The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, July 29, 1954, SECTION ONE, Image 1

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    Holt County Fair Issue
"Voice of The Frontier"
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Mon. — We<L — Sat SECTION ONE l
9:45 A.M. — 780 h.c. 2 TO 12
Volume 74.—Number 13. O Neill, Nebraska, Thursday, July 29, 1934. Seven Cents
Sebastian Pongraiz (left) and George . . . reunite on rail sta
tion platform.—The Frontier Photo.
Carl T. Friedrich
Burial at Spencer
Native of Germany;
in Holt 21 Years
SPENCER— Funeral services
for Carl Theodore Friedrich, 86,
v;ho died Friday, July 23, at Sa
cred Heart hospital in Lynch,
were conducted at 2 p.m., Mon
day, July 26, from the Methodist
church in Spencer. Burial was in
Union cemetery.
Rev. Marjorie Johnson, church
pastor, officiated.
Music was furnished by a
quartette composed of M r s.
Ralph Black, Mrs. Harold Haun,
Donald Black and Richard Black.
The piano accompanist was Mrs.
Keith Fellers of Farmington,
N.M. ,
Pallbearers were Ralph Black,
Robert Hamilton, Paul Schmidt,
Blair Dickey, Russell Angus and
Gayle Couch.
Carl Theodore Friedrich was
born at Groschonau. Saxony,
Germany, November 17, 1867.
He came to the United States
with his parents in 1879 and lived
at Columbus. He was confirmed
in the Missouri Synod Lutheran
church at Columbus and later
joined the Presbyterian church
at Creston.
He married Tonia A. Breih
ouwer January 4. 1900, in Hol
land. To them seven children
were born.
In March. 1901, the family set
tled in Holt county where they
lived for 21 years. They then
moved to Boyd county where
they lived since.
He was preceded in death by
a son, Theodore, who died in
1944.
Survival's include; Widow;
daughter*—Mrs. George Hudson
of Pullman, Wash., and Mrs.
Carl A. Hagelin of Nallihan,
Turkey; sons — Orchard and
Ralph, both of Spencer, Allen of
Philipsburg, Mont., and Harry of
Sedro Woolley, Wash.; sisters—
Mrs. E. M. Johnson of Albion
and Mrs. Lena Swartz of Hum
phrey; brothers—Ernest of San
Bruno, Calif., and Otto of New
man Grove; 21 grandchildren
and 14 great-grandchildren.
Murdered Farmer’s
Widow Born, Reared
in Page Locality
PAGE — Wendell Jones, a
farmer near Bloomfield, la., who
on Sunday was shot and killed by
robbers, was the husband of the
former Laura Van Connet.
She was born and reared in
ihe Page community.
Mrs. Jones is a niece of Rollie
and Rav Snell of Page and Mrs.
Dave Pollock of the Riverside
community near Ewing.
Mr. Jones was murdered in his
home in southern Iowa and the
two men escaped. presumably
into Missouri. Both were later
captured
‘Bud’ Cole Named
Wagener Chairman
EMMET — G. Owen (“Bud”)
Cole, Emmet hay and livestock
dealer, has been named Holt
county chairman of the Wagener
fcr-governor movement. Mr. Cole
is actively working the county
in behalf of Frederick H. Wag
ener of Lincoln, who is seeking
the republican nominaiton for
governor in the primary election
August 10.
Coynes Sailing
Aug. 2 for Europe
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Coyne left
Sunday for Chicago, 111., and
New York City. They will sail
fiom New York Monday, August
2, for Europe.
They plan to be gone several
weeks and will include Ireland
on their itinerary.
KIN IS KILLED
EMMET—Mrs. Cecil McMillan
teceived word on Friday morning
of the death cf her nephew, Har
old Krueger of Duncan, who
was killed in a tractor accident
while crossing the Platte river
last Thursday.
TEACHER SIGNED
PAGE—Stanley Bross of Gur
ley has been elected to teach
mathematics and science in the
Page school. Mr. and Mrs. Bross
will reside in the Alton Brad
dock residence in east Page when
they move here.
Return to California—
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ross and
sons of Weaverville, Calif., who
have been visiting Mr. Ross’
mother, Mrs. Martha Ross, and
Mrs. Ross’ father, M. A. Schel
kopf, will return home today
(Thursday!.
