Minatare Free Press from Minatare, Nebraska • 1

i News'Briefs i General News of Ike Week Briefly Toty VOLUME XZXX MINATARE, SCOTTS BLUTT COUNTY. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. APRIL 1L 1940. TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR April 1 Water Report Precipitation in the North Platte river watershed during the winter months is only about a half inch under the normal for that period, according to a snow survey made by the U. S.

department of agriculture on April 1 and released Tuesday. The study showed that precipitation from October 1 to March 81 amounted to 5.17 inches, com NOTICE TO MINATARE BUSINESS MEN The Minatare Lions club invites every business, man and sport fan to meet with them next Monday evening at 6:15, in the Firemen club room. The purpose of this meeting will be to set up an organization to put on" the rural schools softball and track field tournaments. There will be more than 150 students at the, softball tournament to be held in Minatare during the first week in May let's get ready to take care of them. EARL G.

CURTIS President Two Rural Events Here During. May Softball Tournament Will Be Held Here May 1st Annual Track and Held Meet May 4th. A group of teachers from toe rural schools in this section of the county met with Supt Earl G. Curtis of the Minatare schools on Tuesday evening when plans were discussed in regard to toe softball rural school tournament to be held in this city on Wednesday, May 1st, and also to discuss plans concerning the track and field day for rural schools; also to be held here on toe following Saturday May 4to. County Superintendent C.

N. Fleenor met with the group and explained toe plan to determine the championship softball team among the rural schools in the county. Teams from other schools will meet in other parts of toe county and after toe district champions have been determined, the various district champions will meet at a place, to be determined later, and play for the county championship on Monday, May 13th. Twelve teams, including both boys and girls teams, will enter the tournament to be held here and toe winners will be presented with properly engraved trophies. The annual track and field day to be held here on Saturday, May 4th, was also discussed at this meeting and very much interest was shown.

The rural schools were very much pleased with the event held Minatare last spring and will be glad to participate in toe event agam this year. Further details of both these important events will be announced after a meeting of Minatare business men and sport fans, which is to be beld in the Firemen's club rooms next. Monday evening. VALLEY CLUB i it pared to the normal of 5.75 inches. Precipitation during March amounted to 1.12 inches.

Reservoir storage on the North Platte is 36 per cent of what it was one year ago and 63 per cent of what it was two years the pth aged 43.9 inches on April 1, com- pared to 53.6 inches one year ago an average of 57.5 inches. The average water content was 16 inches, compared to 19.3 inches a year ago and an average of 19.8 incnef. Strip Diars Car Sheriffs officers and police were hunting Monday for thieves who stole a car owned by B. M. Dicrs, ScotUbluff postmaster, stripped it of accessories and left it, with all lights darkened, in the middle of the county highway south of Minatare in the apparent hope that another motorist would ram into it and damage it so extensively that the theft of accessories would not be noticed.

The car was found still in the center of the road, one mile south of Minatare, Sunday morning, twelve hours after it had been stolen. So efficient had the thieves been in taking removable parts that the car had to be towed into a garage. Among equipment missing was a radio, heater, two horns and clock. Bayard Approves Contract 1 Bayard voters overwhelmingly approved a contract between the city and the U. S.

reclamation service at a special election last Thursday by a vote of 207 to 48 to purchase power with which to energize the distribution system that the city plans to take over from the Western Public Service company on May 17'. Only formalities now -separate the city from its municipal light system, it it stated. The reclamation service filans to construct a nine mile power ine to connect its transmission lines, with the Bayard substation. The distribution system at Bayard was obtained through a condemnation action. Additional Funds Needed The fund being raised to make Chimney rock ana a surrounding 40-acre tract a national monument had climbed to $646.16 Tuesday.

From $650 to $700 in needed to build a road to the rock, fence the tract and erect a commemorative, plague, according to Bart Moore of Bayard, chairman of the campaign committee seeking donations. The late Frank Dumal, Bayard pioneer, offered the area as a public park on the condition the three-point construction program be carried out Schumacher Heads V. F. W. Leo Schumacher of Minatare, was elected commander of Scottsbluffs Admiral Dewey post of the V.

