The Frontier
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VOL. I.IX. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 27,1988, No. 24.
Fatal Accident On
Highway No. 20
Last Sunday Night
One of the most tragic automo- j
bile accidents in this section of
the state for years, about 11:45
last Saturday night, cost the life
of Elmer “Red” Ernst and the
crippling of Charles Novak and
the injuring of Mrs. Novak, with
slight injuries to Francis Tenborg,
of Emmet.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Novak
and their son, 25, had been visiting
at Inman and were on their way
home. About half way between
the north cemetery corner and
Danceland Mr. Novak thought he
had a flat tire and he drove to
the side of the road, stopped the
car and got out to examine the
tires. He looked them over on the
east side and started around the
car to the other side when a car
driven by Francis Tenborg smashed
into him and the car. The im
pact of the collision drove the
Novak car ahead 91 feet, so the
other car must have been travel
ing mighty fast. Ernst who was
riding in Tenborg’s car, was killed,
and Mrs. Novak, who was in the
rear seat of their car, was severe
ly injured in the back. H^r son,
who was in the front seat escaped
injury. Mr. Novak had his right
leg badly smashed at the ankle and
above, the bone being ground to
pieces. A passing car was stopped
and he and Mrs. Novak were taken
to the hospitable and the author^
ities were notified and went out
after the body of Ernst.
In the box on the rear of the
Novak car were four 100 pound
sacks of potatoes and to this fact
Mrs. Novak probably owes her
life. The potatoes took a lot of
the shock of the crash, they being
ground into pulp. Both cars were
badly wrecked.
County Attorney Cronin, who by
virtue of his office is also coroner,
impanelled a jury Monday after
noon to hold an inquest on the
remains of Elmer Ernst. The jury
was composed of the following
citizens: S. J. Weekes, C. E.Stout,
Dr. H. L. Bennett, Gerald Miles,
John Kersenbrock and R. E. Cal
vert. The jury heard the evidence
of several witnesses that afternoon
and then adjourned until next
Monday, as Mr. Noval: was in no
condition to appear before the jury.
It had been the intention of Mr.
Novak’s folks to take him to Omaha
Tuesday night to see if a specialist
could probably save his leg. The
matter was discussed over the
phone with a specialist in Omaha
and the injury explained and the
local physicians were informed that
they could do nothing except am
putate the leg and in his condition
the operation had better be per
formed here. So Wednesday fore
noon Dr. French and Dr. Ira, of
Lynch, performed the operation and
took off the leg a little below the
knee. Mr. Novak came out of
the operation nicely and is doing
as well as could be expected.
When the coroner discovered it
was the intention to take Mr. No
vak to Omaha the coroners jury
were taken out to the hospital and
he was interviewed there, as well
as Mr. Tenborg, who was the driver
of the car. They then adjourned
until next week. ^
Mrs. Novak is getting along
nicely and is now the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Lod Janousek, old
time friends, at their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Novak are prom
inent residents of Boyd county,
having resided there for about a
quarter of a cenutury. They have
visited in this city several times
during the past few years at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Lod Janousek
and Mr. and Mrs. Vic Halva and
their many friends here hope that
Mr. Novak will rapidly recover
from his injuries.
Elmer B. Ernst
Elmer B. Ernst, who was killed
in an auto collision north of this
city last Sunday night, was born
north of this city on August 1, 1900,
being 38 years, two months and
twenty-two days old at the time of
his death. He had been a resident
of this county practically all his
life.
On June 4, 1924, he was united
in marriage at 'Winner, S. D., to
Miss Mary Schemmer. To this
union three children were born, all
girls, who with their mother are
left to mourn the passing of a kind
and affectionate husband and
father. The daughters are,
Yvonne, Betty Jane and Mary Lou.
In addition he leaves his aged par-j
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Ernst, one
brother, Freddie and one sister,
Mrs. Bernice Vitt, besides a large
number of cousins and other rela
tives.
Elmer had been an employee of
the state highway department for
a number of years and had a host of
friends in this city and throughout
the county, who were shocked at
his tragic death.
