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„ « ' o 4 O FOURTEEN PAGES 4 o North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 74.—Number 37. O’Neill ,Nebr., Thursday, January 13, 1955. Seven Cents . ' * ■* !! *■ -—'——- *"' " — . .. "■ 1 ■ 11 ■ :.i' "! 1 " - 11 11 1 1 ■ 1111 . 2 Speakers, Film to Feature Meeting 45 Present for t Extension Planning Counc;l Adopts 1955 Projects, Goals The Holt county extension council held its winter meeting in the annex building on Tues day, January 11. Forty-five mem bers answered roll call. The meeting was opened by Mrs. Robert Martens of Atkinson, county chairman. New members were introduced. The lessoxi on “Broiler Meals’’ will be held on Monday, Febru ary 7, in O’Neill and on Tuesday, February 8, in Atkinson. Members received their year books for each club member and the 1955 home extension council books were distributed to all club presidents and chairmen. The auditing committee gave a report on the books. The books were found to be in good shape. Each member received a copy of the constitution and bylaws of the home extension clubs. The goals for 1955 were adopt ,, ed and they are as follows: (1) Names on mail boxes; (21 layettes for the University hospi tal; (3) safety, and (4) a meeting place for the council. The grasslands tour will be held at Stuart on February 14. The countywide safety council meeting will be held Friday, Jan uary 14, at the American Legion hall in O’Neill and the theme for January safety is safe highway driving. The public is invited to attend this meeting. On Friday evening, January 14, at the courthouse, there will be a rural youth meeting with an ex change student from Columbus present. The public is invited. County government day will be held but there is not a set date. IOOF Degree Team Has Busy Schedule The Odd Fellows degree staff of O’Neill installed officers Tues day, January 4, at the Chambers IOOF lodge. The staff includes: Clay Johnson, jr., district deputy grand master; Walter Schmohr, grand warden Dewayne Landis, grand marshal; Dwayne Phil brick, grand secretary. They installed the following of ficers of the O’Neill lodge num ber 57 on Wednesday night, Jan uary 5: Marvin Anderson, noble grand; Donald Maw, vice-grand; Clay Johnson, jr., secretary; Dwayne Philbrick, treasurer; Wil liam Kramer, chaplain; Leon Sargent, warden; Archie Ashby, conductor; Dewayne Landis, in side guardian; Roy D. Johnson, outside guardian; Dwayne Phil brick and Dale Fetrow, support ers to the noble grand; D. A. Baker and A. E. Bowen, support ers to the vice grand. A lunch was served after the meeting. The team went to Page Monday night and to Inman on Tuesday night to install the newly-elected officers. Four candidates of the Odd Fel lows at O’Neill were taken to Chambers on Tuesday night for the initiatory degree. They will be taken to Page for the first de gree next Monday night. Brittell Home Visited by Guests— Guests over the holidays at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brit tell were her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Les Perry and family of Bird City, Kans., and her grandson, Gail Theye, also of Bird City. Sergeant and Mrs. Lynch will visit in California before returning to Altus base. He has reenlisted for six years. Auction Calendar There are five auctions listed . on The Frontier’s sale calendar to be held within the next few weeks: Monday, January 24: C. M. Wilson, Butte, liquidation sale, combination garage, service sta tion, shop and office equipment, merchandise, also near - new dwelling, starting 10 a.m., in . Putte; Thorin-Bowker Auction Service, O’Neill, sale managers. (Details on page 6.) Monday, January 24: Complete closing-out sale, Dailey Bros., (Claude and Ralph i, 7 miles south of O’Neill on U.S. highway 281, 2 miles west, 2 miles south, 1 mile west; including 1,600-acre highly-improved ranch; complete dispersion of choice Hereford herd; haying and ranching equip ment. (Details on page 7.) Ernie Weller Associates, Atkinson, will conduct auction. Friday, January 28: Mrs. Ralph Nelson, seven miles north of New port, five west, one north and