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Volume 75.—Number 34. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, December 22, 1955. Seven Cents
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Needy Families
Assured Cheer
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Mrs. Thomas Murray,
IB 15 Years, Dies
Lifelong Resident of
Community
Mrs. Thomas Murray, 67, a
lifelong O’Neill resident, died at
4:30 p.m., Saturday, December 17,
at her home in O’Neill. She had
been ill about 15 years, relatives
said.
A rosary was offered at 8 p.m.,
Monday, December 19, at Biglin’s
funeral chapel. Funeral services
were conducted at 10 a.m., Tues
day, December 20, from the
chapel with Rev. Thomas Hitch,
church pastor, officiating. Burial
•was in Calvary cemetery.
Pallbearers were William Mur
ray, Robert Gallagher, John Mur
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Mrs. Murray . . . burial here
Tuesday.
phy, Daniel Rakes, John Cleary,
Domminick McDermott, John
Grutsch and James Murphy.
Mrs. Murray, whose maiden
name was Margaret Elizabeth
Adams, was born January 17,
1888, about 15 miles northwest
of O’Neill on the farm now oc
cupied by Fred Ernst.
Her parents were the late Rudy
and Theresa Ernst Adams, both
of whom emigrated from Illinois
to Nebraska.
She was reared northwest of
here.
On March 16, 1911, she married
Mr. Murray at Emmet. The mar
riage was performed by Father
Byrne. They became the parents
of two daughters.
She was preceeded in death by
two broahers — Gus Adams of
Helper, Utah, who died in a mine
cave-in in 1921, and Ernest Ad
ams of Lincoln, who died in 1951.
Her parents also preceded her in
death.
Because of ill health, the late
Mrs. Murray had been spending
most of the time at the family
home in O’Neill during the past
six years. None of the Utah rela
tives could be present for the
funeral.
The late Mrs. Murray and
her husband resided 38 years
on their farm 12 miles north
west of O’Neill. Prior to that
they farmed four years in the
same community.
Survivors include: Widower—
Thomas; daughters — the Misses
Cleta and DeMaris, both of O’
Neill; brother — Floyd Adams
Amelia; nephews—Floyd Adams
of Price, Utah; Donald Adams of
Norfolk; Clyde Adams of Idaho;
niece—Mrs. Opal Garland of Salt
Lake City, Utah.
• George Rock at 94th
Milestone Today
REDBIRD—George Rock will
be 94-years-old today (Thursday).
A longtime resident of the Red
bird community, he now resides
at the Masonic home at Platts
mouth.
Mr. Rock is known at the home
as a lover of flowers and tends
the flowers during the growing
season when he is able. His flow
er exhibits have been awarded
several prizes in Omaha competi
tion.
Mr. Rock occasionally writes
longhand letters to his Holt and
Boyd county friends.
Income Tax Refunds
for These People—
Among those residents and for
mer residents from this area,
who have refunds due them for
overpayment of their 1954 income
taxes are:
Leonard D. Coover, Ewing; Da
vid Ellis, Neligh; Orlando Cram,
Butte; Lela M. Hornback, O’Neill;
C. C. Huston, Neligh; E. N. and M.
Jacob, Neligh; Leonard and
Esther Krueger. O’Neill; George
L. Marshall, Spencer; Lawrence
Ahlman, Neligh.
Gilbert J. Wagman, O’Neill;
Lloyd Schrader, Ewing; Harvey
J. Sobotka, Inman; R. W. Weisser,
O’Neill; Luella White, Neligh.
These persons can claim their
refunds by proving their identity
to'“the district director of interna)
revenue at Omaha.
Arrive from Montana—
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Strom
men and family of Saco, Mont.,
spent two days last week at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Weier. Mrs. Strommen is Mr.
Weier’s sister.
To Rose Bowl—
Dr. and Mrs. H. D. Gildersleeve
and family left Sunday night by
train for California to spend the
holidays. The Gildersleeves plan
to attend the Rose Bowl football
game.
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Good fellows in the O’Neill
community already have assur
ed a merry Christmas for some
of the unfortunate children and
about 20 needy families.
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce has conducted a drive for
toys and an appeal for money.
