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Volume 74.—Number 50. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, April 14, 1955. Seven Cents
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state hist soc ^
Bowring to
Report on
Mail Trip
Assistant Postmaster
General Seidle Gets
Bassett Invitation
Mrs. Eva Bowring of Merri
man, former U.S. senator from
Nebraska, hopes to attend the
Monday, April 18, meeting of the
Save-the-Trains association to
be held at Bassett under the
auspices of the Bassett Chamber
of Commerce. Wayne Marcellus,
Bassett Chamber president, is in
charge of arrangements for the
evening meeting to be held in the
Veterans of Foreign Wars audi
torium, starting at 7:30 (CST).
F. L. Hebard, Bassett imple
ment dealer and ‘vice-president
of the Save-the-Trains group,
said Mrs. Bowring is planning to
make a report on her last month’s
trip to Washington during which
she conferred with Postmaster
General Summerfield concerning
the decline in “mail haul” on the
Chicago & North Western rail
road’s pasenger - mail - express
trains 13 and 14, which ply daily
between Omaha and Chadron.
These are the last remaining
passenger trains serving vast
areas of northeast, northcen
tral and northwest Nebraska.
Hebard said businessmen,
farmers and ranchers interested
in the problems relating to the
train-saving movement are In
vited. Invitations have been sent
to civic groups and individual
nnlV»iieioctc frnm PaniH
S.D., to Omaha.
Officers of the Save-the-Trains
association Wednesday asked Sen.
Roman Hruska (R-Nebr.) to in
vite Assistant Postmaster-Gener
al Seidle to the Bassett meeting.
Seidle is in charge of all mail
transportation for the postoffice
department.
Seidle sat in with Summer
field during Mrs. Bowring’s
visit last month.
If Seidle makes the trip, he is
expected to spend most of Mon
day in O’Neill.
The C&NW trains, 13 and 14,
are operating on an experimental
basis with streamlined equip
ment. The experiment is now in
its fifth month of an eight
months’ trial.
Meanwhile, Cal Stewart, The
Frontier publisher and president
of the Save-the-Trains association,
said O’Neill, Valentine, Chadron
and Bassett showed “wonderful
passenger revenue gains in March
compared to March, 1954.”
Ticket sales at O’Ne il in March
a year ago totaled $271; this year,
$714; Bassett, $187 up to $494;
Valentine, $531 up to $1,031;
Chadron, $1,046 up to $1,308.
“Unfortunately,” he declared,
“not all stations can boast such
gratifying results.”
The passenger - mail - express
figures will be principal topics
at Monday’s Bassett meeting,
Stewart explained.
Indra Returns to
Soil Work Here
Orville Indra, former work
unit conservationist at Stapleton,
arrived in O’Neill last week to as
sume the duties of soil scientist
for this area. He will fill the va
cancy left by Charles Crook, who
moved to Detroit Lakes, ^4inn,,
last December.
Mr. Indra is not new to ’this
area. He spent some time in the
Holt district prior to 1949 as a
farm planner and since that time
has been work unit conservation
ist at Stapleton. He will do the
soil mapping for the Holt, Boyd,
KBR and Cherry county soil dis
tricts.
O’Connell Home
Damaged by Fire
ATKINSON—A chimney fire
at the Dan O’Connell residence,
located immediately west of the
Gonderinger Motor company, vir
tually destroyed the roof shortly
after noon on Wednesday. Fire
men battled the blaze for more
than a half hour.
There was considerable water
and smoke damage inside the
dwelling.
Willatis with
AA Brigade—
ORCHARD—Army Pvt. David
G Willatis, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert A. Willatis, route 1, Or
chard, recently arrived in Yoko
hama and is now a member of
the 40th antiaircraft artillery
brigade.
Private Willatis, a cannoneer
with the 753d battalion of the
brigade’s 29th group, received ba
sic training at Ft. Bliss, Tex. A
1945 graduate of Orchard high
school, he was a farmer before
entering the army in October,
1954. _
Kindergarten Pupils
to Stage Play
Kindergarten pupils of the O’
Neill public school will present £
plav, “The Land of Make Be
lieve,” at the O’Neill school audi
torium. on Friday, May 6. Tht
story was written by Mrs. Ralpr
Gerber of Lexington, formerly o]
O’Neill. Mra. Harry Petersen is
the teacher in charge.
