Beatrice Daily Sun from Beatrice, Nebraska • Page 5

Gallon Grand Opening at 'Itonka Village Callaa'a Inc. of Beatrice takes its formal bow Friday and Saturday, the newest and northernmost addition to the growing northside commercial community. The opening brings to Beatrice one of the oldest Gage County names in the implement business. Dean and Cladr Callan, who hold the controlling interest in the new International Harvester dealership here, together with their late father and grandfather, count nearly 70 years in the implement business at Odell and nearly 50 years with International Harvester, or one of its predecessor companies. "Itonka Village" Callan's, are leasing from I.

G. the major portion of what Christenson has christened "Itonka a name of no specific meaning, but with an Indian flavor calling attention to its location near the base of Indian Creek Pilot Watershed. The Callan brothers will continue to operate their hardware, implement and fertilizer business at Odell, minus the International Harvester line, which will be handled exclusively at their Beatrice location. Callan's, is handling the full International Harvest imple- ment and tractor line, has compete equipment for servicing arm implements and trucks, in- luding the biggest ones. At the west end is their 60 by 60 oot showroom, parts department and offices.

Behind it is the 60 by 10 foot shop, in two sections, the arger for implements, the smaller me mostly for tractors. Coulter Manager J. W. "Jiggs" Coulter, well- mown to fanners of the area, is manager of the new Beatrice firm. After 25 years with Wilke Baking six as sales manager, Coulter 1951 went into partnership with Vern Rikli in the Rikli-Coulter Equipment three years later tarted his own irrigation and dryer business.

(Callan's, is absorbing the irrigation business, which Coulter will continue to direct.) Others on the staff: Ray Thomsen, who had been assistant manager and salesman. Best Wishes to Callan's Inc. Ken Reed's Inc. at Itonka Village Recommended By Dnucan Nines Motel "77" On North Hiway 77 Eldon Games, who until recent-Oly had his own auto service business here, shop foreman. Jerry Scaggs, parts man with International Harvester dealers at Humboldt and Diller the past nine years, parts manager.

Erwin Riggert, who also had been with the. Callans at Odell, and Howard Melton, recently with Marshall Produce of Wymore, the shop men. Ed Podtburg, himself a former implement dealer, recently county treasurer, bookkeeper. Kenneth Reed, the other occupant of Itonka Village, has opened up shop with his line of hardware, seeds, chemicals and lawn supplies, but is delaying his formal opening until the end of the month. Reed, who had been Gage County Extension Agent for ten years, the past nine years has been farm relations director (and the most recent four years, vice president) of Aller and Pease.

'Northside' has seen big post-war growth Behlen buildings gain nationwide attention One of the spectacular post-war success stories is that of the Behlen Mfg. of Columbus, which came up with an idea for frame- less buildings, about ten years ago. Itonka Village's building is a Behlen a 60 by 210 foot building with no columns in the walls, no interior columns, or roof girders. It's the shape of the channel- ridged panels which gives the building its strength. Using the principal of corruption, each Behlen panel is equivalent in strength to an beam of equal weight.

The interior both roofs and ceiling is sprayed with one- inch of asbestos insullation, fireproof and echo deadening. Five Bays Itonka Village is built in five bays to the west, 60 feet wide, the other three 30 feet wide. I. G. Christenson bought the materials from Behlen, himself supervised the erection.

Christenson is leasing the three westernmost bay to Callan's the one second from the east to Ken Reet. He's using the far east one himself at present, for storage. The Behlen building is the brainchild of Walter Behlen, Columbus, inventor and manufacturer who made a gross profit of $194 his first year in business in 1940, in 1957 earned (according to Time Magazine) over $3 million. A self taught engineer who never got beyond high school, Wai ter Behlen worked for the Railway Express by day, at night made things toe-caps for shoes, dental bridge clasps, to name just a few. As the pioneer of the Business Development of North 6th Street We are proud to welcome The Addition of Itonka Village Congratulations Roehr's Machinery 1512 No.

6th pial CA 3-4107 "Successfully in Business Since 1945" Our Best Wishes to Itonka Village and our next door neighbors Callans's Inc. and Ken Reed Inc. Howe Motor Co. Dodge-Plymbuth-Dodge Trucks 1900 No. 6th Dial CA 3-5231 He invented a removable egg rate damp which sold so well he et up a full time business.

Busi- icss grew with rubber conveyor oilers he invented for mechanical corn huskers, and a corn dryer. Paper Plan "Behlen's big break," said Time its Nov. 3, 1958 issue, "came One outstanding phenomena of Beatrice industrial and commercial growth since World War II las been the development along Highway 77, north of the Union Pacific tracks, and east of the high way on Irving Street. Nearly all of that area originally was owned by the Kilpatricks. when August Roehr in 1945 moved into a 1st along the highway which he had purchased from the Kilpatricks, his was the only commercial enterprise north of the tracks.

