STOCK CATTLE
VALUE SET AT $50
Cattle on Feed At 25%
Less Than Market
on April 1
ASSESSING BEGIN S
. Holt county assessors in an all
day meeting here Friday received
supplies and instructions for the
1947 assessment, which began
Tuesday.
At the meeting, which was con
ducted by County Assessor L. G.
Gillespie, the assessors were issu
ed valuation lists to be used in
valuing cattle, hogs, horses, poul
try, grain and other livestock and
produce items. This schedule
was generally agreed upon by the
state association of county asses
sors at a state meeting held early
in March.
Cattle will be valued in two
classes. Purebred cattle will be
valued at from $15 for calves
(up to six-months-old) to $125 for
bulls.
Stock cattle will be valued at
$60 and cattle on feed at 25 per
cent less than market value as of
April 1. Horses will be valued
from $5 to $50 and mules $15 to
$50.
Poultry will be valued by the
dozen, chickens at $5 and turkeys
at $15.
Follow Slate Book
The value of cars, traclors,
binders, combines, electric appli*
ances and similar items will be
valued according to a price book
issued by the state.
The assessment schedues will
be the same as last year, except
for the business and professional
schedules. These will be differ
ent only in that they will list
more items of merchandise and
equipment by name than former
ly. . , „
Minutes of the meeting follow:
The meeting of the assessors of
Holt county was held March 28,
1947.
IJpon motion Floyd Keyes was
elected secretary. Roll called
and absentees noted. Minutes of
last meeting read and approved.
The following committees were
appointed: livestock — McClurg,
Winkler, Withers, Welton, Kil
murry; farm machinery—Hanley,
Rouse, Lieb, Urban; stock of
goods—Dobrovolny, Keyes, Port
er, Anson, Lockman, Tomlinson;
hay, grain and seeds — Crumly,
Martes, Hershiser, Rickard,
Mitchell; real estate—LeMuriyan,
Troshynski, Schmidt, Dobrovolny,
Grass; tractors, haybalers, etc.,—
Grutch, Bly, Thramer, Serck, Mc
Clenahan.
Resolution was read from city
and village schools.
Committees reported as fol
lows:
Use Own Judgement
We, your committee on tractors,
haybalers, etc., resolved to adopt
the prices set by the state and on
other machinery to use own judg
ment, which motion was adopted.
Wd, your comittee on real es
tate, recommend that the real
estate be left the same as it was
last year, and that additional im
provements be added or deduct
ed as the case may be to the ex
tent of $100 or more, which mo
tion was adopted.
We, the committee on stocks
(Continued on page six.)
1 O’Neill Winners
in Scholastic Meet
Twenty-eight pupils from O’
Neill high school and one from
St. Mary’s academy Friday at
tended the annual interstate scho
lastic contest at Kearney. The
event was sponsored by the Kear
ney State Teachers’ college.
Tests were given in the follow
ing departments: Fine arts —
voice, instrumental, dram tics ra
dio announcing, one-act play,
drawing, art judgment; commer
cial-typing, shorthand, book
keeping; history — world and
American; mathematics—algebra
and geometry; English—English
usage, American and English lit
erature, normal tiaining.
Each person paid his own trans
portation and personal expenses.
ifiose attending the contest
were Staley Young, Wally Shel
hamer, Alta Boatman, Donna
Bauman, Helen Bowden, Guy
Harris, Dick Connell, Jeanne Cal
laway Gayl Widtfeldt, Helen
Johnson, Dorothy Hamilton, Billie
Evans, Ilene Kloepper, Jackie
Vogt, Dolores DeBolt, Naomi
Knepper, Jean Calkins, Mabel
Derickson, Irene Searles, Verna
Pruss, Duane Borg, Doris Perry,
Keith Anspach, Clayton Johnson,
Evelyn Lindberg, Helen Burival,
Arllys Weyman, Donna Whaley,
and Coney Donlin. Three teach
ers sponsored the group, Miss Al
ice Kinnier, Miss French and Mrs.
