stati hist SOC
O'Neill Truckers
Meet Governor
Owners and Operators Go
to Lincoln to Seek
Ran Lift
A delegation of O'Neill
truck owners and operators
‘ met Tuesday afternoon in Lin
coln with Gov. Val Peterson
and State Highway Engineer
F. H. Klietsch to protest pres
ent weight restrictions for
trucks operating on North-Ne
braska highways.
The O’Neill delegation was
not alone, however. Earlier
arrangements with civic groups
in Scottsbluff, Chadron, Gor
don, Alliance, Kimball, Wayne,
Hay Springs, Valentine, Merri
man, Bassett, Brewster. Harri
son, Ord, Neligh, Rushville,
Hyannis, Pilger, Royal, Or
chard, Newport, Chambers,
Stuart, Broken Bow, and oth
er towns provided a delegation
of 250 for the hearing with
the Governor.
Gene Haylett, of Scotts
t bluff, was spokesman for the
entire group. L. D. Putnam
was spokesman for fhe O'
Neill delegation.
Among O’Neillites at the
hearing besides Putnam, were:
D. E. ( "Bud”) Seger, Clarence
Booth, L. M. Diehlman, Ned
Porter, Robert Yantzi, H. L.
Lindberg, Verne Beckwith,
John Turner, Donald Martin,
James Fredrickson and Wayne
Fox.
The protests failed to get
the weight restrictions lifted
immediately, but Governor
Peterson told Klietsch to make
a personal inspection of the
1 ighways, starting Wednesday,
to “lift or ease restrictions on
every mile you can.”
All “blacktop” and gravel
highways in North - Nebraska
were posted with a 10 thous
and pound per axle load limit
by the highway department on
Tuesday, March 15. Meanwhile,
gravel roads have been remov
ed from the restricted list a
long with two short bitumi
nous sections, and the load
limit was raised to 12 thousand
pounds.
/—* ^ — DrvfftrcVvn nnPlQI'Ori
in answer to criticism, "We
have imposed these restrictions
in an honest attempt to protect
our highways. Similar r e -
structions have been made in
nearby states. If the law is
wrong, repeal it. If it’s right,
then let’s enforce it.”
The Governor directed one
remark to the truckers. He
said:
"I say if you want good
roads, get behind some con
structive program and get
money enough to build good
roads.”
Board of directors of the O’
Neill Chamber met in special
session last week to draft a
protest on the weight restric
tions, wiring the Governor to
say that the limit “threatened
the economy of the region.”
Steps were immediately tak
en to enlist interest of other
civic groups.
O’Neill truck owners and op
erators met Monday morning
to plan Tuesday’s trip.
L. M. Diehlman, manager of
Tri-State Produce Co. and one
of the visitors at the hearing,
indicated that “some good
might have been accomplished,
but I expect no immediate re
sults until sometime Thurs
day.”
State highway department
officials were in O'Neill ear
ly Wednesday to carry out
the Governor's instructions
to make a special inspection.
O’Neill truckers were in
unanimous agreement that the
10 and 12 thousand pound per
axle restrictions were “too se
vere” but that the 18-thousand
pound limit, provided by law,
“should be enforced” in order
to save the roads. They agreed
that flagrant overloading was
causing most of the road dam
age.
Elias Clark, Wife
Married 60 Years
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Clark, of
O’Neill, Wednesday celebrated
their 60th wedding anniversa
ry. Mr. Clark is in ill health
and Mrs. Clark has been an in
' valid for several years. They
came to the O’Neill community
from Hornelsville, N. Y., in
1906. They are the parents of
10 children. Mr. Clark will be
90 in June and Mrs. Clark has
passed her 78th birthday anni
versary.
.
Final Burial for
Ernest Hrbek
LYNCH—Final funeral ser
vices were held Friday for Er
nest Hrbek, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Hrbek, of Monowi, at the ,
Mannen funeral home in Lynch.
Ernest, a veteran of World War .
II, was killed on Okinawa Ap
ril 29, 1945, where he served i
with the 17th Infantry division.
Burial was held at Verdigre.
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Shriners to Omaha —
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Shriner
will depart today (Thursday)
for Omaha to witness an ice
carnival. They will return on
Monday.
