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Volume 72. Number 49. O’Neill, Nebraska, Thursday, April 9, 1953. Seven Cents.
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Muny Election Quiet;
Pool Issue Comes Next
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Leidy Sells to
Dankert, Fetrow
Appliance Auction Is
Planned Saturday
Effective Saturday, April 4,
Leidy’s propane gas enterprise
here came under new manage
ment.
Ralph N. Leidy, who pioneered
bulk and bottle gas distribution
and gas appliance sales here, sold
the bulk business to Eric Dank
ert of Dankert’s Service, Cham
bers, and the bottle gas business
to Dale Fetrow, O’Neill. The firm
features Unipane gas, the all
weather propane.
Mr. Dankert is now in O'
Neill, occupying Leidy's new
building at the corner of Sev
° enth and Douglas streets, and
is operating under the firm
name of Dankert's Service.
Mr. Fetrow, who for several
years has operated a refrigera
tion and appliance store at 505
East Douglas street (across from
the Ford garage), will continue
in the same location and will be
servicing Mr. Leidy’s bottle gas
customers.
Mr. Dankert and wife and son,
Douglas, 12, plan to move to O’
Neill when housing can be ar
ranged. They recently built a
new home'an Chambers which
has been purchased by Louis
Harley.
Mr. Dankert has announced
that the entire present stock of
gas appliances, including fur
naces, cook ranges, floor fur
naces, refrigerators and some
electric appliances will be offer
ed at auction on Saturday, April
11. Purpose of the sale is to make
room for new lines of merchan
dise in transit.
Mr. Leidy will offer poultry
remedies, 'brooders, fertilizers,
seed and miscellaneous items at
auction in connection with the
sale and proceeds from Leidy’s
phase of the sale will be turned
over to St. Anthony’s hospital.
(For details turn to page 9.)
Mr. Leidy said this week that
he plans to take his family on a
trip to the West coast as soon as
the school term ends. He has not
announced any other future
plans.
Lee Scriven, 44,
Dies in Hospital
Funeral services for Lee Scriv
en, 44, former resident of the
Chambers community, will be
conducted at 2 p.m., today
(Thursday) from the Biglin
Brothers funeral chapel. Burial
will be in Prospect Hill ceme
tery.
The late Mr. Scriven died
Tuesday morning, April 7, in
University hospital, Omaha. He
had beer, ill several years.
The late Mr. Scriven was born
August 13, 1908, at Chambers,
the son of Everett Tyler Scriven
and Mary Jane Cox Scriven.
Survivors include: Brother —
Frank of LeMars, la.; sister —
Mrs. Earl (Ethel) Keifer of Star.
Pallbearers chosen are Si
Howard, William A. Anderson,
Joseph Conarro, Bart Walton,
Ray Noble and Albert Stauffer.
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Plan Citywide
Dollar Days
A citywide dollar days promo
tion is being planned by the
Chamber of Commerce retail
trade committee.
Dates will be announced next
week. It is planned, Chamber o£
Commerce officials said, to make
it a three-day event.
Joe Grenier Is 76—
A birthday anniversary dinner
was held at Lyons on Easter
Sunday for Joe Grenier, who was
76 - years - old. There were 32
guests present. Among those at
tending from here were Mr. and
Mrs. Vern Grenier and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Grenier and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Grenier and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Sawyer and family, Mr.
and Mrs. James Donohoe and
family, Hattie Kindlund, Mr. and
Mrs. Max Grenier and Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Grenier. After dinner
the group enjoyed watching tele
vision.
Hammon Now with
43rd Division—
LYNCH—Cpl. Eldon L. Ham
mon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Hammon of Lynch, recently join
ed 43rd infantry division.
The 43rd, now stationed in
southern Germany, is undergoing
constant field training as part of
the North Atlantic treaty organ
ization army.
Corporal Hammon has been as
signed to headquarters company
in the 102nd infantry regnment.
Mrs. Morgan
Entertains at Dinner—
Easter dinner guests of Mrs.
Ruth Morgan were her daugh
ters and their husbands, Mr. and
Mrs. George Hendrick and fam
ily of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Colfack and family of Ew
ing.
Mrs. Hendrick and daughters
returned to Omaha Tuesday after
a four weeks’ visit here.
