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Official Proceedings of the
Holt County Board of Supervisors
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O'Neill, Nebraska
Febr. 24. 1949
11:00 A. M.
Holt County Board of Super
visors met as per adjournment.
All members present.
Meeting called to order by
the Chairman.
Minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
The balance of the forenoon
was spent marking County
roads on a map to be sent to
Mr. Chas. Holler.
12:00 Noon. On motion the
Board adjourned until 1:00 P. M.
O’Neill, Nebraska
Febr. 24. 1949
1:00 P. M.
Holt County Board of Super
visors met as per adjournment.
All members present.
Meeting called to order by j
the Chairman.
Motion was made by Sterns,
seconded by Borg that the fol
lowing Claims be allowed and
warrants ordered drawn on the
Unemployment Relief Fund in
payment of same:
Emily Bowen $ 10.00
Council Oak Store, Atkin
son 12.00
Curly’s Square Deal Mar- \
ket _ ..._ _ 31.18
John Heinowski. Jr. 15.00
Holt County Treasurer 196.75
'Moore-Noble Lumber &
Coal Co. 17.75
L. E. McDowell 10.00
Watson Grocery 15.00
Drs. Brown & French 3.00
Council Oak Store, O’
Neill 12.00
Davis Store _ 6.00
Holt County Treasurer 193.32'
Horner Lumber Co. 8.35
Anna Mullen 10.00
Pelcer & Spence 15.00
Motion was made by Cronk,
seconded by Borg that the fol
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lowing Resolution be adopted:
RESOLUTION
MEMORIALIZING "OPERA
TION SNOWBOUND” IN HOLT
COUNTY, NEBRASKA
WHEREAS, the people of Holt
County, Nebraska, punished be
yond the limit of human endur
ance by repeated blizzards and
snow storms since November
18th, 1948, had become physic
ally and mentally exhausted, I
And
WHEREAS, "Operation Snow- ;
bound” with the expeditious use (
of equipment and personnel
rendered invaluable service in
opening our roads and high
ways, and making accessible
provisions for our, people and
food for our livestock, alleviat
ing suffering and distress when
the people, the county and the
state were unable to meet the
emergency, _
NOW.-THEREFORE, BE IT RE
SOLVED. by the Board of Su
pervisors of Holt County, Ne
braska, on this 23rd day of Feb
ruary, 1949:
1. That all officers and mili
tary personnel serving in “Op
eration Snowbound” be memor
ialized for their timely and ef
ficient organization and ser
vices which so effectively help
ed to alleviate the suffering and
distress of our people. That our
thanks be extended to:
Major James H. Harper,
0-40730
Third Engineer Officers
Advance Course
Ft. Belvoir, Virginia c
Captain Richard C. Rector,
0-1112930
Engr. Bn. T. E. C. R.
Ft. Belvoir, Virginia
Captain Marion A. Ramage, t
0-1030290 r
Ground General School
Fort Riley. Kansas
Lt. Richard Hartline, r
Omaha Engr. District
1709 Jackson Street, Om- 1
aha, Nebraska 1
Warrant Officer Darrell E. •
Wolfe, W-904048 1
5019 Army Service Unit '
Offut Air Force Base
Omaha, Nebr.
Officers serving in Sub Area 1
2 or “Operation Snowbound”. ]
2. That the American Nation
al Red Cross, under the capable
direction of Glenn D. Custer, '
General Field Representative,
be memorialized for the time
relief of human , suffering and
distress.
3. To all our people who
arose to the emergency and
gave such valuable assistance j
and cooperation, we are sincere- (
ly grateful.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that copies of this resolution be
transmitted to the Commanding
General of “Operation Snow
bound;” to the American Nation
al Red Cross and to the press of
Holt County, Nebraska.
Board of Supervisors of
Holt County
By Andy Clark
Chairman.
