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Volume 75.—Number 29._O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, November 1 7, 1 955. Seven Cents
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Spencer Wants More
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Woman Bedfast
15 Years Feted
Minnie Reimer Has
92d Birthday
EWING—Mrs. Minnie Reimer
celebrated her 92d birthday an
niversary at her home on Sunday,
November 13. However, the ex
act anniversary of her birth is
today (Thursday, November 17).
She was joined in the observation
by her grandson, Virtus Lee, who
had a birthday anniversary on
November 11.
Birthday cakes made up the
centerpiece for the 1 o’clock din
ner served to immediate mem
bers of Mrs. Reimer’s family. Ail
were present with the exception
of two daughters, Mrs. Roy John
son of Neligh and Mrs. Scott
Clow of Denver, Colo.
Pictures were taken of Mrs.
Reimer and her only living broth
er, William Wulf of Ewing. The
photographs were taken by her
niece, Mrs. Mark Maben.
Although Mrs. Reimer has
been confined to a wheel chair
for the past 15 years, she is still
able to do many household
tasks about her home.
She likes to read and keeps;
well posted on the news of the j
day and world affairs.
In spite of her loss of hearing
and the pain caused by arthritis,
she remains cheerful and enjoys
her many friends and relatives.
Guests present were: Mr. and
Mrs. Henry. Reimer and daughter,
Elayne, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harp
ster, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Harpster
and family, all of Ewing; Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Luben and Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Maben, all of Clear
water; Holt County Judge and
Mrs. Louis Reimer of O’Neill;
Mr. and Mrs. William Wulf of
Ewing, and Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Reimer of Lincoln.
Lower Prices, Cold
Reflect on Market
Falling cattle prices and the
first cold wintry day of the sea
son combined to force prices
sharply lower at the annual fall
sale of the Holt County Hereford
Breeders’ association in O’Neill
on Tuesday.
A uniform lot of good bulls and
females were presented by the
members selling. Nineteen bulls
sold for $3,792.50, an average of
$199 per head. Eight females
sold for $825.50, an average of
$107 per head.
Top-selling bull was consigned
by the C Bar M ranch and sold
to Joe Gallagher of Inman for
$360. C Bar M consigned the sec
ond top-selling bull, which sold
to P. W. Summerer and Sons of
Ewing for $275. Walter Fick of
Inman purchased the third top
selling bull from C Bar M ranch
for $252.50.
Keith Abaft managed the sale
in the absence of Secretary James
W. Rooney, who was in Omaha
attending a meeting of Produc
tion Credit association officers
and directors. No show was
scheduled.
Top Bassett Bull
Brings $840
BASSETT—Thirty bulls selling
in Saturday’s 24th annual fall
sale of the North-Central Nebres
ka Hereford association averaged
$321. •
Grand champion of the show,
judged by Elmer Rezak of Tabor,
S.D., was TKR Real Domino EC
2d, a strong yearling bred and
consigned by Floyd Tucker &
Sons of Rose. Thomas McAlevay
of Valentine paid $840, which
was top price. The reserve cham
pion, K.B. Double Real 33d, con
signed by Vernon H i x o n of
Champion, brought $440. The re
serve was purchased by Frieda
Dobney of Wood Lake.
Jiraks to INote
50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Jirak, liv
ing three miles north and three
miles west of O’Neill, will ob
serve their golden wedding anni
versary Sunday, November 20.
Open house will be held between
2 and 5 o’clock at their home.
Van Buren Case
Goes to Jury—
BUTTE—A jury trial has been
set for December 5 in the motor
vehicle homicide case in which
the state is charging Willard Van
Buren, young Spencer father. A
jury panel of 36 was drawn Mon
day, November 7. The panel in
cludes 21 men and 15 women.
This will mark the first time in
history that women have been
summoned to perform jury duty
in the county.
WCTU Holds Workshop—
PAGE—Forty-two women at
tended the WCTU workshop at the
Plainview Methodist church on
Monday with the past president,
Mrs. Lawrence Ring of Wakefield,
and the vice-president, Mrs. Carl
Rabenberg of St. Edward, in
charge. Members attended from
O’Neill, Page, Laurel, Carroll,
Wakefield, St. Edward and Plain
view.
