LONE CONTEST IN
MUNY ELECTION
(Continued from page 1)
man, Mr. Perry and Mis. Con
ard.
M B ("Spike") Lawrence col
lected 18 votes ani.Grant Pea
cock received 14.
There was no school election.
Lively Turnout at
Ewing Polls —
EWING—One hundred and
forty-seven ballots were cast in
Tuesday's municipal election at
Ewing. ., _
John Walker and W’aldo Davis
were reelected to the board of
education with 91 and 87 votes,
respectively. J. L. Pruden, only
other candidate, pressed closely
behind with 84.
Ewing voters selected two
new members for the village
board. Thev are: L C. Dierks
and E. L Welke. Dierks collect
ed 93 votes, 'Welke 87. Retiring
village trustees are Clyde Allen,
who was mayor, and Elrad
Saunders. Neither Allen nor
Saunders were a candidate for
reelection.
2 New School Officials
Picked at Page —
PAGE — Tuesday’s election
was "very quiet" but resulted in
the selection of two new mem
bers for the board of education, i
They are Melvin Held and Wal
ter Christon. They succeed Roy |
Haynes, who moved away, and
A G Braddock. who was defeat
ed. Another name on the bal
lot was that of Ivan Heiss.
Only 105 votes were cast in
the school election—97 in the
town voting. . . .
Dr. E. J. Bild was reelected to
the town council. Gerald Lama
son is the new member, succeed
ing O. L. Reed, whose name was
not on the ballot.
Porter, Taylor New
Chambers Trustees —
CHAMBERS — Frank Por
ter and Glenn Taylor
are new trustess on the
Chambers village board. They
succeed Joseph Daas and Clif
ford Gillette.
There were no names on the
ballot in Tuesday’s election. One
hundred and four votes were
cast. _ . !
Taylor received 94; Porter,
82; Gillette, 11; Edwin Wink, 6;
Daas, 3; Charles Spath, 2.
There was no school election
at Chambers.
No Opposition in
Inman Balloting—
INMAN —Dan Sholes and
David MorsbacS were reelected
to the board of education at
Inman witth no opposition. •
ROYAL
THEATER
O'NEILL
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THURSDAY - APRIL 7
Clark Gable, Jeanette Mac
Donald and Spencer Tracy
in
San Francisco
with Jack Holt, Jessie
Ralph and Ted Healy.
A dm.: 42c. plus tax 8c, to
tal 50c children 10c, plus
tax 2c, total Me.
A * . I
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FRIDAY - SATURDAY -
APRIL 8-9
Big Double Bill
Frank Buck’s Original
Bring ’Em Back
Alive
— also —
Allan Lane and Bobby
Blake in
Stagecoach to
Denver
Adm. 42c. plus tax 8c, To
tal 50 — Children 10c, plus
tax 2c, total 12c.
Matinee Saturday 2.i0
★ ★ ★
SUNDAY-MONDAY-TUES
DAY - APRIL 10-11-12
M-G-M Presents the First
Big Picture of 1949!
Clark Gable, Walter Pidg
eon, Van Johnson, Brian
Donlevy in
Command
Decision
with Charles Bickford, John
Hodiak, Edward Arnold.
*2c> plus tax ic, to
tal 50c — Children 10c. plus
tax 2c. total 12c.
Matinee Sunday 2t30
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WEDNESDAY - THURS
DAY - APRIL 13-14
Betty Hutton and Macdon
ald Carey in
Dream Girl
Adm.: 42c. plus tax t, to
tal SO; children 10c. plus
tax 2. total 12c.
Meanwhile, L. R. Tompkins,
Harry McGraw and George P.
Coleman were returned to the
village board without a con
test.
Only 47 votes were cast,
mostly by townspeople because
rural roads were impassable
for voters living outside the
village.
SEEPAGE CAUSES
DAMAGE AT EWING
Pump Nif?ht-and-I)ay to
Prevent Ruin in
School Gym
EWING—An estimated 18
inches of snow fell here last
week, bringing the year’s total
to nearly 90 inches. Roads al
ready impassable, except to
tractors, are now completely
closed to travel.
TTie approach to the cem
etery bridge across the Elk
horn river East of town has
been washed out for a distance
of nearly 50 feet. The highest
reading of the Elkhorn was
1015 feet, almost seven feet
above normal. No damage to
the bridge north of town on
higghway 10R has been report
ed
Many farmers and ranch
ers were caught without
feed. Losses may be greater
than followingg thee Novem
ber storm due to the weak- |
ened condition of the cattle.
