Nebraska Newspapers

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VOLUME LXVI. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1946. ~ NUMBER 3.
Personal Property
Valuations Drop
Assessors Find Fewer
Cattle Than a
Year Ago
PARTIAL RETURNS
A preliminary survey of per
sonal property assessing,
which is currently in progress
in Holt county, reveals a sharp
drop in valuations. Out of 25
townships where the assessing
has been completed, 17 show de
clines ranging from a few hun
dred to 43 thousand dollars.
There is little likelihood that
the returns yet to be filed by 19
precincts will erase the deficit,
and when the assessing has been
completed there will be a notable
overall drop in valuations on the
tangible property in the county.
However, because the county s
cash reserves are in good condi
tion, including 250 thousand dol
lars in government bonds belong
ing to the county and its subdi
visions, it is probable that only a
slight tax increase on personal
property will be necessary when
the county supervisors consider
the new tax levies for county
general expenses.
Cattle Decrease
County Assessor L. G. Gilles
pie points out that “roughly
three-fourths of the drop is at
tributable to a decrease in the
number of cattle. Some town
ships,” he says, “are showing 900
fewer cattle than a year ago.”
With slightly more than one
/ half of the precinct returns filed
in the courthouse here, most of
the reports to be received are
from townships where there are
cities and towns included.
Among those not yet com
pleted are Grattan Township and
O’Neill City, Atkinson Township
and Atkinson Town, Stuart
Township and Stuart Village,
Ewing Township and Ewing Vil
lage, Inman Township and Inman
Village, Verdigre Township and
Page Village, Scott Township,
and Green Valley Township.
The smallest decrease in cattle
in a single township tnus far is :
v\J\J ncttu.
Caille Valuations the Same
Cattle are being valued on the
same scale as in 1945: calves, 6
months-old, $10; 6-to-18-months,
$35; 18-to-13-months, $45. Milk
cows, $75. Stock cattle, $60.
Bulls, $100.
Another factor in the overall
decline is brought about by re
duced valuations on automobiles,
tractors, combines, haybalers,
refrigerators, and other similar
items. These are being devalu
ated nearly one-third from last
year’s figure, a normal proced
ure, but, with most of these items
scarce, there is no means of com
pensating in that category for the
lossi of tax revenue.
There is virtually no change in
the assessed valuations of real
estate, except in case where im
provments have been removed or
added, and where equalization
between tracts is considered ne
cessary.
The tax levy for the county
general fund has been lowered
steadily during the past fou,
years, dropping from 3.00 mills
on the dollar in 1942 to 1.80 in
1945.
The total value of tangible
property in the county last year,
including automobiles and other
‘special schedule’ items, was $8,
720.000.
While most precincts are show
ing declines in personal property
valuations, at least two town
ships have produced marked in
creases. Holt Creek increased
204 thousand dollars over the
1945 figure, and Fairview upped
its valuation more than 40 thous
and dollars.
The comparisons in valuations
between 1945 and 1946 in the re
ports of 25 assessors follow:
Township. 1946 1945
Rock Falls _$141,345 $162,935
Shields _ 172,150 162,590
Sheridan __— 242,010 268,805
Deloit _ 170,385 210,960
Chambers Vill. „ 60,300 41,050
Fairview _ 426,560 385,880
Josie _ 42,280 81,380
Antelope _ 49,460 55,225
Chambers Twp. 313,685 356,495
Saratoga _ 127,395 127,930
Shamrock _ 102,115 120,240
Cleveland _ 189,680 210,500
Paddock . 206,140 170,395
Dustin _ 183,885 143,415
Pleasantview .... 107,140 101,350
Iowa 86,710 93,290
Golden .. 130,770 159,875
Coleman _ 99,520 100,620
Holt Creek_ 413,795 208,530
Emmet Twp. _ 186,590 168,825
Willowdale __ 145.860 168,280
Francis _ 227,810 239,165
Emmet Vill._ 3,715 3,350
Steel Creek _ 114,690 154,690
Sand Creek_ 200,165 217,320
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rickley
departed Wednesday to spend
Memorial day at Fullerton.
Cochairmen for Golf
Tourney Announced
M. J. Golden and A. J. Jaszko
wiak.have been named cochair
men for the golf tournament to |
be held her June 16-18 under the
sponsorship of the Country club,
according to Dr. L. A. Burgess,
club president.