Motion was made by Hub
| bard, seconded by Borg that the
following Claims be allowed
and warrants ordered drawn on
the General Fund in payment of
same;
A. M. Batenhorst, Febr.
salary 30.00
Beha Electric, repairs &
service 3.59
Bricker Typewriter Co.,
supplies and repairs 69.81
Frank Cronk, mileage 10 80
Coyne Hardware, supplies 8.65
Andy Clark, mileage 5.20
James Davidson, & Sons,
repairs and labor 131.74
Elite Cafe, meals for men
from Kearney Air Base 418.46
H. W. Hubbard, mileage 9.95
Industrial Chem. Labora
tories, supplies 49.90
Ed J. Matousek, mile
age w-w
N. W. Bell Telephone Co.,
service 184.45
Arnold Redlinger, Febr.
salary 140.00
Albert'Sterns, mileage 15.50
A. M. Batenhorst, mile
age 49.30
Axel L. Borg. Febr. sal
ary 45.00
Consumers Public Power,
service 160.77
Frank Cronk. Febr. sal
ary . 25.00
Coyne Hardware, sup
plies 25.56
Andy Clark. Febr. sal
ary 9000
Dept, of Health — Vital
Statistics 29.00
Holt Co. Publishers Ass’n.
supplies 854.28
Mrs. Ed Hancock, work
in Treas. office 15.00
Ed J. Matousek, Febr.
salary 90.00
Omaha Printing Co., sup
plies 99.42
Benj. H. Sanborn Co.,
supplies 16.15
Albert Sterns. Febr. sal
ary 50.00
Motion was made by Matou
sek. seconded by Hubbard that
the following Resolution be
adopted:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS. Mary Niezgocki,
guardian of Nellie O’Connell, an
incompetent person, duly ap
pointed by the County Clerk of
Holt County, Nebraska, has
filed in the District Court of
Holt County her petition and
application for license to sell
the following described real es
tate belonging to said incompet
ent person, to-wit:
Lot Seven (7) in Block Two
(2) of the Original Town of At
kinson, Holt County, Nebraska,
for the reason that a sale of
the real estate belonging to the
said incompetent person at the
present time would be most ad
vantageous to the estate of said
I incompetent and that it is for
; the benefit of the said incom
petent person that the real es
tate be sold for the purpose ol
providing funds for the care oi
said incompetent and the pro
ceeds thereof deposited for the
use and benefit of the said in
competent person, and
WHEREAS, the Board of Su
pervisors of said county have
investigated said matter and
approved of such proposed sale
and deem it necessary for the
best interests of said incompet
ent, now
THEREFORE, be it resolved
by the Board of Supervisors of
Holt County, Nebraska, that we
deem such proposed sale proper
and beneficial to the estate of
said incompetent and approve
the same and deem it dlcessary.
Be it further resolved that a
copy of this resolution shall be
certified by the County Clerk of
said county to the Judge of the
District Court of Holt County,
Nebraska, in writing.
A Road Petition signed by
William Murray and others was
read. This Petition requested
that a public road be establish
ed commencing on Section cor
ner at SW corner of Sec. 23,
Twp. 31, Range 13, in Holt Co.,
Nebr. and running thence North
1 mile to the NW corner of Sec.
23-31-13. Motion was made by
Sterns, seconded by Matousek
that a Hearing be held on this
Petition on March 29, 1949 at 2:
00 p. m.
The following letter of resig
nation was handed to the Board
by E. J. Matousek:
Honorable Board of Supervisors
O’Neill, Nebr.
jenuemen:
Please accept by resignation
is Supervisor of District No. 7
it your present Board meeting.
I regret this action becomes
lecessary, but my health no
onger permits me to fulfill the
luties of this office.
Respectfully,
Ed J. Matousek. ,
Motion was made by Hub- ‘
iard, seconded by Batenhorst
hat the resignation of Ed J. (
datousek be accepted, though !
he Board regrets very much
laving to do so. Motion car
ied.
An Application filed by Alex
•'rickel for the position of Su
lervisor in the 7th District to ,
ill the vacancy caused by the !
esignation of Ed J. Matousek (
vas read.
Motion was made by Hub- ,
jard, seconded by Sterns that
VIr. Frickel be appointed to fill
:he position of Supervisor in the
7th District. The motion car
ried and the Chairman declar
'd him to be appointed Super
visor for that District.
5:00 P. M. On motion the
Board adjourned until 10:00 A.
M. March 29, 1949.
Ruth Hoffman,
County Clerk.
Andy Clark,
Chairman.
Ewing Juniors Fued
with Weatherman
_
EWING — Members of the
Ewing high school junior class
don’t know whether the class is
jinxed by the weather man or
vice versa, but it was necessary
to again postpone the class play
which was scheduled for last
Thursday and Friday.
