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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1954)
State Capitol News . . . *Break Ice ’ on Defense Routes LINCOLN—The state highway department "broke the ice” this week on the proposed interstate de fense route as it made plans to take bids December 16 for reloca tion of U.S. 30 in the Kimball area. Actually, the 15-mile stretch will be a two-lane bituminous-surfaced road much like you can see any where in Nebraska. But the Kimball project has im portance for a number of reasons: 1. It will mark the first major use of interstate highway funds in Ne braska. The money will be 50 per cent state. But in the future the matching ratio will be stepped up to 60 percent federal and 40 per cent state participation. 2. For the first time the new "limited access” law will be used. Because there are no farmsteads along the new route the highway department has picked, the law won’t make too much difference in this particular case. Access to the new highway will be limited to north-south section line roads. No one can build a side road from his farm onto this highway. 3. It means the highway depart ment has decided it can wait no longer to make needed improve ments along the interstate highway route. This runs from Omaha on U.S. 6 to Lincoln, west on U.S. 34 to Grand Island, and on U.S. 30 the rest of the way to the Wyoming line. Major improvements have been blocked along this route be cause the federal government said the highway must be built to much higher standards. 4. At the same time it indicates the highway department has been able to talk the federal bureau of highways into relaxing the high standards it had set. Some of these called for four-lane divided routes built for 70 mile an hour speeds. State Engineer L. N. Ress has in sisted this was “too rich for our blood” here in Nebraska. Also the department has broken a log jam that developed over the entire Kimball relocation problem. Kimball citizens feared it would mean a bypass of their town. The new location will go into Kimball all right. But it is built in such fashion that the interstate route eventually could go straight west and miss Kimball altogether. • * • Federal Pressure— State Engineer Ress came back from a Seattle, Wash., convention of the American Association of of State Highway Officials with the word that the federal government probably will put even more pres sure on the states to do something about the interstate defense routes. But the association had some back pressure of its own. It passed a resolution asking the federal government to put in more money for the interstate routes, since it wants them built to such high standards. There is some reason to believe that both federal and state officials want these free superhighways built to block the trend to toll roads. The Nebraska interstate highway situtation—with exception of the Kimball project—has been held up pending the results of the current turnpike engineering study. • • • Appointments— Governor-Elect Victor Anderson of Lincoln is busily preparing to take over the reins of office in Jan uary. Not only is he listening in on hearings on budget requests of various agencies but he is working to assemble a staff. There are indications that the salary problem is plauging him. He can’t get young adminstrative assistants of the type he wants for a salary of $6,500 a year. Anderson probably will have to turn to some older person with enough indepen dent wealth to be willing to take the job on that salary. The salary question has been raised in several other cases also. The voters apparently turned down a constitutional amendment which would have erased the restriction that salaries of certain executive officials can’t be changed any oftener than every eight years. This discouraged a number of state officials. For example, State Engineer Ress has a salary of $8, 500 a year. Yet in recent months he has had three separate offers for almost twice that much. Both Gov. Robert Crosby and Governor-Elect Anderson have ex pressed their concern about this problem. They said they are seek ing ways to see that these men get paid enough to keep them from go ing into private industry. * * * Eases Task— Every governor has to make ap pointments and some times the “heat” and “pressure” can be ter rific. Apparently Anderson is going to be fortunate in certain respects early in his term. Two of the important appoint ments he must make—to the state liquor commission and the state board of control—are now