Consumers Submits
Atomic Proposal
Consumers Public Power dis
trict has submitted a proposal to
the atomic energy commission to
construct and operate a nuclear
powered steam generating plant
in Nebraska. The proposal was
made just prior to the April 1
deadline set by the commission.
The Consumers’ proposal is the
only one which has been made by
a public power group, three oth
ers being made by private power
companies in the New England
and Illinois areas.
Announcement of the Con
sumers proposal was made by j
Earl I. Mead of Scottsbluff, presi
dent of Consumers.
Mr. Mead pointed out that the ;
proposal was made only after
months of careful study of de
velopements in the field of nu
clear-powered generating facili
ties, and their adaptability to the
Nebraska public power picture.
Vitally important in reaching
the decision to proceed with plans
for submitting the proposal, were
the tremendous, possibilities for
the developement of new indus
try within the state. Mead said.
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Regional Deaths
Mrs. Harmon Lichty
CREIGHTON — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Harmon Lichty, 42,
of Creighton were conducted
Thursday, March 31, at the
Plainview Congregational church.
Survivors include—widower, one
daughter and one son. ,,
L. O. Todd
CLEARWATER—L. O. Todd, 70,
died of a heart attack at his farm
home southwest of Clearwater
Thursday, March 31. Survivors
include — widow, one daughter,
one son.
Booth Member of
I niversity Singers—
Duane Booth of O’Neill, a Uni
versity of Nebraska student, will
be among the 100-voice Universi
ty of Nebraska Singers when it
presents its ^annual spring con
cert at 8 pm. today (Thursday)
on the campus^ in the Student Un
ion ballroom. o
Dr. Arthur Westbrook, profes
sor of voice, will be the conduct
or. r
The program will include: “Re
quiem,” by Faure, and the massive
religious fresco, “Te Deum,” by
Zoltan Kodaly. 0
BROTHER DIES
Clarence McCarville of Omaha,
brother °of oJ. L. NlcCarville, sr.,
of O’Neill? died in an Omaha
hospital.,Funeral services are be
ing held today (Thursdayi) at
Atlantic, la. Survivors include:
Widow; five brothers; three sis
ters. 0 °
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Eyesight Fails; Pioneer Carries On
By MRS. N. J). ICKES, SR.
The Frontier Feature Writer
In answer to an inquisitive
knock, the door was opened by a
slender, agile, little lady in her
mid-eighties.
Mrs. Annie Derickson, who has
spent the past several winters in
O’Neill with her daughter, Miss
Sadie Derickson was about to
set out for her old home on
Steel creek where she had spent
65 years of her life.
She was born July 5, 1869, at
Blue Earth, Minn.
Annie Emerson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Emerson, made the
journey from Blue Earth to Nio
brara with her parents in the year
1879. They spent the first winter
in Niobrara where her father
built a frame store building. Lat
er, in the spring of 1880, he moved
that building to a spot on Steel or
Apple creek which was destined
to become the town of Dorsey.
Mr. Emerson had the only store'
between Niobrara and O’Neill. He
also built a hotel known as the
Emerson House, complete with
attached livery stable.
To this beginning a harness
shop, drug store, hardware and a
blacksmith shop soon made the
place a settlement of note. The
Mosher house and the Bader house
were there also.
The postoffice, first designated
as Apple and then Steel Creek,
became Omeral and was changed
in 1884 to Dorsey, named for
Senator Dorsey, because of the
conflict with the Omaha mail.
The postoffice desk was housed
in the Emerson general store.
Annie recalls on that
trip from Minnesota to Nebras
ka their covered wagon was
drawm not by oxen, as was the
usual custom, but by four milk
cows. The children lined up at
milking time with their tin cups
for their milk.
On one occasion, her mother
donned a pair of breeches and
mounted the saddle pony and
went away from camp to try to
get some, potatoes from settlers
along the way. She was met by a
man armed with a pitchfork. He
was skeptical about the maraud
ing female.
Annie attended school in a lit
tle old log schoolhouse along with
three score other children. That
building was replaced by a frame
structure, which served till 1910
when the present school was built.
