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Linco1 Nebr. Sate Nebraska, Historical Soc. MAY 21 1962 The Madrid Herald VOLUME 40 THE MADRID HERALD, MADRID, NEBRASKA MAY 17, 1962 No. 47 Substantial Rains Received Wednesday After months of dry weather, general rains came to a wide area of Colorado, northwestern Kansas and southwestern Nebraska on Wednesday when soaking thunderstorms ranging from two to four inches -fell. The rain began in Madrid shortly before noon and light rain was continuing to fall Wednesday night.

More than two inches had been measured here at five o'clock. The rain came after a week of nearly constant windy weather. Gale-like winds raged e- lection day and considerable damage was done by strong winds and twisters. Several farms in the Grant vicinity were hit by the high winds including those of Chuck Gossard, Wendell Cornelius, Art Sloan, Floyd Richmond. Dwight Softley and others north to Keith county.

Last Saturday there was considerable wind and a late afternoon electrical storm set off dozens of fires in pasture lands over the region. Temperature in Degrees High Low May 9 93 47 May 10 94 52 May 11 97 52 May 12 96 55 May 13 89 61 May 14 82 54 May 15 87 43 Precipitation This Week: 2.21 Precipitation This Year: 5.07 Set Memorial Day Services at 9:00 a.m. The American Legon has announced that Memorial Day services this year will be held at the cemetery starting at 9:00 a.m. The cemetery services will be under the direction of the American Legion and Auxiliary. WOMAN'S CLUB ENJOYS HOMEMAKING STYLE SHOW "Fair of Fashion" was the theme of the Madrid Woman's Club meeting held Tuesday, May 8 at the school house with the homemaking classes of Mrs.

Patricia Robinson conducting a style show. Eleven girls took part. Guests of the Woman's Club included the homemaking girls and their mothers, teachers and teacher's wives and the mother of Mrs. Robinson who lives at Stapleton. A lovely tea table using spring colors of lavendar and yellow was used to serve the guests dainty cookies and sandwiches.

Leota Flaming, president-elect and Irma Young, out going president poured. es were Mae Cornelius, Louise Cornelius, Betty Shirley and Gerry Pankonin assisted by Ruby Bullock and Irma Young. A short business meeting preceded the program. The club voted to sponsor the cancer drive in Madrid. Eva Ford underwent an appendectomy at the Perkins ty Hospital late Tuesday night.

Our Honor Roll The following are new subscribers or have renewed their subscriptions to The Madrid Herald. How does your subscription stand! BIll Tjaden Madrid Dellene Hogue Denver, Colo. Jake Fricke Madrid Dick Mangnall Madrid LAWN CLINIC IN SUBURBIA DID THOSE GUYS TRY TO SELL YOU VEN SOME O' THE UR BITE BUT I ITS DIDNT BLACK SOIL? AT RICH, COAL DUST DIVOT" IS A GOLF FIEND! HIS YARD IS A SIGHTLET'S A BIG CROP DANDELIONS GROW SEED AND TRY BLOW ALL OVER. OUR LAWN. NES, WE TOO BUT WE HAVE AN AMPUL TiME GRUBS AND MOLES AND CHINCH I TILL MY YARD TAKES MORE CUTTING MORE WATERING MORE FERTILIZINGMORE CRAB GRASS KILLER MORE INSECTICIDE AND MORE AND MORE WORK MY GARDEM BOOK SAYS CUT TH' GRASS LONG AN' DON'T WATER TOO OFTEN'- ON YEAH Elmer Olson Rites Held Last Friday Funeral services were held at the Faith Lutheran Church in Lincoln last Thursday for er F.

Olson with Rev. Edgar Schmidt officiating and at the Zion Lutheran Church in Grant on Friday with Rev. F. August Lindenmyr officiating. Music was provided by Mrs.

