The Frontier
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VOLUME 66.—NUMBER 35. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1947. _PRICE 5 CENTS
WEST ENDERS SEEK
IMPROVEMENTS
Want Street Lighting
System ‘Similiar to
Uptown O’NeilP
PETITION COUNCIL
• A petition signed by 25 lessees
and owners of real estate in O’
Neill’s expanding westend Wed
nesday night submitted a peti
tion to the city council, request
ing a series of street improve
ments including a street lighting
system on Douglas street “simi
lar to the one in use in uptown
O’Neill” and grading and gravel
ing side streets and alleys for
one block on each side of Doug
las—the main thoroughfare.
Tony Asimus, of the Asimus
Bros. Outlaw stores, submitted
the petition.
Signers include:
Midwest Furniture & Appli
ance company, (H. J. Hoffman);
Hunt’s Recapping Service, (K. C.
Hunt); William Krotter company,
(Donald W. Krotter, president);
Cockers Lockers, (E. H. Cocker);
Beckwith Oil company, (Verne
4 Beckwith).
Tony and Carl Asimus, Harry ,
Sullivan, Vernon Gorgen, Clinton 1
Peterson, Elden Peterson, M. An
derson, L. E. Prescott, Paul L.
Beha, Jack M. Barr, H. L. Lind
berg, M. B. Marcellus, Mrs. T. J.
Donohoe, T. J. Donohoe, George
M. McCarthy, Mrs. George M.
McCarthy, Kathryn L. McCarthy,
Jeanne Gonderinger, Lloyd A.
Collins and Guy Beckwith.
No Aciion Taken
Commenting on the proposal,
Mayor F. J. Dishner said that no
action was taken and the peti
tion will be referred to the city
planning commission for recom
mendations. At present, the may
or pointed out, “tha city has no
money for immediate street im
provement.” He said that the
current expansion of the city wa
ter system was the high-priority
project, and was taxing the city’s
^treasury. t
The petition reads as follows:
“PETITION TO THE HON
ORABLE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF O’NEILL
Gentlemen:
We, the undersigned lessees
and owners of the business
places, homes and lots in the
section of West O’Neill, be
tween First street and Harri
son street on Douglas street
and all facing Douglas street,
hereby petition and ask for the
following improvements in
West O’Neill, which we know j
will benefit all of O’Neill; also
all of the people who come to i
O Neill.
We petition that a street light
ing system be installed, similar
to the one in use in uptown O’
Neill; the city to furnish wir
ing, poles, and pay for current.
This should be installed on both
'sides of Douglas street on the
blocks from First st.eet to Har- |
rison street. Some street lights
should also be erected turning
north by Beckwith filling sta
tion and the Marcellus Imple
ment company.
Douglas street, outsfiSe of the
blocks in center of town, has
the poorest lighting system for
a main traveled highway of any
town in Nebraska.
We petition that all alleys in
blocks adjoining Dopglas street
from First street and Harrison
street be opened or kept open.
The alleys should be graded
and graveled. This will pre
vent fire hazards, as fire trucks
cannot travel some of alleys
now.
t We petition that all side
streets for one block each way
from Douglas street, be grav
eled, on the streets from First
street to Harrison street, in
cluding Harrison and First
street. This will relieve traf
fic congestion on Douglas
street.
We petition that Douglas
street from First street to Har
* rison street be widened to at
least 90 feet for traffic. This
street is laid out 93 feet wide
and is owned by city and state
highway system.
We also ask that the mayor
and city council take up and
ijinsider if the stop light in cen
ter of tovm is necessary. If left
as it is, warning stop lights
should be placed one block each
way from stop light.
We also ask that the mayor
and council consider parallel
parking through O’Neill on
Douglas street.”
EDUCATIONAL NOTES
The next regular state teachers
I examinations will be given Sat
urday, January 18, at O’Neill,
Ewing, Stuart and Atkinson.
