Prairieland Talk
Man's Anchored Hopes
By ROM AIN E SAUNDERS, 4110 South 51st St., Lineoln 6, Nebr.
Another Easter brought again to memory a
strange event of more than nineteen hundred years
ago, an event to which the hopes of millions of
mankind have lieen anchored. And now another
spnm; has come with the blue sky of April above
prairieland touching off another growing season
the landscape to 1* robed again in velvet green,
tree and tiush and vine fluttering their silken gowns
in the south winds gentle blow, meadow larks
touching the harpstring of song, prairie roses and
the blooming golden rod just down the way and we
hope to hear again the call of the prairie rooster at
early dawn as he struts before his harem out
where the buffalo grass grows. Gardens, growing
grain and bawling cows tell us the winter is past
and summer time is now near. The winter is over
and gone lay out your garden ground then spend
the evening hours with that gayly decorated seed
catalogue, with visions of red ripe tomatoes and
roasting ears ready to gather in.
• • •
Candidates for the Lincoln
city council include, among
Others, a clergyman, while a
housewife and mother of three
children seeks a place on the
board of education that directs
the city public schools. Maybe
a preacher is needed to inspire
city council members to a
sense of duty to God and man,
wad a housewife at school hoard
aeasions to impart a git of home
influence. Romaine
An absence of color, it is Sanndor*
clean and white, beautiful and bright. The untrod
den snow, the paper this is printed on before it rolls
from the press, a bit of fluffy cloud high over head,
white bloom on apple trees and the stainless white
of the farm house by the country road. May we
walk the highway of life and at the end of the
journey reap the reward for a white stainless soul!
• • •
Grand Island, Kearney, Lexington, Cozad, Curtis
and Minden are six Nebraska towns to be visited
by a group of Nebraska University students from
other countries to get a glimpse of life as it is lived
In these Nebraska towns. . . . Pioneers traveled the
Oregon trail to find homes in the "far west.” A
gentleman of letters heading a department at the
Peru state college has been chosen to attend an
eight-weeks course in scientific studies at the Oregon
State University. . . . One Lincoln public school
teacher goes to Bogota, Columbia, for a course in
Spanish this summer. Another goes to Rome. . . . j
A few penitentiary inmates are at work at the;
Statehouse polishing doors. . . . The new governor
makes a hit with churchmen by closing the State
house on Good Friday.
* « *
The young fellow stepped out of that side door of
The Frontier office of a generation or two back on
the highway of time. The boss, James H. Riggs, had
given him a bill to collect. This was the young fel
low’s first experience as a bill collector; he walked
up the street, ascended a flight of steps and into
the office of the gent recently venturing on a busi
ness that included pettifoging, real estate and in
surance. Handed the bill he flushed a bit, and
then snapped out, ‘‘that is not due yet!” Well, you
have received and are using those letterheads,
aren’ you?” "O, Yes.” he said. “You know a bill
for printing is due when the job is delivered to you!”
“Well, I’m short of money just now—come in next
week.” So explained and replied the then young
Tom Golden, and I left. But Tom Golden never
stalled us off again.
* * »
Nebraska was taken into the union as a state
March 1, 1867; has 77,520 square miles, at one time
six congressional districts, but at present four, and
has six votes in the electorial college. Kansas be
came a state January 22, 1864; has 164,189 square
miles, at one time eight congressional districts and
10 electorial votes. South Dakota became a state
November 2. 1889, with three congressional dis
tricts and five electorial votes, and has 77,613 square
miles.
• • •
The night is done, morning has come. The sun
rose due east, sets when the day is done due west
after a twelve hour march across the heavens above
prairieland, days and nights on a 12-hour run just
for days and nights only one. Another day, another
month, another year as time writes its wrinkles up
on the affairs of men. Another spring, another
summer robed in green, the brown of autumn and
then the winter’s cold embrace. But now we know
summer days will soon be here once more abund
ance for all in basket and store.
Editorial
Singing Robins and Rockets
There was a day when Easter Sunday, regulated
each year by the moon’s timeless whirl around the
earth, marked the l»eginning of a new year.
It still does for many Christians as they mark
the beginning of the new church year.
And then a few centuries later, the calendar was
changed and January became the first month in the
year.
It seems strange, somehow, that we who are so
regulated by our heritage of Christian philosophy,
should place so much emphasis on the first of Jan
uary when by all rights we should be consistant
with our beliefs, traditions and heritage.
