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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1954)
MD Sufferer. 13, Has Art Talent By MRS. N. D. ICKES, SR., Special Feature Writer PAGE—November was desig nated as muscular distrophy placed on the growing need for (MD) month. Emphasis was the funds for research and for aiding those patients who have become victims of the dread dis ease. Eldon Henderson, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Henderson, residing 4 miles east and \Vz miles south of Page, is Holt coun ty’s special interest in muscular distrophy. "They say the victim is born with the disease. It is generally understood the age of outbreak and the swiftness with which to tal disability comes to its victims is problematical. One theory holds that lack of assimilation of proper vitamins from food may play an important part. As a rule, fhe first symptoms are lack of control of the limbs, partial loss of eyesight, impaired speech and general disability fol lows swiftly. In Eldon’s case, when he was 4 he had the uncontrolled stagger of the proverbial “drunken sailor.” By the time he was 9 he was a wheelchair invalid. Eldon walked to school the first two years and, as he grad ually became more helpless, he was taken by car. Finally, the teacher asked for a wheelchair of seme kind so that he might be cared for more easily at school. Eldon Henderson . . . used to walk to school. Mr. Henderson fashioned a crude wheelchair from a common chair, a pair of bicycle wheels and some strong reinforcement tim ber. Eldon still prefers this chair to the one that later was pur chased for his use. This fall the Henderson? real ized that it had become physic ally imposible for Mr. Henderson to get Eldon back-and-forth to school, so with the full coopera tion of the school board, county superintendent and the state ed ucation department* they have taken advantage of a provision for handicapped children of school age who are capable of learning. This provides private instruc tion for four 45-minute periods per week. The expense is as sumed by the Emporia school district. The cost of education in that district per capita will be deducted from the total cost and the state will pay the excess up to $400. With a school of 28 pupils, it was impossible to give much in dividual help. While they deplore the lack of outside interest, it is proving “quite satisfactory.” The Hendersons feel if Eldon never has any more than this year’s private tutoring it has Deen worthwhile for the added incentive the boy has received compared to the disadvantages he nad in the crowded school room. Eldon is not classified in a spe cific grade level and he proceeds at the pace which he is most ca pable. His teacher, Cecil Watter niann, who is the regular teacher in district 57, places an emphasis on reading and art in an effort to create an interest. All regular subjects are taught, some moving along “very slowly.” Since he was a very small child, Eldon has been interested in drawing. Like others, who have a special interest in the work, he also evidences a type all his own. The same style has prevailed through the years. It seemed to me, as I looked at what he nad done, that he strives to present his subject in motion— not as an assembly line project— but as a car or tractor (his fa vorite subjects) moving along. He achieves the effect a movie is able to create in the illusion “moving along.” He also does precision draw ing very well in spite of the limitation his trouble places on free movement of his hands. Cecil encourages crayon work and brings in various types of material in the hope that Eldon wul try to copy some of them. Religion and education both stress the worth of the individual and it is the goal toward which dedicated workers in both fields strive to give to the handicapped —an interest that will stand them in good stead and be suf ficient against the time when this wall of reserve they have helped to build will have become ail tne defense they have to car ry them through tne rough going ahead. An interest strong enough and vital enough to place per sonality above circumstance and allow those who have been per mitted to contribute their bit to feel that they also have profit ed much from the effort. The Hendersons feel they have had the splendid cooperation of neighbors, friends, relatives and all those from whom they have had help. The teachers and coun ty superintendent are constantly on the lookout for material they think might be helpful in his case. As she travels here and there, Miss Alice French, Holt county superintendent, is mindful of El don’s need for low-level work with a high-level interest—sub jects that might coax him to in vestigate on his own and make the necesary effort to show marked improvement. So little has been done in the field of muscular distrophy that otherwise famous clinics do not even staff a doctor in that field. So little research has been done that woefully meager effort has been ex pended either in the prevention or the treatment