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Volume 74.—Number 52. O Neill, Nebraska, Thursday, April 28, 1955. Seven Cents
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! Ash Grove Hall Going Uo °
The new Ash Grove community hall, a quonset-type structure,
rapidly took shape last week when 30 to 40 men shouldered the
construction. The community hall is located 10 miles north of Page
and four miles east. (See photo and story on page 8.)—The Fron
tier Photo.
Golden Jubilee for
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Center Union Church
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Wells . . , covered wagon. 0
John R. Wells, 84,
Expires at Home
O’Neill Man Suffers
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Heart Ailment
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p.m., Wednesday, April
27, from the Assembly of God
church here for John Riley
Wells, 84, retired farmer. He died
ot 11:10 a.m., Monday, April 25,
at his home here, having been
bedfast four days. The late Mr.
Wells suffered a heart ailment.
Rev. Wayne A. Hall, church
o pastor, officiated, assisted by
Rev. Ernest Rosenkrans of Ne
iigh. Burial was in Prospect Hill
cemetery under the direction of
Biglin’s. Pallbearers were Walter
Wells, Hal Rosenkrans, Henry
Walters, Roger Rosenkrans, Carl
Krough and C. E. Worth.
Gene Libby sang ‘‘I Know Who
Holds My Hand,” “My God Is
Real” and “Beyond the Sunset.”
The late Mr. Wells was born
July 4, 1870, at Oskaloosa, la.,
Marion county.
He emigrated in a covered
wagon to Nebraska with his
father, stepmother, brother and
sister. Mr. Wells’ mother had
died when he was a small lad.
The family settled in Knox
county.
On June 6, 1904, he married
Miss Goldie M. Brown of the
Star community at Knox Center.
The couple bgan housekeeping
on a farm eight miles northeast of
Lynch, where they resided 11
years. They moved to the Dorsey
locality, in Holt county, in 1915
ond continued to reside there un
til May, 1944, when they moved
into O’Neill to retire.
The couple became the parents
of one son, Lawrence, and one
daughter, Rosie. The son was
■j killedn24 years ago when he was
thrown from a horse.
Survivors include: Widow —
Goldie; daughter—Mrs. William
(Rosie) Hladik, 5624 Kearney
ave., Lincoln; five grandchildren;
i four, great-grandchildren.
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Last year Mr. and Mrs. Wells
observed their golden wedding
o anniversary. A group of neigh
bors and members of the wom
en’s missionary group of the
o mbly qt God church plan
ned an open-house observance
in the church parlors.
One. hundred seventy persons
signecT the guest boo„k at the cele
bration.
Among those from a distance
attending the funeral were: Mr.
r.nd Mrs. William Hladik of Lin
coln; Mr. and Mrs. George Wright
of Niobrara.
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Hearing Is Held
for Check Forger
John Gastello, 27, who was
, picked up by Holt County Sher
iff Leo Tomjack in Hardin, Mont.,
on April 8, Wednesday admitted
guilt in connection with check
forgery charges. Tomjack said
Gastello had forged checks total
ig “about $60” in the Stuart and
Atkinson localities. Castello was
a transient passing through at
the time, Tomjack said, coming
from Iowa.
Two different aliases weri used
in connection with the check
writing, according to the Holt
sheriff.
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(Photo on page 7)
A small rural chyrch northwest
of O’Neill, having survived the
wreck of time, this weekendn will
observe its golden jubilee.
Special services are planned
Saturday evening at Center U©-°
ion and there will be three spe
cial services on Sunday. Rev. C.
P. Turner is pastor. He is a re
tired American Sunday-School
Union missionary and clast Tall
succeeded Rev. M. H. Grosenbach,
who moved from O’Neill to Gor
don.
The opening rite will be at S'
o’clock Saturday evening. Sun
day’s jubilee services will be at
10 a.m., 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. a
Reverend Turner said the an
-niversary celebration will also
serve as a homecoming. Letters
and communications will be
read from former members
who will be unable to partici
pate in person.
