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Volume 72.—Number 46. O’Neill, Nebraska, Thursday, March 19, 1953. Seven Cents.
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°° Committee Urges
Lifting of Controls
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Military Rites
for Korean Vet
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Cpl. McKim’s Burial
Here Monday
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ond Korean war fatality, will ar
o rive in O’Neill early Sunday
§ with military escort. The young
O’Neill man, who was killed in
a jeep accident in Korea on Jan
uary 8, was the°son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lyle McKim, sr., of O’Neill.
He was 24-years-old at the time
of his death arid was expecting
to return to the U.S. “within a
few weeks.”
The O'Neill soldier was kill
ed when the knuckle on the
steering mechanism of his jeep
became loose and the vehicle
°0 upset.
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Funeral services will beocon
ducted at 0 2 p.m., Monday,
March 23, from the, Methodist
op o church here. R%v. W. B. Smith,
church pastor, will officiate and
^ burial will be in Prospect 0Hill
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'Red' McKim . . . military rites.
cemetery under the direction of
Biglm Brothers. Simonson post
93 of the American Legion will
conduct military rites.
Pallbearers ghosen are Jerome
Gallagher, Quentin Cavanaugh,
Harold Pri£il, Leo Matthews and *
Gene Porter, all of O’Neill, a* d
Jeri^r Thompson of Atkinson,
o Simonson post has requested
that business firms display flags
at half-mast from 8 a.m., until
after0 thp funeral, then at top
iXjast.
Mayor J. E. Davis has pro
claimed that all places of bus
iness will lock doors and cease
business operations between
the hours of 2 and 3 p.m., on
tb« day of the funeral to Dav
tribute to this soldier.
The body reached the U.S. last
week. 0 ,
Sgt. Harold W. Fifer will ac
company the remains to O’Neill.
The body was forwarded from
Oakland, Calif., on March 18.
Lyle was born December 13,
1928, on a farm near O’Neill. He
was reared and educated here,
attending O’Neill high school for
four years.
Following his graduation from
high school he was employed by
the Beckwith Oil company, Dew
ey Electric and Outlaw Imple
ment company. He was best
known as "Red” McKim. He
joined the services July 5, 1951.
He was in O'Neill in Jan
uary. 1952, on a delay enrouie
to a West coast embarkation
camp after receiving his mili
tary training in Georgia.
Survivors include: Parents;
brothers — Leslie, Kenneth and
Keith; sisters — Mrs. John De
George and Miss Hyldred, both
of Omaha; Mrs. Howard Wales of
Castro Valley, Calif.; Mrs. Dale
Wales of Hayward. Calif., and
Miss Wilma of O’Neill.
O'NEILL SNOW TRAVELS
Pfc. Leo Liable, who is sta
tioned in Tokyo, sent a clipping
of the O’Neill blizzard picture to
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Liable of Atkinson. The picture
appeared in a civilian Japanese
paper. The Frontier has receiv
ed numerous reports from Far
East military personnel stating a
blizzard scene appeared in the
army newspaper, Stars &
Stripes, Tokyo edition.
Nuptials March 21—
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Clinken
beard of Athol, Kans., announce
the engagement and approaching
marriage of their daughter, Miss
Patricia Ellen, to Ramon Wallace
Shellhammer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. G. Shelhamer. The cer
emony will take place Saturday
at the Methodist church in O’
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LB 245 Passed
by Legislature—
Holt and Boyd county wildlife
enthusiasts will not have to go
out of their territory to hunt.
LB 245, introduced by O’Neill’s
State Sen. Frank Nelson, was
enacted by the unicameral leg
islature Wednesday.
Return from Nassau—
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Froe
lich returned recently from a
vacation in Florida and Nassau,
B W.I. They also visited their
son, William J. Froelich, jr„ who
is stationed at Washington, D.C.,
with the navy.
Eighteen cattle industry lead
ers, including O’Neill’s Dewey C.
Schaffer, recommended to Secre
tary of Agriculture Ezra T. Ben
son in a hurryup two-day con
ference last week a seven-point
program to halt skidding cattle
prices.
