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VOLUME 70.—NUMBER 14. O'NEILL, NEBR., THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 19501 price 7 com
Atkinson Set
for Hay Days
1950 Edition of Festival
Expected to Surpass
Other Years
Preparations for the festive
hay days to be held at Atkinson
Wednesday and Thursday, Au
gust 16 and 17, are practically
complete. The sponsors, the Far
ley-Tushla post of the American
Legion, have spared no effort in
making this year’s program the
gi^atest for any similar event in
the country. The long program
is interesting and varied enough
to suit the needs of every mem
ber of the family.
The giant parade, to be held
at 2:30 Wednesday, wiil include
more than 60 floats entered by
business men and organizations
in the Atkinson area. The pa
rade is sponsored by the Atkin
son Lions club, and is entitled
“Holidays in Our America.” En
tries include bands from O’Neill,
Neligh, and Atkinson; and the
Stuart Circle ‘“S” Saddle club.
Prior to the parade, the bands
will present a concert between
the hours of 11 and 2.
One of the highlights of the
evening activities will be pre
sented on Wednesday evening
when the coronation pageant
will be held at the new baseball
park.
The Hay Queen and the Hay
King will be crowned in this
colorful pageant to be staged
under the new baseball lights.
Dancing will be presented
both nights at the Knights of
Columbus hall in Atkinson. The
coronation ball will be held on
Wednesday evening, featuring
a grand march led by the newly
crowned Hay Queen and Hay
King. The famous Hay Days
dance will be held Thursday
evening. Music both nights will
be provided by the Starligters.
The necktie auction, a new
attraction, will be held Wednes
day at 4 p. m. Hundreds of ties
will be offered at auction. Bid
ders will be given an opportuni
ty to bid on neckties owned by
various celebrities. The Atkin
son Memorial hospital will ben
efit from the proceeds.
The Holt county honor farm
family will be presented Thurs
day evening in a program at the
ball park that will also include
a 4-H club talent show. Nomina
tions for the honor family this
year were accepted from any in
dividual resident of the county,
and a high degree of interest
has been expressed in the event.
The lucky family will, as usual,
be showered with many fine
gifts.
The 4-H club show will give
everyone the opportunity to see
these future leaders of American
farm life in demonstrations of
typical 4-H activities.
The event that always cap
tures a lion’s share of the inter
est, the hay baling contest, will
be held Thursday afternoon at
2:30.
Plenty of baseball will be
provided with contests schedul
ed for 1:30 and 3:30 on Thurs
day. The Atkinson Legion will
meet the O’Neill Legion in the
(Continued on page 8)
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Exam Orders To
56 Holt Men
Orders to report for pre-in
duction physical examinations
were forwarded this week to
56 Holt county men
They will go to Ft. Crook on
Wednesday, August 16, for the
checkups.
This is the first group of Holt
men to be called on during the
new mobilization program in
duced by the Korean war.
There are few men in the first
group who are in class 1A- Most
of the 1-A men in the county
are in the younger age groups
Meanwhile, Lt. - Col. Frank
B. O’Connell, deputy director
of Nebraska selective service,
said Tuesday that marriage no
longer is sure-fire draft insur
ance.
O'Connell said Fifth army
headquarters in Chicago, 111.,
had notified states in its com
mand that married men would
be accepted by the service if
local draft boards sent them.
Previously, no married men
were being accepted .
The new ruling was aimed at
preventing potential inductees
from escaping service by tak
ing a wife after receiving notice
to report for physical examina
tions.
“In an attempt at uniformity,”
O’Connell said, “we’re advising
Nebraska boards to draft men
who get maried after they have
been ordered to report for phy
sicals- But if they get married
before the notice, we won’t take
them.”
The colonel said marriage has
not been widely used as a means
of dodging the draft.
“Just enough to stir up some
of the local boards,” he said^
APPENDECTOMIES
F 0 R BROTHERS
When Drs. Farner and Saul
ter, of Norfolk, were called up
on Wednesday, August 2, to
perform an emergency opera
tion at Lutheran hospital upon
Ralph Beckwith, 45, of O’Neill,
they said, “That’s odd. We just
did this same job for another
man named Beckwith a few
hours ago."
Subsequent investigation re
vealed that the first patient had
been Leon Beckwith, 48, farmer,
of Emmet, and a brother of
Ralph.
The brothers had been strick
en with appendicitis and rushed
to Norfolk for operations the
same afternoon. Neither knew
that the other was ill. Ralph
was sent to Lutheran hospital
and Leon to Our Lady of
Lourdes, a few blocks away.
