HAPPY
NEW YEAR!
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The Frontier
VOLUME 07.—NUMBER 34.
O’XFTT L. NEBRASKA. THT'R -r '
T A NT-ARY 1 19'8.
PRICE 7 CENTS
Record Farm In
Reaped from F
ome
ir Yiclc
V/i Billion Dollar Figure
Is 45% Over 1916,
Howard Declares
Nebraska farmers reaped an
all-time dollar h rve£.t in 1947
t om a yield which was only'
average, and the outlook for
1948 appears equally firm. This
was stated Monday "by Rufus
M. Howard, of L ncoln. state di
rector of agriculture, in his an
ual report.
Prrduction of corn and some
minor crop; was disappoint
ing, he said, but this was
off - set by a nearly record
wh~at crop and a highly fav
orable condition for livestock
In terms of dolla s, the 1947
farm income of $1,250,000,000
was nea ly 45 percent greater
than in 1945.
Also Record for U. S.
Farm income for the United
States for 1947 is estimated to
reach the re ord figure of $30,
000,000,000 which is 18 percent
above the income for 1946. The
fact that Nebraska farm income
has increased far above that of
the average for the nation can
be attributed to the high prices
recieved for livestock by Nebras
ka farmers and ranche s, How
ard declared.
Approximrtely 75 percent of
the Nebraska farm income is I
re e ved from the rae of live
stock and liveslok products.
Prospects are favorable that
the livestock indu try wi 1 con
tinue on a profitable basis
for the next year.
Cattle numbers for the Uni
ted States have been reduced
from 81,000,000 head in 1943 to
76,000,000 at the close of 1947
On January 1, 1947, 3,832,000
cattle were counted on Nebraska
farms and ranches. Indi ations at
present point to a slight reduc
tion in the number of cattle in
the state as compa ed to a year
ago.
Other favorable factors for a
rrofita le year for Nebraska
v’stock producers and feeders
include the high level of meat
con umption and a seven per
C'nt redu~tion in the numbers
cf livestock in feed lots as com
pared to a year age.
The embargo on the importa
tion of cattle from Mexico due to
the foot and mouth disea e out
break will continue indefinite y.
About 700,000 head of cattle or
dinarily have been imported an
nually into the United Stales
from Mexico, the state’s agri
cultural chief continued.
There was a total hog produc
tion increase during 1947 of two
per cent, while fall pig crop out
put was six per cent greater
then in 1946.
Farmers are viewing their im
proved economy soundly and
with few of the illusions that
marked the post-war activity of
1920. Land values in Nebraska,
for instance, have increased only
eight percent over 1946.
Despite th s narrow land val
ue increase, the average per acre
price today i? some 66 percent
greater than the 1935-39 average
and 30 percent be’ow the 19^0
inflationary peak. There ii str ing
evidence of a cau i us. . woM
thought approach to farm invest
ments and farm expansion.
Corn Down 38 Percent
The state’s foremost crop, corn,
fell 38 percent below 1946 pro
duction. But the harvest of 143,
130,000 bushels came onto an im
proved market, and at $2.35 a
bushel the dollar value almost
matched the 1946 income. Corn
husked for grain in 1947 is esti
mated at 139,460,000 bushels.
Corn in i ngated areas kept a
high production pace of 52 5
bushels- In non-irrigated areas,
production dropped to 19 bushels
an acre. __
(Continued on page 8.'_
Townsends Entertain
100 at Open - House
PAGE—Mr. and Mrs. Clinton
A. Townsend, who celebrated
their golden wedding annive -
srrv on Christmas d-’y, enter
t"in°d 100 visitors Sunday a;
open-house.
Mrs. Frank (Helen) Chmelrr
of Norfolk, their daughter, and
Mrs. June Town end, thei
daughter- in- law, eccived the
guests. Their four granddaugh
ter-. Pat icia Townsend, Bonnie
Cherrie and Julia Chmeler.
served re reshments.
The Townsends received a
number of gifts.
Rrlatives f om a distance at
tending were: Alva Town end.
their '•on, and lvs family, of Om
aha; Mrs. Chmeler and her fam
ily. of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs.
Angus Palmer, and Mr- and
Mrs. Gene Palmer and twin
daughters, also of Norfolk.
