Ames Tribune from Ames, Iowa • Page 7

A I A I I One of Season's Big Storms Brews Bliznrd By UNITED FRIES One of the season's biggest heaped blizzard conditions on the Plains States today, kicked up aore dust in the Southwest and clumped heavy snow on the Upper Midwest. U.S. weather forecasters said the Impact of the "huge storm, centered over northwestern and moving hardly at 'all, was felt from Texas to Canada and from the Rockies to the Ohio Valley. Blizzard conditions developed ever western Nebraska and northeastern Colorado. Blowing and drifting snow, whipped by 50-mfle- per hour winds, cut visibility to less than 1-16 of a mile in some were down in the Dickinson.

N.D., area alone. Beige-colored snow fell in parts of South Dakota and ot Sioux Falls the dust particles from the Southwest gave the sky a freakish rosy hue. Up to 10 inches of snow had fallen in the extreme northwestern section of the state. South Dakota roads and highways were hazardous, visibility was cut by 55 miles per hour winds and no travel was advised west of the Missouri River. Minnesota was warned to expect the deepest snow, up to eight inches.

However, temperatures in that stale, the Dakotas, Iowa and southern Wisconsin would be too sections. high for the storm there to be Dust storms lashed most of the called a blizzard, the weather bu- touthwest and strong winds bore the dust particles as far as Minnesota and South Dakota, where it settled in the form of "beige- colored snow." Dost Closes Schools Billowing dust closed schools in southeastern Colorado, while in eastern New Mexico winds up to 90 miles per hour churned dust clouds to a height of 12,000 feet. At Lamar, a combinotion of sleet and dust caked automobiles with a layer of mud two to three inches thick. Visibility there was less than a block. In Wyoming, howling winds and blowing snow followed a freezing rain, and the Wyoming state patrol halted north and east bound traffic.

Buses were four to six hours late, trains were delayed and cars and tracks were stalled on icy highways. A broad band of precipitation, including snow, sleet, rain and freezing rain, fell from Montana southeastward through Iowa, southern Minnesota, the Ohio Valley and on into Virginia. The storm brought Minnesota's spring-like weather to an abrupt end when snow, sleet, rain and high winds teamed to whip the southern third of the state with near-blizzard conditions. Thirty communities closed their schools. Most roads were open but hazardous and visibility was near zero in some sections of southern Minnesota.

Snow Is Brown Austin, reported that the southwestern dust storm combined with snow to give it two inches of "brown snow." Western North Dakota was buried beneath five to nine inches of new snow which knocked out communications and blocked all or parts of eight highways. More than 50 telephone poles reau said. Warm Gulf stream air colliding with cold fronts over the Ohio and Mississippi Valley, threatened possible cloudbursts for parts of Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. Most of the rest of the country enjoyed fair weather. The Plains States' snow storm was born in the Rocky Mountains, and snow from two to six inches deep already covered the mountain territory on and west of the, Continental Divide.

By dawn snow was already falling in a band from Montana eastward to southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. South of that line from eastern Nebraska to Ohio, rain was reported. Some sleet pelted northern Illinois during the morning, and Chicago was warned to expect a sloppy mixture of snow, rain and sleet. kep: Bentley Is Improving WASHINGTON (UP) Rep. Alvin M.

Bentley (R-Mich.) "appears to be steadily improving." Casualty Hospital reported today. Bentley was the most seriously wounded of five congressmen shotj by Puerto Rican terrorists in the House chamber March 1. George Roberson, "Worthy" Talbot and John Abrams (of Gilbert) went to Wisconsin by train to bunt. This is the loot; (Picture taken in front of Talbot Bakery in 1900.) Trailblazing SCOUT NEWS Dennis the Menace Iowa. Friday.

12. By Ketcham Bernard Anfinson, Huxley, was recently pledged to the Drake university chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi, professional commerce frater nity. Anfinson is a junior in the college of business administration at Drake, majoring in finance. T. E.

