Chamber to Launch
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Membership Drive
A financial statement of the'
Chamber of Commerce for the
12-months period beginning July
1, 1954, and ending June 30, 1955,
v/as distributed to members Mon
day evening at the regular month
ly meeting.
The statement shows income of
$6,081.91 for the year and ex
penses of $5,996.60 already paid.
In addition, Secretary William
Mattem explained the accounts
payable total $734.59.
A new dues structure, recom
mended by the board of directors,
was discussed and tentatively
adopted. Dues have been revised
upward for certain types of bus
iness.
G. E. Miles, newly-elected pres
ident, presided. The retiring
president is Don Petersen. The
membership campaign will be
launched shortly, President Miles
said.
James Rooney reported on
Niobrara irrigation plans. Roon
5 ey, member of the Niobrara
River Basin development as
sociation board of directors,
said the bureau of reclamation
would open a small office here
within about a week or 10 days.
0 Under the direction of Clyde
E. Burdick of Ainsworth, area
engineer for the bureau, a crew of
about 15 will commence a detail
ed study of the land in the so
called O’Neill unit of the irrigation
plan. The study might take up to
four years.
A preliminary study was made
several years ago, Rooney said,
which revealed there are about
66-thousand-acres of irrigable
land (class I and II) in the O’Neill
, • unit.
Niobrara river water would be
impounded at Meadville and
brought to the O’Neill unit by ca
nal. Most of the land intended to
be a part of the proposed O’Neill
unit is situated northeast, north
and northwest of O’Neill and
near Atkinson.
A minimum budget of $4,200
has been established for the new
year under the revised dues plan
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and incidental solicitations during
the year will be eliminated pro
viding that amount is raised. If
five thousand dollars is raised in
memberships there will be no cur
tailment of any of the activities,
the Chamber decided.
(The Chamber’s financial state
ment and list of activities during
the past year are show below.)
Boyd Schools
Want $20,964 More
BUTTE — The school districts
have voted tax requests that are
$20,964.14 higher than voted dur
ing 1954 in Boyd county.
Last year schools asked for
$178,796.49 and this year certifi
cates have been filed with the
Boyd county clerk requesting
$199,760.63.
The township boards have re
quested lower tax dollars this
year. The 1955 township figure is
$38,550.79 as compared with last
year’s amount of $42,733.90, thus
being down $4,183.11.
Boyd county officials are in the
process of figuring the mill levies
for the different taxing districts
according to the requests and the
valuation of property within the
various districts.
Ligtning Blamed
for Ranch Fires
LONG PINE — Firemen here
were called about 4 p.m., Sunday
to help extinguish fires on the
Doyle Hollenbeck and Dewey
Gillfallo ranches, south of here.
Lightning struck at the ranch
es. At the Hollenbeck place pas
ture land and.' several stacks of
hay were burned. The fire at the
Gillfallo ranch burned three
stacks of hay and a stacker.
Several other grass fires were
reported but were put out before
any damage was done. The smoke
was thick in town from the coun
try fires. No cattle were lost in
the fire.
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Can You Find Yourself in This Picture?
This is a view of the front of Gambles 3%- fore the doors were opened at the new store,
floor department store on its grand opening in which was an important milestone In O’Neill’s
1947. If you can find and identify yourself in this merchandising history. Manager Henry Lofflin ex
picture, Gambles will happily present a birthday plains the clipping of this photo is to be taken to
gift to you during August—which is Gambles an- Gambles office to claim the birthday gift,
niversary month. The photograph was taken be
Emmet News
Mr. and Mrs. Harold McMillan
and daughters of Newport were
guests at the Cecil McMillan home
Sunday.
Lew Meyers of Lynch was a
dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Meyers Saturday.
Merle Foreman and Donald
Schaaf went to Omaha Saturday
night on business. They returned
home Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Ralph Fritton visited Mrs.
Bessie Burge and June Wednesday
afternoon, July 27.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cavanaugh and
Pamela were guests of Mrs. Agnes
Heeb on Sunday.
Mrs. William Teske called on
Mrs. Dean Perry Friday afternoon.
Mrs Mary Dusatko moved to
O’Neill Sunday where she will
make her home. Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard Dusatko will move to
the farm formerly occupied by
Mrs. Dustako.
Mrs. P. W. McGinnis visited
Mr. and Mrs. John Pruss Satur
day.
Mrs. Vem Swick came Monday
night to visit her father, William
Tenborg, and sister, Mrs Geary
Enbody, for a few days.
Mrs. Robert Cole, Mrs. Robert
Gaylor and Mrs Frank Schaaf en
tertained about 20 guests at a
surprise party Saturday afternoon
in honor of the birthday anniver
sary of their mother, Mrs. Arthur
Humpal.
Clyde Newton visited at the
George Skopec home Sunday.
The Raymond Richard’s attend
ed the Elkhorn Valley 4-H club
picnic at the O’Neill park Sunday
evening.
The Vernon Hoxsie family were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Prawitz at Royal Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peregoy
visited Mr. and Mrs. Jim O’Con
nor Friday evening.
Veldon Tomlinson came last
Thursday to spend a few days
visiting at the Gilbert Fox home.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schaaf and
baby of Atkinson visited at the
Robert Cole home Wednesday
evening, July 27.
Mrs. Mary Lewis and Eddie
Ethington were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. William Claussen Sunday.
Mrs. Joe Winkler and grand
daughter, Mary Alice, were guests
of the Leo Weichman family on
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Perry called
on Mr. and Mrs. Alex McConnell
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Robert Cole and sons call
ed at the Larry Schaffer ranch
last Thursday morning. Accom
panied by Mrs. Schaffer and Dew
ey, they called at the Harvey Han
son ranch to visit Carol, who had
been injured.
