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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1959)
Cr.mil.d Out Lam Week'* New* Chambers News Dorn bread Made By Mrs, E. U. Carpenter The Prairie Maids 4-11 club met Tuesday ot last wees si me nwyu HobeiIson Home, mere were nine menmers arid lour v*siiois piesem. Janice Hooerison gave a demon stration on how to make corn bread. A deni ious lunch oi dougnnut suiidaes was seivea oy Mrs. Ko bertson. Mr. and Mrs. liyias r airier at tenueu me weuumg o i biuriey Piugge and Don lue.er bunday lugni at me narvieit Memomst Church. Kevereno c.ox oi Cham bers joined uie coupie m m-ui,agi Mrs. Hex Moore ana Hexene ot Wayne spent tne weekend at the home oi Mr. and Mis. r,d barono ski. Also visiung me baronosKi home is Ed s sister, Margaret. Jerry Peterson nau ms linger smashed when a ear uuor was siiut on it bunuay. Einua Hue waiter entered Sami Anthonj s hospital Wednesday. Einua is sun in tne hospital. Mrs. C. M. Grunt) is vtsitmg her mother, Mrs. E. w. Hunoaru. bne came oy tram trom ner home at Bremerton, Wasn., to Grand island where sne was met oy rauquiers. Mr. and Mrs. James MciNehs, Rooert and umy nom rnoenix, Ain!., Mr. and Mrs. Eyie nanna, and Marilyn Bunimann were din ner guests in me william Hieck home ihursday. Mi. aiid Mrs. Harold Allen, Jaj and Sue ot Beltau, wasn, were guests m the iiylas Earner horns Monday and Tuesday. Diane liollman was home over the weekenu visaing her parents and friends. Miss iioiiman attends summer school at Wayne State Teachers College. Mrs. Ed Smith, Mrs. Florence Snath, Nellie Smith and the Hu bert Taylor family were supper guests ot the George Smith tamily Monday night. A picnic siipjier was held in the Smith s yard. Mrs. Halpti Garwood, The Earl Schw'enk lamily and Lyle and Bruce Smith lelt last Sunday to at tend Good News Camp at Polk. Lyle and Bruce Smith and Mrs. Garwood returned home on Friday , |evening. Mr. Schwenk and David and Billy came up for the weekend and returned to camp for another ' week. Mrs. Schwenk and the rest ! of the family remained at the camp for the weekend. The Glen Taylor family are spending their vacation in Park 1 Rapids, Minn I Miss Dorothy Peltzer of Napa, Idaho is visiting relatives at Stan ton. She came to Chambers with her uncie Louis VVoeiie of Pilger. Mr. Woelie Alvin Hankins and Ru !*?n Peltzer went fishing. Miss Pelt zer visited Mr. and Mrs. Allred Walters and Mrs. Ruben Peltzer while the men were tishing. , The Valley Center Lxtension club met at the Raymond Beed home last week. Mrs. Glen Grimes and Mrs Ray Heed gave a lesson on bread making. Mrs. Glen Grimes presided at the meeting in the absence of the president ana j vice-president. The bread made in the lesson and a salad were 1 served for lunch. The next meeting will be in Sept ember. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Neilson left for Fremont Thursday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Neilson s mother, | Mrs. Holloway and to visit friends and relatives They plan to be gone several days. Darrell Killham of Denver, Colo., was visiting relatives in this vici nity from Tuesday to 'Thursday of last week. While here he was a house guest of his uncle, Vernon j Harley and family. Mr. Killham graduated from Boulder University this June. He has employment in Iowa this summer. The class of 1932 held a class reunion in the honor of Robert KUtz last Tuesday at the James Platt home. Attending this reunion were the Chalk's Coolidge family. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Grimes and the Platts. After the class had vis ited for a while the P ' ~ served a delicious lunch. Lorene Smith entered the St. Anthony's Hospital last Monday. She is still in the hospital at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Van Gerpen >f Newton, la., spent the weekend risking her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar DeHart of Chambers and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W'uJt Van Serpen of Fremont. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Campbell ind family and Mrs. Roy Miller vent to Miller, South Dakota Fri lay. The Campbell family visited relatives at Miller. Mrs. Miller vis jited her parents home at Redtield, S. D. Mr. and Mrs Roy Campbell of !Seattle, Wash., visited in the home of their son, Clifford Campbell ! from Saturday until Monday. Mr. and Mi's. Lyle Clemens and family visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Clemens of Neligh Sunday. Warren Gribble was a dinner guest of the George Smith family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Campbell and family and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Campbell went to Miller, S. L>. Sunday lo get Miss Aitlella Camp bell of New York. She is a sister of Oitford Campbell and will visit here for a few days. Ruth Ann Damme came Friday night to spend the weekend with her loiks, tlie Clarence Dammes. They met her in Norfolk. She and Dorene deed returned to Lincoln with friends Sunday afternoon. Hugh Anderson of Spencer spent the weekend with the