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Charter members who continue
to belong to Center Union are
Mrs. Clara (Ernst) Lorenz, Clar
ence Ernst, Mrs. Martha (Ernst)
Dick and Homer Ernst.-,
Another charter member, the
late Mrs. Fred Lorenz, nee Lor
ena Ernst, died January 22, 1955.
The Center Union Sunday
school was organized by Rev. E.
E- Dillon, a missionary, in 1905.
Mrs. J. K. Ernst was the first
superintendent. Reverend Dillon
had charge of the first homecom
ing services ever held. The church
has supplied Sunday-school work
ers to Grace Bible, Institute of
Omaha, Prairie Bible Institute of
Canada and Wheaton college in
Illinois. Delbert Dick presently
is an American Sunday-School
Union missionary in Cherry coun
ty. ^
Miss Loraine Ernst for three
■ years taught in a Chicago, 111.,
Sunday-school for Negro children.
Two. Center Union members are
Gideons.
Reverend : Grosenbach will
preach at the '7:30 o’clock Sat
urday night •sendee. Others to
appear are Mrs. Robert Strong
and Leonard Lorenz.
Rev. Earl Dix of Butte, return
ed Africa missionary, will deliver
the Sunday morning missionary
message. The Misses Lorraine'
Ernst and June Ernst, Mrs. Ruth
Hawthorne and Delbert Dick will
be heard. A dinner will be served
at noon.
Mrs. John Dick will present
“Fifty Years at Center Union”
during the afternoon service. Bev
A. W. Marts will deliver the gos
pel message. o
Reverend Dix will show color
ed African slides and Delbert
Dick will present the gospel-mes
sage at the evening service, cli-v
maxing the two-day jubilee.
Driver Injured as
<. Auto Demolished
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A westbound automobile driv
en by Clifford Dick. 19, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Dick of O’
Neill, was demolished Monday
about 1:30 a.m., when Dick was
enroute from Wayne to O’Neill.
The machine plunged off a U.S.
highway 20 bridge near Stafford.
Dick told Hglt County Sheriff
Leo Tomack he encountered log
and plunged off the bridge. The
driver, who was traveling alone,
suffered minor injuries and was
hospitalized at O’Neill following
the accident. He was released
from St. Anthony’s Wednesday.
‘Day at Bookstore’ o
Title of Production
“A Day at the Bookstore,” a
story in song, will be presented
by the O’Neill public grade school
vocal music department on Fri
day night. All children in grades
one through eight will participate
in the program under the direc
tion of Richard Smithson.
The stories unfold as Herman,
the bookworm, takes the audience
on an imaginary tour of a book
store. Choruses accompanied on
store. Choruses, accompanied on
will illustrate the stories in
song, while groups on stage pan
tomime the story.
COLLECTIONS MADE
EMMET— Collections for the
Red Cross in this community to
taled $192.50. The drive was con
ducted by Mrs. P. W. McGinnis.
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CN W Gains
$10,000 on
Mail Hauls
Postal Changes Will
Be Effective May 1;
4-Man Crew Seen
U.S. Sen. Roman Hruska (R
Neb.) Tuesday was advised by
Assistant Postmaster-General E.
George Seidle in Washington,
D.C., the c postoffice department
has officially approved two of
eight mail change proposals of
fered by the Save-the-Trains as
sociation. The two changes would
mean an additional 10- to 12
thousand-dollars in revenue for
the Chicago & North Western
i passenger-mail-express trains 13
and 14, and also save some money
for the postoffice department.
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The changes will be effective
May 1 and are outlined as fol
lows*
Divert to the North Western all
Chadron mail from Omaha and
Lincoln gateways now moving
gver the Burlington to Crawford
(and trucked to Chadron).
Divert Rapid City and Hot
Springs, S.D., mail through Chad
ron via the North Western. This
mail now moves by Burlington
to Edgemont and is trucked into
Black Hills area.