Visitor Surprised
/
Only Few People
Understand German
When Sebastian Pongratz ar
rived from Germany a fortnight
ago, he and his older brother,
George, who lives northeast of
Emmet, were reunited on a rail
platform in O’Neill.
Sebastian, now 62, was only
2-years-old when George left the
35-acre family farm in Bavaria
in 1892 to come to the United
States. George, who was 11 at
the time, eamfe with an aunt.
A short time later their mother
died and rheir father, who was
a weaver of linen as well as a
small-scale farmer, reared the
family as best he could.
George and two sisters came
to the U.S. Sebastian stayed
behind, fcught with his coun
trymen during World War I,
end raised two children. Eight
een months ago his wife died.
George, who is a prosperous
Holt county farmer, long has
yearned for a trip to the old
country. With his “kid brother”,
Sebastian, the only remaining
member of the immediate family
still living in Germany, George
decided to help arrange for Se
bastian’s visit to America.
Sebastian left the Bavarian
1 town of Geratskirchen, near Mu
inch, in late June. He sailed the
29th from Bremen aboard the
Swedish liner Gripsholm, which
was a Ited Cross ship during
World War II. and he arrived in
New York City July 10.
The visitor, who speaks no
English, was dumbfounded to
find relatively few people able
to understand German.
At the rail platform the two
embraced while other kin looked
cn.
Sebastian busily helps George
with the chores and performs odd
jobs. He confidently expects to
finish his stay by October 6—the
Grisholm’s sailing date. His vis
itor’s visa would entitle him to
stay up io twd years if he wished.
Sunday the two brothers will
visit their sisters—Mrs. Michael
Hausland of Plattsmouth, who
has been in the U.S. 15 years,
and Sister M. Gerona, who is a
nun stationed at St. Francis hos
' pital, Grand Island.
Heal 'Unbearable'
for Armsteads—
EWING- -Maj. and Mrs. Seth
Armstead and family of Anchor
age, Alaska, are visiting at the
home of her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Lydon,
near Ewing.
* They are enroute to Montgom
ery, Ala., and will visit friends
and relatives in W'est Point, Fre
mont and Omaha before going to
Florida where another sister
lives.
! The Armsteads have been in
Alaska the past 2l/z years and
Nebraska’s current heat wave
was almost “unbearable” for
them.
GRADER CRUSHES MAN
NELIGH—A Neligh man wras
crushed to death between two
heavy vehicles in a parking lot
for highwav construction equip
ment 12 miles north of Kearney.
Killed instantly was Leonard
D. Muckey, 53, who w*as trying
to get the engine of a road grader
started by pushing it with a
truck.
'Miss O’Neill’
Miss Vavonne Miller (above),
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam (“BiU”) Miller, was the
winner of the American Le
gion-sponsored “Miss O’Neill”
beauty contest held Saturday
evening at the Legion ball
room. Miss Miller will repre
sent O’Neill in the hay days
beauty pageant at Atkinson.
Winner of the hay queen laur
els will receive an all-expense
trip to Hollywood, Calif. Si
monson post 93 awarded Miss
Miller $25 for capturing the
“Miss O’Neill” honor. Others
entered were the Misses Joan
ne Kallhoff. Verle Ralya, Joan
Langan and Louanne Fritton.
Hay days dates are August
23-24.
Work on 20
Delayed by
Moisture
Free Water Standing
in Grade Is Reason
for Quitting Work
Moisture “trapped” in the new
U.S. highway 20 grade west of
F.'mmet has caused work to be
temporarily suspended and w'ill
delay hard-surfacing of the new
route, which parallels for four
miles the old road.
J. M. Crook of Ainsworth, di
vision engineer for the depart
ment of roads and irrigation, of
fers this explanation for the un
usual situation:
“This job originally was plan
I n£d so that material would be
hauled from the pits at each end
cf the job to provide sandy ma
j terials in the grade rather than
i to make deep excavations along
the road and thereby use silty
j materials.
“The sandy material was ex
cavated and placed in the grade
; with the moisture content within
I ihe limits provided in our speci
S fications. During the time of the
grading, there was a considerable
amount of rain and it now ap
i pears that moisture was trapped
over and above Jhat naturally
contained in the soil. This mois
ture has not dissipated itself
throughout the sand as would
normally be expected.