STREET LIGHTS
OUT 1)19 TOWNS
Frozen Rivers Reduce
Power Supply for
Consumers
Ice in the rive s which Teed
the network of hydro - electri~
plants in Nebraska 'breed
rnn«i'rar’-s Publm ^ewr district
to restrict street lighting in many
towns fn the state.
r>»v»n ?pd ei~ht towns in the
O’Ne'll distri t are without st'eet
’ieht’n" between 5 and 8 p.m.,
*rpr<p<i°~ J„ C. W'Tiog s-id- The
n-r^iiment is only temporary, he
added.
P-w"» offi*d,»l'. vflw»T»r,
hrve seen a rurta;lment of
re’-v’-e cominc? because of the
mount:nq p o w « r demands
thr*uqh'ut the state.
Mr. Walling said that the users
in the lt-<~-unty a ea served by
the O’Neill headqucrte s had
b’en “very cooperative” in con
rerving power up until Christ
mas in response to requests for
voluntary curtailment. He said
that the vo’untary cur’ailment
h-d been “very appa ent” at the
headqua trrs here. However,
sine-' Chnctmas the use’-s have
“bark-slided a little.” This, in
addition to the ice difficulty at
(he hydro plants, forced the
street lighting conservation mea
sure.
Meanwhile the die-el auxiliary
plant at O’Neill is operating be
yond its normal capacity to help
meet the demand.
Other towns a fectcd by the
5 to 8 p.m. rtreet-lighting black
out are: Neligh, Valent n0, Ains
worth Bassett, Atkin-on, Creigh
ton, Ha tington and Ponca.
37 Kin Gather at
G. H. Grimes Home
CHAMBERS — Thirty - seven
relatives gathered at the G. H.
Grimes home Friday for a so
cial evening. Those present, be
sides Mr. and Mrs. Grimes,
we e: Mr and Mrs. Robert Brit
tel' of Vancouver W'ish.; Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Hamilton and
three children, of Monmount,
111 ; Dr. Loren Copoac, of Om
aha; Mr. and Mrs. Clair Grimes.
M . and Mrs. T. E. Newhouse
and Katheryn, Charles Grimes
and rons, Ge aid and Bruse; Mr.
?"d Mr'. f'onald Or-'mes and
Bonnie; Mr. and Mrs. Char’es
Coolidge and Kenneth; Ma"d
Mrs. Glen Grim's and family;
Mr. and Mrs. Clar°r.ce Grimes
and family, Jim Grimes and
Mrs. Lois Adams. Refreshments
of ice cream and cake were
se ved
STUDENTS HURT
IN AUTO CRASH
_ I
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Francis Flood and Janice
Jarman in Hospital;
Auto in Ditch
—
Two persons were seriously
| injured, three othe s escaped
serious injury, and a Ford auto
mobile belonging to C. J. Gatz,
of O’Neill, was badly damaged
about 6:30 p.m. Mond_y on a
highway two miles east of
Chambers.
T e ma hine was conveying
a load o' St. Mary's academy -
ba k tb: II players to Inman by
way cf Ch mbers, whir* Mi s j
Jance Jarman joned the
gr up. when it ?» tel ev«»d to
1 ave struck loose cravel be
fit" going into a di.ch and
a rkng a t ee,
Francis Flood suffered a bro
ken leg and Miss Jarman receiv
ed a broken collarbone, head
injuries and lacerated legs. Pat
McNichols, the driver, and Pat
Hickey and Jack Gatz, other oc
cupants, were uninjur, d G~tz
w s the only occupant not
scratched.
The Chambers marshal and a
passerby from Ord took the in
jured to Chambers where Dr. J.
W Gill gave them medical care.
Flood and Jarman wee
admitted later that evening at
the O’Neill hospital whe e thei •
condition is described as “good."
Flood is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed N. Flood, of O’Neill, and
Mi s Jarman is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Jarman, of
Chambers.
The left front side of the ve
hicle was badly damaged.
AG SERVICES PLAN
JOINT MEETINGS
Plans a e being made for
joint annual meetings of the
Holt county extension serv
ice and the Holt soil conserva
tion district to be held in O’
Neill on Friday, January 16.
The meeting will be open to
the public, and further details
are to be announced.