A marathon appeal was broad
cast Monday evening over sta
tion KVHC and $265 was sub
scribed. Amateur talent was
heard on the program. High
light was a song by Mayor A.
Mar cell us.
Jaycee President Cecil Baker
and Vice-President Allan Van
Vleck conferred with teachers
at the public school and at St.
Mary’s academy to help deter
mine how and for whom the
money should be spent among
grade school pupils from kin
dergarten through the fifth
grade.
About 20 children were out
fitted Wednesday afternoon at
O’Neil stores. The outfitting
ranged from a pair of overshoes
for one lad to a complete layout
for another.
“It was a great treat to watch
sveeral of the children try out
a new pair of shoes for the first
time,” explained Van Vleck.
“Heretofore, all some of these
kids have known are ‘hand-me
downs’ or second-hand shoes.
Those youngsters would look
down admiringly on their new
shoes and rock happily back
and-forth,” he declared.
Eight more children aie to be
taken to the stores today
(Thursday), Baker said.
Meanwhile, the American Le
gion and auxiliary will distrib
ute food baskets to about 20
needy families. Mrs. Larry Ur
ban, auxiliary rehabilitation
chairman, is in charge of ar
rangements. The move in the
past has been a project of the
auxiliary alone, but the ladies
are being assisted this year by
the Legion.
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the good fellow baskets — the
toys having been provided
through the Jaycees’ toy drive.
There have been frequent
caroling parties in the city dur
ing the past few nights. Some
groups have taken gifts to
shut-ins and sick.
St. Anthony’s hospital pa
tients were presented candy
Saturday afternoon by Santa
after his stint with the children
at the O’Neill public school.
‘Coral of Bells
Planned at Page
PAGE — The Christmas story
will be told in song through the
use of traditional hymns and
carols, in the cantata, entitled
“Carol of the Bells” by Lee Rog
ers, on Christmas eve at the Page
Methodist church at 8 o’clock.
Mrs. Merwyn French, jr., is
the director and Mrs. Lisle Mew
maw is the accompanist.
The cantata soloists are: So
prano— Mrs. Harrison Hallman;
alto—Mrs. Dale Stauffer; tenor—
Marvin Stauffer; baritone—Larry
Heiss, and bass—Dale Stauffer.
The quartet members are: Mes
dames Neven Ickes, jr., Norman
Trowbridge, Marvin Stauffer and
Dale Stauffer.
Additional numbers will be a
16ht century choral number writ
ten by Prae Porius, “Lo, How a
Rose,” by a sextet composed of
Mesdames Harrison Hallman,
Neven Ickes, jr., Norman Trow
bridge, Dale Stauffer, Richard
Asher and Kennett Heiss; a duet,
“My Christmas Prayer,” by Bette
French and Helen Finch, and a
solo, “Jesu Bambino,” by Mrs.
French.
Members of the choir are: So
pranos— Brenda Beelaert, Becky
Kennedy, Helen Finch, Mesdames
Harrison Hallman, Tom Kelly,
William Ragland, Neven Ickes,
jr.; altos— Linda Cronk, Vivian
Ragland, Artha McClure, Dixie
Nissen, Bette French. Lois Saltz,
Mesdames Kenneth Heiss, Rich
ard Asher, Dale Stauffer, Norman
Trowbridge; tenors — Richard
Asher, Marvin Stauffer, Harrison
Hallman, Larry Taylor; basses—
Thomas Kelly, Norman Trow
bridge, Duane Finch, Dean Tay
lor, Merwyn French, jr., Dale
Stauffer Kenneth Heiss, William
Ragland, Larry Heiss, Lyle Heiss
and Robert Beelaert.
A special offering will be taken
and will be used toward the pur
chase of choir robes.
Angus Association
to Offer 100 Head
One hundred head of registered
Aberdeen - Angus, including 47
bulls, 53 females and six 4-H and
FFA entries, will be offered at
auction here Tuesday, February
7, by the Holt County Aberdeen
Angus Breeders’ association. This
will be the group’s annual spring
sale and will be held at the O’
Neill livestock Market.
