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Volume 75.—Number 14. O Neill, Nebr., Thursday, August 4, 1955. Seven Cents
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Worker, 18, Narrowly
Misses Electrocution
Miss McCarthy . . . daughter
of pioneer couple.
Margaret McCarthy
Dies at Winner
Lifelong Resident of
O’Neill
. Miss Margaret McCarthy, virtu
ally a lifelong resident of the O’
Neill community, died Wednesday,
August 3, at Winner, S.D.
The remains will reach O’Neill
today (Thursday). Funeral ar
rangements are not completed,
o Biglin’s will be in charge.
She was born and reared on a
farm seven miles south of O’Neill
and miles west, a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Timothy
McCarthy. Her parents came from
Ireland and her father reaened
the O’Neill community in 1884 af
ter spending several years in
o Michigan.
Survivors include Brother—D.
A. McCarthy of O’Neill; sisters—
Sister M. Immaculata, OSF, of
Bushville; Mother M. Patrice,
OSF, who is superior at Mary
crest school, Denver, Colo., and
Sister Marie Helen, OP, who is
stationed at Sioux Falls, S.D.
Kansas Couple Buys
Ben Franklin Store
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Patton of
Goodland, Kans., have purchased
the Ben Franklin store here from
R. V. Lucas.
Mr. Lucas and his wfie, who
came here from Crawford about
seven years ago, plan to go to
the West coast.
' 0 Mr. Patton has spent his entire
° career in the retail business and
for the past 10 years has been
manager of the J. C. Penney com
pany store at Goodland. The Pat
tons have one son, Doug, who is a
student at the Colorado School of
o Mines at Golden.
The new owners are tentatively
planning a grand reopening sale
starting Friday, September 16, at
which time the public will see a
completely rearranged store. The
store was closed Monday for in
ventory but is now doing business
as usual featuring the traditional
Ben Franklin school plan sale.
The Pattons will continue the
store as a member of the Ben
Franklin organization, which
numbers 2,370 independently
owned stores. The Ben Franklin
group operates more variety
stores in the United States than
any other chain.
The building which housed the
store is owned by A. E. Bowen
and was built in 1948.
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Nun Receives
Bachelor’s Degree—
Sister Mary Rose Held, OSF,
St Mary’s academy', was one of
17 candidates to receive her bach
elor of arts degree at the St. Am
brose college commencement ex
ercises held Friday, July 29, on
the college campus at Davenport,
la. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Ambrose J.
Burke, college president, made
the announcement. Dr. Matthew
McMahon, Ph.D., delivered the
commencement address. The can
didates were presented by Rev.
John P. Dolan, dean of the col
lege, and introduced by Miss Jua
nita Monholland, registrar.
Couple at Spencer
Notes 56th Anniversary—
SPENCER—Mr. and Mrs. Harry
James observed their 56th wed
ding anniversary Tuesday eve
ning. They entertained guests at
dinner at their home.
Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Reiser and Mr. and Mrs. Harrison
James and family.
Band Director Back
from Northwestern—
SPENCER— Willis Johnson re
turned here Tuesday fom Evan
ston, 111., where he had been at
tending Northwestern university.
He presented the Spencer band
in a concert here Wednesday eve
ning.
An 18-year-old youth helping
unload heavy equipment narrow
ly escaped electrocution at 9:49
a.m., Wednesday in the Chicago
& North Western railroad freight
yards here.
Donald Adams of Harvard,
an employee of Francis Orshek
Construction company of Fre
mont, is in St. Anthony’s hos
pital suffering from a burn on
the right hand and on his toes.
An Orshek dragline was being
used to lift heavy highway bi aid
ing equipment off a railroad car
onto a waiting truck at a point
about five hundred feet west of
the rail station.
Young Adams was guiding the
load onto the truck. The boom be
came entangled in two 34,000-volt
electric circuits overhead.
Because the boom and dragline
equipment were grounded, most
of the jolt was dissipated into the
ground, but young Adams, whose
hands were on the lift cable, ab
sorbed some of the shock.