To Colorado—
ATKINSON — Mr. and Mrs
Charles Ridgeway, formerly ol
O’Neill, have moved to Coloradc
Springs, Colo., where Mr. Ridge
way will be employed by £
wholesale automotive firm. Mrs
Ridgeway is the former Jessit
liene Richards.
Read The Frontier want ads!
Arrives in Hawaii
Army Pvt. Francis L. Bau
man (above), son of Mrs. Ralph
Bauman, 132 Bronson ave., Big
Rapids, Mich., recently arrived
in Hawaii and is now a mem
ber of the 25th infantry divi
sion. Private Bauman, an engi
neer, completed basic train
ing at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
The 18-year-old soldier is a
former O’Neill high school stu
dent. His address: Pvt. Francis
L. Bauman RA 16488571, Hq.
Co., 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Reg.,
APO 25, San Francisco, Calif.
James O’Donnell
Rites at Atkinson
Resident of Holt 75
Years
ATKINSON—Funeral services
were conducted Monday, April 11,
from St. Joseph’s Catholic church
in Atkinson for James F. O’Don
nell, 78-year-old retired farmer,
ftlr. O’Donnell, who had spent
most of his life in Holt county,
died Thursday morning, April 7,
at his home in Atkinson.
Rev. William Kelligar, assistant
church pastor, officiated.
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in O’Neill.
Pallbearers were John O’Con
nell, William Mullen, John Ten
borg, Thornes Troshynski Joseph
Pongratz, Joe Winkler.
* The late Mr. O’Donnell was
born September 17, 1876, at Lans
ford, Pa., and came to Holt couh
ty when he was a smali boy.
He was married to Miss Nellie
Gallagher at St. Patrick’s church
in O’Neill February 1, 1905.
The late Rt.-Rev. M. F. Cas
sidy performed the nuptial
rites. Their wedding day was
one of the coldest days on rec
ord in Holt county—the mer
cury dropping to 40 degrees be
low zero.
They -celebrated their gold
en wedding with a family gath
ering at their home January 31,
1955. No open-house was ob
served because of the O’Donnells’
frail health.
After their marriage, the O’
Donnells lived for six years on
farms northeast of Atkinson. In
1911, they moved to a farm three
miles northwest of Emmet, where
the resided until October, 1953,
when they retired and moved to
Atkinson.
Two children died in infancy.
Survivors include: Widow —
Nellie; sons—Edmund T., of Hol
lywood, Calif.; James M. ol
Omaha; John P. of San Francisco,
Cailf.; Anthony J. of O’Neill;
daughters— Mrs. Rachael (Mary)
Pettinger of Atkinson; Mrs
James (Anna Rose) Joplir
of Denver, Colo.; and Mrs. Nor
bert (Helen) Hesse of Monterej
Park, Calif.; brother— Anthonj
O’Donnell of Atkinson; sisters—
the Misses Ellen and Margarei
O’Donnell, both of Atkinson; anc
Sister M. du Chantal (Bridget) o:
Arcadia, Mo., 13 grandchildren.
All members of the immediate
family were present with the ex
ception of one daughter, Mrs
Norbert Hesse.
Mrs. Gallagher Will
Head TB Association
The Holt County Tuberculosii
association entertained the asso
ciation board of directors anc
their guests at the annual meet
ing and dinner Tuesday evening
Annual reports were given b:
John C. Watson, treasurer, ant
Dr. W. F. Finley, case findinj
and medical services chairman
A budget report was submittec
by Mrs. H. J. Lohaus, progran
and budget chairman, and Mrs
A. W. Carroll, 1954 Christina;
seal chairman.
Mrs. Edward M. Gallagher wa:
elected to the office of presiden
for 1955-’56. Other officers elect
ed were J. L. McCarville, jr., firs
vice-president; L. A. Becker, sec
ond vice-president; John C. Wat
son, treasurer, and Mrs. Henr
F. Schlueter, secretary.
Chairmen elected at the meet
ing were Dr. W. F. Finley, casi
finding and medical services, ant
H. George Hammond, publicity
Miss Alice French, A. Nei
Dawes and Thad Saunders weri
elected advisors to the board o
directors.
4-H Family Fun
Night April 16
The annual 4-H family fui
night will be held Saturda;
night, April 16, at the O’Neil
high school auditorium. Clul
members, parents and leaders a
well as other interested person
i from the county will be on hani
for an evening of fun, entertain
met and awards.
