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Volume 74.—Number 44 O’Neill, Nebraska, Thursday, March 3, 1955. Seven Cents
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State to Contract for
6.5 Miles on U.S. 281
Nelson . . . new school.
Supt. Nelson to
Schuyler Next Term
Heads Schools Here
4 Years
D. E. Nelson, superintendent of
the O’Neill city schools for the
past four years, Monday was re
leased by the board of education
tc accept a similar post at Schuy
ler. The change represents an ad
vancement for Nelson because of
the .larger enrollment there and a
completely new high school build
ing.
Nelson, who is married and is
the father of a son, Jackie, 10,
and a daughter, Pamela, 2, was
graduated from Peru State Teach
ers’ college in 1939. He taught and
was athletic coach at Eagle. Be
tween 1940 and 1943 he was prin
cipal and coach at Crawford and
he spent three years in service
during World War II as an officer.
In 1946 he went to Culbertson,
coming to O’Neill in 1951.
Nelson holds a bachelor’s degree
from Peru college and a master’s
degree from the University of Ne
braska. Since coming to O’Neill
he has spent summers studying at
ihe University of Colorado and
the University of Nebraska.
Under Nelson a new elementary
grade school building has been
constructed here.
No successor has been named.
Matter of teacher reelection will
be considered at the March 14
meeting of the board of education.
Meanwhile, the board is receiv
ing applications for the superin
tendency, according to Board Sec
retary Ira H. Moss.
4 Accidents in Area;
One Man Hospitalized
Albert Kallhoff is hospitalized
here recovering from cuts and
bruises. His southbound car over
turned about 7:30 o’clock Satur
day evening at a point about four
miles south of O’Neill. It was a
one car accident.
Rev. Duane Lauber, Wesleyan
Methodist ihurch supply pastor,
escaped unhurt from an overturn
el car near St. Paul. The accident
occured Saturday afternoon about
seven miles north of St. Paul. His
machine went over a 15-foot em
bankment in a single-vehicle ac
cident.
Bill Green, Clyde Neal and Al
bert Gerhart were in an auto
headed toward O’Niell about 10
o’click Sunday evening. Their
machine overurnel several times
on U. S. highway 20, one mile
west of Inman. Garhart suffered
a broken collarbone. Green was
the driver. This was also a one
car accident.
Mike Troshynski escaped injury
Friday afternoon on a county road,
nine miles north of O’Neill and
two miles east. A mail carrier, he
was returning to O’Neill when his
machine hit the front end of a
county road maintainer near the
crest of a hill. Albert Anson was
driver of the maintainer. Neither
was hurt.
Mary D. Murphy, 72,
III 31 Months, Dies
Miss Mary D. Murphy, 72, a
lifelong resident of the O’Neill
community who had been ill for
3Vz months, died Thursday, Feb
ruary 17, in St. Anthony’s hospi
tal here.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday, February 19, from
St. Patrick’s Catholic church with
Rev. Thomas Hitch officiating.
Burial was in Calvary cemetery
under the direction of Biglin’s.
The late Miss Murphy was born
January 29 1883, at O’Neill, a
daughter of the late Daniel D.
Murphy and Bridget Dwyer Mur
phy who were natives of County
Cork, Ireland.
She resided with sisters in O’
Neill after moving into town sev
eral years ago from the family
farm, northeast of here.
Survivors include: Brother —
Denis F. Murphy of O’Neill; sis
ters—Bridgett Murphy of O’Neill;
Mrs. Walter (Lynus) Brennan of
Omaha; Bernice Murphy of O’
Neill.
She was preceded in death by
her parents and four sisters —
Clara, Nora, Margaret and Helen.
WEATHER SUMMARY:
Hi Lo
February 24 .v.. 11 -17
February 25 . 40 10
February 26 . 35 -2
February 27 . 30 5
February 28 . 37 17
March 1 . 45 13
March 2 . 55 25
On Thursday, March 17, the
Nebraska department of roads and
irrigation will open bids on 6.5
miles of grading, culverts and bi
tuminous surfacing on U.S. high
way 281, north of O’Neill.