PEP CHAIRMAN
ATKINSON—Miss Karen Gar
wood has been chosen as Nebras
ka pep chairman for the 1956 in
ternational Wather league con
vention to be held next August at
Ames, la.
SPENCER—State officials said
this week the village of Spencer,
the largest town in Boyd county,
still is digging from under bond
ed indebtedness, which dates
back 35 years. Slowly but steadi
ly the Boyd county town is gain
ing.
Long ago the village was bur
dened with $275,000 worth of
bonds, which were issued for
paving, water and electrical sys
tems.
The Spencer village board
wants to refinance the bonds and
wants more time to pay off.
The state board of educational
lands and funds holds about 119
thousands-dollars worth of bonds,
which Expire January 1.
DIES IN HOSPITAL
ATKINSON—Mrs. Pearl Chris
tensen, 61, of Newport died last
Thursday morning at the Atkin
son Memorial hospital. She had
been admitted to the hospital the
same day.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Soukup
entertained the Beacon Neighbor
Extension club and their families
at a'card party Tuesday evening
at their home.
Rodney Elkins Eats
Most Flapjacks
Airpark, Highway
Dedicated
CHAMBERS — Rodney Elkins
won top honors for devouring the
most flapjacks during the veter
ans day celebration here. A large
crowd attended the all-day affair
despite blustery weather, the cel
ebration was sponsored by the
Commercial club, firemen, busi
nessmen and American Legion.
E. R. Baker was master-of
ceremonies during the afternoon
program. Rev. Howard Clay
combe, jr., presented a brief his
tory of the>town and state high
way 95 and formally dedicated
the new hardsurfaced highway
which forms the east-west thoro
fare. A “hobo” band, led by
TVinmac T .nml-iert tyrnvided mu
sic.
Speaker at the Perkins air
park dedication was M. L. Ben
nett of the Nebraska depart
ment of aviation.
Judges for the parade were
Ralph Fluent of Chambers, Carl
Hubei of Ewing and Joseph
Kluthe of Elgin.
Awards:
Senior division: Memorial Bap
tist church, first; Chambers Gar
den club, second; American Le-,
gion auxiliary, third.
Junior division: Rural school
districts 120 and 121, taught by
Miss Barbara Sturek and Miss
Ranae Carpenter, combined to
win first; St. Paul’s Sunday
school, second; school district 71,
taught by Mrs. Elsie Doolittle,
third.
Street sports competition
rounded out the afternoon pro
gram and a stage show was pre
sented in the evening in the high
school auditorium. Free pancakes
and sausage were served from 11
a.m., until 6:30 p.m. A dance cli
maxed the celebration.
Attend Educational
Conference at G.I.
O’Neill was represented by four
persons at the governor’s lay
conference on education held
last Thursday at Grand Island.
The delegates: Mrs. Guy Cole,
Rev. J. Olen Kennell, Cecil Bak
er and Ira H. Moss.
Befriend Neighbor
Who Lost Hand—
ORCHARD—Friends of Henry
Mosel, jr., who recently lost a
hand in a corn-picker accident,
harvested his com Wednesday,
November 9.
Mr. Mosel was able to leave a
Norfolk hospital Thursday and
return to his home.
Later a wood-cutting bee is
scheduled at the Mosel farm by
friends of the Mosels. Lee Skal
berg, veterans’ farm instructor in
Orchard, helped make arrange
ments for the husking bee.
At Camp Chaffee
Duane Weier (above), son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Weier of
O’Neill, is now in basic train
ing at Camp Chaffee, Ark. A
St. Mary’s academy graduate,
he volunteered for duty last
month through the Holt county
selective service office.
Cora Tasler
Rites Held
in Atkinson
Traveled to Holt
in Covered Wagon
with Her Parents
ATKINSON—Mrs. Cora Mlinar
Tasler, 87, who traveled to ITolt
county with her parents in a
covered wagon, died late Satur
day, November 12, in Atkinson
Memorial hospital. She had been
hospitalized since September 27.
