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O'NEILL NEWS
Mr, and Mrs. M. M. Langan
went to Norfolk on Thursday, De
cember 27, to visit their daughter,
Mrs. G. L. Sobotka, and little
granddaughter, Jane Ann, in Our
Lady of Lourdes hospital.
Mrs. Mary E. Grady, of Grand
Island, is spending the holidays
with her sister, Mrs. John, Rother
ham, and son, James.
Pfc. James A. Langan, soh of
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Langan,
spent the holidays with his par
ents. He returned to his air base
at Albuquerque, N. M., on Wed
nesday. . ,
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Holsclaw
took their daughter, Miss Mari
lyn, and son Pfc. Robert Holsclaw,
to Grand Island on Sunday, De
cember 30. Miss Marilyn took a
bus for Lincoln, where she is
employed and Pfc. Robert Hols
claw returned to Keesler Field,
Biloxi, Miss., after spending the
holidays in O’Neill with their par
ents Marvin Holsclaw, another
son, returned to Alliance, where
he is employed.
DR. FISHER, DEHTiBT.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Hill were
dinner and supper guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Mc
Manus on New Year’s day.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hynes and
daughter were New Year’s day
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Austin Hynes.
Mr. and Mrs. Odes Johnson, ol
Lexington, were Christmas day
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs Larry Johnson and family.
Mrs. Delia Green, of Powdei
River, Wyo., was a guest of hei
sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Austin Hynes, through th<
holidays. On Christmas day, Mr
and Mrs. Hynes, Mrs. Green anc
Mrs. Nora Brown went to Rav
enna and spent the day with Mr
and Mrs. Kenneth Young.
Miss Elja McCullough was £
Friday and Saturday guest at tfu
home of Mr. and Mrs. Larrj
Johnson.
Venetian blinds, prompt deliv
ery, made to measure, metal ei
wood, all colors.—J. M. Me Don
aid Co.. O'Neill.
Mrs. Alpha McKathnie, of At
tmaon, was a weekend guest at
Ihe home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Vic
tor Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Johnson
were New Year’s dinner guests ol
Mr. and Stanley Johnson in At
kinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ray plan to
leave Saturday for Dallas, Tex.,
where they will visit several
weeks, after which they will be
at their new home in Loveland,
Colo. Mr. Ray and John Ples
sel trucked 2 loads of furniture
and personal effects to Loveland
during the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Hertford
took Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Heri
ford to Rochester, Minn., Sunday
’ mcming. The Bennett Hertford^
returned to O’Neill Monday. They
reported listening to the “Voict
of The Frontier” program whil<
in the vicinity of Blue Earth
Minn.
spending the holidays with thei
parents.
John Bohn, who was visiting ii
J 0
O’Neill during the holidays, re
turned to Camp Knox, Ky., on
! Monday.
John Berigan returned to the |
University of Nebraska in Lincoln
on Monday after spending the
holidays with his parents in O'
Neill.
Mrs. Esther Harris and Mrs. P.
W. McGinnis entertained 25
guests at a party on Sunday, De
cember 30, at the home of Mrs.
McGinnis in Emmet.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sawyer
and family, of O’Neill, and Miss
Muriel Niles, of Scottsbluff, were
New Year’s guests of Mr. and
c Mrs. Frank Grenier.
Miss Lydia and Fred Halva re
turned to Omaha where they are
employed after spending the hol
idays with their parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Victor Halva.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle M. Green
went to Creighton on Monday,
December 24, and spent Christ
mas day at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Neyens.
Guy Harris returned to his stu
dies on Wednesday after spending
the holidays wth his mother, Mrs.
Esther Harris, and his sister,
Ruth, who was also home for the
holidays. Guy attends Nebraska
Wesleyan university at Lincoln.
Pfc. Lyle McKim, jr., returned
Wednesday to Atlanta, Ga., after
spending the holidays with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Mc
Kim, sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Wales and
daughter, of Atwater, Calif., re
turned home on Friday, Decem
ber 28, after a 12-day visit with
Mrs. Wales’ parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lyle McKim.