If the low bid is accepted and
work accomplished this summer,
as planned, the gravel gap be
tween O’Neill and the junction of
281 and state highway 12 (in
Boyd county) will be narrowed to
about six miles.
This latest project, designat
ed as number F-14(ll), will
begin at the Clarence Donohoe
corner and extend northward to
within about one mile of the Joe
Stein place.
Last summer five miles of bi
tuminous surfacing was done be
tween the O’Neill Drive-In thea
ter corner and the Donohoe cor
ner and, at the same time, seven
miles of mat was laid from the
junction with highway 12 south
ward to a point on table land,
immediately north of the Eagle
creek bridge.
Former Gov. Robert Crosby
last spring promised the entire
gap would be hardsurfaced in
1955.
When project F-14(ll) is com
pleted, it is believed the remain
ing six miles will be given a high
prority because of the awkward
arrangement of mantaining a
gravelled segment sandwiched in
between two hardsurfaced stretch
es.
If and when the gap is closed,
Boyd county will—at long last
—have a hardsurfaced highway
south and east.
Meanwhile, the route for the
new 281, linking Nebraska with
South Dakota highway 18 (and
Ft. Randall dam) has not been
finally determined.
James R. Hayden
Rites Set Today
Reared i n Redbird
Community
REDBIRD—Funeral services for
James Robert Hayden, 63, former
resident of the Redbird communi
ty, will be conducted at 2 p.m., to
day (Thursday) from Paddock
Union church.
Mr. Hayden died Monday, Feb
ruary 28, in Ft. Morgan, Colo.,
having been ill only a few hours.
The remains are to reach O’
Neill early today. Rev. W. B.
Smith of O’Neill will officiate in
the funeral rites and burial will
be in Paddock Union cemetery un
der the direction of Biglin’s. Pall
bearers chosen are Marvin Rouse,
Edward Young, Lawrence Rouse,
Lloyd Rouse, Bennie Johring and
Gerald Risor.
The late James Robert Hay
den was born at St. Joseph, Mo.,
February 20, 1892, the son of
Robert James Hayden and Jen
nie Allor Hayden. He came to
the Redbird community as a
small boy and was reared here
on a farm south of the village.
On September 14, 1915, at O’
Neill he was married to Bertha
M. Rouse. They became the par
ents of four children — one of
whom died when quite young.
The family resided on a farm
for many years, leaving Holt in
1924. The family lived at Long
Pine for a time.
He and his wife moved to Colo
rado about seven years ago, where
Mr. Hayden became a mail mes
senger.
Survivors include: Widow —
Bertha of Wiggins, Colo.; sons—
W. E. Hayden of Valentine and
Keith Hayden of Meadville;
daughter—Mrs. Lorene Kernan of
Long Pine; sisters — Mrs. Ethel
Ziess and Mrs. Bessie Olson, both
of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Violet
Stork of Casper, Wyo.
Guard Company
Signs 50th Man
Robert Stevens of O’Neill was
signed up Monday evening by
Capt. Joseph McCarville, com
manding officer of company D,
new national guard unit here.
Stevens became the 50th man to
go on the company’s roster.
Fifty was the minimum number
of men sought to make certain the
company would be activated, Mc
Carville said. Recruiting, howev
er, will continue through March
because of group of “80 to 105
men can be trained more effec
tively in the tank company,” the
officer stated.
Applications will be processed
and prospects and parents of
young men entering military age
may receive guard information on
Monday, Wednesday and Satur
day nights at the courthouse. Films
will be shown Saturday, March
5, and Monday, March 7, McCar
ville stated.
Father Rescues
Daughter in Fire
INMAN—Mr. and Mrs. F. E.
Keyes received a telephone mes
sage on Friday from their son E.
