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Volume 72.—Number 29. _ O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, November 20, 1952. Seven Cents,
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STUDENTS TOUR FRONTIER . . . Miss Corrine Murphy, rural
school teacher near Chambers, escorted 21 members of her school
on a tour of O’Neill Friday. They stopped for a 30-minute visit at
The Frontier. George Hammond, “Voice of The Frontier” an
nouncer, is hemmed in the radio studio with Miss Murphy’s fas
cinated brood. Each talked on a tape recorder and several took
home their names cast on linotype slugs.—^The Frontier Photo.
Johnson
. Wounded
in Korea
O’Neill High Grad Hit
by Shell Fragments;
Wound ‘Not Serious’
WALNUT — Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Johnson of Walnut re
ceived word Thursday, Novem
ber 13, that their son, Army Pfc.
Walter Johnson, 21, !had been
wounded in Korea.
Private Johnson and an in
fantry buddy were in a foxhole
when a mortar fragment flew
in, striking Johnson in the thigh
and his friend in the shoulder.
The Johnson youth's wound
was not serious, relatives said,
and he was on crutches "with
in a few days."
Johnson was drafted in Janu
ary, 1951. He graduated from
O’Neill high school in May, 1946.
Vern Robertson
Rites at Chambers
CHAMBERS—Funeral services
w^re conducted Saturday, Novem
ber 15, at the Memorial Baptist
church for Vern Robertson, 63,
with Rev. L. M. McEJheran in
charge.
Music was furnished by Mrs.
Letha Cook, Jack Christianson
and Mrs. Christianson, who r.ang
"In The Garden,” "No Night
There” and "Beyond the Sunset”
Mrs. Robert Adams was pianist.
Pallbearers were J. W. Walter, 1
Louis Harley, Carl Mitchell, T. E.
Newhouse, Cecil Thornton and
Henry Walter. Interment was in
the Chambers cemetery.
Vern R. Robertson, eldest son
of Phillip E. and Minnie Rob
ertson, was borr September 8,
1888, near Chambers.
Her did not enjoy good health,
relatives said, and he spent the
latter years of his life close to
his home, reading and studying
the Bt&le, and listening to gos
pel programs on the radio.
Survivors include: Brother —
Lyman aof Chambers; sister —
*Grayce. He was preceded in
death by his parents.
Mossman Is Upped
rto CorpoiaU —
Max G. Mossman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leo P. Mossman of In
man, has been promoted to cor
poral while nerving in Korea with
the Third inh&ntry division.
itost winter, the unit cracked
the communists’ line during the
battle of “Blotady Angle,” one erf
the bitterest engagements of 1951.
Corporal Mossman, a field wire
man m a signal company, entered
the anmy in June, 1951, and re
ceived basic training at Camp
Gordon, Ga. He has been in Ko
rea since last January.
Mossman, whose; wife, Gene
vieve A*n, lives in Inman, grad
uated from Inmax, high school
and attended Wayne State Teach
ers college.
Martins Will Spend
Month in Southwest —
Mrs. Emma Martki, accom
Sanied by Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
[arlin, will leave Friday, No
vember 21, for a month’s trip to
•. California. Enroute they will
spend the weekend in Omaha, and
then travel to Clovis, JT.M., to
visit Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Mar
tin and family. They also will
etop at Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.,
to visit relatives. In California
they will visit Mr. and. Mrs. Bud
Cops, and family at Miraloma,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lavigne at
Grass Valley, and relatives and
friends at Pasadena.
Harvest Royally
at SMA Crowned —
The annual harvest ball was i
held Tuesday night in the gym
nasium at St. Mary’s academy.
The harvest queen was Miss So
phie Murphy of Stuart, and the
harvest king was Joe Fahrenholz
of Chambers.
The attendants were Miss Helen
Harty and Ed Cuddy. The king
end queen were crowned by the
junior president and vice-presi
ent, Duane Weier and Mary Kay
Turner.
Plan Golden Wedding —
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Gillespie are
making plans for a golden wed
ding anniversary observance at
their home, 315 South First street,
on Sunday, November 30. They
will receive their friends between
2 and 5 o’clock and from 7 to 9.
DONT WAIT
Don’t wait until Wednesday to
telephone us your news. Phone
promptly . . . when it happens
, . . thanks!—The Frontier.