Recreaticn Training
Sessions Scheduled
ATKINSON—Ted H. Alexan
der, state rural youth leader,
will conduct th ee recreation t>e>
sions here Janua y 9. Repre
sentatives of organized groups
in Holt and surrounding coun
ties will attend. These groups
include rural youth units, 4-H
clubs, project clubs, Girl and
Boy Scouts organizations asd
others.
County Agent A. Neil Dawe3
and Home Agent Catherine Kir-1
wan will assist.
Memphis Nuns Here —
Visiting her brother, J. L.
Moore, and his wife was Sister
E ther Marie, of Memphis.
Tenn. She wa; accompanied by
Sister Gertrude Ann. They ar
rived December 20 and were
here during the holidays.
Siste Esther Marie is librar
ian at Siena college in Mem
phis. Sister Gertrude Ann is
head of the commercial depart
m nt at St. Agnes academy in
Memphis.
The nuns, who belong to the
Dominican order, resided at St.
Mary’s convent during their stay
in O’Neill.
Miss La Veta Lehn spent
Christmas with her mother, Mrs.
Ma y Lehn, in Wahoo.
IT S A $64 QUESTION . . .
Who'll lie i!i(i t li Si < _/-*o y
• ev *
The $64 question making
thj rounds is: Who’ll b.> Holt
county’s first 1943 b„by?
The fir t arrival in the New
Yea. will be showjied with
g fts that will immediately
place him (or her) in an en
viable light -mm2 th: oth:r
new-borns. Eight O’Neil stor
es, in cooperation w th The
Frontier, are Wanting by as a
self-appointed reception com
mittee for the fir.t-.omer bo n
within the Holt cou,uy bou .1
d_ri<_s arter midnigi.t Decem
ber 31. ,
Gifts for the lucky tot will
include: an electric bottle wj
me and vapo izcr from Gil
EX-AMELIA PAIR
MARRIED 50 YEARS
P. E. Fisher and Wife
to Ho'd Open-House
New Year’s Day
AMELIA—Mr. ..nd Mrs. P. E
Fisher, of Arlington, Wash., for
merly residents of th> Amelia
community, are celebra ing their
golden wedding annive sary to
day (Thursday). The observance
will include an open-house af
fair in the afte:noon on New
Year’s day.
Unfortunately, however, on
ly one of their four children
living in Jhe Midwest is able
to be present for the celebra
tion. Roi and Fisher. who:e
home is in Kansas, is in Ar
lington.
The Fishe s’ other children
a e: Mrs. William Thompson and
Paul Fisher, both of Amelia;
Merton Fi her, of Bon^steel. S.
D.; Amos Fisher, of fedro Wool
ry, Wash., and Miss Martha
Fi her, of Seattle, Wash.
The children living in Wash
ington were expected to be
present.
The honored couple was to
have attended arrWJ,tch night
service at their chu ch on New
Year’s eve.
HOLIDAY RUSH
BREAKS RECORDS
Postmaster Agn^s E. Sullivan
declared Wednesday th"t tv“'
1947 holiday season had seen all
records broken at the postoffice
here in the volume of mail han
dled.
M-s. Sullivan staled that the
exact volume of business had
not been determined. She was
rertnin that considerably more
Christmas mail was handled
than a yea - po, which was the
previous record.
Escape Uninjured in
Crash Near Lynch
LYNCH—A headon automobile
colli ion about 6 p.m. F iday
about a mile southwe t of Lynch
involved vehicles owned bv Har
ry Mulhair, of Omaha, who was
coroute to Spencer, and Vincent
Weber, of Butte, who was en
rol) te to Lynch to visit his wife
in the hospital here.
Occupants of both machines
escaped uninitired. but both cars
wrre badly damaged.
lcspie’s; an cname'ed bsth tub i
from the Jonas Furniture Ex
change; a baby jumpar-swing j
f om the Midwest Furniture !
Appliance company; a 10-kar
ai gold b by ruig irom t..j
Me.nto h J welry; a surprise
package and >wo pa rs of las
tex baby pant., f om Bowen's
Bon Franklin store; a pair of
Rod Goo e children’s shoes
f om McCarville s; a comfy
Chatham blanket from Brown
M.Donald’s; two d zen of
those mighty essen ial diapers
from Gambles, and, just or
good measure a v^a ’s sub
scription to The Frontia.-.