Meanwhile, the club is further
ing plans for the 1946 season,
which is expected to be the big
gest year in its history. The sea
son was formally opened at a
dance Wednesday night.
The club members are accept
ing additional memberships and
are especially anxious for out-of
town memberships.
POPPIES NET $177.50
The Poppy day sales netted
$177.50 here, according -to Mrs.
Dean Streeter, chairman of the
poppy committee of the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary. The pro
ceeds from Saturday’s sale are
being turned over to disabled
v&terans.
BOWENS TO CHICAGO
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bowen,
owners of the Bowen Ben Frank
lin store here, were in Chicago
two days last week on business.
They returned Thursday ahead of
the railroad strike.
CHECK FORGER
PLEADS GUILTY
Orval Elifritz, 30, Admits
Passing 3 Faked
Checks Here
Orval Elifritz, 30, of Ains
worth, admitted writing three
checks with forged signatures in
a preliminary hearing here Mon
day before County Judge Louis
W. Reimer. After pleading guil
ty (to the complaint filed against
him by County Attorney Julius
D Cronin, Elifritz’ bond was
posted at $1,000 and he was
bound over to the district court.
He recently cashed checks to
taling $75 at three O’Neill firms,
affixing presumably anonymous
signatures to the checks.
During a transaction at the
Midwest Motor Company he in
advertently mentioned that a cer
tain motor part he required had
been unavailable at the Chevro
let agency in Ainsworth. Later,
when the check that he had
passed here developed into a
bogus one, C. E. Lundgren, of
the Midwest firm, contacted the
Ainsworth agency and compared
notes regarding customers who
had been seeking .that particular
part. Parts that had been
purchased in O’Neill were found
in Elifritz’ possession, and within
a few hours he was taken into
custody by the Brown county
sheriff. He was immedi tely
brought here by County Sheriff
A B. Hubbard, and is being held.
The case will not be heard in
district court until after District
Judge D. R. Mounts returns from
a trip to Oklahoma.
4 rubhc School
Teachers to School
Four O’Neill public school
teachers will soon begin summer
school work. Superintendent Ira
George and Principal F. E. Sain
don will enroll at the University
of Nebraska at Lincoln. Mr.
George, however, will spend
weekends here and will direct
the Municipal band. Miss Alice
French, a mathematics teacher,
nd Miss Margaret Brown, the
dramatics and English teacher,
will enroll in the summer session
at the University of Colorado at
Boulder. Miss Teresena Denese,
•the social science teacher, plans
an extended trip through the
East.
TOMPKINS TO MEETING
INMAN—Harvey A. Tompkins
was a delegate to a* two-day Uni
versity of Nebraska-sponsored in
stitute on small community life,
which was held at Lincoln Mon
day through Wednesday. Tomp
kins was a member of a special
committee that was selected to
consider, religious life of the com
munity. The institute attracted
representatives from communi
ties under 2,500 population. Dur
ing his stay in Lincoln, Tompkins
met with the executive commit
tee of the Nebraska Methodist
confrence’s town and country
commission, on which he is a lay
representative.
RELEASED FROM NAVY
CHAMBERS—Chet Fees ar
rived Saturday with a discharge
from the Navy. He had been in
service more than two years,
most of the time spent in the Pa
cific.
STRIKE CURTAILS
RAIL SERVICE
Northwestern Manages 1
Train Per Day Despite
Walkout
—■—
By recruiting engineers and
brakemen from “supervisory
jobs,” the Northwestern sus
tained at least one train per day
on its Om&ha-Chadron line,
which serves O'Neill and north
eastern and northern Nebraska,
during the rail strike which vir
tually paralyzed the Nation
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Last Thursday, the day the na
tionwide walkout of Engineers
and Trainmen went into effect,
the Northwestern’s Omaha-bound
No. 12 departed from Chrdron on
schedule, passing through O’Neill
slightly behind its 12:57 a.m. (Fri
day) schedule. Next day, Satur
day, the Chadron-bound No. 21
passed through O’Neill at ;bout
9 a.m., manned by an improvised
crew and operating several hours
behind schedule.
The first train to pass through
here after the strike had been set
tled at 3 p.m Saturday was a
westbound freight, No. 117,
which went through at 9:30 p.m.
Northwestern Agent R. M. Sau
ers reported that the total loss
of Northwestern service here in
cluded one passenger and two
freight trains on Friday, and one
passenger and one freight on
Saturday.
