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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1943)
LXIV O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1943 NO. 20 _L ..___————————————^■——— United War Fund Campaign Set For Latter Part October United War Fund of Nebraska is a branch of the National War Fund. Starting October 18, a campaign will be conducted in this state to raise $900,000.00; the amount assigned to Holt county in this camjaign is $7,945.00. In this county the quota will be assessed on a per cipita basis with each town and township being assigned its fair share. Previous to the organization of the National War Fund many overzealous and sometimes un scrupulous parties attempted to raise money for causes that were unworthy. An example shows that there were eight separate campaigns being conducted at the same time for China relief. To put a stop to these irresponsible and misguided organizers it was decided to unite the worthy causes under one head and con duct but one campaign each year. The National War Fund was the result and it is headed by the nations most charitable and phil anthropic men and women. Se lected as worthy charities were those that withstood the most rigid examination and the follow ing emerged on merit alone as approved by the National War Fund . »., U. S. O.; War Prisoners Aid; United Seaman’s Service; Refu gee Relief Trustees; United States Committee for Care of European Children ;Belgian War Relief So ciety; British War Relief Society; French Relief Fund; Greek War Relief Association; Norwegian Re lief; Polish War Relief; Queen Wilhelmina Fund; Russian War Relief: United China Relief; United Czechoslovak Relief Fund and United Yugoslav Relief Fund. It is a long list and there may be some who may have object ions to one or more of the funds, but it is certain that a great ma jority of these charities are most worthy. A word about U. S. O. All re turning service men are high in its praise. It brings clean and wholesome entertainment to ser vice men in this country and to all stations where our soldiers, sail ors and marines are found. It is truly a friend of the men in the service and the mothers and fath ers of the boys in our armed forces know well that U. S. O. is one of the finest influences their boys can have. The other relief and charitable organizations listed above are most worthy. We in this part of the world are free from the dread OPA Wants Inventory From Shoe Dealers All shoe establishments are re quired to take an inventory of rationed shoes on hand at the close of business Thursday, Sep tember 30, 1943, declares M. E. Rawlings, district director of the Office of Price Administration. He stated that an amendment to the shoe rationing order re quires that this report be filed on OPA Form R-1701 A, two copies of which will be mailed to each shoe dealer whose name is on file with the Office of Price Adminis tration Inventory Unit. Every shoe establishment must prepare the statement in duplicate, keep ing one copy and sending one copy to OPA Inventory Unit, Em pire State Building, New York City, on or before October 10. He pointed out that any dealer who does not receive the new form by Monday, September 27, may apply to his local rationing board or his OPA district office for the two copies needed. At the time the shoe ration or der was issued, it required deal ers to report inventories at six month intervals, on dates to be announced by the Office of Price Administration. The first report was called for as of April 10, k 1943. The report of September m 30th will be the second shoe in ventory. . , The revised forms will be ob tainable only from OPA. either directly by mail or from the local boards or district offices on or af ter September 27. and they must be mailed directly to OPA as ex plained on the forms. Any shoe dealer who does not have a copy of the first report or who failed to file one must file the second one on the date speci fied. In such case, the dealer may leave blank figures to be copied on his second -report from his April 10 inventory. However, if he failed to file the April 10 inventory, he still must do so and he should immediately get in touch with his district of fice of the Office of Price Ad ministration. Mrs. Charles McKenna went to Omaha on Saturday, where she met her sister, Mrs. Ruth McCaff rey, of Kansas City. Mrs. Mc Caffrey returned home with her on Sunday and will make an ex tended visit here. Pfc. Elmer Loeffler, of Kansas City, Mo., arrived on Tuesday to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Loeffler. The Misses Iona and Alma Bacon spent Sunday in Atkinson, visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bacon. I of bombing and starvation. We know that people such as the Norwegians, Greeks, Czech and Chinese had no desire to engage in any sort of war. War was forced on them by the gangsters of Europe and the savages of Japan. Charity is a cardinal virtue and let us contribute liber ally to show our appreciation of our situation in Holt county. On Armistice Day in 1918, the last day of World War 1, Holt county and Nebraska contributed to a similar cause almost three times the amount we are asked to give