The accompanying story concerns Holt county
Holt county rural school district 165 near O’Neill,
■which boasts a fine new school building. These
photos, however, were taken at district 69, north
of Atkinson. District 69 completed the new struc
ture (above) in 1954 and open-house was ob
served October 12. Board members, pictured be
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side the building are Mrs. O. Poessnecker, E. Hale
and W. Morgan. Pupils in the interior photo are:
Back row—Jimm’e Hale, Arlene Zahradnicek,
James Morgan and Anita Morgan; row nearest
camera—John Morgan, Julie Akins, Gary Rocke,
Bonnie Akins and Bruce Hale. The teacher is Al
pha Kirkland. Some of the patrons are shown.
Photo was taken on the day of the open-house.
John Deere Day in O'Neill!
TUESDAY, JANUARY 18th-1P.M.
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Phone 562 — O’Neill
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Districts 165, 69
Not Ragged Beggars
By MRS. N. D. ICKES, SR.,
Frontier Feature Writer
It has taken a long while, com
paratively speaking, for the rural
schools in Nebraska to reflect the
prosperity and progress of the
people. In other words, the archi
tecture of most rural schools is of
turn of the century variety and
the.conveniences of modern living
hardly exist in most schools.
Many districts still use the one
room school by the side of the
road. The ragged beggar is heat
ed with fuel manually carried in
as needed from an outside sup
ply. The wood or coal (or both)
is fed into a potbellied iron hull
in the corner of the room. Toilets
usually can be found at each rear
corner of the school yard. In win
ter they’re usually snowed in or
snowed under. At Hallowe’en time
they stand as easy prey for prank
sters.
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schools is solved in various ways,
few proving entirely satisfactory.
The wells that stand unused
throughout the summer are risky
propositions, even though some
reliable board of education mem
ber comes along before the fall
term opens and “pumps them
out.” Some parents won’t even
trust the old well at the school;
hence water is transported from
a nearby home.
In warm weather the water ac
quires a taste akin to licking the
inside of the container.
Let’s take a look at a modern
rural school in Holt county, built
by patrons of district 165, situat
ed five miles south and one mile
west of O’Neill. This was the first
modern rural school building in
Holt county and was built in the
summer of 1952.
The present school board con
sists of Francis Pribil, Melvin
Rieck and C. C. Peter. The teach
er, Miss La Vonne Rieck, is in
her second year of school there.
She received her training at
Wayne State Teacher’s college.
There are 12 pupils, represent
atives of the Cyril and Stanley
Peter, Dick Clark, Verling Snell,
Francis Pribil and Melvin Rieck
families. Miss Rieck counts four
beginners, two first graders, three
second graders, one third grader
and two fourth graders.
This building is a frame struc
ture with windows on the south
for lighting and high windows on
the north for ventilation.
The class room is equipped
with 20 movable and adjustable
desks with plenty of play area
for the smaller children. There is
a primary table and chairs, a
sandtable and children have loads
of fun on a merry-go-round out
side.
District 165 boasts a rhythm
band. The school is equipped to
serve hot lunches and the build
ing is lighted with fluorescent
lighting. An oil burning furnace
supplies ample heat. There are
two indoor rest rooms. There is a
cloak room and a water fountain
furnishes sanitary drinking water.
Patrons of district 165 are justi
fiably proud of their new school
building, and frankly, I found it
an impressive, interesting and
mighty commendable place to
visit. 1
Strong Finish
Enables Victory
Coach Elmer Murman’s O’Neill
high Eagles uncorked a fourth
quarter rally which couldn’t be
checked by the favored Neligh
Warriors. The Blues finished in
front, 44-43, in a thriller played
before a near capacity crowd here
Friday night.
Trailing 11 points going into
the final stanza, O’Neill scored
13 points while Neligh could
muster only one. Wayne Strong
hit the clincher from the side with
15 seconds remaining.
Neligh’s counter attempt
failed with O’Neill coming up
the rebound to stall out the re
maining seconds.
O’Neill jumped to a 12-9 first
quarter lead only to have Neligh
forge ahead 26-22 at halftime.
The Eagles could not find the
range in the third, enabling Neligh
to build a 42-31 lead.
The Neligh coach started his
second five in the fourth quarter.