TO OMAHA HOSPITAL
ATKINSON — Fred Mulford,
Atkinson high student who be
came ill while participating in
a recent track meet, Sunday was
taken by ambulance to Method
ist hospital, Omaha.
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Tuesday’s municipal election
turned out to be an exceedingly
quiet, uninteresting affair. One
hundred ten O’Neill voters went
to the polls—approximately one
twelfth of the number voting in
the general election last fall.
Lack of opposition for the throe
city council and two board of ed
ucation candidates and with no
special issues at stake caused the
voters to simply stay away.
Forty votes were cast in the
First ward; 35 in the Second,
and 35 in the Third.
M. J. Golden, First ward coun
cil incumbent, received 39 votes;
Marvin Johnson, Second ward in
cumbent, received 33 votes, and
Norbert Uhl, Third ward incum
bent, was given 34 ballots. The
trio was reelected for two-year
terms.
H. J. Lohaus, incumbent, was
out of 110 for a board of educa
tion for a three-year term, re
ceiving 95 votes out of the 110
cast.
Elgin Ray received 98 votes
out of 110 for a board of educa
tion three-year post. Dr. L. A.
Burgess, veteran member of the
board, was not a candidate for
reelection.
On Wednesday, April 29, the
O’Neill voters will go to the polls
in a special election. They will
vote “for” or “against” a pair o£
proposals and determine whether
or not the city will issue bonds
for a 40-thousand-dollar munici
pal swimming pool.
J. M. Thornton of Norfolk,
special engineer, has presented
plans for the proposed pool to
the city council. The 40x80-foot
pool would be constructed in the
northwest corner of Ford’s park,
bounded on the north by Benton
street and on the west by Jeffer
son street.
The bathing area would
range from three feet in depth
in the shallow end (east) to 10
feet in the west end.
Thorburn’s plans provide for
a concrete walkway around the
pool and a metal fence as well as
a 24x44-foot bathhouse built on
the south side of the pool, mid
way east-to-west. The bathhouse
includes compartments for men
and women, showers and lava
tories.
A children’s circular wading
pool 16 feet in diameter is plan
ned for the southeast corner of
the pool with a children’s sand
play beach abutting the concrete
walkway.
The voters will be confronted
by two propositions. Number one
calls for the issuance of bonds in
the sum of 35-thousand-doliars
for park improvement and re
quires three-fifths of the vote to
carry. Number two is $5,000 for
pool construction and requires
two-thirds of the vote. Combined,
the two issues would provide 40
thousand-dollars with which to
pursue the engineer’s plan.
O’Neill civic groups have gone
on record supporting the pool
movement and filed petitions
with the city council asking for
the special election.
Family Reunion
at Searles Home;
Family to Turkey
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Searles
entertained at a family reunion
Saturday afternoon and evening.
Those present were Mr. Searles’
son, Austin, and his wife and
daughter, Judy and Kathy; Mr.
Searles’ daughter, Mrs. Percy
(Ilene) Anderson, and daughters,
Sue and Lynita.
were present except a son, Rob
All of Mrs. Searles’ children
buquerque, N.M. However, Rob
ert Friedrich, who resides at Al
ert’s wife, the former Onallee
Kirkland of Atkinson, and sons,
Kirk and Kerry, were present.
Guests from Omaha were Mr.
and Mrs. Hal Sinclair and son,
Hal Dean, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Vescio and daughter, Linda. The
ladies are daughters of Mrs.
Searles.
iwo aaugmers, Mrs. Lou Sper
ling, Mr. Sperling and daugh
ters, Vicki and Connie, of Ord,
and Mrs. Lloyd Waldo, Mr. Wal
do and children, Roger, Darla,
Debbie and Bruce, of Amelia
were also present.
Relatives from Spencer attend
ing were Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Friendrich, grandparents; Mrs.
P. O. Friedrich, son, Richard, and
daughter, Helen Joan, and Mrs.
Ralph Friedrich. From Loveland,
Colo., came Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Hagelin and daughters, Carolyn
and Jean.
The Hagelins will depart for
Turkey in June where Mr. Hage
lin has accepted a position in
the engineering department on
a reclamation program.
Mrs. Hagelin is the former Ra
mona Friedrich of Spencer and
an aunt of Mrs. Searles’ children.
A feature of the evening was
an Easter egg hunt for the chil
dren.