Of course, it doesn’t cost a
SEEKS REELECTION
Gov. Val Peterson, complet
ing his fi st term as governor
of Nebraska, expects to file
for reelection sometime after
January 9, he announced la t
week. Mr. Peterson said he
would not consider filing un
til after a year in o fice. A
former editor and publisher of
the Elgin Review, M.. Peter
son is well-known in the O’
Neill area.
Moves and Entertains
Dur'ng Christmas Week
CELIA — Mrs. Duke Ho'fman'
is a good manager.
Last week the helped move
their personal belongings ‘rom
the Elvon Chace ranch to the
D. W. Allard term. They will
make their home there the com
ing year. M s- George > Syfie jr.,
assisted.
Mrs. Hoffman not only moved
Chri tmas week but entertained
the members of her family for
Christmas d nner.
Guests included: Mr. and Mrs
Conard Frickel jr., and the r
family. Ed Hoffman, Mr. and
Mrs. Victor Frickel and family.
Mr. an Mrs. George Syfie jr., and
family, and Alex and Herman
Frickel.
Return to Coast —
Mrs. A. Z. Drew and Mrs
Gladys Peterson have returned
to their home in Hollywood.
Calif., after spending three
weeks at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. Cowperthwaite.
Sergeant Petranek Here —
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shierk en
tertained Mrs. Shierk’s brother,
S-Sgt. P. E. Petranek, of Ft.
Riley, Kans., during the holi
days. S-Set. Pet anek expects
to depart Saturday.
cent to enter, but all entries j
J.iU t be postmarked r be 1.1
The F on.ior off.ee by 6 p.m.
Monday. Janu ry 5. Parent!
whose 1 abv can ciu hfy s ould
write or phone the F rst Ba
by Conted Editor. The F on
tier, O’Neill, giving the fol
lowing information: baby s
full name, sex, date and h-ur
of birh, parents’ full names
i nd addre s, physician's name
and addre s.
The winner last yea- was
Kathleen Wan er, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Max Wuiiser, of
Inman.
Winne s of the 1945 contest
will be announced in the Jan
uary 8 is.ua of Thr Frontier.
MRS. FRAKK MUSIL
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Mother, 27, Succumbs
Following Operation;
Burial Here
INMAN—Mrs. Frank Musil, 27,
wife of an Inman farmer, died a
11:20 a m. De ember 24 in the
Orchard hospital where earlier
she had submitted to an opera
tion. She h_d been ill about
two month;.
Funeral services we e held at
9 a.m. Satu day in St. Patrick’s
Catholic ouurrh here rnd burial
was in Calvary cemetery. Rt.
Rev. J. O. M-Namara, church
pastor, officiated.
Mrs- Mus i was t'om at In
mrn on May 21. 1920, a daugh
i r rf R y DeLong and the
l=*te Geo.giana Van Every De
Long.
She spent all of her life in
Holt county. On August 17.
1945, she mar ied Mr. Musd
They became the parents of one
daught; r.
Survivors, besides the widow
er and daughter, include: Fath
er, one brother, three sisters, and
one step-siste .
The Musil family resided four
miles west and one m.le south
of Inman.
Breakfast Topic for
Round of Demonstrations
B eakfast, a family affair, will
be the topic of demonstrations
to be given leaders of Holt coun
ty home extension clubs Janu
ary 6-13.
TVw demon trations are
scheduled as follows: January 6 |
kinson; 7—Rtunrt; 8 — O’
Neill. and 13—Chambers.
This is the first in a series,
Home Agent Catherine Kirwan
said. Otn r demonstrations will
featu e improving the kitchen
and clothing acce sories, green
and yellow vegetable cookery,
and the use of tomatoes.
Groups oe women interested
in home extension programs are
invited to contact Mi s Kirwan.
Pape Woman Fractures
Hip in Stairway Fall
PAGE—M s. J. N. Carson
fractured her right hip when
she fell in the stairway at her
home on December 23. Fhe wns
taken to the University hospital
at Omaha the following d y and
was to have rubmitted to sur
gery this week.
OV&LL FARMER
HEART VICTIM
Edward J. Matthews, 5.%
Dies in Hospital After
Few Hours’ Illness
Funeral services were held at
JO a.m. Satu day in St. Patrick’*
Catholic church here for Edward!
J. Matthews, 53, lifelong O’Neill
resident who died at 3:30 a.m.
on De'ember 24 in the O’Neill
hospital. He had been admitted
at the hospit-1 cnly a 'ew hou ■
earlier, h-ving become ■ ill in
downtown 0’v'eill.