"Examination of the road
way will show that free water
stands in holes bored in the
grade. This water quite fre
quently is within two inches of i
the surface of the existing
grade, at the same time, holes
bored in natural ground along
the side of the fill are dry for
depths of approximately three
feet.
“The contractor made several
attempts to dry out the surface
of the grade and was successful.
He placed the oil mat over the
top of the dried layer and upon
applying the rollers to compact
the oil mat a pumping mat re
sulted which raised the water
from below the layer that had
been dried out to the area imme
diately beneath the mat. It be
came unstable and the mat then
broke in small areas three to
five inches across. This obvious
ly is not satisfactory construc
tion,” the district engineer told
The Frontier.
“Upon the discovery of this
situation our department author
ized the contractor to suspend
work until between the first and
the middle of August. It is ex
pected that during this time a
considerable amount of drying
might occur in the grade and
also it is desired to have suf
ficient time to make capillary
tests and to do some other lab
oratory work cm the samples ex
tracted from the sub-grade.
"At this dale we do not have
any solution at hand. We are
certain, however, that the wa
ter exists in about 4,000 feet
of the grade; that it will have
to be dissipated before a mat
can be placed, and we are not
at this time certain of the
method which will be used to
dry the material.
“We expect to complete the
work this year, at least on a!
temporary basis. We have had
another location in which such
a situation occurred and it was
dried out satisfactorily,” Crook
concluded
Many persons who frequently
travel the route and others resid
ing in the neighborhood were
skeptical about the plan from the
beginning. The relocated route
is intended to straighten the
highway, but to achieve this the
new grade is being built through
lowlands and tree clearings.
The new grade starts on a
hilltop one-fourth of a mile east
of Emmet and rejoins the estab
lished route at a point west of
fhe Beckwith place, a distance of
four miles.
New 281 Mat Is
Open to Travel—
The five-mile section of U.S.
highway 231, extending north
ward from the junction with
highway 20 (O’Neill drive-in
theater corner), this week was
opened for traffic.
An armor coat remains to be
added before the section will be
considered finished.
Meanwhile, the state highway
department will be accepting
bids today (Thursday) in con
nection with 7.2 miles of hard
(Continued on page 6)
STATION CLOSES
PAGE— The Burlington rail
road, with permission of the
state railway commission, has
closed the depot at Page and
Agent William Howell, who has
served there more than 23 years,
is being transferred to Plain
view.
A growing family . . . Billy Joe, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Pruss, Johnny Bob, Mary Elizabeth (on
her father's lap) and Jean Marie (on her mother's lap).—Th Frontier Photo.
*★* ★★★ ★★ ★
4 Adopted Children in Pruss Family
When a tiny auburn - haired
bundle named Jean Marie, age
4-months, arrived Monday, July
26, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ivan Prus.s, she became the
fourth addition to the family
since 1946 via the orphanage
route.
Little Jean Marie was oblivi
ous to all the fuss when The
Frontier’s cameraman - reporter
called — and there was activity
aplenty. Doting relatives and
solicitous neighbors had con
verged for the reception.
Not every day is a little or
phan girl lucky enough to land
a home where she's welcomed
and wanted; a home in which i
two new-found brothers and !
one newl/-acquired sister all
are adopted.
The Pruss family formerly re
sided on East Fremont street,
hut the growing family forced
them out of their original home,
which they had built new. About
a year ago they moved to the
dwelling on East Benton street
formerly known as the Seth No
ble residence.
As the family grows the hous
ing requirements increase. The
upstairs is being finished off
now.
“Gotta have room for these
kids,” explains Papa Pruss.
The first-comer was William
Joseph, who is known about
town as Billy Joe. He was born
December 25, 1945, and acquired
the name of Pruss in October,
1946.
A year later—in October, 1947
—there came along John Robert,
whose affectionate name is John
ny Bob. He was born June 11,
1947.
A pretty little girl, Mary
Elizabeth, arrived at Christmas
time. 1952. She had been born
nine months before — on March
—6, 1952.
Jean Marie was born March
26, 1954. The parents, two broth
ers ar*J one sister went to Oma
ha to greet her.
All of the children have
brown eyes and they're so well
matched one could easily be
lieve them to be blood broth
ers and sisters.
When the Pruss family show
ed up at the St. James orphan
age in Omaha to welcome Jean
Marie, it was the first opportun
ity for the orphanage personnel
to reunite with Billy Joe, John
ny Bob and Mary Elizabeth.
