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VOLUME 63—NUMBER 12. O NEILL. NEB.. THURSDAY. JULY 28. 1949. PR ICE 7 "cEHTS
37 Teachers Plan
to Tour 6 States
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Group to Leave O’Neill
August 8 on an 18
Dav Excursion
Thirty - seven Holt, Boyd,
Boone and Wayne county pub
lic school teachers will leave
August 8 on an educational
six - state tour of the
West, Elja McCullough, tour
manager, announced Wednes
day.
The course is under the aus
pices of Wayne State Teachers’
college with Miss Lula Way,
education instructor at Wayne,
in charge of the course.
From O’Neill the group will
go by chartered bus througn the
Badlands of South Dakota to
the Black Hills and then, via
the Cody road, to Yellowstone
national park where they will
spend two nights.
After the Yellowstone stop,
they will tour Grand Teton,
Jackson Hole, in Wyoming; Salt
Lake. City, Ut.; Bryce Zion and
Grand Canyon and Gallup, N.
M.
On the return trip the group
will stop at Mesa Verde Canyon,
Royal Gorge, Colorado Spring?,
and Denver, arriving back in O’
Neill August 25 via North
Platte.
The 18-day tour will credit the
teachers with three hours that
may apply on any teaching or
master’s degree, two year or re- J
newal of a teaching certificate.
Transportation and lodging
will cost each individual $100
with food extra, the Holt coon- j
ty school superintendent said. ;
City vs. Sewerage;
Trouble Ahead
The city of O’Neill once more
is on top in the struggle with
its inadequate sewerage disposal
facilities. How long the present
facilities can hold out remains
the question.
Last week the sewerage began
“backing up” in the South sec- j
tion of the city, overflowing in ,
some places.
When the clog was released
the “backing up” ceased and
once more the sewerage is flow
ing normally.
Temporary repairs already
have cost the city in the neigh
borhood of three-thousand dol
lars in the sewerage problem.
Most observers predict that ul
timately the 1911 river-dumping
installation will have to be a
bandoned and a sewerage dis
posal system installed.
Legion Will Elect
Officers Tonight
The annual election-meeting
of the Simonson post 93 of the
American Legion will be held
here tonight (Thursday), ac
cording to Commander John R.
Gallagher.
W. W. Griffin is chairman of
the committee for drafting a !
slate of legionnaires for posts t
in the unit.
However, late Tuesday there
had been no report of the list
of the potential officers.
Other members of the com
mittee are: Emmett Carr, Leo
Carney, and Robert Miles.
Fractures Leg
in Park Mishap
Shirley DeGeorge, 3, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John DeGeorge,
of Omaha, broke her left leg
Tuesday evening when she fell
from a slide in Ford’s park.
Shirley was climbing on the
slide and apparently slipped and
fell. Her condition was reported
by the family as “fair” Wednes
day.
Mrs. DeGeorge and Shirley
have been visiting the former’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Mc
Kim. Mr. DeGeorge anived
Wednesday.
Strychnine Symptons
in Death of Dog
A half-dozen dogs are report
ed to have died during the past
few days in West O’Neill.
At least one of these, an ani
mal owned by Harold William
s o n, showed “symptoms of
strychnine poisoning,” accord
ing to Dr. George R. Cook, vet
erinarian, who was summoned
Another dog. owned by Paul
(“Slats”) Beha, may have died
from the same cause, according
to John Kemp, who is in charge
of Slat’s cafe while the Eeha
family is vacationing.
Kemp enumerated at least
four other dogs that had been
“stricken suddenly” in that sec
tion of the city.
BUSINESS SOLD
Rodney Tomlinson and Ron
ald Carson, both of Dorsey, are
owners of a Lynch beer parlor
and package liquor store former
ly owned by Don and Zella
Bare. The sale included the
building, furniture and fixtures.
They will have a farm sale soon
and will take possession of the
new business on or before Octo
ber 1.
Mrs. Bessie Klingler was a
dinner guest in Columbus on
Sunday at the Walter Behlen
home.
