CITY COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS
July 3, 1951
Council met in regular session.
Present: Mayor Davis, Council
men Asimus, Ohl, Johnson, Mer
riman and Golden.
Meeting was called to order by
the Mayor.
Minutes of previous meeting
read and approved. a L
Motion by Uhl, seconded by
Johnson, that the following bills
be allowed.
On the General Fund
Sausers Pickup Service - 7.50
Mir-O-Lite, Inc. - 170.00
Edw. T. Campbell- 334.73
Spelts-Ray Lbr. Co. - 4.36
Beha Electric-- 6-70
Schneider Electric Co.-5.98
Kelley Well Service - 214.00
Fuller Gravel ---—
Hunt’s Recapping Service 231.73
James Davidson & Sons ... 49.96
L. C. Anderson Cont. Fund 14.80
Leo S. Tomjack, Sheriff 33.75
L. O. Johnson 8.00
Fehrs Tractor & Equip. 5.00
White Well Service 45.00
D. F. McDermott 41.00
O’Neill Fire Dept. 26.00
George C. Robertson, agt. 49.30
Western Auto _ — IJJ-jjj}
Shelhamer Oil & Equip. 17 08
Consumers Public Power 474 68
Harrison Bridge Station 149.26
On the Water Fund
K. W. Engineering Co., Inc. 90.00
N. W. Bell Telephone Co.8.90
Jatmes Davidson & Sons 58.62
L. C. Anderson, Cont.
Fund 8.86
Interstate Machine & Sup. 122.35
Layne Western Co. 16.43
Consumers Pub. Pow. Dist. 93.99
Harrison Bridge Station 15.00
The vote on the above motion
was as follows: All Aye.
Motion by Johnson, seconded
by Golden, to accept the Certifi
cates to Certify Five (5) years
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service with the Volunteer Fire
Department of the City of O'Neill
for the following members: J. Ed
Hancock, James Holsclaw, Robert
Miles and Owen E. Davidson. Mo
tion carried.
Motion by Golden, seconded by
Uhl, approve the building permit
for the construction of house by
L F. Beckenhauer, on Lots 9 and
10, Block 10, original town of
O’Neill. Motion carried.
Motion by Uhl, seconded by
Morrison, to grant a building per
/nit to Carl Asimus for new con
struction on north one-half of
lots 15 and 16, block 37, Riggs
Addition to O’Neill. Building to
be 24x44 feet. Motion carried.
Motion by Golden, seconded by
Uhl, that the Council be reaf
firmed on Resolution passed and
approved on April 5th, 1944, lim
iting the number of beer licenses,
on and off sale to seven, liquor
on and off to three and liquor in
original packages only to one, and
that the applicatin for off sale
liquor in original packages only
of Ann Asimus be rejected. The
vote on the above motion was as
follows: Aye, Golden, Merriman,
Johnson and Uhl. Not voting, Asi
mus. Motion carried.
ORDINANCE NO. 249A
Ordinance No. 249a was intro
duced by Uhl and read for the
first time. Motion by Merriman,
seconded by Asimus, that Ordi
nance 249a be passed on its first
reading. Roll was called on the
above motion and the vote there
on was as follows: All Aye.
Motion by Asimus, seconded by
Merriman, that the rule that this
ordinance be read on three differ
ent days be suspended. Roll was
called on the above motion and
the vote was as follows: All Aye.
Ordinance No. 249a was by title
read the second time. Motion by
Johnson, seconded by Uhl, that
Ordinance No. 249a be passed on
its second reading. Roll was called
on the above motion and the vote
was as follows: All Aye.
Ordinance No. 249a was then
read at large. Motion by Golden,
seconded by Asimus that Ordi
nance No. 249a be passed on its
third reading. Roll was called and
the vote was as follows: All Aye.
Motion by Uhl, seconded by
Merriman, that Ordinance No.
249a be passed and adopted. Roll
was called on the above motion
and the vote was as follows: All
Ave.
Ordinance No. 249a
An ordinance providing for a
levy to raise funds by taxation
on property situated within the
corporate limits of the City of
O’Neill, Nebraska, for the fiscal
year beginning the first Tuesday
in May, 1951, and endiny the first
Tuesday in (May, 1952.
