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Volume 74.—Number 20. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, Sept. 16, 1954. Seven Cents
‘ No Foundation fo r
Skeleton Story’-Sheriff
Woman Riding in
Auto Dies Suddenly
Rites Set Friday for
Mrs. C. F. Hansen
Mrs. C. F. Hansen, 65, died sud
denly about 4:30 p.m., Monday,
September 13, while traveling in
an automobile enroute from Ew
ing to O’Neill.
She was stricken with a
heart attack while her husband
was driving the car. Mrs. Han
sen died immediately.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 9 a.m., Friday, Septem
ber 17, from St. Patrick’s Cath
olic church. Very Rev. Timothy
O’Sullivan, church pastor, will
officiate and burial will be in
Calvary cemetery under the di
rection of Biglin’s.
Pallbearers will be Simon
Bosn, Edward N. Flood, Clyde
Streeter. Leo Tomjack, James
Mullen, all of O’Neill, and George
Schaaf of Atkinson. The Catholic
Daughteis of America will offer
a rosary at 4:30 p.m., today
(Thursday) at the Hansen resi
dence in the northeast section of
O'Neill and a public rosary will
be offered at 8 o’clock.
News of Mrs. Hansen's death
could not be relayed immedi
ately to one son. Leo of Stan
ton. who was in Minnesota on
a fishing trip. The family
sought the aid of Minnesota
peace officers in locating Leo.
The late Mrs. Hansen, whose
maiden name was Mary Ethel
Brink, was born March 2, 1889, at
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Mrs. Hansen . . . heart attack
fatal.
Battle Creek. Her parents were
Elmore Brink and Rose Flood
Brink.
She married Carsten Fredrick
Hansen on June 24, 1912, at Bat
tle Creek. They became the par
rents of seven children and re
sided in Pierce county prior to
coming to Holt in 1941. Mrs. Han
sen was a member of St. Patrick’s
church and the Altar society.
Survivors include: Widower;
sons—Leo B. of Stanton; Eagene
H. of Stanton;; Robert E. of Se
attle, Wash.; Joseph F. of Lin
coln; daughters — Mrs. James
(Blanche) Corkle O’Neill; Mrs.
Paul (Doris) Hahn of Pierce, and
Mis. Marcellus (Marjorie) Schaaf
of O’Neill; brothers—W. N. Brink
of Omaha and- Charles Brink of
Evansville, Ind.; sister — Mrs.
Henry Wale of Battle Creek.
Open-House Affair
Delayed 2 Weeks
The four-day open-house ob
servance sponsored by the North
Nebraska Builders in cooperation
with National Homes, Inc., origi
nally scheduled for Thursday
through Sunday, September 16
19, has been postponed two
weeks. The new dates are Sep
tember 30, October 1, 2 and 3. (An
advertisement on page 8 features
the original dates, which have
been changed.)
Harry E. Ressel and Francis
Gilg, who head the North-Ne
braska Builders firm, explained
that the postponement has been
necessitated by circumstances be
yond their control.
Except for the dates, plans for
the event are unchanged. Opened
to the public will be a furnished
National home in the North
Heights addition, two blocks west
of traffic signal to Second street,
then 4^2 blocks north to William
avenue. Inquiries will be answer
ed by phoning 548-M or 523-J.
Office Established
for ’54 Farm Census
Establishment of a field office
for the 1954 census of agriculture
was announced by L. L. Zook,
who has been appointed super
visor for this area. This census
field office will be located at 601
North Jeffers, North Platte.
Mr. Zook states that preliminary
work on the 1954 census of agri
culture, to be taken this fall, will
begin immediatly. This includes
organization of the field office,
interviewing applicants for jobs,
selecting and training of office
clerks, field crew leaders and
enumerators.
The territory assigned to this
office for the 1954 census of
agriculture includes the counties
of the Fourth congressiona dis
trict. Approximately 18 crew
leaders and 203 enumerators will
be employed to take the farm
census in this area.
and Mrs. Joe Peters and
hter moved into O’Neill Sun
rom their home in the coun
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“There is absolutely no founda
tion to a story making the rounds
concerning a decomposed body or
skeleton of an infant having been
found in Atkinson.”
This statement was issued
Wednesday by Holt County Sher
iff Leo Tomjack at O’Neill after
he had completed dn investiga
tion in Atkinson. Tomjack said
he was satisfied the story was
conjured up by “someone with
an imagination” and there is ab
solutely no basis for the story
that has been rampant for several
days.
