NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL Hate Lincoln, Nebrasinado call Street Dixon, Concord and AllenAy 2 1963 ADVOCATE Thursday, May 2, 1963 NO. 13 Laurel Awarded Seventeen Superiors at Music Contest CURTISS ELECTED EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT PREXY David W. Curtiss was elected president of the eighth judicial district of Nebraska Tuesday evening at a Sioux City steak house. Eighth District Judge John Newton and Miss Ada Frum, district clerk, of South Sioux City, and county judges, court clerks and court reporters attended the meeting. They were from Cedar, Dakota, Dixon and Thurston counties.
Railroad Hearing Scheduled at Wayne A public hearing on the Chicago Northwestern Railway company's application to combine and abandon certain depots this area will be held at the courthouse in Wayne Wednesday, May 8, beginning at 9:30 a.m. The Laurel Chamber af Commerce and other business interests in Laurel have inidicated their opposition to such a shakeup by the School News Pre-Kindergarten School Laurel pre-kindergarten school will be held May 6, 7 and 8. On Monday, May 6, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. registration only (any time during these hours). Tuesday, May 7, 8:30 to Wednesday, May 8, 8:30 to classes and lunch.
The kindergarteners now attending school will not have school those days. L-H-S Junior-Senior Banquet The annual junior -senior banquet will be held Monday, May 6, at the Wagon Wheel Steak House. The prom and overnight party will be held at the high school auditorium. L-H-S County Music Festival On May 9, many of the rural schools will be invited to take part in the county music festival. This will be an afternoon program only, There will be no track meet involved.
The rural teschers will be asked to be at the school at 12:45 p.m. L-H-S Menu for the Week Beans and wieners, tossed salad, doughnuts and apple sauce, milk, bread and butter. Mashed potatoes and gravy, tried chicken, buttered corn, apricot sauce, milk, bread and butter. Goulash, string beans, white cake, milk and peanut butter bread. salad, turkey sandwiches, jello desert with whipped cream, milk, bread and butter.
Macaroni and cheese, buttered peas, raisin bars, carrot sticks, milk, bread and milk. L-H-S 5th Six Weeks Honor Roll Seniors -Mary Collins, 2 A-, Virginia Dickey, 2 A-, B-; Shirley Grella, A 2 A-; Judy Hattie, 2 A-, Lynn Havorka, 2 A-, 2 Vernita Holdorf, 3 A-, B-; DuRetta Joslin, A 2 Paul Noe, A-, 2 Don Sauser, 2 A-, 2 Annette Schutte, B-; Joyce Urwiler, 2 A-, B-; Lynn Zimmerman, A-, 2 Juniors- Cheryl Haisch, A-, 2 David Mans, 2 A-, B-; Linda Otteman, 2 Linda Patefield, 2 A-, B-; Betty Sutherland, 2 2 A-. Sophom*ores Doug Arduser, 2 2 Dave Felber, 2 2 Mary Finn, 2 A-, Saundra Houston, 3 A-, Jeff Klintberg, 3 A-; Pat Lipp, 2 A-, Tom Munter, 2 A-, B-; Patti Pearson, 2 Joan Scrutte, 2 A-, Lynette Smith, 3 A-; Carole Thomas, 4 A. Freshmen- -Jeannie Boeshart, 2 A- John Deylott, 2 Arliss Dirks, 3 Susan Domeier, 2 2 Owen Gadeken, 2 A-, Marsha Gilliland, 3 A-; Dale Michels, A- Julie Rieth, A-, 2 B. 8th grade -Lynette Noe, 4 Neal Paul, 3 B-; Jim Pedersen, 2 A-, B-; Becky Pehrson, 2 A-, 2 B.
7th grade- Kathleen Domeler, 3 2 A-; Evonne Gadeken, 3 A-, James Mallatt, 2 A-, Joelyn Noe, 2 3 Janet Urwiler, 3 A-. A The music students of Laurel high school participated in the annual music contest last weekend at WISTC. The results found Laurel with 17 superiors and seven excellent ratings. The 3rd District contest at Wayne is considered one of the toughest in competition in the state. Schools, other than Laurel, finding competition very keen were Wayne and Pierce in Class B.
Competition in mixed chorus was great, with only two superiors given in Class Laurel and Wayne. Results Mixed chorus, superior; boys quartet, superior; boys octet, superior; girls sextet, superior; boys glee, superior; clarinet solo, Jett Klintberg, superior; drum solo, Dick Luhr, superior; drum duet, Jim Deyloff and Dick superior; drum ensemble, superior; trumpet quartet, superior; clarinet quartet, superior; saxaphone sextet, superior. Brass sextet, excellent; trombone quartet, excellent; trumpet solo, Nick Brittell, excellent; girls trio, excellent; mixed double sextet, excellent. These were students of David Silhacek. Students of Mrs.
