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I ** " v* ' w ’**■** *■ ' Half Hour Show! “Voice of The Frontier” T-W/r-i wr TWELVE ‘ PAGES -t * Pages 1 to 12 North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper ' Volume 75.—Number 5. O Neill, Nebraska, Thursday, June 2, 1955. * Seven Cents =- - -. . - ■ -■ . . . . W. J. McNichols (left) and the venerable Romaine Saunders . . . tailor-made 10-gallon beaver hats.—The Frontier Photo. —————-— Tushlas to Note Golden Wedding Couple Loses Two Sons in War By MAUDE SILVERSTRAND Special Writer ATKINSON — Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tushla of Atkinson will ob serve their 50th wedding anni versary Sunday, June 5, at their home in Atkinson. They will hold open-house from 2 p.m., until 5 p.m., for relatives and triends. No formal invitations are being sent. Peter Tushla and Susan Steskal were united in marriage June 6, 1905, at St. Joseph’s Catholic church in Atkinson by Father Strackman. Their attendants were John Tushla, brother of the bride groom, and the late Jennie Stes kal Rehberg, sister of the bride. A wedding dinner was served at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Steskal. There was a wedding dance in the eve ning for relatives, and friends. The Tushlas lived on a farm two miles northeast of Atkinson for the first years of their married life. They moved onto their own place immediately to the north where they lived until retiring to Atkinson in 1944. There were seven children in their family, including four boys, twr of whom gave their lives during World War il — Louis at Pearl Harbor and Har old near Naples, Italy. The other two boys are Dr. Francis Tushla of Auburn and Donald of Big Bear Lake, Calif. There are three daughters— Mrs. Arthur (Marguerite) Regal of Atkinson, Mrs. Edward (Helen) Binder of Inglewood, Calif., and Mrs. Joseph (Kathleen) Deermer of San Bernardino, Calif. All of the living children plan to be with their parents on the golden wedding day. Fiftieth wedding anniversaries are no novelty in Mrs. Tushla’s immediate family. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Steskal, cele brated the event; so did her sister, Mrs. Joseph Bruder (in 1951), and her brother, Edward Steskal fin 1954). The Tushlas count nire grand children. Itineraries Made for Booster Trips Three booster trips are sched uled next week in behalf of the O’Neill rodeo, which will be held ■ Sunday and Monday, June 12 and 13. The trips and rodeo are under the sponsorship of the O' Neill Saddle club in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce and Junior Chamber of Com merce. First trip will take place Sat urday evening, June 4, with a rendezvous at the American Le gion parking lot here. The boost ers will move, out at 6 p.m., laden with candy and balloons. Towns to be visited include Inman, Ew ing, Clearwater, Neligh, Plain view, Creighton, Orchard and Page. Two trips are scheduled for Wednesday evening, June 8. The boosters will organize at the cor ner of Fourth and Douglas streets. One group will go to Atkinson, Stuart, Newport, Bassett and o Ainsworth. Another group will head for Spencer and Butte, Ne braska points, and Fairfax, Bone steel and Burke, in South Dako ta. It is planned for a band to ac company the boosters on the western trip; possibly a small mu sical group will accompany *he boosters on the Dakota journey. New Grade School Virtually Finished The new 80-thousand-dollar elementary grade school is get ting the finishing touches and is o virtually completed. The one story structure, erected on the southeast corner of the campus, has not yet been formally accept ed by the board of education. Both new and used equipment and supplies are being moved into the building. An open-house will be observed at a later date. Authorization for the new school was voted in a bond issue election in April, 1954. •" ■ ■ « Makes Traditional Cemetery Visit— : PAGE—Mrs. Clint Townsend visited the Page cemetery on me morial day. This made her 48th consecutive year, since the death of her father in 1908, in which she has visited the cemetery. Her mother accompanied her until her death. Mr. Townsend’s moth er was her grave-visiting com panion until her death. ‘Prairieland Talker’ Presented Fancy Hat by W. J. McNichols The annual memorial day pil grimage of two oldtimers was cli maxed with a hat-fitting cere mony and promenade on O’Neill's streets. W. J. McNichols, who left this commumnity in 1909 and is now a prominent Hollywood, Calif., at torney, pre-arranged a reunion with Romaine