Page Eagles Play
Ewing Friday Night
PAGE— Coach Glen Blezek’s
Page high Eagles will inaugurate
the 1953-’54 basketball season
when they meet the Euring Ti
gers on Friday, December 4, at
Ewing.
Seven lettermen are returning
to the Page fold. They are Larry
Heiss, Hugh Troshynski, Larry
Roach, Edwin Waiker, Lorance
Fdmisten. Gary Kemper and Du
ane Finch.
Other promising material in
cludes Jerry White, Richard
• Stewart, Elmer Saltz, Marlin
Frahm, Larry Parks, Richard
Heggemcyer, Lloyd Fusselman
and Loran Parks.
Caoch Blezek has anounced
that leading competitors for
starting berths are Larry Heiss,
Hugh Troshvnski, Edwin Walker,
Jerry White, Richard Stewart.
Gary Kemper and Lorance Ed
misten.
• The schedule:
December 4—at Ewing; 8 —
Orchard; II—at Inman; 18—at
Clearwater.
January 4-8—Elkhorn Valley
Sandhili Gateway tournament at
Brunswick; 12—at Stuart; 15—
at St. Boniface (Elgin); 19-22 —
Holt county tournament at O -
Neill; 29—Brunswick.
February 2—Chambers: 5—In
man- 9—at Oakdale; 13—ai St
Mary’s (O’Neill); 16—Elgin; 19—
St. Ludger's (Creighton); 22-26
—district class D tournament.
The scholastic honor roll has
been announced for the second
six weeks period as follows:
Four A’s — Joellyn Kennedy,
Betty Spangler, Faye Ballantyne,
Bette French and Marilyn Ter
rilL
Three A’s and one B—Marian
Heiss, Helen Finch, Becky Ken
nedy, Linda Cronk and Judy
Simmons.
Two As and two B’s—Thelma
Summers, Wanda Stevens, Shar
on Crumiy and Norma Sorensen.
Three B’s and one A—Bonnie
Snyder, Sherry Stewart and
Edwin Walker.
Four B’s—Larry Heiss, Faye
Rutherford and Larry Roach.
4 Sisters Reunite
at San Diego
LYNCH — A Lynch woman,
Mrs. Vince Jehorek, and three
of her sisters are having a re
union this week in San Diego,
Calif. The four sisters have not
been togeth'-r in more than 30
years. Their ages are 77, 66, t,4
and 57. One of the sisters is Mrs.
Walter Woitazewski of Grand
Island.
Verdigre Opens
Against Lynch
VERDIGRE — The Verdigre
Hawks, coached by Ronald Beran,
opened the ild53 basketball season
Tuesday, meeting the Lynch
Eagles at Lynch.
Coach Beran has a squad of 21
players, including seven letter
men. The veterans back are Walt
er Boham, Larry Largen, Ted On
dracek, Tom Cerny, LaVeine
Maynard, Jack Miller and Charles
Famik.
Highways 281, 95
in for Improvement
(Continued from page 1)
D. Nelson, assistant attorney gen
eral, says authority exists for
maintenance of non-statutory
Highways “when actual physical
construction costs are paid for
either whole or in part with
state funds under the exclusive
direction of the department of
roads and irrigation.
“But,” the opinion continued,
“expenditures for such purposes
cannot be made from gasoline
and use fuel tax funds or from
motor vehicle registration fees
end equalization fees.” The only
other funds appropriated by the
department are inter-county bus
license fees and towing permit
fees. _
The 25-thousandth person to re
ceive an Ak-Sar-Ben special Coun
ty Fair award check was revealed
this week in the person of Mary
Ann Lundeen, 15-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lun
deen of Minden, Nebr. Miss Lun
deen, typical of the 4-H and
F.F.A. youngsters who have re
ceived the Ak-Sar-Ben checks
since the civic organization started
the program in 1948. was awarded
Check Number 25,000 in the
amount of $9.00. Ak-Sar-Ben an
nually offers $23,000 to winning
exhibitors at all of Nebraska’s
County Fairs. The checks, which
will be in excess of 25,000 this
year, vary in amounts up to $20
and $25 depending upon the ac
complishments of winning ex
hibitors.