There will not be another one un
til May 3, 1947. The following
schedule of subjects will be used;
Arithmetic, 8 a.m.; English com
position, 9 a.m.; English compo
sition ard grammar, 10 a.m.; phy
siology and music, 11 a.m.; theory
and art and course of study, 1 p.
m», reading and orthography, 2
p.m.; geography, 3 p.m.; penman
ship and drawing, 4 p.m.
By Elja McCullough
County Superintendent
NEW GOVERNOR
Gov. Val Peterson . . . suc
ceeds Dwight Griswold as Ne
braska’s chief executive.
INAUGURAL FOR
GOVERNOR TODAY
—
Former Elgin Publisher
l Takes Chief Executive’s
Chair At Lincoln
Nebraska’s new governor, Val
Peterson, former Elgin publisher
and ex-Army Air Force officer,
today (Thursday) became the
i state’s new governor. He and
other new state officials were in
augurated at 1:30 p.m. in the leg
islative chamber at the state cap
itol.
Peterson, a Republican, suc
ceeds Dwight Griswold, also a
Republican, who will depart this
month for Germany for a post as
internal affairs officer in the Al
lied military government.
'Only Job'
Gov. Griswold told newsmen at
his last press conference that “the
governorship is the only political
job worth having.” He has com
pleted six veavs as the state’s
chief executive.
The retiring governor submit
ted a budget proposal Wednes
day, his last official act, recom
mending 70 million dollars to sup
port the state government for the
next two years (July 1, 1947 to
July 1, 1949). Nebraskans would
have about $1.50 more taxes in
1943 if the Unicameral legislature
should adopt Griswold’s proposal.
The 70 million figure includes
fees, licenses and other charges.
The state general fund would
be increased approximately six
million dollars. The ge^^ti fund
levy for the state would be about
4.28 mills ($4.28 taxes for each
one thousand dollars of assessed
valuation). The last year levy for
that fund was 2.73.
Big Increases to Board
The budget boost centers large
ly around big increases to the
state board of control for its 16
institutions, to the University of
; Nebraska, and to the state teach
ers’ college.
The inaugural ball for Gov. Pe
erson will be held at the Univer
sity of Nebraska coliseum F idav
night. Among Holt countyans
planning to attend the affair are
i Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brady, of At
: kinson, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
; Runnels, of Stuart.
--
Name of Johnson a
Headache to VA
If the names appearing on in
surance records are an indica
tion, the Scandinavians from
Nebraska, the Dakotas, Iowa
and Minnesota were well repre
sented in World War II.
Among the thousands of GI
1 names recorded from the five
states at the Veterans adminis
tration insurance unit at Fort
Snelling, Minn., the name of
Johnson leads all the others.
The score looks like this: 9,680,
Johnsons; 5,600, Andersons; 3,
300, Smiths; 3,000, Olsons and
1,600 Joneses.
The names may be a source
of pride for the Scandinavians,
but their similarity gives the
VA a headache in trying to
keep insurance records straight.
That’s why World War II vet
erans are urged to always in
clude their insurance “N” or
“V” numbers when writing
about their insurance or when
paying premiums, it was point
ed out.
Fire Destroys Small
Dwelling Near Page
PAGE—A small dwelling on the
Roy Parker farm, where Mrs. Sy
ella Pegler resides, was destroyed
by fire Friday. All of the contents
were lost in the blaze. Mrs. Peg
ler is the mother of Mrs. Parker.
The origin of the fire is not
known.
Help arrived in time to prevent
spread of the flames to other
buildings, but nothing could be
done to save the structure or its
contents.
The place is a mile and a half i
north of Page.
MARCH OF DIMES
DATES ARE FIXED
Holt Chapter Expended
$1,878 in Treating 4
County Victims
CHAIRMEN NAMED
The 1947 March c»X Dimes, the j
annual fund-raising drive of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, will be held January
15-30 in Holt county, it was an
nounced this week by Mrs. Clet
us Sullivan, of O Neill, chairman
of the March of Dimes campaign.
