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North-Nebraska’s F astest-Growing Newspaper
VOLUME 69_NUMBER 41 O’NEILL. NEBR.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1950_ _PRICE: 7 CENTS
Hereford Sale
Tops Calendar
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Ca>llins, Jutte, Ernst and
** David Also List Sales
With The Frontier
Next 10 days are Jam-packed
with sales ranging from a regis
tered Hereford sale to a gigan
tic machinery auction and 3
prm sales in between,
f First sale on The Frontier’s
#ale calendar is the annual
gjring sale of the Holt County
Hereford Breeders’ association
to be held Saturday, February
18, at the O’Neill Livestock Mar
ket. Show will begin at 10 a.m.
and the sale will start at 1:30
Included in the offering, ac
cording to Sale Manager James
IV Rooney, of O’Neill, are 57
bulls and 20 females. These in
clude 4 aged bulls, 9 two-year
old bulls, 12 senior two-year-old
bulls, 11 junior two-year-old
-bulls, 5 yearling bulls, 16 bull
calves, 2 two-year-old heifers
and 18 heifer calves.
These Hereford* come from
the following lines: Prince
Dominos, Mischiefs. Thicksets.
Regents. Anxieties, North
Stars. Stanways, Paladins,
Pioneers. Via Carlos, WHR's,
Caspers, Lamplighters and
Aladdin*.
* Charles Corkle will be auc
tioneer and Emil Rezac, Tabor, I
S. D , is judge. Cattle will be
judged but cattle lacking qual
ity and breed characteristics will
not be sold.
Breeders selling in the sale
are: Francis Andrei, of Inman;
D. F Bowen & Son, of Page;
Albert Carson, of Redbird; S.
S E. Dexter, of Amelia; Forrest
Farrand, of O’Neill; Ray Hoff
man, of Chambers; Clarence
Ernst, of O’Neill; Emil Klaben
es, of Ewing; Edward Krugman,
of O’Neill; Harlan Larson, of
Ewing; Hen-y Miksch, of Stu
art; Arthur H. O’Neill & Sons,
of O’Neill; C V. Robertson, of
Chambers; Elwyn Robertson, of
Chambers; George Rowse, of
Chambers; George Rowse &
Son, of Chambers; Zane Rowse,
of Chambers; Vem Sageser, of
Amelia; C F Small & Sons, of
Amelia, Marvin Snyder, of
Page; Ben Turek, of Amelia;
Harold Van Vleck & Sons, of
Clearwater; Joe M Wadsworth,
of Spencer: Whitaker & Whit
aker, of Chambers and Henry
Wood, of Ewing
Five hundred 28-page 2
oolor catalogs mere printed by
The Frontier for the Hereford
aaaociatioia. In addition. The
Frontier has provided 2-color
posters, radio and newspaper
advertising in "package**
form.
Laurence Buller and Hi Mack
ey will be fieldmen at Satur
day's sale, which is expected to
attract a large crowd.
Lloyd Collins Implements, of
O’Neill, will hold another big
new and used machinery auction
on Saturday. February 25. Sale
will feature 30 new and used
tractors and hundreds of other
miscellaneous items. (See -ad
vertisement on page 8 and news
story elsewhere on this page.)
Three farm sales are booked
on The Frontier’s “package" sale
calendar.
Ralph L Ernst, who recently
moved to Miltonvale, Kans., will
'sell his personal property at
auction on Tuesday, February
21 Place is located 20 miles
north of O’Neill on highway 281.
Included is a complete line of
v'nn machinery and some
Vtousehold goods. Col. Ed Thor
in, of Chambers, is auctioneer.
(See advertisement on page 6.)
William Jutte. well-known
Chambers farmer, will hold a
cleanup farm sale at his place,
located 12 miles south and 2
miles west of O'Neill on Wed
nesday, February 22. bale will
begin at noon and lunch will be
served by the Lutheran Ladies
I Aid.
Mr. lutte will sell 45 head
of Angus cattle. This herd has
been culled for 37 years and
consists of some of the finest
big-boned Angus cows in the
country. In addition, he will
| » sell 8 head of horses, 17 head
of shoats. some prairie hay,
machinery and equipment and
some household goods.
