Nebraska Newspapers

    The Fr< intier
VOLUME 66.—NUMBER 38. _O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 80, 1947. ___PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
ST. JOE. EAGLES
FORGE TO FINALS
O’Neill Dumps Atkinson
36-21 in Holt Cage
Semifinals
STUART SPILLED 43-33
* (More tourney nfev/s on page 4.)
St. Joseph’s academy, of Atkin
son, and O’Neill high school ad
varced 10 the finals in the an
nual Holt county basketball tour
ney here tonight (Thursday).
The St. Joe Bluejays, the tour
ney favorites, knocked the Stuart
Bronchos out of the title running,
43-33, and the O’Neill Eagles,
making a strong bid for the
crown, avenged an ea'ly-in-the
season loss by dumping the At
kinson Balers, 36-2i.
The O’Neill public school gym
nasium was packed with custo
mers. The crowd overflowed on
to the stage in one end of the au
ditorium and there was standing
room only in the balconies. The
bad road conditions served only
to deter the basketball-happy
Holt sport fans.
• St. Joe 43; Stuart 32
The Josies established their su
periority at the start and by in
termission had rolled up a 29-7
lead. The Bronchos though scrap
py, simply couldn’t match the su
perior ballhandling and class
sported by the academy team.
The Bluejays, winner of the
state Catholic prep title earlier
in the week, were led by Forward
Ed Scott, who poured in 17
points without strain.
Center Schaffer, of Stuart, won j
evening scoring honors with 20
points. His marksmanship was ;
FINALS FRIDAY
Officials of the Holt county
basketball tourney are con
fronted with a major problem:
Where will they put the peo
ple? They think that even a
repetition of Wednesday night’s
blizzard wouldn’t stop the
•hordes which’ll be on hand for
the title match here Friday
night between St. Joseph’s ac
ademy, of Atkinson, and O’
Neill high school. The champ
ionship game begins at 8:45 p.
m. In a preliminary. Stuart
and Atkinson will fight for
third place honors.
the best individual show of the
evening. It sparkled because he
was working with a third or
fourth place club against super
ior opposition.
The boxscore:
ST. JOE (43) fg ft pf pts
Scott, f ..8 1 2 17
Schorn, f _ 0 0 0 0
Miller, f .. 4 119
Collomer, f __ 10 12
Berigan, c _ 4 2 3 10
O’Malley, c , 0 0 0 0
Mack, g 12 3 4
Kokes, g _ 0 0 0 0
TroshynsM, g 0 0 0 0
G. Judge, g - 0 13 1
Totr ls _ 18 7 13 43
STUART (33) fg ft pf pts
Coffman, f _ 0 0 0 0
Wallen, f .. 0 0 5 0
Davis, f .... 5 1 2 11
Stuart, f v. _ 0 0 4 0
Schaffer, c _ 7 6 0 20
’.vezac, c _ 10 0 2
Dodd, g .... 0 0 0 0
Batenhorst, g _ 0 0 10
Totals ...13 7 12 33
O'Neill 36; Atkinson 21
In a preholiday tift at Atkinson.
O’Neill’s Blue Eagles were sur
prised 33-36 by the Atkinson Bal
efs. It was sweet revenge for
Coach F. E. Saindon’s crew to
night as the Eagles put the skids
under the Balers, 36-21, eliminat
ing Atkinson from the Holt coun
ty title chase.
The Eagles rolled up eight
points to Atkinson’s none before j
the Balers had time to hitch their
belts. The count at the half was I
19-4.
Elongated Ike Samdon and di
minutive Dick Tibbetts led the
O’Neill attack with 13 and 10
points respectively.
The Balers, ice-cold against
St. Mary’s Monday night, couldn’t
sh'ake the chills against the
smooth Eagles.
