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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1954)
State Capitol News . . . Penal Expert to Make Inspection LINCOLN—Events in the con troversy over the state peniten tiary in Lincoln marched on this week with the next major show down postponed until after Christ mas. That is when Sanford Bates of Trenton, N.J., is scheduled to come to Lincoln and make a survey of conditions at the penitentiary. Bates, an internationally known prison expert, has been hired by the state board of control to make the inspection. The board super vises the penitentiary and 16 other state institutions. The board announced this step after Gov. Robert Crosby said ,he thought one of two things should be Either fine Penitentiary Warden Herbert Hann and get someone with a sufficient background in education and experience in pen ology. Or employ a supervisor to be over all three state penal institu tions— the penitentiary, the men’s reformatory at Lincoln, and the women’s reformatory at York. Actually, it turned out that the board had been negotiating with Bates for a month. Bates was first written shortly after a three man citizens’ committee appoint ed by Governor Crosby reported to the governor that they had found the penitentiary “open to criticism” and said' the prison administration should be changed. Bates has a remarkable record in prison administration. Seventy years-old, he retired last June as commissioner of institutions and agencies in New Jersey. Before that he was New York state parole commissioner. Actually, he got in to the prison field in 1918 when he was penal institution commissioner in Massachusetts. He became a federal prison superintendent in 1929 and was ap pointed director of the U.S. bureau of prisons in 1930. He has been president of many penological groups, including the international penal and penitentiary commission in 1946. Opposing Views— He will be walking into a heated situation where an irresistible force is the force that has been caused by the citizens’ committee report which charged brutality and drunkenness among the guards, im proper handling of narcotics, and also strongly condemmed the pen itentiary jail, or “hole.” The com mittee issued 127 pages of test imony from inmates, ex-inmates, guards and ex-guards. The immovable object has been the board of control which has backed Hann to the hilt. Board Chairman William Diers of Gresh am has been the guiding spirit with the other members, Thomas Dredla, sr., of Crete and Mrs. Catherine Martin of Kearney, go ing along. Diers maintains that only one side of the story *as been told. He insists that testimony was gar nered only from disgruntled ex employees and from inmates who would love to kick up a fuss. With in hours after Crosby had made his “either-or” recommendation it was obvious the board was going to keep Hann. Crosby had left the door open by saying of Warden Hann: “It is my personal opinion that Warden Hann is a well intentioned man attempting to do a good job. However, without any previous ed ucation or training in prison ad ministrations, the handicaps and disadvantages under which he has labored are obvious.” * * * Some Changes— But the whole controversy al ready was bringing some changes. All mental patients—some of whom had been kept in the “hole” —have been moved to hospitals. The board ordered a $20 a month raise for all guards and employees, hoping to attract good men that way. And the board issued a 10 point directive to Hann ordering him to investigate charges made by the committee, fire any guards or em ployees he needed to, and reiterate ing the rules against brutality to ■ inmates. • * * Highway Relocation— Governor Crosby, State Engineer L. N. Ress and the state advisory highway commission had a con ference on the question of who should have the final word on highway relocations. The state engineer now has it. The commission has suggested the power be given it. Crosby had to step into the controversy. Bringing the matter to a head was one of the road relocation squabbles which has nagged at governors for three years now. That is the question of moving highway 35 between Wayne and Wakefield to a route two miles south. The commission voted against the state highway depart ment’s recommendation. State Engineer Ress appealed to Governor Crosby. And that’s why the conference was held. It was soon developed that the commission didn’t know Crosby had announced a decision in June, ' 1953, or five months before the commission even held a hearing. Chairman Arthur Coad of Omaha said there would have been no point in holding the hearing had this been known. from statments made at the conference it was apparent that j commission members were net- ' tied at criticism that had come their way for their decision. They insisted they had taken engineering estimates into con sideration as well as local public sentiment. To Crosby, Member Chris Metz ger of Cedar Creek said, “I have no objection to your overruling our recommendation. That’s your pre rogative. But there should be some definition of what were sup posed to do.” Member Merle Kingsbury of Ponca said he