held by democrats and by the law must be filled by democrats. Since the democratic organization is not very strong in Nebraska, there won’t be much political pressure concerning these appointments. The “heat” really comes when a republican governor must appoint republicans to these offices be cause all his friends have their own ideas of the “perfect appointee.” Nathan Pont of Stanton is the pre sent democratic member of the liquor commission and William Diers is the democrat on the board of control. Diers has said he will not consider reappointment. Incidentally, from Governor Crosby’s present staff James Dies ing, his administrative assistant, will return to his job with a gas company. Budget Supervisor Ar thur McCaw has been appointed by Crosby to the Douglas county tax appraisal board in Omaha. McCaw, first Negro to hold such a high office in Nebraska state govern ment, worked for the board before coming to state government. • • • Budget Hearings— As the various agencies submit ted their budgets for hearings be fore State Budget Supervisor Ar thur McCaw and State Tax Com missioner George Peterson, here were some of the gleanings: The statehouse is going to be re wired electrically at about $30,000 cost. Extra electrical office equip ment and fans have thrown too heavy a load on the 30-year-old cir cuits. The state game commission wants to put swimming pools at the Ponca and Niobrara state parks. More and more of these are de manded by tourists, it is explained. The state railway commission says it is so pinched for funds it may have to discontinue holding hearings outstate. This would mean persons interested in rate, tele phone or trucking cases would have to come to the statehouse. 150 Attend Holt Teachers’ Meeting Tlje Holt County Rural Teach ers association met Wednesday, November 10, in the band room of the O’Neill public school with school board members and their families as guests. One hundred fifty were present. The group was entertained by a vocal sextet and a clarinet solo fiom the O’Neill school. Mrs. Clara Peacock sang. Robert Evans showed motion pictures of the 1948-’49 blizzards. Miss Dorothy Moore presented slides of her trip to Europe last summer. The film, “Nebraska’s Fourth R”, which was scheduled for the evening did not arrive. A lunch was served in the home economics room. The executive committee met Saturday, November 6, in the county superintendent’s office. It was decided to attempt to pro duce an annual. A sample copy is in Miss French’s office and sheets to be compiled will be given out at the next meeting.— By Lucille Mitchell, reporter. Former Classmates Are Reunited— EWING—Mrs. H. E. Kentopp of East Orange, N.J., Mrs. C. L. Van Cleve and Miss Gladys Per ry of Elgin were Friday noon dayday luncheon guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bil lings. Mrs. Kentopp and Miss Terry are former classmates of Mrs. Billings. The ladies had not reunited for several years. Frontier for printing! . . . prompt deliveries. METHODIST (Page-Inman) Rev. Lisle E. Mewmaw, pastor Sunday, November 28: Inman worship service at 9:45 a.m., fol lowed by church school at 10:45, in observance of rally day. Don’t miss church school next Sun day! Mrs. Vaden Kivett, super intendent. Page church school at 10 a.m., Dale Stauffer, superin tendent; Page worship service at 11 a.m.; west central sub-district MYF rally at O’Neill, beginning with registration from 2:30 to 3 p.m. Plan to attend the rally, MYF’ers! Monday, November 29: Page stewardship study service at 8 p.m., with the leadership of Mrs. N. D. Ick.es, sr. Don’t miss it! Wednesday, December 1: Mr. and Mrs. Finch, crusade schol arship students from India, will be at Page for a service at 8 p.m., during their itinerary of our district. Plan to attend to see and hear these interesting peo ple! Thursday, December 2: Page WSCS meeting. Saturday, December 4: Inman WSCS bazaar, beginning at 2 p.m. Meals will be served in the evening. Plan to be in Inman December 4 for a good bazaar and good supper. We welcome you. ASSEMBLY OF GOD (O’Neill) Rev. Wayne A. Hall, pastor Nebraska Christ’s Ambassa dors’ convention began Wednes day evening, November 24, at Kearney. Services will continue through Friday. Rev. Robert Ash croft of Springfield, Mo., is guest speaker. Lil Sunberg, Re vivaltime soloist, will be con tributing to each service. Sunday, November 28: Sun day-school at 10 a.m.; worship at 11 a.m.; children’s story hour at 7 30 p.m., and worship at 8 p.m. Tuesday, November 30: CA service at 8 