Kenneth Wacker, Sharlene Ward, piano solo, superior; piano duet, Sharlene Ward and Joyce Urwiler, excellent. Students of Mrs. L. J. Mallatt, Judy Hattig, girls medium voice, superior; Joan Malcom, girls medium voice, superior; piano duet, Vicky Smith and Lynette Smith, superior.
Students of Mrs. Willis Jornson of Concord, Sheri Hank, piano solo, superior. Paul Noe to Tour Church Missions in Eastern U.S. Paul Noe, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Leslie Noe of Dixon has been selected by the Nebraska Conference Women's Society of Christtan service to participate in tour of Methodist missions in Eastern United States Including New York City and Washington, D. C. The group will also visit the United Nations. The tour will begin June 10 and continue for two weeks. The young people will travel by bus and do considerable camping and preparing of their own meals.
A busload of Nebraska senior Methodist Youth Fellowship members will take part in this program which is sponsored and arranged by the Nebraska MYT and wSCS. Paul is a senior at the Laurel high school HELLO WORLD ST HACEK- Mr. and Mrs. David Silhacek are the parents of son, born Thursday, April at the Wayne hospital. He weighed 7 bs.
and 3 and has been named Douglas David. SAUNDERS Born to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Saunders of Boyertown, on Sunday, April 21, daughter, Cheryl Ann. She weighed 8 Ibs.
and 8 ous. Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Saunders of Dixon are the grandparents. ALLERMAN-Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Allerman of West Balm Beach, are the parents of son, Andrew Alan, born April 4. He weighed 7 4 02s.
Mrs. Allerman is the former Eleen Haisch, daughter of Mrs. Edna Haisch. SICK and INJURED George Wendell of Norfolk underwent surgery Friday, April 28 at the Immanuel Lutheran hospital, 36th and Meredith Omaha. Terry Crandall, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Curtiss Crandall underwent an appendectomy at the Lutheran hospital in Sioux City, Wednesday, April 24. Albert Ebmeler returned home Thursday, April 25, from the hospital. Clem Maloney was released from Columbus hospital Sunday, April 28. Nancy, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Norvell, injured her back in a fall at school Monday, April 29. XXX Fall As Bears Are Second in NENAC Meet The Laurel Bears broke two conference records and tied another as they placed second in the NENAC track meet at Creighton, April 23. Pience won the meet with a total of 08 points, Laurel was second with 48, Creighton, 44, Plainview 38 and Bloomfield 9. Roger Graham broke the 220- yd.
dash record. He covered the distance in 23.4. The old record was 23.5. He also tied the 100-yd. dash record when he ran 10.3 Don Leonard Jones, Greg Guinn and Roger Graham broke the 880-yd.
relay record by running 1:38. The old record was 1:38.5. Greg Guinn won the other first place for Laurel when he tossed shot This was 1" under the record. Others placing for Laurel were Leonard Jones, 4th in the 220 and 4th in the high jump; Don Sauser, 4th in the high hurdles; Dean Bruggeman, 3rd in the shot put; Greg Guinn, 2nd in the discus; Lyle Heydon, 3rd in the broad jump; Roger Graham, 3rd in the high jump; Gene Quist, 4th in the pole vault; mile relay team; Paulson, Stark, Heydon and Stark, 5th; freshman 440-yd. relay team, Deyloft, McCoy, Schroeder and Bing.
ham, 3rd and the two mile relay team, Kvols, James, Wickett and Johnson, 4th. The Bears will compete in the Sioux City Relays Friday, May 3. Ladies Bowling Party Held Wednesday Night The Laurel Women's bowling association held their closing meeting, Wednesday evening, April 24 at the Wagon Wheel steak house with a banquet at 7:30 p.m. Following the banquet the business meeting was held. President, Jake Klintberg opened with roll call of teams and members.
New members were also recog; nized. Winning season league team was; Tangeman's High individual scorer, Darlene Gowery, 197. City tournment results were: Team, Tangeman's 2382. Doubles, Coralyn Unwiler, Virginia Burns, 1031. Singles, Peggy Devereaux, 539.