O’Neill picked up three quick bas
kets before the Neligh starting
five could reenter the lineup. It
made no difference with the start
ing five returning as the Eagles
continued to roll toward victory
with a storybook finish.
Duane Alton led the Eagle
scoring attack with 13 points. He
shared rebound honors with Bob
Sanders. Dick Gaskill added eight
points for the Eagles.
Moon was Neligh’s high scorer
with 18 points. Van Ert and Bro
derson were the Warriors’ top
rebounders.
O’Neill reserves won over the
Neligh reserves in another thrill
er, 32-30. Johnson and McKenny
led O’Neill with eight and seven
points, respectively, while Han
; sen had 11 for Neligh.
The Eagles meet Bloomfield on
the O’Neill maples Friday night,
January 14.
Boxscore of main event:
O’NEILL (44) fg ft pfpts
Fetrow . 1 0 0 2
Gatz . 3 0 3 6
Alton .6 1 2 13
Sanders . 2 3 1 7
Gaskill . 4 0 0 8
Strong . 2 0 4 4
Conarro . 1 2 1 4
Totals .19 6 11 44
NELIGH (43) fg ft pfpts
Moon . 8 2 1 18
Alderson . 0 0 0 0
Laker . 2 1 1 5
Scofield . 0 0 0 0
Van Ert . 3 1 2 7
Ames ..!. 0 0 0 0
Ganskow . 1 0 2 2
Melcher . 0 0 0 0
Broderson . 3 5 111
Gabelman . 0 0 1 0
Totals .17 9 8 43
Rail Agents Study Public Relations
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iv. x-jrxc at lenj conauciea a
public relations seminar for 11 Chicago & North
Western station agents, assistants and operators
Friday at O’Neill. The lecture hall was a special
railway car. Fyfe has had amazing success at
Rochelle, 111., and several other points as a
passenger-freight agent and is noted in the
C&NW system as an expert on public relations.
His lecture and a 2%-hour question-and-answer
period were preceded by A courtesy film. Fyfe
made similar stops and conducted seminars at
four other points along the Omaha-to-Chadron
line of the C&NW where a concerted effort is
being made, both ny the C&NW and civic
groups, to make pay passenger-mail-express
trains number 13 and 14, which have been op
erating at substantial losses. In the photo (left
to-right): V. J. Towle of O’Neill, John B. Beck
of Atkinson, Sam Noring of Bassett, Richard
Hutton of Bassett, Thomas Hutton of Inman,
Don Shimerka of Atkinson, N. J. Rich of Norfolk
(district freight agent), A. L. Eckles of Norfolk
(division superintendent), L. A. Nelson of O’
Neill, W. N. Spence of Ewing, J. H. Johnson of
Clearwater, J. C. Strode of Stuart and C. A.
Henry of Newport.—The Frontier Photo.
Valentine 45; Bassett 44
BASSETT — The Valentilne
Badgers earned a 45-44 victory
ever Rock county high (Bassett)
here Friday night. Earlier the
Badgers had defeated Bassett, 52
40. It was Valentine’s fifth
straight win. Wrage led the Badg
r ■
ers with 23 points; Dick Turpin
got 13 for the losing Tigers.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Beckwith
and their son, Cpl. Donald Beck
with, and Miss Nancy Watson
were Wednesday, January 5, din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Harley and family.
Here from Denver—
Miss Marjorie McElhaney of
Denver, Colo., visited over the
weekend with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ted McElhaney and
her brother, Pvt Bruce McEl
haney, who was home on leave
from Ft. Bliss, Tex.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
WD—Esther Downey to Mary
Neiman 1-5-55 $3500- Lot 1 Blk
1- O’N
WD—Hugh Carr to Virgil L '
Laursen & wf 12-29-54 $7000
Lot 8 & No 20 ft lot 9- Gilg &
Swenson’s Sub-division- O’Neill
(exchange)
WD— Virgil Laursen to Hugh
Carr & wf 12-29-54- Exchange
Lot 10 & No ^ lot 11- Blk C- O’N
& Hagertys Add- O’Neill
WD—'Harold Savidge to Fran
ces Rotherham 12-29-54 $5000
North 10 ft lot 1 and all Lot 2 ex
cept the No 25 ft- Blk 8- Ewing
WD—Donald L Carroll to Ed
ward R Jansen & wf 22-31-54 11
East 62 ft lots 5-6 & 7 Blk 1
Atkinson- Correction Deed.
