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The Frontier LXV O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1946 NO. 43 CHE civilized world pays homage to the Red Cross. It is the symbol of the best in mankind. Its one impulse is to extend the helping hand in time and place of disaster, of suffering, of want, of war and ruin. In a world now on fire the resources of the Red Cross are strained to the limit. To carry on in this dark hour of world need these resources must be renewed. Holt county is asked to help again. And it will do it again. CHAMBERS NEWS Phyllis Carpenter, Reporter A shower for Mrs. Lloyd Waldo (nee Phyllis Friedench) was held March 3 at the L. r. Small home south bf Amelia. About sixty friends and relatives were there with gifts and good wishes. The decorations, and lunch carried out the bt Patrick’s theme and color scheme. Ethel Butts left Friday evening by bus for Hastings, where she is employed in the munitions PliMr. and Mrs. Edward Neissen and family, of Stanton, moved March 1st onto the place south of town, formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Pete Sorenson Fred Nelson and Dee Brittell, of Oakdale, visited Thursday at the Bus Brittell home. * Mrs. Blen Taylor and baby visited over the week_end with Mr. and Mrs Wade Davis Pvt Merle Hansen arrived Thursday from Camp Wolters, Texas for a short visit with his wife and son Mrs. Hansen met her husband at Norfolk and they spent a ifew days visiting rela 4tives at Neligh, before coming on to Chambers TT , Mr. and Mrs. Jud Hertel and Ella moved the last of the week into the Hubert Smith house in I the west part of town. Mrs. | Genevieve Bell then moved from a cabin into her house where the ( Hertel family had been living. Miss Deloris Brittell accompan ied Mr. and Mrs. Norman Kosik to their home at Madison Monday for a short visit. Mrs. Rena Feyerherm came ] home Thursday after several; weeks vacation spent with her j daughters in Omaha and Wayne. | Kenneth DeHart, Boatman s Mate 2_c, arrived in Chambers Sunday morning for a visit with relatives. He was accompanied from Tacoma, Wash., by his sis ter, Mrs. Ralph Remington and daughter, who are also visiting here. They will visit their brother, Mr and Mrs. Edgar De Hart and family and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Scott and family, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Harley and family and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Doolittle and family Kenneth is serving on a cargo ship and has made trips to West Africa, South Africa, Porto Rica, New Guinea. Dewey Brittell is on the sick list. Mrs. E. M. Brooks came home Friday from the Clarkson hospit. al at Omaha, where she had un dergone a major operation. Her daughter, Mrs. L. O. Lenz is car ing for her. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Neelson were dinner guests at the Reed Bell home last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Grimes and Bonnie visited at the Frank Tracy home Sunday afternoon. Marian Carpenter went to At. fkinson Saturday, where she vis ited at the H. O. Stevens home. Mrs. Stevens and son, Sgt Dale Stevens, brought her home Sun day afternoon. . Mr. and Mrs. Louis Vitt and family, of Inman, were Sunday guests at the Louis Taggart home. Mrs. Vitt is a cousin of Mrs. Tag ggrt Leland Brittell, of Oakdale, is spending a few days in the Bus Brittell home. Glenn Grimes has purchased a milking machine. . Bob Friederich, who is taking V 12 Navy training at Peru State College, was calling on friends in the Amelia community Sat. urday. „ _ Mr and Mrs. Vern Sageser, Betty Thompson and Mrs. M. L. Sageser attended the Basketball Tournament in O’Neill Thursday afternoon and evening. The Amelia Progressive Club met Thursday, March 1st, at the home of Mrs. C. N Small at Amelia. Mrs. Small and Mrs. Ernei Johnston were hostesses. After the covered dish luncheon at noon the lesson was presented by the leaders Mrs Ralph Reese and Mrs. George Fullerton. Dressing up the House in War Times was the name orf the lesson which was very interesting and * ably presented. The next meet ing will be with Mrs. Miles Minnahan. The Presbyterian Aid met Wednesday ot last week at the home of Mrs. Clarence Kiltz, with a large crowd in attendance. The lesson from the book, “West of the Date Line.’ was given by Mrs. Glee Grimes. No date has been set for the next meeting. Mr. Mrs. Robert Gartner and family moved Wednesday of last week to a farm near Stuart, which they bought. Jack Els is staying with his aunt and uqcle, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Eisenphauer and going to school. His lather, S. Sgt. Arthur Els has been transferred from Lara mie, Wyo., to Grand Island, where he is taking special train, ing on the B-29. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Smith are rejoicing over the arrival of a ten pound baby girl, born to them on Thursday, March 1. Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Cooper and Bonnie had supper at the Clar ence Tibbetts home Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Adams and boys visited in the Lloyd Gleed home Sunday evening. Mrs. Lottie Hansen and Larry, of Boise, Idaho, came Saturday a visit with relatives and friends. Mrs. Charles Spath and daugh. ter, Angie, were passengers to Omaha Monday. The Womans’ Society of Chris tian Service met Thursday after noon at the home of Mrs. Clara Thorin. METHODIST CHURCH NOTES Sunday School _11:00 Youth Fellowship _ 7:30 Evening Worship - 8:15 Mrs. Letha Cooke and Bernard were dinner guests at the Leo Adams home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Smith moved Thursday of last week on. to the place east of town, former ly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Whiting. A letter received recently from Lt. RanalcTWhitaker states that he had been seriously ill with yellow jaundice and a tropical fever. He has been in a hospital in the Philippines and was being moved back when he wrote. The treasurer of the Methodist church states that the amount raised for the “Crusade of Christ” from this church was $649.75. The amount is $200 more than the minimum quota. bgt. Donald Dankert is spend ing a furlough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. John Dankert and other relatives. He has been stationed in California since his return from overseas. Elaine Adams had supper Sun day evening at the Wm. Rennin. ger home. ! Richard Lehman left Tuesday for Fort Leavenworth for induct | ion into the armed forces. Mr. and Mrs. Morty drove to Atkinson Tuesday on business. Delbert Robertson came home Monday evening from a trip to Plattsmouth and Topeka, Kansas. Mrs. John Albers and Delores and Mrs. Charles Faquier and Mildred drove to Norfolk Thurs day of last week to shop. Pvt. Vernon Harley left Wed nesday for Camp Ord, Cal., alfter spending a twenty day furlough with his wife, mother and other relatives. _ O'Neill Girls to Grad uate as Nurses. Miss Ruth M. Pribil, Miss Con stance A. Biglin and Miss Geneva M. Pribil, all of O’Neill, will re ceive their diploma and graduate as nurses next Sunday afternoon, March 11th, from the St. Vincent College of Nursing, Sioux City, Iowa. Exercises will be held m the Woodrow Wilson Junior High School. Miss Ruth N. Pribil is the daugh ter of John Pribil of this city and in addition to her diploma as a nurse, she will have a BS degree conferred on her from Briar Cliff College, on May 29 1945. Miss Constance A. Biglin, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Biglin of this city. Miss Geneva M. Pribil is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Casper Pribil of O’Neill. I At Home From Prisoner Camp of the Japs A little nervous, the look of haunting fear not entirely oblit_ erated by the quiet home sur roundings in the home of her mother, Mrs. Mary Ullom in O’Neill, First Lieutenant Magadclone Ullom sat on the floor by a warm fire when we called yesterday. Arriving home Sun lay after more than three years in a Japanese interment camp in Manila she has already gained 20 pounds in weight since her release February 3. Lt. Ullom joined the army in 1938 and served as a nurse in the souuth Pacific unti ltaken prisoner by the Japs in July, 1942. From then until February 3, when General McArthur’s troops open ed Santa Tomas prison camp at Manila where slhe with many others were held prisoners. Lt. Ullom says they were over whelmed with joy when they saw the Amedican flag and the brown_clad Yankee boys coming to release them. Food stores were opened and the starved prisoners had their first real meal in many months. The prisoners’ fare had been reduced to a little rice daily, otherwise they were not treated too badly. How did it seem to get back home?, she was asked. “It is certainly wonderful,” she replied. The Lieutenant is now on what is termed temporary duty, with to go back to the South Pacific in 30 days because there is much to go beck to the south Pacilc in 30 days because thert is much to do in that therater. She came by airplane with 67 others and boarded a train at Cheyenne, Wyo., for O’Neill. Mrs. Ullom has “killed” the proverbial fatted calf and is feeding and making her daughter merry again. More Holt Co. Boys for the Army The following Holt County boys were inducted into the armed forces during the month q(f March: Chambers Richard L. Lehman , Eming Harold P. Savidge Stuart Walter J. Fuelberth Donald D. Marcelluus Wayne L. Cadwallader Dennis J. Kaup O'Neill Donald A. Hynes Bryan J. Dempsey Frank F. Peter, r. Daniel E. Murphy Redbird Percy M. Anderson Zane E. Searles Emmet Vernon G. Beckwith Geoge O. Cole Inman Robert Ol Appleby Spencer Martin V. Langan Atkinson Junior Dobias Melvin L. Thompson Receives Air Medal Army Air Base, Sioux City, Iowa—Mrs. Florecne E. Brady, of Dorsey, Nebr., was guest of the Sioux City, Iowa, army air base Saturday, March 3, when she re ceived the Air Medal from Col. Downs E. Ingram, base command er. The medal was awarded her husband, S. Sgt. Lloyd G. Brady, listed as missing in action. Mrs. Steve Wytoska and small son, who spent the last month with the Paul Beha family, de parter for their home in Oshkosh, Wis., Tuesday morning. Mrs. Wytoska is a sister of Mrs. Paul Beha. Clyde Streeter suustained an injured arm when he fell after stepping on hidden ice and struck the bumper of his car in an effort to grab the bumper of the car to break his fall. Frank Suchy made a business trip to Omaha last Tuesday morn ing, returning home Thursday morning. Ralph Leidy, of the O’Neill Hatchery, was in Orchard Thurs day. Dr. Fisher, Dentist. 