Neb. State Historical Societj . V • ■ ,
LXV O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1944 NO. 3
BREEZES FROM
THE SOUTHWEST
By Romaine Saunders
Are the 8,746 ladies hired by
Secretary Icke's department the
past two years C. I. O. s, A. r.
L.’s or just plain working girls?
The new governor of Louis-1
iana is one of a family of eleven
children of a share-cropper,
whom the governor says was, “the
poorest man that ever lived.’
A baby calf at the Bly ranch
was the victim of what was sup-1
posed to be a mother coyote. Mr.
Bly found the calf, still breath
ing tail and part of the hind
quarter eaten away The cow
had left the calf to go for water,
when the sly coyote got in its
work.
The Federal Government owns
land that would make a territory
the size of Colorado, Wyoming,
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Missouri and Iowa.
That much real estate exempt
from taxation—but not the little
plot of ground you call home.
Suspecting in some quarters
that it is her own grand idea
rather than that of the fighting
forces used as an alibi, the inim
itable first lady says American
fighting men all over the globe
want a new world, with new con
ditions, to come of this. war. A
new world, new conditions out
of the same old human stuff—
how can that be?
The dregs of life’s bitter trag
edies have wrung the souls of
mothers ill all lands the past four
years. A crushing blow came
to an American mother on
Mothers’ Day. She received a
card and $50 from her son in army
service. Ten minutes later her
telephone rang and she was told
her son was killed in a plane
crash in Texas. Death on the
field of combat clothes the victim
in vestments of the heroic, but
fatal accidents in training camps
seem so purposeless and inexcus
able.
Just what do the gents compos
ing the personnel of some of the
commissions having to do with
the war effort know about condi
tions in the agricultural sections?
Ignorant «js a babe? Listen to
this “directive” for the employ
ment of war prisoners on Nebras
ka farms: “In addition to paying
the prisoners the wage that a
qualified, experienced farm hand
has been getting, the farmers
must also provide a side camp
complete with lavatories, toilets,
laundry tubs, electrical utilities
and sewage disposal ”
Being groomed for the republi
can nomination for sheriff by
Charley Hall and others Henry
Grady was nominated and suc
ceeded Hall as sheriff. R. R.
Dickson was the county chair
man. Soon after the nomin
ation he called Grady into his
office and told him to go down
to the bank and borrow a hund
red dollars and he would sign
the note. “I don’t need to bor
row the money,” Mr. Grady told
Dickson. “Grady,” exploded the
forceful R. R., “if you have a
hundred dollars you are a d—
fool to run for office.” In this
hectic period of the nation one
is either a great patriot or can be
classed as Dickson did Grady if
he has the courage to try for a
post in Washington.
Shadows lengthen. The warm
afternoon progsesses to the cool of
evening. ’Willow and cotton
wood wave violet plumes in a
gentle blow. Apple trees are
aflame with white glory and
swarms of bees hum among the
bloom sipping nectar from cups
of crusted gold and what is im
portant to fruit production poll
inating the myriads of blossoms.
Fathers and mothers with one or
more sturdy country boy or girl
that have been going to the
school a mile up the mail road
the past nine months joined the
school in a picnic and dinner be
fore the key was turned in the
door for another long vacation.
The prairie, adorned in deep
green, spreads to the distant hor
izon. Birds mount on tireless
wings into the freedom of the
air Four truck loads of steers
were brought in today from
Knox county to run on grazing
ground in Swan precinct. Out
siders are paying $4.50 and $5 a
head for herd privileges and glad
to get it at that. Old timers rode
the prairie trials and hazed the
beeves long distances for one
fifty a head. Cattle men predict
their stock will be down another
dollar a hundred by fall. Cream
ed asparagus tips gathered about
the grounds add a wholesome
freshness to our country dinners.
