Capitol News - New "301 Committee" Organized; Oppose Change in Education Dept. ny wems j’aai Oaerespoadr nt The Nebraska Press Assortattoa LINCOLN—The mf or mate «al meetings by the highway com mission were a new twist in re cent years an the road problem Normally, road delegations come to the Capitol and see either th< governor or the advisory c m mission But this time the c m mission took the hearings to U r people The idea was proposed by late Democratic governor, Ralph G Brooks and continued by his R pub Ik an successor. Dwight Bur ney Results have b*en good, ac cording to Acting State Engineer John Hossack Hossack said the mee tings pre sented Nebraskans with a chance to give their views on the roed program and allowed the high way department to outline the problem it has of fitting all the requests for roads into the bu t get on hand. Nine meetings were held in all at Fremont. Grand Island Ai « worth, York, Bridgeport. T-eum seh, Norfolk. McCook and Nor 1 Platte. H smc* says the people had el derly presentan* ns and be war pleasantly surprised by the eo operative attitude of the delega twins. He said he feels that the m eting! should continue as an aid m shaping the succeeding two year road program H wevtr, he added that this should be a tie c.sion for the incoming governor m conjunction with the c minis skin. Meanwhile, Hossack as expect ed, declined the appointment by Burney as engineer in title Has sack does the work bit carrier the title of "acting’' engineer By ke ping the status as acting en gineer R. ssack and two other officials could go back to former positions in the department if the new governor wished to t, pou. his own engineer ( iwmituti .nal Amendment A group has been formed to op pose changing the structure of the State Department of Educa tv>n It is called the "301 Commit tee ” It refers to an smendmen* to be on the November 8 genera’ election ballet. If a voter check? the squae marked 301 be i against the amendment The ni ““ “ t square labeled 300 ra a vote "for" the proposal The proposed amendment mask1 haw the ComnusKorr at Edmea tk»a elected by the people a»' sbclish tbe State Board of Edu cation Now, board members are elected and they app >mt the com misnrner. The Nebraska Sch *>l Improve mem Assoriatioe sponsored a sue cessful petition drive to get the question on the ballot. Spokes men for the group say the change world put the education office eloper to the people Opponents say passage of the pmrxWtl would "set Nebraska back 25 years in education “ Polio Th- St*te Health Director, D~ E A, Rnge*s, says there has ben an “unprecedented ’ low r-mbT at polio cases in Nebras k* this year. Rogers said tty low total is a'raost “miraculous " t* this time last year Nebras kan* had iKen «-icken with the d-'ea-e as against 12 for a cor responding period in 19*0 He said th' increasing number of people receiving anti-polio vac cine has helped cut the total But the doctor added, the “no. torto’s i’P*>r*dictfbiliry’’ of the ',i»*s* Kseff is a factor in the low rite .fust because the'e w-r a i~w inc dence this year do ro t rr*’*' that Nebraskans shoul’ for est *y take the r shots, Regers continued. Introduction of oral vaccini as? mat o'-lh'. **e^^*>ly la»e n~rt v-e»e, will orbebly refill in a high*- inoculation !evel. the doc to* *oid Th* r'ov v-ccine. to be ♦-ken as a ptll. will supplement th* tvne that is inji-cted with t hyTOde-mk reedle VsMsl Cases The Board of Control, which gevrras state institutions, is con s-dering establishment of a new one. Board members are expect ed to ask the Legis'rture for funds to build an institution * care fo” “borderline mental'’ cases in children. This ins itu tion would function as a chi d guidance center for ch'l^ren cr m mittrd to the board for care, Bor r 1 members got into the problem publicly after a commi tee of state senato-s prebed inb the suicide death of a boy at th Kearney Boys Training Scho ’ It was or aught out that the youth co i!d not be helped at mental in stitutions and had been transfers ed frequently. Just how much the new jnsntu Uon would cost or where it wouid be located has not been deoded The Legislature would have tbt final say on establishment of -hi .astuutxm. its cott and where it would be situated Some though has been given to Western Ne bra A a possibly Scottsblufl, where there already s a menut health clinic operated by the state Bmtdmg .Snpertaieadeat James Dek+iant. gjpenntendent of state buildings, says his office should be under the