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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1944)
LXIV O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1944 r NO. 39 Inman H. S. And St. Joseph’s Play For Title The Seventh Annual Holt County Basketball Tournament started Monday evening in the High School Gymnasium in this city with the Atkinson Hay Balers going down to defeat to a fast Page team 24-16. Page started off with a bang and held a 5-2 margin at the end of the first quarter and a 13-6 margin at the half. In the third quarter the At kinson quintet put on a rally but Page still had a 17-12 lead at the end of the third period. In the last quarter Page scored seven points while Atkinson scored four to end the game with the score board showing 24 for Page and 16 for Atkinson. As the whistle blew ending the first game it was an upset as Atkinson was favored to win the tournament. On Wednesday atternoon rage won their second game of the tournament with a 25 to 20 conquest of the Stuart Bronc hos. Page started out with a bang again and when the first quarter ended the scoreboard read 6-0 in favor of Page, In the second quarter Page scored seven more points, while holding Stuart score less, so at the half the score stood at 13-0 in favor of Page. At the beginning of the third period the Bronchos woke up and they began to make a few points, but their rally fell short and the Page quin tet won their second straight game 25-20. The second game of the after noon brought St. Joseph’s of At kinson against the O’Neill High school quintet and St. Joseph won the game by a score of 23-21. O’Neill started the game with a basket and held a first quarter margin of 4-3 over St Joseph. The second quarter was more ex citing and the Bluejays took a 8-7 half time lead. In the third quarter the Bluejays began to pull away from the Eagles and had a 17-11 advantage at the end of the third period. In the final period the Eagles fought back but they did not have enough punch and they lost the game with a score of 23-21. In the third game of the after noon St. Mary’s Cardinals trounc ed the Chambers quintet 43-14. The Cardinals began with a bang also and held a 13-3 advantage c at the first period over the Coyotes and in the second period the Card inals scored nine more points, while Chambers scored four to let the score read 22-7 at; the half in favor of St. Mary’s. The Car dinals poured in more points in the third and fourth quarters and won the game 43-14. The fourth game of the after noon found Inman vs. Ewing and after the smoke of battle had blown away the score read 46-26 in favor of Inman. Inman start ed out like winners and kept going strong the remainder of the game. The Ewing Tigers were outclassed from the start, but they fought a gallant battle before succumbing to defeat. The St. Joseph quintet of At kinson and the Page High School team advanced to the finals of the seventh annual tournament in O’Neill Wednesday evening, with the former defeating Page 24-23 while Inman tripped St. Mary’s with a score of 24-11. Page began the game with a basket and made three more and a free throw to take a 917 first quarter margin over the Bluejays. In the second quarter the Blue jays flashed their power to over come Page’s lead and take away a 15-13 half time margin. In the third quarter Page scored five points while St. Joe could muster only three, to tie the score at the end of the third quarter 18 all. In the final period, which saw much action the lead changed hands many times. With about 15 seconds left Page sank two gift shots to take the lead, but in the last five seconds the Bluejays scored the winning basket as they finished with a 24-23 margin over the fighting Page quintet. St. Mary s got ott to a good start in the first quarter in their game with Inman and held a 5-4 first quarter margin, but in the second quarter Inman, which re cently was crowned Elkhorn Val ley Champs put on the pressure to take a half time 14-7 margin. In the third quarter the Cardinals scored only one point, on a gift toss, while the Inman boys hit the basket for 8, to bring their total to 22 while St. Mary’s had 8. In the final quarter Inman made only one basket, while St. Mary’s made four points to end the game with Inman on the long end of a 24-11 score. Tonight at 8:00 p. m., Page High School will play St. Mary’s for the third place in the tournament, while the fighting Inman quintet will play the “never give in” St. Joseph’s Bluejays for the County Championship. This game will start at 9:15. Radio man 3-c Francis Welsh and wife arrived Thursday for a visit with home folks. Francis is on furlough from somewhere overseas. He and Miss Catherine Murray were married in Chicago on January 28, and they came to visit the home folks on their wedding trip. All their friends wish them many years of happi ness and prosperity. