Deuel County Wheat Crop Looks Excellent
Ideal weather and moisture have boosted Deuel County winter wheat. About 85 000 acres are planted with 98 percent through the ground in good shape. Grasshopper damage is minimal. Two winter wheat test plots exist on the Vance Clark farm and nearby site, one by Devel County Wheatgrowers Association featuring Bison Cherokee Nebred Wichita Pawnee varieties, and a University of Nebraska directed experimental plot nearby.
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Chappel
Deuel County
Vance Clark
Devel County Wheatgrowers Association
University of Nebraska
Oshkosh Highway to Get Surface at Last
Highway 27 south of Oshkosh will receive 2.3 miles of paving marking the first surfacing on this route after thirty years of campaigning. Officials hope the entire road from Oshkosh to the Highway 30 junction east of Chappell will be paved due to heavy long term use.
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Oshkosh
Chappell
Bridgeport High School Hosts Homecoming Week Events
Bridgeport High plans a Friday October 4 homecoming with a parade and giant bonfire at the east practice field on Wednesday evening October 2. The day closes with a football game and an auditorium dance. the Pep Club sponsors the festivities and invites graduates and local businessmen to participate.
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Bridgeport
Bridgeport High School
BHS
Annual Farmers Day events set for Kimball October 5
Kimball prepares a full day of activities led by 17 committees to honor farmers. A queen selection pageant on October 5 will headline events with a coronation dance at the Recreation Center at 9 PM and 14 contestants vying for Farmers Day Queen. Mayor John Abramson to officiate the crowning.
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Kimball
Kimball Recreation Center
John Abramson
United Fund Campaign Urges Employer Employee Finish
The drive section led by J. R. Miller seeks completed collections by Thursday evening. He notes incomplete returns but emphasizes finishing now to chart the remaining United Fund drive, including the residential campaign slated for mid October and a $12,000 quota.
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United Fund
J. R. Miller
United Fund drive urges shared employer and employee effort
Campaign leaders stress that most funds must come from the employer employee phase with employers urged to contribute as employees do. Over $1,200 was raised in advance gifts led by Guy V Doran and Rudy Munderloh. The drive funds Red Cross Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Salvation Army Kings Daughters and Civil Air Patrol Cadets for 1958 with no overhead beyond a secretary. President Eisenhower urged public support for United Fund campaigns giving Sidney's drive a boost.
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Guy V. Doran
Rudy Munderloh
Ralph Welch
Lee Sluman
United Fund
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
Kings Daughters
Civil Air Patrol Cadets
H. C. Q. Nelson
Nelson
Eisenhower
United Fund and
Community Chest
Sidney
Praise Seldom Seen As Savings Office Opens In Sidney
The Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Assn opened a modern new office in the Christensen Building on Saturday drawing praise from attendees. Over 250 people registered to tour the facility, which features a public outer office a conference room and a directors meeting room designed for growth. Awards will be made later to those who guessed the association's total assets as of December 30 1957.
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Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Association
Christensen
Board of Directors
Sheriff Office records September accidents total
Cheyenne County deputies reported 13 accidents in September ending Saturday. One fatality and four personal injuries were recorded with property damage totaling 16,205 dollars. Deputy Kermit Brumbaugh noted the higher tally surprised the office, reflecting on the month’s incidents.
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Cheyene County
Kermit Brumbaugh
Font
Bill Schultz
Brumbaugh
Gene Morris
Gering Couple Killed in Train Crash Near Scotts Bluff
Timothy King 29 and Emily King 26 of Gering died at 8:50 a m when their car was struck by a Burlington Railroad train one and a quarter miles west of Scottsbluff at the private road junction. Engineer R J Bonham 70 of Bridgeport was aboard the train per Nebraska Safety Patrol.
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Timothy King
Emily King
Burlington Railroad
Scottsbluff
R. J Bonham
Bridgeport
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Lucky the Coyote Escapes From Sidney Zoo
Zookeeper Earl Harvey reported Lucky a mostly domesticated female coyote escaped from a cage at Sidney Municipal Zoo after 5:45 p.m. yesterday. A $5 reward is offered for the coyote alive. Special marking is a 30-30 bullet hole through Lucky's right ear. The animal enjoys running with dogs.
