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■Mfr THIRTY-FOUR * « %* - ■ y - PAGES ★ In I his Issue Section 1—Pages I-10 North-Central Nebraska* BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 78.—Number 14. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska. T hursday, July 31, 1958. Seven Cents ‘Scotty’ Ward Returns Favor Escorts O’Neillite Thru Highlands Ry MRS. PAH, NEWTON EMMET A Scotsman who was befriended more than n quarter of a century ago by Guy Cole, j Emmet hay dealer, has returned a favor. Harry MacLeod Ward, whose j family owned a printing and put> lishing house in Edinburg, the capital of Scotland, came to the Upited States for his health 32 j years ago. One day at the North Western j rail station her*'. Cole struck up a conversation with the crisp tongued Ward, whose accent was straight from the land of heather. They struck a deal and Ward went to work for the Emmet Hay company buying and selling hay, accounting, collecting and per forming varied other duties. He became attached to the sandhills and remained at Em met several years. During his so journ his Scottish accent and stories enlivened many social gatherings. For a time back in Scotland he rejoined the family publishing firm and the Emmet Hay company began purchasing letterheads, bill heads and led ger pages from the bonnie wee land of Scots. Today Ward is a processor of pure food products at Edinburg. His firm, Known as Dollar Food Products, Ltd., manufactures ntlled oats, canned dairy products and ice cream cold mix powder. The trade name is the Castle brand and the insignia is the fa mous Scottish castle at Edin burgh (the Scots call it Edinboro). Mr Cole’s sister, Mrs. Esther Cole Harris of O’Neill, Holt coun ty register of deeds, is winding up an extensive European tour and will be returning home in a few days. 500-Mile Whirl She will bring with her cherish ed memories of an exciting weekend in neat and prim little Scotland with Mr. Ward and his wife as hosts. The Wards escort ed her on a 500-mile whirl through the Highlands. Iney visiieu ivuinvcii uououiw, where the English had their main military garrison during the reign of George I. “Scotty”, as he was known by the Emmet crowd, wore kilts and drove a red Vauxhall. j They visited Loch Lomond, In verness and resorts. They saw where the world’s largest vessels - the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary—were built at Gurock. "We drove over 500 miles and we saw a great deal of Scotland, j There were curves in the road I every few hundred feet but once we encounterd a one-mile straight way. Scotty pushed the little red car up to 70 mph.” wrote Mrs. Harris. j I f ‘‘I heard a great deal of Scot tish history." , . Mrs. Harris fielded inquiries from Scotty regarding the Coles (he wants Guy and his wife to pack up for a junket to Scotland Without delay 1, Mrs Georgia Mc Ginnis. John Conard, Martha Wills, Bert Gaffney, Spike Law rence, Jess Wills, Ward Cosgrove, Pete Puffy, Catherine Cox, Alex McConnell, the McCaffreys, Du gal Allen and others some dead others living. Sponsored Tour The tour Mrs. Harris is on is sponsored by Miss Elja Me u lough of Blair, formerly of O Neill. “Killarney in Ireland was a lovely little spot. The next day at Glengarlff uud the trip to Cork were deightful. The stay in Lon don was interesting and exciting. Saw a real good stage perform ance in London. ‘Where s Char ley?* and heard the London Sym * “At Stratford-on-Avon, Shake speare's birthplace, we saw •Twelfth Night', a dramatic play . From Newcastle in north-Eng liind the McCullough party sail ed for Norway. Some of the ad venturesome travelers in the group Ixxiked aerial flights ovei the North Pole Not Mrs. Hams. The tour included visits in Bel guim, Germany, Switzerland Hol land, France and Italy Jr0/11 where the group will depart by air for the U. S. .. * i /-» ■_ ivirs. jonn Dies in California CHAMBERS Mr. and Mrs. Fred Catron received word that his mother, Mi's. John Catron, 85, of Glendale, Calif., died Sunday night, July 27. Survivors include: Sons—How ard of Compton, Calif.; Ernest of Battle Creek and Fred of Cham bers: daughters Mrs. Roy Mc Comb of Glendale, Calif., (where Mrs. Catron made her home) and Mrs. Anita Miller of Omaha. The Catrons formerly lived at Chamliers on the place four miles northwest of town now owned by Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Carpenter. Mr. and Mrs Fred Catron left Monday for California. UNIT REUNION HELD PAGE Tales of tropical nights spent under