Lynch News
Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Burbach
and sons of Wynot and Mr. and
Mrs Dale Barta and daughters
■pent Sunday, April 13, at the
Alljert Kalkowski home.
Miss Kva Barnes of Butte ac
companied Mrs. Nelle Nelson to
visit the practice teachers, who
were teaching last week in the
rural schools.
Mr. and Mrs. llenry Vonasek
and daughters of Verdel visited
relatives here Sunday, April 13.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kolund
and family were Sunday, April
13, visitors at the parental Char
les Courtney home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hajek
attended die funeral of Mike Ves
ely, 9-1, at Pishelville Wednesday,
April lti.
Em Wilson is spending several
days this past week with his sis
tt'i in Holt county.
Robert Courtney was in Oma
ha Thursday.
Mr and Mrs. Don Stewart vis
ited at the Wayne Blair home in
Spencer Sunday, April 13.
Emil Koval of Lincoln spent
the weekend here with his moth
er. He returned to his school
work at Lincoln Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. Harry Seastone of Spen
cer stayed with Mrs. Bernice
Row while her husband was a
patient in the Lynch hospital
Mr. Seastone died Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Courtne>
and Sharon, Mr. and Mrs Clar
ence Kolund and family, Mr. anc
Mrs. Faye Courtney and Mrs
Hannah Streit were Sunday
April 13, dinner guests at the
Glenn Rihanek home south oi
Monowi. Mr. and Mrs. Edwarc
Reiser and family called there
that evening.
Charles Novak of Spencer anc
Louis Novak called at the Alber
Kalkowski home Sunday, April 13
Mr. and Mrs. Grafton Franklu
and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Barb
of Verdel were Lynch visitor!
Sunday, April 20.
The Boyd County Knights o
Columbus held a regular meetinj
at the American Legion hal
Thursday evening. Ray Kayl o
Spencer presided in the absenci
of Don Allen.
Carl Weeder is assisting thii
week at the E. F. Soukup hom<
north of Spencer.
Mr. and Mrs. Buss Greene vis
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ited at the Pat Osborne home'
near Dorsey Thursday.
A large number of Lynch
people attended the Knights of
Columbus dance at Spencer Tues
day, April 15.
Mr. and Mrs Edmund Rohde |
were business visitors in O’Neill
Wednesday , April 16.
The members of the Adventist:
i church held a monthly social hour |
at the church Sunday evening,
April 20. Mrs. Edmund Rohde
was chairman of the games and,
, Floyd Kaasa showed moving pic-:
i tures slides.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kalkowski i
! and Kevin and Mr. and Mrs. Al-1
j bert Kalkowski were Thursday
evening callers at the George
Kalkowski home.
Mrs. Allan Koscan and family;
of Butte and Mrs Eunice Tead-1
tke of Bristow visited Mrs. Wal- j
lace Courtney Saturday after-1
noon.
Eva Barnes of Butte was a j
luncheon guest at trie Guy Barnes i
home Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Thayer
visited at the Guy Barnes home
Tuesday evening, April 15.
Sidney Baker's sister is here
visiting him ths week .
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weeder
and Johnnie and George Barta
attended the major league ball
game in Omaha last week .
A daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harlan Bradstreet of Bellflower,
Calif., was a recent visitor here.
She visited Mrs. Bertha Bare also
the Lee Brady, jr,, home in O’
Neill and relatives i n Orchard,
Spencer and' Winner, S.D., while
here. She was accompanied here
by her husband and they return
ed to their home in California last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Heiser re
turned to their home in California
the past weekend
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Mulhair
i were O’Neill visitors Tuesday,
April 15.
. Mrs. Mary Zach called on Mrs.
i G. L. Mulhair Wednesday, April
16.
11 Thursday evening the third
Wesleyan quarterly district con
ference was held in the Wesleyan
j church. Rev. Paul Meyers con
1 ducted the business meeting.
Mrs. Eunice Teadtke and fam
ily of Bristow visited with her
1 sister, Mrs. Wallace Courtney,
i Friday afternoon.
'. Mrs. John Rossmeier returned
to the Leland Moody home Sun
■! day after visiting at the Lumir
| Cizek home in Spencer.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Loock and
family visited at the Pat Cassi
dy here Sunday, April 13.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pischel
and family of Verdel were recent
visitors at the E. V. Mulhair
| home.
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Ijjeken were
Spencer visitors Tuesday eve
ning, April 15.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Halva visited
at the Junior Liska home in Nio
brara last week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kocian of
Spencer were business callers
here last week.
