Lynch Soldier Gets
Safe Driver Honor
LYNCH—Pfc. Russel Johns, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Johns,
route 1, Lynch, recently was
awarded a “safe driver’s certifi
eate” for three months of acci
dent-free driving while operat
ing army vehicles in the Euro
pean communications zone in
France.
Private Johns was honored with
14 other army drivers who helped
establish a La Rochelle, France,
motor pool record of over 230.000
miles without an accident. The
record was broken when a three
quarter-ton army truck dented
the hub cap of a French civilian
oar and caused 17 cents damage.
Before entering the army in
April, 1951, he was employed as
n heavy equipment operator and
mechanic in the Sixta Implement
company, Lynch.
ROYAL THEATRE
— O NEILL —
FRI. - SAT. AUG. 15-16
—BIG DOUBLE BILL
BOY FROM INDIANA
Roy Rogers, king of the cowboys.
Trigger, the smartest horse in the
movies
IN OLD AMARILLO
with Estelita Rodriguez, Penny
Edwards. Roy to the rescue.
Thrills fly when troubleshooter
Roy Rogers tangles with rainmak
ing saboteurs!
Admission 42c. plus tax 8c, total
50c. Children 10c, plus 2c lax. to
tal 12c. Children unddr 12 free,
when accompanied by parent.
Matinee Saturday 2:30
SUN.-MON.-TUES. AUG. 17-18-19
Maureen O’Hara, ^eter Lawford
end cast went 9,200 miles to film
“The Australian Story”
Leaping out of the fabulous con
tinent that time forgot
KANGAROO!
Never before such color by Tech
nicolor. Wall of flame across the
drought-parched plains as men.
fight for survival against thirst
crazed animal hordes!
Admission 42c plus 8c lax, total
50c—Matinee Sunday 2:30, admis
sion 42c plus tax 8c, total 50c
Children 10c plus tax 8c, total 12.
Children under 12 free when ac
companied by parent.
WED.-THURS. AUG. 20-21
Family Night
Garson is gorgeous in Technicolor!
Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon
in Mervyn Leroy's production in
technicolor
BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST
with Felix Bressart, Marsha Hunt,
Fay Holden, Samuel S. Hinds.
The thrilling story of a Fighting
Lady and the romance that in
spired her!
Family Night—83c, tax 17c, Total
$1.10. Adm. 42c. plus tax 8c, To
tal 50c. Children 10c plus tax 2c.
Total 12c
Earns College Credit
in Soil Work —
Harold Tegeler, of the Univer
sity of Nebraska agricultural
student from Page, recently start
ed a five-weeks training course
with the Holt Soil Conservation
Service.
He will receive college credits
for the work with the district of
fice and will gain experience in
many .technical phases of soil con
servation work.
One additional entry was re
ceived for the Sioux City per
manent agricultural contest from
the John Tenborg farm north of
Emmet.
Urges Attendance at
Pierce Field Day
Farmers and ranchers inter
ested in vetch seeding and the re
sults in the use of vetch on sandy
land plus other conservation mea
sures used for farming sandy land
will be especially interested in
the Pierce county soil conserva
tion district field day to be held
at the district farm four miles
west of Pierce on Friday, August
15. This farm was established
three years ago and has been
handled jointly by the University
of Nebraska and the district su
pervisors in cooperation with the
extension service of Pierce coun
ty.
They have tried many uses of
and use a complete system of con
servation farming on the 160 acre
farm.
J. C. Russell of the univerity
emphasizes that this should not
be determined a demonstration
farm but rather view it as a
means of trying new ideas in con
servation farming sandy soil. The
farm is of rolling typeography
and has a very sandy surface soil.
Waterways and terraces have been
established and subsurface tilages
have been used exclusively.
Some of the turnrow and short
rows on the contour system have
been seeded to native grasses. On
other parts of the farm such leg
umes as sweet clover, alfalfa,
madison vetch, partridge pea, and
lespidesa have been used in var
ious rotations and use various
amounts and kinds of fertilizer
used in conjunction with them.
