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Volume 74.—Number 10. O’Neill, Nebraska, Thursday, July 8, 1954. Seven Cents
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Rain Being Needed
for Growing Crops
New Police Chief
Geis Pay Increase
Wert’s Salary $250;
Petition Filed
The city council in regular |
monthly session Tuesday eve
ning authorized a pay increase
of $25 per month to the newly
appointed police chief, Joe Wert.
The new pay figure is $250—in
creased from $225.
Also granted a pay increase
was Mrs. Don Douglass. who
cioes clerical work for the city.
She was upped from $50 to $75
per month.
Brought under consideration
was a petition filed by R. H.
Parker and bearing 50 signa
tures. The petition expressed
opposition to the council's plan
to bring Douglas street and
portions of Fourth street under
a street improvement district.
The district was created a
month ago to conform to state
highway department instructions
tantamount to retaining U.S.
highways 20 and 281 along their
present routes. State and federal
highway engineers have threat
ened to bypass the city unless
these steps are taken. C. E j
I.undgren, a spokesman for the
O'Neill Taxpayers’ Committee
asked the council to rescind the
ordinance which would result in
street-widening.
Numerous citizens filled the
council chamber Tuesday eve
ning.
Some residential owners verb
ally protested additional paving.
The council has several requests
in the hopper to create addition
al paving districts.
No action was taken on the
highway matter. Only routine
business was handled.
Acting Mayor Crabb adjourn
ed the council to convene again
at 10 a.m., today (Thursday).
Senate Aspirants
to Visit O'Neill
Two republican XJ.S. senate
hopefuls have O’Neill on their
itinerary within the next few
days.
David Martin of Grand Is
land, retired state GOP party
chairman, will stop here at noon
Friday, July 9. During the fore
noon he will visit Bassett at 10
and Atkinson at 11. Martin will
go from O’Neill to Plainview.
Congressman Carl T. Curtis of
Minden, campaigning for the
long-term senate seat, will visit
Holt county during his tour of
western Nebraska next week. He
plans to be in O’Neill on Satur
day afternoon. July 17.
Mr. Curtis is a veteran of 16
>ears in the congress, has con
sistently supported legislation to
maintain agricultural income, to
lower taxes, and to reduce gov
ernment spending.
Young School Head
Dies After Surgery
WOOD LAKE — Funeral ser
vices were held here for the
Wood Lake superintendent of
schools and coach, who died in
a Valentine hospital.
He was Bernard L. Logerwell,
42, head of the Wood Lake
schools for three years.
Logerwell had been hospital
ized since May, when he under
went an operation for a bra;n
tumor.
He came to Wood Lake in 1951
from South Dakota.
Logerwell is survided by his
wife and two sons.
Mr. Logerwell was active In
north - central Nebraska school
and athletic circles and frequent
ly officiated at basketball games
at O'Neill.
Stokely Becomes
Assistant Agent
Harry Siokely, 1954 graduate
of the University of Nebraska
college of agriculture, arrived
Monday, July 5. to begin his du
ties as assistant Holt county ag
ricultural agent, working under
County Agent A. Neil Dawes.
Mr. Stokely resided in Holt
countv for a' time last summer
when he was employed at the
Austin Sutton ranch.
Dunnam Is in
Mariannas—
ATKINSON—William T. Dun
nam, commissaryman first class,
USN, husband of the former Miss
Dorothy J. Erb of Atkinson is
serving abroad the U. S. naval
air station, Agana, in the Marian
na islands.
The station is the navy’s air
stepping stone in the Pacific,
Guam-Mariannas area. It plays
host to operating fleet units and
to transports on their flights east,
in addition to providing necess
ary support to all units in this
area.
PURCHASE LAUNDRY
INMAN—A public sale was
held Thursday evening at the
Charles Sobotka residence in the
west part of town. The remain
der of the Elmer Krueger proper
ty was sold.
' Mr. and Mrs. Krueger and fam
ily are now located at Caldwell,
Ida., where they have purchased
a serve-your-self laundary.
Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Johnson
and Mr. and Mrs. J. It.Harmon
were Sunday, July 4, guests of
Mr and Mrs. M. L. Hannon.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Kirk
of Norfolk visited over the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. John Gil
strap.
A fortnight ago farmers and
ranchers were confronted with
excessive moisture. Their crops
were lagging because of cool
weather and frequent showers.
Not so now.
Late June and early July hot
winds have dried out "the surface
moisture and it’s impossible to
find a tiller of the soil who is
not hoping for rain—right away.
Persons who are visiting out
lying sections of the county re
port a definite need for moisture
everywhere, particularly in the
north half of the county, which
seemed to have been short
changed compared to other sec
tions when the rain valves were
left open last month.
Pastures are showing the ef
fects of a moisture lack.
Harry E. Ressel of O’Neill
said he noted some water
standing in northeast portions
of the county, but, even so. he
declared, moisture is wanted.
The northeast section has been
visited by hail, wind, cutworms,
cloudbursts, cool weather and
dry spells since the growing
season began, and com is show
ig the effect of the varied assault
by the elements.
Com generally throughout the
county looks “wonderful,” how
ever. Oats and wheat have been
suffering from the moisture lack.
The hay crop probably will be
a little late this year.
Week’s weather summary;
Hi Lo
July 1 - 93 64
July 2_ 95 67
July 3_ 82 63
July 4_ 95 56
July 5_ 98 65
July 6_ 96 69
July. 7_ 93 64
‘Marge’ Weichman
Acclaimed Queen
STUART — Miss M a r jo r i e
(“Marge”) Weichman, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Weichman
of Stuart, was crowned queen of
the seven annual American Leg
ion-sponsored rodeo here Sun
day, July 4. The coronation was
performed before a large crowd
by George B. German, Yankton,
S. D., radio personality.
Miss Weichman was graduated
from Stuart high school with the
class of 1954, receiving high sch
olastic honors. During her school
career she was active in vocal
and band music, dramatics, pep
club (she was cheerleader), ser
ved on Wrangler staff four years
and was editor of the class annu
al.
The lady-in-waiting was Mary
Catherine Jansen, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jansen and
a graduate of St. Joseph’s high
school in Atkinson, class of 1954.
Eight young women chosen by
ballot at a Western club dance
were competing for the honor.
Other candidates were Mary
Ann Allyn, Carolyn Cobb, Bar
bara Flanigan, Jane Henderson,
Rudina Wewel, and Leola Jane
Weichman.
Sharon Bigelow had been
nominated but declined because
of her studies in Omaha and Miss
Jansen, as first alternate, re
placed her.
Miss Weichman as queen will
appear in Ak-Sar-Ben and Bur
well rodeos and the Atkinson hay
days.
Cowboys were entered in the
j rodeo events from as far away
I as Montana and Oklahoma. They
gave outstanding exhibitions of
bronc riding, bulldogging, calf
roping, bull riding and other
events.
Event winners were listed as
follows:
Bulldogging— David Shellen
berger of Marietta, Okla.
Bronc riding—Skip McKillip
of Alliance
| Bareback riding—Chuck Jen
j sen of Stuart.
Wheat Quota Penalty
Set At SI.12—
The marketing quota penalty
■ on “excess” wheat of the 1954
! crop is $1.12 a bushel, Harry E.
| Ressel, chairman of the Holt
county agricultural stabilization
and conservation committee, an
nounced last week.
The rate is uniform througout
the country and, as directed un
der law, represents 45 percent of
the wheat parity price as of May
j 1, 1954.
Farmers who do not comply
with their wheat acreage allot
j ments and sell their wheat must
pay a penalty on their “excess”
i wheat. Their wheat crop is also
ineligible for government price
support, Ressel said.
The first buyer of the wheat
becomes liable for the penalty if
the farmer at the time of market
ing is not able to present a wheat
marketing card or wheat market
ing certification as evidence that
his crop is penalty-free. In such
a case, the buyer should collect
the penalty and transmit within
15 days to the treasurer of the
Holt county ASC committee if
the wheat was produced in this
county, the chairman explained.