fear of death and many of the half-sad. half-funny experiences of war were told Sat urday night when members of the 738th engineers of the United States army held their sixth post World War H reunion at Omaha. In the group were LJoyd Cork, commander of the Page Ameri can Legion post, and his wife. FOUND GUILTY STUART- A federal jury in Lin coln Wednesday returned a ver dict of guilty against a Stuart farmer, Peter Head. Judge Rob ert Van Pelt found Head guilty on a charge of failure to pay Si) 17 on a corn loan made in Decem ber of 1953. The suit was brought by the federal government for the commodity credit corporation. RANI) TO PLAY The O'Neill Municipal band will play at the Burwell rodeo August 13. llcnry MacLeod Ward . . . 32 years aRo a hand at Emmet Hay Company. (Story at left). Joseph Fiala, 74, Rites Set Today Boyd Countyan Since Turn of Century SPENCER — Joseph Fiala, 74, who had been in failing health for several months, died Monday, July 28, at Sacred Heart hospital in Lynch. He had l>een a patient there one day. Funeral services will be con ducted at 10 a m. today (Thurs day) at St. Mary’s Catholic church at Spencer. Rev. Robert Steinhausen will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary’s cemetery under the direction of Jones fu neral home. DA\nnt<v time caiH ni tho rhliroh Wednesday evening. Pallbearers are George Jam her, Charles Zid ko, Anton Soukup, Carl Schmidt, John Langan and John Kocian. Mr. Fiala was born September 8. 1883 at O'Neill. He was the son of John and Anna Fiala. On November 24, 1909 at Spen cer he married Vlasta Pucelik. He had come to Boyd county prior to 1900 and farmed until retiring a number of years ago. At the time of his death he lived one mile north of Spencer. Survivors include: Widow — Vlasta; sons Lumir J. of Denver, Colo.; I>eon E. of Spencer; Je rome L. of Porterville, Calif.; daughters Mrs. Randall (Helen) Lincoln of Milwaukee, Wise.; Mrs. Randall (Olga) York of Den ver, Colo.; Mrs. Paul (Vivian) Schmidt of Anoka; 10 grandchil dren. O’Neill-Bound Mail Truck Is Wrecked CLEARWATER — An O’Neill bound U.S. mail truck wrecked about 4:30 a.m.. Thursday morn ing at the IT.S. highway 275 bridge, east of Clearwater. The truck, owned by John Tur ner of O'Neill Transfer, was be ing operated by Raymond Lamp man. , ,, The vehicle struck the side of the bridge, the truck box climb ed the banister, the vehicle came to a stop crossways in the high way, blocking truck traffic bul autos could squeeze by. Lamp man was unhurt. He told investigating officers he either fell asleep momentarilj or a bolt of lightning blinded and dazed him. The accident occur red during the height of an earl> morning electrical storm. The Clearwater postmaster weni to claim the mail bound for Clear water. Mail for Ewing and In man was transferred to anothei vehicle. Pre-Pair 4-H Event August 1 2 The annual pre-fair 4-H style show, music and speech contesl will he held Tuesday, August 12 The judging of the style revue participants will be held at 2 p m. in O'Neill at the public school The style show, music and speed contests wall be held at 7:30 p m. in the public school auditorium The public is invited to attenc the activity. There is no admis sion charge. Clubwide Tourney Starts August 1 C The O'Neill Country club tour ney will begin August 10 througl August 24. All club members are invited to participate in the gol competition. Qualifying scores and entry fee> of $2.50 must be in by Aug ! ust 7 at 6 p.m. There will be flights for every one. Turn in your scores either ti Hale French or John H. McCar ville. Youth Run Over by Tractor Is Home — Ge'orge Fuller, 16-year-old O' Neill high school senior, Wed nesday returned to his home al ter being hospitalized in Omahi since June 16. He is the son o Mr. and Mrs. Levi Fuller. Young Fuller was run over b; a crawler-type tractor while as i sisting in a gravel pit east o Chambers. During his hospital ization he submitted to surgery He was taken to his hom by ambulance. He has a cast on his hip am part of his leg. He will wear th cast five more weeks after h gets home. Young Fuller will be an O'Nei! high senior this fall. 24 PAGE SI PPLEMENT The official Holt county fai premium list appears in supple i ment form in this issue. Early Settler Bert Bogue Dies at 80 Newport Man Taken 111 Shortly After 60th Wedding Date NEWPORT — Funeral services for Bert Bogue, 80. a prominent pioneer rancher, were conducted at 2 p m., Wednesday, July 30, at i the Methodist church here. He died in the