in'this campaign. If such an amount was subscribed when the first World War was over, certainly our citizens will reach or exceed the quota assigned to us when we are in the midst of such a great conflict. Edward M. Gallagher of O’Neill, Nebraska, has been named chair man of the Holt County War Fund and will name committees throughout the county to assume charge of the coming campaign. Holt County Lagging; $265,568 To Sept. 22 The above figure is but 30% of Holt county’s quota, and a long way from victory on the home front in this campaign. If our boys on the battle front were pledging any percentage short of 100% in their effort to win this war, there would be cause for great concern on the home front. There is ample time to support the Third War Loan Drive to a successful closing in this cam paign, and sufficient funds in Holt county to meet our quota. Today there is before every American citizen a challenge, a challenge coming from the sons and daugh ters of America in uniform, to save as many of their lives as pos sible, by furnishing necessary war material. The more dollars we in vest in our country today the more American lives will be re turned to our country from the battle front tomorrow. American citizens, take inventory, meet that challenge, invest in war bonds to day. Below is a list of township and town reports as taken from returned War Finance, Committee memorandums: Chambers precinct -. $ 2,625.00 Chambers City - 6.487.50 Cleveland precinct— 581.25 Conley precinct- 681.75 Emmet precinct- 1,662.50 Emmet City- 656.25 Ewing City- 10,706.25 Iowa precinct- 1,912.50 Josie precinct- 18.75 McClure precinct- 2,231.25 O’Neill City_ 122.307.75 Page City_ 22,143.75 Rock Falls precinct— 4,617.25 Shamrock precinct _ 337.60 Steel Creek precinct.. 3,043.75 Verdigris precinct — 1,068.75 Willowdale precinct- 1,256.25 Wyoming precinct — 656.25 Hospital Notes Bea Lorenz, of Inman, admit ted Wednesday and dismissed on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jeffrey, a daughter, born last Thursday. Buddy Beebe, a tonsilectomy on Monday. Births Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tams, a son, born Saturday. Mr and Mrs Robert Nissen, of Page, a daughter, born Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sawyer, a son, born Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Boelter, a son, born Thursday. Mrs. D. H. Cronin received word Monday that her nephew, Gilbert Rex Butts has been pro moted from First Lieutenant to Captain, at Camp Pickett, Vir ginia, where he is in the Chemi cal Warfare Service. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Butts, of Santa Barbara, Cal., and is quite well known here, having visited here several times at the Cronin home. Mr. and Mrs. John Kersenbrock and Miss Alma Wallace drove to Grand Island Wednesday where they met Seaman 1-c Dale Ker senbrock, who has been attending radio school at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He leaves Saturday night for Boulder and expects to leave thre Monday for San Francisco where he will be stationed. Keith Vincent returned Tues day from Omaha, where he had been visiting his brother and sis ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Vincent. Mr. and Mrs. George Zink and children, of Randolph, came up Saturday and were guests of Mrs. Letta Sexsmith and daughter over Sunday. Pvt. David E. Newton, of Camp Polk, La., is visiting relatives and friends here. The Catholic Daughters of America had their social meeting at the Golden Hotel Tuesday evening followed by lunch at the M and M. J. H. Riggs, of Omaha, arrived Monday to Visit Mr. and Mrs. C. F. McKenna for a few days. Two Holt County Pioneers Pass Away Mrs. Margaret B. Enright Mrs. Margaret B. Enright died at her home in this city last Tues day afternoon at 4:20, after an illness of about one week, at the age of 62 years, ten months and twenty-one days. The funeral will be held from the Catholic church in this city Friday morn ing at 10 o’clock and burial in Calvary cemetery. Mrs. Enright had apparently been in good health and had been down town a day before she was taken sick. For several years she had suffered from high blood pressure, but relatives did not think it was serious. Last week she was taken sick and despite all that medical skill and loving hearts and hands could do she kept gradually sinking until she passed away Tuesday afternoon. Margaret B. Murphy was born on the old farm home northeast of this city on October 22, 1880, and spent her entire life in this county. On May 2, 1905, she was united in marriage to Thomas H. Enright, the ceremony being per formed in this city. Two children were born of this union, Miss Loretta, of this city and Mrs. Thomas Semlak of Norfolk, Nebr., both of whom, with their father were at her bedside when the passed away. Mrs. Enright was the daughter of one of the pioneer families that came to this county from northern Michigan in the latter seventies and settled northeast of this city. About twenty families came here from Michigan, within a couple of years and all settled in the same locality, and that section has ever since been called the Michi gan settlement. Very few of the old timers are left