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The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 3

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The Lincoln Stari
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Lincoln, Nebraska
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Doctors' Office One Of Oldest Buildings-And Still In Use By GARY HILL Southeast Nebraska Bureau reads the lettering over the door of one of the oldest buildings in town. more gilt lettering on the inside door and the office furniture is neatly in place. But the door is locked. Six days a week, a blackboard inside the, office is chalked, will be in next Most of those who need faster attention can make the short trip to Geneva, but for those who Dr. A.

Ashby unlocks the weath- thered door every Monday afternoon. Since 1911 The door first opened into the 1892 Fairmont Creamery Company. In 1911, the dairy machinery moved out and the first set of Dr. A. A.

Ashby and his uncle who had hung his sign in town 24 years in. Dr. A. uncle DR. A.

A. ASHBY In Practice 53 Years died in 1924, but not before having helped start the first hospital in Fillmore County- operative 1911-1913 and housed in the same putting in 37 years in the area. Dr. Albert Ashby remained and so did the double practice sign. However, not until after World War II was it applicable again.

when Dr. Charles Ashby, Dr. Albert son, graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Medicine and with his internship at Methodist Hospital, joined up. In 1947, the Doctors Ashby transplanted their offices and built a still stronger practice Newman Grove Man Killed Omaha Fifty-seven- year-old Clifford Raymond klitske of Newman Grove was dead on arrival at a hospital following an intersection collision at 30th and California Streets in Omaha early Sunday. Klitske was a passenger in a car driven by Virgil Schmidt, 50, of Omaha.

Pitstick Named To New Position Nebraska City William .1 Pitstick, son of Mr. and Virgil Pitstick of Nebraska City, currently city manager of Lubbock. Texas, was named executive director of the North Central Tex-1 as Council of Governments. The former Nebraska City man, who has had 17 years of experience in public admini- begins his duties Oct. 17 in Arlington, Texas.

Pitstick will recruit and develop a planning staff the 10-county region which includes the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth. Schmidt was reported in satisfactory condition at a hospital. The police report identified the driver of the second car involved as 29-year-old Stanley Kverett Hart of Ornaha. He reportedly escaped injury. Officers said the autos collided at the intersection, then slid into two parked cars.

death was the fourth traffic death in Omaha in five days. It raised toll for the year to 308, compared with 273 at tlie time last year. Vote Set Oct. 4 On School Bonds special election on a bond issue for a proposed $1,200,000 Tri-County Junior- Senior High School is scheduled to be held here Oct. 4.

The building, which would occupy the northeast corner of Jefferson County, will include junior and senior highs, a music and vocational area, a cafeteria, a gymnasium and an auditorium. eight miles south. But the people of Fairmont being neglected. Mostly For Elders go up on Monday afternoon mostly for the older people who get down to my offices in the elder doctor feel like almost obligated to Fifty-three years a general practitioner, Dr. Ashby senior has done more than serve time in the area.

In addition to having filled every office of the Nebraska Medical Association except president, he was instrumental in the formation of the Academy of General Practioners one of three on the original nominating committee in the late forties. During the second world war, he operated a pair of first aid at the Fairmont Air Base. This was when his wife, a former city health inspector of Topeka, Kan- worked at his side as lab and x-ray technician. His wife died in 1964, but Dr. Ashby senior is showing few signs of wear.

Slowed slowed down at all. In fact, the state medical association has been trying to give him a 50-year pin for the past three years and he take it. do I he said. working no differently now than in 1913. I need Not only does the seasoned physician still keep up his end of the two-town, father- son practice, but he also helps farm 1,000 acres of farm land with his second son, Sherman.

STAR STAFF PHOTO ASHBY OFFICE used on Mondays. Lincoln Temperatures wnth normal tft 4 m. (Sum 2 pm 3 m. 4 30 pm 3:30 pm pm 7 30 1 m. 9 10:30 11:30 pm 12 30 am.

1.30 am 2 30 a 61 62 57 rn, 55 53 52 52 51 51 2 a 3 TO a m. 4 Ml am. 54 5 53 6 a m. 52 7 .30 a 52 a m. 9 30 a 54 10 30 am 55 11:30 12 HI p.m.

