Nebraska Newspapers

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The Frontier
VOLUME 66. — NUMBER 34. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1917. PRICE 5 CENTS
HEART ATTACK
PROVES FATAL
Thomas F. Gallagher, 69,
Succumbs at Home
Here Early Today
B U RI A L SATURDAY
• A heart attack early today
(Thursday) claimed the life of
Thomas F. Gallagher, 69, a life
long Nebraskan who had been re
tired for less than a year.
Mr. Gallagher died at his home
in O’Neill.
Born at Neligh on November 5,
1877, he moved with his parents
to Holt county in 1880, where
he continued to reside through
out his life. His parents, the late
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Gallag
her, were natives of Ireland.
On November 8, 1896 Mr. Gal
lagher married Miss Julia Ernest
at O’Neill.
They farmed continuously
northwest of O’Neill until the
summer of 1946, when they
moved into the city.
Widow Among Survivors
Survivors include the widow;
two sons, Thomas L. Gallagher
a and Robert J. Gallagher, both of
O’Neill, and two daughters, Mrs.
Marie Timmerman, of Royal, and
Miss Maxine Gallagher, of O'
Neill; five grandchildren; two
sisters, Mrs. Teresa Connolly, of
Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs.
James O’Donnell, of Emmet; and
one brother, John S. Gallagher,
of Emmet.
Funeral services will be held at
10 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick’s
Catholic church here with burial
in Calvary cemetery. The follow
ing have been selected as pall
bearers: Thomas Murray, Henry
Murray, Floyd Johnson, H. E.
Coyne, A. B. Hubbard and Ed
Menish.
DISTRICT COURT
DATES FIXED
The 1947 terms of court for
-• the Fifteenth judicial district
were announced this week by
District Judge D. R. Mounts, of
O’Neill.
Jury terms—Holt county, be
ginning March 10 and November
3; Boyd, March 3 and September
22; Brown, March 24 and Septem
ber 29: Keya Paha. April 14 and
September 15; Rock, April 7 and
October 13.
Equity terms — Holt county,
(open); Boyd, first Monday each
month except March, April and
November; Keya Paha, first
Thursday each month except
March and November; Rick, first
Thursday each month except
March and November.
Ted McElhaney, of O’Neill, is
the court reporter.
264 Deaths on btate
Roads During 1946
Traffic accidents in Nebraska
took a toll of 264 lives in 1946,
according to reports to the state
safety patrol. This was an in
crease of 54 over 1945.
Capt. C. J. Saunders, superin
tendent of the patrol, attributes
the cause of the increase to the
removal of controls on gasoline
use, which increased the traffic
on the highways. Age of ve
hicles caused them to be less de
pendable, he added.
“We cainnot dodge the real
cause of accidents,” he continued.
“Inattention is the blame for the
great majority of accidents,”
Capt. Saunders said. “There is no
excuse for an automobile run
ning into the rear of a truck or
^crashing into a train.”
North Western Pays
$14,516.62 for 1946
The Chicago and North West
ern Railway company will pay
a total of $14,516.62 in taxes for
1946 on its railroad operating
property, in Holt county, it was
announced Wednesday by R. A.
r Miller, of Chicago, 111., the rail
road’s tax commissioner.
The figure includes state, coun
ty, city, village, school, and town- ,
ship taxes.
*Army Airman Flies
Here from Alaska
Flight Officer Loyd R. Ve
quist, a member of the Seventh
weather group of the Army Air
Forces, arrived in O’Neill on
Christmas day by plane from
Fairbanks, Alaska. Flying
alone, he made two stops en
route. The last jump was from
Great Falls, Mont.
He left the O'Neill airport
Tuesday, enroute back to Alas
ka where he is stationed.
Veauist plans to be released
soon from the service.
Miss Margaret Bosn, of New
York City, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Bosn, flew from New
York to Omaha, to spend the holi
days with her parents here. She
will leave Friday to return to
New York. During the war, Miss
Bosn was a Navy nurse in the
Pacific theater of operations.
Birthless New Year's but
Stork Works Overtime Today
The stork was a busy fellow
in the city today (Thursday) as
candidates for the honor of Holt
county’s first 1947 baby began
to put in their appearances.
The winner of the contest, to
be announced next week by
The Frontier, will be showered
with gifts from O’Neill mer
chants who have appointed
themselves as a reception com
mittee.