E. Keyes who resides in Mesa,
Ariz. The message stated the day
previously they lost their house
and all of the contents by fire.
Their daughter, Donna, was
asleep in the house at the time but
was rescued by her father, who
discovered the blaze.
Mr. and Mrs. John Schultz and
girls attended church in O’Neill
Sunday then had dinner with
John’s mother, Mrs. Florence
Schultz.
Save-Trains
Delegates in
Mail Appeal
Postal Superintendent,
Staff Will ‘Study’
8 Points Advanced
(Photos on page 3)
General Supt. V. A.'Klein of
the U.S. postal transportation
service agreed Friday in Omaha,
following a three-hour conference
with representatives of the Save
the-Trains association, to make a
“thorough study” of eight points
advanced by the association.
Sixteen cities and towns along
the Chicago & North Western
railroad’s Omaha-to-Chadron line
sent delegates to make a sincere
appeal to the government to re
store some of the mail patronage
to the last two remaining passen
ger-mail-express trains serving
the area. These are designated as
trains 13 and 14.
It was establshed at the con
ference that considerable mail
formerly hauled by these two
trains is now being hauled by
truck.
The points:
1. Possibility of making Omaha
a distribution point for southern
South Dakota (west river coun
try) mails now being distributed
through Sioux City. Final author
ity for ths must come from Wash
ington, D.C.
2. Possibility of speeding up ser
vice to include earlier arrival at
Chadron (western terminus). This
was tentatively agreed upon in a
subsequent conference with J. E.
Goodwin, C&NW vice-president
in charge of operations. (Good
win was in Omaha to confer with
Save-the-Trains officials, but was
not at the mail conference.)
3. Possibility of curtailment of
a star route from Chadron east to
Gordon (and return), parallelling
the C&NW tracks with no great
advantage in time element.
4. Possibility of the postal au
thorities making a study of mail
that can be routed from the Om
aha “gateway” to the Black Hills
area (including Rapid City).
5. Possibility of restoring a rail
way postoffice car between Chad
ron and Rapid City (enabling the
C&NW to restore through passen
ger-mail - express service from
Chicago to Rapid City).
6. Possibility of any diversion
in the Fremont - Scribner - West
Point-Norfolk area. (Time did not
permit exploration of this phase
of the conference agenda.)
7. Possibility of discontinuing
the Norfolk-to-O’Neill (and re
turn) afternoon star route, which
is costing approximately $5,600
per year. (The trains could handle
the mail with no increase in ex
penses and could gain revenue.)
8. Possibility of diverting to the
C&NW mail which now is carried
by other railroads and trucked to
areas adjacent to the main line
of the North Western.
The South Dakota mail, north
from O’Neill, and in the Black
Hills area were the big issues,
but would take orders from
high in the postoffice depart
ment.
Carroll (Cal) Stewart, publish
er of The Frontier, was spokes
man for the association. Klein and
six aides discussed with the rail
enthusiasts the many aspects of
the overall situation.
The C&NW currently is operat
ing trains 13 and 14 on an experi
mental basis. Stewart said the
C&NW officials have done “al
most everything we’ve asked’’ and
(Continued on page 4)
100 Present for
Cub Scout Banquet
One hundred persons were pres
ent Monday evening for the an
nual blue-and-gold Cub Scout
banquet. Cubs'of dens I, II and III
were hosts to their parents,
brothers and sisters and special
guests. James Coker is Cubmaster
and the den mothers are Mrs.
Melvin Marcellus, Mrs. D. E. Nel
son and Mrs. Wayne -Baker.
Elgin Ray, commander of Si
monson post of the American Le
gion, represented the sponsoring
organization. Advancement pre
sentations w-ere made to 14 by
parents of the Cubs.
George Hammond w^as master
of - ceremonies. Several parents
and Cubs spoke.
3 Volunteers Leave
Today for Military
Mrs. W. H. Harty, chief clerk
of the Holt county selective ser
vice office, announced this week
that three young registrants will
leave todav (Thursday) for induc
tion into the military service.
