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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1951)
New Bridge Will Prevent Washouts • NORTH OF STUART*—A group «f men worked on Saturday, March 23. and again on Monday to dig out a culvert and widen the cut so the county outM , could install a bridge on the road past the Pettijohn place. • The road washed out last • Thursday afternoon. This has oc curred every spring thaw for sev j cral years. County Supervisor j Alex Frickel inspected the road (and decided a bridge was the only solution. 1 James and Robert Doming, Warren Berry, Charles Dobiae and Merrill Smith worked on ' Saturday and Monday. Lou Prangc also helped on Monday Other North of Stuart News Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lofquest were O'Neill callers on Tuesday, March 13. Mr. and Mrs. George Mellor and daughter, of Atkinson, visit ed at the Russell Hipke home on Wednesday evening, March 14 Mr. and Mrs. Lou Prange vis ited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Durvin Kipple in O’Neill on Wed nesday, March 14. Easter Sunday guests at the home of Mrs. Lottie Lofquest were Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Lof quest and Chuckie, of Ainsworth; Mr and Mrs. Dewayne Philbrick and LaVeda, of O’Neill, and Mrs. Vina Munson. Mr. and Mrs. Lof quest and Chuckie came Satur day evening and attended Cleve land church services on Sunday morning Mr and Mrs. Charles Dobias and boys were Sunday, March 25, guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Scott. The Cleveland Ladies Aid met at the home of Mrs. Russell Hip ke on Thursday, March 22, with Mrs. James Deming co-hostess. The meeting was to have been on Wednesday at Mrs. James Deming's, but had to be held at the Hipke home because of road conditions. Mrs. Arlin Caster and Mrs. Elmer Allyn led devotionals and the lesson was conducted by Mrs. Calvin Allyn. Mrs. Lou Prange was a guest. Next meet ing will be with Mrs. Deming with Mrs. Russell Hipke and Mrs. Sam Lofquest the hostesses. A large congregation attended church services Easter Sunday at the Cleveland Presbyterian ctiurch. Services were held at 7:30 a.m. and will continue through the summer months at B:30 a.m. for church services and 9:30 for the Sunday-school hour. Miss Laura Mulford and Bill Mulford came Friday night to spend Easter vacation at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mulford. Bill and Laura are Hastings college stu dents. Mr and Mrs. Merrill Smith and family were Sunday, March 25, guests at the Robert Fuller ton home in Atkinson. Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Seger and family were also guests. Miss Loretta Berry was a March 23-25 weekend guest at the Charles Mulford home. Mr and Mrs. Warren McClurg and family, of Bassett, were Eas ter Sunday dinner guests of Mr. McClurg’s brother, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer McClurg, and family. Church services are planned at the Cleveland Presbyterian church for Thursday evening, March 29, at 8 p.m. The services will be in charge of the Home Missions team who visited the schools a few weeks ago. These services had bAn planned for March 22, but had to be postpon cd because of road conditions. Miss i_.ucille Mitchell, teacher of district 52, entertained her pu pils and their mothers at an Eas ter party on Friday afternoon, March 23. The pupils demonstrat ed their school work with read ing classes followed by games, an egg hunt and lunch served by Miss Mitchell. Those present were Mrs. Linford Sweet, Mrs. Elsie Sweet, Mrs. Charles Dobias and Mrs. Merrill Smith and Dar rel. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Allyn and family were Easter Sunday din j ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. James J Allyn and family. Mr. and Mrs. James Deming and Robert were Sunday dinner : guests of Mr. and Mrs. Linford Sweet and family. The telephone line “23" north [of Stuart was out of order last week. Lineman Linford Sweet fixed the line Tuesday, March 20, after several days’ search for the trouble. The Cleveland Ladies Aid is sponsoring a new project for the children and young people of the church. Sunday, March 25, saw the lending library started in the church entry. Books arranged in a peach box are placed for anyone to borrow and read. Any donations of good books will be welcome and the ladies are hop ing the peach box will soon be replaced with a larger book case. The ladies have donated $5 to start the project and the library is under the care of Vesta Adams. The Cleveland Progressive club made plans at their meeting on March 18, to sponsor a party and bazaar to be held at the Cleve land church basement on Friday evening, April 6. The ladies will serve lunch and are planning an evening of entertainment. Mon ey earned at the