New Year’s day was a birth
less affair in the city, The Fron- :
tier learned, but the stork
worked overtime today (Thurs- :
day) and by 8 p.m. had depos- ;
ited three in the O’Neill hospi
tal alone.
Kathleen Wanser arrived at 1
4 a.m. to be the first candidate
in the city for the 1947 honors, i
Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. |
Max Wanser, of Ewing. Kath
leen not only claims to be the
first 1947 baby born in the j
county, but she has the distinc- j
tion of being the eighth child
in the Wanser family.
As the day progressed, Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Krugman, of
O’Neill, became the parents of
a son, and Mr. and Mrs. John
Rosno, of O’Neill, became the
parents of a daughter.
Brown-McDonald’s will give
a Chatham baby blanket; the
O'Neill Photo company, an 8x10
enlargement in a gold frame;
McCarville’s, a baby sweater;
Lindberg Home & Auto Supply,
a slumberide; McIntosh Jewel
ry, an infant’s gold ring; Gam
bles, a clothesbasket; the Ral
ya IGA store, two quarts of
homogenized milk; the Union
Store, an assortment of Heinz
baby foods; Penney’s, a baby
book, and The Frontier, a year’s
MRS. MARY SLACK
DIES AT DORSEY
Mother of 7 Expires at 75
Following a Three -
Months’ Illness
DORSEY — Mrs. Mary Diana
Slack, 75, a Holt county resident
since 1911, died at 2 a.m. Satur
day at her home near Dorsey. She
had been ill for three months.
Funeral services were held i
Tuesday at the Dorsey Presby- |
terian church with Rev. Kenneth ]
J. Scott, of O’Neill, officiating. !
Biglin Brothers, of O’Neill, were J
in charge of arrangements, and
burial was made in the Dorsey
cemetery.
Mrs. Slack, formerly Mary Di
ana Fry, was born at Deep River,
la., on December 12, 1891. She
was reared in Iowa and on May
29, 1889 she married Alozo
Phelps, of Deep River. They be
came the parents of three chil
dren, Lloyd, Wilbur, and Elsie.
Following Mr. Phelps’ death, the
widow married John H. Slack on
July 24, 1897, with whom she
moved to Holt county in 1911.
There were six children born to
the second union, Howard, For
rest, Maude and Martha. Two
preceded her in death.
The Slack familv resided con
tinuously in the Dorsey vicinity.
Mr. Slack died February 9, 1939.
Survivors include four sons and
three dauehters: Lloyd and Wil
bur Phelps, both of Redbird; I
r**st Slack, of Verdel; Mrs. Elsie
Howard Slack, of Dorsey; For
Nelson, of Fairbault. Minn.; Mrs.
Maude Huber, of Rook Island,
WocVi.. ^nd Mrs. Martha Hiscock,
of Redbird. She also leaves one
brother, Samuel Fry, of Hinckley,
Minn : one halfbrother. Ike Har
ry, and one halfsister, Mrs. Mary
McFarrin. both of Montezuma,
la.; 24 grandchildren, and 12
greatgrandchildren.
Miss Loretta Hughes, of Beat
rice, arrived December 24 for an
"xtoridod visit with her twin sis
ter, Mrs. Hardin Anspach.
subscription to tne parents.
The rules of the contest are
simple. Parents whose infant
can qualify should write a let
ter to the First Baby Contest
Editor, providing the parents’
full names and addresses, name
and sex of the baby, name and
address of the attending physi
cian (or other witness), and I
date and hour of birth. All en- j
tries must be postmarked not
later than 6 p.m., Monday, Jan
uary 6.
The contest will not close
until the 6th to enable parents
in outlying districts of the
county to claim the first baby !
title for their child.
Ex-Gobs, Ex-GIs Set
for Friday’s Cage Match
The city’s ex-gobs and ex-GIs;
w ill clash on the maples here Fri
day night as a preliminary to the |
St. Agnes-St. Mary’s prep school
game'. The game has been billed
as an “Army-Navy” tilt. It will
begin at 7:30 p.m.
Among the “Navy” players will
be Duke Kersenbrock, Ed Camp
bell, Jim Golden, Jack Gallagher,
Bill Kelly and George Hammond.
For the “Army” there’ll be Bill
and Paul Kubitschek, Gene Mc
Kenna, Warren Burgess, Jack
and Jim Harty.
The main event will go on at
8:30 p.m. Based on comparative
scores, the St. Mary’s Cardinals
will probably more than have
their hands full. St. Agnes, of
Alliance, spilled St. Patrick's, of
North Platte, 47-13, and St. Pat’s
poured it on the Cards almost as
decisively.