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rickly made a business trip to Fullerton today. CHAMBERS ITEMS Phyllis Carpenter, Reporter Two Chambers Boys Missing In Action Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Walters, of Chambers, received a telegram Monday from the War Depart ment, that their son, Pvt. Edwin Walter, had been missing in action i since January 5th. Mrs. Calvin Crandall, of Omaiia. received | word the following day, stating , that her husband. Pvt. Calvin Crandall, had been missing since | January 7th. Calvin Crandall is the son oi i Mr, and Mrs. D. E. Crandall, ot' Chambers, and his wife is the former Miss Lela Grimes, to whom he was united in marriage some time before he was inducted into the army in April. Edwin Walter is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Walter and he was also in ducted into the army in April Since entering the army these two boys have been together, first in Camp Blanding, Florida, and then at Camp Joseph T. Robinson. Arkansas. From there they were sent overseas in November and w eve serving in the same infantry in Italy, at the time of the last report. All relatives and friends of the boys are waiting for more and bet ter news concerning tneir wel fare. Arlene Hall was .njured Sun day when she cut her arm on some broken glass, il required five stitches to close the wound. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Olson, of .Amelia, are rejoicing over the arrival of a baby boy bom to ihem Thursday at the Lutheran hospital at Norfolk. They have named him Thomas Clifford. Ed Eisenhauer went to Burr, Nebr.. via bus, to visit his brother, Sgt. ^mil Eisenhauer who is home on furlough from Trenton, N. J. A ''inner was held >n the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. O. Woods in Chambers Sunday afternoon celebrating their 59th wedding an niversary. Those atending weie: Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Adams and sons, Mr. and Mrs. John Winter mote, Mr. and Mrs. Bayne Grubb and Patrica, Mrs. Lela Grubb and Ray, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Woods and Mr. and Mrs. Gayius Winter mote and Carolyn. Thomas Englehaupt was taken to the Lutheran hospital in Nor folk Thursday, where he submit ted to an operation for appendi citis. He is doing fine at this time. Miss Susan Kinner spent the week-end at her home in Spald ing. Mrs. Bud Caps of Tolar. New Mexico, who has been visiting the past two weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Martin and | other relatives at Chambers, left Monday morning for her home. S. 2-c and Mrs. Bill Damme and daughter of Tilden, returned to their home after visiting several days with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Damme and family and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fisher and family. Bill Damme has been stationed in i Newfoundland for ten months. Sgt. Frank Tomjack and F. O. Maurice Tomjack, both left for their camps after spending a two weeks furlough with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tomjack. Frank left Sunday evening for Camp Butner, N. C„ and Maurice left Monday morning for Lowery Field, Denver, Col. Harry Cooper of Winner, S. D., closed a business transaction Mon day evening in which he made i Mrs. George Rowse the owner of his house in the east part of town. Alfred Bursell is assisting with the work on the Ed Eisenhauer farm a few days this week. Mr. and Mrs. Mordhurst, of O’Neill, visited friends at Cham 1 bers Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Tangeman and children and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Tangeman and family were guests in the Herman Holcomb home Sunday for dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Brown have moved into town and are now 1 living in the house formerly oc cupied by the Vernon Harley | family. Jonn waller, or., ana mrs. neiid Feyerharm, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Walter and Norman and Mr. and Mrs. Lape Lenz and Luetta were entertained at the John Couch home Sunday evening. Miss Unis Chudomelka and Miss Betty Will spent the week-end in Inman visiting relatives and friends. Miss Vera Stewart, of Page, ar rived Monday to visit her sister. Miss Mildred