Carl Belzer (above) works on an O'Neill street to keep up
World-Herald Photo.
with last Thursday's snowfall . . . had to give up. — Omaha
Snow, Wind in
Winter’s First Blast
(Continued from page 1.)
contact Norfolk by Saturday
morning.
Ham radio operators in the
Chambers vicinity, principally
Ken Werner and Eugene Baker
passed s number of messages,
including a press dispatch for
the Omaha World-Herald’s Har
old Cowan, who was strand here.
Wind velocity was estimated
at 40- to 45-miles-per-hour. At
the storm's peak, visibility in O’
Neill was restricted to about 150
feet; in the open country to less
than that.
Thursday’s westbound main
line passenger-mail train reach
ed O’Neill 15 minutes behind
schedule, and proceeded on to
Atkinson where it was held for
several hours. The eastbound
train that night was annulled.
Neither Hie mainline North
„ Western or branch line Burling
ton railroads were snowbound,
but trains were running behind
schedule.
Thursday's busses in and out
of the city were annulled and
finally, got back into service
on Friday.
Major highways in the area
were never completely blocked,
although a number of motor is*s
and truckers abandoned their
vehicles and sought refuge in
farm homes.
The Frontier received no i re
ports of human or livestock suf
fering—attributed to a lack of
intense cold. Lowest temperature
during the ordeal was 20.
Three inches of fresh snow
fell Saturday morning and some
wind whipped the snow through
Saturday.
The. herculean job of digging
out was begun early Friday.
O’Neill merchants were obliged
to postpone one week their tur
key day event, which will be
held Saturday, December 12, at
4:30 p.m. The storm was a blow
to merchants in the area whose
stores are packed with yule
merchandise. --
Last week’s whopping issue of
The Frontier ran into delivery
snafus because of the storm.
The “Voice of The Frontier”
lost its “loop” with radio station
WJAQ’s (780 kc) control room
because of the ice and was oblig
ed to use telephonic recording
durin" the storm (until the
phone lines buckled), telegraphic
dispatches for its regular Satur
day morning program, and nor
mal programming was not re
I
sumed until Monday.
There was a wholesale cancel
j lation of activities on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
Many farmers report t h e
ground is not frozen and is lit
erally soft under the snow. They
point out that if the res due
lingers until spring the moisture
will go into the ground instead
of run off. A considerable amount
of snow melted during the aftcr
nons of Sunday, Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday.
Week’s weather summary,
based on 24-hour periods ending
at 6 p.m., follows:
Hi Lo Prec.
December 3 30 20 .89
December 4 31 14
December 5 ... 26 17 .16
December 6 _ 37 4
December 7 39 27
December 8 _-32 21 .01
December 9 —_21 1
Total ..._ .... 1.06
| Stuart Digs Out
from Under Blanket—
STUART—Stuart and the sur
rounding community Saturday
i continued the task of “blasting" j
| out from under a ponderous snow
I blanket.
The snowfall here was estim
ated at 16 to 18 inches.
Streets are choked and so was
! highway 20 through here. By
Friday noon snowplows had
broken paths through which per
mitted one - way traffic, with
chains.
Several cars and trucks went
into ditches beside highway 20.
I The freak snowfall began here
at 3:45 p.m., but two miles south
of town, three miles east and 13
miles north there was not, a flake
of snow until after 8 p.m.
By that time there was 3 to 4
inches of snow in Stuart.
This is the second snowstorm
of the season to give this area
generous and welcome moisture.
Baled hay movement may be
curtailed somewhat by soft mead
ows because the ground isn’t fro
zen.
Production of blue grass seed,
an important by-product in this
territory, is making a strong
comeback. Fall and winter mois
ture are essential for good seed
crops.
Star Locality Gets
15 Inches of Snow—
STAR—Elmer Juracek, farmer
residing in this community, Mon
day estimated 15 inches of snow
—or more—had fallen in last
Thursday’s storm, plus several
additional inches on Saturday.
Thawing and soft ground un
der the snow helped in the dig
ging out process, making some
roads passable to a degree.
Bassett Gets
12 Inches—
Basse IT — Last Thursday’s
snowstorm saw 12 incnes of snow
dumped on Bassett. Rain in
eastern Nebraska spread to the
west. Valentine received only
five inches of snow Chadron’s
snowfall was negligible.
Bristow Getting
Back to Normal—
EKISTuW — This commun
ity was back to norma* Monday
after several days of blockaded
side roads following last Thurs
day’s heavy snowstorm.
School was closed here Thurs
day and Friday and only a few
farm residents were able to get
through to church services Sun
day.
More than a foot of snow fell
here, and strong winds caused
much drifting.
