• Club Entertains
. Eubbys in \ ule Party
t(.hTr,NCI?TThe HaPPy Hour ex
ensi°n c^ub entertained the hus
bands at the annual Christmas 6
oclock dinner at the Louie
Christensen home.
Other Lynch News
Mr. and Mrs. William Stouffer
met Calvin D. Spencer at Crof
on.n Saturday evening, December
20. Calvin is here for a furlough
• with relatives and friends.
Glenn Davy met his son, Rog
er, at Norfolk Saturday morning.
Roger will spend his furlough
here with friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Hammon
and children were Saturday af
ternoon, December 19, callers at
the Ed Johns home.
Glen Heflin of O’Neill was a
business visitor in Lynch Friday,
December 18.
On Monday, December 14, the
Boyd county extension service,
soil conservation service and the
agricultural stabilization and
. conservation committee held an
explanatory meeting at the
school here. On Thursday, De
cember 17, a signup was held for
farmers who wished to partici
pate in the 1954 program.
Mrs. Grace Edson was a bus
iness visitor in Creighton on
Tuesday, December 15.
Mrs. Frank Weeder and chil
dren were O’Neill visitors Satur
day, December 12.
Pauline Mulhair left for Mi
ami, Fla., on Sunday, December
13, to spend the winter with her
sister and brother-in-law.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Moody, the
Leland Moody family, the Beryl
Moody family and Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Moody were entertained at
an oyster stew supper at the
Frederick King home Monday,
December 14.
Girl Scouts Hold
Gift Exchange—
STUART—Troop 3 of the girl
scouts held a Christmas party
Thursday evening, December 17,
at the home of Mrs. M. J. Baack
with all their mothers as guests.
Games were played and a gift
exchange was held. Each mother
was (presented with a handker
chief, decorated by their daugh
ters, with a Christmas design.
A lunch of cake, jello, cocoa
and coffee was served.
• Mrs. Dcm DeCosta and Mrs.
Baack are leaders of this troop.
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State Capitol News . .
Trade Groups Seek Valuation Help
' By MELVIN PAUL
The Frontier's Statehouse Correspondent
LINCOLN — The optimists at
the statehouse this week could
see some signs that Gov. Robert
Crosby’s campaign for honesty
in tax reporting might work out
after all.
“Operation Honesty’’ has met
with a mixed reaction. On one
hand organizations have written
Crosby their support. County
boards have passed resolutions
promising to back the campaign.
On the other hand the cynics
have said, “ You can’t change
human nature. There’ll always
be cheaters.”
Here are some of the signs
which cheered the Crosby ad
ministration.
State Tax Commissioner George
Peterson said he has been much
impresed at the number of mer
chants associations which have
asked for advice in carrying out
their own version of the honesty
campaign.
Especially these associations
want help on determining val
ues of inventories and store
fixtures, he said.
“I find it encouraging because
it shows that the associations will
take the attitude that honest re
porting must be done. In the past
if a merchant had been cited for
not making a full return of his
property, his fellows would have
defended him. Now perhaps they
won’t because he will be cheating
his competitors as well as the
state, “Peterson explained.”
Another was the determined
xespon'se of the many of the
county assessors who attended a ;
special meeting at the statehouse
to hear Crosby explain “Opera
tion Honesty.”
For instance, Pierce County
Assessor Henry Brees had this to
say: “Sure this campaign (“Oper
ation Honesty”) will work. You
know why? Well, 90 to 95 percent
of the people are honest. They’ll
make full returns if they think
their neighbors are. I’ll tell you
this is catching on out in the
state.”
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Straight Talk—
In his speech to the assessors
Crosby sketched the outlines of
his “Operation Honesty” cam
paign during the next few
months.
On January 15 he plans a mass
meeting of statehouse employees
to ask them to sign the pledge
that they’ll make full returns of
their personal property.
He suggested that assessors call
meetings of county officials for
the same purpose.
“You smile? But why in heav
en’s name shouldn't officials
who’ve sworn to carry out the
laws be willing to sign such a
pledge?” asked the governor.
The governor said he had
blocked out the entire month
of March on his calendar. He
will do nothing but work on as
sessments that month. March 10
is the state tax assessment date.
‘‘I may drop in on you to see
how you are doing. I may visit
business houses to see what they
are doing about turning in proper
inventories. That’ll be unusual
—a governor visiting around for
that pur pose,” Crosby said.
The governor promised the as
sessors to back them 100 percent.