All events, Mabel Tangeman, 1215. Officers elected for the 63-64 season were: president Marge Calcavecchia, vice preside Coralyn Unwiler, treasurer, Mabel Tangeman, secretary, Helen: Weimers and sargeant at arms, Ida Truby. Rites Held for Wm. Chambers Funeral services were held Monday, April 29 at the First Lutheran church in Allen for William Bryan Chambers of Dixon who passed away Friday, April 26 at a cafe near Yankton due to a heart attack. Services were also held Sunday evening at 7:30 at the Bressler funeral home in Wakefield.
Rev. John Price officiated with burial being in the Eastview cemetery in Allen. Mrs. Janet Ellis and Hubert Ellis sang "Softly Tenderly" and "Jesus Lover of My Soul" accompained by Jean Durant at the organ. Pallbearers were Donald, David Lee and Merlin Chambers, Gilbert Mikkelson, Dave Furness and Duane Troth.
William Bryan was born April 27, 1896 at Pender. He lived in the Laurel and Dixon community all his life. He married Zabie Krause on May 28, 1940 at Wayne. Survivors include the widow, one son, Edwin of Lorrain, Ohio; one daughter, Arlen Wolfe of Boulder, three granddaughters; two sisters, Edna Mikkelson of Denver, and Cora Cook of Long Beach, tur brothers, James of Wakefield, David of Thurston, Dick of Dixon and Ray of Dakota City. Kenneth Mjoen Is Awarded Science Stipend Kenneth Mjoen will attend the summer course on radiation biology at the Wayne State Univer'aity at Detroit, starting the 29th of June, for eight weeks.
This is the fourth stipend Mr. Mjoen has received. It is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Honored at Shower Mrs. Marlin Reynolds, David Dean and Sandra Jean were honored at a pink and blue shower Monday afternoon in the L.
W. Reynolds home. The afterDOOD was spent playing pencil games and poems were. read. After Mrs.
Reynolds opened her gifts assisted by Mrs. Merle Rubeck lunch was served by Mrs. Harold Burns, Mrs. Lela Tuttle, Mrs. Walter Tuttle and Mrs.
Everard Burns. Serving the Communities of Laurel, Belden, LAUREL LAUREL A Friendly Town Us Often 70th YEAR Laurel (Cedar County) Nebraska Taxes In Nebraska Following is the text of a talk by State Tax Commissioner Fred Herrington at the Nebraska Press Associations Convention in Lincoln April 19. It is reprinted here as the editor feels much can be gained by the Advocate's subscribers' knowledge of tax problems, stated by an expert. Readers' comments on the article will be appreciated. According to the program, the title assigned to me is "Nebraska and Tax Problems." You would think that it would be impossible for me to come up with something new and fresh in the way of a Nebraska tax problem.
For the past 20 years you people have written, printed, and reprinted from each other, more statistical information on taxation, more legislative information and administrative information, and more "guff" than you have on almost any other subject. The practical problems of assessment and taxation no longer seem to bother us. We haven't done anything about them except to cultivate a sort of immunity to them. We have faced tax problems (the same identical tax problems) for so long our attention has been switched from the problems themselves to the problem of why we don't do anything about the problems. This gives us a great deal more freedom for placing the blame for our lack of progress, and there is hardly any group that has been able to escape blame for our troubles.
The members of this association should be, a group, the best informed people in the state as far as government is concerned. Among you, you deal with about every type of business or occupation in the state. Some of you are active lobbyists. Today I aft going to give you a copy of a report we published last spring. I think all of you have already had this report, and my only reason to give you another one is to ask 100 this time to read it.
In spite of the fact that you should be well-informed, I think you can learn something from it. At least I did, and government and taxation is my fulltime occupation. Note: This session has made changes and will probably make more. I came to Nebraska in 1947. Prior to that time (clear back in the early 30's), nearly every evennumbered year was partially used for a Legislative Council study of taxation.
Since 1947, can tell you that every even-numbered year has been so occupied. In 1955, at the annual meeting. of our organization, Dr. John Sly of Princeton University, internationally-known expert on government and taxation, said: "You have had enough studies. You know what is wrong.
Now all you have to do is correct the things that are wrong." But we had studies in '56 and '58 and '60 and again in 1962. Do you think we have learned anything new? Does anyone in this room fail to realize that using the property tax the way we do we need to improve the quality of our assessment? Does anyone in this room fail to realize that our tax system is almost intolerably complicated? Does anybody in this room fail to realize that our assessors are elected without being required to have a single, solitary qualification for the job? No one with your experience fail to realize that most tax bill in introductions are the direct result of an undesirable human trait called selfishness. Finally, everyone here realizes not only that taxes are rising but also that they will continue to rise for many years to come. Sounds like should continue by saying, "Tune in next When we have such a complicated system, when it has such obvious inequities, and in the face of the rising tax burden which aggravates the inequities, the big question is, "Why don't we do something about it?" This will not be an argument for or against a broadened tax base. This will be an argument for cleaning up what we have, because, whether we broaden the tax base or not, the present property tax system will be with us forever and it will continue to grow.