The age of rockets is upon us and, perhaps, the
need for a new timetable for the interplanetary
navigators who will soon be plotting time-courses
mi distant specks of light. The year, as we know
It, might change again, because, after all, what is
time if it is not the use of mathematical symbols
to explain life-distance?
One thing the space age cannot take away from
us. We will call spring, spring, because the prairie
blooms then, and so it goes with winter, summer
and fail.
You can send up all the rockets you care to, and
the tumbleweed will still roll when it should roll,
and the robin will still sing when it wishes.
Tax On Betting
The Ord Quiz
Recent statements before a legislative commit
tee called to consider a tax on parimutuel betting in
Nebraska certainly give some idea of the impact
Ak-Sar-Ben has on county fairs, small town charit
able activities and scholarships.
Called to appear before the committee, Melvin
Bekins, Ak-Sar-Ben president, arrived armed with
some hard-as-nails figures.
First off, Bekins pointed out, in other states,
race betting is conducted for profit by individuals
certainly not in business for health reasons. These
individuals own the race tracks. The only way the
state can benefit is to impose a tax.
In Nebraska it's quite different. Here racing
can be only conducted by a fair association or non
profit organization like Ak-Sar-Ben that conducts
an annual stock show. All racing proceeds in Ne
braska go to benefits for people, and not into pock
ets of private stockholders.
To prove that point Bekins cited figures to show
Out last year, alone, Ak-Sar-Ben spent 1309,175 for
either agricultural, educational or charitable pur
, poses.
Ak-Sar-Ben’s total expenditures in that same field
• since 1935 have tieen in excess of $2 million.
And during that same period $1 million went to
aid county fairs.
Well, we don’t know whether you are a county
fair booster or not. All we know is that Valley
county seems to have been given its share of the
million, a fact that can be easily verified by
asking any fair board committeeman here.
In addition it has received special help in the way
of cash donations to the firemen’s emergency unit, to
(he Quiz in the way of prizes which were in tum
passed on for recreational or hospital projects, and
to countless other civic affairs, too numerous to list.
All of which leads us to say “Amen!” to Bekins’
dbsing remark before the committee which was:
"1 doubt that you will find any other organization in
fth country which is doing anywhere near as much
pood with its money as Ak-Sar-Ben is with its race
earnings.”
We doubt it too!
Tax Opposition
LaketteM Standard
A state publication, called "Minnesota Libraries,”
reviewed the various county library elections in
Minnesota last November and analyzed the results
in a recent issue.
The analysis sought to answer the question:
"Why did library establishment carry in some coun
ties and not in others?” The author admitted there
•ere no clear-cut answers, but there were indica
tions.
It was admitted from the outset that one of the
major problems was the prevailing atmosphere of
general opposition to tax increases, "and it was
made clear that the library would cost money.”
Anotner iacior menuuneu was m huuuu uuui
mation. Several of the counties where the library
was defeated had enjoyed fairly extensive publicity.
But in successful counties, both publicity and per
son-to-person campaigning was especially strong in
the last few weeks before the election.
Another extremely important factor, the author
continues, was the support of the existing libraries.
Where all or most of the libraries were strongly
behind the movement from the beginning, the
library question got a better vote. Where the ex
isting libraries opposed the county movement, were
lackadaisical or began their movement too late in
the campaign, the issue lost. Only exception to this
was Cottonwood county, where all support came
from the existing library though the issue was ulti
mately defeated.
We would say that this was a very true analysis
and that every factor could be applied in this coun
ty except the second. Certainly very few subjects
in our county’s history took more space in the coun
ty press than the library issue.
However, the key factors in the defeat of the
proposal in Jackson county was the first—the pre
vailing atmosphere of opposition to further tax in
creases—and another not mentioned.
The latter is that while this was a program to
be paid largely by the farmer and for whom much
of the benefit was directed, very few farmers were
actively engaged in its support.
Had the committee gone first to the farmers
organizations—Farmers Union and Farm Bureau—
explained and sold the program to them, and asked
their support and endorsement, and had this been
acknowledged, Jackson county might not have had
the dubious distinction of being the county which
defeated the proposal by the second largest margin.
—Lakefield Standard.
We Spend Too Much?
St. James Plaindealer
Not many of us in this rich country can afford
to buy everything we want all at one time. And
what is true of us as individuals, is true of us as
a nation.
