Revenue Collectors
Announce Schedules
The collector of internal rev
enue has posted the following
schedule announcing the date
and place where deputy collect
ors will be stationed during Jan
uary and March, 1951, for assist
ing persons with filing 1950 in
come tax returns:
January 8 ami 9—Chambers.
January 8—Atkinson.
January 9—Page.
January 10—Orchard.
January 10—Brunswick.
January 11—Lynch.
January 12—O’Neill.
January 15 and 16—Creighton.
January 17 and 18—Wausa.
January 19—O’Neill.
January 22—Niobrara.
January 23—Butte.
Januaiy 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, and
31—O’Neill.
Mar. h 1—Chambers.
March 1—Atkinson.
March 2—O’Neill.
March 5—Orchard.
March 6 and 7—Creighton.
March 8 and 9—Wausa.
March 12, 13, 14, and 15—O’
NeilL
The foregoing itinerary will be
of interest to those filing returns
i January 8 through January 31
for farmers, and March 1 through
March 15 for all others, including
farmers if they filed an estimate
on or before January 15 and paid
all the tax due on the estimate.
There is no charge for this ser
vice.
G. W. O'Malley, collector, ad
vises farmers to get the totals
from your books and carry
these totals to the proper place
on form 1040F.
Fill out the depreciation sched
ule and compute the remaining
cost and show the amount allow
able in 1950.
The deputy collector will com
pute the tax for you, O’Mali-y
explained.
To assure any benefits of split
income provisions, husband and
wife must include all their in
come and both must sign, even
though only one has income.
“If at least two-thirds of farm
ers’ gross income is derived from
farming, you may file a declara
tion on or before January 15,
1951 and then file your return
on Form 1040 on or before March
15, 1951. If farmers file their fin
al tax return on or before Janu
ary 31, 1951, and pay the total tax
at that time they need not file a
declaration,” the collector ex
plained.
Frontier for printing.
Orchard Robbery
Pair Given 3 Year*
NELIGH — John Kociban, 20,
and John Dion, 21, both of Cas
per, Wyo., pleaded guilty to char
ges of armed robbery and were
sentenced to three years in the
men’s reformatory by District
Judge Lyle Jackson.
The two men were arrested
Saturday, December 16, by Pa
trolman Donovan Lacey an hour
after they held up and robbed
the John Friday liquor store at
Orchard of $71.90. With them
was Dion’s wife, Mary, 18,
Kociban and Dion were identi
fied by Mr. Friday as the gun
men. The stolen money, found in
Mrs. Dion’s purse, was returned
to Friday.
CELIA NEWS
Mrs. Allen Marquardt, of Nor
folk, arrived Tuesday, Decem
ber 19, to spend Christmas with
relatives. Mrs. Marquardt is the
former Lillian Frickel.
Celia Homemakers met at the
home of Mrs. George Beck Wed
nesday, December 20, for the
Christmas party. Mrs. O m e r
Poynts was elected a member of
the club. Mrs. Allan Marquardt,
of Norfolk, was a visitor. Twen
ty-five dollars was given to the
Atkinson hospital, $6 to chil
dren’s memorial hospital in Om
aha. Grab bag and mystery sister
gifts were exchanged. Mystery
sister names were disclosed.
Mrs. D. F. Scott visited the
Delbert Scott family in Butte on
Wednesday morning, December
20.
Paul Forsythe, former Celia
resident now living in Dixon,
Wyo.., came Tuesday, December
19, for a visit with his uncle, Al
ex Forsythe. He left Thursday,
December 21, to spend the holi
days with his parents in Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Johnson
and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bausch
were O’Neill visitors Tuesday,
December 19.
Mrs. O. A. Hammerberg was a
Bassett visitor Wednesday, De
cember 20.
Legionnaires Hold Party—
ATKINSON—Over 100 people
were present at the Christmas
party given in the American Le
gion club rooms Sunday after
noon, December 17.
Cooks Capture Reds
by Baker’s Dozens!
CHAMBERS — Mr. and Mrs.