The children were so young
when they were a part of the
St. James family they, natural
ly, had no recollection of the
place But the nuns remembered
the children.
Mrs. Pruss, upon whom falls
the big burden of four busy chil
dren, views the growing family
philosophically:
“Anything that’s worthwhile
in this world means work. But
with the children, we don’t
think of the work. We are so
happy to get them for the plea
sure we will get out of raising
them.”
Out-of-T owners
Here for Rites
Among the out - of - towners
here to attend the funeral of J.
P. Protivinsky, 73, retired O’Neill
grocer and former flour mill op
erator at Stanton, Tilden and
Rushville, were:
John H. Protivinsky of Sioux
Palls, S.D., a son; Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Johnson and family of
Bud Thomas of North Platte
Sioux Falls, S.D. (Mrs. Johnson
is a daughter); Mr. and Mrs.
(Mrs. Thomas is a daughter).
Other included Mrs. Tressie
Crosby of Omaha, a sister; Mrs.
Crosby’s daughter; Frank Cer
ny, an uncle, and members of
his family from Spencer and
Bu+te; R. L Bauman of Worland,
Wyo., a brother-in-law; also
Mrs. Art Luken and Dave Wier
enga, all of Sioux Falls, S.D.;
Mr. and Mrs. William Morgan
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Ulrich, Mrs. Anna Zamfel
ler and son, Miss Mabelle Bau
man, Miss Bea Morgan, Arthur
Miller, Mrs. Claude Brewer, all of
the Atkinson and Stuart com
munities; also Mrs. Ralph Bau
man ^nd family of Big Rapids,
Mich.
Old Settlers’
Picnic August 3
The 54th annual north Holt
county old settlers’ picnic will
be held at the Elmer DeVall
grove, 17 miles north of O’Neill
on U.S. highway 281, 3 miles
east and 1 Vz miles south, on
Tuesday, August 3.
Entertainment will include
baseball, sports, stock car ex
hibition race and a bowery dance.
Axel Borg is president of the
association: Mrs. George Nelson,
secretary.
Mrs. Ross Hostess—
Mrs. Martha Ross, Mrs. Alfred
Ross and Mrs. Delane Jackson at
tended a party at the Oliver Ross
home on Tuesday evening.
O’Neill Soldier to
Raise Flag at Asbury
Moseman . . . engineer.
100 Miles REA
Line Contracted
A Des Moines, la., construction
firm Wednesday was awarded a
contract for 10-odd miles of
additional rural electrification
line building by the Niobrara
Valley Electric Membership cor
poration board of directors. The
cost is approximately $105,000.
The. line extensions, known as
contract D-5, may be built in
five counties served by the co
operative — Holt and Boyd and
portions of Garfield, Wheeler
and Knox.
All extensions will be relative
ly short ones, a spokesman said,
to provide REA service to appli
cants.
TRAIN IS TARDY
The westbound mainline pass
enger-mail train on the Chicago
& North Western railroad reach
ed O'Neill 90 minutes late Wed
nesday morning. The train was
delayed in leaving Omaha be
cause of several coaches o f
troops enroute to Sturgis, S. D.
WEATHER SUMMARY
Hi Lo Prec.
Julv 22_ 84 58 .60
July 23_ 82 51
July 24_ 87 49
July 25_91 59
Julv 26_ 92 65
Julv 27_ 95 69 T
July 28_89 62
XNeorasxa wax De represented
Saturday in the seventh annual
■‘Salute to the States’ ceremony
at Asbury Park. N.J., by Army
Pfc. Paul W. Moseman, jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Mose
man, sr. of O’Neill.
The Cornhusker representa
tive in the Asbury ceremony is
now serving with the army signal
corps at nearby Ft. Monmouth,
N.J.
Private Moseman was gradu
ated from O’Neill high school" in
1948 and then entered the Uni-f
versity of Nebraska college of
electrical engineering. He was
graduated from the university
in 1953 and worked for a short
lime for the Collins Radio Lab
oratories at Cedar Rapids, la.,
before entering the service. Re
cently he returned after complet
ing nine months of overseas duty
for the signal corps.
Selection of Moseman to raise
the flag at Asbury in behalf of
the commonwealth of Nebraska
was announced Tuesday by Gov.
Robert Crosby in Lincoln.