The air lift was called back
into operation here Friday and
Saturday. Flyers were busy
once more carrying supplies to
those who are unable to get
to town.
Many basements in town are
filled with water. Theree has
been no flooding in town, but
the high water table causes'
most basements and cellars to;
fill from seepage. Nels Berg
strom, school custodian, has
been pumping night-and-day
in order to prevent the high
water from flooding the aud
itorium.
Little relief is in sight. On
Monday there was about eight
inches of snow left on the gr
ound and the sub soil is “so
saturated that most of the wat
er will run off," one observer
said.
Flood conditions became:
wore again here Monday night
and Tuesday. The rampaging
South Fork Creek undermined
the East approach to the bridge
crossing vs. highway 27’, South
closing U. S. highway 275,
South of town, the full width
of the bridge and six- to eight
foot back. Highway crews went
to work with planks and sand
bags in an effort to prevent fur
ther washing.
The Elkhorn had risen to 9.3
feet Tuesday morning, a foot
above the reading of Monday
night. It is still rising, and with
high water coming from the O’
Neill and Inman areas, it may
leave its banks in this vicinity.
Until Tuesday night, all homes
were intact and no evacuations
had been necessary.
Letters lo Editor
The article written by the
“Little Old Lady” in last
week’s Frontier with the
thought of keeping O’Neill
clean was fine, but as we read
it, we could not help thinking
of another vital, crying need
We wonder why O’Neill, the
best town lying outdoors, can’t
have postal delivery. Other
towns in the same class —
smaller—have had such deliv
ery for years. Neligh and Ains
worth are instances. This is ho
fault of our local postoffice but
it’s practically impossible for
newcomers to secure a box,
our town has grown so rapidly, |
and where two, three and
sometimes four families have
to share the same box there
are bound to be mail mix ups.
This is not much to discredit
our local office, but O’Neill
has, it seems, outgrown the
setup we have. If this need
could be met it would make a
lot of people happy.
Other towns do it. Why
can’t we? If we need more
sidewalks, let’s build them!
“A Comparative Newcomer”
The secret Chinese Hung So
ciety is sixteen centuries old,
according to the Encyclopaedia
Britannica.
RIVER HIGHEST
IN 52 YEARS
(Continued from page 1)
the historic blizzards. Tractors
and horses have been the only
sure means of conveyance.
Several carriages in the
neighborhood of 25-years-old
or more — have been put to
use and seen on streets of O'
Neill and other Holt commun
ities. Teams and wagons have
been in common usage for
weeks.
Calving crises, created by last
week's unseaonable blizzard,
now has been alleviated, al
though losses have been fairly
high.
Atkinson was virtually cut
off from the outside world for
several days and was without
light and power for about 30
hours.
Most communications were
partially restored by late last
Thursday.
Wind Uproots Trees
in Celia Neighborhood —
CELIA — On eWdnesday,
March 30, the worst single bliz
zard of the year visited Celia. A
very wet snow, blown by a
strong wind, covered trees, up
rooting a number of them and
made it dangerous for man or
beast to be outside.
Several in the Celia commun
ity lost sto^k. Huge drifts again
filled yards and made traveling
impossible for a few days. On
Saturday D. F. Scott and Ed
Hoffman followed the snowplow
out from Atkinson and got
within a few miles from their
homes when by the aid of Le
Roy Hoffman with horses and a
wagon. Mr. Hoffman finally ar
rived home. He brought out the
mail of this neighborhood.
Mr. Scott got within a mile
of home and left his car and
walked the rest of the way.
The same afternoon Robert
Hendricks went to Atkinson
with tractor which had a box
fastened to it to carry groceries
and mail for several neighbors.
Robert came home Sunday.
One and a half- to two-feet
of snow is believed to have fal
len. Phones were out of order
several days.
Travelers Stranded
by Storm —
STUART—Last week’s unex
pected snow storm stranded a
good many travelers here and
several of the farmers North of
Stuart, who had been to the At
kinson livestock sale, were forc
ed to spend Tuesday night, Mar.
29, and most of Wednesday.
March 30, at Stuart.