Mr. and Mrs. uene Barneu, or
Lincoln, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Johnson, were Christmas guests
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
McClellan. Mrs. Barnett and Mrs.
Johnson are daughters of the Mc
Clellans. The Barnetts also vis
ited Mr. Barnett’s father, and the
Johnsons visited Mr. Johnson’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rudy John
son, of O’Neill.
r Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam Egger en
I tertained Walter Egger and Miss
Margaret Egger on Christmas day
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Necklious,
of Alexander, Minn., have been
visiting relatives in O’Neill the
past week. Sunday they were ov
ernight guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Heermann. Mrs.
Necklious is Mr. Heermann’s sis
ter.
James Merriman returned to
Creighton university, Omaha, on
Sunday, December 30, after
spending the holidays with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Mer
riman.
Thomas Harty and Robert Wal
lace returned to Creighton univer
sity, Omaha, on Monday after
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
WD — Mary Hamik to John
i Fred Hamik 12-17-51 $8000- Lots
2 & 3 Blk 16- Atkinson
, I WD — Village of Page to Roy
Stewart 2-20-51 $1- Lots 11-12 &
13 Blk 23 Page
WD—Thomas H Davis to Hen
rv F Heiser 12-26-51 $12,000 NEVi
, 20-30-14
WD— Kathryn Marsh et al to
Leo Burival 10-15-51 $1- SWVi
I 23-30- Range 12
WD—Gladys Davis to James E
Ramsay 12-11-51 $1- Lots 10 & —
Blk 3- Stuart
WD—Mary E. Farrier et al tc
Myrtle L Fees 12-24-51 $1- Lot l
Blk A- Chambers
WD — Otto R Risty et al to
Earl J Rodman & wf 12-22-51
$30,000- Lot 12 & West 30 ft lot 12
Blk 17- O’Neill
Home Rule Theory
Is Stressed—
The legislative councils com
mittee on watershed legislation
tossed a sample bill to the public
at a hearing on December 18.
Sen. John P. McKnight, of Au
burn, chairman of the group, said
the eommittee”s principal aim i:
to offer an easily-understood bill
which “will vest control in the
owners of the property benefittec
and permit the governing body tc
accomplish its objectives withou
I the aid of courts.”
(The Auburn senator said the
j home rule theory has beei
i stressed in drafting of the sampl
bill.
The 1951 legislatures publi
I works committee turned down
p, * watershed bill.
, nth for 1 a more beautiful, smoother operating, easier riding, safer car which fea
tures^ 46'important improvements. There is new beauty in the car’, road-hugging, sweep ng appearance, and
2C iarmonv Section in the new interior, which are ^Tailored with quality fabrics. Tire In™
interiors blend beautifully with the exterior colors. The ear has all the features for comfort, e^nomy, safety and
durability which have become traditional with Plymouth. Shown above is the new four-door Cranbrook sedan.
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Capitol Newt . . .
Valuations, Leases
Gain Almanac Spots
LINCOLN — Nineteen -fifty
j one was an eventful year in Ne
> braska statehouse and political
news. Following is a brief almanac
of the headline stones of the year.
JANUARY
2 — Sixty-second legislature
convenes; elects Ed Hoyt, of Mc
Cook, as speaker.
15—Bill to reenact penny-per
gallon gas tax increases, voted
down in 1950 referendum, intro
I duced by Sen. Otto Prohs, of Ger
ing.
19—Sen. Sam Klaver’s measure
to raise old age assistance ceiling
by $10 killed by health commit
tee.
22—Gov. Val Peterson recam- t
mends a biennial budget of $158,
988,252.
FEBRUARY
1—Bill to restore license plates
to 1950 system advances to gen
eral file.
5—Legislature votes pay raises |
of $1,500 for most state officials.
7—Lancaster and Douglas coun
ty welfare directors label state as
sistance program “lousy.”
19—Legislature votes probe of j
wholesale liquor industry de
manded by Sen. Hugh Carson, of
Ord.