Moseman spent most of June
on leave here with his parents.
The young man expects to re
join the Cedar Rapids firm upon
his separation from the service.
New Postmaster’s
Commission Arrives;
McDermott Quits
The formal commission ap
pointing Tra H. Moss as O’Neill’s
new postmaster arrived Monday,
but the installation date has not
yet been fixed. There is specu
lation, he will be installed on
August 1.
Mrs. Helen Sullivan has been
ac'ing postmaster.
Meanwhile, on Monday, Aug
ust 2, A1 Fritton will resume
carrying mail on the combination
route formerly designated as
Meek and Phoenix individual
routes. The combined routes
have been serviced the past 3x/£
weeks bv Dominick McDermott,
who was low bidder on the 105
mile merged circuit. McDermott
asked to be relieved. Fritton, a
veteran carrier, was awarded
the contract when bids were
sought a second time.
To West Virginia—
Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Walt
ers and family expect to leave
Friday for Columbus, O., where
they will visit their son and
brother, A/3c A. H. Walters.
They will also visit Niagara Falls,
N.Y.. and West Virginia. They
will be gone about three weeks.
BALLOTING LIGHT
Voting was “very light” in
Holt county Friday in connec
tion with the voting for wheat
marketing quota controls. Of 164
eligible wheat growers, only 18
voted in favor of the controls
while 15 cast their votes against.
1 6-Page Fair
Supplement
This Issue
This issue of The Frontier
contains a 16-page Holt county
fair premium list supplement
in tabloid size.
It is a guide for fair exhibit
ors and also contains numerous
features and stories concern
ing the 1954 Holt county fair,
which will be held at Cham
bers August 16-19.
Important fair information
not included in the supple
ment concerns the announce
ment the Chambers Commer
cial club will provide five tro
phies for 4-H club winners
and Wink’s Livestock Supply
will award a show halter and
stick.
May McGowan, 81,
Expires at Elgin
Rites Wednesday at
Paddock Union
Miss Mav McGowan, 81, re
tired O’Neill farm woman, died
at 2:30 s.m.. Monday, July 26, at
a rest home in Elgin.
The late Miss McGowan had
been in failing health for several
years.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p.m., Wednesday, July
28. in Paddock Union church,
north of O’Neill, and burial was
in the McGowan family ceme
tery under the direction of Big
lin’s.
Rev. J. LaVeVrne Jay of O’
Neill, northeast Nebraska district
superintendent of the Methodist
church, officiated.
Pallbearers were Clyde Bow
den, Frank Nelson, George Han
sen, Axel Borg, Elmer DeVall
and George Nelson.
Miss McGowan was bom Feb
ruary 25, 1873, in Minnesota.
Her parents were the late
George and Mahala Goodfellow
McGowan.
Survivors include; Half-broth
er—William Wadsworth of Spi
cer, Minn.; half-sister — Ethel
Bond of Tacoma, Wash.; nieces—
Florence Schultz of O’Neill and
Ethel Wells of Sioux City.
Harrington Speaks
at Fremont—
Mrs. John Harrington and
daughter, Marlene, have return
ed from Chicago, 111., where they
had been visiting. Mr. Harring
ton returned with them to spend
a few days in O’Neill.
Mr. Hariington returned to
Chicago via Fremont where he
addressed an open meeting
sponsored by the Chicago and
North Western Woman’s club. He
discussed the railroad retirement
act and proposed amendments
now before the congress of the
United States.
Lightning Blamed
For Knocking Out
Pumping Controls
City Water Supt. Don R.
Douglass reported early Wed
nesday the automatic switches,
which control O’Neill’s three
major water pumping units 1%
miles south of the city, had
been knocxed out, presumably
by lightning.
Douglass said it couldn’t be
determined whether the mer
cury controls were kayoed by
a bolt of lightning or by over
load. In acy event, the incident
raised hohb with municipal
water department operations
between Tuesday and Wednes
day evenings.
Mr. Douglass appealed for
water conservation to “Voice of
The Frontier” listeners Wed
nesday morning while repairs
were being made. The auto
matic controls were back in
operation by 5:30 p.m., Wed
nesday.
Douglass explained that wa
ter pressui e was very low in
the city while the repairs were
being made—a bad situation in
the event of fire.
Douglass said the controls
were functioning Tuesday
mom when he visited the
pump houses and wells south
of the city, along U S. highway
381. The middle one houses the
mercury controls.