one v.est, will dispose of 70 head of Hereford cattle, farm and hay ing machinery, 125 tons hay, some household goods; Col. Wallace O'Connell, O’Neill, auctioneer; First National Bank, O’Neill, •• clerk. (Details in next issue.) Saturday, February 5: Holt County Hereford Breeders’ Asso ciation sale, O’Neill, 58 lots-—49 bulls, nine females; James W. Rooney, O’Neill, sale manager. (Write for catalog.) Tuesday, February 8: Holl County Aberdeen Angus Breed ers’ sale, 35 bulls, 35 females, O’ Neill; Blaine Garwood, president © Two speakers and showing of educational and safety films will feature the January meeting of the recently-organized Holt coun ty safety council. The meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m., Friday, January 14, at the American Le gion auditorium here. Speakers will be Dr. Imogene Nevms Halloway, who is educa tional consultant for the Greater Cincinnati (O.) safety council, and Lt. Harry Brt of Norfolk, of ficer of the Nebraska safety pa trol. Select groups from O’Neill high school and St. Mary’s acad emy will attend. Mrs. N. D. Ickes, sr., of Page, publicity chairman for the coun cil, said all school teachers and officials in the county are urged to bring individuals or groups to the meeting. The council, she said, is dedicated to the task of making the public more safety conscious. The United States increased its population by 2,330,000 during 1954. Atkinson Favored to Cop It Meet Potent Inman Club Seeded No. 2 The undefeated Atkinson high school Balers were seeded num ber 1 in the pairings for the Holt county basketball tournament that begins Tuesday, January 18, at O’Neill. Inman, the recent Elkhorn Val ley-Sandhill Gateway conference tourney champ, was seeded num ber 2. The Tigers boast a well balanced club. The Page Eagles and the St. Jo seph hall Blue jays (Atkinson) were the other seeded teams for the nine-squad tournament. The pairings were drawn at a meet ing Saturday in Atkinson. Atkinson will play the winner of the Ewing - St. Mary’s first round game; Stuart drew St. Jo seph; Inman is paired with Cham bers, and Page was drawn by O’ Neill high school. The Holt tournament promises to be one of the best in recent years. Eight of the nine teams have impressive records. Two of the teams, Page and St. Joseph’s, have beaten second-seeded In man. St. Mary’s boasts a win over St. Joseph’s. Ewing has beaten Page. O’Neill took a close one over St. Mary’s in early season play. Stuart’s only Holt county less was to undefeated Atkinson, josies outpoint 14 bf Study of Trains Meeting Topic To Review C&NW Test Period A meeting will be held in O’ Neill at 8 o’clock Monday eve ning to review the first six weeks’ operations of Chicago & North Western passenger-mail express trains, which are operat ing between Omaha-and-Chadron with modem equipment on a trial basis. The meeting will be held at the Golden hotel dining room and has been arranged by the Cham ber of Commerce rail committee in cooperation with civic groups between Battle Creek and Ains worth. Meanwhile, at Tuesday’s Cham ber of Commerce meeting held at the Town House, Roger Bowen of Page, president of the O’Neill Saddle club, outlined plans for a large-scale rodeo to be held in O'Neill in June. The Saddle club is asking the Chamber’s support for the event, which would be expanded in size in comparison to previous rodeos held here. Fred Heermann and William McIntosh were appointed to assist the special committee working on the possibility of establishing a national guard company here. James W. Rooney, head of the new industries committee, cur rently is heading up the drive for a guard company. Altar Society Plans Card Party Tonight LYNCH—The Altar society of the Assumption BVM church of Lynch met at the home of Mrs. Le wie Christensen last Thursday afternoon with Mesdames Ray Counts and Mel Lueken assisting hostesses. Twenty members were present Yne secretary - treasurer gave a summary of the 1954 work done, income and expense. A card party was planned for Thursday eve ning, January 13, at the IOOF ha 1. Everybody is invited. After a social hour, lunch was served Lynch Navy Man on ‘Round-World Cruise— LYNCH—Emil C. Milacek, jr. radioman second class, USN, sor of Mrs. Albina Milacek of Lynch is on a ‘round-the-world cruis* aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Midway. The Midway, largest of th« navy’s attack carriers, is loadec with several squadrons of je fighter planes. Ports of call will include Cape town, South Africa; Colombo, Cey lon; Singapore, Malaya; Manila Philippine Islands; Yokosuka Japan and Pearl Harbor, T. H. Oil Crew Bores 130 Test Holes Surveys Being Made in Wheeler County; Feasibility Awaited BARTLETT—This is a crucial week in the search for oil near Bartlett in Wheeler county. By Saturday night the seismo graph crew had “shot” 130 in strument test holes in an area covering approximately 50 sec tions. The crew has been on the job more than a month. The seis mograph tests this week are ex pected to wind up the preliminary work. One spokesman for the crew told Mrs. Henry Reimer, The Frontier’s Deloit correspondent, reports of the survey will deter mine for the group if and when actual drilling for oil will begin. The crew’s home office is in Dallas, Tex. About two years ago there was an abortive try for oil northeast of Page and about the same time there were several test holes drill ed in Garfield and Rock counties. Previous tries for oil in this re gion have met the same fate: Lay ers of rock too thick for the drills to puncture. Grade School Is Ahead of Schedule Construction of the O’Neill pub lic school’s new 80-thousand-doI lar elementary grade building is progressing at a rapid rate. Members of the board of educa tion said Wednesday the work is “about two months” ahead of schedule. Unusually mild fall and winter weather enabled the con tractors to work every day, even before the building was closed-in. It is possible at least one of the rooms may be occupied before the present school term ends. When contracts were let the school of ficials made no preparations for using the building until the fall of 1955. American Red Cross Meeting Scheduled A Red Cross meeting will be held in the lounge of the Am erican Legion hall Tuesday eve ning, January 18, at 8 o’clock. Anyone who contributed to the Red Cross during 1954 is a mem ber and is invited to attend this meeting. The annual election of officers will be held. Lew Torreson, field represent ative for this district, will be pres ent at the meeting. Subzero Temperature Forecast for Today Arctic Air Moves into Region Residents of the O’Neill region were advised by the weather bureau to prepare for subzero weather early today (Thursday). If the weatherman is correct in his prognostications, it will be the first subzero reading since last winter. Arctic air moved into the area Wednesday, accompanied by some snowflurries. There was enough snow on the ground to make streets icy and dangerous. High ways were reported slick in spots. A warming trend is forcast for Friday. Wednesday was the anniversary of the famous blizzard of January 12, 1888. which took the lives of many Nebraskans. Summary: Hi Lo Prec. January 6 .44 7 January 7 45 12 January 8 .40 14 January 9 .32 13 January 10 ... 38 8 January 11 ... 36 20 January 12 .29 2 .02 Thomas H. Davis, Wife Wed 60 Years ATKINSON — Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Davis of Atkinson, who have been residents of this community more than half a cen tury, Sunday observed their 60th wedding anniversary. The Davises were married at Auburn. They have six children: Mrs. Smith Thompson of Atkinson, : Carlton Davis of Ericson, Mrs. Ol iver Shane of Atkinson, Mrs. Les lie Fullerton of Ainsworth, Ralph Davis and Mrs. Ward Cosgrove, both of Seattle, Wash. All except Mrs. Cosgrove were present for the 60th wedding celebration. To Locate Here Morgan Ward (above), who for 12 years was an internal revenue agent at Grand Island and since has been located at Wayne and Norfolk, will estab lish an accounting office at the Golden hotel annex building this week. Mr. Ward, who is single, will specialize in federal taxes, income taxes and instal lation of accounting systems. Burial at Lyons • for Tree Victim Ralph Nelson Rom in