Schaffer, president of the Ne
braska Stock Growers’ associa
tion, received 48-hour notice to
take part in the Washington
talks. He got the word Sunday,
March 8, and reached Washing
ton Tuesday evening, March 10.
The conferences began the fol
lowing morning and were con
cluded last Thursday.
Mr. Schaffer returned to O'
Neill late Triday. He reported
on the seven-point program on
the Monday "Voice of The
Frontier" radio program
(WJAG, 9:45 a.m., 780 kc.)
The committee, composed of
cattle industry representatives
from throughout the nation, pro
posed a government promotion
campaign to encourage more
beef-eating at home and urged
expanded research in the use of c
tallow, animal fats and hides.
The group also recommended
against standby wage-price con
trols after the present law ex
pires April 30
Mr. Schaffer said the commit
that all price supports and con
tee recommended to Mr. Benson
trols in agriculture be knocked
i off. He said the committee was
unanimous in this feeling on the
theory that supports offer ordy
temporary relief.
It was felt that "government
interference at this time would
only further complicate the
problems," Mr. Schaffer ex
plained.
Schaffer was the only Nebras
ka delegate. Besides ranchers
others represented the feeding,
packing and breeding phases of
the industry.
The citizens group urged in
creased beef buying for the
urged the government to exam
school lunch program, and also
ine the diet of American service
personnel. It was further urged
to work out a meat diet for
South Korean soldiers now ex
isting on “rice and beans,” Mr.
Schaffer explained.
The committee charged that
rigid high price supports on
feed crops “confounded and ag
gravated” the cattlemen’s plight
and are “big factors in the pres
ent price squeeze.” The cattle
men recommended “the whole
support program be re-examined
and more flexibility brought
into it.” *
S 'ere ary «Bensb;i was urged to
explore the oeef import and ex
port conditions to see if beef
demand could be increased.
Mr. Benson did not conduct
the meeting but sat in on confer
ences. Mr. Schaffer said he lunch
ed with Sen. Hugh Butler and
Rep. A. L. Miller.
Atkinson Shares
Forensic Trophies
STUART — The results of
North - Central Nebraska high
school conference one - act play
contest held Tuesday in Stuart
follow:
Atkinson high and Valentine
captured the trophies.
"Where the Cross Is Made”
was the title of the Atkinson en
try. Supt. Harold Hutcheson is
the forensic director at Atkinson
high school. Members of the cast
were Lodima Wefso, Dale Rat
liff, Fred Mulford. Gary Spence,
Henry Dierks, Richard Kissin
ger and Donald Withers.
The Valentine entry was di
rected by Miss Ruth Collins.
Members' of the cast are Irene
Kramer, Kay Arrasmith, Anisa
Shamis, Gene Lamoreaux and
Marlene Nicholas.
Schools winning honorable
I mention were Ainsworth, Bas
| sett, and Stuart.
Other schools taking part were
O'Neill, Springview, Wood Lake
and Long Pine.
Country Club
Meeting Scheduled—
On Tuesday, March 24, at 8
p m., at the Legion hall, O’Neill,
a meeting will be held for all
persons interested in the promo
tion of the O’Neill Country club.
It is not necessary that you are
a golfer to attend this meeting.
All interested in recreation are
invited. This is a chance to ex
press your likes and dislikes.
This club is an asset to O’Neill,
according to M. J. Golden, pres
ident.
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To* Girls’ State
Miss Esther Kaiser (above),
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Her
bert Kaiser of O’Neill, has
been selected as O’Neill’s girls’
state delegate in June. She is
an O’Neill high school junior,
has been active in band, pep
band, glee dub, girls’ trio and
class activities. The alternate
is Miss Evalyn Asher, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Asher.
Simonson post 93 of the Am
erican Legion auxiliary is Miss
Kaiser’s sponsor.—O’Neill Pho
to Co.
