Nebraska Newspapers

    The Frontier
j VOLUME 67.—NUMBER 46 O'NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, MARCH 28. 1948 PRICE 7 CENTS.
Mrs. Taft to Be in
O'Neill on April 6
WIFE OF GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
TO SPEND 3 HOURS IN CITY
Mrs. Robert A Taft, wife of the Republican presidential
aspirant from Ohio, will spend 3 hours in O’Neill on Tuesday,
April 6.
This was announced Monday by the Nebraska Taft-for
President committee. Mrs. Taft's swing through north-Ne
braska will be simultaneous with Senator Taft's tour of the
Platte river valley and points south of the Platte.
Guy Cole, of Emmet, chairman of the Holt county Taft-for
President club, said late Wednesday that plans were being
made to entertain Mrs. Taft in a luncheon at the American Le
gion club, followed by an informal meeting.
She will arrive in the city at about 11:30 a. m. from Grand
Island, and will leave about 2:30 p. m., expecting to arrive in
Wayne at 4 p. m. Mrs. Taft is scheduled for a dinner meeting
at 6 p. m. in Norfolk.
There will be 3 automobiles in the caravan. She will
be accompanied by Paul S, Kruger, of Grand Island, assistant
chairman of the Nebraska Taft-for-President committee, and
Mrs. Edna Donald, also of Grand Island, national Republican
committeewoman. Also in the caravan are expected to be
several other Republican leaders and members of the state's
press.
Senator Taft and Mrs. Taft will enter the state from the
West.
A 7 a. m. breakfast at Scottsbluff on April 5 will be the
first event scheduled for Mr. Taft in his Nebraska campaigning,
which is being carried out only a few days before the state’s
primary election.
According to the tentative schedule, the presidential as
pirant will go from Scottsbluff to North Platte for a noon
luncheon, and will make an appearance at Kearney at 4:30 p.
m., followed by a dinner at 6:15 in Grand Island.
Mrs. Taft will breakfast the morning of April 5 at Alliance
at 6:55 a. m., arriving in Hyannis at 10:30, where she will re
main for lunch. She will reach Broken Bow at 5:30 p. m., and
rejoin her husband at Grand Island at 9:30 p. m.
On Tuesday, April 6, Senator Taft will have breakfast at
7:30 a. m. at Hastings, appear at Crete at 10:30 a. m. and be
in Beatrice at noon. Nebraska City and Lincoln appearances
are slated later that day.
After her swing through O'Neill, Wayne and Norfolk,
Mrs. Taft will make her first stop the next morning at Col
umbus, followed by a noon luncheon at York, a midafternoon
stop at Seward, rejoining Senator Taft at Fremont for a
dinner meeting.
Further details concerning Martha Taft’s visit to O’Neill
will be announced “in the next few days,” Mr. Cole said.
SAGESERS MARK
GOLDEN WEDDING
Amelia Couple Spends
Half-Century On
Same Ranch
Special to The fhontieb
AMELIA — A half-century
ago the newly-married Mr. and
Mrs. M. L. Sageser began
housekeeping on a ranch 7
miles west and one-half mile
north of Chambers. They have
resided there ever since.
On Easter Sunday the Sa
gesers will observe their
golden wedding anniversary.
Although March 17 was their
actual 50th wedding date,
the observance was deferred
in order that 2 members of
their immediate family could
be present.
Mr. Sageser was born in
Iowa, a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Sageser. He
moved with his parents to
southwest Holt county as a
young man.
Mrs. Sageser, born in Ken
tucky, came with her parents,
the late Mr. and Mrs. D. A.
Clauson, to this territory as a
'teen-aged girl.
Married at Amelia
M. L. Sageser and May
Clauson were married on
March 17, 1898, at the home
of the bride’s parents at Ame
lia. Rev. Roland Hill perform
ed the ceremony.
The Sagesers have 2 sons:
Vernon, who operates the
family ranch, and A, B., who
is a professor of history and
government at Kansas State
college, Manhatten, Kans.