O’NEILL WOMAN
DIES SUDDENLY
Mrs. Howard Perkins, 61,
Succumbs Shortly After
Entering Hospital
Death Saturday claimed the
life of Mrs. Howard M. Per
kins, 61, an O’Neill resident
and a native of Holt county.1
About 5 p. m. Friday she be
came ill at her home here,
next day she was taken to the
O’Neill hospital where she died
about 1 p. m.—an hour after
entering. A heart ailment was
given as' the cause of her
death.
Funeral services were held
at 3 p. m. Monday in First
Presbyterian church here with
Burial was in Prospect Hill
cemetery under direction of
Rev. Ralph Gerber officiating.
Biglin Bros.
Mrs. Perkins, nee Myrtle
Zell Roby, ws bocn Novem
ber 25. 1888, near Ewing, a
daughter of Frank and Mary
Ettleman Roby.
A son, George James, also
was’ born to the Roby’s at
which time the mother died.
Myrtle then was six-years-old.
The two children were reared
by their grandparents, George
and Katherine Ettleman.
On September 18, 1904, Myr
tle Zell Roby and Howard M.
Perkins were married near
Chambers.
Except for six years spent
on a homestead near Crawford,
Mrs. Perkins spent most of her
life in Holt county, ^he Per
kins family lived on a farm
near Chambers until 1936,
when they moved to O’Neill.
Survivors include: Widower;
i sons—Richard Earl Perkins, of
I Los Angeles, Calif., and De
Wight D. Perkjns, of Denver,
Colo.; daughter— Mrs. Calmer
Nielsen, of Gillette, Wyo.; bro
ther—George James Roby, of
Ewing; and six grandchildren.
PRIVATE FOX’S
REMAINS ARRIVE
Final Burial Saturday for
Holt Man Killed in
Action of Leyte
The body of Pfc. James I.
Fox, returned recently to the
United States from the Pacific
area aboard the Army Trans
port Sgt. Jack Pendleton, Fri
day will arrive in O’Neill.
y 4 5 „ * m mm
Pfc. James I. Fox
Rites will be held at 2:30 p.
m. Saturday at Biglin Bros,
mortuary and burial will be in
Prospect Hill cemetery.
Private Fox was killed in
action on March 2, 1945, on
Leyte. He had entered the
Army on October 6, 1941,
and spent three years over
seas. He was 25-years-old at
the lime of his death.
Survivors include: Parents—
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fox, of
Emmet; brother—Richard; sis
ters' — Mrs. June Newton, of
Emmet; Mrs. Dorothy Kramer,
of O’Neill. One infant brother
preceded him in death.
Ernst and White
Reelected to Board
The annual meeting of the
Holt county extension service
was held last Thursday in the
Holt county courthouse annex
building. More than two hun
dred persons attended.
Clarence Ernst, of O’Neill,
district 3 supervisor, and Glen
White, of Amelia, district 5
supervisor, were reelected to
the board of directors.
Mr. Ernst showed a number
of pictures which he had tak
en on his recent European
tour and talked on conditions
abroad. Lyle P. Dierks dis
cussed “Farmstead Improve
met.” Mrs. Edgar Stauffer, of,
Page, co-chairman of the home
demonstration council, review
ed project work during the
past year, and A. Neil Dawes,
Holt county agent, discussed
4-H activities. Mrs. Ray Siders
told of some of the extension
work accomplished during Op
eration Snowbound.
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VOLUME 68—NUMBER 46 O'NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. MARCH 24. 1949. PRICE 7 CENT?
WIFE OF CHAMBERS
DOCTOR EXPIRES
Mrs. J. W. Gill. 72, Dies
at Home After Return
from Hospital
Pneumonia Victim
CHAMBERS — Mrs. J. W.
Gill, 72, wife of a Chambers
doctor, died Wednesday eve
ning, March, 16, at her Jiome
in Chambers. Death was caus
ed by a heart attack, relatives
said.
Mrs. Gill had been hospital
ized at Norfolk with a seige of
pneumonia, but had recovered
sufficiently to enable her to be
removed to her home.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 2 p. m. Saturday
at the Methodist church with
Rev. Ralph Gerber, of O’
Neill, officiating. Burial was
in the Chambers cemetery.
raubearers were: J. W,
Walter, Reed Bell, C. E. Tib
bets, William Reninger, Walter
Richards and Louis Neilson.
Music was furnished by a
quartette composed of Leo T. I
Adams, Mrs. Letha Cook, Mrs.