The show will start at 9 a.m.,
and the sale at 1 p.m. Everet Mi
ner of O’Neill is sale manager.
Members of the association re
cently reelected officers: Blaine
Garwood of Amelia, president;
Frank Beelaert of Page, vice
president; Evert Miner of O’Neill,
secretary-treasurer; Ray Siders of
Inman, board member.
Father, Mother
Die Month Apart—
Mrs. Percy Patton of Parsons,
Kans., died last week—about one
month following the death of her
husband, who was fatally injured
when struck by a truck. Pat Pat
ton, owner of the Patton Ben
Franklin store at O’Neill, is the
only son. There are four daugh
ters.
The O’Neill man returned Fri
day after having attended the
funeral.
Frontier for printing!
Joe Miller,
Pioneer in
Area, Dies
Interment a t Stuart
for Homesteader;
Native of Iowa
ATKINSON— Funeral services
were conducted at 2 p.m., Satur
day, Decemebr 17, from the Se
ger funeral chapel for Joseph A.
Miller, 96. He died. Thursday, De
cember 15, in Atkinson at the
Mrs. Anna Weller nursing home.
He had been cared for there for
some time.
Rev. Gene Anderson of New
port officiated. Burial was in the
Stuart cemetery. Pallbearers were
Joseph and Jake Levi, G. O.
Lane, Howard Fuller, Herbert
Lane and Rollo Berry, all of the
Stuart community.
The late Mr. Miller was born
October 24, 1859, eight miles
from Decorah, la. His parents
were the late Orville D. and An
na Miller.
He resided in Winneshiek
county, Iowa, until 1870, when
he moved to near Osage, la., in
Mitchell county.
Ih 1880 he came to Nebraska,
where he spent most of the re
mainder of his life. He was unit
ed in marriage with Charlotte L.
Adams on September 3, 1896, at
Dixon, 111.
The late Mr. Miller spent many
yearson a homestead northwest
of Stuart in the Kirkwood neigh
borhood, and he was widely
known in the Atkinson-Stuart
Newport areas.
There are no immediate sur
vivors.
Mrs. John Ryan, 55,
Burial at Stuart
STUART—Mrs. John Ryan, 55,
died suddenly at her home in
Grand Island early Saturday
morning, December 17. She had
been in ill health about six
months.
Funeral services were conduct
ed here Tuesday, December 20,
from the Community church with
Rev. D. D. Su, church pastor, in
charge.
Music was furnished by a quar
tet composed of Mrs. Robert
Brayion, Mrs. Warren Peterson,
J. G. Brewster and Norris Coats.
Pallbearers were Fred Moon,
Wilbur Moon, Wesley Slaymaker,
Elmer Slaymaker, Fritz Deseive
and Vernon Heyne. Burial was in
the Stuart cemetery.
Sadie Radcliff was bom
September 25, 1900, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Berry Radcliff. She
grew to womanhood at the family
home south of Stuart.
She was married to John Ryan
December 1920 in O’Neill, and has
made her home in Grand Island
since her marriage.
Survivors include: Widower;
brothers—Lewis and Cecil Rad
cliff of Stuart; sisters—Mrs. Fred
Tasler and Mrs. Ed Miller of Stu
art.
Harrington Opens
Insurance Office
John J. Harrington, jr., on Tues
day, December 27, will open an
insurance office in the Hagensick
building at the comer of Fourth
and Douglas streets. He will also
specialize in income tax and social
security consultation.
Harrington, who was recently
married, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. John J. Harrington of O’
Neill. He attended several years
of grade school at St. Mary’s
academy, later attended school in
Washington, D.C., and Chicago,
111. His father is a member of the
railway retirement board, located
in Chicago, but maintains his
home in O’Neill.
The newcomer to the O’Neill
business directory recently re
ceived his bachelor of arts degree
from the University of Miami
(Fla.) His grandfather, John J.
Harrington, was a South Fourth
street merchant here 55 years
ago.
Lambert, Lopp on
Ag Program Here
The Holt soil conservation dis
trict board of supervisors met in
regular session Wednesday, De
cember 21. Action was taken on
the seed purchase contract for
1956 seed needs. Plans were fur
ther developed for the annual
meeting to be held January 25.
