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“VOICE” --- OF THE FRONTIER" p jwrc e Frontier ;= Sat. _ ^__- > ~ . 9:45 A.M. — 780 k.c. • | Pages 1 t0 8 North-Central Nebraska’s BIG Newspaper Volume 73.—Number 30. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, November 26, 1 953. Seven Cents Reservations Pour in for Stock Meeting <6* Chief Burks . . . spent World * War II on busy destroyer. . Navy Chief Quits After 20 Years R.- J. Burks Enters Insurance Field Navy Chief R. J. (“Bob") Burks hung up his navy garb this week after 20 years of active duty, in cluding a long and colorful car eer during World War II. He is the son of Mrs. Laura Burks of O’Neill, the former Laura Stannard. In 1933 young Burks graduated tfrom St. Mary’s academy here and several months later joined up with the navy. Duty was fair ly routine for Burks—until Pearl Harbor. He escaped the Jap as sault without a scratch although many of his comrades perished „ in the memorable December 7, 11941, attack. As a chief machinist's male, Burks spent the entire war in the Pacific aboard the busy destroyer, USS Hubby. He par ticipated in numerous invasions as the navy helped clear the islands to the Jap homeland. For 24 months his mother did not hear from him. Once in the Atlantic the task forcje hit a minefield with the result many seamen were drowned — but Burks emerged okay. On January 25, 1949, he married Eileen Sullivan, daughter of Mrs. Ellen Sullivan of O’Neill. They now have four children—two sons and two daughters and live at San Diego, Calif., where Mr. Burks will join his uncle, George Stannard, in the insurance bus iness. Youth. 18, Driver of Death Auto Don Renze, 18, son of Mr. and Herman Renze of O’Neill, was •• driver of a car which went out of control about 2:30 a.m., Mon day on state higwhay 15, two miles north of Hartington. A pas senger, James Suing, 18-year-old Hartington youth, was killed. The machine overturned after it went out of control, Renze told authorities. Renze escaped with . cuts and bruises. ‘ The accident brought to 25 the number of highway fatalities in the 15 - county area covered by the Nebraska safety patrol at . Norfolk. Renze was home on leave from the navy. He was taken to Sacred Heart hospital at Yankton, S.D., where his condition is fair. Renze’s father is employed by Consumers Public Power district ' at O’Neill. Green to Establish Bakery at Mitchell Lyle Green, veteran employee . at the M&M Cafe and Bakery, announced this week his plans for establishing a bakery at Mitchell, near Scotts bluff, “around the first of the year.” Mitchell has been without a bakery for several years. Mr. and Mrs. Green will be leaving O’Neill in about a month. They have three children—Rich ard, Donald and Luetta. They plan to sell their resi dence here. Raymond Anderson Funeral Is Held RUTl'E— Raymond Anderson, 49, of Butte died at a Lynch hos pital Friday. He is survived by his wife, An na; two daughters, Sharon and Romo, and a son, Randall, all of Butte; one sister, Doris Anderson, and three brothers, Darold and Arden Anderson of Butte and Maynard Anderson of Grafton. Funeral services were at the Butte Community church Tues day. PUBLISHES EARLY This issue of the Frontier went to press 24 hours ahead of the normal schedule in order that all subscribers in the O’Neill re gion might receive their papers before the Thanksgiving holidays. Rural and city mail routes ex cept star routes) do not carry mail on national holidays. The size of this issue is curtailed but newsmatter and advertising o mitted will be published next week. Reservations are being readily taken up for the regional meeting of the Nebraska Stock Growers association at O’Neill on Thurs day, December 3, according to an announcement by D. C. Schaf fer, president of the cattlemen’s association. Mr. Schaffer reminds those yet planning to attend this big one day meeting to notify H. J. Lo haus of O’Neill to assure banquet leservations and necessary lodg ing requirements. The meeting session begins at 9:30 a.m., at the Royal theater. A noon luncheon for all visiting la dies will be held in First Meth odist church. The evening ban