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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1953)
Surprise Party At Vequist Home o ° FALLS— Another sur o prise party was held on Sunday evening, March 8, this one at Lyle Vequist’s. The self-inivited °Oo° f£ests. 0 included Mr. and Mrs. ° -Fiancis Curran and girls, Mr. and Mrs. James Curran and Ar feil; Mr. and Mrs. Jim McNul ty. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vequist, °o ^r1SS, ^eab Serck, Mr. and Mrs. v\ esley Taylor and family, Mr. o -and Mrs. Chuck Felver, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stems, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Margritz, Brenda, Bonna and Susan, and John Richardson.^ o o oln the card games that0follow ed c*d> Mrs. Albert Sterns and James Curran had high score. Low was by Mrs. Roy Margritz and Fran 0 cis Curran. A lunch was served by the guests. > -- ° ° 0 Other Rock Falls News Mr. and Mrs. Blake Benson and Stanley and Orville Thorsen were o ™Pper guests Friday evening, March 6, at Francis Curran’s. Mrs. J^rancis Curran, Betty and o Mary Jo visited Sunday after 3 noon at Bert Ott’s. 0 Fritz Yantzie and Joe were Q .guests Friday, March 1, at Levi o Yantzie’s. ivir. ana Mrs. Blake Benson, Stanley Benson and Linjda Jonn o son were supper guestSoWednes day, March 4, of Mr. and Mrs.! Prank Nemec of Spencer, o' Guests on Thursday evening, March 5, gt John Grutch’s for supper included Mr. and Mrs. Blake Benson, Stanley Benson, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Benson and °o family, Linda Johnson, Maurice and Elwin Grutsch. Mrs. Mamie D. O’Neill, Carroll Q3NeiH, Linda Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Benson and fam ° ily were dinner and supper guests0 at Blake Benson’s Sun day, March 8. Mrs. Mamie D. O’Neill and Ed die Benson visited at Blake Ben sbn’s for a few days recently. ° Lois Ann Petersan visited at ° Jim Karel’s Sunday afternoon cMarch 8. o Mr. and Mrs. Howard Oberle ■were supper guests Friday eve o ning, March 6, at Jim Karel’s. Friday afternoon, March 6, o 0 Mr. and Mrs. Jim Karel visited Mrs. Woidneck in the Lynch hos o pital. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Miller o and family were guests on •> Sunday, March 8, at Cecil Mil ?o ler’S Francis Curran and Bar Larsen were dinner guests on Sunday, March 8, of Ray Kurtz, The main course was beans and for dessert -o-more beans. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Smith .. 0 0 and sons were Tuesday evening, o March 3, guests of Mr. and Mrs. o Wesley Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Smith and o sons were Sunday, March 8, din ner guests of Mrs. Anna Thomp son at Page. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pellitier .and children of Orchard. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Smith and sons were Sunday night, March o c 8, supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. c Thomas Kelly at Page. Mrs. Henry Vequist was a din ner guest at the Orville Morrow home Sunday, March 8. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Margritz and girls were guests at Lyle Ve ejuist’s on Wednesday evening, March 4. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Vequist and family were dinner guests Sun day, March 8 , of Mrs. Celia Grutsch. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Claussen were dinner guests on Sunday, March 8, at Claussen brothers’. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Miller and children were guests at Al bert Stern's Thursday evening, March 5. . Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Vequist and family were supper guests on Sunday evening, March 8, at James McNulty’s. Guests at Albert Sterns’ Friday evening, March 6, were John Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Margritz, Brenda, Bohnie and Susan. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sterns and family were guests all day Sunday, March 8,, at Albert Sterns’. John Richardson was a guest O o Narrative Report of the Supervisors of The Holt Soit Conservation District for 1952 In presenting this annual report the board of supervisors and the local staff of the Holt Soil Conservation District hope to do these things: ° . First, we wish to acquaint the public again with the district’s services and usefulness to better agriculture. Second, we hope to make our experiences a, benefit to other agricultural organizations, o Finally, we want to make aoreal examination of our successes and failures in order to more effectively promote conservation agri culture in the Holt district. Practice o 0 1952 Todate Tree planting_208 acres a 1317 acres Seeding of range- 498 acres 4800 acres Farm and ranch ponds —__— 53 acres 116 acres Farm drains _n- 522 acres 1088 acres Rotation hay and°pasture-2928 acres 11457 acres Range properly stocked_8779 acres 76356 acres Strip cropping--— 396 acres 11414 Seres Seeding of permanent hay 0- 430 acres 2100 acres Terraces _10.5 miles 35.5 miles Outlets and waterways_63 • 136 O No. Acres No? Acres Initial agreements _125 121,428 144 173,186 Advanced agreements ^_o__ 63 36,425 63 36,425 Basic agreement - 6 2,445 331 203,059 Active applications on file - 141 124,490 Cooperation With Other Agencies Team work with other agencies has on the whole been splendid. The closest ^kind of cooperation with the U.S. Soil Conservation Service was an ever-present factor. We sincerely hope the new ^secretary of agriculture does not contemplate divorcing the direct relationship between the national service and the lochl districts. Cooperation with the local PMA has helped to account for