The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, June 27, 1946, Image 1

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    The Frontier
VOLUME 66. _O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1946. " NUMBER 7.
LIGHT YIELD IN
BLUE GRASS SEED
Dry Spring, Late Freeze
Factors in Sharp Drop;
Stripping Begun
SMALL GRAIN “GOOD”
Holt county, which produced
more bluegrass seed th n the en
tire state of Kentucky last year,
will take a back seat when the
agricultural statisticians tabulate
this year’s output. All because
of a dry spell during the crucial
growing period in the Spring,
and because of unseasonal ireezes
in May. These two factors cost
the bluegrass industry heavily
in a sharply reduced 1946 crop.
This year’s crop is virtually
non-existant in comparison with
the thousands of pounds that
were produced here in 1945.
which WcS an abnormally good
year. , . ,
The bluegrass industry, which
brought an estimated million and
a quarter dollars into Holt coun
ty last year, has shifted west in
to Sheridan and Cherry coun
ties.
The cold weather in May re
tarded the growth of the blue
grass, killed the blossoms, and
caused irregular headings.
County Agent A. Neill Dawes
asserted that upon examination
of the heads it was found that
from 10 to 70 percent were ster
ile- ■ ..
Lemmer Says Fair
Some stripping nas arreauy uc
gun, but the yields are “very lit
tle.” Albert Lemmer, who re
sides southwest of Atkinson, re
ports a “fair” crop, and Charles
» Tasler, of Stuart, who has al
ready stripped five tons, has is
sued a slightly better report.
Meanwhile, farmers ale pre
dicting small grain yields that
will be only slightly below last
year’s average. The freeze did
some damage to rye, and the lack
of adequate moisture in late May
might be the cause of a reduced
yield in barley and oats. The
quality of barley and oats is ex
pected t° be “good.’ Small gram
harvest is expected to begin in
parts of the county between July
8-12.
The abundance of moisture
during the past ten days has been
a boon to the corn, which has
been making rapid growth and
did not suffer generally from the
beat , . ,
The farmers are also pleased
over the alfalfa crop, which wea
thered the May cold in good
shape. The hay crop, which is
, expected to be about 60 percent
of last year’s output in the coun
ty, is regarded to be of good qual
ify- ^ -j
County Agent Dawes said
Wednesday that there were more
applicants from haying and har
vest hands for work than there
were farmers seeking help. He
suggests that those who will re
quire help make their needs
known immediately.
The week’s weather summary:
Day Hi Lo Moist.
June 19-60 47 .87
June 20 53 43 .06
June 21 72 48
June 22 84 58
June 23 90 70
June 24 95 70
June 25 89 60 .26
June 26 81 61
June 27 88 62 .15
Total _1.34
80 YOUTHS ON
4 - H OUTING
More than 80 Holt county 4-H
club youths departed today
(Thursday) for the north-central
district 4-H camp to be held at
Long Pine Thursday, Friday and
.•» Saturday.
From the Amelia Jolly Stitch
ers club—Beverly Small, Maxine
Peterson, Jeanene Doolittle, San
dra Gilmer, Joan Adair, Zoe Gil
mer, Phyllis Watson.
Amelia S-F club—Jack Gilmer,
Marvin Doolittle, Kenneth Small,
Dean Gilmer, Donald Peterson,
Donald Fullerton.
Cleveland and Sand Creek
clubs—Jerry Weber, Bob Weber,
Win. L. Mulford, Vita Marie
Weichman, Beth Sloan, Edwin
Sweet, Valera Lofquest, Lucille
Mitchell, Darlene Grimes, Joann
Beed.
Silver Star Seniors club—Ada
DeHart, Armetta Gleed, Helen
Farewell, Charlotte Farewell.
Green Valley club — Delores
Tasler.
O’Neill Junior 4-H club—Ed
die Tomlinson, George F Tomlin
son, Billy Don Lyons, Jim Mc
Kinny.