quet at the American Legion audtiorium will feature an ad dress by Carl E. Bahmeier, ex ecutive secretary of the South Dakota Bankers’ association. A dance will follow. Four speakers will appear on the day program to discuss the agricultural outlook for 1954, the unicameral legislature, cattle supports and beef promotion. The convention committee was fortunate to secure an official of the United States department of agriculture to report on a com pleted study of 1954 prospects, Mr. Schaffer declares. He is Har old F. Breimyer, agricultural eco nomic statistician from Washing 'if' i .HMnrriurn Rohlwing . . . will encourage beef producers fo advertise. ton, who promises to have as re liable information as is available. Another speaker and a man who is versed in a problem of the cattle industry is Erich Rohl wing from the American Meat in stitute. His discussion about beef promotion will be a timely one, Mr. Schaffer infers, declaring that a better understanding on how to advertise beef is needed. “What’s Good and What’s Bad About the Unicameral Legisla ture,” is the title of the address by Stan Matzke, news editor, commentator and agricultural analyst for radio stations KRVN and KOIL. Dan Hanson of Hat Creek, Wyo., a rancher, will present his conclusions on the practicability of price supports on livestock. The latter address alone also should be worth driv ing to O’Neill to hear, Mr. Schaf fer concludes. As a final bid for attendance, the officers and convention com mittee of the Nebraska Stock Growers are eager for as many cattlemen and their wives as possible to take advantage of hearing these discussions on down-to-earth problems of the industry. 2 Boyd Young Men Face Check Charge Waive Hearing and Released on Bond Two Boyd county young men v/ere released on $500 bond Sat urday after being held two days in the Holt county jail. Victor Rockford, 20, and Thom as Thompson, 21, both of Bris tow, will face check forgery charges in Holt county district court. Thompson is alleged to have issued a check to Rockford for $96.50 and the check was used November 17 to purchase a firearm from Fred Saunto of O’ Neill. Names used on the check were alleged to be fictitious—“Thom as” and “Rutherford”. The check did not clear the bank on which it was drawn. The Boyd county sheriff picked up the two men last Thursday and brought them to O’Neill from Butte, where they were employ ed, at the request of Holt author ities. They waived preliminary hearing and no date has been fixed for the trial in district court. Schools Dismiss for Thanksgiving The city’s two schools—O’Neill public and St. Mary’s academy— were to dismiss classes Wednes day afternoon for the Thanks giving holidays. Academy pupils were to be released at 2:30 p.m.; public, 4 p.m Classes in both schools will re convene Monday morning at the usual time LETriNG DECEMBER 17 Nearly four million dollars worth of proposed highway work is included in a letting called by the highway department at Lin coln for December 17. Included is 19.5 miles of bituminous sur facing on U.S. highway 183 be tween Bassett and Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Zastrow spent Monday in Sioux City. F ormer Resident Dies at 66 _/ McDonough Funeral Tentatively Set for Friday at Lincoln Funeral services are tentatively scheduled for Friday morning, November 27, at Lincoln for W. J. McDonough, 66, former O’Neill businessman and farmer who died at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday in Lincoln. The rites will be held at St. Mary’s Cathedral and burial will be at Lincoln. Mr. McDonough had been in failing health for about six years. He spent 35 years operating a paint shop and store here and resided on a farm five miles northeast of O’Neill for about 10 years, moving with his wife to Lincoln two years ago. The late Mr. McDonough was bom at Salina. Kans., Febru ary 14, 1887, and was reared in Cloud county, Kansas. For a number of years he taught school in Kansas. On August 23, 1911, he married Agnes Brown. They became the par ents of four children. Mr. McDonough served in the army in the U.S., during World War I Survivors include: Widow; sons—Robert of Lincoln and Wil liam of Portland, Ore., (recently separated from the service); daughters—Mrs. Thomas (Exlau ra) Spates of Leesburg, Va., and Mrs. Donald (Dorothy) Sutcleff of San Francisco, Calif.; grandchil dren—Dorothy Ann and Thomas Spates of Leesburg, Va.; sisters— Mrs. C. E. Laman of Concordia, Kans.; and Miss Mary of Lincoln; brother—Lawrence of Wichita, Kans. The McDonoughs left O’Neill about two years ago after selling their farm to Freeman Knight. The McDonoughs have been residing at 319 South 25th st., Lincoln. Mountain lion Tale Is Revived CLEARWATER — The latest addition to the “I’ve-seen-the lion” club is Fred Forslund, farm er residing 10 miles west of Clear water. The Clearwater Record reports that Forslund saw the mountain lion Monday morning, (Novem ber 16, while hauling hay. Earlier the lion had been reported by several other members of this Antelope county community. Forslund said he spotted the big animal as it was making off with a young calf. Being a mile or more away from home, he was unable to grab a firearm and set tle the issue once and for all. An unidentified person report ed seeing the lion on the Huffman ranch, south of Deloit, about a fortnight ago, the Record added. Other persons in the area have reported seeing lion tracks. Persons who claim to have seen the lion insist there is no mistake about the beast. With one glimpse, any skeptic will change his mind. Romaine Saunders, writing in The Frontier at O’Neill, says it is not uncommon for mountain lions to work eastward down the mountains and onto the plains. I However, the presence of lions in : this area is so rare the moderns believe it highly newsworthy and useful for lots of conversation. Forslund. however, takes the view it’s costly to tolerate the beast because with his own eyes he saw the lion making away with a calf. — 42 Heifers Are Shipped to Michigan Henry Wood of Ewing, Francis Anderl of Inman and S. R. Rob ertson of O’Neill sold 42 head of registered Hereford heifers to C. S. McReynolds of Gaylord, Mich. The heifers were shipped by rail from O’Neill Tuesday night and will reach Michigan about Satur day. The three men are members of the Holt County Hereford Breeders’ association. Page Gals Defeated at Clearwater— PAGE—The Page high school girls’ volleyball team journeyed to Clearwater Monday night for the annual preseason volleyball tournament. Page played Clear water and was defeated, 32-20. The elementary grades have started practice on the Christmas operetta which will be presented to the public on Tuesday eve ning, December 15, at 8 p.m., at the school auditorium. School was to be dismissed on Wednesday, November 25, at 4 p.m., for the Thanksgiving holi days and will resume on Monday, November 30. YOUTH REVIVAL STARTS A bov’s and girl’s youth revi val series of meetings will start Sunday night at the Assembly of God church, according to the pastor, Rev. Wayne A. Hall. Bonnie Bell Roll of Milford and 1 Colo., will be in charge. Holt’s Oldest Person Now 102 By MRS. BERLIN MITCHELL Special Correspondent STUART—A bent little Stuart lady, who has been regarded as an elderly person as long as most folks in the community can re member, this week celebrated her 102d birthady anniversary. She was bcrn November 25, 1851. Mrs. Joseph Axtell was born long before the Civil war when these United States were still young and Indians, Spaniards and French claimed most of the western half of the country. And wmle Mrs. Axtell was a young maiden growing up in Lawrence county, New York, the vast reaches of unexplored prairieland belonged to the bison and buf falos. Mrs. Axlell's coming west is an oft-told story, yet there is a moral which rightfully justi fies retelling it as the anni versaries roll around. The Butterfield family physi cian in Canton, N.Y., advised the parents to take their 15-year-old daughter, Alice, “out west” for her health. That prompted a move to Waverly, la. Fourteen years later the family settled on a homestead six miles northeast of Dustin, north of Stuart. Apparently, the Nebraska cli mate was the ticket — because Mrs. Axtell now enjoys the dis tinction of being the