Methodist Youth
in Sunrise Service—
PAGE—Members of the Meth
odist youth fellowship held a
sunrise service Sunday morning
on a hillside north of town. Miss
JoAnn Braddock, assisted by
Carrol French, led the meeting.
The group retired to the church
parlors where a breakfast was
served. Tables, arranged in the
form of a cross, were decorated
by Joellen Kennedy and Bette
French. Thirty young folks and
Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Wilcox were
present.
Visit Slannards—
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Jones of
Denver, Colo., are guests of her
mother, Mrs. D. Stannard. Mrs.
Jones is the former Kathleen
Stannard.
KCs Mark
50th Year
in Jubilee
Council Founded Here
in 1903 by Group
of Pioneer Catholics
Plans have been completed for
the golden jubilee celebration of
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
council of the Knights of Colum
bus. The celebration will take
place Sunday, April 12.
Council 701 was founded in
1903 by a pioneer group of Cath
olic laymen who envisioned the
need for a strong organization to
further the principles and doc
trines of the Catholic church.
To celebrate the day. the
Knights will attend the 9 o'
clock mass and receive holy
communion in a body.
At noon a group of jubilee in
itiation candidates will receive
the first degree of installation in
the clubrooms. The second and
third degrees will follow, also in
the club.
The lunch hour will be observ
ed earlier than usual in order
that more time can be devoted
to the evening banquet, which
will begin at 6 p.m., in the Am
erican Legion auditorium. Sev
eral charter members of the
council are expected to be pres
ent.
Rev. B. J. Leahy of Fremont,
formerly of O’Neill, will be the
principal speaker. Entertainment
will be under the direction of
Matthew G. Beha and F. E.
Parkins. The decorations com
mittee consists of Joe Stutz and
William Moriarity.
At the Knights’ regular month
ly meeting tonight (Thursday)
the celebration plans will be re
viewed and final, arrangements
completed.
Carolyn Watson
Schedules Recital
Miss Carolyn Watson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira C. Wat
son of Inman, will be presented
in recital by Mrs. Charles B.
Houser Sunday afternoon at 3 o’
clock in St. Mary’s auditorium.
The program, which will include
works of Scarlatti, Beethoven,
Brahms, Debussy, Ravel and
Dohnanyi, is open to the public.
Miss Watson is well-known in
musical circles of Inman, O’Neill
and vicinity. She is a member of
the O’Neill Civic chorus and sang
in that group’s 1952 presentation
Miss Watson . . . pianist.
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of ‘The Messiah.” As pianist of
the newly-organized O’Neill Civ
ic orchestra she will perform in
the May production of Kurt
Weill’s folk opera, “Down in the
Valley.” She is pianist for the
Inman Methodist church, also for
the Inman high school chorus.
Besides her varied musical ac
tivities, she is a member of the
Inman high school student coun
cil, editor of the 1953 yearbook,
member of the Pep club, 4-H
club and the Theta Rho girls’
lodge.
Sne attended all-state at the
University of Nebraska in the
summe rof 1950 and plans to at
tend the fine arts festival in Lin
coln this spring. Next fall she
will enroll as a freshman at Ne
b r a s k a Wesleyan university,
Lincoln.
Conduct Egg Hunt—
The Junior auxilary held an
Easter egg hunt Monday after
noon in the American Legion
uditorium. Fourteen children and
six mothers were present The
winners of the hunt for the jun
iors were Elizabeth Fritton and
Linda Stuifbergen, and for the
tiny tots, winners were Arlene
Fritton and Ellen Abart. Francie
Kelly won the one dollar award.
A lunch was served by the moth
ers.
RETIRES FROM ARMY
M/Sgt. Phillip Simmons ar
rived Tuesday from Ft. Dix, N.J.,
to visit his sisters, Mrs. Bob Cook
and Mrs. Harry Dempsey, and
his brother, Charles Simmons of
Page. Sergeant Simmons receiv
ed his retirement on March 31
after serving 26 years in the
army.
Fire Victim
Melvin L. Steskal, 24 (above),
was fatally burned in an ex
plosion at his home southeast
of Inman on March 18. (Funer
al story and obituary on page
6.)
Former Resident
Expires in Omaha
Frank Calkins, 74, who spent
16 years during his early married
life on a farm in northeast Holt
county, died Thursday, April 2,
in St. Joseph’s hospital, Omaha.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Lincoln Center church
at Corning, la., on Saturday, Ap
ril 4. Rev. A. Breeling of Grant
officiated. Interment was in Wal
nut Grove cemetery.
The late Mr. Calkins, son of
George C. and Mary Calkins,
was bom March 17, 1879, in Ad
ams county, Iowa. He was reared
at Corning and attended Iowa
Business college at Des Moines,
where later he held several sec
retarial positions. He farmed with
his father and later owned and
operated a store and coal mine at
Briscoe, la.
He was married to Anna Sep
ter and they became the parents
of five daughters and six sons.
His wife and four children pro
ceeded him in death.
After leaving Holt county J e
returned to Adams county whe-re
he farmed and served as presi
dent of the local federal land
bank.
Survivors include: Sons —
George C. of Dorsey; Kenneth of
Corning; Cecil of Dexter, la.,
Dale of Mt. Etna, la.; daughters
—Mrs. Rhea (Dorothy) Heuer
mann of Buffalo, Wyo.; Mrs. Ar
thur (Darlene) Eno of Charlotte,
N.C., and Mrs. William (Rose
mary) Wilcynski of Buffalo,
Wyo.; 20 grandchildren; one
great-grandchild; sisters — Mrs.
W. J. Frederick of Corning; Mrs.
E. M. Cain of Mt. Etna, la.; Mrs.
H. S. Septer of Cumberland, la.;
brother — C. C. of Burlingame,
Kans.
Civil Aeronautics
Agents Coming Here
Aviation safety agents repre
senting the civil aeronautics ad
ministration will visit the munic
ipal Airport at O’Neill on Thurs
day April 16.
These agents will be prepared
to give written, flight and pract
ical examinations to applicants
for various types of airman certi
ficates, and to conduct inspections
of aircraft, airports, and ground
and flying school facilities.
Appointments for tests or in
spections should be made before
11 a.m. that day.
Preview for New
Band Uniforms—
STUART — The Stuart high
school band will present a con
cert as well as several vocal se
lections tonight (Thursday) at
the auditorium.
This will be a preview of the
new band uniforms which were
received last week after a fund
raising campaign sponsored by
various civic organizations and
individuals.
The maroon suits with white
trappings are in keeping with the
school colors.
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Air Force to Conduct
Vital Wind Tests Here
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Attention Space Cadets
(By a Staff Writer)
Doctor Guenter Loeser, a re
nowned German scientist who is
now conducting secret research
for the U.S. air force, has a hob
by that will capture the interest
and imagination of children and
adults alike.
He is vice-president of an in
ternational society of scientists
who are bent on space flights
you know, the planet-to-planet
Buck Rogers business.
Doctor Loeser, a 36-year-old
5 ft. 9 in. man with a wealth
of science and physics stored un
der a thatch of dark hair, is vi
tally interested in space flights
strictly as a hobby.
Twice during the past two
years he has attended confer
ences in Europe with interna
tional enthusiasts.
He was born in the Saar basin
and received his early physics
training under the Nobel prize
winning physicist, George Cur
rie, a Sorbonne university in
Paris. Later he studied at
Frankfurt, Leipzig and Heidel
berg universities in Germany
As a youth of 13 he used to
board a bus at 4:45 a.m., and
make the trip to Paris on Satur
days for the privilege of sitting
in on Currie’s lectures—although
Loesser then was a junior high
school student. The bus trip re
quired four hours each direction.
During World War II he was
“drafted” by the famous Krupp
munitions works and headed a
research division throughout
most of the war. He was intimate
-with weapon ballistics, partici
pated in the development of the
V-2 rocket weapons, and had a
hand in engineering and con
structing some of the largest
surface and battleship guns em
ployed by the Germans during
the war.
Doctor Loeser told this re
porter a story about a personal
experience during World War
II. At the Krupp works a giant
experimental gun had been built
that could lob a shell 50 miles.
The mechanism sprawled ov
er six railroad flat cars, the
only weapon of its kind in ex
istence, and it had been moved
into Russia by the Germans tr
bombard Sebaslapol.
The big gun went out of com
mission, the German field com
manders hurriedly called Berlin,
Berlin called Krupp, and sent a
plane for someone who could get
the big gun on the target again.