Charlotte Ressegieu.
Dolores DeBolt received first in
wind instrument; Richard Connell
third in voice and dramatics; Dor
oth# Hamilton, third in shorthand
II; Alta Boatman, third in normal
training. , ,
Over 1300 pupils took part, rep
resenting 73 towns throughout the
state.
National Recognition
to Nancy Froelich
for Writing Lyric
MY RAIN SONG
The rain song is my song
It has a swinging style.
I sing it, I hum it.
Nearly all the while
It haunts my brain,
That rhythmical rain
With its lilting melody
Every time you he r it,
I hope you’ll think of me.
The rain song Is cheery
Love-joy in symmetiy
It’s known to you,
It’s known to me
As the rain song of the fall.
The above lyric has won for
Miss Nancy Froelich, 16, recog
nition in the anthology for na
tional high school poetry for
private schools, it was announc
ed this week at St. Mary’s acad
emy, where word of the honor
has just been received.
Miss Froelich, a junior, has
also composed a musical score
for the lyric. She is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William J.
Froelich.
Miss Gayl Widtfeldt, O’Neill
high school junior, won similar
honors last Fall in the anthol
ogy for national high school
poetry for public schools.
OLDTIME BASEBALL
STAR SUCCUMBS
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‘Cotton Top’ Albert Being
Buried in O’Neill
Today
Edward C. Albert, 69, one of
the luminaries in northcentral
Nebraska baseball history, died at
9 p. m. Monday at Norfolk. He
was ill for three weeks.
The body was brought to Bigiin
Brothers here for funeral ser
vices which are being held today
(Thursday) at 2 p. m. in the First
Presbyterian church. Rev. Ken
neth J. Scott, church pastor, is of
ficiating, and burial is in Pros
pect Hill cemetery.
The late Mr. Albert, who never
married, was born at Ashland on
September 3, 1877, a son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Al
bert, who had immigrated to
America from Germany. The
elder Mr. Albert operated a har
ness shop here for many years
after the family came to Holt
county in 1888.
Edward C. Albert, a veteran of
many seasons of amateur and
semiprofessional baseball in this
region, was affectionately known
by the sport fans as “Cottbn Top"
Albert. He was a catcher and his
thatch of white hair easily iden
tified him.
The pallbearers at the funeral
were former ball players with
whom Mr. Albert has formerly as
sociated: Clayton Mesner, M. H.
Horiskey, H. E. Coyne, Robert
Ford, John Brophy, and Walter
O’Malley.
Survivors include one sister,
Mrs. Earl J. Flemi.ng of Omaha;
one nephew, Earl Edwin Fleming,
and one niece, Donna Jean Flem
ing.
One brother, Fred, died during
the influenza epidemic following
World War I.
J.B. GRADY NEW
BANK CASHIER
iSucceeds E. F. Quinn
Who Resigned on
March 1
J. B. (“Ben”) Grady, 30, son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Grady and a
lifelong resident, of O'Neill, Tues
day was elected cashier of the
O’Neill National bank at a meet
ing of the boa’d of directors. Mr.
Grady succeeds E. F. Quinn, who
retired March 1 after serving on
the bank staff for 35 years.
Mr. Gradv has been an em
ployee of the O’Neill National for
11 years, and in recent years has
served as assistant cashier.
Dale French, son of Dr. and
Mrs. O. W. French, this week
joined the O’Neill National staff.
For the past seven months he has
been working for the National
Bank of Commerce at Lincoln.
HOLLY NAMED COACH
Stanley Holly, of O’Neill, has
been named coach for the Amer
ican Legion junior baseball team
for the 1947 season. All prospec
tive players, born not later than
January 1, 1931, and other inter
ested persons, have been invited
to meet with Mr. Holly at the
O’Neill public school at 2 p. m.
Sunday. The meeting will be in
the “oid gymnasium.”
CARNIVAL PLANNED
AMELIA—A carnival is being
planned by the Amelia school.