Rosary was recited Sunday and
Monday evenings at the Seger
funeral chapel.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Novem
ber 15, from St. Joseph’s Cath
olic church here with Rev. Fran
cis Kubart of Omaha, a nephew
of the deceased, officiating. Bur
ial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery
Pallbearers were Charles Tasler
and Dewayne Tasler, grandsons,
and Adolph Mlinar, Earl Reiser,
Harry Mlinar and Lawrence Jo
nas, all nephews.
The late Mrs. Tasler was
born in Ringgold county, Iowa,
February 12, 1868, a daughter
of Frank and Caroline Kodey
tek Mlinar.
When she was a small child
she made the trip to Nebraska
with her parents, who settled on
a farm 12 miles south of Atkin
son.
Cora Mlinar became the bride
of Anton A. Tasler on August 16,
1886. They resided jon th< ir
homestead farm southwest of At
kinson and became the parents
of seven children. One daughter,
Mary, died in infancy.
She was also preceded in death
by her husband, who died Sep
tember 28, 1943; sisters — Anna
Wilson, Josephine Pacha, Bar
bara Jonas, Tillie Radcliff and
Mary Reiser; brothers — Frank,
Joseph and John Mlinar; also
four brothers and sisters who
died in infancy.
Survivors include: Daughter —
"Mrs. Roy (Tillie) Ceams of Stu
art; sons — Fred and Clarence,
both of Stuart, Anton J., William
and Charles, all of Atkinson; 14
grandchildren; 26 great - grand
children; sister — Mrs. Pauline
Davis of Atkinson; brother—Fred
Mlinar of Atkinson.
Seven Members of
Ewing Family Hurt
One Other Mishap
Blamed on Ice
EWING — Seven members of
one family were injured, two
seriously, Sunday when the car in
which they were riding hit a
patch of ice on a hill, went out
of control and hit a bridge.
The mishap occurred a half
mile west of Elgin on state high
way 80.
The car contained Mr. and Mrs.
Rex Chapman of Ewing and their
five children.
Most seriously hurt were Rob
erta and Sharon Chapman, 5
year-old twin girls, who suffered
skull fractures.
Mr. Chapman, 34, and his wife,
Ruth, 33, both were injured along
with Irma, 7, Norene, 4, and 23
rronths-old Jimmy.
The Chapman family resides
on the Lambert Bartak west
place.
One of the twins may be seri
ousiy injured. The mother suf
fered a broken arm and other
injuries.
All seven members of the fam
ily were taken to the Neligh hos
pital.
One other accident in the area
also was blamed on ice. Edward
Pribnow of the Southfork com-1
munity upset his pickup truck
Sunday while driving south cf
Neligh. He was unhurt when his
pickup skidded on ice.
A car driven by Jack Bartak
figured in a collision with one
driven by Harold Daniels. The
accident occurred Friday night
bout seven miles west of Clear
vater.
Bartak was hospitalized with
ljured ribs. An occupant in his
■ar, Miss Sands, was injured and
.Iso was hospitalized at Neligh.
Music Students
jlo to Clinic—
Four O’Neill public school mu
ic students, accompanied by the
nstrumental instructor, C. B.
Houser, and the voice instructor,
Richard Smithson, will go to
Hastings today (Thursday) where
they will participate in a three
day music clinic. The students:
Gary Waller, tenor; Patricia Gre
nier, soprano; Ivan Kaiser,
drums, and Marde Johnson, flute.
Visit Fuhrer Home—
Mrs. Henry Benze and children
visited Sunday afternoon at the
Ed Fuhrer home.
Frontier for printing!
Two Young Men
Join Police Force
Mayor Alva Marcellus announ
ced this week the appointment of
two newcomers to the police de
partment. They are Thomas Pier
sol, 22, of Orchard and Sidney
Frahm, 22, of Page.
The mayor said these two
young men replaced Gerald
Brown and John Skinner, who
had served as policemen during
the summer and fall months.
Piersol, son of the Orchard
marshal, was separated from the
marine corps in August. Both are
single.
