CHAMBERS NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Kieth Sexton and
Nadine had as their guests on
Easter Sunday Mr. and Mrs. K. P.
McCullough, of Fairbury.
Mr. and Mrs. Chet Fees and
Cherilyn spent Easter with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
McNichols, at O’Neill. Other
guests were Pvt. Richard Mc
Nichols, of Ft. Riley, Kans., and
Joan Kallhoff, of O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wink
spent Easter with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Huston, at
Neligh.
Rev. and Mrs. C. D. Ankney
and family and Mr. and Mrs. H.
C. Walter and family were din
ner guests Easter Sunday in the
Hilbert Hoge home.
Ruth Potter came April 4, from
Grand Island to spend Easter
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Potter and family.
John Honeywell received word
of the death of his aunt, Mrs.
Jack Hodge, at Albion, Monday,
April 14.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Hubbard,
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hubbard
and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Shavlik
and Pamela had dinner Easter
Sunday with Doctor and Mrs
Eason in O’Neill.
John Walter and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Spann were Easter
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
C. V. Robertson.
Allen and Edna Thompson and
three friends, of Prairie Bible In
stitute, Three Hills, Canada, vis
ited Wednesday and Thursday,
April 16 and 17, with the former’s
uncle and aunt, Kev. and Mrs. L.
a. ivicEineron, and children. The
Tnompsons were enroute to their
home at Homer, Pa. One friend
went to tINew York, one to West
Virginia and one to Kansas.
Mrs. Anna Albers was a dinner
guest in tne Keith Sexton houne
aunuay. Afternoon visitors were
IMr. and Mrs. Clarence Grimes
and lamily.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs- G. E. Wintermote and Caro
lyn were Mr. and Mrs. Elsworth
Wintermote, of Douglas, Wyo.,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wintermote,
Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Cook, Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Wintermote, Leon
ard and Arthur and Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Wintermote and Norma
Hap
Guests in the L. V. Cooper
home Easter Sunday were Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Frederichs and
family, of Spencer, Mr. and Mrs.
Sewell Johnson and children, of
Atkinson, and Arnold, Marie and
Erna Zuelka.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Cook
spent Easter with their daughters
and husbands near Ord
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Stevens and
children, of Atkinson, visited at
Chambers Thursday, April 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Chet Fees and
daughter, Cherilyn, drove to Lin
coln Saturday, returning Sunday.
A family dinner was held at
the Burl Waldo home Sunday,
April 20. Those present were
Mrs. Robert Kalb and children,
of Queen City, Tex.; Mr. and
Mrs- Harold Waldo and children,
of Atkinson; Mr. and Mrs. Ken
neth Werner and family and Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Waldo, all of
Chambers.
Mrs. Charles Spath returned
Monday, April 14, from Califor
nia, where she had been visiting
since February 22 with her sisters
at San Leando and Los Angeles
and brother at San Jose. She
was met in Omaha by Mr. Spath
on Sunday, April 13, and they
spent until the next day with
their daughter, Mary Lou, and
Angie Spath.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Maas and
Shirley drove to Neligh Monday,
April 21, to visit her sister and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hoff
man and sons.
— The Frontier Enaxavlnir
CHURCH BRIDE . . . Miss Maxine Seger (above), daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Seger, of Atkinson, became the bride of Ed
gar Bulau ini a nuptial rite at the Presbyterian church, Atkinson.
Rev. Orin C. Graff officiated in the ceremony at 2 p.m., Sunday,
April 20.—O’Neill Photo Co.
State Capitol News —
Congress Needs Pep Talk, Not Governors
of FIc; J-Stricken States, Truman Told
LINCOLN—The (Nebraska leg
islature, meeting in emergency
session, was ready this week to
wrap up its week-long gathering
by passing Gov- Vai Peterson’s
request for $500,000 to aid flood
hit communities along the mad
dened (Missouri river.
An attempt by Sen. Herbert J.
Duis, of Gothenburg, to double
the amount asked by Peterson
was voted down, 28-6. Duis
wanted the unexpended part of
the appropriation to go into a per
manent disaster fund, so that a
special session of the lawmakers
would not be necessary should
disaster strike again.
