O'NEILL CITY COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS
September 1, 1953
Council met at regular session.
Piesent: Mayor Davis, Council
men Stutz, Crabb and Uhl. Ab
sent: Merriman, Golden and
Johnson.
Meeting called to order by the
Mayor.
Minutes of previous meetings
read and approved.
Motion by Stutz, seconded by
Ci abb, that the following bills
be allowed.
On the. general fund:
Joe F. Wert ... 202.00
Howard Newton _ 244.00
Bob Cook . 192.90
O. D. French _ 40.00
O’Neill Fire Dept. . 26.00
Harold Strong .... 62.00
Sam Banks _ 63.00
J. M. Serk Company _ 327.00
Marcellus Imp. Co. ... . 12.25
Leo S. Tomjack, Sheriff 34.00
Walter Calkins _202.00
Art Holz . 192.90
Lloyd Brittell .. 142.20
Collector of Int. Rev. ... 74.00
The Frontier _ 40.56
Spelts-Ray Lbr. & Coal Co. 3.44
Foree Tire & Supply Co. 241.91
E. J. Shane . 560.00
Owen Coults _ 375.00
Consumers Public Power 543.50
On the water fund:
Ralph Scofield _ 181.80
Dolores Douglass _ 50.00
Collector of Int. Rev... 33.80
Worthington-Gamon Meter
Division . 75.98
-Shelhamer Equip. Co. 48.39
Buildlers Providence Inc. 37.63
O’Neill Transfer _ 185.98
Schneider Electric &
Equip..... 17.42
Ralph N. Leidy _ 25.00
Don R. Douglass . 284.40
O. D. French . 50.00
Waterous Company _ 42.42
N.W. Bell Tele. Co. _ 7.45
Interstate Machine & Sup
ply .—. -.— 4.57
Capitol Supply Co. - 132.21
Western Supply Co__ 41.62
Hunts Plumbing .- 11.26
Dr. Fisher, Dentist
In the Bishop Block—Norfolk
Office Phone: 610
Res. Phone: 2842
Consumers Pub. Power
Dist. ___487.10
The vote on the above motion
was as follows: All aye.
Motion by Stutz, seconded by
Crabb that Boyd Ressel be grant
ed a building permit for new
house 35 feet 4 inches by 24
feet 8 inches, on tue north one
half of lot 24 and all of lot 25,
Blocks 3 and 4, Gilg - Svenson
addition of McCafferty’s annex.
House to be completely modern.
Motion carried.
Motion by Uhl, seconded by
Crabb, that John Nachtman be
granted a building permit for a
one car garage of frame construc
tion to be located on east 90 feet
of lots 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, O’Neill,
Haggerty’s add. Motion carried.
Motion by Crabb, seconded by
Uhl, that E.’ F. Peterson be grant
ed a building permit for storage
room 66x23 feet on north 24 feet
of south 50 feet of lots 1, 2, and
3, and 4, block 28, Original Town
of O’Neill. Building to be frame
construction, cement floor, stuc
co and asphalt shingles. Motion
carried.
Upon motion the Council ad
journed.
J. E. DAVIS
Mayor
O. D. FRENCH
City Clerk
Communion Preparatory
Rite Held—
EWING — On Thursday eve
ning, Rev. W. J. Bomer, pastor of
the United Presbyterian church,
conducted a worship hour and a
preparatory service for commun
ion.
The Forum group of the United
Presbyterian church met at the
annex last Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Miller were
hosts.
Reverend Bomer was in charge
of the discussion and lesson on
“Race Problems.” Mrs. Miller, as
sisted by Mrs. Wendell Switzer,
served refreshments.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tams of
Ewing spent Saturday visiting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. B.
Marcellus.
George McCarthy attended a
district meeting of the Knights
of Columbus at Grand Island on
Sunday.
You Will Find Top Bulls and Females in the
Keya Paha County Hereford
Association Sale at
SPRING VIEW, NEBR.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15th
SALE STARTS AT 1:30 P.M. (C.S.T.) ,
And Will Be Held in the New Heated Sale Pavilion
33 — BULLS — 33
Bulls all coming two years old. Bone, scale and ruggedness.
Typy bulls for the breeder and commercial cattle producer.
17 Females, Some with Calf at Side
Top quality females for your foundation or
replacement heifers
LUNCH WILL BE SERVED IN THE SALES PAVILION
BY THE O.E.S. LADIES
Many of the top Hereford blood lines will be represented in
this sale. Consigned by these breeders:
Paul Gierau, III Irvin D. Nicholson
E. R. Nelson Fred Titus & Sons
John A. Rosenbach & Son Ern Larsen
Max Nicholson Jim Carr
KEYA PAHA COUNTY
HEREFORD ASSOCIATION
For Catalog Address W. E. Ripley, Springview, Nebraska
or Chuck Cook, Alliance, Nebraska
CHARLES CORKLE, Auctioneer
W. E. RIPLEY. Secretary-Treasurer
Harold Clasen
Inspects Old Mills
ROCK FALLS—Harold Clasen
of Lincoln was at Albert Widt
feldt’s Monday, October 5.