School Dismissed—
PAGE — The Page public
school was dismissed last Thurs
day noon because of the blizzard.
No school was held Friday.
Classroom Shifts
Planned, Atkinsoi.
ATKINSON — At the regular
meeting of Atkinson’s board of
education Monday night, plans
were studied for additional hous
ing for the elementary grades in
the public school.
The old grade building, al
though in good condition, has
only five rooms. The doubled en
ollment in the lower grades pro
hibits continuing the present sys
tem of assigning two grades to a
room and the board members
found that seven rooms will be
necessary for the next school
year, a spokesman explained.
The board plans to convert the
large high school assembly into
classrooms and move one addi
tional upper elementary grade to
the high school building. The sev
enth and eighth grades are al
ready housed in the high school.
“Before we think of new build
ings, we should make full use of
the space we already have,”
Board President Wayne Galyen,
explained.
Plans call for discontinuing the
high school assembly-study hall
and assigning the high school stu
dents to the home rooms.
V'-’*or Her®—
Richard Golden of Ft. Dodge,
la., spent the weekend visiting
relatives here. He is the son of
Mrs. J. Parnell Golden and the
late Mr. Golden, who died Tues
day, November 24, in San Diego,
Calif.
Wc:ds Speaks at
F-U Meeting, Lynch
Officers for Next
Year Named
LYNCH—The annual meeting
of the Farmers Union cooperative
stockholders was held in the
American Legion hall on De
cember 9, at 1 p.m., for the pur
pose of electing officers an$ oth
er business.
W. W. Woods of the Farmers
Union state exchange was speak—
er at the program. Hot coffee,
buns and roast ham were served
at noon.
Other Lynch News
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hav
ranek returned home Sunday,
November 29, from a visit at;
Sidney with the Herbert Ross
meier family.
Earl Rosicky and Roger Woolf
were business visitors in Minne
sota last week. They returned
home on Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kirwin of
Ft. Randall, S.D., visited at Theo
dore Norwood’s last week.
Pauline Mulhair was a Spencer
visitor Saturday.
J. C. Scott of Lake Andes,
S.D., was a business visitor in
Lynch Sunday, December 6.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kalkowski
I visited relatives in Lake Andes,
j S.D., Wednesday, December 2. n
Mr. and Mrs. James Maly vis
ited at the Eldon Sedivy home
near Scottville recently.
Mr. and Mrs. William Teadtke
and family of Bristow visited at
the Jerry Sixta home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Devall
called at the L. Huber home Sat
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Klasna of
Spencer were business visitors
in Lynch Tuesday, December 1.
Robert Conklin is spending his
furlough with his parents, the
Earl Conklins, at Spencer. On
Tuesday, December 1, he visited
his grandparents, the Cal Conk
'lins, at Lynch.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Haselhorst
spent Wednesday evening, De
cember 2, at the Beryl Moody
home.
Mrs. Joe Nemic of Spencer
spent several days here last week
with her daughter, Mrs. Martin
Jehorek, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Mulhair and
family visited at the Jonas John
son home in Spencer Wednesday,
December 2.
Back From Omaha—
BUTTE — Mr. and Mrs. Max
Davis returned to their home in
Omaha Sunday after spending
about two weeks here due to the
illness of his father, Alvin Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wakefield
returned to Omaha with them.
BRISTOW NEWS
Mrs. Andrew Shelander return
ed to her home at Winner, S. D.,
Sunday after visiting a few days
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Anderson here.
Mrs. Larry Bowers entertained
relatives and friends Friday after
noon in honor of the third birth
day aniversary of her daughter,
Pamela. Lunch was served and
the child received many gifts.
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Sofar of Omaha
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C.
G. Pratt here Sunday and Mon
day.
Mrs. A. W. Peterson left Sun
day for her home at Floodwood,
Minn., after a visit of more than
two weeks here with her son-in
law and daughter, the Rev. and
Mrs. Donald E. Johnson.
Mrs. Mary Fusch of Lynch is
now staying at the Gottfnd Dan
ielson home to help care for Mrs.
Danielson, who has been bedfast
since suffering a stroke last sum
mer.
ArHvo from Germany—
BUTTE—Mrs. Charles Tribby
and daughter. Cindy Sue, arrived
here during the weekend and are
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
| G. W. Tienken. Mrs. Tribby and
daughter landed in New York
December 1, coming from Perma
sens, Germany, where they spent
the past 14 months with her hus
band, Cpl. Tribby, who was sta
tioned there. He is expected here
in the near future.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bauld of
Omaha spent the weekend here
visiting Mrs. Bauld’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Enright, and
other relatives.
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