A few years later I. G. Christenson purchased 150 acres of the Kilpatrick property, on both sides of the highway and extending, in part, as far east as 13th St. He has sold some of it, developed and leased some, has plans for future development of more of it industrial or commercial north and east of Itonka Village, residential north, east and southeast of his own home, on the hill on Dorsey Street. Itonka Village is the latest addition to the rapidly growing business community which includes.

along the highway north of the U.P. tracks: Roehrs's Machinery, Things and Stuff, Beatrice Produce, Henderson's truck lot, Motel 77, OK Rubber Welders, Rikli Equipment Howe Motors, Chris's own "poultry ranch." The Chalet and Trindel's big Sinclair station, and Grabber's Body Shop. South of the tracks, on Irving Street, but still a part of this north- side business community Store Kraft, long a resident of the neighborhood, and the newer Norris Public Power District building. Beatrice Construction the former Food Center building (being occupied by the new Genex auto- electric remanufacturing firm), and the Beatrice Coca Cola Bottling Co. Nearly all of this where, not many years ago, were corn fields.

Crab Orchard Beatrice Daily Sun, Beatrice, Jan. 7, 1959 5 Table Rock (The Own Service) Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Hall announced the engagem of 1947 when he designed a frame- their daughter, Joan to Mr.

Stan- ess corn crib made of corrugated, ley A Stro hm, Lincoln. The wed- wire mesh. Farmers jumped at it ding was an event of Dec 26, at because it was so simple to assemble. Behlen borrowed from me RFC to pay for a bigger plant netted $305,000 that year and paid off the loan in six months. "Then the corrugating idea real- blossomed.

One day he.devised i new way of double corrugation folding a piece of stationery in an unusual pyramidal form. It was so much stronger that he decided to use the principle for build- ng. Panels of the metal proved Pawnee Methodist Church. Out of town guests to attend the Duder Finch wedding were Mr. and Mrs.

Anton Gerwick, Mr. and Mrs. James Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. John Knobbe and John, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meinzer, Sr. Mr. and Mrs.

Guy Snethen and Family, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Huet- tney, U. Bauman, Joseph Gerwick Mr. and Mrs.

Lewis Finck, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Finck, Mr.

and Mrs. Ed 0. Grady, Mr. and Mrs. so strong that buildings as wide Jerrv Baneert.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred inn fL OF nd Mrs. John W. Tomek and amily.

Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Williams nd Mrs.

Mamie Evans, Beatrice vere dinner guests of Mr, and Mrs Bert Cornell, Beatrice. Leroy Covault, Ruidoso, New arrived recently to spend Christmas with his parents. Mr. nd Mrs. Lloyd Covault and Larry.

Richard Layden, Kenross A ir orce Base in Michigan was the at the home of his uncle nd aunt, Mr. anJ Mrs, J. C. Lois andLarry. Mr.

and Mrs. Jeff Knnpp left Christmas eve for Peoria, 111., where they will spend Christmas vith their sons, Mr. and s. loyd Knapp and Wayne and Mr. and Mrs.

Bert Knapp, Sherri and Linda, Evansville, who will also be there. as 120 ft. could be put up without "rames or trusses. "To demonstrate the strength of Ege, Mrs. Alex Schultz, Mr.

and Mrs. Dan O'Grady, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Finck, Mr. and Mrs.

Berlis first frameless building nard Kreifels and daughters, all lung tractors weighing 40 tons of Falls City; Mr. and Mrs. Lester rom the ceiling. (In 1955 one of Schultz, Mr. and Mrs.

Raymond biddings survived an atomic Millage, Mr. and Mrs. Charles jomfe test in Nevada with only a I Ebel, Reserve, Kan; Mr. and Mrs. dented roof, while two rival types Frank Sheehan and daughters, Mrs were blasted to bits.) Sophia Volz, Horton, Kan; r.

"Today Behlen's frameless build- and Mrs Vernal Faller, Verdon; ings are used for everything from Mr an Mrs Howard Churchill, grain elevators to supermarkets and children and Janice Gottula, and churches. The buildings can Lincoln; Mrs. Otto Biere and family. Auburn; Regina Walsh, Mr and Mrs. Robert Chard, Omaha; Mrs.

Gene Brock, Mr. and Mrs Jack Mahoney, Mrs. Anna Costel la, and daughter, Clara, Mr. anc be raised by 20 man crews in two or three days. A Behlen supermarket including interior costs $7 per sq about half the cost of a conventional structure.

"With hi bigger plant, Behlen, a mond Good 11 of Te expects to boos? his gross from efh; wrence and about $16 million this year to $24 Wtymo Mrs rn irtCft nvtfi onH About 900 are employed now by Behlen, at Columbus. When new plant capacity is-completed, the number will be boosted to about 1,200. Nixon blamed for defeat of Martin WASHINGTON (AP) Vice President Nixon is getting the credit or he deserves either or not being the directing influence behind some changes in the Republican party. Rep. Joseph Martin of Massachusetts, ousted Tuesday as House minority leader, pointed a finger in Nixon's direction in accounting for his defeat by Rep.