C of C to Provide
71 Free Turkeys
W eight - Guessing
Saturday
First in a series of fall and
winter promotions to be sponsor
ed by the Chamber of Commerce
will be held here Saturday, No
vember 19. The first event is des
ignated as turkey day. Seventy
one turkeys will be given away
Virtually all O’Neill firms are
participating and will provide a
turkey in a crate. The turkey can
be viewed in front of each es
tablishment and the public will
be. invited to guess the exact
weight in pounds and ounces. The
guess is to be recorded with the
proprietor and the participant
should register, giving his name
and address. Only persons 18
years-old or above may register.
Guessing will start at 10 a.m.
and will conclude at 3 p.m.
Persons may guess on as many
turkeys as they wish but a fam
ily can win but one turkey. The
fowl will not be awarded until
after records are checked to in
sure against duplicate awards.
According to the plan, which is
under the auspices of the retail
trade committee, each firm will
pus i, me winner s name in the
display wnidow as soon as the
winner has been determined.
Firms providing turkeys in
clude:
First National Bank, O’Neill
Drug, Gambles, Petersen’s Cloth
ing, Coast-to-Coast, Montgom
erys, J. M. McDonald’s, Lind
berg’s Firestone Store, Don’s
Bar, Johnson Jewelry, Lew White
Motor Co., Borg’s Phillips 66,
Eby’s Conoco Station, Foree Tire
& Supply, New Outlaw Grocery,
Earley Oil Co., Marcellus Imple
ment, Mac’s Bar.
Tom-Tom Cafe, Matt’s Tavern,
Lee Store, Penney’s, Council
Oak, Sam’s Bar, Shelhamer
Equipment, Shelhamer Foods,
Wilson’s Texaco Station, Midwest
Furniture & Appliance.
Golden Hotel, Mode - O - Day,
M&M Cafe, Coyne Hardware,
Apparel Shop, McCarville’s, Con
sumers Public Power, O’Neill
Style Shop, K&M Cafe, Lohaus
Motor Co., Johnson Drug, Wm.
Krotter Co.
Gilligan’s Rexall Drug, McIn
tosh Jewelry, Patton’s Ben
Franklin Store, O’Neill Cleaners,
Alice’s Beauty Shop, Farr Pro
duce, Fetrow’s, Coffee Shop, Elk
horn Flower Shop, Pinkerman’s
T-V, Standard Oil, Fred’s Green
Arrow Bar, Osborne’s Shoe Store.
Gillespies, Western Auto,
Bright’s, Stannard’s, Fritz’s Sand
wich Shop, Shierk Motor Co.,
Northwestern Electric, The Inde
pendent, A. Marcellus Buick,
Fourth Street Market, O’Neill
Photo Co., Smith Motor, Pat’s
Bar.
Spelts-Ray Lumber Co., The
Frontier, Moore - Noble Lumber
Co., O’Neill National Bank, Big
lin’s.
Other promotional dates in
clude the pre-Christmas window
unveiling on Thursday, December
1, bogus dollar days, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, December
8, 9 and 10; Santa Claus day,
Saturday, December 17.
Mrs. Taggart Becomes
Hospital Aux Persident—
The St. Anthony’s hospital
auxiliary met with the following
newly-elected officers presiding:
Mrs. Louis Taggart of Chambers,
president; Mrs. Herman Jaivung
of O’Neill, vice-president; Mrs.
George Thomson of Chambers,
secretary; Miss Hilda Gallagher
of O’Neill, treasurer.
Projects completed are the pur
chase of a set of china, service
for 24; linens, surgical wrappers,
children’s pajamas, etc. Tray cod
ers were purchased as well as
sundry supplies.
The main project for next year
will be the purchase of ceiling
hjgh room divider curtains for 16
semi-private rooms, to provide
more privacy for patients.
The Order of the Eastern Star,
Eden Rebekah lodge and the
Catholic Daughters will each
provide and decorate a Christmas
tree for the hospital.
The auxiliary meets on the sec
ond Monday of each month at 3
p.m., in the staff rooms of the
hospial.
Missourian Here—
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. *Shelhase
returned Monday from a trip to
Superior and Hardy and Webner,
Kans., where they had been vis- j
iting relatives and friends. Her
mother, Mrs. George Schmitker j
of Cross Timbers, Mo., returned
home with them.
