State Capitol News—
Local Air Service Developing
LINCOLN There’s a good poss
ibility Nebraska ran have local
air service in the immediate fut
ure, in which jet airliners are
used.
That's th> from Rolland
Harr, state aeronautics director.
Harr said local service to seven
more cities hinges on approval in
Washington by the civil aeronaut
ics board of a local, o ’’feeder ’
airline network in the state.
An examiner has recommended
the service, sought by Ozark,
Frontier and North Central air
lines.
Harr said Frontier, which is
very much interested in Nebras
ka, has four new propeller-driven
jet airliners on order. Some of
these, carrying 40 passengers,
and completely air-conditioned,
or possibly Convair planes, may
very well used in Nebraska
Generally, however, at first
service* will lie by the workhorse
•f the airlines the twin-engine
DC1
Hut, Harr said, the DC-3’s are
being replaced by the bigger,
faster, more luxurious Convair,
also a twin-engine job. Soon, he
said, local airlines are expected
to have virtually all Convairs
when the trunk carriers switch
to |ets
Service is proposed for Sid
ney, Imeprial, McCook. Kearney,
Hastings, Columbus and Beatrice
They do not now have scheduled
airlines routes.
The feeder air network will also
hteorpurate C h a d r o n, Alliance,
Seottsblufl, North Platte, Grand
Wand, Lincoln, Omaha and Nor
SUney is progessing on exten
Howard Manson
Oerk of District Clerk
Kenneth Waring
County Clerk
Ed Hancock
County Treasurer
Leo Tom jack
County Sheriff
William Wefso
County Assessor
Alice French
County Superintendent
William Griffin
County Attorney
L. W. Reimer
County Judge
skin of its runway, and all cities
except Columbus, now have run
ways long enough to accommo
date the DC-3's, Harr said.
At Imperial, the runways are
- »1 anil would need hard surfac
ing for all weather operation.
Nebraska got all it wanted from
the CAB examiner except that
Ainsworth and Valentine u ie not
recommended for air service on
grounds the subsidy that would
have to be paid by ths federal
government would lx- too high.
Harr said Nebraska is [ingest
ing this decision "vigorously and
still believes the traffic on the
route will justify service to those
two cities.
The air enthusiasts had stated
in their application Omaha-Chad
ron North Western trains 13 and
14 were doomed. It is poissbly
the Ainsworth-Valentine route
was not recommended by the
CAB examiner because records
in a recent hearing showed trains
13 and 14 hauled 21,000 passengers
during 1956, serving 44 cities and
towns.
Air service is highly-subsidized
lx?cause taxpayers foot the bill
for airports and improvements
and in addition, supply weather
and navigation without which the
airlines couldn’t torn a wheel.
United Air Lines trunk line ser
vice at Grand Island, North Plat
te and Scottsbluff would be sus
pended under the CAB examiner’s
proposal. Frontier would serve
this area.
Nebraska needs the feeder ser
vice, Harr says, to continue to
make economic progress.
• * *
Normal Board—
Sometime between now and
July 1 of next year, the normal
school board, which governs the
four teachers colleges, wall take
up he problem of adding business
managers
Presidents of the colleges at
Wayne, Chadron, Peru and Kear
ney, are going to discuss the pro
posal and come up with job speci
fications and other information
for the board in time to start such
managers by July 1.
The suggestion that the board
consider business managers at
the colleges was made by State
Education Commissioner F. B.
Decker, after a critical audit of
the schools by State Auditor Ray
Johnson.
Johnson rapped fiscal policies
at the schixils, mainly bookkeep
ing practices, and especially
transferring o| tax and other
funds to'operate dormitories.
The auditor says state law re
quires the dormitory operations
he financed from rental.
Room rent probably will have to
hiked at the colleges as a result of
stopping the fund transfers. Dec
ker said.
The iiusiness managers would
help relieve overburdened presi
dents in the handling of details of
running the schools.
,’olmxun got rapped by the
board on grounds that although
the contents of his audit were all
tight, he presented it in such a
manner as to make the board
believe he was "seeking public
ity."
The auditor, who is seeking re
election in next year's balloting,
would not comment on the crit
icism.
• • •
A Thumb nail Sketch—
If you ever have had a yen to
lx* state tax commissioner, you
should change your mind unless
"You can subdue worrying."
That may not be a revelation
to many public office holders,
but the man who has the huge
task of handling Nebraska's tax
laws says it’s a necessity.
He is Fred Herrington, 47-year
old tax commissioner, who has
held the job since 1955.
One of the top advisors to Gov.,
Victor Anderson, Herrington has
one of the toughest—and busiest—
jobs in the statehouse.
He is the man who okays or
approves expense accounts, trav
el time, purchase of new equip
ment and other minor items that
cause many an office personnel
problem.
In the capitol are 1,800 employ
ees, which is an indciation of the
size of the task
Herrington is the watchdog of
the state budget, chief of social
security for the state of Nebraska,
and has general jurisdiction over
all revenue laws in the state.
Every two years, the tax com
missioner receives budget re
quests of state agencies, scrutin- ]
izes them, and gets them in shape
for consideration by the governor
who makes recommendations to
the legislature.
The tax commissioner is also
head of purchasing for the state.
The purchasing agent is under
Herrington.
In all, Herrington has 35 em
ployees, far below the number in
other states.
Spare time, when it occurs, is
used by Herrington in grooming
his lawn, shubbery of trees, his
main hobby.
Before taking the tax commis
sioner's post he was a real estate
appraiser for E. T. Wilkins and
Co., of Cleveland, O., working out
of the firm’s Lincoln office.
Mrs. John Melvin is spending
the holidays with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Shelton of St. Louis, Mo.
, 1 I ]!
Merry j
| ( kri$i:m&£ |
| |,, . i, O’NEILL
1 LOCKERS
Mrs. Robert Hobbs . . . before her Sunday evening marriage
she was Miss J&nell Hoke.—The Frontier Photo.
Hoke-Hobbs Rites
by Candelight in
Church at Ewing
EWING—First Methodist church
was the scene Sunday evening,
Decemt>er 22, of a candelight
wedding in which Miss Janell
Hoke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Dewatt Hoke of Ewing, became
the bride of Pfc. Robert Hobbs,
son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hobbs,
also of Ewing.
Before an altar decorated wath
poinsetta and candelabra, the 7
o'clock double-ring ceremony was
performed by Rev. Lee Brigden.
A prelude of traditional wed
ding music was played by Miss
Virginia McDonald, who also ac
companied the soloist. Miss Ruth
Ann Scott of Chambers, who sang
"I Love You Truly” and “Be
cause”.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, chose a gown of
white chantilly lace over satin.
The fitted bodice was fashioned
with a scoop neckline and below
the-elbow tight fitting sleeves,
all edged with satin. The waltz
length skirt was very full. Her
shoulder-length veil of illusion
fell from a pearl trimmed lace
cap. She carried a white orchid
with white satin streamers on a
white Bible. She wore a pearl
necklace and matching earrings.
The maid-of-honor, Miss Alvera
Schilousky of Lincoln, and the j
bridesmaid, Miss Sandra Shrader
of Ewing, wore identical gowns J
of green taffeta, princess style j
and waltz-length. Each wore j
flower trimmed matching head I
bands. Their colonial bouquets j
were of red carnations with!
matching net.
The flowergirl was little Roberta :
Diray, niece of the bridegroom,
and Dennis Napier, cousin of the
bride, was ringbearer.
Attendants for the bridegroom
were his brothers, Dorrence
Hobbs of Neligh, bestman, and j
Mick Hobbs of Ewing. The men
in the bridal party wore white
’oats and dark trousers. Ushers1
were Paul Gunter of Ewing and
Tames Nelson of Plainview, cous
ns of the bride.
Candlelighters were Clayton
Hoke brother of the bride, and
iVilliam Hobbs, jf., nephew of
:he bridegroom. Fathers of the
couple and Reverend Brigden and
die men had red carnation bou
annieres.
The bride’s mother appeared
in a navy two-piece dress with
white accessories.
The bridegroom’s mother chose
a dark biege dress with white
accessories- Each had a white
carnation corsage.
Following the ceremony, a re
ception attended by 150 friends
and relatives was held at the
church parlors. Miss Judy Ck>yd
was in charge of the guest book.
[decorations were carried out
in the bridal colon; of red and
green.
The four-tiered wedding cake
was made and decorated by Mi's.
Alvin Nelson, aunt of the bride,
and Mrs. William Bohl. both of
Plain view. The cake was top
ped bv miniature white Iwlls arid
ruses, flanked by candles and
centered the refreshment table.
Mrs Nelson cut the cake and
was assisted in serv ing by Mrs
William Hobbs, sr. Mrs. Ernest
llertig of Salem. S. D, aunt of
the bride, poured. Russell Na
pier served the punch. The
Misses Judy Ctoyd. Patsy Wright,
Lmda Tuttle, Rovvena Rotherham
and Mary Lois Noffke were wait
tresses. Others assisting with the
serving were Mesdames Earl
Pierson, Waldo Davis, J. L. Pru
den, H R. Harris, William
Spence, John A. Wood, Ray Sed
ivy.