Rumor held that a decomposed
body or skeleton had been un
covered in an abandoned nonde
script dwelling in the west end
of town. After authorities were
summoned, so the story goes, the
remains suddenly disappeared.
Tomjack said some tests would
be run on some stains found in
a jacket as possible evidence,
but he doubted seriously if any
thing would come of it.
Holt county authorities are still
searching for the parents of an
unidentified boy whose body
was found at O’Donnell’s lake,
east of Inman, on August 6, 1953.
The body is still being kept in
cold storage at Omaha.
Robert Colman
Dies at Denver
INMAN—Robert Colman, who
was born and reared' at Inman
and was graduated from Inman
high school, died Sunday, Sep
tember 12, in a Denver, Colo.,
hospital. He had been ill nearly
a year.
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Colman
and son, George, were summoned
to Denver during the weekend,
leaving Saturday evening.
Survivors include: Widow —
the former Helen Pinkerman;
daughters—Rita and Janice; son
—James; two grandsons; parents
—Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Colman of
Inman; brothers—Ralph of Chi
cago, 111., and George of Inman.
Truck Loaded with
Scrap Iron Upsets
An eastbound truck owned and
driven by T. J. Reynolds of Al
liance upset about noon Satur
day lVz miles west of Emmet on
U.S. highway 20. The vehicle had
hit several bumps in the road,
broke an axle and went out of
control, clipping an electric
transmission line pole and break
ing a wire.
Neither Reynolds nor his son,
Thomas, and another youth, Rob
ert Heitz, about 14, was hurt. The
weight of the cargo, however,
completely wrecked the over
turned vehicle.
Traffic was tied up for a short
time, according to Deputy Holt
County Sheriff James Mullen,
who investigated.
5 Receive Orders
for Draft Physicals
Five Holt county selective ser
vice registrants have been order
ed to report for preinduction
physical examinations today
(Thursday). They are;
Floyd Osborne, jr., of Atkinson;
Joseph J. Fleming, Calvin J.
Murphy and Harold W. Fox, all
of O’Neill, and Arnold E. Craw
ford of Ewing.
The Holt draft board office will
be closed from September 16-23
while the chief clerk, Mrs. W. H.
Harty, is on vacation.
Charles Richardson
Burial at Inman
INMAN—Brief funeral services
were conducted at Biglin’s chapel
in O’Neill at 2 p.m., Wednesday,
September 15, for Charles Rich
ardson, 72, former resident of the
Inman and O’Neill communities.
For a number of years the late
Mr. Richardson was a hog and
grain buyer and a dealer in used
automobiles.
He died Wednesday, Septem
ber 8, at Burlington, Wash.
Graveside rites were conduct
ed at the Inman cemetery with
Rev. E. G. Hughes of Atkinson
officiating.
O'Neill Sending 2
to Symposium—
James W. Rooney and F. N.
Cronin of O’Neill will leave to
day (Thursday) for Lincoln to at
tend a statewide industrial sym
posium which is being held at
the Cornhusker hotel.
Charles E. Wilson, secretary
of defense, will highlight the
evening session as the principal
speaker. Numerous industrial
leaders from throughout the na
tion will be present to take part
in the meeting. The real purpose
of this conference is to focus na
tional attention on Nebraska, and
to attract industrial leaders of
the nation to Nebraska in their
expansion programs.
Sergeant Campbell
Gets Leave—
STUART—Sgt. Charlie Camp
bell, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gil
bert Campbell of Stuart, recent
ly spent seven days in Japan on
a rest and recuperation leave
from battery B of the Seventh
infantry division’s 48th field ar
tillery battalion in Korea.
Campbell, a section chief, en
tered the army in January, 1953
P. C. Donohoe, M. H. Horiskey.
and H. J. Hammond returned
Saturday from Per ham, Minn,
where they had spent the past It
days fishing and vacationing.
Mrs. Dorothy Barrett of Atkin
son is spending a few days at tht
I home of her son-in-law anc
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Havranek.
Retired
Blacksmith
i Is Stricken
Fred K. Tenborg, 82,
Funeral Rites Held
Saturday at Emmet
EMMET—Fred Karl Tenborg,
82, died Thursday, September 9,
as the result of a heart attack at
him home. He was a retired
blacksmith and had been making
his home for the past two years
with a nephew, Francis Tenborg,
northwest of Emmet.