Curtail the Crawford-to-Gor
don star route, which parallels
trains 13 and 14 much of the
(distance.
The announcement, Senator
Hruska said, is a direct result of
the Save-the-Trains meeting held
at Bassett April 18 in which six
hundred persons met top postal
officials. Three hundred in the
audience traveled to Bassett in
two special trains.
Nelson Would
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Drop Flagman—
State Sen. Frank Nelson of O’
Neill last week dropped a bill
into the legislature which would
help save C&NW trains 13 and
14. The bill would permit elimi
nation of the flagman from the
crew on a passenger train con
taining only two passexiger cars.
Most other passenger trains in
the state carry more than two
passenger coaches.
Senator Nelson introduced the
bill at the request of the Save
the-Trains association. A spokes
man for one of the rail brother
hoods and a union lobbyist at the
legislature last week at Bassett
agreed “to go along” in the effort
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Miss. Lois Harder
o ° in Voice Recital
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Harder
on Sunday attended the voice re
cital of their daughter, Miss Lois,
at the Calvin H. French Memorial
chapel at Hastings college, o
Miss Harder, a senior musiq
major at Hastings, has been pres
ident of Taylor hall, president of
Westminster guild, and she tour
ed with the college choir. She had
the lead in the seniord play, is
treasurer of Chi Omega society
and sings with the Presbyterian
church choir.
Others from here attending the
recital of Miss Harder were her
brother, John D., sister, Miss Syl
via, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Peter
sen and Mr. and Mrs. John Har
bottle and Susan.
Orshek Firm Low
Bidder on Paving
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Francis R. Orshek, Inc., of
Fremont was apparent low bid
der on paving in connection with
a 1.5 miles U S. highways 20-281
improvement project extending
from the West O’Neill corner
northward to the drive-in theater.
A bituminous matting contract
in conjunction with the same im
provement was awarded the H.
W. Johnson Co. The Orshek bid
was $84,253; the Johnson bid was
$34,523.
The bids were opened Thurs
day in Lincoln. The project. was
one of 14 construction jobs. Low
bids on all the projects aggregat
ed $2,870,819.
Several days earlier at O’Neill
the Orshek firm was awarded the
contract for street-widening on
portions of Douglas and South
Fourth streets. The figure: $49,
699.10.
0 All of the bids are subject to
acceptance by the federal bureau
of roads.
Move to Norfolk—
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Sobotka
.moved Sunday to Norfolk. Mrs.
Sobotka has received a transfer
and will continue her work as a
telephone operator.
‘Army Cutworm’
. Causing Trouble
Complaints Numerous
in Area
The destructive cutworm that
has been in evidence in this area
the past three weeks has been
positively identified by Dr. Ros
coe Hill, chairman of the ento
mology department, University of
Nebraska, as the western army
cutworm.
In an interview with several
interested persons and the Holt
county assistant agricultural
agent, Harry Stokely, Doctor Hill
said these cutworms have one
cycle per year in this area. The
larger cutworms will pupate in
from one to two weeks and the
(small worms will probably pupate
in from three to four weeks.
Stokely and Harry Anderson
of Atkinson took six cutworm
specimens to Lincoln for Hill to
, study.
If infestation of worms is five
or above per square foot, Doctor
Pill recommends the use of chem
ical sprays. His spray recom
mendation for control is 1.5
pounds of TDE per acre or one
half pound Dialdrin per acre.
Doctor Hill pointed out that there
may be a possibility of some re
sidual effect in the control of
hoppers.
Doctor Hill made it clear that
spraying should be done withir
10 days to be of economical im
portance to the producers.
Stokely said the county agent’s
office received 17 inquiries on
Tuesday and 12 on Wednesday
from farmers concerned about
the cutworm threat.
There are many varieties of
cutworms, Doctor Hill explained,
and the specimens taken to him
“definitely warranted action.”
