Thanks Resolutions
* Adopted by Board
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Gratitude for Operation Snowbound was expressed officially
for Holt countyans this week in resolutions adopted by the Holt
county board of supervisors and signed by Chairman Andy Clark,
These resolutions, entitled “Memorializing Operation Snow
bound in Holt County, Nebraska”, became a part of the county’s
official archives and copies were transmitted to military and Am
erican Red Cross personnel and their respective headquarters.
RESOLUTIONS ,
WHEREAS, the people of Holt County, Nebraska, punished
beyond the limit of human endurance by repeated blizzards and
sno.w storms since November 18. 1948, had become physically and
mentally exhausted. And
WHEREAS, Operation Snowbound with the expeditious use
of equipment and personnel rendered invaluable service in open
ing our roads and highways, and making accessible provisions for
our people and food for our livestock, alleviating suffering and dis
tress when the people, the county and the state were unable to
meet the emergency.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the board of su
pervisors of Holt county, Nebraska, on this 23rd day of February,
1949:
1. That all officers and military personnel serving in Op
eration Snowbound be memorialized for their timely and effic
ient organization and services which so effectively helped to
alleviate the suffering and distress of our people. That our
thanks be extended to:
Maj. James H. Harper, Third Engineer Officers Advanced
Course, Ft. Belvoir, Va. _„ „ , „
Capt. Richard C. Rector, Engr. Bn., TECR, Ft. Beivoir, Va.
Capt. Marion A. Ramage, Ground General School Center, Ft.
u i jpy
1/Lt. Richard Hartline, Omaha Engr. District, 1709 Jackson St.,
W/ODarreil E1 Wolfe, 5019 Army Service Unit. Offutt Air Force
Base, Omaha, Nebr. , ,
Officers serving in Sub-area II of Oepration Snowbound.
2 That the American National Red Cross, under the cap
able direction of Glenn D. Custer, General Field Representative,
be memorialized for the timely relief of human suffering and
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3. To all our people who arose to the emergency and gave
such valuable assistance and cooperation, we are sincerely
grateful.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be
transmitted to the Commanding General of Operation Snowbound,
to the American National Red Cross and to the press of Holt
County, Nebraska.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF HOLT COUNTY,
NEBRASKA,
(Signed) ANDY CLARK, Chairman.
Ag Conservation
Allocation Upped
Holt county’s allocation for
1949 agricultural conservation
program has been almost dou
bled over the 1948 figure.
This was announced Tuesday
during a meeting of AC A pre
cinct committeemen in the an
nex building here. Fifty-three
of the 75 committeemen were
present and D. F. Scott, of At
kinson, conducted the session.
Plans for 1949 were outlined.
There will be only a few
changes in practices, Scott told
his listeners.
Congress determines the
amount of money to be
spent by the department of
agriculture in agricultural
conservation work. Holt's
proportion is the fourth larg
est county figure in Nebras
ka. During 1949, 120 thousand
dollars will be spent. Last
year's figure was 63 thou
sand dollars.
Harry Ressel, of O’Neill,
chairman of the Holt ACA
committee, said that schedule
sign-up meetings are planned
for March. Announcements of
the meetings will be made in
The Frontier.
Meanwhile, applications for
1948 payments' are being made,
Ressel said.
Committee ofiicers, elected
at the annual meeting-in De
cember, are: Ressel, chairman:
Fred Mack, of Atkinson, vice
chairman: and A. J. Sauser, of
O’Neill, third member.
Plan Completion
of Legion Building
CHAMBERS — Members of
the American Legion post here
were in session Friday night.
Plans for completing the al
ready started Legion club
rooms dominated the business
session.
Work was suspended last
Fall when the weather became
unfavorable.
World Day of Prayer
Service Scheduled
Three O’Neill Protestant
churches—Wesleyan Methodist,
First Presbyterian and Meth
odist — are collaborating Fri
day in an 8 p. m. World Day
of Prayer worship service.
The rite will be held in the
Methodist church, according to
Rev. V. R. Bell, church pastor.
Committee in charge in
cludes: Mrs. L. A. Burgess.
Mrs. A. Neil Dawes, Mrs. J. P.
Brown and Mrs. M. H. Grosen
bach.
Anniversaries Noted—
Mrs. O. W. French was host
ess Friday at a dinner party
at the M & M cafe in honor
of the birthday anniversaries
of Mr. French, their son and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. O. D
French.
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER
Harold E. Weier has been
named assistant postmaster at
O’Neill, succeeding the late
William Martin, who died re
cently.