Stewart, for a few days. Miss Millie Huble was honored with a party given for her in the Jim Rasmussen home Saturday evening, by Bernice Rasmussen. The evening was spent in playing indoor games after which a lunch (Continued on page Eight) Miss Mary Jane iler returned to her home at Dallas, S. D., last Tuesday after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Downey and other relatives and friends here for the past two weeks. Percy Brookhouser, of Royal, was in the city last Tuesday, vis iting his sister, Mrs. Grace Wilcox and other freinds here. Sgt. Mas Hondra. of Camp Sav age. Minn., who is in the Intelli gence, spent Friday in O’Neill i visiting at the home of Rev. and 1 Mrs. K. J. Scott. Holt Co. Boys Who Will Leave For I're-lnduction Following is the list of regis trants for army service leaving for pre-induction in the month of February: Melvin Willis Henderson, At kinson. Nolan Nobel DeLosh, Stuart Benjamin Harry Oetter, O’Neill Sylvester E. Bahn, Ewing Harold Richard Strong, O’Neill Gilbert Eugene Strong, O’Neill Orville McKim, Page Roy Lawrence Wright, Ewing Farmer William Withers, At kinson. Albert William Kopejtka, Op portunity Vincent Lee Osborne, Atkinson Frank Arthur HofTke, Ewing Joseph Mack Hupp, Ewing Theodore Ed. Rustem e ye r, O'Neill James Bernard Rotherham, Ew ing Albert John Daniels, Ewing Alva Lawrence Scholz, Inman Homer Ellis Boelter, Star Elias William Timmerman, O’Neill Leonard Earl Wright,’Chambers Harold Philip Savidge, Ew'ing Allen Louis Kopejtka, Redbird Leonard Louis Pribil, O'Neill Edward Daniel Coday, Atkinson Francis Leo Yantzi, O’Neill Edward John Funk, Ewing Conrad Cornelius Maben, Ewing Eugene Louis Sobotk i, Inman Emil James Pochip, Page Cecil Raymond Fowler, O’Neill Robert Harold Fox, O’Neill Donald Vernon Nelson, Atkinson Harry Gilbert Dempsey, Cham bers Oscar Walfordi Peterson, Cham bers Mervin Winfield Arter, Atkinson Melvin Willis Henderson, At kinson Gerald Kenneth Moore, O’Neill Gerard Harry Downey, O’Neill Fred Aaron Roberts, Atkinson Cyrus Cleve Kaiser, Stuart Freeman Alex Beebe, Atkinson William Peter Wyant, O’Neill Marvin George Van Every, O’Neill Homer Lloyd Parks, Page Gordon Frank Frisch, Star St. Mary’s Cardinals Win Their Sixth Game The St. Mary’s Cardinals won their sixth game of the season last Friday when they trimmed Lynch High with a score of 33-16. The Cardinals scored first and from then on they held a comfort able lead. The Cardinals played very good ball, tuning up for the Holt County Championship which is being held January 31 and the 2 and 3 of February. Grady led the winners with 11 points and Wiek scored 7 points for the losers. Ainsworth High won the other game of the double-header as they trimmed O’Neill High with a score of 55-19. The score does not indicate the game for it was not as onesided as the score indi cates. but the Ainsworth High lads had too much height and ex perience for the Eagles. Schliss ler was the big gun for Ainsworth, dunking 31 points for the evening while Tibbetts led the losers with 6 points. Pvt. Claud Hamilton left Sun day for Camp Barclay, Texas, after spending his furlough visit ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hamlinton and other relatives and friends. Mrs. Ben Asher entertained the Duration Club at her home Wed nesday evening. Fourteen guests were present and a delicious luncheon was served and a splen did time had by all. I \ BREEZES FROM j THE SOUTHWESrl IBy Romaine Saunders Atkinson, Nebr., Star Rt. No. 5 j A fat beef has gone on the butcher blocks at both Bly’s and Freidrich’s within <he week, for home consumption. The national congress has many able patriots with an eye single to the public welfare. And it has all too many of long years standing who see no good in any measure that has not originated in their partisan camp. Flies buzzed in warm afternoon sunshine. Next day three inches of wet snow blanketed the dry prairie. Rain followed all the next night, an artic wind a few hours later enclosing the land in an icy coat of mail. There is ; much useless worry over “lack of moisture.” You may go to local lumber ■ yards now and instead of taking ( the ‘‘raw material” have your I building all ready to haul out to the home premises. If not too large, like a brooder house it is conveniently loaded onto a truck for transportation. A granary is best moved on an underslung. Simpler forms for income tax are demanded. What a radio commedian said about the large type in an insurance contract giving you someth^ and the small type taking it away from you suggests that