Miss Lundeen, in addition to
her cash award, also received
three blue ribbons and a letter
of congratulations. Her awards
were for achievements in beef
showmanship, clothing and all
| Out of Old Nebraska . . .
Cuming Named for
First Secretary
—
i Cuming county, established by
the territorial legislature, March
5, 1855, was named in honor of
Thomas B. Cuming, first secre
tary of Nebraska territory, and,
by virtue of his accession to the
position of acting governor upon
the death of Governor Burt, The
man who more than any other
was resDonsible for directing
the establishment of civil gov
ernment in this area.
The initial county seat of Cum
ing county was the town of
Catherine, supposedly located a*
Dead Timber, now in Dodge
county. When the boundaries of
Cuming county were surveyed
in 1857, the countyseat was re
moved to Manhattan. Both Cath
erine and Manhattan were paper
towns, more expressive of hopes
than of actuality. There were
few if any settlers in the coun
ty, and until 1853, there was no
county organinzation. At the
time that occurred, West Point
was designated the countyseat.
West Point, of course, was no
mere paper town. The countyseat
was established and was begin
ning its long period of ascend
ancy in the county’s affairs.
West Point’s beginnings go
back to the activities of “The Ne
braska Settlement association,”
organized in Omaha in March,
i857. The association appointed a
committee to scout along the
Elkhorn for a good townsite lo
cation. Among the members of
the committee were Uriah and
John J. Bruner, to become noted
in Nebraska affairs, particularly
in forestiy and tree planting. The
committee finally decided' upon
the site of the present town of
West Point and before the sum
mer was out, claims had been
taken, a sawmill bad been pur
chased and a log lyouse con
structed. Originally the town was
called New Philadelphia, but it
was soon changed to West Point.
The first log house served as the
seat of government for Cuming
county until 1874 when a brick
around farm projects at the 1953
Kearney County Fair. A Sopho
more in Minden High School, Miss
Lundeen has been in 4-H work
for six years. She has carried
eleven projects including Home
Economics, Dairy and Baby Beef.
On hand for the check presenta
tion were Ak-Sar-Ben Ambassa
dor, Judge Fred Martin of Min
den, and Kearney County agricul
tural officials.
Ak-Sar-Ben President W. D.
Lane said issuance of the 25
thousandth check is significant of
what Ak-Sar-Ben is doing in just
one phase of a broad program to
reward the efforts and accomp
lishments of rural young people,
and to inspire them toward great
er agricultural developments in
the future.
“We hope to continue and ex
pand this and many similar
programs as long as we have the
funds available to do so,” Mr.
Lane said.
courthouse was constructed.
The next spring a group of
Pennsylvanians under the lead
ership of John D. Neligh and
James D. Crawford came out to
the Elkhorn valley. Much im
pressed with the location of West
Point they took squatter’s claims
and established themselves there,
too. They purchased the town
site from the Nebraska Settle
ment association and they took
over, by purchase, the unfinish
ed sawmill as well.
Like most Nebraska pioneers,
the early settlers of Cuming
county had to put up with untold
hardships. The winter of 1858-59
was recalled by the oldtimer as
a particularly bitter one. The
community suffered from a
shortage of food and had virtual
ly no way to augment their mea
ger supply. The next spring just
as a good season was getting un
derway, the county suffered a
serious Indian scare. A large
band of Pawnees came through
the valley, presumably hunting.
They drove off a good deal of
livestock, though, and plunder
ed several cabins. This created a
great deal of alarm and the terri
torial militia was called out. The
militia rose to the occasion and
soon restored peace to the Elk
horn valley. Indeed, by the time
the militia arrived the Indians
were ready to make peace with
out fighting.
The first census return from
Cuming county—that of I860—
showed a population of only 67
By 1870, the population had
5,569. There were 12,265 people
reached 2,964; and by 1880,
in the county in 1890; and ir.
1900 the total was 14,584. This
has been the high water mark
for the county’s population.
There was a decline during the
early years of the twentieth cen
tury, then an increase in the
1920’s to a total of 14,327 in 1930
Since 1930, however, there has
been a decline and the returns
for 1950 showed 12,994.