Sheesley, 1503 Douglas, has been released from the Veteran's hospital at Des Moines Tuesday, after spending 11 weeks there. He will convalesce at his home here. Mrs. Harry Anderson of Ames was called to Mason City Wednesday by the serious illness of her sister McDonald, who died Thursday at 4 p.m. The funeral will be at Eagle Grove Sunday.

Sally Fellows of 1017 Burnett has been named to membership in Tassels, honorary society for fresh An Ames Community Chert Agency Roundtable Cub Scout leaders win meet with Explorer and Boy Scout leaders at the Roundtable meeting at the Ames band shell Tuesday night. Cob Scouts Cub Scouts from Nevada, Cambridge, and Maxwell are going to help with cover planting south of Nevada for their Conservation Good Turn. Cubs from Gilbert, Story City and Ames will have as their project the planting of trees and multi-flora roses, and clearing of brush and rubbish at the Soper's Mill park. The Cub scouts will also place one of the original mill stones from the old Soper's MU1 in a cement base at the Soper's Mfll park. Explorer Post 140 Marvin Berry, social chairman for Explorer Post 140, has announced that a bowling party for Explorers of Post 140 and their dates will held Saturday night at the Ames Bowling Lanes.

Bowling will start at 7 p. m. and continue until 9 p.m. Chaperones for this, the first Explorer-planned social event of the spring quarter, will be Mr. and Mrs Leonard Bengston, Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Berry and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schach. Monday night, Explorers of Post 140 will begin work on first aid, under the leadership of Mrs.

Percy I Study- (Cortinued from Page One wheat and rice--will be stressed. Stress Methods Since the surveys will be pioneer efforts, attention in the first ones in May and again in August will bej centered on testing the methods and designs used--insuring that the sampling is representative and all sample farms are visited and that crop information is as accurate as possible. "Mexico has 2,400 municipios (similar to your counties), and we will sample one sixth of these. Each municipio will be divided into segments according to its size, and one segment will be selected from each. "I can't thank Dr.

Raymond Jessen of the Iowa State college staff enough for the splendid help he has given me in setting this up," Rojac went on. Rojas also spent two weeks in Washington conferring with staffs of the Bureaus of the Census and Agricultural Econo- mfts. If this year's survey operations in Mexico are as successful as is hoped, similar large scale surveys will be repeated each year but with different sorts of information obtained. This is eventually expected to yield a well-rounded agricultural picture of Mexico where more than 50 per cent of the income is from agriculture. One of the interesting problems in sampling and estimation in Mexico, Rojas explained, is the fact that interplanting of two crops on the same field is fairly common in Mexico and two or more harvests of one crop may be made during one year.

YES HfcS HERS. Located just west of Davis hotel on E. Onondago street was the Nichols livery barn. Third from left is Alonzo Young (Ben's and Howard Young's father); fourth is Bin Wakefield; seventh is Charles Haverly; eighth is Bin Allan (W. L.

Allan's father. With hand on buggy is George Nichols, before he became "Fatty." Bffl Alberts is the painter at work at right. At The Squaw and The Skunk 2 Georges, Nichols and Roberson, Left Imprint American Red The course re- Carr, a certified Cross instructor quires 15 hours of instruction, which will be given in eight con- CHAPTEK FORTY-FIVE by Gladys Hultz Meads Georte Nichols Ames had claim to fame at one time because of an outsize gentleman whose girth made him an eye-catching wonder to all who saw him. To ereryone In Ames he was known simply as Fatty Nichols. He and his brother ran one of the livery barns in the town where he spent his time loafing ON TWO CHAIRS.

Fatty couldn't get about on foot for his feet simply could not support the weight that they would have to bear. He was supposed to tip the scales at a neat 500 pounds and having seen him I rather think he did weigh around that. Buggy Held Up When he left his two chairs, secutive meetings. These meetings will start at 7 o'clock on Mondays, and will constitute the regular business of the Post, three meetings out of the month. Special emphasis will be given to first aid jn camp correct handling of injured for transportation and artificial respiration.