Saunders, 84, of Lincoln, retired editor of The Frontier and author of the week ly feature, “Prairieland Talk.” Mr. McNichols presented Mr. Saunders with a fancy black bea ver hat, 10-gallon size. The pre sentation was accompanied by a few remarks from the donor. “I was born and reared in O’ Neill,” Mr. McNichols explained, “and as a boy I remember Ro maine riding the plains with such famous sandhills characters as ‘Hay’ McClure, Roscoe Moore, ‘Nigger Jim’ Anderson, Claude Hamilton and a lot of the other oldtimers. “I thought that it would be an appropriate gesture to have a good beaver hat made up for Ro maine, one of the finest gentlemen God ever gave America.” They left O’Neill Wednesday with Mr. McNichols driving Mr. Sounders to Lincoln before re joining Mrs. McNichols at Lex ington. 3 Vacancies on School Faculty Paul Baker Will Enter Industry There are still three vacancies at the O’Neill public school for the 1955-’56 term, it was disclos ed Tuesday evening at the month ly meeting of the board of educa tion. Vacancies pertain to the prin cipalship in the high school and two positions in the grade school. D. E. Nelson, superintendent for the past four years, resigned to accept a similar post at Schuy ler. He will move his family today (Thursday). Nelson’s successor is Milton Baack, who has been head of the Stuart school system. Paul Baker left last week for Laramie, Wyo., where he will complete his work on his master’s degree in vocational and educa tion guidance. In the fall he will enter the industrial field, head quartering at Lincoln with the Continental Oil company. No suc cessor for Baker has been named. Baker, who was here four years, was basketball coach three years and principal IV'2 years. Pat Gallup, vocational agricul ture teacher for four years, goes to Stratford, Okla., to locate on a farm. Vernon Carpenter of Litch field has been named successor. Carpenter had been signed for the post a year ago but was called into the army. He was given a disability discharge for a leg in jury. Joseph Palmer, veterans’ in structor, will enter the insurance field at Ada, Okla. Louis Reimer, jr., of O’Neill was elected to fill Palmer’s vacancy pending accept ance of his credits. Elmer Murman will attend Colorado State college for the summer and return here in the fall. Faculty members who were reelected and have accepted contracts received pay increases ranging from $100 to $150 per year. Faculty members returning next fall are: Mrs. Harry Petersen, kinder garten; Mrs. A1 Fritton, first grade; Mrs. Florence Schultz, first and second; Miss Loretta Enright, second; Miss Hilda Gal lagher, third; Mrs. Harold Seger, fourth; Mrs. Theresa Ernst, fifth; Mrs. Leona Shoemaker, sixth; Mrs. Ruby Holcomb, seventh; Mrs. Leo Mullen, eighth. Charles B. Houser, band; Rich ard Smithson, vocal music; Miss Viola Haynes, English; Miss Claire Tomjack, normal training; Miss Mildred McNutt, home economics; Miss Esther Kinnier, commercial; Mrs. Louis Reimer, jr., social sci ence; Marvin Miller, football and history; Elmer Murman, basket ball and mathematics. There are two grade school va cancies. Teachers are being sought for additional rooms cre ated by use of the new bu’lding. A teacher is sought for a com bination third-and-fourth grade class and a third teacher is re quired for the departmentalized seventh-and-eighth grades. REDECORATION The American Legion club rooms will remain closed Tues day, June 7, as they are being redecorated. Practices on Public Land Hit 'Real Strides* Made for Improvement, SCD Directors Told Soil conservation practices or lack of them on federally-owned land in the United States dom inated discussion Wednesday as the Northern Great Plains area soil conference got underway. The two-day meeting continues through Thursday and will be climaxed tonight by a chuck wag on supper at the C Bar M ranch five miles south of O’Neill. More than one hundred soil conservation district directors from six states registered for the opening session and delegates continued to arrive Wednesday night. It is the annual area meet ing of the National Association of Soil Conservation District Direct ors. Harvey Hale of Contact, Ncv., led the discussion of federal land. He said the solution to the problem is simple: Improve the vegetation. Hale told of successes in re seeding and eradication of brush near Elko, Nev. Public land management dom inated floor discussion. Orr Gar ber of Big Horn, Wyo., a state SCD officer and former area officer, explained necessary im provements had to be “sold” to the