Frank Beelaert of Page, chair
i man of the 4-H leaders, say
club members from all over th
county are making plans for thi
event.
Musicians’
Army Here
for Contest
30 Schools Participate
in Annual District
Meeting in Progress
O’Neillites happily turn over
the city today (Thursday) and
Friday to an army of youthful
musicians — 1,425 strong — who
will be competing in the annual
district III high school music
contest. The students will repre
sent 3 schools.
High notes of sopranos and
piercing notes of trumpets will
be heard on the hilltop as the O’
Neill competition formally culmi
nates a year of study and prep
aration.
There are six out - of - area
judges: Carlton Chafee of Ver
million, University of South Da
kota; Frank Carver of Yankton
(S.D.) college; Rolf Espeseth of
Bethany college, Lindsborg,
Kans.; R. W. Trenholm, Univer
sity of Omaha; J. L. Weed of
Yankton college, and George
Whitfield of Nebraska State
Teachers’ college, Kearney.
The contest director is Supt.
D. E. Nelson of the O’Neill city
schools. F. N. Cronin and Elgin
Ray, members of the board of
education, are general chair
men.
Designated as heads of the door
committee are Mrs. R. G. Shel
hamer and Mrs. A. P. Jaszkow
iak. Ted McElhaney, Mrs. H. L.
Lindberg and Mrs. Ira H. Moss.
were in charge of the steno
graphic committee.
The following schools are en
tered: Ainsworth, Atkinson, Bris
tow, Butte, Chambers, Clearwa
ter, Elgin, Ericson, Ewing, Inman,
Key a Paha county (Springview),
Meadow Grove, Neligh, Niobrara,
Oakdale, O’Neill, Orchard, Page,
Rock county (Bassett), St. Bon
iface of Elgin, St. Frances of
Randolph, St. John’s of Peters
burg, St. Joseph’s of Atkinson, St.
Ludger’s of Creighton, St. Mary’s
of O’Neill, Spencer, Stuprt, Til
den, Verdigre and Wheeler coun
ty (Bartlett).
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Girl, 2, Hit by Car;
Suffers Leg Fracture
Elizabeth Hickey, 2, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hickey,
was struck by a car Thursday
noon in an alley near the home of
her parents. The car, being driven
in reverse by Jack Bailey, struck
the child in such a way the right
leg was fractured.
The child’s parents described
the injury as a “clean break
above the knee”.
Elizabeth was taken to St An
thony’s hospital. The leg was
placed in a cast and on Tuesday
the girl was released from the
hospital.
The child’s parents said the
mishap was obviously an acci
dent—the child getting into the
l path of the backing car.
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NAMED DIRECTOR
ATKINSON — F. Ji Brady,
prominent Atkinson resident, re
cently was named a national di
rector of the Izaak Walton
league at a meeting in Chicago,
111.
The Burlington lines are spon
soring a conducted tour to Chi
i cago, 111., on Friday, April 22.
The tour, which leaves from Fre
[ mont, will visit 24 points of in
. terest. Mrs. Louis Reimer, jr., is
in charge of reservations in O’
, Neill.
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Mrs. Ralph Fox (center) with Deputy State Civil Defense Di
rector Austin Bacon (left) and a food processor . . . canned water
for emergency.
Golden Gets Deuce
on Hole No. 1 in
Season’s Opener
M. J. (“Max”) Golden, pres
ident of the O’Neill Country
club and perennial champ of
the club’s citywide tourney,
this week ventured onto the
course to unlimber in a four
some.
On the 280-yard par 4 num
ber 1 hole, Mr. Golden turned
in a deuce. He drove 240 yards
and applied the number 8 iron
for the approach. The ball was
lodged against the pin when
Golden, J. B. Grady, H. J. Lo
haus and Marvin Miller in
spected the cup.
James MacLachlan
Dies in Hospital
Spends Most of Life
in Holt County
ATKINSON—James MacLach
lan, 73, virtually a lifelong resi
dent of the Atkinson community,
died at 6:40 p.m., Thursday, April
7, in Atkinson Memorial hospital.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 9,
from the Presbyterian church in
Atkinson. Burial was in Wood
lawn cemetery.