The event is scheduled for April
17.__
County Agent A. Neil Dawes
and Home Extension Agent Kath
erie Kirwi are attending a two
day1 extension housing meet today
(Thursday) and Friday at Ord.
ONLY 244 VOTES
CAST IN ELECTION
Armbruster, DeBacker,
Ray New Councilmen;
No School Change
GRADY RESIGNS POST
ELECTION AT A GLANCE:
FOR CITY COUNCIL
Huph Rav, First ward, 104.
R. E. Armbruster, Second ward,
53.
G. A. DeBacker. Third ward 67.
FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION
WARDS—1st 2d 3d Tot.
George Shoemaker 71 47 34 152
L. A. Burgess 68 46 61 175
W. B. Gillespie 38 17 44 99
O’Neill’s 1947 city and school
election was little mere than a
formality.
From a lack of interest stand
point, it ranked second only to
! the 1945 election, which coincid
ed with a freakish April snow
I storm, thereby accounting for an
I all-time low in voting at the polls.
The only candidates for city
council posts—Hugh Ray, First
ward; R. E. Armbruster, Second
1 ward, and G. A DeBacker, Third
ward—breezed through w'ith vir
tually no write-in opposition.
The newcomers were named on
petitions that were circulated
two weeks ago.
me imee-way race i<n iwu
board of education posts saw L.
A. Bureess and George Shoemak
er, both incumbents, reelected.
The third candidate, W. B. Gil
lespie, collected 99 voters as com
pared with Burgess’ 175 and Shoe
maker’s 152.
Though the school ticket was
three-cornered, there was no
more interest manifest than in
the city council ticket.
Trio Retires
Retiring councilmen are: John
Melvin, Fi st ward; M. J. Wallace,
Second ward, and Frank Clem
ents, Third ward.
The new city council went into
session Wednesday night and ac
cepted the resignation of J. B.
Grady as city clerk and city wa
ter commissioner. Grady’s term
as city clerk would have expired
in Apiil, 1948. His resignation as
clerk will become effective April
30; as water commissioner, effec
tive immediately. He had held
the clerk’s post for four years.
Mayor F. J. Dishner appointed
Dale French to succeed Grady in
the dual role.
At Wednesday’s session the
council approved three applica
tions for “on-and-off” liquor sales,
for “off” sale liquor, and six ap
plications for selling of beer.
The licensees: “On-and-off”
! sale liquor—P. B. Hartv, Ralph
McElvain. Richard Tomlinson;
“off”-snle liquor — C. E. Stout;
beer—Robert Moore (new appli
cation), Claude Hamilton, Stan
ley Soukup, Anna Gatz, Ralph
McElvain, and Matt Hynes and J.
M. Langan.
Orchard Voters See
Blank Ballots
ORCHARD — Voters drew
blanks at Tuesday’s village elec
tion—blank ballots, that is.
There were no nominees for
any of the positions at stake. The
polls were open as customary,
but the voters stared at ballots
without names.
Sister of O’Neill
Woman in Crash
Miss Frances DeWolfe, of Gor
don, sister of Mrs. Allan P. Jas
zkowiak, was a passenger in an
aircraft that crashed Sunday at
Gordon.
Miss DeWolfe was thrown clear
of the wreckage but the pilot,
with whom she was riding, was
trapped inside the plane. Miss
DeWolfe, who suffered from
shock and bruises, helped free
her companion before the plane
was destroyed by fire.
Students Arriving |
for Easter Holidays
Most O’Neill college students
v’ill vve-d ♦v>mr wty horp-"v«»rd
this weekend to spend the Easter
holidays in their .esp.c.ive ,
homes.
Amcng them are:
From Creighton university.!
Omaha — Robe’t Allen, George
t'oc, Edward C mnbell, James
Golden, George Hammond.
George Janousek. James Merri
man. Robert Wallace, Stephen
Wallace.
From St. Benedict’s. Atchison,
Kans.—Jack Harty and Dan De
B cker.