Miss Whaley Wins
$100 Scholarship
Miss Twila Whaley, of O’Neill,
a rural schoolteacher near Inman,
this week became the recipient of
a $100 scholarship from a fire
underwriter’s organization for an
article she submitted in October,
1946, regarding fire and accident
prevention in the home.
Her entry was one of two in the
state netting its author a $100
scholarship. There was also a
$50 award.
The contest was open to agri
cultural extension workers. Miss
Whaley is a veteran in 4-H work
in Holt county.
She has not indicated her in
tentions with the scholarship, al
though it may be used at the Uni
versity of Nebraska.
Predicts Property Price
Decline After March 1
E. W. Luedtke, of Lincoln, the
chief of Nebraska’s real estate de
partment, predicted this week
that there would be no rise or
fall in real estate prices in the
state until “after March 1st.” The
real estate chief, whose office
functions under the secretary of
state, said he expected a drop
after that time.
At the same time, he forecast a
bigger building program in 1947
than ever before experienced in
the state.
The boom will have a tendency
to reduce prices on old properties
that have been selling so high,
Mr. Luedtke pointed out.
EMPLOYMENT DATES FIXED
The quarterly schedule for the
appearance at the Holt county
courthouse of a representative of
the Nebraska State Employment
Service follows: Mondays—Jan
uary 13 and 27, February 10 and
24, March 10 and 24, noon to 5
p.m.; Tuesdays—January 14 and
28, February 11 and 25, March
11 and 25, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The
itinerant representative will come
from Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McKenna,
and son Dick, returned to Lincoln
Sunday after spending the holi
days with Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Mc
Kenna.
CRIPPLED TO BE !
SEEN AT CLINIC
Afflicted Children from
11 Counties Coming
January 11
SPECIALISTS HERE
The regular extension clinic
for crippled children from 11
northcentral Nebraska counties
will be held hei ■ Saturday, Jan
uary 11, it has . een announced.
Two child specialists, Dr. Fritz
Teal, an orthopedist, and Dr. Paul
Morrow, a pediatrician, will con
duct the clinic, v^hich is to be held
in the O’Neill hi^h school.
Registration Will begin at 7:30
a.m. and will close at noon.
Purpose of the clinic is for di
agnosis, consultation, checkup,
and after-care services of cases
receiving treatment under the
Services for Crippled Children
program.
Application forms arc available
from all Holt c( unty physicians,
who recommend that the patient
be admitted to the clinic. The
completed forme should be mailed
to the Holt County Assistance of
fice. Cases appearing at the clin
ic without referral from a local
physician “will have to be han
dled individually,” an assistance
spokesman said.
A free lunch at noon will be
furnished the children, who are
registered, and their parents. The
lunch will be provided by the
Elks lodge.
O'NEILL HOSPITAL NOTES
Mrs. Harold Risor, of Atkinson,
was admitted Saturday for an ap
pendectomy, Her condition is
good. . . Miss Hyldrd McKim, of
O’Neill, was admitted Monday.
VETERANINMAN
DRAYMAN DIES
Clarence P. Conger Taken
by Deaf i at Son’s
F *pe
INMAN — Clarence P. Conger,
79, a resident of Inman for more
than 40 years, died late last
Thursday at his home in Elgin
where he has been residing. Mr.
Conger died after an illness of six
weeks.
Funeral services were held at
1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Elgin
Methodist church with Rev. Er
win A. Kiel, of Elgin, officiating.
The body was taken to Inman for
burial in the Conger family plot.
Mr. Conger operated a dray line
in Inman for many years, mov
ing several years ago to Elgin
where he and his wife could be
near a son, Roy, due to Mr. Con
ger’s failing health.
Survivors include the widow, \
Dora Conger; three sons, Roy, of
Elgin; Lloyd, of Sioux City, and
Beryl, of Whitefish, Mont.; one
daughter, Mrs. Wilbur Hancock,
of Neligh; one sister, Mrs. Swen
gel, of Plainview, and one broth
er, Lee, oj Inman.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Melvin A. Spangler, 33, of Ew
ing, and Mrs. Mildred G. Bink
erd, 33, of O’Neill, December 30.
Malren B. Raff, 26, of Creigh
ton, and Miss Leona Grace Mc
Daniel, 18, of Middle Branch, De
cember 28.
Eugene Ruby, 21, and Darlene
Eacker, 19, both of Ewing, De
cember 31.
