Quiet week in Cheyenne County oil activity with few wells
Cheyenne County saw a quiet week in oil exploration with only one new well, British American Oil Co.’s McNish No. 2 in the Juelfs Gaylord Field, at 1,800 feet. Morrill County reported a wildcat strike by Skelly Oil at Lindberg F No. 1 in the Panhandle, recovering 180 feet of oil and 150 feet of oil-cut mud from 4,627 to 4,637 feet. Banner County saw four new oil pumps planned, led by Wytex and Marion Oil’s Selover No. 1 in the Ludden Field, with a seven-foot sand test yielding 4,440 feet of oil and 270 feet of muddy water. Numerous dry holes and pluggings occurred across Kimball, Banner, and surrounding fields, while several fields extended production with new wells and test results.
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Cheyenne County
British-American Oil Co
McNish
Banner County
Wytex Oil
Marion Oil
Selover
Ludden
Swse
Willson Ranch
Shell Oil
van’ Pelt
Petroleum, Inc
Kimball
Kimball County
Magnolia Petroleum Corp
Riggs
Shell Oil Co
Heidemann
Wytex Oil Corp
Jack Ladmér
Monahan
Warrior Oil Co
Dix
Lowell J. Williamson
Tom Palmer
Linn-Nugent
Marion Oil Co
Gilman
Pan American Rligrrd
Hardéman
Don
Flessner
Bay Station Opens New Eastside Service and Cafe
Bay Station launches its Grand Opening Saturday one mile east of Sidney, offering free ice cream and balloons for kids, coffee and doughnuts for adults, and free hose or 5 pounds of sugar with 10 gallons of gas. Jerry Cole operates the station, Mary Hart and Jean Sterrett run the cafe, with Cole bringing 17 years in the petroleum business and local recognition as a former tank wagon driver.
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Sidney
Jerry Cole
Mary Hart
Jean Sterrett
Cole
Lodgepole dam plan boosts flood protection in Cheyenne County
A large livestock water dam planned near Lodgepole, two and a half miles north, will impound about 70 acre feet over 3500 feet. It aims to curb floodwater entering Lodgepole Creek and is funded under the Agricultural Conservation Program with federal participation. The project, by Orville Kastens, follows a previous stock dam built five years ago that reduced flood inflow to the creek.
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Lodgepole
Orville Kastens
Cheyenne County
Bill Mutter
Kastens
Lodgepol Creek
Mutter
Potter Pioneer Henry Schrear Dies at 83 in Scottsbluff
Henry A. Schrear 83, longtime Potter resident, died Wednesday afternoon in a Scottsbluff hospital. Born October 13, 1876 in Cornell Illinois, he homesteaded near Potter in 1888 and lived there 70 years. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at First Lutheran Potter. burial in Potter cemetery. Survived by sister Rebecca Nelson. Burial arrangements by Craig Mortuary.
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Potter
Scottsbluff
Henry A. Schrear
First Lutheran Church
B. Keller
Kimball
Craig
Craig Mortuary
Mr. Schrear
Cornell, Ill
George
Abigail Robinson Schrear
Burlington Railroad
Schrear
Potter Masonic Lodge
Rebecca Nelson
Nelson
Grain Markets Wheat Price Quoted at Local Elevator
The day’s wheat price quoted by local elevator sources stands at 13 dollars and 73 cents per bushel. This market update records a single grain commodity price with no additional context or items.
New State Laws Take Effect With Higher Taxes And Speed Limits
Nebraska enactments raise gasoline and cigarette taxes by a penny per pack and per gallon, take effect at 12 01 a m, and lift speed limits to 65 mph day 55 mph night. Officials say changes cover 550 signs on 2000 miles with spot revisions, while penalties rise for suspended licenses and the point system eases with variable points.
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Nebraska
L. N. Ross
Robert Meyer
State Highway Department
Meyer
County ASC precinct chairmen listed after election results
Cheyenne County farmers who won ASC precinct chairman posts will meet in Sibney next Thursday to form a county committee or renew the current one. Officials named include James Johnson and Raymond Davis, with a full precinct tallies list by precinct showing winners in chairman, vice chair, regular member and alternates.
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Cheyenne County
Sibney
ASC
James Johnson
Raymond Davis
Herbert Krauter
Brownson
Lester Range
Joe Policky
Wesley Stevens
Arthur McMillen
Clarence Couch
Bunker Hill
John Ehmke
Norman Steffins
Alvin Kuehn
Raymond Kuen
Arthur Borcher
Chambers
State Land Board Schedules Regional Meetings in Nebraska
The State Board of Educational Lands and Funds will hold meetings starting Sept 30 in eastern Nebraska with sessions at Bridgeport on Oct 3 and Sidney on Oct 4. The board invites leaseholders officials and citizens to discuss the state's 1 628 000 acres of endowment land. Bridgeport meeting at 3 p.m. covers Morrill and Scots Bluff counties with 114 lessees. the board then moves to Sidney and will inspect leases the next day.