Peterson called the legislators
after telling Omaha flood-fight
ing officials that “Nebraska must
show the color of its money” be
fore asking federal flood aid. At
the same time the special session
call was issued, the governor de
clared the flood zone a disaster
area and asked President Truman,
who the next day flew over the
rampant Missouri, to allocate fed
eral funds to help the state.
The legislators were told the
governor would have preferred to
await their action before issuing
the disaster area proclamation
but had he done that, he said,
"we should have had the un
seemly situation of farmers liv
ing in the Missouri river bottoms
oemg accorded different treat
ment by federal government
agencies simply because they
they lived on opposite sides of
the river."
♦ * *
Trouble —
Nebraska’s highway construc
tion program is in serious trouble
as a result of the flood.
State Engineer Harold Aitken
said that damage to highways
will require his department to
spend more than planned for
maintenance, leaving less for con
struction. In addition, the flood
blocked east-west traffic across
the state, materially reducing gas
tax „ revenue.
Still another headache is the
fact that the extraordinary
amount of spring deterioration
of highways will require the de
partment 10 spend more than it
planned for maintenance
All of this spells real trouble
for the construction program and
Aitken explained why:
Maintenance is financed with
state funds only, but the federal
government matches—dollar for
dollar—money alloted to con
struction. ■ So each dollar spent
for maintenance means two out
of the construction kitty!
The state engineer at week’s
•end was still unable to deter
mine the amount of flood damage
To highways. “I doh’t even like
to think about it,” he said.
• • •
Squabble —
The flood at first glance would
appear to be largely an eastern
Nebraska story, but one develop
ment has statewide—indeed, ba
sin-wide implications.
When Persident Truman came
to Offutt field, near Omaha, to
discuss the situation with the
governors of seven flood-flayed
states, he said:
“It has been very difficult to
get the governors of these states
to come together and understand
what is necessary to get a flood
control program that will work.”
This brought a snort of dis
agreement from several of the
governors, Nebraska’s Peterson
said:
"Nowhere in America hat a
group worked together so hard
and so effectively as a fighting
whole. The President's remarks
should have been directed to
ward congress. We didn't need
the pep talk."
Similar sentiments were voiced
by other governors.
Peterson has accused Truman
of loading his Missouri Basin Sur
vey commission with men favor
able to the Missouri Valley Au
thority, as opposed to the Pick
Sloan plan of basin develop
ment.
* * •
Revolt —
A revolt took place here last
weekend which may be repeated
in September.
A group of Lancaster county
democrats opposed to National
Committeeman Ja/mes C. Quigley
and to State Chairman William
Meier ousted Quigley Supporter
Willard Townsend as county
chairman and captured 33 of the
37 seats in the Lancaster delega
tion to the state primary delega
tion. This is the convention at
which Quigley and Meier will
coime up for reelection.
Townsend, who had been coun- <
| ty chairman for 16 years, and
; who is also state vice-chairman,
mused, “It looks like the ax fell/'
• • •
Troubles—
The state railway commission
gained a new member recently
and there appeared hope that
things might go better now for
the commission. Joseph J. Brown,
formerly secretary of the com
mission, was elevated to mem
bership on the three-man board
alter winning the republican
nomination to the regular term
beginning next January. Gov.
Val Reterson made the appoint
ment to succeed Walter Roberts,
of Wahoo, who left the commis
sion to take a job with the Lin
c o 1 n Telephone and Telegraph
company. The commission fixes
telephone rates.
Roberts and his colleagues,
Richard Larsen and Harold
Ralmer, have never enjoyed very
cordial relations with the press,
this is largely because reporters
have the quaint, old-fashioned
idea that the commission’s delib
erations and findings are mat
ters of public interest.
The commission has been
under frequent attack by daily
papers for suppressing the re
sults of its decisions and for
granting rate and fare increases
without a public hearing.
The latest hot water into which
Larsen and Halmer jumped was
the granting of a fare boost to
the Omaha and Council Hluffs
street railway company. The de
cision was made on a Monday.