They are:
Henry J. Murp''v of Stuart,
Douglas R. Butterfield of Star
and Duane E. Bonnenberger of
Atkinson.
Members of three Cub Scout dens entertained their parents,
brothers and sisters at a blue-and-gold banquet Monday evening at
row—Kenneth Franklin, Albert Sipes, Robert Kramer, Steven Rey
noldson, Oi vel Neal, Terry Tomjack, James Sullivan, Richard Mar
cellus, Wayne Wiley, Raymond Kirk, John Baker, Michael Galla
gher, Danny Ryan, Vern Grenier, jr., Michael Hammond; back
row—Richard Bazelman, Gary Brewster, Kenneth Peacock, Michael
Gmtsch, Jack Kennell, James Wilson, Jack Nelson, Billy Joe
Pruss, Larry Frisch, Ricky Miller and Larry Lieb
Famed Soprano to Sing Here
“A voice of real beauty,” ac
cording to the New York Times,
is the rich golden soprano of The
resa Green, the young American
artist who will appear in O’Neill
Friday evening, March 4, at the
high school auditorium under the
auspices of the O’Neill Community |
Concerts association.
In recital, with orchestra, in op- I
era, on radio and television, and
on Broadway, Miss Green has won j
critical praise and a wide follow- j
ing among the public. The New 1
York critics hailed her at her
Town Hall debut recital and crit- !
ics across the United States and
Canada have echoed their praise.
At the celebrated Berkshire music
festival at Tanglewood, she scored
in several operatic productions
and was chosen by conductor
Leonard Berkstein to be soloist in
the Mahler “Resurrection” sym
phony with the Boston symphony.
When she appeared with the
orchestra of her native city of
Baltimore, Md., she was given
an ovation of five curtain calls.
At Philadelphia’s Academy of
Music, she sang in Russian the
letter scene from Tchaikovsky’s
“Eugen Onegin.” On Broadway
she created a featured role in the
musical extravaganza, “My Dar
lin’ Aida.” After winning the Ar
thur Godfrey Talen Scout TV
show, she was invited back three
thur Godfrey Talent Scout TV
again later with Arthur Godfrey
and His Friends.
Miss Green has studied with
such famous names in the world
of music as Eva Gauthier, Marion
Theresa Green . . . “voice of
real beauty,” says New York
Times.
Freschl and Winifred Cecil. Schol
arships have taken her to the Cur
tis Institue of Music in Philadel
phia and Tanglewood. Her out
standing voice and artistry have
won her many awards, among
them the Marian Anderson
award, a John Hay Whitney schol
arship which, contrary to custom,
was extended for a second year,
and the annual award of the
JUGGS, a private organization for
the advancement of unusual mu
sical talent, which sponsored her
New York debut recital.
The young artist who has won
these tributes was born in Balti
more only 25 years ago, the
daughter of Mrs. Goldie Green
and the late Rev. Joshua H.
Green. Mrs. Green is an accom
pished musician, a church organ
ist and teacher. From her, The
resa and her niine brothers and
sisters inherited a love of music
and varied musical talents. The
resa began to sing almost as soon
as she learned to talk, and she ac
quired sufficient control of her
naturally beautiful voice to make
a very creditable first public ap
pearance—before an audience of
eleven hundred—at the age of 5.
Although only in her early
twenties, Theresa Green speaks
French fluently and sings not
only in that language and in
English but also in Italian,
Spanish, German and Russian.
Her repertory includes such op
eratic roles as Aida and Madame
Butterfly, very many of the Ger
man Lieder, numerous Bach can
tatas and Handel oratorios, much
early Italian and French music,
and a modern song cycle by Leon
ard Kastle which is dedicated to
the artist.
Theresa Green is married to
Gilbert Coleman and makes her
home in Manhattan where she is
currently coaching with the em
inent artist and teacher, Win
ifred Cecil. A modest unpreten
tious young woman, she divides
her time between her work and
making a home for her husband.
