamar
Williams
Colorado State University At
Fort Collins
Mr. Williams
Kathryn
Jamie
Charlotte Drive
Peetz School enrollment reaches 168 with Stony Butte addition
Peetz School enrollment totals 168 after including five Stony Butte pupils. District figures show breakdown by grades with Peetz opening August 31 and football and band activities planned. First football game moved from September 7 to later dates with trips to Crook and Ovid and a September 28 home game against Sedgwick. Band participation slated for Band Day at the University of Colorado Boulder on September 29.
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Peetz
Erest W. Maurer
Stony Butte
Plateau
Padroni
Crook
Ovid
Sedgwick
University of Colorado
Boulder
Administrative Post Open in Nebraska Merit System
The Nebraska Merit System seeks an Executive Director for the Nebraska Committee for Children and Youth in the Department of Public Welfare. Salary ranges from 515 to 665 dollars monthly. Qualifications include one year of graduate study in specified fields and welfare agency experience. Further details at the Department of Public Welfare, Room 358, State Capitol, or the Nebraska Merit System, 11th Floor, State Capitol, Lincoln.
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Nebraska Merit System
Nebaaska Committee For Children and Youth
Department of Public Welfare
State Capitol
Lincoln
Art Show And Auction Set For Scottsbluff
The Artist's Guild will hold a sidewalk art show in Scottsbluff on Sept 16 and 17 with over 100 paintings displayed along North Broadway around the Art Center. An auction will follow on Sept 17 at 8 p.m. Gordon Roudebush serves as auctioneer after a 7:30 p.m. guild meeting.
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Artist’s Guild
Scottsbluff
Art Center
North Broadway
Gordon Roudebush
Allan
Hawkins Funeral Held At Peetz EUB Church
Funeral services for Mrs Jennie McHawkins 91 were held Tuesday at the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Peetz. She died last Saturday at Memorial Hospital after two years of declining health. Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery, with Gehrig and Son in charge. Born July 2 1871 in Virginia, she married Charles F Hawkins in 1890 at Stanton Neb. He died in 1944. they farmed near Lorenzo before his passing.
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Jennie McHawkins
Memorial Hospital
Hawkins
Cheyenne County
Raymond Scott
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Peetz
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Dave Ruhter
Bill Ruhter
Edson Madden
Lester Vernon
J. C. Peters
Glenn Easterly
Jennie M. Berg
Virginia
Wiliam A
Elizabeth Taylor Berg
Pilger, Neb
Stanton, Neb
Charles F. Hawkins
Funeral Services Held For Bernard Fehringer
Bernard A. Fehringer 67 died Monday at Veterans Hospital Cheyenne after a two week illness. Funeral rites were Thursday at Sacred Heart Church Peetz with military graveside honors in Peetz Cemetery. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home handled arrangements. He was born May 14 1895 in Humphrey Nebraska to George and Katie Fehringer and married Anna Evenz Jan 17 1922 at Peetz Colorado. The couple farmed in the Peetz area for 43 years.
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Bernard A. Fehringer
Veterans Hospital
Cheyenne
Wyo
Fehringer
Peetz
Omer Foxhaven
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Funeral for Mrs L J Darnall Held at First Christian Church
Funeral rites were held Tuesday for Mrs J J Darnell 65 who died early Sunday in Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. She had lived in the area 33 years. The Rev Aubrey Russell officiated at the First Christian Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. She was born July 10, 1897 in Glenwood Iowa daughter of Noah and Charlotte Swartz Harlan and married Lester James Darnall December 24 1919 in Lincoln Nebraska. The couple farmed near Lorenzo before moving to Sidney in 1951.
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J. J Darnell
Memorial Hospital
Aubrey Russell
First Christian Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig
Sam McClung
Alvin Dorman
Joe Gerler
Asa Couch
Lyndell Brown
Ralph Fleming
L. V. Harlan
Glenwood
Iowa
Noah and
Charlotte Swartz Harlan
Lincoln
Neb
Lester James Darnall
Fort Laramie
Wyo
Lorenzo
Sidney
19Th Ave
Last Rites Held For Mrs Anna Proper 67 Sidney Resident
Tuesday funeral services were held for Mrs Anna Elizabeth Proper 67 a Sidney resident for 40 years after a two year illness. The Craig Mortuary rites were conducted with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were Karl Sprenger Clarence Couch Alvin Dorman Asa Couch Maurine Rapp and Charles Smith.