department of agriculture, de partment of interior and forestry service. Hale, who heads the national association’s legislative and Washington liaison committee, told the conference “real strides” had been made by the committee in shaping beneficial legislation and agency directives. Nolan Fuqua of Duncan, Gkla., president of the national group, reported that newspaper and magazine editors throughout the country now recognize the rela tively young association and so licit quotations and information in the field of soil conservation. Fuqua regarded this as a “healthy sign.” , Fuqua said the self-govern ing and democratic character of the association is boosting its prestige. One high government officer, whom he did not identi fy, told the Oklahoman the position of the association offi cers is “unique and enviable.” He referred to their status as non-paid and voluntary. • Frank Feser of Clairmont, S.D., head of the South Dakota soil conservation directors, urged the conference to adopt more ag gressive educational policies. He declared the education of soil conservation principles must be gin with school children. Many directors are not aware of their responsibilities and duties, he de clared. Harry Massie of Broken Bow, Nebraska association president, opened the conference and Mayor Alva Marcellus of O’Neill issued the welcome. Otis Tossett of Lansford, N.D., area vice-president, urged “one hundred percent participation in the discussion from the dele gates.” At Wednesday evening’s ban quet in the American Legion auditorium, scores of O’Neill bus inessmen, farmers and ranchers and their wives dined with the visitors. Norris Schroeder of Ft. Collins, Colo., formerly of Hoskins and a former Nebraska state sen ator, was speaker. He urged his listeners to adopt the self-analysis princi ple in regard to saving soil. One hundred forty-eight per sons were served at the banquet by the American Legion auxiliary. Former U.S. Sen. Eva Bowring of Merriman is to speak at a breakfast for the women’s group today and Former U.S. Sen. Hazel Abel of Lincoln is to speak to the auxiliary at a noon luncheon. In the afternoon, Goodyear awards will be presented and Charles J. Whitfield of Washing ton, D.C., SCS scientist, will re port on soil and water research. T. L. Gaston, also of Washington, will field questions. The O’Neill Saddle club will present an exhibition at the ranch supper and the Bow Airres of Broken Bow, a male quartet, will sing. The C Bar M ranch is a sandhills show place. Recent rains over much of the six-state area were blamed for keeping many of the delegates from attending. Elmer Juracek ot Star, director of the Holt district who has been actvie in conference arrangements, said numerous messages were received from del egates explaining pressing field problems prevented them from attending. The Chamber of Commerce and Holt SCD were joint hosts. Bus iness sessions are being held at the Royal theater and are open to the public. 2 Recent Grads Join Air Force The following army enlistments in this area have been announc ed by Sfc. James R. Lyons of the O’Neill recruiting office: Marvin H. Skinner of Ains worth, for ordnance corps; La vern L. Keithly of Atkinson, for 10th divisoin at Ft. Riley, Kxus., Warren D. Lichty, jr., of Chadron, for regular army (CIC); Ray O. Brookhauser of Venus, for engi neer corps; John Iron Rope, jr., of Chadron, for artillery corps Wesley W. Zart of Crofton, for regular army, Harry T. Smith of Crofton, for regular army, and Arvyn A. Neuhaus of Venus, military police corps. These men have gone to Camp Chaffee, Ark., for further process inp, training and reassignment Robert I. Sanders and Eldin D. Alton, both of O’Neill, have en listed in the air force through the recruiting office at Norfolk. They will receive 11 weeks of basic training at Parks air force base in California. Both were gradu ated in May from O’Neill high school where they were active in athletics. The women’s army corps launches “Operation Glamour’’ this week. Lts. Bonnie McWil liams and Phyllis Mykleby arriv ed in O’Neill Wednesday to work through the O’Neill recruiting office in seeking WAC enlistments Herman Hesse Burial at Laurel PAGE—Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, May 28, at the Immanuel Luthern church at Coleridge for Herman Hesse, 58, who died in a Sioux City hos pital after being hospitalized for 10 weeks. Herman Hesse was born January 30, 1897, at Con cord. He married Miss Elsie Jur chen at Sioux City in 1924. He was a resident of the Page com munity from 1914 