Doctor Beattie
Heads Basin Unit
O Neill Report Heard
at Meeting
AINSWORTH I>espite adverse
weather conditions, attendance
was good at the annual meeting
of the Niobrara River Basin De
velopment association held Thurs
day afternoon, December 11, in
Ainsworth. The noon luncheon was
served in the new BPO Elks lodge
building by members of the BPO
Does.
Elected to serve as president of
the organization during 1959 was
Dr. L. R Beattie of Ainsworth. L.
R Smith of Ainsworth was re
elected vice-president.
Presiding at the business meet
ing was Roger S. Thorley of Ains
worth, president of the association
during the past term.
Thorley introduced Richard
Pampel of the Ainsworth office of
the bureau of reclamation, who
gave a progress report on the
Ainsworth division office and the
Valentine field office and outlined
future plans for the project.
H. G. Harris, also of the Ains
worth bureau of reclamation of
fice, detailed the work on the O’
Neill unit of the Missouri river
basin authority. Field work on the
project has been completed by
the Ainsworth investigating office.
Harris slated, and the findings
will probably lx* presented to con
gress in May, 19G0.
A representative of the United
States forest service, Charles W.
Stavely, spoke briefly to the group,
pledging the support and coopera
tion of the forest service in irri
gation projects.
Resolutions Adopted
William C. Smith, jr., of Ains
worth, chairman of the resolutions
committee for the association and
recently a member of the National
Reclamation association’s resolu
tion committee, presented five
resolutions, all of which were un
animously adopted by the mem
bers.
Resolution one stated: "Whereas,
the economy of the Niobrara river
basin is based upon agriculture,
and whereas the basin suffers from
the lack of necessary rainfall;
"Therefore, lie it resolved that
the development of the proposed
irrigation nmipeta within the Nio
brara river basin is urgently need
ed to stabilize the economy of the
basin.”
Contained in resolution two:
“Whereas, the Niobrara river
basin plan has heretofore been
included in the Missouri river bas
in overall plan;
"Now, therefore, Ik1 it resolved
that we urge that continued ap
propriations be made available by
congress for the continued con
struction of the Ainsworth irriga
tion unit, and,
"We further urge that the in
vestigation by the bureau of rec
lamation for the O'Neill unit, the
Lavaca flats unit and the Mirage
flats extension unit be stepped up
and that feasibility reports tie pre
pared on these units at the earliest
possible time; and,
"We further urge that the peo
ple of each of the three units now
under investigation take steps as
soon as possible to form the nec
essary organization of their ir- i
rigation districts; and,
"We further urge that further
investigations ire made of the
fkxxi control projects at Gordon
Verdigris and Ponca Creek in Ne
braska and South Dakota."
Resolution three, as adopted by
the group, follows, "Whereas, the
Niobrara river basin development
plan has heretofore been express
ly included in the Missouri river
basin law of 1944,
"Now therefore be it resolved
that we express our sincere thanks
to the members of congress, the
State Reclamation association, the
Mississippi Valley association, the
National Reclamation association,
the governors of the states of Ne
braska and South Dakota, the Mis
souri basin inter-agency commit
tee, the Missouri river state com
mittee, and all other groups for
their efforts toward systematic in
vestigation and development of
the projects of the Niobrara river
basin.”
Commends Jones
In addition, the group adopted
a resolution, which recommended
the retention of Dan S. Jones as
head of the department of water
resources.
Secretary-treasurer of the asso
ciation for 1958. Vern Lindholm of
Ainsworth, gave the financial re
port for the past year and Thor
ley expressed his personal apprec
iation for the assistance given him
during the past year.
The meeting closed with county
caucuses for election of directors
and officers and a meeting of the
board of directors.
Because of the heavy snow, cau
cuses were held by only Brown.
Cherry and Keya Paha counties
In the Cherry county caucus, di
rectors elected were Fred Ferret
and Charles Bush erf Valentine and
Basil Hollers of Cody.
Brown county elected L. R
Beattie to replace Roy Raitt,
whose term expired this year
Other county directors are E. A.
House and L, R Smith.
