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Volume 74.—Number 1 1. O’Neill, Nebraska, Thursday, July 15, 1954. Seven Cents
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Miss McKim . . . afflicted since age of 14.
Petitions
for Paving
Are Tabled
Improvements in 25
Blocks H i t Snag;
Dobsons to Norfolk
All petitions for paving, filed
recently with the city council af
fecting various sections of the
city, have teen tabled. This was
done last Thursday morning at
an adjourned meeting of the city
council.
Because of numerous visitors
at the council’s regularly sched
uled session on Tuesday, July 6,
all business could not be com
pleted, and the adjourned meet
ing became necessary.
Approximately 25 blocks of
new street improvement were
incorporated in 11 petitions. The
petitions carried the names of 25
percent of owners of property
abutting on the streets on which
paving was requested, which is
the minimum number of signa
tures required.
The city officials are concern
ed with the general obligation
accompanying additional paving.
Each paving district established
increases the city’s bonded in
debtedness.
None of the 11 proposed im
provement distracts have been
obstructed officially with 51 per
cent of the abutting real estate
owners filing protests.
The Dobson Construction com
pany of Lincoln, which has held
the contract for the paving done
here during the past year, ap
parently was low bidder in pro
posed paving at Norfolk. The
company is expected to move its
machinery and personnel there
when work here is completed.
ai present me one diock
stretch on North Fourth street,
between Adams and Benton,
between the O'Neill public
school and St. Patrick's Catho
lic church property, is being
hardsurfaced at full width.
Additional paving now tabled
includes:
One block on Adams street,,
between Seventh and Eighth.
One block on Seventh, be
tween Benton and Clay.
Two blocks on Fifth between
Adams and Clay, and one block
west on Benton.
Three blocks on Everett, be
tween Fifth and Eigth, and one
block on Fifth, between Everett
and Fremont.
Two blocks on Sixth street,
between W’lliams and Adams.
One block on Madison, be
tween Clay and Douglas.
Six blocks on Second street,
from Douglas north to city lim
its.
Two blocks on Adams street,
between Second and Fourth.
Three blocks on Benton, be
tween Fifth and Eigth streets.
One block on Benton, between
Third and Fourth. .
Rites for Soldier
Whose Body Found
in Korean Grave
John T. Hansen received word
Tuesday that funeral services ;
will be conducted Saturday, July
17, at 2:30 p.m., for his son, Cpl.
Kenneth Russell Hansen, at
Vona, Colo.
Corporal Hansen was reported
missing in action in Korea in
June, 1950. The body was found
in a shallow grave there in Jan
uary of this year.
Survivors include: Father —
John T. Hansen of O’Neill; moth
er— Mrs. John Gray of Vona,
Colo.; sisters—Mrs. Eldon Misner
of Brewster, Kans.; Mrs. Donald
Misner, Mrs. Irene Zantieor and
Mrs. Robert Harsh, all of Syra
cuse, Kans.; brothers—Lewis of
Grand Island; Nels of Wolbach,
and Hans of Hope, N.J.
Mr. Hansen, Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Clark and Sara Timmer
man left Wednesday to attend
the funeral.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fisher
and family of Red Wood City,
Calif., have departed for home
a.ter spending trwo weeks at the
Charles Fisher home in O’Neill.
Hyldred McKim, 111
Several Years, Dies
Rites Saturday for
Young Woman
Funeral services for Miss Hyl
dred Joyce McKim, 31, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle C. McKim
of O’Neill, were conducted Sat
urday, July 10, from the Metho
dist church. Rev. J. LaVerne Jay,
district superintendent, officiated
in the 2 p.m., rites.
The late Miss McKim died
Thursday, July 8, in an Omaha
hospital. She had been ill since
she was 14-years-old. She had
been a patient in the hospital
four months.
Burial was in Prospect Hill
cemetery under the direction of
Biglin’s. Pallbearers were Alvin
Ott, Edward Murray, Richard
Clark, Alvin Vorce, Roland
Weyhrich and Chester Fees.
Hyldred Joyce McKim was
bom July 28, 1922. She was
reared here, attended O’Neill
public school and was graduated
in 1945.