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Dora Townsend’s Story—
Diptheria Took Toll
in Hunt Family
By MR.S. X. I). ICKF.S, SR.
Special Correspondent
PAGE — Mrs. Dora Townsend
celebrated her 80th birthday an
niversary last month very quiet
ly
Her sister-in-law, Mrs. Carrie
Townsend, who spent several
weeks in her home while her own
home was readied for occupancy
after a winter in Columbus and
Norfolk, took her to the Page cafe
for dinner by way of celebration.
Dora Etta Hunt, daughter of
Duran and Clara Rutherford
Hunt, was bom March 27, 1878, in
a dug-out near Bennett. A daugh
ter of a prominent pioneer fam
ily, she recalls many incidents
of the early days of this section
of Nebraska.
Her parents came to Creighton
to the home of Mr. Hunt s broth
er-in-law, Dan McMillan, where
the women were to live while the
men built accomodations for man
and livestock on the homestead
taken by Mr. Hunt IVz miles
south of Page in 1883 (now the
property of Mrs. Henry Fleming).
Spring operations had only be
gun (the weather was extremly
rainy) when they were called
home by illness of the children of
the family. They all had the
measles which were followed by
diptheria—the dread disease of
that era. The Hunts lost three
little girls—Cora, 10-years-old;
Rena, 8, and baby Etta, 2. Dora
was five-years-old at that time.
Dan McMillians also lost their
eight-year-old daughter, Stella.
Two of the Hunt chilldren shared
a common grave.
Dora remembers how she was
commissioned to “run up” a tea
towel on a stick to signal her fa
ther, who could see it and come
in to try and comfort the exhaust
ed mother.
Lived in Dugout
The home here was also a dug
out built into the hill and framed
at the front The frame of the
dugout was of lumber. Later a
kitchen was added to the south
with a storm and storage cellar
to the back in walk-in fashion
behind the kitchen.
In 1897, Dan McMillan brought
a pine tree, later to be known
far and wide as the lone pine.
The tree was brought in from
Chadron where they had visited
Hiram McMillan. They made a
ceremony of planting it. It still
is a stately tree on the north
slope of the farmyard.
Dora attended the old soddy
school along with John Gray and
Susie Reed Haynes. Mrs. Hunt
was the proud possessor of an
organ and it was in great demand
whereever a celebration was in
progress.
Mrs. Hunt permitted it to be
borrowed and it was taken by
lumber wagon all over the coun
try to furnish music for dances
or for Sunday-school and church
services. Dora still has the or
gan, which is in good repair.
On Christmas day, 1900, Dora
was united in marriage with E.
Roy Townsend.
The Townsends spent sever
years at Spearfish, S. D., und 14
years at their ranch at New
castle, Wyo. Some leased land
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.Mrs. Townsend . . . hospitable.
became oil land and is a source
of income still.
It is erroneously believed
that those who have an income
from oil wells are among the
fabulously wealthy.
"Quite to the contrary” says
Mrs. Townsend. "The income
parallels a farmer’s cream
check."
Their holdings have dwindled
to two wells that do not yield
as well as they used to do.
Mrs. Townsend is among the
snry and healthy octogenerians.
She still drives her car and made
a trip to Wyoming last fall, do
ing her own driving.
Dora has driven a car since
1909. They owned a two-cylin
der Jackson at that time.
Dora is county president of the
Woman’s Christian Temperance
Union. She is a member of the
Methodist church. (
Stopping Place
The home she lives in was her
parents’ home in their retire
ment days.
Travelers aimed to make it to
the Hunt home for overnight or
over Sunday stays. News that
the Hunts were hospitable folk
spread.
One time a family stayed all
winter until travel was consider
ed safe in the spring.
Mrs. Townsend inherited her
family’s love for company and
her home is open for many. It's
less trouble for Dora to entertain
a group than to go away. Thus
when she is at home at Page her
dwelling is open to all.
Mrs. Townsend is the mother
of a son, Donald of Wyoming, and
a daughter, Mrs. Robert Weir of
Hartington, who is county super
intendent of public instruction in
Cedar county.
CENTER UNION (O’Neill)
C. P. Turner, minister
Sunday. April 27: Sunday
school, 10 am.; preaching ser
vice, 11 a.m.; young people’s
meeting, 7:30 p.m.; preaching ser
vice following Y.P. meeting.
