Ewing News
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Knapp enter
tained the following guests at a
Christmas eve party at their home:
Pvt. Robert Knapp of Ft. Bliss,
Tex., Mr. and Mrs. Grover Shaw of
O’Neill, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Tom
jack and daughter, Kathie, and Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Tomjack, all of
Ewing.
Henry Baum, jr., of Lincoln
came home Wednesday, December
22, to remain over Christmas. His
sister. Miss Christine Baum, ar
rived in Ewing Thursday. Both are
guests at the home of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs: Henry Baum, sr.
Guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Woeppel on Christmas
day were their son, Russell, of
Grand Island; their daughters and
sons-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Pat
Burke and children of Ewing, and
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fleming and
family of Omaha. Others present
were Mrs. Edith McClenanahan of
Orchard, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mc
Clenanahan of O’Neill and Mrs. G.
A. Halt of North Platte.
Miss Fern Pruden of Ewing, Mrs.
Della Recroft, Mrs. Velma Forbes,
Miss Phillys Kirk enjoyed a Christ
mas party on Thursday evening at
Norfolk.
Henry Baum, jr., Diana and
David went to O’Neill on Thursday
where they kept an appointment
with a dentist.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hobbs were
hosts for a turkey dinner with all
the trimmings on Christmas day.
Guests were their children: Mr.
and Mrs. John Turay and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Yelli and family,
Mr. and Mrs William Hobbs and
family, Dorrence and Bob Hobbs,
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Roudybush,
Mr. Hobbs’s parents, all of Ewing;
Mrs. Rose Harding, mother of Mrs.
Hobbs, and Mrs. Lois Hartman
and daughter, Sharon, all of
O’Neill.
Guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Hahlbeck on Christ
mas day were his neice and family,
Mr. and Mrs. William Iness of Lin
coln, and also his brother, Harry
Hahlbeck of Neligh.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hahlbeck
and family accompanied by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Hahlbeck, went to O’Neill Christ
mas eve where they joined a
family party at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Barr. Mrs. Barr
and Mrs. Clifford Hahlbeck are
sisters.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Tomjack and
daughter went to Oakdale last
Thursday evening where they were
guests over the weekend at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Everett Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Dierks enter
tained at a family party Christmas
eve when all their children were
home: 2/Lt. Merton Dierks of
Smokey Hill air base, Salina,
Kans., Misses Mary Alys and San
dra Dierks, both of Omaha. Miss
Mary Alys a student nurse at St.
Catherine’s hospital, returned to
report for duty at 2 p.m., Christ
mas day.
Mrs. Hazel Kimes was hostess
at a 1 o’clock dinner party on
Christmas day. Roast goose with
trimmings was on the menu.
Guests were her daughters and
sons-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Kusek and family of David City
and Mr. and Mrs. Merle Filsinger
and children of Ewing, and Dean
and Dale Kimes.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Billings left
Friday for Hastings where they
spent the Christmas holidays with
their daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dunaway,
and family. They also attended
the Christmas program on Friday ;
evening at the church in which
their granddaughter, Bonnie Beth 1
Dunaway, took part.
A Christmas party was held last
Thursday evening by Boy Scout j
troop 181 at the scout headquar- ,
ters. There was a good attend
ance and one guest, Clifford ]
Hahlbeck, chairman of the scout
committee. Allen Peterson, junior
assistant scoutmaster, was in
charge of activities. Gifts were
exchanged and Scoutmaster H. R.
Harris was presented a gift from
the troop. Cup cakes, candy, pop
corn balls and apples were the
treats provided by the mothers of
the Scouts.
The girls and boys of the Sun
day-school classes taught by Mrs.
Dewitt Hoke and Claude Elliot
enjoyed a Christmas party Tues
day evening, December 21, at the
Hoke home. The warm tempera
tures permitted outofdoor games
and entertainment after which all
gathered in the house for the ex
change of gifts and refreshments.
Present were Carolyn Tams,
Bertha Harris, Gloria Schrader,
Leonora Tuttle, Karen Tuttle,
Patsy Elliot, Dal Kimes, Gary
Eacker, Ronnie Wright and Royce
W right. Mrs. Claude Elliot was
a guest.
Mrs. Robert Tams and her stu
dents presented a Christmas pro
gram at their school last Thurs
day evening.
State Capitol News . . .
Stormy Session Looms
LINCOLN—The statehouse this
was in the calm before the storm of
what may be one of the stormiest
legislative sessions in recent Ne
braska history.
Gov. Robert Crosby predicted
that the legislature may face more
knotty problems than ever before.
Some of the same old issues will
show up—taxes, roads and schools.
New problems—such as oil and gas
laws—will also be on the agenda.
In all likelihood the budget will be
bigger.
Here are some of the problems
that will face the legislature when
it convenes Janurary 4:
Taxes—The legislature will have
to implement the two constitution
al amendments on tax reform pas
sed by the voters in November. One
allows partial or complete exemp
tion of household goods. Another al
lows changing the methods of as
sessing tangible property, includ
ing real estate. Many ideas on each
of these have already cropped up
and the legislature will have to
flew out a program.