From the University of Ne
braska. Lincoln — John Allen,
John Baker, Warren Burgess,
,Dcnna Gallagher, Della and Helen
Hagensick, Fred Halva, Gene Mc
Kenna, Fred Osenbaugh, L rry
Schaffer, Wiley Vogt,
i From the University of Nebras
ka college of medicine, Omaha—
Keith Vincent.
From Rosary college, Chicago,
111.—Patricia O’Donnell.
From Barat college, Lake For
est, 111.—Mary Louise Birming
ham.
LARGE CROWD AT i
| VAUGHN RITES
Leo Jurden Vaughn, 85,
Buried Tuesday
at Scottville
SCOTTVILLE — Leo Jurden
Vaughn, 85, a longtime resident
I of the Scottville community, was
buried at 2 p. m. Tuesday in the
Scottville cemetery following fu
neral services at the Dorsey
church.
Rev. J. M. Cummings, o f
O’Neill, officiated.
Mr. Vaughn died 1 te Friday at
Coleridge, where he was residing
in a private old peoples’ home.
The body was taken to O’Neill by
BiPlin Brothers
Mr. Vaughn was born at Union
ville, Mo., on February 27 1862.
He came to Holt county as a
young man and for many years
worked for the Wih 'n family in
the Scottville community. He
was never married.
Survivors include two sisters,
Mrs. Amanda Keeler, and Mrs.
Alice Machado, both of Los An
gers. Calif.
The church was overflowing
with persons who gathered for
the fur»ral ’-ites. Mrs, Elsie Wil
son, of Fairbault, Minn., was
among those coming from a dis
tance.
Pallbearers were Charles Schol
meyer, John Pinkerman, Thomas
White, Clyde McKenzie, Leon
Mellor and Ed Carson.
Morning Passenger
Now Hour Earlier
Effective Sunday, both east and
westbound Northwestern passen
ger trains are operating on earli
er schedules, according to A. B.
Neuenswander, station agent here
for the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway company.
The Chadron-to-Omaha train,
number 14, now reaches O’Neill
at 12:18 a. m., instead of 12:29 a.
m., and the Omaha-to-Chadron
train, number 13, now reaches
O’Neill at 6:30 a. m., instead of
7:30 a. m.
Postmaster Agnes E. Sullivan
said that the earlier arrival of
the westbound train has resulted
in improved mail service for city
and urral patrons at the postof
fice here. Rural mail carriers are
being dispatched earlier.
MISSIONARY TO SPEAK
Rev. Earl D. Dix, returned Af
rican missionary, will have charge
of worship services Sunday at
Paddock Union church at 11 a. m.
and 8 p. m. Slides will feature
the evening service.
;hambers YOUTH
KILLED IN CRASH
lames O. Adams, 18,
Suffers Skull and
Neck Fracture
BURIED ON MONDAY
CHAMBERS — James O. Ad
ams, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken
neth Adams, pf Chambers, was
killed and \tfilliam Midner, of
Wayne, was injured about mid
night Friday night when their
-ir. left the road north of Wayne.
Young Adams was thrown onto a
pile of crushed rock. He died
almost instantly of a skull and
neck fracture.
Mildner was driving the car
which belonged to his father, F.
A. Mildner, of Wayne.
Both Adams and Mildner,were
Wayne college freshmen The in
jured Mildner was unable to give
a clear account of wha happened.
Funeral services for the Cham
bers youth were held Monday at
♦he Methodist church here with
Rev. George Basil Anderson, of
No'^olk, in charge. Burial was
in the Chambers cemetery.
John O’Neal Adams was born
on a farm northwest of Cham
bers on October 2, 1928. He at
tended Chambers high school
where he won recognition in mu
sic and athletics, graduating in
1945. After completing high
school he was employed in the
Chambers State bank until the
summer of 1946 when he enrolled
at Wayne State Teachers’ college.
25th Death in March
Adams’ death was the 62nd in
Nebraska this year 2nd the 25th
in the state for the month of
March.