The late Mr. Tenborg was born
at Ithaca on February 6, 1872, a
son of Frank and Sophia Ten
borg. At the age of 11 he accom
panied his parents to Holt coun
ty. They homesteaded north of
Emmet.
In 1901, Mr. Tenborg mar
ried the former Nora Howard,
who died in 1924.
Mr. Tenborg operated a black
smith shop at Rushville and at
Lead before establishing a shop
at Emmet, which he operated un
til ill health forced him to retire.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 pm., Saturday, Septem
ber 11, from the Methodist
church at Emmet. Rev. W. B.
Smith of O’Neill officiated and
burial was in Woodlawn ceme
tery at Atkinson.
The body lay in slate at the
church prior to the funeral
hour.
Nephews were pallbearers:
Geary Enbody of Emmet, Laur
ence Tenborg of O’Neill, Francis
and John Tenborg, both of Em
met, Vern Swick of Clinton and
Walter Meier of O’Neill.
Survivors include: Brother —
William T. of Emmet; 12 nieces
and nephews.
District 37 Wins
3 ‘Superiors’
The maximum number of en
tries in art and crafts from the
rural schools of Holt county was
on display at the state fair this
year. Forty-one schools were
represented in the entries and a
total of 26 “superiors,” 55 “ex
cellents” and 27 “goods” were re
ceived.
Top honors (three “superiors”)
went to district 37 (Mary Schmitz,
teacher last year); district 76
(Mrs. Lydia Medcalf, teacher)
end district 156 (Mrs. Ruby Hol
comb, teacher last year).
Two “superiors” were awarded
to district 212 (Mrs. Shirley Far
rier, teacher last year), and dis
trict 242 (Mrs. Ramona Randol,
teacher last year).
“This is the first time Holt
county rural schools have been
represented at the state fair and
we are very proud of the re
sults,” explained Miss Alice L.
French, county superintendent.
There were about twice as
many entries this year and com
petition was very keen, she said.
Miss French attended the fair.
Sergeant DeGroff
Enroule to U.S.—
ATKINSON—Sfc. Donald H.
DeGroff, 22, whose wife, Geral
dine, lives in Atkinson, is re
turning to the U.S. from Korea
where he served with I corps.
Sergeant DeGroff, son of Her
man DeGroff, 306 S. First street,
O'Neill, was a supply sergeant in
headquarters and service com
pany of the 1343d engineer bat
talion. He entered the army in
October, 1952, and arrived over
seas in June, 1953, after complet
ing basic training at Ft. Leonard
Wood, Mo.
Betty Gallagher
Returns from Europe
Miss Betty Gallagher return
ed Saturday from a two-months’
tour of Europe. She sailed from
New York City June 21 aboard
the SS Waterman and docked at
Rotterdam, Holland, June 30. The
Popularis tour group of 45, of
which she was a member, toured
Holland. From Holland they went
to Belgium and on to Germany.
Principal stops in Germany were
Cologne and Heidelberg. In
Switzerland, they visited Lu
cerne. Before going to Rome for
five days, where they had an
audience with the pope, they
crossed the St. Gotthard pass.
From Italy the group went to
Spain, stopping at Barcelona and
Madrid. In Portugal, their main
stops were Lisbon and the shrine
of Fatima. At Fatima they vis
osited with two members of the
famous Fatima family.
From that point they continued
to Lourdes, France, and on to
Paris.
The group sailed from London
August 23 on the Arosa Kulm
and docked in Hoboken, N.J.,
Friday, September 3.
Before meeting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Galla
gher in Chicago, 111., Miss Galla
gher spent several days in Wash
ington, D.C. Her cousins, the
Misses Katherine and Elizabeth
Dawson of Washington, also were
on the European tour.
Amphibious Plane
Sweats Out Dust
An amphibious airplane call
ed it quits Sunday evening
about 6 o’clock and fluttered
into Municipal airport here.
The craft, somewhat of a sea
farer by nature, landed on Holt
county soil because the pilot
said he no longer could nego
tiate a swirling duststorm
through which he had been fly
ing.
The skipper tossed the an- :
chor into prairie sod and he
spent the night here.
A private plane, the craft
was enroute to Salt Lake City.
Miss Loretto Enright spent the
weekend' in Elgin visiting friends,
Mr. and Mrs. William Wirges.