Her birthplace was in the Op
portunity locality. Her father
farmed for a number of years,
and her mother is the former
Hazel Goodspeed of Plainview.
During the 1945-’46 school
term she taught in the Blake
Benson district north of O’Neill.
Later, she was employed as a
bookkeeper by the Outlaw Im
plement Co., New Outlaw Gro
verv and Marcellus Implement
Co. Miss MeKim attended a bus
iness college in Omaha.
For the past 3 Vi years she
had been employed in Omaha
as a comptometer operator for
the Wilson Packing Co.
She is survived by her parents;
sisters — Mrs. John (Hazel) De
George of Omaha; Mrs. Howard
(Glea) Wales of Castro Valley,
Calif.; Mrs. Dale (Gwen) Wales
of San Leandro, Calif.; Mrs.
Charles (Wilma) Tasler of Atkin
son; brothers—Leslie of Omaha;
Kenneth and Keith, both of O’
Neill.
me two sisters residing in
California were unable to at
tend the funeral.
Vocal music at the funeral, at
tended by an overflow crowd,
was furnished by Mrs. H. L.
Lindberg and Mrs. Don Loy, ac
companied on the organ by A.
E. Bowen. Mrs. Virgil Laursen,
Mrs. Robert Larson and Mrs.
John Donohoe had charge of the
flowers.
One brother, Lyle ("Red")
McKim, was killed 18 months
ago in a jeep accident in Korea.
Among relatives and friends
from a distance here for the fu
neral were:
Mr. and Mrs. John DeGeorge
and family, and Leslie McKim,
all of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Tasler and Mr. and Mrs.
Charley Tasler, all of Atkinson;
Mrs. Lulu Leonard of Cherokee,
la.; Mr. and Mrs. Art Engel
haupt, Jeanine Engelhaupt and
Barney Albertson, all of Gering;
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Shoemaker
of Denver, Colo.; Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Loewe of Brunswick; Mrs.
Forrest Storm of Royal; Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Hemenway of Neligh;
Mrs. Mary Hemenway of Clear
watef; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wil
liamson of Stuart; Miss Dorothy
Donohoe of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs.
Dale Potts of Chambers' Mrs.
i ancis Clark of Grand Island.
Two-Year Sentence
to Lednum for Rape
Larry D. Lednum, 20, Sioux
Rapids, la., youth Wednesday
appeared before District Judge
D. R. Mounts and admitted guilt
in connection with a rape inci
dent which took place July 3.
Earlier, before Justice of the
Peace H. W. Tomlinson. Lednum
pleaded innocent. He changed
his pleading in district court.
Lednum, who has been partici
pating in carnivals and rodeos
was charged with attacking a 21
year-old Atkinson woman in a
motel. He was sentenced to two
years in the men’s reformatory
at Lincoln.
County Sheriff Leo Tom jack
said he expected to take Lednum
to Lincoln within a few days.
Over one-third of passer ger
cars in this country are more than
10 years old. Almost two percent
are 10 or more years old.
Resident of
Holt Since
1886 Dies
Bridgette Haaf Rohde
Rites Here Today;
Native of Germany
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 9 a.m. today (Thurs
day) in St. Patrick’s Catholic
church for Mrs. Bridgette Haaf
Rohde, 90, widow of the late
Thomas J. Rohde. She died at
8:20 p.m. Monday, July 12, at her
residence in O’Neill, 714 East
Fremont street.
Rev. Thomas Hitch, assistant
church pastor, will officiate and
burial will be in Calvary ceme
tery under the direction of Big
lin’s.
Pallbearers will be Francis
Rohde. Bernard Rohde. Ed
ward Rohde, Michael Rohde,
Michael London, jr„ and Har
old Moler—all grandsons.
A Catholic Daughters of Am
erica rosary was offered at 4:30
p.m. Wednesday; and another
rosary rite was held at 8 o’clock
Wednesday evening at Biglin’s
chapel.
The late Bridgette Haaf Rohde
was born July 14, 1863 at Ventz
burg, Germany, a daughter of
Joseph and Clara Rinehart Haaf.
She died only a few hours before
her 91st birthday anniversary.