However, the entomologist made
it definite the fight should begin
immediately—“certainly not later
than two weeks after discovery.”
Return from Minnesota—
Mr. and Mrs. John H. McCar
vilie and family returned late
Tuesday following a three-day
visit with Mrs. McCaryille’s par
ents at Ellsworth, Minn.
Truck and cargo go up in smoke . . . exhaust blamed.—O’Neill Photo Co.
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Stanley Gross Named
Page Superintendent
PAGE — Stanley Gross will
head the school system at Page
for the 1955-’56 school year. He
succeeds Ralph Brostrom, who
will teagh in the Grand Island
school system.
Mr. Gross has taught science
and mathematics during the cur
rent school term. He is a graduate
of Midland college. All other
faculty members have signed
contracts and only one high school
vacancy exists.
Jaycee Chapter
Being Formed
Organizational Meet
Scheduled Tonight
A Junior Chamber of Com
merce was formed here last
Thursday evening. Several Jay
cees from Norfolk and Neligh ex
plained to a group of interested
young men the need of a young
hien’s civic club in this commun
ity. It was pointed out to the
group that the Junior Chamber is
the only young men’s organization
in the world devoted solely to
community service and leader
ship training.
In addition to being a local or
ganization, the Jaycees are also
organized on state, national and
international levels. Hugh Mc
Kenna of Omaha, formerly of O’
Neill, last years’ state president,
is now a nominee for national
president. This election will be
held at the national convention
in Atlanta, Ga., in June.
A membership committee was
appointed with Dwayne Borg as
chairman. His committee includes
Don Petersen, Robert Krotter,
John Watson, Cecil Baker and
Marlin Wichman.
All young men between the
ages of 21 and 35, inclusive, are
invited to attend another meeting
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock
at the Legion club. A special in
vitation is extended to all young
farmers.
Mrs. Harry A. Larson enter
tained the SSR club at her home
Wednesday afternoon.
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Students Watch Frontier in Production
engrossed in reading of The Frontier, after
wa.tching production on a portion of this week’s
issue, were pupils from school district 11, taught
by Miss Lucille Mitchell of Stuart. Front row_
John Shald (in straw hat), James Schmaderer,
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Melvin Schmaderer and Joyce Schafer; second
row — Sharon Olberding, Marilyn Schmaderer
and Karen Meusch. (A tape-recorded interview
with these pupils was broadcast on the Wed
nesday “Voice of The Frontier” program.)—The
Frontier Photo.
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Supervisors Wrestle
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with Road Problems
Board to ‘Take Look*
Near Chambers
Holt county supervisors in ses
sion Tuesday and Wednesday de
voted considerable time to re
viewing three different petitions
requesting that mileage be added
to the county road system.
The board was requested to
open a six-mile east-west segment
from a point three miles south of
Chambers to U.S. highway 281.
This proposed road commences at
southwest corner of section 5,
township 25, range 12. Board
members decided they would
“take a look” at the proposed
road before making a decision.
Another petition, originating
with farmers in the Allyn dis
trict, north of Stuart, request
ed a road be added to the
county system, commencing at
the southeast corner of south
west quarter, section 32, town
ship 33, range 15. This road
runs west, northwest, West and
north.
This request was granted.
A third request, involving op
ening a road westward from the
Stafford junction of U.S. high
ways 20-281, was tabled. This
proposed road would connect the
junction with the county road
south from Inman.
The board instructed County
Clerk Kenneth Waring to write
State Sen. Frank Nelson, urging
the latter to support LB 381. This
law would increase the ceiling
from $500 to $3,000 on the amount
the county board could expend
for specific road improvements
without submitting the matter to
bidders. The improvements in
clude bridge repair, rebuilding of
bridge approaches, filling culveits
and making other repairs.
The board viewed with interest
the report the proposal to lop off
450 miles of state - maintained
roads from the highway network
had bumped into a stone wall.