Burlington Is Idle
mere was no Burlington serv
ice here either Friday or Satur
day, according to Burlington
Agent H. A. Yocum, who stated
that the crews laid-over at Ferry.
Only the engineers and brake
men, who are members of the En
gineers and Trainmen brother
hoods, were striking. Other rail
road employees, including con
ductors, firemen, agents, section
crews, and administrative work
ers were not involved, and re
ported for work as usual.
By Sunday morning, normal
rail service had been restored.
O’Neill suffered no serious ef
fects from ithe strike, but it
caused innumerable inconven
iences in delayed mail, freight
and express service, and a num
ber of passengers were stranded.
Most freight that had been tied
up during the shortlived walkout
h d reached its destination by
Tuesday.
No Shortages Result
The strike was a boon to bus
and truck lines Exceptionally
heavy truck traffic was noted on
the highways, especially the
transcontinental highway 20.
A shortage of food might have
developed if the strike had been
prolonged, but there was no im
mediate concern over the city’s
food supply.
BISHOP HUNKLER
HERE MONDAY
Will Confirm Class of 220
from St. Patrick’s,
30 from Emmet
The Most, Rev. Bishop Hunkier,
bishop of the Grand Island Cath
olic diocese, will officiate at 9
a.m. Monday in a confirmation
service at St. Patrick’s church
here, it has been announced by
Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. G. McNamara,
church pastor.
The confirmation class will in
clude 220 from St. Patrick’s par
ish and 30 from the Church of
the Epiphany parish at Emmet.
11 Seniors Graduate
at Inman High School
INMAN—The commencement
exercises at Inman high school
were held Wednesday at the
school auditorium. Eleven sen
iors received diplomas following
art address by Frank O. McIntyre,
dean of Norfolk Junior college.
Viola Krutz was valedictorian,
and Ruthie Sholes, salutatorian.
Those receiving scholarships
were: Viola Krutz, state teach
ers’ college scholarship; Ruthie
Sholes, state church college
scholarship; and Jimmie Harte,
Norfolk Junior college scholar
ship.
Harvey Tompkins, member of
the board of education, presented
the diplomas to the following:
Viola Krutz, Ruthie Sholes, Jim
mie Harte, Rolland Hughes, Mar
jorie Lines, Josephine Conger,
Ruth Stevens, Vivian Stevens,
Robert Geaiy, Janette Hopkins,
Helma Kesenholtz.
Joseph Coon, grammar room
teacher, presented the eighth
grade diplomas to the following:
Harlen Morsback, Junior Sobot
ka, Marlene Geary, Elza Kesen
holtz and Deritha Smith.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Lester M. Porter, 29, of Dustin,
and Miss Bernice Marie Holdren,
17, of Atkinson, May 23.
No April Fooling—
April 1st Still the
Hottest Day in 1916
In case you’ve been thinking
that the weather has been
warm lately, April 1st still
rates as the hottest day of the
ye. r. The temperature that day
in O’Neill was 88.
The ‘early summer’ began
with a 73 in March. Then the
Weather Man dished out a ‘late
winter’ that sent the mercury
skidding down to 23 on May
11th. The freeze was accompa
nied by snow, sleet, rain and
wind.
The average daily high temp
erature for April was 68, while
the May average (for 28 days)
is 66.
The average minimum temp
erature for April was 42.4,
while the May average to date
is 41 6.
Total precipitation since the
first of the year is 7.94-inches.
A total of 1.39-inches of mois
ture has been received here
during the past week, accord
ing to Government Observer
Elmer R. Bowen. The week's
summary, based on 24-hour
periods ending at 8 a.m., fol
lows:
Hi Lo Moist.
May 23 83 56 .56
May 24 69 50 .66
May 25 59 40 .17
May 26 70 44
May 27 76 53
May 28__ 74 55
May 29 78 57
MEMORIAL RITES
IN CITY TODAY
'
Tribute to Soldier Dead
to Be Paid in Service
and At Cemeteries
Memorial day rites are being
held here today (Thursday) as
O’Neill joins the Nation in hon
oring the war dead.
With stores and offices closed,
the day’s activity starts prompt
ly at 9:30 a.m. with a parade to
the public school auditorium,
where a memorial service is
planned. Following the service
an American Legion firing squad
is scheduled to fire three vol
leys in a brief ceremony at the
adjoining Prospect Hill and Cal
vary cemtferies.
No changes have been made in
the program that was announced
a week ago by the American Le
gion and Veterans of Foreign
Wars, the two organizations
jointly in charge of arrange
ments.