Weather Restricts
Attendance at Sale
Hereford Prices Are
Sharply Lower
(See photos at rioht)
Welcome moisture Monday in
the form of rain, sleet and snow
restricted attendance at the an
nual fall show and sale of the
Holt County Hereford associa
tion.
The Hereford breeders were
happy with the moisture but the
small attendance was reflected
with sharply lower prices on
good registered cattle. Bad roads
and difficult driving conditions
kept at home many out-of-coun
ty and out-of-state buyers, us
ually present.
The 61 head of cattle sold for
$21,215, an average of $348 per
head. Forty-six bulls sold for
$17,575. an average of $382 per'
head. The 15 females averaged
$242 per head, selling for a total
of $3,640.
The champion bull of the
show, Aladdin’s Lad 9th, of WHR
and Domino breeding, was shown
by Vern Sageser of Amelia and
I was purchased by Joe Ziska of
Emmet for $1,003.
The reserve champion bull, VH
Adv. Silver Y3d, a Silver Knight
Battle Aster bred bull shown by
H. A. and R. E. Van Horn of
Page, sold to Ruda Brothers of
Bristow for $645. J. H. Patterson
of Emmet paid $800 for VH Bril
liant Baca 22d, consigned by the
Van Horns. Henry Wood of Ew
ing sold two top bulls, HW North
Star 41st to D. C. Schaffer of O’
Neill for $760 and HW North
j Star 25th to Harry Moore of In
! man for $650.
Harold Van Vleck & Sons of
Clearwater consigned two bulls,
Mischief Domino Jr. selling to
George Burke of Ewing for $520
and Mischief Domino 66th bought
by D. B. Lyons & Sons of Mil
boro, S.D,, for $500. Ed Krugman
& Son of O’Neill sold Double
Mischief to George Burke of
Ewing for $510. Leonard Muller
off "Creighton paid $510 for In
tense Battle L, consigned by
Leonard Lorenz of Inman.
Sageser also consigned the
champion and reserve ehampion
females, a sweet pair of Aladdin
and "Pioneer breeding. Donald
Sukup of Walnut paid $320 for
the champion, Aladdin’s Lass
10th, and the C Bar M Hereford
ranch of O’Naili purchased the
reserve champion, Aladdiitfs Lass
9th, for $400.
Whitaker and Whitaker of
Chambers sold two females, Ru
bry KTO to Roy Boshart ©f O’
Neill for $350 and Via Aster
caldo to Charles Gross of Long
Pine for $305. Henry Wood con
signed two females selling for
$259 each, HW Starina 18th go
ing to C. D. Curtis jtf Jloyal and
HW Starina 27th to Lyle Uhler
of Walnut.
Top fireetl BmU
Sells for 51*775 —
BASSETT—The annual fall
show and sale of the North-Cen
tral Nebraska Hereford Breeders’
association held here Saturday,
brought “best prices thus far in
Nebraska this season,” declared
Elmer (“Tug'’) Phillips, secretary
manager*
Sixty bulls sold averaged $632.
Only three females were entered.
Grand championship honors
went to Carlos Stan way 17 th, an
entry of Ralph L. Prill & Son of
Page. The champ sold for $1,756.
The top selling bull was reserve
champ of the show, SD Domino
Lad 26th, consigned by B. T.
Buell of Rose.
A dozen bulls brought over one
thousand dollars each*
The market was substantially
lower than last spring and a year
ago.
C Bar M Hereford*
Average $614 —
Sixty-eight head of registered
Herefords were offered at auc
tion last Thursday by the C Bar
M ranch at the new sale pavilion
at the ranch, located five miles
south of O’Neill on U.S. highway
281. Top bull in the offering. CM
Baca Lad 14th, brought $1,900; top
female and calf at side sold for
$1,800.
The offering of males and fe
males averaged $614.
Seven hundred persons attend
ed the sale conducted in Indian
summer weather.
Private Knight
Arrives Sunday —
Pvt. Glen Knight, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fora Knight, will arrive
in Sioux City Sunday, November
23, from Camp Gordon, Ga.,
where he has completed basic
training. (Mr. and Mrs. Knight
will meet him there and drive
to Park Rapids, Minn., where he
will visit his wife. After his fur
lough he will report for duty at
Camp Stoneman, Calif.
About 80 percent of the people
of England and Wales are count
ed as urban population.