Capitol Build mg Commission In the past, he told state senators in a statement the office has been a “politic e,1 football” and filled with ut rt gard to ability or desire of some one to take adequate ca'e of the Capitol and the mansion. He also told th? c mmi sion ark' senators of the work be has done and that he had been cited by the Architects of Nebraska fir ins performance New governor; generally have replaced the sup enntendent Verdigre News R> V ie lUnila Mrs. Koirba, 81 Honored On Birthday VERDIGRE—Mrs Bess.e Kotr ba of Verdigre observed her eigh ty-first birthday Wednesday at her home with seme rf her child ren present for the occasion She lives atone and does her own housework. Her h<*>bies are cr cheting ard embroidering. Mrs. Kotrba. th“> firmer Bcs s;e Jelinek was bom in Iilino-s in 1879. She was married to John Kotr ba and they were eng. go farming in Nebraska ar.d S>u.h D kota for many years. Mrs. Kot’ixa has four s no End three daughters 'iving and the spends part of the summer months with them Her sons are Joe, w^o *iv s Detroit. Charles of Chicago, John of Iowa and Ben who lives in Verdigre Her daughter* are Rose Drvu of Verdigre, Mrs Blanche TUn* of Iowa and Mrs Meric Roberts also of low*. - 1 ^ Dallas Tuch, chairman of the v era.gre Future Farmers of .Vme'Ka community semce com mittee anniunced the winners of the K . jx County F air free fire extinguishers which list included Jeanette BUschke of Fordyce. James Efrle and Fred Marshall bom of Verdigre The local FFA in cooperation with die Knox camty agreclutural association sponsored the farm safety pro gram The third school of instruction featuring the Sublime degree of Mi, ter Mas. ns, was held at the Masonic Temple in Niobrara Wednesday evening with all offi ce s n ‘heir chairs Brother Clar en;e Mc.Namee assistant custodi an f Norfolk conducted the clas ses * B- ther Masr Phoenix , Aril where they will make a brief stop on the wry to their home in River d e. Cal f Mr. Bates is assistant ( i tr :t a rport engineer with the 7i>’i Aer.nautics administration at S?n Francisco. ’ s‘ Sunday the Bates and Nel rmi visaed Mrs W. F. Edens *3t Mrs Beryl Thompson at Co :«n;. S. D. Robert G. Stecfcier. superinten dent of the Verdigre public ?~ho >!s his announced there will be n.ne high school seniors eligi niK on the Regent s ex amination to be given November 2 at the Verdigre high school. VI members of the Stony Butte Homemakers extension club were pres nt when they met at the me of Mrs. John L. K xinovaky f r the September lesson “How I would like to change my kit chen And the title was used for roll call. The extension booth on winter bouquets was set up and a picture taken of it. Mrs John prokop read an mt* resting article on farm life and the bistory of the cl.b was reviewed by Mrs Dave He! son Members of the club ex pressed their opinions on the ar title. Mrs Hamid Die* will be the Oc tober hostess and die lesson will be on hand washing MYF MEETS The “Man On The Street ' sp prosch was used last Sunday eve rung at the worship service when the MYF group held their Sun day evening meeting at the Meth odist church A half hour song service pre ceded the lesson A list of ‘ Brain storms was written and discus starts held. Judy. Franc me and Kenny Bar tag served lunch. The next meet mg will be Sunday Oct. 2. HONORED ON ANNIVERSARY Mr and Mrs Joe F Farmk and Mr and Mrs Fred W Mar shall were honored at a joint observance of the couples Silver Wedding anniversary at the morn ing worship service at the Ver ihgre Methodist church. Jeanette Marshall and John Farmk, children of the honorees, sang a duet “May The Good Lord Bless and Keep You”. Miss Jo Ellen Farmk. church organist, was accompanist Gifts, in behalf of the WSCS were presented to the couple by Mrs Otto Uhlir, superintendent of the Sunday school She also read a special tribute entitled “The Twenty-fifth' . Rev David T Gustafson men tioned some erf the outstanding work done by both families in the Methodist church and com munity. NEW LAUNDROMAT Mr. and Mrs. Joe Farnik are in the process of installing a new business enterprise in Ver digre in the same building with his barber shop Twelve washers and three dry ers will service the new Laund romat with a soft water service adequate to operate the machines A cement driveway is under con struct ton on the north side of the building and the parking lot or the west. Mr. and Mrs. Farmk will oper ate the new enterprise which will be opened about November 1. MASONIC LODGE