Chambers Blue Ribbon club—
Sammy Young, Russell Miner,
Tommie Ressel, Donald Ressel,
Ronald Ressel.
Eagle Creek club—Lois Hull,
Benton Mellod, Jennie Beth Mel
lor, Nancy Lee Yantzi, Imoge
Lanman, Doris Sterns.
Page Sunshine Sisters—Dolor
es Kemper, Beverly Jean Kelly,
Carol Stvens, Jane Parks.
Hereford Angus club—Donald
^ Farewell, Marvin Green, Orville
Lee Forbes.
A HALF-CENTURY TOGETHER
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Watson ]
(above), well-known Amelia
couple, Sunday marked thei
golden wedding anniversary
with an open-house feu- rela
tives and scores of their friends.
They began their m-Tried life
in a sodhouse and today they
have a 2,400-acre ranch, which
is one of the finest of its kind
in this section. Both enjoy
“good” health
The Watsons h^ve two sons,
Asa, of Amelia, and Ronald, of
Atkinson. One daughter, Mrs.
Elsie Greenstreet, of Sedro
Willev, Wash., died two years
ago.—O’Neill Photo Co.
MILITARY FUNERAl
FOR SPANISH VET
Otto E. Clevish, 69, Dies
After 2-Year Illness;
Buried Wednesday
—
Otto E. Clevish, 69, one of O’
Neill’s last three Spanish-Amer
ican war veterans, Wednesdaj
was buried here with full mili
tary rites. He had died at 9:3C
p.m. Sunday at his home here
following a two-year illness.
The funeral services were held
at the Methodist church with
Rev. Lloyd Mullis, church pastor
who was summoned from Den
ver, Colo., officiating. The Amer
ican Legion provided the guard
of-honor, the firing squad, and
the sounding of taps
Mr. Clevish was born at Sew
ard on February 6, 1877, and he
came to Holt county in 1884,
from the Seward vicinity. His
original name was Stone, but
he was adopted as a small boy
by the late Mr. and Mrs. William
Clevish, who were pioneer resi
dents in this sector and were
without other children.
On December 18, 1907, he was
married to Miss Nettie A. Hubby
in a ceremony that took place
here. They became the parents
of two daughters, Florence, and
Pearl. Pearl died in 1930 at the
age of 17.
Survivors include the widow,
Nettie; and one daughter, Flor
ence, (Mrs. Lee Osborn), of O’
Neill, and two grandchildren.
Served in Cuba
Mr. Clevish was a private sol
dier in Company M, Third Regi
ment, Nebraska national guard,
all members of which were vol
unteers in the Spanish-American
war. Mr. Clevish spent sometime
in Cuba during that war. He la
ter farmed for several years
north of O'Neill, after which he
worked at the carpenter trade
here for more than 20 j'ears.
Pallbearers at the funeral were
John Lansworth, C W. Porter,
Leo Carney, T. M. Harrington,
Victor Halva, and Paul Beha. In
terment was in Prospect Hill
cemetery under the direction of
Biglin Brothers.
Out-of-town relatives attend
ing the funeral were: Mr. and
Mrs. John Moler, of Wall, S. D.;
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hubby, of Butte;
Mrs. Elsie Henifin, of Atkinson;
Rev. and Mrs. Merridy Hubby
and family, of Spencer.
Friends from out-of-town were:
Mr. and Mrs. Idin Loub, of Ains
worth; and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Cunningham, of Wahop.
4 MORE DISCHARGEES
Four more registrants in the
Holt county selective service
headquarters here have been of
ficially released during the sev
en-day period ending Wednes
day: Carroll L. Hunt, of O’Neill;
Wayne H. Bowers, of O’Neill;
Howard R. Oberle, of Dorsey;
Grant L. Price, of O’Neill.