oldest per son in the county (probably in several counties). Her health is nearly perfect but her hearing and eyesight are only fair. She continues to do odd workaday tasks about the house in Stuart, residing with her only daughter, Miss Pearl. Her husband died in 1911. The Butterfields came to Holt county by covered wagon from Iowa — a distance of about 400 miles. They resided on a pre emption claim in an improvised log-sod house. In Holt she met and married Joseph Axtell in 1887. They became the parents of one child and a neighbor lady assisted at the birth. Once fheir entire crop was wiped out by hail. On another occasion a band of nine Indians appeared at Mrs. Axtell's front door. The redskinned visitors were invited in, sat on the floor ; awhile, disappeared without trou ble. On other occasions they stopped for something to eat. The Axtells burned cowchips for fuel, frequently changed their residence while making land claims. Often the family was obliged to fight prairie fires. To help out financially, Mrs. | Axtell made cheese during the I summer and butter in winter, i She also made stays for the la dies and in later years became an exrT.'t seamstress. Mi's. Axtell has continued quite active in the Wesleyan Methodist missionary society, and until recently has been helpful in piecing quilts. She continues to take an interest in what her friends are doing. The aged Stuart woman and her daughter have been making their home in Stuart near the school for 37 years. Wednesday a few friends dropped in to congratulate Mrs. Axtell and wish her many more anniversaries. But anniversaries are old stuff to the grey, prim little lady wearing a print dress. She has been reeling them off by the scores since the New York doctor admonished, “Go west, little girl, for your health.” Mrs.*Alice Axiell ... a school girl at the time of the Civil war. Sadie Chrestensen Dies in Hospital ATKINSON— Sadie Chresten sen, 89, mother of Mrs. C. C. Ray mer, died Thursday, November 19, in* Atkinson Memorial hospi tal. Brief funeral rites were con ducted at 1 p.m., Saturday, No vember 21, at the Seger funeral home by Rev. E. G. Hughes, Methodist church pastor. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., the following day at the funeral home in Friend. Burial was in the Exeter cemetery. The late Mrs. Chrestensen had been making her home the past seven years with her daughter, Mrs. Raymer. Mr. Chrestensen died in 1946. Survivors include two daughters—Mrs. Raymer and Mrs. Burton, who lives in Cal ifornia. The late Mrs. Chrestensen was bom at Ringold, la., in 1864. 50 MILLION PHONES The 50,000,000th telephone in the U. S., has been presented to President Eisenhower by repre sentatives of the telephone in dustry. There is now a phone for every three persons in this coun try. Harry Petersen, manager of the O’Neill exchange for North western Bell Telephone company, said Wednesday there are 1,121 phones in O’Neill—above the na tional average. Josephine Novratil, Ex-O’Neillite, Dies Succumbs in Omaha Hospital Funeral rites were conducted at 9 a.m., Tuesday, November 24, from St. Patrick’s Catholic church for Mrs. Josephine Novratil, 53. She died Saturday, November 21, in an Omaha hospital after hav ing been ill for 10 years. Rev. Kenneth Carl officiated and burial was in Calvary ceme tery under the direction of Big lin’s. Pallbearers were William Sparks, John Vitt, Norbert Uhl, Joseph Sobotka, Ted Zaborow ski, Harry Sullivan and Victor Halva. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Valla, she was bom at O’ Neill May 31, 1900. She was rear ed here and married Emuel No vratil. Survivors include: Son—Robert of Washington, D.C.; brothers — Joseph Valla of Winner, S.D.; Frank Valla of O’Neill and John Valla of Lincoln; sisters — Mrs. Thomas Sedlacek of Spencer Mrs. Vincent (Fannie) Dvorak of Spencer and Mrs. Anton (Nell) Dvorak of Gregory, S.D. Storm Prevents Son Reaching Funeral Among the out-of-town rela tives and friends here for the funeral of Herman G. Eisert, 70, were: Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Clobes of Omaha; Louis Hohndorf, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Hohndorf