The farm has been in operation
long enough so that results of
these legumes will be evident in
the croping system.
It is an example of showing
the public new methods of farm
ing sandy lands. Bob Hill of the
Holt Soil Conservation service of
fice, urges all Holt county people
interested to attend the field day.
Mrs. Lawrence Jonas enter
tained Saturday, August 9, in
honor of Mr. Jonas, who was
celebrating his birthday anniver
sary.
W. F. FINLEY, MJ>.
O’NEILL
First National Bank Bldg.
OFFICE PHONE: 28
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It was nearly 4:00 A.M. when
Night Operator Anna Black* first
thought she smelled smoke.
Alone in the building that housed
the telephone exchange as well as
several stores and offices, Mrs.
Black glanced at the door, saw a
thin gray curl of smoke seep over
the threshold. No doubt about it—
the building was afire!
Anna Black went to work. Her
fingers flew as she roused the fire
; department, neighbors, and store
owners in turn. Then—finally think
f ing of herself—Mrs. Black groped
her way through the choking smoke
to a second story window, climbed
down to safety. Seconds later the
smouldering roof collapsed on the
iwitchboard.
We’re proud of Anna Black—
/ist as proud as the Fire Chief who
said, “She saved the town!”—or
the organization that named her
/‘Citizen of the Year.” We're
proud, too, that the spirit of tele
j phone service inspires our people
to perform acts far beyond
the call of duty.
• The name has been changed, but the
^ Story is true.
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That call from camp
It’s a highly important call—and that’s
why a lot of telephone equipment is ear
for camps and bases as they are
thousands of miles of
set up for the armed
of stand-by equip
. De
Horthwestern Bell Telephone Company
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Federated Club Head
to Judge Flowers
CHAMBERS — The Beautiful
Valley Garden club met Tuesday,
August 5, at the Rena Dierking
home. Twelve members answered
roll call with naming and describ
ing the most beautiful tree in the
community.
Presented were the schedule
and an invitation to the club mem
bers to enter flowers in the Nor
folk flower show which is to be
held August 20.
Mabel Robertson was appointed
chairman from this club to ar
range for our fair exhibits. The
fair is to be held August 26, 27,
28 and 29. Judging day will be
August 27 and flowers are to be
in place by 10 a.m.. The judge
this year is to be the president of
the state federated garden clubs,
Mrs.J. Edgar Irving of Omaha.
The lesson was presented by
Gertrude Walter from the “Hand
Book of Flower Shows” on flow
er arrangement. The color chart
was used and an arrangement fea
turing fruits and dried materials
in tints and shades of one color
with green for contrast was dis
cussed. In another very beauti
ful arrangement she had used del
phenium, larkspur and small zin
nias in complemenetary colors in
form of a crescent.
Peggy Smith demonstrated the
making of wax candles, also the
preservation of fresh flowers with
wax and incombining the two,
made some very beautiful deco
rative candles.
There were three visitors at
this meeting—Mrs. Myrtle Fees,
Mrs. C. F. Gillette and Mrs. Hale
Osborn of Winner, S. D.
Esther Atkinson received a vase
as a door prize.
Lunch was served at the close
of the meeting by the hostess.
Next meeting is to be held at
the Jean Hoffman home Tuesday
evening, September 2.
Mary Jo Walker Is 6—
Mrs. Ralph H. Walker enter
tained a group of boys and girls
Saturday afternoon, August 9, at
a lawn party in honor of her
daughter, Mary Jo, on her 6th
birthday anniversary. The chil
dren enjoyed games after which
Mrs. Walker served refresh
ments. The table was centered
with a birthday cake and each
child received a favor. Refresh
ments consisted of ice cream, cup
cakes, clown cookies and kool
ade.
Flower Show
Plans Told—
The third annual flower show
of the Ainsworth Garden club
will be held Friday, August 22, at
the city auditorium from 2 to 9
p.m.
