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    Ilovey, Donald and John Krotter, McGuire . . . important fac
tors in Ioiir Hcrvice record.—The Frontier Photo.
Lloyd W. Cranford
Funeral at Lynch
Dies in Omaha After
Surgery
LYNCH Funeral services for
Lloyd W. Cranford, 46. former res
ident of Lynch, were conducted at
10 a. m., Friday, March 7, at As
sumption BVM Catholic church
here Mr. Cranford died late
Tuesday, March 4, in St. Cath
erine's hospital at Omaha.
He had submitted to major sur
gery there.
Rev. Charles Kamlter, chureh
pastor, officiated at requiem high;
mass Burial was in the Catholic
cemetery under direction of the
Jones funeral home.
The late Mr. Cranford was born
November 5, 1911, on a farm north
of Lynch.
He was reared and educated'
here and spent most of his life in
Boyd county.
The past nine years, however,
he spent in Omaha. He never
married.
His brother. Louis of Spencer,
was near him at the time of his
death.
Survivors include: Parents
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cranford of
Lynch; brothers Louis of Sfx>n- ;
cer; Alva ;of Dade City. Fla
Rolland of Orville, Calif., and
Clarence of Turner, Ore.
His mother's maiden name
was Katheryn DeNoma.
Those from a distance who at
tended the funeral were William
Cranford and Mrs. Harry Weston,
both of Norfolk, and Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Drybread of Valentine.
Contracts Awarded
for New Building
Frank Kuntorad of Ewing, pres
ident of the Elkhom Valley Nat
ional Farm Loan association of
O'Neill, and Otto E. Oberg of
Ericson. president of the O’Neill
Production Credit association,
have announced that contracts
have been awarded for the con
struction af a Farm Credit build
ing in O'Neill.
The 68 by 45-ft. oftice building
of tile and brick construction will
be built one-half block north of
the corner of Fifth and Douglas
streets. The two cooperative
lending agencies will be located
in a joint lxiildng.
The general contract in the
amount was awarded to Gerwiek
General Contractors of Snyder.
James Davidson & Sons of O’
Neill were low with a bid of
$6,966 on the plumbing, heating
and air conditioning. Krueger
Ihle Electric of Norfolk had the
low 1x1 of $2,743 for the electrical
wiring and fixtures.
Total construction cost of the
building will be $33,821. Con
struction will start as soon as
weather permits.
Lodge Meeting—
Mrs. Elma Evans and Mrs.
Esther Harris were hostesses at
Eden Rebekah lodge meeting Fri
day, March 7. The district meet
ing will be here June 6.
Auction Calendar
Friday, March 14: Gertrude
and Henry Walter, northwest of
Chambers, will sell livestock,
feed, machinery’, huosehold goods
at public auction on premises;
Col. Ed Thorin of O'Neill, auc
tioneer; Chambers State Bank
clerk (Details on page 9.)
Saturday. March 22: Consign
ment auction, including eight
tractors, machinery, household
goods, miscellaneous items, Dur
re’s corner, five miles east of
Chambers; Henry Durre, sale
manager; Merlin Grossnicklaus,
auctioneer; Chambers State Bank,
clerk. (This cale was orginally
scheduled Saturday, March 15
but will be held one week later.)
Friday, March 21: W E. Jones
dispersion sale, four miles south
of Creighton, one mile east, one
half mile south. 97 Angus includ
ing seven registered bulls. 19 dairy
cattle, 35 bred sows, full line of
farm machinery: Col. Dean Mosh
er of Creighton. auctioneer;
American National Bank of
Creighton. clerk. (Details on
page 7.)
Friday. March 28: Carl and
Altha Christon. two miles east
of Ewing on Sutnmerland road
and one-half mile south, will sell
full line of farm machinery,
household goods, miscellaneous ^
items: Col. Ed Thorin of O’Neill,
auctioneer; Willie Shrader, clerk.
(Details in next issue).
Who Owns Oldest
Maytag That Works?
Who owns the oldest Maytag
washer in working condition?