but their de scendents are still among the pop ulation of the Michigan settle ment. These pioneers endured all the hardships of the early days in the west, when the nearest rail road, for several years, was Wis ner, or Yankton, S. D. In this newborn country Mrs. Enright was born about a year and a half after her parents came here from Michigan. She grew to woman hood in this county, atended the country schools and then the O’Neill schools. Since her marri age 39 years ago she had been a resident of this city. Mrs. En right was a charming woman and her death was a shock to her many friends in this city and county, where she was well and favorably known, as she had been ill but a few days. The manv friends of the family join The Frontier in extending to the sorrowing family their heartfelt sympathy in their hour of sorrow._ Mrs. Sarah Jane Walsh Sarah Jane Walsh died at her home in this city last Saturday morning at 5 o’clock, after an ill ness of about five months, at the age of 69 years, three months and twenty-seven days. The funeral was held last Monday morning from St. Patrick’s church and in terment in Calvary cemetery at the side of her husband, who passed away several years ago. Sarah Jane Lawless was born at Scranton, Pa., on May 21, 1894. In 1878 she came to this county with her parents and they located a half mile north and one mile east of this city, and here she grew to womanhood. On Janu ary 21, 1903, she was united in marriage to William Walsh, a prosperous farmer of the Dorsey neighborhood, the marriage being performed in this city. Three children were born of this union, one son and two daughters The children are, Marie and Mrs. K. P. Hoffmon, both of this city, and Francis, who is in the United States Navy and is at sea. She is also survived by one sister and one brother, Mrs. Pat Minton, of Norfolk, Nebr., and John Lawless of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Mrs. Walsh was a charming lady and had a host of friends in this city and county, where she had made her home for the past 65 years, and her passing will be sincerely mourned, not only by her children and immediate rela tives but by a large circle of friends. Her passing removes from the ranks of the real old timers another of the real pion eers of the county. When she came here, as a l;ttle girl of four years, there were very few build ings in O’Neill although it then bore the high sounding name of O’Neill City. But few are left of the pioneers of the seventies, their ranks are rapidly being cut down, but what they have done for the country in helping to make it habitable for the present generation will be remembered for many years to come. St. Mary’s Academy Football Schedule Oct. 1—Stuart -(there) Oct. 8—Chambers.—(there) Oct. 14(Thu.)—Stuart (here) Oct. 22—Butte . (there) Oct. 29—Chambers -(here) Nov. 5—Butte (here) Nov. 12—Long Pino (there) Nov. 19—Lynch (here, tentative) All games at night- 8:00 Miss Kathryn Murray returned to Omaha Tuesday, after visiting her mother, Mrs. Theresa Murray and other relatives and friends. _ I BREEZES FROM J THE SOUTHWEST — * By Romaine Saunders ! Atkinson, Nebr„ Star Rt. No. 5 Mr. Wherry expects to stay a while. He has bought a home in Virginia, a half a day from the senate chamber. Acrimonious thrusts accom plish little other than to make1 men mad. Anyone with a modi-: cum of sense can see the national! drift in official circles and awaits his chance at the ballot box. _____ Forty years ago Alexander! Dowey and Zion City were daily in the headlines. Has the move ment faded away, or is it a new generation now strutting across the stage that are not interested. An army officer owning a house * in a Nebraska city that he had rented to a tenant for $90 a month thinks the OPA ruling cutting the rent to $75 is an injustice. Per haps the OPA thinks that $90 a month for any shack is a holdup. Lightening set fire to a stack of hay on the Victor Howarth ranch on the west side of Swan precinct Saturday evening. Citizens of the neighborhood formed a party to prevent the fire spreading and it was an hour after midnight when they felt it was safe to return to their homes. The third bond drive goes a little slow at this writing.. Per haps official America may just as well learn that while the citizen will go the limit for our fighting forces in the war in which we are rightly or wrongly involved they are tired of furnishing the cash in the face of stupendous waste. A drunken sailor has long been synonymous of lavish spending. An old salt down at Norfolk, Va., asked for a pass to get out and buy war bonds. When he made known he had $33,000 in a bank he wanted to put into U. S. treas ury bonds he got the pass and a body guard to help him bring back the cash for the big bond buy. - Fred Watson ana Tom Doolittle ! are canvassing Wyoming precinct to raise the bond quota, which they say is a little under $56 for each man, woman and child in the precinct. Like the teachers making out rationing books, the committee’s work is a patriotic service and in addition they fur-, nish their own gasoline to travel the prairie trails. An Indiana photographer taken into court for possessing obscene photographs said it was all