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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.
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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.
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- 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
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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