The funeral was held last Wed
nesday afternoon from the Presby
terian church, Rev. H. D. Johnson
officiating and was one of the alrg
est held in this city for many years
testifying to the high esteem in
which the deceased was held in this
city and community. Burial was in
Prospect Hill cemetery.
The bereaved family and other
relatives have the sincere sympa
thy of the people of this city and
county in their hour of sorrow.
Attends Convention
W. C. T. U. at Hastings
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Mrs. Elsie Johnson, Mrs. Mary
Uttley and Miss Meta Martin of
O’Neill, Mrs. Goldie Stauffer, Mrs.
Mary West and Mrs. Carpenter of
Page, delegates to the W. C. T. U.
State Convention held in the First
Methodist church of Hastings, Ne
braska, returned Friday afternoon
and report this as one of the most
outstanding conventions held for
many years.
Large delegations from all over
the State were present and the at
titude of evry one pointed toward
a condemnation of the system now
employed in the control of the
liquor traffic; also of the proposed
amendment for legalization of the
slot machine in the State of Ne
braska.
Attend Funeral of Uncle
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald and Mr. and
Mrs. Faye Miles drove to Ran
dolph last Tuesday to attend the
funeral of their uncle, Joe Ship
man, who passed away there Sun
day evening at the age of 72 years.
He had been a resident of the Ran
dolph vicinity for the past twenty
five years.
Mrs. Clara B. Miles, Mr. Ship
man’s sister, who had been visiting
at the home of her daughter in Den
ver, arrived here last Thursday
night and was taken to Randolph
Friday and she was at the bedside
i of her brother when he passed
away. Funeral services were held
at Randolph.
Power Company
Has District Meet
The Inter-State Power Company
held their semi-annual staff meet
ing and dinner dance in O’Neill on
Saturday night, about 75 being
present. The staff meeting which
was presided over by L. C. Wall
ing, Division Manager at O’Neill,
and which was attended by J. B.
Miller, General Operation Superin
tendent and E. R. Lehman, Safety
Director, both of Dubuque, Iowa,
and by the following district mana
gers and their staffs: J. C. Wolfe,
Winner; Paul Mintken, Ainsworth;
W. T. Kincaid, Valentine; L. C.
Hoffman, Neligh; Carl Oppen,
Creighton, and L. A. Walker, Hart
ington, began at ten in the morning
and lasted until three in the after
noon.
At seven a dinner was served at
the Golden Hotel and short talks
were given by Mr. Walling, Mr.
Miller and Mr. Lehman, and also
by L. C. Cain, Division Accountant
at O’Neill, who has been trans
ferred to the main office at Du
buque. A Gladstone bag was pre
sented to Mr. Cain by those present.
Hallowe’en Party For
Children Saturday
There will be a Children’s Hal
lowe’en party, Saturday, October
29, at 2:00 p. m. Contests, games,
stories, fun for all, come in costume.
Every boy and girl in O’Neill
is invited to the Hallowe’en party
to be held at the Recreation Center.
There will be contests, stunts,
singing, games, bobbing for apples,
peanut treasure hunt, and fortunes
are special features of the party.
There is no charge for admission.
So get your girl friends or boy
friends and join the fun.
State Husking Contest
At Madison, October 31
Madison, Nebr.—When the crowd
of more than 30,000 persons comes
to Madison, Monday, October 31,
to witness the annual state battle
of bangboards in which the best
cornhuskers of evry corn produc
ing county in the state will com
pete for the title of champion of
Nebraska they will be greeted by
entertainment furnished by two
radio stations, one of which will
broadcast over the air the actual
play by play account of the state’s
biggest sports event.
Scheduled to start at 10:30 a. m.,
the contest will be the first feature
of the program and for 80 minutes
the best huskers in the state will
folow the rows of hybrid corn yield
ing about 60 bushels to the acre.
Throughout the state those who
are unable to attend the contest
may follow the progress of their
favorite husker through the radio
broadcast over station WJAG at
Norfolk. Over this station will be
broadcast the full 80 minutes of
husking.