C. E. A. Johnson, manager of
Consumers Public Power district
here, said the youth would have
been electrocuted except that most
of the shock was grounded by the
steel boom.
Witnesses said intense flashes
were seen as the boom made
contact with the high tension
lines.
Robert George, operator of the
dragline, was unhurt. A number
of Orshek employees witnessed
the accident.
Dr. J. P. Brown Wednesday
night said the youth’s condition is
“good.”
The Orshek firm holds the con
tract for street-widening and sur
facing and resurfacing of portions
of U.S. highways 20 and 281.
Orchard Scene of
County Legion Meet
ORCHARD—The American Le
gion and auxiliary held a com
bined Antelope county meeting
here Friday evening at the Legion
hall.
Kenneth Bergstrom of Elgin,
county commander, presided at the
meeting before the units retired
to separate meetings. Leonard Hall
offered prayer.
Jerome Henn of Petersberg, dis
trict commander, spoke of the de
partment convention to be held in
Omaha August 21-25 when Stan
ley Huffman of Elgin will be a
candidate for department com
mander.
The district convention will be
September 12 at O’Neill with a
combined session in the morning.
0. M. Herre, 57,
Dies in Omaha
Burial at Fremont for
Retired Jeweler
O. M. Herre, 57, who owned and
operated a jewelry store here for
a number of years, died Tuesday,
August 2, in Clarkson Memorial
hospital in Omaha. He had been
hospitalized for three weeks.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 2 p.m., today (Thurs
day ) from the Bader funeral home
in Fremont.
Mr. Herre sold the Herre jewelry
store about seven years ago. At
the time of his death he owned
several business properties here.
Survivors include: Widow—Ol
ive; son—James of Beatrice.
Achievement Day
Set for Aupst 11
The annual Holt county 4-H
achievement day will be held on
Thursday, August 11, at O’Neill.
The day’s activities will include
home economics exhibits andi
judging and demonstrations in
both agricultural and home eco
nomics projects. Music identifica
tion and music contests will be
held during the afternoon, and a
style review by clothing club girls
will close the day’s activities.
The public is invited to see ex
hibits and other activities in
which the 4-H boys and girls
participate.
Program: 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.—en
ter exhibits at Legion hall; 9 a.m.
to 12 noon—judging contests for
all projects; 1:15 p.m. — music
contest and demonstrations; 4 p.m.
—style review at Legion hall;
4:30 p.m.—results of activities will
be announced in Legion hall.
Six hundred and forty-six 4-H
club members in Holt county car
rying 1,202 projects indicate that
there will be a fine number of
exhibits worth seeing.
BEG YOUR PARDON
The store hours for Gambles
store, during the month-long 21st
anniversary sale, follow: Thurs
days—open until 9 p.m.; Saturdays
—open until 10 p.m.; other week
days, open 9 a.m., until 5:30 p.m.
The hours stated in the full page
advertisement on page 11 are cor
rect; the hours noted on the dou
ble-page advertisement pages 12
13, are incorrect as far as the Sat
urday store hours are concerned.
Callers at Fox Home—
Mrs. William Kelly, Mrs. Fran
cis Belzer and children, Mrs.
George Bosn and children, Mr.
and Mrs. Gilbert Fox and child
ren and Barbara Fox and Veldon
Tomlinson were Sunday callers at
the Charles Fox home.
Townsend
Rites Held
At Page
Longtime Implement
Dealer at Page
Dies in Hospital
PAGE— Funeral services were
conducted at 2 p.m., Sunday, July
31, at the Page Methodist church
for Clinton Alonzo Townsend, 81,
who died at a Norfolk hospital
on Thursday, July' 28. He had
been hospitalized two months.
Rev. Harry Johnson, pastor of
the Wesleyan Methodist church,
officiated. Burial was in the Page
cemetery under the direction of
Biglin’s.