Burt County Funeral services for Ralph Nel son, 45, former O’Neill farmer who had moved to Newport in November, were held Friday, Jan uary 7, at Divide Center church at Lyons. Burial was made at Ly ons. Mr. Nelson lost his life Tues day, January 4, when he was ciushed to death by a falling tree ntar the Niobrara river in Keya F; ha county. Ralph Nelson, son of Bert and Alice Nelson, was born January 9, 1909, in Burt coun ts. He was united in marriage September 24, 1933, to Elloise Newell at the Divide Center church. Mr. Nelson’s entire life was spent in Burt county except the past four years when he moved his family to O’Neill. The Nel sons lived 1% miles east of O’ Neill on the Parker farm for about four years. Survivors include: Widow; sons — Gary, 13, and Kenneth, 11; daughter—Marlene, 2 tfe; brother Arnold of South Dakota. He was a member of the Divide Center church but attended the Church of Christ at O’Neill. John Thomas, pastor of the Church of Christ here, officiated at the burial. A large number of former neighbors and friends from O’ Neill called at the Nelson home while the body lay in state and several attended the rites ait Lyons. Mrs. Nelson has scheduled a farm closeout sale on Friday, Jan uary 28, because she is unable to carry on. The Nelson place is northwest of Newport. Press Search for Mountain Lion Following a report by Harvey Way man and Homer Mullen on Sunday, January 2, in which they said they spotted a mountain lion asleep in a ditch near the road within a mile of the city, consid erable curiosity has been aroused. Efforts have been made to fol low the large tracks but todate no additional sightings of the an imal have been noted. During the past two years there have been various reports of a mountain lion in the Clearwater vicinity. Forsyth Reelected Board Chairman— CENTER— John D. Forsyth of Niobrara, veteran Knox county supervisor, Tuesday began serv ing his 27th consecutive year as chairman of the board. This is be lieved to be a Nebraska record for continuous service as a county board chairman He was reelected Tuesday at the annual reorganization meet ing. Mr. Forsyth was first elected a supervisor for the Second dis trict in 1926. He became chairman in 1929. One new supervisor, O. P. (“Pete”) Nielsen of Bloomfield, representing the Fifth district, was sworn in. Travel to Iowa— LYNCH—Mrs. Geraldine Spelts motored to Iowa City, la., Wed nesday, January 5, taking her son, Bud, there where he met a navy friend. Both left for their ship, USS Tutuila, FPO New York, I N.Y. Mrs. Spelts returned home. Holt Native Is Slain in California Details Lacking i n Schaaf Death ATKINSON—Holt county rela tives still are without details of the violent death of Emma Schaaf, 44, native of the Stuart and At kinson communities, who was murdered Monday, January 3, at Paradise, Calif. Her brother, Frank, who resides on the family homeplace, 13 miles northwest of Atkinson, said Wed nesday more than 10 days had elapsed since the crime and no details had been forthcoming. He reported one of his sisters, Mrs. William (Agnes) Griep of Blackfoot, Ida., had gone to California to attend the funeral. Rites were held at Paradise and burial was made there. The victim was a practical nurse and was born on the home place—a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mike Schaaf. Her moth er died when she was 4-years old. She resided in South Dakota, Nevada and Washington state be fore going to Paradise about sev en years ago. Other surviving brothers and sisters, besides Frank of Atkinson, are: Mrs. W. M. (Barbara) Lutter of Valentine; Mrs. Alphonse (Lou ise) Olberding of Emmet, Ida.; John Schaaf of Spokane, Wash.; Mrs. William (Agnes) Griep of Blackfoot, Ida.; Joe Schaaf of Boise, Ida., and Sister M. Rich ard (Lena) of Crofton. She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Mrs. Mary Brau; two brothers, Simon W., in 1951, and Henry on September 25, 1954. Butte Couple in Golden Wedding Hiatts First to Wed in Gross Church BUTTE—Mr. and Mrs. Newton E. Hiatt of Butte, who were the first couple to be married in the Friends church at Gross, Monday observed their golden wedding day at their home a Butte. They were married January 10, ir-05, in the church which had just been completed. A large number of relatives and friends attended the open-house reception here Monday afternoon end evening. Refreshments were served by women of the Full Gospel church, and the church presented a gift to the couple. Mrs. Hiatt, 67, was Miss Bessie Eallard before her marriage and was born at Sioux City in 1887. Her family later moved to Boyd county and located at Gross. Mr. Hiatt, 73, was born at Al len in 1881 and later moved to Lynch. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hiatt lived at Gross two years, then homesteaded a section of land 35 miles south of Ains worth, where they remained until 1919. men tney movea to iNoraen un til 1926, when they returned to Boyd county. They lived at Lynch until 1945, when they came to Butte and have lived here since. They became members of the Full Gospel church in 1936 and are still active members. Four sons and a daughter were b< rn to Mr. and Mrs. Hiatt. One son, Lyle, died at the age of 8 months. Their living children are Mrs. Helmuth Holmgren of Yankton, S.D., Rollin Hiatt of Lynch, Ervis Hiatt of Evanston, Wyo., and Jesse Hiatt of Marsing, Ida. They have 12 grandchildren. 2 Vehicles Collide on Ewing Street— EWING—There was a two-ve hicle collision Sunday at Ewing, near the public school street in tersection. No one was seriously hurt. A pickup truck driven by John Auman of Orchard and a passen ger car driven by Jay Butler of Ewing collided. Mrs. John Auman and her daughter, who were rid ing in the pickup with Mr. Au man, suffered cuts and bruises. Mr. Butler suffered a bruised knee. Burke Named to Commission— Edward R. Burke of Omaha, former republican senator from Nebraska, Tuesday was named by President Eisenhower to a com mission to plan the observance of the 200th birthday anniversary of Alexander Hamilton, first secre tary of the treasury. The anniversary falls on Jan uary 11, 1957. Secretary of th* Treasury George M. Humphrey also was appointed to the com mittee of eight. Many ducks have normal tem peratures of more than 109 de grees Fahrenheit. Holt Banks Bulge The year-end comparisons of assets, deposits and loans of the six Holt county banks are reproduced below. Figures are taken from bank statements issued December 31, 1954. The $4,161,691.77 assets of the O’Neill National Bank represent an all-time high. Assets Deposits Loans O’Neill National Bank, O’Neill .$ 4,161,691.77 $ 3,876,575.46 $ 393,615.43 First National Bank, O’Neill . 3,698,303.01 3,390,794.47 436,580.27 First National Bank, Atkinson . 3,361,417.21 3,087,788.60 477,294.65 Tri-County Bank, Stuart. 1,454,472.18 1,345,049.28 415,922.37 Farmers State Bank, Ewing . 1,257,308.60 1,150,427.65 255,578.69 Chambers State Bank, Chambers .. 986,463.25 924,074.63 282,036.79 $14,919,656.02 $13,774,710.09 $2,260,028.20 3 O’Neillites Among Army Volunteers Three of four volunteers for induction into the armed forces, through the Holt county selective service office, are from O’Neill. The quartet leaves today (Thurs day) for Omaha. They are: William D. McElvain, George Kilcoin and Clinton J. (“Jack”) Gatz, all of O’Neill, and Leslie D. Varilek of Stuart. C&NW Pays $16,382 Tax Bill in Holt State Total Over $268,000 A total of more than $268,000 is being paid by the Chicago & North Western Railroad company as 1954 taxes on its operating property in 28 counties in Ne braska, according to Paul E. Feucht, president of the railway company. Almost half of this amount con stitutes school taxes. Feucht said that the actual amount of the taxes was $268, 456.49 and were distributed as follows: School district taxes, $126,249.48; state taxes, $58,155.67; city or village taxes, $39,470.41; county taxes, $32,669.76; township, sanitary, road, cemetery and fire protection district taxes, $11,— 704.48; and all airport taxes, $206.69. Figures compiled by if. J. Jviem, land and tax commissioner of the railway company, show the tax totals in Holt $16,382.18. Other counties: Antelope, $15,399.06; Boone, $7,959.10; Boyd, $11,583.08; Brown, $7,880.54; Butler, $6, 358.54; Cherry, $27,692.56; Col fax, $5,280.97; Cuming, $7,536.96; Dawes, $14,579.86; Dodge, $13, 620.98; Douglas, $8,413.64; city of Omaha, $11,209.39. Fillmore, $7,764.14; Knox, $13, 823.94; Lancaster, $3,526.34; city of Lincoln, $2,021.49; Madison, $10,505.10; Nuckolls, $7,258.92; Pierce, $7,489.76; Platte, $5,870.32; Peek, $5,602.11; Saunders, $11, 341.80; Seward, $8,482.08; Sheri dan, $9,686.94; Sioux, $6,809.80; Stanton, $5,625.97; Thayer, $1, 0r.8.86; Washington, $7,109.86; York, $62.20. Curtis, Hruska Are Assigned— Sen. Curtis (R.