When the man women at Grmnell college course has been completed, the Ex- who have attained a grade point plorers Wlll bo awarde American average of 3 5 or above. Miss Fel Jun or Eea Cross certificates, lows, who has served on the house council of her residence hall, was also named to the Dean's List honor students for the current mester. She is a graduate of Ar e- bigh school Sue Schaefer of Iowa State ca ,1 pus has been named to member ship in Tassels, honorary society for freshman women at Gnnnell college who have attained an CC Committee Staq for age of 3.5 or above during the first semester. Miss Schaefer, a grad uate of Ames high school, was also named to the Dean's List of honor students for the current semester. She sang in the Christmas Oratono chorus, pppeared in the recent college production of Gilbert and Sul The Hctail committee of Fatty rode in a buggy with one short arm at his side and the other pudgy hand holding the reins.

He had no lap nor could he reach around himself so he had to drive kind of sidewise with one hand The seat of the buggy was com pletely fillpd with his bulk as coatless and with his vest unable to span him, he rode down Main Fatty had spent several sum mers in the side show of Barnum and Bailey's circus and fmallj married one of the women he me in this job but the marriage did not last. At the time of his death Duckworth mortuary had a special casket built to hold his re mams and special lift for the bur den for no pallbearers could found who were able to lift hi tlie great weight. of Commerce will spon-, George Nichols, according to re- after school--and he was 'always pleased to have them come in. His greatest attraction for them as his magic with guns. He could fix any of them and had a large ollection he had made, with beautifully polished stocks.

Harold Cnight was one of the boys who ame to admire and learn--and the tragic accident in the service which happened later in life was incomprehensible in the light of all he learned at George's shop. Roberson not only repaired and built anew anything brought to his care but he made tools to DO his ob if none were available. He could repair anything from a Jireshing machine to a delicate watch or lock. Lawnmowers stayed fixed when he worked on them, molded keys with a few deft cuts. Mrs.

Harry Brown remembers an occasion when Marshall Fields salesman came to Ames with his trunks of merchandise to show at Tildens Store. (Then the buyers did not make their seasonal trips to market.) When the salesman went to open his luggage to show his wares, his keys were lost. He thought he would have to send back to Chicago for a set--but someone thought of George. "If it can be done, he can do it, "they promised. And that was the case.

He Was Danish George Roberson was a Dane, born on the island of Fyen in 1857, --and he never entirely lost his old world accent. Those who knew him well remember one expression he always used when something was examined prior to its repair. "The tarn thing wass made wrong t'start with--111 fix it." His shop was down stairs and it was cool and very black down there after the bright sunlight of the street above. The great piles of old metal and heaps of repair parts were everywhere and, coupled with the darkness, no ordinary Toastmasters Here Host to Area Contest The Ames Toastmasters club will be host to the Area Six speech contest of the club which will be held in the Oak room of Memorial Union, Saturday at 6:15 p. m.

Orlonda C. Krieder, area gov- rnor, will be master of ceremonies. Louis Judisch will be toastmaster for the contest. The contestants are Rod Gelatt, Melvin Thompson and Dwight Wickard of Des Moines, and Dean Gordon D. Hall To Speak Here Gordon D.

Hall, lecturer and thor of "The Hate Campaign Against the UN," will speak on the Knudson of Ames. Paul Jehlik, contest chairman. livan's "The Guard," and has served of on sor a Slag at port was a km dhearted fellow. Kess Logsdon tells how she the Nichols livery in a home talent show at the Opera House and how Fatty insisted on try club M.irch 24 it was announc- i ed The Strf, is for all male retailers and their male employes and the the) house council of her residence hall. a Ames quotations: Eggs.