Dan Gengenbach, organist and Mrs. George Gengenbach who sang "Rock of Ages" and "What A Ushers were Dan Gengenbach and Clark Schroeder. Casket bearers were Fred Upright, Don Potts, Jack Walters, Garnet Walters, Thurston Bechtel and Homer Hutcheson. terment was made in the Elsie Cemetery with the Bullock-Long Funeral Home in charge of ar- rangements. OBITUARY Elmer Frederick Olson, son cf Oscar and Bina Olson, was born March 16, 1912 at Elsie, Nebr.

and departed this life May 8, 1962 at Lincoln, Nebr. after a prolonged illness. Elmer grew to manhood in the Elsie vicinity and on Oct. 8, 1938 was united in marriage to Winifred Wenzel of Lincoln. They first made their home in then two years later moved to San Fernando, Calif.

where Elmer worked for Lockheed Aircraft. In 1948 they moved back to Grant and he worked six years for Andrews and son. In 1954 they moved to a farm near Lincoln where they lived at the time of his death. He was preceded in death by his mother and father and one brother, Glen. Survivors include his loving wife Winifred and son Ronald; two brothers Henry of Elsie and John of Denver and one sister, Ruby McQueen of Elsie, LOCALS At the organizational meeting of the village board of trustees Monday night Ralph Daigger was elected chairman for the coming year.

Other officers will be Art Murray, clerk; George Ford, treasurer; A. A. Eastin, marshal and water commissioner; and Joe Tickle, park caretaker. Chester Buchanan returned home last Saturday from Omaha where he had been receiving medical and surgical treatment on his leg for several weeks. School Activities Mark Coming Week The end of another school year is noted this week with the announcement of senior baccalaureate services on Sunday, May 20 and commencement exercises on Wednesday, May 23.

Rev. Ed Friesen will deliver the sermon next Sunday evening at the high school auditorium starting at 8 p.m. Mr. Jay Springman, head of the English Dept. at Gordon High School, has been secured to give the commencement address.

Nine seniors and 15 eighth graders will receive diplomas. School will dismiss at 2 p.m. next Wednesday and there will be no school on Thursday while teachers make out their reports. The school picnic will be held on Friday, May 25. Buses will go out at 10 that day and report cards will be given out at 11.

The picnic will be held in the park at 12 and the whole community is invited. You are asked to bring your own table service and enough food for your family. Drink and dessert will be furnished by the. school. will return the students following the picnic.

Historical Items Wanted for Jubilee Local area folks, who have historical items of early pioneer days for use as displays during the Diamond Jubilee coming in August, are asked to be getting them ready for display. Local merchants would be glad to display some of these items during the coming weeks until such time as they will be used in Grant. It is expected that a good building will be made a- vailable in Grant for display of historical items by July. Until that time such items might be displayed locally to build up interest in the Diamond Jubilee. GEORGE FORD CATCHES RECORD SMALLMOUTH BASS George Ford, local angler doesn't go fishing very often but when he does he wants to make it noteworthy.

Thus last Saturday while fishing west of Martin bay. at Lake McConaughey he hooked a 3 lb. 15 oz. smallmouth bass. He brought the fish to Madrid before weighling it and did not realize he had a record catch until he told Ike Houtz about it.

He returned to Ogallala for an official weighing and it was found that he had broken the state record. The fish measured 18 and inches long and 13 inches in girth. It was thought the fish would have weighed four pounds at the time it was caught. Mrs. Elsa Wendt left last Saturday for Chicago to fly to Holstein, Germany where she will visit relatives.

She had planned to leave about a month ago, but had to postpone her trip because of injuries received in a car accident. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tickle received word Monday evening of the death of their son-in-law, Hurles (Jack) Armstrong of Oakley, Mich. He died in the Owassa hospital from cancer.

He was 58 years old and will be remembered here as a nephew of Mrs. Anna Newton. The Madrid Birthday club met on Monday of this week at the home of Mrs. Lottie Hoover. Fifteen members were present.

Hostesses were Mrs. Thelma Stevens and Mrs. Joe Tickle. Good Voter Turnout For State's Primary HE OF WHAT TO KIND OF GRASS SEED DID YOU PLANT HOT IT'S GOOD 'BERMUDA', WEATHER GRASS -WONT BURN HOw's T' CRAB GRASS KILLER WORKIN' DON'T KNOW YET, USED TWENTY POUNDS WON'T KNOW MIDDLE Honors Convocation Recognizes Students Students receiving awards at the honors convocation held by the Madrid school on Wednesday of last week and not reported in our last issue included the following. Spelling, 5 grade, Mary Nass.

6th grade, John Long. 7th and 8th grades, Tim Graham, Mona Petersen, Linda Thaden, Industrial Arts, Larry Pankonin. Loyalty, Scholarship and A- chievement, John Wendt. French. Dorothy Nass.

English, Patty. Johnson. Library, Connie Vlasin. Social Science, Jennette Johnson. Typing, Donna Heinemann.

Biology, Sharleen Martens. I Homemaking, Sandra Daigger. Dona Hilferty. Music. Jr.