A he'rt affliction was given a*
the cause of his death.
Rav. Cyril J. Werner offiri
a'ed el lhe funeral ri es end
bu ial w’s in falv ry ceme
tary. Tie p llbe r rj were*
Henry Soh cht. H. E. Coyne*
O villi Mo r w, Hu;o Holts,
H-rry Donohoe and William
Fa-ley.
The late Mr- Matthews was
born at O’Neill on August L
1894. a son of ihe Lte Mr. and
Mrs. James Matthews.
On March 28, 1922 he was
ma ried to Alice O. Bain. They
bee me the parents of two chil
dren. Beverly and Robert, botk
o O’Neill.
Survivo s, besides the widow
and two cfvldren, incud:: Si*
bro'hers—Mi h^el Ma thews, of
Isabell, S. D.; Thomas, James
and Leo M;tthew3, all of O'
Neill; Bernard Matthews, o Lin
coln; Peter Matthews, of Knox
ville, la.; four siste s — Mr*
Rose Shoemaker, of Winner, S.
D.; Mrs M. A. Crilley, of Rap
id City, S. D.; Mrs. F. C. Hill, of
Gordon; and Mrs. A. T. Wil
liams, of Hot Springs, S. D.
The late Mr. Ma thews was m
well-known O Neill f rmer, whs
resided a mile northea t of tiw
c ty. In addition ti f .rming h«
al o moved hu ldings.
MERCURY DROPS
NEAR ZERO MARK
The mercury d opped near
the zero m^rk early Wednesday.
The weather man was oblige#
to record a 3-degree reading—
the coldest of the season—before
wrapping up the 1947 weather
books and storing them away.
The week’s summary follows:
Date
December 24
December 25
December 26
December 27
December 28
December 29
Decembe 30
December 31
Hi Lo Free.
_ 35 25
40 25
__ 40 25
51 25
__ 45 20
__ 37 20
__ 38 13
_ 20 3 .02
Ray Disterhaupt Fined
on Hunting C h a r g •
Ray Disterhaupt, of Atkinson,
appeared before County Judge
Louis R. Reimer Friday on m
complaint b ought by Sam Gras
pi -V st.-t" d^nuty conservation
officer. Disterhaupt was charg
ed with shooting phea ants, one
cock and one hen. out of season.
Gr. sni k said that Disterhaupt
ha^ the birds in his possession.
The defendant was charged
$10 and costs and was further
ordered to pay to the state $10
as “liquidated damages.”
Mnrri*"’** l.irpntw
Lester E. Wood, 20, of Pag*,
and Donna M. Rotherham, lfl^
of Ewing, on December 24.
27 Vio’ent Deaths Make the Biggest Headlines During the Year 1947
(For the 1947 new* in picture! see page 3 )
A wave of violent deaths in which more
than 27 person-s lost their lives made
the biggest news in Holt county during
1947. Most of the violent deaths were caused
by accidents which ranged from airplane
and auto-t ain crashes to a scalding, a
smothering, an electrocution, a drowning
and a variety of other tragedies,
f Second bigge t single news topic of the
year was the July floods, in which the Elk
horn river and its tributaries reached un
precedented heights and caused conside:
•ble damage in the valleys.
I Donna Mae Fuhrer. the 14-year-pld O’
Neill polio victim, rated the third biggest
news topic of the year. She passed ner
eighth grade examinations and received her
-diploma. Ted Malone, famous radio nct
wo k commentator-philosopher, saluted her
dn a nationwide broadcast, and as a result
the was flooded with letters and publicity
and her name has become a household word
Eerie "gh^'ts" w r-> r<?m
cre-k, reviving o’d legrnd. "Ghosts" are
in mi-*- bel eved caused by auto
mobile headlight*.
Among the violent deaths, listed chrono
logically, and their causes are: Aubrey
Kreiter 13 of Agra, Okla., native of Ewing,
accidently shot tn ouph head with .22-rifle;
Joseph Vandrrsnick, 22, of Ewing, crushed
under a vehicle he was repairing; Robert
Weeing, ifi and Robert Dozier, 17, both
of Elgin, killed in an airplane crash; James
O. Adams, 18. of Chambers, died in auto
mishap near Wayne; Earl Scott, 45, of Ft.