Prayer meeting will be in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Ernst Wednesday evening at 8
o’clock.
Deloit News
Robert and Mary Miller of
Omaha arrived Friday evening to
spent the weekend with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mil
ler, and James. Robert Is attend
ing a commercial college and
Mary is employed in an insur
ance office in Omaha.
Mrs. Frank Bohn accompanied
Mr. and Mrs Gail Boies to Oma
ha on Wednesday. April 16, where
she visited the Jim Bartak home.
Farm Bureau met at thee Bud
Bartak home on Tuesday, April
15, and Mrs. Bartak gave a
report on her recent trip to
Washington, D.C.
Gravel is being put on the road
south of Deloit which leads to
highway 80. This will be a great
improvement.
Fifteen ladies attended t h e
flower making lesson at the
Ralph Tomjack home on Tues
day, April 15.
Mr. and Mrs. H Reimer spent
Friday evening with Mr. and
Mrs. Ewald Spahn and Doris
Ann.
The community received about
.30 of an inch of rain on Friday
evening. It was needed to start
the oats, gardens, etc.
A birthday anniversary party
was held at the Don Spahn home
on Thursday evening in honor of
Henry Spahn s eighty-sixth birth
day anniversary. Mr. and Mrs.
Ewald Spahn and Doris Anri and
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Spahn and
son and Mrs. Verhune and son
were guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lange
have arrived in Germany and
are having a fine time visiting
relatives.
The Wheeler County exten
son club met Wednesday, April
16, at the Charles Bartak home.
Several from here attended the
rual school music festival at
Bartlett on Friday afternoon.
Pupils, teachers and many par
ents were in attendance.
Kneivels store in this commun
ity is being remodeled and given
a "face lifting".
The telephone company has
men in this community installing
telephones and surveying for
location of the poles.
Several teachers and pupils at
tended the spelling contest in O’
Neill on Saturday afternoon.
The past week has been very
warm and spring like, tempera
tures encouraged the planting of
gardens, oats, etc.
Mrs. Lina Smith and Mrs. El
mer Greene of Oakland and Mr.
and Mrs. H. Reimer and Elayne
were Sunday visitors at the Lar
son home in Ewing.
Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Tomjack
and sons of Hastings spent Sun
day at the Ralph Tomjack home.
O'NEILL. LOCALS
Mrs Earl Hunt entertained at
a birthday party for her daugh*
ter, Sally Ann, on Saturday. She
was five-years-old. Guests were
a few friends and their mothers.
Mrs. C. J. Gatz was hostess to
Delta Dek and Martez club Thurs
day with dinner at the Town
House. Winners were Mrs.
Homer Mullen and Evelyn Stan
nard.
A party was held Sunday night
in honor of Mrs. J. P. Ryan of
Springfield, Mass., at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Murray in
Spencer. Guests were Mr. and
Mrs. R. J. Rohde, Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Rohde, Mrs. John Har
rington and Marlene, Mr. and
Mrs. Anthony Stanton.
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State Capitol News—
Vic Hopes to Chop
Real Estate Levy
ITNCOLN The tax dollar, bud
gets and government spending
are coming into the limelight once
again in the capitol.
The reason is twofold: The
state property tax levy* will he set
in August, and there is a primary
election May 13.
Gov. Victor Anderson, seeking
a third term on the republican
ticket, broached the suhject with
a statement that he hopes to
chop the state property tax levy
by 23 cents for every $1,000 val
uation.
That would put the tab at $8
per $1,000. The governor said
he would like to reduce the tax
to below $8 but he doesn't know
if he can cut it that much, or
even 23 cents but that he is going
to try.
Anderson is the chairman of
the state board of equalization
which sets the property tax levy
Percentage-wise as an aver
age, state property taxes account
for only alunit 15 per cent of the
total paid hy a property owner
The governor reckons that
tightening of the economy belt in
the capitol can be accomplished
without reducing the level of ser
vices, and bring about enough
savings to realize a property tax
cut.
The governor also has urged
that a state comptroller bo es
tablished to control state spend
ing.
Anderson had made the pro
posal before a committee of the
legislative council studying the
problem of budgeting.
He said that cash funds are not
spent as wisely as tax funds but
he added he did not have a sim
ple solution to the problem. How
ever, he told the committee, head
ed by Sen. Willard Waldo of De
Witt. that the way to best control
waste is with a comptroller who
nuthorltv over all state agen
cies.