Doctor Loeser was hustled to
Russia by air in tne night, went
to the special instrument car,
where all the panels and dials
were located. He promptly found
the trouble. The electrical circuits
were not functioning properly
because one of the plugs was not
in position. He fixed it. There
upon, the Germans resumed the
shelling of beleaguered Sebasta
pol in one of the dramatic bat
tles of the late war.
Doctor Loeser said that for
the hurried trip to the Eastern
front the boys at Berlin thought
he should shed his civilian clothes
and be an officer. They made
him a major for a day!
Doctor Loeser's wife is also
from the Saar basin. He
brought his family from Ger
many in midwinter and the
family is residing in Water
town, Mass., near the air force
research center. They are ap
plying for U.S. citizenship.
The youngish German scientist
has traveled more than 65 thou
sand miles since arriving in the
U.S., and is fully accredited to
the air force.
He estimated that three
fourths of the German scientists
are either in the Western zone
of Germany, in Western Eur
opean countries or in the U.S.
His father edited a scientific
journal until wartime paper ra
tioning forced it to suspend. Then
his father died and after the war
for a period of 316 years young
Loesser revived the journal and
edited it on a part-time basis. He
admitted he enjoyed a wide ac
quaintance with the scientific
thinkers in Europe.
Doctor Loeser hesitates to
talk much about space rockets
and flights and insists on keep
ing the record straight: Space
rockets are a hobby, meteorolo
gy is his bread and butter.
Bespectacled and on the stocky
side, he speaks broken English.
He’s a contrast to the traditional
scientist with a flowing beard
and furrowed brow. He has a
family, a keen sense of humor,
meets people readily in a land
he hopes to adopt, and pursues
his business with energy that is
systematized and thorough.
The distinguished visitor was
told of O'Neill's freakish win
ter weather during the past
years that has Dravoked the
title "America's Winter Sports
Capital."
“Before our experiments are
over,” he quipped, “perhaps we
can scientifically explain for you
what has been happening.”
O’Neill’s kids, however, will he
much more interested in putting
to use their space cadet helmets.
Plan Literature
for Proposed School
STUART— The P-TA met on
Monday, April 6, for a regular
session at the school. The pro
gram was a panel discussion on
the proposed school bond to
build a new schoolhouse.
Supt. Milton Baack, James
Nelson and Don Fuller, high
school seniors, Leonard Roberts,
L. H. Steinhauser and Florian
Scholz were on the panel.
A committee was appointed to
distribute pamphlets compiled by
Superintendent Baack, which
explain what it would cost the
taxpayers and what the advant
ages would be to build a school
house and enlarge the school
curriculum.
Officers were elected for the
coming year as follows: Mrs. Ber
lin Mitchell, president; Mrs.
James Newman, vice-president
Miss Marguerite Smith, secre
tary, and Mrs. Noma Hall, trea
surer.
Mrs. James Newman was elect
ed to go to Lincoln as a delegate
to the state P-TA convention,
which will be held April 22-23.
Hostesses for the evening were
Mrs. Wilfred Seger and Mrs. M.
M. Shattuck. They served cookies
and coffee after the meeting.
Auction Scheduled
at Curry Ranch—
A public sale of ranch and
farm machinery will be held on
Wednesday, April 22, on the
Curry ranch in Wheeler county,
located three miles east and
four and one-half miles north of
Four Corners on U.S. highway
281. (See advertisement on page
10.)
Meanwhile, the sale of the 1,
420-acre John Dalton ranch in
northern Holt county, scheduled
Wednesday, April 8, has been
postponed until Wednesday, Ap
ril 15, because of weather condi
tions.
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‘Sugar Blues’ McCoy Comine
Clyde McCoy and his cele
brated “Sugar Blues’’ orchestra
will be in O’Neill next Tuesday
night, April 14, playing at the
American Legion ballroom.
McCoy’s orchestra is one of the
big-time, all-time entertainment
j favorites in radio, recording,
screen and hotel, night club,
ballroom, theater and college
engagements.
Ranking high among the top
orchestras in the country today,
Clyde and the entire orchestra
recently were featured on a
series of TV shows from Holly
wood, Calif.
His crew now includes five sax,
seven brass, including the mae
stro’s trumpet, four rhythm, plus
two vocalists. They play the type
of music people like to dance to
—arrangements in which it does
not take a Sherlock Holmes to
find the melody. His brass is
used in good solid fashion but
with no blaring and screeching.