in the person who looked at the pictures whether they are art or obscene. Said the judge: “Well, I was brought up in a Methodist home , and they look obscene to me, so it will be $100 and costs and 180 days.” Maybe It was the Metho dist rather than the judicial eye that discerned the vulgarism of: the gent’s alleged art. According to the $tory that came out of the court room at1 Clay Center, where a soldier was convicted of rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl, intoxicating j drink, that old enemy of mankind,; was the evil genius that inspired ! the two-fold crime. The State, I through a license system, creates the mediatorial agency of crime. The State then demands the life of the criminal its mediatorial agency has created. Have the Breezes gone to the blue nose prohibition crowd, Alright; bet ter that than the red nose of the Old Soak. At the age of 80 years Will Dobbins, a Lincoln newspaper man, has given Nebraskans his last news story. He was buried in the capitol city Monday. In the idiom of the street, he was a great guy, not so much because of his newspaper work and later in the state house library, but in that he exemplified the Sam Walter Foss idealism of “ a friend to man.” Newspaper men out “on the hunt” may appear coldly professional, but Dobbins was one in whom the friendly impulse throbbed so strongly that his first meeting with a stranger was as if he had always known him, and another friend was added to a daily growing list. It was early afternoon. The haying crew of three were run ning up next to the last stack. Airplanes, singly and in squad rons, droned at intervals high over head, circled and seemed to come slowly to earth on the dis tant horizon. The driver brought a sweepload to the stacker and pointed to the last with a shout, “Look!” There was not a plane aflame or crashing to earth but a strange cloud formation that ex cited no little wonder. The man on the stack said. “It’s a drawn sword.” It resembled that, may be a fitting emblem to hang across the sky. And then the long strip of vapor parted asunder—the sword was broken. Changing and shifting vapors in the heav. ens where floated fleecy clouds Francis Brennan Now A Second Lieutenant _________ A letter from the Public Re lations Officer, headquarters of the Armored Command at Fort Knox, Kentucky, under date of September 18, 1943, says: Neil [Francis Brennan, son of Mrs. Francis Brennan, of O’Neill; Ne, braska, was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in ceremonies here today. He was a member of the 52nd graduating class of the Ar mored Officer Candidate School. The new officers received their gold bars upon completion of a rigorous 13-week course covering every phase of the employment of armored equipment and organ izations in modern warfare. As their first assignment under the Armored Command, the men will serve as battle training instruct ors in the Armored Replacement Center at Fort Knox. After four weeks, most of the officers will be assigned to armored divisions or separate tank battalions as tank platoon commanders. Richard Julius Rakowski Passed Away Wednesday Richard J. Rakowski passed away at his home in this city yes terday afternoon st 5:30 o'clock, after an illness of about five months, at the age of 39 years, five months and eighteen days. The funeral services will be held in the Lutheran church in this city on Sunday, September 26, 1943, at 1:00 o’clock p. m., Rev. Koepp, the local pastor officiating and the body will then be taken to Norfolk, his former home, and short services will be held at the Norfolk Funeral home at 4:30 p. m., and interment in the Norfolk cemetery. Richard J. Rakowski was born at Norfolk, Nebr., on April 4, 1904. He grew to manhood in his native city and shortly after his 18th birthday he enlisted in the U. S. Navy and served four years, re turning to Norfolk at the end of his enlistment. On October 6, 1927, he was he was united in marriage to Miss Clara Krench, the ceremony be ing performed in Norfolk. Four children were born of this union, who with their mother are left to mourn the passing of a kind and affectionate husband and father. The children are, Jean Marie, Joan Helen, Richard William and i Ronald John. In February, 1938, he moved to this city and opened his body shop, having been engaged in the ! same business at Norfolk. His j business venture was unusually i successful. He had the ability and the tools to make a wrecked car look almost like a new one and his reputation as an expert in | his line so spread that he had a large business that extended over ! this section of the state and up j into South Dakota, and his busi ness was continually growing. | He was taken sick last April and after a few weeks he went to Omaha for medical treatment and was at the Clarkson hospital in that city for about a month. He returned home about two months ago and for a time it was thought he was on the road to recovery, but again bad spells came on and he kept sinking slowly until the end came. Since his arrival in this city he was quite active in civic affairs and at the time of his death he was one of the Councilmen from the First Ward, a position he has held for about two years. He was a pleasing and agreeable man and had a host of friends, who regret his passing in the very prime of) life. The Frontier joins the many friends of the family in this city in extending condolence to the : bereaved widow and chilren in their hour of sorrow.