-Nebr.) Tuesday was assigned to postoffice and civil service, and rules commit tees of the senate. Sen. Hruska (R.-Nebr.) was named to public works and Dis trict of Columbia committees. The two are among seven new republican members of the sen ate. On many major committees, such as finance, foreign relations and judiciary, the republicans did not have a single opening. The assignments are made by the republican committee on committees. Stuart Legion Auxiliary Is Donor of Funds— STUART — American Legion auxiliary donated $25 to the polio fund and $35 to the community movie projector fund at a meet ing last week. During the informal hour, di rected by Mrs. Ward Flanigan and Mrs. Cletus Durr, prizes went to Mrs. Edward Kurtz and Mrs. Donald Brent. Hostesses were Mesdames Cletus Durr, Noma Hall, William Farr, Robert Green field and Anna Chaney. Home from Hospital— ORCHARD — Glenn Morrill, who underwent an operation in a Kearney hospital, returned to his home in Orchard Saturday. The U.S. public health service estimates that Americans will have over a half billion colds in 1955. Michigan State competed in in tercollegiate hockey for the first time in 1922. Try Frontier want ads! Floren Gesiriech, Atkinson, Expires Settles Near Newport When Small Boy ATKINSON — Floren E. Ge siriech, 72, a retired fanner who had been in ill health about a year, died at 5 p.m., Tuesday, •January 11, at his home here. He suffered a stroke about a year ago. Funeral arrangements were not yet completed Wednesday night, pending arrival of distant rela tives. The body is at Seger’s. The late Mr. Gesiriech was born May 30. 1883, at Antonio, Pa. He moved onto a homestead near Newport when a child. His parents were Floren and Theresa Gesiriech. On January 4, 1911, he was married at O’Neill. The family lived at Stuart between 1920 and 1935. Mr. Gesiriech and his wife resided on an acreage at the east edge of Atkinson from 1935 until his death. Survivors include: Widow — Mary; sons—Edward of Atkinson; Floren of Los Angeles, Calif.; Gene of Milford; daughters — Mrs. Lloyd (Hazel) Thurlow of Stuart; Mrs. Edward (Belva) Bausch of Atkinson; Mrs. Claude (Gwhinith) Callen of Monterey, Calif.; Mrs. Norton (rseuian; Thurlow of Atkinson; 15 grand children and one great-grand child; brother—John, who resides on the family homestead four miles south of Newport; sisters— Mrs. Anna Humphreys and Mrs. Hattie Fox (twins), and Mrs. Te resa Towle of Oregon. He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Robert, who perished in a storm near O’Neill March 7, 1950, and one infant son, who died in 1919. Excello Club Plans Polio Campaign 4 ___ ‘Briefing Session’ Held Monday LYNCH—The Excello Project club met in the north room of the Moody cafe Monday evening, Jan uary 10, with Mesdames Joseph David and Guy Keller hostesses. Mrs. Ernest Sixta planned a polio collection campaign in town on Tuesday with the Excello mem bers’ assistance. Plans for the campaign were made the previous night. After the Monday’s meeting, Mrs. Leland Moody and Mrs. Don Allen gave the lesson on care and wear of the new fabrics of today. A lunch was served by the hostess at a late hour. Girl, 13, Hurt in Spencer Accident SPENCER — A 13 - year - old Bristow girl, Beverly Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Arderson of Bristow, was taken by ambulance Saturday to an Om aha hospital, having been injur ed early Saturday morning in a two-car accident, near Bristow. Four persons were hospitalized as a result of the accident—three at O’Neill and the Anderson girl. The patient transferred to