There are 2 grandchildren.
One is Floyd Sageser. a stu
dent at Kansas State.
Now 80- and 70-years-old
respectively, both Mr. and
Mrs. Sageser enjoy “excellent”
health.
They will hold open-house
Sunday from 2 to 5 p. m.
Tractor Kept Busy
Pulling Stranded Cars
AMELIA—The streets in A
melia have been impassable
the past week. Those who at
tempted to come to the stores
kept Bob Rees busy pulling
their cars with his tractor.
Marriage Licenses
Harry Cullen, over 21, of
Page, and Mary E. Hartigan,
over 21, of Inman, on March
13.
Darrell Wayne Peters, 23,
and Maedean Wolfe, 19, both
of Clearwater, on March 18.
Morris R. Blackburn, 34, of
Stanton, and Ruth Neomi
Stevens, 20, of Page, on March
19.
Bernard James Hoffman, 19,
and Jean Margaret Wandersee,
19, both of Chamb ers, on
March 20.
Kenneth Gerald Van Every,
21, of O’Neill, and Frances
Louise Grubbs, 18, of Page, on
March 20.
Mrs. Sophie Juracek spent
the weekend at the Clarence
Juracek home in Orchard.
Orchard Girl, 13,
in Oxygen Tent
ORCHARD — Condition of
Janeth Hill, 13, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hill, who
was taken Sunday to a Norfolk
hospital in an ambulance, is
“satisfactory,” attendants an
nounced Tuesday morning.
She was in a critical condi
tion, having suffered from
rheumatic fever for several
weeks. On her arrival at the
hospital she was immediately
placed in an oxygen tent.
She was accompanied to the
hospital by her parents.
| BRAIN TUMOR
FATAL TO BOY
Dale Revell, 5 son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dale Revell, of Star, died
Friday in the Methodist hospi
tal in Omaha. Death followed
an illness caused by a brain
tumor.
Services were held Tuesday
afternoon at the Methodist
church in O’Neill with Rev.
Lloyd Mullis officiating. Bur
ial was in Prospect Hill cem
etery here.
Survivors include: Parents
and 2 brothers.
Pallbearers at the rites were:
Sam Derickson. Claude Cole
Ted Aim and Earl Miller.
Attendance ‘Good’
at Home Talent Play
PAGE— There was a “good
attendance” both Friday and
Saturday nights at the Amer
ican Legion and auxiliary play,
“Grandpa’s Twin Sister,” at
Ihe high school auditorium.
The rest included: Mrs. Eva
Gray, Mrs. Margaret Landreth,
Mrs. T-ene Frahm, Miss Mary
Tou Spalh, Miss Catherine
Stevens, Laurence Haynes,
Leonard Miller, Richard Heiss,
Harry Cullen and John Mal
loy. They were under the di
rection of Mrs. Malloy.
MOVES NOTED
INMAN—Mr. and Mrs. Ches
ter Youngs moved Friday tc
the farm southwest of Inmar
that they recently purchased
and Mr. and Mrs. Marvir
Youngs and daughter, Barba
ra, have moved from Omalu
and will make their home wit!
his parents, Mr. and Mrs
Chester Youngs for the pres
ent. They will farm the Ezrr
Moor property which is noi
far from the Youngs farm.
LEGION SPONSORS SHOOT
CHAMBERS—The Americar
Legion sponsored a blue roch
shoot Sunday at the Eugene
Hoerle station, southeast ol
Chambers. The shoot netted
about $115. The auxiliary serv
ed pie, cake and coffee, which
netted about $32.
CLAPPERS MOVE
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Clapper
and family are moving this
week to Inman. They have
been residing in the Assembly
of God church basement.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Holli
day and family spent Sunday
at the Hugh Holliday home at
! Page.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Juracek
| spent Sunday at the Leonard
Juracek home at Opportunity.
'HAPPY JOURNEY'
WINS SUPERIOR
O’Neill High 1 - Act
Play Entry Takes
Class A Laurels
special to The frontier
ATKINSON — O’Neill high
school’s 1-act play entry, “Hap
py Journey,” rated superior in
the district class A speech and
play meet here Friday. The
O’Neill entry shared superior
honors with Valentine.