Armed Forces Saved
On Air Transportation—
WASHINGTON—Use of com
mercial instead of military air
transportation for domesic move
ment of armed forces members
resulted n a saving of $44 million
last year. Rep. Robert Harrison
of Nebraska’s Third district said
Some 88 million man-hours were
saved by military personnel re
leased from maintenance, service
and flight duties.
Returns to Wyoming
After Week Here—
Everett Siders of Gienrock
Wyo., left Tuesday for his home
after spending a week in O’Neill
| visiting his mother, Mrs. Maggie
1 Siders.
Filings Brisk
Til July 1st
Zero Hour
Gillespie Settles on
Supervisor Contest;
Cork for Treasurer
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Everybody—well, almost ev
erybody — is a candidate for
something in the forthcoming
primary election, which falls on
Tuesday, August 10.
There were two zero hour fil
ings on Thursday, July 1 — the
deadline.
L. G. Gil'espie of O’Neill earli
er had filed for First district
supervisor on the republican
ticket. He withdrew from the
race when Charles Switzer en
tered his name on the same tick
et. Gillespie then filed for coun
ty assessor, a position that for
merly he had held for several
terms.
As the zero hour neared,
Gillespie withdrew from the
assessor chase but insured his
name will be on the ballot by
refiling for supervisor.
Another last-minute develop
ment was the filing of Lloyd
Cork of Page for county treasur
er on the democratic ticker.
Cork, a World War II veteran, is
currently manager of the Am
erican Legion club at O’Neill.
Roman Hruska of Omaha, an
attorney who is now serving his
first term as a republican con
gressman, was chosen Saturday
by the state GOP committee as
the party’s nominee for the U.S.
senate in the forthcoming elec
tion. Meanwhile, Sam Reynolds,
Omaha coal dealer, was named
by Gov. Robert Crosby to fill the
interim vacancy caused by the
death last Thursday of veteran
Sen. Hugh Butler.
Howard Buffett of Omaha, for
mer congressman, was denied the
right to file for the office be
cause Secretary of State Frank
Marsh had closed the office at
5 p.m. Senator Butler was still
alive then and died only a few
hours before midnight—which
i was the deadline for filing.
Buffett was going to take a
mandamus suit to the supreme
court but finally gave up the
idea.
These are the names that will
appear on the county ballot come
primary'election day:
SUPERVISOR—First Dist.
(Includes First and Third wards.
O’Neill)
L. G. Gillespie, O’Neill-Rep.
Charles Switzer, O’Neill - Rep.
Ed Flood, O’Neill --Dem.
Ed Murray, O’Neill - Dem.
Dennis S. Murphy, O’NeilLDem.
SUPERVISOR—Second District
(Includes Paddock, Scott, Steel
Creek, Willowdale, Antelope,
Iowa, Shields and Inman
precincts)
E. L. Miner, O’Neill-Rep
N. A. Linquist, Star-Rep.
Art Tomlinson, Inman-Rep.
Harry T. Moore, Inman — Dem.
Dare! Bright Atkinson-Dem.
Clarence Donohoe, O’NeilL- Dem.
George D. Hansen, O’Neill Dem.
Bob Tomlinson, Star-Dem.
Harvey Tompkins, Inman _ Rep.
Henry Walters, O’Neill-Rep.
Floyd Frahm. Page-ReP
SUPERVISOR—Third District
(Includes O’Neill Second ward,
Grattan, Coleman, Saratoga,
Rock Falls, Belle and Pleasant
View precincts)
Francis Wabs, O’Neill-Rep.
Henry Winkler, Atkinson „ Rep.
Clarence Ernst, O’Neill — Rep.
Albert Sterns, O’Neill __ Dem.
John Sullivan. O’Neill —- Dem.
SUPERVISOR—Fifth District
(Includes Emmet, Swan, Josie,
Wyoming, Fairview, Lake,
Shamrock, Chambers and Conley
precincts)
Kenneth Barthel,
Chambers---^€P
Lloyd A. Hoerle, Chambers Rep
I red D. Smith, Chambers _ Rep
Leslie Lieswald, Chambers . Rep
Edwin A. Wink, Chambers .Dem
SUPERVISOR—Seventh District
(Includes Atkinson city, Atkin
son precinct, Sand Creek and
Dustin)
Alex Frickel, Atkinson-Rep.