The church was decorated with
more than 40 floral offerings. In
charge of the flowers were Jean
Wandersee, Marilyn Harley, De
loris Albers, Mrs. Max Farrier,
Chloe Ellen Harley, and Mrs.
Ralph Cooke.
Music was furnished by a male
quartette composed of Dave
Burke, Ralph Cooke, Robert Tur
ner, and Stanley Lambert, with
Mrs, Robert Turner as piano ac
companist.
Pallbearers were Donald Gart
ner, Leslie Gartner, Richard Har
ley. Gordon Harley, Ray Grubb
and Max Farrier. Ushers were
Melvin Bell. Delbert Robertson
and Richard Farrier.
Survivors include the parents:
one brother, Robert; two grard
mothers, and other relatives.
Among those from a distance
attending the rites were 23 stu
dents from Wayne college.
Chamber to Elect
Officers, Directors
Three officers and two directors
will be elected at the next reg
ular meeting of the Chamher of
Commerce, which will be held at
6:45 d. m. Tuesday at the Golden
hotel dining room.
The members will vote on a
president, two vice-presidents,
treasurer, and two members of
the board of directors.
Those whose terms expire are:
C. E. Lundgren, president; Henry
Lohaus, first vice-president; R. E
Armbruster, second vice-presi
dent: J. B. Grady, treasurer;
Ralph Rickly and W. T. Spelts,
members of the board.
New officers will be elected
for one-year terms; directors, for
three-ye2r terms.
MOTHER DIES
Mrs. Edward Krennen, of Den
ver, Colo., formerly of Spalding,
died Monday' She is the mother
of Mrs. G. C. DeBacker, of O’
Neill. The DeBackers went to
Spaulding Tuesday for the rites.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Donald R. Payder, 24. and
Joyce D. Urban, 19, both of Ew
ing, April 3.
Conrad Friekel, sr„ 67, of At
kinson, and Mrs. Bertha Master,
57, of Blanchard, Mich., April 3.
Selective Service Office Closing;
Sent 1,510 Men Off to the Wars
There were plenty of ex-GIs
in these parts who at midnight
on Monday night were ready to
tear up the little white pieces
of paper they have been carry
ing for many months.
The provocation for such a
demonstration was simple: the
selective service act, which hus
tled 1,510 Holt county regis
trants off to the wars in all cor
ners of the globe, died a natural
death. It officially expired at
midnight on March 31.
With the expiration of the
act, the Holt county selective
service office in the courthouse
here is preparing to close.
Plans for the liquidation of the
offices provide for record de
pots to be established in sever
al states. These will be desig
nated as the office of selective
service records.
All Holt records will be for
warded April 30 to Lincoln and
the office here will be closed
completely, effective May 1, ae
coiding to Mrs. Mabel McKen
na, chief clerk.
A total of 5,601 Holt men
were registered since October
9, 1940, when the act went into
effect. Inductions, however,
were made from the first 3,928
registrations, and no inductions
were m: de from the fourth—
and last — registration, which
numbered 1,673.
A total of 1,510 registrants
served in the forces and 1,157
have been separated. Three
hundred and 53 registrants,
both draftees and enlistees, re
nrin in the service.
Members of the original Holt
county draft board were Dis
trict Judge D. R. Mounts and
Frank J. Biglin, both of O’Neill,
and B. C. Engler, of Stuart. By
special arrangement with Brig.
Gen. Guy N. Henidnger, state
selective service chief, the Holt
board was expanded from three
; to six members. R. E. Moore,
t O’Neill, joined January 19,
"<42: D. C. Schaffer, of O’Neill,
joined November 6. 1942, ai d
on October 9, 1944, J. Q. Archer,
of Ewing, became the sixth
member. All were “active”
until the act expired, Mrs. Mc
Kenna said.
All of the board members
served without compensation
end it was, for the most part, a
thankless job.
Mrs. McKenna served as chief
clerk since October 17, 1940.
During the intervening period
she had a number of office as
sistants.