Retired
Cafe Owner
Succumbs
M a r y Markey,- 85,
Helped Build M&M;
Rites Here Saturday
Funeral services will be con
ducted from St. Patrick’s Cath
i olic church here at 9 a.m., Satur
day, November 22, for Miss Mary
| Markey, about 85, retired O’Neill
restaurant and bakery operator,
who died about 5 p.m., Tuesday,
November 18, in Miami, Fla. She
lost her eyesight about five years
ago and had been in failing
health in recent years.
Bighn Brothers will be in
charge of burial in Calvary ceme
tery. A rosary rite will be offered
Friday evening at the funeral
chapel.
Rev. Francis Markey of Fres
no. Calif., a nephew ^ef the de
ceased, will officiate at the fu
neral.
The late Miss Markey was born
in Illinois. Her parents were
Owen and Margaret Finnigan
Markey.
For.36 years she was a partner
in the M&M Cafe and Bakery,
for many years one of the leading
institutions of its type in northern
Nebraska. Her partner was her
sister, Mrs. Margaret McMillan.
About five years ago the firm was
sold to H. W. Hertford and son,
Bennett, but the new owners re
tained the same firm name.
The sisters moved to Miami to
retire.
Survivors include: Sisters—Mrs.
Kathryn Gaudrie and Mrs. Mar
garet McMillan, both of Miami.
Her parents and brothers,
John, Ed and Frank preceded
her in death. John spent the
later years of his life here, but
died in Washington, D.C~ about
three years ago.
Pallbearers will be P. G. Dono
hoe, H. E. Coyne, M. H. Horiskey,
Bennett Heriford, A. P. Jaszkow
iak, Peter Morgan, E. T. Campbell
and Julius D. Cronin.
Stuart Couple in
Golden Wedding
Frank Bose, W i f e
Hold Open-House
STUART—'Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Bose, sr., of ^Stuart celebrated
their golden wedding anniver
sary Tuesday, November 18. A
9 o’clock mass at St. Boniface
Catholic church was followed by
a 12 o’clock dinner for the rela
tives at the Stuart auditorium.
A four - tier wedding cake
baked by Louis Myers, a son-in
law of Gallup. N.M., and decorat
ed by their daughter, Mrs. My
ers, was beautiful with gold
flowers on the white cake and
topped with a miniature bride
and bridegroom.
Open-house was held at the
auditorium for their friends
from 2 to 4 o’clock.
Frank Bose and Mary Olig
muellex were married at St.
Anthony's chuTcb at St.
"Charles, Nebr., on November
18, 1902. by Reverend Clemens.
They farmed in Cumings coun
ty for three years, then moved
to Miller, S.D., where they farm
ed four years They came to Stu
art in 1909 and farmed for 10
years about two miles east of
Stuart. Then they moved into
Stuart where Mr. Bose followed
his trade as a painter and dec
orator until he retired on account
of his health about four years
ago.
The Boses have four children
—Harry of Vermillion, S.D.;
Frank, jr., of Gallup, N.M.; Mrs.
Herbert (Lidwina) Lane of Stu
art, and Mrs. Louis (Agatha) My
ers of Gallup, N.M., also 14
grandchildren.
Frank, jr., was unable to be
here for the celebration.
Mrs. Anna Grewe of West
Point, sister of Mrs. Bose and her
bridesmaid 50 years ago, and Joe
Ritter of West Point, cousin of
Mr. Bose and his bestman, were
present for the celebration.
Mrs. Anna Oligmueller of West
Point, mother of Mrs. Bose, was
unable to be at Stuart for the
golden wedding.
Mr. Eose, 74, came to the U.S.
with his parents at the age of 14
from Westphalia, Germany, and
lived one year at Alton, 111.,
where he worked in a paint fac
tory. From there he came to
Cumings county.
Mrs. Bose, 68, was bom near
Wisner.
To School Parley —
Supt. D. E. Nelson will attend
a joint meeting of the Nebraska
Association of School Administra
tors and the University of Ne
braska conference of superinten
dents in Lincoln on Thursday and
Friday, November 20-21.
Konyu, Turkey, known as
Iconium in the days of St. Paul,
now has a population of more
than 60,000, says the National
Geographic society.
Aladdin's Lad 9ih—the champ.a Sageser bull.—The Frontier Photo.
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VH Advance Silver 3d — reserve champ . . . shown by Van Horns. — The Frontier Photo.