The fourth well in the muny
water system is located at the
fire station. It is regarded as
the “old well” and water
pumping equipment there is
not automatically controlled.
LAKE IS PACKED
ROYAL—One hundred twen
ty-five persons were on hand for
the formal opening of Grove’s
lake, north of Royal, early Sat
urday. Those taking to boats in
the new state-owned recreation
spot guickly landed their trout
limit. The road to the area is not
finished. People were on hand
from Nebraska, Iowa and Illi
nois.
Californians Here—
Last Thursday and Friday
guests of the J. B. Grady family
were Mr. and Mrs. David Marr
of Redding. Calif.
Wallinger
Rites Held
at Stuart
o
Longtime Resident of
County Leaves 83
Living Descendants
STUART—Mrs. Grace Wallin
ger, 84, longtime resident of the
Stuart community, died at 4 p.m.,
Saturday, July 24, following an
illness of one year. About a year
ago she suomitted to major sur- o
gery and never fully recovered.
She died at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. Aloys Kaup.
A rosary was offered Monday
evening at the Seger mortuary in
Atkinson.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 10 aun.. Tuesday,
July 27, from St. Boniface
Catholic church in Stuart. Bur
ial was in the St. Boniface
cemetery.
Rev. A. J. Paschang officiated
and six grandsons acted as pall
bearers.
The late Mrs. Wallinger was
born March 17, 1870, at Gra
fenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany.
Iler maiden name was Grace
Babl.
At the age of 16 she came to
the United States and lived for
several years at Plattsmouth. In
1887 she married Anton Wallin
ger at Plattsmouth.
The Wallingers came to the
Stuart community in 1904 and
lived on a farm two miles
south of Stuart. Mr. Wallinger
died about 10 years ago.
Survivors include Daughters—
Mrs. Aloys (Bertha) Kaup, Mrs.
Henry (Martha) Baum, Mrs. Fer
dinand (Rose) Kaup and Mrs.
Joseph (Cecelia) Kaup, jr., all of
Stuart; ions — George and Jo
seph Wallinger, both of Stuart;
brother — Aloys Babl of New
port; 33 grandchildren and 44
great-grandchildren. Her living
descendents total 83.
One son, John, and one daugh
ter, Mrs. Fred (Mary) Gobel,
preceded their mother in death.
Hoffman Rites
Held at Spencer
SPENCER—William Hoffman,
77, Spencer resident, died Sun
day, July 25, enroute by car to
the Lynch hospital. Mr. Hoffman
became ill early that morning.
He died in the presence of his 0
wife and his neighbors, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Zieh, in whose car
he was being taken to the hos
pital.
The late Mr. Hoffman farmed
for many years near Gross. He
had been living in retirement in
Spencer.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman had
planned to go to Plainview for
dinner Sunday.
Funeral services were con
ducted Wednesday, July 28, at
2 p.m., from the Methodist
church with Rev. Marjorie John
son officiating. Burial was in the
Spencer cemetery.
Survivors include; Widow; two
sons and eight daughters.
City Purchases
Street - Sweeper
The O’Neil city council last
weekend entered into a lease
rental-purchase agreement with
the Austin-Western Co., of Ne
braska for the purchase of a me
chanical street - sweeping ma
chine.
The purchase price was $8,500
—to be paid in nine payments of
$900 each.
Donkey Rodeo Is
Scheduled Aug. 2
A donkey rodeo will be staged
under the lights at the O’Neill
Saddle club arena at 8:30 p.m.,
on Monday, August 2. The pro
ducer is Cliff Dunham of Cres
cent. Okl3.
O’Neill personalities will at
tempt to ride the donkeys in a
wild fun scramble.
LICENSE SUSPENDED
Hans P. Stoltenburg, jr., of
Burton has had his airplane pi
lot’s license suspended for six
months by the Nebraska depart
ment of aeronautics and the civil
aeronautics administration. The
suspension was an oiitgrowth of
low - flying complaints filed
against Stoltenburg during
grouse season, according to Fred
Salak of O’Neill, state game
conservationist.
POOL TO CLOSE
The O’Neill municipal swim
ming pool will be closed to the
general public Friday eyening,
July 30. A Methodist group fel
lowship from Bassett is bringing
a crowd here for an evening of
entertainment.