1
Van Horns Earn
Permanent Title
Exhibit Best Group 3
Years in Row
For six years The Frontier has
awarded trophies to Hereford and
Aberdeen-Angus breeders exhibit
ing the best pen of three bulls in
connection with the anual shows
and sales sponsored by the various
registered breeders’ organizations.
H. A. & R. E. Van Horn of
Page were presented this news
paper’s trophy Saturday at Bas
sett in connection with the annual
spring show and sale of the North
Central Nebraska Hereford asso
ciation. Inasmuch as this marked
the third consecutive year in
which the Van Horns had exhibit
ed the best pen of three at Bas
sett, the trophy becomes the per
manent property of the Van
Homs.
The award must be earned
three years in a row’ to become
permanent.
The Van Horn entpr, VH Bright
Baca 102d, was judged grand
champion of the show and was
top selling bull at $810. Purchaser
was Barney Buell of Bassett. The,,
reserve champion, CD&S Real
Silver 3d, consigned by Charles
Dorsey & Sons of Newport,
brought $785 and was purchased
by Floyd Arrasmith of Bassett.
The second high selling bull was
also a Van Horn entry — VH
Bright Baca 100th—which sold for
$800. The better bulls brought
‘■fair” prices, but attendance was
restricted because many sandhills
sideroads were still impassable
from the previous week’s blizzard.
Fisher Bull Best
Among 25—
BUTTE—Best bull in Tuesday’s
Niobrara Valley Hereford Breed
ers’ association show and sale was
shown by C. H. Fisher, Spencer
breeder. William Meusch, who
lives south of Butte in Holt coun
ty, paid $700 for the grand cham
pion. The reserve champion bull
was shown by Kaupp brothers of
Gregory, S.D., and was purchased
by W. D. Nelson of Verdigre for
$570. Two other bulls brought
$500 or more.
# A banquet Monday night at
tracted 175 persons. Arnold Pet
erson of Omaha was principal
speaker. Judging competition was
conducted on Monday.
Amelia Resident
Has Broken Hip
AMELIA — Mrs. Bertha Sam
mons fell in her home Friday af
ternoon, the hip giving away with
her.
The large flat bone near the
hip joint was broken. It was pre
sumed the bone may have snap
ped before she fell.
She was in the house alone and
it was about 15 minutes before her
son, Forest, came to the house
and found her.
She was immediately taken to
O’Neill by her son, Forest, and
Dunk Peterson, where the extent
of her injuries was determined,
and she was taken by ambulance
to St. Vincent’s hospital in Sioux
City the following day. On Mon
day,. February 23, she underwent
surgery. Mr. and Mrs. Forest
Sammons went to Sioux City to be
near her.
Named Presided
George Hammond (above),
Tuesday evening at Norfolk
was elected president of district
III. Nebraska Funeral Directors’
and Embalmers’ association.
The district comprises Holt,
Cherry, Keya Paha, Boyd,
Brown. Rock, Knox, Cedar,
Dixon, Wayne, Pierce, Antelope,
Stanton, Madison, Platte, and
Boone counties. There are 52
firms in the district. Hammond
is a partner in Biglin’s, funeral -
directing and furniture firm
here.
John C. Miller, 76,
Ewing Pioneer, Dies
Came to Holt County
At Age of 2
EWING—Funeral services were
conducted at St. Peter’s Catholic
church here on Saturday morning,
February 26, for John C. Miller,
76, a longtime resident of the
Fwing community. Interment was
at St. Peter’s cemetery, Ewing.
Biglin’s were in charge.
Pallbearers were nephews:
Adolph Latzel, jr., of O’Neill, Al
bert Latzel, Charles Rotherham,
Virtus Sehi and James Koenig, all
of Ewing, and Allen Kallhoff of
Elgin.
John Carl Miller, son of Edward
and Monica Shrier Miller, was
born June 19, 1878, at Columbus.