Adams and Ray Hoffman with
Mrs. Robert Turner at the pi- !
ano. The quartette sang “The
Old Rugged Cross,” “Beautiful
Valley of Peace” and “Blessed
Be the Tie."
In charge of flowers were:
1 Mrs. M. L. Sageser, Mrs. Vern
Sageser, Mrs. C. E. Tibbets
| and Mrs. Reed Bell.
Bertha Marie Wetz, daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hen
ry Wetz. was born at Warsaw.
111., on April 9, 1877. Later,
she went to Lincoln, where she
was united in marriage to Dr.
J. W. Gill on June 14, 1911.
They lived in Lincoln and
West Point for a short time
and moved to Chambers in the
Summer of 1912.
To this union four children
were born — three daughters
and an infant, who died at
birth. Two daughters, Lor
raine and Nadine, preceded
their mother in death. The
fourth daughter is Mrs. Melba
I Spath.
For a number of years,
Mrs. Gill frequently assisted
Doctor Gill at the bedside of
his patients. She was a
homebody and look pride in
her home and flowers.
Survivors include: Widower;
daughter—Mrs. Frank (Melba)
Spath, of Chambers'; grand
daughter — Elaine Spath, of
Chambers; sisters—Mrs. George
j Thomas, of Seward, and Mrs.
Frank McBain, of Morehouse,
Mo.
Her brother, William Wetz,
preceded her in death.
Out-of-town people attend
' ing the funeral were her sis
j ters, Mrs. George Thomas, of
| Seward; Mr. and Mrs. M F
McBain, of Morehouse, Mo.;
Mrs. Dean Bachelder, of Sew
| ard; Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Gill
j and Gretchen, of Tekamah,
I and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Gill,
j of Omaha.
Pay Boosts for
School Faculty
All members of the O’Neill
public school faculty have been
reelected. Pay increases of $200
per year will be granted to
grade teachers, and $100 per
year boosts will be extended to
high school teachers.
Sixteen of the teachers have
until May 1 to accept their con
tracts. They are: Supt. Ira
George, Principal Lloyd Sex
ton, Marvin Miller, Esther Kin
nier, Alice French, Claire Tom
jack, Viola Haynes, George Nich
ols, Loretta Enright, Hilda Gal
lagher, Eunice Sexton, Kathryn
Fritton, Alice Fritton, LaVerne
Schultz, Florence Schultz, Helen
Donohoe and Grace Petersen.
Contracts with two other
teachers do not expire until July
1, and contracts with three oth
ers, teaching on special permits,
cannot be renewed until after
August 1.
Auction Calendar
The Frontier's combination
auction sale service has the
following sales listed: *
Friday, March 25—Will Sitz
Angus dispersion sale, one
mile East and 15 miles South
of Stuart; Ed Thorin, auction
eer.
Friday, March 25—Tom Chil
quist close - out sale, three
fourths of a mile East of In
man; George P. Colman, auc
tioneer.
(The combination auction
sale service includes radio
and newspaper advertising,
* handbills, and free listing in
this calendar — a "package"
offer assuring maximum re
sults at a minimum cost.)
JOHN S. KIR WIN
DIES IN BOISE
Former O’Neillite, Native
of Ireland, a Veteran
Idaho Builder
John Sarsfield Kirwan, 88,
retired Boise, Ida., builder and
a former O’Neill resident, died
Saturday, March 5, at his home
in Boise, 1912 North 11th
street. „
He was a son of early Holt
county pioneers.
Mr. Kirwan went to Colo
rado from O’Neill and about
40 years ago moved from Col
arado to Boise. Until his re
tirement he was active in con
struction work. He was bolrn
March 8, 1861, in County Tip
perary, Ireland.
He was an active member of
St. John’s Catholic Cathedral
parish and the Boise council of
the Knights of Columbus. Bur
ial was made at Boise.
- Survivors include: Widow—
Mrs. Anna Kirwan, of Boise.
Sons— Phil Kirwan, of Boise;
Daniel, of Chicago, 111.; and
Paul, of Burlingame, Calif.
Daughter— Josephine Kirwan,
of San Francisco, Calif. Broth
ers — Phil, of Glenwood
Springs, Colo., and Edward, of
Fairfax. Grandchildren—Shir
ley Dawn and Mary Jo Kir
wan, both of Boise.