Be it ordained by the Mayor
and City Council of O’Neill, Ne
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Section 1. That the City of
O’Neill, Nebraska, make the fol
lowing levy for taxation for the
fiscal year beginning the first
Tuesday in May, 1951, and ending
the first Tuesday in May, 1952
and on the taxable property with
in the corporate limits of the Citj
of O’Neill, Nebraska: For genera:
purposes 5.0 mills, street lighting
2.6 mills, sewer maintenance A
mills, bank .5 mills, city parks
1.0 mills, airport maintenance l.C
mills, fire department mainten
ance .5 mills, fire esuipment .£
mills, municipal publicity .5 mills
sewer and bond retirement 7.f
mills, water bond retirement 3.(
mills, and street maintenance 3.<
mills on the dollar.
Section 2. This ordinance shal
take effect and be in force anc
effect from and after passage am
. publication as provided by law
Passed and approved this 3rc
I dav of July 1951.
Upon motion the Council ad
journed upon call by the Mayor
O. D. French,
City Clerk
J. E. Davis,
Mayor
July 10, 1951
Council met upon call by th<
Mayor.
Present Mayor Davis; Council
men Uhl, Johnson, Merrkman
Golden and Asimus.
Meeting was called to order b;
p Mayor Davis.
Motion by Uhl, seconded by
Johnson, that the city employ Mr.
J. M. Thorbum to run a drainage
survey on the City, and also to
place Bench marks for per
mate markers in the City. Mo
tion carried.
Unon motion the Council ad
journed upon call by the Mayor.
J. E. DAVIS
Mayor
O. D. FRENCH
City Clerk
July 18, 1951
Council met upon call by the
Mayor.
Present: Mayor Davis, Council
men Uhl, Golden, Johnson, Jones,
Merriman.
Meeting called to order by the
Mayor.
Motion by Johnson, seconded by
Golden to grant exception to Or
dinance to Alice Matthews, to
move house 22x26 to the East 50
feet of lots 22, 23, 24, Block 42,
Riggs Addition. Motion carried.
Motion by Uhl, seconded by
Merriman to authorize Mr. An
derson to extend sewer and water
to Block 4, McCafferty’s Addition.
Ebctenkion to be on the East,
South and West side of Lot 4.
Water main to be 4-inch pipe,
sewer to be of 8-inch pipe. Also
to authorize Mr. Anderson to buy
one carload of mixed vitrified
clay pipe. Vote on the above mo
tion was as follows: All aye.
Motion by Golden, seconded by
Asimus, to have F. J. Gilg and
R. S. Stevensen post a perform- ;
ance bond of $1,500.00 each, to
assure building of eight new
houses on or before December 31,
1952, in Block 4, McCafferty’s Ad
dition. The vote on the above mo
tion was as follows: All aye. Nay,
none.
Upon motion the Council ad
journed upon call by the Mayor.
O. D. French,
City Clerk
J. E. Davis,
Mayor
Butcher Hogs at
Par with Omaha
Butcher hogs, 190 to 240
pounds, sold from $22.75 to
$23.00, on a par with both the
Omaha and Sioux City river
markets at the Thursday, August
2, sale at the O’Neill Livestock
Market. The 240 to 270 pounders,
$22.50 to $22.75; the 270 to 300
pounders, $22.00 to $22.50. There
was only a very small showing
of heavier butchers. The light
.sows, weighing under 300 pounds,
were quoted from $19.75 to
$20.25; the 300 to 350 pounders,
$19.25 to $19.75, and the heavier
sows from $19.00 on down. There
were about six hundred head on
the offering Thursday at O’Neill,
including about 175 head of feed
er pigs. The feeders were off
from the week before. Boars ran
from $10.50 to $11.50; stags, from
$13.50 to $15.00.
There were about 150 head of
cattle through the O’Neill ring
Thursday. Canner cows were
quoted from $19.00 to $21.00;
medium cows, from $22.00 to
$24.00 with fat cows up around
$26 00. There were a few 500 to
600 pound steers, quoted from
$35.00 to $36.50, and a tew heif
ers, in about the same weight,
from $33.00 to $34.50.
Lorenz Bredemeier
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Gets Promotion
I Lorenz F. Bredemeier, of Val
entine, formerly of O’Neill, soil
[ conservation district conserva
tionist in the north-central Ne
I braska area, has been promoted
to state range conservationist.
Mr. Bredemeier and his family
will continue to reside in Valen
tine. Bredemeier’s successor as
district conservationist will be
Dean L. Higgins, of Broken Bow.