The play was originally sched
uled for November 18 and 19.
Dress rehearsal was held on No
vember 17. Next morning the
town was isolated by huge drifts.
On Tuesday, March 29, they
held their last practice before
dress rehearsal. Wednesday,
March 30, tthe town was again
isolated and two of the charac
ters were "snowed out” of town.
They will try it again next
week. The play has been sched
uled again for next Thursday
and Friday, April 7 and 8.
Lamp Explodes;
Man Suffers Burns
CHAMBERS — Explosion of a
lamp was the cause of a fire on
Tuesday evening, March 29, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Jones, who live nine miles
Southwest of Chambers.
The fire was brought under
control with the help of nearby
neighbors. The fire department
was not called.
Mr. Jones suffered burns about
the hands and face and the
kitchen was damaged consider
ably.
Other Chambers News
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Walter, of
Lincoln, and Mr. and Mrs. Irvin
Walter, of Omaha, were last
weekend guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Walter.
Mrs. Bertha Doherty, who has
spent the Winter with her
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Anderson, and family, of Beat
rice, has returned to her home
in Chambers.
Mary Taggart is staying with
Mr. and Mrs. Arnie Mace, jr„
uhtil the road conditions im
prove.
The WSCS of the Methodist
church met last Thursday at the
home of Mrs. C. E. Tibbitts.
Thirty-six ladies answered roll
call and some members brought
various poems. Mrs. Adams had
charge of the devotionals and a
Bible quiz. The WSCS met this
week at the home of Mrs. Leo
T. Adams. Due to the music con
test, the meeting was held on
Wednesday instead of Thursday.
Due to the storm, classes at
the Chambers public school were
dismissed at 3:05 p. m. on Wed
nesday, March 30. and all day
Thursday Mrs. Newhouse. a
high school teacher, was unable
to reach school Wednesday and
several students did not reach
town last week after Tuesday,
March 29.
Chimpanzees sometimes per
form a kind of dance, accord
ing to the Encyclopaedia Brit
annica.
I DELOITNEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Fuller
and family were Sunday guests
at the James Wiegands.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Olmsted
and familv are moving from
Texas to a farm in Missouri.
Most of the schools had classes
on Saturday last week.
Maynard Stearns and the
; Doran plane from Ewing were
I making necessary trips here on
! Saturday. , , ^ ,
Rose Funk is working at the
I Hupp store. s ,
Mr. and Mrs. H. Renner and
Elayne spent Sunday at Glenn
Harpsters’. „ .,
Mrs. James McDonald s moth
er. of Omaha, spent a week at
the James McDonald home.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson, of
Neligh, celebrated their 40th
wedding aniversary on Sunday.
March 27. Guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Wilber Johnson and son,
of Columbus, and Winifred
Johnson.
A bulldozer opened the coun
ty line one mile to the East on
Monday evening, March 28. It
also opened the road East of St.
John’s church.
Mrs. Vincent Thiele and her
daughter visited relatives in
Omaha recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Ven
teicher and daughter visited rel
atives in Orchard and O’Neill on
Sunday, March 27.
Mrs. James Wiegand and
Cathy spent Friday afternoon,
March 25, at the S. Venteichers.
Mr. and Mrs. James Wiegand
and Ricky and Cathy are mov
ing from the F. M. Hupp farm to
the Maynard Stearns farm,
where James is employed.
Mrs. Martha Kinney and El
von are having a sale at their
farm. Mrs. Kinney is moving to
Elgin.
There was a miscellaneous
shower for Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Vandersnick on Sunday, March
27.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Reimes at
tended a convention in Omaha
on Thursday and Friday. March
25 and 26.
Mr. and Mrs. James McDon
ald went to Omaha on Wednes
day, March 23 to visit Mrs. Mc
Donald’s parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reimer
and Elayne were supper guests
Tuesday evening, March 22, at
Glenn Harpster’s in honor of
Terry’s first birthday anniver
sary.
Mr. and Mrs. Ferdie Hupp and
Laura May Sehi were Omaha
visitors recently.
Mr. and Mrs. William Sehi
and Wilma and Mrs. Leo Funk
were Norfolk visitors on Friday,
March 25.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Harpster
and son were dinner guests at
Wilber Napiers on Sunday,
March 27.
Mrs. Fred Harpster called on
her mother in Ewing on Tues
day. March 29.