Many a man has spent his family into ruin by
trying to live too high. We are fast doing the same
to our state and our nation. The money spenders
are in the saddle and unless an aroused public
opinion gets tough and calls a halt to their wild
proposals we are going to be taken for a ride.
Missiles are important to our future. Solvency is
important, too. Defense, like food, is a necessity that
must be paid for no matter what the price. But
when the price of necessities goes up, the number
of other things we can afford must come down.
Big government subsidies are looked upon by
some people as desirable. But are they essential?
The necessity for defense, our staggering national
debt and the ruinous level of state and national
taxes, make it obvious that Congress and our State
Legislature can no longer put off the hard choice
between buying bread and buying cake.
If we let our legislators keep on trying to give
us everything at once, whether we can pay for it
or not, Mr. Khruschchev won’t have to worry about
burying us. We’ll do the job ourselves.
JjfcfRONI®
JAMES CHAMPION, Co-Publisher
JERRY PETSCHE, Editor
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
gj^]lA#c5Tf,i
Dear Editor:
I would like to call your atten
tion to the article on the front
page of one of the county news
papers, which stated that the Holt
County Redistricting Committee
was going to submit a plan for re
districting in this county. This is
just the thing that the people in
the less populated areas are con
cerned with. It is just the thing
we have been trying to avoid; in
trying to keep the power of con
trolling our schools in the hands
of the local people, whether it be
a small community or a rural
area.
A plan submitted by the Redist
ricting Committee to the State De
partment would call for an election
by the county with no individual
district having anything to say
whether they would want in such
a plan or not. I am sure if some
areas are in need of redistricting,
that the people in those particular
areas can take care of their own
county as a whole. Action of this
sort only makes me wonder! There
are many counties throughout the
state that have submitted such
plans, only to find out that those
involved had become aware ol
the situation too late to do any
thing about it.
If you are concerned with this
issue let the Redistricting Commit
tee know how you feel about such
plans now, not after one has been
submitted to the State Department
for approval.
RICHARD BRACER,
Stuart, Nebr.
Dear Editor:
I read with interest Fay A. Puc
kett’s letter in regard to the recent
sale on Sunday where many cattle
were sold. Perhaps the owner had
an urgent need in selling these cat
tle on Sunday, which is regarded
by many people as a day of rest
and church attendance.
I notice fairs, both county and
state, are open to the public on
Sunday, and huge crowds yearly
attend, as well as weekly ball
games and auto races. Is it pos
sible that this sale held on Sunday
was any worse than amusement
affairs? People who attended this
sale hardly had time for much un
lawful business.
According to church history Sun
day worship by Christians was far
after Christ’s life on this earth,
and neither Christ nor his disciples,
nor Paul, ever worshipped and at
tended church services on any day
but Sabbath, the day before Sun
day.
I believe our Catholic church
friends will tell you it was their
church's authority that changed
the rest day from Sabbath of the
Bible, to Sunday, the first day of
the week. Since this is true, it is
not called Sabbath which is the
day Christ finished creation of the
earth and set this seventh day
apart as man’s rest day, and so
honored it while he lived on earth.
Sunday is still Sunday.
We know there are many fine
Christian people who choose as
their day of rest Sunday. As we
are urged by God’s command to
love our neighbor as ourselves, we
should not do anything to hurt our
neighbor. Personally, I believe I
should choose some day other than
Sunday for a public sale, even if
the chances were strong for a lar
ger crowd. We are told not to let
our good be evil spoken of nor to
cause anyone to stumble.
This is a day of trouble, both
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in iiv/iiiv umi >111. uuiiuiio w*
the earth. But I notice the parents
who love their children enough to
provide guidance and work to wor
ry over teenage problems. And we
grown-ups need that same kind of
love for each other. That is sum
med up in loving our neighbor as
ourselves.
Frances Masdcn
Religious Liberty Sec’ry
Seventh-day Adventist
Church, Lynch
Frontiers
Ago
THE FRONTIER WAS YOUNG
The funeral of Miss May King,
17-year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. King, was held March
26, 1899. She had been ill about
five weeks....James Blank and
family drove in from Sheridan
county and made their home in
□’Neill. They had started for Oma
ha but upon arriving here conclu
ded to remain...“Old Frank”, the
horse that has performed service
on J. P. Monn’s delivery for the
past 14 years, has been bought and
is in use on the American Express
company’s wagon....The fire de
partment is figuring on putting in
o new bellmetal fire bell. The one
oow in use is cast iron and does
not give the best of satisfaction.