ANSON FAUQUIER,
51, SUCCUMBS
Holt County Pioneer on
Farm Near Chambers
for 36 Years
Fun eta 1 services will beheld
for Anson Fauquier, 51. a resi
dent of O’Neill since October,
1948, from the Chambers
Met hodist church todav
(Thursday) at 2:30 p. m.
Rev. Soderstein, of Clearwa
ter. will officiate with the
IOOF lodge of Chambers in
charge of graveside rites in
the Chambers cemetery.
Mr. Fauquier had suffered a
heart ailment for three years
and died Tuesday at the O’
Neill general hospital.
Born in Archer on July 16,
1898, Fauquier came to Holt
county in 1900 and took resi
dence South of the Chambers
community on a farm with his
parents.
In 1910 he became engaged
in farm work and continued
until 1946 when his health
forced his retirement.
He continued to live on his
farm, but rented the land. He
moved to O’Neill in October,
1948.
Members' of the IOOF lodge
will act as pallbearers. They
are: Fred Catron, Charles
Green, Mark Gribble, Leon
Hertel, Alfred Walters Alvin
Tangeman. Ruben Peltzer and!
Arthur Tangeman.
He is survived by: Father—
Charles A. of O’Neill; brothel's
— Delbert and Charles, of
Chamber's; sisters—Mrs. J. F.
Coleman, of Woodbury, Ore.; j
Mi's. Margaret Elkins, of O’
Neill, and Mrs. A. B. Hubbard,
of O’Neill.
PARADE TO BE
. JUBILEE FEATURE
$1,175 Already on Hand
for Chamber-Sponsored
October 12 Show
In a meeting held Monday
night at the Golden hotel, the
Diamond Jubilee celebration
committee of the O’Neill
I Chamber of Commerce ap
pointed various committeemen
to investigate sources and
possibilities of varied forms of
celebration entertainment, ac
cording to R. V. Lucas, co
chairman of the committee.
Chairman Lucas said he
would be able to determine a
“great deal more” at the Wed
nesday, August 3, meeting af
ter committeemen had sub
mitted their reports.
Dormant since the eaTly
part of June, the Jubilee com
mittee Said there would be a
“big” parade on October 12,
i the celebration date.
The committee has todate
$1,175 to work with for the
I celebration.
The other co - chairman of
the celebration committee is
H. J. Lohaus, of O’Neill.
Death Takes Holt
Countian at Norfolk
Lena Zaborowski, 52, died
at a Norfolk hospital after a
prolonged illness, Monday.
Born in Poland, she came
with her parents to Holt coun
ty in 1902.
Funeral services will be
held from St. Patrick’s Catho
lic church Friday, July 29,
with burial following in the
j Calvary cemetery here.
Besides her father, Joseph,
of Ewing, Miss Zaborowski is
survived by: Brothers—Mitch
ell, of Wichita Fails, Tex.,
and Theodore, of O’Neill; sis
ters— Mrs. Staley Chmeil, of
Ewing; Mrs. Fred Closen, of
Mountain View, Mo., and
Irene, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Herb Jansen to Sell
Personal Property
Herb Jansen, 71, well-known
longtime O’Neill farmer, will
dispose of his personal property
in a public sale to be held Wed
nesday, August 3. (For details
see advertisement on page 6-A.)
Mr. Jansen and his wife will
continue to reside on their place,
located seven miles North of
O’Neill on highway 281 and 1%
miles West.
Jim Moore, of O’Neill, and Ed
Thorin, of Chambers, will be the
auctioneers.
Mr. Jansen was born in Gei*
many, near the Netherlands bor
der. He came to the United
States at the age of 10 and for
more than a half-century has
been farming in Holt county.
New Equipment Added—
EWING— New playground
equipment is being installed
on the school grounds here.
The equipment, which con
sists of a merry-go-round, a
slide and a swing set, was do
nated to the school district by
the Ewing Commercial club.
BENEFITS SWELL
HOSPITAL FUND
Hall Game, Food Sale, Calf
Sale, Dance Highlight
Week’s Activities
Benefit activities— including
an all-star baseball game, dan
ces, sales and bingo—continue
to swell St. Anthony’s hospital
building fund.