Graduate Nurse
Miss Joan Adair (above),
daughter of Mrs. Gertie Adair
of Amelia, was one of a class of
23 members graduating from
Bryan Memorial hospital school
of nursing on Sunday, Septem
ber 5. Commencement exercises
were held at First Plymouth
Congregational church in Lin
coln.
Louisiana Judgeship to Native
A native of Nebraska, whose
father was a Methodist preach
er in Holt county, last week
was elected district judge at
Amite, La. She is Miss Fannie
Burch, niece of H. B. Burch
of O’Neill, and the first woman
ever elevated to a district
bench in Louisiana.
Miss Burch was given a 1,400
vote lead over the incumbent.
She polled 12,754 votes in the
three parishes which compose
the district. v
The Baton Rouge Advocate,
in a page one picture story,
labeled Miss Burch as a fiery
speaker who carried her cam
paign to the people, speaking
in white and Negro churches
throughout the district.
“No one who voted for me
will have cause to be ashamed
of it,” she declared.
A trim greying brunette in
, her late 40’s, Miss Burch never
attended college. She read law
with the late Shelby Reid of
Amite, passed the bar exam
ination many years ago, and
began practicing eight years
ago.
Prior to the campaign, Miss
Burch was indicted for alleged
ly advising a client to kill a
foe. She claimed that the in
dictment was “political perse
cution” and made this one of
the points of the campaign.
She has never been tried on the
charge.
Her parents were the late
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Burch.
Miss Burch . . . "political
persecution."
The family moved to Louisiana
when the new judge was a
child.
Miss Burch based her hard
.hiting campaign on the charge
brought against her and charg
ed her opponent, who held the
office for many years, with
“laxity.”
In a letter to Mr. and Mrs.
H. B. Burch she declared: “I’ve
seen a good many people who
are deeply happy. It was a def
inite handicap to be a woman
in this campaign. Surprising
the amount of prejudice against
a woman holding office.”
WEATHER SUMMARY:
Hi Lo Prec.
September 9_69 52 .42
September 10 _80 42 T
September 11_80 53
September 12 _90 60
September 13_84 63
Septemebr 14 _67 53 T
September 15_73 51 .17
Visitor Here—
1
Mrs. Mary Mizar of Denver,
i Colo., a former O’Neill resident,
visited for several days at the
] home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mc
■ Elvain. Mrs. Mizar is the former
i Mary' Nelson.
Gamma Shots to 200
Spencer School Pupils
$1,500 Loss in Shop Blaze
O’Neill firemen for a half-hour Saturday
afternoon fought a stubborn blaze at the Shierk
Motor company’s repair shop where damage
was estimated at $1,500. Mechanics were cut
ting holes in plate iron when gasoline, which
had been spilled on the floor, became ignited.
Harold - denson and Chet Fees, jr., who were
in the building, escaped injury. The firm on
South Fourth street is the O’Neill agency for
DeSoto and Plymouth cars. One car in the shop
was damaged, some tools were ruined and there
was damage to the building. Fire Chief G. E.
Miles and Fireman Frank Clements are seen
in left foreground.—The Frontier Photo.
Community Concerts Being Talked
Possibilities for a series of
professional musical concerts
during the winter and early
spring months were informally
discussed Monday evening at
the home of Miss Anna O’Don
nell. The meeting was a hurry
up preliminary affair, attended
by 12 enthusiasts representing
both O’Neill schools and vari
ous civic and cultural groups.
Purpose of Monday’s meeting
was to determine if there is
sufficient interest here to en
tertain Mrs. Pauline Walston,
midwestem representative for
Band Enrollment Up
1 5 Over Last Year
The schools of O’Neill are start
ing the school term with a band
enrollment of 113—a gain of 15
over last year. Beginners’ classes
are scheduled to start next week.
Anyone interested is urged to
contact the band director, Char
les B. Houser. “Everyone is cor
dially invited to be present and
attend an informal display of
new musical instruments in the
band room of the O’Neill public
school Friday afternoon and
evening, September 17, it was
stated by Mr. Houser.
The band is scheduled to par
ade at 1 p.m., Saturday in Al
bion in conjunction with the 70th
annual Boone county fair.
On Monday the 57 members
of the band marched in the Am
erican Legion district convention
parade in Plainview. Busses
were chartered by Simonson post
93. of O’Neill. Following the par
ade, a plate lunch was served
the members. Bands from Pierce
and Plainview also appeared.
Community Concerts, Inc., of
New York City. The group
agreed to meet again tonight
(Thursday) at the American
Legion club, second floor
lounge at which time Mrs.