A few hours working in the soil
prepares you for the dinners. A
rabbit sits by a mulberry bush
taking an evening lunch of sweet
clover. Being approached to
make his acquaintance he hops
away into a plum thicket. A
cloudless sky, the transcending
charm of a summer sunset, the
hoofs of running horses pound
Father Isadore Celebrates
Fiftieth Anniversary
—
Mrs. C. E. Stout left last Thurs
day for Los Angeles, Cal. At
Salt Lake City she will be joined
by her brother and wife, Mr, and
Mrs. J. V. Dwyer, of Butte, Mont.,
and they will then go to Los
Angeles, where they will attend
the Fiftieth Anniversary of Father
Isadore, which will be celebrated
a the Monastry at Sierra Mad
era, Cal. Father Isadore was or
dained in South America.
Father lsadore’s parents were
among the early settlers of this
section of the county, coming
here from northern Michigan
about 1879 and located about four
miles north and east of this city,
where the family resided for
many years. As a boy Father
Isadore, then Richard Dwyer,
attended the country schools in
the Michigan settlement and later
attended the public schools in this
city. He has made many visits
to this city to see his sister and
what few old timers that remain
and is well known to the people
of this city, who wish for him
many happy returns of the anni
versary.
Fuel Oil Renewal Forms
Should Be Returned Soon
Householders of Holt County
were urged today by Mr. Ed. T.
Campbell, chairman of the local
O.P.A. war price and rationing
board, to return their next sea
son’s fuel oil renewal forms as
promptly as possible.
The forms were mailed out this
morning by the board to all fuel
oil users in this area, Mr. Camp
bell said. “The sooner these forms
are filled out and returned, by
mail, to the board,” he added “the
sooner we can begin processing
them and issuing oil ration cou
pons. We would like to have the
forms returned within seven days."
“The earlier these coupons are
issued, the better,” Mr. Campbell
said, because it is necessary for
consumers to order part of their
next season’s supply of heating oil
immediately. When dealers make
their first deliveries during the
i summer, they are able to give
consumers better delivery service
throughout the heating year be
| cause it will help them solve their
i pressing manpower and delivery
‘ problems. More important, filling
I consumers tanks early will add
J appreciably to dealers stoVage
! capacity and thereby allow more
! oil to be brought in now for use
next winter.”
Former O’Neill Boy
Visits Old Home Town
Attorney and Mrs. Donald Gal
lagher, of Chicago, 'stopped ov^r
in O’Neill for a few days visit
I with relatives, while returning
! from Cheyenne, Wyo., where
Mr. Gallagher had been trying a
| case in the Federal court.
During their short stay in the
city they were royally enter
tained. Mrs. E. M. Gallagher
; had a few friends for luncheon
i at the M and M on Saturday. Mr
and Mrs. Ed Campbell had a few
I friends at dinner Sunday night
at the M and M and J. A. Mann
1 had a family dinner for them at
I his home Sunday at 1 o’clock.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our grati
tude to our many friends and
neighbors for their acts of kind
ness and expressions of sympathy
during the sickness and after the
death of our loved one.—Mrs.
John Green and Family.
The Weather
High Low M’st’e
May 19 - 83 52
May 20_ 83 60
May 21_ 76 57 .55
j May 22_ 78 57 .02
May 23_ 82 60
May 24_ 85 62
May 25 _ 85 58 .26
Total precipitation for May,
inculding today, 5.67 inches.
Last year’s total rainfall 17.59
inches.
Total rainfall this year, includ
ing today, 11.69 inches.
in quick and steady rhythm over
the sod as the restless herd races
toward the barns, and daylight
fades from the picture of the
simple things on the prairie land
— a land apart from the groans
and ruin of earth’s dark tragedy.
Life’s record has closed another
day over this prairie dweller now
facing the slanting rays of earth’s
last sunset. Our “lines are cast
in pleasant places,” but—
Are there no foes for me to face?
Must I not stem the flood?
While others fought to win the
prize,
And sailed through bloody seas?
Sure—I must fight if I would
reign—
Increase my courage, Lord!