Ainsworth hos I pital Sunday afternoon, July 26. Rev. Robert Peterson officiated. Burial was in the Newport ceme tery under the direction of Coates | funeral home in Stuart. Pallbearers were C. D. Farr, Ford Garwood, Harry Carpenter, Earl Stewart, William Hunger ford and Harry Bair. Born at Cherokee, la.. January 17, 1878, he was the only son of James S. and Mary E. Bogue. They moved to the New{>ort com munity when the late Mr. Bogue was 16-years-old. He was united in marriage to Nellie Layne on March 29, 1898. They became the parents of two children. They spent the past 53 years on the home ranch where Mr. Bogue operated as a prom inent cattleman. His son, Clay ton, and a grandson, Bert Nolles, were associated with him at the time of his death. He was a member of the Meth odist church, order of Odd Fel lows and several associations of cattlemen. Survivors include: Widow — I Nellie; son—Clayton of Newport; daughter — Mrs. Joseph (Cleta) Nolles of Las Cruces, N. M.; three grandsons, three granddaughters; five great-grandchildren; sisters— Mrs Belle Dodge of Cherokee, la.; Mrs. William (Minnie) Car ey of Chadron; Mrs. Fred (Leta) j Fox of Newport and Mrs. Paul (Jessie) Utter of Helmet, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Bogue celebrated1 their 60th wedding anniversary March 30. Mr. Bogue then be came critically ill and was hos-, pitalized at Atkinson, Omaha and Ainsworth. Atkinson Pool Is About Ready Funds About $1,100 Short ’Til Now ATKINSON—A final push for funds is underway here in behalf of Atkinson’s new swimming pool j which is now undergoing pre l opening tests. The Atkinson Rec reation Club, Inc., legal agency which has sparked the fund-rais ing, is short $1,100, it was stated Wednesday by Dean Fleming, who has helped direct the movement. It is planned the pool will be turned over to the city of Atkin son for operation and mainten ance purposes at next Tuesday’s city council meeting. The pool j w ill then acquire the designation ! as a municipal installation. Plans provide for formal open ing and dedication Saturday, August 9, Fleming said. The Recreation club this week | acknowledged the gift of two out standing breeding cows with bull 1 calves at side. The livestock will i be sold at the Tuesday, August 5, ! sale at the Atkinson Livestock Market. Entire proceeds will go toward erasing the pool deficit. After having been twice defeat ed at the polls as a municipal venture, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Wel ler started the private fund-rais ing by contributing $12,500, which is expected to approximate one half the total cost of construction. Other individuals, clubs and or ganizations since have advanced contributions until now the end is in sight and the pool is practical ly completed. Fleming said the "door is wade open" for any other contributions. Vehicle Hits Mud; Two Occupants Hurt ATKINSON — A one-car acci ■ j dent occurred about 9 o’clock . \ Sunday morning on a county road 14 miles north of Atkinson involv . ing Joe Carr, 28, of Atkinson. > Riding with Carr were his broth . ers. Fred and Kenneth. The north bound car, a 1954 Plymouth, en countered mud and went in the right ditch and rolled twice. Carr received cuts on his right - arm and hand and a bruised back. . Kenneth received only miner - cuts and hruises on face and i body. Fred was unhurt. f The car was a complete loss, according to State Patrolman Eu r gene Hastreiter, who investigated. . Seventh Annual Glad Show Set 1 ATKINSON The Atkinson Civ ? ic Improvement Garden club will > presen, “Gladiolus”- the seventh annual gladiolus and flower show, 1 —Saturday, August 2, at the At kinson high school auditorium. Hours will be from 2 until 10 p. m. r - - I Phone us your views—51—when I it happens! Temporary lake In Inman’s streets was converted Into fun by these kids: Foreground—tiaylene Anthony, Lorraine Butterfield and Terry' Anthony; background—Wilma Stamp and (ieorgena Heroic!.— Frontier Photo. I Polish-Born Pair in 50th Wedding By a Staff Writer EWING—Life stories of both Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Chmiel be gan in Poland. Sunday, July 27, they were hon ared when members their immed iate families and 107 guests gath ered at an open-house affair to help the couple note their 50th wedding anniversary'. All of their children were present except one Roman, who lives at Coughill, i □re. . | Mr. Chmiel, 74, was born April 18, 1884, at Nisko, Poland, during a period in which that section of Poland was under the heel of Austrians militarists. Confronted with compulsory military duty, Mr. Chmiel—like thousands of athcr central Europeans—took off :or America. He came alone. Mrs. Chmiel is now 67. Her maiden name was Jennie Zal> raw'ski. She was bom January 26. 