Members at Ionic lodge 87 AF and AM held the second class of their school of instruction Wed nesday evening at the Masoric Temple in Niobrara with Clar ence McNamee. assistant custo dian of Norfolk, instructor. Work was given in the Fellow Craft degree. Among those attending from Verdigre were Mario Custer, Joe Jacot, L. J. Kocina, Tony C Pae sl, John E. Pavlik, Alvin Foster man and Bolten and Vac Randa The school of instruction will be concluded Wednesday. Sept M with work an the last degree IMUMUIS WHET The annual Dad-Lad meeting ol the FFA boy* and their dads was attended Wednesday evening at the school assembly room by 36 members and 19 guests Wallace TUch read the minutes ol the previous meeting and Mel no Sukup gave the treasurer s . Both were approved is of new business were the ordering ol Christmas cards, the purchase of a paint sprayer and trie sale of the FFA calendars. A meeting date was chosen sale of FFA calendars A meet ing date was chosen Following the business session a special program was presented Larry Sukup talked on Shop Kenneth Meyer's topic was ‘The Glass Roan” Dallas Toch chose to high point the FFA program and Dean Frank gave a talk on the farming program Servicemen's News Darrel A. Dexter. USN, serving aboard the dock Landing ship, USS Belle Grove, is taking part in a joint Navy-Mar me Corps amphibious training exercise at St. Clemente Island, Calif. Dexter who interrupted his high school education to enter the Navy, received his high school diploma whde m serv ice He received his basic training at San Diego and has made twt cruises to the Far East including stop-overs in China, Japan. For mosa, Okinawa and Hawaii Army PFC Lavern J. Pritchett son of Mr .and Mrs. Charles F Pritchett of O'Neill participate with other personnel from the 3rd Armoured Divisions 503rd Ad ministration Company in a field training exercise in Grafenwohr Germany which was concluded September 16th. Nineteen year old Pritchett, a finance disbursing specialist in the company in Frankfurt, Germany entered the army in June 1959 following his graduation from St Mary's Academy, He received his basic training at Fort Carson, Colo, and was stationed at Fort Benjamin Har risen, Ind. before his arrival ov erseas in Nov. ’59. Sgt. August Kaiser of Victor ville, Calif., who is being trans ferred to Spain for the next three years, has been visiting his mo ther, Sadie Kaiser and Herbert Kaiser and family He has also been visiting his brother. Leon Kaiser and sister, Mrs Francis Weller and family of Atkinson. He left by plane from Norfolk Electronic Technician Don Sch ool'll e is spending a ten day leave with his mother. Mrs. Geral fine Schoenle and his aunt. Mrs Pau line Benze. Don has cone hided his boot training at San Diego, Calif, and will attend a school of Electron ics at San Francisco at the con clusion of his leave. Russell Miner armed inday evening frveu Ft Hanoi Mn. New YcPk, where he received his sep aration fnan the Army Sp A Kuosell D. Miner roceivad his bas*. training at Ft Carson, Cok> . received furUier training at Ft Sam Houston, Te* ami err'd 19 months in Germany as a mem ber id a m«*dic corps He is rhe sm id Mr and Mrs. E L Minor id O'Neill He m a graduate of the O’Neill high school Ronald J Kmi, SA. U. S Navy, son of .Mr Oliver H Rons of O’ Neill, has completed 9 weeks of recruit training at San Diego, On If., and is now home spending 14 days leave with his father and friends Upon completion id hw leave he will he assigned to the U. S. Navy Destroyer Picking I ilv685 which is stationed at I ong Beach Calif Phone Your New* to The Frontier Phone 788 YOU’LL REST EASIER with a low-payment, long-term loan. That’* why, each week, hundred* of farm er* and ranrber* combine their obligation* in a long-term 1-and Bank loan on land — • loan that ran be paid in adi-once without penalty. Yon can a!»o o*e a Land Bank loan to boy land, liveatoek and equipment; to make improve ments, and for other purpose*. Come in and talk it ever with u* today. Federal Land Bank Assn. LYLE P. DIERKS Manager Phone 91 O’Neill I Treawure I 22-26c i SHOW ON WORTH! EE3 NEW'61 CHEVY C0RVAIR The newest car in America: the CORVAIR 700 LAKE* WOOD 4-DOOR STATION WAGON. r/i CORVAIR 700 4-DOOR SEDAN. Provisions for heat ing ducts an built right into its Body by Fisher. Here’s the new devy Corvair for ’61 with a complete line of complete thrift ears. To start with, every Corvair has a budget pleasing price tag. 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