Val Peterson, Elgin publisher,
is scheduled to deliver the ad
dress at the 10 a.m. service in
the auditorium. 1
First Municipal Band
Concert Saturday
The summer season’s first con-1
cert by the Municipal band will !
begin at 8 p.m. Saturday at the j
bandstand e:st of the Holt coun- i
ty courthhouse annex building.
Director Ira George has an
nounced the program as follows:
“Star Sp ngled Banner", Key: j
march, “On the Square”, Panel
la; waltz, “Alice Blue Gov n .
McCarthy; selection, "Tea for |
Two”, Youmans; march, “On Pa- j
rade”, Goldman; vocal solo, “Rose
of No Man’s Land”, sung by Mrs. |
Earl W. Ralya.
Selection, “American P,.trol”.
Meechain; hymn, “Battle Hymn
of the Republic”, Bishop; march, j
“Stars and Stripes Forever”,
Sousa.
MRS. HOUCHIN, 30,
BURIED AT LINCOLN
Mrs. Keith Houchin, 30, of
North Platte, and a former resi
dent of the O’Neill vicinity, died
May 13th at North Platte. Funer
al services were held at 2 p.m
last Thursday at Lincoln, with
burial in the Wyuka cemetery
near there. Dr. Gerald Kennedy
officiated.
The late Mrs. Houchin, for
merly Lillian B. Cederburg, is
survived by the widower; one
daughter, Beverly Jeanne, 6; one
sister, Mrs. Harlan Elam, of Lin
coln; five brothers, Vinton Ceder
bOrg, of Peyton, Colo., Thomas
Cederburg, of Wagner, S. D., Har
ley Cederburg, of Waterloo, la ,
Clarence Cederburg, of Verdigre,
and Marion Cederburg, of Mid
dlebranch; and n stepfather, John
L. Leisure, of Venus.
12 SENIORS AT CHAMBERS
CHAMBERS—Twelve seniors
graduated from Chambers high
school May 17. They were:
Delores Albers, Dwayne Bly,
Dewey Brittell, Gene Cavanaugh,
Richard Farrier‘ Gordon Fluckey,
Donald Gibson, Gordon Harley,
Harlan Koch, Marlin Rasmussen,
Garold Rothchild, Larry Tange
man.
Prisoner Saws Way Out
of County Jail; Captured
MISS WINCHELL.50,
ILL 6 MONTHS DIES
A Daughter of the Late
Ben Winchell Buried
Here Wednesday
A native of Holt county and a
daughter of the late Ben Win
chell, Miss Catherine Lou Win
chell, 50, died at the family home
here at 6 a.m. Monday. She had
been seriously ill more than six
months. Funeral services were
held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the
First Presbyterian church with
Rev. Kenneth Scott, church pas
tor, officiating.
Burial was in Prospect Hill
cemetery.
The late Miss Winchell was
born east of Chambers on July
7, 1895. Her mother was the for
mer Cora A. Sackett, who came
*o Holt county from Wisconsin.
The late Miss Winehell’s father,
Ben Winchell, was deputy Holt
county treasurer when he died
September 6, 1945. Her mother,
five brothers, and four sisters
survive. They are: John W. Win
chell, of Seattle, Wash.; Alva B.
Winchell, of Omaha; Vern H.
Winchell and Orville H. Winchell,
both of Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Mae
Harvey, of Orchard; Mrs. Nellie
Metcalfe, of Chambers; Gilbert
Winchell, Mrs. Beatrice Rouse,
and Mrs. Beryl Davis, all of
O’Neill.
The pallbearers were J. Ed
Hancock, A B. Hubbard, C. W.
Porter, John Harbottle, Arlo Hi
att, and Ned Allendorfer.
Mrs. Guy Cole, Emmet,
Honored by Ak-Sar-Ben
The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben of
Omaha Wednesday honored 36
"good neighbors” from over the
state for "unselfish and merito
rious deeds performed during the
past 12 months.”
Mr. and Mrs. Claude H. Cana
day, of Bloomfield, who turned a
corn check totaling $1,030 over to
UNRRA for relief purposes,
topped the list. Mrs. Guy Cole,
of Emmet, was among the honor
ees for “service beyond the call
of duty” as chairman of the wom
en’s activities of the statewide
salvage campaign, which brought
p] udits from the War Produc
tion board in Washington. Mrs.