A Holt county pioneer woman,
Mrs. Rohde came to the United
States in 1886, making the trip
alone at the age of 22. She reach
ed the Ft Randall vicinity,
where she reunited with a girl
friend who had come to the U.S.
earlier.
It was at Ft. Randall she met
her future husband.
On October 25, 1886, she mar
ried the late Mr. Rohde. They
were married by the late Rt. Rev.
M. F. Cassidy shortly after his
arrival in O’Neill as a young
priest.
They resided many years in
northern Holt county near
Eagle creek four miles west of
the Eagle Mills, and became
the parents of 11 children.
Mr. Rohde had homesteaded
the place in 1879 and resided
there alone for six years.
Survivors include; Sons —Jo
seph of Dallas, S.D.; Romaine of
O’Neill; John of Cheyenne, Wyo.,
and Ambrose of Richland, Wash;
daughters—Mrs. Mary London of
O'Neill; Mrs. Anna Baukel of
Omaha; Miss Beatrice of Omaha;
Mrs. Clara Moler of Hastings;
Mrs. Loretta Egan of Omaha, and
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One son, Edward, died about 34
years ago. He was in his teens.
The Rohdes retired about 32
years ago, moving into O’Neill.
Mr. Rohde died in 1932.
The late Mrs. Rohde was a
member of St. Patrick’s church.
Truck Descending
Hill Hits Vehicle
An accident occurred on the
Holt county side of the Niobrara
river bridge on highway 11,
north of Atkinson, Tuesday
around 12 o’clock. Two combines
were crossing the bridge going
north. A truck following the
combines stopped until the com
bines had crossed the bridge.
Before flags or flares could be
displayed, a truck operated by
Marvin Fresch. driver for Fresch
Transfer of Atkinson, came down
the hill, headed north.
All possible was done to avoid
an accident but the Fresch load
was too heavy. After a skid of
240 feet, the Fresch truck crash
ed into the idle truck.
No bodily injuries were sus
tained by any of the people in
volved. However, a great deal of
property damage was done to
both trucks and to the contents
according to Deputy Holt County
Sheriff James Mullen, who in
vestigated.
Fowl Losses Blamed
on Sunday’s Heat
RIVERSIDE— Many losses of
chickens and turkeys — even
some hogs —.were reported fol
lowing Sunday’s siege of exces
sive heat.
The unofficial temperature in
this community, east of Ewing,
was said to be 113 degrees.
During the dark ages, Western
Europe lost the arts of building
strong forts and conducting
sieges, but they were kept alive
in the Eastern empire and were
learned by the crusaders and
carried back to European coun
tries.
Sparrow Creates Fireworks
An innocent little sparrow, one
t'l a million of them hereabouts,
fouled up northeast Nebraska’s
power network about 4:50 p.m.,
Sunday.
When things were hot enough,
anyway, because of burning sun,
a lone little sparrow created col
orful fireworks at the Consumers
Public Power district substation,
at the north edge fo the city.
This is what happened:
Mr. Sparrow picked up either
a piece of wire, a blade of wet
grass or a wet stick. He carried
that bit of material in his little
beak and dropped it across a
69-thousand-volt high tension
terminal on a main oil switch,
creating a short-circuit.
The substation literally blew
its top as a result of the dra
matic short-circuit. The ex
plosion of the oil switches and
the hissing of the arcs were
heard throughout the city.
The main oil switch controls
electric power service to all of
the cities and towns served by
CPPD as well as the rural power
groups from Ainsworth, on the
west, to Bloomfield and Osmond,
on the east: from Butte, on the
north, to Orchard, on the south
east.
All of these communities suf
fered power interruptions rang
ing from 10 to 18 minutes in
duration until other sources of
power could be switched in.
Refrigerators, air conditioners
and electric clocks throughout
the region came to a halt until
the power could be rerouted.
Nobody bothered to determine
v.hat happened to Mr. Sparrow.
But it’s a fair guess he was
burned to a crisp in the argu
ment.
Band to Recess
Until August 11—
The Wednesday, July 14, con
cert by the Municipal band was
the last until August 11. The
band will appear at the Burwell
rodeo August 12. Junior and be
ginner bands will continue to
meet for rehearsals.