57 1 30 pm 58 Hiifh tMTiprrature one reir ago 37 Sun riara 618 a aeU 6: 18 pm. Normal Sept pnmpiuuon 2.87 Total Sept. preelpitation to date 1.03 In. Total IWib precipitation to date 17 89 to Extended Forecast Nebraska: for the live period should average trom live to nine helow normal lion should 4. eraae from one fourth to one hall im'h during the firat part of the period Normal lows tor the live period la'ige in the middle with normal hiKh-s in the Kansjk: ptiiod should average irom five to ixdow normal khould average than an inv'h.

oc luiing tnokt in the first of the tie nod. Normal for the period aie in I the middle upper 70s Summary Of Conditions A low area centered over liie central of Wyoming ia moving into the panhandle region of Surface winds ahead of the low will swing around to a more direction, cutting off the ram and drizzle over the state Kain and cloudiness should through with aligtitly cooler temperatures. Nebraska Temperatures 63 52 Sidney 59 54 Imperial SA SO 57 53 North Pdatte 56 49 57 48 Grand laland 6.T 51 62 49 Omaha 69 54 Elsewhere 85 Angeles 80 63 81 59 Mianu Beach 73 Paul 62 39 New Orleans 88 New York 67 98 Reno 82 Salt lake 84 San 6.5 Seattie IM Uncoin Beatrice Scott sbluff ('hadron Norfolk Temperatures II AUmuuerque Amarillo Birmingham Biismarck KoeSon Cleveland Denver tn Paso Jacksonville Juneau Kansas City Gregor Thist the care your clothes to your Sanitone Ccrtijied Drycleaner Famous clothiers like Mi'Gregor iccom mend our Sanitone Certified Master Diy cleaner service to keep clothes looking new longer. Only Sanitone drycleaning restoret both the original brightnesi and original feclirf the fabric. Sanitone Certified blaster Dryikuim Omaha Boys Deny Role In Bombings Omaha Three 14-year- old Omaha youths have denied any knowledge to police of two recent phone booth explosions or a series of homemade bomb explosions several months ago.

Police said the trio were released to their parents Sunday after being taken into custody Saturday when a man found several bombs hidden in the yard of one of the homes. That youth implicated the other two, police said. One youth was quoted by police as saying he used materials purchased through the mail to construct more than 225 fuse-type bombs which he distributed to other youths living in his neighborhood. Found hidden were what police described as three fuse-type and tube-type powder-filled ranging length from three to six inches. Rev.

Kirfley Heads Ministerial Group York Rev. H. Kirtley, pastor of First Methodist. has been elected to succeed Rev. James C.

Suter as president of the York Ministerial Others elected at the regular meeting were Rev. Fred Danfort vice president, and Rev. Leonard Herrmann, secretary treasurer. Anders Heads Post Bertrand Rueben Ander.s was elected commander of Legion Post 67 here. Named as 1st vice commander ciation.

York Man Dies Of Heart Attack Suffered At Game William C. Pflug, 68, a' York businessman, died early Sunday at Bryan Memorial Hospital in Lincoln after suffering a heart attack at the I Nebraska-Utah State Saturday. Mr. Pflug was co I and manager of the Grain Co. of York, a ber of the York Chamber of Commerce, County F'air Board and York General Hospital Board, and was past president of the Nebraska Grain Seed Dealers asso- game owner Pflug mem- Train-Truck Crash Hurts Omaha Man Omaha fJV-An Omaha man was reported in critical condition at a hospital Sunday with injuries suffered when the pickup truck he was driving was struck by a passenger train.

Hospitalized was 25-year-old Larry Hansen, Omaha. The extent of injuries had not been determined. The Highway patrol said left arm was torn off in the collision. Troopers said three passengers in the truck leaped to safety. They w'ere identified as 35-year-old wife Roberta, 20-year-old Merlyn Stubbs of Des Moines, Iowa, and 26-year-old David C.

Glynn of Omaha. The highway patrol said the accident occurred early Sunday south of Millard on Nebraska 50. The patrol said the pickup truck was not on the highway i and was struck by the train 450 feet west of the crossing. The westbound train, the Burlington Zephyr, carried the truck 498 feet down the tracks. Dr.

John Sprague Oldest Mason David City John D. Sprague of David City. 94- year-old retired veterinarian, has been honored as oldest living member of the Masonic Lodge. Dr. Sprague was presented the Jordan Medal in recognition of this honor by L.

R. Ricketts, grand master of the Masonic Lodges in Nebraska. Dr. Sprague, a native of Owensville. received his entered apprentice degree, fellowcraft degree and his master Mason degree all during the same month, March of 1895.

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