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Sidney Municipal
Earl Harvey
Lucky
Harvey
Asiatic Flu Vaccine Supply Dries Up in Sidney
The Asiatic influenza vaccine in Sidney is nearly exhausted with only one of four doctors' offices holding a small supply. That office received three bottles this morning enough for 30 shots and is rapidly diminishing. Over 300 people in the community have so far received vaccinations.
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Sidney
Gurley Precinct To Talk Gravel Work
Gurley Precinct residents will meet Friday night at the school auditorium to discuss using remaining precinct levy money for graveling roads. They consider directing District 2 Commissioner George Fleming to authorize use of funds with farmer participation if a legal plan can be arranged.
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Gurley
Gurley Area
County Road Department
Second District
George Fleming
Two Year Parole Ordered For Youth
Cheyenne County Judge C W Smith ordered a two year parole for Lawrence Williams, 17, of Dalton, in a juvenile court hearing. Williams was charged with breaking and entering and accused of taking a table model radio from the Wilson Gas Co building west of Sidney.
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Cheyenne County
C W Smith
Lawrence Williams
Dalton
Wilson Gas Co
Sidney
Rites Here On Wednesday For Gus Kallweit 59
Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 pm at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church for Gus Kallweit 59 who died Saturday night at Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital after a heart attack He was a carpenter at Sioux Ordnance Depot and had lived in the area 13 years after moving from Paxton in 1944 He is survived by his wife Charlotte Helen Gauer two children Vern of Sidney a sister Ela Fine of Cheyenne and a brother Arthur of Long Beach The Gehrig and Son Funeral Home handles arrangements Born December 1 1897 in Germany He came to the United States at age seven with his parents Franz and Bertha Kallweit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Gus K Kallweit
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Kallweit
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Paxton
Henry Monnich
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Germany
Gus K. Kallweit
United States
Franz
Bertha Kallweit
Charlotte Helen Gauer
Vernon
Sidney
Ela Fine
Cheyenne
Arthur
Long Beach
Donald Young
Dalton
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Grace Lutheran Church
Gurley
Henry Trawney
Dalton Cemetery
Craig Mortuary
Fred Flohr
Merle Christofferson
Clifford Draper
Arnold Draper
Ewart Swanson
West Dalton
Legion Convention Slated In Chappell
Cheyenne County will send delegates to the Panhandle Legion posts and auxiliaries convention in Chappell tomorrow. Mrs Ruth Ziegler will lead the Pledge to the Flag and Mrs Lowell Swanson will give the invocation. Sidney attendees include Mr and Mrs Oscar Hollinack and others. An election of district officers for both posts and auxiliaries will be held.
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Cheyenne County
Panhandle Legion
Chappell
Ruth Ziegler
Dalton
Lowell Swanson
Sidney
Oscar Hollinack
Dixon Rhodes
Dave Ells
Keith Richens
Dean Wilson
Don Brunzell
Trognitz House Sold at Public Auction in Sidney
One of Sidney's landmarks on west Illinois Street sold Saturday in a guardian's public auction. Art Lensen of Sidney bought the Trognitz house for 11 100. No immediate plans to demolish the vacant stone home, built from local cone by Charles Trop in Chesonne County. The property was once Sidney's westernmost expansion and stood isolated from the town.
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Sidney
Trognitz
Illinois Street
Safeway
Guardian
Art Lensen
Tensen
Charles Tropaity Cavelages
Chesonne County
North Potter Well Oil Recovery May Open Region
A North Potter area report notes an oil recovery near a field opener with Sage Oil Co detailing a drill stem test showing 400 feet of oil and 350 feet of water nearly two miles north of the village. Multiple wells are active in the region with various companies drilling in Kimball and Banner counties and surrounding fields.