1891, at Turek. Poland. As a girl of 12 she accompanied her par cnts, Joseph and Francisca Zab rowski, to the United States. The Zabrowskis spent a short time in Chicago, 111 , and then headed for a homestead south of Inman. Mr. Chmiel who worked for a time in Chicago, came to Nebras ka with a purpose: To wed Jen nie. Jennie's father arranged for a Polish-speaking priest from South Omaha to come to the Stafford Catholic mission to perform the nuptials on July 27, 1908. The priest’s name was Rev. Ladeslaus Czeck. 3 Born in Chicago The couple went to Chicago where Mr. Chmiel had worked earlier as a stonebreaker and as a railroader. For five years the couple lived in Chicago, three children were born there (Eugene, Roman and Cecelia), and Mr. Chmiel worked for Pittsburg Plate & Glass company in the manufacturing of mirrors. A half-dozen mirrors at the Chmiel home, midway between Ewing and Chambers, are evi dence of his craft of a half-cen tury ago. Mr. Chmiel pondered the prob lem when he saw older men be ing layed off work in industrial centers such as Chicago. He made up his mind he would head for Nebraska where land was avail able. Cecilia died of whooping cough shortly after coming to Nebraska. Other children were born. The family lived on the socalled Trail ranch for two years and then Used 26 years on the Spring field place, south of the present 1,000-acre Chmiel layout. The present farm-ranch was purchased in 1941. Sunday's celebration began with a family dinner. Open-house was observed during the afternoon. Squares of ice cream with “50” in raised lettering were served with assorted cookies, nuts, mints, and coffee. The six-layer anniversary cake was baked and decorated by their daughters, Mrs. A. L. (Fe leciat Horn and Mrs. James (Hat tie i Feighny. The house was decorated with bouquets of garden flowers and a large basket of yellow roses and gladiolus sent from Oregon by their son, Roman. Mrs. Chmiel wore a blue dress with yebow crysanthemum cor sage. Mr. Chmiel’s bouttonniere was a yellow mum. The couple received congratula tory greetings from many friends and relatives. For many years Mr. Chmiel and his “fiddle” were favorites at barn dances and neighborhood parties. The Chmiels attend church at both St. Patrick’s in O'Neill and St. Peter's church in Ewing. They consider themselves democrats politically, but Mr. Chmiel does n't see much distinction in the parties today. He says he has a feeling that agricultural and industrial units are getting bigger and small oper ators are getting smaller. “Young folks today want things too nice to start off with. Credit is too easy for them. Don’t see how some of hem will ever work how some of them will ever work out of debt,” he observed. Mr. Chmiel has a brother in Poland. "We send clothing and things he needs, but nowadays we hear from him very seldom. My brother missed his chance to get out and he’s sorry about it now.” Mr. Chmiel, who doesn’t know the meaning of gray hair, has no desire to revisit Poland. 'It’s not the same,” he sighed. Their children are: Eugene and Mrs. A. L. (Felecia; Horn, both of Grand Island; Roman of Coughill, Ore.; Mrs. James (Hattie) Feigh ny of Julesburg, Colo.; Alexander of Granada Hills, Calif., and Carl of Ewing. The Chmiels’ sons served in the U. S. military during World War H. Relatives from a distance at the celebration were: Mr. and Mrs. Gene Chmiel, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. (Continued on page 4.) 3-Hour Hip Surgery for Mrs. Huffman ‘Severe Shock’ After Wyoming Incident Mrs. M. R. Huffman. 38, wife of d Bassett banker and a former resident of Ewing, Friday sub mitted to surgery in St. Luke’s hospital at Denver, Colo. She suf fered a fractured right hip three days earlier when a saddle horse she was riding fell on her during a steep mountain cimb near the continental divide in Wyoming. The accident occurred 25 miles | east of Pinedale in rugged ter rain. The accident took place 13 miles from the nearest automo bile access point. A helicopter effort to rescue her failed after she had spent all night in the mountains. With her when the ac cident happened were her hus band, also Mr. and Mrs. Richard Edwards of Ewing and two gui des. A litter party finally res cued her late the second day, working