Members of the "Happy
Journey cast were: "Pa,"
James Bridges: "Ma," Gayl
Widlfeldl; "Arthur," Dwayne
Borg; "Caroline," Eva Cok
er: "Beulah," Helen Urton.
Keith Anspach is the stage
manager and Mrs. Charlotte
Ressegieu is the instructor.
Three O’Neill pupils captur
ed superior laurels with indi
vidual readings in the declam
atory contest. These were:
Helen Johnson, O’Neill high,
“Wheel of Democracy,” origi
nal oratory; Gayl Widtfeldt,
O’Neill high, “Midsummer
Night’s Dream,” humorous;
Darlene Steele, St. Mary’s,
“The Crucifixion,” dramatic.
One hundred and five stu
dents took part in the all-day
meet. Supt. B. H. Mead was
the director. Receipts grossed
$172.
Play Results
Results of the play contest
were as follows:
Class A: O’Neill, superior;
Valentine, superior; Ainsworth,
good; best actor, Robert Barnes,
of Valentine; best actress, Ja
nita Barnes, of Valentine.
Class B: Superior, Atkinson,
Keya Paha county high school,
of Springview; Rock county
high school, of Bassett; excel
lent, Long Pine, St. Mary’s, of
O’Neill, Wood Lake; good, St.
Joseph’s, of Atkinson, Butte;
average, Spencer; best actor,
Dale Jarvis, of Atkinson; best
actress, Mary Mock, of Spring
view.
Aciois rated superior in
both classes were: Marion
Keech. of Valentine; Orville
Gilpin, of Stuart; Betty
Schmidt, of St. Joseph's of
Atkinson: Gene Olson, of
Springview; Denny Logan, of
Springview.
Actors rated excellent were:
Maynard Harr, of Ainsworth;
Carl Conrad, of Long Pine;
Keith Thomas, of Valentine.
Bernelda Engler, of Stuart;
William Miller, of St. Joseph’s;
Delana Lanz, of Bassett; Joan
Jarvis, of Atkinson; John O’
Neill, of St. Mary’s; Gayle
Widtfeldt, of O’Neill.
Declamatory Results
Students in the declamatory
contest were rated as follows:
Original oratory — Class A,
superior, Helen Johnson, of O’
Neill.
Oratorical leading— Class A,
superior, Janita Barnes, of Val
entine; excellent, Helen Bow
den, of O’Neill.
Oratorical reading— Class B,
superior, Rex P h i 1 b e n, of
Springview'; excellent, Delano 1
Lanz, of Bassett; Alta Hemen
way, of Clearwater; Ila Carter,
of St. Mary’s.
Dramatic reading — Class B,
superior, Darlene Steele, of St.
Mary’s; excellent, Loretta
Thiele, of Clearwater; Gene 1
Olson, of Springview; Lois Ad
ams, of Spencer good, Lucille
Mitchell, of Stuart; Sally
Jones, of Bassett.
Humorous reading—Class A,
superior, Gayle Widtfeldt, of
O’Neill; excellent, Audrey
Barnes, of Valentine; goftd,
Joyce Spencer, of Ainsworth.
Humorous reading—Class B,
superior, Denny Logan, of
Springview; Sharon Fritzler, of
Long Pine; excellent, Leslie
Sweet, of Stuart; Dorothy Iler,
of St. Mary’s; good, Joline
Smith, of Clearwater; Ted Tur
pin, of Bassett; Helen Saul, of
Wood Lake.
“Happy Journey” will enter
the state speech festival to be
held April 23-24.
Rivers Well-Behaved
in This Region
The March thaw, which sent
many of Nebraska's streams
out of their banks, was taken
in stride in the O'Neill region.
Streams in this vicinity were
swollen, but were generally
well-behaved.
Except for the frost coming
out of the ground, making
many side roads impassable
and turning yards and gardens
into quagmires, the thaw hard
ly made conversation piece.