This year the annual meeting
will be held in cooperation with
the extension service and the
National Farm Loan association.
Each organization will hold a
short business meeting in the
morning. In the afternoon, Dean
Lambert, University of Nebraska
official who recently returned
from Russia, and Byron Lopp,
vice - president of the Central
Bank & Trust company of Den
ver, Colo., will appear on the pro
gram.
The Frontier for printing . , .
Carolers Visit Nativity Scene
A group of St. Mary’s academy carolers, all
boarding pupils, Tuesday evening sang before this
realistic nativity scene at the William J. Froelich
residence. The setting is the handiwork of Mr.
Froelich. Left-to-right: Susan Tenborg of Emmet,
Vivian Ritz of Atkinson, Eileen Murphy of Stu
art, Mary Lou Zirnig of Norden, Carmen Meusch
of Atkinson, Edith Gallagher of Inman, Lois Har
gens of Long Pine, Judy Wanser of Ewing and
Jean Shamis of Valentine.—The Frontier Photo.
Arctic Wave Ends on
Winter’s First Day
_
The weatherman got over his
mad Wednesday—the last official
day of fall—and the arctic wave
was broken. Unseasonally cold
weather, during which the mer
cury dropped as low as 10 degrees
below zero, has gripped north
central Nebraska most of Decem
ber.
Wednesday afternoon the mer
cury climbed to 32 degrees—the
highest reading in a fortnight.
The weatherman expects tem
peratures to reach into the 20’s to
day (Thursday). Skies will be
partly cloudy and there may be
some scattered precipitation.
Week’s weather summary,
based on 24-hour periods ending
at 6 p.m. daily, follows:
Hi Lo
December 15 .11 -4
December 16 .,...23 j
December 17 .17 3
December 18 .10 -6
December 19 . 6 -10
December 20 .32 3
December 21 .32 3
Nephew Hurt with
Stevenson’s Son
James Gilligan of Nebraska
City, a third year student at Har
vard university, Cambridge,
Mass., and a nephew of Ben Gilli
gan of O’Neill, was a passenger in
a homeward-bound ear which col
lided with a truck Wednesday
near Goshen, Ind.
John Stevenson, son of the
democratic presidential aspirant,
Adlai Stevenson, was seriously
injured. Two other passengers in
the car, carring Harvard students
home for the holidays, were kill
ed.
Gilligan’s father, Dr. John Gil
ligan of Nebraska City, was rear
ed here.
Adlai Stevenson flew to Gos
hen to be near his injured son.
The accident occured near the
crest of a hill.
i James is attending Harvard on
j a scholarship.
Board to Convene
Tuesday, Wednesday—
Holt county board of supervis
ors will convene Tuesday and
Wednesday, December 27 and 23,
according to County Clerk Ken
neth Waring.
St. Anthony’s Might
Receive Ford Grant
Mother M. Coronata, superior
at St. Anthony’s hospital here,
said she has learned the O’Neill
hospital was excluded from the
one - half - billion - dollar Ford
Foundation grant to private hos
pitals and educational institutions
because of an administrative ov
ersight.
She said St. Anthony’s was not
listed in the 1955 American Hos
pital association directory because
of an administrative error. Ford
trustees made up the list of in
stitutions to receive the grant
from that edition of the directory.
Mother Coronata said she un
derstood the trustees had set
aside some funds for such con
tingencies.
Virtually all other hospitals in
the area received grants. Based
upon its size and number of pa
tients cared for, St. Anthony’s
could expect to receive from 10
to 15-thousand-dollars.
Late advertising has nessitated
omission of some correspondence.
Some Variety for Holt Kid!
(Editor's note: The following
resume of Robert Beelaert’s
trip to the 4-H club congress
was told by Bob to Mrs. N. D.
Ickes, sr., The Frontier’s Page
correspondent):
My recent trip to the 4-H clut
congress in Chicago, 111., was th(
grand climax of 10 years of 4-E
club work. My six days in Chi
cago will be remembered as lonf
as I live.
Without a doubt I saw many
many things I might never have
seen had I not been privileged tc
go to the convention with others
from all parts of the nation whc
were similarly honored.