SOBOTKA RITES
HELD AT O’NEILL
Inman Woman, 83, Native
of Czechoslovakia, 111
for 9 Years
INMAN—Mrs. Caroline So
botka, 83, widow of the late
John Sobotka, died at 1:30 p.
m. last Thursday at Inman.
She had been ill for more
than nine years.
Funeral services were held
at 10 a. m. Monday in St. Pat
rick’s Catholic church at O’
Neill with Father Urbanski
officiating. Burial was in Cal
vary cemetery.
The late Mrs. Sobotka, for
merly Caroline Fanta, was
born April 1, 1965, in Hluboky,
Moravia, a province in Czech
oslovakia. She was married in
Moravia, and she immigrated
to the United States with her
late husband, settling first at
Omaha.
Next year —1885— she came
to Holt county where the fam
ily has continued to reside.
She was a member of St.
Patrick’s church.
Survivors include: Sons —
Charles, John. Joseph, George,
James, Louis, Frank and An
thony. all of Inman: daugh
ters—Mrs. Frank Pribil. of O’
Neill; Mrs. Francis Reznicek,
of Longview, Wash.; Anna, of
Inman, and Mrs. Ella Meyer,
of Beatrice.
Mrs. Sobotka spent nearly 49
• ears on the family ranch, 2%
les South of Inman. One son,
f°nry. died June 16, 1944, and
ther son, Jacob, died in Feb
■•arv at Denver. Colo. Her hus
band died on January 23, 1943.
Holt Fair Dates
Are Changed
CHAMBERS — Officials of I
the Holt County Agricultural
society, sponsors of the annual
Holt county fair and rodeo,
this week have announced a
change in fair dates. New
dates are August 31 (entry
day), September 1, 2 and 3.
Originally, the exposition
was to have been held Sep
tember 13, 14, 15 and 16.
Change was' made, officials
explained, to avoid as much
conflict with school activity as
possible and to complete ne- j
gotiations for several top at- !
tractions.
Becomes Naval
Attache in Rome
EMMET — Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Baker, of Louisville, Ky.,
well-known in the Emmet com
munity, departed from the
United States last Thursday for
Rome, Italy, where Mr. Baker
will become a naval attache in
the U. S. embassy there.
Mrs. Baker is the former Mar
jorie Holipeter, of Emmet. She
is a granddaughter of Mrs. Ma
mie Allen and a niece of Mrs.
Agnes Gaffney.
Mrs. W. D. Peters and chil
dren. J. Sue and William Dean,
returned Tuesday, February
22. from Wausa Where they
visited for three days.
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VOLUME 68—NUMBER 43_O’NEILL NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. MARCH 3. 1*4*__ PRICE 7 CENTS
FLOOD THREAT
EASED IN VALLEY
Holt Disaster Group
Participates in Meet
at Neligh
Flood threat in the upper
Elkhorn river valley has eas
ed some during the past week.
But Holt county’s disaster pre
paredness committee, headed
by Glea H. Wade, of O’Neill,
is standing by.
The disaster committee was
organized by Glen D. Custer,
general American Red Cross
field director, belore he de
parted last week after a
month’s duty here in connec
tion with Operation Snow
bound. The committee works
under the Holt county chapter
of the American Red Cross.
Under Wade are four com
mittee heads: Harry Ressel—
survey, rescue, transportation
and communications'; Mrs. Glen
Tomlinson— registration, inqui
ry, family; American Legion
auxiliary of Simonson post 93
j (Mrs. John Davidson, chair- j
| man)—food, shelter, clothing; j
: Dr. J. P. Brown, assisted by
Mrs. Melvin Ruzicka—medical
aid.
In the event flood condi
tions arise, disaster head
quarters will be in the
basement of the Holt county
courthouse.
Gov. Val Peterson called
preparedness meetings last
week in various points, in
cluding Neligh. A delegation
went to Neligh, including: Su
pervisor Fred Cronk, of Page;
John R. Gallagher, of O’Neill,
chairman of the Holt county
chapter of the American Red
Cross; Mayor H. E. Coyne, of
O’Neill, and H. L Lindberg,
j representing the Chamber of
! Commerce. Other counties
formed disaster committees
along the lines that Holt fol
lowed under Custer’s guidance.
Wade and Gallagher spoke to
the Neligh audience, which
represented civic leaders from
Norfolk to Stuart.
Meanwhile, intermittent
thawing of the heavy cargo of
snow that has blanketed the
ground since November 18 has
the Elkhorn—and many of its
tributaries—flowing bank full.