project will be j given to pay on the new X-ray machine recently purchased for the Stuart hospital. Lynch Couple in Golden Wedding LYNCH—Mr. and Mrs. George Tuch were observing their gol den wedding day here Tuesday, March 27. The event was high lighted with an open house re ception at their home here from 2 to 5 in the afternoon and from 7 to 9 in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Tuch were mar ried at the courthouse in (Niobra ra by Judge Thomas March 27, 1901. They made their home at Pish elville for nine years, where Mr. Tuch operated a grist mill. Flour manufactured t h e re was sold to nearly every store in Knox and Boyd counties in the early days. In 1909 the couple moved to a farm on the Missouri river two miles west and two miles north of Verdel, where they made their ' home until 1946 when they re tired and moved to Lynch. They purchased a home and have liv- | ed here since. While farming in i the Verdel community they also i owned and operated a general j merchandise store in the village of Verdel. Mr. and Mrs. (Tuch have three sons—James, of Niobrara; Lloyd, who lives near Verdel; and Mar vin, who lives on the home place near Verdel; one daughter — Mrs. Edward May, who lives near I Monowi, and nine grandchildren. Other Lynch Newt Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Ducker and Darla Dee spent Easter Sun day with relatives in Verdel. Gntce Mannen and Ernest jr., Darnell, of Omaha, spent Easter with homefolks. Mrs. Mary Fusch. of O’Neill, and Arlene Fusch, of Sioux City, spent Easter with homefolks. Miss Deloros Thiessen, of An oka, spent the weekend with homefolks. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ross meier and daughter, of Sidney, spent the Easter weekend with relatives here. A family dinner was held at the C. L. Haselhorst home. Gordon and Dennis Ross meier returned home with their parents after a 10-day visit with relatives. Mrs. Frank Hanzlik, of Creigh ton, is staying at the Johnnie Hanzlik home assisting m the care of her new grandson. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Keim, ol Lincoln, spent the Easter week end at the John Wike home. They returned home Sunday eve ning. Frontier for printing! Fancy Dresses for Spring Fancies t 111 1 1 I"1 ,:'T 1 BY EDNA MILES TN spring a young woman’s fancy also turns to thoughts A of that age-old problem of what to wear. Two answers to grace 1951’s spring fashion scene are shown at left and at right—both specifically created for the junior charmer. The cotton at right features enormous panier pockets, frosted with eyelet embroidery. The bodice of the Florida fashioned dress buttons from waist to demure, round collar. Tiny puffed sleeves and a full skirt complete the dress which is the sort of gaj’er than springtime creation for resort wear and other special dress-up occasions. Dressier still is the glamorous party dress at left, fash ioned from speckled, silky taffeta. A coat-type dress, its flattering wing collar and velvet buttons produce a double-breasted effect. The hipline is full and gathered, broken by a wide self belt. Either dress should make the junior miss a sure hit with the opposite sex as well as the envy of fellow fashion fans. Equally as important, the creations embody good taste and so cannot help but to lend an air of discernment to i the young lady’s spring wardrobe. State Capitol News— Gustavson Tells Legislature Faculty Fay Hikes a ‘Must,’ Governor’s Figure Too Low By Meivin Paul Stalehouse Correspondent The Nebraska Press Association LINCOLN—The Nebraska le gislature went back to work on Wednesday, refreshed after an Easter holiday and a flying jun ket to western Nebraska as the guests of the Gering Chamber of Commerce. Only the labor and judiciary committees had to work Monday afternoon. Before adjourning for the long weekend, the legislature: 1. Held a three-hojjr hearing on the pros and cons of the con troversial watershed bill, LB 455. 2. Heard more charges against the liquor commission in the special legislative probe. 3. Sat through another session of the committee investigating the state assistance department in which the state agency contin ued its feud with county aid of ficials. 