Thorin is the auctioneer and
Leo T. Adams, also of Chambers,
will clerk. (See advertisement
on page 7.)
On Friday, February 24, Verle
David will sell personal prop
erty at the place located 2
miles north and 2 Vs miles east
of Chambers Offering includes
6 head of cattle, some practical
ly new and some used farm ma
chinery. David is moving from
the farm into town. Colonel
Thorin is the auctioneer and Mr.
Adams will clerk. (See adver
a tisement on page 4.)
Red Crow Drive
To Begin Soon
EMMET—Mrs Guy O. Cole,
of Emmet, chairman of the Holt
county American Red Cross
drive "for 1950. said Wednesday
the drive would begin soon.
hew patrolman
A new Nebraska safety pa
trolman has been assigned to
O’Neill. He is Patrolman Frank
Dineen. He will serve with Pa
trolman Faye Robeson, who has
been stationed here for several
fears
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August Primary
Filings Continue
August primary election fil
ing continued thi? week as 3
more people posted their fees.
The new filings are:
Esther Cole Harris, of O’Neill,
incumbent registrar of deeds,
Republican, filed February 21.
Andy Clark, of Grattan town
ship, incumbent, supervisor from
tne Third district, posted his fee
February 9.
John Grutsch, of O’Neill, fil
ed February 10, for county clerk,
Grutsch filed on the Democratic
ticket.
Filings have mounted to 23
with this week’s entries.
Thus far 7 have filed for
county sheriff—4 Republicans
and 3 Democrats; 2 have filed
or supervisor from the Seventh
! district—a Republican and a
Democrat; 3 have posted their
fees for the state legislature
(28th district); 1 has filed for
I county attorney on the Repub- j
lican ticket; 4 have posted their j
fees for assessor —2 Democrats !
and 2 Republicans; 1 besides ;
Grutsch has filed for county |
clerk, on the Republican ticket; j
and 1 each, Republican, for
county treasurer and clerk of
e district court.
EDWARFSTRACKE
STROKE VICTIM
Stuart Man, 63, Dies At
The Wheel Of a
Pickup Truck
STUART — Edward Stracke,
:s. died Monday morning about
11:10 o’clock while driving a
rorkup truck into Stuart. His
brother, George Stracke, was
with him.
Mr Stracke, who lived in Stu
rt, had gone to the ranch about
2 miles from Stuart to feed cat
tle and was returning from the
country when the heart attack
occurred. He had been “ailing
some" recently, relatives said,
and “was not feeling well” earl
ier in the morning. He retired
from the farm and moved into
town about 5 years ago.
A rosary service was held
Monday evening at the Coats
funeral chapel. Funeral services
were held at 10 o’clock Wednes
day morning in St. Boniface
Catholic church and burial was
in St. Boniface cemetery. Rev.
Urbanski, of Emmet, officiated
in the absence of Rev A. J. Pas
chang, who is in a Yankton hos
pital
Sur^i'Tor* include: Widow;
daughters — Mrs. George
(Mary) Wallinger and Mrs.
Stanley (Charlotte) Cobb;
son — LaVern. all of Stuart;
brothers—George and Fred,
both of Stuart.
The late Mr. Stracke was born
in Rock county, a son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stracke.
He was reared in Rock county.
His widow is the former Ethel
Greenfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cobb
were enroute home from Chica
go. Ilk, when Mr. Stracke was
stricken. They learned of the
death upon their return to Stu
art.
Collins Schedules
Machinery Auction
Lloyd Collins, head of Lloyd
Collin.- Implements in O’Neill,
as announced that he will con- ,
iuct another big new and used
machinery auction. Date set is
Saturday, February 25,
Sale will begin at 12:30 p.m.
and will be held at the east
edge of the citv on highways 20
and 275.
Mr. Collins said he arranged
for the sale in response to many
requests. In November. Mr. Col
lins ran a similar sale that was
acclaimed “a great success.”
Billed as a pre-inventory sale,
the event attracted buyers from
several states.
“Next week’s sale promises
to be as big, if not bigger,” Mr.
Collins said Wednesday while
making final arrangements with
The Frontier for handling all
the advertising. This includes
huge posters, newspaper and
radio announcements.