MAriL.il
1—Bill providing for partisian
legislature amendment is axed.
8— Government committee kills
constitutional convention meas
ure.
9— Sen. W. J. Williams, of Kear
ney, named head of assistance in
vestigation committee.
14— Governor orders liquor
commission to “stop bickering”
and hire enforcement officer.
15— Attorney - general holds
pinball machines illegal.
27—Legislature stranded in Gor
ing as bad weather breaks up
sight-seeing tour.
APRIL
3— Education committee kills
$24,000,000 state aid to education1
bill.
4— Lt.-Gov. Charles Warner,
acting as governor, vetoes con
troversial wheat utilization bill.
10 — Attorney general holds
Warner veto “nullity.”
12—Wheat bill opponents un
cover attorney general opinion
measure is unconstitutional; re
peal bill introduced.
22—Governor fires Liquor Com
missioner Blaine Young for selling
insurance to Omaha liquor licen
sees.
26—Public works committee
kills watershed bill.
MAY
I— Legislature’s liquor probe
committee unable to find evi
, dence of wrong-doing despite tes
[ timony of payoffs to state agents.
, 9—Gas tax increase bill killed
t 24 to 17.
II— Legislature tours Randall
, dam in South Dakota.
x 23—Bill creating highway com
, mission defeated.
26—Legislature adjourns after
- passing $165,000,000 appropriation
^ hill.
JUNE
3—State Sen. Hugh Carsbn files
for republican nomination for
governor.
12— Eighteen southeastern Ne
braska counties, overwhelmed by
bridge losses in floods, ask gover
nor to call a special legislative
session.
13— Robert Crosby of North
Platte, former lieutenant-gover
nor, enters GOP gubernatorial
race.
JULY
^5—Supreme court upholds ous
ter of Blaine Young and murdei
conviction of Roland Sundahl
sentenced to die for death of Bon
nie Lou Merrill, a Columbus cai
hop.
i 23—State board of equalization
turns down plea of Nebraska Stocl
Growers association and orders
cattle reassessed in 23 “low
value” counties.
AUGUST
1—Harold Aitkn succeeds Free
Klietsch as state engineer.
14__Governor warns county lav
enforcement officers he will us<
ouster authority if they fail to en
force anti-gambling laws.
26—Victor E. Anderson, mayo
of Lincoln, becomes 3d man ii
contest for Republian nominatioi
for governor.
30_Board of control name
Mver Avedovech, retired Quake
Oats executive, as $8,000 a yea
business consultant for state ai
programs _.
SEPTEMBER
17_State assistance depart me r
„ reports 177 out of every 1,000 N<
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hraskans over 65 receive old age
assistance.
18—First sales of school land I
leases start following supreme
court decision invalidating 1947
"automatic renewal” law.
21— Nebraska State Education
association enters school land
lease dispute.
26—Governor turns down lease
holders’ request for special ses
sion on school land problem.
OCTOBER
2—Rep. Karl Stefan dies in
Washington.
7—Republican party leaders is
sue statement urging draft of
Governor Peterson as candidate
to succeed Stefan.
14—Senator Carson calls for
special session to raise old age
assistance ceiling.
18 — Republicans elect R.
E. Harrison, of Norfolk, Demo
crats pick Fremont mayor Carl
Dlson as nominees in special con
gressional election.
31—Peterson files for U. S. sen
ate.
NOVEMBER
6—State Republican Chairman
David T. Martin says Third dis
trict draft statement “suggested
oy governor."
13—Governor orders inquiry
;nto charges by Joe Nekuda, dis
charged state employee, that he
mas ordered to campaign at state
expense.
22— Opponents in highway bat
tle show willingness to compro
nise at hearing of legislative
council road committee.
29—Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry
lies in Washington.
DECEMBER
4—Harrison wallops Olson 34,
360 to 14,545 in Third district con
gressional election. Hugh Butler
files for third term in U. S. sen
ate.
10— Peterson appoints Hastings
publisher Fred Seaton to interim
senatorial term. . . . _ .
