The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, April 14, 1955, Page 4, Image 4

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    Merritt Claims
Are Unfounded
WASHINGTON — Claims that
the Merritt dam of the Ainsworth
irrigation unit will not hold wa
ter are “utterly fantastic.” Ximon
Karabatsos, Washington repre
sentative of the Niobrara River
Basin Development association
said this week.
“This fantastic claim shows
that the opposition to the project
is finding very few, if any, legiti
mate reasons in opposing the
unit,” Karabatsos said.
“Every claim by the opposition
comes from curbstones opinions
and none that I have heard are
based on fact or supported by
qualified expert opinion.” he said,
Karabatsos, who is also con
sultant to the National Reclama
tion association, said he knew of
no legitimate reason against the
project
“Every engineer who has
studied the plans believeves the
dam will hold water. The bureau
of reclamation built a scale model
and operated it under the same
conditions expected when the
dam is constructed.” he said.
The former assistant to Rep.,
A- L. Miller (R.-Neb.) re
ported that official reports of the
bureau of reclamation showed
little seepage and not enough to
disturb the water balance of the
surrounding area.
“Truth of the matter,” Kara
batsos said, “is the surface level
of the surrounding land is higher
than the water level will be when
the dam is built.'
“Since water seeks its own
level, how could it possibly dis
turb the water balance above the
level of the dam?” he asked.
Legislation to authorize the
Ainsworth unit has been pre
pared and is ready for introduc
tion in the congress.
Miss Betty and Helen Thomas
took their sister, Vonda, to Lin
coln April 2, where she entered
business college.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hackett and
family of Chamberlain, S.D.,
spent the weekend visiting Mrs.
Hackett’s mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Morsbach. They returned to
Chamberlain Sunday accompan
ied by Mrs. Morsbach who will
spend a few weeks there.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Morsbach of
Clearwater spent Sunday visiting
Mrs. Elizabeth Morsbach and Mr.
and Mrs. David Morsbach and
girls.
Larry Sawyer, who teaches near
Stuart, spent the weekend visit
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Sawyer.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wolfe and
family of Amelia and Mrs. Wal
ter Jacox of Carbondale, Colo.,
spent Sunday evening in Inman
visiting friends.
An Easter program was pre
sented at the RLDS church Sun
day evening to a capacity crowd.
Harlan Morsbach left Satur
day for Hot Springs, S.D., where
he will spend a few days visiting
friends.
A number from Inman attend
ed the close out sale of the Roc
key Implement store in Ewing
Saturday.
Mrs. Mabel Wrede of O’Neill
and Mr. and Mrs. John Hipke of
Springview were Saturday even
ing callers in the Vem Wrede
home.
Miss Mary Ann Winchell of
O’Neill was a Saturday visitor in
the E. E. Clark home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Claus and
son, John jr., of Humphery were
guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Jackson and family
on Sunday, April 3.
Harlan Moore, a student at
Nebraska university, came home
Wednesday, April 6, and spent the
Easter vacation with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moore. Mr.
Moore, who spent the past 10 days
in Lincoln in the Donald Moore
home, returned home with Har
lan.
Mr. ana mxs. uno tteixe, wno
have spent the past three months
in California and Washington
visiting their cchildren, returned
home Wednesday, April 6.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Watson drove
to Grand Island on Wednesday,
April 6, where they met their
daughter, Miss Carolyn, and also
a classmate of Carolyn’s, Miss
Judy Cook of Elmwood, who re
turned with the Watsons and j
spent the Easter vacation here.!
Carolyn and Judy had just com
pleted a 10-day tour with the
Wesleyan girls’ glee club. Miss
Carolyn is the pianist and also the
piano soloist for the glee club and
Judy is one of the glee club per
sonnel.
Miss Yvonne Smith of Norfolk
;ame Wednesday, April 6, and
spent Easter vacation in the K. F.
Smith home.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Clark of
Burwell were calling on relatives
and friends here on Thursday.
Douglas Jackson of Chadron
spent the Blaster holidays with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Jackson and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gal
Lagher and family drove to Co
lome, S.D., on Sunday and spent
Easter with their aunt and family,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jones. They
also called on their grandmother,
Mrs. C. Ziniblewau in Gregory,
S.D.