Gus Obermire, the mailman
on the Star route, North of
Stuart, who fixed up his “Big
Tin Lizzie” truck for Operation
Snowbound, had to resort to this
“oki faithful” last Thursday to
see if he could buck the drifts
and deep snow once more. As
far as the “Big Tin Lizzie” be
ing called "Old Faithful,” the
same name could readily be
applied to Gus, for he has gone
with the mail many, many times
when on one else would think
of trying.
He has been mail carrier up
the Big Sandy and from Stuart
to Naper for many years, and
there have been very few days
that he has missed.
Mail Relay Evolves
from Mud Problem —
CHAMBERS — Mail during
the past week has been reaching
this inland Holt county town in
a unique fashion.
Outgoing mail is taken to the
five-mile corner, East of town,
on a half-track vehicle. There
the courier is met by a mail
truck from O’Neill. Mail ex
changed and the machines re
turn to their respective bases.
With two vehicles cooperat
ing against the mud in doing the
work of one, on Saturday the
10-mile roundtrip for the half
track required four hours’ travel
time.
Rural Schools Raise
$139 in Polio Drive
Holt countv rural schools
raised $139.90 in the 1949 fund
raising campaign for the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, according to Miss El
ja McCullough, who directed
the rural school work.
District number 9, taught by
Helen Burival, sent the largest
contribution, amounting
Body temperature reaches its
lowest early in the monring.
SPRING CLEARANCE SALE
ON BATTERIES...
WHILE THEY LAST ! !
Liberal Allowance of $7 to $11 on
Your Old Battery.
These Batteries Are All First Line Mer
chandise . . . Fully Guaranteed . . . All
Popular Sizes.
HUNT’S RECAPPING SERVICE
Phone 289 O'Neill
The Frontier’s
Jack and Jill
. CORNER
JICSAWS AT 4 , . . Folks, this week the Jack and Jill editor
is introducing Neal and Darrell Smith, sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Merrill Smith, of Stuart. Neal (left) is four-years-old. He has
blue eyes and brown hair. Neal keeps busy with his tractors,
cars and counts the time until he can go to school. He became
quite a jigsaw puzzle fan during the past Winter and he spends
a big share of his time working at them. Darrel (right) is two
years-old. He has brown eyes and light brown hair. He Is a
real farmer. Darrell very often gets into trouble with his sis
ter, Doris, when he gets into her toys.
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NEAL (LEFT) AND DARREL SMITH
New Date Set for
Recognition Program
The Rural Women’s recogni
tion pfogram, sponsored by the
O’Neill Chamber of Commerce
which was to have been held
on Thursday, April 14, has
been postponed until Wednes
day, April 27.
Invitations are being sent to
presidents of Woman’s Project
clubs in Brown, Rock, Keya
Paha, Boyd, Garfield, Loup,
Wheeler and Holt counties
Approximately 85 women will
be invited to the program. Mrs.
Edward M. Gallagher and Mrs
Harry Petersen, co-chairmen
are in charge of the program
The meeting will be held at
the American Legion auditori
um. The registration and cof
fee hour will be held from 10
to 11 a. m. The ladies will be
free from 11 to 12:45 a. m
The luncheon and style show
will Be held at 1 p. m.
Knights of Columbus
Hold Breakfast —
Sixty members of the Knights
of Columbus council 701 met
Sunday for breakfast at the
Knights of Columbus hall in O'
Neill. Speakers were: Rt. Rev.
J. G. McNamara, Francis Gilg
and Attorney William Kelly, of
Omaha. The Catholic Daugh
ters of America served the 9:30
breakfast.
Telephone' Party Honoree—
Mrs. Albert Klinger was
guest-of-honor at a surprise
“telephone party” Sunday in
honor of her birthday anniver
sary. A group of friends could
not get to Mrs. Klinger’s home
because of road conditions, sc
they all sent their best wishes
by way of telephone. Mrs.
Klinger received about 18
phone calls.
Frittons Honored — '
Misses Louann and Marilyn
Fritton were guest of honor
Thursday evening at a sur
prise party given in honor of
their birthday anniversaries.
The party was given at the
Rollerdrome. Games furnished
the entertainment. There were
60 guests present. A late lunch
was served. The guests presen
ted the girls with a gift.
Martez Meets_
The Martez Club met Tues
day at the M & M Cafe for din
ner. The dinner was followed
by cards at the Golden Hotel
with Mrs. Horner Mullen as hos
tess. Mrs. L. M. Diehlman, Mrs.