11— Former-Gov. Dwight Gris
wold files for 2-year senate term.
14_Board of control unveils re
organization plan for state assis
tance department, says consolida
tion up to counties.
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The expected fireworks follow
ing the board of control’s shakeup
of the state assistance department
appears largely to have fizzled
>USome observers were expecting
a blast from W. W. McDermet,
chief of the department’s person
nel division. McDermet s was
one of two divisions eliminated in
the reorganization plan and he
was told he wouldn’t be needed
after January 1.
In a letter to the board, McDer
met challenged the legality of his
dismissal, after ten and a hail
years of service, but said he wouic
not fight the order because of th<
expense and because if the boarc
were forced to retain him ‘“the re
lationship thereafter might b<
unpleasant.”
The chairman of the board o
controls, Mrs. Harold Prince
would not comment on McDer
met’s letter.
The bureau chief reminded th<
board, which supervises the mul
ti-million dollar assistance pro
gram, “that if this state is to con
tinue to receive funds from trv
federal government for assistant
programs, the administration o
those funds must of necessity b
continued by personnel selectei
and maintained under personne
standards on a merit basis. Ihi
is required by federal statutes am
the regulations of the social se
curity agency.” . .
McDermet’s is one of two divi
sions being eliminated under
reorganization plan, which wo
the endorsement of county on
cials at their recent meeting 1
Omaha.
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Watershed Bill —
Another watershed bill is
certainly in the 1953 legislator
(Continued on page d)
1952 Plymouth Goes
on Display Friday
The new Plymouth for 1952
will go on display Friday at the
Smith Motor Co. showrooms, as
well as at other dealerships
throughout the U.S., on Friday
January 4. ,
Paul Shierk, manager of the
Smith Motor Co., explains thai
the ’52 Plymouth features a Ion*
list of improvements—46 in all
incorporated into the engine, th<
brakes, the electrical system, th(
chassis, and to the inside and out
side of the body.
The new car, according to Mr
Shierk, has been improved anc
refined to provide ‘ the most gen
tie ride, the smoothest safety evei
built into a car for the lowes
price field.”
Exceptional engine smoothnes:
is produced through a newly de
signed combustion chamber
brakes are stronger and longer
lasting; Plymouth’s famous safe
ty-flow ride has been made evei
more comfortable by improve
ments in the springing and to thi
Oriflow shock absrobers; and th
car’s beauty is enhanced by nu
merous styling refinements.
The Plymouth has a road-huf
ging, sweeping appearance, ac
cented by changes in the externa
adornment.
A new luxurious standard fo
interiors is attained with the hig
quality upholstery fabrics in hai
monious colors which blend bear
tifully with the instrument an
door panels.
The 4-door Cranbrook will h
exhibited Friday. A train cai
load of ’52s is in transit, M
Shierk added.
Out of Old Nebraska . . .
Girl, 12, Baby-Sits
During ’88 Blizzari
One of the most serious cata
trophes in Nebraska s history was
Ihe great blizzard of January 12,
888. The book, “In All Its
Fury,” published by the Bilzzard ,
club, under the editorship of W.
H. O’Gara, of Lincoln, for many
years president of the club, con
tains many reminiscences of the
experiences of Nebraskans and
others during the great blizzard.
Typical is that of Mrs. Margaret
Davey, of Greeley, who apparent
ly was serving as a baby siter
when the storm hit. In latter
years she wrote:
“I was 12-years-old at the time,
, and living with a married sister,
but at the time cf the blizzard I
was visiting my mother who lived
■ 5 miles south of Greeley.
1 “That morning her neighbors,
Mr. and Mrs. Cleary, wanted to
1 I go to town to do some trading and,
„ they asked me if I would stay
f with their children 'while they
’ were gone. There were 3 chil
' dren one of them a baby about 7
months-old. They expected to be
gone only 3 or 4 hours.