La amie. Wyo.. formerly of Page, burned
in Wyoming gas accident; Frank W. Pre
witt. 44, of Amelia, auto accident at Stuart;
Gerald Fallon, 31. of O’Neill, struck by
li°htning in a field: Robert A. Golden, son
of Mr and Mrs. J. Parnell Golden, of Oma
ha, ki’led in a;r crash near Stockton, Calif.
Pat Wett'auffer, 3. of Page, died of scald
burns; M s. Forrest Maple, 25, o' Orchard,
explosion of gas water heater; Roy A. Car
*-*■ of P tiding, formerly of Middle
branch, smotnerfd by gram in a MartlanH
elevato-; R'-ymend F Culvert. 70, of
suicide: John F. Schmit. 21. of O’Neill.
electrocution whilp working on a high ten
cion power line; Herald F Harrington 05
of Los Angelas. Calif., formerly of O’Neill,
’’oiured frtailv in street oar accident; L).
Hwavnn Olff'i-o’1 94. o' Colu”'bu", down
in'* victim at Fonnce~ dam; Warren James
Sobotka, 5 o' Tnman. suf er°d ftal turn's
;-> f"*-m pnr:rim+' L^^nard Herman, fit. ot
Oreolpy. fnrmorlv of Page and O’Neill,
fritniiv inbtrpd ”’bo»i his auto strimv 'on-e
gravel near Columbus- Mo ris M^Nallv.
°e r'f T nnrt p;^-. r t-’lv inbirpd jn au*o
opr irlonf popu C‘|j P J "»1] CO
r*-nr»H T ^rmo^v of P*Vn?M pntn
acc;doni o^a*- A,d-v Arthur A. Ju gens
~>«u ,. n- nf p-M :m A. M* k ’’V
r* A 11/ ’ <"Cr OP'I 7 • no r’plo pf ^T|*VIpf
ell i n micp-J !pp proeL ppn^
I'med' Po-ald P Mie^-p’ °1 a'-'* n",''r'i
’•o t --’ Cl arwoior :>nd w'enneth
Hoefs, 20. of F-erront, fatally inju ed in
auto-train crash at Valiev; Mrs. Louis R.
Jones, 53, nee Lauretta Murray, of O’Neill,
injured fatally in street accident at Miles
City, Mont.
Deaths of persons, ecpeci"lly pioneers,
is always important news. The aggregate
lineage of all obituaries would no doubt
make the biggest smgle topic of 1947 or
any o'her year. Many of the deaths are
ot d in the month in which they occured
in the chronology that follows;
JANUARY
”<->w Ypar’s day was a birthless affair.
But on January 2 the stork worked over
time in O’Neill and by 8 p.m. had deposit
ed three babies in the O’Neill ho~p tal.
Kath’een Wcnser. daughter o Mr. and Mrs.
M'v W nse-, of Inman, won Tha Frontie ’s
first h^by contest, arriving at 4 a.m. on Jan
uary 2. . . Gov-Elect Val Peterson and his
| vrif" "-ere honored at an inaugural ball at
r i-ro’n. , . The 1946 state farm income to
t'd «d more than 852 mi’lion doPars, an all
time high. . . Twoe'y-fiv" les'-e»c and real
estate owners in West O'Ne’ll have peti
tiened the city council for ?t eet lighting,
a l"y and street imp ovements. . . The leg
end r>' eerie “ghosts” along the Enel° creek
have been revived. Autonv bil headli hts.
in ♦ mjst wv,ieh drifts in f’-om th^ vdlev.
pr^ helipved the cause . . Disp’ae«d West
ro si wOrKnrs n K'nnnn n r mum
’t’wo now countv officers. Willem W Orif*
*;o countv atto n°y, and Alb rt sterns,
v-— ♦ d:strict count" sun r,-i h-v-> ns
corned ih^ir po-'-s. Ed J Mitnusok o' the
n i-'.-tb d; trict, was ron"m''d ho rd chair
pn n . Two rjrns both Or 111 ’otnc^incd
orir^ir^ infT’' tM dnmaoo exceedin'’ S^O.^OO
,j- r'n'f n |r|id»'*0"t*'1 1,1 h 11 nn i d The
toe ft" were cu^#e rd hv thp Tf E dnvni'
! v-r,i or-r) f}| lf-jnr> c-o o n store
fnnk deposits ir h ' countv hit the ' ' mil
iion mark, a re ord high. . . Ex-Gov.