Earnest G. Norman, jr., 24, of
Chadron, and Hazel M. Harding,
21, of O’Neill, December 31.
Russell Angus, 34, of Spencer,
and Alma Sylie, 33, of O’Neill,
December 31.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan P. Jaszko
wiak and Nyla returned Friday
rom Chadron, where they had
visited Mr. Jaszkowiak’s parents
over Christmas.
HALF-CENTURY TOGETHER
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Cov
entry, 75 and 71, respectively,
commemorated their golden
wedding anniversary December
22 with an open-house celebra
tion at their home in Inman.
Both enjoying “excellent”
health, they received more than
100 guests.
The Coventrys were married
December 23, 1896, at Olds, Al
berta, Canada.
They are the parents of three
daughters, Mrs. Sherman Graz
ier, of Jefferson City, Mo.; Mrs.
James McMahan, of Inman, and
Mrs. Kenneth Smith, of Inman,
and two sons, James and Ken
neth Coventry, both of Inman.
—O’Neill Photo Co.
STATE FARM
INCOME HIGH
Director Rufus Howard of the
Nebraska Agricultural depart
ment predicted this week the
state’s farm income in 1946
would total more than $852,
713,000, the highest on record.
Farm income last year
amounted to $728,815,000.
Mr. HovMord said <<.h« delict
value of livestock and crops has
been higher than ever before,
but the production cost has re
mained almost equally high.
Farm wages now average
four times their rate in 1940,
Mr. Howard said. The no4 farm
income is figured at sliehlly
more than one-half the g -oss
income.
Nebraska farmers generally
are in eood position going into
1947, Mr. Howard said. Debts
have been reduced and farmers
end ranchers have continued to
follow a conservative course.
Farm land values are 43 per
cent above the 1935-1939 aver
age.
Corn production over the
state as well as in Dakota coun
ty was slightly below a year
ago. Winter wheat broke all
production and sales records.
13 MORE EX-GIs
The following registrants have
been released by the Selective
Service since December 18- Rob
ert O. Applebv, Inman: Francis
L. Hob. O’Neill: Donald D. Funk.
Ewing: Samuel L. Lofeuest. Stu
- i*t: P:"’-^rd A Trowb'idge,
Page; Wilbur G. Jackson, Stuart;
Chancio H Hull, Redbird; Eu
gene M. Harte, Inman; Marvin L.
Fluckey, Chambers; Michael P.
Schaaf, Atkinson; Alvin E. Mor
ris, Stuart; Junior Dobias, At
kinson; and Alfred M. Hamik,'
Stuart.
CHAMBERS DOWNED
CHAMBERS—St. Mary’s alum
ni dumped the Chambers towners
33-22 at Chambers.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Berg left last
Thursday for Rapid City, S. D.,
by way of Sioux Falls, after
spending the holidays with Mr.
and Mrs. William Biglin.
ANDREW SPRINGER
DIES SUDDENLY
Collapses in Home on
New Year’s Day;
Burial Friday
4* , ; , .
Aft' ew Springer, 77, a native
of Germany and a longtime resi
dent of O’Neill, died suddenly
New Year's day at his home here.
Dr. J. P. Browji said death was j
caused by a heart attack at ap
proximately 7 p.m. He had been'
in failing health for about four :
years, Dr. Brown said.
Funeral services will be held
Fi'iday at 2 p.m. in the First Pres
byterian church here with Rev.
Kenneth J. Scott, church pastor, j
officiating. Interment will be in >
Prospect Hill cemetery.
Mr. Springer was born at Wei
herhaus, Germany, on January
25, 1869. He came to the United
States in 1881, initially settling in'
Tllinois. In 1904 he moved to
Holt county from Milford, Neb.,
where he had resided for a time.
On May 9, 1905, he married
Mrs. Clara B. Bowring at O’Neill.
To this union was born two
daughters.
Mr. Springer farmed for a num
ber of years in the O’Neill vicin
ity an was injured by a runaway
of a team of horses. Both of his
legs and arms were fractured. His
last active work was as sexton
of <he Prospect Hill cemetery.
Survivors include th° widow;
two daughters, Mrs. Robert Tom
linson, of Star, and Mrs. Loyd Go
del. of O’Neill: one stepson, Ralph
Bowring, of Doty, Wash.; one
stepdaughter. Mrs. Frank Gren
ier, of O’Neill; 11 grandchildren,
two great-grandchildren; one bro
ther, John Springer, of Pryor,
Okla., and one sister, Mrs. Bar
bara Roth, of Wayland, la.