Thrice during the past 7
days the mercury dropped be
low freezing.
The summary, based on 24
hour periods ending at 8 a. m.
daily, follows:
Hi Lo Moist.
March 18 - 40 34
March 18 - 58 29
March 20 - 62 37
March 21_ 69 30
March 22 _ 46 28
March 23 - 62 32
March 24_ 68 33
PAGE RESIDENT
DIES AT NORFOLK
Ferdinand Cullen, 7 4,
Lived in Hospital
Only Few Hours
Special to The Fbohtier
PAGE— Funeral services
were held at 2 p. m. Monday
at the Methodist church here
for Ferdinand Cullen, 77, a
resident of the community
since 1913. He died in a Nor
folk hospital Friday — a few
hours after having been ad
mitted to the hospital.
Relatives said he had been
ailing for more than a year
with a bad heart condition.
Rev. Carl Rayburn, church
pastor, officiated and burial
wasi in the Page cemetery.
The late Mr. Cullen was
born at Brownville on June 15,
1870. He was married to Eliz
abeth Bobbitt, of Stella, on Jan
uary 25, 1893. They became
the parents of 10 children, 3 of
whom died in infancy.
In 1913 the Cullen family
moved to a farm worth of
Page, Mr. Cullen continuing to
reside in the community until
his death.
Survivors include: Widow;
sons—Harvey and Harry, both
of Page; daughters—Mrs. Ross
Taylor, of Troy, O.; Mrs. Dale
Stukey, of Norfolk; Mrs. Lloyd
Bergstrom, Mrs. Raymond
Heiss and Mrs. Harold Heiss,
all of Page; 24 grandchildren;
17 great-grandchildren; 1 sister,
and 2 brothers.
Pallbearers at the rites
were 8 grandsons: Leon and
Max Bergstrom, Donald,
Kenneth and Richard Heiss,
Roland Cullen, Charles Sor
ensen and Jimmie Smith.
Music was furnished by a
double quartette composed of
Mesdames Alton Braddock, Ed
gar Stauffer, Gerald Lamason,
and Arthur Miller, and Leon
ard Miller, Vernie Hunter and
Edgar and Marvin Stauffer.
Mrs. John Lamason was pian
ist.
Mrs. P. E. Nissen, Mrs. Theo
’ore Kemper and Mrs. Myrta
Van Connet had charge of the
flowers.
Relatives from out-of-town
that were here for the services
included: Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Stukey and daughters, of Nor
folk; Mrs. Ross Taylor, of
Troy, O.; Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Smith and son and daughter,
of Urbana, O.; Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Bergstrom and son, of
Newcastle, Wyo.; Mr. and Mrs.
Max Bergstrom, of Osage,
Wyo.; Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Wilson and family, of Newcas
tle, Wyo.; Mrs. Bud Wolfe, of
Sheridan, Wyo.; Darrell Heiss,
of Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Beckwith, of Emmet, and Mr.
and Mrs. Hickman, of Atkin
son.
RITES AT INMAN
FOR MRS. MOOR
Death Separates Man,
Wife Married for
53 Years
SPECIAL TO THE FRONTIER
INMAN — Funeral services
were held here at 2:30 p.m.
last Thursday for Mrs. G. Ezra
Moor, 80, who had died 2 days
earlier at Beatrice. Her death
separated Mrs. Moor and her
husband, who were married
August 16, 1894 — 53 years
ago.
Rev. E. B. Maxcy, of Glen
wood, la., former Inman min
ister, officiated and Rev. E. T.
Baldwin, of Inman, assisted.
The funeral rites were held in
the Methodist church and bur
ial was in the Inman cemetery.
Margaret A. Davis was
born January 13, 1868, in
Monlicello county, Indiana,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jo
seph Davis. She came to the
Orchard vicinity at the age
of 15 with her mother, who
homesteaded near there.
Shg was graduated from
Peru State Teachers’ college at
Peru, and taught school for 8
years in Holt and Antelope
counties.