NO SALE THE 4TH
There will not be a sale at the
Frederickson Livestock Commis
sion company here the Fourth of
July, it has been announced by
James G. Frederickson, the man
ager. The next regularly sched
uled sale will be on July 11.
ENTERS PIERRE RODEO
CHAMBERS Vernon Whita-1
ker entered the Pierre, S. D., ro
deo last week. He was accompa
nied by Mrs Whitaker.
Rev. Kenneth J. Scott aecom- j
panied Verle Ralya, Carolyn Hi- j
att, Barbara Bennett, John Bod- j
he and Ralph Rickley to Camp j
Shelby Monday. The children
will remain at the camp for a
week.
1 . ,
Betty Jean Burival, 3,
Buried Here Today
—
Betty Jean Burival, 3, daugh
ter of Mrs. J. F. Conway, of O’
Neill, died Tuesday in a Lynch
1 hospital following a three-day
illness. Death was caused by
measles.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 10 a.m. today (Thursday) at
St. Patrick’s Catholic church
here, with Rt. Rev. J. G. McNa
mara officiating. Burial was in
Calvary cemetery.
The child was born May 23,
1943, at Auburn, Wash., a daugh
ter of the late Ralph W. Burival
and Mrs. Burival, who later mar
ried J. F. Conway.
Survivors include the mother,
Mrs. Conway; the step-father, Mr.
Conway; one sister, Bonnie Beth
Burival, and one brother, Dennis
Eugene Burival, all of O’Neill.
Another brother, Ronald Ralph,
preceeded her in death.
WOMAN, 53, DIES
AFTER KIN WEDS
STUART—Mrs C. .B. Shade,
53, the wife of the Stuart and At
kinson manager of the North
western Bell Telephone system,
died Tuesday, an hour after at
tending the wedding of a daugh
ter.
Mrs. Shade attended the wed
ding at 7 a m., and also the wed
ding breakfast which followed
the ceremony. She was stricken
suddenly and died at 9:30. Death
was believed to have been caused
by an apoplectic stroke.
Funeral services were held at
Stuart today (Thursday) at 2
p.m. in the Methodist church.
Burial was made in the Stuart
cemetery.
Survivors include the widower;
two daughters, Arleen and Ei
leen, both of whom are known
in O’Neill: one son. Floyd, of
Ainsworth; two sisters, and other
relatives.
The wedding was that of her |
daughter, Arleen, and Robert
Chaney, of Lexington, formerly
of Stuart.
John Lansworth, Deputy
Sheriff, Quits Post
John Lansworth. deputy Holt
county sheriff since January,
1945, this week resigned his post.
He has not announced his future
plans, but will take a vacation
trip to Missouri. County Sheriff
A. B. Hubbard has not appointed
Lans worth’s successor.
NO CONCERT SATURDAY
There will be no concert by the
Municipal band here Saturday
night. The next concert will be
on July 6._ __
BOARD TO STUDY
REA EXPANSION
The board of directors of the
Niobrara Valley Electric Mem
bership corporation, a recently
formed tricounty rural electrifi
cation district, will meet tonight
(Thursday) at Spencer to discuss
and study the second phase of
the district’s construction plans
in the counties of Holt and Boyd
and a portion of Knox.
This phase of the district’s
planning is known as “B” sec
tion. The original "A” section is
in REA headquarters in Washing
ton, D. C., in the form of a re
quest for the district's initial al
lotment to build 340 miles of
lines.
There are already 1,420 appli
cations for rural electric service
The officials of the Niobrara
Valley board are: William Blak
kolb, of Naper, chairman; Harry
Ressel, of Chambers, vice-chair
man; Carl Schmidt, of Spencer
treasurer; Carroll O’Neill, of O’
Neill, secretary.
Other members of the boarc
are: Vein Sagser, of Amelia; Joe
Rocke, of Atkinson; William Wef
so, of Stuart; Albert Schindler
of Monowi; Harry Pebbel, ol
Butte; Thomas Courtney, ol
Lynch; Walter Soulek, of Ver
del.