Current Receipt Eggs Butterfat Sweet Cream No. 1 No. 2 will begin at 5 30 p.m. with a buffet. After the dinner there will be cards, bridge and other activities.

Purpose of the Stag, the committee says, is to get cvciyonc better acquainted and to appreciation to the employes. .33 .67 .66 .61 Nebraska ra-iks fourth among states of the Union in butter production. aril of May I take this method of thank- giving her the sl.ppers she wore that night. George Roberson A a i i a figure in Ames who left a deep imprint on those beside whom he lived was George Roberson. He plied his trade amid a maze of machinery in the basement of his building at 314 Ononda- go (Main).

Roberson was the town's mechanical genius and he had a most remarkable ability to repair any machinery. The boys and girls of two generations took their skates and their air guns to his kindly hands and often times stayed to Top Butchers 25-10 i ing" all who i in the! wonder and to watch at a a Top Packers 22.60 hospital with flowers, cards Corn- No. 2 Oats: New Oats NEWSPAPER! and letters of encouragement. Also for 1.40 the food sent in and for your oray lers. May God bless each and eveiy .78 one.

I Mrs. Harold Olson 3.24) 809 Murray Dr. whose trade mark was absolute integrity. "Old as he waft affectionately called 'by young and old, had a great following among the boys. They would congregate In his workshop 500-pound Fatty Nichols, above, was bora and raised in Ames and was an Interesting sight for townspeople ot his day.

individual could ever founc ANYTHING. But a few pokes and a push here and a prod there would find the proper piece, if George did the looking. In spite of the awe in which th townfolk held him for his abilities this mechanical wizard had a few accidents. One was when he tried ride a motorcycle and ran i into the telephone pole (or was i electric wires) that stood a the east end of Onondago wher leorge turned south on Duff to to his home. Miraculously he pick ed himself out of the debris, which of course he reassembled as whole motorcycle before too long.

George always loved wheels and part of the business he ran was the renting of bicycles. When they were "all the rage" in the early 1900s, one could ride his bikes with sure knowledge they were in good shape. Before his rental business, even, he cared for the first bicycle in town--one owned by Turner McClain that was one of those "big wheel in front little wheel behind" ones. These clumsy things were always out of order and need of Roberson's care. Roberson's shop was always the official meeting ground for scores of hunters who brought their guns to be repaired and remained to swap tall fishing tales and hunt ing stories with other Nimrods of the community.

One of the most frequent callers was W. W. Talbot who ran the bakery. With a man from Gilbert named John Abrams, Talbot and George often went fishing. The accompanying picture shows the group having returned from a good trip to Wisconsin in 1900 Deer and a pheasant are part of their trophies.

Talbot was called "Worthy" and no one now seems to know wheth- ed that was his jname or his nickname. His performance as a hunter would seem to indicate it was very apropos whichever it was. Farmer' The basement shop that Roberson occupied he was always proud to relate had been occupied by the presses of the Wallace Publishing company and the first issue of the paper that eventually were to become "Wallace's powerful Iowa farm paper, were run off in this basement. The Wallace family lived just across the street at that time. So Ames may well have been the root of the family of politicians the whole country la.

ter knew. Ames' first plumbing was installed in Ames for the Judge Stevens family on Kellogg. It included a zinc lined wooden tub like the one the author's childhood home-in fact Roberson made them both. No more fitting tribute to an onorable workman of the old chool could be paid to this mira- le worker of pervious days than that written by Prof. John Atkinson of ISC in bis book, "Asbury Ridge." He said, "An inner sense of integrity built itself into the work of George Roberson.

He caught the eye of quiet people who recognized his noiseless efficiency. For a modest charge he would rectify and repair a machine beyond any further need in that respect. In his basement shop, dingy with smoke from his forge and dust from his turning lathe-he was ever at work. That temper now and again is found In a workman tucked away in an obscure repair shop." Four sons and three daughters will announce the results of the contest and Ross Baumann, presi- subject, "Who's United Nations' Torpedoing the Saturday at 8 m. in Great HaE of Memorial Union.