F. W. Wednesday night and A. P. Evans was named senior vice commander.

Other officers chosen were Phil Sch-hleicher. Junior vice commander; T. C. Keclcy, quartermaster; Frank Glebe, judge advocatee; Roy Reed, chaplain; Dr. E.

E. Griggs, surgeon, and J. J. Carlilc, trustee for an 18-monts term. MANILLA NICHOLS HONORED Miss Marilla Nichols, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. C. G. Nichols of Mina-tarc, was honored at an afternoon tea given by Omicron Nu, home economics scholastic honorary at Iowa state college, Ames, Iowa, on Tuesday, April 9. Miss Nichols was one of several young ladies recognized for high scholastic records.

She is a student of the Junior class of the Home Economics Education Department of the Iowa college. Miss Nichols was selected to act as hostess at the reception for junior students iven fay President and Mrs. Charles J. Friley, on Sunday, April 7. She was also recently elected social chair-man for her residence hall, Ridgeway House.

PLEASANTLY SURPRISED Mr. and Mrs. Warren Luke of this city, were pleasantly surprised last Sunday afternoon when several friends and neighbors dropped in with well filled baskets late in the afternoon to help them celebrate their eighteenth wedding anniversary. A delicious lunch was served to the following guests: Mr. and Mrs.

Wm. Curry, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Currv and sons, Mr. and Mrs.

Walter Shaw and daughters, and the honor guests and their daughter, Margaret Music was furnished by the Shaw family after lunch, and at a late hour all departed wishing Mr. and Mrs. Luke many more happy wedding anniversaries. Mrs. George Jennings and infant son returned from ine hospital Saturday.

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Lewellen. friday, April 5, a girl, Carmen Lorena. Mrs.

George Koenig of Oakland, California, arrived in Minatare Friday, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. VanNoy, where she will visit for a few weeks. Much Accomplished By WPA in County Department Issues Summary of Work Projects in Scoits Bluff County During Past Four Years.

A report giving the summary of the work accomplished by the WPA in Scotts Bluff county is released today by D. F. Fenton, state administrator for the WPA, who points out that eighty-seven per cent of the money expended on the various projects in the county was wages to the workers. Among the benefits revealed by this inventory of accomplishments by WPA workers is the improvement or 256 miles of highways and streets. Among the towns making street improvements were Scottsbluff, Gering, Minatare, Mitchell and Morrill.

Thu street improvement totaled. 113.26 miles. Most of. these streets were surfaced with gravel and in Gering the old dips were eliminated. In making the street improvement, feci of curb and gutter was installed and 600 feet reconstructed.

Where curbs were already in place, 5,003 feet of new gutter was installed and 174 feet reconstructed. In addition, 0,107 feet of new sidewalk was constructed and 2,547 reconstructed. Mr. Buchanan pointed out that at the beginning of the program it was agreed that in road building permanent benefits rather than -merely temporary accomplishments should be ihe policy. II esaid that in constructing 142.64 miles of farm-to-market road it had been necessary to install five new In.

order to provide proper drainage so that roads would not wash during heavy rains, sixty-two new culverts were constructed and fourteen improved. Eleven new buildings were erected in the county. Among these were a new school in District No. 12, Haig and District No. 88, and improvements to the schools in Scottsbluff and Mitchell.

A new gymnasium was built in Scottsbluff and one in Henry. A museum was built at Scottsbluff, where an addition was also made to the library, and a city building built at MorrilL Thirteen buildings were, reconstructed or im- proved. A new flood-light athletic field was! built at Lyman and a swimming pool i at Gering. A new band shell wasi built at Melbcta, and in the county 6,641 feet of new sewer, main constructed. The workers reconstructed 1,130 'feet of sewer main.

Improvements were made to the water distribution systems in Gering and Mit-j chclL This consisted of 7,765 feet -of new construction and thirty con- sum era were immediately connected with the lines. Improvements were made to the electric distribution system at Mitchell with reconstruction of 63,360 feet of power line. Improvements were made to thei Farmers Enterprise and Ramshornj Irrigation systems. This consisted of i construction of 8,055 feet of new ditch benefiting 982 acres and recon-' struction or improvement of 204,320 feet benefiting 94,726 acres. Drainage was provided for 3,000 acres by constructing 662 feet of ditch ana Sipe and improving 3,700 feet of itch.

The workers repaired or renovated 556 volumes in the public libraries of the county. The Mitchell recreation board was assisted by WPA providing supervisors leisure time activities. Mrs. Sadie Stohl, district-director of professional and service projects, said that in her opinion the inventory showed the accomplishments on the sewing projects at Gering, Mitchell and Scottsbluff to be one of the chief benefits received by the county. A total of 43,688 garments have been completed on these projects for distribution by the county to the needy.

These consisted of 2,967 garments for men, 10,536 garments for women, 5,798 garments for boys, 8,573 garments for girls and 15,814 for infants. In addition to these, 7,446 articles other than garments that were needed by the county for distribution have been made. Mr. and Mrs. Syd Blain and daughter of Scottsbluff spent the weeek end in Minatare at the S.

M. Blain home. Mrs. Kitty Ruff was guest of honor at a surprise birthday party given by a number of friends on Monday afternoon. Mr.

and Mrs. Perry Wright drove to Chadron Sunday, where they visited with their son, Bob, who is a student at the Teachers college. Mr. and Mrs. L.

B. Lewellen entertained the Saturday Night Bridge club at their home. Mr. and Mrs. Don Watson scored high and Allan Evans and Mrs.

Harold Sage scored low. Griswold and Terry Are Primary Winners i Dewey Leads Vandenburg in Slate and County Cochran and Butler Nominated to U. S. Senate. With less than fifty precincts in the entire state to hear from, Terry Carpenter 'lleading Keith Neville for the democratic nomination for governor by about 1500 votes, while Griswold has a safe lead over Warner for the republican nomination for governor.

Griswold's lead is nearly 15,000 votes. In the race for U. S. senator, Cochran has a lead over Senator Burke of approximately 25,000 votes for the democratic nomination, while Butler, Omaha grain man, has been nominated for the republican nomination with a lead of nearly 7,000 over Weaver. Roosevelt received 109,000 votes as presidential choice, while toe republican choice was Dewey, with approximately 100,000 votes to 72,000 for Vandenberg.

I On toe face of early returns, Mau-pin trails a few hundred votes behind Swanson for the nomination for the office of railway commissioner. Iir toe congressional race, A. T. Howard of Scottsbluff, is leading his nearest opponent by an apparently safe margin for. the republican nomination.

In Scotts Bluff county Roosevelt received 1626 votes, while Dewey led Vandenberg 2300 to 1485. In the race for nomination for governor on the democratic ticket, Carpenter received 1625 votes to 541 for Neville. Griswold led Warner in this county 2262 to 660. Scotts Bluff county was also kind to Governor Cochran in his race for U. S.

Senator, giving him 1169 votes for the democratic nomination to 962 for Senator Burke. Butler carried the county over Weaver for the April 16 at the republican nomination by a vote of The Senior class 1454 to 1154. six members, On the non-political Murphy received 3448 votes for the legislature, while Earl Holcomb received 1505 and Ben Quick received 938. District Judge Perry received 3378 votes to 2686 for C. O.

Lyda in Scotts Bluff county. Perry also received a majority of the votes cast in Garden and Morrill counties. Ted Feidler led toe race for county judge among a field of six candidates. Feidler received 2116 votes, while his nearest competitor, Chas. Wingett, received 1229.

PLEASANT The Pleasant the home of Mrs. nine members and Games for the Williams was shower. Mrs. Mrs. Dale Zemanek Sister Gifts.

The to be held April Mrs. Lee Einfalt Out of TWENTY Messrs. Gibson, Harshman and going members of and Conklin, Grier, and Lackey were chosen at the city Pierpont, V. C. and E.

T. for election board. Pierpont out the other votes. A road committee, C. E.

Clough, Math T. Johnson and special committee E. O. Harshman were appointed at Commercial club Minatare county in regard changing of the proposed plan was to miss Minatare FIFTEEN Klemke and to the village board and in the Brackman and ed over their Smith. The Junior-Senior Minatare high April 16 at the W.

Taylor, Rex Leonard, Robert Gauvain Brown. TEN Ralph Hoffman, L. A. Ross were Minatare in the League. Minatare season at Bayard Mrs.

Addie Minatare, was to visit the grave of who was killed in 11 'LS (WNU Service) More High Honors, for Local Students Shirley Carroll and Dean Hammond Receive Outstanding Recognition At District Play Contest. Minatare high school made a clean sweep in the Class one-act play contest held in Bridgeport last Saturday afternoon and evening. Land's End presented by the Minatare students, was rated as the only superior" and the outstanding actress and act6r awards in the contest went to Shirley Carroll and Dean Hammond, Minatare high school students. Land's End, a royalty play, written by Dennis Plimmcr ana produced by Samuel French, was awarded the Columbia University Playright's Award 1937. The setting for the play is at Land's End, a roadside stand on the outskirts of a large American city.

Kim Farrell, portrayed by Dean Hammond, an ex-convict, who has contracted tuberculosis in prison, is determined to get revenge upon the man who railroaded him to prison. At Land's End" Kim meets John Delchanty, Paul Golden, who was responsible for Kim's prison sentence. John is running for the office of mayor and the meeting occurs on election eve. The other members of the cast are the proprietor of the roadside stand, Shirley Carroll, and John Delchantys chauffeur, Roger Lcafgreen. The eight schools who participated in the contest were: Potter, Melbcta, Sunflower, Big Springs, Lodgepole, Minatare, Lisco and Lyman.

Lyman and Lodgepole each received excellent" ratings. The judge of the tournament was W. O. Mallory of the University of Wyoming. A 'local performance- of -Land's End is being presented at the Aladdin Theatre, Thursday evening.

The Sy will take place between shows. is performance is being staged for the benefit of patrons of toe school, who did not have the opportunity to see the last local performance. Jerry Brackman has been ill at his home the past week. Joyce Imes entertained several little friends at a birthday party, Tuesday afternoon. Mr.

and Mrs. Arnold Nelson of Chadron, were week end visitors at the Charles Brackman home. Miss Caroline Bastron spent toe week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Bastron, at Bayard.

Mrs. Ed Leutzingcr and son, Eldon, and Miss Ruth Carriker visited at the Ed Gueck home in Scottsbluff, Friday. Miss Kathryn Denning of this city, and Miss Ethel Pflug of Scottsbluff, spent the week end in Trenton, Nebraska. Mrs. Lloyd Garber entertained Miss Kathleen Moss, student nurse at St Luke's hospital in Denver, spent toe week end in Minatare with her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. V. R. Moss. Mr.

and Mrs. W. W. Hubbard returned Saturday evening from Billings, Montana, where they were called by toe death of Mrs. Hubbard's mother.

Bill Emick left Sunday for Columbus, Ohio, where he is attending schooL He spent several weeks in Minatare visiting at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Emick.

BAND PARENTS CLUB The Band Parents club wishes to thank all who contributed in any way toward the success of the Election Lunch" on Tuesday. Thirty-seven dollars was cleared to add to the Uniform Fund, boasting it to $75.00. The city council has offered to give $50.00 to the Band Parents club, for uniforms, if toe band boys will collect and haul away all trash from the alleys in town. The club will appreciate your cooperation on this project Please collect all trach, tin cans, and pile close to toe alley so that the boys will have little difficulty when they come to haul it away. By helping the band you will also be improving the appearance of your city.

Minatare Students Win At Spelling Bee Not to be outdone by the championship football team, the basketball conference champs, nor toe outstanding play actors in the recent contest, in bringing honors to the Minatare schools, the pupils in the grade school participated in the county-wide spelling contest at Mitchell and came home with the lion's share of the honors, when they won three awards, one third" and one fourth. The placing were as follows; Loretta Weddell First place in second grade competition. Anita Jay First place in third grade. Elizabeth Kelso First place in fourth grade. Jerry-Dellon Third place in fifth grade Guyla SteeleN-Fourth place in seventh grade.

Also Gulya Steele, Dick Helmick and Donald Klcmke entered the finals in the combined sixth, seventh and eighth grades and Guyla Steele won fourth place in that competition. Radliff Resigns As Federated Minister Rev. W. Ray Radliff, pastor of the Minatare Federated churches for toe past year, tendered his resignation at congregational meeting at the Presbyterian church Tuesday ever ning, to take effect April 22nd. Rev.

Radliff has recently accepted a call to the First Presbyterian church at Ord, Nebraska, and plans to leave with his family within a few days for their new nome. Rev. and Mrs. Radliff and fine family have made many friends here who regret to learn of their intentions to leave and the best wishes of toe entire community will follow them to their new location. The Ord church is an old established organization and has a membership of 240.

The altitude in the valley has proven to be too high for Rev. Radliff and on toe doctors orders he has been forced to seek a location in a lower climate. It is understood that the Federated church board plans to engage a new pastor at once gnd the charge will not be vacant longer than necessary to select a new man. A. M.

Robb, cashier at toe Minatare factory for many years, and now a resident of Loveland, Colorado, where he was recently transferred by the Great Western, spent toe week end in Minatare visiting with his family. Mrs. Robo, Norma and Bill plan to join Mr. Robb at Loveland following toe close of school. Bill is a member xi the graduating class this year.

Valley club met at Wm. Dalbey, with one visitor pres- -ent. furnished entertainment afternoon. Mrs. G.

J. complimented with a Harve Harward and. received Peanut next meetings is 17 at the home of the Past YEARS AGO Johnson, Conklin, Helmick were toe out the village board, Gauvain, Klemke toe new members election. O. G.

Redding, W. H. Pittman Peters were toe candidates on toe school and Redding nosed candidates by very few consisting of Schumacher, H. M. Blain, with a of L.

F. Johnson, and R. O. Chambers, a meeting of the in Minatare to represent in meetings in the to the possible state highway. The for the highway and Mitchell.

YEARS AGO Lackey were reelected without opposition, school election Harshman were opponents, Clough and banquet of toe school was to be held H. Pittman home. consisted of only Mayme Ruff, Etta Robert Byrns, and Eugene C. YEARS AGO P. Goff and committeemen from Valley Baseball was to open toe on May 4.

Eaton, formerly of sail for France to her son, Roy Eaton, action in the late She was a member of the pil-e of Gold Star Mothers. A shortage of water for irrigation during the months of July and August was predicted by weather bureau. FIVE YEARS AGO The Journalism club of the Veteran's camp at Lake Minatare published the first issue of their camp paper, Lake Minatare Breeze." J. H. Carroll, 83, of Alliance, and father of W.

Carroll of this city, passed away. R. Curry, who had been employed on the Alliance News, accepted a position with toe Wood River Sunbeam. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs.

Jake Brithouer, and a boy was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Conklin. Mr. and Mrs.

C. G. Mitchell, who were celebrating their Golden Wedding anniversary at toe home of their daughter, Mrs. Tom Fulton, was pleasantly surprised when a number of old friends gathered at the Fulton home. Margaret Ann Thom' turned to her home Thi spending several weeks in toe Orthopedic hospital in Lincoln.

The American Legion Auxiliary will meet next Monday evening at the Legion club rooms with Miss Gara Hill and Mrs. George Soward as hostesses. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Metebarger and son, Jack, of Alliance, spent Sunday visiting in Minatare at toe home of Mr.

and Mrs. R. Chambers. Mr. Metebarger is a cousin of Mr.

Chambers, and is employed by the Burlington at Alliance as a fireman. Many of toe older readers of toe Free Press will remember C. B. Baldwin, former resident here, who now lives at Port Bryon, New York. Mr.

Baldwin has stated in previous letters that he remembers many of toe old tone residents. He sent his remittance this week to continue his subscription to the Free Press in order to keep up with toe news concerning his old friends..