My trip really started about 10
years ago when my father bought
my sister and me a lamb. From
the profits from several sheep
projects I got my start in pure
bred Aberdeen-Angus cattle. I
now have a small but select herd
of 10 Angus cattle.
Having won my trip on beef,
I feel that much of the credit
should go to all the people who
helped me get my start in the
cattle business, especially my
father and mother.
We arrived in Chciago Satur
day, November 26, late in the
evening and found the world’s
largest hotel very nice. There
were four boys from Nebraska in
one room on the 21st floor of the
Conrad Hilton hotel (formerly
known as the Stevens).
Sunday morning church ser
vices were held in the grand ball
room of the hotel. Many of our
banquets were also held there.
The church service was inspir
ing. The ball room is the largest
room I have ever seen, and it was
decorated beautifully.
In the evening we were
guests of the Sunday Evening
club. Dr. Richard C. Raines,
bishop of the Indiana Methodist
church, was guest speaker. He
gave one of the best talks we
heard on our trip. His topic:
“Why Am I Alive?”
Monday was a full day. It start
ed with a 6:30 a.m., breakfast.
We were guests of the Firestone
Tire & Rubber company. We went
to a special showing of “Ciner
ama Holiday” at the Palace the
ater and this was one of the best
movies I have ever seen.
At noon the International Har
vester company entertained us at
a banquet. They had also been
□ur host at the show that morn
ing.
In the afternoon we went
through the Museum of Science
and Industry.
That evening we were guests
of Thomas E. Wilson at their
Bob Beelaert . . . sat next to
railroad president.
38th annual dinner. Many out
standing men and women of the
sports world were present at the
dinner, including Otto Graham,
Tiny Trabert, Carl Erskine, Enos
Slaughter, Patty Berg and How
ard (Hop-Along) Cassidy.
Tuesday morning’s breakfast
was sponsored by the Sears Roe
buck Foundation and this was
followed by a style review.
Six international youth ex
change delegates conducted an
informative dicsussion. We- were
also privileged to hear the Pur
due university glee club. This I
considered a rare musical treat.
At noon the men and boys had
a club luncheon sponsored by the
National Livestock Producers as
sociation. The entertainment was
good and the host for the Nebras
ka boys was Charles Beerman of
Dakota City, a well-known Angus
man whom I know very well.
This luncheon was held in the
Morrison hotel, the world’s tall
est hotel. In the afternoon we
were taken on an educational tour
of the Chicago Museum of Natur
al History. In the evening we
had a dance at the famous Ara- i
gon ballroom to the music of the
David Carroll orchestra. Some
variety, I say, for a kid from Holt
county.
Wednesday morning there
was a group of about one hun
dred who were guests of the
Ch'cago & North Western rail
road. I was one of six boys to
receive a $100 scholarship
award at this event.
This was really a thrill as I
knew nothing about it till the
evening before. Each one at the
banquet was presented with a live
cedar tree. I sat next to the pres
ident of the railroad, Paul S.
Feucht, who said he had been in
O’Neill in September.
We had a good speaker follow
ed by a roundtable discussion on
the topic: “Understanding Begins
with U.”
At noon we were guests of the
Ford Motor company. The Ford
minstrel show entertained us and
it was real fun.
In the afternoon we went to
the International Livestock Ex
position and enjoyed seeing the
fine specimens of cattle, hogs,
horses and sheep on exhibit.
That evening we had a box
supper as guests of the Curtiss
Candy company, after which we
participated in the 4-H parade
at the International. Later in the
evening the Nebraska group
staged a party of their own and
were joined by the boys from Ne
braska who were exhibitors at
the International.
Thursday morning the United
Rubber company sponsored the
fanciest banquet of all. The flow
ers alone cost $5,000 — at least,
that’s the dope I picked up. The
boys had boutonnieres and the
girls corsages, besides lots of
elaborate floral decorations.
Winners in the state talent con
tests put on the entertainment.
The rest of the morning was
spent on a sightseeing tour of
Chicago by bus. In the afternoon
we were given free time to go
shopping.