Simultaneous with the an- 1
nouncement of the dates for the
March of Dimes comes word from
the state department of health
that poliomyelitis was the only
major epidemic in Nebraska in
1946. Fifty - three lives were
claimed out of 645 cases. It was
the largest outbreak in the his
tory of Nebraska.
“The need for funds for fight
ing polio,” Mrs. Sullivan points
out, “is greater than ever. The
1946 epidemic on the national
level is second in severity to the
great epidemic of 1916, which was
the worst in recorded history.
The National Foundation was
founded in 1938 to spearhead and
coordinate the battle against the
disease.”
Community chairmen for Holt
county, appointed by Mrs. Sulli
van, follow:
O’Neill—P. J. O Donnell, At
kinson—Mrs. Leonard Davis, Ew
ing — Miss Francis Rotherham,
Stuart—J. W. Walton, Chambers
—Mrs. J. W. Walters, Amelia—
Mrs. George Fullerton, Emmet—
Mrs. Walter Puckett, Page—Mrs.
Earl Hurst, Inman—Mrs. Carrie
C. McMahan.
Miss Elja McCullough, county
superintendent of public instruc
tion, will direct the drive in the
rural schools.
Money-raising plans include
newspaper and screen advertising
and the placement of coin-collec
tors in various places of business.
4 Cases in County
Discussing the Holt county
polio situation during 1946, Mrs.
Sullivan said that there were four
cases in the county alone. In be
half of three of the patients, the
Holt county polio chapter ex
pended $1,878 02, while no ex
penditu^.s have as yet been made
in behalf of the fourth case.
Mrs. Sullivan said that the
county can be considered fortun
ate in having “so few” victims
during the recent epidemic.
“The people in Holt county
have been most generous in the
past in supporting the March of
Ditties.” Mrs. Sullivan recounts.
“The March of Dimes is the on
ly means of financing the Na
tional Foundation’s fight against
the disease, as it is hoped that this
year Holt countyans will be even
mote generous because they
know the fight is their fight.”
Flock Owners Hear
Improvement Plans
Holt county poultry flock own
ers will eat a turkey dinner to
night (Thursday) at the Golden
hotel and hear J. H. Claybaugh,
extension poultryman of the Uni
versity of Nebraska college of
agriculture, discuss the purpose,
aims and policy of the depart
ment of agriculture - sponsored
poultry improvement plan. James
Corkle, of the Corkle Hatchery
here, is the host at the dinner.
A similar meeting was held at
Atkinson yesterday, according to
County Agent A. Neil Dawes,
who has been assisting with the
arrangements of the poultry
meetings in the county.
5 MORE EX-GIs
Registrants released by the Se
lective Service since Decmber 30
include: Charles R. Cooper, of O’
Neill; Donald A. Kaup, of Stuart;
Patrick J. Burk, of Ewing; Lloyd
O. Wyant, of Redbird, and Mar
tin V. Langan, of Spencer.
Go to Phoenix —
Mrs. A. E. Bowen and daugh
ter, Mary, and son, Don, depart
ed late last Thursday for Phoe
nix, Ariz., where they will make
an extended stay.
They went by way of San An
tonio, Tex., where they remained
for several days.
Kathleen Wanser First 1947 Baby
To Little Kathl'en Wanser, 1
who made her debut on this
Earth at 4 a.m. on January 2 in
the O’Neill hospital, goes the
honor of being the first baby
to be born in Holt county in
1947,
A first baby contest was spon
sored by a group of O’Neill bus
iness firms in cooperation with
The Frontier. As announced in
the December 26 issue of this
newspaper, the lucky baby will
be showered with gifts.
The Wanser infant arrived
with dark blue eyes and
dark hair, and she tipped the
beam of the scales at eight and
three - quarters pounds. Her
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Max
Wanser, whose postoffice ad
dress is Inman. The little miss
has six brothers and one sister.