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Sage Oil Co
Slama
British-American Oil Co
Heider
Bratt Oil Co., Et al
Colorado Southern Petroleum Corporation
Kimball County
Chandler & Simpson
Rye
Iniges
Wildcat
Pure Oil Co
Olsen ‘A
Banner County
Fink
Shell Oil Co
Meistrell
Morton Field
Engstrom
Cizek
Balderson Drilling Co
Warner
British - American Oil Prod. Co
Willson
Willson Ranch Field, Petroleum, Inc
Pile
Panam
James M. Clie Oil Co
Jones No
Dundy County
Tom Palmer, Inc
Linn
Bedrock Oil & Gas Co
Meier
Owasco
Davis Oil Co
Ewing
Scotts Bluff County
Keimng
Sioux County
Ben Cruise 59 Dies in Dalton of Heart Attack
Ben H. Cruise 59 died at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Dalton after a heart attack at his farm home. Funeral at Dalton Presbyterian Church with Rev. Lee Nelson. burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Survived by wife Katherine, daughter Barbara Linton, sons Darrell and Glenn, eight grandchildren, three sisters and four brothers. Cruise active in Dalton Lions Club and Farm Bureau. former Dalton School Board member. Born September 29 1897 in Oskaloosa Iowa.
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Dalton Presbyterian Church
Lee Nelson
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig Mortuary
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Benji Cruise
Francis D
Jane Millison Cruise
Kearney
Katherine Knoll
Cheyenne County
Gurley
Dalton
Cruise
Dalton Lions Club
Farm Bureau
Dalton School Board
Katherine
Barbara Linton
Darrell
Glenn
McGrew
Ned
Mac Gillan
Lincoln
Ruth Rowan
Frances Gerber
A. L
Sidney
Clyde
Overton
Neb
Ray
Riverdale
Grain Markets Wheat Price Quoted At 173 Per Bushel
Local elevator sources report wheat trading at 173 dollars per bushel today marking a notable price level in the grain markets. The quote reflects current conditions in regional grain trading and affects farmers and traders.
Accidental Rifle Blast Injures Deer Hunter Near Newcastle
Sidney residents Ted Hecker of 1243 Rose Street escaped death after a high powered rifle fired in an automobile during a deer hunting trip near Newcastle Wyoming. Hecker sustained a scalp wound from a defective bullet, was treated in Memorial Hospital here in satisfactory condition, and expected to be dismissed in a day or two after return from Newcastle.
USDA may loosen restrictive wheat history rules
Washington talks between Department of Agriculture and wheat grower groups focused on interpreting the new feed wheat law. Officials indicated penalties for overplanting could be softened and that administration actions or legislation might fix the unintended effect on historical allotments for compliant farmers.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
National and
Nebraska Association of Wheat Growers
Herbert Hughes
Imperial
National Association
USDA
Hughes
Housewife Wins Grid Contest With Best Guess In 3 Years
Mrs Simmons Cook of 625 13th Avenue recorded the best guess in three years by missing only one of 20 football games in The Telegraph contest. WC Warren placed second by missing two games, with eight more contestants missing three. Several games proved tricky including Colgate over Cornell and Notre Dame over Purdue.
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Telegraph
Simmons Cook, Sr
13Th Avenue
Ohio State
TCU
WC Warren
15Th Avenue
TCL
North Carolina State
Maryland
Columbia
Brown
Gerald Ross
SOD
E. M Warren
Dalton
Jay Stecher
Vernon Oeltjen
Potter
Arthur Kile
Lorenzo
J W. Eddington
Duane Warren
Kathryn Warren
Sidney
Colgate
Cornell
Notre Dame
Purdue
Mississippi
Kentucky
UCLA
Ilinois
Stanford
Northwestern
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Morrill
Merrill County
Nebraska
E Tverson
Dhme
Tverson
G.“*L. Dolson
Broadwater
Board of
Mérrill County Commissioners
Iverson
Vaut Rhodes
Jacob Pretty Cloud
CG. Perry
United Fund _Campaign
the United Way
United
Miller
Uftea Community Campaigns
Savings and Loan Unit
Sheriff’s Office
Gering
Lucky, the Coyote
Zoo
Uvalde Tex
Hien Schoal
Antonio Santos
Garv
Aik
Spring
Martin Stone
Eugene Tanamachi
Texas
Marie E. Warme
McKeesport
Rep A. L. Miller
Rep. Miller
Gus Kallweit
Legion
Trognitz House
North Potter
Wytex Oil Corp & Marion Oil Co
Soule
Ludden Field
Lloyd Gray, Et al
McGowan
Chandler - Musgrove, Inc
Southard
Aue Field
Samuel Gary
Johnson
Morrill County
O. A Sutton
Langfitt
Richardson County
Ben Cruise
Ben H. Cruise
A. L. Cruise
Mr. Cruise
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