Elsie M. Karr, 83,
Expires in Atkinson
Funeral to Be Held
on Friday
ATKINSON—Mrs. Elsie Mary
Karr, 33, retired. Atkinson farm
woman, entered the hospital here
Monday, July 12, and died the
following day — Tuesday, July
13.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 2 p.m. Friday, July 16,
from the Methodist church here.
Rev. E. W. Danitschek, pastor of
St. John’s Lutheran church, will
officiate in the absence of the
Methodist pastor, Rev. E. G.
Hughes, who is on vacation. Bur
ial will be in Woodlawn ceme
tery.
Pallbearers will be Fred Mack,
Frank Jungman, Anton Tasler,
Charles Dvorak, Lawrence
Pacha and Harry Slaymaker.
The late Mrs. Karr was born
June 10, 1871, at Madison,
Wise., a daughter of George
and Elizabeth Greig.
The husband, the late Edward
Martin Karr, died many years
ago. They lived on a farm three
Jes west of Atkinson. In recent
years she made her home with
her children.
Survivors include; Daughters
— Mrs. Louis Kirkland, Mrs.
John Wondercheck, Mrs. Fred
Niebauer and Mrs. George Wel
ler, all of Atkinson; Mrs. John
Rossman of McFarland, Wise.;
sons—Eugene of Atkinson and'
! Marvin of O’Neill; sister_ Mrs
Mitcha Higgins of Blue Hill.
She was preceded in death by
her parents, husband and three
sons—George, Troy and Melvin.
William Harris
Expires at Ewing
EWING—William J. Harris 88,
cued Sunday evening, July 11, in
Ewing. He had been in failing
health for more than two months.
Funeral services were con
ducted Tuesday afternoon, July
13, at 1:30 p.m., from the Meth
odist church. Burial was in the
Ewing cemetery.
The late Mr. Harris was born
at Valparaiso, Ind., on August 15,
1865. He was married to the for
mer Rosa Blakeley at Osceola,
la. She died in 1941.
Mr. Harris came to the Ewing
community in 1908.
Survivors include; Sons—Har
old R. of Ewing and Everett A
ci Fremont; seven grandchil
dren and two great-grandchil
dren.
Martin in Favor of
Flexible Supports
rZ°rmer S 1a t e Republican
Chairman David Martin of Kear
blhaS^ °’Ne!!1 last lWda?S,
behalf of his candidacy for the
longterm GOP senate til, e
tion. senate nomina
K?inumade these Points:
supports1mreii fav0rs flexible
nEfV reduce P^sent sur
P uese. Favors research to finri
more uses for farm products.
Amer£ahmf: °PPoses sending
American troops to that “or anv
other faroff” country. y
Hemisphere defense: “I think
we should take direct action a
gainst any Communist troubles
in the Western Hemisphere.
Secret agreements. “The Brick
er amendment would take care
of this and I’m in favor of it.” The
amendment would require all
presidential agreements be rati
fied by the senate.
Balanced budget: The single
stroge, he said, that would bal
ance the budget is to cut off all
foreign aid. He favors doing this.
United Nations: Red China
should not be admitted
John (“Shane”) O’Neill of O’
Neill is Holt county chairman for
Martin.
Heat Wave
Broken by
‘Cold* Front
Fat Hogs, Turkeys and
Chickens Perish in
110 Degree Weather
It was notter-’n-hades in the
O’Neill region several days this
past week. On Sunday the mer
cury climbed to 114 degrees at
Eurwell —which gained the spot
ligl$ as the hottest town in the
nation.
Meanwhile, at O’Neill the of
ficial high that day was 110; on
Tuesday, 109. On six out of the
past seven days the temperature
has been 93 degrees or above.
The assault from the sun in
flicted heavy losses to fann
er ^livestock and poultry.
Heaviest losses were reported
in the Page vicinity:
Benard Kornock lost nine hogs;
Marvin Stauffer, six; Leland
Finley, three; Melvin Carson,
Harold Heiss, Laverne Van Con
at, Jake Finch and Homer Ruth
erford, one each.
Vernie Finley, also in the Page
vicinity, reported the loss of 500
turkeys. Edward Soukup said 68
chickens perished at his place.
Losses of fat hogs, chickens
and turkeys were rather common
throughout the area.