O'NE COUPLE
MARRIED 50 YEARS
William G. Beha, Wife
to Quietly Mark
Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Beha,
who have been residents of O’
Neill since 1910, Saturday will
quietly observe their golden
wedding anniversary at their
home here.
Mr. Beha was born at Boone
ville, Mo., and his wife, the for
mer Miss Nellie Clary, was born
at California, Mo. They were
married at California on June 29,
1896.
After the turn of the century,
the Behas lyioy/ t to Lincoln, and
in 1910 came * Holt county,
where one year was spent on a
farm near here before moving
into O'Neill. They owned and op
erated the Beha hotel until 1934,
when it was sold. It is now
known a6 the Fox hotel
Both Mr. Beha, who is 80,,and
Mrs. Beha, who is 78, are enjoy
ing “fairly good” health.
Their family consists of one
daughter and four sons. They
are: Paul L. Beha, of O’Neill;
Nana Beha, of New York City;
Joe E. Beha, of Minneapolis,
Minn.; William, of New York
City, and Matthew, of O'Neill.
There are nine grandchildren.
The out-of-town members of
the family began arriving last
week, and all members of the im
mediate family will be presn*
for the family dinner and reun
ion Saturday.
Bell System Honors
4 Employees Here
The Northwestern Bell Tele
phone company Wednesday
awarded service emblems to fou
employees here. Those honored
were: Harry Petersen, man ger,
for 29 years’ service; Miss Eliza
beth O’Malley, for 25; Miss An
na S. Mathre, for 17; Miss Jean
Biglin, for 6.
The emblem is an attractive
gold pin. A star is attached to
the emblem for each five full
years of service attained.
SUBSIDY PAYMENTS OFF
The subsidy payment on cattle
and sheep will be discontinued
June 30, it was dffiqially an
nounced Wednesday by Harry E.
Ressel, chairman of the Holt
county AAA committee. Ressel
added that all applications must
be filed before August 31.
CLOSING FISCAL YEAR
Holt county officials this week
are closing the books on the coun
ty’s fiscal year, which began July
1945, and closes June 30, 1946.
The budget for the new fiscal
year’s expenses will not be es
tablished until next month.
Ruth Harris Commissioned
for Mission Work in China
Miss Ruth Harris, a daugh- <
ter of Mrs. Esther Cole Harris,
of O’Neill, was commissione-l
in New York City on June 19
to become a missionary in Chi
na1, where she will engage in
educational work among the
natives. She will not depart
for China, however, until early
1947, because of an interim
Chinese language course she
will study at New Haven,
Conn.
A graduate of O’Neill high
school and Morningside col
lege, in Sioux City, where she
earned a bachelor of music de
gree, Miss Harris taught music
in the public school systems at
► Ogden, la., St. Edward and
Oering before entering the mis
sion field of the Methodist
church. She was one of 50 can
didates commissioned in a cer
emony at Christ Methodist
church in New York City, in
which Bishop Arthur J. Moore,
of Atlanta, Ga., president of
the church’s board of missions,
delivered the commissioning
sermon.
Miss Harris plans to spend
August and September in O’
Neill, after which she will
spend approximately six
months in school in Connecti
cut. From there she will de
part for the Orient.
2 SISTERS DIE
WITHIN 52 HOURS
Mrs. Viola M. Hoxsie and
Mrs. Charles Harding
Buried Here
-
PIONEER SETTLERS
Two elderly sisters, who came
to Holt county with their par
ents in 1874, died 52 hours apart
this week. They were Mrs. Viola ;
M. Hoxsie, 84, and Mrs. Charles !
L. Harding, 73.
Mrs. Hoxsie died Saturday at
11:45 a.m. at Atkinson, where she
had been residing recently, and
Mrs. Harding expired Monday at
4:30 p.m at the family home here.