The theme is Indian summer
garden and the entries will be
displayed against brown and
sunshine yellow backgrounds.
Refreshments will be available.
PUBLIC
AUCTION
SULLIVAN
CLEANERS
O’NEILL, NEBR.
Mon., Aug. 18,1952
Sale Starts at 200 P*M.
Having decided to quit business,
we will sell the following either
as a unit and going business or
piece by piece.
1—Schaub No. 35 automatic
valve return system
1—Lookout 5 h.p. automatic oil
burning boiler
1—Iron Fireman oil burner
1—Evans automatic oil burning
water heater
1—Triplex, Model H dry cleaner
1—30x36 tumbler (4-years-old)
1—Double valve Cissel spot gun
1—Cissel steam iron
1—42” buck press
1—Rema model R.P. 1 press
vacuum
1—Office desk
1— National 1044-C cash register
2— Office chairs
1— 8-inch overhanging neon sign
2— Automatic Bendix washers
1—Large size table top mangle
1—Large marking desk
1—Red Head Singer sewing
machine
1— Sewing machine for heavy
sewing
2— 2-tube 40-watt fluorescent
fixtures
32 invoice sorting rack
3000 No. 12 hangers
1200 garment bags
300-gal. fuel barrel
This equipment, excluding the
press and boiler, is 4-years-old
or less and in good condition. In
the 4-year period this business
has grossed approximately 12,
000.00 a year average. O’Neill is
a good county seat town of over
3,000 people and has a large
drawing territory. The all-brick
builidng is 25x80 ft. with full
basement and has a spacious 4
room apartment in the rear. Rea
sonable rent
Open for Inspection Any Time
TERMS: CASH
James tt. and Mildred
Sulliv&a
OWNERS
Herman L. Schilling and Herman
L. Schilling, jr.. Auctioneers,
Norfolk. Nebr.
'DOLL7 AND SANTA ... Pamela Britton, star of the musical com
edy, “Guys and Dolls,” and an excellent cook in her own right,
lured Santa Claus to the famous laboratory kitchen of the Poultry
and Egg National Board, Chicago HI., to prove to him that tur
key is as delicious in summer as in winter. Pamela and Santa
teamed up to open the nation’s 1952-’53 turkey marketing sea
son officially in August
Out of Old Nebraska . . .
Steamboats Often Pressed into Ferry
Service by Westward Bound Emigrants
une oi xne greax ooxxienecKS on'
the overland trail was the Kanes
ville crossing between the present
cities of Omaha and Council
Bluffs, la.
Kanesville, forerunner of Coun
cil Bluffs,was developed by the
Mormons into an important out
fitting center for Utah-bound
emigi’ants. In addition, the early
1850’s saw Kanesville increasing
in importance as a jumping-off
place for California-bound gold
seekers. As a result, the facilities
at the little village often were
crowded beyond capacity.
Especially the ferries. The Mor
mons had a ferry up the river, at
the site of old winter quarters
(now Florence), and another one
operated down the river at the
Council Bluffs agency (now
Bellevue).
There was no good landing
directly across from Kanesville
(now Omaha), and while ferries
of a sort were available there,
they gave very poor service.
The situation can best be de
scribed by those who had to put
up with it. E. W. Conyers, who
was at Kanesville in May, 1852,
wrote:
“Some one of our camp makes
daily trips to the different ferry
landings to see what chance there
will be for us to cross the Mis
souri river and resume our trip
across the continent. They re
port that there are but two small
scows that are now ferrying. Two
wagons make a load for either
scow, and they are propelled by
two men using oars, and they
charge $4 per wagon, and we
swim our own cattle. Only think
of it! Two small scows to transfer
this great emigration across the
Missouri river. . . The current is
very swift In the river and ac
cidents happen every day to one
or the other scows. . . .”