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State Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Nebraska
Bridgeport
Sidney
Morrill
Scots Bluff
Peetz to Join United Fund Drive Campaign
The village of Peetz will participate in the Logan County United Fund Drive this year. A Peetz Lions Club committee will lead the campaign with Dick Meyer as chairman and members Claude Maag and Harmon Fairchild. Women's clubs invited to assist include American Legion auxiliary, Farm Women’s Club, Altar Society, Merry Mixers, EFUB Auxiliary, and Kensington group.
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Peetz
Logan County United Fund
Merry Mixers
Lee Kingham
Efub Auxiliary
Kenneth Gillham
Kensington
John Hartway
Christensen Named To Legislative Committee
Marius Christensen was appointed a member of the legislative committee of the Nebraska League of Savings and Loan Associations at the meeting held Sept 16 in Omaha.
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Marius Christensen
Nebraska League of Savings and Loan Associations
Omaha
Police Seek Four Stolen Bicycles In Sidney
Sidney police continue hunt for four bicycles stolen in recent days. Most thefts occurred near the Fox Theater. Police Chief Sot Willis says one bike was found in weeds in an alley and appeared recently repainted. The recovered bike has not been claimed.
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Sidney
Fox Theater
Sot Willis
Willis
Two Injured In Wednesday Crash
Two people were injured in a two car crash at Ninth Avenue and Linden Street around 3 p.m. Wednesday. Mrs. Rose Duffy, 43, of Sidney, suffered a bruised hip and a Krueger child, four, had a bump on the head. Dale Rice, 21, of Sidney, drove the other car. no one was hospitalized and no damage estimate was listed.
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Ninth Avenue
Linden Street
Rose Duffy
Sidney
Jay Krueger
Dale Rice
Sorghum Meeting Draws Small Cheyenne County Crowd
A small group of farmers attended a session at the Conrad Messing farm south of Colton to view the Cheyenne County sorghum test plot. Extension agronomist Chet Swinbank identified best regional grain sorghum varieties Sorghum, Reliance, and RS 501, with RS 501 as a hybrid. Forage sorghum best in the area is Scotia Red. Swinbank said Cheyenne County plot was the finest he had seen in his state tour.
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Cheyenne County
Conrad Messing
Colton
Chet Swinbank
Extension Agronomist
Swinbank
Phone Strike Ends Picket Duty in Sidney Area
The nationwide phone strike ended with a two year pact offering wage increases of six to twelve cents per hour for communications personnel. Pickets appeared in Sidney and North Platte with operators walking off in solidarity, while long distance service suffered. Northwestern Bell executives from nearby cities staffed North Platte, and some operators skipped work to protest.
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Sidney Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Communication Workers of America
Sidney
AT & T
North Platte
Northwestern Bell
United Fund Captains For Drive Picked
Team captains were chosen to head Sidney United Fund drive opening next Tuesday morning. The fund aims for a 1958 quota of 12000 to support Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Kings Daughters Red Cross Salvation Army and Civil Air Patrol Cadets. Captains must enlist three workers each and name them by Saturday. Kickoff breakfast 6:45 at Yendis Cafe to distribute supplies and instructions. Employer employee solicitation expected to raise most of the goal. The drive should wrap up by late next week with Red Feather reminders for prior donors.
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United Fund
H.C.Q. Nelson
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Kings Daughters
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Civil Air Patrol Cadets
Yendis Cafe
Nelson
Sidney
M. C. Sherrerd
Ward Johnson
Leo Bolin
James Edwards
Ferris Preble
Leo Krieger
Dick Smith
Vines Maliszewski
Claude
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Robert Anderson
Robert Rexroth
Oscar Sehuman
S. F. Irwin
Raymond Franzen
Lavern Flessner
Darrel Bancroft
Norman Swanson
Kenneth McRober's
Harold Lessman
John Wachorn
Charles van de Voorde
Ard Hennig
Robert Miller
Don Ernest
Willard Frerichs
Huntsman
Paul Spearow
Ray Cruise
Lloyd Talib
Robert McKay
Louis Miller
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James Payne
John Ommen
William Behrends
Russel Olson
Lorenzo
Jack Easterly
Ivan Walker
Marvin Fleming
Robert Hiett
Kenneth Fleming
Pleasant View
John Meyer
Herbert Schuesster
Virgil Nelson
Hary Stein
Walter Hilpert
Warren Nelson
Earl Anderson
Harold Steele
Leslie Wicxhorst
Wayne Buhrdorf
Sidney Edward Narges
John Brauer
Elwood Lostroh
Victor Meyers
Henry Schnell
Trognitz
Myron Woten
Don Benish
Leonard Kastens
Ronald Maas
Glen Twarling
Union Valley
Ralph Panabaker
Robert Earnest
Neal Thompson II
Norman Rushman
Jorn Adams
CWA
Sirike
Oy ' S
W. W. Mowry
Rear
A. C. Brown
Thompson Fhoto
State Land Board
Christensen
Don Enevoldsen
Potter State Bank
Mike Slama
Randy Cohen
Carl Larsen
Frank Stainbrook
Dewey Larsen
Chris Terman
Leo Olson Ray
Ed Wieckhorst
August Thies
Kay Scranton
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Ralph Vetch
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