Reelected from Keya Paha coun
ty to the board of directors was
C. W. Ripley of Springview
Other county directors are K. D. j
Cook and Tom Rinehart, both of
Spring view.
Roger S. Thorley was releeted
as a director at large.
Miss Mardell Honke
Bride of Dakotan
BUTTE Sts. Peter & Paul Cath
olic church in Butte was the scene,
Saturday, November 29, of the
9:30 am. double-ring ceremony
uniting in marriage Sliss Mardell
Honke of Butte and Newell Sch
roeder of Wagner, S.D. The Rev,
Gill officiated. The parents are
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Honke of
Butte and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Schroeder of Wagner, S.D.
The bride, escorted to the altar
by her father, wore a floor-length
gown fashioned with a full skirt
of Schiffli embroidered tulle, fall
ing into a whisper train. The fit
ted ixxiice had a scoop neckline
trimmed with Venice lace and se
quins, with long sleeves that tap
ered to bridal points over the
wrists. Her fingertip veil was held
in place by a tiara. She carried a
cascade bouquet of white carna
tions and a white prayer book.
The maid-of-honor, Miss Sharon
Honke of Omaha, and the brides
maid, Miss Deane Honke of Butte,
and junior bridesmaid, Miss Pa
tricia Honke of Butte, all sisters
of the bride, wore identical gowns
fashioned of coral velvet. They
carried colonial bouquets of white
carnations and gold mums trim
med with coral satin buds and
bows.
The bostman, Noel Schroeder of
Springfield, S.D., brother of the
bridegroom, and ushers Larry
Meirase of Wagner, S.D., and
Keith Schroeder, brother of the
bridegnxim, also of Wagner, S.D .
and the bridegroom were attired
in white coats and dark trousers
nieres.
Miss Mary Ann Schmitz of
Bonesteel, S.D., and Susan Wam
ke of Anoka were the flower girls.
Raymond Honke, jr., of Butte,
brother of the bride, was ring bear
er.
Donald and Larry Schmitz, cous
ins of the bride, sang, while ac
companied on the organ by Sister
Angelique.
A reception for 75 guests was
given by the bride’s parents im
mediately following the ceremony
at the Butte Legion Hall.
The bride attended Butte high l
school and Wayne State Teachers j
college and is at present teaching ,
The bridegroom attended Wag- 1
ner high school and his occupa- j
tion is farming '
After a wedding trip to the -
Black Hills, the couple will reside
on a farm near Wagner, S.D.
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Wilhelmnia L. May
at 100th Milestone ]
BASSETT — Mrs. Wilhelmina I
Lenz May has l>egun her second \
century. She celebrated her 100th j
birthday anniversary at the home j
of her daughter, Mrs. Garfield Lar- |
son. . j
“Grandma” May was l>orn in j
Posen, Poland, in 1858. She mi- j
grated alone to the United States
in 1885 where she lived at her j
brother’s home in Creston, la.
The following year she married |
August May and moved to Rock j
county. They homsteaded seven J
miles east of Bassett. j
The couple had seven children,
Mrs. Leonard Klein of Royal; Mrs.
William Albert of Albion; Mrs.
John Sterlow, Mrs. Larson and j
William, all of Bassett, and Paul
of South Sioux City. One son, Carl,
is deceased. j
The centenarian has 16 grand ,
children and 12 great-grandchil
dren.
Mrs. May is in good health and ;
enjoys company and reading news- [
papers.
GETS ASSIGNMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hagensick j
received word that their son. i
Navy Lt. Donald Hagensick, ar
rived in Seattle, Wash., where he
will be stationed. His address is
3837 Williams ave., Seattle. Lieu
tenant Hagensick spent two years J
in the Hawaiian Islands and ar
rived in the United States October
1. He spent three weeks in Oc
tober in O’Neill on leave visiting
his parents. _
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O'N'EILE LOCAL*
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Johnson
visited Sunday evening with Mr. I
and Mrs. Guy Beckwith.
Mr. and Mrs, Wilbur Lange and
family of Atkinson were Sunday
I dinner guests of Mrs Hazel Boat
' man.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Boyle
'were Sunday supper guests of Mr
and Mrs James Gallagher of In
man.
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