That’s the question posed by
the Wnv Krotter company, cele
brating (it) years of affiliaton with
the Maytag company of Newton,
la., a leader in the home laundry'
equipment field. (Details on the
oldest washer contest on page
10. i
Sunday evening a dinner for
the employees and their wives
and husbands of the William
Krotter company, with stores in
O’Neill, Spencer, Stuart and Nap
er, was held at Slat’s cafe.
John Krotter of Spencer in
liodueed each employee by years
of service. Each offered a res
ume of his or her time spent in
Krotter employment. Harrison
Hovey of Stuart was the eldest
present both in ^years and .in
years of service.
Robert Krotter outlined plans
for a Maytag promotion which is
in progress now at all Krotter
stores.
There is a total of 353 years of
service on 21 personnel.
Catholics Capture
Church Loop Title
The church league basketball
teams played the finals Saturday
evening. The Catholic team down
ed the Wesleyan Methodists, 66
47. Tlie Assembly of God forfeit
'd the third place game to the
Methodists.
Members of the winning team
are . Ed Cuddy (f), Jerry Cuddy
(f>. Bob Berigan (f). Terry Wan
ser <n, John Baker (g); Carrol
McKay (gt; Arlen Miles (g);
Wayne Donohoe (g); and Matt
Hynes (gi. Other members not
playing the final game were Bill
Kelly (ft; Gary Holly <g>, and
Jim Becker (ft.
Members of the Wesleyan team
are: Stanley Longenecker (g);
Marvin Strong (ft; Nyal Rowse
(ft; Raymond Strong (f); Lyle
Hornlack (g); Zane Rowse (g>;
Donald Strong tf>; Gordon Lor
enz (gt; and Bernard Lorenz (c).
Fertiliser Meetings
Scheduled—
Two fertilizer meetings are
scheduled next week.
Rogers Products company will
conduct a meeting Wednesday af
ternoon, March 19, at the Ameri
can legion auditorium, featuring
Judd Wolfram of Anaconda com
pany. He will show pictures and
speak Coffee and daughnuts
will be served, according to Man
ager C. E. McVay, and the public
is invited.
An educational fertilizer meet
ing is scheduled at 7:30 o’clock
that evening at Inman under spon
sorship of the Tompkins Livestock
Headquarters. A representative
of Lincoln Fertilizers will speak;
there will be coffee and dough
nuts served.
Truckers Delayed in
Moving Giffords—
Neighbors and friends helped
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gifford
load their furniture, saddle hor
ses and some machinery Wed
nesday, February 26. Mr. and
Mrs. Gifford, Janet and Roy Al
len left O'Neill 3:10 pm.. Thurs
day and arrived in Brainerd,
Minn., at 12:30 a.m.. Friday.
The same truckers loaded Mr.
and Mrs. Vernie Johnson and
moved them to Neligh Sunday.
The truckers were snowbound
for a time in Minnesota.
Larry Gifford, a senior at O -
Neill high sehol, plans to finish
school here and will move to
Brainerd in June.
accidents reported
Police Thursday investigated
a car-truck accident at Fourth
and Douglas A car driven by
Harlan D. Karrow of Alexandria,
Minn struck a truck driven and
owned by Loren L. Parks of
Page. , , * ,
Next day a car and panel truck
were involved in a slight collison.
The panel, owned by Shelham
er's Jack & Jill, was driven by
Daniel M. Page; the car. by Will
ian L. Anson, both of O Neill.
Tells About Hospital’s
Medical Records—
Mrs James W. Rooney gave a
report on the medical records de
partment of St. Anthony's hos
pital at Monday evening's auxil
iary meeting.
Mrs Edwin Sevcik will ar
range the program for the April
meeting.
HETIRN FROM TEXAS
ATKINSON—Mr and Mrs. Gib
Morgan, who have spent the win
ter in Texas, arrived home Tues
day afternoon.