of the dis ease. There are three projectors in Holt county to serve all of the schools. Miss French is sure that Eldon will have the benefit of visual aid when Cecil Watter man has the projector to use in his school and she will try to get some slides of special interest to him. As is the history of a handi capped person, one of the senses is over-stimulated to compensate for the one lost or impaired. In Eldon’s case, his hearing has be come supersensitive, allowing him to locate sound more accur ately than others. He can tell what model car or tractor is passing, knows by the flicker of the light when it is time for his mother to take the water to the separator room, and when to let the dog out to take the cows to the field. Such training of the senses helps him, in part, make up for the loss of motion. Since there is no helping hand leaching out to give muscular dystrophy patients the help they require, it is up to the local peo pie to generate an interest in the problem and to organize and insist upon, through cooperation, kelp on an equal footing with pol.o and tuberculosis sufferers. There are many demands made upon our generosity. But we cannot conscientiously fulfill our obligations to the handicap ped with the coin we drop into ine container provided and placed in public places or with the check we place in the envel ope we receive in the mail. The shutin and the handi capped in your locality provide a personal challenge to each individual to per norm that personal service which will brighten the day, provide a passing interest or lighten the burden of those who are re sponsible for their welfare. Realizing that the next muscu lar dystrophy case in your local ity may be a member of your own family, a victim of that in sidious, creeping, crippling, kill ing, dread disease, won’t you try to stretch your dollar to include a contribution to the muscular distrophy fund? Fred Peterson Buys Clearwater Record— CLEARWATER — The Clear water Record in mid-November carried the announcement that former Elgin Review Publisher Fred Peterson had purchased the Clearwater newspaper, effective with that issue, from Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Snider. Mr. Peterson was also publisher of the Mad ison Star-Mail for several years. The Sniders will still be con nected with the paper, the an nouncement stated. Peterson is a brother of For mer Gov. Val Peterson, who' is now civil defense adminsitrator. Frontier for printing! Tolerance Used to Increase Load State Engineer L. N. Ress an nounced today an analysis has Leen made of the weighing sta tion operation since it was taken over by the department of roads and irrigation in June. Of the 310,363 trucks weighed, 1.2 percent were in violation. An average of all the scales show that 7.3 percent were operating within the five percent tolerance on axle and the three percent on gross. An analysis made earlier in the year from October, 1953, to March, 1954, showed 2.7 per cent of the trucks weighed were in violation and 8.7 percent were within the tolerance. Thus, there has been a reduction of 1.5 per cent in arrests and 1.4 percent in the number of trucks within the tolerance. Basic reasoning behind the tolerance law, LB 114, was to give the trucker lat itude by taking into account un foreseen contingencies such as ice and snow and load shifting which might cause his load to weigh over the legal limit. Con sequently, the number of truck ers operating within the toler ance should be the difference between the number that were in violation before the tolerance law went into effect and those row in violation. Prior to the passage of the bill only 3.2 percent of the truckers weighed violated the 18,000 pound limitations. During the past five months 1.2 percent have been in violation. Consequently two percent of the trucks should now be operating within the tol erance provided by law. How ever, records show that 7.3 per cent are in tolerance. It would appear tolerance provisions are being used to up pay loads. (First pub. Nov. 18, 1954) Julius D. Cronin, Attorney NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate No. 4003 In the County Court of Holt County, Nebraska, November 12, 1954. In the matter of the Estate of Clyde O. Johnson, Deceased. CREDITORS of said estate are hereby notified that the time limited for presenting claims against said estate is March 9, 1S55, and for the payment of debts is November 12, 1955, and that on December 9, 1954, and on March 10, 1955, at 10 o’clock A.M., each day, I will be at the County Court Room in said County to receive, examine, hear, allow, or adjust all claims and objections duly filed. LOUIS W. REIMER, County Judge. (COUNTY COURT SEAL) 29-3lc (First pub. Nov. 18, 1954) Julius D. Cronin, Attorney NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL Estate No. 4009 COUNTY COURT OF HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA. ESTATE OF LOTTIE THOMP SON, DECEASED. THE STATE OF NEBRASKA, TO ALL CONCERNED: Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed for the pro bate of the will of said deceased, and for the appointment of James T. Thompson as Executor there of, which will be for hearing in this court on December 9, 1954, at 10 o’clock A.M. LOUIS W. REIMER County Judge. (COUNTY COURT SEAL) 29-31 (First pub. Nov. 18, 1954) Elmer C. Rakow, Attorney NOTICE FOR PETITION FOR ADMINISTRATION Estate No. 4008 In the County Court of Holt County, Nebraska, November 13, 1954. In the Matter of the Estate of Lottie Thompson, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in said estate that a petition has been filed in said Court for the appointment of Darlene Cooper as Administratrix of said estate, and will be heard December 9, 1954, at 10 o’clock A.M., at the County Court Room in O’Neill, Nebraska. LOUIS W. REIMER, County Judge. c (COUNTY COURT SEAL) 29-31 EXECUTOR'S SALE DECEMBER 7TH, 1954, 1:00 P.M. Courthouse O’Neill, Nebraska * Southwest Quarter Section 27, and East Half of Southeast Quarter Section 33, in Township 29, North, Range 9, West 6th P.M. in Holt County. ! To settle the estate of Verna E. Harris, Deceased, the under | signed Executor will offer the above described real estate at i public auction, and sell the same to high bidder, subject to con firmation of owners. Terms of sale: 20% of bid at sale, balance in cash upon confirmation and delivery of deedl Possession I given March 1, 1955. Abstracts of title furnished to show mer chantable title. This farm is situated 3% mi. north and 3 mi. east of Page, Ne braska. Land consists of good hard grass pasture, spring water ed; cultivated land runs medium to good; 40 acres of hay. Build ings and improvements are in fa;r condition. REA available. ; Standard School on premises. Situated in a good community and served by good roads. Glenn Harris, Executor Page, Nebraska BIGGEST CAR. BIGGEST BUY OF THE LOW-PRICE 3 ^ PLYMOUT I COME IN TODAY! SEE IT! DRIVE IT!. ..The big swing is to Plymouth I p CHOICE OF TOP POWERPLANTS 177 hp... Hy-Fire V-8 engine with PowerPahf 167 hp... Hy-Fire V-8 engine 157 hp... Hy-Fire V- 8 engine 117 hp... PowerFlow 6 engine 14-barrel carburetor at low extra cost. All powerplanta available with PowerFlite^ Overdrive or Synchro-Silent transmission. Lx._J el • Powerful new Hy-Fire V-8 and Power Flow 6 engines • Netc Metal-in-Motion Styling • PowerFlite* ... finest no-clutch transmission made, with Flite-Control Drive Selector on the instrument panel • New Full-View Windshield, swept-back, really lets you see • Full-time Power Steering* • Wide-pedal Power Brakes* • Tubeless tires Standard ‘Optional equipment at low extra cost Don't miss the Thanksgiving Day football classic: Detroit Lions-Green Bay Packers. See your Radio-TY listings. SHIERK MOTOR CO. 2 1 2 So. Fourth St. — O’Neill Alice’s Beauty Shop Phone 266 — O’Neill (In Former Apparel Shop Location) PAUL SKIERK INSURANCE AGENCY O’NEILL, NEBR. Insurance of All Kinds Bus. Ph. 430 < Res. Ph. 233 Rural & City PHILLIPS “66” PRODUCTS New & Used Tires Greasing ft Washing BORG &~WORTH Prompt Tankwagon SERVICE Phillips -66" Station Phone 362 __ _ ( HAVING DECIDED to quit farming and go into the implement business at Cham bers, Nebr., I will offer the following described personal property at public auc tion, on the premises, located 1 mile west of Inman, OR 7 miles southeast of O’Neill on U.S. Highways 20-275, on — FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10TH Starting at 12:30 P.M. Lunch Will Be Served 45 - Head of CATTLE - 45 3—Milk COWS, milking now 4—Bucket CALVES, age 4-months (2 Brown-Swiss, 1 Roan) 1 II r l niTi i » i i 27-Stock COWS 1—Hereford BULL, 4-yrs.-old 10—Stock CALVES 1—Riding HORSE, well-broke ___,._.. t Machinery Equipment & Etc. IHC Model H Tractor, 1952 IHC Model B Tractor, 1948 IHC F-12 Tractor Ford Tractor, 1937 Ford Scraper Ford Plow Pump Jack 2-Bottom Tractor Plow Good Set Harness, Collars Rubber-Tired Wagon and Grain Box Heavy Duty Cabling Rack on rubber dual tires Steel Water Tank, 8-ft. Steel Water Tank, 10-ft. G^d Model A Hay Sweep Overshot Hay Stacker on rubber Hydraulic Dirt Mover on rubber 8-Ft. Disc Walking Plow 2- Section Drag Horse Cultivator 300-Gal. Fuel Tank on Stand 5—55-Gal. Barrels 5—15-Gal. Barrels 3— Feed Bunks Some Lumber, Tools, Woven Wire, Steel Posts Great Western Manure Spreader Ruber-Tired Wagon and Hay Rack Some Fire Wood IHC Stationary Engine 6—Bluegrass Strippers Hay Cage Dehorning Chute 1,500-Watt 110-V. Kohler Light Plant, good condition DC Farm Welder 3-Rake Hitch 3—1951 12-Ft. Hay Rakes Power Mower for IHC H, 7-ft. Trail Mower with Hitch, 7-ft. IHC B Power Mower, 7-ft. IHC B Cultivator Winch for IHC H I About 100 Tons of Hay . . . 30 Spring Pullets . . . Many Other Items I Household Goods, Etc. Oil Space Heater Day Bed IHC 110 Cream Dining Room Table Carpet Sweeper Separator, elec, motor One-Minute Washing Some Miscellaneous bu!lt “ . . Machine Tools DeLaval Milking Machine TERMS: CASH. No property to be removed until settled for GLEN A. BURGE, Owner COL. ED THORIN, O’Neill, Auct. O’NEILL NAT’L BANK, Clerk - - —