“I don’t care who the taxpay
er is, how big he is, how many
millions he has. It won’t make
any difference,” he asserted.
This brought a burst of ap
plause from the assessors. The
governor got another round,
rather surprisingly, when he
warned the assessors:
“If I hear that some county as
sessor is trying to make himself
popular by telling people they
can turn in less than full am
ounts, I’ll be plenty enthusiastic
about helping the state of Ne
braska in dealing with that asses
sor.”
Remarking that he knew that
some county boards had “pulled
the rug” out from under assessors
this year, he promised to do all
he could to “encourage” the
boards either publicly or private
ly
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Tav Evaders—
The governor then remarked
that although he was optimistic
that the honesty of most people
would make the campaign a suc
cess he had enough cynicism to
know some would chdat.
“I will instruct the tax com
missioner’s office to look for flag
rant violaters. This year I don’t
want the little fellows; I want
some substantial property owner
whose percentage of return is
way low.
“We’ll expect the county at
torney to commence action. If he
is reluctant, I’ll talk with him.
If he still won’t file, I will,” de
clared Crosby.
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School Land Appraisals—
The Crosby administration
went forward with another pro
gram which probably would
make enemies in some quarters
and friends in others. The State
Board of Educational Lands and
; Funds okayed 100 percent ap
praisals of scnool land leases in
| 10 counties scattered over the
! state. This gave the green light
to lull value appraisals of school
lancis in all counties.
Since rental of these leases is
fixed oy law at 6 percent of ap
praisal, this will probably mean
an increased rental in many
cases. Yet officials estimate that
the average appraisal is about
66 percent of value. The law,
backed by a Supreme Court op
inion in 1947, has called for full
value but nobody has done any
thing about it tor years.
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Youthful Officials—
ine ooard appointed a new
secretary, replacing Henry Bart
ling wfto is resigning effective
February 1. The new man is Rob
ert Hiatt, a 27-year-old Lincoln
man.
The board considered 11 appli
cants and chose Hiatt within a
half hour. Weighing heavily in
his favor was his tactful conduct!
of school land lease sales in !
some Sandhills counties where
state officials were decidedly un
popular duiing the legal squab
bles of the past few years.
Hiatt joins the ranks of several
other youthful state officials.
Both Secretary of State Frank
Marsh and State Real Estate Dir
ector William Swanson are under
35. State Insurance Director Tom
Pansing has just turned 36.
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Relocation Progress—
Cheered by the success of Wake
field citizens in blocking the re
location of a highway in their
area, five Weeping Water busi
nessmen have filed suits to block
the state highway department
from taking state highway 50 out
of their town. The supreme court
immediately turned down their
first application for not con
forming with the rules. A second
“proper’’ appliciation was filed.
The Weeping Water men also
filed a case in Lancaster county
district court. Their suits claim
a new law allowing the depart
ment to relocate roads is uncon
stitutional.
But State Engineer L. N. Ress
had the department go right a
head with setting the Weeping
Water project for early construc
tion. He said the Weeping Water
city council and Cass county
board of commissioners had made
an agreement with the depart
ment. The department agreed to
rebuild a $166,000 bridge in
Weeping Water, washed out by
a 1950 flood, if these government
al subdivisions would consent not
to fight against relocating state j
highway 50 two miles west. The
department also agreed to build
an access road from the town
out to the new highway.
Reports to Club on
Recent Trip Abroad
CELIA—The Celia Homemak
ers extension club had its Christ
mas party last Thursday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Milton
McKathnie with 18 members
present.
Mrs. Lee Terwilliger gave a
talk about her recent trip abroad.
Grab bag and mystery sister
gifts were distributed and mys
tery sister names divulged. Also
new names were drawn for the
coming year. The next meeting ,
will be with Mrs. George Beck 1
Tuesday, January 19.
Other Celia News
Several from this community .
attended the Methodist and Wes
leyan Methodist Christmas pro
grams at those churches Sunday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hendricks
and Markita and Arlin were Fri- :
day supper guests at the Paul ,
Nelson home and brought their
son, Leon Hendricks, home with
them for the Chritmas holidays.
Perry Terwilliger went to Lin
coln Sunday, December 13, and
returned Tuesday, December 15.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Winings ,
and son, Jaryl, were Sunday din
nre guests at the Lee Terwilliger i
home.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hammer- ]
berg accompanied Mr. and Mrs. i
Lawrence Smith and family to j
the Bible study and Christmas ,
party which were held in Hillside ■
chapel on Friday evening. Mre. j
Smith is pastor at Hillside chap- .
el.