Dwight Griswold lunched here enroute to
his new po t as milit. ry government "sec
retary of the in»e ior” in Germany. . .
Butch, a screwtMled female bulldog, has
edooted four motherless pi"s at th t K.
Medcalf farm near Cleanv-der. . . Deaths;
Leroy T. French. 84 of Page; Edward M.
Shaw, s’".. 6k of Orchard: Mrs. F ed L. Car
ey, 61, of O'Neill; Joseph McNichols, 63, of
O’Neill; Henry J Wayman. 83. of O’Neill;
Thomas F. Gallagher 69, of O’Neill: Mrs.
Marv Diana Slack 76. o* Dor ev: Clarence
P. Conger. 79, of Inman; Andrew Springer,
77, of O’Neill.
FEBRUARY
The O’Neill region, along with the rest
of the middlewest. was swept by the win
te’s worst storm wi'h the coming of Feb
riiTv. v’ " ’ A r 'sh
wave moved in F°brin>r'’ 7 . . Miss Ruth
Harris, daughter o' Mr . E'th°r Cole Harris,
waited Februarv 15 f~* China to begin a
five-year term as a Methodist missionary ,
St. Joseph’s aco^env of AtWnson, defeated
O’Neill hieh 29-17 in the finals of the an
nual c^uotv b''tk''tb',M t<>u mnv'nt Intrr>n
de eated Orrh"rd 2S-22. in the finals of the
Elkhorn vallev conf rn-re mm♦. . . O’Neill’s
now bin terminal rn"nnfl Fobrmrv 15 . .
Lloyd H"mmondv inn a’ -> m^ip from
the tate p''n:t'>n,i-> ■>' »ve- d',f'>rr*d. H” is
solvin'’ a 2''-v<’ar m-t^nec in connection
with the slavine of F*- -d T Sexsmith of
0’N->M1 no Vn<»p- h-. "0 in'*** v?„v ("vril
J W TflOr P r»°t v ' r» * ^ ♦'>•** nnonorjq
Pnt» T> J T teen n f»c ’<?4Pnt at Ft.
Potrlelr’ ■ th In 'i >• *' t
f nhT».yvaoon *» * 1 - * n -ton pnfp.
firnfMo rfp’rl —> !t>’ *1 • **ao *> !o 1 h,v.r(
In P f»oMf*r' ^ 1 f'rv* rvs-» m"CC M^ffh
4 Foot*'** of V’ »•* •*» ’io~ .
rtf tl" r Horn fo»“ fl-) ■» p’ ’no O ’PtV» * M f*^
r-i-aw nun r» if m r •' uor*
P M»*1!p*v 6° o'* A M T• « * r >"*r’v of
O'Neill; Mrs. H rf*p ^ R?, of r^R^h°rs:
William Gumb. 86, o' Chambers: Lee cab
ins. 55. of Ewing: Mrs. Pete B-own, 69, of
Chambers; Mrs Olive PendergJtft 75, of
O’Neill: John H. D-’ilev. 69. of Winner S.
D formerly o* O’Ne ll and Soencer: Mrs.
Viola M Searles. 75. of Sioux City, former
ly of Mefk; James Co’man 75. of Inman;
Ralph L. Bruman. 49. of O’Neill.
MARCH
Mrs. William Menish obse ved her 98th
birthday annive sary, t king time out from
her everyday household duties. . . The Mid
west Furni ure & Appliance company op
ened in Wes’ O fJeill. . . Mr. and Mrs. S. E.
Hicks, of O’Neill, observed their 55th wed
ding anniver. ary. . . A wave of sickness,
r. nging orn common cold? to influenza
and occa ional cases of pneumonia, cut
deeply into school attendance. . . Five coy
otes were encircled du ing a coyote hunt
near Phoenix, but all escaped. . . St. Jo
seph’s won the st-’te rlass C cage title. . .
D aths: Dennis H Cronin, 79, of O’Neill,
veteran editor - pu^'isher legislator and
leader di°d In a Sioux City hospital; Jo
seph U. Yantzi. 82, of O’Neill; Mrs. Clar
(Co’'t’T'iied on page 4.)
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look only fixtures and cash.
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