O’NEILL NATIVE
DIES IN WEST
Raymond J. McBride, 49,
Graduated from St.
Mary’s Academy
A former O’Neill resident,
Raymond J. McBride, 49, died
I recently in San Francisco, Cali.,
! following a .lingering illness.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward McBride, deceased pioneer
O’Neill residents, he was born
in O’Neill, graduating from St,
Mary’s academy. He later at
tended the Colorado School ol
Mines and was a World War 1
veteran, having served with the
army.
Mr. McBride left O’Neill as a
boy, moving with his family to
Butte. Mont., later going to
Los Angeles and San Francis
co, where at the time of his death
he was employed as an adjus
ter by General Motors Corp.
Survivors include: Widow—
Marv. of San Franciso; sister—
Florence, of Los Angeles; broth
ers—John G.. of Superior, Wise.,
Leo F.. of Mankato, Minn., and
William P. and Leonard H. both
of Los Angeles.
Funeral services were held in
San Francisco where Mr. Mc
Bride was buried in Golden
Gate national cemetery.
LUMBERMAN DIES
BASSETT — Harry Gallagh
er, 75, veteran Bassett lumber
man, will be buried today
(Thursday) at Bassett. He died
Monday after being ill for three
years. Survivors include two
daughters and two sons, Thomas,
of Bassett, and Norm, of Stu
art.
Mr. and Mrs John Ross and
son, of Atkinson, Sunday vis
ited his parent- Mr. and Mrs.
Manford Ross.
WESLEYAN CHORUS COMING ... The 24-voice Nebraska
Wesleyan university male chorus will make a public appearance
in O’Neill at 8 p. m. Monday. The chorus, on a 2,500-mile
Spring concert tour, will appear at the Method it church here.
Prof. Leonard Paulsen is the director. Dale Jarv s, of Atkinson,
is a member of the chorus.
ATKINSON SCENE
OF SPEECH MEET
Pupils to Converge tor
C lass ‘A’ and *B’
Competition
O’Neill Plays Entered
ATKINSON — Supt. John
Ward and Atkinson high
school Friday will be host to,
the district III class A and B
high school speech meet. More;
than 60 pupils will participate.
Judges for the program of
individual readings and one
act plays will be D. S. Wil
liams, of Lincoln, faculty
member at the University of
Nebraska, and Dean F. Graun
ke, of Norfolk, faculty member
at Norfolk junior college.
Schools to be represented
are Class A (with over 151
average daily attendance) —
- St. Mary's of O'Neill, O'Neill
high, Ainswocth and Valen
tine; class B (with up to 150
average daily attendance) —.
Atkinson high, St. Joseph's
of Atkinson, Keya Paha
county high school, Stuart
and Long Pine.
The morning program, be
ginning at 10 o’clock, follows;
Original oratory: Class A —
11a Carter, St. Mary’s; Eugene
Harnish, Ainsworth. Class B—
Bonnie Dickau, Atkinson; Ber
nard Troshynski, St. Joseph’s.
Radio newscasting: Class A
—Robert Spearman, Ainsworth.
Interpretive oratory: Class A
—Roberta Lawliss, Valentine;
Stanley Price, St. Mary’s. Class
B—Rose Osborn, Atkinson; Lu
cille Mitchell, Stuart; Bradley
Lear, Keya Paha.
Extemporaneous: Class A —
Robert Spearman, Ainsworth.
Class B — Vallee Cook, Keya
Paha.
The afternoon program, be
ginning at 1 o'clock, follows:
Humorous: Class A—Wilma
Schneidereit, Ainsworth; Phyl
lis Seger, O’Neill; Helen Con
nors, Valentine; Patricia Cain,
St. Mary’s. Class B— Marlene
Brooke, St. Joseph’s; Robert
McCoy, Keya Paha; Shirley
Withers, Atkinson; Vesta Mit
chell, Stuart.