Holt stood to lose 45 miles of
state - maintained highway had
the revised network plan been
adopted. Earlier the Holt board
bad urged the lawmakers to kill
the proposal.
Only other matters discussed
during April’s board session were
of a routine nature.
Car Victim’s Ashes
Returning to Page
PAGE—The remains qf Bryson
French, 26, who died April 5 as
i the result of a car accident at
Sacramento, Calif., were cremat
ed and will be returned to the
Page cemetery for burial.
The late Mr. French was born
near Page July 2, 1928, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan French.
His early years were spent at
Page, moving to Lincoln and
from there to California. He re
ceived his education on the West
coast and had employment as a?i
IBM operator. He was enroute
to his work when the accident
occurred.
Survivors include Parents; sis
ters—Mrs. Fred Braden of New
Orleans, La., and Miss Betty of
Chicago, 111.; brothers — Burton
of Washington, D.C., and Wallace
of Wichita, Kans. All of the im
mediate relatives were present
for the funeral services at Sacra
mento on Friday, April 8.
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CURTISS TRAINING
Duane Gray of O’Neill has suc
cessfully completed a “rigid study
course in artificial insemination
at Curtiss Candy College” and is
now representing the Curtiss stu$
service in the O’Neill area.
The Curtiss service provide s
artificial insemination for all
dairy breeds, Scotch Shorthorn
and Angus. (See announcement
on page 11.)
Bassett Trucker0
Sees Furniture
Cargo Destroyed
The O’Neill fire department
extinguished a fire on a truck
belonging to the Foster Furniture
company of Bassett aroundc7 o'
clock Friday morning near the
cemetery north of here.
Ed Kirkpatrick, who was driv
ing north on U.S. 20-281, saw
the blaze on the southbound ve
hicle and halted the truck. Con
siderable damage was done to the
cab and box of the truck.
Driver of the Sioux City-bound
vehicle, loaded with a complete
bedroom suite, was Kenneth Fos
ter, 34, of Bassett. He blamed the
exhaust pipe which became heat
ed and ignited the wooden flooi
of the truck. Foster said he con
sidered the truck and cargo "i
total loss.”
Foster said he looked into the
rear view mirror when Kirkpat
rick signaled and saw the smoke
and fire. The vehicle was insurec
but not the cargo. Kirkpatrick
summoned firemen.
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Dinstrict WSCS Posts
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EWING—Theme of the north
east Nebraska district meeting of
the Woman’s Society of Christian
Service, held Tuesday, April 19,
at Wayne was: ‘‘We will accept
the price of Christian disciple
ship.” Three Holt county women
were elected to district offices.
Attending from Ewing were
Mesdames R. G. Rockey, Ralph
Eacker, J. L. Pruden, Henry
Fleming, H. R. Harris, Earl Bil
lings, Lee Brigden, Perry Saiser,
Claude Elliott, William Spence
and Jessie Angus.
Miss Uniola Adams recently re
turned missionary from Liberia,
was guest speaker. Reverend Van
Metre o-f Carroll spoke.
District officers elected are:
Mrs. Raymond Forsberg of Lau
rel, president; Mrs. George Eh
renberg of Winnetoon, vice-pres
ident; Mrs. Edgar Stauffer of
Page., secretary of missionary ed
ucation; Mrs. Claude Sellon of
Randolph, social relations and
church activities; Mrs. Floyd
Eurkinhsaw of Herrick, S.D.,
student work; Mrs. Melvin Smith
of Page, children’s work; Mrs.
Carl Jensen, literature and pub
lications; Mrs. Archie Sandall of
Bassett, supply; Mrs. A. J. Camp
of Atkinson, Wesleyan Service
guild secretary.
Lad Hit by Car
John Robert Richter, 5, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rich
ter, jr., is recovering in St. An
thony’s hospital from a broken
leg suffered Wednesday, April
20, when he was struck by a
car on a street in front of St.