The late Mr. Towsend was
born at Newton, Wise., on Oc
tober 1, 1873. He came to Ne
braska with his parents when
he was a lad of six in an oxen
drawn covered wagon. The
family took a homestead near
Stafford, which is now the farm
home of the Harold Melcher
family.
He attended the Plainview nor
mal school and taught a number
of succesful terms of school.
On Christmas day, 1897, he was
married to Miss Carrie H. Galla
Mr. Townsend . . . veteran dealer.
gher of Page. To this union a son
and a daughter were born.
Mr. Townsend established a
machinery business at Page in
1898 and later added a hardware
line, which was operated for many
years under the name of Town
send Bros.
He suffered a stroke on Decem
ber 10, 1952, from which he never
fully recovered. The store was
not permanently closed until De
cember of 1954, when the Town
sends went to Norfolk to spend
the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Lamason
purchased the hardware and the
remainder of the stock in the
spring of 1955.
Mr. Townsend was the oldest
International dealer in the
state of Nebraska.
Survivors include: Widow —
Carrie; son—Alva (C.A.) Town
send of Columbus; daughter —
Mrs. Helen Chmeler of Norfolk;
sister—Mrs. Jessie Swan of Rapid
City, S.D., who now is the sole
Survivor of a family of 14 chil
dren. Survivors also include five
grandchildren. •
Mr. Townsend was a member
of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, Rebekahs and he was a
master Mason and a 50-year Ma
son.
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and graveside services were con
ducted with Past Master Brad
street in charge.
Pallbearers were Leland Knud
sen, William Howell, George
Wettlaufer, Ray Snell, Anton and
Pete Nissen, Wilbur Bennett and
Carl Max, all Masons.
Mrs. Carl Max and Mrs. Leland
Knudsen were in charge of the
floral tributes.
Among those from out-of-town
attending the funeral were: Mrs.
Anna Townsend and sons, Wal
dron and William, and Mrs. Wil
liam Townsend, all of Osage,
Wyo.; Mrs. Dora Townsend, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Weir of Hart
ington; Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Farr of Stuart; Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Chmeler, Mr. and Mrs. A.
D. Palmer and Mr. and Mrs. Ross
Smiley, all of Norfolk; Mr. and
Mrs. Jeff Blocker and Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Townsend, all of Co
lumbus; Mr. and Mrs. George
Townsend of Omaha.
Mrs. Thomas Gilmore of Dead
wood, S.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Dover of Madison; Mr. and Mrs.
Earnest Swift and Zoe of Allen;
Rev. Thomas Hitch, Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Gallagher, Fred Bredehoeft.
Mrs. O. W. French, Miss Alice
French, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Streeter, -Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Fet
row and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Laney,
(Continued on page 4)
These national guardsmen, members of O’Neill’s company D, waved goodbye early Sunday as
the unit set out for two weeks of active duty at Camp Ripley, Minn. Identified by the cameraman
are: Cpl. Edward S. Price of O’Neill (second from left), Pvt. E/2 Dale Beilin of O’Neill (upper back
ground), Pfc. Vernon D. Johnson of O’Neill and Pvt. E/2 Alfred R. Meyer of Lynch. (The two
peering around the tarp at extreme right are not identified.)—The Frontier Photo.
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Man Stricken While
in Doctor’s Office
Albert Dierking, 63,
Dies Suddenly
CHAMBERS — Henry Alfred
Dierking, 63, was fatally stricken
with a heart attack about 9 p.m.,
Thursday, July 28 while consult
ing an O’Neill doctor in the doc
tor’s office. He had not been seri
ously ill, relatives said, but had
not been feeling well.
A few minutes before he died
the doctor had said immediate
hospitalization was necessary.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 4 p.m., Sunday, July 31,
from St. Paul’s Lutheran church
in Chambers. Rev. Howard Clay
combe, jr., church pastor, offi
ciated and burial was in the
Chambers cemetery under the di
rection of Biglin’s.