He is a surveyor of old mills
in the state for the University
of Nebraska and was looking at
the old mill at Rock Falls.
Other Rock Falls News
Bob and Lloyd Gallagher call
at Albert Widtfeldt’s Monday.
The Norman Oberle’s were
Friday evening supper guests at
the Louis Brown home.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sterns at
tended the calf and yearling sale
in Atkinson Monday evening.
Don Breiner called at Albert
Widtfeldt’s Sunday afternoon.
Mike Sterns visited John
Schultz’s last Thursday.
Wednesday evening, Septem
ber 30, supper guests at the Al
bert Widtfeldt home were John
Nachtman and Mr. and Mrs. Er
nest Price.
Lewis Storjohann combined
alfalfa for Bill Claussen Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Drueke
and family visited Lyie Vequist’s
last Thursday evening.
Supper guests at the Roy Mar
gritz home Sunday evening were
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Vequist and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Mil
ler and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Curran and girls.
A Sunday dinner guest at the
Albert Widtfeldt home was Mrs.
Anna Brown.
Sunday evening visitors at
John Schultz’s were Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Schultz, Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Brown, Terry and Cindy,
Don Breiner, Linda Johnson, Pat
Gallagher and Herbert Under
wood.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Claussen
called at Don Drickey’s in Boyd
county Sunday afternoon.
Visitors at the Floyd Johnson’s
Friday afternoon were Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Oberle and Nick.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ellis of
Buhl, Ida., visited at the Albert
Widtfeldt home from Wednesday,
September 30, until Friday.
Mrs. Floyd Johnson and Linda
visited at John Cleary’s Sunday
afternoon.
Pat Gallagher and Herbert Un
derwood attended the auto races
in Bassett Sunday aftrnoon.
Mrs. Blake Benson and grand
son, Eddie Benson, called at
Floyd Johnson’s Saturday morn
ing.
John Schultz cabled hay for
Bill Claussen and Don Breiner
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Oberle
and son, Nick, were Saturday
evening visitors at John
Schultz’s.
Mrs. Floyd Johnson and Linda
called at Albert Widtfeldt’s Mon
day evening.
Dave Moler called at Bill
Claussen’s last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Taylor
and family were Sunday visitors
at the Charles Shald home in
Dustin. They all visited the
White Horse ranch in the after
noon.
Gwenda and Trudy Schultz
visited Pat Gallagher last Thurs
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. George Calkins
were Sunday dinner guests at
the Don Hynes home.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brown
were at Oswald Drueke’s for
dinner Sunday.
Saturday evening visitors at
James Curran’s were Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Sterns.
Linda and Floyd Johnson
called at Don Hynes’ Sunday
evening to pick up hounds which
had strayed during the coon
hunt Saturday night.
Terrv Brown visited Lynda
Hynes Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Larson,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kurtz and Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Ott were Sunday
dinner guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Curran.
Mr. and Mrs. James Kelly left
Sunday for Omaha to visit their
daughter, Mary Lois.
: The Frontier Woman . . .
‘ Thank God for Dirty Dishes *
Bj BLANCHE SPANN PEASE
At our house the other day a
■box of tulip and crocus bulbs ar
rived. I hope you ordered some
as they’re delightful when spring
comes. And they are something
to look forward to after all the
drab dullness of winter.
We got three oriental poppy
roots about the middle of Sept
ember and just a few days after
we had set them out, they were
pushing up through the soil and
showing green leaves.
But to go back to the subject
of tulips: Be sure you plant them
deep enough. Most experts recom
end tulips be planted at least
six inches or more deep. Tulips
are grown more generally than
most any other kind of bulb.
Many tulip companies recomend
that you use bone meal as a fer
tilizer when planting tulips. They
always tell you not to plant them
in soil in which tulips have been
grown the last two seasons.
The tulips which came today
were the Giant Darwin tulips,
about 50 of them in various col
ors. I usually buy them in col
lections because they are a bit
cheaper that way. Darwins are
long stemmed, long keeping sort
of tulips, flowers are usually egg
or cup shaped in a wide color
range, usually self colored except
for the petal bases.
If you bought cottage tulips,
vou mav have found that al
though they have a wide color
range, split up badly and usual
ly need to be replaced after the
second year.
I ordered some of the double
early peony flowered tulips too,
this year. These have very short
stems but the flowers are long
lasting, and good for forcing in
the house. You can usually leave
them for a considerable period
in one location and they’ll still
bloom.
If you are interested in bulbs,
you might like the bulletin,
“Bulbs and Their Uses.” EC 1275.