Let's take look at one of the more simple, practical problems. Our law calls for the assessment of property to be made at of actual value. The definition of actual value contained in the Nebraska law books is the worst of the fifty states. Why? Because it OUR was designed to define the 1 term "basic value," not actual value. During the two years that we operated under the basic value law, basic value and actual value were not intended to be the same.
Yet we still have a difinition, the use of which was intended to determine basic value. In the present session of the Legislature there are some 77 bills dealing with taxation. Several of these were proposed as a result of an involved study of our tax system. None of these bills deal with this particularly nasty subject of what's meant by actual value. It is my feeling that the assessor simply cannot function under such conditions.
Let's look at another practical problem of taxation. This one is the old, old one of qualifications of our assessors. When it comes to property taxes, your share is determined by the assessor by a unique method. He doesn't just divide by population and say we each owe a hundred dollars. He doesn't base it on our -incomes.
He does it by the almost impossible method of determining how much everything we own is worth. The assessor is required by law to be able to determine the value of a house, a lot, a farm, a ranch, a store, a factory, a grain elevator, a share of stock, an outboard motor, a rowboat, a refrigerator, an account receivable, and so on and on and on. He is not required by law to have any talent or ability for this work. Almost universally the assessor is "low man on the totem pole" around the courthouse. We still have 16 or 17 counties where the assessor's job is not even full-time, which I think demontrates our rather low regard for the office.
Over the years we have become upset over the valuation of certain kinds of property and have taken away from the assessors the right to value livestock and motor vehicles. We can expect to see more of this in the future unless we do something to upgrade the assessor's job and to upgrade the assessors themselves. Taxation and spending are inseparable, yet we are inclined to consider them separately. The INTRC Quiz proved, I think, that we know a great deal more about the tax system than we do about the spending system. But, we don't know enough about either.
In a state where all taxes are increasing more rapidly than income, you would think everybody would be aware of our situation. We cannot continue forever with annual increases in taxes greater than annual increases in income. It is obvious we have not reached the breaking point yet, but it is equally obvious that we will some day. Accoring to the University of Nebraska there are 5,183 separate units of government in the state. By separate units I mean a division of government with its own administration and which has the power to tax.
For example, a city is a unit of government because it has its own administration and is authorized to tax. But the Board of Regents of the University does not have the authority to tax and therefore it is not counted. Some people claim to know that the first committee in history was formed in the Garden of Eden. I don't know whether this is true, but I do know that the idea was conceived very early and, unfortunately, it was decided somewhere back in history that the committee idea was singularly well-adapted for government. Thus we find that every unit of government you can think of is administered by a board, or a commission, or a council, or a committee.
Allowing an average of five people to each of these boards and commissions counts up to the unpleasant fact that one out of every 32 adults in Nebraska is part of the administration of unit of government. Ontop of this, I think I am safe in betting that not one of those jobs requires any qualifications beyond the infrequent ones of being of age and living in a certain district. Beyond that, the candidate is quite free to be the dumbest guy in the state. Now if I can talk you into reading the report I am going to give you, I will be very very happy. I'll be even more happy if I can get you to remember, as you read it, the countless number of people who are authorized to use the taxes set forth in the report and are also authorized to spend the money which those taxes (Continued on Page Four Receives Captain's Bars FORT JAY, N.
April 22- Doris S. Rasmussen, daughter of Mr. and Mira. Roy A. Rasmussen, Rte.
1, Hartington, was recently promoted to captain and received her bars from Col. Charles J. Thuss hospital commander, Captain Rasmussen is graduate of Laurel high school. She entered the army in April, .1959 and has served in Honelulu Hawaii. COUPLE MARRIED IN CHURCH CEREMONY SUNDAY AFTERNOON Miss Carmen Jacobsen, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Blert Jacobsen became the bride of Robert Jacobs, son of Mrs. Dean Jacobs of Creighton on Sunday, April 28 at 3:00 p.m. at the Methodist church. Rev.
Guy McClure officiated at the double ring ceremony before an altar decorated with white gladiolus. Dick O'Gara sang "The Lord's Prayer" and "The Wedding Prayer" accompained by Mrs. L. J. Mallatt.