Pallbearers were Alex For
sythe, Glen McClurg, Clarence
Focken, Oliver Shane, Sew el!
Johnson and Ray Elder.
Rev. W. J. Bomer of Ewing anc
Rev. F. F. Payas, the church pas
tor officiated.
The late Mr. MacLachlan wa:
born at Janesville, Wise., a sor
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Donate
MacLachlan.
The family came to Holt coun
ty when James was about 5
years-old.
He resided about 30 years on i
farm southwest of Atkinson, re
tiring four years ago.
Survivors include: Widow —
Ruth; daughter—Mrs. Roma Mc
Carthy of Gary, Ind.; three
grandchildren; brother — Rober
H. of Atkinson.
WEEK’S WEATHER SUMMARY
Hi Lo
April 7 .64 24
April 8 .74 34
April 9 .78 37
April 10 .73 37
April 11 .68 36
April 12 63 41
April 13 .62 35
MARRIAGE LICENSE
Charles Bruce Grimes, 22
Chambers and Bonita Faye Os
bom, 17, Chambers, April 8.
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Royal Native to
Witness ‘A’ Test
To Make Report for
Frontier Readers
ROYAL— Mrs. Ralph Fox of
Lincoln, the former Barbara Reh
berg, will witness a late in April
A-bomb test at Las Vegas, Nev.,
in the official party of National
Civil Defense Director Val Pet
erson.
Mrs. Fox, Lincoln housewife
and mother, is credited with the
idea of canning water for use in
civil defense. The idea was pre
sented to Otoe Foods, a Nebras
ka City food processing firm, and
now canned water is ready for
the market.
The “recipe” for canning wa
ter was prepared after trial
and error by the army and a
technological institute.
The process is complicated be
cause water becomes rancid, un
palatable and unfit for use in a
few weeks unless it is prepared
with even more care than ordi- i
nary food products.
Chemist George Kolb of Otoe
Fdtxls says canned water is “per
fect water,” although it doesn’t
taste exactly like water folks are
used to.
Civil defense leaders say water
is a vital fluid since it is used
for treating shock, washing
wounds, decontaminating sur
faces and utensils and alleviating
thirst.
Also in Peterson’s Nevada
bound party will be Gov. Victor
Anderson of Nebraska, State
Sen. Hal Bridenbaugh of Dakota
City, Mr. Bacon, and others.
Mrs. Fox was graduated from
Royal high school In 1940 and
the University of Nebraska in
1944. Her husband is staff pho
tographer for the Nebraska
State Journal, Lincoln.
Her brother, Bruce Rehberg,
is a member of The Froniter
staff. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Rehberg of Bruns
wick. She is the mother of two
children. Page, 9, and Kevin, 4.
Mrs. Fox has agreed to do an
exclusive “eye-witness” story of
the forthcoming A-bomb test for
The Frontier’s readers and pos
sibly will make a direct report
for “Voice of The Frontier” ra
dio listeners.
Urge Lawn Owners
Buy Holt Bluegrass
New is the time that families
are thinking in terms of a good
’ lawn for their home. If you are
planning a lawn, special attention
should be given to providing ac
curate fertility before seeding,
thoroughly packing the soil, and
the use of recommended grass
seeds.
The Holt county extension
agent has received many in
quiries concerning lawn mix
tures. He recommends that any
one planning a lawn should care
fully go over the contents of the
seed mixture that he plans to
use. Numerous samples have
been checked in the county and
it is found that some contain
serious weed seed, some contain
unadapted grasses and many of
them contain very little bluegrass
1 seed.
“Why not plant homegrown
, bluegrass that is high in germi
nation, high in test weight and
purity, and much more reason
able in price compared to other
■ lawn mixtures?” Dawes said.
“The supply is plentiful and you
will not only be helping your
self establish a good stand of
bluegrass, but you will be pro
moting home industry. Ask your
dealer for Holt county bluegrass
seed.”
Ewingr Scouts
to Yellow Banks—
EWING—Boy Scout troop 181
started its summer activities on
Saturday with a hike. At 9 a.m.,
the group met at the Scout head
quarters to leave for Yellow
Banks, popular place for outings,
east of Ewing. Time was spent
on study of camp craft prepara
tion of a meal and a nature hike.
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Holt 4-H Leaders
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Feted at Luncheon
1 ATKINSON—The Chamber of
’ Comerce here Monday noon feted
; Holt county’s 4-H club leaders
■ and assistant leaders at a lunch
■ eon.