Free skating party for all Holt
county and Antelope county
skaters Wednesday, August 22.—
: Plainview Roller Rink. 14-15c
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Mrs. Fred Truax’s
Mother Expires
REDBIRD — Mrs. H u 1 d a h
White, mother of Mrs. Fred Tru
ax, sr., passed away Monday, Ju
ly 30, at her home in Omaha.
Relatives from here attending
the funeral Thursday, August 2,
were!
Mr! and Mrs. Fred Truax. sr.,
and Richard, Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Be;sen, Mr. and Mis. Henry
Hull and family and Mr and
Mrs. Fred Truax. jr., and ton,
Alfred.
Other Redbtrd Nows
Demis Darnell, of Lynch,
sp-mt the weekend with bir aunt,
Mrs. Robert White, and family
Mr and Mrs. Junior Wnson
were Sunday supper gues s c-t
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wiuta.
Linda Tuck, of Verdel, spent
last week with her sister, Mrs.
Junior Wilson, and husband.
Reggie Pinkerman is employed
at the Fred Spencer farm near
Lynch. _ _ .
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Coch
ran and sons, Bobby and Gary, of
Bloomington, Calif., visited Mrs.
Cochran's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Truax, sr., and other rela
tives the past 2 weeks.
Kay Carson, of Lynch, spent
several days last week with her
cousins, Clarence and June Car
b°Mr. and Mrs. Ted Schiessler,
who moved recently from Lincoln
to Sioux City, stayed overnight
Friday with her sister, Mrs. Guy
Hull, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Bessert vis
ited in the Oscar Witherwax home
Sunday, August 5.
The Dorsey Ladies Aid met
Wednesday, August 8, with Mrs.
F.ddie Carson.
Miss Dorothy Kosenxrans, mrs.
Marie Breiner and Mrs. Willa
Schollmeyer completed the 9
week session at Wayne State
Teachers college Friday, August 3.
Oral Pickering, of Lynch,
trucked hogs to Sioux City Mon
day night for Leon Mellor and
Ray Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Oleson, of
Geddes, S. D., were Sunday visit
ors of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Pat Osborn.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hull, of
INiobrara, spent Sunday, July 29,
with their son, Guy Hull, and
family.
A card party, honoring Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Hull, on their birthday
anniversaries, was held at their
home Tuesday evening, July 31.
Guy and Lila received many gifts.
A midnight luncheon was served.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hull and
daughter, of Crete, visited hiis
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hull,
from Monday to Friday.
Albert Lee Kruse and Douglas
Butterfield accompanied Coacl
Blackbird, of Lynch, to the Wayne
State Teachers college Wednes
day, August 4
Miss LaDona Crawford accom
panied Shirley Bentz, of Spen
cer, to Wayne Sunday evening tc
finish the 2-week session at the
teachers’ college.
Callers in the Ray Wilson home
Sundaf evening, August 5, were
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Oleson, ol
Geddes, S.D.; Mr. and Msr. Rob
ert White and Sharlene, Denni:
Darnell and Mr. and Mrs. Junioi
Wilson.
Mr. and Mis. Audrey Henke, o!
Kansas City, stayed overnigh
Friday, August 3, with her yrand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hull
Mrs. Henke is the former Opa
Hull.
Albert Carson and son, Rexford
spent Sunday at Ray Wilson’s.
Sunday, August 5, visitors ir
the Fred Truax, sr., home were
the Henry Hull and Fred Truax
jr., families.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Krohn anc
family, of Niobrara, visited Mrs
Krohn’s cousin, Mrs. Junior Wil
son, and husband Sunday, Aug
ust 5.
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W« B*g Your Pardon—
Tn a report of a meeting of the
Rebekah lodge in a recent issue,
an error was made in the listing
of the names of those on the serv
ing committee. Instead of Mrs.
John Davidson it should have
read Mrs. D. H. Clauson.
Elizabeth Wedige
Burial At Stuart
ATKINSON — Mrs. Elizabeth
Wedige, 74, died Thursday morn
ing, August 2, in the Stuart hos
pital. Funeral services were con
ducted at 9:30 a.m., Saturday,
August 4, in St. Boniface Catho
lic church in Stuart.
Elizabeth Louise Wedige was
born in Chicago on September 25,
1877, the daughter of Max and
Emma Sontag Kunz. Her family
moved from Chicago to Platte
county in 1882, when she was 3
years old.