Clarence Dammes. Mrs. Ken Hunt of O'Neill visited her daughter, Mrs. George C Smith Thursday afternoon Calvin Smith returned to O'Neill with Mrs. Hunt for a few days visit. Mr. and Mrs. George Smith. Margaret and Calvin and Karen Farrier spent three days last week in Kansas City on business. The Womens Society of the Methodist church painted the kit chen church the first of last week. Ray Medcalf of Alliance was a house guest in the Earl Med calf home over the weekend while he was here visiting his mother, Mrs. E. J. Medcalf and his broth er Earl. The Methodist Womens Society are going to clean the Methodist church Thursday morning. The officers of the Methodist Womens Society will go to Ewing this week to an officers training meeting. The Ramona Rebecca Ixulge met June 12th with 16 prsent. A special memorial service was gi ven In memory of our departed sisters. On June 19, 9 members of our bulge went to liurwell to attend the friendship meeting held there. Rebeccas from Ains worth, Ord and Sargent were also their guest. On June 26 Ramona Rebecca luulge will entertain the Chambers 1-OS. Dodge members, their wives and all Rebeccas and their husbands, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Carson. A pot luck supper Is planned. Charles Cox Jr., of Ord visited vith home folks over the week :nd. Rev and Mrs. Cox and grand laughter Cheryl Ann Render went o Spalding last Friday to con •onsult with Dr. Fox. Mrs. Kathleen Render who is {earney State Teachers college vas home for the weekend. Mrs. Neil Frye of Burweil, ac lompanied by her son, Chuck, ind her daughter, Sharon, also jy her mother-in-law, Mrs. Clar »nce Frye of Ewing, called at he Methodist parsonage Satur lay morning. Mel Lowery spent Saturday light with Bill Cox. Rev. Cox drove to Butte Sunday fternoon to conduct the funeral erviccs for Mr. Emil Kuth. US* Agent Says Management Is Key to Irrigation Success; Much Information Available to Holt County Farmers By Nell Dawes Holt County Extension Agent Irrigation in Holt County got of to a slow start some 10 years ago Several farmers began talking ir j rigation even though it was at £ time when there had been quit* a lot of rain and snows. At tna | time many people of the county [were very skeptical of the possi jbilites and some predicted that ii 1 would not be successful in this san dy soil. A few of these early irriga tors were Marion Davis of Stuart; Bob Leisge of Stuart, Frank Brady of Atkinson, Gene, Dan and Tony ! Mrdloff of Page. There were other early areas This showed that there was in that starhsl to develop irrigation, terest in numerous areas of the 1 county. Since that time there has been a continued growth. Go vernment and private loans were made to help interested farmers develop their systems. There now are between 125 and 150 irriga tion wells and stream irrigation systems in the eeunty. These along with the Bureau of Recla mation studies were the fore runners of Uie present rapid irri gation development. The most recent is the area north of Atkin son. What is in the future for that area seems to tie the question on many' people s lips. Again we are faced with the question Will it pay out? Should we break up land and irrigate when the goverment is trying to lay aside land that has been in production? Much of the concern is due to the people of the area knowing what has happened in the past when too much grassland was broken out and the winds eroded away much of the top soil Not on ly were these fields ruined but tin adjoining lands were damaged. In addition to this, many are con cerned about the financial invest ment and whether or not irrigation can be paid for from the earnings of the land. People outside the area have been watching the development in this area ami being familiar w'ith irrigation in other parts of the state see possibilities that we at home may not see. At a recent meeting of Agricultural Agencies of the County estimates on the amount of increased acres under irrigation in 1975 compared with January 1, 1958 was set at approxi mately 25,000 acres more for the entire county. This figure took in to consideration land that may be dropped from irrigation systems. Management of the land and sy stems will Ik? the determining fac tor whether this irrigation is here to stay and whether the land can pay the increased financial burden or note. The maximum of conser vation practices, n e w cultural practices, labor efficiency and technical knowledge will need to lie used to make a success of this large scale operations. The Agricultural Extension Ser vice stands ready to help supply information based on experimental .vork conducted by the College of Agriculture, experiment stations and the U. S. Department of Agri culture on any phases of irrigation, crop production, conservation, soil fertility practices, farm manage ment and operational costs of var ious irrigation systems to anyone who is farming or ranching the county. Many people of the County have received information on several of the above phases before going in to irrigation. Others have received