Walston will outline Commun
ity Concerts plans. The meet
ing will begin at 8 p.m., and is
open to the public.
Miss O’Donnell said music
lovers from nearby communi
ties also are not only invited
but urged to participate. She
said it is hoped at least 50 per
sons will be present.
If sentiment favors such a
series. Miss O’Donnell said, an
; organization will be perfected
and officers named.
Fifteen hundred cities in the
United States participate in
the Community Concerts,
which directs nationally and
internationally famous artists
to the various cities. A budget
is developed for the season and
Mrs. Martens Heads
Extension Council
The Holt county extension
council met Tuesday at the court
house annex building and elect
ed the following officers for the
new year:
Mrs. Robert Martens of Atkin
son, chairman; Mrs. Merwyn
French of Page, vice-chairman;
Mrs. John Silverstrand of Atkin
son, secretary - treasurer; Mrs.
Lowell Johnson of O’Neill, health
chairman; Mrs. Ernest Gotschall
of Atkinson, music; Mrs. Quentin
Hickok of Atkinson, 4-H.
Mrs. Oliver Ross of O’Neill,
publicity; Mrs. Glen Grimes of
Chambers, past county chairman;
Mrs. Alfred Carson of Redbird,
retiring chairman; Mrs . J. B.
Mellor of Atkinson, member of
extension board; Mrs. Stanley
Lambert of Ewing, family life.
Group chairmen are: Mrs.
Walter Ries of Atkinson; Mrs.
Hollo Berry of Stuart; Mrs. Nor
man Saltz of Page; Mrs. Gordon
Harley of Chambers; Mrs. Frank
Fppenbach of O’Neill.
Achievement day was set for Oc
tober 21. Theme will be Christ
mas ornaments, gifts, cooking,
lighting. Mrs. Tullis of Lincoln
is the tentative speaker.
A revised constitution was ac
cepted. County Agent A. Neil
Dawes announced a nine weeks’
recreation school, from 7:30 to 9,
tc be held each Friday evening
at the high school building.
Mrs. Martens gave a report on
homemakers’ day and told of her
interview over WOW. For this
cooperation she received a silver
pie knife.
Next council meeting will be in
January.
Son-in-Law Dies
Suddenly at Denver
INMAN—Mr. and Mrs. George
Laney received word Monday of
the sudden death of their son
in-law, Harold Ticknor of Den
ver, Colo. No particulars are
available.
artists are assigned in advance
in accordance with the budget.
Many Metropolitan opera and
famous radio and television
personalities are available, also
ballet and instrumental groups.
Nearby cities on the circuit
are Valentine, Winner, S.D.,
Yankton, S.D., and Norfolk.
Mr. Briggs of Valentine, who
has been active in the Com
munity Concerts activity there,
explained Valentine’s enthusi
asm for the series. He said last
year the association counted
400 members and this year
would enroll around 650. Con
rad Thiebault, famous baritone,
will headline the Valentine
series this year. Rubinoff, the
violinist, stopped off in O’Neill
last year as an overnight guest
while enroute from Winner to
fulfill an engagement there.
The Don Cossack choir stopped
a half-hour in O’Neill last fall
enroute to Chadron for a Com
munity Concerts appearance.
5 Auctions Listed
on Sale Calendar
Among the public sales listed
on The Frontier’s auction calen
dar include:
Thursday, September 16: E. A.
Petersen Motor Co., cleanup farm
machinery, used cars, used
trucks, at Neligh; Col. Ed Thorin
of O’Neill, auctioneer; Bill Bow
ker of O’Neil, clerk.
Friday September 24: Herman
Schroeder, near Ewing; 47 head
of cattle, machinery, some house
hold goods: Cols. O’Connell &
Wanser, auctioneers; Farmers
State Bank, Ewing, clerk. (De
tails on page 11.)
Tuesday, September 28: Clyde
McKenzie, sr., southwest pf Red
bird; 96 head of cattle including
20 registered Hereford^; farm ma
chinery; some household goods;
Col. Lester Pearson of Spencer,
auctioneer; O’Neill National
Bank, clerk. (See details in
next issue).
Friday, October 8: Roy Mar
gritz and W. G. (“Walt”) Sire
Hereford dispersion and farm
close-out sale, 10 4 registered
Herefords, 70 commercial cattle,
machinery. (Consult big ad in
subsequent issue). Premises loca
ted 16 miles north of O’Neill, 4
miles west, one-half mile north
and three-fourths of a mile east.