The bride given in marriage by her father chose a gown of nylon chiffon, fashioned in a bell shape with a crushed cumberband accenting the waist. The diagonal swiss embroidery motif of flowers cascaded down the front of the gown. The near cathedral train was held with a handmade rose. Her silk illusion veil held with a pearl crown. She carried a white orchid and white roses on a white Bible with satio Mrs.
Paul Baker of Randolph was matron of honor. Mrs. John Moehlenhott of Creighton was bridesmaid. They wore belled rose petal pink gowns of satin faced silk similiar in design of the bridal gown. They wore matching toques with circular veils and carried cascade bouquets of white Julie Ann Swanson was flowering girl.
Ricky Backer of Randolph was ringbearer. Gordon Jacobs of San Diego, was bestman. Dwayne Falter of Creighton was groomsmen. A reception was held at the Wagon Wheel steak house follow. ing the ceremony.
The gifts were opened and displayed by Mrs. Ernie Anderson of Windom, Mrs. Earl Lipp of Fremont, Mrs. Gene Burns dolph and Miss Marsha Hoogner of Ida Grove, Iowa. Hostesses were Mrs.
Charles Noren of Lincoln and Mrs. Dean Lubberstedt of Omaha. The three tiered wedding cake was baked and decorated by Mrs. Frank Swanson and served by Mrs. Swanson and Mrs.
Harry Samuelson. Punch was served by Mrs. William Fosterman of Verdigre and Mrs. Merlin Swanson. After a short wedding trip to Denver, they will make their home in Sioux City.
Receive Scouts' Thanks Darrell D. Blatchford was recently presented a ceritficate of appreciation for the job he did in heading up the 1962 Boy Scout finance campaign in Dixon and Cedar counties last fall. Verneal Gade received a similar award for his work in the town of Laurel. Notice! If you did not get your seat belts installed, call Kenneth Rath of Glenn Morten, Lions club members, and make an appointment to have them stalled at your convenience. Notice! United Lutheran church will hold bake sale and lunch at the City auditorium on Sat urday, May 11, starting m.
Evening luncheon will begin at 5:30. Many Ladies in the Laurel Area Save Money Each Week By Checking the Grocery Ads In the Laurel Advocate Held Thursday for James Bruning, 16 Funeral services were held Thursday morning, April 25 at 9:30 a.m. at the Holy Trinty Catholic church in Hartington for James Francis Bruning, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Bruning.
were Galen Pinkelman, Joe McCoy, Billy Joe McCoy, (Daryl Reifenrath, Jerry Dendinger and Roland Puntney. Burial was in the St. Michael's Catholic cemetery. Survivors include his parents, four brothers, Darrell of Wayne, Donald of Laurel, Gerald. and Charles at home; two sisters, Dorothy and Carol Ann at home.
Composition Selected for Performance One of four compositions selected from the sophom*ore music theory class was written by Saundra Mallatt for a strings ensemble with the piano accompaniment. The composition will be performed in the theory recital on Tuesday, May 14. Those talcing part in it are: Janet Hayward of Lincoln playing the violin. Carol Copeland of Kearney, firet viola. Peter Salter of Lincoln, second viola and Saundra Mallatt at the piano.
Board Members Meet The annual spring dinner meetof the Cedar County Tuber'culosis officers and directors was held at the Wagon Wheel Steak House Thursday evening, April 25. Mrs. Victor Graham, general chairman, presided. Other officers present were Otis C. Decker, Wynot, treasurer; Mrs.
Edith Hackl, Wynot, secretary, and Mrs. Ed Collins and Mrs. Martin Nierman, Coleridge, board members. Soil Bank Land Grazing Halts Farmers are reminded that as of now grazing will not be permitted on acres diverted under either the 1963 wheat of feed grain program. Dates when such grazing is permitted is November to May 1.
Vincent C. Anderson, chairman, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation county committee, said today that the acreage so affected is the acreage designated for diversion by the program participant at the time a check is made of compliance. In this county, this check should be substantially completed by July 1. Under the wheat and feed grain programs, farmers seek to bring production into line with needs through diverting to a conserving use acreage formerly planted to either wheat or corn, grain sorghum, or barley. Program payments are made to offset the loss of income which otherwise might have been returned from such crop production.
Farmers in Cedar county have signed up eight farms for participation in the 1963 wheat stabilization program, and 1,228 farms in the 1963 feed grain program. Acreage signed up for diversion under the programs include 72.4 acres from wheat production and 29,404 acres from production of the three feed grains. Drivers' Exams Examinations for drivers' censes will be given at the court house in Hartington on Monday, May 6..