That evening we attended
the annual 4-H banquet when
al the national winnersy were
presented. Everette Mitchell of
National Broadcasting company
fame was in charge of the pre
sentation. By the way, Everette
had visited Holt county a year
and a half ago.
The farewell party was held
late that evening in the Williford
room and the Waldorf - Astoria
suite, where we square danced
and also did ballroom dancing.
At 9 o’clock on Friday we left
for home. Our Nebraska group
had a rail coach by themselves,
so you can imagine the fun we
had while rolling across Illinois
and Iowa.
Although we received many
souvenirs and have many happy
memories, the most important
thing to me was the friends I
made on the trip.
Let me take this means to
thank everyone who helped make
this trip possible—those who have
helped me with my 4-H club ]
work, especially my father and
mother. And especially am I
grateful and appreciative for
having been chosen the Nebraska ]
beef winner in 4-H for 1955. ,
Mrs. Boschult Wins
Race with Stork
LYNCH—A few minutes af
ter Mrs. Roylin Boschult
reached Sacred Heart hospital
last Thursday night a bouncing
seven - pound baby boy was
born.
The race against the stork
and Mother Nature’s snowdrifts
had been a close one. It began
at 10 p.m.
High winds earlier Thursday
whipped snow across the roads
linking the Boschult home, 4%
miles southwest of Lynch, to the
town. Doctors, neighbors and
bulldozers made their way to
the Boschult home when the
stork began to hover overhead.
Except that the ’dozers plow
ed considerable snow, the ex
pectant mother would not have
reached the hospital in time.
Her husband was killed late
last summer when the horse he
was riding became frightened
when an automobile crested a
hill west of Lynch. There are
seven other children in the
family.
Stores to Close
5:30 on Xmas Eve
O’Neill stores will close at 5:30
p.m., on Saturday, December 24,
to enable proprietors and em
ployees to spend Christams eve
with their families. The stores
will close at the same hour on
new year’s eve.
Meanwhile, stores will be open
until 9 o’clock tonight (Thurs
day) to accommodate late shop
pers.
Assistant Postmaster Harold
Weier has described the 1955
rush as “about normal”. Several
days during this month have not
been as busy at the postoffice as
expected, he said, probably be
cause of road conditions.
During January, February and
March the store closing hour on
Saturday nights will be 9 p.m.,
the retail trade committee has
announced.
Students Await
Yule Vacation
O’Neill public school classes
will be dismissed Friday noon,
The O’Neill public school will re
sume classes on Tuesday, January
3.
St. Mary’s academy will dis
miss classes at noon today
(Thursday) and studies will be
resumed at the academy on Wed
nesday, January 4.
Meanwhile, the St. Mary’s
grade school presented a Christ
mas program Wednesday evening
in the academy gymnasium.
St. Mary’s high school students
will hold a Christmas assembly
program this morning (Thurs
day).
Classes at the Ewing public
school will dismiss Friday for the
yule recess.
Word from the office of the
Holt county superintendent of
public instruction states that most
Holt county rural schools will
dismiss classes on Friday for the
yule recess. Miss Alice French,
the superintendent, says most
rural schools will have a week’s
Christmas vacation.
At Stuart public school, Supt.
E. Warren Peterson said the yule
recess will begin at noon on Fri
day, December 23, with classes
reconvening Tuesday morning,
January 3.
A choral program was present
el Sunday afternoon by vocal
groups of the O’Neill public
school, under the direction of
Richard Smithson.
Meanwhile, O’Neill’s college set
has been trekking home for the
holidays.
Harold Bowden
Dies in California
Harold Melvin Bowden, young- j
est son of Mrs. Della Bowden of
O’Neill and the late George Bow
den, died Wednesday, December
14, at Chico, Calif., where he had
made his home for the past sev
en years. He had been in failing
health for the past two years.
Survivors include; Widow —
Mable: son — Warren; mother —
Mrs. Della Bowden of O’Neill;
sisters—Mrs. Andrew Wettlaufer
and Mrs. Await Spangler, both of
O’Neill; brothers — Clyde of O’
Neill and Alvin of Nevada.
Remains were forwarded to
rruman, Minn., for burial. Ser
vices were held Wednesday, De
cember 21.