WD—Edward Jansen to Edward c
J Jansen & wf 1-4-55 $1- NE%
2- 29-16
WD—Adam Tindall to Lizzie C
Tindall 12-28-54 $1- V4 Int in S%
21- NWy4 23- Twp 31-R 15 SWy4
27- NM, 34-29-15 & W% 3-28-15
WD— Adam Tindall to Adam
Tindall & wf 12-28-54 $1- All 6
28- 15 & SEy4 1-28-16
QCD—E V Sedivy to Ray E
Sedivy & wf 12-31-54 $1- SVfe 29
S^SWVi- SWy4SEy4 28
Nwy4- sev4nwv4 & SEy4Nw%
32-26-9
WD—Addie L Wrede to Earl E
Wrede- Vivian M Martin & Ger
trude L Easton 8-4-52 $1- Lots
19-20 & 21 Blk B- O’Neill & Hag
erty’s Add- O’Neill
WD — Joseph Rohde, et al to
Romaine J- Agnes M and Francis
R Rohde 11-15-54 $9600- SWVi
28- NEy4 33-32-12 o
Mrs. Vannie B. Newman return
e Sunday to O’Neill from Hold
rege. Mrs. Newman and her son
in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Babl and family, of
Holdrege, had returned new
year’s day to Holdrege from San
Diego. Calif., where they had
visited over the Christmas holi
days with Mrs. Newman’s son-in
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
James Morris and family.
County Treasurer’s Semi-Annual Statement
HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA
Balances Receipts Transfers Transfers Disburs’ts Balances
FUNDS: July 1 7-l-’54 to from other to other 7-l-’54 to Dec. 27
STATE FUNDS: 1954 12-27-’54 funds funds 12-27-’54 1954
General ..$ 2,792.48 $ 76,508.18 $ 3,647.49 $. $ 63,079.12 $ 19,869.03
Tinted V,.. 1148 1-997'59 . 1-435.60 573.47
Umv. Hospital . 18.67 855,77 28.06 647.14 255.36
rllt tv/t-''* a. 85181 20,290.34 1,028.77 17,006.20 5,164.72 <
e Feeble Minded . 226.44 5,855.03 271.22 4,849.39 1,503.30
Veteran's Aid . 29.58 7.69 . 29.58 7.69
Spec. Building . 854.29 19,227.28 1,028.77 16,350.35 4,759.99
1^Dnmly . 447.55 8,613.30 467.62 7,379.71 2,148.76
Med. College Bldg. 223.78 4,306.69 233.81 3,941.70 822.58
School Land .. r ooq ss ^ 011 , n ««...<
University Land .. 392.95 3,395.15 3,434.10 354.00
Highway Supervision . 38.71 240.63 . 268 32 11 02
Highway Maintenance ... 452.90 2,815.21 . 3 139 17 128 94
Old Age Tax . 24.49 6,402.12 4,497.02 1,929.59
Spec. Bee Tax . ,80 44.92 .... . 45 72
Tow Permits . 30.00 30.00 6000
STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS: .
°ld Age As^iSt!n?,t.,J. 8,987.59 70,006.29 72,536.60 6,457.28
Aid-Dependent Children . 471.45 16,754.85 16,580.80 645.50
Aid-Bhnd . !09.00 2,513.00 2,513.00 109.00
Admmistr. Expense . 437.14 8,129.30 . 7 005 09 1 561 35
COUNTY FUNDS: ’ y l,5bl.J5
2er!fral . 75,760.28 52,457.70 1,776.97 .. 70,496.12 59,498.83
®rldge . 45,943.02 25,139.15 841.72 . 42,510.78 29,413.11
. 49,556.50 30,250.30 79,125.28 681.52
Road-Bridge . 12,167,47 7,877.05 23,748.54 3,704.02*
Mail Route ... 14,776.61 25,130.69 42,405.46 2,498.16*
Soldiers and Sailors Relief .. 2,341.64 177.32 9 35 2 528 31
Unemployment Relief . 6,487.92 2,606.70 93.52 .“ ‘“ 2 170 87 7 017 47
Medical and Hospitalization . 7,530.88 4,805.95 327 34 . . 2 773 19 q’oQnQo
f“:;, •"„•••.. 1,472.37 1,786.15 46.76 ...’. Z.OOO.OO ijX
Mothers Pension . 1,072.12 .