Forty registrants with the
Holt board have been declared
dead officially, but Mrs. Mc
Kenna said that from 20 to 25
others are believed to have lost
their live'; but official confirm
ation has not yet been received
through the selective service
system.
Telephone Strike
Threatens Tie-Up
Prize-Winning
Publishers Here
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Lawrence,
editors and publishers of the
Heron Lake (Minn.) News, were
Saturday guests of The Fron
tier and Mr. and Mrs. Carroll
W. Stewart.
In 1946—the Lawrence’s sec
ond year in Minnesota — the
Heron Lake News won first
prize in the national better
weekly newspaper contest
sponsored by the National Ed
itorial association. The associ
ation issued two awards—one
to papers in towns under 1,500
population and one to papers
in towns over 1,500. Heron
Lake has less than 1,000 popu
lation.
Mr. Lawrence, a graduate of
the University of Nebraska, is a
native of Ft. Collins, Colo. Mrs.
Lawrence’s parents reside at
Laurel.
CLARKE-M'NARY
TREES SHIPPED
Holt County ‘Tops’ All
Other Counties for
Seedlings
Shipments of more than one
million Clarke-McNary trees to
Nebraska farmers and ranchers,
including more than 80,000 to Holt
county land operators, were be
gun this week from Fremont and
the Nebraska National Forest at
Halsey,
The evergreens are grown at
Halsey and the broadleaf at com
i mercial nurseries for the agricul
tural extension service, which
distributes the trees annually.
County Agent A. Neil Dawes
said that Holt county’s bid for
trees “probably tops all other
counties in the state.”
Extension Forester Earl G.
'Maxwell, of the Univeisity ot Ne
braska, has pointed out that the
stock to be distributed this year
is of high quality.
Conditions for planting in Holt
county are excellent, Mr. Dawes
said, and he urges farmers and
ranchers to plant the tiees as soon
as they arrive. It will take about
two weeks to complete the ship
ping.
At the same time, the Holt Sod
Conservation district has orders
for 70,000 seedlings on which
shipmen is expected soon.
Persons who receive trees are
urged to remove the trees from
the packages immediately and
“heel” in the ground, covered
with moist dirt.
The Holt district received a
shipment of 2,000 evergreens
Wednesday and expects 14,000
cottonwood trees to arrive here
today (Thursday).
F. I. Moses, of Wayne, visited
his brother, H. S. Moses, and Mrs.
Moses here Monday.
EARLY IMMIGRANT
EXPIRES AT 77
John Fredrick Borgelt,
Cherry Homesteader,
Dies Here
John Fredrick Borgelt., 77, who
was born at Hanover. Germany,
I and homesteaded in Cherry coun
ty. died Sunday at 7:30 a. m. at
his home here.
He came to the United States at
the age of 14 and spent most of
his boyhood at Exeter in F'll
more county, Nebraska. On Feb
ruary 11, 1890. he was married to
Ellen Geris at Exeter. They be
| came the parents of nine daugh
ters and one son.
The family homesteaded in
Cherry county, later moving onto
a farm two miles north of Ewi,,n
where they resid'd until 1934
1 \yh-ve *hov moved to O’Ne’U.
Funeral services were ho'n o'
St Peter’s do Alca^tra Catho’ic
church at Ewing Tuesday a* 9
a. m. Pnv, Joseph Pose, of Wis
j ner. officiated in the renuiem
high mass, and Rev. Peter Burke
! of Ewing, delivered the funern'
sermon. Burial was in St. Peter’s
I cemetery.
Survivors include the wid^*’'
daughters—Josephine and Nellie,
of O’Neill: Lizzie, of Wisner; Mrs.
Georgia Failing, of York: Mrs.
Catherine Hemenewav and Rose,
of Norflok; 14 grandchildren, and
seven great-grandchildren.
Legion to Transform
Pool Hal! into Club
PAGE—The Americ"n Legion
post 315, of Page, has purchased
the Roy Parker building former
ly used as a pool hall. It will be
used as a meeting place and club
room.