Fatally Burned in Explosion and Fire
Mrs. Ira, 77,
Expires in
Hospital
Lynch Doctor’s Wife
Recently Submitted
to Leg Amputation
LYNCH— Mrs. G. B. Ira, 77
year-old wife of a veteran
Lynch physician, died about 3
o’clock on Wednesday morning,
March 18, in Sacred Heart hos
pital at Lynch. She had b^en a
patient there for several weeks.
Reofehtly Mrs. Ira submitted to
amputation of one of her legs.
No Cuneral arrangements
have ' been completed. The
body is at the Coulthaxd fu
neral home.
Survivors include: The widow
er—Dr. G. B. Ira, who is ill and
is a patient in the Lynch hospital
with a broken leg; one son—Dr.
Gordon Ira of Jacksonville, Fla.;
daughter — Mrs. G. R. (Naomi)
Douglas of Indianapolis, Ind.,
brother—Clifford Whipple of Ta
coma, Wash.
The late Mrs. Ira’s son and
daughter were both expected to
arrive in Lynch late Wednesday.
Doctor Ira has been a physi
cian at Lynch for half a century.
He fell on the ice in a Lynch
street several weeks ago and has
been hospitalized at Omaha and
Lynch.
His wife’s maiden name was
i Florence *Elsie Whipple. They
were married April 10, 1898, at
Omaha. She was a member of
I the Methodist church at Lynch.
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Pool Issue Not on
April 7 Ballot
The 49- to 50-thousand-dollar
bond issue proposal will not be
on the April 7 ballot when O’
Neill voters go to the polls in the
annual city election.
This was stated Wednesday
by city officials. It is pointed
out that the notice must be pub
lished five weeks before the is
sue can be brought before the
electorate, and insufficient time
remains to accomplish this.
A special election probably
v/ill be called at a later date be
cause the city council, when
confronted with a petition, agreed
to put the matter to the voters.
Meanwhile, Wednesday was
the deadline for filing petitions
in behalf of individual candidates
for city council and district 7
board of education posts.
Only candidates for the board
of education are H. J. Lohaus,
incombent, and Elgin Ray.
Candidates for the council are:
First ward — M. J. Golden, in
cubent; Second — Marvin John
son, incumbent, and Third—Nor
bert Uhl, incumbent.
Voting places are: First —
courthouse basement; Second —
A. Marcellus garage; Third —
city had.
Hoerle Reaches U.S.
from Far‘East Duty—
CHAMBERS—Marvin E. Hoer
le, boilerman fireman, USN, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard E.
Hoerle, and husband of Mrs. Ma
ry L. Hoerle, all of Chambers,
arrived in Long Beach, Calif.,
last week aboard the heavy cruis
ei USS Toledo.
The Toledo returned from sev- !
en months of combat operations !
in support of United Nations
forces in Korea. During her tour
the ship fired 6,537 eight and 7,- I
801 five-inch shells onto enemy
held territory, totaling more than
1,109 tons of steel and explosives, j
Cronin Speaks to
Rural Youth—
Julius D. Cronin, O’Neill attor
ney, Friday spoke to members of
the O’Neill Rural Youth group
at the courthouse annex.
The speaker told of the repub
lican national convention last
summer and told how the major
political parties in the U.S. op
erate.
Visitors included Mr. Cronin,
Feme Waterman, Bessie Cullen,
Eunice Rossman, Duane Benash,
Melvin, Joyce, Harold and Earl
Miller.
DEERE PROGRAM FRIDAY
The annual John Deere day
program will be held at the Le
gion auditorium Friday, March
20. The Harry R. Smith Imple
ments will be hosts. The program
starts at 1:15 p.m.
Go to Sioux City—
Mrs. P. B. Harty, Mrs. Mabel
McKenna, Miss Genevieve Biglin
and Miss Norma McAuliffe spent
Monday and Tuesday in Sioux
City.
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Third Golden Wedding in Schmidt Family
Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Schmidt (center foreground) are sur rounded by their descendants on their golden wedding anniversary
celebrated Wednesday, March 11. The Schmidts’ children remem ber when their great-grandparents celebrated their golden wed
ding; remember their grandparents’ 50th wedding celebration an d helped their own parents in last week’s observance at the
Schmidt farm, located four miles north of Ewing.—The Frontier Photo by John H. McCarville.