The hymn books of Elder
Watts brought courage to the
throbbing breasts of America’s
first soldiers when handed to
them by their officers to use as
gunwacfe in their flintlocks with
the injunction, “Now put Watts
into them, boys!” And Watt
lives on through his inspiring
song
William Kubitschek |
Wins A Commission
Fort Benning, Ga.—-—(Special)
William Ralph Kubitschek of
O’Neill, Nebraska, was commis-!
sioned a Second Lieutenant in
the Army of the United States i
today, May 16. upon successful j
completion of the Officer Candi
date Course at the Infantry
School at Fort Benning. Lieut.
Kubitschek is the son of Dr. and
Mrs. F. J Kubitschek, of O’Neill. )
The new lieutenant enlisted in
the army on September 17, 1942, i
and served with the Heavy |
Weapons Co., of the 90th Bn. i
Camp Roberts, Cal., before going
to Officer Candidate School four
months ago. He held the rank
of Corporal before being commis
sioned.
The new officer is a graduate
of St. Mary’s Academy at O’Neill
and attended Creighton Univer
sity at Omaha.
At the infantry school, world’s
largest institution of its kind, the j
local officer took a four months j
course to fit him for his new
responsibilities. The course cov
ers the technique of handling all
the varied modern infantry weap
on® and the tactics of leading
small infantry units in combat.
At the same time he is taught
such diverse, yet necessary, sub
jects as military law, mess man
agement, and administration, and
is constantly impressed with the
enormous responsibility of an
officer in time of war.
The men who attended Officer
Candidate School are recent In
fantry ROTC graduates of col
leges all overt the country Others
include the best privates, corpor
als and sergeants from regular
Army outfits, selected by their
superiors for outstanding intel
ligence and qualities of leader
ship. During the. course even the
mildly incapable are weeded out,
so that the men who graduate
! with commissions are America’s
finest soldiers, fully qualified to
be the leaders in our rapidly
growing Army.
Another Holt County
Boy Wins His Wings
From Office of Public Relations
U. S. Naval Training Center,
Pensacola, Florida.—Robert E.
Hutton. 20, son of T D. Hutton,
of Inman, Nebr., won his Navy
“Wings of Gold” and was com
missioned an Ensign in the Naval
Reserve last week following com
pletion of the prescribed flight
training course at the Naval Air
Training Center, Pensacola, Fla.,
the “Annapolis of the Air.”
Having been designated a Naval
Aviator. Ensign Hutton will go
on active duty at one of the
Navy’s air operational training
centers before being assigned to
a combat zone.
Another Holt County Girl
Joins Women’s Army
Vera M. Coleman, daughter c
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur L. Coleman,
Star Route, O’Neill, Nebr.i has
enlisted in the Women’s Army
Corps, according to announce
ment made this week by Lt. Dor
othy E. Rolofsoh of the United
States Army Recruiting Office,
1516 Douglas, Omaha, Nebr
Private Coleman will leave
May 31. 1944, for Fort Des Moines
to begin her basic training. Fol
: lowing her training, she may be
assigned to further specialized
study or may be given an immed
i iate vital army job in the Army
I Air Force with the Air Trans
port Command at Rosecrans
Field, St. Joseph, Mo.
Farmers Are Urged
To Conserve Gasoline
As our armed forces in every
theatre of war have been putting
up a bitter fight, and are steadily
pushing the enemy back, the
big drive is yet to come—D day
or the day of invasion. Next to
man pow^r, gasoline will play
the important part. Without
gasoline to run this mechanical
war, we cannot expect to win.
Farmers who produce the food
to feed our fighting men- are al
lotted the largest amount of gaso
line to complete their job. This
year, the OPA says it will be nec
esary for farmers to do their best
to get by on their original ration
ed allottment. The OPA feels
certain that if the gasoline allow
ed farmers is properly conserved,
and not diverted into uses for
which it was not intended, all
will have enough Unless every
possible conservative measure is
taken, it is altogether possible
that we will find ourselves with
out adequate gasoline to complete
the farming operations for 1944.
• If it is found that this ration is
not adequate, it will be neces
sary to file an appeal with OPA
Board, who will require very
specific information as to where
and how the ration issued was used
Township committeemen will
verify this information and dost-'
fy this information and closely
ly review each appeal application.
There will be no need for this if
all farmers use the gasoline they
secure for only the purpose for
which it Was issued.