....Ludwick Heeb, who lived about
seven miles northwest of town,
oought the Anna Jenning farm of
160 acres eight miles northwest of
□’Neill, consideration $600.
Mrs. H. C. Knight has leased Mrs.
Barrett Scott’s farm near Scotts
rille and will move there soon,
tier two sons, Ferris and George
Manning, will farm the place. Mrs.
Scott will move into her O’Neill
'esidence occupied by John Skirv
ng and family.
...Miss Maggie Coffey closed a
seven months’ term of school in
he Coyne district...The O’Neill
pand made great preparations to
pandle the crowd that were expec
ed at the Easter ball....Miss Kate
Sullivan closed a very successful
hree months’ term of school in
he Murphy district northeast of
:own....Mike Roach, a cousin of
Mrs P. C. Corrigan, who has been
n the city since the death of Ma
nie Corrigan, departed for his
pome at Monroe, Wise.P. C.
Oily, who collected for the Inde
pendent for two months, in 1899,
completed his labors in that line
ind went to his father’s farm to
jet in shape for spring work.
THE CENTERY TERNS
A story' m the April 3, 1930 issue
of the Frontier told of the building
; of a first class, up-to-the-minute
i creamery located in the heart of
jO Neill ...The benefit picture
shown at the Royal theatre for the
Father Flannigan Boy s Home net
ted the sum of $82.20... Edward
j Bradley residing near Inman, sub
mitted to an operation for the re
moval of a portion of his right
arm; the member was amputated
just below the elbow.J. F.
O'Donnell sold the Peter Ryan 760
acre ranch cast of Inman to Joe
F. Gallagher, for a Consideration
i»f 25 per acre...Cars driven by
Max Burger and Rob crt
Donohoi1 coll ided on
! the hill south of the Niobara river
1 March 30. Both cars were l>adly
damaged; no one was seriously in
jured.Deaths; Miss Lois Irene
; Brentson, 18 years old, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brentson..
j Joseph Henry Wise, age 77, one
of O'Neill's most highly respected
citizens and a resident of this city
! for 27 years. Births: A son was
j horn to Mr. and Mrs. John C. Gall
jagher on March 29... A daughter
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred
j Bredehoeft on March 30, 1930.
MOST OF IS REMEMBER
Eight Holt County selective ser
vice registrants have been ordered
to report for induction into the
armed forces on April 13, 1953....
Duane Weier, 17, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Weier was selected
as boys' state delegate for 1953..
....Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan
escaped unhurt when the car he
was driving left the road and twice
overturned ... Miss Phyllis Seger
was Clipped during ceremonies for
49 student nurses of the Universi
ty of Nebraska school of nursing
held in Omaha’s Eirst Presbyterian
church.Mr. and Mrs. G. A.
Binkerd of Neligh celebrated their
Golden Wedding anniversary April
7 Pvt Wflvnp Harnos rp
ceived basic training at Camp
Chaffee, Ark. in 1953.O’Neill
high Eagles sounded fair warning
in North Nebraska track and field
circles March 27, by amassing
59 points in a quadriangular meet
at Bassett....Leon Sisson of Ew
ing celebrated his 80th birthday,
March 28, 1953-O'Neill voters
went to the polls April 29, 1953 to
decide on the swimming pool issue
...The O’Neill Ministerial Associ
ation planned a union Good Friday
service at the Royal theatre on
April 3, 1953.
_O’Neill Drive In Theatre open
ed Easter Sunday night for the
season.Mrs. Joe Cunningham
entertained at a baby shower in ho
nor of Mrs. Edgar Boyle All of
the ladies employed at the M & M
Cafe were present.
EMMET SCHOOL NEWS
Lower grade room
The J.A.C. club met Thursday
morning with six members ab
sent. We elected officers for next
month: Billie Jean Perry, presi
dent; Janet Newton, secretary;
and Betty Alder, vice president.
Janet Newton and Betty Alder
received library awards from Miss
French this week.
We had our Easter party March
25. We had an Easter egg hunt.
We had ice cream bars after
the hunt. Rex Fox, Peggy Fox,
Mary Alice Winkler, Christy Cole,
Pat Cole, Scott Miller, Robin Har
rington and Gail Schaaf were
guests. We did not have school on
Good Friday.
Pat Cole visited school March
26.
Jerry and Carol Richards are
moving to the country. We will
miss them very much.