John T. Kern, at Kanesville
about the same time, wrote:
“Their way of ferrying here is
very poor indeed. Their boats
are old-fashioned flats. It was,
or is a dangerous undertaking for
any one to cross in the boats. One
man was drowned and several
more barely escaped with their
lives. The current, being very
strong, it requires great care in
being safe.”
Whenever possible, steam
boats stopping at Kanesville on
their way up the river, were
pressed into service as ferry
boats.
It is not surprising that before
long some enterprising citizens
devised a means of improving the
ferry service. That occurred in
1853 when the Council Bluffs
and Nebraska Ferry company was
organized. The company pro
cured a new steam ferry boat, the
General Marion, and soon cor
nered most of the ferry business
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Vi Block So. of Ford Garage
'across tne Missouri at Council
Bluffs, (as Kanesville was re-:
named that year).
The ferry was also a town com
pany, and the next year saw the
proprietors busy developing the
new townsite of Omaha.
Ancient Windmills
Doited Nebraska —
An interesting feature of the
Nebraska landscape during the
1890’s was the homemade wind
mills which dotted the country
side. Indeed, homemade wind
mills played such an important
part in Nebraska’s economy that
Dr. E. H. Barbour, distinguished
geologist at the University of
Nebraska, published a bulletin on,
them. (Extension bulletin No. 59).
Dr. Barbour remarked that
those who had had little chance
to observe for themselves could
“scarcely be brought to realize
the great number of homemade
mills, and the wide territory
which they cover.”
He found them extending "in
almost unbroken succession"
from Omaha to Denver, and
from South Dakota through
Nebraska, Kansas and Okla
homa, with Nebrska "being
plainly the center of the move
ment."
In Nebraska, the homemade
windmills were concentrated for
the most part in the Platte val
ley, with the towns in the valley
often being windmill centers
around which were often clus
tered a score and more mills of
homemade design. Particularly
important as homemade windmill
centers were Columbus, Grand
Island, Kearney, Overton, Cozad,
Lexington, Gothenburg and Ogal
lala.
There was some feeling that a
homemade mill indicated the
presence of a poor and shiftless
farmer, unable to put up the reg
ular shopmade mill. This, Dr.
Barbour declared, was not the
case. Frequently the best farmers
took the lead in designing and
erecting homemade mills.
The interested traveller could
see many designs in Nebraska,
although most mills in a given
community were of the same
general design. In the Ger
man settlements, particularly in
the vicinity of Grand Island,
the old-fashioned Holland mills,
modified to meet local condi
tions, were the general rule.
Other popular types were the
"jumbo" or "go-devil" and the
"battle-ax."
Dr. Barbour’s bulletin contains
sketches of many designs, vary
ing all the way from simple de
vices which could be built for a
couple of dollars worth of hard
ware and extra lumber to an elab
orate mill costing $150 (“the most
expensive mill known in the
state”), capable of grinding grain
into feed at the rate of 200-300
bushels per day.
Many of Nebraska’s mills, Dr.
Barbour found, were built not out
of necessity, “but rather as luxur
ies or conveniences by men who
have means enough to own
regular mills, and in addition a
few homemade mills to do cer
tain duties in certain places, say
in pumping stock water in this
pasture or that.”
Other uses were running the
grindstone, the chum, the food
grinder, com sheller, wood saw,
and other farm machinery.
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Nightly Musical Review
Missionaries to Africa
Arrive for Visit
CHAMBERS— Rev. and Mrs.
Clifton McElheron and family
came Wednesday, August 6, from
Africa where they have spent
the past six years as missionaries
in the Sudan. They left Saturday
for Three Hills, Canada.
Last Thursday, Mrs. Wolfe
Hansen and daughter, Greta,
came from Three Hills, Canada,
to visit their brother and his wife,
Rev. and Mrs. Lawrence McEl
heron, and family and the Clif
ton McElherons. Mrs. Hansen is
a missionary in Cuba and was
returning to her work in Cuba
after a vacation here and in Can
ada. She left Tuesday.
Other Chambers News
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Peltzer
and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tange
man drove to Boulder, Colo., on
Friday to visit a sister of Mr.