Mary’s academy. The leg has
not yet been set, because of se
vere road bums, but is in trac
tion.
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Heavy Rain
Cheers Holt;
Fall Varies
1.73 Inches Brightens
Pastures and Field
Work Moves Ahead
About the most important news
ever chronicled in The Frontier’s
columns concerns the 1.73-inches
of rainfall received here Satur
day. The amount of precipitation
in this area varied, but O’Neill
itself was drenched with one of
those tailor made rains.
The skies begin dripping about
noon and continued throughout
the afternoon, ranging from an
innocent drizzle to a short-lived
torretial downpour. Any way you
look at it, the storm was of the
million-dollar variety.
The weatherman had predict
ed scattered thunder showers
in northern and eastern Nebrits
ka. That’s what they were—
showers in the large economy
size package.
0 Norfolk received .42; Neligh, 1
inch; Ewing, .50; Inman, .60; At
kinson and Newport, 1-inch
each; Bassett, 1.50.
Plainview and Creighton re
ported about an inch; Lynch,
1.12; Spencer, .75; Gregory, S.D.,
1-inch.
Showers did not set in at
Clearwater and Chambers until
later in the day. Chambers re
ported one-third of an inch.
James Berigan, rancher north
of Atkinson, said “well over two
inches” fell at his place. Harry
Donohoe, who resides north of
O’Neill, estimated “2%-inches of
rainfall” at his place.
At the Dean Beckwith ranch,
near Emmet, where a close-out
sale was in progress, a gentle
rainfall continued for hours—but
the sale went ahead on schedule.
A half-inch of rain fell in the
Riverside community, east of
Ewing.
Celia got around two Inches of
, rain Saturday and Saturday
night which was badly needed.
Pastures were direly in need
of moisture. Top soil was dried
out and many fanners were
holding up spring work for lack
of moisture.
The soaker put most of Holt
county’s farm land in dandy con -
dition and overnight brightened
the pastures. Most ranchers will
have all their cattle on pasture
by May 1. '•
Week’s weather summary.
Hi Lo Free.
April 21.75 33
c April 22 .82 42
I April 23 .77 °48 1.45
’ April 24 .63 42 .28
April 25 .71 36
April 26 .83 51
April 27 ........80 56
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Annual Meeting
for REA Unit
Annual meeting of the Niobrara
Valley Electric Membership cor
poration, an REA cooperative,
will be held at the American Le
gion auditorium here Monday af-0
temoon, May 2, starting at 2 o'- '
clock. °
The nominating committee has
made the following nominations
for directors:
District 1— William Blakkolb
of Naper and Harold Fisher of
Kaper; district 5—Albert Schind
,ler of Monowi and Virgo Chris
terseno of Monowl; district 6 —
George Rowse of Chambers and
Kenneth LaRue of Ewing; dis
trict 9—Joseph Rocke of Atkin
son and John J. Dvorak of Atkin
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Valuation Changes
Mailed to Taxpayers
W. F. (“Bill”) Wefso, Holt 0
county cassessor, this ^ week mailed
out notices of valuation changes,
to all real estate owners in the*
county. *
Taxpayers who feel they have
a complaint to lodge are instruct- 0
ed on the card to confer with,
representatives of the E. T. Wil
kins Associates firm, property ap
praisers, who will be holding
preliminary° hearings at theo
courthouse May 2-6. Purpose of
the preliminary hearings is to
compare valuations. (Details in
advertisement on page 11.) o o
The Holt county board of
equalization will meet at a later
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Arriving
Miss Lou Birmingham, v/ho is
with the American Red Cross,
will arrive in Seattle, Wash., Sat
urday aboard the USS General
Patrick. She has served with the °
Red Cross in Korea and Japan o
since°the fall of 1953.
Before coming to O’Neill Miss
Birmingham will report to Red
Cross headquarters in St. Louis,
Mo. for her future assignment!
She is expected to arrive in Oma- ,
ha Wednesday, May 4.
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