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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1954)
State Capitol News . . - Curing Versus Expansion —a tneoretic tug of-war over the best way to run Nebraska’s mental hospitals con tinued this week with no signs I that contemplated wage boosts I would end the affair. The state board of control, which operates the three mental The phone that came to the accident Driving along Route 12 to Waterville, telephone installer Lon Chappie slowed his truck when he saw the group of cars stopped up ahead. Then he recognized the grim scene —an accident. Two twisted vehicles blocked the highway; men were bending over the victims at the roadside. As Chappie pulled over, a man ran toward him. “Gave ’em all first aid—but the woman and the boy need a doctor fast,” he said anxiously. “Will you go ... ” , “Better yet, I’ll call,” the telephone man interrupted him. Swiftly, he buckled on his safety belt and “climbers”, grabbed his lineman’s test set and went up a nearby phone pole. Clipping his telephone to the wires, he put through the call. In a surprisingly short time a doctor and an ambulance arrived. 4 | “Just got here in time,” the ambulance driver told Chappie later. “They’re lucky that you—and your tele phone—came to the accident!” | Names have been changed, but this story is true. Lon Chappie, the resourceful installer, might be working in your neighborhood today — for this incident is a typical example of the value of telephone service and the helpful ness of the men and women behind it. \ f To provide valuable telephone service, to pay good wages to workers like Lon Chappie, to train and equip them well, your telephone company must be financially healthy. That way we can continue to maintain and im prove telephone service . . . and continue to make your. telephone worth more than it costs. Northwestern 'Bell Telephone Company hospitals as well as 17 other state institutions, announced that it would boost by an average of $20 a month the starting salaries at institutions. Also, the board said it would make wage in creases to certain employees on merit basis, as it has in the past. It flatly stated there would be no blanket increases. The board said this had deve loped naturally and was not a result of demands by employees at t h e Hastings State Mental hospital that something be done about wages. This came in the form of a petition signed by 350 workers at that institution. That was the surface story. Behind the scenes there ap peared to be developing a fas cinating etruggle over ideas and methods in mental hospitals. * * * "Early Cure— On the one hand is Dr. G. Lee Sandritter, supermtendent of the Hastings hospital, a strong advocate of what he calls the “early cure” method. Doctor Sandritter explains it this way: He says that if Patients arc given an intensive treatment after they are first placed in the hospital, experience has shown that their chances of being cured ard leaving the institution aie much greater than if they stay on and on. The first months— even the first 90 days—are all important, he states. The Hastings superintendent says that Nebraska, instead, is giving “custodial caie”—that is Royal Theater — O'NEILL, NEBR. — Thurs.-Fri.-Sat. June 17-18-19 Cinemascope Takes you beneath the sea! BENEAIH THE 12-MILE REEF Technicolor Starring Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland with J. Carroll Naish. The amazing ana rrorphic lens takes you under the set . . . into the killer-kingdom of tiger-shark, manta ray and giant octopus! Adults 50c; Children 12c; Matinee Saturday 2:30. All children unless in arms must have tickets. Sun.-Mon.-Tues. June 20-21-22 "RED GARTERS" Color by Technicolor Starring Rosemary Clooney, Jack Carson, Guy Mitchell, Pat Crowley, Gene Barry, Cass Dailey and introducing Joanne Gilbert. . Adults 50c; Children 12c; Matinee Sunday 2:30. All children unless in arms must have tickets. Wed.-Thurs. June 23-24 JIVARO Pronounced H-VA-RO (Headhunters of the Amazon) Color by Technicolor Starring Fernando Lamas, dhonda Fleming and co-starring Brian Keith Family S1.00; Adults 50c; Children 12c housing and feeding inmates with little attempt to cure them. But intensive treatment costs money. It takes extra employees and most of all it requires doc tors and psychiatrists. Not only are the wages of doctors and psy chiatrists high (ranking above the $10,000 a year mark), but there is a serious shortage of these specialists. Varying in different degrees from Doctor San drifter's posi tion are the other supeinten dents, the board of control, and Gov. Robert Crosby. Crosby and the board of con trol state that they favor the “early cure” method, too, but think Doctor Sandritter over simplifies its possibilities. They believe that as the number of mental patients increases build ings must be constructed to house them. Not so, counters Doctor Sand ritter. Instead of spending money for new buildings the state should be spending it on salaries of trained personnel. These could cure a good share of the incom ing mental patients and keep the insitutions from becoming over crowded, he contends. * * * | Another Hospital.