Farley-Tushla American Le
gion auxiliary unit served the
* luncheon in the Legion building.
Rev. Charles Phipps of Atkin
l son opened the program with the
invocation, followed by a wel
1 come issued by Dr. James E.
: Ramsay, president of the C of C.
f Mrs. Robert Martens of Atkinson,
chairman of the Holt county ex
tension council, presented a talk,
“ A Word of Appreciation”, and
Matthew G. Beha of O’Neill re
sponded in behalf of the 4-H
leaders present from all sections
of the county.
1 County Agent Neil Dawes in
[ troduced guests. Music was pro
1 vided by a quartet, which in
3 eluded Calvin McClurg, Don
* Frickel, Harry Keller and Dale
* Dunn. A talk by Garry Fick of
3 Inman was entitled, “Growing
" Pains”. Guy Davis of Lincoln,
| assistant state 4-H leader, ex
‘ hibited a film entitled, “Leaders
5 of Tommorrow”.
a
s Doctor Ramsay lauded the
leaders. “If it were not for rur
at leadership, it would be im
possible to carry on the out
standing 4-H program that
Holt county has established,”
the Atkinson physician de
clared.
“It is a pleasure for the bus
inessmen of Atkinson to have an
opportunity to pay tribute to 4-H
club leaders who gave so liber
ally of their time and talents to
train boys and girls to become
useful citizens.
Among the leaders and assist
ant leaders attending were:
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew G.Beha,
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Schaaf, Mrs.
Robert Martens and daughter,
Miss Helen, and son, Robert, Mrs.
Mary Havranek, Mrs. Lyle War
den, Mrs. Ralph Beckwith, Mrs,
i Arthur Harley, Lois Puckett,
Caroline Skopec, Mr. and Mrs.
Neil Dawes, Mrs. Charles Boyle,
Mrs. George Ramold, Mrs. John
Babl, Mrs. Bert Barnhart, Mrs.
Clarence Gokie, Mr. and Mrs.
; Lloyd Gleed, Arlene Ruhrode,
Mrs. Lila Hull, Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Mellor, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fick
i and son, Garry, Karen and Dean
Garwood, Mrs. Dorothy Reynolds,
1 Clarence Gilg, and several others.
Polio Serum Ready;
635 to Get ‘Shots’
‘Shot’ Schedule
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First
O’NEILL
Thursday, April 21: St. An
thony’s hospital (north door);
8:30 a.m.—first and second grad
ers of St. Mary’s academy and
O’Neill public school; 9 a.m.—
first and second graders of Page,
Inman and Chambers public
schools.
Friday, April 22: St. Anthony’s
hospital (north door): 9 a.m.—
first and second graders of Ew
ing and rural school districts
which have elected O’Neill for
vaccine administration.
ATKINSON
Thursday, April 21: Atkinson
high school auditorium; 1 p.m.—
first and second graders from
the Atkinson and Stuart public
schools, St. Boniface Catholic
school (Stuart) and St. Joseph’s
Catholic school (Atkinson).
Friday, April 22: Atkinson high
school auditorium; 1 pm.—first
and second graders of rural
school districts which have cho
sen Atkinson as the site for vac
cine administration.
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Second
O’NEILL
Thursday, April 28: St. An
thony’s hospital (north door);
8:30 a.m.—first and second grad
ers of St. Mary’s academy and
O’Neill public school; 9 a.m.—
first and second graders of Page,
Inman and Chambers public
schools.
Friday, April 29: St. Anthony’s
hospital (north door): 9 a.m.—
first and second graders of Ew
ing and rural school districts
which have elected O’Neill for
vaccine administration.
ATKINSON
Thursday, April 28, Atkinson
high school auditorium; 1 p.m.—
first and second graders from
the Atkinson and Stuart public
schools, St. Boniface Catholic
school (Stuart) and St. Joseph’s
Catholic school (Atkinson).
Friday, April 29: Atkinson high
school auditorium; 1 p.m.—first
and second graders of rural
school districts which have cho
sen Atkinson as the site for vac
cine administration.
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Third
The time for administration of
the third—and final—shots in the
Salk series will be announced,
probably after seven months.