Mrs. Hoxsie had been ill for three
years: Mrs. Harding was ill for 18
months.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hox
sie were held Tuesday at 2 p.m.
at the First Presbyterian church,
while the rites for Mrs. Harding
were held today (Thursday) at
\tjhe same hour in the same
church. Rev. Kenneth S. Scott,
church pastor officiated, at both
services, and the sisters were bur
ied in Prospect Hill cemetery.
They were born at Lodi,
Wis., daughters of the late Mr.
;nd Mrs. Eli Sanford. Viola
(Mrs Hoxsie) was 12-years-old,
and Anna (Mrs. Harding) was
less than one-year-old when they
accompanied their parents to Ne
braska as a part of the second
group of settlers to come to this
vicinity.
Viola Mae Sanlord was married
to the late Henry Hoxsie at O’
Neill on May 19* 1878. To this
union was born two sons and
three daughters.
Mr. Hoxsie died in 1910.
Survivors include one son,
Clarence A. Hoxsie; two daugh
ters, Mrs: Nellie M. Bradley, and
Mrs. Etta B. Losher, all of the
i O’Neill vicinity.
Pallbearers at the funeral were '
Edward Leach, D. H. Murphy,
James Moore, H. E. Coyne, Wil-!
liam Kraft, and Bat Murphy.
Anna M. Sanford’s first hus
band was the late Dan Davis, of,
O’Neill. Her second husband,;
Mr. Harding, and her daughter,
Mrs. Elsie Hayford, of O'Neill,
isurvive.
! Pallbearers at the funeral for
Mrs. Harding were Lyle Green,;
Lester Kitts, Elmer Ross, Clay
Johnson, Jr., Peter Peterson, and
Frank Benish.
2 TALLIES IN 9TH
ENABLE VICTORY
—
Playing headsup ball all the
way, the St. John's baseballers
of Deloit threw a scare into the
O’Neill Independents Sunday by
lumping into an early one-run
lead and holding it until the
first-half of the ninth, when O'
Neill bunched three hits, scored
twice, finally winning 3-2.
Having recovered from the 4-13
shellacking at O'Neill several
weeks earlier, the St. John’s club
Sunday displayed an altogether
different brand of ball
First Basenv«n Maynard Mor
row, the fir'd O’Neill mao un in
♦be ninth, sineled, and advanced
to second when Centerfield*>r
Kel'cr struckout. Lcftfielder Jun
ATKINSON COMING
The O’Neill Independents
will entertain the Atkinson
semi-pros here Sunday at the
public school diamond.
ior Adamson singled, scoring
Morrow, and later crossed the
plate himself with the winning
tally when Pitcher Darel Graham
singled.
St. John’s shortstop, Ted Tom
jack, collected four putouts and
was credited with eight assists.
E. Funk, the Deloit pitcher, kept
O’Neill’s 10 hits well scattered
Gene Wolff, O’Neill thirdbase
man, singlehandedly collected
three putouts in one frame. The
oldest member of the St. John's
te:m is 22.
The boxscore:
O’NEILL (3) AB H R
Wolfe, 3rd -. 5 2 1
Tomlinson, rf _4 2 0
.Tibbetts, ss_5 2 0
Pruss, 2nd 4 0 0
Cole, c ___ 4 0 0
Morrow, 1st_4 11
K( ller, of too
J. Adamson, If _4 2 1
D. Graham, p .. 4 10
Totals .... 38 10 3
ST. JOHN’S (2) AB H R
D. Cameron, 3rd . 5 0 1
V. Funk, c ___ 3 0 0
A. Hupp, 2nd - 3 1 0
T. Tomjack, ss __ 4 1 0
B. Tomjack, 1st -_ 4 10
E Funk, p .... 4 0 0
J. Funk, If _4 10
Schindler, cf __ 10 0
J. Tomjack, ef _ 2 10
Sehi, rf _ 4 0 1
Totals _ 34 5 2
-—- -- j
Mrs. Paul Montgomery and <
children departed from Grand 1
Island Friday for Baker, Ore. J
1,000'Right to Work’
Signers Sought Here
PLAN SERIES DDT
DEMONSTRATIONS
Three DDT fly control demon
strations will be held in Holt
county next Wednesday. The '
first, at 10 a.m., will be staged
at the Walt Sire farm, northwest
of O'Neill; the second, at 2 p.m.,
at the Van Robertson farm, three
miles west of Chambers; the
third, at 4 p.m., will be held at
the Herman Meyer farm, two
miles north and one mile west
of Atkinson.