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Frank Sedivy, 44,
Gross Farmer, Dies
Rites Held Tuesday
at Rosedale
LYNCH—Funeral services for
Frank E. Sedivy, 44, were held
Tuesday, March 17, at 2 p m. at
the Rosedale Covenant church
north of Bristow with Rev. Har
old Nelson in charge.
Interment was held in the
Lutheran cemetery north of
Bristow.
Mr. Sedivy was suddenly
stricken ill Sunday, March 8, and
on Tuesday, March 10, snow
drifts were cleared so he could
be taken to the St. Anthony’s
hospital at O’Neill. He died early
Saturday morning.
Frank, the youngest son of the
late Joseph and Mary Sedivy,
was born at Lynch September
19, 1908.
He attended the Lynch schools
and was a prominent farmer and
stockman in the Gross communi
ty at the time of his death.
He was married to Ella Dahl
berg February 20, 1935. To this
union two children, Luella and
Gordon, were born. Both reside
at home.
Survivors include: Widow; two
children; three brothers and six
sisters—John F. Sedivy of Cas
per, Wyo.; Andrew Sedivy of
Lynch; Emil Sedivy of Tilden;
Mrs. George Svatos and Mrs.
Frank Svatos, both of Lake An
des, S.D.; Mrs. Smil Soulek of
Ravinia, S.D.; Mrs. Lee Fergu
son of Lebanon, Ore.; Mrs. Ber
nard Webber and Mrs. Albert
Kalkowski, both of Lynch.
C. I Davis, 73,
Dies in California
C. J. Davis, 73, former resident
of O’Neill who left here in 1935,
died last Thursday in a hospital
at Los Angeles, Calif., where he
had been residing. He suffered
a heart ailment and had been in
failing health for two years.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon, March 16, in
Forest Lawn Memorial park
cemetery in Glendale.
The late Mr. Davis was bom
in Iowa. He married Miss Hulda
Jane Prebel in Rutland, N.D.,
about 50 years ago. Thev became
the parents of five children.
The Davis family moved to
O’Neill in 1928 from Hartford,
S.D. Mr. Davis worked for Inter
state Power company here until
1935, when the family moved to
Los Angeles.
Survivors include: Widow; sons
—Forest Earl of Torrence, Calif.;
Mentor Edwin of O’Neill; daugh
ters—Mrs. W. C. (Morna Jean)
Dunnam of Manhatten Beach,
Calif.; Mrs. Bud (Norma Eliza
beth) Payne of Hawthorne,
Calif.; nine grandchildren, and
one sister.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Davis, who
reside northeast of O’Neill, were
unable to attend the funeral for
Mr. Davis’s father. They had vis
ited him last fall in California.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
Ramon Wallace Shellhammer,
21, and Miss Patricia Ellen Clink
enbeard, 17, both of O’Neill, on
March 18.
The Schmidts . . . married at Neligh.
Annual Spring and
Soil Conservation
Issue
This is The Frontier’s annual
spring issue, heralding the of
ficial arrival of spring on Sat
urday, March 21.
Annually The Frontier de
votes extensive coverage to the
activities of the Holt Soil Con
servation district in a special
issue. The year-end conserva
tion report and additional con
servation features and pictures
have been incorporated in
this issue.
Circulation of this issue is
3,800 copies and a sample copy
is being sent to most rural
homes in Holt and Boyd coun
ties. The gross press run has
been increased 1,400 copies to
accomplish nearly one hundred
percent rural coverage in the
two-county area.
3-D Films Coming
Soon to Stuart—
STUART — Movie-goers here
will soon be receiving the new
three dimensional pictures.
Dwaine Lockmon, theater own
er, will install the three dimen
sional equipment in the Stuart
theater.
The new equipment is ex
pected to be delivered within
three or four weeks.
However, Mr. Lockmon will
arrange his screens so the con
ventional film as well as the
three dimensional can be shown.