The boxscore:
O’NEILL (36) fg ft pf pts
Saindon, f - 5 3 3 13
Hartman, f _0 0 10
Tibbetts, f . 5 0 2 10
Calkins, f _ 0 0 0 0
Hungerford, f ...10 2 2
Orsborne, c ..0 0 10
Matthews, c 10 12
* Erwin, g _ 0 12 1
Elkins, g ..—. 2 2 0 6
Van Every, g .. 10 3 2
f Totals ___ 15 6 15 36
ATKINSON (21) fg ft pf pts
Kirkpatrick, f _ 3 0 16
Tooker, f _ 0 0 10
Schultz, f ...._ 3 2 18
Rossman, f_ 0 0 0 0
Keating, c _ 12 14
J*K-vis, c _ 0 0 0 0
Dierks, g .... 0 12 1
Braun, g _ 0 0 0 0
Retke, g .. 0 2 0 2
Totals_ 7 7 6 21 i
Electricity, Recreation Would
Help Keep 'Em Down on Farm
Over 56 percent of American <
farm women believe more mod
ern and better homes would
help keep young people on
farms, a recent nationwide sur
vey by Successful Farming
magazine reveals. Biggest stop
in that direction, they maintain,
is extension of rural electrifica
tion. With these, they are more
satisfied to work on the farms.
More than half of the women
feel more uptodate farm ma
chinery would help majte farm
ing an interesting profession
for young people. They point
out that proper and efficient
machinery would shorten
working time and give more
hours for recreation. “Present
1 working hours are just too
long,” say farm mothers, “and
should be shortened to compete
with city workeis’ hours.”
Most recognize a need for
more recreation in rural com
munities. "Better recreational
gathering places are needed,”
was a common complaint. “The
community should give more
! cooperation to the younger gen
eration in providing them with
' a place to dance besides the
taverns.” Many think the
church could provide good,
wholesome recreation facilities
close at home. Others want
more and better movies, which
they consider an essential part
of farm-social life .
MEDCALFS MARK
56th ANNIVERSARY
Old Friends Gather to
Help Chambers Pair
Observe Occasion
CHAMBERS — Mr. and Mrs.
William Medcalf, for many years
residents of southcentral Holt
countv, Sunday celebrated their
56th wedding anniversary at the
home of a son, E. H. Medcalf, at
Chambers.
The Medcalfs were married
January 28, 1891.
For many years the Medcalfs
resided on a farm southeast of
Chambers, in the Martha com
munity. Mr. Medcalf now oper
ates a harness shop in Chambers.
A number of longtime friends
and neighbors, as well as mem
bers of the Medcalf family, gath
ered to pay their respects to the
long-wedded couple.
Among those present were: Mr.
and Mrs. A1 Leidtke, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Lambert and Stanley, Mrs.
Robert LaRue, Mrs. Kenneth La
Rue and baby, Mr. and Mts. Mark
Gribble and son, Dick Porter and
Miss Phyllis Carpenter, all of
Chambers: Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Grage and Mr. and Mrs. N. E.
Medcalf and son, of O’Neill; Mr.
and MVs. Emmet Medcalf and
family, Mrs. Don Medcalf and
son, and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Mil
ler and family, all of Clearwater.
A dinner was served at noon.
Several beautiful angelfcod cakes
graced the table and were later
served with icecream.
During the afternoon two
daughters, Mrs. Taylor Jordan
and Mrs. Otto Greenstreet, both
of Sedro Wooley, Wash., called
their parents by telephone.
FAIR OFFICIALS
ASK TAX CUT
Edwin A Wink, of Chambers,
secretary of the Holt County Ag
ricultural society, and Harry Res
sell, of O’Neill, member of the
board, returned today (Thursday)
from Lincoln where they had at7
tended the 38th annual met ting
of the Nebraska Association of
Fair Managers. The Holt society
sponsors the annual county fair
at Chambers.
The state association adopted
resolutions which called on the
state legislature to pass a pro
posed bill which would require
carnivals in the state to post a
$10,000 appearance bond, and for
congress to repeal the 20 percent
federal tax on admissions to both
state and county fairs.
Gov. Val Peterson addressed
the group Tuesday night. Edwin
Schultz, of Elgin, is secretary of
the Nebraska state fair board.