Many O’Neill merchants are
joining in a bargain day pro
motion for that date—Saturday',
February 25—coinciding with
.the Collins sale. Full details, in
cluding a listing of all the ma
•hinery and farm equipment
and scores of bargain aay spec- !
i; Is, will be found in the Febr- j
wary 23 issue of The Frontier.
80 Names Drawn
By Board—
The Holt county board of su- ;
per visors recently drew 80
names from which will be se- .
lected the March district jury
panel, according to District
Judge D. R Mounts.
The jury term is scheduled to
get started March 6, Mounts
1 said. The panel members must
‘ be chosen 10 days prior to the
beginning of the term
11 INCHES SNOW
BLANKETS HOLT
Contains Much Moisture;
Crewe Clear Highways
And Streets
Scenes reminiscent of the
blizzards of 1948-’49 blew mto
Holt county and the O’Neill re
gion Saturday and Sunday.
Some roads were partially
blocked and some communica
tions were disrupted.
Balmy, springlike tempera
tures disappeared Saturday aft
ernoon about 1:30 when snow
began to fall. Snow fell almost
continuously until early Mon
day morning. During that time
the O’Neill region received ap
proximately 11 inches of snow.
Other parts of the county re
ported from 9 to 11 inches of
snow. The Celia community,
north of Atkinson, reported
about a 10-inch snow with no
drifting.
J. D. Osenbaugh, resident en
gineer for the state department
of roads and irrigation, said
Monday that drifting had oc
curred along all main highways.
Maintenance crews worked Sun
. iay and by Monday at 9 a.m. j
ighway 20, wast of O’Neill, was
open to Valentine. East of O -
Neill on highway 20, snow clear
ing crews had some difficulty
before they conquered an 18
inch drift about a half-mile
long The drift started at a
point 3 miles east of O’Neill.
Highway 20 east was opened
by noon. Osenbaugh said.
Highway 281 north and south
of O’Neill had minor drifts on
ft but traffic was not delayed
i-n those roads.
Some new drifting occurred
Monday night but by Wednes
day evening maintenance crews
had cleared all main highways
and secondary roads.
Spokesmen for bus com
panies running in and out of
O'Neill reported that most
busses were running behind
schedule Sunday and Monday
with 4 runs being cancelled.
Sunday evening and Monday
morning runs to Sioux City and
Norfolk were cancelled. How*
! ever, all busses are now on
I schedule.
Chicago & North Western
railroad officials said both pas
senger and freight trains were
running slightly behind sched
ule Sunday evening and Mon
day morning
| City crews have been clearing
j snow from the city streets.
Some rural schools did not
| hold classes for the day and
I various clubs and groups were
! forced to postpone meetings be
1 cause of the adverse weather
I and road conditions.
Orchard Man
Creates Violin
ORCHARD — Phil Burton,
ot Orchard, has made for him
| self a violin on which he al
ready has played several ”oon
certs.” Tht; crudte instrument
was fashioned from an abaci
j doned apple crate. He is using
conventional violin strings and
a regular bow.
Andy Schacht. of O’Neill, (on pole) and
Thomas Courtney, of Lynch (at base of pole)
are shown "tying-in" the Mrs. Alice Matthews
farm for electricity from the REA lines. Presi
dent William Blakkolb, of Naper. president of
. .mi Minimum
I the Niobrara Valley Electric Membership cor
poration, is shown (inset) connecting the meter.
Ceremony marked beginning of rural electrifi
cation in Holt county. (See story below.)—The
i Frontier Photo*.
CHAMBER HEARS i
M A1L REPORT
Survey Satisfies Postal
Official Who Will
Recommend Delivery
The Chamber of Commerce
in regular monthly session
Tuesday noon at Slat’s cafe
heard a report from A. E. Bow
en, member of the Chamber’s
mail deliver committee.
Bowen pointed out that a par
tial house-to-house and busi
ness-to-busineas survey showed
an "overwhelming desire" for
mail delivery service in the city.
Three hundred and fifty family
heads and firm heads have in
dicated a desire for this service,
Mr. Bowen said
J. C. Shoep, of Norfolk, pos
tal inspector for this region, will
recommend to the postmaster
general that mail delivery be
provided in O’Neill, Bowen re
ported.