in shifts afoot. That night she was flown to Denver by air ambulance. In a telephonic interview with Mr. Huffman heard on Saturday’s “Voice of The Frontier” pro gram (WJAG, 780 kc, 9:30 a.m.l. he said his wife had suffered “se vere shock and pain” from the mountain ordeal. She was in surgery three hours. Pegs and screws were inserted to mend the fracture. Mrs. Huffman is in traction. Her husband said she would be confined to her bed for sometime and probably would not be on her feet extensively for at least five months. A group of fishermen improvis ed a litter with canvas and a tree limb and helped bring Mrs. Huff man down from the rugged moun tain. They were met by the lit ter party. Mrs. Huffman is the former Mary Brion of Ewing. CAP Studies Map Reading, Observation— The senior squadron of the O' Neill civil air patrol held Ihe second of its two monthly meet ings Monday, July 28, at the home of Commander Dwight Worcester. Monday, July 14, lesson in ob server training was given by K. C. Wrede. Map reading and ofser tion were the main topics dis cussed. Monday, July 28, memebrs were taken on a mobil radio demon stration by Matt Beha, Leonard Davis and Willard Solfermoser, “ham” radio operators here. The Chmiel family. Seated—Mrs. James (Hattie) Feighny, Mr. (Timiel, Mrs. Chmiel, Mrs. A. L. (Feleeia) Horn; standing—Carl, Gene and Alexander.—The Frontier Photo. 9.13-Ins. July Rain Recorded Carp Frolic in Garden (See photos on |Ntge A.) INMAN A 2l2-in downpour of rain here Saturday night caused j water to backup in lowlands and | transform Inman's streets into j slowly receding lakes. M. L. Harkins said it wasn’t the highest water he’d seen in town, Hut "the storm was a dandy". In years past, he remembered, it has been possible to lioat in Ihe main street from one end to the other. Albert Reynolds, who lives at the edge of town near a drainage ditch, found carp frolicking in backwater in his garden Sunday morning. Louis Sobotka report ed carp in a pasture. Reynolds declared Inman has received 14 >tz inches of rain thus far in July. Ira Watson, hay dealer, said the excessive rain was working a hardship on hay producers and livestock men. The abundance of feed doesn't mean much when it's underwater and ruined,” he declared. Hail Pounds Rye at Deloit DELOIT — According to L. L. Bartak, Deloit community has had over nine inches of rain thus far in July. Harvest is slow. As a result of the hail over two weeks ago, the rye is scarcely worth harvesting. Electricity was off a period of six hours' after the Thursday, July 24 storm and farmers who had electric milkers and separat ors were handicapped. ‘Too Wet Nowadays to Work’ EMMET — Joe Welsh, living near here, early Wednesday re ported a one-inch rain. "Wettest season since 1951,” he declared. "It’s too wet nowa days to get any work done.” No End of ‘Monsoon Season’ in Sight SPENCER Jack Wells, editor of the Spencer Advocate, has de clared: "The end of the 'mon soon' season is not in sight.” W Watt McClurg, 87, Dies at Long Pine STUART W. Watt McClurg, 87, who spent his entire life in the Stuart community, died Wed nesday morning, July 23, in the rest home at Stuart. The late Mr. McClurg was Ixim March 20, 1871, at Shakelyville, Pa., the son of Mr. and Mrs. James McClurg. He came to this locality as a child and lived north of Stuart. In 1893 he married Sarah Brodie of Butte. They became the par ents of one son, Lewis Edward. In 1914 the family moved from a farm north of Stuart into town but Mr. McClure continued his farming until 1940 when he re tired. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m., Friday, July 25, at the Stuart Community church with Rev. Harold Young officiat ing. Burial was in the Stuart ccm etery. , He was preceded in death by his wife, Sarah, who died in Aug ust, 1920. Survivors include: Son—Lewis Edward of Long Pine; nephews Elmer McClurg of Stuart, Glen McClurg of Atkinson, Warren Mc Clurg of Bassett and Clarence McClurg of North Platte. 