'U' Band in Concert—
The University of Nebraska
ROTC symphonic band, of which
John Berigan and Donald Hagen
sick of O’Neill are members, will
present its annual public concert
Sunday, March 22, at 3 p.m. in
the coliseum. Donald A. Lentz is
conductor of the 90-piece organ
ization.
IRRIGATION MEETINGS
Well irrigation will be the
topic of discussions at 8 p.m., on
Thursday and Friday at the Page
high school auditorium and the
courthouse annex building, re
spectively.
CARRIER VACANCY
ORCHARD— Applications are
being received for an examina
tion to be held at the O’Neill
postoffice on Thursday, April 2,
in connection with a rural mail
carrier vacancy at Orchard |
Corncrib Burns in
Wednesday Fire
The corncrib on the Freeman
Knight farm was partially de
stroyed by fire about 6 o’clock
Wednesday evening. The fire
was discovered at 5:45 by Mrs.
Allan Knight and small son,
Mike. Mrs. Knight drove to the
Ernie Kloppenborg farm north
of the farm* to call the fire de
partment. The Kloppenborgs did
not have a phone so she drove
to the Leo Matthews farm, a to
tal distance of three miles, where
she was able to telephone.
Mr. Kloppenborg and Mr. Mat
thews immediately went to the
fire and tried to keep it under
control by carrying water from
the tank in buckets and throwing
it on the blaze until the fire de
partment arrived. They were
losing control of it when the fire
depai-tment reached the scene.
Earlier in the afternoon two
men were using a cutting torch
on a wrecked car near the
building. The fire resulted from
a piece of hot iron that was left
lying on the dry grass near the
corncrib. The strong wind fan
ned the grass blaze and drove
the fire to the building.
The east end of the corncrib
and the corn were a total loss.
The damage is covered by insur
ance.
SURE SIGN?
A sure sign of spring was the
appearance Wednesday of Clyde
Bowden in his multi-colored an
tique model T Ford. This an
cient model is tucked away in a
garage on the Bowden property
late in the autumn. Incidentally,
Mr. Bowden never drives the
vehicle at night.
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Atkinson Visitors—
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kaiser
and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Kaiser of
Atkinson were Sunday evening
callers in the home of Mr- and
Mrs. Louis Kliment ait Atkinson.
Robert Beckenhauer, a student
at Creighton university, Omaha,
spent the weekend here: visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A.
Beckenhauer. 0
Visit Columbus—
Mr. and Mrs. George Janousek,
Christie and Jimmy and Mrs.
Lod Janousek went to Columbus
Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. E.
O. Hile.
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Minnie Lines, 85,
Burial Rites Today
Page Woman Dies at
Home of Son
PAGE— Funeral services for
Mrs. Minnie Amelia Lines, 85, a
Holt county resident since child
hood, will be conducted at 2
p.m., today (Thursday) from the
Biglin Brothers funeral chapel.
Mrs. Lines died at 9 a.m., Tues
day,, March 17, at the home of
her son, Leslie A. Lines, at
Page. She had been ill for sev
eral years.
Rev. George Francis will of
ficiate and burial will be in the
Page cemetery. Pallbearers cho
sen are Frank Beelaert, William
Neibauer, Herbert Stevens, Nev
en Ickes, sr., Neven Ickes, jr., and
Hugh Holliday, all of the Page
community.
The late Mrs. Lines, whose
maiden name was Minnie Am
elia Smith, was born April 9,
1867, in Cook county (Chica
go), Illinois.
When a small girl she came to
Holt county with her parents,
the late William G. and Sarah
Atkin Smith.
On November 27, 1882, at Ne
ligh she married the late Adlas
ka Lines. He died in 1918. She
was also preceded in death by
an infant son, Clyde Edwin, and
one daughter, Effie Irene David,
who died December 20, 1918.
Survivors include: Son—Les
lie A. of Page; daughter—Mrs.
Patrick (Nettie May) McCart of
Ielrich, FJ.D.; sister—Mrs. Nina
Hayne of Neligh.