Floyd Butterfield, Atkmson.Rep.
Otto Gloor, Atkinson-Dem.
D. T. Withers, Atkinson _ Dem
COUNTY CLERK
Kenneth Waring, Page-Rep.
Homer Mullen, O’Neill __ Dem.
COUNTY ASSESSOR
Wm Wefso, Atkinson - Rep.
Joe Winkler. Emmet - Rep.
Fay S. Brittell. O’Neill- Rep.
COUNTY ATTORNEY
Wm. W. Griffin, O’Neill Rep.
John R. Gallagher, O’NeilLDem
CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT
Jack Arbuthnot, O’Neill _ Rep.
Howard D. Manson, O’NeilL-Rep.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
Alice L. French, O’NeilLJNon-pol.
COUNTY SURVEYOR
George Collins, O’Neill - Rep.
COUNTY SHERIFF
Leo S. Tomiack, O’Neill _ Dem.
A1 Sipes, O’Neill - Rep.
COUNTY TREASURER
Ed Hancock, O’Neill - Rep.
Lloyd Cork. Page_Dem.
Ring Lost 22
Years Is Found
ATKINSON — Twenty-two
years ago, Mrs. Ella Hoppe lost
her Atkinson high school class
ring. She was a member of the
class of 193 L
Saturday, Lawrence Kramer
found the ring while raking
his garden. Mrs. Hoppe and
her mother, Mrs. Emma Kaz
da, a number of years ago sold
the house and lot where Kra
mers now live.
Mrs. Hoppe said the ring
had a “fairly high polish” in
spite of being lost for more
than two decades.
Della Walker, 80,
Burial at Stuart
Resident of Nebraska
Since 1881
STUART — Funeral services
were conducted Tuesday, July 6,
for Mrs. Della Walker, about 80,
widow of the late Edward Walk
er. The rites were held in the
Community church at 2 p.m.,
with Rev. D. D. Su, church pas
tor, officiating.
Burial was in the Stuart cem
etery.
Pallbearers were Donald Krot
ter, John Newman. Walter Ou&rt,
Leonard Roberts, Ora Yarges and
Fred Zink.
Della Rhodes was born July
26, 1874, at Winterset, la., a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. M.
Rhodes. At the age of 7 she im
migrated with her parents to
Keya Paha county in Nebraska.
The family went back to Iowa
but returned after two years—
in 1891—to Keya Paha county.
She was married in 1894 to Ed
ward Walker at Bonesteel, S.D.,
and they became the parents of
one daughter.
They moved to Stuart in 1396
where she had since resided, ex
cept for a short time spent in the
Long Pine rest home.
The late Mrs. Walker had been
an invalid for 15 years.
Survivors include: Daughter -
Mrs. P. E. (Gladys) Johnson of
Beaverton. Ore.; brother — Roy
Rhodes of Stuart: sisters— Mrs
Flora Sylvester of Burton and
Mrs. Lura Behrends of Trumbull:
one grandson, and one great
granddaughter.
4-H ers Compete m
Judging Here Today
An estimated 150 Holt and
Boyd county 4-H club boys and
girls are expected to compete to
day (Thursday) in judging dem
onstrations.
Livestock judging will take
place at the C Bar M Hereford
ranch, five miles south of O’
Neill, where K. C. Fouts of Lin
coln, extension animal husband
ry man, will be in charge.
A group of leaders from the
state 4-H club office will be in
charge of handling home eco
nomics judging tests at the O’
Neill public school home ec
room.
R. A. Cahill Resigns
Page School Position—
PAGE — R. A. Cahill has re
signed as mathematics teacher
in the Page public schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Cahill are in
Platte Center this week. Upon
their return, they will move to
Valentine where they have a
home.