State Auditor Ray Johnson al
so appeared before the group. He
recommended cash funds be put
in the general fund and then ap
propriated in the required
amounts to agencies which collect
the money.
Another high state official, Tax
Commissioner Fred Herrington,
told the committee that the leg
islature should spell out in more
detail exactly what cash funds can
1m? used for to eliminate problems.
In many cases the tax com
missioner is called upon to ap
prove expenditures from non-tax
funds and he has nothing to go
by as to whether such an expend
iture can be authorized.
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Nebraska Roads—
The record Nebraska road
building program for the next fis
cal year has been given a shot in
the arm by the federal govern
ment.
A bonus program of $6.6 million
for the regular road network and
$2.9 million for the interstate will
be immediately available to the
state.
That will put the amount on
hand for the 1959 fiscal year
which begins July 1 at $52.4 mil
lion.
State Engineer L. N. Ress said
the bonus program, enacted by
congress as an anti-recession
measure, will cause some diffi
culties in his already heavily bur
dened staff.
But, he said he feels the de
partment can handle expendi
ture of the extra money which,
under the federal law, must be
under contract and work complet
ed in a year.
Ress is slated to attend a meet
ing of state highway officials in
Chicago later this month to find
out details of the program, es
pecially whether the funds should
be made available to cities.
Labor Free—
There were more workers re
ceiving unemployment chocks in
March of this year than for the
same month in 1957.
That is the report from the
state division of employment se
curity.
The division said a weekly
average of 13,091 got the pay
checks in March of this year, as
against 10,025 for the same month
a year earlier. Payments this
March totaled $1.3 million, com
pared with $991,321 in March,
1957.
However, non-farm job openings
increased by 23 per cent over
February, the division said. It
noted that much of the hike was
for temporary employment, such
as snow removal.
New applications for work in
March totaled 4,443, a substantial
drop from the 5,154 total for
February.
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Population Markers—
State Engineer L. N. Ress said
the highway department has de
veloped a new policy on a matter
sensitive and close to most Ne
braska communities.
That is the problem of listing
population of a city on a state
highway marker at the city lim
its. Ress said the department
was criticized for not changing one
city's marker and so he is chang
ing the policy.
Signs were revamped, as a
courtesy, for Lincoln, Omaha,
Kimball and Sidney before the
change. The towns submitted a
large amount of data which the
department compiled, then it
changed the 1950 census figure to
the newer one.
In the future, Ress said, only
the official censug figure will be
listed.
The department, the engineer
said, is far too busy trying to build
roads to be “saddled" with the
job of keeping track of the growth
of a community, oftener than once
every 10 years.
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Pollution Council—
The state water pollution coun
cil has taken steps to urge cities
to file plans for sewage treat
ment plants with the state health
department.
The council, newly - created
adopted a policy requiring cities
to submit complete plans and
specifications within 180 days af
ter federal grants in aid to them
are approved.
If this is not done, the council
said, the federal funds alloted a
city will be taken away. For the
fiscal year beginning July 1, the
state expects about $685,000 for
use in sewage treatment plants
in Nebraska.
Pattersons Back
from West Coast
EMMET Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Patterson returned Saturday from
Yucaipa. Calif., where they had
spent the winter in their West
coast home.
The Pattersons left Yucaipa
Monday, April 14, and made a
"leisurely" trip home. They are
now at their ranch south of town.
The Pattersons last fall cele
brated their golden wedding an
niversary and left immediately
afterwards for California.
Miss Marlene Harrington left
Monday to spend several days in
Omaha.
Since its discovery, America has been the land
of hone. The oppressed the world over have
turned toward our land as the one beacon al
ways undimmed by the darkness of tyranny.
And the hope that this country offers is con
tinually multiplied and intensified by people of
hope . . . immigrants . . . political and religious
and economic refugees who despite seemingly
overwhelming odds, break their shackles . . •
leave their native lands and come to America
. . . seeking to fulfill their hope. Hope brought
the Pilgrims, the Irish, the Czechs, the Poles, the
Swedes, the Slavs, the Danes . . . the refugees
from Hitler’s oppression . . . the Hungarian
freedom fighters. From everywhere they come
. . . and as they come, the beacon of hope bums
brighter.
Perhaps that beacon is best symbolized by the
torch of freedom in the hand of the Statue of
Liberty, for that torch seems to burn brighter
when one reads these words inscribed in a tab*
let at her feet . . .
"... Give me your tired, your poor, •*'> »
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
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