help on specific problems after starting to irrigate. Anyone think ing of irrigation is urged to check with Agricultural Agencies such as the Soil Conservation District for technical help in conservation of soil and water; Farm and Home Admisistration for financial assi stance and the Agricultural Stabili zation and Conservation office for cost sharing, crop loans and stor age. Your County Extension Agents will be glad to assist in any way they can to get information for you. Don’t forget to register wilh the State Irrigation Department irrigation wells, or pumping sy stems from streams or ponds. f' .. ■■ r : m iQHHBHHwil&A S Huge earth moving macliines like the one shown in the back ground are cutting and leveling acres of land north of Atkinson at the present time. Opinion Is still split on what appears to be one mwit ♦ . • .* **>. % : ** of the biggest irrigating projects in this part of the state. See story on this page hy Neil Dawes, Holt county agent, and the story on page I. The Frontier Photo and Engraving. Irrigation lias b«Hii good to Vincent Olson, a farmer north of . Atkinson, aw can readily be seen. He stands in nearly waist high oats. Vincent believes that farmers who are careful in irrigating should have no trouble increasing the *alue of their farm hind in the area. “You couldn't buy some of the land I bought for 950 per acre for $100 now,” lie said. The Frontier Photo and Engraving. ... .. ...... . „• I pROM THE MOMENT you awaken until you go to bed, almost everything you do is closely dependent upon the operation of trucks. In fact, even while you’re asleep, trucks are working for you. (Beds arrive by truck, too, of course). Without trucks, your favorite food market would have empty shelves. Without trucks, you wouldn’t find gas stations located con veniently almost everywhere you turn. Without trucks, the build ing of new homes, factories, and stores would slow to a walk and businesses of all kinds everywhere would suffer. Sooner or later, everything you eat, wear, or use depends on trucks for transportation. Eventually, everything has to get to you the consumer. So, when you consider that trucks haul three times the tonnage handled by all the other forms of transportation combined, you realize how very important they are to you! On, oi a Serf* ot AdrTtimimntt Pnprfd S>7 MMRAIKA MOTOR CARRIIRI' ASSOCIATION 100 loath ISth Itroot. LINCOLN, NIBRASKA This Space Paid For By O’NEILL TRANSFER JOHN TURNER Daily Service O'Neill-Omaha PHONE 578 j » / O'Neill Locals Joe Sobotka. jr., who will be a iophomore at the University of Nebraska school of medicine at Dmaha was home on a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Babl and family, Kimball, were here visiting ier mother, Mrs. Vannie Newman ind also his parents, Mr. and Mrs. foe Babl of Emmet. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gothan and laughter of Hastings visited Mon lay at the Joe Sobotka, sr. home. Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Story of Florida stopped for a short visit vith Mr. Vannie Newman on their way to Washington State. Vannie is Mr. Story's aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Simmons, Hastings, were visiting last week at the .Joe Subotka, sr. home. Mrs. Ronnie Zimmerle and chil dren, David and Karen of San Di ego, e..i!lf., are visiting this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Kirkland. Miss Karen Havranek of Sioux City and Miss Margaret Havranek of Ponca visited on Friday with Mrs. Rosa Bowers. Saturday eve ing guest of Mrs. Marion Woid neck and daughters and Mrs. Paul Woidneck of Midway visited Mrs. Bowers. Mr. and Mrs. Francis London and son, Ronnie of Wichita Falls, lex., and Mrs. Milford Sinclair and son, Ricky of Denver, Colo , visited over the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike D>n don. The group left Tuesday for Spalding and Omaha where they will visit another brother and sis ter and their families. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Moore have returned from a trip to Phila delphia, Pa. and Washington, D. C They went by train to Philadel phia where they visited Mr. Moore's brother, John, and fam ily. The attended the graduation of a nephew, John Moore from Princeton University while there. In Washington D C. the Moores visited Mrs. Moore's nephew and family. Francis Havranik YN3 was ad vanced in rate on June 16 as a re sult of the Febrauary service-wide competetive exams. Me is stationed in San Diego, Calif, Dinner guests Monday at the Harold Mlinar home were Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Shephard of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Mlinar of Atkinson Mr. and Mrs. John McCarville and family returned Monday from Ellsworth, Minnesota. Lorna Marcellus and Lois Curf man were here from Lincoln for a weekend at the M. B. Marcel lus home. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Marty, here from Neenah, Wisconsin, with his mother, Mrs. Pal Party, were in Omaha Tuesday to see friends. Money To Loan! 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