Pallbearers were Elmer Oetter
and Clyde Widman, both of Am
elia; Glen Taylor, Glen Adams,
Lyle Hanna and Darrel Gillette,
all of Chambers.
The congregation sang “The
Lord Is My Shepherd.” Irene
Brown, Betty Lou Hoerle and
Darlene Harley sang “I Know |
That My Redeemer Lives.”
The late Mr. Dierking was
born June 23, 1892, at Union,
Mo., a son of William and So
phia Sylvester Dierking.
On December 16, 1918, he was
united in marriage with Laura E.
Kleeman at Snyder. They became
the parents of two children. The
family moved to Holt county in
February, 1935. His wife died
July 15, 1945.
On May 22, 1946, he married
Rena Feyerherm of Chambers.
The late Mr. Dierking ranched
north of Amelia for a number of
years and had retired although he
remained quite active.
survivors mauue. wiuuw —uc
na; son — Harlan of Amelia;
daughter—Mrs. William O. (Bur
nita) Wilson of Ft. Collins, Colo.;
brothers—Fred of Hooper and Er
vin of St. Louis, Mo.; stepdaugh
ters—Mrs. Agnes Pheil of Wayne
and Mrs. Mabel Dean of Ontario,
Calif.; three grandsons; one grand
daughter; three step-grandsons
and one step-granddaughter.
Among those from a distance
attending the funeral were: Mr.
and Mrs. Chris Haussler of Hol
brook; Mrs. Mary Orr of Valen
tine; Mr. and Mrs. Avon Barrett
of Grand Island; Mrs. William
Pheil of Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. W.
O. Wilson of Ft. Collins, Colo.;
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dierking of
Hooper; Mr. and Mrs. LaVere
Dierking of Scribner; Mrs. Alvin
Feyerherm and daughter and
Leonard Feyerherm, all of Battle
Creek.
Gus, Henry and Herman Berk
man of Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs.
Casper Harley of Stuart; Mr. and
Mrs. Delbert Robertson of O’Neill;
Dennis and Paul Sprandle of Ply
mouth; Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
Dempster of Orchard.
Graveside Rites for
Lineback Infant—
Graveside services for Vicki
Marie Lineback, infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Don Lineback of
O’Neill, were held here Wednes
day, July 20, Rev. E. Kirschman,
pastor of the Assembly of God
church, officiated
Survivors include: Parents;
brother—Donnie; sisters—Debra
and Rhonda Sue; grandparents—
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lineback of
Winner, S.D., Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Keller of Anoka.
The infant died July 19 at St.
Anthony’s hospital in O’Neill.
Frontier for printing!
Two Milk Cows
Hit by Lightning
CHAMBERS—During an elec
trical storm Tuesday night, July
26, Mr. and Mrs. Troxel Green
had two of their milk cows killed
by lightning. The Greens reside
southwest of Chambers. Vernon
Schmidt lost a calf which was be
ing pastured on a place owned by
his father, Martin Schmidt on U.
S. highway 281, southeast of
Chambers.
Charles Cooledge lost . a stack
of hay on the G. H. Grimes place
north of town. A tree was struck
and burned on the Walter place,
two miles west of town.
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Atkinson Pioneer
Fractures Hip, Dies
Agnes Goldfuss, 93,
Rites Today
ATKINSON—Mrs. Agnes Gold
fuss, 93, who had been a resident
of this community more than 60
years, died Monday evening, Aug
ust 1, in Atkinson Memorial hos
pital.
She had suffered a fall about
10:30 am., at the curb in front
of her home. She suffered a brok
en hip in the fall.
Her maiden name was Agnes
Hanel and she was born April
23, 1862, in Germany. She came
to the United States at the age
of 23.
In 1885, she married the late
Frank Goldfuss. The nuptial rite
was performed in the original St.
Joseph’s Catholic church. The
couple became the parents of 11
children.
The Goldfuss family resided for
many years on a farm six miles
north of Atkinson. Mr. Goldfuss
died in 1909.