Hamp Smith, of Chambers, this
week received a newspaper clip
ping concerning their son, Ma
rine Pfc. Marvin B. Green, who
is serving as a cook in headquar
ters company in the IX Marine
corps in Korea.
The article that follows origi
nally appeared in another news
paper:
“Three cooks from this head
quarters substituted carbines for
ladles and meat cleavers and
captured ‘a double baker’s dozen’
of enemy guerillas.
“In response to an appeal for
volunteers by the MP’s who were
already deluged with PW’s and
captured weapons, Sgt. Charles
E. Starks, of Beaver Dam, Wis.;
Cpl. Norman D. Johnson, of
Newark, N. J., and Pfc. Marvin
B. Green, of Chambers, grabbed
their carbines and took off for
the mountains.
“They returned with 26 of the
enemy who were turned over to
the MP’s.
“Leaning over a field stove
preparing the evening chow, Ser
geant Starks discounted the feat.
“ ‘AH you have to do is point
a rifle at them and they give up,’ i
ne commented.
“ ‘As simple as opening up a j
can of tomatoes,’ Corporal John- j
son agreed.”
Hull Home Scene
of Gathering—
Mr. and Mrs. Arch Hull came
from Crookston Sunday, Decem
ber 10, to spend the day at the
home of his mother, Mrs. Ella
Hull. With them were their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Merrit, and their three
sons, Jerry, Manson and Bruce,
of Perris, Calif.
Other relatives who came to
have dinner with them were: Mr.
and Mrs. Levi Hull, Mr. and
Mrs. Loyal Hull and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Mellor and De
loris, Mr. and Mrs. Lucian Louk
and family, of Anoka; Clyde
Hull, of Atkinson; and Mr. and
Mrs. Preston Jones and Merle.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kaczor,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nelson and
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Devall and
girls called in the afternoon.
Attend Funeral at Butte—
ATKINSON— Relatives from
Atkinson who attended funeral
services for Mrs. Joseph Reiser,
of Butte, on Tuesday, December
19, were: Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Kubart, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kra
mer, Mrs. Polly Davis, Mrs. Cora
Tasler and Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Cearns; also Rev. and Mrs. Kubart,
of Norfolk, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Coufal, of Stuart. Mrs. Rieser
was a sister of Mrs. Polly Davis
and an aunt of Mrs. Kubart. Ser
vices were held in the Catholic
church in Butte.
“Voice of The Frontier,’’ Mon.,
Wed., Sat., 9:45 a. m., WJAG
Out of Old Nebraska—
Whiteman’s First Christmas in Nebraska—
1812—‘Deprecating, Wretched Situation’
So far as is known, the first i
Christmas spent by white men i
in Nebraska was in 1812. The
record indicates that there was
n’t much of a celebration.
The men were Robert Stuart
and a half-dozen companions,
enroute from Astoria, John Jacob
Astor’s fur-trading post at the
mouth of the Columbia river, to
St. Louis, Mo., and New York
City. Tneir journey was an
epochal one. They probably were
the first white men to cross
South Pass and traverse the
Platte river road that within a
generation could become a hea
vily-traveled highway of West
ern expansion.
On November 1, after having
traveled since June 29, the
party encamped on the right
bank of the North Platte river,
near the mouth of Poison Spi
der creek, not far west of the
present city of Casper. Wyo. j
The location seemed favorable j
and the weary travelers decid
ed to spend the winter there.
Winter quarters hardly had
been constructed, however, when
the men decided they would
have to move on because of
danger from the Indians. Hehce,
on December 13 they set out a
gain, determined to move further
down the Platte in the hope of
reaching a safer camping ground.
Christmas day saw them in the
vicinity of Scottsbluff. Stuart
wrote in his journal that the hills
south of the river were, “bluffy
and possess a few cedars —bul
faloe (very) few in number and
mostly bulls.”
The bitter cold made it impos
sible for the men to keep warm
in camp, so they started early
the next morning, pushing about
22 miles down the river, and
making camp about five miles !
from Chimney Rock. Here, as
they scanned the barren, snow
swept horizon to the east, it
seemed impossible to go on.
