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Volume 75.—Number 5. O Neill, Nebraska, Thursday, June 2, 1955. * Seven Cents
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W. J. McNichols (left) and the venerable Romaine Saunders
. . . tailor-made 10-gallon beaver hats.—The Frontier Photo.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.