and family, and Wilbur Hohndorf of Shelby; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Berglund of Lincoln; Mrs. John Hickstein of Grafton; Mrs. Pete More of Fair mont; Werner Eisert of Grand Is land. One of Mr. Eisert’s sons, Carl, of Gering was unable to reach O’Neill because of Thursday’s blizzard in western Nebraska. He started the trip to O’Neill but was forced to turn around after trav eling half way. Mr. Eisert died of a heart at tack Monday, November 16. Fu neral serivces were held at Christ Lutheran church with burial in Prospect Hill cemetery Thursday. GETS TRANSFER EWING—A/2c Jerry Mlnarik has been transferred from Kan sas City, Mo., to New Brunswick, N.J. He is an air force X-ray medical technician who returned from Korea at Christmas time, 1952. The Frontier for printing! . Flies Enjoy Meat in Casablanca (Editor’s note: The following letters, reproduced below, re cently were received by Mr. and Mrs. Blake Benson of O’ Neill from their son, Pvt. Stan ley Benson, who has been sent to Europe by the army.) Dear Mon, Dad and all: Tomorrow morning we’U pull into Casablanca and the next stop will be Leghorn, Italy, where I’li get off. It was kind of rough the first couple of days—then smooth as glass, until yesterday. We left New York (Staten Island) at 2:30, October 27. We made good time even for the rough weather, around 350 miles in 24 hours That was pretty good for this overgrown rowboat. Our top speed is 18 knots. I’m on and have been on guard duty all the way, four hours on and 20 hours off, a pretty good, deal since I stand in the theater for the cabin class passengers. There are around 50 officers and their wives going over as cabin class passengers and until the ship had a Hallowe’en party for the kids on board the ship they figured on 75 kids. When the party came off the cracks in the walls seemed to open up and over 150 kids showed at the party. After we’d been to sea a week, I figured I knew most of the “cabin class” by sight, by watching them come into the movie every night. Then one night there was a dance for the ' cabin class an3 I found out there were some on board who hadn’t been out of their staterooms yet. Its pretty crowded on board— 1,230 persons and 1,240 is capac ity. • * * Hi, Hfere I am at Camp Darby a bout eight miles from Leghorn, Italy. Left Casablanca at 2 p. m., the same day we got there—Fri day—and the next morning we were through the straight of Gil bralter -and heading up along the Spanish coast. The coast looked pretty rugged from the ship but there were a few valleys once in a while that looked green, but they were few and far between as far as I could tell. The mountains looked about like the ones around Globe Ariz. Not much for timber, I’d say. Couldn’t tell too much because we stayed 8 to 12 miles out all the time and anything smaller than a 40 didn’t show up too good. Took a tour in Casablanca. It surprised me. Quite a few big buildings and put up pretty well, too. But the slums would make the lower east side in New York look like the garden of Eden. Never hope to see such filth again. It was warm and the meat was hanging outside where the flies could get to it easy. In the slum markets, of course, maybe they figured that if the stuff was out side it would keep the flies out There’s a public wash house (not a house exactly)—just a place where there’s a stone slab 50 by 30 feet and a fountain in the cen ter. The procedure was to get the clothes wet, pour on soap and stomp on them barefooted until' clean. Must work because everyone was doing it. Bet some of those people walk 50 miles a day just to do their washing and never get off that rock. We pulled in Leghorn around 9 a. m. Monday. They loaded us into trucks like cows and brought us up here. Seemed the town was pretty well shot to hell during Scrap 2 and is’nt too far along in it’s rebuilding. It’s nice here, semi-tropical, and they had their first snow in 25 years last year. About the coldest it gets is 31 to 40 degrees. Seems to be a plain between the mountains and the sea, can’t tell too much. Lots of little farms with fields from two to 10 acres. We leave tomor row for Austria near Salzburg. Salzburg is 720 miles from here, about 30 hours by rail. They processed us here and gave us our permanent address. As for enjoying the ride over, it was’nt too bad except 188 men sleeping in a space the size of the alleyway in the new bam seemed rather crowded. Did’nt buy anything in Casa ; blanca except a bottle of Belgian [ beer, 200 francs a bottle. They ! use French money there, can’t understand why the denomina tions are so small.