The demonstrations will be un
der the sponsorship of the county
extension office, according to
County Agent A. Neill Dawes.
W. W. Derrick, Lincoln, state
extension animal husbandryman,
will demonstrate the use of a
power spraying equipment for
the control of flies on cattle and
in barns. Herds of cattle will1
actually be sprayed and farmers \
and ranchers who are interested
in using DDT as a fly controlling
agent are invited to be present.
County Agent Dawes states
that many farmers have inquired
each week regarding the use of
DDT for fly control, and that he
has arranged to hold these dem
onstrations
THOMAS GRIFFIN
EXPIRES SUNDAY
Native of County Clare,
Ireland, Came to
Holt in 1902
A native of Ireland and a well
known builder and contractor
here for many years, Thomas
Griffin, 73, died Sunday at Sac
red Heart hospital in Lynch.
Death was caused by a heart af
fliction.
Funeral services were held at
10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick’s
Catholic church here, with Rt.
Rev. J. G. McNamara officiating
A large crowd of friends and
neighbors attended the service.
Burial was in Calvary cemetery.
The late Mr. Griffin was born
in County Clare, Ireland, on New
Year’s day, 1873. Be migrated to
the United States in 1901, and
came to Holt county in 1902. In
1906, his bride-elect, Miss Nora
Glynn, also a native of Ireland,
arrived here from Connecticut,
and they were married on April
25.
They were the parents of one
son and one daughter, both of
whom died in infancy. Mr. Grif
fin’s only survivors in the Unit
ed States are nephews and
nieces, all of whom reside in
the funeral. Two sisters reside
in Australia.
During the height of his career
here, Mr. Griffin conducted ex
tensive contracting and building
operations. He was active in the
construction of St Patrick’s
Catholic church in addition to
numerous houses and buildings
He made one return trip to Ire
land.
The pallbearers at the final
rites were P. V. Hickev, Ed Car
ney, Leonard Shoemaker, Robert
Donohoe, John Murray, James
Kellev, Jtmes Carney, and Lloyd
Whaley.
130 Attend Walt her
League Zone Rally
___
CHAMBERS — One hundred
and thirty attended the zone ral
ly of the Lutheran Walthcr
league in the high school here
Saturday afternoon and evening.
Rev. Sternberg, of Neligh, was
the speaker at the afternoon ses
sion.
At the evening banquet, Rev.
Frase, of Omaha, acted as toast
master.
The tables were decorated in
blue-and-white, and the banquet
was served by candlelight. The
program consisted of music, ba
ton-twirling, and drills.
Miss Helen Hagensick
Wins Scholarship
- i
Miss Helen Hagensick, daugh- <
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hagen- <
sick, has been awarded a $100
Scottish Rite scholarship at the <
University of Nebraska, where <
she is attending summer school. 1
She was one of 59 students win- s
ling the award. t
BACK FROM NAVY j
STAR—Joseph Noble, son of
VIr. and Mrs. Ray Noble, was re- 1
leased Juno 1 from the U. S. t
^avy. He spent 22 months in i
service, 13 of which were in the \
Southwest Pacific. He will re- (
ide on his parent’s ranch near 1
Star. c
Mr. and Mrs. John Harbottle c
■eturned Sunday from Pomona, t
Ualif., where they had spent two \
veeks visiting Mr. Harbottle’s i
ather, Fred Harbottle. t {
*
Petitions for Proposed
Amendment Are
Circulated
BENEFITS ARE CITED
The “Right to \york” move
ment was touched-off here this
week when C. D. (“Neal’’) Hask
ell, of Laurel, chairman of the
petition campaign committee of
the Nebraska Small Business
Men's association, conferred with
representative leaders of the
community.