Meanwhile, citizens wanting
service will have to provide
their own mail boxes, mark
. their own houses with num
hers, the city will have to
mark streets, etc.
This will take considerabh
preparation and planning,” \i
Bowen reported.
Mail delivery as it is planned
will not embrace the entire rity,
Mr. Bowen said. The s< rvice will
he provided in the business dis
trict and 2 blocks south of Doug
las street from one end of the
ity to the other. Service will
extend 3 blocks north of Doug
‘as street except in the Ford’s
park area, where it will be con
(Continued on page 4)
Rural Power
Comes to Holt
A brief, simple ceremony at
11 a.m. last Thursday, Febru
ary 9, marked the coming of
rural electrification to Holt
county.
Setting was the Mrs. Alice
Matthews farm, 1 xh miles north
cast of O’Neill.
Two REA linemen accom
plished the “tie-in” of the Mat
thews farm to the REA line that
passes the Matthews place. A
"step-down" transformer was
booked up, reducing the high
voltage to 110-volts for domestic
use.
At the same time, President
William Blakkolb, of Naper,
president of the Niobrara Val
ley Electric Membership cor
poration, connected the meter
m a symboic gesture. About 40
persons witnessed the ceremony,
which was arranged by Ed Wil
son, Niobrara manager.
Eight other farms along the
same line, in the vicinity north
and east of O'Neill, were
hooked up the same day. By
Wednesday. 35 farms had
been connected.
Several O’Neill appliance
! dealers were on hand at the
i Matthews farms with electrical
displays.
Several numbers of the Nio
brara’s board of directors— m
eluding Carroll O'Neill, of O’
Neill, Vern Sageser of Amelia,
Joseph Rocke of Spencer; Har
ry J . Ressel, of O’Neill; Charles
Mulford, of Stuart and John T.
Murray, of Spencer, attorney —
were present for the informal
ceremony.
Eventually, officials said, they
hope to have a “majority” of
Holt countv farmers energized
by REA
JOHN KROHN, 62,
FARMER EXPIRES
Funeral I>clayed 24 Hours
Because of Weather
Conditions
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the chapel
of Biglin Bros, funeral home
here for John Krohn, 62, a far
mer. Rev. V. R. Bell officiated
and the body was taken to El
gin for burial.
Originally the services hac.
been scheduled for Monday
morning, but because of adverse
weather conditions, the rites
I were delayed for 24 hours.
Mr. Krohn died early Friday
morning at a hospital here
Pallbearers were: Fred Grage,
Den H. Murphy, William Han
ley, William Kraft, Fred Carey
and Ralph Van Buren, all of
O’Neill
The late Mr. Krohn, who had
never married and was a vet- j
• ran of World War I, was born
October 15, 1887, at Elgin. He
was a son of the late John and
Mergratha Krohn.
He came to Holt county dur
inn 1342 from Madison. Since
coming to Holt he had been
farming a place 2 miles east
;nd 1 mile north of here.
Survivors include: brothers
Cluis Krohn, of Portland, Ore.;
Harry Krohn, of Madison; Roy.
of Norfolk; sisters Mrs. Carrie
Harbottle, of Albion, and Mrs
Giatha Kinkly, of Norfolk
Z. G. Butterfields
Wed Half-Century
VENUS — Mi and Mrs. Z.\
G. Butterfield, of Venus, will |
observe their golden wedding ,
anniversary at their home on j
Sunday, February 26
A dinner will be served at
12 o’clock noon to the children,
brothers, sisters, and other near
relatives.
Between 2 and 5 o’clock in
the afternoon and between 7 ,
and 10 o’clock in the evening
the Butterfields will observe
open house.
The Venus couple has two ,
children: Elven A. Butterfield,
of Neligh who is Antelope coun
ty attorney, and Mrs. Frank ,
Reed, of Lincoln
The Butterfields still reside
; on the place they brought in
! the spring of 1900 when they
I were married. They have resid
! ed there continuously.
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Benefit Basketball
Games Tonight
Two benefit basketball games
ire on tap tonight (Thursday)
in the O’Neill high school gym
nasium. Gaines are under the
-ponsorship of the Lions club.