Memorial Exercises j
To Be Held Here
Tuesday Morning
Memorial Day services will be
held next Tuesday, May 30th in
O’Neill at 10:00 o’clock at the
High School auditorium. Proceed
ing the exercises at the auditorium
a parade will be held at 9:30 sharp I
headed by the School Band under
the direction of Ira George.
Parade will consist of the school!
children and flower girls, the
Spanish American War Veterans, I
The American Legion and all men
in the uniform of the different
services of the country. The pa
rade will form at the Arbuthnot
comer, at 9:00 o’clock.
Commander Paul Beha will be
in charge of the exercises and Rev.,
Harry Walker of this city will
deliver the Memorial Day address.
An appropriate program will also
be given with music by the school
band.
Following the exercises at the
auditorium, services will be held
at the two cemeteries at which
time the graves of deceased vet
erans will be decorated.
The business houses of O’Neill
will be closed during the day.
Seven 4-N Members To
Attend 4-H Club Week
In Lincoln Next Week
Seven of Holt county’s out
standing 4-H members will leave
Monday to attend the Nebraska
4-H club week activities. This is
the 28th annual club week and
will be held oq the college of
agriculture campus in Lincoln.
4-H club week is primarily
planned as a reward for 4-H mem
bers and local leaders with out
standing records in 1943 but it is
possible for others to attend by
paying their own way. Three Holt
county members were awarded
trips and four are paying their own
way.
The state Timely Topic public
speaking contest opens the club
week program. Margaret Pojar of
Inman, winner of this district, will
compete for the $150.00 scholar
i ship. George Mellor of O’Neill and
Mrs. Arthur O’Neill are also at
tending on prize trips.
Most of the week will be spent
on the agriculture college campus
where the time will be devoted to
class work and trips interspersed
with indoor and outdoor recrea
tion. On Thursday the group will
be guests of the Lincoln Chamber
of Commerce for a special pro
gram.
Friday, June 2, the entire dele
gation will go to Omaha by train
and visit the stockyards and live
stock exchanges in the morning
and other points of interest down
town in the afternoon.
Others attending from Holt
county are: Gene Clossen, Maude
Mellor, Margaret Sauser, and
Twila Whaley of O’Neill.
BRIEFLY.STATED
H ._
Mrs. Loren Nelson returned
Saturday from Sioux City and
Omaha, where she had spent
several days visiting relatives
and friends.
| ■
The Senior Class of St. Mary’s
entertained the Juniors at a
theatre party at the Royal Wed
nesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shatto
left today for Philadelphia after
spending several days here visit
ing relatives and friends
Mrs. Edward Swanson arrived
Wednesday fom Herman to spend
a few days visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Toy.
Gunner’s Mate 2-c Sammy Re
gan returned Wednesday from
Denver, Col., where he had spent
several days visiting friends.
Mrs. Anton Toy returned last
Thursday from Sioux City and
Omaha, where she had spent sev
eral days visiting relatives and
friends.
The Center Union Church will
hold its annual Home Coming
Saturday evening and Sunday,
May 27 and 28 Rev H. E. Udd,
of Omaha, and Rev. A W. Marts,
of Brunswick, will be the speak
ers.
Services at 10, 2 and 8 on Sun
day. Basket dinner at noon.
We extend to all a cordial in
vitation to attend.
Miss Betty Heintz left Mon
day for Grand Island, where she
will spend a few days before
leaving for Portland, Oregon,
where she expects to make her
future home.
NOTICE
Will be in O'Neill at the C
& N. W. depot from one to
three p. m., Monday, May 29,
to receive consignments of
wool only, under government
regulations.
ARTHUR J. RUNNELS
CHAMBERS ITEMS
Mias Phyllis Carpenter
Commencement exercises were
held for the graduating class of
the Chambers High school Friday
evening, May 19. In the absence
of the Superintendent Miss Susan
Kinnier, the program was taken
care of by Mr. Schabacker, and
presented by the members of
the Senior Class. It was as fol
lows:
Processional—Mrs. Schabacker
“hanks Be to God”—Mixed
Triple Trio.