Robin Harrington visited our
room March 24.
Upper grade room
The Golden Keys club met Fri
day morning. Roll call was ans
wered with telling what we like
best about Easter.
For a program we judged the
special eggs that each person dec
orated. First prize winner was
Jeanie Foreman, second prize went
to Junior Grothe; other prize win
ners were Dennis Richards, Mad
eline Richards and Dwaine Skopec.
We had our Easter party Good
Friday morning at 7 a m. We had
an egg hunt followed by breakfast
consisting of orange juice, scram
bled eggs, toast, cinnamon rolls
and cocoa. We were dismissed
early so everyone could attend
church services. The three prize
eggs were found by Derold Perry,
Roy Fox and Dewayne Perry. Rob
in Harrington of Omaha was a
guest at our party.
Several weeks ago we each sent
a poster to the "Animals in Art”
contest sponsored by the Humane
Society. There were 1,710 entries
from the states and Canada.
There were about 250 prize win
ners including firsts, seconds,
thirds and honorable mentions.
We were pleased to hear that
Dwaine Skopec and Jeanie Fore
man each received a beautiful cer
tificate of honorable mention.
Robin Harrington visited our
room all day Thursday and Friday.
The group 13 arithmetic contest
was held at the Emmet school
Tuesday.
Ruth and Bernard Schaaf were
sick last week.
Junior Grothe,
Reporter.
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IMPLEMENTS
O’Neill
'Hold Down Speeches'-Governor
I
CAPITOL NEWS
By Melvin Paul
Stale house Oorrsepondent
The Nebraska Press Association
LINCOLN — Gov. Ralph G.
Brooks, who likes to make speech-1
es, said he has held to his resolu-,
tion to cut down the number of his 1
talks.
The governor told a news confer-1
ence that he has reduced to about i
! one a day or less, the average,
number of speeches he makes dur- j
ing a week. Early in his term he
was hitting three and four a day. |
Reason for this was to build up I
sentiment for the Democrats in i
case the GOP-launched and drop
ped recount went against Brooks.
The governor, in his speeches,
continues to hammer away at one
of his favorite themes- reorganiza
tion of state government.
Brooks said there are actually
five governors now and four areas
of finance.
This, commented the chief ex
ecutive, is an administrative
“hodge-podge” and should be
changed by a CVaistltutional con
vention.
Regarding the term of the gov
ernor, Brooks said it certainly
should tie more man rvvo years.
The chief executive is tom between
keeping his political fences mend
ed by being out among Nebraskans
and staying in the governor’s
suite to keep a grip on state gov
ernment, he added.
If a governor hangs close to his
desk, he is liable not to tie re
elected, Brooks commented, and
if he counteracts that he is not
serving the people in the best
manner possible.
Brooks says the elected officers
—treasurer, auditor, attorney gen
eral and secretary of state should
be appointive, so the governor
would have administrative control
over state government since he
gets blamed for everything any
way.
Arguments against this are that
with some appointed and some
elected officials there are better
governmental checks and balances.
Brooks said such an arrange
es now are divided among the aud
itor, tax commissioner, treasurer
and central accounting.
There really should be a state
department of finance handling
all phases of fiscal policy, the
governor said, with the depart
ment head appointed by the gov
ernor for a six-year term.
Brooks sat dsuch an arrange
ment would provide for responsible
government. He has several times
indicated lie is against the boards
and commission type of govern
mental operation because respon
sibility is not pinpointed.
The governor, as have past chief
executives, is rumored as a possi
ble candidate for the U S. Senate
in 1960 on the Democratic ticket.
But, says Brooks, he can't go in
to that now, since it is too far
away and he is busy trying to be
governor.
Whether he would seek the U.S.
senate, Brooks said, depends upon
the job he does as governor, how
much the public liked it and wheth
er he personally would like to take
another crack at the office.
Legislative bights
Behind-the-scenes maneuvering
is uivui\ cu in mu uiuo ui»i
be among the most controversial
of the current session.
They are to permit trucks trav
eling in Nebraska to be longer and
carry more weight, and to ban the
secondary boycott.
The truck bill will match the
strength of the railroad ami truck
ng lobbies, while the boycott pro
|sisal alii involve a management
labor tug-of-war.
Railroads are the prime objec
tors to the long truck bill.