Governor Peterson has ap
proved a Nebraska disaster
plan. It provides' a permanent
organization within the state
for any disaster, but is imme
i diately concerned with floods.
The sheriff in each county
| serves as the adjutant general’s
i advisor and contact in each
1 county. The disaster prepared
ness committee will coordinate
its work in each county with
I the sheriff’s office.
ASSESSORS TO I E
’48 CATTLE VALUES
25 to 30% Increase for
’49 Turned Down by
68-18 Vote
A question that has been
plaguing livestock men for
many weeks has been settled.
By a vote of 68-18, county as
sessors in Nebraska have de
cided to use 1948 values on
livestock instead of the 25 to
■30 percent higher 1949 values
that were to have been used.
Holt County Assessor L. G.
Gillespie explained Wednesday
that the overall drop in live
stock market values that has
been taking place during the
past few months accounts for
the abandonment of the 1949
scale.
The 1948 values follow:
Purebred Cattle: Calves to
six-months-old $20; calves six
to 18-months-old, $55; calves
18- to 30-months-old, $75; milk
cows, $105: stock cattle, $85;
bulls, $150.
Grade Cattle: Calves to six
months-old, $15; calves six- to
18-months'-old, $45; calves 18
to 30-months-old, $65: heifers,
18- to 30-months - old, $55;
steers, over 30-months-old, $85;
stock cattle, $75; milk cows,
$90.
Cattle on feed: 75 percent of
local market price; bulls, $125
Pups Spend 8 Days
in Snowbank, Now Bask
in California Sun
ATKINSON — Two young
pointer puppies from the Har
ley Everett kennels here are
basking in California sunshine
these days. They are at the
home of their new owner. Leon
Pellissier, at Merced.
Times were not always thus,
however, for the two little
fellows. They were the only
two out of a litter of eight
that survived eight days in a
snowbank following the big
blizzard of November 18
Mrs. John R. Gallagher re
turned Saturday from Omaha
with her infant son, Robert
Edward.
Les Lieswald farm . . . qlacier of snow obscures view.
Object at extreme right is—of all things—top of a small building.
WEARY OF SNOW SCENES? . . . Most folks
in the O’Neill region have seen all the snow
they care to see this Winter. But The Fron
tier’s picture editor couldn’t resist these photo
graphs contributed by Les Lieswald and Ed
Wink, of Chambers. Top photo shows Lies
wald’s farm house, a mile and a half South of
Chambers, as it was surrounded by mountain
ous drifts in February. In photo house faces
South and drift (at left) is on the West side of
the building. If middle panel had been placed
at right of top picture there would have been
a panoramic effect. In lower panel, the house
chimney barely peeks around drift. Snow was
several feet higher than the house.
Ewing Moves Slowed
by Impassable Roads
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EWING—Moving this Spring
has been somewhat slowed
down by bad roads and weath
er conditions. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Bohn have moved to
their farm home: Mr. and Mrs.
M B. Hoffman and family
have moved to the Bohn resi
dence, which they purchased
some time ago; Mr. and Mrs.
John Miller have moved to
their new home in town; Mr.
and Mrs. Lyle Abney and
daughter, Velma, are moving
to a farm near Inman, Joe
Kac/.or will move to the farm
being vacated by the Abneys.
Bernard Troshynski
New Blue-J Editor —
ATKINSON — At a recent
meeting a new staff was elect
ed to head the Blue-J, St. Jo
seph’s academy paper. Bernard
Troshynski was chosen as edit
or and Leonard Troshynski
as his assistant
Other staff members are;
Janet Judge, Gerald Vogal,
Charles Kokes, Norma Parsons,
Donald Straka. Bernard Liable,
James Frohman Robert Faust,
Paul James. La Vern Engler.
John Ziska. Mary Schorn,
Bertha Lutz. Thresia Liable
and Maxine Ziska
‘Voice’ Remains at
9:30 Thru March
It was announced in last
week’s issue that the “Voice of
The Frontier” radio program,
on radio station WJAG, Nor
folk, beginning Wednesday,
March 2, would be heard at
9:45 a. m. on Mondays, Wed
nesdays and Saturdays instead
of 9:30.
However, details for the
switch were not completed and
the quarter-hour remote con
trol program will continue to
be heard at 9:30 from the O -
Neill studios in The Frontier
building.
Adequate advance publicity
will be given when the change
is made, which will enable The
Frontier to extend its program
to a half-hour when necessary.
Wednesday’s program fea
tured a preview of Thursday s
Star Specials, which are ex
ceptional bargains being offer
ed for today only by live O -
Neill merchants.