, Annie’s father gave ground for
the cemetery and for the 1891
school yard. John Mosher donat
ed the site for the Presbyterian
church. There was no cemetery
when Annie’s mother died so she
was buried in the orchard. The
care of the grave has passed to
Mrs. Derickson’s children and
grandchildren. In late years the
grave has been built up with
stones for protection and more
permanent marking.
The settlers’ homes were small
and the Emerson family ate out
of-doors when possible. One day
a dog came within a few yards
of them but could not be coaxed
closer. Finally, Mrs. Emerson toss
ed a bread crust to the pooch and
he took it and ran away. Each day
for a month or more he returned
for more food. They tried to fol
low him but he eluded them.
Several years later a pile of
Mrs. Derickson . . . one of
two survivors.
bones was found. The family al
ways wondered if he might have
been carrying food to a wounded
master. Hoss thieves quartered
stolen property in the gulches
! closeby her home.
Before the postoffice was mov
ed to the store, Annie rode her
pony to the postoffice where the
woman attendant was accustomed
to give her mail without Annie’s
dismounting. On that day, the
pony walked right into the kitch
en. She recalls that it was a
blessing the horse was small.
There would have been complica
tions getting a larger horse turn
ed around.
Annie Emerson was united in
marriage with Samuel Derick
son March 3, 1886. They took
up housekeeping within a half
mile of her old home. Rev. D.
W. Rosenkrans officiated.
Mrs. Derickson found it a pleas
ure to carry water from the creek
for all uses and to wash on the
board for the increasing family.
She performed all of the necessary
duties of a wife and mother of
that day.
Six of eight children are liv
ing. They are: Sadie Derickson of
Dorsey, William of Star, Georgia
Butterfield and Jeanette Derick
son, both of O’Neill, John of Dor
sey and Mrs. Wallace (Olive)
Lundeen of Lincoln.
Edward and Mrs. Oral (Marion)
Pickering are deceased.
Mrs. Derickson remembers that
her father always hoisted the flag
for a celebration and built a plat
form or bowery for Fourth of July
celebrations and for the occasion
al dances held in summer months.
He also furnished lemonade by
the barrel for the thirsty crowd.
Fishing was a favorite summer
sport and in winter sorghum taffy
candy pulls bnd sleighing parties
were common.
With an intended cross of the
Missouri river at Niobrara, a rail
road was surveyed and staked out.
This ill-fated idea would have
given Dorsey rail service. That
was one of the great hopes of the
settlers that never materialized.
Reminiscing, Mrs. Derickson re
calls how she had just arrived at
her parents’ home about three
minutes before the blizzard of
i 1888 struck. Had she been that
much tardy, she and the babe in
her arms easily might have per
ished. Her husband, sensing dan
ger, ran for the bridge. As the
storm hit with unbelievable
strength, he found it necessary to
crawl on hands and knees the
short distance to the house.
Coral McElhaney, Ted’s father,
was urged to stay at Dorsey, but
since the storm appeared to be
distant and only menacing in ap
pearance, he thought he could
make it to Niobrara. He became
hopelessly lost and gave his team
free rein. They brought him up
against a barn near Stoney Butte.
The owner of the barn was inside
with a lantern and gave Mr. Mc
Elhaney the attention he needed.
Of all who have peopled this
section of the state since 1879,
only Mrs. Derickson and one oth
er, John Bader, now a resident of
Long Pine, can testify as to con
ditions existing in that earliest era.
With the ability of the daughter
and the wife of a pioneer to make
do with what was close at hand,
Mrs. Derickson chewed up several
sticks of gum and arranged the
cud to take the place- of a lower
set of teeth (she wished she had)
when she went to Norfolk to pose
for a photograph.
The photographer was at a
loss to understand her sudden
i voiceless condition and gesticu
lating hand. She tried vainly to
make him understand she could
not talk and never did take the
trouble to explain why.