High, Mona Petersen, John Long. High school, Jay Flaming, Sharleen Martens, Erna -Football letters, Seniors, L. Johnson, R. Vlasin, J. Ross, G.

Peterson, J. Wendt. Juniors, D. Hilferty, R. McCormick, J.

Kelso, K. Froschheiser, G. Williams K. Evans. and J.

Flaming, student manager, L. Pankonin, D. Lovenburg, P. Vlasin, D. Cornelius.

Freshmen, L. Vlasin, T. Kraus, J. Thompson, M. Cornelius.

Basketball, Seniors, Johnson, Vlasin, Ross, Peterson, Wendt, Daigger. Juniors, Hilferty, McCormick, Froschheiser, Williams, Evans. Freshmen, L. Vlasin. Track, Seniors, Johnson, Vlasin, Ross, Peterson, Wendt.

Junlors, Hilferty, McCormick, Evans, Flaming. Sophomores, Pankonin, P. Vlasin. Freshmen, L. Vlasin.

Student Loren Kelso and Richard Stohler, All SPVA Conference a- wards--Football, Ron Vlasin, Dave. Hilferty. Basketball, Ron Vlasin, Len Johnson. Free Throw Trophy, Larry Vlasin. Most Tackles Plaque, Lenard Johnson.

Most Rebounds Plaque, Dave Hilferty, Volleyball, Connie Vlasin, (C) Donna Heinemann, Dona Hilferty, JoAnn Burge, Jennette Johnson, Pat Johnson Letters in Pep Club: 1st year, Myrna Friesen, Carol Kelso, Beverly Nass, Barbara Owens, Dorothy Nass, Karen Palu (Continued on page four) MUCK R.W. Nebraska's voters went to the polls Tuesday in the state's 1962 primary election and the votes have been tallied. In Perkins county more votes were cast this year than there were in the primaries of 1960 and 1958. The 1950 total was 918, in 1960 it was 783 and this year's total vote was unofficially 1098. County races attracting the most attention were for assessor, clerk, attorney, sheriff and the commissioner races.

Harry Shalla received the Democratic nomination for clerk defeating Mrs. Anna Stephenson 334 to 80 and will have no general election opposition. The same is true for treasurer where Mrs. Ora Norman defeated Mary Heinemann 224 to 179. F.

E. Wanek got the Republican nomination for attorney over W. C. Conover 420 to 244 and has no opposition in the fall. The assessor race saw Claude Clendenny win the Republican race and M.

Martinson took the Democratic nomination. Sheriff Howard Bechtel won his race over Don Hays and will face Anton Nowak, Democrat. Incumbent O. H. Ross got a big vote in.

Liberty precinct to win the second district commissioner race over John Wiebe 265 to 148. The latter was ahead in Madrid precinct 73 to 58 and the two candidates were even in Sawyer. George Ford was unopposed on the Democrat ticket. In the third district, incumbent Oliver Hill, Democrat, will oppose William H. Nelson, Republican.

Dale Erlewine had a big lead in his race for the unicameral legislature with Jay Person running in second position. In state races the county vote was about the same as that for the entire state. Following are the vote totals for the Madrid precinct and for the county. REPUBLICAN For Governor Fred Seaton 104 497 Geo. Clarke 10 80 Louis Hector 2 19 Lieutenant Governor Dwight Burney 74 426 Lester Anderson 32 161 Secretary of State Frank Marsh 93 551 Auditor of Public Accounts Ray Johnson 82 499 State Treasurer Clarence Swanson 77 486 Attorney General Carence Meyer 70 461 Railway Commissioner Wayne Swanson 46 287 Raymond Lemke 15 81 Waldo Iverson 9 69 E.

E. Coover 10 32 Congress, 3rd Dist. Dave Martin 72 378 Bill Richards 28 161 Don Glantz 7 31 John Campbell 6 24 County Sheriff Howard Bechtel 71 Don Hays 64 County Attorney F. E. Wanek 92 420 W.

C. Conover 42 244 County Assessor Claude Clendenny 37. 199 Charles Burnham 36 163 O. H. Mefford 37 158 Darryl Hoffman 25 139 Co.

Commissioner, 2nd Dist. O. H. Ross 58 265 John Wiebe 73 148 Commissioner, 3rd Dist. William Nelson 95 Everett Walrod 45 DEMOCRATIC For Governor Frank Morrison 44 277 Mrs.

R. G. Brooks 13 68 T. Mangiamelli 11 37 (Continued on page five).