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Volume 77.—Number 46. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, March 13, 1958. Seven Cents
Races Loom
for Council
in 2 Wards
Deadline Passes for
Filing Petitions ;
Election April 1
The following petitions in con
nection with the forthcoming mu
nicipal election have been filed
with Gity Clerk 0. D. French and,
provided the signatures are suf
ficient and valid, names of the
following candidates will appear
on the election ballot April 1:
Harold Lindberg and George
Hammond, for three-year terms
on the board of education; Dewey
Schaffer, for mayor; A. W. Car
roll, for city council. First ward;
Second Leigh Reynoldson and
Oscar Spitzenberger; Third —
Robert Moore and D. A. Mc
Kamy; Ralph Walker for police
judge.
Lindberg is a candidate to suc
ceed himself. Schaffer, an in
cumbent. is the only candidate
for the mayor’s office. Reynold
son, Moore and Walker are also
incumbents.
Mrs. Irene Booth, a widow and
a republican, has filed for Holt
county supervisor in the First dis
trict. Edward N. Flood, demo
crat, incumbent, filed earlier.
George Collins of Atkinson, re
publican, has filed for county
surveyor a post he has held sev
eral terms.
Sheets Bound Over
to District Court
Virtus Sheets, released last
fall from the state penitentiary
charge, Friday was taken into
custody by the Holt county sher
riff's office. He was being sought
by authorities in connection with
forging the name of Dewey Schaf
fer on two $75 checks and passing
the forged instruments.
Sheets was arrested at the
home of friends in the northeast
section of the city.
In preliminary hearing Tues
day in county court, he admitted
guilt and was Ixxmd over to dis
trict court.
Medleys Next on
Concert Schedule
The Medleys, duo pianists, will
appear at the O'Neill public
school auditorium Wednesday,
March 19, at 8:15 p m. Bill and
Pat Medley are appearing under
the auspices of O’Neill Commun
ity Concert association. They
claim music is "for fun” and
proceed to make it so.
They are appearing in 69 cit
ies this season from coast-to
coast. In private life they are
Mr. and Mrs. Medley. He is a
native of Lubbock. Tex., and she
is a native of Springfield, Ark.
They play on their own two
perfectly matched concert grand
nianos.
Rural School
Calendar Posted
An additional contribution to
march of dimes not previously
reported by the Holt County
school superintendent’s office:
Mrs. Ardath Coday, rural
school district 71, $1.20.
A list of coming events follows:
March 25- -Holt County Rural
Teachers association meeting at
the Town House at 6:30 p.m.
March 31-April 4- Group spell-,
ing contests.
April 19 County spelling con
tests at O'Neill public school at
1 p.m. _
April 22—Music festival at O'
Neill pubic school auditorium at
9:30 a.m.
May 2—Eighth grade examina
tions. „
May 8 — Holt County Rural i
Teachers meeting at O’Neill pub
lic school.
May 14—Eighth grade promot
ion exercises.
May 20—Mr. Rueschoff will
judge the exhibit.
JURORS SUMMONED
Letters of summons have been
forwarded to 31 prospective jur
ors in connection with the jury
term of Holt county district court L
convening Monday, March 31.
The jury will hear the personal
injury suit of Duane Anderson
of Omaha, plaintiff, vs. Lloyd
Evans, Atkinson rancher, defend
ant. Earlier Anderson won a
$10,000 judgement against Evans.
The defendant appealed to the
supreme court which remanded
the case to district court for re
trial because of a technical er
ror.
To Note 80th
Anniversary—
Mrs. Delia Harrison will cele
brate her 80th birthday anniver
sary at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Elmer Devall, Sunday,
March 23, with open-house from
2 until 5 p.m.
Relatives and friends are in
vited.
INMAN—The Ladies of the Re
organized Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints are spon
' soring a chili and pie supper at
the church annex in Inman on
Monday evening, March 17. Ser
ving time is from 5 to 8 p.m.
Quicks Married 50 ^ ears—
Courtship Began at Ball Game
BUTTE—Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Quick, sr., Sunday, March 9. en
tertained scores of friends and
relatives in their open-house ob
servance of their 50th wedding
anniversary.