G. E. Swanson, of Wausa, was
named for her work in “deliver
ing a plant in bloom to virtually
every home (in her community)
where illness strikes.”
NOXIOUS WEED
PLAN DEFERRED
Plan Will lie Held Up
Urt I New State Law
(iocs into Effect
A petition to create a county
wide noxious weed district was
heard by the Holt county super
visors in session here Tuesday,
with the result that the board
voted 4-to-2 to defer the creation
of a weed disrict here until Janu
ary 1, 1047. Reason for the de
ferrment w.s because the 1945
Unicameral legislature enacted a
law making weed districts mand
atory in each county where there
was evidence of noxious weeds.
This new law will go into effect
the first of the year.
Fee for Services
About 40 ranchers and farmers,
representing both pro and con
views on the proposed district,
were present at the hearing.
When the state law becomes ef
fective, each county will appoint
weed district supervisors, whose
job it will be to combat noxious
weeds. A fund will be provided
for that purpose, the amount va
rying in each county according to
the needs. The landowner, whose
property receives treatment, will
pay a nominal fee for the serv
ices.
Bindweed eradication is the
main objective of the proponents
of the district.
A group of ranchers voiced the
opinion that the amount of nox
ious weeds on their grazing land
didn’t justify the creation of a
district.
RETURNS TO U. S.
Clayton Rayla, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl W. Rayla, returned to
the United States Tuesday after
a year in the Pacific. He is a
fireman first-class. He called
his parents Tuesday from Ansel
mo, Ore.
Chinese ‘Half-Starved’,
Writes O’Neill Youth
The people in Tsingtoo,
China, are “half - starved,”
wrote George Janousek, 19, in
a letter to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lod Janousek. Janousek
is a seaman first-class and a
radioman in the Navy.
“They (the natives) even
come alongside our ship with
their lityle boaits to get our
garbage. Three of us rode all
over the city in a rickshaw. The^
place is filthy and stinks ter
ribly. Women come up to you
holding their babies and asking
for money to feed them.
“I am not going on liberty
anymore,” he continued, “as I
have seen all that I want to
see.”
Atkinson Girl Wins
State Merit Honors
ATKINSON—Miss Jane Chace,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Chace and valedictorian of the
1946 Atkinson high school senior
class, won the highest score in
the examinations given by the
state merit system last month.
There were 959 competitors for
the honor.
O'NEILL SPANKS
NORFOLK AGAIN
Pitcher Helmer’s Timely
Hitting Helps Indees
Win 4-1
The O’N e i 1 1 Independents
trampled the Norfolk semi-pros
4-1 Sunday at Norfolk, making it
two-straight over the same op
ponents. Donny Helmer, O’Neill
moundsman, poked out a timely
single and double that brought
in three O’Neill counters, and he
scored ithe fourth tally himself
when Left Fielder Charley Rich
ter singled.
The Indees bunched six of
their eight hits in twro innings.
Helmer, who struckout 14 Nor
folkans in a seven-inning contest
here a week earlier, wron by O’
Neill 7-3, was not as effective this
time, although he struckout sev
en and allowed only five scat
tered hits. Meanwhile, Hundt,
Norfolk hurler, struckout six and
yielded seven hits.
A large Sabbath day crowd
witnessed the event in Norfolk’s
Athletic park. The boxscore:
O'NEILL (4) AB H R
Wolfe, cf . 4 0 0
Richter, If 4 10
McKay, ss _4 10
R. Carlson, 2d . 4 10
Tomlinson, 3d ____ 4 0 0
Pruss, c -4 11
Hbbetts, rf 4 11
Toi: ow, 1st --401
I Helmer, p __ 4 2 1
i Totals _-_36 7 4
NORFOLK (1) ABHR
i C'h. ndler, ss 2 11
Finkhouse, cf 4 0 0
Hall, If _3 2 0
Gimble, 3d . 4 0* 0
Mitchell, 1st __ 4 0 0
Harrison, 2d „.. 4 2 0
Carney, if 400
Kellogg, c -400
; Hundt, p _ 3 0 0
Totals_32 5 1
O’Neill _000 020 200—4 8 1
Norfolk _001 000 000—1 6 1
Score by innings:
Undefeated St. John's,
Deloit, Here Sunday
The unbeaten St. John’s base
ballers of Deloit will tangle with
the O’Neill Independents at the
public school field here Sunday.
The Chambers Sun
Resumes Publication
The Chambers Sun, which was
forced to suspend publication
more than itwo years ago due to
wartime causes, resumed publica
tion on May 23.
Editor C. E. Alderson, who
served in the Navy, announced to
his readers that the new Sun has
been enlarged from four- to five
columns in width, and that a
larger press has been installed.
280 ATTEND CLASS NIGHT
A crowd of 280 persons attend
ed the St. Mary’s Academy sen
ior class night exercises held in
the public school auditorium.
John J. Beha departed for his
home in Omaha Sunday after a
visit with his brother, W. G.
Beha, and family.
Schilousky Descends from
Top of Courthouse with
Improvised “Rope”
CAUGHT IN NORFOLK
A midday break from the Holt
county jail, the first since the
new courthouse was built in
1936, was made Sunday by Ray
mond P. (“Pat”) Schilousky, 29,
of Ewing, who had been under
confinement since January 3.
The prisoner sawed his way
•through a barred window on the
third (top) floor of the court
house, presumably by using a
knife which he had converted
into a filing device.
He dropped to the roof of the
second floor, and descended to
the ground with use of a mat
tress cover which he had cut in
to strips and knotted the strips.
No witness reported seeing the
bold daylight escape.
County Sheriff A. B. Hubbard
and Deputy Sheriff John Lans
worth were in the courthouse at
the time of the break, but they
were not in the cell section,
which occupies the top floor.
Occurs At Noon
Hubbard said that the break
occurred between 12:25 and 12:30
p.m. Lansworth went off duty
at 2 p.m. and when Sheriff Hub
bard went to the cell block he
discovered what had happened.
Orval Elifritz, of Ainsworth, an
other prisoner, told Hubbard that
he was asleep during the affair,
and knew none of the details.
The cells in the jail are gener
ally regarded as escape-proof and
are of the latest barred-window
type. Schilousky had been the
only prisoner until three days
before, and it is believed that he
had been making preparations
for the break for sometime. He
made his exit at ai time when one
of the narrow-paned windows
was open. After sawing, he had
a clearance of about 13 inches.
Schilousky had been held af
ter having been committed to
the Norfolk state hospital.
Hubbard sponsored a radio
broadcast for the escapee, and
Tuesday Schilousky wras taken
into custody by Norfolk police,
who turned him over to state
hospital authorities.
Mrs. Bernard J.Matthews
New Head of St. Mary’s
Alumni Group in Omaha
Mrs. Bern: rd J. Matthews was
elected president of the Omaha
chapter of St. Mary’s Academy
Alumni at the annual election of
oficers held in conjunction with
( a dinner at 6 p.m., Sunday in the
Paxton hotel in Omaha. Mrs. W.
P. Wagner was named vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Joseph Schwadte, sec
retary, md Mrs. Thomas Regan,
treasurer.
Heading the program was an
address by Rev. Daniel Brick,
who is a former assist nt pastor
at St. Patrick’s Catholic church
in O’Neill. Rev F. R. Price, a
former O’Neill resident and son
of M" and Mrs. E. G. Price of
near here, was the to stmaster.
Vocal selections were presented
by Marv Fitzsimmons Massie; a
duet was sung by Miss Madge
Matthews and J ck Davis, and
“Home A''ain," a paper, was of
fered by John Robert Gallagher.
The Omaha ch pter will spon
sor a picnic in Benson park, Oma
| ha, on Sunday, June 9, to be at
tended by all former residents of
O’Neill now living in Omah ?. A
basket supper will be held in the
park pavilion.
Marvin Holsclaw Wins
Regent’s Scholarship
Marvin Holsclaw won the re
gent’s scholarship to the Univer
sity of Nebraska at O’Neill high
school this ye t, with Gordon
Hiatt chosen as the alternate.
They were among the- 37 seniors
receiving diplomas at the com
mencement exe reises Thursday
night
Ilene Searles w s awarded the
state (teachers’ college scholar
ship, and the state church school
award went to Joan Brady. Jen
nie Beth Mellor w'on the Norfolk
Junior college award.
The scholarships were present
\ ed by Principal F. E. Saindon.
Dr. L. A. Burgess, president of
the board of educ tion, presented
the diplomas. Val Peterson, El
gin publisher, delivered the com
mencement address. He admon
ished the graduates to “learn to
evaluate between true and false,’*
and he pointed out that a formal
education as such was not suffi
cient. He said that too frequent
ly persons with college educa
tions gave no evidence of it ten
years after graduation.