Elroy Nelson of Oakland and a
student at Nebraska Wesleyan
university, spent Saturday here
visiting Miss Carolyn Watson in
the Ira Watson home.
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Moore of
O’Neill were Blaster dinner guests
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Pred Moore. In the afternoon Le
Roy left for Omaha to spend the
week at the school for the North
western Bell Telephone company
employees.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Watson, Sam
and Carolyn, and Miss Judy Cook,
nouse guest in the Watson home,
drove to Valentine on Sunday
where they spent Blaster with
their son-in-law and daughter,
Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Slusher and
sons.
Clifford Sawyer, who is em
ployed at Hay Springs, spent the
Easter weekend with Mrs. Saw
yer and boys.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Mossman
and daughters of Ainsworth spent
the Easter weekend in the Ernest
Brunckhorst and Leo Mossman
homes.
Miss LuElla Watson of Atkin
son spent the Blaster weekend
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Halva en
tertained his brother and wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Vic Halva, at din
ner at their home on Blaster Sun
day. , . .
Omaha Cardinals Make Record Ticket Sale
What is believed to be the
largest single sale of tickets in
baseball history was made by the
Omaha Cardinals to C. A. Swan
son & Sons of Omaha, last week.
Bill Bergesch, Cardinal gen
eral manager, center above,
signed the contract for 5,000
grandstand admissions with
Frank Reiter, left, and Gilbert
Swanson, right.
"This is a real boost for AAA
baseball,” Bergescb said. "The
Cardinals will hare a real cham
pionship team on the field this
year. We can do it with this kind
of support.”
Mr. Swanson announced that
the tickets will be distributed to
Nebraska and .7"tern Iowa gro
cers handling Swanson Marga
rine.
The Omaha Cardinals open the
home season April 21.
Polio Victim Home
for Easter Visit
INMAN—Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Brunckhorst and daughter, Faye,
drove to Sioux Falls, S.D., on
Thursday. Their daughter, Miss
Barbara, who has been a polio pa
tient in the Sioux Valley hospital
there since last September was
able to return home with them
and spend the Easter holidays.
She returned to Sioux Falls on
Tuesday, April 12. Barbara
is “slowly gaining”.
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Highway 7 Move
Foes Plan Appeal
The Ainsworth-Bassett citizens
group, which is contesting the
constitutionality of the state high
way department’s relocation of
state highway 7, has filed notice
of intent to appeal to the state
supreme court.
Lancaster District Judge Paul
White, in a recent decision in the
declaratory judgment a o t i o n,
generally upheld the constitution
ality of powers delegated to the
state engineer, that no abuse was
apparent in the engineer’s discre
tion, and that pre-qualification
statutes for contractors are legal.
The highway department pro
posed the relocating of highway
7 between Springview and Ains
worth so as to cross the Nio
brara river at a point several
miles to the east of the present
bridge.
The four citizens had brought
the action against the state engi
neer, treasurer, auditor and two
construction companies, w h o
were awarded contracts for the
work.
Term-End School
Calendar Posted
Miss Alice L. French, Holt
county superintendent of public
instruction, this week announced
the term-end schedule of activi
ties to be directed by her office:
Saturday, April 16: County
spelling contest, 1 p.m., O’Neill
public school.
Wednesday, April 20: Harmony
band practice, 10 a.m.
Monday, April 25: Art exhibit
for rural schools, O’Neill public
school auditorium, afternoon ses
sion.
Friday, April 29: Eighth grade
examinations, Chambers, O’Neill
and Atkinson.
Wednesday, May 11: Eighth
grade promotion exercises, 2 p.m.,
O’Neill public school auditorium.
April Fool Pranks
Are Told—
CHAMBERS—Beautiful Valley
Garden club met at the home of
Cora Thomson Thursday, April
7. Sixteen members and two vis
itors were present. Roll call was
answered by telling of an April
fool prank. Hattie Tibbets gave
a talk on culture of asters. Cora
Thomson showed several kinds
of bird feeders and presented a
talk on different birds.
Bernice Platt lead several pen
cil games on flowers and birds.
She also showed slide pictures of
table arrangements taken at a
meeting held at LaVern Harley’s.
Door prize was won by Flor
ence Reese. At the close of the
meeting, the hostess, Mrs. George
Thomson, and the cohostess, Mrs.
LaVern Harley, served refresh
ments.