Dramatic: Class A — Alice
Scofield, O’Neill; Shirley Heer
inan, Ainsworth; Dorothy Iler,
St. Mary's; Joan Chicoine, Val
entine. Class B — Sue Nuens
wander, Atkinson; Mary Mock,
Keya Paha.
r The one-act play contest will
| begin at approximately 3:50 p
| m. Program follows:
Comedy: Class A — O’Neill,
I “First Dress Suit,” cast—Don
! na Crabb, Dwayne Borg, Mari
j lyn Holsclaw, Donald Wagnon
Class B — Long Pine, “Sod":
j Atkinson, “Giant Stair.” Cast
Jean Humphrey, Joan Jarvis
Douglas R o s s m a n, James
White; Stuart, “Cornin’ Arounc
the Mountain,” cast — Lorettr
Berry, James Batenhorst, Mil
dred Kaup, Roland Kunz, Joar
Steinhauser, Laura Mulford
Marvel Jean Johnson and Johr
Obermire.
Dramatic: Class A—St. Ma
ry’s, “Dust of the Road,” cas
—Gerald Wills, Janice Jarmen
Jack Carney, John O’Neill
Valentine, “Cornhusked Doll.’
Mrs, Cowperthwaite
Succumbs Monday
Mrs. Arthur Cowperthwaite,
69 - year - old O’Neill woman,
died Monday at 4 p. m. at her
■ home here following a linger
! ing illness.
The body was shipped from
O’Neill to Omaha on Wednes
day by Biglin Bros, for rites
at Forest Lawn cemetery.
Mrs. Cowperthwaite’s maid
en name was Minnie Lorena
LeZotte. She was born at
Beaver Crossing on February
18, 1880.
Survivors include: Widower;
three sisters and one brother. |
African Missionary
Exhibits Idols, Films
Miss Ruth Bixler, who spent
three years as a missionary in
Africa, near Freetown, spoke
at the Wesleyan Methodist
church on Tuesday, March 15.
Miss Bixler showed moving
pictures she had taken on her
return trip home. Miss Bixler
also showed souveniers from
the natives. One was a bag of
beads, which some natives !
worship as a god.
Miss Bixler. who will tour
churches in the United States
for a year, is a niece of Mrs.
Seraldia Johnson, of Emmet. ;
She is also related to Mr. and
Mrs. Sewald Johnson, of Em
met, Frank Searles and Mr.
and Mrs. Lowell A. Johnson.
Her parents live in South Da
kota.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Bobby Joe Rodgers, 20, of
Clearwater, and Gyva Rebecca
Ziegenbein, 28. of Clearwater,
March 22.
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Mrs. Ida Townsend . . •
Page's oldest resident dies.
(See story at right.)
SNOW AND RAIN
VISIT REGION
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First Day of Spring Is
Ushered in by Rain
Turning to Snow
Spring—at last-—has come.
This year it follows a Win
ter of suffering and hardship—
one that will not soon be for
gotten.
Early Monday a light drizzle
turned into snow, which melt
ed as soon as it touched the
earth, and that is how Holt
county welcomed the Spring of
1949.
Intermittent precip i t a t i o n
during the past seven days has
netted nearly a hall-inch of
moisture.
Most observers report that
the Holt soil is in "excellent
condition for Spring work."
The orderly run-off of most
of the snow has been a god
send, they say, and there
seems to be an abundance of
moisture in the ground.
Country roads, unattended
for many months because of
i the heavy snow, have been
! torn and chewed by bulldozers,
tractors and other types of ve
hicles. In some instances flood
waters have been damaging.
Most roads are virtually im
passable.
Officials say that road reha
bilitation and road mainten
ance pose the biggest problem
of its kind in history.
Until now Ol’ Dobbin’ has
been the only sure means of
conveyance off the main high
ways. Lack of horses on many
farms has been felt.
Despite the wetness, a
number of farmers have tak
en advantage of recent good
weather to remove Iasi
year's corn crop front the
fields.
Weather summary for the
past seven days, based on 24
hour periods ending at 8 a. m.
daily, follows:
Hi Lo Prec.
March 17 28 15
March 18 29 17
1 March 19 . 33 20 .01
March 20 44 28
I March 21 .. 65 32 .21
■ March 22 38 25 .04
i March 23 _ 42 28 .19
! Total_ 45
John Deere Day
Program Here Friday
Lloyd Collins Implement com
Eany is sponsoring a John
eere day entertainment here
j Friday. Program will begin
with a free lunch at noon at
the American Legion hall.
Highlighting the program
will be the film, “The Sugar
Plum Tree," starring Billie
Burke and Don Wilson. In ad
dition there will be several
“interesting and educational
pictures on John Deere equip
ment and modern farming
practices," Mr. Collins said.