p.m. Wednesday. December 1: Bible study and prayer meeting at 8 p.m. “Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; for his mercy endureth forever.” Psa. 106:1. IMMANUEL LUTHERAN (Atkinson) Rev. E. G. Smith, pastor “The church of the Lutheran Hour.” Thursday, November 25: Thanksgiving day serivce, 10:30 a.m. Sunday, November 28: Divine worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; adult Bible class, 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 2: Con firmation class, 7:30 p.m.; Adult instruction class, 8:30 p.m. The topic of this discussion will deal with the historical background of the Lutheran church in Am erica. Note: Please remember this change in date. The group will meet Thursday instead of Wednesday at the usual time. FIRST FRESBVTEH1AN (O’Neill) Rev. J. Olen Kennell, pastor Sunday, November 28: Sun day-school, 9:45 a.m.; worship service, 11 a.m. This is canvass Sunday. Bring your pledge cards to the worship service. If you cannot attend, mail your cards to the treasurer. Monday, November 29: The spiritual life group meets in the pastor’s study, 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 1: West minster fellowship, 7 p.m.; trustees’ meeting, 7:30 p.m.; choir practice, 8 p.m. Thursday, December 2: Wom en’s association meets in the church. METHODIST (O’Neill) Rev. W. B. Smith, pastor Wednesday, November 24: Un ion Thanksgiving service at the Presbyterian church, 8 p.m. Friday, November 26: MYF council meets at the church at 1:15 p.m.; Dorcas at the church at 2 p.m. Sunday, November 28: Junior choir practice, 9:30 a.m.; church school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m., with the junior choir pre senting the special music. MYF rally here at 2:30 p.m. Calling all youth! Wednesday, December 1: WSCS study class meets at 2 p.m., at the H. L. Lindberg res idence. METHODIST (Emmet) Since Thursday, November 25, is Thanksgiving day, there will be no study group. Sunday, November 28: Regular worship service, 9:45 a.m. This is the time and place to renew your religious fervor. Everybody is welcome. Thursday, December 2: The Bible group will meet with Mrs. Guy Beckwith at 8 p.m. CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH (O'Neill) 7th and Clay Sts. Rev. E. G. Smith, pastor “The church of the Lutheran Hour.” y Thursday, November 25: Thanksgiving day service, 9 a.m. Friday, November 26: Family night, 7:30 o’clock. All families of our congregation are urged to attend. A film dealing with the work of our Synod will be shown. Light lunch will be served. This evening will be sponsored by the Men’s club. Saturday, November 27: Con firmation class, 1:30 p.m.; train ing class, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, November 28: Sun day-school, 10 a.m.; divine wor ship, 11 a.m. Tuesday, November 30: Adult instruction, 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 1: Mid week advent service, 8 p.m. The theme of these Wednesday evening services will be the great Old Testament prophecies concerning the coming of the Saviour. CHURCH OF CHRIST (O’Neill) Corner of Sixth and Grant John Thomas, minister Sunday, November 28: Bible school, 10 a.m.; communion and preaching, 11 a.m.; youth fellow ship hour, 6:30 p.m.; evening worship, 7:30 o’clock. Bible study and prayer sessoin, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. In the name of Jesus Christ we bid you a sincere welcome to these services. BETHANY PRESBYTERIAN (Ewing, R.F.D.) Rev. J. Olen Kennell, pastor Sunday, November 28: Wor ship service, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 1: The Women’s association will meet at the manse in O’Neill, 2 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Reed Herley and family visited Sunday at the L. V. Parks home in Tilden. I Money to Loan — on — AUTOMOBILES TRUCKS TRACTORS EQUIPMENT FURNITURE Central Finance Corp. C. E. Jones, Manager O'Neill : Nebraska k —■ .. DANCE .. AT O’NEILL American Legion Auditorium & BALLROOM ACES OF RHYTHM ORCHESTRA Saturday, November 27th Adm.: Adults $1; Students 50c BIG NEW'55 STUDEBAKER COMMANDER V-8 Now in direct competition with the very lowest priced V-8s! World’s greatest V-8 value! See Studebaker’s big, high-powerednew Champion, too— and the ultra-luxurious new Studebaker President V-8! Studebaker...^ much better made...worth more when you trade! SMITH MOTOR SO. 316 East Fremont St. O’Neill, Nebr. B I G L I N ' S Funeral Director* O’NEILL Day Ph Night Ph 38 487-R ny 200 - - . DR. H. L. 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