Bert Quick, jr., was in charge
of the guestbook. A three-tiered
gold-and-white anniversary cake
was served by Mrs. Bert Quick,
jr., Mrs. Richard Rosengren,
Mrs. Arthur Heiser, Mrs. Daryl
Voider and Mrs. James Reiman
Mrs. Quick's maiden name was
Barbara Ford, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ford of
Butte. She was torn December
29. 1887, at Earling, la., near
Council Bluffs. Her parents
homesteaded one-half mile west
of Butte and Barbara was reared
and educated in this community.
Her father was Boyd county
judge about 16 years.
She attended Fremont nor
mal school and later taught
rural school three miles
south of here, known as the
Rousch school.
Judge Ford, her father, was
born in England.
Mr. Quick was tom March 17,
1884 at Pittsburg, Pa. He
"knocked about the country’’ for
a time, living in Oklahoma and
Wisconsin. His mother and step
father lived at Lynch for a time.
The couple met at a Lynch vs.
Butte ball game. Both were avid
baseball fans and were nominal
"enemies” at the time of their
meeting. Neither can remember
which team won the game.
Wed at Butte
The Quicks were married at the
Ford home March 8, 1908. Rev.
William Hensel, pastor of the
Congregational church at Butte,
officiated.
Their attendants were John
Reinheimer and Miss Marguerite
Ford, a sister of Mrs. Clark.
They began farming on the
Winslow ranch in Holt county,
now known as the Fried ranch.
Two years later they moved to a
Boyd county farm.
The Quicks were on farms many
years. After leaving the farm
about the time of the outbreak of
World War II, the couple moved
to California and Mr. Quick was a
foreman in the carpentry shop at
Douglas Aircraft. After retiring
he engaged in buying and selling
real estate and today has an in
terest in seven residential pro
perties at Hawthorne- dwellings
he sometimes single-handedly re
Youth, 16, Suffers
Burns in Explosion
Bob Ruther Taken
to Hospital
INMAN Bob Ruther, 16, an
Inman high school junior, suffer
ed bums on his chest, arms and
face early Wednesday after pour
ing kerosene on wood in a heat
ing stove.
The stove apparently contained
hot coals and an explosion ensu
ed. causing bums on both hands,
his chest and slight facial bums.
His father. Robert Ruther, liv
ing 3% miles south of Inman,
suffered less serious burns on
both hands.
The youth’s mother, who drove
him to St. Anthony’s hospital at
O’Neill, sufferi'd from shock and
was slightly burned. She was
kept at the hospital for several
here.
Mr. Ruther was burned fighting
the fire at the farm home. The
living room suite and rug caught
afire and ultimately were taken
out of the house with the aid of
Fred Moore and other neighbors.
The youth's bums are not ser
ious. He played basketball at
Inman during the past season.
Fourth Street Marks
Sixth Anniversary—
A 10-day sale is planned by the
Fourth Street Market celebrating
its sixth anniversary. George
Janousek opened the store on a
modest scale in March, 1952.
New tile flooring will greet the
patrons during the sales event
starting today (Thursday).
WEATHER 8 I’M MARY
hi lo pr
March 6 35 16
March 7 33 26 .15
March 8 ..... 32 26 .06
March 9 .. 33 24
March 10 ___ 31 18
March 11 31 3
March 12 32 20
Mrs. Charles Hamilton
SPRINGVIEW — Funeral ser
vices wore held here Sunday for
Mrs. Charles Hamilton, a life
long resident.
Entertain Guests—
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stutz and1
family had as their guests her
parents, Mt. and Mrs. W. J. Oik
and Pamela Henn of Petersburg
and Mr. and Mrs. William Oik
of Columbus.
Spends Weekend—
Miss Margaret McElvain of St.
Elizabeth’s school of nursing in
Lincoln was a weekend guest of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
McElvain.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Morrow
and Mr. and Mrs Wayne Dono
hoe were Sunday guests of Mr
and Mrs. John Bauer at Ewnng.
: n. . / • j
The Quicks . . . spent 17 years in California, returning to Butte
a year ago.—The Frontier Photo.
modeled and improved for gale
purposes.