Business Courses
Here ‘Certainty
The Grand Island Business
college of Grand Island will open
a business school in O’Neill for a
term of five to six months.
Harry Anderson, college man
ager, told The Frontier Wednes
day the preliminary response to
the possibility of locating a
branch at O’Neill had been “very
gratifying” and virtually assures
an initial term.
The school is being brought
here through the efforts of the
Chamber of Commerce.
The school specializes in sten
ographic, secretarial and busi
ness administration courses. To
be offered will be secretarial,
stenographic, junior accounting
and general business, and the
bookkeeping and clerk- typist
course.
Speedwriting shorthand and
speedtyping will be used, which
materially shortens the time re
uired to complete these courses
in four to six months and normal
ly would require nine to 12
months to complete.
The school is fully accredited
by the National Association and
Council of Business Schools of
Washington, D.C., which is the
accrediting commission for bus
iness schools in the nation.
The school, founded in 1882, is
recognized as the leading busi
ness training school throughout
the middlewest. Nearly 60,000
students from 14 states have
graduated from the school during
the past 72 years.
The date for the first classes
has not yet been set.
Mrs. Ruzicka Entertains—
Mrs. Melvin Ruzicka was I host
ess to the Jeudi club at her home
Tuesday evening following dinner
at the M&M cafe. Mesdames
Wanser and J. B. Grady had the
high bridge scores.
Club Hostess—
Mrs. J. D. Osenbaugh enter
tained the Merri-Myx bridge club
at a 1=30 o’clock dessert luncheon
at her home Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. H. S. Moses had the high
bridge score.
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Dread Disease’s Reign
of Terror Near End;
1955 Vaccine Best
Tentative polio vaccination
plans were made positive Tues
day on the heels of the important
announcement that Salk vaccine
is an effective agent for produc
ing immunity against the dread
crippler.
Miss Alice L. French, Holt
county superintendent of public
instruction, has been made Holt
representative of the state board
of health in setting up a Salk
vaccine inoculation organization.
First shots to be administer
ed to first and second graders
will be in O’Neill and Atkinson
on Thursday and Friday, April
21 and 22. Second shots will be
given in these two cities on
Thursday and Friday, April 28
and 29.
These shots for first and sec
ond graders are free.
Doctors who are in charge of
the vaccine administration have
requested that parents accom
pany their children if they (the
parents) feel parental comfort
might be needed.
Mrs. Robert Cole of Emmet and
Mrs. Robert Clifford of Atkin
son will be in charge of clerical
aids at Atkinson.
Mrs. H. D. Gildersleeve of
O’Neill, immediate past county
polio chairman, said Wednes
day more volunteers are need
ed at O’Neill to assist with
clerical work.
Four hundred and four pupils
in the first and second grade
groups will receive vaccine at
O'Neill; 231 in Atkinson. This
adds up to 635 pupils whose par
ents or guardians authorized the
inoculations by signing request
forms. The forms were needed to
requisition the Salk vaccine.
The potent new vaccine began
rolling Tuesday night to doctor’s
offices to end polio’s long reign
of terror.
The vaccine was officially li
censed for public use by the Na
tional Institutes of Health only
hours after it had been found
safe, effective and powerful in
preventing paralytic polio.
The vaccine in mass tests last
year proved its ability to prevent
up to 90 percent of cases of para
lytic polio.
But since then it has been
improved, and this new 1955
model vaccine is the one which
the public will begin to get
very soon, perhaps within a
few days’ time.
This vaccine is far better than
the vaccine tested last year, and
it can theoretically prevent
paralytic polio 100 percent, de
clared Dr. James Salk, brilliant
young Pittsbrugh, Pa., scientist,
who developed it.
Children would get only two
shots of this newer vaccine —
spaced two to four weeks apart—
if Doctor Salk’s recommendations
are followed. They would get a
third shot no earlier than seven
months after that.
Doctor Salk finds this spacing
best pulls the trigger of the
body’s gun mechanism, flooding
billions of protective antibodies
into the bloodstream. It is these
antibodies which build a wall be
tween children and paralytic
polio.
Holt Polio Leaders
Are Thrilled—
Holt leaders in. the National
Foundation work were entnusi
astic about the Salk report:
Mrs. H. D. Gildersleeve of O’
Neill, immediate past county
chairman: “The good news was
more-or-less expected, but all oJ
us are greatly thrilled.”