Among her keepsakes, Mrs. Der
ickson prizes her grandmother’s
wedding dress and petticoat and a
small chest in which her father
kept valuable papers. The chest
came from Blue Earth. She has a
“ladder-back” chair and rocker, a
sewing cabinet, a chest of draw
ers, also a bedroom suite of cher
ry wood with marbletop dresser
and commode. These are the envy
of those who appreciate fine fur
niture popular about a century
ago.
About 15 years ago a strange
malady of unknown origin threat
ened Mrs. Derickson’s eyesight
and for the past several years her
sight has been badly impaired.
Nowadays she can only distin
guish between day and night.
She busies herself with the
making of rag rugs. She tears and
sews the rags and crochets with
help only in threading the needle
and starting the strips to tear.
To be able to meet difficult sit
uations as they arise, to solve the
problems of life as they present
themselves, and to accept as hei
portion the hard-to-take thing*
with the grace of the true aristo
crat, she does all these gracefully
and cheerfully.
Undaunted, she is resigned tc
total blindness, all the while keep
ing her hands busy in a resource
ful manner born out of the pioneei
spirit.
Deloit News
MBr. and Mrs. Glenn Harpstei
and sons were guests Easter a1
the Web Napier home.
Sunday dinner guests at the
Ralph Tomjack home were Gene
Tomjack, the Gene Ray anc
Ralph Beaudin families of Oma
ha and the Jewell Tomjack fam
ily of Hastings.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Christon,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Larson, Mr.
and Mrs. Don Larson and family
and family and Mr. and Mrs. H
Reimer and Elayne, all of Ew
ing, and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Pahl and Mary of Oakland were
Easter guests at the Howard
Temple home in Hastings.
Lyle Bartak spent Friday af
ternoon with Terry and Willard
Harster.
Martin VanConant and Fred
and Maynard Stearns have been
sawing lumber.
Mr. Thurber, the county agent
from Burwell, was’ calling here
on Monday.
Anita Lee and son spent the
weekend in Kansas visiting her
son, Kenneth, who is taking
training there.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kruntorad
were Sunday evening supper
guests at the home of his moth
er in Ewing.
Mrs. Myrtle Jewell of Dallas.
S.D., visited at the Johnny
Bauer and Ralph Tomjack homes
last week.
Leonard Miller went to camp
in Wyoming last week after
spending about 10 days with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Miller.
Gene Tomjack left Sunday eve
ning for camp at Keesler field,
Biloxi, Miss., after about a week
at the home of his parents, Mr,
and Mrs. Ralph Tomjack.
Elayne Reimer accompanied
Judge and Mrs. L. W. Reimer o]
O’Neill to Grand Island Friday
evening. The Reimers visitec
their daughter, Mrs. Lucier
Taylor, and family in Grand Is
land. Elayne visited her sister
Mrs. Howard Temple, and family
in Hastings over the weekend.
Pupils of the Pofahl school am
the teacher, Mrs. Green, wer(
entertained at an Easter party oi
Friday afternoon at the Urbai
school taught by Elayne Reimer
The Presbyterian rummage sal
will be held in the Yantzi buildin?
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Apri
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Branding Irons, Plows'
Indicate Busy Season
ROCK FALLS—The busy sea
son seems to be in full swing as
men flourishing branding irons
and dehorners proceed at their
respective jobs, encircled in a
wreath of smoke, foul with the
odor of scorched hide and hair.
One-by-one the yearlings are
put through the chute all ready
for the spring pasture a little
later.
In the distance two or three
“moving clouds” in a field indi
cate others are preparing ground
for planting. Judging from the
way the dust was flying a while
back they must be stirring up
a lot of soil in Kansas and Colo
rado.
Other Rock Falls News
Alden Breiner and son, Lonnie,
were callers at Lyle Vequist's on
Sunday, April 3.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Widtfeldt
and children, Norma and Jimmy,
and Miss Serck attended the Wal
ther league supper at Immanuel
Lutheran church in Atkinson on
Tuesday evening, March 29. Fol
lowing the supper, Miss Serck
remained for the league meeting
and choir practice find Norma
went for her trombone lesson
Later they visited the William
Carroll home.
Sunday evening, March 27, vis
itors at the Orville Miller home
were Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bausch
and children and Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur O'Neill.
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