Ralph, making a rapid recov
[ ery, was returned home Sunday
evening after stopping at Our
Lady of Lourdes to visit Leon,
who will not be discharged for
another couple of days or so.
ENERGIZE NEW
ARCS AUGUST 19
Chamber t o Sponsor a
Street Dance for
Occasion
Enerization of O’Neill's new
white way at 10 p. m. on Sat
urday, August 19, will not be
with out due fanfare.
The Chamber of Commerce
is arranging for the turning on
of the new lights with a street
dance in connection.
The light ceremony will al
so serve to climax a 2-day dol
lar day promotion.
Alice and her orchestra, of
Spencer, have been signed to
provide music for the outdoor
dancers at the corner of Fourth
and Douglas streets.
Meanwhile, Consumers Pu
blic Power district workmen
have been feverishly readying
the system for the energization
date. Most of the standards are
now in position.
They extend the length of
the city on east-west Douglas
street and from the railroad
tracts on Fourth street
north to the O'Neill pub
lic school auditorium.
The Chamber met in regular
monthly session on Tuesday.
Highlights of the meeting were
a report on the Valley Forge.
Pa., Boy Scout jamboree by Bill
Malloy, who was a delegate from
O’Neill, and a report of a Mir
age Flats tour taken by C. R.
(“Bob’ ) Hill.
Hill told the Chamber the
Mirage Flats irrigation project,
comprised of 11-thousand-acres,
was a small scale model of what
the reclamation bureau hopes
to accomplish in Holt county
northwest of O'Neill. He stated
163-thousand-acres in Holt are
irrigable.
Hill reviewed the develop
ment ,of the Flats, told how
early ’settlers attempted ir
rigation with trestlework. He
said water loss represents on
ly 12 percent due to seepage
and evaporation.
Water is conveyed by using
the inverted siphon system
when crossing gulleys and ra
vines.
Chief crops in the prosperous
1 irrigated sandhill country are
j ranger alfalfa, corn, beets and
! safflower
The tour which Hill took was
in connection with the anual
meeting of the Niobrara Basin
association held at Gordon
Lyle P. Dierks, of O’Neill, is
vice-president of the association;
James W. Rooney, of O’Neill, is
director-at-large. _
Light Vote Cast in Holt
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One of the principal attractions at the Holt county fair will
be L. J. Breckenridge ("Arkansas Shorty") with his trained
i mule, Josephine. Fair dates are August 30-31, September 1.
Open House to Mark
501h Wedding Anniversary—
Next Sunday afternoon Mr.
and Mrs. Robert R. Morrson, of
O’Neill, will mark their 50th
wedding anniversary by hold
ing open house from 2 to 5.
The couple was married on
August 13, 1900, at a 6 o’clock
mass conducted by the Rev. Fa
I ther Jeannette, of Omaha, who
was serving the O’Neill church
during the absence of the late
, Msgr. M. F. Cassidy, visiting in
\ Ireland at the time.
Fire Department has
Inactive Week—
The past week has been quiet
for the O’Neill fire depart
ment. Firemen saw action but
once, when they were called
to help extinguish a grass fire
6 miles east of town last Thurs
day, August 3, at the Louis O.
Meyer place.
Former Page
Resident Dies
PAGE — Funeral services
for John Burshek, 91-year-old
Lead, S. D., resident who farm
i erly lived in the Page commun
ity, were held Wednesday, Ju
ly 26, at St. Patrick’s Catholic
church in Lead.
Burshek had lived in Lead j
since 1944 w'ith his daughters, j
Mrs. George Murray and Mrs.
J. W. Berggran.
iHe was born in 1858 in Czec- |
hoslovakia, came to the U. S.
in 1885. He settled in Holt coun
ty, left here in 1910.
Survivors include. Daughters
— Mrs. Frank Bresee, of Greg
ory, S. D.; Mrs. George Stone,
of Denver, Colo.; Mrs. George
Murray and Mrs. J. W. Berg
gran, both of Lead; 26 grand
children; 36 great-grandchild
ren; 1 great-greatgrandchild.
Nelson Leads Race
For Unicameral—
The 3-way race for the nom
ination to the 28th district’s
seat in the state’s unicameral
was watched closely and true
to expectations, shaped up in
to a pretty thrilling battle be
fore all the returns were in.
Frank Nelson, of O'Neill, ap
parently clinched his place in
the general election with a
substantial 2,019 votes in his
column.