At 1:15 radio station KFAB at
Lincoln will go on the air with a
full program of entertainment
broadcast from the field. This will
include the KFAB Man on the
Street, Jiggs Miller, and a group
of 12 other star entertainers well
known throughout Nebraska. The
broadcast will continue for more
than an hour with a regular pro
gram, the second of the season to
be broadcast from Madison.
The cornhusking contest itself is
sponsored by the Nebraska Farm
er which has cooperated with the
business men of Madison and the
Madison county farm bureau in
handling the event. Hybrid seed
com for the field was furnished by
the J. C. Robinson seed firm of
Waterloo, Nebraska.
Agricultural News
Another successful 4-H club year
is drawing to a close in Holt coun
ty as 4-H members are completing
their final reports for 1938. Now
they are looking forward to a
greater year in 1939 with some
clubs already reorganized and many
others making plans to do so.
Four-H clubs have been highly
popular especially with Holt coun
ty boys and girls. During 1938
Holt county 4-H clubs have enroll
ed 215 boys and girls in construc
! tive agricultural projects.
The 4-H clubs are sponsored by
the Agricultural Extension Service
which is a part of the Agricultural
College of the University of Ne
braska, and is directed within Holt
county by the county agent, Lyndle
R. Stout.
Highlights in the Holt county
4-H program started when Donna
Shellhase and Helen Wilkinson of
Atkinson each won $5 prizes in the
] International Harvester contest for
keeping farm account records on
their home farms.
Holt county sent nine 4-H mem
bers and one leader to the State
Fair where Marvine and Dale Stauf
fer won a blue ribbon in demon
strating poultry housing equip
ment. Stanley Lambert turned in
the best score at the Fair for judg
ing horses and the livestock judg
ing team consisting of Stanley
Lambert, Jack Ressel and Jack
Walter of Chambers placed high
in State-wide competition. Bill and
Bob Rees of Amelia received a
white ribbon for third prize in com
petition with 38 teams giving live
stock loss prevention demonstra
tions.
One hundred 4-H club members
exhibited their projects at the Holt
County Fair in Chambers and fifty
boys and girls exhibited calves in
the Holt County Stocker-Feeder
Show in O’Neill recently.
In line with the greater interest
in 4-H clubs in this county, enroll
ment in the Nebraska 4-H clubs has
doubled in recent years.
, Through 4-H club work the boys
and girls learn about improved
farm and home practices and are
given practical training in home
and farm management. Many of
our former 4-H club members today
are among the more prominent
farmers and scores of them are at
tending our State University and
Colleges.
Miss Marie Wind and Miss Jean
Gist left Wednesday afternoon for
Norfolk and Lincoln, where they
I will attend teachers’ conventions.
Decided that O'Neill
Won Creighton Game
Defeats Ewing 12 to 0
The following letter was received
from Superintendent Jorden and
pertains to the protest entered by
Captain Randall of the O’Neill
team, when he was not officiallly
notified that the ball was in play at
the beginning of the fourth quar
ter. The game under protest is the
Creighton-O’Neill game. Following
is the letter:
PAGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Page, Nebraska
October 24, 1938.
Supt. F. E. Alder,
O’Neill, Nebraska.
Dear Mr. Alder:
In the recent Creighton-O’Neill
football game on October 14th at
the beginning of the fourth quarter
Captain William Randall of O’Neill
protested the first play of the quar
ter on the grounds that he had
not been notified that time was in
play. Not finding the definite rule,
the game was played for the re
mainder of the quarter under pro
test with the agreement between
coaches, captains and officials that
the final outcome of the play would
be decided upon the legality of the
play.
Mr. O. L. Webb, Secretary of the
Nebraska High School Activities
Association, in freely to the situa
tion quoted the following rule:
Rule 10, Section 2, Article 8 was
quoted covering the point which
reads: “Prior to the beginning of
each half and in every instance
when playing has been suspended
the Referee shall: a. Ascertain
from the Officials and each Captain
that they are ready; b. Blow his
whistle to indicate that the ball
may be put in play.”
I believe these facts point the
play in question to be illegal and
the corrected score to be Creighton
0, O’Neill 6.