Unions are bitterly opposing the
measure which would ban the sec
ondary boycott in Nebraska. Un
ions feel this would seriously hurt
the union movement in this state,
while management claims it would
stop harrassment of non-union
firms by union firms who exert
economic pressure to force union
ization of workers.
Salaries and Gaoollne
The legislature has passed sev
eral bills since it opened up shop
Jan. 6. But the only real controver
Dorsey News
Dorsey Planning Begins
For R.T.A. Telephone
By Mr*. Harold Osborne
The Lynch men have been out
surveying the area for the new
line which soon will be in progress.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Mitchell,
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Crawford and
Pam and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brady
sr. were guests at the Gordon
Barta home Friday night.
Mrs. Helen Aim reurned to Oma
ha with her brother, George, to
get medicial aid. Friends hope she
soon will find help and be able to
come home. Mrs. Hendricks is still
helping at the Aim home.
•
Miss Marlyn Graham spent the
weekend at home returning Sun
day evening to her school studies.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brady sr.
were dinner guests at the T. J.
and Howard Graham home Friday.
Mrs. Lester Derickson spent Fri
day afternoon at the Harold Osborn
dome.
Mrs. Robert Sholes entertained
club Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Orton Young and Janet
were callers at the Horold Osborn
dome Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Vernon Oleson and Neil at
tended an Easter cantata in which
S5 people took part. David Oleson 1
sial measures were those stiffen
ing tax enforcement laws.
Some rough ones have been kill
ed, however, and among the con
troversial measures to bite the dust
was one dealing with aviation
fuel.
The senators killed a hill that
would have appropriated $10,000
to the Civil Air Patrol from the
aviation ‘fuel fund. This is the
money the State Aeronautics iv
partment hands out on a matching
basis to improve and construct mu
nicipal airports in the state.
Considerable scrapping on the
floor was involved in killing the
proposal. Senators against the bill
said this is no time to lake away
funds from the aeronautics depart
ment.
Proponents of the legislation said
that the Civil Air Patrol is a
worthy organization that needs
state aid to better equip it for the
job of air search and rescue.
Another decision the I/cgisla
ture has made Is not hi consider
the 14 salaries hills introduced
affecting various state officers
as a package. Kathcr, the solons
will tackle each one separately
on its merits.
Behind this attitude possibly is
the urging of the Budget Commit
tee to speed action on bills involv
ing appropriations.
Committee Hearings
One of the problems of public
hearings by committees of the leg
islature that has never been solved
satisfactorily is the question of
their length.
Sen. George Syas of Omaha
brought the matter up on tlie floor
and attempted to limit lx>th sides
of a bill up for public hearing to
one hour each of testimony.
This drew objection from the
floor and Syas withdrew the pro
posal.
Commented Syas: “It’s about
time some of these hot-air merch
ants were shut off. Hearings should
not be occasions for filibustering."
Many hearings this session have
run long forcing the committee to
not meet afterward to rule on the
bills. Some hearings have ap
proached the four-hour mark.
was one of the singers. It was pre
sented at the Methodist church in
Geddes, S.D. and at the Presby
terian church at Lake Andes. Mrs
Vernon Oleson and Noil returned
home Monday evening, reporting
that they enjoyed it very much.
Mr?*. Vernon Oleson and Neil
and Mrs. Harold Osborn were
in O’Neill Tuesday attending to
business.
Mrs. Harold Osborn was a din
ner guest at the John Derickson
home Monday.
Miss Delores Wells gave her
school an Easter party on Friday
afternoon. The children had lots of
fun hunting eggs.
The Lynch High School started
their vacation Thursday evening
at the close of school, so several
from this area are enjoying Easter
vacation. They will resume their
school duties Tuesday morning.
The Senior class play was given
Wednesday evening and Thursday
evening to a large crowed both
evening. It was enjoyed very much,
and several from this area atten
ded.
Come To The First Annual
LEGION PARTY
TUESDAY, APRIL 7th
8 p.m, at the
O’NEILL
LEGION
AUDITORIUM
Charlie Rankin
ADMISSION: $1.00
EVERYONE WELCOME!
National Footlight Parade
• Master of Ceremonies—Charlie Rankin
• Comedy—Lydia Lane
• Manhattan Dance Star—Gerry Kenny
and his famous trio.
• Singer—Dennis O'Neill
Four Act Show with the Gerry Kenny Trio furnishing music for
dancing afterwards.
Sponsored by American Legion Post 93
DON'T MISS THIS BIG PARTY!