Miss Mona Mosel had charge of
the gift book, while Miss Shrader,
Miss Cloyd, Miss Schilousky and
Miss Judy Hertig of Salem, S. D.,
assisted with the gifts.
The young couple left for a
short wedding trip The bride
chose for traveling a maroon
ilmss with black accessories.
They plan to return to Ewing to
spend Christmas with relatives
and will leave the following day
for Ft. Bragg, N. C., where the
bridegroom is stationed.
Mrs Hobbs is a graduate of the
Ewing high school, class of 1957.
She was also active in the work of
the First Methodist church and
was pianist for four years. During
this period she and Robert were
members of the teenage Sunday
school class.
After graduation, Mrs. Hobbs
went to San Francisco, Calif., to
spend the summer with her aunt.
While there she was employed by
the Metropolitan Life Insurance
company. She returned home on
December 16
Private Hobbs, home on a holi
day leave, is also a graduate of
Ewing high school, class of 1956.
He enlisted in the army about a
year ago.
Out-of-town guests were from Or
chard, Clearwater, Chamber s ,
Plainview, Norfolk, Lincoln, Ne
Itgh. O'Neill, in Nebraska, and
Salem, S. D.
tioMenrod Club In
Vide brfi) —
Gold* nrod extension club held
it's annual Christmas part)'. Wed
nesday evening, December 11, at
the home of Mrs. Harry Kessel.
Twenty members were present.
A Christmas tree and table nat
ivity scene gave the Christmas
atmosphere Mrs. Herman Jam
ine ami Mrs. Charles Nutter were
in charge of games and the carol
sing,
A gift exchange and revealing
of mystery sistets were highlights
of the evening.
A letter from a former mem
her, Mrs. Phil Cohn was read and
a card was signed and sent to her
The buffet supper was served
by Mrs. Kst\ Nelson, Mrs. Doro
thy Graves. Mrs Bob Pappen
heimer. Mrs Pat Cleveland and
Mrs, Oliver Hoss.
Opoi House Held—
CHAMBERS Open House vs as
held Sunday for Ed Porter who
celebrated his 93d birthday an
mversary. It was held at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. 11 W. Hub
bard About 75 guests attended
Entertains Friend*—
Mrs. Henry Martin was hostess
to a group of friends Wednesda>
evening. December 18.
%
OPEN
Xmas Day
FRED'S
Green Arrow
Arrows from fiolclrn
AH shoes displayed _ B__— _ Values Galore
OI> Relictionea8V VSDOl llvS All through the Store
mnniBr7
PreElnventory SALE!
Medium Heel
PUMPS
Brovvn or Black, Suede or
leather
Were 6.95
NOW — 3.99
WEDGE CASUALS
3.96
ODDS & ENDS
Women’s small
^ | size overshoes,
| flats and other ar
ticles.
0m Suede dress flats,
^ M infants high shoes,
Mm etc.
0 2 racks women’s
mJ dress shoes and
sand a 1 s. Some
Air Step.
Square Toe
SPORT FLATS
By Jolene. Black or grey
suede.
Were 5.95, AAA, AA & B width
3.99
High Heel PUMPS
Suede or leather
Values to 10.95
4.99
Women’s
LOAFERS
Penny or
elastic (lore '’J
style _•** *
Children’s Shoes
Some Raster Brown shoes in
this group
Sizes to 12 Sizes 12 V4 to 4
2.99 3.99
Women’s Dress
Sandals & Pumps
Leather or Suede
MEN! Stock
tt... i .
ON THESE
CROSBY SQUARE SHOES
Discontinued styles in
black and brown. A, B
and D Widths.
Regular to 18.95
*10
Air Step Pumps
Lots of narrow widths.
Suedes and leathers.
Values to 12.95.
6.97
Look These Over
DRESS FLATS
Dressy flats in suede
or corkette. AAA, AA
B. Widths.
Values to 6.9,»
3.99
Men’s Pedwin
Loafers & Oxfords
ltliu k or brown
Valui** to 10.95.
7.77
Men’s 8-inch
WORK SHOES
Diamond brand. Were 8.95
Now... 5.97
Red Wing
Woro 12.95 j
NOW ... 9.97
Big Boys’ j
Dress Oxfords
Black or Brown. Sizes 3 to 6
Values to 8.95
4,99
• All Sales Final
• No Exchanges
• No Refunds
~ wmsmm
High Styled
DRESS PUMPS
Slim heels, Were
Tapered toes. 8.98
Brown or A QA
Black suede "caVV
Women’s
DRESS FLATS
Brown, Black and
Tan dressy flats
Values
to 5.95
" '