She was married to George
Ezra Moor at Orchard. They
lived for 3 months at Elgin,
then moved to a farm south of
Inman where they lived until
last October.
near o v/mmren
Three children were born to
the couple, William E. Moor,
of Elkhorn; Mrs. Frank Roper,
of Indianapolis, Ind., and Mrs.
Robert Taylor, of Beatrice. Be
fore her marriage Mrs. Roper
was Evadna Moor and Mrs.
Taylor was formerly Lois
Moor.
Mrs. Moor joined the United
Presbyterian church as a girl,
but for the past half-century
had been a member of the
Methodist church. She taught
a Sunday -school class here for
more than 40 years, and was
president of the Ladies’ Aid
society, nq.w the Woman’s So
ciety of Christian Service, for
20 years.
Mr. and Mr*. Moor cele
bratad their golden wedding
day in 1944 with an open
house at their country home
near here.
Mrs. Moor had been in fail
ing health for the past 5 years
and had been bedfast for a
year and a half.
Survivors include: Widower;
1 son; 2 daughters; 1 grand
daughter, Mrs. Elmer Peterson,
of Lincoln, and 1 sister, Mrs.
Fern Moor, of Orchard.
Pallbearers at the rites were:
John Watson, Donald Keyes,
Charles Tompkins, Marin
Rouse, Kenneth Smith and
Harvey R. Tompkins.
Hymns were sung during the
service by: Mrs. Don Lubcn,
Mrs. Elwin Smith, Mrs. Lewis
Kopecky, jr„ Kenneth Smith,
Harv y R Tompkins and Clar
ence Hansen, with Mrs. Tomp
kins as accompanist.
Attending the services from
a distance were: Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Maxcy, of Pacific Junc
tion, la.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Tompkins, of Omaha; Mr. and
Mrs. Alden Erskine and Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Jackson and
son, Richard, of Sioux City,
and Mr. and Mrs. Sis Ebbens
gaard, of Ewing.
Trailer Home for
Newlyweds Burns
LYNCH—The trailer home
of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Keim,
of Kearney, was destroyed
by fire recently.
The fire was caused by
the explosion of a glass jar
filled with matches. It is
presumed the matches ig
nited while the trailer was
moving.
Mrs. Keim is the former
Betty Wike, of Lynch, a
bride of 2 months.
‘Conductor Commodore’ Is Dead
Special to the Fhomyieh
CHAMBERS—The life of a
colorful railroad man, L. L.
(“Commodore”) Fairbanks, 87,
came to an end here Saturday.
There was a note of irony at
tached to the passing of this
veteran railroader: He spent
his last year and he died in an
inland town—25 miles from a
railroad!
Mr. Fairbanks died at his
home in Chambers, where he
has been residing. H e
| formerly lived at Council
I Bluffs, la., and Long Pine,
I and for several years lived
I with his daughter. Mrs. N. F.
Pfunder, at Norfolk.
Funeral rites were con
ducted Monday at Norfolk
under the direction of Nor
folk Masonic lodge members.
Burial was in Prespecl Hill
cemetery there.
The late Mr. Fairbanks was
born at Hyde Park, Vt., on
July 11, 1860. He started his
railway career in 1878 as a
fireman on the North Western
system at Winona, Minn., later
leaving the road and working
for the Yazoo-Mississippi Val
ley railway at Memphis, Tenn.
August 22 was an eventful—
and lucky — date in the life
of Mr. Fairbanks. Three dif
ferent years on that date
trains on which he was work
ing figured in wrecks. One of
these wrecks, which occured at
Yazoo Pass, resulted in the
death of every member of the
cow except Mr. Fairbanks. He
was confined for 4 months
with injuries.
Mr. Fairbanks 1 ' ‘ came to
Nebraska and in 181*4 entered
the service of the North West
ern as a brakem r. He was
promoted to frei 1 ! condcu'.or
on September 17 1 ‘'7, and nr
August 21, 191V, to passenger
conductor.