The infant son of Pfc. and
Mrs. Joseph Gokie, of Emmet,
missed the first t>aby honors
by arriving during the waning
hours of the old year.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Krug
man, of O’Neill, and Mr. and
Mrs. John Rosno, of O’Neill, be
came the parents of a son and
daughter, respectively, on Jan
uary 2. both births occurring at
least 12 hours after Little Miss
Wanser put in her appearance.
New Year’s day was a birth
less affair in Holt county as far
as The Frontier could learn.
There was one New Year’s
day arrival reported in Boyd
county, but the infant was not
eligible for the Holt county
contest. Mr. and Mrs. Keith
Fellers, of Butte, became the
parents of a daughter born in
the Lynch hospital on her
mother’s birthday anniversary.
Mrs. Fellers is the former M ss
Helen Whitla, of Butte.
Brown-McDomtld’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 Sup
ply, a slumberide; McIntosh
Jewelry, an infant’s gold ring;
Gambles, a clothesbasket; the
Ralya IGA store, two quarts of
homogenized milk; the Union
Store, an assortment of Heinz
baby foods; Penney’s, a baby
book, ajid The Frontier, a
year’s subscription to the par
ents.
Applications for the first ba
by honors were to have been
filed before 6 p.m. January 6,
the hour the contest was closed.
HENRY J. WAYMAN
TAKEN BY DEATH
Resident of State Over
70 Years Buried
Here Monday
REARS FAMILY OF 11
Henry J. Wayman, 83, a resi
dent of Holt county for 38 years
and a resident of the state for
more than 70 years, was buried
here Wednesday following funer
al services in the Methodist
i church. Mr. Wayman died Sun
day at his farm home near here
following a two-year illness.
Rev. Lloyd W. Mullis, of O’
Neill, officiated in the rites and
Biglin Brothers were in charge.
The late Mr. Wayman was born
at Harrison Furnace, O., on Jan
j uary 3, 1864, and he came to Ne
braska as a ’teen-age youth, set
i tling in Gage county near Beat
rice.
On February 25, 1892, he mar
ried Alvinia Kloepper at Glaton
I ia. To this union was born six
I sons and five daughters.
The family moved t8 Holt
j county in 1909, where Mr. Way
i man was engaged *' * 'arming and
! resided on a larm until he died.
Survivors include the widow,
who is 72; six sons, Edwin, Ben
jamin, Harvey, Roy, and Harry,
all of O’Neill, and Clarence, of
Boulder, Colo.; five daughters,
Alma Schmohr, of Emmet; Eliza
beth Nickel, Jesnie Hershiser,
Linda Wayman, and Annie El
lingson, all of O’Neill. There are
also 11 grandchildren.
Burial was in Prospect Hill
cemetery. The following served
as pallbearers: L. O. Johnson,
Fred Fritton, Clarence Ernst,
John Dier, Ray Dendinger, and
Otto Lorenz.
Dog Lost, 4-Year-Old
Owner Offers Unborn
Pup As a Reward
The editor of The Frontier
this week received a classified
ad that was immediately ear
marked for page one, digres
sing from the paper’s policy of
not publishing advertisements
on the front page.
Linda Bredemeier, 4, daugh
ter of Mr. and MVs Lorenz
Bredemeier, of O’Neill, is an
nouncing to the world that she
has lost her pet dog and is will
ing to go to almost any end to
retrieve it.
She tells of her plight this
way:
NOTICE: My little black cock
er spaniel dog disappeared
before Christmas. If you
have her, bring her back or
call me. I’ll give you the
choice of her next batch of
puppies as a reward.—Linda
Bredemeier, phone 139LJ, O’
Neill.
Bids Will Be Asked
on Randall Spur —
Bids will be asked January 14
for construction of the first sec
tion of the access railroad to the
Ft. Randall, S. D., dam site, it
was announced Saturday in Oma
ha. The project consists of 7.8
miles of track from the Milwau
kee railroad at Lake Andes, S. D.,
to the Ft. Randall townsite. The
work is to start April 1.