The next meeting will be May
3 at the home of Bernice Platt,
with a plant exchange for the
“mystery sisters.”
To Sioux Falls—
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Stanton and
their daughter, Mrs. Rex Stowell,
and son visited from Friday until
Sunday at the homes of their son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Stanton, in Sioux
Falls, S.D.
32 Pupils Ride
Train to Bassett
Teachers Arrange for
Trip, Picnic
CELIA — Good Friday was a
holiday for the pupils of the
rural schools of the community.
Dolores Boyle, teacher of Celia
school, Marilyn Smith, teacher of
the McKathnie school, and Isla
Ruda, teacher of the Lauridsen
school, took their pupils—32 of
them—to Atkinson where they
boarded the Chicago & North
Western passenger train for Bas
sett. It was the first train ride
for many of the youngsters. The
teachers and Mrs. Lawrence
Smith accompanied the children.
Cars to take the children to
Atkinson were furnished by Hans
and Jim Lauridsen, Lawrence
Smith, Victor Frickel, Aaron
Lange and Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Schlotfeld. The drivers took the
cars on to Bassett where they
met the school group and took
them to Long Pine where they
visited the Long Pine bottling
plant and the round house.
Returning to Atkinson they
had dinner in the park and the
children played ball until 3 o’
clock when they visited the
hatchery and the creamery build
ing before returning to their vari
ous homes.
Other Celia News
Mr. and Mrs. Byrl Beck and
family, Mrs. Amelia Hoffman
and son, Ed, Mrs. Inez Hayes,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Beck and Alex
Frickel were Easter dinner
guests at the LeRoy Hoffman
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith
and family were Friday evening
supper guests at the Merrill
Smith home. The children en
joyed an Easter egg hunt in the
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burton,
Linda and Ronnie of Lincoin
spent Easter with his aunt, Mrs.
Carol Raymer, and Mr. Raymer.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Scott and
sons, Bobby and George, of Wa
hoo came last Thursday to visit
his sister, Mrs. Charles Dobias,
and family; his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. F. Scott; sisters, Mrs.
Gene Livinston, and Mr. Living
ston, and Dorothy Scott. On Fri
day evening all enjoyed a wiener
roast at the Dobias home. All
were Easter guests at the D. 1
Scott home in Atkinson. A broth
er, Delbert Scott, and family of
Butte was also present. Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Scott left Monday
for Wahoo.
Mrs. D. F. Scott and daughter,
Mrs. Gene Livingston, took the
Scotts’ grandsons, Roger and
Rodney Dobias and Bobby Scott,
to O’Neill Saturday to see the
Walt Disney picture, “Living
Desert.”
Charles Dobias, Bill Maloun
and Billy and Duane Beck help
ed Emil Colfack with cattle Fri
day and were dinner guests at
the Colfack home.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Colfack
and family were Friday evening
visitors at the Frank Kilmurry
home.
Mrs. Marvin Focken helped pa
per at the Gottlieb Braun home
Wednesday, April 6.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ross and
son were Easter supper guests
al the Marvin Focken home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pease and
son, Bob, were Easter dinner
guests at the William Spann
home. In the afternoon the Pease
family took the Spanns to the
Pease home to watch television.
Mr and Mrs. William Maloun
and Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hammer
berg were Saturday Neligh vis
itors.
Mr. and Mrs. Connie Frickel
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Frickel and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Angus and children and
Mr. and Mrs. George Syfie, sr.,
were Easter dinner guests at the
George Syfie, jr., home.
Blaster dinner guests at the
Jesse Hupp home were Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Smith and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. David Rahn and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Orville
Orr.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fundus and
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mitchell were
Friday afternoon visitors at the
Clarence Focken home.
Mark Hendricks and Leon
helped Joe Hendricks work with
cattle Friday.
Alex Frickel, Mrs. LeRoy Hoff
man and Gary were Norfolk vis
itors Wednesday, April 6.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith
were Butte visitors Wednesday,
April 6.
Arlin Hendricks attended an
Blaster party Friday evening in
the basement of the Wesleyan
Methodist church in Atkinson.
Forty-two children from the be
ginner and first grade classes
were present. Teachers are Mrs.
Leonard Chaffin, Mrs. Bob
Cearns and Mrs. Gus Suhr
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Focken
were last Thursday morning
visitors at the Mark Hendricks
home.