Ed M. Bauman, of West Point,
was elected president for 1947;
Monte Keffin, of Lexington, was
elected vice-president, and Alfred
D. Raun, of Walthill, was named
secretary-treasurer.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Merle Armstrong, 51, and Ther
esa Wervel, 41, both of Stuart,
January 28.
Chester James Fees, jr„ 19, of
Chambers, and Mary Nadine Mc
Niehols, 18, of O’Neill, January
27.
Frank Nekolite, and Miss Eliza
beth Kamphaus, both of O’Neill
and of legal age, January 25.
Robert J. Yantzie, 24, and Mary
Hellen Martin, 22, both of O’
Neill, January 25.
THE TOURNEY
At a Glance
First Round
MONDAY
Page 28 Chambers 23
Atkinson 28 St. Mary’s 19
O’Neill 47 Ewing 19
St. Joseph’s, Inman, Stuart, byes
Quarterfinals
WEDNESDAY
St. Joseph’s 33 Page 19
Stuart 30 Inman 21
Semifinals
THURSDAY
St. Joseph’s 43 Stuart 33
O’Neill 36 Atkinson 21
Finals
To be played Friday night.
Grim Reaper Off to
Good Start in 1947
Death on Nebraska’s highways
got off to a good 1947 start as 17
fatalities were reported during
the first 20 days. During a cor
responding period a year ago only
11 lives were lost.
Capt. C. J. Sanders, of the Ne
braska safety patrol, this week
pointed out that a great deal of
winter driving lies ahead and Ne
braska motorists must be pre
pared for the numerous car haz
ards that accompany the winter
months.
While many January reports
show that excessive speed, care
lessness, or alcohol was involved,
particularly noted in'the early
1947 accidents was the fact that
many of them happened on lesser
traveled highways.
Capt. Sanders stated that while
the patrol is expending its every
effort to make Nebraska high
ways safe, it is the thousands of
Nebraska motorists, who can
solve the accident problem. “Each
individual driver should study
himself, know the law, and obey
it,” he said.
Hometown Dental
Treatment for
Vets Explained
About half of the dentists in
Nebraska are now participating
in a cooperative program devel
oped by the Veterans Administra
tion and the Nebraska State Den
tal association to offer veterans
home-town treatment for service
connected dental disabilities.
Ashley Westmoreland, manager
of the VA’s Lincoln regional of
fice, explained that under the
program a veteran may make ap
plication to the VA for treatment
with the request that the work be
done by his home-town dentist.
Upon approval of the applica
tion by the VA, the veteran will
be notified of arrangements for
a dental examination by either
the VA or the dentist. When the
examination is complete, the VA
will authorize the dentist to pro
! re, d with such treatment as is
deemed necessary to cover the
service-connected disability. The
dentist will be paid by the VA
for his work on the basis of a
fee schedule agreed upon by the
dental association and the VA.
Westmoreland stressed that the
disability treated must be deter
mined by the VA to be service
connected. He cautioned den
tists not to proceed with treat
ment for which VA pay is expect
ed until authorization has been
deceived from the VA.
D. H. Cronin Taken to
Sioux City Hospital
D. H. Cronin, 78, of O’Neill, re
tired editor and publisher of The
Frontier and a veteran state leg
islator, was taken to St. Vincent’s
hospital in Sioux City Monday
for medical treatment.
Mr. Cronin sold the newspaper
in May, 1946, and his term as
state senator expired at the turn
of the year, when he retired com
pletely from public life.
In recent months Mr. Cronin has
j Monday visited in O’Neill. She is
• City and also a trip to Rochester,
Minn., in behalf of his health.
Ed Markey Dies
at San Pedro, Calif.
Ed Markey, brother of Mrs.
Margaret McMillan and Miss
Mary Markey, both of O’Neill,
died late Wednesday at his home
in San Pedro, Calif. Mrs. McMil
lan, who attempted to depart im
mediately to attend the funeral
rites, was forced to abandon her
; plans because of travel difficulty
j created by Wednesday’s winter
storm.