Report of Eerie ‘Ghosts’
Revived Along the Eagle
SPENCER—There is probab
ly some very simple explana
tion for the strange, wavering
lights which have been report
ed from north Holt county,
south of Spencer.
Automobile headlights, per
haps, in the mist which drifts
in from Eagle creek, are the
cause.
But oldtimers think the re
ports may mark the reappear
ance of the “ghost” lights which
used to drift along the mea
dows 25 years ago.
The “ghost” lights, about the
size of a football, would appear
in many colors. They would
follow men and animals, often
vanishing abruptly if their vic
tims dodged or ran.
Farmers, who reported that
livestock were afraid of the
mysterious visitors, had to do
their milking before dark.
Cows, they said, often jumped
to conclusions at the sight of
a lantern.
Thousands of persons saw the
lights, and advanced theories
ranging from escaping ground
gases and St. Elmo’s fire to lost
souls searching for a suitable
resting place. But, so far as is
known, no satisfactory explan
ation ever was advanced.
Returnees from West
Coast Continue to
Appear, Report Says
The trend of West coast
workers returning to the state
and making applications for
employment continues, accord
ing to Walter A. Steffen, of
Norfolk, area manager of the
Nebraska state employment
service, in a bulletin issued Sat
urday. The trend began in Oc
tober and is expected to con
tinue through the winter, he
said.
December saw a substantial
increase in applications for jobs
and unemployment claims. The
number of applications gained
31 perecent and the total traf
fic for all activities increased
69 percent over that in Novem
ber.
Total unfilled openings in the
Norfolk area dropped to the
lowest figure in the past year
and 53 percent under Novem
ber. There were 32 unfilled
! openings as compared with 70
j in November, the report con
cluded.
Donlin Ranch to Be
Sold Next Week;
Land Prices High
-
The well - improved 1,520-acre
I John Donlin ranch, generally re
garded as one of the best on Eagle
creek north of here, is to be sold
next Wednesday at public auc
tion.
Julius D. Cronin, O’Neill attor
' ney, is the referee, and William
W. Griffin, also of O’Neill, is the
attorney for the referee.
The sale will be held at the
Holt county courthouse, begin
ning at 1 p.m.
The ranch, situated about 20
miles north of here, has two miles
of creek running across the land
A glimpse at the record of re
cent land transactions in the O’
Neill area points to what observ
ers contend are exceptionally
high prices.
Fifty dollars an acre is asked
for a quarter of mixed wild hay,
grazing and a few acres of
farming ground, well timbered,
lying on both sides of a small
liver and one-half mile from a
large town. A 960-acre ranch is
offered at $li an acre; a tarm
ranch of 160 acres with good
improvements is offered at $11,
Ouu
The late Pat O’Connor ranch of
2,4uo acres, snuacta lo miles
southwest of O'Neill was pur
chased recently by L. D. Putnam,
O’Neill, at $56,000, over $23 an
acre.
Holt County Cattle
in Good Shape—Report
The condition of cattle of Holt
county, a leader in the stocker
feeder line, is exceptionally good.
Fine fall weather and a good sec
ond growth of wild grases set
the foraging tables for a heavy
and constant fill-up. Two-thirds
of normal crop of bay has been
about evened and cattle should
get through the winter in fine
fettle.
Both the cattle and hog produ
cers are in disagreement as to
high prices continuing, some hav
ing trimmed size of herds toward
hedging against a possible big
orice drop. Fat hog sales have
flirted around the $22 mark some
time. Some cattle and hog pro
ducers are increasing their hold
ings evidently in behalf contin
ued demand at high rates must
prevail indefinitely.
O'NEILL HOSPITAL NOTES
Felix Sullivan, of O’Neill, was
admitted .Wednesday. . . Terry
Snowardt, of Spencer, submitted
to an appendectomy Tuesday. . .