4. Heard Chancellor R. G. Gus tavson, of the University of Ne braska, say that Gov. Val Peter son’s reeommedation of $11 mil lion in tax funds isn’t adequate. * * • Largest Gallery Hears Watershed Testimony— The watershed bill hearing at tracted a crowd of more than 400, probably the largest at a hear ing this session. The testimony lasted for more than three hours. Sen. O. H. Liebers, of Lincoln, one of the measure’s cointroduc ers, explained the purpose and details of the bill. Flood waters, he said, don’t recognize county lines or city limits; the only way to cope with the problems is on a watershed-wide basis. He was backed by the other sponsors, Ed Hoyt, of McCook, and O. H. Person, of Wahoo, and 15 witnesses, including landowners, farmers, city bus inessmen, lawyers, farm or ganisation representatives, and others. Attacking the bill were a group of farmers and land landowners who protested that the bill’s powers are too broad and that the bill is unnecessary since the same purposes can be accomplished by amending the old state drainage I act. The committee took no action on the bill; in fact, did not even consider it as member hurried to leave Lincoln for their homes. Tbe group meets again Thurs day. • • • Bribery Charges Continue— Bribery rumors arose again in the investigation of the state li quor commission. A. A. Gilstad former partner in an Omaha ta vern. appeared before Sen. Ray Babcock’s probers, and charged that state liquor agents—whom he identified by name—had giv en him “a hard time” after he declined to take the advice of one of them to buy his insurance from Liquor Commissioner Ba line Young. Gilstad’s class C license was revoked for conduct unbecoming a licensee. He was charged with being drunk in his tavern. He said that a Lincoln attor ney told him to lav $1,500 “on the line” if he wanted the lawyer to try to get the permit back. Gil stad said he understood the at torney wouldn’t keep all the money himself. The lawyer did not sav the money was to be used for a bribe. The same agent mentioned bv Gilstad is one charged by Ed ward Trask former agent' with ♦ akin? onvnffs for not disturbing ‘fce oneratinn of one-ball ma I et.ir.ns in Ore-ha tavern:-. T»-n remmittnn w-,«- nytrected ♦ o hear morp witnesses this week • • • r*_ a 1 wavs a de Vn»„,nOT1 JJpjJ jry an^ -11—tinV fVip work of Sen. W. J. William’s committee which was formed to try to find ways to cut red tape which the counties say is doubl ing the cost of the program. The counties—especially Lin coln and Lancaster—have bitter ly assailed the state department and now Vandemoer is using the hearings as a chance to tell his story. The counties will get theirs later. Here’s a sample of what Van demoer is telling the Williams committee: "There is need for some le gal method whereby statutory provisions covering the slate assistance program will be made mandatory upon the ooUnlies without penalizing those persons on the assistance rolls/' ‘‘If ineligible persons are cer tified to the state, then the local county assistance committee had been remiss in their responsibil ity. They should know that their assistance staffs are doing the job as it should be done. They should supervise their assistance staffs so that they know the type of work these staffs are doing.” At the end of the second hear ing which lasted till after 6 p.m., Williams remarked, “This is real ly an education. Nobody disagreed. • m • Chancellor Calls Salary Situation 'Critical'— Nebraska university is carrying through with the budget strategy laid down when the governor knifed their request for $13,500, 000 in tax funds to $11,000,000. It was simply to go before the budget committee of the legis lature and try to do a better job of convincing the lawmakers the boost was needed than had been done on the governor. The chancellor said that if the school gets only the amount re commended by the governor it will be unable to grant propos ed faculty salary increases. He called the salary situation "critrcal" and said pay hikes are "a must.” Proposed salaries would put the faculty more nearly on a par with other Big Seven in stitutions, he said. The only cost of living increase granted faculty members was the 1 percent raise given four years ago, Dr. Gustav son said. Meanwhile, Chairman Arthur Carmody, said the budget com* mittee hopes to have the appro priation bill ready for the floor in about two more weeks. • • • Hearing on Sales Tax Set for Today— Sidelights on the legislative ‘ scene: Sen. Dwight Burney’s two per cent tales tax bill is up for hear ing this Thursday Observers say it doesn’t have much chance, but its cointroducer. Sen. Chris Metz ger, of Cedar Creek, is a mem ber of the revenue committee which will hear the measure and he may put up a tough fight in committee. On Friday the government committee will hear Sen. Hugh Carson's proposal to put the question of outlawing pari mutuel betting on the 1952 gen eral election ballot. Observers were surprised to see how quickly the revenue com mittee killed Carson’s soft drink tax bill. Everyone thought that since the price of pop had gone up and many places were al ready charging a dime, that the bill had a better-than-average chance with the state taking part of the difference between the old nickel price and the new 10 cent tag. DEATH BREAKS 5 GENERATION LINK Lewis Fees, 88, Former Chambers Resident, Dies at Sargent CHAMBERS—Lewis Fees, 88, former resident of Chambers died Wednesday, March 21, at the Sun set rest home in Broken Bow. Mr. Fees was born May 27, 1863, in Illinois. He came to Ne braska at the age of 9, first going to Seward county. In 1893, he was married to Lydia Cain. To this union two children were born. Hazel Fees Mathouser, who died in 1948, and Vem Fees. Mrs. Fees died in 1897. He married Effie Susan Ward in 1899. Two sons were born to this union.