Salutory Margaret Thornton
Class History—Jim Newhouse.
(written by George Nachtman,
James Newhouse and Orvalle
Svatos.)
“May Morning ” “Perfect Day"—
Phyllis Wood.
Challenge to a Social Life—Ben
Med calf
Class Will—Lela Rothchild
(Writen by Mardell Butts, June
Hilligas and Ethel Butts.
“Land of Home”—Mixed Quar
tet.
Class Prophecy—Donald Cav
anaugh. (Written by Ralph Cook,
Phyllis Wood, Deloris Brittell
and Zane Rowse.)
“Class Song”—Senior Class.
“ Class Song”—Senior Class.
Class Poem—Phyllis Carpenter.
(Written by Phyllis Carpenter
and Ardith Roth.)
“Anchored”—R alph Cooke.
Valedictory—Zane Rowse. (Writ
ten by Normand Reninger.)
“Invitation to A Holiday”—
Eighth Grade
Presentation of Eighth Grade
Diplomas—Clair Grimes.
“Curtains of Night”—Mixed
Quartet.
Presentation of High School
Awards and Diplomas—J. Scha
backer.
“Now the Day is Over”—Mixed
Trio.
Recessional—Mrs. Schabacker.
The members of the graduating
Class were:
George Nachtman
Lela Rothchild
Normand Reninger
Jim Newhouse
Margaret Thornton
Eunice Couch
Ardith Roth
June Hilligas
Frank Scott
Ethel Butts
Orvalle Svatos
Deloris Brittell
Phyllis Wood
Mardell Butts
Ben Medcalf
Phyllis Carpenter
Zane Rowse
Celesta Gleed
Donald Cavanaugh
Ralph Cooke.
Those receiving Eighth Grade
Diplomas were: -Jeneanne Gib
son Jeanenne Porter, Chloe Ellen
Harley, Ruth Smith, Mary Ann
Hall Geneva Rasmussen, Kath
j ryn Newhouse, Gerald Grimes,
Milton Grimes, Norman Walters.
MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM
Memorial Day Program will
be held in the Auditorium of the
Chambers High school at 2:30 p.
rh , Tuesday, May 30. Rev. Daw
son Park of O’Neill will deliver
the address. Musical numbers
will be presented by the mixed
Chorus. Miss Deloris Brittell is
in charge of the Flower Girls.
W. S. C. S. will meet with Mrs.
Robert Childers Thursday after
noon, May 25. They would like
a good attendance as they are
planning to quilt
j Chambers school closed their
term of school Saturday with
picnics and fishing trips to various
places. Richard Jarman took
a large group of pupils to Lake
Ericson in his truck.
Robert Turner arrived home
from his school duties in Lincoln
Friday evening to await his call
to the army
Normand Reninger arrived
home Sunday afternoon.
Deloris Brittell spent Friday
night and Saturday with Lela
Rothchild.
Lela Rothchild went to O’Neill
Monday to spend the week at
the home of her sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Art Dexter and family.
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Lenz and
Luetta had dinner Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs John Couch and
Eunice.
Mrs. Charles Spath went to
Plainview Monday to visit her
parents, Mr. and Mm. Swengel.
Mr. and Mrs. William Turner
and Robert and Mrs. Willard
Thomson and family attended a
family dinner held at the Jim
Coventry home at Inman Sunday.
Grover Barthel of Wina tehee,
Wash., and Louis Barthel of
Amelia, spent Monday visiting
at the Herman Reuben home.
Mr and Mrs. George Kelly and
Joyce and George Porter went to
Lake Ericson Sunday fishing.
Pioneer Resident Of
Chambers Passed Away.
Mary C. Study was born No
vember 19, 1854, near Thurman,
Iowa, and died at her home in
Chambers on May 21, 1944, at the
age of 89 years, six months and
two days.
She was married to Ephriam
Dyke April 10, 1872, and to this
union three children were born,
two daughters and one son, Edith,
Etta and Frank.