The program originally was j
planned for. January but had
to be postponed because of
bad weather.
IDA TOWNSEND, 92,
PAGE WOMAN, DIES
Mother of 13 Outlives
9 ol Own Children;
Horn in New York
Takes Vows in 1872
I PAGE—Mrs. Ida Townsend,
192, Page’s oldest resident, is
I dead.
This nonagenarian, also one
; of Holt county’s oldest, suc
cumbed at 4 a. m. on Sunday
following a lingering illness.
She had been seriously ill for
I two weeks.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p. m. Tuesday in the
Methodist church at Page with
Rev. T. O. Brownfield, church
pastor, in charge. Burial was
\ in the Page cemetery.
Mrs. Townsend, nee Ida Farr,
i was born at Malone, N. Y„ on
July 27, 1856. Her parents
were Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Farr.
When she was eight years
old her parents moved to
Wisconsin, On November 9,
1872. she was united in mar
riage to Waldron C. Town
! send and to this union 13
children were born; nine
having preceded her in
death.
When this part of Nebraska
was opened to homesteaders,
the family came to Holt coun
ty and settled on a homestead
five miles South of the present
site of Page. They came in a
covered wagon. Here the fam
ily grew up amid drouths,
pests and prairie fires.
When Mr. Townsend’s health
failed, they purchased a home
in Page. He died on June 14,
1905. He had been a veteran
of the Civil war.
There after, Mrs. Townsend
spent several years in Wyom
ing where she took a claim.
Later, she returned to her
home in Page where she con
tinued to live until her death.
At about the age of 20 she
joined the Methodist church.
She taught a Sunday - school
i class, was president of the
Ladies’ Aid, and was a long
time member of the WCTU.
About a year ago she was
made a life member of the
W S C S. (formerly Ladies’
Aid) and on her last birth
day anniversary — July 27.
1948—the society voted to
thereafter designate July 27
as "Ida Townsend Mission
Day" and will raise funds to
give to her favorite mission
ary work.
She was a member of the
Woodman Circle, a branch of
the Woodman of the World
lodge, for the past 50 years.
Survivors include: Sons —
Clint, of Page, and William, of
Osage, Wyo.; daughters — Mrs.
Fred (Jessie) Swain, of Rapid
City, S. D. and Mrs. Curt
(Bernice) Ware, of Hanford,
Calif.; half-sister— Mrs. Harry
Morrison, of Viroque, Wis.; 13
grandchildren; 28 great-grand
- children.
All of the sons and daugh
ters were home at the time of
Mrs. Townsend’s death except
Mrs. Ware.
L. R. Tompkins, Wife
Married 40 Years
INMAN — Mr. and Mrs. L. R.
Tompkins went to Norfolk Tues
days, March 15, returning Wed
nesday. The Tompkins were
celebrating their 40th wedding
anniversary which occurred on
March 17. They were married in
the Norfolk Methodist church
in 1909 by the late Rev. Charles
Wayne Ray.
Mrs. Tompkins was Miss Eth
el Doughty, of Norfolk.
Depa.-t for Coast—
John and Ralph Davidson
departed Monday for Arizona
and Southern California,
where they will spend about
six weeks.
Over 700 at Dance —
More than 700 persons at
tended the St. Patrick's dance
at the American Legion ball
room last Thursday night.
Atkinson’s Fred Mlinar Making Rounds with
Vegetable Basket Sure Sign of Spring
By MAUDE SILVERSTRAND
Special Correspondent
ATKINSON— A sure sign of
Spring was seen in Atkinson
the other day. Fred Mlinar.
who gladdens the hearts of
many housewives with his ear
ly fruits an vegetables was
making the rounds with his
market basket.
For many years. Mr. Mlinar
has delivered the first delicious
ang to the faded Winter menus
with his early horseradish and
rhubarb. Later on he supplies
"ver y vegetable imaginable
from that well-worn basket.
His garden is known far-and
wide.
Mr. Mlinar, past 85, now is
one of Atkinson’s oldest pio
neers and was formerly a
farmer, real estate agent and
businessman. Through the
years he has lived in this com
munity.
TO REBUILD DAM
ATKINSON — The old mill
dam on the Elkhorn river will
be rebuilt, Frank J. Brady, a
member of the state game, for
estation and parks commission,
has announced. He said com
mission engineers will begin
work as soon as the weather
permits.
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