He was a former O’Neill resi
ient.
Fmolovment Service
Schedule Published—
The Nebraska state employ
ment service will have an itiner
ant service for Holt and Boyd
countyans at the courthouse in
O’Neill at the following times:
January 3, 17, 31, February 14,
?8, March 13 and 27, between the
lours of 10:30 a.m., and ?:30 p.m.
Kafka is the representative.
HONORARY MEMBER
D. H. Clauson of O’Neill has
>een made an honorary member
>f Boys Town.
$445,000
Grant to
Phone Unit
5 Counties Included
in Plan for Rural
Phone Improvement
LYNCH — A five-county rural
telephone group Wednesday was
notified a 445 - thousand - dollar
loan has been authorized in
Washington, D. C., by the rurai
electrification administration. The?
Boyd County Telephone company
headquarters at Lynch.
The new company intends to
provide rural telephone service in
Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha and Knox
counties, in Nebraska, and Gre
gory, S.D. The company will con
nect with Bell system for long;
distance calls.
Clearwater Exchange
to Have New Owners—
CLEARWATER—Mr. and Mr»
Wyman Wiles have sold an option
to purchase of the Clearwater
Telephone company.
An association formed two
years ago intends to take over.,
The new company is known as
the Elkhorn Telephone & Menv
bership association.
An REA loan will be sought to
modernize, improve and extendi
the system.
Express Fear Soil
Bank Might Upset
National Balance
The Nebraska Stock Growers’
association last Thursday ex
pressed fear the proposed “soil
bank” plan would upset the na
tional balance between grazing
and croplands.
In a letter to Secretary of Ag
riculture Benson, the association
recommended that, if the plan is
started, diverted acreage should
not be placed into production of
forage crops or given over to cat
tle grazing.
The Stock Growers executive
council and advisory board ex
pressed this same sentiment ast
a quarterly meeting at Ogallalsi.
Robert M. Howard, association
secretary - treasurer, noted in his
letter to Benson that the soil bank
apparently would divert acreage
from production of crops that ane
price supported.
“Most of our membership,” the
letter continued, “consists of beef
cattle producers, and these folks:
are gravely concerned as to tbe
intended use for the diverted
acreage, which we understand
could run as high as 30 million
acres across the country.
“Cultivated land, by nature, ix
more highly productive tftari
range land, and it has been ven
tured that this vast diverted acre
age could run at least 10 million
cows,” the letter said.
“The natural grazing pattern of
our industry would be upset witfa
this kind of competition,” How
ard wrote. “With a present cat
tle population that is more tbarm
adequate, to stock the diverted
acres with cattle would add fur
ther tension to an already dan
gerous market situation.”
OES Lodge Rooms
Get Improvements
ewiNG—New officers of the
Women’s Missionary society of
the United Presbyterian church,
elected at the December meeting
heid iast Thursday at the annex:
of the church are: Mrs. Wilbur
Bennett, president; Mrs. Vearf
Tuttle, vice-president; Mrs. Dale
Napier, alternate; Mrs. Archie
Johnston, secretary; Mrs. lioneJ
Gunter, treasurer. Mrs. Tuttfe
was also chosen as chairman of
the annual thank-offering ser
vice.
At noon a covered dish dinner
was served. The lesson for the af
ternoon was presented by Mrs
Vearl Tuttle. The theme, “By
Faith We Walk the Christian
Road.” Christ was the character
study of the month. Roll call was
answered with a Bible verse. The
ladies packed 17 boxes of cookies
and candy. These were delivered
to the homes of elderly men and
women in Ewing.
Polio Sufferer
Fractures Lejf *
BRISTOW — A seven-year-aid
Bristow boy, who was a polio vic
tim three years ago, and has been
wearing braces on his left leg
most of the time since, fractured
the weak leg Saturday afternoon
while riding a sled at his home
near here.
He is Charlie Prokop^ son of
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Prokop. He
was taken to the Pickstown, S.D_
hospital, where the fracture was
reduced and he has returned to
his home. He will be confined to
his home several weeks.
The bov’s two sisters were also
polio victims three years ago but
have fully recovered.
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