Cols. Weller, McClurg and Flem
ing, auctioneers; Butte State
Bank, clerk.
Friday, October 29: Joe J.
Jelinek & Sons, Verdigre, Nebr.,
annual production sale, 65 reg
istered Herefords, Creighton
Livestock Pavilion. (For catalog
being published by The Frontier,
write Jelineks).
Mrs. W. H. Harty Miss Helen
and Mrs. P. B. Harty left Thurs
day for Philadelphia, Pa., where
they will attend the wedding of
Mrs. W. H. Harty’s son, Jack, at
Chester, Pa., Saturday. Before
returning to O’Neill they will also
visit in Washington, D. C.
Teacher, 22, Contract*
Infantile Paralysis;
in Dakota Hospital
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SPENCER — More than two
hundred Spencer public school
pupils were inoculated Tuesday
evening with gamma globulin
shots after one of the teachers.
Miss Barbara Brunckhorst, 22, of
Inman, contracted infantile paral
ysis.
Miss Brunckhorst was taken 'to
the Pickstown, S.D., hospital on
Monday and was later transfer
red to Sioux Falls, S.D. Her feet
are seriously paralyzed.
Miss Brunckhorst's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Brunck
horst of Inman, departed for
Pickstown upon receipt of the
news and later accompanied
their daughter to Sioux Falls.
Dr. R. E. Kriz and Dr. Joseph
David, jr„ both of Lynch, admin
istered the shots to the Spencer
students in the school auditorium.
The medicos were assisted by Dr.
Don David, optometrist; Dr. L. I.
Hines and Dr. Jack Marcum, both
veterinarians; Sisters of the
Lynch hospital, and Mrs. Joseph
David, jr., of Lynch.
The gamma globulin had been
procured at Norfolk through the
National Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis. Mrs. Gayle Couch
of Spencer brought the serum to
Spencer. No time was lost from
school classes and late Wednes
day Publisher Jack Wells of the
Spencer Advocate said no new
cases had been detected.
10-Mo.-Old O’Neill
Infant Victim—
A 10-months-old boy, David
Charles Melena, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Woodrow Melena, is in iso
lation at Children’s Memorial
hospital, Omaha, a victim of in
fantile paralysis. This is the first
major case of polio in O’Neill
this year, although there have
been several suspect cases and at
least one instance of a mild at
tack laft no ill effects.
The Melena infant became ill
Wednesday, September i, with a
sore throat and ear infection. By
Sunday evening the affliction
was diagnosed1 as polio. The par
ents took their child to Omaha
the following day, suffering a
partial arm, side and leg paral
ysis.
The Melenas, who returned to
O’Neill, were informed Wednes
day the child was regaining some
use of the arm and leg. Treat
ments will not begin in less than
a week, they said.
2 New Polio
Cases at Stuart—
STUART— Two more Stuart
residents are in Memorial hospi
tal at West Point as polio pa
tients. There have now been four
cases of the dreaded disease re
ported in the Stuart area in the
past two weeks.
Gerald Hamik, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Hamik of Stuart,
v.-as taken to the West Point hos
pital Sunday, where his illness
was diagnosed as polio. His
brother, Donald, was already a
patient in the same hospital.
Also taken to West Point was
Mrs. Walter Zahradnicek of Stu
art, a polio patient.
Ainsworth Students
Get Polio Shots—
AINSWORTH— Mass gamma
globulin inoculation of more than
650 school children began Wed
nesday at Ainsworth, where sev
eral new polio cases have devel
oped.
Similar steps were taken at
Springview where there is a,
polio threat.
All-Day Workshop
Here Friday—
Dr. William Hall of the Uni
versity of Nebraska will be the
speaker for an all-day workshop
for Holt county rural teachers
on Friday, September 17, at 9
a.m. The meeting will be held in
the O’Neill public school audi
torium. All rural teachers are
expected to attend.
Off-campus classes for the first
semester are still open for regis
tration. “Recreation” and “Hu
man Development and Behavior”
will meet at 7 p.m., on Fri,
day, September 17. “Crafts” and
“European History” will meet at
10 a.m., Saturday, September 18,
All classes will be held at the
O’Neill public school.
Lorraine Ernst, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Ernst of O’Neil,
is teaching the fifth and sixth
grades in the Niobrara school.
School opened last week.