Ask your county agent to get it
for you.
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Philosophic Prudence
Wins Subscription—
Dear Frontier Woman:
I have a little verse tacked up
by my sink that has helped me.
I hope it will help to take some
of the drugery out of dishwashing
for The Frontier Readers. I don’t
know the author, but here it is:
Thank God for dirty dishes;
They have a tale to tell.
While others go hungry
We’re eating very well.
With home and health and hap
piness
I shouldn’t want to fuss,
For by this lack of evidence,
God’s very good to us.
An idea for anyone with an
artistic touch and liesure time is
the making of “seed pictures.”
Here’s how to make them:
Use number two sandpaper for
the background. Give it a thin
coating of clear varnish and let it
dry. The paper should be larger
than the design, so the picture
will not look too crowded. To be
gin, get the “feel” of making seed
pictures by making a small one.
Draw your pattern on the sand
paper, and arrange some of the
seeds on the pattern to see which
combinations look best.
After experimenting a bit,
apply just enough cement for
one flower at a time, because
il dries rapidly. Seeds can be
picked up easily and put in
place by using a tooth pick with
cement on the tip.
After completion of your pic
ture, give seeds and background
a coating of clear varnish and let
it dry. The picture can be mount
ed on plywood or in a frame,
without glass. Seeds of many
different kinds can be used from
flowers, grasses, trees, farm crops,
fruits and vegetables. I saw one
picture that had 40 different
seeds, some of them were turnips,
clover, wheat, hollyhock, gourd,
yellow striped and white corn,
popcorn and many others. There
is no end to the interesting pat
ter that can be worked out, and
truly worth your time, because
I they are beautiful.
This was a busy summer for
me as I had a big garden and
therefore I did lots of canning.
It is a wise idea, for everyone
who has a pressure canner, to
take the pressure gauges to the
county extension office, to have
them checked for accuracy. Hav
ing them checked now, will save
time for next year’s use and it
will always be ready for use.
Here is a recipe for ginger
bread which is light and moist,
and really delicious. It will be
fine to serve those Hallo.ween
pranksters.
GINGERBREAD
One cup white sugar, one cup
molasses, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon,
two teaspoons soda, 2 1/2 cups
flour, one cup salad oil, one cup
boiling water, one teaspoon gin
ger Vz teaspoon cloves, two eggs
(well beaten).
Combine dry ingredients and
sift together. Mix sugar and salad
oil, molasses and dissolve soda in
boiling water. Add to the sugar
mixture, then add the dry in
gredients and the eggs last. Pour
mixture into a greased square
pan and bake at 350 F for about
40 minutes.
Let us build a monument to
the man who can keep his head
despite his success: to the woman
who is not swayed by flattery;
to the youth who learns which
advice to take; to the lawyer who
cannot be tempted to defend dis
honor; to the politican who tol
erates no hatred.
EMMET NEWS
The South Side club met Tues
day at the home of Mrs. Alice
Fritton.
Mrs. Lulu Quig and her moth
er, Mrs. Amanda Pace, of O’Neill
and George Pace of St. Joseph,
Mo., were Tuesday evening, Sep
tember 29, guests at the Mrs.
Bessie Burge home. Mrs. Burge
and June, Harold and Clayton
were dinner guests at the Quig
home last Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hartford
of O’Neill visited Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Beckwith Tuesday evening,
September 29.
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Felver
and Mr. and Mrs. Estel Thomas
are spending two weeks in Cal
ifornia. Little Sharon Thomas is
staying with her grandmother,
Mrs. John Schmidt, while her
parents are gone.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Andrus and
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Andrus
and Sharon of Atkinson were
Sunday dinner guests at the
} home of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Get
tert.
Mrs. Holcomb Heads
Holt Rural Teachers
STUART — During the pre
school opening meeting, the Holt
County Rural Teachers’ associa
tion elected Mrs. Ruby Holcomb
of Chambers as president; Mrs.
Arthur O’Neill of O’Neill, vice
president, reelected- Miss Marie
Schneider of O’Neill, secretary;
Miss Ramona Schneider of O’
Neill, treasurer, and elected Miss
Leona Troshynski of Atkinson,
Miss Helen Thomas of O’Neill,
Miss Lucille Mitchell of Stuart,
Larry Sawyer of Inman and
Gene Clossen of O’Neill as repre
sentatives. Miss Helen Martens
of Emmet was elected to repre
sent the Holt county association
at the state delegate assembly
with Miss Betty Thomas of O'
Neill as her alternate.
On October 3, Mrs. Ruby Hol
comb called the officers and rep
resentatives together to plan a
program for the coming year.
Suggestions from the suggestion
box for an improved association
were read and discussed. Group
H with Gene Clossen as chair
man, was appointed to obtain in
formation concerning a reading
contest.