Rendering plants in Broken
Bow, Grand Island and Nor
folk reported they were run- |
ning tQ capacity with "pickups"
from the area. I he intense heat
apparently was general
throughout the stale.
Late Tuesday a “cold” front !
inuvcu uiLv uitr state ana temper
atures throughout Wednesday
were 10 degrees or more lower
than during the first three days
of the week.
This was regarded as a break
for growing crops and other forms
cf vegetation. Even if rain had
fallen during the hot spell, the
vegetation would have literally
"fried.”
Crops are evidencing a lack of
moisture, although Holt county
ans actually are quite well off.
The oats crop is generally
good throughout the county;
barley is spotted; wheat is thin
and rusty. The fall rye appears
to be good.
Corn is thriving in the hot
weather but has reached the
j point where moisture is impera
| tlve- But until late Wednesday
night, the weatherman offered
I hope f°r immediate moisture.
Summary by 24-hour periods,
ending at 6 p.m., follows:
T i Hi Lo :
n- 93 61
Ju y o —j- 96 70 J
July 10-97 70 ;
July 11-110 65
July 12-99 70 ;
July 13 -109 69
July 14 —.. 86 68 |
Hannah I. Dalton,
111 12 Years, Dies
Funeral Rites Today
for O’Neill Woman
A stroke late Tuesday, July 13,
proved fatal to Mrs. Hannah Idel
la Dalton, 88, who had been in
ill health for 12 years. She died
about 5 p.m., at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. Ralph Davis, on
South Third street.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 10:30 a.m. today
(Thursday) from St. Patrick’s
Catholic church with Rev. Karl
Xucera officiating. Burial will be
in Calvary cemetery under the
direction of Biglin’s.
Pallbearers will be Jack Ev
eritt, Charles Pritchett, Hugh
Benson, Frank Clements, William
White and Gerald Hansen.
A rosary was held at 8:30 o’
clock Wednesday evening at the
Davis residence.
The laie Mrs. Dalton, whose
maiden name was Hannah
Ictella Tierney, was bom Jan
uary 18, 1866, at Mausten.
Wise. Her parents were Thom
as and Kate Coleman Tierney,
both natives of Ireland.
In 1885, near Mausten, she
married the late Thomas Dalton.
They became the parents of sev
en children. Mr. Dalton died in
1925.
In 1927 Mrs. Dalton moved her
family from Antelope county to
Holt county, farming for many
years north of O’Neill. For the
past 12 years she had been bed
fast.
Survivors include: Sons —
Frank of O’Neill; Thomas of Om
aha, and Dan of O’Neill- daugh
ter-—Mrs. Ralph (Lilv) Davis of i
O’Neill.
One son, John, is deceased 1
Two daughters, Lillian and Viv- i
ian, died in infancy.
Reber Vehicle Hit
by Sheep Truck
ATKINSON—A truck loaded
with sheep and a passenger car
figured in an accident here about
4:30 p.m., Tuesday near the Dr.
James P. Ramsay residence
where U. S. highway 20 skirts
the city. No one was hurt but
there was considerable property
damage to the car.
The Bell Creek Trucking Co.,
vehicle, driven by Donald E.
Brown of Arlington, attempted
to pass an automobile driven by
H. P. Reber of Stuart. The Reber
machine was turning into the
Ramsay driveway. The truck, in
attempting to get around the
turning auto, struck the car’s I
bumper. The car was spun!
around.
The vehicles came to a stop 1
with the car under the trailer.
There was considerable damage
to the passenger car, according to
Deputy Holt County Sheriff i
James Mullen, who investigated, j
About 900 asteroids (minor
planets) have been discovered in
the past year.
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Petersen Names
C of C Committees
Juracek Reports on
Sheridan Meeting
(See Statement on Page 12)
Elmer Juracek, Star farmer
who recently represented the
Holt county soil conservation
district and the O’Neill Chamber
of Commerce at a seven-states
conservation conference in Sher
idan, Wyo., made a report on the
conference at Monday’s monthly
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Don C. Petersen, newly-elected
j president of the civic group, pre
I sided.
Juracek told of his success
in inducing the Northern Great
Plains area conservation meet
ing to be held in O'Neill in
1955.