A reporter learned about it on
luesday and asked for the story.
Larsen refused even to dis
cuss the matter and said an
announcement would be
made the next day. Asked
why the matter wasn't public
record, Larsen fidgeted and
stammered but refused to
produce details.
Then, sure enough, just one
day before the patrons of the
Omaha and Council Bluff street
railway company were expected
to cough up the additional fare,
the rate increase was announced.
Everybody here is hoping that
things might be at least a little
different with some new blood
on the commission.
• • •
Post Mortem—
With Nebraska’s primary elec
tion 3 weeks old and some time
to think about it, here are some
highly personal observations:
Biggest surprise — Young (27)
Trank Marsh’s victory over {Sec
retary of state James S. Pitten
er. Marsh, whose father had the
same name and held the office
for years on end, has never dem
onstrated any abiilty to hold a
state office and is a rank new
comer to politics. The conclusion
is inescapable that many voters
thought they were casting their
ballots for his late father.
Biggest question — Just how
many presidential write-in bal
lots were invalidated because
they either weren’t preceeded by
an "X" or because the voter
failed to spell the candidate’s
da™e Properly? And how many
of these were votes for Eisenhow
er and how many for Taft?
No comment — A1 Miseeadis
who spent the last days olP the
campaign in an Omaha jail for
disturbing the peace, received i
*r°dnd 5.0UU votes from rePub
hcans who wanted him to be
their U.S. senator.
• * •
Penny a Gallon?—
A drive for a petition to
place the issue of a penny-a-gal
lon gas tax increase on the No
vember ballot may develop after
all, although the publishers of
he Sidney Telegraph announced
last week they have abandoned
their plans to lead such a cam
paign.
It has been learned from a
highly reliable source that a
coalition of statewide organiza
tions is considering sponsorship
of the initiative drive. Persons
lose to the discussion have asked
that no further details be made
public until a decision is reached.
The Telegraph, which was con
sidering circulation of petitions to
put the gas tax increase and
higher registration fees on the
ballot, decided the job would "be
a physical and mechanical impos
sibility in the short time remain
ing. . . We are small town news
j papermen and we have neither
the time nor the resources to
complete a comprehensive study
of the issues involved.”
Persons interested here In track
ing the campaign disagreed with
Jack Lowe, editor of the Tele
graph, that 45,000 signatures
would be required. “It would
take only about 34,000,” a spokes
man said, "and with our organiza
tion it would not be too difficult
to get that many signers.”
Lowe and his paper became in
terested in the project after the
death of five persons near Lodge
pole. Their car struck a chuck
hole in the road,
• * *
Attitude —
The gas tax increase and the
registration fee boost were first
enacted by the 1949 legislature
and were defeated the next year
in a referendum. The 1951 legis
lature voted down an attempt to
re-enact the gas tax raise.
An important aspect to any at
tempt to get the gasoline tax
raised from 5 to 6 cents would be
the attitude of the three big fanm
organizations—the Farm Bureau,
the Grange and the Farmers
Union—toward a petition cam
paign. They were the leaders in
the referendum move. Their at
titude generally has been that
they are not' now necessarily op
posed to highway revenue meas
ures but they are insisting that
the state highway department be
placed under a highway commis
sion.
That attitude was adopted some
time before Harold Aitken be
came state engineer. His public
relations program appears to have
gained a good deal of ground in its
attempt to build good will toward
the department.
Anthrax —
The state department of agri
culture has directed that all im
ported bone meal brought into
Nebraska be re-processed to free
it from danger of anthrax. The
regulation to one placed in ef
fect in Ohio several days ago, is
aiimed at bone meal imported
from England, France, Egypt
and other countries where there
is danger of anthrax infection.
State Veterinarian E. P. Ander
son said the bone meal can be
treated by heating it to a tem
perature of 2£6 degrees for three
hours. The regulation was drafted
after a meeting at the capitol
building.
Dr. Edw. J. Norwood, O.D.
Optometrist,
from Crawford, Nebraska,
will be in O'Neill on
APRII, 28
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