Ainsworth
Man Again
Basin Head
E. A. House Recovers
from Heart Illness;
O’Neill Unit Studied
E. A. House of Ainsworth, who
served as president of the Nio
brara River Basin Development
association bewteen 1947 and
1952, will head that association
for 1956. A heart attack three
years ago forced him to with
draw from the leadership, but his
physician okayed the plan to re
store him to the helm of the
group which is pressing for irri
gation in north - central and
northwest Nebraska.
Annual meeting of the associ
ation was held Wednesday, No
vember 9, at Ainsworth, attended
by 22 basin development enthusi
asts from Holt county.
House succeeds Roy RaHt of
Ainsworth. Les Smith of Ains
worth, a former Holt county -
an, was elected vice-president.
John Tenborg of Atkinson was
named to a three-year term on
the board of directors and
Rofer Thorley, Ainsworth
banker, was elected director
at-large. • '
Those from Holt attending
were: From O’Neill—Leo Burival,
Ray Conway, Don Douglass, Wil
liam W. Griffin, Robert J. Krot
ter, Mayor Alva Marcellus, Wil
liam W. McIntosh, Harold Miller, . °
Leo Moore, Harry E. Ressel, Roy
Shelhamer and James W. Roon
ey; from Atkinson — Frank J.
Brady, Anthony O’Donnell, Jo
seph . Wagman, Raymond Wag
man, Charles Winkler and Mr.
Tenborg; from Emmet — Joseph
Winkler; from Ewing—Lyle P.
Dierks.
Congressman A. L. Milley (R)
I MnKroclro’c TTmirtV* rli ciri
was principal speaker. He report
ed that the congressional bill
providing for the feasibility of
the Ainsworth unit is now in the
hands of the full house committee
on interior and insular affairs.
Miller is a member of that com
mittee and the bill would provide
the necessary funds for construc
tion.
The lawmaker urged basin res
idents not to be discouraged and
to “keep fighting for your vision
of a bright future through irriga
tion.” He admonished his listen
ers “to be good stewards and cus
todians of the land for future
generations.”
Clyde Burdick of Ainsworth,
area engineer for the bureau of
reclamation, said the report on
the Ainsworth unit has been com
pleted and said all field work on
the Lavaca flats unit has been
finished.
Burdick reported that detail
ed investigation has been start
ed in the O’Neill unit — the
largest unit in the basin. Land
in the O’Neill area is being
classified, topography, water
level and drainage surveys are
being made.
He said between 20 and 25
men would be at work on the
O’Neill study next spring.
Other speakers were Robert
Steinbrunner of Denver, Colo.,
field liaison officer for tbe bu
reau’s region 7; Wdlliam C. Smith,
jr., of Ainsworth, member of the
small projects committee of the
National Reclamation association;
John Forsythe of Niobrara, di
rector of the Mississippi Valley
association; Howard DeWitt of
Hay Springs, fieldman for the
Utah-Idaho Sugar company, and
Mr. Tenborg.
DeWitt told about the Mirage
Flats project and what it meant
in an economic sense to Hay
Springs.
MERCHANT DIES
ORCHARD—Leon Newton, 88,
a resident of Orchard 73 years,
died Monday, November 14, at
his home. Once a farmer, he op
erated the Newton hardware
store many years, retiring about
two years ago. Survivors include:
Son—Hugh Von Krosigh of Mee
teese, Wyo.; three grandchildren;
sister—Mrs. Grace Wehr of Cald
well, Ida.
Auction Calendar
Friday, November 18: Aaron
Lange, living eight miles north cft. e
Atkinson, six east, three north
and one-half east; farm closeout
including 92 head of cattle, ma
chinery, feed; Col. Wallace 0*„ <>
Connell of O’Neill, auctioneer;
First National Bank of Atkinson,
clerk. (Details on page 11.)
Friday, November 25: Joe J.
Jelinek & Sons Qf Verdigre, reg
istered Hereford sale, 28 males
and 18 females; Creighton Live
stock pavilion. Write for catalog.
(Details on page 6.)
Saturday, November 26: Tile
cabin and residential lots in Til
den; Emma Fleming, owner; CoL *
Ed Thorin, O’Neill, auctioneer.