The largest single benefit that
has yet been staged was the
North-Central day - and - night
league all-star baseball game,
which netted $1,357.90. The
game was played last Thursday
evening at Carney park. It was !
under the direction of Dick
Tomlinson, Matthew Beha and
Laurence Haynes.
The Catholic Daughters of
, America totaled $1,151 for the |
I week ending July 27. Saturday
night’s food auction brought
$143; bingo, $305.91; and the sale
and reselling of a calf totaled
$652.50.
The Calholic Daughters sold
$250 worlh of tickets on the
calf with Mrs. Cleia Rills, of
O'Neill, holding the winning
stub. She declined the critter
and again it was put on the
auction block. J. H. Carney
bought and returned the calf
as did L. D. Putnam, Dick
Tomlinson, H. J. Lohaus and
Raymond Eby. M. J. Wallace
was the last buyer.
A dance sponsored by the j
KFAB club Tuesday evening at ;
Danceland netted $275. Charles ;
Fleming donated the use of the
hall and its facilities, according
to Mrs. Delbert Robertson, pres
ident of the club.
The community food sale held
Saturday, sponsored by the O’*
Neill extension clubs, turned in
$205.23 to Mrs. Glenn Tomlin
son, secretary of the building
fund committee.
The late Addie Kiltz, of
Chambers, prior to her death,
requested that money to be
spent on flowers for her funer
al be divided and sent to the
hospital building fund and the
Nebraska Children’s home at
Omaha.
This request was honored Ly
the family and $103 was given
to the hospital building fund.
In a letter to James M. Corkie,
the building fund drive chair
man, Ray Siders, owner of the
Steel Creek stock farm North
east of O’Neill, said he would
donate the top purebred heifer
of his 1949 crop for the benefit
of the building fund.
Mr. Siders said in his letter
that anyone Corkie chooses may
“pick out the heifer” and sell
the critter “in any manner they
see fit."
Meanwhile, Chairman Corkie
issued a call for more donations
of calves, that will be held for a
large benefit auction to be held
later.
Corkie said if donors are un
able to get to town at this time,
a letter stating the number of
calves to be donated would be
sufficient.
The following is a list of do
nors for the week of July 16
| through July 25:
Bill Yantzi, of Sidney; Wm.
} Pinkerman, of O’Neill; Berna
J dette Brennan, of O’Neill; Ber
i ard Pongratz, of Emmet; Pete
! Weber, of O’Neill; John Lans
! w o r t h, of O’Neill; Catholic
Daughters, of O’Neill; McIntosh
Jewelry, of O’Neill; Mrs. Ber
nice Kinsman, of Columbus;
Clear C. Golden, of Cheshire,
Conn.; Mrs. Peter F. Morgan, of
O’Neill; Mrs. F. J. Dishner. of
O’Neill; M. J. Golden, of O’Neill;
Mrs. John P. Pribil. of O’Neill;
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hynes, of
O’Neill; Riverside Community
4-H club, of O’Neill; Eugene
Cantlon, of O’Neill; Louis L.
Peter, of O’Neill; Zitella Kesten
holts, of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs.
Roy M. Sausers, of O’Neill; M.
W. Rutledge, of Ewing; Eric
Dankert, of Chambers; Kenneth
Werner, of Chambers; Ed Flood,
of O’Neill; Mrs. Alice Mathews,
of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Brennan, of Omaha; Fred Grage,
of O’Neill; G. W. Stephenson, of
O’Neill; L. G. Gillespie, of O’
Neill; E. C. Weller, of Atkinson;
Andrew Wettleafter, of Page;
Wilma Weber, of Atkinson,
Clarence and Nettie Tasler, of
Atkinson; Henry Albrecht, of
Atkinson; Cyril J. Werner, of
O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Von
asek, of Star; Mr. and Mrs. Loy
al Hull, of O’Neill; Starlight Ex
tension club, of O’Neill; Meadow
Gold Products, of O’Neill; John
Nikolite. of O’Neill; Ed Wilson,
of O’Neill; Thos. L. and Berna
dette Brennan, of O’Neill; H. A.
Miller, of Sioux City.