Very truly yours,
*i. L. JORDEN.
A fast game was played Friday
October 21, between O’Neill and
Ewing, at Ewing. The final score
was 12-0 with O’Neill on the long
end.
Two touchdowns are credited to
O’Neill, one in the first quarter by
Harold Hunt and Ralph Brown
scoring again in the third quarter.
The local lads missed the extra
point on both tries.
Both teams played a hard con
test. The game was well fought,
and while the score indicates a one
sided battle, Ewing made it inter
esting for the O’Neill boys to the
final whistle.
O’Neill will play at Burwell on
November 4th and the next home
game is November 15th with Bas
sett.
Tuesday’s daily papers carried
the information that the President
had approved an appropriation
from the works progress adminis
tration for O’Neill of $20,000 to
improve and construct parks.
A complaint was filed in district
court Wednesday against Charlie
Snowardt for desertion and non
support of his four children. The
complaint alleges that he has failed
to provide proper food, clothing
and shelter for them since on or
about September 4, 1936.
A fire alarm brought out the fire
department last Monday about
12:04. when smoke was seen com
ing from the roof of the Barnhart
store building. The chimney had
settled and the building caught
fire between the roof of the store
room and the roof of the building.
The fire department soon exting
uished the fire without much dam
age.
Rev. Thomas Walsh, 70, pastor of
St. Patrick’s Catholic church at
Battle Creek for the past thirty
years, died at 1 o’clock last Tues
day morning at the rectory follow
ing a heart attack. He had been
in the priesthood for fifty-two
years. Father Walsh was well
known in this city and had many
friends here who were sorry to
'earn of his passing.
Mr. and Mrs. Chet Oursland and
children left Saturday night for
Yankton, South Dakota, after
having received word that Mrs.
Oursland’s sister, Mrs. Eldon Clark
had been killed in an automobile
accident.
O'Neill National Buys
School District Bonds
At a meeting of the Board of
Education of the O’Neill School
district, held in the school build- |
ing Monday evening the $30,000.00
worth of bonds voted by the dis
trict a few weeks ago, were sold to
the O’Neill National bank on their
bid of 2Mi per cent and a bonus on
the bonds of $400. This bonus
brings the bonds down so that the
interest rate is about 2% per cent.
This is a lower rate of interest
than the federal government has
been paying on bonds and speaks
volumiu for the financial condition
of the O’Neill School district.
At the meeting, which was held
for the sale of the bonds six out
standing bonding houses were bid
ders for the bonds, as well as the
First National bank and the O’Neill
National of this city. The follow
ing out of town bonding houses had
representatives at the meeting:
I Wacob-Bender, Burns & Potter,
Greenway & Co., Kilpatrick & Pet
tis and Raynor & Company, of
Omaha, and the First Trust Com
pany, of Lincoln.
The bonds will be dated Novem
ber J, 1938, and will mature in 15
years, the payment on all the bonds
being optional after five years.
Another thing that speaks well
for this section of the state is the
fact that the O’Neill banks were
bidders for the bonds and secured
the same against the bidding of
some of the largest bond houses
in the state. O’Neill banks have
the money and they have faith in
the ultimate recovery of thiB sec
tion of the state from the drought
ravages of the past half dozen
years.
Family Reunion at
Milo Benson Home
A big family reunion was held at
the Milo Benson home Sunday,
October 16, near Opportunity, Ne
braska. This being the first time
the family had all been to-gether
in 10 years.
A lovely Buffet dinner was serv
ed with plenty of roast turkey that
didn’t seem to last very long.
And it seemed very nice to all to
be able to be around the family
table again. The afternoon was
well spent with family creating
their own musical entertainment,
and taking pictures.
Mr. and Mrs. Benson have nine
daughters and two sons living and
15 grandchildren living..
Those present were: Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin Butts and family, of
Morcroft, Wyoming; Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Burrell and family, of Com
petition, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Peterson and family, of Plainview,
Nebraska; Mrs. Clara McCoy, of
Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Broamer and family, of Hudson,
Wyoming; Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Stephens and family, of Omaha,
Nebraska; Gretchen Lint, of Sioux
City, Iowa; Jack Lint, of Gordon,
Nebraska; and Mary, Ruth, and
Dwayne, all of whom are away
attending high school. There being
31 present in all.