In late years Mrs. Goldfuss
made her home in Atkinson
with her daughter, Rosalie.
Survivors include: Sons —
George of Atkinson, Oswald of
Page and Frank of California;
daughters—Mrs. John (Margaret)
Cotton of Long Beach, Calif., Miss
Rosalie of Atkinson, Mrs. Clara
Peters of Fairmont, N.D., and
Martha of Canada.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 9 a.m., today (Thurs
day) from St. Joseph’s church.
Burial will be in the church cem
etery. Pallbearers chosen are M.
L. Schaaf, Gaines Rzeszotarski,
George Schaaf, John Schorn, Ed
Jansen and William Morgan.
2d Round Salk
Shots Scheduled
_
The second round polio vaccin
ation shots for Holt county’s
first and second grade school
pupils will be administered on
Thursday, August 11, it was an
nounced this week by officials
of the Holt county chapter, Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
The second round shots orgin
ally were scheduled to follow the
first round shots by “two or
three weeks”, but the high level
confusion over the distribution
and safety of the vaccine caused
the delay.
Children should be taken to
the same center where the first
shots were administered. In O’
Neill the shots will be given at
St. Anthony’s hospital, north
at 9 a.m., for children from the
at 9 a.m., for chiildren from the
Chambers, Ewing, Inman, Page
and rural localities. In Atkinson,
the shots will be administered to
Atkinson and Stuart town pupils
and rural pupils, starting at 1.
Bunyan Country
Sweltering, Too
Guardsmen Find No
Relief in North
CAMP RIPLEY, MINN—O’
Neill’s company D of the 195th
tank battalion, Nebraska national
guards, pulled into camp here
late Monday afternoon after a
550-mile trek from the north
central Nebraska capital. They
clambered from the trucks, ad
justed their headgear, and dis
covered the cool weather they
expected to find in the Paul
Bunyan country proved to be
only a myth.
They encountered the same
heat that was gripping the O’
Neill region and the north woods
country provided no escape from
th intense heat. The mercury
showed 95 degrees when they be
gan pitching tents and digging in
for a hard two-week’s grind of
tactical and defensive problems.
The O’Neill men have been
anxious to get tank experience.
The unit has been without a
tank thus far back at the O’
Neill armory.
There are 10 thousand guards
men here, representing the Iowa
Nebraska national guard, 34th
division. About 3,500 troops are
Nebraskans.
Under Capt J. L. McCarville,
jr., the O’Neill unit moved out
by truck convoy at 7 a.m., Sun
day launched at Sioux City, spent
Sunday night at Marshall, Minn.,
and joined up with other guard
convoys rolling toward the
north woods. Ripley is located
near Brainerd.
Low hanging clouds and show
ers broke the heat wave a bit on
Tuesday as the citizen soldiers
moved into the field for tactical
exercises. A 12-mile crosscountry
forced march with combat packs
was scheduled Wednesday and a
two-day field problem is to oc
cupy the troops today (Thurs
day) and Friday.
ifutiucawwMi.’) nave provided
a beach at a lake only three/
miles from Ripley, and at least
some of the guardsmen will
sample the swimming qualities
of the water.
Two officers and 50 enlisted
men comprise company D. Most
of the troops moved to Ripley by
special train. The O’Neill group
was among the last of the units
to reach the destination.
The 34th division reached Rip
ley without incident, no accidents
marring the mass migration, al
though helipcopters helped avoid
a traffic tieup in northern Iowa.
Anton V. Tichy, 81,
Dies at Creighton
VERDIGRE— Funeral services
for Anton V. Tichy, 81, Knox
county pioneer, were held Sunday
at the ZCBJ hall. Rev.. Gordon
Jensen of Creighton officiated.
Burial was at ZCBJ cemetery,
north of Verdigre.
Mr. Tichy had been ill several
months and was taken to a
Creighton hospital last week
where he died Friday morning.
Anton V. Tichy was born Aug
ust 14, 1874, at Jankovic, Czecho
slovakia. When he was 2-years-1
old he came to America with his
parents and lived the rest of his
life in this vicinity.