The Chamber voted to sponsor
the same special events and trade
promotions undertaken during
the 12-month period June 1 to
May 31.
President Petersen announced
the following committees for the
new year: ,
Auditing committee: Archie
Bright, Ed Wilson and Robert
Clinkscales.
Membership: Robert Krotter,
William Watson, Harry Petersen,
Claude Wiley and John H. Mc
Carville.
Pancake day: Melvin Ruzicka,
R. V. Lucas, Wendell Nelson,
Marvin Johnson, Ed Hancock and
Joe Stutz.
Retail sales: Henry Lofflin,
William McIntosh, Carroll W.
(“Cal”) Stewart, G. C. DeBacker
and J. L. McCarville, jr.
Stocker-feeder show and sale:
A. Neil Dawes, Lyle P. Dierks,
Henry Lohaus and James W.
Rooney
Yuletide window unveiling
Winnie Barger, Irene Hertford
I and Georgia Rasley.
Turkey day: A. P. Jaszkowiak,
R. G. Shelhamer. Elgin Ray, Ben
nie Hill and Fred Appleby.
Christmas treats: John R. Gal
lagher, Robert Moore and George
Hammond.
Christmas street decorations
C. E. A. Johnson, Felix Roberts,
George Janousek and J R
Grady.
~ U.S. highway 281 committee:
SS1 H,e<?mann, William McIn
tosh anc* ('arroll Stewart.
„JJ?e . liters of the Chamber
work m cooperation with all
committees.
Elgin Ray Named
Legion Commander
Sl5£n r3v’ ranavger of the
..pelts - Rdy Lumber comnanv
T‘*7 mm i nursday evening was
C°Ammander °f Simonson
post 93, American Legion. He
'^^ceeds J°hn C. Watson, who
became a member of the execu
tive committee. cu
Other new officers: Robert
Lowery, vice - commander; Roy
R J°hnr?on' child welfare chair
St Vaetrne Re^noldson, ser
, 7 at ' arms; Keith Ahart
chaplain; Donald Borg Virgil
JnT TnSOn’ Dr- H D Cikiersleeve
thp „!ame*s Coker> members of
tne executive committee.
Pi2enty*/t'«, Lefionnaires were
at the election meeting.
A. G. Ivers Rites
Held in Winner. S, D._
ATKINsON—-The funeral of
Jvers, 91, farmer in
until^qlv? mKRaymond vicinity
ontil 1909 when he moved to
Winner, S. D., was Monday in
Winner. Mr. Ivers died Friday.
Survivors are his sons,—Claude
of ®maha, Paul of Rapid City,
D'L*and Ted Artesia, N. M •
Hazel Roane of
Long Beach Calif., Mrs. Idaleei
AdakS^ratt°f Ainsworth and Mrs.
3iattfry of Atkinson; 13
fr>dndchddren; 10 Sreatchildr«n;
Lmooak,nePheW' Dale Pe™ of
Curbing Use of Water Begun
The excessive heat which has
been bearing down for the past
week has imposed a heavy bur
den on the municipal water
pumping facilities at O’Neill.
Many cities and towns have found
it necessary to ration water.
O'Neill ciiy officials have
Placed into effect the follow
ing schedule for consuming
water for any purpose other
than household uses:
Considering Fourth street as
the dividing line between the
west half and east half of the
city, this is the schedule:
Persons residing on the east
side may use water for other
than domestic purposes on Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Those on the west side, Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
City officials insist there is to
be no watering of lawns, gardens,
and so forth on Sundays, no wa
tering after 9 p.m.
This is most important: In the
event the fire alarm is sounded,
all water consumption should be
stopped. If you hear the fire
alarm, shut-off that water.
These restrictions on use of
city water will remain in effect
until further notice, purely as a
precautionary and fire protection
matter.
D. R. Douglass, head of the
city’s water department, said
Wednesday an estimated 800
thousand-gallons of water was
consumed on Monday, consider
ably over the pumping capacity.
/
Because Tuesday’s consumption
imperiled the city’s fire protec
tion city officials passed the
word the situation was serious |
and urged residents to cut-down, j
Wednesday morning a conser
vation appeal was issued on the
Voice of The Frontier” radio
program and results were im
mediately apparent, Douglass
said.