AUTO TABS HIT 3,200
County Treasurer J. Ed Han
cock reported today (Thursday)
that the sale of 1947 automobile
tabs had reached the 3,200 mark.
Mr. Hancock predicts the sales
for the year will exceed 6,500. "It
{is unlawful,” he pointed out, “to
| drive vehicles on Nebraska's
highways without 1947 tabs after
(January 31.
Mrs. Urban Awaits
NYC Arrangements
Mrs. Bertha Urban, 48, of Ew
ing. the Holt county woman who
asserts she has developed a pos
sible cure for infantile paralysis,
Friday visited in O’Neill. She is
awaiting completion of arrange
ments before going to New York
City where she has been invited!
to demonstrate her therapy at the
Knickerbocker hospital, a polio
center.
Mrs. Urban said she is “su
pr. mely confident" she has a con
tribution for the “relief of paral
ysis.”
Her technique has been devel
1 oped, she says, ‘by replacing dis
I located nerves.”
REDUCING LOSSES I
MEETING TOPIC
All-Day Livestock Confab
Planned Here
Saturday
Ways and means of reducing
livestock losses through latest in-1
formation on spraying, handling
and care will be discussed here
Saturday in a livestock conserva
tion program to be held in the
band room at the O’Neill pub
lic school.
The all-day meeting will be
sponsored by the National Live
stock Loss Prevention board in
cooperation with the Holt county
agricultural extension service, ac
coring to County Agent A. Neil
Dawes.
Plans for the meeting will re
main unchanged despite Wednes
day’s storm.
Four-H club members will
demonstrate methods of dehorn
ing, grub control, and use of DDT,
between 9 and 10:30 a.m.
Ouloftowri Speakers Coming
Ed Janicks, secretary of the
Omaha Livestock Exchange; Dr.
Spencer, of the Omaha Livestock
Loss Prevention board, and Mr.
Baird, of the Burlington railroad,
will discuss various methods of
loss prevention.
A luncheon pA Pie ^lethodist
church basement, sponsored by
, the Chamber of Commerce and
served by the ladies of the Meth
I odist church, will be held at noon.
The 4-H demonstrators, leaders
and club presidents in the O’
Neill territory will be the guests.
Initial plans called for serving 50
at the dinner. The bad roads
conditions have forced a down
ward revision of the number.
James G. Fredrickson, of the
Fredrickson Livestock Commis
sion company, will speak at the
luncheon.
Dr. H. L. Bennett, of O’Neill,
in charge of arrangements.
SAUERS RETIRES
AS RAIL AGENT
R. M. Sauers, Chicago & North
j Western railroad agent here for
! ~'anv vears and an employe of
the company for 43 years, Mon
dcT ended bis rail career. He is
entering retirement.
No successor has been named
but railroad officials will prob
ablv make a decision within a
week.
L. A. Nelson, assistant agent,
is in charge until a new agent is
appointed. He is being assisted
by James Foreman, formerly of
Emmet and Atkinson. Foreman
is a veteran of World War II.
GOV. PETERSON’S
BUDGET $65,717,000
Gov. Val Peterson Wednesday
called upon the state legislature
for appropriations that will make
the Nebraska tax levy for the
next biennium the highest in his
tory as he delivered his budget
reauest for $65,717,000.
Recommendations of Gov.
Dwight Griswold, who recently
, retired from the gubernatorial
: seat, were 70 million dollars,
which included building.
Building was net considered in
Gov. Peterson’s budget.
The new governor frankly told
the salons that he was presenting
a minimum figure. He said he
had deleted two million dollars
which he said he considered “it
wise to include in long-range
planning by the legislature.”
Gov. Peterson told the legisla
ture that there was no escane
from the highest tax levy in the
history of the state.