About a year ago the Quicks
returned to Boyd county to be
near their children: Mrs. L. S.
(Helen) Rosengren, Bert, jr., Mrs.
,' (hur (Marguerite) Reiser, all of
Butte.
Bert, jr., earlier moved back
to Nebraska when he purchased
the Wayne Kibby implement
firm.
The late Robert Ford of O'Neill
was Mrs. Quick’s oldest brother.
Mr. Quick also bought and sold
cattle and hogs in the area prior
to going to the West coast.
The Quicks have eight grand
childen and seven great-grandchil
dren.
Mrs. Kamphaus Hosts
Mother, Brother—
Guests of Mrs. Juliana Kamp
haus and her family are her
brother. Carl Amberger of Wi
nona, Kans., who arrived Satur
day, and her mother, Mrs. Juli
ana Amberger of West Point,
who arrived Monday.
They have been busy this week
visiting friends and relatives.
Sunday they had dinner with a
daughter of Mrs. Kamphaus and
her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Duane
Summers. In the afternoon and
evening guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Amberger and Joanne and
Betty Jean and Douglas Stedry
all of Norfolk and Mr. and Mrs
J. C. Kamphaus and son of Red
bird. Tuesday they had supper
with another daughter of Mrs.
Kamphaus, Mr. and Mrs. Leon
ard Svatos of Amelia. They also
.visited a son, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Kamphaus and son at Redbird.
Mary and Carl Kamphaus were
there too.
Monday evening they had sup
per with Mr. and Mrs. Will Shaw.
Also present were Carl and Paul
Kamphaus. Wednesday they vis
ited Mrs. Kamphaus' sister and
her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Emesti of Clearwater.
Atkinson Native
Dies in Wyoming—
ATKINSON- Mrs. Louisa An
toinette Allen, 82, a former resi
dent of Atkinson, died recently at
Sheridan County (Wyo.) Mem
orial hospital following a long
illness. Services were held under
auspices of Naomi chapter 2,
Order of Eastern Star. Burial
was in the Masonic circle of the
Sheridan Municipal cemetery.
The late Mrs. Allen was born
April 22, 1875, at Atkinscm and
went to the Sheridan area in 1901.
She was graduated from Sheridan
high school in 1903.
She was married to Tracy G.
Allen in 1908. They became the
parents of one daughter. Edith
Elizabeth Allen of Sheridan.
Other survivors include her hus
band and a brother, Robert L.
Rice of Fox Island, Wash.
Daughters Visit
Father in Hospital—
Mrs. Paul Elam of Denver.
Colo„ and Mrs. Lloyd Haug of
Arlington, Va., flew to Grand
Island recently to visit their fa
ther, Vic Halva, in the Veterans
hospital.
March 2 was Mr. and Mrs.
Halva’s 39th wedding anniver
sary. Mrs. Halva was ill and un
able to go to Grand Island.
Mrs. Fred V. Halva returned to
O'Neill, Thursday, March 6, after
visiting in South Dakota with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus
Kunkel.
MRS. ED MYERS DIES
CHAMBERS-Mrs. Mina Myers
learned that her s ister-in-law,
Mrs. Ed Myers, died suddenly at
St. Paul. The Ed Myers family
were residents of this community
until 15 years ago. Survivors in
clude the widower and two sons. '
Gooding to Talk
at Joint Meeting
Aids in Extension
in Turkey
Dr. T. M. Gooding, scientist
and teacher and a favorite among
agricultural college graduates,
will speak at the joint meeting of
the Holt county extension ser
vice and Holt soil and water con
servation district Friday, March
14.
Meeting will start at 1 p m.,
at the American Legion auditor
ium in O’Neill.
Everyone is invited to heat*
him talk on “Our Foreign Neigh
bors in a Changing Agriculture".
Doctor Gooding spent two
years in Turkey helping set up
a university extension service,
patterned after Nebraska's.
He is considered a highly quali
fied and enjoyable speaker, a
spokesman for the joint boards
said.