The William Artus family of O’
Neill were Friday evening guests
at the G. Owen Cole home.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Bock re
turned to their home at Burling
ton, la., after spending a few
weeks with their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. G. Owen
Cole, and children. They left on
Monday, July 25.
Terry and Sandra Hoxsie are
spending this week visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Mickealson at
Blair.
Mrs. Raymond Calkins and
daughters and Mrs. Carl Schenzel
visited Mr. and Mrs. William
Newton and Mrs. Dean Perry and
children Monday afternoon.
Dr. and Mrs. H. D. Gildersleeve
of O’Neill were guests at the G.
Owen Cole home Sunday.
Mesdames Henry Kloppenborg,
Norman Wayman, Leon Beckwith,
Agnes Gaffney and John* Conard
visited Mrs. Gilbert Fox the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Keene of
Hartley, la., were overnight
guests of Mrs. Agnes Gaffney Fri
day. The Keenes were enroute
home from a western trip.
The Bernard Pongratz family
were dinner guests at the Arthur
Givens home at Stuart Sunday.
Carlene Pongratz returned home
with her parents after spending
a few days visiting at the Givens
home.
Mrs. Josie Ash and Carl Cain’s
were guests at the Geary Enbody
home Wednesday, July 27.
Mrs. Leon Beckwith and Mrs.
P. W. McGinnis attended a gar
den club meeting at the home of
Mrs. Earl Collins of northwest of
Atkinson last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tomlinson
and son, Veldon, were guests at
the Gilbert Fox home Wednesday
evening, July 27.
Misses Marybelle O’Connor and
Mary Gay Putnam, both registered
nurses at St. Catherines’ hospital^
Omaha, came Sunday morning
and visited until Monday night
with Mr. and Mrs. Jim O’Connor
and Tom Perkins. They called on
Mrs. Frank Foreman Sunday af
ternoon and they and Mrs. O’Con
nor were guests of Mrs. William
Griffin at O’Neill Monday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Owen Cole,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cole and son,
Chip, attended the breakfast at
the Country club Sunday. Mr and
Mrs. G. Owen Cole participated in
the golf tournament.
Miss Judy A Gittert of Salina,
Kans., was a guest at the Leo Tun
ender home from Friday afternoon
until Saturday night.
Mrs. Mary Lewis and brother,
Rudy, Kenneth Claussen and Ed
die Bthington were in Norfolk on
Monday, July 25, on business.
The Wayne Bates family were
visitors at the Joe Winkler home
Saturday evening.
The Dean Burge family of Om
aha left last Thursday for home
after spending a week visiting
Mrs. Bessie Burge.
Mrs. Henry Patterson visited
Mrs. George Robertson last Thurs
day afternoon. The two ladle*
called on Mrs. L. A, Burgess.
Miss Rose Mary Babl went to
Fairfax, S.D., Sunday to attend
the wedding of Miss Delores
Boettcher and Kent Rathman. She
also attended the wedding recep
tion.
Visit Anderson Home—
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Leach of O'
Neill and Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Meyer and family of Atkinson
were Saturday callers at the Mar
vin Anderson home.
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Mrs. Leonard Krugar returned
to her home in Boulder, Colo.,
after spending the past two weeks
here visiting relatives.
Chamber of Commerce Financial Statement
July 1, 1954-June 30, 1955
(General Fund)
INCOME
Balance on hand July 1, 1954 .$ 216.69
Membership dues . 2,000.00
Country club dinner tickets . 83.89
Pancake day (sale of flour) . 185.25
Hi-way 281 . 25.00
Christmas lights and decorations . 1,409.00
City of O’Neill . 750.00
Transfer of brochure fund to gen. fund. 598.00
Soil conservation meeting (sale of tickets) .... 814.08
Total Income . $6,081.91
EXPENSES
Christmas lights and decorations .$1,692.17
Soil conservation meeting . 875.98
Pancake day . 696.70
Secretary’s salary . 675.00
O’Neill brochures . 358.41
Holt county calf show and sale . 325.00
Turkey day . 263.04
1 Christmas treats . 262.08
Stamps, cards, stationery, printing. 173.75
National guard . 48.10
Country club dinner for members . 149.85
Advertising . 100.46
4-H achievement day . 100.00
Miscellaneous . 67.01
Guest speaker . 34.75
Save-the-trainfe . 33.62
o U.S. Chamber dues . 25.00
4-H fun night . 23.04
Hallowe’en fun night . 21.08
New industry committee (Lincoln meeting) .. 20.00
Hereford trophy . 17.75
Telephone and telegraph . 15.37
Rent (meetings at courthouse and Amer. Leg.) 10.30
9 Christmas -window prizes . 4.14
Boy Scouts . 4.00
Total Expense . $5,996.60
Balance on Hand July 1, 1955 . $ 85.31
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TOTAL .:. $6/081.91
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
o Secretary’s salary (April, May, June) .$ 225.00
Rent for national guard . 120.00
Send band to Lincoln . 150.00
Replace brochure fund balance . 239.59
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Total Accounts Payable . $ 734.59
Less balance on hand July 1, 1955 . 85.31
TOTAL DEFICIT . $ 649.28
IRRIGATION FUND
Balance on hand July 1, 1954 . $ 612.43
Receipts ..:... 260.00
Total . $ 872.43
Expenses:
Niobrara River Basin Development Ass’n.$ 100.00
Amer. Legion Aux. for banquet Oct. 8, 1954 200.00
Telephone . 3.09
Clerical . 4.00
Total Expense . $ 307.09
Balance on hanl June 30, 1955 . $ 565.34
BROCHURE FUND •
Balance on hand July 1, 1954 .$598 00
Transferred to general fund . 598 00
Balance on hand June 30, 1955 .•
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