There may still be some
doubt, however, as to who his
opponent in the general elec
tion will be until the final of
ficial count is tabulated. Norris
Coats, of Stuart, is credited
with 1,177 votes, and the third
man in the race, Fred J. Jung
man, of Atkinson, received 1,
163.
The 2 candidates receiving
the highest vote *in the pri
mary wil be opponents in the
general election next Novem- 1
ber.
As shown by the accompany
ing table, the voting in the 4
counties comprising the 28th
legislative district followed no
established pattern. In the 4
columns there are 4 separate
and distinct trends of selection.
The switching of a handful of
votes in any one of the counties
could change the second place
choice.
Summary:
Holt B’yd K’ya R’ck tot.
Nelson 1340 467 104 108 2019
Jungman 755 242 59 107 1163
Coats . 709 139 101 228 1177
Total 1340 467 104 108 2019
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Precinct
O’Neill 1 ___ 116 63 36
O’Neill 2 _ 121 49 48
O’Neill 3 .. _ 154 76 55
Atkinson 1_ 16 43 38
Atkinson 2 _.. 20 46 21
Atkinson 3 40 71 32
Atkinson Twp. 29 32 29
Chambers 59 69 25
Cleveland 1 5 25!
Coleman _ 17 4 1
Conley 11 5 2
Deloit _ 11 11 4
Dustin 6 8 9 I
Emmett 32 10 26 i
Ewing 55 34 32
Fairview _ 15 9 8
Frances 426
Golden __.... 14 8 5
Grattan 70 9 22 ;
(Continued on page 8.)
Hubbard, Tom jack
Hoffman Win—
There was a fair turnout of
voters in Holt county for the
primary elections Tuesday de
spite the fact that ranchers
were working desperately to
make up time lost earlier this
summer through bad weather
and many of them did not take
time out to go to the polls. Al
so, a bad storm late in the day
undoubtely kept many voters
aw-ay from the polls.
Interest here centered large
ly in the free-for-all contest for
the sheriffs post with a total of
10 candidates, 6 Republicans
and 4 Democrats, seeking the
nomination. The incubent, A
B. Hubbard easily had the
reach on his 5 opponents and
breezed in with the decision,
polling a total of 648 votes. His
closest opponent was Glea H.
Wade with 457.
Hubbard's opponent in No
vember’s general election will
be Leo S. Tomjack, of O'Neill,
top man in the Democratic bal
loting.
Ruth Hoffman sucessfully de
fended her place as leader on
the Republican ticket for the
post of county clerk, a job she
has held the past 5 years. She
totaled 1217 votes to 767 receiv
ed by her opponent, Esther C.
Harris. Mrs. Harris is at present
register of deeds, but filed for
the county clerk’s place in an
ticipation of the 2 jobs being
combined as a result of Holt
county’s declassification when,
it was shown to have lost pop
ulation in the recent census
Wim. F. Wefso won the Re
publican nomination for county
assessor when he polled 747
votes to 642 for the incumbent,
L. G. Gillespie and 503 for the
third man on the primary bal
lot, Joe Winkler.
The first precinct to get its
returns into O’Neill was Stuart.
The Stuart election officials re
ported to the clerk’s office at
10:30 p. m.
“The Voice of The Frontier’’
provided most people in the O’
Neill area with their first iin
formation on election returns
In connection with its regular
9:45 a. m- broadcast, the “Voice”
was on the air for 25 minute*
with a recapitulation of elec
tion results from Holt, Rock,
Boyd, and Antelope counties.
Tuesday night’s storm dis
rupted communications to
Springview, county seat of Ke
ya Paha county, and the result
(Continued on page 4.)
UNOFFICIAL REPUBLICAN SUMMARY HOLT COUNTY PRIMARY ELECTION
(See Democratic Summary on page 4.) .
