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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1967
Page
1
Farmers in western Nebraska report a favorable start to fall harvest with frost delayed. Much corn, including late July plantings, is maturing and outlooks predict a strong season for dryland and irrigated plots. Beets, beans, and winter wheat show potential, though bean winds and sugar beet quality remain uncertainties as frost approaches.
District IV sessions of American Legion and Auxiliary assemble in Sidney Saturday with joint and separate meetings at St Patrick's Youth Center and Legion Club rooms. Key events include officer elections, social hour, banquet, and talks by State leaders, with Jesse English and Senator George Gerdes among speakers.
The notice lists mailing details and subscription rates for the Sidney paper. It states Second Class Postage Paid at Sidney Nebraska, change of address to Post Office Box 219, rates eight dollars per year inside a 50 mile zone and ten dollars outside, eight dollars per year by carrier, single copies ten cents, established in 1873, with date Friday September 22, 1967.
Benny Hochman reports 46 workers will canvass Sidney for this year’s United Fund goal of 13 350. Kickoff day not yet fixed, materials awaited from printers. Boy Scout Troop 90 led by Paul Manley cleaned headquarters at 11th and Illinois. Eight organizations seek funds including USO 150, Travelers Aid 50, King’s Daughters 1900, Boy Scouts 4300, Girl Scouts 2000, Salvation Army 1250, Muscular Dystrophy 650, Red Cross 2100, plus 950 for ads and materials.
The United Fund advanced gifts campaign starts in Sidney with co chairs Dr L S O Halloran and J H McNish pledging a strong push to hit the 1968 quota. Headquarters at 11th Ave and Illinois St will open mid next week as teams prepare for an intensive drive.
Sidney High marks Go Big Red and Homecoming with a 2:30 p.m parade on Illinois Street and a 7:30 p.m. football game at Weymouth Field against Alliance Bulldogs. Queen candidates Connie Adams, Gail Bosley, and Janis Gell compete. the queen is crowned at halftime and the king at the postgame dance at Sidney Country Club.
J C Donnell president announces Findlay H D Hoopman vice president Eastern Hemisphere division Marathon International Oil becomes assistant to the president Marathon Oil Company Hoopman succeeds N G Dumbros elected to newly created vice president industry affairs Hoopman, a 1942 University of Wyoming mechanical engineering graduate, joined Marathon in 1946 after serving in the Sidney District and other production roles.
Far Western Nebraska momentum grows as Panhandle Partners For Progress touts a January 1968 declaration. Ed Cole reports strong Rotary Club support in Chappell and Sidney Chamber efforts to expand the list of 44 towns, with Angora favored as capital and a new regional money system discussed. counties listed include Bingham Lewellen Big Springs Ordville and more.
National Farmers Organization Cheyenne County chapter will hold a meeting Tuesday September 26 at 8 pm in the National Guard Armory. All members and others with interest are urged to attend.
A Telegraph photo shows silage corn being harvested along Lodgepole Creek near Potter. Floyd Schnell farms the land for another party and notes the second planting, seeded July 1, outperformed expectations after hail destroyed the first crop.
A seasoned AP foreign correspondent will headline the 1967 Nebraska Broadcasters Assn convention in Sidney with sessions Sunday through Tuesday. Notable speakers include Richard Dudley and Vernon Wilkinson, with Joe di Natale as association president and David W. Young as program chair. The event features an outdoor barber cue Monday night at the Sidney Country Club grounds.
Harold Bond of Sidney was elected president of the Nebraska Association of Public Accountants at the annual Grand Island meeting September 18 to 20. He began in 1942 at Sioux Army Depot cost accounting and now leads Bond and Robinson Accounting in Sidney, with officers Norman Schmidt Jim Maxwell Leland A Phelps Howard A Stewart C W Helsterman Duane Reed Alvin Walter John Abramson named to district posts.
Two top oil producers are now active in Kimball County Nebraska. Sundance Oil Co. reports output at 300 barrels daily from the No. 1 Bertramson and 275 from the No. 1 Beranek with offshore drilling planned. The Bertramson proves a strong center for the reservoir while the Beranek could open a major new field despite a prior dry hole nearby. Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in Sidney calls the findings an encouraging boost as drilling slows. New field well reported in Banner County at the Harrisburg Field with No. 11 Hinshaw in production and No. 12 Hinshaw pending, part of a long-standing water-flood secondary recovery. Banner County now has four rigs. Tom Jordan Jr. begins a wildcat at the No. 1 Mable Doran in Cheyenne County with Toltek Drilling Co. John Ashby and Triangle J Drilling Co. also pursue a wildcat at the No. 1 State near Morrill County. Platte Valley Oil Co. drills the No. 1 Trumble in Red Willow County near Sleepy Hollow Field, the nearest well about a mile and a half away.
A 1961 Toyota driven by Michelle Bryngelson and her husband Roger rolled over three times 7.3 miles west of Sidney on Highway 30. Trooper John Trenerry said the eastbound car left the road at 4:10 p.m. Wednesday, rolled on the pavement, the shoulder, and a borrow pit. Mrs Bryngelson suffered a bruised chin after being thrown from the car. Roger Bryngelson had a scalp laceration but stayed in the vehicle.
Panhandle forecast calls for fair and mild conditions tonight and Saturday with partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures on Saturday. Lows tonight expected 45 to 55, highs Saturday around 70, rain chances under five percent. Five day outlook shows temperatures Saturday through Wednesday near normal.
Minnie K. Mowrer, 82, died Thursday night at Memorial Hospital after four days as a patient. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at First Methodist Church, Greenwood Cemetery burial. Funeral home Craig Holechek in charge. Born Oct 5 1884 in Aurora Neb, she married Walter C. Mowrer in 1912. Lived in Aurora, Dalton, then Sidney since 1919. Gold Star mother, survived by son Keith of Fort Morgan Colo, daughter Mogene Stewart of Sidney, five grandsons, and other relatives.
A Sidney Telegraph ad welcomes two conventions this weekend. District 4 American Legion and Auxiliary meet Saturday here, while Nebraska Broadcasters Assn convention opens Sunday and runs through Tuesday. Several hundred attendees are expected. The paper echoes Sidney’s slogan Where the Hospitality of the Old West Remains and welcomes Nebraskans.
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