Immediately, petitions calling
for a vote on the proposed "Right
to Work” amendment to the state
constitution were put into circu
lation. Haskell, who asserted
that 35,000 petitions have already
been distributed throughout the
state, hopes that more than 1,000
signatures will be secured in the
O’Neill community alone. Other
petitions are being circulated at
Atkinson and other points in the
county. The petitions will be filed
with the secretary of state next
Wednesday, and the O’Neill peti
tions will be forwarded from here
Saturday.
People to Decide
“All we aim to do is to get the
petitions signed with enough sig
natures so that the people can
decide whether any organization
can make a person pay out mon
ey in order to get a job,” said
Haskell.
Simultaneously with Chairman
Haskell’s visit here, J. A. Moran,
president of the Nebraska Small
Business Men’s association, sent a
personal letter to leading citizens
throughout the state. He wrote:
“Farmers, ranchers, business
people, and working men and
women from all over the state
are taking an interest in this
statewide activity to obtain
enough signatures to place the
proposed amendment on the bal
lot this Fall.
assures r reeaom
“The worker benefits,” Moraa
pointed out, "because this amend
ment assures him freedom to
work without being tired be
cause he joins a union, or with
out being forced to join a union
against his will.
“The farmer and rancher bene
fit because this amendment will
be an aid to industrial peace . . .
much needed farm machinery
and equipment will become more
readily available.
"The businessman benefits as
part of the general public. Stead
ier employment and the attract
ing of new industries to our state
will build more jobs and incomes
and bring greater prosperity to
Nebraska.
Haskell said that he wants to
make it clear to the people of
Nebraska that when they sign
the petition they are not creat
ing a law. They are merely giv
ing the people the right to vote
next November on the “Right to
Work” t mendment to the state’s
constitution. He believes that if
Nebraska adopts the amendment
as provided by petitions, it would
be a great encouragement for in
dustri 1 expansion in Nebraska,
and will minimize strikes, which
are expensive to both labor and
industry.
‘VICTORY’ 4TH
AT NELIGH PARK
NELIGH—Antelope Post 172 of’
the American Legion, with more
than 200 members, is sponsoring
its 27th annual 4th of July cele
bration at Riverside p rk, this
year, in a “Victory Celebration,”
A program has been designed to
attract a huge crowd. Picnic faw
filities are ideal in beautiful Riv
erside park and ample accommo
dations for an all-day outing are
available for all.
The horse-racing program, un
der the direction of Clint Stone
oraker and Bill Barrett, is a four
ace c Td. There is also an in
eresting baseball attraction, a
double-header, with the Ante
opes vs. Winside in the opener,
ind World War II Veterans vs.
3ierce in the second contest,
d rold Cole, the “czar” in north
east Nebraska baseball, is in
iharge.
Stunt-flying by Eddie Hladov
ak, is due to be a thrill-produc
t. Band music will be supplied
>y the Neligh 50-piece high
chool band both afternoon and
vening. Free acts, dance and
'ireworks and a carnival com
>lete the program.
Popular, low prices, that have
>een the “rule of thumb" with
he Neligh Legion tn staging pre
'ious Celebrations, will be the
■ogue again this year. The Le
;ion at Neligh has a 'reputation
or staging one of the largest
elebrations, year in and year
ut, in Nebraska, and members
f the post are determined that
he “Victory” celebration this
•ear at Riverside park, will be
veil up and above previous ef
orts.