Delinquent Tax . 29.91 . . ’ 0nn?
C-A TT_ T-»_.1 /I -i .. .. Zo.ffl
rjuuu ^ dll pdlU) . _ „
Advertising . 388.10 . . 24’™
Misc. Fees . 213.60 . . 213 60
Drivers License . 1,410.65 32.40 . 1 44305
Partial Pay’t . 478.52 301.00 . 224 61 554 91
Int. on Investments . 6,425.27 2,220.00 . R K1e „
Tax Foreclosure . 4,154.23 .. . . 4 154 93
Noxious Weed . 3,120.12 50.09 . 3’l70 21
Tax Sale Redemption . 6.40 453.90 . 352 15 108 15
Motor Vehicle Tax Undist.. 24,612.86 5,154.72 . 29,417.78 349 80
PRECINCT FUNDS: .
. 54,019.78 47,577.12 2,355.60 49,765.00 54,187.50
. 894.06 1,964.75 110.46 . 2,145.00 824 27
Po11 Tax . 2,404.83 . 2 404 83
?}re ^lst; ^T°- 1 . 671.88 1,909.67 169.10 2,500.00 ’250.65
Fire Dist. No. 2 . 166.97 6.15 . . 173 19
SCHOOL FUNDS: ..
ge-ral ; ' .. 243,232.09 224,904.82 21,017.79 219,750.86 269,403.84 ‘
Bond and Coupon . 16,699.91 9,510.09 339.79 12,939.58 13 610 21
Free High . 13,578.68 67,557.44 3,034.40 1,620.00 82’,550^52
Fines and License . 8,933.00 . 8,933.00
State Apportionment .
Miscellaneous .!”!!!!!!!!!! *1,119.57 1,119.57
Estray ... 42.47 . 42.47
VILLAGE FUNDS: ' *
General . 34,267.09 33,298.46 5,182.18 . E2 090 Oft 9n RS7 79
Water Bond and Coupons . 9,965.61 2,570.27 173.25 . 909 3J 11*799 83
Funding B. and C. 1>095.29 87.86 4.06 .... 51800 eSS'2?
Sewer B. and C. 6,904.58 5,794.36 394.13 . 7 280 00 5 813 07
Elec. Light Revenue Bd. 5,250.00 . 5*350 ™ ’
Atkmson Ball Park B. and C. 3,118.26 546.20 33.08 . . ’2OO 00 ‘‘'iVaV<u
O’Neill Swimming Pool B. and C. 896.09 383.95 30.25 1 097 50 ’919 70
O’Neill Paving Assessment . 806.08 3,080.84 . ‘ ’ , I,
O’Neill Intersec. Pav. B. and C.. 1.911.85 ... .
. 2,249.26 ."2,249.26
Po11 Tax . 990.01 . . 990 oi
Auto License . 1,014.48 . 1 014 48 ""
O’Neill Park Improv. B. and C. 1,548.10 1,679.19 131.07 ...’. 2,552.50 805 88
$690,289.91 $ 876,723.79 $42,776.56 $42,776.56 $ 888,277.19 $678,736 51 '
Balance July 1, ’54 . 690,289.91 ’
Balance Dec. 27, 1954 . . 678,736.51
$1,567,013.70 $1,567,013.70
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Bank Balances .$487,924.69 UNALLOWED CLAIMS ON FILE IN COUNTY CLERK’S
Cash and Checks in Office . 15,811.82 OFFICE ON DEC. 15, 1954
Invested (Gov’t Bonds) . 175,000.00 General ...$8,898.81
- pndge .... $2,143.69
$678,736.51 R°L RriV1<to.$6,913.53
STATE OF NEBRASKA, y ----_
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COUNTY OF HOLT J
I, J. Ed Hancock, County Treasurer of Holt County, Nebraska, do solemnly swear that th« tw™;™
rect to the best of my knowledge and belief. solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true and cor
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3rd day of January 1955 J' ED HANCOCK- County Treasurer
(SEAL) ' t 1,
RUTH HOFFMAN BAKER, County Clerk
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