__ next drew a narrow band from the eastern horizeon to the zenith —a splash on “a ten league can I vas with brushes of comets’ hair.” 1A bit of nature’s curious and | matchless handiwork. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Watson j joined a group of seventy-five ' relatives at Burwell Sunday to I honor the one hundreth birthday anniversary of Charles Thompson, Mrs. Watson’s father. The full | century mark was not reached ■ i until Monday. The day previous i was the more opportune time for the many relatives to get together. ! An early pioneer of Holt county 1 i has not only been allotted an un. | usual heritage of years but has1 I given the community a goodly ! number of worthy citizens. Mr. ! Thompson’s first home in north Nebraska was in the Inman coun try about 1880. A few years later he settled near Swan lake, where some of his immediate descendents still live. For many years he operated one of the pros ; perous ranches of southwest Holt county and raised a family of thirteen sons and daughters. Some six or seven years ago he dis posed of his Holt county interests and has since made his home in Burwell. Mr. Thompson’s attain ment of great age is a refutation of what may seem apparent at an earlier age. It is said he was re jected for service in the civil war and from time to time was ad vised by medical authorities to go slow. But that hardly fitted in the program of an active pio neer rancher. District OPA Director Gives Stamp And Tire Information All motorists who hold “A” gas oline ration only and who have not had a periodic inspection of their tires since March 31, 1943, are urged to do so immediately, M. E. Rawlings, District Director of the Office of Price Adminis tration, advised today. These tire inspections must be completed for “A” book holders by September 30, 1943, and Offic ial OPA Inspection stations have warned that unless motorists start at once, they will be unable to handle the last minute rush. Mr. Rawlings stated that “B” ration holders have until October 31, 1943, for their next inspection and “C” book holders until No vember 30, 1943. This, he said, is important to all motorists, as gasoline rations cannot be allow ed without tire inspections being first made. In answer to many inquiries from housewives as to when stamps in War Book III become valid, M. E. Rawlings, OPA Dis trict Director, announced that be ![inning September 12, 1943, the ollowing brown “point stamps” in War Book III become valid: Stamps Valid Expire | A September 12 October 2 B September 19 October 2 C September 26 October 30 D October 3 October 30 E October 10 October 30 F October 17 October 30 He pointed out that the brown stamps are for Meats, Fats and Oil and are to be used the same as the red point stamps in War Book II. No other stamps in War Book III will be used until further notice. Mr. Rawlings further pointed out at this time there are valid stamps in War Book I for sugar and shoes. Stamps are also valid in War Book II for Pro cessed Food and Meats and that, effective September 12, 1943, the brown stamps in War Book III will be valid for Meats and Fats. Therefore, the housewife will find that there are valid stamps in all three of the ration books now in her possession. Those who have applied for but have not received War Book III should not be unduly alarmed as these late applications are now being processed and should short ly be received by mail. 1 "■ I Local War Price and Rationing Boards have had many requests from housewives who have used their 25 pounds of canning suger and are asking for an additional allowance. M. E. Rawlings, OPA District Director, stated that in no case is a Board authorized to issue more than 25 pounds to each member of the family, so these requests must be denied. How ever, there are many families who have discovered that there is fruit available for canning pur poses who have not yet applied for their canning sugar. Mr. Rawlings also pointed out that War Book One contained stamps number 15 and 16, each of which is good for the purchase of five pounds of sugar to be used Heavy Run Of Livestock Monday; Prices Ease Off Receipts of livestock were heavy at the local market last Monday as the seasonal move ment of cattle slips into high gear. Prices showed a slight decline on some classes, but the better grades held fairly well in line with last week. The market was active, however, and supplies found ready outlet to buyers from several states. A few choice steers paid up to $14 00 but $13.00 to $13.50 caught the long end of supplies. Those of less quality made the upper twelves. Heifers in this class I climbed to $13.00, but the bulk supplies paid from $11.75 to $12.75. Yearling steers topped at $12.75 ! or a little better on a scant few. Bulk paid $11.25 to $12.50. Heif ers scored around $12.25 for a top, but the bulk brought $11.25 to around $12.00. Steers scaling 800 lbs. or thereabouts notched from $12.75 