Kin Dies—
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Johnson
and Mr. and Mrs. V. C. John
{son were called to Table Rock
Tuesday, July 19, by the death
of their brother, Henry John
son. They returned Saturday.
Crash Victims Are
Getting Along Fine’
DELOIT — Homer Stearns
and his son, Sammy, are “get
ting along fine" since their
plane crash recently.
Sammy was able to operate
the tractor a week ago and will
have his wrist out of the splints
in a week.
Homer uses a crutch and is
able to go where he wishes.
He also drives the car.
He has a cast on a leg and
an arm and both jaw bones
were broken.
The Stearns operate a farm
a fewr miles Southwest of
Clearwater.
U of N Awards
Regents Scholarships
Two students from the O’Neill
region at University of Nebras- j
ka Tuesday were awarded re
gents scholarships by Dr. T. J.
Thompson, dean of student af
fairs, chairman of the universi
ty’s committee on general schol
| arship. ,
The two students are Stanley
J. Lambert, of Ewing, and John
S. Shaw, of Lincoln, formerly of
Atkinson.
Lambert and Shaw were a
mong Z60 students receiving
University of Nebraska scholar
ships.
REED fr AMiLY IN
ANNUAL REUNION
4 Births, 1 Wedding and •
1 Golden Wedding
Counted in Year
PAGE— The descendants of
the late Pulaski and Elizabeth
Reed held their 14th annual re
union at the Page park Sun
day, July 24, with a basket din
ner at noon. The afternoon was
spent visiting.
There were 67 in attendance.
There were no deaths in the
family during the past year,
but there were four births:
Kathryn Ann, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dale Weber; Diane
Kay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Keith Deever; Cynthia Lynne,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Heiss, and Douglas,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
I Kimball.
There was one marriage —
Miss Joan Reed, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Reed. Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Reed celebrated
their golden wedding June 6.
It was the first golden wed
ding that had occurred among
the Reed relatives.
The eldest one present
was Allen Haynes, 76. The
youngest was Cynthia Lynne
Heiss, four-weeks-old.
Those from the greatest dis
tance attending were: Mrs.
David Deaver and Mr. and
Mrs. Karl Kottmeier and fam
ily, of Des Moines, la., and
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Deaver
and family, of Richfield, Minn.
Others from out - of - town
were: Mrs. C. F. Storm, E. E.
Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Web
er and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Eloit Blackmore, Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Harper and family,
Roberta and Jeanette Klaben
cs»
Those from Page were Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Heiss and
Marie, Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Haynes, Mr. and Mrs. O. L.
Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Harper, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Heiss and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Heiss and
Cynthia, Mr. and Mrs. Mer
wyn French and family, Mrs.
Duane Dorr, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Heiss and family, Mr.
land Mrs. Frank Beeleart and
.family, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Heiss and family, and Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Stauffer and
sons, Rev. and Mrs. T. O.
Brownfield, Miss J.’annine
Waring and Richard Asher.
The group decided to hold the
reunion at the park at Neligh
next year._
Sunday-School
Unipn to Meet
The annual group gathering
oi the Union Sunday-schools
of Holt county will be held on
Sunday. July 31, in the grove
on the Ralph Ernst farm. 18
miles North of O’Neill.
The program will begin with
a combined service at 10 a m.
Speakers will be: Delbert
Dick, of Center Union Sunday
school, and Rev. Kenneth Son
der, of Belden.
The male quartet will sing
several selections. The entire
meeting will be under the su
pervision of Rev. George E. Hol
lingshead, of Long Pine.
INSPECTS CORN . . . John Dic k, of O’Neill, is keeping a close
check on his corn crop to guard against infestation and burn
ing.—The Frontier Photo by John H. MeCarville.
No Objections to
Budget Proposal
A hearing on Holt county's
proposed new budget for the
year July 1, 1949, to June 30,
1950, was conducted Wednesday
by the county board of supervis
ors. No objections were filed.
There is a proposed increase
of .22 of a mill in the levy to
meet principally, the estimated
rising cost of unemployment re
lief and the increasing amount
expected to be spent from the
bridge fund.