— Doctor Sandritter in an appear ance before the legislature bud get committee in 1953 warned members that if the number of mental patients keeps increasing the state will have to build a fourth mental haspital by 1972. Yet the millions that would eventually go for a mental has pital would accomplish much more in the next few years through the “early cure" method, he said. And an expensive fourth hospital wouldn’t be needed. He claims that facts and fig ures on the work on his institu tion shows this to be true. • Superintendents of the men tal hospitals at Norfolk and Lincoln are more cautious. Privately they say Sandritter is too opimistic. The legislature budget com mittee took the position that un til the contention was proved the state shouldn’t place all its eggs in that basket. That's generally the position of the board of control and of Governor Crosby. Besides, the Crosby administration is com mitted to in governmental spend ing. it was considered significant that the petition on wages came from Sandritter’s institution. At the same time Sandritter blasted the board of control's wage pol icy, claiming it was costing him valuable staff members because he couldn’t pay enough to hold them. • * * j Wages Too low,— Sandritter has said that the starting wages of $125 and $130 are not enough to get really com petent help. Yet an incompetent ward aide can in a few of tactless action undo all the good that a highly trained specialist can do witn a mental patient. Board of control officials point out that their wage levels are in line with what city hospitals pay in Nebraska. They sho v charts of figures paid in outer states and indicate Nebraska is not out of line. On the question of staff psychidtrists and medical doctors, officials maintain that __i_ /-v nrnKlom mnPh as the shortage of such trained men. Just having higher wage scales won’t solve the situation, they state. Doctor Sandritter is reportedly determined to get his ideas before the people and the legislature. At the rate the controversy is deve loping, it appears that it will eventually be answered in the court of public opinion. Incidentally, O’Neill’s State Sen. Frank Nelson heads the uni cameral’s committee in charge of assistance to the state’s aged. Because there is a high incidence of mental illness and senility a mong the aged, Senator Nelson recently has visited the three state hospitals in his study on the matter. At Norfolk he found a hand some and spacious new building only partially in use because of a lack of personnel and equip ment. * * * Cement Shortage— State Engineer L. N. Ress re vealed that another barrier to the highway program is develop ing. That is the shortage of ce ment for paving. At least one project—paving of state 50 south of Syracuse—will be postponed | until 1955 because of this. Be cause of the tremendous amount of building in the area, especial ! ly reactivation of the Lincoln air base, the cement companies j have issued “quotas” to their ! users. The state highway depart ment is already 10 percent over its 1954 quota, Ress said. It has been able to do as well as it has only because readymix compan ies have furnished the cement on certain jobs, such as part of the northwest radical in Omaha. Costs of Politics— More and more the high cost of running for office is becoming apparent. One well-known Ne braskan, who had been promin ently mentioned as a possible candidate for congress, recently bowed out for admittedly “fin ancial reasons.” He told friends that he had offered to put up $2, 500 of his own money if he could get $5,000 from others. He said the $7,500 was the minimum a mount he would need to cam paign. When it wasn’t forthcom ing, he had to drop his plans. The costs of television have had much to do with the zooming costs of running for office these days Constitutional Amendments— It began to look as though the only constitutional amendments voters will find on their Novem ber ballots will be the eight placed there by the legislature Deadline for filing the 59,572 signatures necessary to place a a proposition on the ballot by petition is July 1. A possible ex ception is the State Bar associa tion’s proposal for a merit plan of electing judges. It might get the necessary signatures. Chances appeared slim for the Veterans of Foreign Wars proposal to let 18-year-olds vote; the proposal by western leaseholders that I school land money be left in the countv where it comes from; and the proposal to change the unicameral to a partisan body. Mrs. William Everetts. Recent Bride, Feted— STUART—Mrs. William Ever etts was guest of honor at a post nuptial shower given Sunday af ternoon, June 13, by Mrs. George Bolen, Mrs. Harry Cadwallader and Mrs. James Nachtman. Mrs. Everetts, nee Norma Cad wallader, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cadwallader of Stu art, and was married to William Everetts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Har