The meeting, open to the public, is sponsored by the Iowa college chapter of United World Federalists, Story County Democrats club and the Ames chapter of the Iowa Civil Loberities Union. Hall has personally collected information about the Rightist Fas- chist groups which pose as anti- Commumsts, but actually publish dent of the Ames club, will ra bid anti-Catholic, anti-Negro, sent the trophies. anti-Jewish and anti-United Na- In addition to being one of the judges, John Miller of Nevada, will be table topics master. Other judges will be Chester Gayman, Charles Hagerman, Charles Drees, Herbert McMaude, E. B.

Youngstrom, and Chester F. Adamson of Des Moines, and Henry Homme of Ames. The tie-breaking judge win be Walter Schultz of Boone. counters, will be aided Lowell Leroy Everson, chairman of the Hammon of Des Moines and Wilbur Maki. Dean Dickson and Richard Othmer will serve as timers.

The winner of this contest will move on to the district contest, which will be held in Waterloo the first week of May. The international contest will be held in Washington, D. in August. tions propaganda. He has personally known Gerald L.

K. Smith and other extremist leaders. He is approved by Massachusettes Speakers bureau. Fire Doused RED OAK, Iowa (UP)--Firemen here extinguished two burning rear tires on a truck loaded with 29,000 pounds of TNT Thursday night before the fire could spread to the explosives. Fire Chief Neil Frank said the driver, Ralph Chambers, Kansas City, was trying to fight fire with a hand extinguisher when the fire department arrived.

were raised in the town George Roberson came to in 1883. Lou and Frank apparently inherited their father's ability. We find record of Lou building a combustible engine car when they were a brand new diet. The date on the tale was prior to 1909. The car ran, too, and was part of the Semi-Centennial parade of IAC.

Lou ran a garage and the present Allen Buick agency was originally a Roberson garage. Fletcher Allen's father purchased it from Lou. Frank Roberson was a graduate electrical engineering from ISC, worked for General Electric and U.S. Steel and is credited with many fine patents developed by Jiese companies. George, Cliff and Lillian Roberson are in business in Ames today operating a ready-mix concrete company.

Home Builders Here Take Step Toward Organization A meeting was held at the public library Thursday night to discuss formation of the "Ames Association of Home Builders." Fifteen Ames builders and 40 representatives of allied businesses in Arnes were present. The program included an explanation of the benefits that can be received from a local home builders association. The function of the National Association of Home Builders of the United States was also covered, as well as its effect locally. The explanation was presented by seven prominent Des Moines builders--all members of the Des Moines Association of Home Builders. The builder guests were William Witter, Robert Doudewyn, T.

the builders of Ames as followtj 1. To provide a uniform code of ethics under which members would operate. 2. To acquaint members with new products, services, methods, techniques and financing that will enable nearly everyone to own a home of his own. 3.

To become better acquainted with the problems of each builder so that through collective effort the difficulties may be minimized. 4. To promote home ownership as the only real security. Out of the discussion that followed came the resolution to organize this association, and to hold an organizational meeting in the near future for the purpose of elect- R. McNeal, David Crenshaw, Archylmg officers and formulating a con- Madden, James Leverett and Olie' stitution and by-laws.

Grandquist. It was also voted to appoint Les These gentlemen pointed out that Jensen and Robert Friedrich as (such an orgamration would bene- temporary co-chairmen for this or- Ifit the people of Ames as well as "amzational meeting. MUNICIPAL COURT: Wayne Throckmarten, $3, improper muffler; $13 in $1 overtime and illegal parking fines was paid. Shown at Thursday night home builders meeting here at the library are (left to right) Archy Madden, Des Moines; Bob Friedrich, Ames; Les Jensen, Ames, standing. At the end of the table are Robert Dondewyn and William Witter (right) of Des Moines.

Wiftrr was main speaker..