Hammonds Entertain —
The Charles E. Chares and
daughter, Rose Mary, of Atkin
son, spent Sunday and Monday
at the home of Mis. Chace’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Ham
mond. Another daughter of the
Hammonds’, Mrs. William Bow
ker, and her husband, of Oma
ha, arrived Monday and depart
ed Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. George
Hammond, of Omaha, arrived last
Thursday. Mr. Hammond left
Tuesday and Mrs. Hammond and
I son expect to remain for a while.
LOCAL OWNERSHIP
PCA STOCK SEEN
Stockholders Tell Aims at
Annual Meeting of
Group Here
Complete member-ownership of
the O’Neill Production Credit As
sociation will be achieved soon,
it was pledged by the stockhold
ers at their annual meeting held
in O’Neill on January 15, accord
ing to D. C. Schaffer, president
of the organization.
They voted to launch a program
under which the $5,000 capital
stock now owned by the Produc
tion Credit Corporation of Oma
ha can be retired. This will place
ownership of the O’Neill associa
tion’s capital entirely in the
hands of farmers and stockmen
of Holt, Boyd, Wheeler and Gar
field counties.
Members already own $43,455
of the short-term credit co-op’s
capital stock.
More than 100 members and
guests attended the meeting
which was held in the Golden ho
M dining room after luncheon
had been served by the M & M
cafe. A report of the activities
ot the board of directors and Ex
ecutive Committee was presented
by Ott Oberg, of Ericson, who
stated that the second four per
cent dividend had been declared
on the capital stock.
nuuney explains nans
After a report on the progress
of the association by Secretary
Treasurer James W. Rooney, he
presented the plan for increasing
capitalization of the association.
He explained that when the O’
Neill association was set up in
1934, the original capital of $120,
000 was furnished by the Produc
tion Credit Corporation of Oma
ha. As farmers and stockmen be
came members and bought shares
of stock, the capital supplied by
the corporation was gradually re
paid. This process will be has
tened by the action approved by
the stockholders.
The association has two types
of capital stock—class “A”, which
is non-voting, and class “B'\
which entitles the holder to a
vote and a voice in the association
affairs. Active members only may
hold class “B” or voting stock.
Since organization, the O’Neill
PCA has loaned more than $6,
583,650 to finance agricultural op
erations in the four-county area.
Oberg was reelected to the
board of directors for a three-year
term.
Everett Spangler, vice-presi
dent of the Production Credit
Corporation of Omaha, was a
guest at the meeting.
The board of directors later re
elected D. C. Schaffer of O’Neill
as president; C. F. Clark, of Bur
well, vice-president; James W
Rooney, of O’Neill, secretary
treasurer.
Other directors of the associa
tion are Otto Krupicka, of Spen
cer; Ray Siders, of O’Neill, and
Ott Oberg, of Eticson.
SICK & INJURED
O'NEILL—Thomas Donlin is
improvinp. . . Miss Margaret Sau
ser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
• ppoo looser, was dismissed
this week from Our Lady of
•-is ‘it'd at V<v folk
where she had submitted to a
major operation.
PAGE—M>. and Mrs. George
Hat' took t'-mr monttei-old son
to Sioux City Friday where they
'“rt him at the Methodist hospi
tal to receive medical care. They
were accompanied by Mrs. Maude
Boies, who visited her sister, Mrs.
Nels Bergstrom, a patient in the
Methodist hospital there. . . Harry
Harper returned Saturday from
Sioux City where he had sub
mitted to an operation two weeks
ago.
CHAMBERS—Dick Young re
cently suffered a broken bone in
his left hand while playing at
school. . . T. E. Alderson returned
Sunday from St. Joseph’s hospi
tal at Sioux City where he had
been recovering from a neck in
jury.
O'NEILL HOSPITAL NOTES
Ed Slavmaker, of Atkinson
was admitted Tuesday. . . Mrs.
Clara Bell, of Chambers, was ad
mitted Wednesday. . . Mrs. Hel
en Downs, of Chambers; condi
tion, good. . . D. M. Stuart, of
Plainview, who last week sub
mitted to an appendectomy, was
dismissed today (Thursday). . . .