—Anton, who pre ceded his father in death, and Ernest, who now lives in Sargent. In 1904 the Fees family mov ed to Custer county and in 1910 to a ranch in Holt coun£y, where they lived until 1923, when they moved into Chambers. The second Mrs. Fees died in 1927, and later Mr. Fees married Anna Gordon, who died in 1945. Mr. Fees moved tb Sargent in 1947 where he had a little home near his son, Ernest, and family. Survivors include: Son—Ernest, of Sargent; brothers—John, of Ed dyville, and Harvey, of Washing ton state; 19 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great grandchild. Funeral services were conduct ed at Sargent at 10 a.m., Friday, March 23, and at the Chambers cemetery in the afternoon. Ser vices at Chambers were in charge of the Masonic lodge. Mr. Fees was an uncle of Chet Fees, sr., of Chambers. | Receives Dishes 'From Japan— ATKINSON—Mrs. John War ner has received a surprise gift from her son, EN 2 John Warner, who is now stationed in Yokasu ku, Japan. The gift consists of 93 pieces of decorated china dinner ware. Mrs. Warner says each place setting consists of seven pieces and in china is called Noritake ware. The dishes have an ivory face, a white base and are hand paint ed with a delicate spray of flow ers. Couple Weds in Lynch Church— LYNCH—Francis Ertz, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ertz, sr., of Butte, and Carol Ann Peter sen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Petersen, of Monowi, were married in the Assumption Bless ed Virgin Mary church at Lynch Monday, March 26, at 8:30 a.m., with Rev. John Wieczorek offi ! ciating. The couple plans to live in 1 Butte. ATKINSON NEWS The Methodist WSCS met on Wednesday, March 21, at the fol lowing hostesses’ homes: Circle I — Mrs. Lloyd McDowell; II — Mrs. Carl Smith; IV—Mrs. Vera Humphrey; V—Mrs. Lulu Hum phrey. Circle III met Wednes day, March 28, with Mrs. Radke. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kissinger, of Omaha, spent the Easter week end visiting relatives and friends in Atkinson. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Vlach and daughter left Monday, March 26, for Chicago, 111., to visit relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Mlinar entertained Easter Sunday in honor of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Quigley and son, Larry, of Belle vue. Mrs. Quigley is the former Eva Mlinar. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mlinar, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Johnson and Mar vel Jean, Mr. and Mrs. Dwaine Lockmon and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mlinar, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith and Leile and Mr. and Mrs. George Beck. Larry has en listed in the navy and is to be inducted on March 29. Mr. and Mrs. Byron McCloy and children spent the Easter vacation with his relatives in Rock Rapids, la. Mr. McCloy is the public school coach. Bob Berigan, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Berigan, and Ed Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Scott, arrived home from St. Louis, Mo., last week. Mrs. Rose Slaymaker enter tained the Catholic Daughters at her home on March 21. Pfc. Richard Schmit, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Schmit, is spend ing a 15-day furlough with home- » folks. Pfc. Schmit has been sta tioned at Arsenal, Ark., but on his return he will go to New Jer sey. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hale and sons entertained as Easter dinner guests Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stolte and Mr. and Mrs. Ottmar Poss necker. Miss Joan Gonderinger, daugh ted of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Gond eringer, spent the Easter week end with homefolks. She is em ployed at Valentine. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Morgan, who have spent the winter months in McAllen, Tex., return ed to their home on March 20. tourists Meeting Postponed— CHAMBERS—The South-Holt 4 - H club’s meeting scheduled March 30, has been postponed to April 6. Meeting will be at the Clyde Hansen home. BASEBALL BENEFIT Dance Butte Legion Ballroom BUTTE. NEBR. Tuesday, April 3 Music by ALICE And Her Orchestra I Write-In Candidate I I Lowell Culver I H FOR ^ 1 O’Neill City Schools j I BOARD OF EDUCATION 1 1 • Property Owner. 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