simpler forms of insurance policies would find a ready market with the public. Mr. and Mrs. George Withers, for many years residents of this community, are leaving us, having sold the ranch. I have not learn ed where they will make their permanent home. Mr. Withers leaving leaves the second vacancy in precinct assessors out this way. He has long done that yearly job in Wyoming precinct. Arising to depart after a visit with an aged acquaintance he also got onto unsteady legs and with trembling hands endeavored to assist his guest into his over coat, out of tne depths of human pathos denied enfebled life of more than four score years by informing us that he was still young. The tragedy of life’s ap proaching end is a pitiful struggle against the inexorable fact of age. Facing the sunset with a smile in the consciousness of happy years well spent and that your race is nearly run our last years may be crowned with serene con tentment. The tragedy of old age may instead be the happy climax of life’s great drama. Once more I bid farewell to friends of this department, to the scenes, the little familiar things that binds the heartstrings to the place we call home. The long winter evenings by the firelight and hours of pleasure with the poetry and wisdom of the ages out of treasured volumes are at an end. I have heard the call of industry and the comforts, the leisure and material things are sacrificed in this hour of sacrifices to go to the help of those in need of help. We are closing the home, putting out to the care of others who graciously offered to care for them stock and perishable house | hold supplies. We expect to return when the robins come north and the song of the meadow lark lures us out under the open skies. I Congressman Miller’s Weekly Letter Plan to Simplify Income Tax Return By unanimous vote at the first conference of Republican mem bers of the House of Representa tives a resolution, introduced by Representative Knutson, ranking minority member of the Commit tee on Ways and Means, was adopted calling on the Bureau of Internal revenue IMMEDIATELY to work out a system of income tax reporting blanks “which can be filled out correctly by pri vate citizens and laymen with out having to call in the services of a Government expert.” Another Republican member of this Committee, Representative Frank Carlson of Kansas, recent ly said, “Action must commence on simplification of returns for the year 1944. It must begin now.” He then made the follow ing suggestions: First: Simplify and improve current witholding provisions so as to eliminate the need of filing millions of personal income-tax returns. Second: Combine existing per sonal income taxes into one set of exemptions and one set of rates. Under existing law we have one base and varying rates and ex emptions for the regular income tax and a separate base rate for the Victory-tax exemption Third: Repeal earned-income credit. There is sound argument for retaining the earned income credit, but its retention greatly complicates our tax return and is of little actual benefit to the tax payer. Under existing law there is a benefit of $84 on an earned (income of $14,000. On small in | comes the benefit is inconse quential. Urging immediate action, he stated: “Our tax structure and tax return is now so complex that there is danger of it strangling itself in its own maze of regula tions and legal phraseology. Most important of all is its present ef fect on our taxpayers’ morale.” Since the Democratic majority has felt the peoples’ criticism of the income tax mess, for which it is directly responsible, we are certain to have the whole thing simplified. Cherry County First to Exceed Quota I recently called to the atten | tion of the House an event of par ! ticular significance that has just occurred in the Fourth District. Chery county, the largest in area in Nebraska, exceeded its quota for the Fourth War Loan on Jan j uary 8, 1944, ten days before the official opening of the national drive. As far as I can learn this is the first county in the United States to make such a report. The organization was completed and I the signal to start was given on I January 5. The county quota was not known at that time but an I estimate was made and the drive got underway. Lnter it was found j to be $430,000. By January 8, five 1 days later, $450,000 in bonds had been sold. On January 11 this figure had been raised to $480,000, with 19 of the 40 precincts not | yet reaching their quota. I told the House that Cherry I countv, Nebraska, in area 5,982 1 (Continued