Gov. Lt. Gov. Sec. St. Aud. Treas. At.-Gen. R. R. Com. Cong. 4th Co. Clk. Dis. Trs. Holt Sheriff Atty. Sur. Co. Asr. No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 No. 7 No. 5
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PRECINCTS
(Below)
1. Stuart 150 19 16 98 53 117
2. Atkinson-3_ 46 4 12 40 17 42
3. Grattan_ 58 7 5 34 29 48
4. Antelope_ 6 117 16
5. Paddock_ 29 8 9 29 10 28
6. O’Neill-2_ 85 2 32 74 30 80
7. Verdigris_ 76 11 14 61 27 76
8. Atkinson Prec. . 52 6 8 46 20 48
9. Atkinson 1_ 59 3 9 52 14 53
10. Pleasantview_ 16 2 3 10 8 9
11. Atkinson 2_ 52 9 6 43 15 54~
12. O’Neill 1_ 82 13 32 84 29 92
.13 Willowdale_ 19 1 1 12 9 19
14. Shamrock_20 1 11 8 5
15. Emmet ._ 35 7 16 37 18 43
16. Shields_ 21 4 4 21 7 24
17. O’Neill 3_ 131 21 39 122 42 122
18. Inman _ 41 4 12 35 15 44
19. Deloit___ 4 7 2 9 4 10
20. Chambers_ 109 8 25 93 30 105
21. Green Valley _ 8 2 4 1 8
22. Swan __2 3 2
23. Coleman_ 14 4 12 4 15
24. Sandcreek _ 37 3 2 25 12 40
25. McClure _ 7 3 8 2 9
26. Sheridan_ 26 9 2 28 5 29
27. Saratoga_ 13 9 2 12
28. Rock Falls_13 4 11 6 17
29. Wyoming_ 32 2 3 24 7 25
30. Golden_15 2 2 17 2 16
31. Holt Creek_ 8 I 6 3 8~
32. Ewing _ 48 16 12 43 26 47
33. Fairview _ 11 2 5 9 4 13
34 Conley-17 1 8 9 13
35. Scott- 8 3 8 3 10
36. Dustin-13 1 1 11 1 15
37. Steelcreek _ 14 1 3 10 2 15
38. Iowa- 11 1 2 7 5 10
39. Cleveland- 19 1 12 6 17
40. Frances- 11 1 9 2 10
41. Lake _ 15 3 12 3 16
42. Josie_4 3 14
TOTALS_1437 187 289 1197 492 1386
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5 12 55 32 23 47 38 14 4 6 2 49 48 42 28 62 51
127627 5 4 *1 1 8 2686
2 9 23 19 16 30 31 8 3 2 1 41 4 33 14 36 38
9 14 90 65 27 83 53 19 1 12 1 85 20 68 56 112 100
1 12 79 50 32 73 52 13 9 1 82 13 57 45 88 73
4 7 52 32 20 46 30 9 7 3 48 10 47 21 59 56
5 5 53 44 13 67 36 13 2 3 1 56 8 29 46 66 63
4 4 15 6 7 12 8 5 1 16 3 14 8 19 14
2 7 55 44 15 49 33 14 4 7 50 10 40 29 59 56
18 9 100 73 3 4 98 63 25 1 9 2 1 06 18 69 65 119 106
1 21 9 9 18 12 3 5 19 2 17 5 21 15
4 15 16 3 14 9 4 1 17 4 19 1 17 16
8 6 49 33 19 46 24 23 4 51 7 35 26 53 51
3 3 23 16 12 18 15 6 1 1 28 2 22 8 28 21
20 24 144 100 54 131 96 38 2 11 8 131 30 120 76 168 151
6 41 31 12 35 27 4 5 7 2 41 9 26 28 46 39
2 13 6 5 8 6 2 1 1 11 2 7 7 11 10
2 17 103 67 38 90 57 18 2 15 4 124 9 124 35 126 106
5 2 2 3 4 ~~l ' 7 6 3 7 9
111 11 12 1233
2 13 8 7 12 9 4 2 16 2 13 5 14 15
1 1 24 24 7 31 20 5 1 2 1 36 7 30 14 38 42
745451 1 9 7496
3 3 30 15 13 27 19 10 1 1 26 6 25 11 33 31
1 1 10 9 2 12 6 3 10 3 11 3 13 13
2 12 11 4 9 8 4 1 1 17 1 13 7 15 14
4 27 17 9 27 23 3 1 1 1 27 7 24 14 34 30
2 2 18 10 7_17 11 3 1 1 18 1 11 10 15 15
1 9 7 2 7 6 1 1 8 1 8 I 9 9 "
5 10 61 37 26 57 27 12 4 7 3 67 6 35 44 66
1 1 9 10 3 12 5 5 1 10 1 6 11 10 14
2 13 10 6 16 8 3 5 15 16 2 17 14
176388 1 915587
12 8 2 8 8 3 12 2 10 7 13 14
1 11 8 5 12 U 1 1 16 2 18 3 18 10
1 11 5 4 8 7 2 1 12 2 10 6 12 10
1 17 9 6 17 10 2 3 1 17 2 19 1 19 19
1 11 9 2 10 8 1 11 1 11 1 11 9
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