Tune in “Voice of The Fron
tier”, Mon., Wed., Sat., 9:30 tun.
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“Let Me Out of Here” players (left-to-right): Kay Hibbs, Carolyn Lindberg, Elmore Blain,
Roger Niemeyer, Russell Borg, Lila Dailey, James Johnson, Mary Fetrow, Marilyn Carroll and Ivan
Kaiser. (Story beow.)—The Frontier Photo.
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Sewer Assessment
Starts in January
Expected to Raise
$5,400 Annually
In an adjourned session of the
city council Tuesday evening, an
ordinance was enacted establish
ing a sewer assessment. The ordi
nance provides for an assessment
of 50 cents monthly for each res
idential or commercial property
presently connected to the mu
nicipal sewer system or hence
forth connected.
A spokesman for the council
said the assessment is expected
to provide approximately $5,400
per year in revenue. Assessments
against sewer users is a common
practice in growing municipali
ties, he said.
Mayor Alva Marcellus said the
funds would be used for main
tenance of the present system
and for extensions. He said the
assessment is intended to elimi
nate any additional bonding for
sewer purposes.
Bids for oil, gas and fuel oil
were accepted from Ronald Borg
and D. A. Kersenbrock. There
was further discussion of the air
port improvement with federal
state-local funds. No routine bus
iness was conducted.
August Wabs, 71,
Dies in Oregon
SPENCER— August Wabs, 71,
a native of the Phoenix com
munity in Holt county, died
Tuesday, November 1, at Port
land, Ore. He was married to
Floy I. Burley at Butte December
31, 1913. They became the par
ents of eight children, moved
from Holt to Bristow in the
1930’s. They have lived in Oregon
since 1943.
Survivors include: Widow;
aaugnxers—Mrs. Phyllis Youmans
of Portland, Ore.; Mrs. Pearl Ko
arb of Los Angeles, Calif., and
Mrs. Doris McCracken of Smith
field, Utah; sons—Albert of Sa
lem, Ore. Harold and Walter of
Aloha, Ore., and Clayton of Ore
gon City, Ore.; 14 grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren .
One daughter, Mrs. Bernice
Kirwin, died in 1943.
2 Missing Atkinson
Boys Are Located
ATKINSON — Two Atkinson
high school students, Leo Wal
ling, 16, and Raymond McNair,,
17, who left town Monday night
via the hitchhike route, were lo
cated late Wednesday at Fremont.
Mr. and Mrs. George McNair,
parents of the one youth, had
asked the “Voice of The Fron
tier” and radio station WJAG to
locate the boys. Holt County
Sheriff Leo Tomjack had been
asked to enlist the aid of law en
forcement officers in finding the
boys, who were believed to have
been headed for Denver, Colo.
Ewing Seniors
Present Play—
EWING — The Ewing junior
class presented a three - act
comedy, “Kay Beats the Band”,
Thursday evening at the Ewing
public school auditorium.
Cast included: Sharon Rother
ham. Virginia McDonald, Judy
Cloyd, Paul Gunter, Russell Na
pier, Patsy Pollock, Larry Lar-i
son, Frances Noffke, Maurice
Schindler, Bernadine Keeler. Be
tween acts included a vocal solo
by Rose Marie Ernesti and one
by Ruth Ann Scott. Mrs. Amber
Schlotman was director of the
play.
Visit Johnson Home—
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Widhalm
and family spent Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Lysle;
Johnson and family at Star.
Maid, Handyman
Compel Laughter
“Let Me Out of Here,” a three
act comedy, was presented by
{he O’Neill high school senior
class Tuesday evening.
Bona Lynn, played by Kay
Hibbs, and Eve Boyd, portrayed
by Marilyn Carroll, shared ' an
apartment and the entire stage
story took place there. Ivan Kai
ser, as Garret Lynn, came home
to visit and brought along Vic
tor Ward (played by Russell
Borg). Victor attempted to carry
out a business appointment but
went through a trouser-changing
siege before consummating the
deal. Garret (Kaiser) and Mar
shall Ward (played by Roger
Niemeyer) also have their trou
sers involved in a mixup. The
trouser problem was complicated
by \wnen.