He derived the tab pf
"Commodore" as the result
of an incident that took
place about the time of the
Spanish-American war. A
fellow employee gave him
the name that followed him
to his death. A switch list
had been signed "Commo
dore" and next day a man
searched everywhere for
"Conductor Commodore."
The late Mr. Fairbanks was
well-known in Holt county '
points on the North Western
and was also known among
employees of the Burlington,
Minneapolis & Omaha, and •
other roads.
He retired in 1928 without!
ever having been late to work. !
Mrs. Fairbank’s son, L. W. |
Terrrr'. lives at Chambers.
Coyne *Drafted9 for
Mayor in a Caucus
BUSINESSMEN CHOOSE 3 CANDIDATES FOR
COUNCIL, 2 FOR SCHOOL BOARD
Hugh E. Coyne, veteran O’Neill hardware merchant, mayor
of the city during 1937 and 1938, and for many years a member
of the city council, last Thursday was ‘‘drafted” as a candidate
for mayor in an informal businessmen’s caucus held at the
Golden hotel.
Also named at the caucus were 3 candidates for city
council. 3 for other city offices and 2 for the board of
education.
The municipal election will be held on Tuesday, April 6,
and filings for the offices close on Saturday, March 27.
F. J. Dishner, present mayor, announced earlier that he
would not be a candidate for reelection. The caucus was called
because the petition system had failed until then to produce
a candidate for mayor or candidates for the other city and
school posts.
M'KATHNIE RITES
HELD SATURDAY
Pennsylvania Native, 75,
Came to Holt with
Parents in 1880
Special to the frontier
ATKINSON — Andrew Mc
Kathnie, 75, a resident of Holt
since 1880, died last Thursday.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p. m. Saturday at the
Methodist church with Rev.
W. C. Birmingham, church
pastor, in charge. Burial was
in Woodlawn cemetery in
the McKathnie family lot.
Born December 21, 1872, at
Clinton, Pa., a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Mc
Kathnie, he came to Holt coun
ty with his parents in 1880
from Ft. Dodge, la., where the
family had spent a short time.
The McKathnies homestead
ed 19 miles northeast of At
kinson.
The late Mr. McKathnie nev
er married. He spent most of
his life on a farm.
Survivors include: Brothers
—William, of Atkinson; Jacob,
of Fall Brook, Calif.; Ben, of
Pasadena. Calif.; sisters—Mar
garet Hitchcock, of Boulder,
Colo., and Isabel Lee, of Van
couver, Wash.
FRED OLMSTEAD,
LYNCH, EXPIRES
Special To The Frontier
LYNCH— Funfcral services
for Fred Olmstead, 59, of
Butte, were held Sunday after
noon at the Butte Community
church. ,
Mr. Olmstead and his wife,
the former Ethel Kenaston,
operated a farm near Naper
for many years, then farmed
near Lynch. Several months
ago ill health forced him to
discontinue farming.
Survivors include: Widow;
son—Willis: sisters—Mrs. Flor
ence Fitzgerald, of Sturgis, S.
D., and Mrs. Grace Anderson,
of Butte.
Violinist, Contralto
Featured in Concert
by Wesleyan Band
The Nebraska Wesleyan uni
versity band, of Lincoln, under
the direction of Leslie R.
Marks, presented a concert at
the O’Neill high school audi
torium Tuesday evening. The
group of 41 musicians present
ed a varied program of classi
cal and popular numbers.
Martha Temple, of Lincoln,
violinst, and Georgia Brainard,
of Minden, contralto, were fea
tured soloists.
The band was heard at 3 p.
m. the same day in the Inman
public school.
INFANT DIES
Brenda Dawn, infant daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Harley, of Atkinson, died Tues
day morning a few hours after
birth at the Stuart hospital.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at the
Evangelical Lutheran church
in Atkinson with Rev. Clyde
Cress officiating. Mrs. Harley
is the former Mvrlen Beckwith,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Beckwith, of O’Neill
Project Club Meets—
CHAMBERS — The Happy
Homemakers Project club met
Friday evening with Mrs. El
wyn Robertson as hostess. Mrs.