down. Similar weight heif ers ticketed from $11.25 to $12.00. These kind of cattle were popular and supplies were upped consid erably. The cow division netted a heavy run of both beef and feeder | types. The best beef cows rated $11.00 to $11.50 and slightly above. Plainer kinds made the I tenss with commoner kinds rang I ing from $8.50 to $9.75. Others I cashed at $8.25 down, i Hog receipts numbered around 550 head. The extreme top on butchers was $14.35 on a long string of 220-lb. averages. The 1 practical price range was from $14.20 to $14.30. Sows climbed to a $14 00 top on a few; bulk made $13.80 to $13.95. Feeder pigs reached $13.50 on 110-lb. weights, and pigs scaling 60 lbs. made $13.30. A large number of little pigs sold by the head. A few sheep completed the day’s offer ing. Next auction on Monday, Sept. 27. Annual calf show and sale Monday, October 4. Sand hill Feeder Sale will be held on | Thursday, October 7. in home canning of fresh fruits and for the maJdng of jams and jellies. If a housewife has canned forty quarts of fresh fruit and in tends to pack at lease forty quarts more, she is entitled to apply to the board and secure up to ten pounds more sugar for canning of fresh fruit and five pounds for the making of jams and jellies. This figures out to a1 total of 25 pounds of sugar for everyone having a War Book 1, provided that they have actually canned or intend to can this fresh fruit. Local Boards have applications on hand and if consumers have not already received all of their canning sugar, they may apply for additional sugar to process fresh fruit now available. It must be remembered, however, that vegetables are not included in the home canning program. War Book One must be attached to applications, which may be mailed to the Board. Mr. Rawlings also announced that during September represent atives of the Sioux City District Office would review all supple mental gasoline applications filed in the office of the Local War Price and Rationing Boards in the twenty-nine counties in the dis trict. He stated that the supplemental gasoline applications both for vehicles on and off the highway would be reviewed. “The inspect ion,” he said, “is being under taken, not in any criticism of the local boards but to be helpful to them by bringing the current situation into line with what must be accomplished if the mileage rationing program is to be a success. The boards are staffed by honest, conscientious citizens, who are making great personal sacrifice in their contribution to the work of rationing." Mr. Rawlins stated that the work which is now being under taken will solve many of the local board problems relative to gaso line rationing and will serve to simplify the administration for such rationing by producing uni formity of interpretations and rationing procedures provided in correcting variations from the the OPA regulations. Home Demonstration Pro ject Clubs Start New Year Leaders from sixteen women’s Project Clubs, representing 240 homemakers in Holt county will receive the training lesson on “Fall and Winter Clothes” to be given by Miss Della Lewis. Ar rangements have been made by group chairman Mrs. Alfred Drayton, Mrs. E. A. Bouska and Mrs. E. R. Carpenter to meet at the following training centers: O’Neill, Court House Monday September 27. Atkinson, Mrs. Joe Bouska home Tuesday, September 28. Chambers, American Legion hall Friday, October 1. New groups who are interested in project club work during the winter months are invited to send two leaders to one of these train ing meetings. The project club program for this winter will deal entirely with family wartime needs. ' Project club is available free of charge to any group of ladies who are willing to send two ladies to training meetings. Details and assistance in organizing can be obtained from the County Agent’s office in O’Neill. 2 Stuart 4H Girls Win $50 War Bonds At State Fair The Misses Margaret Engler and Maude Mellor of Stuart re ceived notice this week that they were awarded $50 War Bonds for their demonstration at the Ne braska State Fair. The girls gave a demonstration on making home made cheese and the judges at the fair were very compliment ary in their remarks about the demonstration. The award was received from the Kraft Cheese corporation. County Court Richard Jones, of Spencer, was arrested on September 19 by Pat rolman Walters and charged with speeding. He pled guilty a$ charged and was fined $10 and costs of $3.10. Marshal E. VanDoren, of Op portunity, was arrested on Sep tember 19, by Patrolman Walter and charged with reckless driving. He pled guilty as charged and was fined $10 and costs of $3.10. - Sergeant Technician 3rd Grade Raymond Wilkinson left Tuesday morning for Camp Rusker. Ala., after spending an eight day fur lough with his mother, Mrs. Cora Wilkinson and other relatives and friends here. Sergeant Ed Hanley, who is stationed in Virginia, arrived Tuesday to visit his Darents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hanley and other relatives and friends. Miss Marie Young returned Sunday from Atkinson, where she had been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Young and friends for a few days.