Mrs. Joseph Gokie, and infant
son, of Emmet, were dismissed
Wednesday. . . Mrs. Max Wanser
was dismissed Wednesday. . . Mrs.
Harvey Krugman, O’Neill, and
infant son were dismissed Tues
day- - - Mrs. Harold Rlsor, of At
kinson, was dismissed Tuesday.
Mrs. Seth Hertel and infant son,
of Chambers, were dismissed
Monday.
NEW OFFICERS
TAKE POSITIONS
fJriffin and Sterns in
County Jobs; Cronin
Finishes 24th Year
Two new county officers took
their posts today (Thursday)
without formalities. They are
William W. Griffin, of O’Neill,
county attorney, and Albert
Sterns, of O’Neill, First district
supervisor.
Griffin, a Republican, succeeds
Julius D. Cronin, of O’Neill, who
was not a candidate for reelec
tion. Cronin held the post con
tinuously for 24 years.
Sterns, a Democrat, succeeds J.
C. Stein, of O’Neill, on the board
of supervisors. Stein was defeat
ed by Sterns in the general elec
tion when Johnson and Stein di
vided the Republican votes, Stein
being a write-in candidate.
County officers, all Republi
cans, who were reelected and be
gan new terms today include:
Ed J. Matousek, of Atkinson,
Seventh district county supervis
| or: H. W. Hubbard, of Chambers,
| Fifth district supervisor: Andy
Clark, of O’Neill, Third district
supervisor; Miss Ruth Hoffman,
I of O’Neill, county clerk: Mrs. Es
ther Cole Harris, of O’Neill, reg
| ister of deeds; L. G. Gillespie,
county assessor: Miss Elia McCul
lough, of O’Neill, county superin
tendent of public instruction; J.
Ed Hancock, county treasurer; Ira
H. Moss, clerk of the district
court; A. B. Hubbard. county
sheriff: and Leonard A. Thoma
jp county surveyor.
The board of supervisors will
reorganize for the new year next
Wednesday, January 14. a date
fixed by state law. The old board
adjourned Tuesday.
Copeland Takes Seat
in Unicameral —
John L. Copeland, of Maria
ville, was seated at noon Tuesday
in the opening session of the Uni
cameral legislature. State Sena
tor Copeland represents the
state’s Twenty-eighth legislative
district, comprising Holt, Boyd,
Rock and Keya Paha counties.
The new state senator succeeds
D. H. Cronin, former editor and
publisher of The Frontier and
dean of the last legislature.
One hundred and ninety-eight
eouests for bills to be presented
to the legislature are on file. Ap
proximately one-half of these
"ome from individual senators
and the other half include coun
cil ’-ecommendations, recommen
dations of the statute revisor, and
the recommendations from vari
ous executive and administrative
departments of the state govern
ment.
I Keismg Kuys Implement
Agency At Morrill
G. W. Reising, for three years a
resident here and a supervisor
for the International Harvester
company, has resigned his posi
tion and purchased a farm im
plement dealership at Morrill, 17
miles west of Scottsbluff.
Mr. Reising was employed by
the International company foi
15 years, during which he had
been located at Wichita, Kans..
Grand Island, Omaha and O’Neill
His territory here included 2'
counties.
Mrs. Reising and children, Av
is, and Dennis, will continue tt
reside here until Mr. Reising
completes housing arrangements
at Merrill.
Miss McCullough to Be
in Charge of Program —
The O’Neill Woman’s club will
meet next Wednesday afternoon,
at 2:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs.
R. E. Evans. Miss Elja McCul
lough will have charge of the pro
gram.
Petersons, Bridges —
Visit West Coast —
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Peter
son and Mr. and Mrs. Harrison
Bridge returned late Sunday from
a two - weeks’ 4,200 - mile trip
through the West, visiting points
in California and Oregon.