MJtS' Fetrow, who played the
role of a colored maid, Hazel
Miles, and James Johnson, who
starred as Stevie Cobb (the col
ored handyman) added to the
comedy with their superstitions.
Lila Dailey, as the landlady,
and Carolyn Lindberg, as the
wealthy Aunt Angela, added to
the hysterics when the auntie had
the poet (played by Elmore
Blain) handpicked to marry Eve.
The production was directed
by Miss Viola Haynes. Willard
Solfermoser gave general assist
ance.
Between acts Patricia Grenier
sang “Romance” by Sigmund
Romberg, and a skit, “When
You’re Right You’re Wrong,” was
presented by Nina Burival, Bev
erly Johnson, Kathleen McCon
nell, Jackie Norman, Shirley
Schultz and Mable Thomas.
Mercury Drops
to Below Zero
Ol’ Man Winter jumped the gun
early Wednesday when the mer
cury dipped to nine degrees be
low zero, officially, at O’Neill. He
behaved rather recklessly be
cause winter won’t officially ar
rive until next Monday.
Norfolk reported two below.
Cold weather is expected to
linger until late today (Thurs
day) when a slow warmup is ex
pected. Light snow accompanied
the arctic blast.
Week’s summary:
Hi Lo Prec.
November 10 _57 30
November 11 _51 28
November 12 ... 37 24
November 13 ... 35 9
November 14 _25 8
November 15 _26 5
November 16 ... 21 -9 T
Couple Observes
Golden Wedding
DELOIT—Mr. and Mrs. Sher
man Gurnsey celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary at
their farm home southwest of
Clearwater on Sunday, Novem
ber 13.
They held open-house from 2
until 5 p.m. Over one hundred
relatives and friends from many
places in the state and also from
Oregon attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gurnsey and
family of Oregon, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Gurnsey of Bassett and
Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Carmony
of Bassett arrived at the Sherman
Gurnsey home Sunday to help
their parents celebrate the occa
sion.
Social Meeting—
The Catholic Daughters of Am
erica held their social meeting
Tuesday evening at the Knights
of Columbus hall. Mrs. John
Protivinsky won high; Mrs. James
McPharlin, low, and Mrs. Her
man Janzing received the door
prize. A lunch was served by the
committee.
Boyd District
Is Soil Winner
State Divided into
8 Areas
R. B. Marston of Dorsey was
awarded a certificate of recogni
tion at the state meeting of soil
conservation districts held last
week in Hastings. A banquet was
held on Tuesday evening, No
vember 8, at which outstanding
conservationists from nearly ev
ery district in the state received
awards.
Mr. Marston was selected by
the local board of supervisors to
represent the Holt district. He
was the third one in the county
to have a conservation plan on
his farm. The award was based
on ‘conservation progress and
proper land use.
Boyd county won the Good
year award for the western sec
tion of the state. Frank Lewis
of Butte, supervisor, and Vem
Dix of near Butte, cooperator,
left Saturday for Arizona.
Last year the Holt district won
a similar award resulting in a
free trip to Arizona for Elmer
Juracek . . . vice-president.
—The Frontier Photo.
Juracek and Emmet Revell of
Star. This year David Keidel,
north of Stuart, represented the
district in the Goodyear contest.
One of the important pieces of
business of the entire meeting
was to reorganize the state into
eight areas to correspond with
the areas of the soil conservation
erganization. Holt is included in
area five.
Other districts are Boyd, Loup
Garfield, Valley, KBR (Keya
Paha, Brown and Rock counties),
Blaine-Thomas, Grant - Hooker,
Logan-McPherson, Cherry and
Duster.
Harry Massey of Broken Bow,
former state president of the as
sociation, was elected president
for this area. Mr. Massey is a su
pervisor of the Custer county dis
trict.
Elmer Juracek, Holt board
member, was elected vice-pres
ident for area five.
Bill Richards of Orleans was
elected state president of the As
sociation of Soil Conservation
District Supervisors. He is also
national vice-president.
\ttends Funeral—
Mrs. Delbert Robertson attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. George
Dwyer at Elkhom Friday.