The pallbearers at Friday’s
rites will be Elmer Hagensick,
John Melvin, H. E. Coyne, Ray
Osborne, Frank Grippen, and
Beck Wallen.
Mrs. H. W. Tomlinson and Mrs. j
Rodney Tomlinson spent Friday j
in Norfolk on business.
Demo Upset Biggest 1946 News; Hospital Move Second
The upset of the Demo
crats by a resurgent Republi
can party probably topped the
Ho.lt county newsfront during
the otherwise peaceful 1946.
The second biggest news of the
year was the launching of
plans for a new 200 thousand
dollar nonprofit hospital — a
movement that quietly began
in the Spring and figured prom
inently in the news periodical
ly throughout the remainder of
the year.
Other news that dominated
the pages of The Frontier dur
ing the year just-ended includ
ed the continuous parade of
World War II servicemen re
turning from the four corners.
So routine had their return be
come, however, that many were
“welcomed” by the press with
only a cryptic line in a Selective
Service newsrelease. By mid
year, ’teenagers with little more
than a year’s peacetime service
were also returning.
There was no outstanding
spot news in the O’Neill region
that won nationwide attention
or even drew statewide inter
est.
The grim reaper took his us
ual toll among the dwindling
family of oldtimers—the men
and women to whom the credit
belongs for developing this ter
ritory.
But for a thumbnail sketch of
Lhe election, the hospital, O’
Neill’s biggest building boom,
the possibilities of Holt coun
ty irrigation, the birth of a rur
al electrification district, and
scores of other items that made
news in 1946, let’s flip through
The Frontier files:
JANUARY
O’Neill indulged in a full
schedule of New Year’s parties
and the affairs of the town
were “functioning normally on
the 2d,” according to Editor D.
H. Cronin. . . Ernie Weller, of
Atkinson, purchased the O’Neill
livestock sales pavilion. . . Ed
J, Matousek, of Atkinson, was
j elected chairman of the Holt
county board of supervisors. . .
On January 14 a number of
prominent citizens met for the
purpose of discussing plans for
a new community hospital. Wil
liam J. Froelich was unani
mously elected chairman of the
general committee. . . Ellis
Wade, of Colorado, a brother of
“The Kid’’ who met a tragic
death at the hands of vigilan
tes 62 years ago, visited O’Neill.
... Returned servicemen were
guests of the O'Neill Produc
tion Credit association at a din
ner. . . Among the deaths: Ells
worth Witherwax, at Redbird;
R. H. Mills, at Portland, Ore.;
William Haggerty, at Norfolk;
Josiah Starr Noble, at O’Neill;
Daniel P. O’Sullivan, at Den
ver, Colo.; Ulysses S. Shipman,
; at Norfolk.
FEBRUARY
A shortlived blizzard during
the first week disrupted trans
portation schedules. A truck
load of 122 hogs failed to nego
| tiate a hill near Page, slid back
I wards down the hill, stopped
when it hit a culvert. . . Two
brothers, Willard Taylor Brooks
jr., of Lincoln, and James
Brooks, of Grand Island, were
killed when their oil truck
crashed into a North Western
freight at Stuart February 19.
. . . James Merriman was cho
sen as king and Shelia Taffe as
queen by the St. Mary’s acad
emy freshmen. . . A survey is
being conducted on the lots
west of St. Mary’s academy as
the proposed site of O’Neill’s
new hospital. . . The newly
formed O'Neill Civic club has
purchased the livestock sale pa
vilion and yards here from Er
nie Weller, of Atkinson. . .
Among the deaths: William H.
Harty, in Sioux City; Mrs.
Idilla Ann Brumbaugh, at In
man; John K. Boyer, at O’Neill;
Frank D. Howard, at O’Neill;
Mrs. C. D. Keyes, at Inman;
Mrs. John Paul Sullivan, at O’
Neill; Mrs. E. Rodaway, at
Page; Mrs. S. B. Carpenter, at
Omaha.
MARCH
Romaine Saunder, The Fron
tier’s columnist, observed rath
er caustically: “Some of the
bare legs need a shave.” . . Gov.
Dwight Griswold and Val Pet
erson, who aspires to be Ne
braska’s next governor, visited
O’Neill. . . Holt county has 265
persons on oldage assistance. . .