ley Everetts of Atkinson, at Pap illion on May 25. The afternoon was spent play ing cards with Mrs. Earl Cadwal lader winning high; Mrs. Charles Hoffman, low; Mrs. Myron Papke, traveler’s, and Mrs. Russell E%-er etts of Atkinson, door prize. The bride received many gifts. A lunch of cake, sandwiches, pickles and cool-aid was served by the hostesses. Altar Society to Meet June 24— St. Patrick’s Altar society will hold a regular monthly meeting Thursday evening, June 24, at 8 o’clock in the dining room of St. Mary’s academy. St. Agnes Guild is in charge of the program with Mrs. H. E. Coyne as chairman. All women of the parish are in vited to attend the meeting. Games will be played, prizes awarded and luncheon will be served by the committee. O'NEILL LOCALS The Misses Genevieve Biglin and Nora McAuliffe of Sioux City spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F- N. Cronin. Mrs. Susan Longstaff of Juamta called at the home of Mrs. D. H. Clauson Wednesday afternoon, June 9. A2c James DeBacker returned to Ft. Warren, Wyo., Sunday af ter spending eight days visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. DeBacker. • The LION “W” THE LION “W” is new and better. Rugged and Powerful. Designed to load cobs into highest semi-trailer stock racks. THE LION "W" • Has 8 labor saving attachments • Enters the lowest barn door • Pushes off hay over 20' high • Lifts over a ton All Loader attachments perfect ly controlled by a 3rd cylinder. See your Dealer or write for Special Bargains on Loaders i & Stackers LION PRODUCTS COMPANY 2417 N. 24 St. Omaha, Nebr. Jesus said: “Come unto Me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.” Interdenominational CAMP MEETING June 17-27 0’ Neill Wesleyan Methodist Church Rev. Lyle Howard Mitchell. S.D. SONG EVANGELIST Rev. C. V. McCully Stillwater, Okla. EVANGELIST Rev. B. D. Hunn Tryon, Nebr. EVANGELIST Mrs. Bessie Kline Niobrara, Nebr. CHILDREN’S WORKER REV. B. D. HUNN First Service Thursday, June 17, 8 P.M. DAILY SERVICES: Bible Study -—-10:30 A.M. Children's Meeting - 1:00 P.M. Adult Prayer Meeting - 1:00 P.M. Preaching _ 2:00 P.M. Evangelistic Rally -8:00 P.M. SUNDAY SERVICES: O’Neill Public School Auditorium Sunday-School .... - 10:00 A.M. Worship ..—- 11:00 A.M. Bible College Program-*2:00 P.M. Singspiration --—.- 2:30 P.M. Evangelistic Rally - 8:00 P.M. (*Bv young folks from McPherson and Miltonvale, Kans., colleges) REV. C. V. McCULLY MEALS Freewill Offering Plan Breakfast _ 7:30 A.M. Dinner _ 12:00 Noon Supper_ 5:30 P-M. Donations of . . . VEGETABLES — MILK — CREAM EGGS — MEAT — BUTTER — FRUIT . . . will be appreciated EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ANY OF THESE SERVICES Overnight guests bring bedding .. DANCE .. AT O’NEILL American Legion Auditorium & BALLROOM SUNDAY, JUNE 20th ; WAYNE ALLEN and His Orchestra Adm.: Adults $1; Students 50c ————■—» j Hunt Applications Are Now Available 4,000 Deer Licenses to Be Drawn Nebraska big game hunters may now obtain applications for hunting permits for the 1954 sea son. The applications are avail able from all county clerk of fices. and local conservation of ficers. They may also be obtained from the Nebraska game, forest ation and parks officers in the statehouse at Lincoln. All applications must be post marked not later than midnight July 15. After processing of the applications, a drawing will be held in Lincoln August 3, to de termine who will receive the licenses. There will be 4,000 deer per mits and 500 antelope permits allowed this season. The open season dates for the antelope will be September 11, 12 and 13. The opening dates for the deer will be as follows: Area I - Dec. 4-8, inclusive; Banner, Cheyene, Garden, Kim ball, Morrill and Scotts Bluff counties. Area II - Dec. 4-8. inclusive: Box Butte, Dawes, Sheridan and Sioux counties. Area ITT - Dec. 11-14. inclusive: Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha and Rock counties. Area IV - Dec. 11-15. inclusive; Bovd. Cedar, Dakota. Dixon, Holt and Knox counties. The season bag limit will he one antelope, either sex, for hunters with antelope permits. The daily season will open one half hour before sunrise and close one-half hour after sunset. For deer hunters, the bag limit will be one deer, as authorized by area and regulations. Anter less deer will be hunted only the last day, in only areas I and II. Venetian blinds, prompt deliv ery, made to measure, metal oi wood, all colors.—J. M. McDo alds. tf _J Return to California— PN2 and Mrs. Daniel DeBacker and Michael left Monday for San Diego, Calif., after two weeks in O’Neill visiting at the homes of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. DeBacker and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Davis. _ DR. J. L. SHERBAHN O’Neill Nebraska Tomplete X Ray Equipment Vi Block So of Ford Garage * Sb Baseball Bassett Towners vs. O’Neil! Rockets I CARNEY PARK — O’NEILL 1 Sunday, June 20th | Admission: Adults SOc; children under 12. admitted free. 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