17 Operators Here Belong
to Union in
Dispute
MEETING AT LINCOLN
The scheduled widespread
strike of union telephone em
ployees, which threatens a crip
pling effect on the Nation’s com
munications, may tie-up the rural
as well as metropolitan commu
nities, according to indications
early today (Thursday).
A lack of progress at every lev- •
el in negotiations between man
agement and employees brings
nearer the zero hour, which is
scheduled for 6 a. m. Monday ac
cording to the various time zones.
Harry Peterson, manager of the
Northwestern Bell Telephone
company at O’Neill, said Wednes
day that 17 operators and three
linemen at the Northwestern ex
change and toll center here are
members of the National Federa
tion of Telephone Workers.
Governor Steps In
At Lincoln, Gov. Val Peterson
has attempted to enter the con
i troversy in art effort to settle the
1 dispute between Nebraska’s two
i major telephone companies and
| their workers. He invited repre
sentatives to meet at a conference
in his office at 10 a. m. today.
“My purpose,” the governor
said, “is to protect the public.”
Meanwhile, in Washington, D.
C., another step in averting the
ibikp was taken when the House
banking committee approved a
hill designed to give the govern
ment power to head-off or stop
a widespread telephone strike.
On page four of this issue of
1 The Frontier, the Northwestern
Bell company noints out in a paid
"dverisement that “the union is
demanding increases in wages of
from $12 a week to as high as
*35 a week which would result
in an average increase of $17.10 a
week.”
Northwestern's manager here
said that only one employees’
strike has ever been staged in
O’Neill. In 1945 the operators
walked-out for nearly four hours,
but returned to their posts when
the controversy was settled.
NO FOOLIN’!
SUN REALLY SHINES
The weatherman wasn't fooling
on Tuesday—April fool’s day. It
was simply typical April weather
and the sun shone brightly.
Coming on the heels of a bleak
March, during which the sun
shone here on only eight days.
Holt countvans welcomed April’s
start on the right foot,
The week's highest temperature
was 65. reached at midday Mon
day.
Meanwhile, farmers in this re
gion are proceeding where they
can with “putting in” their small
grain. The condition of the soil
on most of the high ground is
| ,‘drv moist” while in the lowlands
water stands fn many places and
the ground is “too wet” for Spring
operations.
Smut control problems are fac
| ing many farmers. County
Agent A. Neil Dawes said Wed
nesday that the extension service
! was recommending Gerasan and
Aerosan, where it is available, for
combatting smut.
The week’s weather summ ry,
; based on 24-hour periods ending
at 8 a. m. daily, follovys:
Hi Lo Moist.
March 28 _42 20 T
j March 29 .... 61 28
March 30 _ 45 32
I Mar^h 31 65 39
April 1_ 44 32
I April 2 43 30
April 3 55 36
HOSPITAL NOTES
Admissions: March 31 — Paul
■’ o Roencer, tonsillec
tomy; Mrs. Elzina Good, of Spen
cer, medical. Aptil 2—Mrs. Fern
' icM: Mi
chael Boyle, of O’Neill, appe’d c
tomy; Jaynclld Ford, of O’Neill,
medical.
Dismissals: March 27—Richard
of C' i 1 condition
good; Mrs. Ave v Gaddie and ba
oauPhrnr, n> Ch her*; M s.
Lloyd Gillespie, of O’Nei'l, con
dition improved. TTa rh 28—Gar
nett GiHogly, of condition
good; Eugene Janzirg, of Emmet,
cndition good. April 1 — Mrs.
Kenneth Scott. April 2— James
Morrison, of Ewing, condition im
proved.
Mrs. Jseohine Crumley, of
Page, condition good.
CALENDAR
-of
COMING EVENTS
Monday, April 7—Sale of farm
buildings, John Miller nlace; J. B.
Ryan, owner; Keith Abart, auc
tioneer.
Thursday and Friday, April 17
18 — District high school music
contest, O’Neill.