Harold Green of Bartlett was ad
mitted today (Thusday). His
condition is fair following an ac
cident, about which the details
have not been learned.
HOLT COUNTY
EDUCATIONAL NOTES
Fred Dale, instructor of geog
raphy at Wayne State Teachers
college, will begin a course in
“South American Geography” in
O’Neill on Saturday, February 1.
Enrollments will bo made at 9:15
a.m. The cost is $3.50 for a se
mester hour and three hours may
be earned.
ELJA M’CULLOUGH,
County Superintendent.
Traffic Snarled as
Result of Blizzard
CITY ISOLATED FOR SEVERAL HOURS
AFTER WINTERS WORST STORM
The O'Neill region, along with the rest of the Middlewest, was
swept by the winter's worst storm late Wednesday and early to
day (Thursday). The freezing snow, accompanied by high winds,
snarled traffic by making highways impassable and disrupting
train schedules.
The snow moved into this territory on the heels of Tuesday’s
local snowfall. A blanket covered the ground at O’Neill
but at Amelia and east of Ewing there was no snow. Highways
were coated with ice and sleet from the earlier storm, making
highway conditions hazardous.
Wednesday’s blizzard was forecast in a special warning issued
by the United States weather bureau. The lowest temperature_
10 degrees—was reached early today.
RAPE HEARING TO
BE HELD FRIDAY
Eacker, Hahlbeck Will
Appear Before Madison
County Judge
Thomas W. Eacker, 27, and
Forrest Hahlbeck, 25, the two
Ewing men who were charged
last week with statutory rape,
will be given a hearing at 10 a.m.
tomorrow (Friday) before Judge
E. L. Reeker, in Madison county
court at Madison.
They were arraigned January
22 following charges brought by
Madison County Attorney An
drew Mapes, of Norfolk. Mr,
Mapes said the two men alleged
ly picked up a lf-year-old girl
near Page and took her to Nor
folk where they spent the night
in a Norfolk hotel.
The girl left the men the next
day at Wisner, where she told her
story to authorities.
Eacker and Hahlbeck were la
ter picked up at Fremopt and re
turned to Madison county to face
charges.
At the arraignment, both plead
I ed “not guilty.” Bond was fixed
at $1,500.
PARENTS WED 50 YEARS
CHAMBERS — Mrs. Edwin
Wink and children, Barabara, 6,
and William, 1 Me, went to Neligh
recently to attend the 50th wed
ding anniversary of Mrs. Wink’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hus
ton.
SOIL MEETING
CARDED HERE
General invitations have been
extended to Holt county land
owners. tenants, business and
orofessional men to attend the
first annual meeting of the Holt
Soil Conservation district which
will be held here Friday at the
courthouse annex building. The
affair will begin at 1:30 p.m.
The program will include a re
port on the district’s operations,
a pan l discussion of conservation
| p-actices, and pictures on soil
I erosion and agriculture in gen
; eral in Europe, Africa and south
west Asia.
The meeting will be launched
with an introduction by D. E.
Bowen, the chairman. Others
appearing on the program will be
Louis Bernholtz. F. E. Keves, Carl
Lambert, A. Neil Dawes, L. A.
Ott, Harry Tegeler, David Keid
el, Calvin Allvn, Oswald Drueke,
Ray Siders, Jamejs Allyn, E. J.
Revell, Louis Sobotka. Joe Wag
man, Clarence Ernst, Harvey
Tompkins, A. Max Karo, William
Wefso, Theodore Baumeister, Dr.
W. C. Lowdermilk, and H. A. Mil
len.
A free lunch will be served.
Besides Chairman Bowen, oth
er supervisors are Loios Bern
holtz, E. J. Revell, F. E. Keyes,
and Carl Lambert.
! Attends Minneapolis
Mart and Sales Show —
Melvin Ruzicka, manager of the
Gamble store, here, is attending
a four-day merchandise mart and
sa1r>s show at Minneapolis, Minn.