—Love, Stan. I Winners in Window Contest Announced Winners in the annual Cham ber of Commerce-sponsored yule window unveiling contest, held Thursday evening, have been an nounced as follows: Commercial division: Apparel Shop, first; Johnson Jewelry, second; Penney’s and Petersen Clothing, honorable mention. Non - merchandise: Marie’s Beauty Shop, first; Dr. H. D. Gildersleeve, second. Judges were Mrs. Axel Borg of O’Neill, Mrs. Jeff Davis of In man and Cordes Walker of Page. Meanwhile, the Chamber offi cials have announced that mem ber retail stores will be open on Thursday evenings—December 3, 10 and 17—until 9 o’clock and on Wednesday, December 23, until 9. These evening store hours will be in addition to the usual Satur day night retail hours. Man, 93, Cuts Arm Badly on Fence AMELIA — Lew Berry, 94, had the misfortune to fall and cut his arm on barbed wire. The wound bled profusely. He was rushed to a doctor at At kinson where several stitches were taken to close the wound. Mr. Berry was 94-years-old No vember 22. School Officials Talk Reorganization Ira H. Moss Elected Group Chairman A meeting of Holt county school boards of education, both rural and town, was held in the courthouse assembly room Mon day, November 23, at 2 o’clock, with about 50 present. This meet ing was called for the purpose of electing a Holt county commit tee for the reorganization of school districts. The following committee was elected for a four-year term: Ira Moss, distriet 7, O’Neill; Lyle Dierks, district 29, E w i n g; George Collins, district 180, At kinson; Howard Oberle, district 48, O’Neill; Pete Frahm, district 211, Amelia; Harry Mitchell, dis trict 18, Atkinson; Frank Schmidt, district 31, Page. The county superintendent, Alice L. French, serves as a non voting member and acts as secre tary of the committee. Supt. D. E. Nelson of O’Neill discussed reorganization of school districts in Nebraska following the election. His talk was follow ed by an open discussion with many taking part. The committee organized at the close of the meeting, electing Ira Moss of O’Neill as chairman and George Collins of Atkinson as vice-chairman. Moss also is vice-president of district IV, Nebraska State School Boards association, and has call ed a meeting Thursday, December 3, at the Ainsworth high school, starting at 8 p.m. Glen Pickrel will be the speak er. His topic; “The Citizen's Re sponsibility -for Schools.” To be heard in a panel discussion are Supt. Harold Hutcheson of At kinson, Moss, and three others. District IV includes Cherry, Keya Paha, Boyd, Holt, Rock, Brown, Grant, Hooker, Thomas, Blaine, Loup, Garfield and Wheeler counties. Win Berths on Mythical Team Warren Seger, end, and Duane Booth, fullback were the only two O’Neill high athletes earning berths on the alJ-North-Centrsl conference football team. Both are seniors. Dennis Brewster, halfback on the Stuart Bronco team, was the ' only Stuart player to place. Bas sett, conference champs, placed six. Fourteen linemen and eight backs were chosen. Backs — D Brewster, Stuart; Booth, O’Neill; Morton and Young, Bassett; Cozad, Ains worth; Wrage and Asher, Valen tine, and Swett, Wood Lake. Linemen — Peterson, Young, M. Bussinger and Patitz, Bassett; Kirkpatrick, Spearman and Phil lips, Ainsworth; Seger, O’Neill, Simons, Drybread and Ohlman, Valentine, and Bauch and Dillon, Springview. The mythical team was feted Tuesday evening at Ainsworth. Coaches Marvin Miller and Paul Baker accompanied the O Neill honor players. Find Pussy Willows in Pasture— STUART — There was no school at the public or St. Bon iface Catholic schools on Fri day, November 20, because of the snowstorm with near bliz zard proportions — somewhat different from the 81 degree reading five days earlier on Sunday, November 15, when the Obsrmire children picked a bouquet of pussy willows they i found in their pasture. Late Fall Snowstorm Crippling Phone Lines Snap, Travel Is Stopped; Snow Disappearing The net result of the small-scale fall snowstorm that roared into the region last Thursday evening and lingered throughout Friday can be summed up like this: 1. The moisture—1.01 inches— was welcomed by farmers and ranchers. 