43-tf At Mississippi Air Field Aviation Cadet Joseph W. O’Malley, son of Mr. and Mis. L. W, O’Malley, who reside at Cham bers, Nebr., recently reported to the Greenville Army Air Field, Greenville, Mississippi, for further flight training. After completing his basic train ing at Greenville, Cadet O’Malley will be sent to another field in the Army Air Forces Eastern Fly i ing Training Command for the j final phase of training. Upon suc | cessful completion of this course, he will receive his “wings.” The Greenville Army Air Field is located in the heart of the world-famous Delta cotton belt on the Mississippi river. Assessors Gel Helpful Hints Many in Attendance at Wed: nesday Meeting. The assembly room at the county court house was crowded Wednesday with members of the county boards, county assessors, precinct assessors, county officials and a sprinkling of spectators of Holt, Boyd, Knox and Wheeler counties. H. A. Lyon, of Lincoln, deputy tax commissioner, gave an exhaustive analysis of the new setup in schedules for assessors, there being introduced this year separate blanks for town and country. The meeting was one of a series held over the state to familiarize assessors with the job. Mr. Lyon called atten. tion to the thought that the asses sor should start out not to antag onize the property owner but to help him. The new schedules provide for the listing of some 230 items as compared to sixty heretofore. Mr. Lyon said farmers and ranch, ers holdings have been assessed at 80% while town and city prop erties and business were taxed on a 45 or 50 per cent of value. I The tax commissioner depart ment have arranged the new j schedules, he said to correct this inequality and b Ing about a unit of valuation thr. ughout the state, i Stock cows that are being milked are not to be assessed as i milk cows, Mr. Lyon told the j assessors. They were also in structed that the law did not re. i quire them to make repeated i trips to secure the schedule of a j property owner and if the owner j did not make a return of his prop- j erty the precinct assessor is authorized to make out a sched-1 ule for such person from his knowledge of what he owned and add 50%. The county board adds another 50 per cent in the event the person so dealt with does not make objection to the added valuation returned by the precinct assessor after he has been duly notified. Departing (for a. time from the instruction in the use of the new blanks, Mr. Lyon answered ques tions and volunteered his belief %hat taxation should be on a basis of earning and not on the property. He will conduct a similar school of instruction Thursday at Ainsworth for the four counties west of Holt, going from there to Alliance. The meeting closed with the speaker dwelling at some length on plans to reclassify lands. Ord And Ainsworth To Play For Title Of Class "B" Tournament Friday The semi-finals of Class B bask etball tournament were played at the OHS gym Thursday night and Ord and Ainsworth game out vic torius and will play for the title Friday night, with Ord expected to win. In the first rounds played Wed nesday evening, Ord won over Burwell 27-24 and Ainsworth won from Neligh, 29-25. Valentine and O’Neill drew byes. In the semi-finals Thursday Valentine lost to Ainsworth 29-25; and Ord won easily over O’Neill, 48-24. O’Neill and Valentine, the two losing teams in the semi-finals will play Friday night for Third Place. Atkinson High School Wins Class "C" Tourney Here Last Friday Night Atkinson High School won the Class C Basketball tournament last Friday night from St. Joseph <Atkinson) by the close score of 21 to 19. Tne game was a close one all the way, but St. Joe’s was unable to sink many of their shots. In the first game of the evening Niobrara and Spalding were to play for third place, but on ac count of the storm, Spalding did not show up, and Niobrara was awarded the third place trophy. St. Mary’s took the place of Spald ing and played a good game against j Niobrara, but lost by a score of [ 25 to 19. POULTRY GALORE Tri-State Paid Over $2,000,000 in 1944 to Local Producers of Poultry and E}j{js. Most of us just take the Tri State down by the Northwestern track for granted unmindful of its importance to the commercial interests of the community. In the long busy