TWELVE PAGES ★ 1 his Issue North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 76.—Number 13. . O'Neill. Holt County, Nebraska, ITiursday, July 26. 1936. Seven Cents. Verne Reynoldson (right) and 1/L4. George Sexton ready checks for the Leonard I»renz benefit fund for $440 and $30, re spectively. The Reynoldson check represented proceeds from a benefit dance; the Sexton check represented a collection taken up by wind test personnel. (Story below.)—The Frontier Photo. 31 Vote* Tallied in Wheat Balloting Only 31 Holt county wheat raisers Friday participated in the marketing quota referendum vote for the 1957 crop. Twenty - four voted “yes" and seven said “no” at the O’Neill, Atkinson and Page voting places Nebraska wheat farmers gave a 78.2 percent approval to the marketing quota. Table: Yes No Holt 24 7 Antelope 31 3 Boyd 19 0 Cherry 3 0 Greeley 73 7 Keya Paha 7 0 Knox . 15 0 Meanwhile, farmers have an extra few days to sign an acre age reserve agreement under the soil bank plan. Originally the deadline was Friday, July 20. The deadline has been extended until Friday, July 27. Final deadline date for dispos ing of crops—oats, barley, rye and wheat also is Friday, July 27, and for destroying corn, grain sorghums and soybeans is August 3. Reason for the extension is be cause some county ASC commit tees have been unable to sign up all the farmers desiring to par tincipate. Civil Air Patrol to Meet Again— The newly-formed civil air pa trol at O’Neill will hold another meeting Friday, July 27, at the American Legion auditorium. Lyle Lower and Dwight Worces ter head the unit. Twenty persons attended the first meeting held last Friday. Benefit Dance Helps Hike Lorenz Fund Total Hits $6,704.56; Few Days Remain The plight of the armless World WAR II veteran who lost both arms in a hay baler accident last month will be eased some what by the cash contributions that continue to be added to the Leonard Lorenz benefit fund. At noon Wednesday the fund hit the $6,704.56 mark. Biggest contributions of the week includ ed the $440 check from Simonson post 93, American Legion, O’ Aeill, representing all the pro ceeds from Saturday’s benefit dance. Officers of Victory post .36, American Legion, Orchard, forwarded $100, which included contributions solicited at Or chard. Mr. Lorenz, 35, was a B-24 bomber-patrol pilot with the navy during the war, but person nel connected with the air force sponsored wind test here came through this week with a $30 collection for this veteran, who I.as an adopted 9-year-old son, Larry. Lorenz is now In the Veter ans hospital at Minneapolis, Minn., where experts are at tempting to fit artificial arms. One arm came off at the shoulder; the other between the elbow and shoulder in that fate ful June 8 accident. The fund drive, sponsored by the O’Neill newspapers — The Frontier and the Holt County In (Continued on page 7)_ Basic Property Values The tables (below) show the basic values of property for tax purposes for 1956 as recorded at the office of Holt County Assessor William Wefso. (Basic value figures will be cut in half for tax as sessment.) INDIVIDUAL. SCHEDULES: Motor vehicles (not licensed) $ Houshold goods 70 Ktt4 Miscellaneous personal property — 937 674 Tractors (3 513) 1,254’,257 Farm machinery g g0Q Airplanes (22) >n Dogs (1,187 head) “g! Fur-bearing animals (57 head)-r~r- , Stands of bees (858) M All poultry (8.841 doz.) -—- i S? aio Horses and mutes (2.383 head) - Hogs (11.332 head) - “om Sheep (2.864 head) 8 922651 All cattle (141,914 head) J Grain (474.797 bus.) - Prairie hay (22,128 tons) a5g! Clover and alfalfa (3,129 tons) - Ensilage and fodder (512 tons)--- * g’Bjg All other property- sn Interest in state lands Improvements on leased land-— Penalty for failure to list .—.. Total basic value $13,061,228 BUSINESS SCHEDULES Furniture, fixtures, tools, etc. * inventories Motor vehicles ___— Improvements on land--- * , I*. Penalties_ 1|665 Total basic value $2,137,351 SPECIAL SCHEDULES (Except ralroads) Laght and power companies ---$ 178,526 Telephone companies- ' in Express companies Telegraph companies Pipeline companies --- - - Motor vehicles (est. values)- J,7U«,198 Total basic value - -- - $4,288,071 REAL ESTATE Farm land (1,457,692 acres) Improvements ---- , Improved town lots (5,068)- 1,678,010 Unimproved town lots (1,415)-.