Out-of-State Guests—
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Melsho
ski of Aberdeen, Wash, visited
over the weekend at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lanman. David
i Falk of Jonesboro, Ark., was a
Friday and Saturday guest of the
Lanmans.
Gideon Date Set—
The next Gideon meeting will
be held Friday, July 9, at the
Roger Rosenkrans home at Dor
sey.
The Frontier for printing . .
Prompt deliveries.
Fred Truax Dies |
in Lynch Hospital
Funeral Rites Are
Held Wednesday
LYNCH — Funeral services
were conducted on Wednesday
7 from the Wesleyan Meth
odist church here for Fred Truax
68, Redbird resident, who died
Friday, July 2, in Sacred Heart
hospital at Lynch.
r L‘ W- M>'ers of Spencer,
Lutheran pastor, officiated and
burial was in the Scottville cem
etery.
The late Mr. Truax was born
September 6. 1885, at Cham
berlain. S.D., a son of Spencer
and Lounetta Truax. He came
t© Nebraska as a small child.
At Wahoo on November 16
1907, he married Ida White. They
became the parents of 11 chil
dren—three of whom preceded
their father in death.
Mr. Truax farmed for many
years and had been making nis
home in Redbird. He was re
tired.
He was a member of the Luth
eran church at Schuyler.
Survivors include: Widow;
! sons—Fred E. of Lynch; Rollie
I and Harry, both of Schuyler;
i Richard of Redbird; daughters—
, Mrs. Henry Hull of Verdel; Mrs.
James Walker of Omaha; Mrs.
Robert Cochran of Bloomington,
Calif., and Mrs. Dale Bessert of
Redbird.
Pallbearers were T. J. Graham,
Leon Mellor, Clifford Wells, Hal
lie Rosenkrans, Ray Wilson and
Arthur Bessert.
Freight Train
Is Derailed—
KILGORE—Fourteen cars of
a Chicago and North Western
freight train were derailed 2!t>
miles west of Kilgore.
Supt. Al Johnson of Chadron
said it was believed the derail
ment was caused by some object
dropping from a freight car and
splitting a tie.
The derailed cars all were car
rying liquid asphalt. Two broke
open and another was leaking.
Johnson said it would be
abovn. 24 hours before the rails
were cleared.
The engineer on the train was
Ralph Wrightson of Chadron.
The conductor was Guy Clayton
of Chadron.
Seeks Short Term
Joseph Alexis oi Lincoln
(above), prominent University
of Nebraska professor and for
mer president of the Lincoln
Rotary club, has filed for tne
republican nomination for the
short-term in the U.S. senate.
Mr. Alexis contends the re
sources of Nebraska must be
“carefully managed and pre
served.” He declares the U.S.
must be strong enough to de
fend itself, but points out in
his campaign literature, “it is
dangerous to send our boys out
into the world where the So
viet would like to keep them
occupied for our own destruc
tion.”
Highway Crash Fatal
to Y oung Lincolnite
Wilbur Well* Killed
Enroute Home from
Holiday in O'Neill
A 25-year-old Lincoln man
Wilbur W Wells, was fatally ini
jured early Tuesday when the
Wf which he was a passenger
left state highway 64 about two*
miles northwest of Bellwood
WeUsi Ws wife, Rebecca,,
and their infant daughter, Patsy,
?*e. 6 weeks, were returning to
their home m Lincoln after hav
ing spent the Fourth of July
weekend with relatives in O’
Neill.
Mr*. Well* said she vru
driving the car and loat control
when the machine struck a rut
in the road. As the car went
into the ditch, the door opened
and Mr. Wells fell out.
She said the car turned up
side down and fell back on its
right side, pinning her husband
underneath.
She summoned aid froin.
neighboring farms but Wells
died before he could be removed
from the wreckage.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 2 p.m., Friday. July 9,
from the Assembly of God
church in O’Neill. Rev. S. K.
Biffle, pastor of the Lincoln As
sembly of God church, will offi
ciate. He will be assisted by Rev.
Wayne Hall, pastor of the O’Neill
church. Burial will be in the.
Stuart cemetery.
The late Wilbur W. Wells
was born April 7, 1929, oo a
farm north of Butte. He was
graduated from Butte high
school.
He formerly worked for the
Forburger Stone company in
Lincoln but recently had been
an orderly at Lincoln General
hospital. The family lived at
Third and Main streets, West
Lincoln.
Survivors include: Widow —
Rebecca; daughter—Patsy Kay;
parents — Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Wells, who reside on a farm
three miles north of Butte
brothers — Fred of O’Neill and
Robert of Butte; sister — Mrs
Robert (Doris) Allendorfer of
O’Neill.
The fatality will not be count
ed as part of the holiday death
toll because it occurred after
midnight, July 5.
Mrs. Wells and the baby were
taken to a David City hospital
for treatment, but were released
the following day.
Record Throng
Views Fireworks
A record crowd gathered Sun
day evening at the O’Neill Coun -
try club and parked automobiles
choked the nearby side roads
for the annual Fourth of July
fireworks exhibition. The enter
tainment is underwritten by the
Country club and no admission,
is charged.
R. V. Lucas was chairman of
the fireworks committee, assist
ed bv Leigh Reynoldson.
Earlier a blind bogey handi
cap golf tournament was staged
at the club. Winners were Rev
R. J. Parr of Atkinson, Laurence
Haynes and Ed Campbell, sr^.
both of O’Neill.
Honors for the longest drive
went to M. J. Golden, who is
club president; laurels for land
ing a drive closest to the pin
went to Haynes.
Lou Kissinger
Expires in Iowa
CELIA — Lou Kissinger of
Washta, la., died there Wednes
day, June 30. Burial was m
Washta Saturday, July 3.
Mr. and Mrs. Lou Kissinger
were residents of the Celia com
munity about 40 years ago. He is
survived by his wife, one son
and one daughter.
Frank Kissinger of Atkinsor
is a brother.
Burial Rites for
Borg Infant—
Burial services for Rhonda Su
san Borg, infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ronald Borg, who died
Sunday morning, were held at
11 a.m., Monday at Calvary cem
etery with Very Rev. Timothy
O’Sullivan officiating.
The child was bom April 8 and
died at St. Anthony’s hospital
Sunday, July 4, after a short
illness, at the age of 3 months
and 26 days.
She is survived by her parents,
one brother, 18 months, and her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Axel,
Borg of O’Neill and Mr. and Mrs
August Kramer of Stuart. Mrs.
Borg is the former Miss Rose
mary Kramer.
MANY PAPERS
Turkey has 116 daily newspa
pers.
Band Concerts
to Ford’s Park
Effective Wednesday, July 14,
the regular weekly concerts by
the O’Neill Municipal band will
be played in Ford’s park instead
of at the bandstand.
This was announced this week
by Charles W. Houser, band di
rector. Starting time for the con
certs will be unchanged — 7:30 ,
p.m.
There is no plan for moving '
the bandstand to the park.
Mrs. Chet Fees
Wins Powder Race
11-Car Event Proves
Holiday Feature
Mrs. Chet Fees of O’Neill
grabbed first-place honors in the
“powder puff derby’’—the fea
ture of Sunday’s Fourth of July
stock car race show at the Air
port Speedway. Eighteen hun
dred persons looked on as Mrs.
Fees’ jalopy churned around the
oval ahead of Mrs. Wayne Fox I
of O’Neill, second; Miss Ida
Schmuecker of Atkinson, third,
and Mrs. Bill Kelley of O’Neill,
fourth.
eleven cars were entered in
the gal show, which delighted
the huge holiday audience.
Other results:
First heat: Robert Kersch of
Lynch, first; Dwayne Philbrick
of O’Neill, second; Bob Ford of
Atkinson, third.
Second beat: Gene Hansen of
Amelia, first; Ben Hartgrove of
Ainsworth, second; Joe
Schmuecker of Atkinson, third.
Third heat: R.obert Fox of
Ainsworth, first; Chuck Fox of
O’Neill, second; Wayne Fox of
O’Neill, third.
Fourth heat: Dwayne Borg of
O’Neill, first; Dean Ratliff of
Atkinson, second; Paul Shald of
Stuart, third.