Mrs. O. A. Hammerberg at- i
tended a Christmas party of the j
WSCS in the Methodist church ,
Wednesday afternoon, December I
16. The worship service was in \
charge of Mrs. George Frohard
and the lesson was in charge of
Mrs. Raymer Funk. Gifts were
presented. Reports of the annual
supper and bazaar, also circle re- j
ports for the year were given. •
Lunch was served by all circles.
Mrs. Robert Hendricks and
daughter, Rebecca, accompanied
her uncle, Paul Nelson of O’Neill,
to Miltonvale, Kans., last Thurs
day where she will spend Christ
mas with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Ernst, and family.
Mr. Nelson brought his daughter,
Miss Naomi Nelson, and nephew,
Leon Hendricks, home for the
Christmas holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Omer Poynts
were Sunday dinner guests at the
Mark Hendricks home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Disterhaupt
and family were Sunday dinner
guests at the Perry Terwilliger
home.
Alex Forsythe was a last
Thursday morning visitor at the
O. A. Hammerberg home.
Mrs. O. A. Hammerberg at
tended the Christmas party for
Circle III which was held at the
home of Mrs. Ralph Chace on
Tuesday, December 15.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Schlotfeld
and family were last Thursday
evening visitors at the Milton
McKathnie home.
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Kilmurry
were Sunday dinner guests at
the Frank Kilmurry home.
Denton Colfack, Buddy, Bill
Paul and Doyle Focken and Da
vid Phipps attended the basket
ball game in O’Neill Friday eve
ning.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Lange
and family were1 Tuesday eve
ning, December 15, visitors at
the Hans Lauridsen home.
Hans Lauridsen visited at the
Ira Lange home Wednesday eve
ning, December 16.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith
and family visited the Lee Ter
williger family Friday afternoon.
Frank Kilmurry vaccinated
calves for O. A. Hammerberg !
last Thursday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Schlotfeld
were Friday evening visitors at
the Ed Bausch home.
Mr and Mrs. Hans Lauridsen
and family were Butte visitors
Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith
and family were O’Neill visitors
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Spann
were Sunday dinner guests at
the home of their daughter, Mrs.
Ray Pease, and family. The occa
sion was the celebrating of Mrs.
Spann’s birthday anniversary.
Connie and Victor Frickel and
son, Glen, were Monday morn
ing, December 14, visitors at the
Ray Pease home.
Emil Colfack was a Monday
and Tuesday, December 14 and
15, visitor at the Duane Back
home. They were making a bull
dozer for Emil Colfack’s tractor.
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Beck were
Saturday supper guests at the
George Beck home.
t Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Focken
and family were O’Neill visitors | -
Saturday. ^
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Livingston
were last Thursday evening vis
itors at the Frank Kilmurry
home. ’ j
Victor Frickel and sons, Gar
old and Harold, David and Glen,
visited the William Coleman
home Sunday afternoon.
Most of the children of the
community met Santa Claus in
Atkinson on Saturday afternoon £
when he gave them a treat.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hansen i 5
were Sunday evening visitors of £
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fuhrer. j p
Giant boy
Recently, a group of scientists and engineers was asked to pre
dict what’s next.
Now that we have electrified farms, factories and homes, is
that the end? The answer appears to be no, that the electrical
industry is a “giant boy” with its great growth still ahead. Here
are some of the predictions.
* . ) Take a personal thing first. Millions of homes will have heat
pumps to heat and cool automatically—using electricity for fuel.
You can expect to cook food someday by electronics—in
seconds. Electrical incinerators will consume your waste paper
and waste food. Dust will be taken from the air electrically. The
day may come when TV screens hang like pictures on the wall,
with only a tiny wire to the set.
Nuclear fuels are on the timetable of the scientists. Energy
from the atom will eventually be a major source of power,
regardless of whether fossil fuels are seriously depleted. By
century’s end, most new plants generating electricity will operate
with atomic (fission) fuel. Aircraft, battleships and the like ]
will measure fuel consumption in grams.
... Spring heat from the sun is another long-range project of
scientists, with billions in savings as the potential result.
The year 2000 looks big and distant. Actually it is only ‘t/
years away. By then, any puny prognostications made today will
have been rewritten many times. But larger. Electricity has
always been a field where each new fact generates many more
things new. The years should be interesting to watch.
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