Frank Spath and Mrs. Robert
son presented the lesson on
‘'Kitchen A — ’vements.” Mrs.
Spath will he hostess as the
next meeting.
BUYS LIQUOR STORE
Harold Shoemaker has pur
chased tht Red Arrow liouor
store in Norfolk from Burt
McCreary.
Mrs. J. M. Kennedy, of Ains
worth, visited Wednesday at
the D. N. Loy home.
rsesiaes Coyne, other caucus
named candidates are: James
M. Corkle, First ward candi
date for city council; Merle V.
Hickey, Second ward candi
date, and James W. Rooney,
Third ward candidate. Corkle,
Hickey and Rooney are incum
bents completing 2-year terms.
O. D. French, who was ap
pointed to fill a vacancy, is a
caucus-named candidate for
city clerk; John C. Watson was
chosen as a candidate for city
treasurer. E. F. Quinn, present
city treasurer, is not a candi
date for reelection. H. W. Tom
linson. incumbent, was named
by the caucus as a candidate
for reelection as police magis
trate.
All of the city posts to be
voted on are 2-year terms.
The caucus picked Ira H.
Moss and Hugh J. Birmingham,
both incumbents, as candi
dates for members of the
board of education, school dis
trict of the city of O’Neill.
Birmingham, however, has de
clined to be a candidate and
late Wednesday City Clerk
French said no other candidate
has filed. Moss is the present
secretary of the hoard. The
terms are for 3-years each.
Petitions for the caucus-nom
inated candidates were imme
diately circulated and filed
| with the city clerk.
Students Returning
for Easter Holidays
College students arriving
this week to spend the Easter
holidays at their homes here
include:
University of Nebraska, Lin
coln — Edward Condon, Mar
jorie McElhaney, Polly Ann
Rickly, Lois Ann Iler, Fred
Halva, Shirley Schaffer, Eu
gene McKenna, John Baker,
Donna Gallagher, and Lois
Cole, of Emmet.
Creighton university, Omaha
— Edward Campbell, James
Merriman, Stephen and Rob
ert Wallace, Paul Kubitschek,
Vincent Higgins.
Doane college, Crete— Joan
Brady; University of Chicago,
(111.)—Neil Brennan; Clark col
lege, Dubuque, la. — Devine
Brennan; Rosary college, River
Forest, 111. — Elizabeth Galla
gher,; Barat college, Lake For
est, 111.—Mary Louise Birming
ham; Colorado Women’s col
lege, Denver, Colo. — Joanne
Burgess; Omaha technical
school, Omaha—Joseph Biglin;
Mt. St. Gertrude academy,
Boulder, Colo. — Marilyn
| Moore; St. Benedict’s college,
Atchison, Kans.—Thomas De
Backer; National Business in
stitute, Lincoln — Donna Rae
Clements and Eugene Streeter;
Rockhurst college, Kansas Ci
ty, Mo.—Jack Harty; Norfolk
Junior college— Richard Hun
gerford.
L. R. Tompkins, Wife
Wedded 39 Years
INMAN—Mr. and Mrs. L. R.
Tompkins quietly celebrated
their 39th wedding anniver
sary at their home on March
17.
They were married at Nor
folk bv the late Rev. Charles
Waye Roy of the Methodist
church. Mrs. Tompkins was
the former Ethel Doughty, of
Norfolk.
They have spent all of their
married life in Holt county,
first on the farm south of In
man and a few years ago they
built a new home in town
where they now reside.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Tomp
kins drove from Omaha that
evening and surprised his par
| ents, returning to Omaha last
Thursday evening.
Returning from California—
EMMET—Mr. and Mrs. John
Conard and dau«?ht r, Mary
Lou, are exn^ctcd to return
this week after a visit with
friends and relativ s in Cali
fornia.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jonas
and Mr. and Mrs. William Jon
as, of Burwell, spent the week
end at the Lawrence Jonas and
Lester Jonas homes.