“There was a little boy out
' herding cattle and just before
; noon he came in and said the
' cows were acting wild. So I told
p him we would put them in the
; yard and leave them until after
:• dinner. Just as we got them in
, the blizzard burst upon us. I in
vestigated and found no fuel,
i There was only about half a bas
ket of cobs. There was no milk,
no water, not a thing to feed the
. baby.
e "We had a little old-fashion
a ed cook stove to keep us warm,
* and I went to the corn crib and
n brought in corn to burn. It was
about 30 yards to the com CTib
and I had to make 3 trips.
a I did not have any difficulty in
e finding it and getting back to the
house as the chickenhouse and
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o o
windmill guided „me, but I had a'
serious time of it^’ just the same.
“1 went 4o thp windmill for
water but it was frozen so I had
to melt snow forDwater.
“In those days women nursed ;
their babies so I had to find some- I
thing to feed the little one in my
care. After a long search I found
a little bit of whiskey in the cup
board and I mixed a drink for*
him with sugar and water and
whiskey so we got along all right,
though the children got hungry,
of course. I found it hard to have
to walk the floor with the baby
far into the night. When he fi
nally went to sleep his eyes were
open and I did not know what to
think of that.
“The parents were frantic and
as soon as the wind began to die
down they came home, arriving
about 5 in the morning.
“The house was frame, with 3
rooms. We did not really suffer
with the cold. The wind was
penetrating but the walls and
wndows were sheltered by deep
drifts of snow.”
* * *
2 Expeditions Winter
| in Washington County—
> The winter of 1819-’20 saw
lots of activity around the Coun
cil Bluff, that eminence in Wash
ington county where Lewis and
Clark conferred with the Indians
in the summer of 1804. Two expe
ditions, both part of a larger plan
for extending United States in
fluence over the trans-Missouri
west, halted there for the winter.
One was destined to remain to
build the first permanent military
post in the Nebraska country; the
other was to go on the next year
to explore the Platte valley.
The pne which stayed was the
! so-called Yellowstone expeditior
( under the leadership of Col. Hen
ry M. Atkinson; the other was a
scientific and exploring parts
commanded by Major Stephen H
1 Long. Both left St. Louis, Mo., a1
' the same time, and both winter
ed near Council Bluff.
: Both expeditions were to as
cend the Missouri in steamboats
> Only Major Long was successfu
■ in this venture, however. The
> 3 steamboats carrying the mili
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tary party all h&d to be abandon
ed on the lower Missouri, and oh
ly Major Long’s “Western Epgi- °
neer” reached the Platte—in so
doing, incidentally, it was the
first steamboat to ascend the Mis
souri to that point.
Major Long’s party reached
Manuel Lisa’s trading post, a few
miles below the Council Bluff, on
September 17. There they went
into winter quarters, called “en
gineer cantonment.” After estab
lishing his men in their camp,
Major Long returned to Washing
ton for the winter.
Meanwhile, the, Sixth infantry
and other troops under Colonel
Atkinson, making their way up
river in keelboats, arrived at the
Council Bluff on September 29.
Here they prepared to build a
military post. In accordance with
their instructions, this was to be
but 1 of 2 posts built along the
Missouri—the other was to J?e at
the Mandan villages or possibly
even farther upstream.
Back in Washington, however,
congress, impatient with the re
sults of the expedition and fear
ful of its cost, decided that the
fort at Council Bluff would have
to do. When Major Long return
ed in the spring of 1820, it was
with instructions to explore the
Platte river to its source, return
ing to the Mississippi by way of
the Arkansas and th,e Red.
The Sixth infantry remained
at the Council Bluff to develop
Ft. Atkinson, which instead of
being simply an intermediate post
became the post of the far fron
tier.
BANK OFFICER UPPED
BONESTEEL—The Burke state
bank, of Burke, and Bonesteel,
S.D., announces that effective Jan
uary 2, a change in office man
agement at both Burke and Bone
■ steel will take place.
Harvey Willoughby, vice-presi
dent and manager of the Bone
steel office, who has been asso
ciated with the bank for the past
1716 years, will become execu
tive vice-president of the bank at
its Burke office, continuing gen
eral supervision of the bank’s
facilities at Bonesteel. •
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