Sales tax—This one is bound to
:ome up as usual. Some will argue
that the voters in approving the so
called “replacement amendment”
vant a sales tax. Others will say
t means just the opposite. The re
olacement amendment provides
hat if the legislature ever passes
i sales or income tax the proceeds
nust first be used to replace that
oart of the property tax which sup
oorts state government.
Roads—Major effort will be to
e-enact the sixth cent of state gas
iline tax, due to expire May 10,
L955. This cent goes to the state
lighway department and has fur
lished much of the backbone of
the $35 million program of highway
improvements of the past two
years. Best guess is that this will
be re-enacted without too much dif
ficulty.
However some road groups
would like another cent of tax.
This seventh cent would be split
with a half-cent going to the
state highway department arid
the other half-cent to the cities.
The hassle over the distribution
of the gas tax to the counties un
doubtedly will bring an effort in
the legislature to cut down the
share that goes to Douglas
(Omaha) and Lancaster (Lincoln)
counties. This may bring retalia
tory action by senators from those
counties who may try to block all
highway revenue measures.
Schools—The major battle here
may be over whether or not to sell
the state school lands. Legislators
from western Nebraska, where the
bulk of the 1,630,000 acres of school
land is located, are expected to
push legislation to get the lands
sold. School groups will fight it on
the basis that the lands should be
held in trust.
This fight could be dovetailed
with a battle over the composition
of the new state board of education
al lands and funds. This board will
be appointive, thanks to the pas
sage of a constitutional amendment
by the voters in November. School
groups are expected to push for
stiffer redistricting laws, higher
teacher certification (this one may
get somewhere), and for severance
tax on gas and oil. This would pro
vide revenues for the schools.
Institutions—The resent contro
versy over the state penitentiary
may bring some careful surveys
by the legislature of the entire
state board of control set-up. A
full-fledged mental health program
will be asked.
Budget—With some of the above
requests being added to the budget,
an increased total above the cur
rent biennium’s 5195 million prob
ably will result. On top of these
requests will be the problem of
paying high enough salaries to keep
state officials. This is true not only
at the statehouse but at the Uni
versity of Nebraska.
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Toll Road—
Another issue before the legis
lature shaped up as the state turn
pike authority decided to ask for a
“loan” of $150,000 to make engine
ering surveys as to whether a toll
road between Omaha and North
Platte would pay off.
This was done on the basis that
such a survey would cost $500 a
mile. It is hoped that revenue
bonds could be sold on the strength
of this survey. The state could then
be paid hack from money received
on sale of these bonds.
But what if the survey should
show that a toll road isn’t feasible?
Gov-elect Victor Anderson seem
ed to think that a toll road was in
evitable in Nebraska. He said he
planned to work for one, believing
it could mean as much to the state
“as building the railroad did in the
early years of the state.”
He said he was sure a toll road
would be built as far west as North
Platte within 10 years after con
struction began.
The request for $150,000 would
put the matter squarely up to the
legislature. Some oil and motel in
terests are expected to fight the
proposal. They fear that a turnpike
would grant franchises for its fill
ing station and other accomoda
tions to only one company. This
would leave all other firms out in
the cold.
Also, some groups believe it
would be better to build free roads.
Many state highway department
officials feel this way, although
they don’t say so out loud. They
expect the federal government to
initiate a large scale program of
furnishing money far free super
highways.
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Upcoming Events—
Not only will next week bring the
opening of the legislature, but it
will mark the Janurary 6 inaugural
of Gov. Anderson and the swearing
in of all new state officials.
It will also mean the start of the
new state board of education, a six
member group which will replace
the present office of state superin
tendent. The man who has been
state superintendent the past four
years, Freeman Decker, is expect
ed to be named commissioner of
education by the new board.
In 1952 the voters changed the
constitution to allow setting up this
board. The office of state superin
tendent has existed since 1869.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Belzer and
family of Norfolk were Christmas
afternoon guests at the Francis
Relzer home.
Boyd EC’s Treat
Children—
LYNCH — The Boyd county
council 3720 of the Knights of
Columbus treated all Boyd coun
ty Catholic children to a show
and treats and a dance for the
teenagers on Monday, December
20, at 7 p.m., at the Spencer Com
munity hall. It was voted to make
the affair and annual event.
St. Nick made his appearance
and entertained the little folks
before the treats were distributed.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Turay of
Newcastle, Wyo., spent the hol
iday weekend with Mr. Turay’s
mother, Mrs. Josephine Turay.
The Wyomingites also called at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Cunningham.
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MILLINERY_ 2.00
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MINIATURE TOWELS_6 for 1.25
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WINTER JACKETS_0.00
All Wool—
BLANKETS, 72x84 _g.09
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INSURANCE AGENCY
O’NEILL, NEBR.
Insurance of All
Kinds
Bus. Ph. 430
Res. Ph. 233
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nounces that Mr. Harry Butterfield of Or
chard, Nebr., is no longer associated with
their company.
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north and west of O’Neill; Kieth Kennedy,
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