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Anna Elizabeth Proper
Sidney
Aubrey Russell
Craig
Greenwood Cemetery
Karl Sprenger
Clarence Couch
Alvin Dorman
Asa Couch
Maurine Rapp
Charles Smith
Rudy's Ad Earns National Notoriety in Swift Premium
An advertisement for Rudy's, Inc. in The Sidney Telegraph May 8 won nationwide recognition for clarity and branding. The double-page Rudy's ad, part of Swift & Company's Swift Premium Brand Ads of the Month, led a campaign for Proton Beef with Swift citations. Rudy's owner Rudy Munderloh received a scroll award and a laminated replica. J C Adams, Swift's Midwest merchandising manager, notes the ad's selection among 32 of 3,000 monthly entries. Rion Rosemund led Telegraph advertising efforts.
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Rudy’s, Inc
Sidney Telegraph
Swift & Company
Swift
Rudy
Proton Beef
Reader’s Digest
Midwest
J. C. Adams
Rudy Munderloh
Birth, marriages, and deaths of Anna Elizabeth Scheneman
Anna Elizabeth Scheneman born May 24, 1895 in Lincoln Nebraska to Carl and Johannah. She married Joan McCann January 7, 1916 in Edison Nebraska. The couple lived in Glenda Wyoming 1917 to 1922 then moved to Sidney. McCann died in 1923. She married James C Proper in April 1937 in Bridgeport Nebraska. he died in 1959. A son Ambrose died in 1949.
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Anna Elizabeth Scheneman
Lincoln
Neb
Carl and
Johannah Scheneman
Edison
Joan McCann
Glenda
Wyo
Sidney
McCann
Bridgeport
James C. Proper
Ambrose
Mrs Dorwart 90 Dies in Lexington Rites Saturday
Mrs D C Dorwart aged 90 widow of a Friend Cemetery burial in the family plot survived by two sons and three daughters died after long illness at her Lexington home Funeral services set for Saturday at Friend with burial in the family plot where her husband rests Dr C B Dorwart of Sidney is one of her sons.
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D C. Dorwart
C. B. Dorwart
Sidney
Lexington
Friend
Sheepmen To Meet In Lodgepole For Referendum Talk
Sheepmen of Cheyenne Deuel County plan a regular meeting at 8 p m on Thursday September 13 in the First State Bank building Lodgepole. Main topic is the upcoming referendum to be voted on by sheep producers.
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Cheyenne-Deuel County
First State Bank
Lodgepole
Mahaffey Named Sidney Elks Club Steward
Mahaffey has been named steward of the Sidney Elks Club with the change effective Tuesday. New hours run 10 am to midnight on weekdays and bingo games start every other Saturday from Sept 29, with initiation night Sept 17 at 6:30 pm dinner. Elks Lodge members are asked to help run the events.
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H C
Mahaffey
Sidney Elks Club
Elks Lodge
Hochmann to Speak at Warren Air Base
Benno Wochmann of Sidney is invited to speak at Warren Air Force Base Cheyenne Wyoming on September 18 to officers dining in and to tour missile installations. The invitation comes from Brig Gen William S Rader, base commanding officer.
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Benno Wochmann
Sidney
Warren Air Force Base
Cheyenne
Wyo
William S Rader
Hochmann
Rader
Have Something to Sell or Trade Try Telegraph Want Ads
Classified readers are invited to place want ads in the Telegraph for selling or trading items. The page promotes quick, affordable listings and outlines simple steps to submit notices.
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Telegraph
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Cook No. 5
New Sears
Peetz Eub Church
Bernard Fehringer
L. J. Darnall
Anna Proper
D. C. Dorwart
Warren Air Base
Pratt & Lambert
Pattslamben
Didney Flooring Supply Co
Jackson
Fleet Wholesale
Tri-State Supply
Tom Kokjer
Kokier
BEL Air
Kokjer Motor CO
Chevrolet
13Th & Jackson
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