Charles A. Halleck of Indiana. Asked if the vice president had a hand in bringing about his overthrow, Martin replied, "AH I know is that his people were against against me." Martin went on to say that some White House aides had met a month ago with Halleck and implied they were against his re- Welle Sandt and Gary and Mrs Robert Burgett and daughters, Ro berta and Jeanine, Beatrice; Mr and Mrs. Leonard Voez and fam ily, Wichita, Kan. The sudden death of Edwin Freeman, 56, at his home was a result of a caronay attack.

Surviving him are his wife Uarada three sons, Robert, Table Rock, Richard, Indinaola, Iowa, and Tom at home, one brother, of Table Rock one sister, Mrs. Ural Vanoutry, Burwell, two grandchildren, Bill and Dennis, Indianola, Iowa. Mrs. Cecil Sandusky went to Harrusville, Ohio, to attend the ordainment of her son, Sidney. He was ordained as a minister of the First Presbyterian Church.

En route to Ohio, Mrs. Sandusky stopped at Madison, for a short visit with relatives. Donad G. Edear RM3, has arrived in Yorasuka, Japan, with the Staff of the Commander of Car rier Division 5 abroad. Mr.

and Mrs. J. M. Wright, Lincoln, arrived recently to Christmas and the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

R. J. Senft and Johnny. Mr. and Mrs.

Raymond Finck election because "I was a little Falls City, were dinner guests a more independent than I should them." Halleck denied any White House was no comment from Nixon. the home of her parents, Mr. anc Mrs. Lawrence Duder and sons Mrs. Helen Tomek went to Lincoln where she will spend Christ mas at the home of her son, Mr Congratulations To the All New Itonka Village We Welcome Callan's Inc.

(Thp Sun's Own Service) Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Bargman visited her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Hobbg in Beatrice, Christmas Day. Mr.

and Mrs. Leonard Wagner and sons took Chrirtmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wagner in Tecumseh. Mrs.

Virginia Jones and children, Tecumseh, were afternoon and evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Churchill. Mrs. Addie Kamen and Donald Kamen, Burchard, accompanied Mr.

and Mrs. Earl Churchill to Eckley, for a Christmas vacation at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Crabtree. Mr.

and Mrs. T. J. Fruminger called their daughter, and hus- Dand, Mr. and Mrs.

L. L. Backus, Tarryington, and exchanged Christmas greetings. Mrs. Violet Vernon and children of Crete, called on Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Long, Mr. and Mrs. Sum Wilson and children. Firth, and Mr.

and Mrs. William Hoseck and Mrs. Eva Kellett, were Christmas dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. R.

R. Kellett. The young folks of the MYF and Rev. D. L.

Hess went caroling recently. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Smidt, and children, Columbus, Mr. and Mrs Dwight Weigel and children, of Beatrice, and Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Smidt, Beverly and Roger, were guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smidt at a Christmas gift exchange and hmch. Mr Mrs.

Alfred Whitten, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Furminger, Ronald Edwards, and Sgt.

Donald Whitten, Fort Monmouth, N. J. visited at the Wilmer Whitten home at Sterling. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs.

Norman Whitten, Wood River, and Mrs. Ed Rogman and children, Sterling. Mr. and Mrs. W.

F. Johnson, Delbert and Wilbur were Christmas dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Art Loptin, Lincoln, and supper guests of Mr. and Mrs, Edd Bryson.

Mr. and Mrs, Walter Robinson are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Robinson. Walter is in the service and stationed at Camp Hood, Tex.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Little and children visited his brother, Val D. Little and family. GOOD SHOW TUCSON, Ariz.

Tucson sixth graders wanted to donate something to the Tucson Daily Star Sportsmen Fund used to send kids to summer camps. The 12- year olds put on a show with Billy Bloom tap dancing, Marilyn Peterson singing and Harriet Bloom joining them in a one act play. The show drew. 13 spectators at 10 cents a head, and the net profit was sent to the fund. Alaskan governor resting JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) William A.

Egan, who has spent most of his time as governor of this new state in the hospital, w.s resting comfortably today after undergoing surgery, Egan, 44, was inaugurated 4s the first governor of the new state of Alaska last Saturday. Four hours after the ceremony he entered the hospital. Tuesday, during a four-hour operation, surgeons removed his gall bladder and a gall stone. They termed the operation a complete success and said Egan was in good condition. Congratulations To Beatrice's Newest Addition the Itonka Village and Best Wishes to Callan's Inc.

Ken Reed Inc. Henderson Motor Co. Inc. While in Beatrice Friday and Saturday. Be sure to visit our truck lot at 1700 North 6th.

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