There is a proposed 3.76 mill
levy on all real and personal
property in the county. This le
vy represents $3.76 per $1,000 of
assessed valuation.
A proposed .36 of a mill in
crease for the county unemploy
ment relief fund is called for,
along with a .66 of a mill in
crease in the bridge fund.
However, the proposed budget
can be changed after the coun
ty receives from the state boaid
of equalization the total valua
tion. This is expected to be re
ceived during the first part of
August, according to J. Ed Han
cock, county treasurer.
Total estimated expenditures,
for Holt county is $377,282 for
the fiscal year ending June 30,
1950.
‘Snowbound’ Officer
Makes Return Visit
Capt. Marion A. Ramage, of
Ft. Riley, Kans., deputy com
mander of the Fifth army sub
area headquarters here during
Operation Snowbound, paid O'
Neill a return visit Thursday
and Friday.
Captain Ramage was enroute
to Sheldon, la., to join his wife,
and from there they were going
to Northern Minnesota on a
fishing trip.
During his stopover Captain
Ramage was a guest of L. C.
Walling and Glea H. Wade.
During last Winter’s emergency,
Captain Ramage and Maj.
James H. Harper, sub-area com
mander, made their residence
with Mr. and Mrs. Walling.
Captain Ramage went from
O’Neill to North Dakota for sim
ilar storm relief work.
This Fall he will, in addition
to other duties, tutor the Ft. Ri- j
ley post football team. He is a
cavalry officer.
Music Teacher Elected
At Ewing—
EWING — Miss Esther |
Schram, of Ponca, has been *
elected to teach vocal and in
strumental music in Ewing
high school.
Miss Schram is a graduate
of the Uuiversify of Nebraska
school of music and taught
music in the Peterson, la.,
schools last year.
According to Supt. A. S. Ev- ;
ans, complete courses will be
offered in normal training, |
commercial, home economics,
manual training, music, col- |
lege preparatory and the gen
eral high school course.
grass fire
The O’Neill volunteer firemen
were called Thursday afternoon,
July 21, to extinguish a grass
fire East of town, near the Dick
Tomlinson home. No damage
was caused.
WILLIAM BERGER
DIES AT NORFOLK
Funeral Services Are Held
Here Wednesday with
Interment in Calvary
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 9 a. m. from the
Catholic church here for Wil
liam Berger, 65, who died in th*
State hospital at Norfolk Mon
day. Rev. C. J. Werner officiat
ed with burial in the Calvary
cemetery here.
A former resident of O’Neill
for “about” 15 years, Mr. Berg
er was born in Carroll, la., in
December, 1883, and had been
employed as a salesman for the
Knapp and Spencer hardware
firm out of Sioux City and at
the Coyne hardware company
here in O’Neill.
Survivors include a sister in
Camoll, La., and a brother.
Pallbearers were: John O’
Connor, John Grutsch, Norbert
uhl, Joe Fernholtz, Thomas J.
Joyce, Thomas F. Nolan.
Importance of Scout
Law, Oath Told
At the regular meeting of
Boy Scout troop 210 held on
Wednesday at the American
Legion auditorium, speeches
on the importance of the
Scout oath and law were
brought out, according to
Scoutmaster A. L. McMaster.
The third lesson on first aid
was given by William Beha, a
registered nurse, of O’Neill.
The lesson covered the plac
ing, fixing and administering
of splints for broken bones.
Scoutmaster McMaster has
ordered arm bands for the
Scouts who will assist in the
supervision of Ford’s park.
The arm bands, McMaster
pointed out, are for identifica
tion of the Scouts as sub-su
pervisors of the playground.
Meanwhile, D. R. Mounts,
district chairman of the Cov
ered Wagon Council, will con
fer Thursday with the execu
tive committee at Camp Ce
dars, Southwest of Fremont,
in an attempt to secure funds
to improve the 40-acre tract of
land given to the Scouts by
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Asimus.
With the conference at
Camp Cedars, Troop Commit
teeman M. E. Jacobson is in
vestigating the possibilities of
a meeting building on the site
the Scouts accepted last week
rom the Parent-Teachers asso
ciation at Ford’s park.