Hospital Notes
ST. ANTHONY'S (O'Neill)
Admissions: November 25 —
Mrs. A1 Liedtke, Chambers; Mrs.
Richard Strube and baby boy,
O’Neill; 26—James Nash, Pelkie,
Mich.; Patrick Henry Benze, O’
Neill; Darrell Lee Gillette,
Chambers; Jerry Blake, Burke,
S.D.; Lee Blake, Jamison; Gary
Schmidt, Chambers; Mrs. Lois
B. Adams, Chambers. 27— Mrs.
Robert Shoemaker, O’Neill; Am
brose Biglin, O’Neill; Hazel Rob
inson, O’Neill. 28 — Mrs. L. E.
Bergstrom, Ewing; Don Fuller
on, Chambers. 29 — Mrs. Ray
mond Bly, Amelia; Mrs. Wayne
Smith, Chambers; V. C. Wilbern,
\tkinson; Mrs. Ralph Hoffman,
Ewing. 30—Mrs. Maynard Mor
row, O’Neill; Patricia Lewis, O’
Neill; August Heese. Page; Mrs.
Maude Fuller, O’Neill.
Dismissals: November 26—Mrs.
T. J. Donohoe, O’Neill; Mrs. Ber- |
nard Pongratz, O’Neill; Mrs. Wil
liam Mattem, O’Neill; Walter
Calkins, O’Neill. 26—Larry Ed
ward Lewis, O’Neill; Patricia
Ann Lewis, O’Neill; Mrs. Bryan
Finch, Middlebranch; Bernard
Allen, O’Neill; Frances Ernst,
O’Neill. 27—Orlow Colwell, At
kinson; Mrs. Leo Fiala and baby
girl, Spencer; Mrs. James Boies,
Cheyenne, Wyo.; Darrel Lee Gil
lette, Chambers. 28— Mrs. Roy
Lundgren and baby girl, O’Neill;
Patrick Henry Benze, O’Neill;
Lee Blake, Jamison; Jerry Blake,
Burke, S.D.; Peggy Lee, Brown-1
lee; Gary Schmidt, Chambers; j
Mrs. H. D. Gildersleeve and baby
boy, O’Neill; Charles Snowardt,
O’Neill; Mrs. A1 Liedtke, Cham
bers; Mrs. Frank Oberle, Dorsey.
29 — Mrs. Richard Strube and
baby boy, O’Neill; Dwayne Borg,
O’Neill; Don Fullerton, Cham
bers; Mrs. Mary Harrington, O’
Neill; Mrs. Walter Pease, O’Neill.
30—Dale Perry, O’Neill; James
Nash, Pelkie, Mich.; Mrs. Or
ville Morrow, O’Neill. December I
1—Patricia Lewis, O’Neill; Mrs.
Wayne Smith, Chambers; Elmer
Ca
4 • *
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Lenz, Ewing.
Hospitalized: Mrs. Belle Wid
man, Mrs. Barbara Leahy, Mrs.
Lois B. Adams, Mrs. * Clara
Scholz, Mrs. Mary Vitt, Mrs. Ma
ry Mullen, Mrs. Hazel Robinson,
Mrs. Maude Fuller, Ambrose
Biglin, August Heese, Mrs. Har:
ry Park, Mrs. Robert Shoemaker,
Mrs. L. E. Bergstrom, Melvin G
Hansen, Mrs. Maynard Morrow,
V. C. Wilbern, Mrs. Ernest Wed
ige, Albert Otte, Mrs. Ralph
Hoffman, Mrs. Raymond Bl>,
Mrs. William G, Kraft, Ed Ev-!
eritt.
Minden, Nebr., Miss is 25,000th
Recipient of Ak-Sar-Ben Award
_ HIT I i niii
Taking part in the presentation of Ak-Sar-Ben’s 25-thousandth spec's)
County Fair Award check, left to right, Don Thomsen, president of the
Kearney County Fair Board: Mary Ann Lundeen: Judge Fred Martin,
Ak-Sar-Ben Ambassador, and Lester Burnham. Kearney County Agent.
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