He farmed north of Verdigre for
many years and upon retiring
made his home here. He was a
long-time member of the local
ZCBJ lodge Bila Hora No. 5.
He is survived by his wife and
one son, Ben, of Norfolk.
O’Neill firemen were summoned
to a baled straw fire near the sale
barn about 10 a.m., Monday.
Work to Start on
Rink-Dance Floor
PAGE—The Corrjmercial and
Improvement clubs met in se
parate sessions at the park and
later in joint meeting to discuss
the plans for free day that has
been designated as September 5.
Committees have been appointed
and as soon as the program is
set up it will be published.
Work on the skating rink
dance floor will begin on Mon
day, August 8, when some ce
ment will be run. Work has been
held up until the busy season
was over for the farmers.
The hostesses for both clubs
went together and served ice
cream and cake and a cold drink.
Talk Restoration
of Carney Park
Jaycees, Saddle Club
Spearhead Move
An informal movement was
launched this week to restore Car
ney park to make needed im
provements.
Spearheading the preliminary
talks and planning for action are
officers and members of the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce and
the O’Neill Saddle club. But oth^r
groups are exploring the possibil
ities, too, including Mayor Alva
Marcellus and the city council,
city park board, American Legion,
Chamber of Commerce, and inter
ested individuals.
Principal criticism of the park
has been based on its low eleva
tion near the Elkhom river, in
adequate drainage and the insect
problem.
Junior Chamber officials asked
C. R. (“Bob”) Hill and Weston
Whitwer, members of the Holt
soil conservation district staff, to
make a preliminary survey of the
65-acre tract, which is located on
the south outskirts of the city
and immediaely north of the Elk
horn. The two soil men, guided by
aerial photos and topography in
formation, are convinced the acre
age can be satisfactorily drained.
They point out that the principal
source of drainage trouble lies in
the fact the “old mill race,” which
accumulates a considerable
amount of the city’s runoff, dumps
onto the park.
This can be corrected by
clearing some old ditches and
some dirt moving, they explain
ed.
They also recommended the
athletic field be moved several
hundred yards north, which will
place it on higher ground.
A number of years ago the
park, which was named for an
O’Neill navy hero, the late Capt.
James Carney, was given consid
erable beautification and atten
tion. Numerous trees were plant
ed, drives laid out, picnic facilities
provided, and lights were erected
for night football and baseball.
But gradually the maintenance
was abandoned and picnickers
cursed the dampness and mosqui
toes.
The soil specialists will prepare
a topographical map of the park
area, make recommendations for
exact location of the athletic field,
stands, parking lots and drives.
The city council has agreed to
lend some men and machines to
the job.
Tonight (Thursday) a meet
ing will be held at the Legion
club, starting at 8 o’clock. It
will be an open meeting and
plans will be made to invade the
park with one hundred and fif
ty men, clear ditches, chop
weeds and open the driveways.
Restoration will include chang
ing the water course from the
present water course into a big
ditch that has been filled in. The
Saddle club has agreed to furnish
75 men and the Jaycees will fur
nish 50 for the first round of
work, according to Jaycee Presi
dent Cecil Baker.
County Levy
Next Week—
The Holt county levy for the
current tax year will be fixed on
Friday, August 12.
Meanwhile, Holt County Asses
sor William F. Wefso is piecing
together the final valuation fig
ures. Franchise and utility values
for Holt county have not yet been
announced by the state tax com
missioner’s office.
Holt county real estate values
are slightly lower.
Meanwhile, the O’Neill city
council met Tuesday night to fix
the city levy. However, a quorum
was not present. A special meet
ing was to be called late Wednes
day for the purpose of adopting
the new levy.
The new ordinance calls for
cne-tenth of a mill increase for
city government purposes.
The new levy will be 19.5 mills,
up from 19.4 last year. The new
levy is intended to raise necessary
funds for a budget of $74,280—up
31,500 over a year ago.