Several hundred persons are
expected.
The soil-water district will
name three directors. Candidates
are Clarence Ernst of O’Neill,
Merwyn French, sr., of Page,
Walter Fick of Inman, A. Max
Karo of Stuart, Claude Lierman
of Amelia, Elmer Vogel of Stuart.
BREAKS HIP
BUTTE - Nick Hosterl, 70, fell
Sunday evening and suffered a
fractured hip.
Beelaert and Randall . . . Holt youth wins first in Angus fu
turity heifer show ; second in steer show.
Percy’s Cousin
Sees Big Bear
Percy Ipalook, Eskimo youth
who is attending O'Neill high
school (or his senior year, Wed
nesday heard from the kinfolk
in a big way.
The United Press, in a story
from Point Barrow, Alaska,
told how Raymond Ipalook, a
cousin sighted a polar bear "at !
least 30 feet in length".
The big fellow was warning
the ice shelf along the coast of
the Arctic sea. Two other hunt
ers also reported seeing the
monster.
Percy came down from Alas
ka a month ago to live with Ma
yor D. C. Schaffer and his wife
and attend school.
Rail Commission
Reverses Stand
(See editorial on page 4).
The Nebraska state railway
commission Monday unanimously
reversed its February 7 stand
and ordered Chicago & North
Western railroad to continue oper
ating Omaha - Chadwn -Omaha
trains 13 and 14 the last two pas
senger-mail-express trains in
north-Nebraska.
The commission left the door
open for further hearing later in
the year.
A Life magazine photo-report
er team Monday rode westbound
train 13 from Omaha to Long
Pine. A1 Fenn, photographer,
and Paul Welch, writer, were es
corted by Harold A. Lenskc, put>
lic relations counsel for C&NW.
C&NW has succeeded in recetv
ing a rash of national publicity
recently calculated to generate
sympathy for the "pick and shov
el” railwad, which the new man
agement is attempting to convert
into a modern, well-paying road.
Henn and Welch spent two
hours at O'Neill and interviewed
President Cal Stewart of the
Savo-the-Trains association. They
said they’d “heard the North
Western story and wanted to hear
! the other side”. .
S-T-A has opposed C&NW s dis
continuance of 13 and 14.
4-H leaders Mee'—
A meeting of the Holt county
4-H leaders was held Monday,
March 10, at the courthouse an
nex for the purpose of electing
the new officers for the 1958 club
year and to discuss the coming
events for the year.
The new officers for ths year
are: Paul Krugman of O'Neill,
president; George Mellor of O’
Neill, vice-president; Mrs. Wayne
Smith of Chambers, publicity
chairman.
This executive board will ap- j
point the commities for the var- j
ious events coming up for the
Holt Fares Well
in Angus Futurity
Robert ("Bob”) Beelaert of
Page placed first in the heifer
division at the Aberdeen-Angus
futurity show at Columbus and
was awarded a heifer from the
Randall Angus farms of Holyoke,
! Colo. He also placed second in
j the steer show and was awarded
a steer calf for next year’s com
petition.
His sister, Becky, placed sixth
in heifer competition and another
sister, Brenda, showed Blue Boy
Flame of BBB 3d to win first in
class futurity and first in class of ]
the sale cattle. Blue Boy sold
for one thousand dollars to a
Pierce buyer. Robert's bull. Blue
Boy Ida of BBB, sold for $510. j
Robert was elected president
of the Junior Angus association at
the first meeting; Jack Dyson of
i Brunswick, vice-president; Kath
ryn Stoeger of North Platte, sec
retary-treasurer. This is the third
junior group to be formed on a
stab wide basis in the nation.
M-M ranch of O’Neill had two
calves entered in Ihe senior futur
ity, placing fourth and sixth.
Mrs. Viola Garwood of Amelia
was reelected head of the Nebr - ,
Belles for the coming year.