- 174, < 9C Total real estate ... __ $44,452,300 SUMMARY Total individual schedules_ $13,061,228 Total business schedules_ 2,137.354 Total special schedules_ 4,288,071 Total real estate_ 44,452,300 Grand total basic value mt all tangible properties_ $63,938,953 Taxes assessed on intangible property _ $14,978.16 Total expense* of assessment ___— $14,227.49 Holt Levy to Be Cut; Values Off 4.172 Mills Estimate; Property Values Off 7 or 8 Percent The 1956 Holt county tax levy will be fractionally off the 1955 j figures. At a budget hearing held on ; Wednesday, the board of super visors unofficially accepted the i estimated budget which had been prepared. The tentative levy for county government purposes will ! be 4.172 mills compared to 5.0 a year ago. Levy comparisons: Proposed Used for 1956 Last Yr. General 2.580 3.64 llridge .720 .87 Load _ Load _ County relief .184 .13 Soldiers & saliors .020 .01 County fair .128 .07 County emdeial .540 28 Special mail route _ Total 4.172 5.00 In setting up the new budget the board had handed down a cost-cutting edict for most of fices. Some were left unchanged in the budget plans. Ora Yarges of Stuart, chairman of the extension board, protested a mileage cut for the county agent’s office but the board did not waiver. It was the only pro test filed. Some county officers had sought pay increases for clerks but no increases were authorized. Meanwhile, Holt property values are lower, based on a study of the county , assessor’s summary of 1956 tax schedules. The figure may be about seven or eight percent below the 1955 fig ures, based on preliminary esti mates. Holt was not among the coun ties called on the carpet by the state tax office to explain low figures. The basic value figures, shown in tables accompanying this story, will be cut in half for tax assessment. Last year the total value of tangible property was $68,794,198. Real estate values in Holt are some higher this year. There was I a drop in personal property val ues, caused pricipally by fewer numbers of cattle and lower cat tle values. A slight decrease also was noted in the business sched ules. Over the state values are gen erally lower. Last year the valuation for tax purposes (one half the so called actual value) was $34,943,019. This year the valuation for tax purposes (one-half the actual) is $32,649,891. The county levy will not be of ficially adopted until after the state levy has been fixed. Tax payers are comforted by the word the state levy will not be raised, possibly lowered slightly. Schmit Upped to Chief of Police John N. Schmit, who has been a member of the O’Neill police department since April, Monday was promoted to chief of police, filling the vacancy created ear lier in the summer by the resig nation of Joe Sivesind. Schmit, son of Nick Schmit of Atkinson and the late Mrs. Schmit, who died in February, came to O’Neill 3*6 years ago from Lynch. He was a parts man at the Chevrolet - Oldsmobile - Cadillac agency for a time; later a salesman. He is married and has three sons. Schmit’s appointment by May or D. C. Schaffer was confirmed at Monday night’s adjourned meeting of the council. The council voted to purchase a new heavy duty Ford police cruiser car from the Lohaus Mo tor Co. Two used cruisers will be traded in for a difference of $685. Radio equipment in the present car will be transferred to the new one. Former Holt Man Dies in Auto Crash SPENCER—Ward L. Mallory, son of the late L. C. (“Cec”) Mallory, who lived in northern Holt county many years, was killed early Wednesday, July 18, in an automobile crash at Mo jave, Calif. Survivors include: Sister—Mrs. Robert (Joan) Pucelik of Nation al City, Calif.; brother—Stewart. Kieth Abart Attends Kansas Institute Kieth A. Abart of O’Neill was among 119 attending a credit bureau and collection manage ment institute Monday, July 16, through Friday, July 20, at the University of Kansas at Law rence. The institute was sponsored by the Associated Credit Bureaus of the Midwest (Fourth district). O'Neill's Mayor Dewey C. Schaffer (fourth person from the left) presented a blanket to R. C. Gilmore (with hat) and Jockey Sam Baca In Saturday's featured race at Madison Downs. Thourht less 3-year-old mare, established a track record in the “O’Neill day” feature race.—The Frontier Photo. _ _ __ a Track Record Set in O’Neill Handicap A. L. Gillespie New Manager at A. L. Gillespie, formerly of Al j liance, has been named manager of the Osborne Shoe Store here. Mr. Gillespie, 62, has had 35 years of experience in the shoe business. He has fitted shoes for the F&M Bootcry, Alliance, the F&M Bootery, Chadron, Mont gomery Ward & Co., Alliance, Clift Bros., Melford, Sask., Can, . Gillespie . . . veteran shoe merchant.—The Frontier Photo. and others. A veteran of World War I, he was prominent in Am erican Legion affairs for many years in Alliance. D. M. Osborne, owner of the Osborne store, said: “We arc fortunate to have obtained the services of a man so thoroughly versed in fitting shoes. Our cus tomers have grown to expect ex act fitting in many years dealing with the Osborne Shoe Store. Mr. Gillespie will be able to take care of them in the manner they expect and to which they are er. , titled.” Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie present ly are residing at the Bowen apartments on East Douglas. * Board Refuses to Reinstate Stuart N a p e r Highway i The state highway advisory commission in official action on Monday at the statehouse in Lin coln voted against reinstatement of the Stuart-Naper road as a part of the state highway system. Action of the commission was unanimous. The stretch involves 11 miles north of Stuart, in Holt county, and three miles south of Naper, in Boyd county. Monday’s commission meeting was the first attended by Ralph Baker, new member replacing Don Hanna, jr., who resigned re cently. The 1955 legislature took four hundred miles of highway off the state system, reverting those roads back to the respective counties. Holt lost 45 miles, in cluding the Stuart-Naper road, Amelia spur, highway 108 and the Lynch spur. Sixty-eight caravaners, mak ing the trip to Madison Downs and return in two Greyhound buses chartered by The Frontier, Saturday saw a track record es tablished by Thoughtless, a 3 yi ar-old mare in the day’s fea ture race—the O’Neill handicap. Jockey Sam Baca piloted R. C. Gilmore’s entry over seven fur longs in 1:26 1/5 seconds, eclips ing the previous track record of 1:26 4/5 set by Ann’s Brief July 14, 1954. More than 3,500 persons watched the program—the finale for the 1956 Madison meet. The bus caravaners boarded at The Frontier building at 12:30 p.m., stopped briefly at WJAG’s Radio Center at Norfolk where the ladies were presented cor sages, arrived at Madison in time to fling at the daily double win dows. They watched the nine races under perfect skies and for some of the caravaners it was a first taste of the sport of kings. Mrs. Lod Janousek and Mrs. W. H. Ilarty, both novices, parleyed successive wins at the windows. O’Neillites made up a colorful portion of the “O’Neill day’’ crowd. Track officials designated the eighth as the day’s feature and labeled it the O’Neill $1,000 handicap. Jockey Paul Keiper rode both ends of the daily double. Flying Pagaes scored in the first and Rosa Pawn in the second for a $49.60 payoff. A two-hour stopover was made at Yc Olde Tavern in Norfolk for steak dinners. Total cost for the bus fare, grandstand seats and steak, un der The Frontier’s “package” offering, was $3 per person. Making the caravan trip: Miss Laveta Lehn, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony O’Donnell, Bert Shoemaker, Mrs. Ira H. Moss, Mr. and Mrs. Don Enright, Jan et Enright Bauld, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Coyne, Mr. and Mrs. Verne Reynoldson, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Martens. Ed Hanley, Mrs. W. H. Harty, Winnie Barger, Mrs. Sue Deaver, Mrs. Roy Grubbs, Richard Har ris, Mrs. D. H. Clauson, Mr. and Mrs. George Mellor, Mrs. Harold Young, Mrs. L. A. Becker. Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess, Dewey Schaffer, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Benson, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Holz, Mrs. Lod Janousek, Mrs. W. J. Biglin, Charles Wegman, D. D. Hunt, Esther Harris, Pete Morgan, Leigh Reynoldson. Wilbur Kirkland, Mr. and Mrs. John Conard, Dale Kersen brock, Mrs. F. J. Dishner, John McClellan, Mrs. D. C. Schaffer. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cole, Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Slaymaker, Julius D. Cronin, Mrs. Frank Biglin, Mrs. John Biglin, Bessie Dvorak, Mrs. Clara O’Connell, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Green, Roy John ' son, James McClellan, Mrs. Mel vin Ruzicka. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Krug man, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Noecker, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll (“Cal”) Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilson, Caro lyn, Catheryn and Jimmie re turned from Estes Park, Colo., Sunday where they had spent their vacation. mmm ' . mm D. D. ("Dour”) Hunt . . . dean of the race caravan. —The Frontier Photo. Van Every Competes in Talent Contest In the radio, television and movie industries, talent hunts have long been used to discover personalities with outstanding ability. But it’s something new when a nationally-known busi ness firm such as Gambles an nounces that it is conducting a hunt for talent among the folks in over three hundred of their company stores. The kind of talent Gamble pfficials are seek ing is business management abil ity. "It's part of our policy of pro moting folks from within the or ganization,” explained a company spokesman. “During August we are spotlighting our store person nel with a nationwide talent hunt which we hope will bring to the fore many capable young men with leadership qualities. This program might well start them on the road to positions of great responsibility.” “Ike” Van Every was named August sales manager of the Gamble store in O’Neill, accord ing to an announcement from the company’s home office in Min neapolis, Minn.. As a contestant in the talent hunt, he will direct all activities of the store during August. Then, his performance record will be compared with that of three hundred other men competing in various Gamble stores. They will be judged on all phases of store management by the contest committee. “This is a great opportunity. If I’m among the 18 finalists in the event, I’ll receive 10 shares of Gamble stock,” Mr Van Every stated. “Top man will be named company sales manager of the year, and his name will be in scribed in a permanent bronze plaque in the company’s home office.” “Mr. Van Every is really work ing hard for that goal," said Henry Lofflin, O’Neill store man ager. “To help him make a good showing, we plan a lot of activi ty in the way of special sale events in the store.” Muny Band in Final Concert The Municipal band appeared Wednesday evening in the sea son’s final outdoor concert. Director Charles B. Houser, who has signed to teach instru mental music at Benson high school, Omaha, made his final O'Neill appearance Officers of the O’Neill Civic chorus presented him a gift of luggage Mr. Houser founded the chorus lour years ago and direct ed successive presentations of The Messiah," Christmas chor ales and one musical melodrama I Miss Marde Birmingham made the presentation of the luggage in behalf of the singers. Earlier band members also had presented Mr. Houser luggage. Ed Harvey Rites Held at Chambers Chambers Farmer in Lingering Illness CHAMBERS— Funeral scr\ ices were conducted at 2 p.m., Satur day, July 21, for Ed Harvey, 54, who died at 4:30 a.m., Wednes day, July 18, at Rochester, Mtnn . after a lingering illness. Twice during five weeks at Rochester he submitted to major surgery. Rites were here at the Meth odist ehurch with Rev. L. R. llansberry of Trenton officiat ing. Burial was made In the V> II»* III IM I n vvUlvvvi .t . Pallbearers were John Blair, William