season there are eighty.five O’Neill citizens employed by this institution, the pay roll in 1944 amounting to $92,000. This is a comparatively small item along side the more than two million dollars paid to poultry and egg producers of the O’Neill territory. Cark L. Willson, manager of the Tri-State, gives The Frontier interesting, possibly amazing figures to our readers. Dur ing 1944 th processing plant handled 3,800,000 chickens and turkeys, bought in this | territory of the producers at a cost of approximately one and a half million dollars. In ad dition to this there was purchased of egg producers 90,000 cases of eggs at an average cost orf $10 per case, or another item of $900,_ 000, or a total of more than two million dollars paid to citizens of O'Neill and adjacent territory. In the hatchery department some 6,000 chicks have so far been hatched. Mr. Willson in forms us they have recently in stalled a new Buckeye incuba_ tor, with a capacity of 66,000 chicks. In a separate room eighteen incubators are used for turkey eggs. The plan this seas on is to hatch 125,000 turkeys. A large model turkey farm, which Mr. Willson says is probably the best in the state, is maintained two miles southwest of O’Neill. Here they expect to raise to mar. ketable age 18,000 turkeys this season. Both hatchery and processing plant are among the very best, ably managed and staffed at all times to carry on a business in this community approaching three million dollars. Snow Flakes Big as a Fist John, Shald of Stuart, in O'Neill Thursday, with Mrs. Shald had a nerve racking ex perience Wednesday night com. ing up the highway from the east. Between Ewing and Inman they ran into an unusual snow storm—unusual as Mr. Shald says the snow flakes appeared as large as a man’s fist. Tne lights of the car penetrating the gloom of the storm created the effect of driving into a tunnel, walled in above and to the sides, wholly obscuring the highway side boundaries. Mr. Shald said they concluded to try to make it to Inman and stop. When they got there they were out of the storm and stars in a clear sky to the west beckoned them on. Miller Children Buried Monday From Lynch A tragic accident occurred last Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the school house grounds of Dis trict 208, 2Vi miles east of the Liddy Hill on Eagle Creek, when two children, Larry Miller and I la Fae Miller, were instantly killed in a landslide on the banks of Eagle Creek when the bank, which had been washed out by high waters, caved in and covered over five children who were play ing there. One small child was out side and he escaped. The three Fernau children were dug out as soon as help arrived, but the two Miller children were beyond help. The accident occur red just at the edge of the school grounds. Funeral services were held for the two Miller children Monday morning at 11:00 o’clock at ttae Lynch I. O. O. F. Hall with Ival Printz in charge of the services. Burial was made in Paddock Union Cemetery following. Blanche Hartsoek and Grace Young furnished the music at the services with Lydia Pengetzer at the piano. Pallbearers were: Harold Spin ar, Donald Harding, Earnest Ross, Albert Ross, Duane Miller, and Harold Whetham. Larry Harlan Miller Larry Harlan Miller, the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Miller of Spencer, Nebraska, was born December 14th, 1938 at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Ross, in northern Holt County. He passed away March 2nd, 1945 at the age of six years, two months, and sixteen days. He leaves to mourn his passing: his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Miller; his brother, Bruce, three years of age. He also leaves his grandmother, Mrs. Emma Miller, of O’Neill, Nebr.; his grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Ross, of Redbird; also a great grand mother, Mrs. M. M. Enders, of Lynch; and many other relatives and friends. Ila Fae Miller Ila Fae Miller, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Miller of Redbird, Nebr., was born at the Lynch Hospital on June 21, 1933 and passed away March 2nd, 1945 at the age of 11 years, 8 months, and 9 days. She leaves to mourn for her: her parents and one sister, Arlene; her grandmother, Mrs. Emma Mil ler, of O’Neill; her grandfather, Elsworth Witherwax, of Redbird; and many other relatives and friends. One sister preceded her in death. Larry and Ila Fae were constant companions and both met their tragic death while playing at school about a quarter mile from their homes. They will long be remembered for their sweet smiles and their cheerful dispositions. Card of Thanks We wish to express our heart felt thanks to the many kind rela tives, friends and neighbors for their expressions of sympathy and many acts of kindness shown us at the time of the tragic death of our children. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Miller and son. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Miller and daughter. ' The community is law abiding, if all but one empty jail cell so indicates. The county jail has one inmate inherited from the city, a gent sentenced for ninety days for intoxication in justice court. He had made a get-away from first incarceration in the city jail and is now a lone pris_ oner upstairs in the court house. O’Neill lumber yards are ex periencing a rush demand for brooder houses, indicating an in_ creased interest this season in poultry raising. With the housing shortage, these little brooder cabins carpenters are building at the yasds look inviting to a young coupTe to move into. Clayton Bellar Killed in Action Pfc. Clayton L. Bellar, a former Holt county boy, has been re ported killed in action January 20 in Belgium. This word was brought to friends here by Clay ton’s wife who resides at Lead, ville, Col., who with other rela tives visited Sunday at the home of Harry Ott. These were, Peter Bellar and wife of Litchfield, Nebr.; Evelyn and Doris Bellar, of Denver; Clayton’s mother, Mrs. John Ballar, qfBroken Bow and Mrs, Clayton Bellar, of Leadville. Clayton was 28 years of age, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bellar, early settlers near O’Neill. Be sides his wife he is survived by his mother, five sisters and five brothers, three of whom are in the army overseas, his grand parents and other relatives. The day he was killed he had written a letter to the home folks, which will be cherished as the last word from Clayton. Marriage Licenses Henry D. Roberts 35, Scotland, S. D., and Miss Altha Tedrow, 37, of Pine Ridge, S. D. Earl Emme, 22, and Wilma Whitley, 23 both of Dallas, S. D. A recent large real estate transaction was the sale of the Lakeview ranch five miles south of Inman, involving three sec tions and an eighty, by J. I. and Grace J. Hassack to Robert L. and Verna L. Sample, consider ation $13,000 Charles E. Stout went to Ro_ Chester, Minn, Wednesday, where he goes for the Mayo medical and surgical checkup Cap. Uhl has been stricken by illness and is at the Norb Uhl home. “Dirt” Houses On the Way? We have had our sod-house frontier period. Next will it be “packed dirt” buildings? Could be. Building materials are be coming more expensive, less plentiful. Maybe a new school of building architects have the solu tion of the problem of building. Dirt—that’s the answer. Not dirt in the sense of being unclean. The idea comes out of war.tom Europe where Yankees have found fine buildings made from Sacked earth. These buildings ave stood for centuries m France. TKe idea is being tried out up north of us in the Dakotas and from experiments thus far it has been found that a soil with 76 per cent sand serves best, gumbo and clay being rejected as unfit. Holt county and the vast stretch of sandhills to the south and west have inexhaust able sources of supply of the type of “dirt” needed and if the econ omy offsets the fear of the hard work this method of building may some day become popular in the sod house districts of Nebraska. The cost in money is said to be vpry little but re quires plenty of hard work. The late Tom Carlon of O’Neill had a scheme under way at one time to mold glass bricks from our shining sands, and thus bring to material fruition the fabled glass houses. One of the funny men think spring should be here soon as he has observed that the girls bare legs “are losing that mottled purplish color.’’ Joe Beha, who spent a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Beha last week, start, ed for his home in Minneapolis, Minn., Sunday afternoon. Civic pride is at a low ebb if the condition of the sidewalks about town tell anything. Many of them are buried in mud, other sections covered with ice and slush. In view ojf the few who walk, maybe it is not considered worthwhile by householders to clean the sidewalks. RED CROSS BENEFIT CARD PARTY The Bid or Bye Bridge Club is sponsoring a benefit card party for the Red Cross at the I. O. O. F. hall Friday evening, March 16. All kinds of card games will be played. There will be lunch and prizes All Dr^ceeds will be given to the Red Cross, so come prepared to donate to a worthy cause. Holt County Hay Goes to New England. Dairy men of the east are hard up for hay, the situation so des perate that they put up as much as $55 a ton for Nebraska hay. Carlot prices run from $40 to $45 a ton, J. .B Ryan informs The Frontier, local retail prices rang ing up to $55 a ton. Mr. Ryan has shipped a num ber of cars of Holt county hay to New England, Providence R. I,, Birmingham and Bristow, Vt., being some of the points to which shipments have been made. He finds himself, like others, ’’short handed” for help which keeps him pretty close on the job, thouugh The Froneier represent ative suspicioned that his able office manager, Miss May Keys, was engineering things. The day we called Mrs. Cole of Emmet was in supervising the weighing of paper gathered in the recent scrap drive.