HUNTING ACCIDENT
FATAL TO YOUTH
Aubrey Kreiter, 13, Who
Was Born At Ewing,
Dies in Oklahoma
SHOT THROUGH HEAD
INMAN — Aubery Kreiter. 13,
who was born at Ewing and had
resided in Oklahoma since 1945,
died in an Agra. Okla., hospital
Saturday following a hunting ac
cident.
The youth was accidently shot
through the head with a bullet
from a .22-rifle while on a rab
bit hunt with his stepfather, Er
nest Wright. Rushed to a near
by hospital, medical attendants
worked feverishly to save the
bov’s life, but their efforts were
futile.
Funeral services are being held
i today (Thursday) at the Metho
dist church at Ewing, and burial
will be in the Inman cemetery.
The body arrived Wednesday in
O’Neill where funeral arrange
| ments were made by Biglin Bro
thers.
The accident is said to have oc
curred shortly after the two hunt
ers had chased a rabbit under a
nearby building. The stepfather
was said to have placed the gun
on a nail against the building and
was about to aid the stepson in
looking under the house for the
rabbit when suddenly the rifle,
with the trigger near the nail,
discharged. The bullet struck
young Kreiter in the back of the
head.
Active in Athletics
The youth was born March 8,
1933, at Ewing. He lived on a
farm near Agra with his stepfath
er and his mother, Mrs. Leona
Wright. He had been active in
athletics at Agra high school and
was a member of the First Meth
odist church at Agra.
Survivors include the stepfath
er and mother; one brother, Gene
Krieter; one stepbrother, Ronald
Ben Wright, and one stepsister,
Jacquelyn Wright, all of Agra.
Brief funeral rites were held
Monday at Agra in a funeral
chapel in which the youth’s fel
low school students and his teach
ers attended as a body.
Peter Stewart, a longtime resi
dent of the Page-Ewing vicini
ties, is a grandfather of the Krei
ter youth.
15 BELOW NEW
COLD MARK
The mercury tumbled to a sea
1 son’s low early Friday when the
I of icial government reading here
! was 15-degrees below zero. The
low figure marked the tail-end of
a cold wave that ushered in the
Now Year.
By Saturday the cold wave had
moved out of the state and for
the "ist four successive days this
section has been witnessing a
January thaw. Highest tempera
ture for the week was 44. There
has been no precipitation report
ed since last Thursday, accord
ing to Government Observer El
mer Bowen.
The week’s weather summary,
based on daily readings at 8 a.m.
follows:
Date Hi Low
January 3 .. 4 -15
January 4 5 -14
January 5 ... 22 5
January 6 . 34 21
January 7 44 26
January 8 _ 43 26
January 9 44 23
O’Neill PCA Group to
Distribute Dividends
Directors of the O’Neill Pro
duction Credit Association have
fixed Wednesday, January 15, as
the date of the annual stockhold
ers’ meeting, according to James
W. Rooney, secretary-treasurer.
Schedi’led to oDen at 11:30 a m.
in the diningroom of the Golden
1 hotel, the meeting will include
I the election of one director for a
i three-vear term, reports on the
I association’s progress for the past
! year, and discussion of future
nlans. Dividend checks will be
distributed to all stockholders.
“Ways to speed the time when
the association will be complete
ly member-owned will be dis
cussed,” Roonev said.
Luncheon will be served at
noon.
^resent direoto“s of the asso
ciation are: D. C. Schaffer, of
O’Neill, president: C. F. Clark, of
Rurwell, vice-nresident: Otto
Kr..picka. of Spencer; Ray Sid
»is, of O’Neill, and Ott Oberg, of
Ericson.
100 TABS SOLD
One hundred “vestpocket size”
automobile license plates were
sold las* Thursday—the first day
the 1947 tabs were on sale at the
office of Countv Treasurer J. Ed
Hancock. Because of the steel
shortage, full-sized plates are not
available.
Clarence Wayman, of Boulder,
Colo., arrived Monday for the fu
neral of ids father, Henry Way
man.