Feature: Dwayne Borg of O'
Neill, first; Dean Ratliff of At
kinson, second; Robert Kersch of
Lynch, third; Gene Hansen of
Amelia, fourth; Chuck Fox of
O’Neill, fifth.
i Consolation: Leo Monahan of
Atkinson, first; Everett Wester
man of Norfolk, second: Paul
Shald of Stuart, third; Bob Ford
of Atkinson, fourth; Dwayne
Philbrick of O’Neill, fifth.
Trophy dash: Robert Fox of
Ainsworth, first.
Twenty-four cars showed. Don
Borg and Roy Boshart rolled :n
the heat race and consolation
race; Joe Adkins turned over in
the consolation.
George Brainard won a 23
jewel Bulova wrist watch given
away Sunday at the O’Neill air
port speedway. The watch was
given by the McIntosh Jewelry I
of O’Neill.
Airport Speedway managers,
Gordon Harper and Hugh Ben
son, said the next show will be
Sunday, July 18.
MRS. BAKER DIES
LYNCH—Funeral services for
Mrs. Nick Baker, 74, a resident
of Lynch for the last 50 years,
were held Tuesday, June 29, at
the First Methodist church here.
Rev. Anna Nelson officiated.
Mrs. Baker is survived by the
widower; a son, Buss Greene;
two daughters, Mrs. Ray Wilson
and Mrs. Cleo Binkerd; 20 grand
children and 16 great-grandchild
ren.
Jack Harty and Miss Joan Mc
Cormick, both of Chicago, 111.,
were holiday weekend guests of
his mother, Mrs. W. H. Harty.
Night Rodeo Is Scheduled
CHAMBERS — Holt county
fair-goers this year will he
treated to something new: A ro
deo will be staged under the arc
lights.
Bronc bustin’ and bulldbggin’
under the lamps is expected to
appeal to hundreds of rodeo en
thusiasts from near and far and
swell the fair attendance.
Fair dates this year are
Monday * through Thursday,
August 16-19. These dates are
two weeks earlier than usual.
Arrangements for the night
show were setup on June 18
when members of the Holt Coun
ty Agricultural society board of
directors met with Walter Plug
ge of Bartlett, well-known mid
western rodeo producer. The so
ciety annually sponsors the Hoit
fair, which is the highpoint of
community life in this south
Holt county town. This year’s
exposition will be the 62nd an
nual affair.
According to Secretary Edwin
A. Wink, it was the opinion of
the board a night show would be
especially appropriate this year.
“Due to the early dates of the
fair and the lateness of the hay
crop,” Wink said, “the patrons
of the 1954 fair will find it more
convenient to attend an evening
show.”
There will be two contests_
one each on the night of Wed
nesday, August 18, and Thurs
aay, August 19. The rodeo purse
will total one thousand dollars
plus entry fees.
Meanwhile, the annual pre
mium list soon will be pub
lished by The Frontier and
extensively circulated through
out the county.
Lloyd deed of Chambers is
society president this year, suc
ceeding Vem Sageser of Amelia.
Usual preparation of the build
ings and grounds already has be
gun. Lights soon will be install
ed for the night rodeo.
Ak-Sar-Ben officials in Omaha
this week announced Holt coun
ty was among the early recip
ients of Ak-Sar-Ben’s nev/est
contribution to Nebraska county i
fairs. A check for $500 was mail
ed to be used for permanent
j fairgrounds improvements.
President Gleed said the Ak
] grant and the county’s matching!
fund are being used to erect a
frame building 32’x40’ with con-1
crete floor to house 4-H exhibits,
project club entries and 4-H'
demonstrations.
The mailing of the $500 check
to Holt is part of Ak’s program
of providing financial assistance
to the fairs from a 50-thousand
dollar fund earmarked for im
provements of this type.
Lynch Navy Man
Gels Promotion—
LYNCH— The bureau of naval
personnel has announced an ad
vancement in rating to radioman
second class, USN, for Erryl C.