The band is extremely well
balanced, and play blues, waltz
es, Latin-American and swings all
with equal ease.
Clyde McCoy . . . veteran in
the big time.
Clyde is inspired by the chal
lenge of “modern” music makers
in creating outstanding and un
usual arrangements to provide
his millions of fans with the
finest in music.
McCoy’s trumpet is one of
America’s best - known musical
instruments and dance - lovers
from a wide area are expected to
converge here next Tuesday for
the Legion-sponsored appearance
of the famous “Sugar Blues’’
band.
Finishes Pre-Flight
Course—
PAGE—Naval Aviation Cadet
Harold D. Tegeler, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Tegeler of Page, re
cently finished a 15-week pre
flight course and has now been
graduated from the U.S. naval
preflight school, Pensacola, Fla.
He is now assigned to the aux
iliary air station, Whiting Field,
Milton, Fla., where he is engag
ed in primary flight training.
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Mrs. Van Every
in Brief Illness
Resident Since 1910
Dies in Hospital
Funeral services for Mrs.
James E. Van Every, 71, were
conducted at 2 p.m., Monday,
April 6, from Christ Lutheran
church here with burial in the
Page cemetery.
The late Mrs. Van Every died
at 10:55 p.m., Thursday, April
2, in St. Anthony’s hospital. She
had been ill since March 13.
Mrs. Van Every had suffer
ed a slight stroke about a year
ago while visiting a son, Les
lie, at Sioux City, and had been
in failing health since that
time.
Rev. R. W. Olson, church pas^
tor, officiated and Biglin Broth
ers were in charge of arrange
ments. Pallbearers were Ralph
Young, William Murphy, Roy
Landman, William Anderson, all
of this vicinity, and Leonard
Anderson of Newport.
The late Mrs. Van Every, who
resided 16 miles northeast of
here, was born October 14, 1881,
at Council Bluffs, la., a daughter
of George Nitz and Emma Smirh
Nitz. She was reared in Colfax
county near Leigh. Her mother
died when she was a young
woman and she came to O’Neiu
in 1909 to visit her sister, the
late Mrs. Steve Bausch, who re
sided in the Phoenix community.
On June 30, 1910, she married
James Edward Van Every at
O’Neill. They became the parents
of nine children.
Before moving to the Oppor
tunity locality about 10 years
ago the Van Everys lived
northwest of O'Neill and for a
time lived near Chambers.
Mr. Van Every was reared near
Page.
Survivors include: Widower;
sons — Leslie G. of Sioux City;
Melvin R. of Niobrara; Clyde E.
of Beatrice; James L. and Ken
neth G„ both of O’Neill; daugh
ters—Mrs. Sanford (Mary Jane)
Gamel of Cedar Rapids; Mrs
William (Evelyn L.) Derickson of
Star; brothers — John Nitz of
Stanton; Jacob Nitz of Clarkson;
Conrad Nitz of Elk City, Ida.;
sisters — Mrs. Ed Otto and Mrs.
Ed Kroeger, both of Schuyler.
One son and one daughter died
in infancy and are buried at
Page.
She was reared in the Luther
an church.
Among friends and relatives
from a distance attending the
funeral were:
Mr. and Mrs. John Nitz of
Stanton; Jacob Nitz of Clarkson;
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Otto and Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Kroeger, all of
Schuyler; Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Otto of Clarkson; Mrs. Emma
Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Ganord
Anderson and daughters and
John Nekolite, all of Newport;
Mrs. Stanley Johnson of Atkin
son; Mr. and Mrs. Jess Rose, Mrs.
Dave Rose and Odell Frier, all of
Brunswick.
Junior College
Musicians Appear
Norfolk Junior college band
and chorus members presented a
program at 10:45 a.m., Wednes
day in the O’Neill high school
auditorium. The group presented
similar programs at Ewing, At
kinson and Bassett the same day,
and will appear today at Or
chard, 11 a.m., and Creighton,
3 p.m.
The 32-piece band is under the
direction of Merton V. Welch
The chorus director is Russell C
Cummings.
Personnel in the group from
this area includes: Larry Stoi
johann of Atkinson, trombone;
James Galloway of Bassett, cor
net; Wilma Higgins of Naper;
Arthur Loock of Spencer, drums;
Neville Holm of Royal, clarinet.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Sam Solinsly of Hannibal, Mo.,
and Irene Peterson of Clarence,
Mo., on Friday, April 3. They were
married the same day by Rev.