Guests Here—
Mrs. Howard Holliday and chil
dren of Grand Island came Sun
day to spend the week with Mr.
and Mrs. D. N. Loy.
Heat Wave
Punishing
Corn Crop |
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General Rain Needed
Badly in Region;
Cattle Are ‘Sold-Off ’
The corn in the O’Neill region
has received considerable punish
ment during the past fortnight
due to a prolonged heat wave
that has sent the populace reel
ing.
Temperatures have been near
or above the century mark for a
number of days, and “white tops”
are producing a bleached effect
in the cornfields.
County Agent A. Neil Dawes
said Wednesday most corn fields
are wilting under the heat, but
predicted many of the fields
would recuperate in a hurry if a
good general rain should come.
Hie weathermen, however,
is not optimistic in his fore
casts for the next 24 hours, for
for the next week or for the
next 30 days.
roues m mis region nna no
consolation in the fact the dry
ness and the gripping heat is
general over most of the nation.
Visible damage to the com is
pronounced in the early plant
ings. Some of the fields in the
Midway vicinity and the north
west corner of the county, bless
ed with considerably more moist
ure than the O’Neill locality,
are not showing much damage.
One field on the highway near
Chambers is holding up sur
prisingly well, observers report.
Damage appears in fertilizer
and non-fertilized fields, irriga
ted and ncm-irrigated although
the dry land com, naturally, is
worse off.
Spotted showers during the
past two weeks have offered only
temporary relief. The crying need
is for a good rain. Prayers are
being offered in some of the
churches for relief.
Hie harvest is long since
completed. Oats ranged from a
bout 20 bushels per acre up to
65. The average yield is about.
25, Dawes said.
The hay crop Is being wrapped
up—about half the normal jrteld.
Some ranchers have letup in the
cutting of upland hay, hoping a
gainst hope a rain might come
and “green up” the fields again.
The dry pastures conditions al
ready has reflected in the move
ment of cattle. Some cattle are
being “sold off’ to areas where
there is more feed available.
Weather summary: (
Hi Lo Prec.
July 28 . 93 72
July 29.101 72
July 30 .105 72 .01
July 31 .102 73 .01
August 1 ■.103 71
August 2 .102 73
August 3 .102 76
Deloit Locality
Swelters—
DELOIT— Hie mercury has
been around the century mark for
about a week. On Tuesday, July
26, the mercury climbed to 104 de
grees, and on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday hit the 105 reading,
unofficially.
It has been three weeks since
this locality has had any appre
ciable moisture and rain is bad
ly needed for corn and pastures.
Mrs. E. J. Bild,
Hurt in Fail, Dies
PAGE—Mrs. E. J. Bild, 76, who
suffered a fall in a Norfolk hos
pital where she was a patient,
died at 7:15 p.m., Tuesday, Aug
ust 2.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 2 p.m., Friday, August
5, from the Methodist church in
Page under the direction of Big
lin’s. Rev. Lisle E. Mewmaw,.
church pastor, will officiate and
burial will be in the Page ceme
tery.
The late Mrs. Bild, whose
maiden name was Ellie Vir
gina McClar&n, was born April
25, 1879, at Panora, la., a
daughter of Hiram C. and Sarah
Smith MoGlaran.
She married Doctor Bild at
Climbing Hill, la., on October 26,
1905. They became the parents of
three children.
The Bilds came to Page in 1905,
returned to Climbing Hill in 1919,
and returned again to Page in
1945. She was a member of the
Rebekah lodge.
Survivois include: Widower —
Elmer J.; daughter— Mrs. Earl J.
(Emily) Rodman of O’Neill; sons
—Dr. Charles E. Bild of Miami,
Fla., and Dr. Elmer J. Bild ir *
of Wausa. ’ ”
Miss Ruth Harris of New York
City, Mrs. Darold May and chil
dren of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Harris of Pierce are here vis
iting their mother, Mrs. Esther
Harris. ?