It was decided to hold the first
meeting on Friday, October 23,
at 8 p.m., at the O’Neill high
school gymnasium. This will be
a social meeting to help the
teachers become better acquaint
ed. Committees appointed were:
Group V with Mrs. Alice Sobot
ka as chairman, recreation, and
group XI with Helen Martens as
chairman, food.
Members are urged to bring a
neighbor teacher, get better ac
quainted and have a good time.
—By Lucille Mitchell, news re
porter.
Other Stuart News
Fred Zink was surprised Sun
day, October 4, when his nearby
children and grandchildren came
with well-filled baskets for a 6
o’clock dinner and Helped him
celebrate his 70th birthday an
niversary. Those present were
Mr. and Mrs. James Allyn and
family, Mr. and Mr. Wesley
Slavmaker and family, Mrs. Win
ifred Stech and children, Mr. and
Mrs. George Keidel and Dick
and Mrs. Lottie Keidel.
Pvt. Emil Mashek of Camp
Breckenridge, Ky., and his mother,
Mrs. James Mashek of Richards,
Mo., left Sunday, October 4, after
visiting several days at the Frank
Shane home. They went to Rich
ards, Mo., and Pvt. Mashek will
leave from there for the West
coast for overseas assignment.
The senior class of Stuart high
school spent Saturday, October 3,
in O’Neill where they had their
graduation pictures taken. Mrs.
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Wesley Cobb, Mrs. Nolan Delosh,
Miss Theo Weichman and Miss
Lucille Mitchell furnished the
transportation for the 19 seniors.
Mr. and Mrs. John Newman
took Mr. and Mrs. James Williams
to their home in Pierre, S.D., on
Thursday, October 1. Mr. Williams
has been a patient in an Omaha
hospital for several weeks.
Ewing News
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Ruby
accompanied by their daughter
in-law, Mrs. Gene Ruby, went to
Omaha on Sunday to spend the
day with Gene Ruby, who is em
ployed there. Jan and Kim were
guests of their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Eacker, while
their mother was gone.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Gunner
and family of Orchard and Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Pollock and fam
ily of Neligh were guests on Sun
day at the Mr. and Mrs. Allan
Pollock home.
James Pruden,jr. took his brot
her, Pvt. R. Pruden, back to Fort
Riley, Kans., by plane Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eacker
went to Norfolk Sunday evening
where they attented Horace He
idt show.
Mr. and Mrs. Sis Ebbengaard
accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Stevens of Clearwater to Belden
on Sunday where they took pic
tures at the Stevens family re
union.
On Friday evening, Mr. and
Mrs. Sis Ebbengaard entertained
at a 6 o’clock dinner. Guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stevens
and Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Pruden, all of Clearwater.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wright, who
recently moved a house into Ew
ing, have been busy the past
week, laying the foundation, also
adding a porch and doing some
interior remodeling,
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Larsen
entertained at a> il o’clock H inn»p
at their home on Sunday. The
occasion was in honor of Mr.
Larsen’s birthday aniversary,
which was on Saturday. Guest*
were Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Pruden.
Fern, James and Pvt. Robert R»
Pruden of Ft. Riley. Kans., who
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mrs. Clara Tucker, all at
Ewing. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Pru
den of Clearwater, Miss Patricia
Mullen of O’Neill.
Six o’clock dinner guests on
Sunday evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Edwards
were Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Huff
man and daughters.
Mrs. Vera Anson is back homo
after a two weeks vacation spent
with friends and relatives iir
Wyoming.
Mr. and Mrs. William Lyon*
and Sharon and Marilyn of Suth
erland, la., spent the weekend at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. M.
Merriman. Mrs. Lyons is a neiee
of the Merrimans.
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COMING to O’NEILL
CAVALIERI - MYERS - HOLMES
ENSEMBLE
CAVALIER I
Alfredo Cavalieri, Violinist - Virtuoso
. . . also
Marylee Myers, Lyric Coloratura Soprano
Norma Holmes, Concert Pianist
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, O’NEILL
Wednesday, October 14th — 8:15 P.M.
To Appear Here in a Memorable Concert
Sponsored by Methodist Men for the Church Building Fund
Adm.: Adults $1; All Students 50c
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Gladiolus Bulbs
FOR SALE
Many different kinds, 3c to
5c each.
The Lambs
O'Neill, Nebr.
No Sunday Sales
DR. J. L. SHERBAHN
O’Neill, Nebraska
Complete X-Ray Equipment
Vz Block So. of Ford Garage
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DANCE
BUTTE LEGION
BALLROOM
Music By
Sunday, Oct. 11
1,500 to 2.000
CALVES
SPECIAL CALF SALE
O’Neill Livestock Market
Friday, October 16
Sale Starts 1 P.M.
For consignment see, call or write:
O’Neill Livestock Market
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Verne and Leigh Reynoldson, Managers
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