thought the fact that the commission has held hear ings has been good public relations because citizens groups have been satisfied even when their recom mendations were turned down. But member Don Hanna, jr., of Streamlined Coaches Now in Use This is an exterior view of the new Chal lenger-type streamlined passenger coaches now in use on the mainline of the Chicago & North Western line from Omaha to Chadron, via O’ Neill. Passengers are now able to travel through to Chicago without changing trains at Omaha. The new coaches made their first appearance at O’Neill on Tuesday morning, December 7. Brownlee noted, “It’s a farce if the commission holds a hearing and nothing comes of it. There must be a decision made.” The department feels scientific factors should be used. The com mission would take into account local sentiment. The problem pro mises to plague future governors. Harold Dexter Gets Pfc. Rating Marine Pfc. Harold E. Dexter recently was met in Omaha by nis mother, Mrs. Olive Dexter, end his brother, Lawrence. He has a leave of 21 days after which he will report to Camp Pendle ton, Calif., for four weeks of ad vanced training prior to serving overseas for 18 months. Harold, who was graduated from the marine base at San Di ego, Calif., was one of four grad uates out of a class of 68 to re ceive a private first-class rating. He also received his expert rifle man’s medal. Sunday, December 5, Harold, his brother, Jerry, and Mrs. Dex ter were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Roth child. His other brother, Darrel, spent that weekend in Chambers at the Roy Seery home. Schaffer, Mounts Head Eastern Star Mrs. Dewey Schaffer and Dis trict Judge D. R. Mounts were elected worthy matron and wor thy patron of the Order of the Eastern Star here last Thursday evening. Other officers are Mr. and Mrs. Homer E. Asher, associate patron and associate matron; Mrs. John D. Osenbaugh, secretary; Mrs. James McMahan of Inman, trea surer; Mrs. W. W. Waller, con ductress, and Mrs. Dwight Hard er, associate conductress. Mrs. Schaffer will appoint the remaining officers for 1955 and all will be installed at the Janu ary meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chace of Atkinson were last Thursday after noon guests at the home of her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hammond. MILLER THEATER — Atkinson — _ _| l-VL-Sat Dec. 17-18 Sim.-Afon.-Tues. Dec. 19-20-21 VVed.-Thurs. Dec. 22-23 \ * YOUR £K21STMAS STORE « ;iC •v • '% w e ft ■% Alluring Full-Fashioned 51 Gauge 15 Denier 4 ™ • Leg Flattery in Winter’s Most Popular Shades ^ ft • Beautiful Dark Seams for Additional Glamour 4 » 4 ft Watch her eyes sparkle when she opens your gift of 4 k wonderfully sheer Solita nylons on Christmas morning. Mode of high twist Dupont yam, glamorous Solita " P nylons are dose-stitched for longer wear, yet are f ft extra sheer for beauty. Flattering dark seams. Sjzes 4 k 8&-U. Lengths 29* to 35'. ,u.»oes ___ _ _ . . * ■ _ _ _ , ^ __ ^ NOTICE I Any producer who intends to plant com in 1955 on a farm where no corn was planted during the years 1952 or 1954, should apply for a “new farm” corn acreage allotment if he wants any price support or an A CP payment in 1955, Harry Ressel, Chairman of the Holt County Agricultural Stabiliz ation and Conservation Com mittee, said today. Marketing quotas do not ap ply to corn, the Chairman ex plained. However, under the acreage allotment program, the production of com in 1955 on a farm which has no com acreage allotment would make all the crops from the farm in eligible for price support in 1955. Likewise, the producer on such a farm would be ineligi ble for any payment under the 1955 Agricultural Conservation Program. Application forms for “new farms” com acreage allotments are available at the County ASC office. Jan. 15, 1955, is the last day such applications may be filed. United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Committee mmm sale Sat., Dec, 18-8 P.M. to be held in Collins Building Atkinson, Nebr. 1— Complete Home of Furniture 3—Electric Ranges 3—Oil Heaters, different sizes 2— Water heaters, 30 & 50 gal. Tables — Lamps Bicycles — Ice Skates Davenports, etc. 2—Dining Sets 75—Ladies New Dresses 20—Ladies’ New Coats Lots of Toys .All consigned to sell regardless of price! All persons having anything listed must have it here on Friday. Claude Humphrey _I Lynch News Edwin Burger, son of Mrs. De loss Malcolm, and Leroy Kraft, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kraft, left for the air force service Mon day morning, December 6, leav ing via O’Neill. The Jack Darnell family of Omaha spent the weekend here visiting relatives. The Don Rossmeier family of O’Neill visited relatives here on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William Potter of Wenatchee, Wash., visited friends and relatives here last week. Mrs. Potter is the former W anda Huber and lived with her parents in the Pleasant View com munity for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Barnes vis ited relatives in Wayne Sunday, December 5. Mr. and Mrs. Art Barta and Mr. and Mrs. Grafton Franklin of Verdel were Lynch visitors on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. William Halva motored to Verdel Friday after their daughter, Jean, who is teaching south of Verdel. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Heiser visited relatives at Neligh Tuesday, De cember 7. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zach and children of Osmond visited rela tives here over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kalkowski accompanied their son, Lawrence, to Ft. Riley, Kans., Friday. They returned home Saturday. Law rence had spent a 15-day furlough here. Mr. and Mrs. Anton Wasatko and Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Jedlicka visited at Albert Tomek’s near Butte on Sunday, December 5. Mrs. Earl Moody visited at the Willard Landholm home in Bris tow Friday. Fred Spencer was a Butte vis itor Monday, December 6. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cranford and family of Spencer visited at the Frank Cranford home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Lechten berg and baby of Butte visited at Bernard Webber’s Sunday, De cember 5. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Koscan and family of Butte visited at the parental Wallace Courtnev home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Haun of Spencer were Lynch callers Fri day. Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Placek and sons and Mrs. Tillie Novak and Louis were last Thursday evening callers at the Albert Kalkowski home. MOTHER DIES CHAMBERS — Mr. and Mrs. Merle Fagan and children attended the funeral services on Friday at Kensington Kans., for her mother, Mrs. Ella Westerman, 85, a resident of that community for 58 years. Mrs. Fa gan had been with her mother for two weeks prior to her death. The Fagans returned Saturday. Give The Frontier for Xmas! PAUL SKIERK INSURANCE AGENCY O’NEILL, NEBR. Insurance of All Kinds Bus. Ph. 430 Res. Ph. 235 Chambers News Mrs. Clair Grimes accompanied her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Adams, who had spent the weekend in Chambers, to their home at St. Paul Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Grimes plans to go on to Mount Rose, Colo., to spend Christmas with her son-in law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Conley, and sons, Robbie and Stevie, and then go on to Calif ornia to visit her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Grimes and fam ily at Fresno. She will also visit other relatives in California where she plans to spend most of the winter. Guests on Sunday in the John Honeywell home were Mr. and Mrs. Verle Tuttle and family of Clearwater and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Urban of Ewing. Mr. and Mrs. Will David left Sa turday for Idaho where they will visit relatives. They plan to visit kin in California and other Western states. Their stay in the West is in definite. The Davids held a farm sale recently, disposing of their personal property. Hie farm was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Wade Davis, who will move there in the spring. The Chambers Garden club spon sored a Christmas window decorat ing contest. The unveiling took place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The Platt Oil company won first place and the Neilson shoe shop received honorable mention in the religious division. The Harley Hardware company won first in commercial r~i E0DQ3M1 n mn m i Garments french type MFC. BY ROBERTS DAIRY Favorite Store division. J. L. Patton of Omaha, president of the Omaha Bible in! stitute, was the judge. Miss Pearl Clevenger 0of Rear ney is visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Verle David and family. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Baker of Amelia were Sunday dinner guests in the E. R. Carpenter home. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wintermote and Norma drove to Omaha Satur day to attend the Hollywood ice revue. They returned Sunday. Mrs. Richard Harley and Wayne spent Sunday with her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dexter. Mrs. Ernest Thorin went to Grand Island Monday to attend a meeting. She was accompanied by her brother, who was returning to California after visiting relatives here and at Ewing. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Cook, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Wintermote and Mr. and Mrs. Will Lehman were dinner guests of Mrs. John Winter mote Sunday. Royal Theater' — O'NEILL. NEBR. — Thors. Dec. 16 Family Night He’s supercharged with super powers and super-smiles! THE ROCKET MAN Starring Charles Coburn, Spring Byington, John Agar, Anne Francis, George (“Foghorn”) Winslow. Family admitted for 2 adult tick ets: children under 12 admitted with parent. 50c: adults 50c; children 12c Fri.-Sat. Dec. 17-1H THREE HOURS TO KILL The man with the rope scar on his neck! Dana Andrews, Donna Reed, academy award winner of “From Here to Eternity.” Co starring Dianne Foster. He was , back for vengeance and for her! Adults 50c; children 12c; matinee c Sat. 2:30. All children under 12 free when accompanied by parent. - Q Sun.-Mon.-Tues. 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