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New "301 Committee" Organized;
Oppose Change in Education Dept.
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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 Mas<n visitors were Ho
mer L Haskins, past Master of
Plain. :ew lodge and N. R. Fal
lens
Brother Haskins extended an in
vnation to the members of Ionic
lodge to attend the Oct. 6 session
when two candidates will receive
Viste- Mason degrees conferred
by a Sioux City degree staff
Members of the Verdigre Meth
odist WSCS served dinner Satur
day evening October 22 in the
ZCBJ hall basement in Verdigre
Serving will begin at 5 p m.
Mr and Mrs Cleo Bates, for
m r Verdigre residents, who have
b-'en house guests in the home of
h s brother-in-law and sister, Mr
end Mrs Harley Nelson, left last
W-xhh'sday f >r 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. And Corvair goes on
from there to save you even more. With
extra miles per gallon . . . quicker-than
ever cold-start warmup so you start saving
sooner ... a new extra-cost optional
heater that warms everyone evenly. Riding
along with this extra economy: more room
inside for you, more room up front for
your luggage (sedans and coupes have
almost 12% more usable trunk space).
And our new wagons? You’ll love them—
think they’re the greatest thing for
families since houses. The Lakewood
Station Wagon does a man-sized job with
cargo, up to 68 cubic feet of it. The Green
brier Sports Wagon you’re going to have
to see—it gives you up to 175.5 cubic
feet of space for you and your things.
Corvair’s whole thrifty lineup gets its pep
from a spunkier 145-cu.-in. air-cooled rear
engine. Same rear-engine traction, same
smooth 4-wheel independent-suspension
ride. See the polished and refined 1961
Corvair first chance you get at your
Chevrolet dealer’s.
Spare tire is in the rear in coupes and
sedans—leaving more luggage space up
front.
F Even middle-seat passengers sit pretty,
thanks to Corvair's practically flat floor.
5^. Now in production—the GREENBRIER
SPORTS WAGON with up
to twice as much room as
ordinary wagons (third seat
optional at extra cost).
See the new Chevrolet cars, Chevy Corvairs and the new Corvette at your local authorized Chevrolet dealer's
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