Mary Rogman, 56,
Burial at Page
PAGE — Funeral services for
Mrs. "Mary Darr Rogman, 56,
were conducted Tuesday, No
vember 18, from the Methodist
church in Page. Burial was in
the Page cemetery under the di
rection of Riglin Brothers with
Rev. C. R. "Wilcox, church pas
tor, officiating.
The late "Mrs. "Rogman died
Friday evening, November 14,
in a Norfolk hospital. She had
suffered a long illness.
The late Mrs. Rogman, whose
maiden name was Mary Etta
Darr, was bom at Dorsey, a
daughter of the late John and
Mararet Shephard Darr. She
was reared in the Page vicinity.
She married Albert E. Gibson.
In 1925 she married John Rog
man at Yankton, S.D. Mr. Rog
man was killed later in an
automobile accident at Plain
view.
Survivors include: Son—Nel
son Gibson of Page; daughter—
Mrs. Kelly Baggs of Portland,
Ind.; sister—Mrs. James Carson
of Page; granddaughter— Mary
Ellen Gibson.
The late Mrs. Rogman was
a member of the Royal Neigh
bors of America lodge.
Pallbearers at the rites were
Buv Wanser, Soren Sorensen,
Richard Copes, Peter Nissen,
Anton Nissen and Neil Asher.
The Frontier for printing . . .
prompt deliveries!
Joe Kamphaus . . . heart .
(Story at right)
Motorists Low on
Gas, Leave Note
ATKINSON—“The Petersons
from Illinois” stopped recently
at the Henry Werner farm
place near Emmet. They left
75 cents in change wrapped in
a piece of paper on the door
sill at the Werner home. The
note stated simply: “Thanks
for the gas.”
Mrs. Werner said the U.S.
highway 20 motorists appar
ently ran out of gas with their
automobile, located the gas
barrels at the farm, helped
themselves, left some money
and the appreciative note.
Mrs. Werner said the barrels
were clearly marked. She had
no idea how long ago the in
cident took place because the
note was on the sill of a sel
dom used side door.
“The Petersons from Illinois”
are welcome anytime at Wer
ners.
Coincidence in Death
of 3 Brothers, Sister
The recent death of Joseph
Kamphaus, 58, Amelia rancher,
points up the fact that three
brothers and one sister, all mem
bers of the Kamphaus family,
died in a similar manner — all
blamed on heart conditions.
The late Joseph Kamphaus
died in a field on November 6
while repairing fences on his
ranch.
A brother, Anton of O’Neill,
died in a cornfield very sudden
ly about 12 years ago. Another
brother, Frank, was stricken fa
tally while at his home in Pet
ersburg and a sister, 'Mrs. Nicho
las (Mary) Majerus, also of Pet
ersburg, was stricken fatally
while leaving a church.
The Joseph Kamphaus rites
were conducted Wednesday, No
vember 12, from St. Patrick’s
Catholic church in O’Neill.
Among out-of-town friends
and relatives attending the rites
were: Mrs. John Reicks and
daughter, Juliana, Mrs. Ralph
Getzfred and son of Elgin, Mr.
and Mrs. Matt Fischer and sons
of Loretto, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Erresti and family of Clear
water, Karl Arnberger of Wino
na. Kans., Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Arnberger and daughter, Jo
Ann, of Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs.
Nick Majerus, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Majerus, Anton Majerus,
Mrs. Helen Kamphaus and fam
ily of Petersburg, Mrs. Juliana
Arnberger, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Polt, Mrs. Julius Hoffman, Peter
and Bertha Hoffmann, William
(Continued on page 12.)
53-Day Drouth Is Broken
A prolonged 53-day drouth fi
nally has been broken.
Electrical distrubances late Sun
day and in the early Monday
morning hours foretold a storm
was brewing. A shower fell,
starting about 6 a.m. About 9:45
the rain resumed, continuing in
termittently and turning to sleet
and snow about noon.
The moisture, totaling .82 of an
inch, was joyously welcomed by
farmers and ranchers who had
experienced one of the worst au
tumnal drouths on record. So
pronounced had been the lack of
moisture in the top soil the
ground could not freeze.
Farmers who had sown fall
small grain were happy to see
the moisture. Their efforts
would have been almost a total
loss without it.
Points in South Dakota re
ceived snowfall measuring up to
12 inches with the same storm.