He died at St. Anthony’s hospital
at O’Neill on Thursday, February
24.
At the age of 2 he came with
his parents and settled on a
farm 16 miles southwest of Ew
ing.
On April 16, 1918, he married
Anna Catherine Kallhoff of Ew
ing. They became the parents of
three sons.
In 1949 the Millers left the
farm and moved into Ewing to
retire. They had resided for many
years on a place about six miles
southwest of Ewing.
Survivors include: Widow —
Anna; sons—John William, Rich
ard Leo and Joseph Edward, all
of Ewing; five grandchildren, all
of Ewing; brother—Frank Miller;
sisters—Mrs. John (Bertha) Sav
idge of Alvin, Tex.; Mrs. Adolph
(Mary) Latzel of Ewing; Mrs.
Evo (Clara) Vandersnick of Park
City, Mont.
He was preceded in death by
his parents and three sisters.
Among those from out-of-town
attending the funeral were:
Mr. and Mrs. John Kallhoff of
Adair, la.; LaVina Kobold of
Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Kallhoff and son of Elgin; Mr. and
Mrs. Adolph Latzel, jr., of O’Neill;
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kallhoff of
Omaha; Mr and Mrs. Carl Kall
hoff and daughter of Raeville.
Dean Perry and Bill Teske were
dinner guests at the Charles Sko
pec home Monday, February 21.
The men were opening the roads
with a “cat” and show plow.
‘Bob’ Cook, 72, Dies
Unexpectedly Here
Heart Attack Claims
City Employee
Robert E. (“Bob”) Cook, 72.
employee of the city of O’Neill
street and water department for
the past 16 years, died unexpect
ed about 11 o’clock Friday night,
February 25, in St. Anthony’s hos
pital.
He had been ill only a few hours
—having been engaged all week
in operating snow removal equip
ment on the city’s streets. He suf
fered a heart attack, which prov
ed fatal.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 10 aan., Monday, Feb
ruary 28, from St. Patrick’s
Catholic church.
Interment was in Calvary cem
etery under the direction of Big
lin’s.
The late Robert Emmott Cook
_
Cook . • . ill a few hours.
was bom five miles northwest of
O’Neill on September 1, 1882. As
a young man he homesteaded in
Tripp county, South Dakota. He
later returned to farm in Holt
county and on June 11, 1913, at
St. Patrick’s Catholic church, he
married Zella Simmons of O’Neill.
They became the parents of two
sons — Robert W. Cook, jr„ of
Omaha and Dr. G. R. Cook of O'
Neill.
Survivors include: Widow —
Zella, sons—Robert W. of Omaha
and Dr. G. R. of O’Neill; brothers
—Henry, John and William, all of
O’Neill; sisters—Mrs. Nels (An
na) Stone of Minneapolis, Minn.;
Mrs. Lloyd (Alice) Gallagher of
O’Neill, and Mrs. John (Tess)
Gaptor of Compton, Calif.; five
grandchildren.
Among the out-of-town rela
tives attending the funeral were:
Virgil and William Lewis of
Meadow Grove; Mr. and Mrs. Ear]
Miller of Inman; Mrs. Jennie Ber
ens, Mrs. Hillary Clinton and
Mrs. Nick Berens, all of Spencer;
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wagman and
son of Atkinson; Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Simmons of Page, and
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Kimball of
Osmond.
Citizens’ Caucus
Held in Atkinson
ATKINSON—Voters of Atkin
son held a citizens’ caucus at the
American Legion hall Tuesday
night.
Candidates were nominated as
follows:
Councilmen: First ward—Albert
Coday; Second ward — Dick
Knowles, to complete the unex
pired two-year term of A. J.
Frost; Third ward—Lawrence P.
Hayes.
School board: Raymer Funk and
Albert Lemmer, for three-year
terms; Earl Coxbill was nominat
ed to complete the unexpired
term of Laurence Storjohann.
The general city election will
be held Tuesday, April 5.