Samuel Lee. Their attendants
were Bruce McElhaney and Bryd
ine Wilcox Lee. both of O’Neill.
Richard Dallas Roberts, 24 and
Miss Bonnette Larraine Stowe, 19,
both of Inman, on Monday, April
6. They were married the same
day by Louis W. Reimer, county
judge. They were attended by
Mrs. Basie E. Boies and Mrs.
Ophelia Sessions, both of O’Neill.
Guests at Coyne Home—
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Dowd of
Schuyler and Mrs. Lawrence
O’Malley were Easter guests in
the home of Edna Coyne.
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The air force research center
has selected a location one mile
north and four miles east of O'
Neill for the site of the largest,
most exhaustive wind research
field tests ever attempted in ne
teorological history.
A group of one hundred fifty
persons, including several re
nowned scientists, meteorology
experts from a half-dozen uni
versities and a unit from the air
force research center at Cam
bridge, Mass., will converge here
about August 1. The tests will
continue for about six weeks.
The group will bring equip
ment including helicopters mm
other air force craft. They will
have a weather detachment,
ambulance and first-aid per
sonnel. fire-fighters and a se
curity police force.
Dr. Guenter Loeser, a native o
of the Saar basin in Germany and
a leading meteorological scientist,
arrived in O’Neill Tuesday tr»
personally inspect the site before
plans for the project are com
pleted. He was accompanied by
Lt. Bryan Postman of the Cam
bridge research staff. Pastmar
will be in charge of domestic de
tails in connection with the tests
Doctor Loeser, who has been
in the U.S. less than two years,
participated in the now-famous
Leipzig windfile experiments in
Germany—a similar study which
is now recorded in most meteor
ological text books.
He considers the O’Neill study
will be on a grander scale and
predicts that one day O’Neill will
be widely recognized in scien
tific circles in connection with
the forthcoming findings.
In lay terms, Doctor Loeser
explains that the scientific com
munity is satisfied with wind
studies above five thousand fee-;
in altitude He points out that
the currents and eddys above
that level are common know
ledge and are common by nature
throughout the world.
Bui the wind studies that
Have been conducted to date
between zero feet and the five
thousand foot mark leave cer
tain unsolved problems.
He said that research people
have combed the U.S. weather
bureau files in search of a geo
graphical location for these test-.
O’Neill was tentatively decided
upon about six months ago,
merely on the weather bureau
records and the nature of the
terrain, which must be flat He
said a two-man air force team
of meteorologists was dispatched
to O’Neill at that time to make? a
preliminary survey.
The weather bureau records
were consulted again and other
possible sites were graduallv
eliminated and within the fort
night the O’Neill location was de
cided upon for certain.
The project will enjoy a high
priority among research center
efforts.
Lieutenant Postman explained
that he will be concerned with
billeting the influx of personnel.
He estimated the hotel and motel
facilities here will be unable to
accommodate all of the proper:
personnel and still cater to
their regular guests. At a future
date it is possible he will appeal
to O’Neill residents to open their
homes for the duration of the
project.
Civic leaders have assured
the military that O'Neill will
find a way to receive the pro
ject personnel and make them
comfortable during their stay.
The land selected is the J. B.
Ryan property. Extensive owe
also will be made of the O’Neill
airport facilities.
Doctor Loeser intimated that
physics students at both O’Neill
high school and St. Mary’s acad
emy who might be especially in
terested in the tests will be in
vited to take part and even as
sist.
Meteorological teachers and
students from Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, Cahtorma
Tech, University of Wiscecsir.
and University of Califanaou,
among others, will take part.
Much of the findings will be
classified as secret by the air
force.
Loeser and Postman will be
in O’Neill several more days
making preliminary arrange
ments. They will need water and
power supply, messing facilities,
fuel and will have other domestic
needs attending such an under
taking.
With regard to physical char
acteristics of the land, Doctor
Loesser said they took into con
sideration trees, streams, build
mgs, roads and even fencing
when selecting the site. All these
factors have a bearing on the re
sults, he pointed out.
“This particular site on the
Ryan property is the most suit
able for our purpose that we
could find in the nation,” he said.