a steady increase in applications for technical assistance. The consol idation of PMA and SCS early in 1951 afforded the district a direct contact with non-cooperators and gave them an opportunity to be come better acquainted with the Soil Conservation Service. Also 181 man days (in the form of three parttime employees) were tnade Available by the PMA office for technical assistance through the district office. The State Fish and Game Commission works through the Soil Conservation District in a program to plant each year six wild life areas of one to three acres. The requirements of such an area are, briefly, that it be less than one-half mile from any crop land and more than one-half mile from any wooded area. Five such areas were jflanted in the Holt district in 1952. Fish are also avail able on application through the Federal Fish and Wildlife Service. Again this year cooperation with the Extension Service has been good. A joint annual meeting was held in March. The two agencies also joined in tours, special meetings, and made joint news releases. If there was any weak point in these joint functioas it was the failure to coordinate and follow a definite time schedule. The Highway Department has agreed to accept any water from proposed drainage projects and will install culverts of proper size where needed. The County Board of Commissioners has obligingly agreed to do the same on all drainage projects involving country roads. District Equipment A full time employee in charge of district equipment was hired for the year. The arrangement, it was hoped, would afford the local staff more time on farm planning and field work as well as im prove the financial status of the district. The former goal was realized, but in October it became apparent that the district’s op erations were not extensive enough to support a full time em ployee. Consequently this employee, Fay Brittell, resigned. Since that time a part time man has kept up with the equipment work. An indication of the extent of use of district equipment is this list of the district’s bills. Equipment manager -*___2,080.60 Labor for tree planting_1,007.50 Labor for grass (combining, cleaning and planting)_1,498.10 Clerical help____ 91.00 Hired truck -t___i_:_._ 582.32 Hired tractor_____1__ 424.25 Car mileage -*--- 288.44 During the year 14 people were employed, some of course were for only short periods of time. The piece of equipment operated most during the year was the 167 D. Clipper Cleaner. Its volume of custom work is steadily in creasing. Cooperators are becoming more and more aware of the importance of clean, viable seed. The cleaner was employed in cus tom work 222 Vi hours with a gross return of $889.00. Here is a list of the amounts and kinds of seed cleaned during the year. Hours Type of Seed Approx, lbs. Cleaning of seed 13 Vi-A_Cool season grasses ___Over 3,000 50%-Sandlove, switch, red top _ 4,730 103 Vi_Alfalfa ___Over 20,000 21%-Clover, red, alsike, Ladino & sweet_ 6,800 8_Vetch 5 _Oats IV2.Barley at Roy Margritz’s on Thursday evening, March 5. Mr. and Mi'S. Roy Margritz and family were Sunday, March 8, dinner guests at Walter Sires’. The Pleasant Day club held a card party on Saturday evening, March 7, at Floyd Johnson’s. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C’Neill and Gene. High score was won by Mrs. Blake Benson and Ardell Curran. Mrs. Albert Sterns and Lyle Vequist held low. Linda Johnson was a guest at Louis Brown’s Friday, March 6. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Johnson were there for the evening. Guests at Alden Breiner’s on Sunday, March 8 were Mr. and Mrs. John Schultz and girls, Don and Lois Breiner and Louis Brown. Don Breiner and Linda John son were breaking horses Mon THE NEW MASSEY-HARR'S 50 GIVES YOU EXTRA ADVANTAGES ***"*■ .. - if 6 or 7-foot cut—5-foot Rub-bar cylinder. if Rubberized canvas . . . balanced table. if 6-inch knife travel . . . 3-inch guards. if Reel supported on both ends. if Positive trouble-free op , eration with new roller chain drives—vibration eliminated by spring i loaded idler tightener. if Six-winged front and rear beaters—no crowd ing, jamming or bunch ing—straw moves in a smooth, even flow. if More grain in the tank with longer, bigger-ca pacity 4-step strawrack. Allows all grain to be separated and returned in full wfdth, extra-long, grain return pan. Come in soon and let us give you full details on this new fAassey Harris combine. G Outlaw Irapl. Co. West O’Neill ALL IN ONE UNIT! 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Most successful travelers keep a tractor nearby, or better yet, out in front. One thing, the surprise parties can’t sneak in so easily. One lady has been to every sur prise party but never in time to see the first scramble to straigt en up. Maybe with not too good roads she can catch up next time. a Sergeant Green Joins Second Armored— Sgt. Marvin B. Green, whose wife, Betty, lives in O’Neill, re cently arrived in Germany and is now serving with the Second armored division. Part of western Europe’s NATO army, the Second is undergoing constant field train ing in Germany. A veteran of duty in Korea, he holds the UN and Korean service ribbons. Green entered the army in November, 1943, and was sta tioned at Camp Luis Obispo, Calif., prior to transferring to Europe. # Move to Greeley— Mr. and Mrs. Harold Connors and sons, Edward and Michael, moved last week from Sidney to Greeley. Mr. Connors, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Wallace, is is a Creighton university law school graduate. 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