Peltzer. They returned Monday,
August 11.
Mary Taggart plans to leave
Friday for Omaha to enter the
Nebraska university school of
nursing.
A new house is under con
struction at the Raymond Beed
place, northwest of town.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Thomson
are remodeling their home in
the northeast part of Chambers.
Mrs. H. C. Dorris of Magnolia,
Tex., and Mr. and Mrs. H. G.
Granger of Bettendorf, la., were
overnight visitors in the home of
Rev. and Mrs. L. R. Hansberry
recently. They are cousins of
Mrs. Hansberry.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spann
entertained at dinner Sunday,
August 10, in honor of soveral
birthday anniversaries which had
occurred during the past 10 days.
Honored guests were C. V. Rob
ertson, Elwyn Robertson, Delbert
Robertson, Mrs. Elwyn Robert
son and Janice Robertson. Guests
were Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Robert
son, Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Robert
son and children, Mr. and Mrs.
Chris McGinn and Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Wyant, all of Chambers,
and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Rob
ertson and son, Pat, of O’Neill
Mr. and Mrs. George Thom
son and Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Thomson and family were Sun
day dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Merlin Grossnicklaus and
children.
Harold Young, who has been
working at Magnet during the
summer, returned home Tuesday,
August 5, for a visit with his
folks. He plans to go to Kearney
soon to seek employment.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Newhouse
and Katheryn and Charles
Grimes drove to Norfolk Sunday
where they met their brother-in
law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Geiser of Lincoln. Miss Katheryn
Newhouse returned to Lincoln
with the Geisers and Paul ‘Allen
Newhouse. small son of Mr. and
Mrs. Keith Newhouse of Lincoln,
who accompanied the Geisers to
Norfolk, returned with his grand
parents for a visit at Chambers.
Joan Beed, Joan Daas, Diane
Hoffman and Ada DeHart re
turned the last of the week from
Wayne where they had attended
summer school.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Harley
and daughters, Delores and Viv
ian, left Sunday, August 10, for
a week’s vacation in the Black
Hills.
Sammy Young, who is employ
ed with the Union Pacific rail
road at Kearney, spent the week
end at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holcomb
and Bob Holcomb of Mitchell
visited Tuesday with Mr. and
Mrs. John Wintermote, Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Holcomb and other
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Osborne of
Wisner came Saturday evening
and spent Sunday, August 10,
with their son and his wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Wilbur Osborne, and
family and other relatives.
Dinner guests Sunday, August
10, in the Herman Cooke home
were Mr. and Mrs. Dean V. Ste
vens and children, Cherilyn and
Terry, of Atkinson and Mr. and
Mrs. E. R. Carpenter of Cham
bers.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Custard and
son, Danny, jr., of Omaha spent
the past week visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hoffman,
and other relatives and friends
at Chambers and with his par
ents and relatives at Bartlett and
Albion. They returned home on
Monday, August 11.
Mr. and Mrs, Lyle Etter and
three daughters of Bradshaw
came Saturday, August 9, and
spent until Tuesday in the Elmer
Wondersee home. Mrs. Etter is a
niece of Mrs. Wondersee.
Mr. and Mrs. Sewell Johnson
and family of Atkinson and Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Friedrich and
family of Spencer and Mr. and
Mrs. L. V. Cooper spent Sunday,
August 10, in the Zuelke home.
Mrs. Charles Grubb and three
children of McGill, Nev., came
Friday to spend a week with
Mrs. Grubb’s mother, Mrs. Mae
Hubabrd, and visit other rela
tives and friends.
Mrs. Helen Honeywell was a
dinner guest of Mrs. Anna Albers
Sunday, August 10.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Gesch of
Lincoln spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Steve
Shavlik, and family.
Dinner guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Woodrow Gaughenbaugh
and family, Mr. and Mrs Justin
Butterfield and family of Inman,
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Gaughen
baugh of Omaha and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Jonas and daughter
of O’Neill.
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