Resident
of Holt 75
Years Dies
John M. Wedige, 82,
Rites to Be Held
Today at Atkinson
ATKINSON John M. Wedige
82, a retired Holt county rancher,
died Tuesday morning, March 11,
at Stuart. He had i>een living in
the Stuart rest home for nine
weeks and had l>oon a resident of
Doit county three-qunrters of a
century.
Funeral services will lx* con
ducted at 10 a m., today (Thurs
day) at St. Joseph’s Catholic
church in Atkinson. Burial will
he in St. Joseph's cemetery.
Rosary was recited Wednesday
evening at the Seger funeral
home after the lenten services at
St. Joseph's church.
The late Mr. Wedige was tx>m
Novemlier 29, 1875 at Darlington,
Wise., a son of the late Nicholas
Wedige and Theresa Mundy
Wedige.
lie came to this ansi at the age
of seven. On February 8, 1898, he
was married to Mary Steinhauser
at St. Boniface Catholic church
at Stuart. They ranched many
years seven miles north and three
miles west of Atkinson and re
tired in 1941 He lived in Atkin
son many years, coming from
Stuart.
Survivors Include: Widow —
Mary; sons George of Grand
Island; Raymond of Montgomery,
N. Y.; LaVem J. of Denver,
Colo.; daughters Mrs. Myron
(Katherine) Collomer of Bates
land, S. D., and Mrs. Gus (Mary)
Perlenfein of Bonesteel, S. D.; 11
grandchildren and 14 great-grand
children.
He was preceded in death by
one daughter, Mrs. John (Leona)
Knitter of Spencer.
Moss Tells Value of
Proper Addressing
Postmaster Ira. H. Moss ex
plained the necessity for proper
addressing of mail at Monday's
March meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce. He said a check
on the lt>-mile city delivery routes
disclosed only five dwellings in
adequately numbered.
''We are compelled to insist
on proper addressing because of
postal regulations. Patrons will
find their mail expedited when
full adresses are used,” Moss
said in a question-and-answer
session.
Cost of the farmer-rancher
night afafir held last Thursday
was $123. Bad mad conditions
restricted attendance of many
who had planned to attend. An
estimated three hundred persons
heard the C of C-sponsored talks
of Phil Henderson of the Univer
c jty of Nebraska, who presented
a 50-minute chart lecture, and
Walter Behlen, Columbus indust
rialist, who told of the Yucca
fats atomic tests and earth satt
elites, which he studies as a hob
by.
Joe Cunningham was an enter
taining master-of-ceremonies.
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Mrs. Morlang
Heads MTV Am—
Newly elected officers of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars auxil
ary are: president—Gloria Mor
lang; senior-vice Ardis Schmidt;
junior vice Darlene Kirkpatrick;
secretary Frma Wray; treasur
er lloris Peterson; chaplain —
Barbara Sprague and conduct
ress Neva Jones.
Delegates elected to attend the
district meeting were Barbara
Sprague and Goldie Tucker. Al
emates are Lilia Engdahl and
Erma Wray. Hostesses were Mrs.
Revell and Mrs. Peterson.
The VFW auxilary will hold a
food sale at the Safeway store
Saturday, April 5.
Hugh O. Carr
Wins Promotion—
Hugh G. Carr, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Carr of O’Neil], re
cently was promoted to specialist
third class at Ft. Campbell, Ky.,
where he is a member of the
101st airborne division’s 327th in
fantry.
Specialist Carr, a radio tele
phone operator in the infantry’s
company C, entered the army in
December 1956 and completed
basic training at Ft. Chaffee,
Ark.
Tuttle, Young
Leave for Service—
Departing Wednesday for in
duction into military service from
the Holt draft office were Robert
D. Tuttle of Ewing and Sammy
B. Young of Chamebrs.
Leaving for their physical
examinations were Henry R.
Dierks of Atkinson and William
I. Lierman of Atkinson.
Country Club Meeting—
There will be a meeting of the
stockholders of the O’Neil] Coun
try club at the Golden hotel Fri
day, March 14, at 8 p.m. The
program for the year will be
planned.
N’orfolkans Here—
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith of
Norfolk, visited in O’Neill Mon
day at the home of their son and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith.