Ashland Gazette from Ashland, Nebraska • 1

State Historical Society A i 1 Volume 62 Ashland Saunders County Nebraska Wednesday April 8 1942 Number 19 Ordnance Chief Mercy Ship Master April Tire Quota For Saunders County NEBR MINUTE MEN TO OPEN STATE DRIVE CITY OFFICIALS RE-ELECTED IN LIGHT VOTING Every Home in the State Will Be Contacted Soon Candidates Unopposed in Local Election Jf vr IEoLsS To CHURCHES were Open On April 2d FAXED FOR THE Boy Scout leaders in the Covered! 17AQTFR SFRVlfFS Wagon area comprising 27 counties AJXaOJLJjll' I a vALikJ in northeastern Nebraska will conduct their 1942 financial campaign simultaneously this year This will be the first time that the money raising job has been a united effort The financial campaign will be held during the week beginning Monday April 20 It is probable that hereafter the annual financial campaign will bd held each year during the week in which Arbor day occurs according to Max A Miller of Omaha president of the council The initial gifts campaign however will start the week beginning April 6 The area is divided into four divisions A and Coordinators of the campaign in these districts are: Judge Lyle Jackson of Neligh Judge A Wenke of Stanton Robert Moodie of West Point and Charles Yost of Fremont The scout budget for the 27 counties to be raised by the campaign this year is $4167658 Omaha people raised their money last fall $21-560 Mr Miller said The amount to he raised by the rest of the area is $20 116 58 The number of scouts in the area is about equally divided (See SCOUTS Page 4) Large congregations assembled in all five of churches Sunday to hear the beautiful Easter story in song and sermon There were almost no Easter lilies as the bulbs are imported from Japan How-ver cut flowers house plants and lovely spring potted plants were used in profusion to decorate the churches and they made a- lovely background for the services The fresh bright flowers and growing plants brought to mind the Easter message of new life and the Resurrection Easter provides also an incentive for Mr and Mrs America and family to blossom forth in new spring finery However Sunday dawned chill and cloudy with a blustery wind which was not conducive to spring ensembles and the majority of those attending services felt the weather was unfavorable for clothing intended for balmier days Sunrise Service -J If Maj Gen James Bums administrator and advisor on Icnd-lease and arms production as they affect United Nations who has been named chief of army ordnance by the President He succeeds Maj Gen Charles Wesson when term is op on June 2 Gus Persson master of the Swedish motorship Sicilia sailing from New York to Greece with food and medicine The British blockade was lifted and safe conduct granted by Germany and Italy ii An unusually light vote with no ballots found in either ward in the official totals marked the annual city election on Tuesday A full set of city officials and two members of the hoard of education of District 1 were chosen all candidates being unopposed The totals: 1st 2nd TL Mayor Balder 14 Treasurer Anderson 15 Clerk Ehrenhard 14 Councilman Fletcher 14 Barnes Police Judge William Loofe 13 School Hoard Forrest Raikes 14 Reece 14 OMAHA Nebr April 8 Twenty thousand Nebraska "Minute representing the United States Treasury Department will participate during the next three weeks in a statewide Honor Roll Victory Pledge campaign to determine how much money Nebraskans are willing to raise voluntarily for the government war effort through the systematic purchase of United States savings bonds and stamps McDermott Chairman- Defense Savings committee for Nebraska and department commander of the American Legion for Nebraska stated today that enlistment of "Minute who will contact every urban and rural home in the state some time during April is practically completed response of the Men' volunteers has been most said McDermott It shows that (See MINUTE MEN Page 8) Finds Stolen Safe At Beetison Farm James Pavlik Is New County Clerk The April quota on tires was announced this week by Will Hugill head of the rationing office at Wahoo This county will be able to issue 19 tires 69 retreads and 44 tubes for passenger cars and motorcycles 59 tires 53 retreads and 56 tubes for trucks and buses Certificates issued for total 141 tires and 72 tubes Hugill also announced that a certificate was issued to Albert Noreen Weston for a passenger automobile The following have been issued certificates for tires and tubes from March 15 to April 1: Passenger Car Rev Bennett Ashland Rev Davis Wahoo Dotson Ceresco Dr Pritchard Ashland Barret Mead John Skoda Wahoo Maurkal Prague A Anderson Wahoo Father Havel-ka Prague Rev Holt Swede-burg Nick Laudenberger Cedar Bluffs Retread Father Benal Colon Raymond Henry Wahoo Nickelson Valparaiso Chas Laros Wahoo Father Havelka Prague Albert Old-enberg Ceresco Modern Dairy Wahoo Obsolete Julius Rezac Valparaiso Louis Whitney Wahoo Hoffman Colon Woodworth Wahoo Earl Chamberlin Ashland I Haus-child Ashland Barney Basel Ceresco John Simodynes Wahoo Emil Bern Wahoo John Skoda Wahoo Joe Meduna Weston Wm Benes Ceresco Ptacek Prague Elmer Anderson Wahoo Truck or Tractor Saunders County Wahoo Spoonhour Leshara Ef Zimmerman Wahoo Chas Mantel Malmo Alfred Cuda Weston Joe Ourada Valparaiso Dolezal Bros Wahoo Emil Vanek Wahoo Father Smith Ithaca Mumm Bros Yutan Simanek Oil Wahoo Villwok Cedar Bluffs John Wonka Weston Wahoo Oil Co Wahoo Ross Cameron Ceresco Emil Wirka Prague Harry Beetison farmer 1 living east of Ashland Thursday found a small safe in his pasture from which $2500 had been taken State Sheriff Mengel said it had been stolen from a firm in Council Bluffs last week A '38 caliber revolver was found nearby Meugel said the door of the safe which was 12 by 18 inches had been knocked off by use of a hammer and chisel THREE ASHLAND TEACHERS RETURN THEIR CONTRACTS LOANS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE FUEL OIL AND REPAIRS LINCOLN MEN TO BUILD LOW COST HOMES NEAR NEW WAHOO PROJECT James Pavlik was appointed county clerk last Friday by the county commissioners to fill the vacancy caused by the of Lindgren who resigned the same day to aceept a position with the bomb loading plant Mr Pavlik has been deputy county clerk for the past seven years serving under Lindgren and is well acquainted with the duties of the office He is also adjutant of the American Legion post in Wahoo and secretary of the republican central committee Mr Pavlik was born in this county 44 years ago and has spent most of his life here He is married has two daughters and resides in Weston where he has lived fur the past 37 years His seven years experience in the office qualifies Mr Pavlik for his new duties He is courteous and very capable Three members of the Ashland school faculty have returned their contracts to the School Board with the announcement that they do not plan to return here next year They are Phillip Carlson Miss Buis and Miss Prescott DR KIRKPATRICK PRACTICED 56 YEARS The Easter devotions opened with the Union Sunrise Service given art the Congregational church by the young people of the Christian Episcopal Methodist and Congregational churches A fine representative congregation filled the church and those present gained much inspiration from the service The high school string quartet played sacred music as the congregation assembled In the group were Phyllis Raikes Junior Bates Carolyn Craig and Carolee Wild under the direction of Miss Greta Woitzel Mrs Harnsberger organist played the prelude as Joan Zorn Barbara Parks Marilyn Clark and Pauline Proctor lighted theltapers in a simple candlelighting ceremony The young union choir was a feature of the service which all enjoyed The group numbering nearly fifty and wearing white robes entered: singing the inspiring Other number sung during the service were and -Awakening The eh i was trained by Mrs Zorn Mrs Parks and Miss Ruth Panzer Mrs Parks directed Alta Fern Bricker gave the Invocation and Benediction Robert Darst the Easter story from the Scripture and Mary Lucile Smith the prayer The committee in charge of the program included Mrs Ziegenbein Mrs Riley Wright and Mrs McFarland (See EASTER Page 4) Loans are being made to farmers to purchase fuel oil tractor and machinery repairs feed and seed according to It Jelinek field supervisor ofi the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan office Mr Jeninek also informed us that a farmer who was unable to pay old feed and seed loans due to drouth hail etc is still eligible for a loan of the same type this year Applications for Saunders county are being taken by James Vanek Wahoo Nebraska NOTICE IN REGARD TO THE MUSIC CONTEST The first large scale war housing program for Wahoo is to be undertaken at once by Victory Homes Inc a newly organized corporation which will build 50 low cost homes in the northwest part of Wahoo A group of Lincoln men are the incorporators: Todd A Gillan Ed Steinauer and Ralph Goodban The addition lies between Chestnut and Lincoln streets and extends from Merritt to 11th street The corporation has already submitted plans specifications and applications for FHA loans at Omaha as well as applications for priority on critical materials Panzer Forrest Raikes and Dr Clark have been named as a committee from the Ashland Chamber of Commerce to arrange for transportation for Ashland students to the Music Contest at Fremont next week Read the details of the contest in the story elsewhere in this issue and if you can drive your car and take a load to the contest kindly let the committee know LINCOLN FIRMS PAVING 18 MILES AT WAHOO PLANT Arriving in Ashland in what have been termed horse and buggy Dr Kirkpatrick is today April 8 celebrating the commencement of his 57th year in the practice of medicine in this community The doctor after his graduation from the Ohio State University Medical college in J882 practiced "in his native state for three and a half years then decided to come here in 1386 He has always been progressive and bought his first automobile in 1909 Very few are yet residing here who were here when Dr Kirkpatrick came but he has always enjoyed a very nice practice during all of the years Since Jthe fire which last year damaged the -office it has been restored to fine shape and he is ready to receive patients and will attend to his calls as far as his health will permit Six Men Report For Service Exams EL Harnsberger Heads Rotary Club Two Lincoln firms Ppbson Robinson and the Abel Construction company are at work on 18 miles of grading and concrete paving within the grounds of the Nebraska ordnance plant at Wahoo It was announced Friday The two firms hold the contract for the job jointly Zicafoose Hied iri 'Lincoln Club Initiates Members at Party The number of men who have been ordered to take medical examinations to determine their fitness for army service seem to be somewhat reduced Only six were on the list half of them from Ashland to appear before Dr Baer local medical examiner for the Saunders county draft board on Tuesday April 7 as follows: Elmer Kolb Charles Lohr and Oscar Vosler Ashland Clarence Stewart' Ceresco William Gerke Wahoo and Wendel Grimm Gretna 'Harnsberger '-was elected president of the Ashland Rotary Club at the meeting held last Monday evening Other officers are Lutton vice-president Rev Porter Bennett secretary and Ziegenbein treasurer Members of the Board of Directors are Wilbur Mead Keedy Dr Ziegenbein and Dr Fletcher SIGN YOUR VICTORY GARDEN PLEDGES NOW TRAILER HOMES INCREASE IN THIS COUNTY OMAHA WPA OFFICIALS TAKE JOBS AT WAHOO Earl Peter Zicafoose 53 a former resident of the Ashland community died Sunday afternoon in Lincoln He wag born at Ceresco and moved to McCook living there until 1918 He was for many years a resident of District 41 leaving there two years ago to reside in Waverly He is survived by his wife Dora two daughters Mrs Evelyn Hutchinson Waverly and Mrs Verna Hammer Greenwood three sons Lawrence of Hosperse la Clarence and Clifford of Lincoln a sister Mrs May Oberg Ceresco four brothers Otto and Ralph of McCook Ray of Ocean Park Cal and Bryan of Kansas City Mo and seven grandchildren Funeral services were held at 2:30 Tuesday at the Waverly Bethlehem church On Friday March 27 the Ashland high school club gave a party in honor of the members The only admission the new members had to pay was to let each old member give him one board upon entering the gym The rest of the evening was spent in playing cards and dancing When 9:30 came the club orchestra took over with a very interesting floor show The orchestra played three or four numbers then Scbeel president of the club presented Coach Staten with a new paddle During the rest of the evening the coach had all the A club The circulation of pledges for the 'members sign his paddle The eve-Victory Home and Garden program ning ended with a very nice lunch which Marion Dreyer Mrs Staten County Agent Russell Says Sign This Week progressing very satisfactorily in MEAD TO POLLS ON LIQUOR SALE RETURN HOLY WEEK SERVICES HAD SMALL ATTENDANCE Influx Workers 'Comes As Activity Grows In Plant District Manager DeBord and operations supervisor Harry Cusack of the Omaha district WPA staff have resigned to take engineering positions at the Nebraska Ordnance plant state WPA director Dwight Felton announced Wednesday DeBord will be succeeded by Welsh as acting district manager and Nord Seeley will succeed Cusack 4 '4 Mead voters decided at the polls on1 Tuesday whether beer and liquor shall return to that ordnance plant boom town after being banned the last 35 years Seven years ago when Mead was a village of 300 population the voters turned down a similar proposal by a slim margin The question on the ballot will be whether to legalize on and off sale of beer and sale of package liquor MRS GREEN SLIT SPEAKS AT ROTARY CLUB MEETING Mrs Chadwick' prepared and served The boys initiated and in what sport are as follows: Keiser Car-nicle Kuhl Miller Bates Reece Churchill Fidler Haswell Spech Goings McRey-nolds Bockleman Boring Lehr Engblom Coleman The special union services held in Ashland on Thursday and Friday evenings attracted comparatively small congregations Perhaps the reason for this might be found in the fact that two of our local churches are without regular pastors and their people have been having a Rev Porter Bennett brought a very fine message on Thursday evening followed by the Supper The choir under the direction of Mrs Zorn assisted in the service Rev Harold Gosnell of St Episcopal church was guest speaker on Friday evening and he gave a very wonderful Berm on in simple forceful language which reached to the liearts of those present Both services were fine and it is regretted that larger congregations were not present Miss Ida Jo Hoffman To Be May Bride Nebr Tuberculosis Campaign to Start Mr and Mrs Edward Hoffman announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Miss Ida Jo to Paul Vallier of Los Angeles Cal sou of Mr and Mrs Nelson Vallier north of town The wedding will be in May Mr and Mrs Dean Smith and family of Omaha were Sunday dinner guests of their parents Mr and Mrs Clyde Smith who also received an Easter greeting from Mr and Mrs Harold Carlton and Gary Lee is most areas within the county in spite of continued bad roads according to County Agent Russell He says that most of those districts which have completed their canvass report that 100 of the people called upon signed the pledge At the end of last week the names of over 1500 families who had signed the pledges had been submitted' to the county office Most people Realize their responsibility in winning: this war and are very willing to pledge their greatest efforts to it Many people have" the mistaken idea that the Victory Borne and Garden 'program is merely a scheme to produce more garden products It is a pledge to forth our best in home productioh of food maintenance and improvement of health and maintaining our morale This is a pledge that every loyal citizen should he willing to sign and proud to display as these are things that every family can do to help in winning the war Every effort is being made to complete the job this week Those who have not had an opportunity to sign a pledge should contact the Victory leader in their neighborhood or call at the county office I The annual rural meeting of the Ashland Rotar Club was held on Monday evening when the group had the farmers of Cedar Hill as their guests for dinner at the Cedar Hill Church A delicious and satisfying dinner was served to 48 men by the Cedar Hill church ladies and the businessmen and farmers thoroughly enjoyed their dinner visit together John Scott and Dr Fletcher were the committee in charge of arrangements and the program Before the dinner a sing was held led by Edwin Fricke Mrs Alta McCartney accompanied at the piano After the dinner Dr Fletcher presented Mrs A Greenslit as guest speaker Mrs Greenslit gave a very interesting and educational talk on South America She told of the size and characteristics of each country and summarized the exports and imports In these days when the future of the Americas lies in union and happy relations as good neighbors all are vitally interested in becoming better acquainted with the Americas on the South Mrs talk was most timely and was very much enjoyed The early diagnosis campaign being held this month is part of the Nebraska Tuberculosis year-round health program and Is financed through the annual sale of Christmas Seals It is an attempt to make the public conscious of tuberculosis and of the necessity of finding it in the early easily curable stages The first factor necessary for success In our defense program is good health Congested living cqn ditions worry and poor nutrition lead to poor health During April the Nebraska Tuberculosis Association is asking every individual to become acquainted with the facts concerning tuberculosis and help them in eradicating the disease from the state Tuberculosis alone Could easily cause the downfall of our whole defense set-up NOTICE There have been complaints about persons shooting at blackbirds along Salt Creek bank This practice must be stopped immediately or prosecution will be necessary Earl Fox Chief of Police Delmar Kem Yardley of Ashland enlisted last Thursday in the United States coast guard He left the same day for a training station He is the son of Mr and Mrs Omer Kem Yard-ley of Ashland Before enlisting Yardley was farming southeast of town He is interested in mechanics and plans to study one of the courses offered by the coast guard in order to win advancement in that field Sunday guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Victor Stambaugh were Mrs Wortman Mr and Mrs Herman Matison Dick and Lt Dwight Whitaker LL arrival came as a complete surprise to his family He has just finished a six weeks course at the Special Services Branch school Ft George Mead Md and received the rank of first lieutenant at Omaha Monday afternoon Lt Whitaker will return to his duties as athletic director at Ellington Field Tex Saunders County began to show signs of the prospective boom last week as the weather turned warm and workmen began to get down to the serious business of completing the plant As one drives from Ashland north toward Mead the first indication of the increased population may be seen at Memphis where already about 10 trailers are camped More are expected to arrive shortly At Ithaca we were told that there were fifteen trailers camped and new ones coming nearly every day Across the road west of the plant near Mead one farmer has about twenty-five trailers parked on his farm and he had said that he will put the whole farm in and let the farm land lay idle if the demand warrants Mead of course has the greatest amount of activity Streets are lined throughout the day with cars Trailers are also becoming numerous there It ia anticipated that every available inch of space will be used for trailers and camps to bouse the incoming workers and their families The trailer camp at the fair grounds at Wahoo has about 35 trailers now We were told that the men come and go due to the fact that there is not enough work for all of the available men at this time The work has been speeded up a great deal with the arrival of spring weather The administration buildings are being erected on the north end near Mead and there are hundreds of workers on that one part of the plant alone It is anticipated that there are about 1900 workers employed at this time on the entire plant There are a few workers located at Ashland at present The big majority will prnbably arrive as soon as the towns in the north of the county have been filled to capacity The main reason however for Ashland not having more at this time may be laid to the fact that the road between Ashland and the plant -has Ulrich Gerdes who has been here for the past two years in charge of Julius blacksmith shop left Monday morning for Sau Diego Cal to work as a welder in the Navy HEED THIS LESSON LISTEN! Mr and Mrs Ray Hays of Neosho Mo came Saturday and visited Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Riebe MrsJ Hays who was formerly Miss Helen Riebe had not visited home since her marriage in November Other Sunday guests were Mr and Mrs Lloyd Riebe of Lincoln Mr and Mrs Chester Campbell and son Kenneth of the Greenwood route and Mrs brother Adolph Ran and family south of town Mr and Mrs Clarence Wills moved Wednesday to the Kleiser farm southeast of town Mr and Mrs Harry Wills and Mr and Mrs Milt Wollen and Dicky called on them Friday evening and Mr and Mrs Wills also called Sunday Reports have come in to police that local lads are tampering with cars parked in front of houses It might be at good idea fortparents to do a little "home before mischief is done Mr and Mrs Alfred Ulstrup received a long distance telephone call from Mr and Mrs Thomas Beesley and family at Newport Tenn on Easter Sunday The connection was fine and- their daughter said the weather was nice and warm in that part of the south- Market Report what a mess I crabbed the pessimist God made me he asked if 1 wanted looks and I thought he said and I told Him I want any Then Be asked me if wanted brains and I thought he said and I said that I need any Then Be asked me if I wanted and I thought he said and I told Him to give me 2 little ones Then Be asked me if I wanted a and I thought Be said and I told Bim I wanted a big red one Then Be asked me it I wanted and I thought Be said and I told Bim to give me two big fat ones And Oh what a mess I am! Contributed Huge flocks of blackbirds have been migrating north and have been stopping in Ashland enroute They settled down in the tops of the trees along Salt Creek bank until the trees looked as though they were filled with black foliage The birds swooped down into ponds left standing after recent rains and frolicked splashed and bathed in evident pleasure Anxious to try their marksmanship and perhaps annoyed by the birds several persons tried their luck at shooting at them Residents along the creek bank were startled to hear shot whistling past them and have requested that the- Nimrods cease shooting immediately For Good Bedtime Fredric March Loretta Young Plus Two-Reel Comedy and a i Cartoon at the NEXT theatre Tuesday April 14 Sponsored by the cl 1 ani Club Mrs John Newberry and son Keith of Eagle Grove Ia spent -Saturday afternoon with Mrs Etta Lucas and on Sunday visited her sister Mrs John'Slepicka and family of West Ashland Keith has graduated from a six months course in the Aero Industries Technical institute at Los Angeles Cal and after a short vacation at home will return to work at the plant of the North American Aircraft company at Cal helping assemble bomber planes Quotations 10 a today: Wheat No $106 Corn No 2 yellow 68c Corn No 2 white 81c Produce Heavy hens 18c Leghorn hens 13c Mr and Mrs Edward Mayer and Mr and Mrs Becker were In Omaha and Plattsmouth on Sunday evening At the latter place they called on Mrs Eudora Hagan at the Masonic home finding her well and happy For her birthday in February Mrs Hagan received over 100 letters and cards then was taken seriously ill and had a several weeks siege before her recovery was complete She sends her regards to her many Ashland friends i been in terrible shape the workmen: Cox was too difficult to 10c 23c 2 31c saying that It drive over Eggs Cream I 34c No.