In a preliminary, beginning at
7:30 o’clock, the O’Neil! Irish
seconds will tangle with the
Clearwater Towners. In the
main event, beginning at 8:45,
the O'Neill Irish, speedy ama
teur outfit, will entertain the
Winner (S.D ) Aces.
Two more benefit games, al
so Lion-sponsored, are set for
| Sunday, February 19. The O'
Neill Irish will meet the Atkin
' son Towners at 2:30 p.m., and
the Irish seconds will square off
against the Lynch Towners at
' 3:45 p m.
(For further details see ad
vertisement oc page tl.)
Valentine's Day Brings Memories.
By MRS. R. J. HERING
Special Correspondent
ORCHARD — Valentine dis- j
plays in shop windows is a chal- j
lenge to youngsters and teen- j
agers to remember loved ones,
friends and sweethearts.
But Valentine’s day, 1950,
brought memories to Mrs. Dora
Walmer, now in her 78th year..
Turning the pages of the old
Bible, a gift from her parents
on her wedding day 55 years
ago—May 12, 1895, Mrs. Wal
mer found two yellowed enve- ■
lopes. Thicked away in each was
a lacy Valentine in pink, white
and blue. One bore the inscrip
tion “From John to Dora.” and
the other “From Dora to John,”
each dated in 1895, 3 months be
fore their marriage.
Let us peep inside the lacy
cover to see what young men of
a half-century and more ago
were thinking:
LOVE
I need not declare it, already
you know,
I love you, I love you'
For joy or for woe.
• For joy if you love me,
! O idol of mine;
For woe if you leave me
In anguish to pine.
And since we have dared to
read this tender message, we
shall be bold enough to read the
message from Dora to John
TRUE LOVE
I love you with a fond love,
I give you my first vow.
I’ll never love another.
If you forsake me now
Ah! No; if you desert me,
’Tis the end of joy for me,
My first love, and my last love,
All! All: I give to thee.
Beautiful words were these ’
end the sincerity implied was
never to be doubted for the mar
riage endured for almost 50
1 years. John died two years prior
to the golden wedding date.
Her parents left the farm
later on and moved to O'Neill
when she was 15-year»-oldL
said Mrs. Walmer. She enter
ed school and it was there she
later became acquainted with
the young man, her brother s
friend, who was to become her
husband.
Mrs Walmer’s father, George
Jones, operated a livery barn in
| O'Neill for several years.
Recalling her wedding day,
i she stated that she was married
j on May 12, 1895, at high noon in
the Methodist church, Rev. E. E.
Hosman officiating Her broth
er, Charles Jones, and Mr. Wal
mer’s sister, Lou (now Mrs.
Charles Kinman, of Colorado
Springs, Colo.) were witnesses.
Her husband had the home
ready and it was there the brid
al party went for dinner.
O’Neill and Holt county con
tinued to be their home for a
number of years. Her husband
was employed first by the Ga
lena Lumber Co. and worked
his way up to be head man Lat
er, he operated the Stillwell
ranch, 17 miles from Ewing and
was there for 11 years.
Returning to O’Neill he op
j erated a dray line and bought
I coal and hay Later, said Mrs.
W aimer, he bought a farm
which he eventually traded lor
a store in Orchard which was
known as Walmer’s general mer
chandise store. Still later, and
within the memory c f most folks
in the Orchard community, the
Walmers operated a bakery in
Orchard where Mrs. Walmer
plied her culinary skill in mix
mg up pic dough and batches of
I cookies and cakes too numerous
j to mention
She recalls one afternoon
when she made 27 pies. "I was
so tired of pie I never wanted
to see another one!" she ex
plains.
In later years the Walmer
greenhouse attracted widespread
attention. The construction of
the building was most unique
and was effected by using glass
from the doors and windshields
of junked cars.
In speaking of this last ven
ture, Mrs. Walmer said, “1
planted 48 peach trees. At the
end of 5 years we gathered 20
bushel of beautiful fruit.”
Mrs. Walmer’s husband died
in 1943. Then she disposed of
the greenhouse to Mr. and Mrs.
Venticher, who operate it.
Mrs. Walmer has 6 children:
Mrs. Rollie (Blanche) Brittain,
of Keystone, S. D.; Mrs. A. L.