Mr. and Mrs. William Maloun
and son and Alex Forsythe were
Easter dinner guests at the O.
A. Hammerberg home.
Annie Ernst of Miltonvale,
Kans., spent Easter vacation vis
iting her sister, Millie Ernst, and
other relatives around O’Neill.
Both young ladies were weekend
visitors at the Mark Hendricks
home.
Mrs. Omer Poynts and “Grand
pa” Blow were Wednesday, Ap
ril 6, dinner and afternoon guests
at the Mark Hendricks home.
P. W. Kilmurry was a last
Thursday dinner guest at the
Frank Kilmurry home.
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Scott and
family of Butte were Sunday af
ternoon visitors at the Dorothy
Scott home.
Mr. and Mrs. William Maloun
and Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hammer
berg were O’Neill visitors last
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Connie Frickel
and Caroline were Wednesday
evening visitors at the LeRoy
Hoffman home.
Mrs. LeRoy Hoffman accom
panied other choir members of
Atkinson Immanuel Lutheran
church to O’Neill Friday where
they sang for the union Good
Friday services which were held
in the Royal theater at 12:30.
Henry Marlin, Charles Phipps,
Millie and Annie Ernst were
Easter dinner guests at the Mark
Hendricks home. Mrs. Omer
Poynts spent the afternoon
with them and other guests were
Vera Ernst and Craig Connell.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Phipps
and son, Charles, also Josie Ad
ams were Tuesday evening, Ap
ril 5, visitors at the Mark Hend
ricks school.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Chaffin
were Monday, April 4, dinner
guests at the Mark Hendricks
home.
Isla Ruda had an Easter party
for the pupils of her school. Mar
ilyn Smith and pupils were
guests. The children colored
eggs. She served cake and ice
cream
Mr. and Mrs. William Obermire
and family were Sunday after
noon visitors at the Hans Laurid
son home.
Isla Ruda accompanied Mari
lyn Smith to Butte last Thursday
evening where they attended a
band concert. Marilyn Smith was
an overnight guest at the Hans
Lauridsen home where Miss Ruda
boards and teaches their school.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hendricks
and family and Millie and Annie
Ernst took part in the sunrise
service which was held Easter
at 6 a.m. in the high school audi
torium in Atkinson. They were
breakfast guests at the Leonard
Chaffin home.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Colfack and
family were Easter dinner and
supper guests at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nels Col
fsck, in Atkinson. Other guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Colfack
and family and Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Colfack and family of O’
Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Braun and
family were Monday evening,
April 4, visitors at the Marvin
Focken home.
Roger and Gary Hoffman at
tended a birthday anniversary
party for 7-year-old Larry Krug
man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Krugman of Atkinson, last Thurs
day from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Twelve
children were present. They
played games. A lunch was serv
ed. He received many gifts.
Dorothy Scott was a Sunday
supper guest at the William Ma
loun home. Mr. and Mrs. Duane
Beck were Sunday afternoon vis
itors at the Malouns’.
Justice Court
Pete J. Steele, driver for Ger
ald T. Jordan, overweight, $50
and costs, April 9, Harold A.
Cramer.
Jessie Caskey, driver for Sabre
Freight Lines, Inc, overweight,
pending, April 7, Donald F. Rich
ardson.
Charles Boon, no reciprocity,
$25 and costs, April 7, Kenneth
Kirk.
Attend Wedding—
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Halva re
turned from Omaha Friday even
ing where they had attended the
wedding of their daughter. Miss
Lydia, and Capt. Lloyd F. Haug
of Ft. Worth, Tex.
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Report of Monday, April 11, Sale
Shopping seven cars by rail. 180-250 lb. butchers, bulk 17.30
18.35; top on 36 head. 97 head over 18.00. 250-350 lb., 15.70
17.85. 350-417 lb., 15.60-16.10. Sows to 400 lb., 15.30-16.50.
Sows, 400-480 lb., 14.40-15.50. Bred sows, 38.00-63.00 each.
Stags, 12.30-14.90. Boars, 9.80-13.25. Feeders, 85-160 lb., 14.50
18.70.
For Top Market Prices; For Sales and Service, Consign to
Verdigre Livestock Market
SALE EVERY MONDAY
W. LLOYD BRADY, Owner and Mgr.
Phone 86 Verdigre
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