Millacek, jr., son of Mrs. Albina
Millacek of Lynch, while serving
aboard the attack aircraft car
rier USS Midway operating with
the Sixth fleet in the Mediter
ranean.
Continued Grass !
Research Asked
Group Travels 155
on Holt Tour
Outstanding results were
shown as to what can be done to
increase production and quality
ol hay from native meadows.
County Agent A. Neil Dawes
reports there were more business
men along this year and, as a re
sult of the tour, additional ranch
ers and businessmen want the
program to continue.
“Many commented that they
would not have believed there
could be so much difference be
tween fertilized and unfertilized
grassland” Dawes explained. It
was estimated that some plots
would increase 200 per cent.
Phosphorous application increas
ed the clovers to such an extent
that people thought clover had
been seeded.
Holt county grassland research
work has attracted many men
I from the research staff at the
.University of Nebraska. Those
I attending the tour from the un
versity were: Dr. M. L. Baker,
associate director of the experi
ment station; Dr. T. H. Gooding,
gronomist at the college of agri
ulture; Dr. M. D. Wedon, exten
ion soils man; Perry Branch,
University of Nebraska founda
tion; E. M. Brouse agronomist in
charge of grasswork; Don Burz
loff, extension range and pasture
specialist; and Les Scheffield,
outstate testing service.
Doctor Baker and Mr. Branch
praised the people of Holt county
for making it possible to carry
out such a research project that
would have been impossible if it
had not been for the ranchers,
farmers, and businessmen pledge
to give to the University Founda
tion $1, 000 per year for five
years. “We have only scratched
the surface on grassland manage
ment,” he contends.
Chet Randolph, farm service
director for Radio station WNAX,
was present with his recorder
and made a transcription which
was heard Friday at 8:30 p.m.
Those interviewed were Clarence
Ernst of O’Neill, Dr. Baker of the
experiment station in Lincoln;
Harvey Tompkins of Inman, E.
M. Brouse of Lincoln, Neil Ryan
of O’Neill, and County Agent
Dawes.
A number of women were on
| the tour. A young lady from
! Austria who is studying in the
: United States was along and was
particulary interested in the
work and ranch life in the sand
hills. Miss Elsie Peter of O'Neill
accompanied her and Mr. Ran
dolph.
ivias. ivx. rrencn, sr., and
I Mrs. Merwyn French, jr., of Page,
Mrs. Cal Allyn and Mrs. Charles
Mulford, all of Stuart found the
trip through Holt county inter
esting. They enjoyed the visit at
th E. E. Gotschall home where
Mrs. R. A. Dvorak. Mrs. Ernest
Gotschall, sr., and Mrs. Dean
Gotschall served the entire group
refreshments. This was greatly
appreciated since the day was hot
and many had already traveled
nearly 125 miles.
Hutton New Head I
of Inman Club—
INMAN — The Inman Com- >
munity club met Monday eve
ning, June 28, at the high school
gymnasium for the regular June
session. Ray Siders, president,
was in charge. This was also the
annual meeting and the follow
ing officers were elected for the'
coming year:
T. D. Hutton, president; James
Coventry, vice-president; Mrs
Melvin Michaelis, secretary, and
Ira JVatson, treasurer. Art Tom
linson, Kenneth Smith and Lewis
Kopecky, jr., were elected di
rectors.
! A Dutch lunch was served at
the close of the evening. Mr. and
: Mrs. Herbert Nielsen and Mr.
: and Mrs. Glen Burge were cof
, fee hosts.
West Point City Hall,
Landmark, Is Razed—
WEST POINT— West Point’s
city hall, erected in 1890, is be
ing razed to make way for a
modern one-story fire station
The ornate tower on the land
mark has been refnoved.
HUSBAND DIES
Mrs. Ward Fuerster and chil
dren of Spokane, Wash., who
were visiting relatives in Ew
ing and vicinity, received word
Monday. June 28, of the death of
her husband, who suffered a
heart ailment. Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Vandersnick took her and the
children to their home.
Because the area of visibility
is narrow, it may be hundreds
df years before any one place on
the earth has a total eclipse of
the sun. _w |