Some of them remained for an
extended visit with the folks and
friends, others returned home feel
ing they had enjoyed a very joy
ful day and hoping that not so
many years will lapse before they
are all together again.
Elmer Stolte to
, Become Benedict Fri.
Elmer Stolte, and Leonard Berg
strom left Wednesday for Mem
phis, Mo., where on Friday morning
Mr. Stolte will be married to Miss
Mary HalTner at eleven o’clock in
the morning. Miss HalTner, who
has been engaged in radio work in
New York City for the past few
years, is a former'Tesident of this
city, having lived here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry HafT
ner for a number of years, before
moving to Missouri. Leonard Berg
strom will serve as best man.
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May Soon Become
An Oil Magnate
Henry Schacht has visions of
being an oil magnate in the very
near future. Henry owns sixteen
acres of land near McAllen, Texas,
which he offered to sell a little over
a year ago for $5,000. Last March
he made a trip down there, intend
ing to dispose of the land before
returning home, but when he re
ceived an offer of the price he asked
for the land he turned it down and
came home without disposing of
the land.
In the past four weeks six repre
sentatives of large oil companies!
hnve been here trying to buy the
land or lease its oil rights. He has
received some nice offers but so far
has not made a deal. Since he was
down there last March an oil well
has been drilled one mile and a
quarter northeast of his land and
another well, that is a good prod
ucer, was sunk sixty rods north
west of his land, so he has every
reason to believe that there is oil
under his tract. Henry’s many
friends here hope that he will make
a barrel of money from this tract.
Dr. J. P. Brown Is at
Clinic at Omaha
Dr. J. P. Brown, of O’Neill, Ne
braska, is attending the sessions
of the Omaha Mid-West Clinical
Society being held in Omaha this
week, October 24th to 28th. Over
one thousand physicians are regis
tered from the Missouri Valley
states. The physicians find their
entire time occupied with an inten
sive schedule of addresses, lectures,
and clinics by physicians from dif
ferent sections of the United States,
who have gained pre-emience in
their chosen specialties. The meet
ing is planned as an intensive post
graduate course for physicians of
the midwest, there being no busi
ness sessions whotsocvcr.
Those attending also have the
opportunity of studying many
scientific and technical exhibits
which have been prepared by dif
ferent members of the Society.
This year’s program is featuring
one full day given over to the dis
cussion of the different methods of
attaining anesthesia.
New Officers for County
Agricultural Com.
For the past couple of weeks the
members of the county agricultural
program have been electing their
township committeemen and these
committeemen met in convention
in this city last week and elected
the following county committee:
Fred F. Beckwith, Emmet, chair
man; Delbert F. Scott, Atkinson,
vice chairman; George L. Fink,
Page, regular member; Floyd D.
Anderson, Chambers, first alter
nate; Ora R. Yarges, Stuart, second
alternate.
The secretary and treasurer of
the association were appointed by
the new county committee as fol
lows: Edward T. Verzal, O’Neill,
secretary; Ed M. Murray, O’Neill,
treasurer.
BRIEFLY STATED
Miss Frances Tomjack left Wed
nesday for Chadron to attend the
teachers convention.
Judge and Mrs. C. J. Malone and
Ed Hancock drove to Omaha Fri
day and visited there over the week
end.
Mrs. Tom Semlock, of Norfolk,
visited at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Enright over
Sunday.
Miss Loretta Enright spent the
week-end in Petersburg as a guest
at the home of Miss Euphraisa
Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Heins of
Wapello, Iowa spent Tuesday in
O’Neill as the guest of Mrs. Anna
j McCartney.
Mrs. George Mitchell and son,
Robert, returned Sunday from a
weeks visit with relatives and
friends in Wyoming.
Phil Hughes of Omaha spent
Thursday and Friday as a guest in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. H.
