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
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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.
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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.