In the spring of 1884 they mov
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PAGE ITEMS
PAGE PIONEER PASSED
AWAY IN OMAHA SUNDAY
R K. Stevens, age 88, who'
came here in 1879 and has re
sided in and around this commun
ity since, died in an Omaha hos
pital last Suiday. Funeral ser
vices will be held in the Metho
dist church in Page Thursday
afternoon. Obituary will appear
next week.
Mrs. Ralph Larson was hostess
to the Bid or Bye Bridge Club
Wednesday afternoon, May 17th.
Mrs. Harold Banta was a guest.
High and traveling scores were
won by Mrs. Frank Cronk and
low jcore by Mrs. Esmond Weber.
Miss Roberta Smith, of Kear
ney, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Braddock were dinner guests
Thursday evening of Mr. and Mrs
Danny Snyder of Orchard.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lamason
were dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Jerome Allen Sunday even
ing.
The Just-A-Mere Club met
with Mrs. E. A. Walker last Fri
day afternoon. There were nine
members present. The afternoon
was spent socially
Mr. and Mrs Henry Michaelson
spent Sunday at the Vern New
man home in Inman. The men
went fishing in the afternoon and
they all enjoyed a fish supper.
Mrs. Myrtle Coon spent several
days this week at the home of
her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Har
vey Spangler.
Mrs. Charles Russell and
daughters spent the week-end at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Russell
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lamason
spent last Thursday evening at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Lautenschlager at Orchard.
Miss Jean Wood went to Lin
coln Sunday to spend two weeks
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil Wood.
Mrs. J. I. Gray spent Sunday
with Mrs. Eva Murten at Inman
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Black, of
Ewing, spent Sunday at the home
of her sister, Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
McClure.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Michaelson
have received word that their
son Second Lt. E. A Michaelson
was promoted to First Lieutenant
on May 1st. Lt. Michaelson
writes that he has met his cousin,
Paul Houston, Arling George, who
formerly resided at Page, and Lt.
Wendell Rakow, who are all in
England.
Faye Finch, Florence Cun
ningham, Barbara Stevens, Syl
via Belik Norris Ballantyne,
Lester Wood Lyn Lamason, Nel
son Gibson, Dickie Wood and
Kenneth Coover are all working
at the Goodyear Rubber Com
pany plant in Lincoln.
PAGE METHODIST CHURCH
Feodor C. Kattner. Minister
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Worship Services 11:00 a. m.
Children’s Worship, in church
basement with Mrs. Kattner in
charge.
Adults Worship—Sermon,
“Christianity As a Force Within
the State.”
Youth fellowship, 8 p. m.
Vacation church school will
open June 5th and continue for
two weeks.
Official Board meeting Wednes
day evening, May 31 This is a
change from Tuesday evening.
The Help U Club, of Middle
branch, met with Mrs. Otto Mats
chullat Wednesday, May 17th.
There were ten members present
and three guests, Mrs. Carl) Mats
chulat of David City, Nebr., Mrs.
Ray Snell and Mrs. Eva Gray.
The afternoon was spent playing
progressive pitch. Mrs. Alta
Finch received high score and
Mrs. Jennie Schroth low.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Heiss
and Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Berg
strom spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Heiss.
Mrs. C. E. Walker, who has
been quite sick for several days
with an ear and throat infection,
is improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Boelter
and family were dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Le Roy Cunning
ham Sunday.
Mrs Wilton Hayne and Mrs.
Chichester went to Wayne Fri
day. Mrs. Chichester visited rel
atives and friends, while Mrs.
Hayne attended the graduation
exercises of her grandson, Frank
lin Bressler. They visited Satur
day with Mrs. Haynes’ mother,
Mrs. Ida Frey of Pierce.
Mrs. Jay Trease and daughter,
Esther, visited at the Otto Mats
chullat home Saturday. In the
afternoon they were all O’Neill
visitors.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Waller and
son came up from Omaha Sunday
to visit at the home of Mrs Wal
ler’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Snell. They returned home Tues
day accompanied by Mrs. Snell
and their daughter, Rita, who
had visited for some time with
her grandparents.
S. Sgt. Harry Cullen, who has
been in South America and Af
rica, is now in England.