St. Joseph’s of Atkinson won
the Class C state basketball
tourney, defeating St. Francis
of Humphrey 38-33 for the ti
tle. . . Deaths: John Ebbein
Candee, at Hardin. Mont.; Mary
Bredehoeft, at Norfolk; L. W.
Meilke, at O’Neill.
APRIL
Romain Saunders terminated
his services at The Frontier be
cause of failing eyesight. Wrote
Editor Cronin: “Romaine was a
longtime employee of The [
Frontier and a personal friend
of the editor for over 50 years.” I
Continued on Page Eight
1946 MOISTURE
7.74 OVER NORMAL
Wet September, October
Boost Precipitation
Total to 29.33
1947 IN FRIGID DEBUT
A wet September and October
boosted the 1946 precipitation to
tal to 29.33-inches. 7.74-inches
above normal, it was reported
this week by Government Ob
server Elmer Bowen as he closed
the weather books for the year
just-ended.
The normal annual rainfall for
the O’Neill region is 21.59.
Although September and Octo
ber saw the establishment of a
new precipitation record over any
corresponding period in the wea
ther annals, the abundance of
moisture was regarded as too late
to benefit the 1946 crops. The
wet season set in on the heels of
a growing season drouth, which
cut into the corn output.
The weather man greeted the*
New Year with subzero temper
atures in this area. The mercury
skidded to 13-degrees below zero
early Sunday, when the winter’s
severest coldwave struck. The
same coldwave gripped most of
the midwest.
Temperatures hovered near the
zero mark until Wednesday after
noon, when the mercury recov
ered to 22. Light snow began
falling early today (Thursday)
and the weatherman predicted
the mercury would tumble again,
possibly to as low as the Sunday
mark.
The year s precipitation sum
mary:
Amt. Mo. Dep.
January _ .27 .48 -.21
February.. .49 .64 -.15
March __ 3.19 1.28 *1.91
April _ 1.18 2.79 -1.61
May . 4.70 3.10 *1.60
June _ 2.47 3.76 -1.29
July _ 3.01 2.41 *.60
August _ 1.08 2.51 -1.43
September 6.39 2.03 *4.36
October __ 4.71 1.24 *3.47
November 1.49 .78 *.71
Decembor .35 .57 -.22
Totals 29.33 21.59 *7.74
♦Denotes plus.
The week’s weather summary,
based on daily readings at 8 ami.
follows:
Date Hi Lo Moist.
December 27 .. 43 20
December 28 „ 34 5 .15
December 29 6 -13 .20
December 30 3 -13
December 31 10 -12
January 1 15 -9
January 2 22 3 .01
Total _. .36
Holt's Corn 90 Percent
Harvested, Report —
Holt county's 1946 corn crop
was 90 percent harvested last
weekend, it was reported offi
cially to the state-federal agricul
tural statisticians at Lincoln by
County Agent A. Neil Dawes.
Reports indicate that Boyd
county’s corn is virtually “all
out."
Yields i'' the area ranged gen
erally front “fair” to “good.”
Meanwhilt. the state-federal
statistician, A. E. Anderson, an
nounced that 85 percent of Ne
braska's corn harvest is in. The:
total yield is 231 ''lillion bushels^
he reported.
Farmers were r sorted selling
corn on the ground \s a shortage
of shiDoing cars han aers moving
the grain toward market.
Inaugural Ball tor
Gov.-Elect Peterson
Gov.-elect Val Peterson, of El—
gin. will be honored January 10
at the traditional governor’s ball
to be held in Lincoln.
In addition to Gov. Griswold
and Gcv.-elect Peterson,three for
,mcr governors of the state are
also expectd to be presort. Invi
tations have been expended to
Robert Leroy Cochrrn, Adam Mc
Mullen. Samuel R. McKelvie,
Keith Neville and Gecrge L- Shel
don.
A nnio"o f.-v'-.ttjfa of the ball is
the fact that no organization, or
group, or business has contribut
ed any money to the nonpolitical
inaugural ceremony, acco ding to .
C. C. Hellmers, chairman.
The event will be held in the
University of Nc braska coliseum.
Noxious Weed Meet
Planned Next Week
A meeting of nersens interest
ed in combating noxious weeds
will be held January 9 and 10 at
the Nebraska state fair grounds
at Lincoln and will be soonsored
by the University of Nebraska
extension service.
Details of the meeting mav be
secured at the county agent’s of
fice in the Holt county court
house. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kelly, of
Omaha, spent Christmas eve in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray ▼.
Eidenmiller.