Each Wednesday the “Voice
of The Frontier” will give a
preview of the Thursday only
Star Specials, which will be
presented in detail in the reg
ular Thursday edition of The
Frontier.
Win Blue Ribbons
in Speech Contest
Two Holt county 4-H club
bers received blue ribbon
awards at the district 4-H pub
lic speaking contest held at
Bassett last Thursday. They
were Maxine Peterson, of Am- s
elia, and Murray Mellor, of
Atkinson. The annual public
speaking contest is sponsored
by KFAB and each district is
entitled to one boy and one girl
to compete for state honors.
Maxine and Murray repre
sented Holt countv and used
as' their topics, "Youth's Part
in the Future,” and “Soil Con
servation.”
The county contest that was
scheduled to have been held in
February had to be postponed
and these two were asked to
represent the county. Maxine
and Murray each will be
awarded a gift from KFAB.
WEATHER SUMMARY
DATE high low prec.
February 24 48 15
February 25 32 13
February 26 35 17 .01
February 27 36 25
February 28 28 15
March 1 30 22
March 2 40 25
Need printing?—Frontier.
WAR VET SUCCEEDS
ED J. MATOUSEK
Longtime Holt Supervisor
Quits Hoard Due to
‘HI Health’
Alex Frickel, Atkinson farm
er and a single World War II
veteran, has been appointed by
the Holt county board of su
pervisors to fill the unexpired
term of Ed J. Matousek, vet
eran supervisor, who resigned.
Both are Republicans.
Matousek, also of Atkinson,
submitted his resignation to the
board late last Thursday af
ternoon while the board was
winding up the heavy Febru
ary agenda, which was weight
ed with blizzard burdens.
Resignation read:
“Please accept my resigna
tion as supervisor in district
seven at (this) meeting. I re
gret that this action becomes
necessary. My health no long
er permits me to fulfill the du
ties of this office.”
Republican Chairman An
dy Clark, who took over the
chairmanship the first of the
year following Malousek's
decline to serve in that ca
pacity another year, said that
the resignation came as a
"complete surprise" to him.
For the past three years
Matousek served as chairman
of the board. Previously he
had served as chairman for
two years.
Frickel’s prompt appointment
likewise came as a surprise.
Matousek made the recom
i mendation.
Besides being a prominent
northeast of Atkinson farmer,
Frickel is well-known in base
ball circles. He is a son of
Conrad Frickel, sr., also of
Atkinson. He spent 26 months '
in Panama during the late
war and was separated from
the service on December 2,
1944.
Dean of the board now is H.
W. Hubbard (Republican), of
Chambers. Other members, be
sides Clark, Hubbard and
Frickel, are: Albert Sterns
(Democrat), of O’Neill; Frank
Cronk (Republican), of Page;
Axel Borg (Republican), of O’
Neill, and A. M Batenhorst
(Democrat), of Stuart.
Council to Hear
Lighting Proposal
Next session of the O’Neil]
city council the members will
hear an extensive street-light
ing proposal from officials of
Consumers Public Power dis
trict. Mayor H. E. Coyne said
a meeting was to have been
held Tuesday night, but was
delayed.
L. C. Walling, Consumers
district manager, will outline a
plan to the council whereby a
modern new “white way” can
be erected in O’Neill. Lights
would b e constructed o n
Douglas street East-and-West
from city limit-to-city limit
and North - and - South on
Fourth street from the O’Neill
public school gymnasium cor
ner South to the railroad
tracks.
Lighting equipment would
be similiar to that now in use
on Norfolk avenue in Norfolk.
Belgian Couple to
Reside at Chambers
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CHAMBERS — Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Demense, of Belgium, ar
rived in Chambers February 18
to make thier home here. They
immigrated to the United States
under the European displaced
persons plan.
Arriving at the North Wester©
railway station in O’Neill, they
were met by relatives, the Raes
brothers.
The Demenses are tenants in
a house on the Raes brothers
ranch.
Dog Pack Almost
Annihilates Flock
AMELIA — While Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Pierce, of Amelia,
were in town Saturday, a
pack of five dogs killed more
than a hundred chickens on
their place.
The dogs were having their
fun when the family returned
from town. Only 15 chickens
out of the flock were still
alive.
Norfolkan Speaks During
Laymen’s Service at Ewing
EWING — In observance of
layman’s day, the entire ser
vice Sunday at the Methodist
church was presided over by
members of the congregation.
Guest speaker for the occasion
was Merle W. Lumadue, of
Norfolk, who delivered the
main address. “I Am a Meth
odist.”