66 Degrees Being Awarded Today The first midsummer com mencement exercises to be held at Wayne State Teachers college today (Thursday) will find bach elor of arts degrees going to 06 candidates who have completed their work during the summer sessions. The degrees are in the field of education. Among the recipients will be: Gene Closson and Margaret Seger, both of O'Neill: Mrs. Helen Sauser Marr of Rosalie, formerly of O’Neill; Mrs. Ardith Moffett Johnson of Lynch; Luella C. Sod ivy of Wayne, formerly of Lynch; Gary Miller of Clearwater. C OF C TO MEET The August meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held Monday evening at the M&M cafe. It will be a dinner meeting, starting at 7 o'clock. John Joe Uhl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Uhl, arrived Mon day for a brief visit with his parents. He is a student at Georgetown university in Wash ington, D.C., and is' attending l summer school as well as tne I regular terms. Water in Lowland Obstructs Haying, Grain Harvest i ng A 1.92-in. downpour Saturday evening, starting about X -15. wertt on record as the heaviest rainfall hero in many months. It also pushed to more thaa nine inches the total amount at rainfall in July. Subseqent nun) all has swelled the month's volume to 9.13 inches This impressive total makes July, 1958, one of ths all-time wettest Julys on record. The 20-minute deluge Saturday night interrupted shoppers and transformed some of the streets into veritable rivers. The sewen could not accomodate the sudden downpour. Water up to six inches deep was swirling across East Douglas st at the Seventh st. intersection Water similiary was hacked up at the corner of Third and Douglas (Knights of Columbus). On East Fremont st. between city hall and the Ixrhaus Motor company water in the street was more than a foot deep and coun sed through the Eohaus building On South Fourth in the ware house district, water was from a foot to 18 inches deep in the Giflet te Dairy and Meadow Gold ware houses. There was also water i» the Thompson company ware house. In the residential trea, Harold Young, 304 East Fremont, said 2% feet of water got into his ltasw ment. Scores of basements were flooded. The storm, borne in from north by cyclonic winds, upended trees at the William J. Kroelicb and Mrs. Clara Johnson reside* ces. Scores of branches were tore from trees throughout the city. Line Trouble Last Thursday .25 of an incfc fell here. Mrs. Bessie Burge, Living nine miles southwest of O'Neill, reported two inches of rain there. Atkinson received more than as inch in that storm; Creighton and Winnetoon had three-quarters of an inch each. Burwell reported • good rain but no wind. Kura? power lines were damaged lg wind and lightning and some ( REA patrons were without power ! up to six hours. Trees were dama ged in the Herb Jansen and A) Carroll yards here. Telephone lineman had diFft cuty. Adding to their woes was a snapped cable caused by a com bine in transit. The pole cahlr gave way when hit by the com bine near the New Deal corner. A blown down tree wrecked phone lines 316 miles south of Stuart. Friday’s precipitation here total ed 1.56 ins Valentine that after noon received two inches; Bur well, .66; Pickstown, .33. Three-quarters of an inch fed Saturday morning at Ewing. Friday night Hans and Jim Lauridsen, north of Atkinson, rr |K>rted an orderly two-inch rain but none Saturday night. Page received two inches Fri day night and another two inches Saturday night. At the Frank Cronk farm, northeast of Pag«, the Saturday morning rain ttffah ed 1.60 ins. Miss Helen Gokie, at the L» Gokie farm, two miles north of O’Neill reported 2.90 ins. Satur day morning. Guy Cole said 1.60 fell at his pasture 10 miles northeast of here. Tom Greens north of O’Neill, said an inch feB ! narlv RatnrHflv. Starts at 4:15 a.m. About 4:15 a.m., Wednesday an other storm set in here, accom panied by severe electrical dis turbances. The principal showi* netted about .59 of an inch. By nightfall the total had reached .75. At the Harry Lansworth farm, north of O’Neill, 1.75 was repor ted the main storm passing he the east. George Calkins reported a whopper- 3 20 ins. at his place northeast of town. Thomas Zakr/ewski, who lives near Star, said July rainfall i* h i s community measures be tween 13 and 14 inches. He saic the early morning rain Wednen day totaled in excess of two in ches, Zakr/ewski was in town buy ing overshoes for his children “Sort of rushing the season,” hr declared, "but it takes oven shoes to get around the place.” One O’Neill merchant said '*i« has experienced an unseasonAi run on overshoes, normally s fall and winter item. Norfolk received a four-indr deluge; Brunswick, 3 60; Plain view, 2.50; Osmond, 3.50; BurweH. light rain; Orchard, .60; Creigh ton and Winnetoon reported 2,/4-in downpours; Winnetoon, two inch es. Week’s Record hi lo pi. July 24 84 63 .25 July 25 ,1 87 53 July 26 86 58 1.55 July 27 84 60 1.92 July 28 _ 88 56 July 29 _ . 85 55 ,(C , July 30 _ 77 58 .71 Week's total 4.51 Month's total todate_9.13