But in Holt the sleet and snow
turning to water upon touching
earth. Big Springs and Kimball
also reported snow up to 12 inches.
Chadron reDorted a 40-mph wind.
“Even -without additional warm
weather, wheat in the eastern-part
of the state should live over the
winter,” is the welcome word
from A. E. Anderson, state-federal
agriculural statistician.
Anderson credits the recent
moderate to heavy soaking rains
in the southeast and the moder
ate to heavy snows in the pan
handle with being the -wheat life
saver.
However, he said, "two or
three" weeks of warm weather
(not forecast by the weather
bureau) with temperatures near
60 degrees, would start growth
°n the secondary root system.
Without the secondary root
system, he continued, the wheat
is slow to come out in the spring
and, based on past experienced
yield is cut to about a half or two
thirds of normal.
Week’s weather summary fol
lows (temperature based on 24
hour periods ending at 5 p.m.
daily and precipitation based on
24-hour periods ending at 8 a.m.,
daily):
Hi Lo Prec.
Nov. 13_65 28
Nov. 14_57 34
Nov. 15_66 32
Nov. 16_60 32
Nov. 17_45 31 .15
Nov. 18_41 31 .67
Nov. 19_38 23
Total_82
Britain has over 23 million
workers.
Henry Parks Counts
143 Descendants
Honored Sunday on
81st Anniversary
A no-host 1 o’clock dinner was
held at the ranch home of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Fick near In
man on Sunday, November 16.
Being noted on this occasion was
the 81st birthday anniversary of
Henry Parks of Page. Mrs. Fick
is his granddaughter.
Mr. Parks has lived in the
Page community for more than
30 years.
It is believed that he can
boast the most living descend
ants of anyone in this vicinity
as he has 12 children, 61 grand
children and 70 great-grand
children—a grand total of 143
direct descendants.
Mrs. Parks passed away in
1940 after a long illness.
Present for Sunday’s event
were the following sons: Mar
ion, Orville, Harold, Owen, Al
va and Earl, and two daughters,
Mrs. Elsie Naslund and Mrs.
Fern Boelter.
Two other sons, Leroy of Gar
land, Wyo., and Ralph of Turin,
la., and two daughters, Mrs. Eva
Long of Banks, Ore., and Mrs.
Emma Larson of Klamath Falls,
Ore., were unable to attend.
The following relatives were
present:
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Parks
of York; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Barr and family of Gurley; Mr.
and Mrs. Will Larson, Mr. and
Mrs. Everette Craig and Miss
Lois Craig, all of Creston; Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Parks and Mr.
i and Mrs. Wayne Parks and
i i i _ . . . _ _
uduguLei ui /\insworxn; Mrs.
John Liest of Hastings; Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Geiserich and Dianne
of Stuart; Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Hahlbeck and family and Mr.
and Mrs. Alva Parks and family
of Ewing; Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Boelter and sons of Venus; Mr.
and Mrs. Marion Cederburg and
family of Orchard; Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Cork and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Barr and Arlene, Mrs.
Harold Parks, jr., and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Merwyn Parks and
son, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parks
and family, all of O’Neill; Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Parks and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Parks and
family, Mrs. William O’Brien
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred !
Naslund and Jerry White, Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Trowbridge
and Dianne and Mr., and Mrs.
Marion Parks and family, all of
Page.
At present Mr. Parks is liv
ing in his own home near his
daughter, Mrs. Fred Naslund.
Four generations were repre
sented at Sunday's gathering.
Entertainment included ac
cordian music. A birthday cake
with 81 candles was baked by
Mrs. Lloyd Cork. Mr. Parks re
cenved numerous cards and let
ters.
Since the death of Mrs. Parks
he has divided his time living
near his daughters in Oregon
and near Mrs. Naslund.
Marine Sergeant Honored —
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kaiser
and family were among the group
of friends and relatives who ga
thered at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. James Dobias at Atkinson
Sunday honoring Marine Ser
geant Raymond Dobias, who left
Wednesday, November 19, for
Santa Ana, Calif., where he will
be assigned to duties in Korea. A
farewell dance was given Monday
night at the Memorial hall in At
kinson for Sergeant Dobias.
On Same Ship —
The twin sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Ressel, Ronald and Donald
Ressel, have suceeded in being
stationed on the same ship, the
USS Mountrail, which is now on
duty in the Far East.
DIES RECENTLY . . . Mrs. J.