Two years later, they moved tc
Holt county, where she later met
and married Joseph Wedige, and
where she spent the remaindei
of her life.
Her husband, a daughter, Anna,
and an infant son preceded hei
in death.
Survivors include: daughters
Mrs. Joe (Marie) Smith, of Ox
ford; Mrs. John (Margaret) Ma
kohus, of Omaha; sons Leonard,
of Atkinson; Alvin and Ernest, of
Emmet; Eugene, of Stuart; 6
grandchildren; 1 great-grand
child; sisters—Margaret Kunz, ol
Stuart; Katherine Kunz, of Val
entine; Mrs. Henry (Lona) Kru
ger, of Stuart; Sister (Tess) Ven
tura, OSF; brother—Joe Kunz
of Stuart.
Mitchell-Jeffrey
Nuptials Here—
Miss Marian Mitchell, of Plain
view, and George Jeffrey, of Ve
nus, were united in marriage on
Wednesday, August 1, in O’Neill.
County Judge Louis W. Reimer
performed the ceremony.
The bride appeared in a gray
gabardine suit with white acces
sories. Her attendant, Mrs. Elmer
Edmundson, wore a green bem
berg dress.
Mr. Edmundson served as best
man.
In the evening friends and rel
tives were entertained at a wed
ding dance given in honor of the
young couple at the Summerland
dance pavilion at Ewing.
O'Neillites Compete
j in Ord Tourney—
Ten O’Neillites Sunday com
peted in the annual Ord golf
tournament. R. V. Lucas was run
nerup in the second flight and
Jack Everitt captured top hon
ors in the driving contest.
Others from O'Neill participat
ing were H. J. Lohaus, A. P.
Jaszkowiak, M. J. Golden, Joe
McCarville, Red DeWitt, Ted
Lindberg and Wally Shelhamer.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bazelman
nnd Conn.e vsned Sunday at
Pilger with '.1 e Ed Psota family.
Miss Matin • K. Gallagher re
turned Sa*uiv\iy after spending
& week in Sioux City visiting
Mrs. William Ernst.
Truax-Bessert
Rites in O’Neill
REDBIRD— Miss Eva Truax
and Dale Bessert were married in
O’Neill on Thursday, July 26, by
Holt County Judge L. W Reimer.
They were attended by Mrs. *
James Cochran, of Bloomington,
Calif., sister of the bride, and
Beryle Bessert, of Wagner, S.D.,
brother of the bridegroom.
Following the wedding a fam
ily dinner for near relatives was
held at the Fred Truax home.
The bride, the youngest daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Truax,
sr., attended the Redbird school.
The bridegroom, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Bessert, also attend
ed school at Redbird and the
Lynch high school. He was a
World War II veteran and served
3 V: years in the air force.
The young couple will reside
on a farm at Redbird.
A large crowd gathered Sun
day evening, July 29, to chariva
ri the newlyweds.
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BASEBALL!
O’Neill Rockets vs. Bartlett
Sun., Aug. 12
O’Neill Rockets vs. Spencer
Thurs., Aug. 16
Both Games . . . Carney Park . . . O’Neill
Each Starts at 8:30
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NEBRASKA GETS ITS
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200 THOUSANDTH
NORTHWESTERN
BELL TELEPHONE
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Another important milestone in Nebraska telephone development has
just been reached with the installation of the 200 thousandth North
western Bell telephone in this state. L ■
Telephone growth in Nebraska has been rapid in recent years.
Nearly 66,000 Northwestern Bell telephones have been added since
1945 — an average gain of about 1,000 telephones per month.
It has been a big job to keep pace with Nebraska’s increasing
telephone needs — to provide more equipment, more lines, more build
ings — the many facilities necessary to meet growing demands for
service and to improve service. (
Since 1945, our investment in telephone plant and equipment in
this state has increased $24,000,000 or nearly 80 per cent — and
, further additions of about $20,000,000 are planned for the next few
years. Times like these emphasis the importance of adequate telephone
| service and the value to the state of a telephone company which is
financially healthy and strong enough to do the job well.
Behind each of our Nebraska telephone employees today stands
about $17,000 of telephone equipment — bought by the savings oi a
million investors. Only as long as our earnings are good will investors
keep putting up the money to buy the poles, wires and buildings chat 5.
keep the service good and let it expand.
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