on page four) O’Neill Boy Receiving Flight Training In Texas At the pre-flight school of the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Cen ter, 39 cadets from Nebraska, in cluding Leonard R. Young of O’Neill, are receiving training designed to mold them into army air forces pilots. The nine-week course at the j cadet center prepares the .cadets for actual flight training. Curri culum includes physics, mathe matics, code, naval and aircraft identification as well as rigorous physical training schedules. Com pletion of pre-flight school will bring promotion to the aerial classrooms of primary schools. Holt County Bond Sale, Fourth War Idian Drive Township E Series Other Ser. Antelope $ IP 75 Atkinson 6,225.00 Atkinson City 8,300.00 $ 796.00 Chambers 3,318.75 Cham. City 6,702.00 5.500.00 Cleveland .... 1,106.25 18.75 Coleman _.__ Conley 2.212.50 Deloit 2,612.50 Dustin _ 787.50 Emmet 1,275.00 Emmet Vil. 712.50 1,000.00 Ewing 2,318.75 Ewing City 5,475.00 Fairview 3,412.50 Francis .. 1,987.50 Golden_ 881.25 Grattan 1,050.00 Green Valley 750.00 Holt Creek 431.25 Inman _1,312.50 Inman City 1,406.25 Iowa _ 1,818.75 Josie_ 37.50 Lake . 1,631.25 McClure _ 18.75 O’Neill City 30,450.00 11,610.00 Paddock _ 5,193.75 Page City - 1,936.50 Pieasantview „ 431.25 Rock Falls_ 937.50 Sand Creek_1,125.00 Saratoga _ 187.50 Scott . 1,293.75 Shamrock _ 112.50 Sheridan _ 5,700.00 Shields 5,625.00 Steel Creek 1,031.25 Stuart _ 8,400.00 Stuart City 16,837.50 370.00 Swan _ . 75.00 i Verdigris 2,006.25 Willowdale 187.50 Wyoming 150.00 Purchases have been allocated to Holt county by the C., B. & Q. railroad in the amount of $10,000 and by the C. & N W. railroad in the amount of $25,000. These amounts will be reallocated to the i various towns and townships thru which their lines pass, according to the population within these lo I calities. “The total purchases in the 4th War Loan Drive amount to $170,- ' 413.50, with some communities not yet reporting. This means that the Holt county quota has passed the 25% mark with 50% of the time lapsed in the drive. This means that we will have to treble our efforts in the last half of the i drive, which ends February 15. ! A good many people are purchas ing the second time in this drive j and perhaps you, too, will be able to do so before the close of the j 4th War Loan Drivfe. We are very hopeful of reaching our quota in this drive and we urge that every one participate to his fullest ca- j pacity,” states Lyle P. Dierks, chairman of the Holt county war fund drive. was in Lincoln two weeks ago and was hijacked into a job I didn|t want. But I am going to give it the best there is in me. Various communities in the I state are claiming the oldest man j who drives a car as a resident of j their town. A patriarch over at i Chambers, grandfather Blake, pre- j fers to walk. In his 96th year he walks “down town” the four blocks from his home about every day regardless of weather. He makes no concessions to other modern modes of life and takes j his consolation in the old-fashion-1 ed horseshoe plug instead of a cigaret. He left the store after j warming on a cold morning, full j white beard and unruly locks sticking out from under the edges of a battered black cap drawn low to protect ears, pound pack age of horseshoe plug under one arm and a pair of new shoe laces, his morning purchases. Mr. Blake formerly resided on a ranch south of Amelia, which his son now op erates, but is now taking it easy in comfortable quarters in Cham | These New Deal boys who i start the ball rolling for a fourth ! term give the “Heil Hitler” to their chief as the great world humanitarian of the age. How much of the hundreds of billions of dollars has come out of the j “humanitarians” own money. ' sack? In the person of the late' | M. F. Harrington O’Neill had a ! genuine humanitarian. He made ! a million and gave it all away. The “world humanitarian” is said to never have made a dollar. He has given away millions of, taxpayers money. In our honor-1 ed president’s household recog nition for true humanitarian be nevolence should go to the gra cious Eleanor, who tosses to the needy and moocher alike just about all of her earnings with tongue and pen. , | Dates For Deputy Revenue Collectors A deputy collector of internal revenue will be at the following locations on date specified to as sist income tax taxpayers to file their income tax returns for the calendar year ending December 31, due on or before March 15 of this year: February 1 and 2: Chambers, bank; Butte, court house. Febru 3 and 4: Chambers, bank; Bris tow, bunk. February 5: O’Neill, zone office. February 7: Lynch, post office. February 8 to 11: Nio brara, bank. February 12; O'Neill, zone office. February 14 to 18: Creighton, auditorium. February 19: O’Neill, zone office. February 21 and 22: Center, court house. February 23, 24 and 25: Ewing,; library; Spencer, bank. February 26, O’Neill, zone office. February I 28: Naper, post office. February: 29: O’Neill, zone office. March 1 to 15: O’Neill, zone office. PAGE ITEMS Cpl. Robert Ballantyne, who is the air corps at Mackall, N. C., arrived Tuesday morning on a furlough. Mr. and Mrs. James Carson were Sunday dinner guests at the H. F. Rakow home. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Snell enter tained at progressive pitch Wed nesday, January 26. The follow ing guests were present: Mr. and Mrs. Anton Nissen, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Asher, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Matschullat, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rokaher, Mrs. Eva Gray and Mrs. Ethel Asher. Lunch was served. A surprise party was held at the Harold Banta home Sunday evening, honoring the birthday of Mrs. Banta. Guests present were: Mr. and Mrs. Geary Lamason, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Braddoek, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Larson. A lunch was served by the self-invited guests. Mrs. Braddoek baked the birth day cake. Mrs. Eva Gray spent Tuesday at Plainview visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Gene Baber. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Allen and j family and Dean French spent; Sunday in Ainsworth at the Roy Snyder home. Leland Knudson of Galva, Iowa, visited relatives and friends at Page last week. Mr. and Mrs. Soren Sorenson received word that their son, Rus sell, who is in Italy, had been pro moted to Staff Sergeant. Monte Taylor gave a farewell party Tuesday evening for Rob ert Merchant. Other guests were Dick Cunningham and Donald Braddoek. After a theatre party they were entertained at the L. B. j Taylor home. A delicious lunch was served by Mrs. Taylor. Mrs. Bessie Wanser, who has been visiting her daughter Mrs. j Frank Cronk left last Saturday for Martin. S. D., where she will visit for a short time with her I daughter, Mrs. Albert Kosmicke. William Sorenson, A. S. U.1 SNTS, Camp Scott, Farragut, i Idaho, is spending his furlough at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Soren Sorenson. The Page High School basket ball team defeated the Atkinson team at the tournament in O’Neill last Monday night. The score, Page 24. Atkinson 16. This was Atkinson’s first defeat this season. A House warming and took party was held at the Harry Har per home Tuesday evening. Guests were: Mr. and Mrs. James Carson, Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Hayne, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Rakow, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Haynes, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Reed. George French and Miss Rose Vrooman. A covered dish lunch was served The Get Together Club met at the home of Mrs. I’ene Mudloff last Friday. Guests present were, Mrs. Gene Mudloff and Evelvn Park. A delicious lunch was served by the hostess. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Robert Nissen Myrl, daughter of Mrs. Ross Allen, fell and cut her wrist on a piece of glass. Two stitches were necessary to close the wound. Charles Russell will leave for the Navy February 7th. Mrs. Russell and daughters will live in the home formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Eirkhoff C. L. C. met with Mrs. Ralph Stevens Wednesday afternoon. There were ten members present and one guest, Mrs. Zumbrum. Lunch was served by the hostess. Mrs. Roger Bowen was hostess to the members of the Bid or Bye Bridge Club on Wednesday after noon. Mrs. Hilen received high score, Mrs. Helen Walker travel- j ing prize and Mrs. Elva Carson lnvv score. Mrs. Arlene Allen, was a guest. Mrs. F. H. Griffith returned Monday from a month’s visit at North Platte and Kearney, Nebr., where she visited at the Cecil Griffith home and at North Platte and the Ruth Griffith home at Kearney. She reports the weath er there the same as here, with rain and no snow. Jack Daily arrived Sunday from Farragut, Idaho, where he has just comnleted his boot training in the Navy, and is visiting his wife, children and other relatives and friends here. Rev. William G. Vahle Passes Away In Atkinson Rev. William G. Vahle, 59, for 22 years pastor