However, with the growing
enthusiasm of the 35 Scouts
now enrolled in troop 210,
there is still room for manjf
more boys from the O’Neill re
gion to join, McMaster said.
It is one of the best founda
tions for a good, sound com
munity citizen, he concluded,
Visits Here—
D. N. Loy spent Sunday vis
iting his family here. Mr. Loy
has been doing carpenter work
in Grand Island.
Edward Reinhardt, of Oma
ha, came from Omaha Satur
day to visit his aunt, Mrs.
Matt Hynes.
FARMERS PLEAD
FOR MOISTURE
Corn Will Deteriorate
Rapidly If Rain
Doesn’t Come Soon
Holt county needs rain.
Reports from most sections of
the county indicate that the
need is general. Most observers
say n rain in the next few days
would insure a corn crop. On
the other hand, prolonged heat
and dryness will witness a stea
dy deterioration of the corn
outlook, which, until now, has
been considered “good.”
Putting up of the county's
1949 hay crop is rapidly nearing
the half-way mark. Early in the
week County Agent A. Neil
Dawes estimated haying "35 to
40 percent complete." The yield
and quality are “good."
“If next week is like the past
one, in regard to heat, the Holt
county corn crop is likely to be
in a serious condition." So said
John F. Dick, Tuesday, a farm
er 5Vz miles West of O’Neill.
Dick continued. "If it had
not been for increased amount
of sub-surfece moisture iast
Winter and this Spring, the
corn would be burned up by
this time."
“Surface moisture is needed
badly,” Dick went on, “if we are
to obtain ‘healthy’ corn." He
said his corn had been stunted
because of lack of proper a
mount of seasonal moisture.
Dawes said Wednesday that
the entire county needs an inch
to two inches of rain to obtain
a good corn crop this year.
While the corn throughout the
county i s needing moisture,
Clifford (“Cliff”) Dick, younger
son of John F., said that their
wheat averaged more than 60
pounds to the bushel.
The Holt county agent said
that 60 pounds to the bushel of
wheat would be “right around"
the Holt county average.
"Cliff,” a Future Farmer of
America, has been physically
applying some of the tricks of
the farming profession that he
learned in the classroom last
year.
He put in underground irri
gation in a garden plot directly
back of the family house and
has had outstanding results.
“Cliff” is interested in working
on the farm and education in
the classroom to help put the
family place in the top bracket
of Holt county production.
Farmer Dick, owner of the
560 - acre Fairview farm,
bought hi» place two years a
go and has enjoyed his 50-odd
years of farming in Holt coun
ty
He has improved his place
with construction of new fences,
painting and cleaning, and a
three-year rotation of crops. One
year of corn, followed by wheat
and then oats is the rotation
method Dick follows.
Dick says this gives plenty of
time for the different crops to
put elements back into the soil
what another extracts.
As farmers were hopefully
looking skyward for needed
moisture, the hottest mark of
the season was recorded on
Tuesday. The mercury soared
to 99 degrees.
Meanwhile, an electrical
storm hit Boyd the early part of
the week and lightning destroy
ed one Consumer Public Power
district light pole and hit two
more three miles North of Butte,
according to Robert Kurtz, line
man. of O’Neill.
This week’s weather summa
ry, based on 24-hour periods
ending at 8 a. m., daily follows:
Date Hi Lo Prec.
July 21 89 57 .09
July 22 84 53
July 23 86 66
July 24 92 72
July 25 96 73
July 26 99 69
July 27 83 67 T
Goes To Lincoln—
Mrs. L. A. Burgess and her
i mother, Mrs. Laura Walker,
drove to Lincoln Wednesday
to bring back Mrs. Warren
Burgess and daughter, Kathy
Sue, for a visit. Mr. Burgess,
who is attending Summer
I school at the University of
Nebraska, at Lincoln, will join
his family at the close of the
j session.
DUNAWAY SIGNS
EWING— Donald Dunaway
has been elected to teach the
Riverside school near here.
I Donald graduated this Spring.
At present, he is employed in
Omaha.
Visits Sioux City—
Miss Ilene Kloepper spent
'Tuesday in Sioux City*