2. Many travelers snowbound up to 18 hours were inconven ienced a bit as they overflowed the city’s four hotels and three motels. 3. Telephone communications were disrupted between O’Neill and Norfolk, Sioux City, Omaha, Lincoln and other points. (Ten circuits between O’Neill and Nor folk were snapped by ice east of Neligh.) The storm moved into the re gion on the fifth anniversary of the momorable November, 1948, two-day storm, which proved the beginning of a miserable winter The 1953 storm, however, was followed by mild temperatures and the snow began to disappear rapidly Monday and Tuesday. Most of the wayfarers poured into O’Neill hostelries Thursday night. The major highways were never blocked but rain earlier turned to ice and made the roads slippery and treacherous. Most of the snow—variously estimated in this area from three to six inch es—filled the air, blown by winds up to 35-miles-per-hour, and re duced visibility to about nil. The rain amounted to .23 of an inch and the snow measured .61 of an inch of moisture, bringing the total amount of precipitation to 1.01. Lowest temperature during the ordeal was 13 degrees early Saturday. Most of the travelers simply waited for the wind to subside on Friday and continued on their way. Many of the travelers were enroute to Lincoln to the Nebras ka-Oklahoma football game. John D. Osenbaugh, resident engineer for the state highway department, dispatched plows during the storm and the crews reported little difficulty handling the wet snow. Most O’Neill streets were chok ed until plows cleared them. Scores of vehicles were stuck by the unseasonal storm. Livestock men were well pre pared for the blast and for sev eral weeks have had big feed supplies close to their yards. Both St. Mary’s academy and O’Neill public school dismissed classes early. Many functions scheduled Thursday and Friday were postponed or cancelled. Mainline trains on the North Western railroad continued to operate through the storm, but were running a little behind schedule. A Burlington train, eastbound from O’Neill to Sioux City, reached Ferry Junction,. near Sioux City, slightly behind schedule. Bus service was snafued by the si&rm—only two of 12 bus ses in and out of the city op erating during the height of the storm. Ice raised havoc with the phone circuits in the Neligh and Norfolk areas where there were hundreds of line breaks. The ice snapped ■ the “Voice of The Frontier’s” loop circuit to radio station WJAG’s control room at Norfolk and Sat urday’s program (9:45 a.m.) could not be broadcast. Cities Must Answer Pollution Letter— The state health department letters about stream pollution have stirred up quite a squabble Dr. E. A. Rogers, acting state health director, sent the letters to seven Missouri river towns— Omaha, Nebraska City, Niobrara. South Sioux City, Dakota City, Bellevue and Plattsmouth. The letters pointed out that untreated sewage and industrial wastes were being dumped into the Mis souri. Storm Forces Cancellations— EWING — The snow storm which began last Thursday with showers of rain turning to snow, forced cancellation of many weekend trips for Ewingites. Roads became slippery from sleet and the blowing snow made driv ing hazardous. A strong north west wind piled the six-inch snow into some good-sized drifts. School was dismissed at noon on Friday. Many students were absent during the forenoon. * * SUFFERS HEART ATTACK Police Chief Walt Calkins is in St. Anthony’s hospital recovering from a heart attack suffered Fri day. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wallen spent Sunday in Omaha visiting John Obert and attending the ice show.