E. Vincent (above), widow of a
veteran O’Neill hotel operator,
died Tuesday, November 4, in
her apartment here. Her maid
en name was Amelia Gatz,
daughter of Frederick C. and
Elizabeth Gatz. Survivors in
clude: Sons—Dr. Jack Vincent,
an army medical officer, and
Dr. Kieth Vincent of St. Louis,
Mo.
Parking Meters
Being Installed
/fiv
Court Restraint Ends
and Duncan Meter
Workmen Move In.
The rat-tat-tat of pneumatic’
drills broke the Wednesday
morning calm as workmen be
gan boring holes in Fourth street * „
sidewalks.
This was regarded as a prelude
to installation of parking meters
in the main business district.
Mayor J. E. Davis and City
Attorney William W. Griffin*
whose signatures were on the
original pact between the city
and the Duncan Parking Meter
corporation January 9, • 1951*
were out of the city Wednesday
and were not available for com
ment.
e
One councilman, who did no*
want to be quoted, exclaimed
he was "amazed—really" when
the word was passed that me
ters were about to be erected.
An informal poll of city coun
cilmen in session last 1 Thursday
evening was 4-1 against the me
ters. An absent member had
posted his attitude with the city
attorney prior to leaving town,
making the vote 5-1.
The council 22 months ago en
tered into an agreement with the
Duncan Parking Meter corpora
tion of Illinois for installation of
“150 meters, more-or-less, on
Douglas street to be positioned
between Third and Fifth streets’*
(Knights of Columbus hall and
bus depot). Installation was to
be on a “trial basis.”
The contract listed meters at
the cost of $69.50 each. Installa
tion was to be made on a lease
rental basis. Fifty percent of the
receipts from the meters were to
go toward the cost of the meters
and installation, while 50 percent
was to go to the city for general
expenses.
After the Duncan firm is re
imbursed for the cost, delivery
and installation, all receipts will
go to the city, the original con
tract stated.
A motorist can park 10 min
utes for one cent or 120 minutes
(two hours) for 10 cents.
H. Zelen represented the Dun
can firm when the original con
tract was signed. Norbert Uhl
Third ward councilman, was op- •
posed to a resolution which was
passed by the council instructing
Mayor Davis and City Clerk CX
D. French to enter into the
agreement. Contract signatures
were affixed the following day.
Members of the council a*
that time were C. E. Jones,
Uhl, J. L. McCarville, sr„ Tony
Asimus, L. M. Diehlman and
A. W. CarrolL
Only Uhl is still a member of
the council. Jones, McCarville
and Asimus were not candidates
for reelection; Diehlman moved
to Phoenix, Ariz., and Carroll
had been appointed to succeed
Hugh Ray.
The original contract stated
that the city would be obliged'
to leave the meters in for at
least 12 months under the agree
ment or pay for the delivery and;
installation expense.
Present members of the coun
cil are: First ward—M. J. Gold
en and L. M. Merriman; Second,
—Joe Stutz and Marvin John
so,n Third Uhl and Emmet °
Crabb.
When the original pact was
signed the meter representative
stated the machines would be iu *
operation “in about 60 days.’*
But a remonstrating group of
citizens, headed b y Sumner
Downey, took the matter to court
and succeeded in securing a re
straining order. The order stay
ed on the Holt county district
court books until •September
when it was dismissed.
An informal meeting of the
business and professional peo
ple last summer held at the
Legion auditorium voted 33-14
against the meters. It was »
hurryup meeting and may or
may not have represented a
cross-section opinion of tbw
business and professional in
terests, not to mention the oth
er citizenry.
About a week ago the Lions
club filed a petition with the
city council recommending me
ters. The Lions vote was 8-1
with some of the Lions refrain
ing from voting.
When meter representatives
were in town last Thursday eve
ning there was more meter talk
The present council, all new ex^
cept for one member, informally
voted 5-1 against the meters.
On May 1 the council consid
ered the “purported contract” of
January 9 and its “legality and
propriety” and voted to “rescind,
cancel and annul” the original
(Continued on page 12.)
Gets Furlough —
Pvt. James Bridges has justt
completed his basic training for
field artillery at Camp Chaffee,
Ark., and has flown to Glendale,
Calif., to spend his 13-day fur
lough with his mother, Mrs. Alice
Bridges. After his furlough he
will report to Ft Bragg, N C.