Omaha suffered a badly fractured upper leg. Injured were Mrs. Richard Anderson, Janice Anderson and Carol Anderson, all of Bristow. Also hurt were Delilah Hiserote and Mr. and Mrs. Dahlberg, who were taken to the Lynch hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dahlberg of Lynch were traveling north in their car, while Mrs. Richard Anderson was driving south. film available Mrs. J. O. Ballantyne of Page has charge of infantile paralysis films which are available for showing in Holt county. Any groups wishing to use the film for showings should contact Mrs. Bal lantyne. Cronk Is Reelected Chairman Begins 3d Consecutive Year as Head of Holt Supervisors Frank Cronk of Page, veteran member of the Holt county board of supervisors, Tuesday was re elected chairman for the third consecutive year. Cronk, a repub lican, was first made chairman of the board when serving his third year on the board. He vacated the chairmanship for one year, was restored to the position in 1952, and served through 1953 and 1954. Tuesday’s meeting was a re organizational affair—purely rou tine. The Frontier and the Atkin son Graphic were designated to publish the board proceedings, and the Holt County Independ ent was designated as the of ficial paper for 1955. Members of the board, their po litical affiliations and respective districts follow: First—Edward N. Flood, dem ocrat, O’Neill, new member. Second—Arthur Tomlinson, re publican, Inman, new member. Third—Clarence Ernst, repub lican, O’Neill, new member. Fourth—Frank Cronk, republi can, Page. Fifth—Kenneth Barthel, repub lican, Chambers, new member. Sixth—A. N. Batenhorst, demo crat, Stuart. Seventh—Alex Frickel, repub lican, Atkinson. oommiuees appoimea are. Welfare: Edward N. Flood. Courthouse: Flood, Ernst, Frick Finance: Barthei, Batenhor#, Tomlinson. Printing: Frickel, Batenhorst, Barthei. Tax: Flood, Tomlinson, Ernst. Bonds: Barthei, Batenhorst, Tomlinson. Bridge: Tomlinson, Ernst, Frick el. Roads: Barthei, Batenhorst, Flood. Settlement of county officers: Flood and the entire board. Claims: Barthei and the entire board. Insurance: Tomlinson, Ernst, Flood. The following wage and pay scale was adopted: Single man, 75 cents per hour; common bridge labor, 95 cents per hour; bridge foreman, $1.10 per hour; truck drivers, tractor and grader operators, 85 cents to $1 per hour; experienced operators or mechanics, $1.05 per hour; two operators are guaranteed $200 per month during December, January and February; tractor and operat or, $1.50 per hour; tractor with loader, $2.50 per hour; drag line operator, $1.10 per hour; truck and driver, $3. Rentals: Drag line, $12.50 per hour; 140 - horsepower patrol, $12.50 per hour; 100-horsepower patrol, $10 per hour; 75-horse power patrol, $9; cat and scoop or blade, $12; small cat and scoop, $9; crawler tractor with loader or bucket, $10; elevator, $17.50. Lutherans Will Dedicate Organ SPENCER—As a part of a loy a'ty Sunday observance, January 16, the United Lutheran church of Spencer will dedicate its new organ which was recently pur chased and installed. The organ will be dedicated at the morning service. The organ is one designed for small churches and chapels. Though a small organ, it has all the principal features of the larg er organ and is admirably suited to the needs of this small church. Other features of the loyalty Sunday observance will include installation of officers at the af ternoon meeting and a congrega tional meeting. Masons Install— At a meeting of Garfield lodge 95 AF&AM last Thursday eve ning, the following officers were installed: Edwin M, Trennepohl, v/orshipful master; Roy D. John son, senior warden; William W. McIntosh, junior warden; Harold Lindberg, treasurer; Lloyd G. Gillespie, secretary; E. L. Van Every, senior deacon; Paul Baker, junior deacon; W. W. Waller, tyler; D. E. Nelson, chaplain; Witla G. Heflin, senior sentinel, end M. B. Marcellus, junior senti nel. * FIREMEN EAT STEAKS ATKINSON—There’s an old saw about firemen eating fire. Wednes day night, 25 members of the At kinson fire department sat down for a steak feed at the Sale Barn cafe. Joe Seger is chief.