W. J. Froelich, Mrs. H. J. Birm
ingham and Mrs. H. J. Lohaus
were winners.
Newcomers to O'Neill—
Mr. and Mrs Norman C.
Johnson and daughters, Leslie
and Cathy, plan to locate in
O’Neill. Mr. Johnson will be
an Allis-Chalmers block repre
sentative. The Johnsons for
merly ranched near Spring
view.
Entertains Delta Dek—
Evelyn Stannard entertained
the Delta Dek club at h e r
home last Thursday. Mrs. H.
J. Lohaus and Mrs. M. J. Gol
den were winners. The club
met earlier for dinner at the
M & M cafe.
Friendly Neighborhood—
The Friendly Neighbor club
met Wednesday at the home
of Mrs. Clay Johnson, jr. The
club postponed its meeting last
week because of bad weather.
Visit in East —
Mrs. Carroll W. Stewart ami
daughter, Suzanne, departed
Monday for Millburn, N. J., for
a several weeks’ visit with rela
tives. They traveled by rail.
Mrs. Ross Chairman
of CDA Committee—
The Catholic Daughters of
America held its business
meeting Tuesday evening at
the Knights of Columbus hall.
In the drawing Mrs. Stanley
Holly won first prize; Mrs. Ju
lia Shaw, second, and Mrs.
Verle McDermott, the door
prize.
Mrs. Oliver Ross was chair
man of the committee. She was
assisted by Mrs. Ellen Sulli
van, Mrs. John Pruss, Miss
Claire Conway, Mrs. A1 Hav
ronek, Mrs. Clarence Gokie,
Mrs. G. J. Janzing, Mrs. Bert
Winchell and Mrs. John Ker
senbrock
101 Atkinson Pupils
in O'Neill Meet—
ATKINSON— The Atkinson
high school is' well-represented
at the district music contest in
' O’Neill this week. One hun
dred and one musicians are en
tered from Atkinson high in
the class C section.
Selections by choral groups
follow:
Mixed chorus: “Two Can
ons,” Barrazo Netto; “The Pea
sant and His Oxen,” Ashen
brenner; “Roll, Chariot, Roll,”
Noble Cain.
Boys’ glee club: “Oh, Susan
na,” arranged by Noble Cain.
“I Won’t Kiss Katy,” by Ash
enbrenner.
Girls’ glee club: ‘“The Forest
Hymn,” by Moore - Klemm;
“The Night Has a Thousand
Eyes,” by Noble Cain.
Madregal: “Sing We and
Chant It,” by Morley Wise
man; “Which Is the Properest
Day?” by Dr. Thomas Arne.
Triple trio: “He Walketh Up
on the Wings of the Wing,” by
R. Deane Shure; “The Lost
Chord,” by E. J. Lorenz.
Girls’ sextette: “The Cloud,”
by Florence C, Best; “Lovely
Night,” by Offenbach-Moore.
Boys’ Quartette: “Let’s Go
Down in Jordan,” arranged by
Conrad Fredrick; “Tumbling
Tumble Weeds,” by Bob Nolan.
Boys’ octette: “Kentucky
Babe,” by Adam Gerbel; “I
Got Shoes,” by Noble Cain.
Mixed quartette: “My Love
ly Celia,” by Noble Cain; “Lil’
Liza Jane,” by Ada de Lashan
Girls’ trio: “Rain,” by Pearl
Curran; “La Cucharocha,” ar
ranged by Beatrice Mac
Krones.
Solos as follows:
Maxine Jones, high voice:
“Romance,” from the “Desert
Song,” by Romberg; “Sounds,”
by Gustav Klemm.
Elaine Harshfield, medium
voice: “I Talked to God Last
Night,” by David W. Guion:
“Sunshine in Rainbow Valley,"
by Hamblen.
Helen Spence, low voice:
“I Walked Today Where Jesus
Walked,” by Geoffrey O’Hara;
"Let Me Remember Music,” by
Francis McKay.
Don't be sorry again this year
—see our wallpaper before you
buy.—Western Auto. O'Neill.
43cll.
Easter
FOOD SALE
Saturday, April 16
Golden Hotel
Dining Room
Women's Association
O’Neill Presbyterian
Church
BURIAL SUNDAY
CHAMBERS MAN
Emil Lieswald, Sr., Dies;
Native of Stuttgart,
Germany
CHAMBERS *— Funeral ser
vices were held Sunday after
noon at St. Paul’s Lutheran
church for Emil Lieswald, sr.,
80, who died early Wednesday
morning, March 30. Rev. L. A.