Mr. and Mrs. Lysle Johnson
and sons spent Saturday evening
with Mr. and Mrs. Ewalt Miller
and Barbara at Star.
Nettie Earl
Dies at 91;
Rites Set
Teacher in Pioneer
Era 111 16 Days;
Bom in Wisconsin
CHAMBERS— Mrs. Mary Ve
nettie Earl, 91, who came to Holt
county in 1836, died at 7:30 a.m.,
Tuesday, March 1, in St. An
thony’s hospital at O’Neill. She
had been ill 16 days and had been
taken to the hospital by ambu
lance about a week before her
death.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 2 p.m., Friday, March
4, from Memorial Baptist church
in Chambers with Rev. L. M. Mc
Elheran, former pastor, officiat
ing. Burial will be in the Cham
bers cemetery under the direction
of Biglin’s.
The body will lie in state at
the church between 10 a.m., and
the funeral hour on Friday.
Mary Venettie Shaul was born
May 30, 1863, near Darien, Wise.,
a daughter of the late Menzo
Shaul and Sarah Harris Shaul.
Her parents were New Yorkers.
The family came to Nebraska,
initially settling in York county.
On July 20, 1884, she married
William Benjamin Earl at Exeter.
In 1886 they came to Holt county.
Mrs. Earl was a school teacher
for 35 years and a pioneer farm
wife «
The Earls became the parents of
three children. One daughter, Ef
fie Edith Earl, died June 8, 1914.
Mr. Earl died January 8, 1921.
Mrs. Earl was a member of the
Baptist church more than 40
years. She also was a member of
the Missionary society of the
church.
Survivors include: Son—Ernest
Earl of Chambers; daughter—Mrs.
Mabel Hubbard of Chambers.
Holt ARC Points
to ’54 Activities
The 1955 American Red Cross
membership and fund - raising *
campaign has been launched in
Holt county under the direction of
Dr. Rex W. Wilson of O’Neill.
Swimming lessons were includ
ed among the ARC-sponsored ac
tivities in the county last year.
Four hundred applied for lessons
but 50 students dropped out.
Twenty-two received junior life
saving and water safety certifi
cates; 84 were awarded interme
diate swimming certificates; 130
received beginners’ swimming cer
tificates; 60 were still attending
classes.
The swim training cost the ARC
approximately $250 — less than
one dollar per student.
A similar program is planned
this year.
John Grutsch of O’Neill, ARC
home service chairman for the
county, reports he handles be
tween 10 and 15 applications per
month for servicemen, mostly in
connection with emergency leaves.
Telephone and telegraph expenses
average from $2 to $5. The ARC
applies to the military for the
leaves.
Grutsch’s ARC office has an
average of 10 calls per month for
financial assistance of varying
types. About 30 percent, he said,
are granted.
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Unusual Accident
Ruptures Blood Vein
AMELIA—Mrs. Stella Sparks
suffered an unusual injury Fri
day evening while attending a
square dance here. She stepped
upon a pop bottle cap. Her
ankle turned.
The incident was lightly dis
missed at the time. But during
the night her ankle began to
pain. She consulted a doctor the
following day. The medico told
her a blood vessel in the foot
had been ruptured.
The doctor “drew out the
blood,” Mrs. Sparks said, and
brought about relief from the
pain.
Even innocent looking pop
bottle caps can be hazardous on
a dance floor, insists Mrs.
Sparks.
Polio Fund at
Chambers $432.02—
CHAMBERS—Contributions to
the infantile paralysis fund drive
here have been “broken down” as
follows:
Business solicitations, $84;
school children’s cards, $32 08
mothers’ march, $102.92; coin col
lectors, $22.42; food sale, $49.35;
clubs and organizations $47
cl urch baketball benefit $38.47
American Legion benefit dance’
$35.80; theater collection, $19 98
total, $432.02.
Miss Patty Sullivan visited over
the weekend in Omaha with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Sulli
van.