of the Lutheran church at Atkinson, died at his home in that city last Wednesday afternoon, after a short illness. Rev. Vahle for several years serv ed the Lutheran church here and had many friends in this city and surrounding territory. He was in O’Neill only a few weeks ago and officiated at the funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Smith. On that occasion he visited this office and he seemed then to be in the prime of health, but said that he had not been feeling extra good for the past few months, but neither he, nor his most intimate friends thought it was serious and they were shocked when they learned of his sudden death. He was an exceptionally fine man and had a host of friends in all parts of the county, of all religious beliefs, who mourn his passing. He is survived by his wife and one daughter. Funeral services were held last Saturday afternoon in Atkinson, many people from this city and surrounding territory atending the services, and it is said to have been the largest funeral ever held iri Atkinson. Selected For Army Air Corps Reserve Now wearing the blue and sil ver wings of a future army avia tion cadet is Robert Thomas, age 17, who successfully qualified for enlistment in the reserve corps of the army air forces, according to an announcement from the Oma Aviation Cadet Examining Board. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Thomas, residing on a farm near O’Neill, and is a 1943 gradu ate of O’Neill High School, where he lettered in football. The qualified future army air man, being only 17 years old, will not be called to active duty until after being 18 in May. He is now working as a ranch hand and is a member of the 4-H Club and Fu ture Farmers of America. Robert passed mental and phys ical examination for a $28,000 course in air crew training, which lasts well over a year and will in clude five months of study at a leading college in such subjects as physics, chemistry, mathemat ics, meteorology and civil air regulations. He also receives ten hours of dual flying time during this phase of training. The thorough training leads to a commission as a second lieuten ant and the wings of a pilot, bom bardier or navigator or his ap pointment as a flight officer. Owen Meer Passes Away At His Home Owen Meer died at his home in this city this morning at 3:15, after an illness of three days of ailments incident to his advanced years, at the age of 92 years, 5 months and 14 days. Mr. Meer was a resident of this city for the past thirty years, coming here from Clinton, Iowa. He is sur vived by one daughter, Mary C. Meer of this city. Funeral services will be held from the Catholic church in this city Saturday morning at 10 o’clock, interment in Calvary cemetery. Obituary notice next week. INMAN ITEMS Miss Elaine Retke returned to Sioux City Monday morning, after spending the weekend here with her parents, Mr and Mrs. Otoe Retke. Miss Retire is a nurse in the Methodist hospital. Staff Sgt. William Watson left for Deming, New Mexico Friday, after .spending his lurlough here visiting relatives and friends. He was accompanied as far as Omaha by his sister, Mrs. Virgil Tomlinson and Miss Mary Jane Iler, of O’Neill, who spent Satur day in Omaha. Mrs. Tomlinson met her husband there, he had been in Kansas City to visit his father, Arthur Tomlinson, who is in Kansas City for medical treat ment. ine narniuny met ai me home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Thomp son on Saturday night for their night meeting. Games were play ed and lunch served at the close of the evening. Mrs. Clifford Opper returned home from New York City Friday, after spending several days with her husband before he left for over seas. Capt. Opper flew a plane across and Mrs. Opper re ceived word that he arrived safe ly. His destination is unknown. Mrs. Lyle Barnhart, of Ewing, spent several days here last week with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hartigan. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hopkins en tertained the Y. M. Club at their home on Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. James Coventry were guests. Pitch was played and lunch was served at the close of the evening. The Inman Workers Club met at the home of Mrs. A. N. Butler on Friday. A dinner was cooked, demonstrated and served. Ten members were present. Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Carey and grandsons, Paul and Pat Hartigan, and Gene Clark drove to Sioux City Monday to see Bill Harti gan who is very ill with heart (Continued on page four)