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TO NEW LOCATION
R. H. (“Ray”) Shriner and H.
D. Gildersleeve, OD, will be lo
cated in the Golden hotel build
ing on the ground floor location
formerly occupied by Carmel
Corner. C. M. Eason, DDS, is
moving into the new Rasley
building on South Fourth street.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Merriman
spent the weekend in Omaha
visiting their son, James, and his
fiancee, Miss Marilu Jesse.
Completes Basic
Pvt. Clyde A. Wabs, son of
Mrs. Helen Wabs of Spencer,
has just completed seven weeks
basic training at Camp Polk,
La. His address is Pvt. (195)
Clyde A. Wabs, US 55327071,
Co. G 148 Inf. Regt., 37th Div.,
Camp Polk, La.
Farmer, 24,
Dies Here
in Hospital
Entire Family Brought
in Following 5 Early
Mom Farm Mishap
An early Wednesday morning
fuel oil explosion and fire result
ed in fatal bums to Melvin Stea
kal, 24 - year - old Ilolt county
farmer, residing six and one-half
miles south and three miles east
of Inman.
Young Steskal, father of two
small children, died several hours
later—at 1:05 p.m.—in St. An
thony’s hospital here. Third de
gree bums covered 90 percent of
his body, hospital attendants
said.
He was riot unconscious until
shortly before his death. Before
he died he learned his wife
would recover and his two chil
dren were unhurt.
Mr. Steskal, his wife, 23, their
daughter, Donna, 2, and son,
Marvin, 1, and Junior Earhart,
16, who was at the Steskal place,
were brought to the hospital for
medical attention.
Little hope was held for sav
ing Mr. Sieskal's life. Mrs.
Steskal's condition late Wed
n e s d a y was described an
"good." She is suffering from
back bums.
Their two children were not
burned but suffered from shock.
They were rescued from the
flaming dwelling and brought to
the hospital in their night
clothes.
The Earhart youth’s burns
were confined to the arms.
Mr. Steskal was attempting to
start a fire about 8 o’clock in the
dining room stove when a near
by five-gallon tractor fuel can
exploded. The fire got out of
control and the home and all the
personal effects were completely
destroyed.
Young Earhart, a cousin of Mr.
Steskal and whose home is at
Elgin, said the can exploded af
ter Mr. Steskal dropped it The
youth made an exit out the pan
try window and ran to the near
by James Rotherham home for
help.
Mr. Steskal’s uncle, Elmer
Steskal, found Mrs. Steskal un
conscious in the middle of the
bedroom floor. The children were
found unhurt in the bed. Tbe
door between the bedroom and
dining room was closed and win
dows and doors kept intact are
credited with saving the lives of
the young mother and her two
children.
Mr. Steskal was found ia the
yard. Neighbors could not ex
plain how he managed to gat
out of the inferno and reach
the outside. Elmer Steskal took
his nephew to St. Anthony's
hospital, arriving about 9 o'
clock. Several doctors we re
summoned to attend the suf
fering bum victim. He also
placed in fhe car Mrs. Steskal
and the two children.
Mr. Rotherham took young
Earhart to St. Anthony’s. John
Steskal, jr., also helped with the
rescue.
The late Melvin Steskal was a
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Sies
kal of Inman, who were not at
home at the time of the tragedy.
Melvin attended Ewing high
school and served for several
years in the armed forces after
World War II.
His wife is the former Gladys
Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Wright of Ewing.
The children, suffering only
minor burns, were dismissed
from the hospital Wednesday af
ternoon.
The body of the late Melvin
Steskal was taken to Atkinson
pending completion of funeral
arrangements.
NEW STATE ENGINEER
L. N. Ress of Lincoln has been
named state engineer for the Ne
braska department of roads and
irrigation. He will succeed Har
old Aitken, who has resigned to
accept a post with the civil de
fense agency in Washington,
D.C., at twice the salary he was
receiving in the Nebraska state
house.
ESTABLISH OFFICE
Ed Thorin and Bill Bowker
have established an office in the
Hagensick building at the corner
of Fourth and Douglas streets
(two doors north of the O’Neill
National bank). They moved into
their location on Monday. Mr.
Thorin and Mr. Bowker are en’
gaged in real estate, insurance
and auctioneering.
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