Dale, church pastor, conducted
the services.
Emil Lieswald was born on
September 17, 1869 at Stutt
gard, Germany. He was baptiz
ed as a Lutheran in infancy.
At the age of 3 M2 he came
with his parents to Dodge coun
ty, Nebraska. Until he was 15
years-old, Fremont was his
home.
His next home was on a farm
near Snyder.
He attended school at Pebble
parochial school and was con
firmed April 19, 1885.
On March 6, 1894, he was
united in marriage to Hen
rietta Schwanke. Eight years
later they moved to Woods
county, Oklahoma and lived
there seven years. The next
three years were spent in
Commanche county. Okla
homa.
The Lieswalds moved to Ne
braska in 1910 and to Holt coun
ty in 1920. In 1942, they retired
and moved to Chambers where
they have since made their
home.
Out-of-town relatives present
for the burial were: Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Leiswald, Oscar
Lieswald and Mabel Peterman,
all of Alva, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Anderseon, Mr. and
Mrs. Marlin Metscke, Mrs. Alice
Metscke and son, Eugene, and
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Lieswald,
all of Fremont; Mr. and Mrs.
Eddie Means and Lester Leis
wald and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Metscke, all of Meadow Grove;
and Mr. and Mrs. George Ru
roede and family, of Ewing.
Survivors include: Widow —
Henrietta; sons — Gilbert, of
Meadow Grove and Emil, jr., and
Leslie, both of Chambers; daugh
ters—Mrs. Alice Metscke, of
Fremont, and Mrs. George Ru
roede, of Ewing; brother—Jul
ius, of Alva, Okla.; 19 grand
children and nine great-grand
1 children.
One son preceded him in
death.
Palbearers were: J. W. Wal
ters, Will Leighman, Jake
Hearle, Leo Adams, Henry
Brown and Victor Harley. An
octette sang “Abide With Me,”
“Wonderful Love of Jesus” and
“I Trust Thy Will.”
The Leiswalds had celebrated
their 55th wedding anniversary
in March.
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A gold nugget found in 1869
weighed 157 pounds according
to the Encyclopaedia Britan
nica.
Deloit Community
Wages Mud Battle
DELOIT — A mud battle is
in progress here. Until this week
there has been no rural mail
service since March 19. High
school pupils at Bartlett have
been unable to get to their homes
for several weekends. However,
those attending high school in
O’Neill have been more fortun
ate in getting home.
On the March 25-26 week
the O’Neill students made the
trip to Clearwater by tractor and
trailer, and Randall Hixson met
them, taking them back to their
studies.
Tractors have been the pri
mary source of transportation
for more th§n four months.
A bulldozer opened the coun
ty line, one mile East of Deloit,
oh Monday evening, March 28,
following the first Spring storm.
A number of ducks, geese and
cranes have been seen in flight
going North.
The Deloit community receiv
ed 12- to 14-inches of snow
last week. The tulips were up
and the robins had arrived.
The rural phone line has
been unserviceable. Patrons are
unable to contact the exchange.
A group of men made the trip
to Hupp’s store last Thursday,
found the roads “plenty tough’’,
but no mail.
Other Stuart News
Mr. and Mrs. Clem Olberd
ing entertained a group at
cards March 27. A lunch was
served at the end of the
games.
“The Voice of The Frontier”
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6th ANNUAL SALE OF
REGISTERED HEREFORDS
SATURDAY, APRIL 16
Postponed from April 1
One o'clock P. M. at the
ATKINSON LIVESTOCK MARKET
ATKINSON. NEBRASKA
4*
60 BULLS
Quality worthy of addinq to your herd, 40 coming twos. 20
.«*£oming yearlings.
70 FEMALES
The females consist of open heifers, bred heifers, cows and
calves. The cows are rebred to the sires listed below.
ALL SIRED BY THESE EXCELLENT HERD BULLS: Adv.
Brummel, Pioneer Lad 30. Domestic Lamplighter, WHR Jr.
Reality 17, Spartan Lamplighter, Laddie Domino
For Sale Catalog, write
ERNIE WELLER, The Auctioneer, Atkinson, Nebr.