(Lila) Hamilton, of Santa Cruz,
Calif., John, of Royal; Hom
er, of Spencer, la.; Mrs Gordon
(Doris) Blenderman, R. N., of
Sioux City; and Laurence, of the
, army, stationed in Washington
i D. C. She also has 10 grand
; children, and 4 great -grand -
(Continued on page 10)
CHURCH FILLED
FOR FUNERAL
iiurial at Hassett for
Mrs. Fredrickson, 35,
Mother of 4
An overflow crowd of rela
tives and friends Sunday gath
er ed at the Methodist church to
attend funeral services for Mrr
James G. Fredrickson, 35, O'
Neill housewife and mother of
4 children.
Mrs. Fredrickson was found
dead in the basement of the
ianiily home on East Douglas
street when children returned
from school Thursday afternoon,
February 9. She died from sejf
•nflicted shotgun wounds.
County Attorney William W.
Griiiin. acting as coroner, in
vestigated. Me said Mrs. Fred
rickson had left a note and an
nounced there would be no
inquest.
Rev. V. R. Bell, Methodist
church pastor, officiated in the
2 p m. tiuieral rites directed by
Biglin Bros. Despite the heavy
snowfall, the church could not
accommodate the persons who
came to pay final respects.
Reverend Bell said “Mrs.
Fredrickson was a kind and
loving mother and her departure
is a severe loss to the family . .
she will be missed by a large
circle of near relatives and
friends.”
Burial was in the Bassett
cemetery. Pallbearers were:
Harry Gorbal, of Bassett; Gene
McDermott, of Long Pine, Ar
thur Rurode, of Ewing; Earl
Bauld, William Brewster, Virgil
Laursen. Lee Blake and George
Layh, all of O’Neill.
The late Mrs. Fredrickson,
daughter of Frank and Erie
Fern Moore, was born at New
port on January 9, 1915. She was
reared at Newport and gradu
ated from the Rock county high
school at Bassett.
On June 15, 1932, she married
James G. Fredrickson in a nup
I t/al rite that took place in O’
Neil!.
They became the parents of
4 children. Geraldine, Gene,
Carol and James Allen The
family lived at Bassett for sev
eral years during which time
the 3 oldest children were born.
In the spring of 1946 Mr.
Fredrickson moved bis fam
ily to O'Neill where he as
sumed management of the
livestock market, which he
designated as the Fredrickson
Livestock Commission com
pany. On December 1, 1949. he
relinquished management of
the market and prepared to
move to a ranch near New
port.
Survivors include; Widower;
daughters-—Geraldine and Car
ol; sons—Gene and James Al
len; mother—Mrs. Frank Moore,
of Bassett; brothers — Glenn
Moore, of Mariavilte, Dean
Moore and Hugh Moore, both
of Newport; sisters—Mrs. Rob
ert (Elva) Clausen, of Omaha,
[ and Mrs. Walter (Grace) John
son. of Newport.
She was a member of the O -
| Neill Methodist church, having
transferred her membership
i horn the Bassett Methodist
I church in December, 1946
Mr Fredrickson had taken
i Mrs. Fredrickson’s mother, Mis.
Moore, back to Bassett the day
I of the tragedy and he had not
1 returned when it occurred. Mis.
j Moore had been at the Fredrick
son home for several days.
On Saturday. January 14, Mr.
and Mrs. Fredrickson became
the parents of a son, James Al
len. born in a Bassett hospital.
Efficient Firemen
Prevent Big Loss
CHAMBERS — The Cham
bers fire department was call
ed to the Wayne Smith home
1 mile south of Chambers last
Thu.sdrn evening, February ft
Mr. Sin.ith ha3 taken a lan
vrn and placed it on the ground
several feet from the oil barrels,
from which he was getting trac
tor fuel and putting into the
traitor. Another barrel, which
had not been in use since last
summer, suddenly exploded.
Tre fire caught in the trees
near by and also along the corn
crib near the barrels. The esr
in the corncrib was burned oft
one side.
The quick work of the fire
department, which was on th* _
scene in a matter of minutes,
1 saved the family serious loss.
Go to Omaha
Mr. and Mrs- H. EL Coyne de
parted early Wednenky for O
maha where they will attend
a state hardware dealers' con
vention