until 1924, when the family took up residen ce at Laurel—his home at the time of his death. Survivors include: Widow—El sie; sons — Donald of Oakdale and Lloyd of Laurel; daughter— Mrs. Herman Schlote of Laurel; brother—Henry of Orchard sis ters—Mrs. Carl Kiunm of Creigh ton and Mrs. Sam Vollerson of Randolph. Burial was made at Laurel. Among those attending funeral services at Coleridge were Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hesse, Mrs. Lou ise Hesse and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Nissen, Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Dobbins, all of Page and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hesse of Orchard. Mrs. W. H. Harty visited her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Kocina and daughters of Creighton, over the weekend. Roy Edward Farewell . . to Holt county in 1909. Farewell Rites Held at Chambers CHAMBERS — Among those from a distance attending funeral services last Thursday for Roy Edward Farewell, 56, were: Mr. and Mrs. Norman Farewell of Pierce; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Steinback of St. Edward; Mrs. Dan Roberts and daughters of Auburn; Mr. and Mrs. William Fare Veil of Garland: Mr. and Mrs. Bert Farewell and son, Ray mond, and Alfred Bursell, all of Ewing; Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Fare well and Judy of Atkinson and Mr. and Mrs. Alva Scholz and family of Inman. Walter Scholz of Charlotte, N.C., arrived too late to attend the rites, which were originally scheduled for Friday. Survivors include: Widow — Rosa; two sons; one daughter; four brothers; one sister. Mr. Farewell died Monday, May 23, at his home northwest of Chambers. Juniors, Midgets Open Here Sunday The Legion junior and midget baseball season opens Sunday, June 5, at Carney park with a <ioub\-header starting at t:3C p.m. The first game will be five inn ings between the Atkinson and O’Neill midgets. Immediately fol lowing that game, the Atkinson and O’Neill juniors will clash in the main event. Coach Pat Miller of Atkinson claims that his team is ’better than ever,” and there is always a hard-fought battle when these two teams collide. Visits Friend— Donald Kloppenborg visited on Tuesday with Donald Beckwith. Page Couple in Golden Wedding PAGE — Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Copes observed their 50th wed ding anniversary with open-house from 2 to 5 o’clock Sunday after noon, May 29, at the Page Meth odist church parlors. Their son, Everette of Ains worth, shared host honors with two grandsons, Dick Woods cf Battle Creek and Dayle Woods of Lincoln. Hostesses were three granddaughters—Mrs. Harry Pap pas of Lincoln, Mrs. R. L. Jones of Kearney and Miss Nancy Mae Copes of Ainsworth. At the serving table were Mrs. R. L. Jones and Mrs. Dayle Woods with Mrs. Pappas assisting host ess. Mrs. Dick Woods and daugh ter, Barbara, presided at the gift table and Mrs. Everette Copes and daughter, Nancy Mae, were in charge of the guest book. More than 160 people offered the Copes congratulations during the afternoon. Miss Mae Sigrerson and Rich ard D. Copes were married at the home of the brides’ parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Sigrerson, near Cook, on May 31, 1905. Rev. William Van Buren per formed the ceremony and Mr. and Mrs. George C. Howells were their attendants. The Copes have been residents of the Page community since 1911, living on a farm four miles north east of town until 1936. They op erated a cafe for 10 years after moving into Page. Both Mr. and Mrs. Copes have been blessed with “very good ’ health until the past year when Mrs. Copes underwent surgery and suffered a bad attack «f in fluenza in late winter. This recent illness kept her confined to her home, but she had sufficiently recovered to play an active part in Sunday’s observance. Mr. and Mrs. Copes are the parents of three children—Ev erette, Mrs. Irene Woods and Mrs. Ruth Johnson. Mrs. Woods died in 1933 and Mrs. Johnson passed awf in 1940. Mr. Copes has the distinction of being the seventh in a family of eight children to celebrate his golden wedding anniversary. Others thus honored have been Floyd and Frank Copes, noth of Palmyra, Leonard Copes of Clin ton, Okla., Mrs. George Mortimore of Omaha, Mrs. Sam McCoy of Lincoln and Mrs. George Fisher of Cook. Bouquets of yellow roses, glad ioli and a mixed bouquet of car nations and daisies graced the tables in the church parlors. Dec orations were in keeping with the occasion. The corsage and boutonniere worn by the couple were