More than 3,000 store manag
ers, dealers, manufacturers and
! suppliers gathered in Minneapo
j lis fnr what was one of the big
gest merchandise shows ever to
be held in the northwest.
The meeting took place in the
Minneapolis City auditorium
I where 100,000-sauare feet of floor
j space was devoted to merchan
dise displays and exhibits.
Gamble Skogmo, Inc. distrib
utes through stores operated in
26 states, four Canadian provinc
es and the Territory of Hawaii.
Hugh Ray and J. L. Moore, O’
Neill lumberman, attended a con
vention of lumber merchants in
Omaha this week. Mr. Ray left
Sunday and returned Wednesday.
Mr. Moore left Friday and will be
gone for a week.
Tratnc on tne transcontinental
federal highway 20 was blocked
because of deep drifts in the
Plainview and Laurel vicinities.
The Sioux City-O’Neill busses did
not run.
One Ainsworth-bound bus left
here early today, and a bus on
the Bonesteel, S. D.-O’Neill line
departed several hours behind
NO CAR SHORTAGE
The talk about rail car short
ages boomeranged following
Wednesday’s storm. The Bur
lington railroad wired cancel
lations on empty cars enroute
here because Wednesday’s
storm is expected to hold up
hay shipments temporarily.
Agent H. A. Yocum, who along
with other railroad agents has
been hearing cries for cars,
complained that “I’d had emp
ties on my hands if I hadn't
cancelled them.”
schedule. These were the only
bus departures during the day.
The Norfolk-O’Neill busses had
not completed a trip in either di
rection by 6 p.m. Thursday, and
the Grand Island-O’Neill line was
likewise tied-up.
Grand Island reported a 26
mile-per-hour wind and contin
ued drifting at 2 p.m., and bus
representatives here doubted if
any run would be attempted.
Train 6 Hours Late
The North Western passenger
train, due here at 7:30 a.m., did
not arrive until 1:15 p.m. Num
erous delays were encountered
between Omaha dnd O’Neill.
Because of the late arrival of
the morning train, the five rural
carriers did not depart from the
postoffice here until early after
noon.
Service was suspended com
pletely on the Burlington rail
road. A freight train with snow
nlow attachment is scheduled to
leave here early Friday enroute
for Sioux City. H. A. Yocum, Bur
lington agent here, stated that
‘‘the company would make up for
lost service during the weekend.”
Despite the storm, Holt county’s
prep school basketball tourney
in progress here continued on
schedule. Fans paid $138 in ad
missions for the quarterfinal
matches Wednesday night. The
stands were nearly half-full as
♦ he blizzard rased outside. Semi
final matches were played Thurs
day night.
Public School Suspends
Classes at the O’Neill public
school were suspended for the
day, while at St. Mary's academy
th -re war® numerous absentees
but school was carried on as us
ual.
Mary rural schools and a num
ber of nearby village and town
schools closed long enough to en
able the citizenry to dig out from
under drifts.
Harry Peterson, manager of the
Northwestern Bell Telephone
company here, said there were
‘‘no line failures” reported at the
O’Neilt office, which is a toll cen
ter for this region.
Planes Fly with Skiis
Whi'e many scheduled airlines
cancelled transcontinental flights,
several O’Neill airmen were un
daunted by the weather eondi
| tip*-* Op Hon Warner and Cliff
Adkins of the O’Neill airport at
| toched skiis and made a number
| of reconnaissance flights. Tex
j Cole, of Emmet, took off from the
O’Neill airport with skiis on his
'■raft. It was the first skiis had
been used here.
The snowfall here measured
over four inches. Little more
than a half-inch of moisture was
netted since last Thursday.
Some suffering by livestock
was reported where there was in
sufficient shelter.
The week’s summary, based on
24-hour readings at 8 a.m. daily,
follows:
Date Hi Lo Moist.
January 24 57 33
January 25 _ 58 35
January 26 59 31
January 27 61 27
January 28 40 25 .09
January 29 _ 29 21 .06
January 30 _ 22 10 .42
Total_.51 ,