Attend Wedding—
Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Lieb spent
the weekend in Omaha visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Boyd and Mr.
and Mrs. Lyle Lieb and families.
On Monday they attended the
wedding of Miana White and Al
bin Hubenka. They returned on
Tuesday.
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Staples, Unable to
Swim, Goes Down
in Water 8-Ft. Deep
ATKINSON— An 18-year-old
Butte youth, who could not
swim, drowned about 9 o’clock
Tuesday evening, July 13, in the
lake at the state recreation park
west of here.
Chester J Staples, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John (“Jack”) Staples,
jr., of Butte, waded into water,
apparently dropped into a hole
about eight feet deep, and was
drowned because he was unable
to swim.
'
A companion and also a man
and woman in the vicinity
witnessed the drowning, which
occurred after the lifeguard at
the swimming beach had gone
off duty for the night.
Atkinson volunteer firemen
were summoned and artificial
respiration was administered for
more than a half - hour to no
avail.
When young Staples got into
trouble in deep water, the other
boy tried to aid but was unsuc
cessful. Little difficulty was ex
perienced in locating the body
when help came.
Chester John Staples was bom
at Anoka on May 11, 1936. His
mother was the former Florence
Primus. He attended school in
Butte, where his parents reside.
Young Staples finished the lOthi
grade at Butte high school.
He worked at Pickstown, S.D.
with his father until recently. On
Monday, the day before the
drowning, he began working for
Everett Hale near Atkinson.
The body was taken to the fu
neral home ait Butte.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 2 p.m. today (Thurs
day) from the Full Gospel
church at Butte with Rev.
Vance Anderson, church pas
tor, officiating. Burial will be
in the Butte cemetery.
Survivors include: Parents sis.
ters Jacqueline and Maiy Ma- o'
rie; brothers—Cecil, Jerry and
Marlow, all of Butte. Chester
was the oldest child' in the fam
Staples became Holt county’s
first drowning victim this year.
Taxes Big Issue ■
for Nebraska Voters
A,C°,ngressman Can T- Curtis of
Minden, republican candidate for
the full six-year term in the
u.S. senate, this week said the
oig issue at this time for Ne
braska and the nation is taxes
„ ‘‘High taxes,” Mr. Curtis says,
are destroying our economy
our private enterprise system
and our homes.”
Mr. Curtis, a veteran of 16
years in congress, has pledged to
iiu ngni ior less gov
ernment spending and lower tax
es. He will be in O’Neill Satur
day afternoon, July 17, in behalf
of his candidacy.
“My bills and my efforts have
brought tax relief into every Ne
braska home,” Mr. Curtis says.
"This relief is in the form of re
duced income taxes, payroll tax
es, taxes on telephone bills, elec
tric appliances, admissions, jew
elry, and dozens of other things
that must be purchased.”
“I have also brought tax relief
to all our farmers and ranchers,”
says Mr. Curtis. “I secured the
i educed capital gains tax rates
for the sale of certain livestock.
I secured a tax credit for soil
conservation expenditures. And
I secured rapid tax charge-offs
for any farmer who builds grain
storage facilities. It was also my
bill which extended the time for
farmers to file their income tax
returns.”
Elgin Ray, O’Neill lumberman,
has been named Holt county
chairman in the Curtis-for-sen
ator movement.
Lutheran Pastor
to Be Installed
Rev. Ernest Smith, a native of
New York state, will arrive in
graduate of the Lutneran semi
O’Neill Saturday. He is a June
nary at St. Louis, Mo., and will
be installed as pastor of Christ
Lutheran church on Sunday at 2
p.m.
Rev. Walter Hartman of Ains
worth will officiate in the in
stallation.
Reverend Smith is single.
A group of women cleaned the
manse and church on Monday.
James Jarman, 75,
Succumbs at Denver
CHAMBERS— James Jarman
75, died Sunday, July 11, in a
Denver, Colo., hospital. He is sur
ged by his wtfe, the former
Mabel Jeffers. Both were reared
at Chambers.
The late Mr. Jarman was a
brother of Wood Jarman of
C hambers and O. D Jarman of
Atkinson. «.