fashioned of yellow carna tions. The wedding cake, centering the serving table, was the gift of Mrs. Harry Pappas. Mrs. Copes’ sisters, Mrs. Hazel Doty of Vesta, Mrs. Florence I.ubben of Colfax, Wash., and Mrs. Nina Toman of Ontario, Calif., came during the week. Out-of-town guests present for the celebration were: Mr. and Mrs. Everette Copes and Nancy Mae and Charlotte Kaiser, all of Ainsworth; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pappas, Mr. and Mrs. Dayle Woods, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Woods and Mrs. Pete Pappas, all of Lin coln; Mr. and Mrs. Dick Woods and family of Battle Creek; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Olson and Shar on of Greenwood; Mr. and Mrs. Joy Copes of Palmyra; Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Patterson of Sheridan, Wyo.; Mr. and Mrs. Verne Sim mermen and Mrs. R. L. Jones and children, all of Kearney. 2d Wind Test ' • • Planned Here Old Grads at Inman Hold Sunday Reunion INMAN— The annual meeting of the Inman High School Alum ni association was held Sunday evening in the high school gym nasium. One hundred twelve register ed and enjoyed a 7 o’clock buffet style dinner. Harvey Tompkins was toastmaster. The classes of 1905 and 1930 were honored. The 1955 graduates were also special guests and were initiated into the association. Mrs. Delia Downey of Burv ell received a corsage for being the oldest member present. New of ficers chosen for the coming year are: Vera Schollmeyer Harte, presi dent; Virgil Tomlinson of O’Neill, vice-president; Mrs. John Matt son, secretary; Marvin Rouse, treasurer. The group plans the same kind of get-together next year on June 3. Represents Holt Mrs. Jo:in Silverstrand (above), Atkinson farm woman, recently represented Holt coun ty in rural homemakers’ recog nition activities in Omaha. —The Frontier Photo. Heart Ailment Fatal to Leatha Morrow Burial i n Paddock Cemetery Funeral services for Mrs. J.ea tha Smith Morrow, 67, widow of the late Walter G. Morrow, were held at 2 p.m., Monday, May 30, at First Presbyterian church here. Mrs. Morrow died at 9:45 a-m., Thursday, May 26, at her home in O’Neill. She had been in failing health about rive years. A heart ailment proved * fatal. Burial was in Paddock Union cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. Pallbearers were Merritt Pierson, Hugo Holz, Marvin Clouse, A1 Sauser, Emil Adam son and Lloyd Whaley. The late Mrs. Morrow, whose maiden name was Leatha Forrest Smith, was born June 18, 18B7, at Cairo. She spent her childhood in amd near Grand Island. On August 31, 1902, she mar ried Mr. Morrow at Grand Island. They became the parents of 13 children—11 of whom survive. The Morrow family came to Holt county in 1905. Four years later they moved to Wayne coun ty near Winside. In March, 1922, the Morrows returned to Holt and Mrs. Mor row made her home here con tinuously until her death. The deceased children are How ard* and Lyle. Mr. Morrow died in 1943. Survivors include: Sons—Cecil of Rand, Colo.; Virgil of Inman; LaVerm of Chicago, 111.; Leonard, Orville, Ralph and Maynard, all of O’Neill; daughters—Mrs. John (Ruth) Church of Cedar Falls, la.; Mrs. Jack (Alma) Gruhn and Mrs. Robert (Dorothy) Edwards, both of Chicago; Mrs. Leo (Edith) Jeratouski of Grand Island. Sisters Leaving on European Tour Miss Margaret (“Marde”) Bir mingham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Birmingham was grad uated Friday from Duschesne college, Omaha, with a bachelor of arts degree. Miss Birmingham was elected to Golden Oak, an honor society, was vice-president of the student council, and was a member of the mission club, Duchesne college players and E de M. She and her sister, Miss Bar bara, a graduate student at Cath olic university, Washington, DC., will leave Friday for New York City and then Quebec, Can., where they will sail for at tour of 11 countries in Europe. They will return August 18. Omahan Dies While Visiting Here— Win F. Guild, 67, an Omahan who had just returned from a five-thousand-mile trip to the West coast, became ill late Sun day while visiting friends here and died about 12:30 a.m., at a motel where he was staying. He was a friend of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hunt. Mr. Guild, whose wife died 18 months ago, had not been ill. The body was forwarded to Omaha and funeral services were conducted there Wednesday. Sur vivors include one son, Glenn of Kansas City, Mo. CAR AUCTION SATURDAY The O’Neill New-Car Dealers’ association will conduct a public auction of 75-to-80 new and used cars here Saturday, June 4, start ing at 1 o’clock. All makes and all models will be represented in the sale to be held rain or shine two blocks south of the traffic signal on South Fourth street. Doctor Aim Visitor Here— Dr. Oscar W. Aim, professor of psychology at Kansas State col lege, Manhattan, Kans., spent the memorial weekend with relatives here. Doctor Aim was reared in the Mineola vicinity. He has been at Kansas State since 1929. DIES AT SCOTTSBLUFF RIVERSIDE—Mrs. Earl Philips died Friday, May 27, in a Scotts bluff hospital. She had been ill some time. Mrs. Philips was the mother-in-law of Rodney Pollock. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Rohde and Vernon Passieux visited Mon day evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Rohde and Fran cis. ' Air Scientists Plan ‘More Advanced* Study for 1956 The Air Force - Cambridge (Mass.) research center has elected to conduct another wind test study near O’Neill in the summer and fall of 1956. A similar study was conducted near here in the summer of 1953 in which several hundred service men and a score of top-ranking weather scientists participated. The 1956 study will be on a lesser scale as far as number of personnel is concerned, but will be considered a “more advanced’* study. First Lt. Thomas Searight of the research center was in O' Neill last Thursday making a preliminary study of the avail ability of land, storage and of fice facilities used in 1953. Lieutenant Searight indicated no helicopter would be used in the forthcoming test. In the origi nal wind study, smoke bombs 0 were dropped from the helicopter and behavior of the smoke was used to help solve low level wind problems. Searight said surface smoke pots would be used in the next effort, which will be confin ed to a “minute study of surface ! wind.” The young officer, whose home is in Missouri, said the 1956 pro ject will be directed by Doctor Borad of the Air Force - Cam bridge center. Doctor Borad was in O’Neill in connection with the 1953 test. Searight made tentative ar rangements with Neil Ryan to use the same half-section erf land six miles northeast of here used, in the initial study. “Most of the personnel will be air force scientific people, civilians and military,” Searight explained In an interview beardf Saturday on the “Voice of The Frontier-' program. The test is scheduled for August through October in 1956, he said, with advance personnel arriving in early July. Again the study will be regarded as basic re search. Doctor Borad was a member of an inspection team which selected! O’Neill for the 1953 wind study, which was regarded as highly satisfactory from the scientific point of view. The test was mar red by tragedy when five air force men and one German scientist were killed in a ’copter crash. No college or university scien tific teams are included in the 1956 plans at this time, Searight said, although this does not mean they will not be involved. Medical Student 0 Graduates Today EWING— Louis Sojka, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sojka, sr.„ of Ewing, today (Thursday) will be formally graduated from the Creighton university school at medicine with a doctor’s degree. Commencement activities will take place in the Omaha auditor ium. Doctor Sojka will serve his in ternship at the 3,200-bed Los An geles (Calif.) General hospital. c He was graduated from Ewing high school in 1947 and today's ceremony will climax eight years of study. His parents and his brother, Julian, will be among his relatives and friends present for the commencement rite. Beckwith Returns— Cpl. Donald Beckwith arrived home Wednesday, May 25. He “ entered the service June 25, 1953, took basic training at Camp Chaf fee, Ark., and was company ad ministrative clerk throughout his term of active duty. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Beck with. ‘SLIGHTLY IMPROVED' Miss Thelma Summers, 17, P&ge school teacher who was critical'y injured in a two-car crash on May 18, is “slightly improved” in St. Ainthony’s hospital. Attendants say the young rural teacher shows “some response.” She has been unconscious since the accident. Fly to Canada— Phil Cohn, Russ Foree and Marvin Johnson departed early Sunday by air for Lake LaRogue, Can. They made the trip in Mr. Cohn’s four-passenger plane. The trio is expected to return today (Thursday) from their northern fishing excursion. Omahans Here— Mrs. Thomas Regan and Mr. and Mrs. Vinton Simonsen, all of Omaha, visited relatives here and in Spencer over the holiday.