McCarthy of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Ryan, of
i Sioux City, Iowa, were here last
week visiting relatives and looking
after business matters.
Mrs. Harry Anderson, who has
been visiting her father, John A.
i Robertson, of Joy returned to her
home in Omaha Wednesday.
Miss Patrice Robertson left Sun.
day for Sheldon, Iowa, where she
has accepted a new position with
the Production Credit Association,
Miss Rapheal Keane of Hart
ington spent Sunday in O’Neill as
the guest of Mrs. Marie Salisbury,
Manslaughter Charge
Filed Against Francis
Tenborg. Pleads Guilty
County Attorney Cronin filed a
complaint in district court Wed
nesday morning charging Francis
Tenborg with manslaughter in the
death of Elmer Ernst, while a pas
senger in his car last Sunday night
when the car ran into another car
on the highway north of the ceme
tery.
Tenborg appeared before Judge
Dickson Wednesday morning and
plead guilty to the charge filed by
the county attorney. The Court
postponed passing sentence until
November 9, 1938, and Tenborg
was released on a bond of $1,000
to appear for sentence on that
date. The penalty under the
charge to which he plead guilty is
from one to ten years in the state
penitentiary.
Following is the charge to which
he plead guilty:
“State ol Nebraska vs. Francis
Tenborg: That Francis Tenborg
did on the 23rd day of October,
1938, in the county of Holt and
state of Nebraska being then and
there driving an automobile upon
the public highway in Holt county,
Nebraska, without first having ob
tained a Nebraska Motor Vehicle
Operators license and while driv
ing in an unlawful, careless, reck
less and negligent manner and at
a speed greater than was reason
able and prudent under conditions
then existing, and b^ing in a state
of intoxication, did cause the auto
mobile he was driving to collide
with another automobile being law
fully operated upon said highway
by one Charles Novak, thereby in
juring one Elmer Ernst, from the
effects of which the said Elmer
Ernst died; that by reason of the
facts aforesaid, the said Francis
Tenborg unintentionally and while
in the commission of unlawful acts
did unlawfllly and feloniously kill
Elmer Ernst.”
The Weather
H. L.
Oct. 20 . 67 33
Oct. 21 _73 36
Oct. 22 _ 68 30
Oct. 23 _46 14
Oct. 24 _*_65 23
Oct. 25 . 74 34
Oct. 26 _68 36
Specifications for Cribs
Following are the specifications
for a crib in which corn may be
sealed in 1938, according to officers
of the Holt County Agricultural
Conservation Program.
The crib should not be over eight
feet wide, floor should be off the
ground high enough for ventila
tion underneath, sides should be
open enough to allow plenty of
ventilation, roof should be tight and
substantial to withstand the strong
winds. The whole crib should be
built to store the corn at least two
years.
Miss Anna Joyce left Sunday for
Omaha where she will visit her
sister, Miss Margaret for a short
time before going on to California
to join her other sisters and brother.
MRS. CORA E. MURPHY
Mrs. Cora E. Murphy died at her
home southeast of Page about 10
o’clock last evening, October 26,
1938, of a paralytetic stroke, at
the age of 76 years, 11 months and
8 days. The funeral wil be held
Saturday afternoon at 2 p. m., from
the Methodist church in, Page, Rev.
L. Carpenter officiating and burial
in the Page cemetery.
Cora Ellen Stone was born at
Muscatine, Iowa, on November 26,
1861. On March 12, 1890, she was
united in marriage to J. L. Murphy
at Crab Orchard, Nebraska. Four
children were born of this union
all of whom survive and with their
'father are left to mourn the pass
ing of a kind and affectionate wife
and mother. The children are:
Mrs. Mary Stauffer, O’Neill; Mrs.
I Evelyn French, Stromsberg; Mrs.
Anna L. Thompson, Stromsberg; J.
’Lowell Murphy, Page.
The family moved to this county
in the spring of 1909 coming here
from Johnson county, Nebraska,
and since that time have made
their home near Page. Mrs. Mur
phy was always active in civic af
fairs in that section of the county
and she had a host of friends over
the county who will regret to learn
I of her passing.