Stuart's journal dramatical
ly describes their decision,
reached the morning of the
27th:
“The night was cold in the ex
treme, and getting up with the
dawn we took into consideration
that having last evening seen at j
least 50 miles to the eastward j
without any indications of tim- t
her, and deprecating the wretch- j
edness of our situation should we
be overtaken in these boundless
plains by a snowstorm, particu
lai ly as we have reason to expect
it daily, and the country before
us such an inhospitable waste as
even to be deserted by every
Kind of quadruped, we at once
concluded, five votes to two, that
our best plan was to return up
the river to where we shall find
buffaloe for our support and tim
ber for canoes, there to await the
opening of the navigation.”
So they turned around, and
headed back up the river to a
spot approximately two miles
below the present town of Tor
rington, Wyo., there to dig in for
the winter. On March 8, 1813,
they set out again. After an un
successful attempt to navigate
the Platte, they followed that
stream on foot to the Missouri.
WJAG . . . 780 on your dial!
Fire Petitions Are
Being Circulated
ATKINSON — Work is going
forward on the organization of
Atkinson’s rural fire district.
An interested group of men
from the townships to be served
are circulating petitions asking
farmers and ranchers for con
sent to levy a small tax as means
of raising money for needed
equipment.
Those close to town appear to
be more willing to take on this
extra tax burden than those liv
ing some distance out.
Some of the objections to the
proposal are that in the 30 min
utes or so that would be requir
ed before the truck could reach
a fire 20 miles or more away it
would be too late. Then there is
the question of some paying a
much heavier tax than others,
for the same protection, because
of personal and property value.
Other Atkinson News
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Shellhase
left Sunday, December 24, to
•spend Christmas at the home of
their son, Keith, and family at
Avoca. They stopped in Omaha
enroute and were accompanied
from there by their daughter,
Donna, who is in training at the
Methodist school of nursing.
Herman Schrader, sr., left
Thursday, December 21, for Min
neapolis, Minn., to spend a week
or so with his brother, Fred.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Matousek,
of North Platte, are spending the
holidays with Victor’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Matousek, of
Atkinson, and Mi's. Matousek’s
oarents, Mr. and Mrs. Orville
Paxton, at Stuart. Vic is with
the state game department at
North Platte.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Brau
and son, Danny Lee, of Omaha,
and Mr. and Mrs. Jay DeGroff,
of ONeill, spent Sunday, Decem
ber 24, at the home of their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Bonnen
berger.
Darlene Burgess was a week
end guest at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Allan Upton at Meadow
Grove. Darlene and Gerald spent
Sunday at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Burgess,
and then drove to Meadow Grove
to spend Christmas with his par
ents, the Uptons.
Mrs. L. E. Knoe and daughters,
Sharree, Joyce and Paula, of
Waterloo, la., came Thursday,
December 21, to spend the holi
days with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. G. E. Frohardt. Sunday Mr.
Knode arrived with the good
news that he had received his
discharge from the army service.
Mr. Knode was in radar work.
Mr. an Mrs. Frank Havranek fc
and daughter, Bette, of Hamburg,
la., came early Monday moaning,
December 25, to spend the day
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Havranek, sr., of Atkin
son.
Mirs. Carl Ohde has received
word from her father, Luther
Larson, that Luther, jr., who was
wounded sometime ago in Korea,
has recovered sufficiently to be
returned to active duty.
Members of Atkinson high
school and several alumni held
a Christmas party at the auditor
ium Thursday evening, Decem
ber 21. Following a program of
music furnished by the Atkin- #
son chorus and the high school
glee club, members of the home
economics class served the group
a light lunch. Dancing provided
entea1.inm.ent for the rest of the
evening.
Little folks from St. Joseph’s
hall gave their Christmas pro
gram at the public school audi
torium Friday evening, Decem
ber 22. A large crowd attended.
“Voice Of The Frontier,” Mon.,
Wed., Sat., 9:45 a. m.
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service at the lowest possible cost
—to deal fairly and openly with
out discrimination — to conduct
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to our customers and the com
munities we serve.
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