Turner, Robert Strong, rui.vmond Beed, Glen Grimes and E. R. Carpenter. Flowers were cared for by Mrs. Raymond Beed, Mrs. Glen Grimes, Mrs. Wade Davis and Mrs. E. R. Carpenter. The regis tration book was in charge of Mrs. Alfred Maas. Music was furnished by Leatha Cooke, Mrs. C. V. Robertson, Stanley Lambert and Ernest Far rier. Pianist was Mrs. Elwyn Robertson. Ushers were C. V. Robertson and Charles Grimes. The late Mr. Harvey was the son of Mrs. Henry Harvey and the late Mr. Harvey of Orchard. He was born August 17, 1901, at Orchard and was reared in that community. On February 23, 1928, he was married to Miss Mary Rekah at Neligh. To this union were born one son and one daughter. The family farmed near Or chard for 12 years and spent from 1941 to 1949 on a farm south of Page. In 1949 the Harveys moved onto a farm northwest of Cham bers and have resided there since. Survivors include: Widow — Mary; son — Roland of O’Neill; daughter — Mrs. Donald (Mar jorie) Green of Chambers; four grandchildren; mother — Mrs. Henry Harvey of Orchard; broth ers—George of Royal, Charlie ot Clearwater, John of Orchard and Gordon of Page; sisters — Mrs. Henry (Martha) Wehenkel of Orchard, Mrs. A. A. (Rose) Bridge of Royal and Mrs. Ella Sutton of Neligh; half-sisters — Mrs. Susan Shrader of Gering and Mrs. Bessie Ibsen of Fre mont. He was preceded in death by his father one half-sister, Mrs. Minnie Bridge, and one grandson, Douglas Green. Lorraine Ernst Going to Africa Miss Lorraine Ernst, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ernst of | O’Neill, soon will be sailing for Africa as a missionary under the African Inland mission. Miss Ernst is well-known in Holt county, having lived in this part ] of the country all her life. She was gradauted from O’Neill high school, Grace Bible institute and Wheaton (111.) college. She taught in a number of rural schools in the county and two years in the Niobrara school. She will be speaking in the Center Union church Wednes | day evening, August 1, at 8 o’ clock, and at the Ballagh church Sunday mornihg, August 5. _______ After-Hour Swims Bring Lecture Several youths caught by po lice Tuesday night taking an after-closing-hour swim in the Municipal pool were taken be fore Police Judge Ralph Walker on Wednesday. Judge Walker admonished the youths against swimming when the pool is officially closed will not be tolerated. He said that ample time is provided for super vised swimming and trespassing inside the fence after-hours will invite trouble in court. He dismissed the youths with the lecture. Coulthard Funeral Home Purchased LYNCH — Clare Coulthard ot the Coulthard Funeral Home here has announced the sale of the es tablishment to R. P. Jones & Sons of Spencer. Possession was to be given this ! week. Atkinson Set for ’56 Hay Days Parade, Rodeo, Race*, Oldtimers’ Reunion Will Be Highlights ATKINSON-The folks here abouts will put on their best bib-and-tucker for the 16th an nual presentation of Atkinson’s famous hav days. Dates are July 28, 29, 30 The festival opens at 6:30 pan., Saturday with a parade and will continue through Sunday and Monday. Hay days will be cli maxed with a cornation dance at 10 o'clock Monday night. Whisker Club President Will ard S Lanville said all is in readiness for the varied pro gram, which is expected to at tract thousands of visitors. The Saturday evening par ade will include rodeo contes tants, personnel and rodeo queens. It will be followed at 8 o'cloek toy a matched contest rodeo staged by Producer Clus Obcrmire. It will be a five event show plus other fea tures. Sunday’s program will include a homecoming and old settlers’ picnic at the park house. A. G Miller will be master of cere monies. At 2 o’clock there will be races, entertainment und a Kn n/1 Caimlot, nun. ning will see the finals of th« i matched contest rodeo. Monday’s program will in ; elude a 4-H and children’s par ade at 10 a.m.; big free beef barbecue at 5:30 p.m., in the city park (eat all the beef you want). At 8 o’clock will be the | colorful hay queen coronation ' and the three-day event will close with the coronation dun