Bryan Stevens and daughter,
Mrs. ernon Parks, returned
from Omaha Monday morning.
They were called there by the ill
ness and death of Mr Stevens’
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Holt County Quota
Fifth War Loan Set
At $639,800 Over-All
For the Fifth War Loan drive,
June 12 to July 8, Holt County has
been given an over-all quota of
$639,800, as compared with
$650,000 for the last campaign.
Chairman Lyle P. Dierks was ad
vised today by the Nebraska War
Finance Committee.
The county’s quota for the sale
of war bonds to individuals has
been placed at $576,000. During
the coming campaign, the sale of
all types of government securities
to individuals will be stressed,
rather than placing emphasis sole
ly on “E” bond sales as has been
done in the past.
The national goal is 16 billion
dollars, up $2,000,000,000 from the
last drive, while Nebraska’s over
all quota is $106,000,000, as com
pared with $94,000,000 during the
campaign last January and Feb
ruary. These increase are due to
the necessity of financing the
stepped-up tempo of the war in all
theaters of operation.
The county quotas for the Fifth
War Loan drive reflect adjust
ments all along the line, including
both increases and reductions,
since the quotas have been estab
lished on a basis of actual con
ditions and facts.
Chief factors taken into consid
eration in arriving at the quotas
are the county’s assessed valua
tion, the value of its farm crops,
its population, its bank deposits
and sales during the Fourth War
Loan drive.
W. Dale Clark, State Chairman,
in announcing the county figures,
urged that every effort be made
to meet the quotas as rapidly as
possible.
“Each county in Nebraska faces
a heavy responsibility,” he said,
“in selling its share of war bonds
during the Fifth War Loan drive.
The success of this campaign here
in Nebraska will be dependent
upon the determination of each
county to sell its quota of bonds.”
During the last drive, 72 of the
state’s 93 counties made their over
all quotas, while 68 made their
“E” bond quotas.
Based upon experience obtained
during the Fourth War Loan
drive, the War Finance Division
has spent considerable time in de
termining the county quotas, and
believes the figures this time will
be more equitable, thus making it
I easier for all counties to meet
th^ir goals.
With the quotas being broken
down in precincts (or school dis
tricts), the County Committee is
now completing its final plans for
the Fifth War Loan dri"~
Let Us Play
The Game Square
In the game of football there
are two teams of eleven men.
The team that has posession of
the ball is called the offensive
team: the other, the defensive*
It is the job of the defensive team
to hold the line and to prevent
the offensive team from gaining*
ground in their territory and
crossing the goal line.
M. E. Rawlings, Sioux City
district APA director, in a state
ment this week, emphasized the
importance of every man, woman
and child in each community
taking the defensive and holding
the line against black markets
and inflation. Don’t pay more
than ceiling prices for any item
you purchase. Don’t waste gas
oline and rubber. Above all
conserve food.
The O. P. A.’s price, control div
ision is holding that economic
line, and inflation is taking a
beating. The purchasing power
of your dollar has been protected
to date. Price control is aimed
to protect and insure America’s
economic future. By restraining
prices in an unnatural wartime
situation, where there is too
much money in relation to the
things one can buy, price control
helps to divert the excess money
into savings.
The funds you are expecting
to spend or invest, and the cush
ion that business is depending
upon to soften the changes and
dislocations that the transition to
peace will bring, have both, in
part, been made possible by OPA’s
price control program.
It’s time we all buckled down
to save, conserve, and hold that
line. Housewives can do a lot
to help hold the line by making
1944 the price control year, and
by keeping the home front
pledge: I pay no more than ceil
ing prices; I pay my ration points
in full.
Mrs. Paul Walker had eight
guests for a seven • o’clock din
ner at theM and M Wednesday
evening. Following dinner they
went to the Walker home for
cards. Novelty prizes were
awarded each guest.
Mrs. Ellen Regan entertained
eight guests at an 8 o’clock dinner
at the M and M Tuesday evening
honoring her son, Gunner’s Mate
2-c, Charles P. Regan and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Shatto of Philadel
phia, Pa.