Mrs. Maynard Stearns and
Mrs. James Squire attended a
missionary meeting on Thurs
day, March 24.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Harpster
and son were dinner guests at
Fred Harpsters Sunday, March
13.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Fuller
and family and Mr. and Mrs.
James Wiegand were guests on
Sunday, March 27, at Roy Bee
son’s.
Irene Squire, of Omaha, spent
March 25-26-27 weekend with
home folks.
Adolph Bartak, Charles Mc
Donald and Henry Reime* are
driving new cars.
Mrs. Kinney and Elvon have
returned to their home near
Park Center after spending part
of the Winter at the Maynard
Stearns home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sehi, of
Elgin, are moving back to their
farm this week.
REDBIRD NEWS
Thomas White, uf Scottville,
was a visitor in Redbird Satur
day, April 2.
Alfred Truax, of near Lynch,
was here Saturday, April 2.
Junior Wyant was in Redbird
Saturday, April 2.
Bob and Jerry Carsten were
visitors here Saturday, April 2.
Lyle Wells was in Redbird on
Saturday, April 2.
Fred Truax, sr„ was in Red
bird on business Saturday, April
1 2.
Howard Slack was a visitor
here Saturday, April 2.
Bus Green, of Lynch, was in
Redbird Saturday, April 2.
Miss Gloria SJaight was in
Redbird Sunday, April 3.
Sunday visitors at Harold Ko
pejtka’s on April 3 were Lyle
and Robert Wells and Beryle
j Bessert.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Scholl
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Harvey Krugman, of Oppor
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i Sunday, April 3.
Clifford Wells and boys drove
to Billy Wells to help fix the
fences Monday, April 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Mellor and
Delores visited friends in Red
bird Sunday, April 3.
Mrs. Mike Hull visited in Red
bird Monday, April 4.
Monday, April 4, visitors in
Redbird were Carl Krogh, Mer
rill Anderson. Fred Truax.
Miss Pauline Anderson autoed
to Lynch Monday, April 4.
Will Wilson was in Redbird
on Monday, March 28.
Dale Bessert was here on
business Monday, March 28.
Ray Wilson was a visitor in
Redbird Monday, March 28.
Emmet Slaight, of Scottville,
was a visitor here Monday,
March 28.
Miss Alyce Carsten was a cal
ler in Redbird Monday, March
28.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and
Mrs. Will Conard were in Red
bird Monday, March 28.
Frank Wyant and son, Allen,
were visitors in Redbird Mon
day, March 28.
Cecil Grenier, of O’Neill, was
here Tuesday, March 29.
Elvin Luedtke was a caller in
Redbird Tuesday, March 29.
Ray Wilson went to O’Neill
on business Tuesday, March 29.
naisey Hull was in Kedbird
Tuesday, March 29.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Truax,
jr., were visitors in Redbird on
Tuesday, March 29.
Joe Madura and family, of
Scottvilie, were in Redbird on
Tuesday, March 29.
Howard Slack was here Tues
day, March 29.
Gordon Barta was a caller in
Redbird Tuesday, March 29.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Cihlar were
in Redbird Tuesday evening,
March 29.
Earnest Rosenkrans, mail car
rier, broke down his jeep near
the John Pinkerman farm on
Tuesday, March 29. Virgil Pin
kerman pulled him in to Lynch
with tractor late in evening.
Bill Wilson autoed to Lynch
on business Wednesday, March
30.
Arthur Bessert was a visitor in
Redbird Thursday, March 31.
Gary Wilson was here Thurs
day, March 31.
Will Hartland called in Red
bird Thursday, March 31.
Carl Krogh and Merrill An
derson were in Redbird Friday,
April 1.
Ronald Carson went to Lynch
Friday, April 1.
Elmer Luedtke and family
were visitors in Redbird Friday,
April 1.
Arthur Bessert and Fred Tru
ax, sr., autoed to Lynch on busi
ness Saturday, April 2.
George Barta, of Lynch, aut
oed to Gordon Barta’s Saturday,
April 2,
Dale Bessert drove over to
i Leon Mellor’s Friday, April 1.
Harold and Harry Spinar were
in Redbird Saturday, April 2. '
Halsey Hull went to Lynch
on Saturday, April 2.
i John Hull was here Saturday.
April 2.
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