John H. McCarville of O’Neill,
county chairman: “The Salk re
sults are wonderful and every
one who has helped from the low
liest giver on up can share ir
some of the credit. The fighl
against polio, however, goes on
We have a great moral obliga
tion to those who are afflicted;
still others who may yet be
stricken.”
To Harwell—
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Perry
and family drove to Burwell Sat
urday to spend Easter with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice
Cavanaugh, sr. Mrs. Cavanaugh
and the children remained to
visit at the Cavanaugh home for
several days.
Easter in Omaha—
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shoemak
er and daughters spent the Easter
weekend in Omaha. They were
guests at the home of her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Schroeder and
his brother and sister-in-law, Mr
and Mrs. John Shoemaker and
family.
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Retired Ewing
Farmer. 80, Dies
Lou?* Schober Rite*
to Be Held Friday
EWING—Louis Schober. 80,
a retired farmer, died at 5 o’clock
Wednesday morning, April 13, at
a nursing home in Wayne. He
had been a guest at the home a
bout five weeks, having been in
failing health for several years.
He suffered a stroke Saturday
morning and the attack proved
fatal.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 9 a.m., Friday, April 15,
from St. Peter’s Catholic Church
in Ewing. Rev. P. F. Burke will
officiate. Burial will be in St.
Anthony’s cemetery, southwest
of Ewing.
A rosary rite will be conduc
ted tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’
clock at the home of Mrs.
Robert Kreiziger in Ewing.
The late Mr. Schober was born
near the Austria-Germany bor
der, in Germany. He came to the
United States at the age of 12
with his parents.
The family settled on a home
stead 12 miles southwest of
Ewing, west of Deloit.
Mr. Schober farmed in that
locality for many years. He mar
ried the former Bertha Law
rence at Ewing on April 24, 1904.
She died 14 years ago.
Mr. Schober remained on the
farm about two years after his
wife’s death and (hen moved to
Ewing, making his home most
of the intervening time with his
daughter, Mrs. Kreiziger.
Survivors include: Daughters—
Mrs. Robert (Anna) Kreiziger of
Ewing; Mrs. Harold (Leuellan)
Jones of Clearwater; Mrs. Emit
(Edna) Hldlik of Madison; seven,
grandchildren.
'Michiganders’
Run Rail Board
The United States railroad re
tirement board, located in Chi
cago, 111., is being actively ad
ministered by “Michiganders”—
an affectionate reference to any
one whose family ties are of
Irish background with an inter
lude spent in Michigan.
The retirement board is the
pension organization that is pay
ing retirement and survivor ben
efits to railroad employees and
their families.
One “Michigander” is Col.
Raymond J. Kelly of Detroit,
Mich., now chairman of the board
and former national commander
of the American Legion. He was
appointed to this position by
President Eisenhower in Septem
ber, 1953.
Another “Michigander,” John
J. Harrington of O’Neill, acting
administrative assistant to the
chairman of the board, has been
in charge of the office while
Colonel Kelly was in Washington
before the senate and bouse ap
propriation committees securing
the necessary funds for the agen
cy for the coming fiscal year.
Phil Harrington, an uncle of
John J. Harrington, still resides
on the old Harrington place
northeast of O’Neill. The latter
has been in O’Neill for the past
several days visiting his family
and mother, Mrs. Anna Donlin.
He will return to Chicago within
the next few days.
Omaha ns Spend
Weekend Here—
Mrs. John DeGeorge and
daughters of Omaha spent their
Easter vacation at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle
C. McKim. Leslie McKim of
Omaha visited from last Thurs
day until Saturday at the home
of his parents. He recently en
listed in the navy for four years.
He left Monday for Great Lakes
naval training center, Chicago,
111. Mr. and Mrs. McKim enter
tained at a dinner Saturday hon
oring Leslie. Guests were Mrs.
John DeGeorge and daughters
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tas
ler and daughters of At<inson.
O’Neill Couple Buys
Cafe at Petersburg—
PETERSBURG—Mr. and Mr.
Jack Wildes of O’Neill have pur
chased the Hamilton cafe here
and will take possession about
May 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hamilton,
who moved here from Washing
ton, have operated the cafe since
1950. They moved this week from
an apartment in the cafe build
ing to the Lawrence Ketteler
house here.
Mr. and Mrs. Wildes have two
daughters.
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