The Frontier
VOLUME 66. — NUMBER 20. _O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1946._PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
AIRPLANE VOICE i
TO ALERT OOP
New Technique to Be
Used in Drawing
Crowds to Rally
CARAVAN COMING
A man in a airplane will an
nounce over a sound system tha
the Republicans are coming on j
Saturday, October 5—the date of
the state GOP caravan’s schedul
ed visit to O’Neill.
The new technique in drawing
attention to political rallies was
introduced early this week when
the Republican caravan took-off
from Lincoln, for a 30-day tour
of all four Congressional districts
in the state. The man in the air
plane, flying over towns to be
visited that day, tells the citi
zens when the caravan is expect
ed to arrive.
Ira H. Moss, Holt county GOP
chairman, said that the sound
system had proven to be so pow
erful that most towns on a day’s
tour could be “covered” in one
flight over the area. It is ex
pected that the sound - equipped
aircraft will herald the coming
of the Republicans to O’Neill.
A. T. (Bert) Howard, of Scotts
bluff, state GOP chairman, is in
charge of the caravan. A. L.
Miller, Kimball, congressman
from the Fourth district, will
join the caravan Monday at
Grant and will spend the follow
ing weekend in O’Neill.
Butler, Peteron Coming
Candidates on hand for the
noisy take-off at Lincoln were
Sen. Hugh Butler, Val Peterson,
candidates for governor; Robert
Crosby, candidate for lieutenane
govemor; Secretary of State
Frank Marsh, Attorney General
Walter R. Johnson; Edward Gil
lette, candidate for state treasur
er; State Auditor Ray C. John
son, and Walter F. Roberts,
candidate for railway com
missioner.
Larry Tighe, of Omaha, a
foreign correspondent, is travel
ing with the group, handling
publicity.
The Holt county meeting, Mr.
Moss said, will be held at 8 p. m.
on the courthouse corner or in
the high school auditorium, if
weather is unfavorable for an
outdoor rally.
The caravan will spend the
night of October 4 at Ainsworth,
visiting Springview, Bassett and
Butte before arriving here at
5:30 p. m. The group will spend
the night of the 5th at the Golden
hotel here.
The O’Neill gathering is the
1 only one slated for Holt county
for the caravan.
Wherry May Be Here
Sen. Kenneth Wherry, who is
not up for reelection this year,
is expected to make a few ap
pearances on the tour, and Gov.
Dwight Griswold, who is not a
candidate for office, also is ex
pected to spend some time with
the caravan. Mr. Moss said that
no word had been received as
yet from the caravan indicating
whether or not Wherry and
Griswold would be with the
group on its swing throug north
central Nebraska.
Mrs Eve Bowring, of Merri
man, state vice-chairman of the
GOP, will be here.
TOURISTS HURT
IN CAR MISHAP
PAGE — Returning to their
home in Wayne, N. J., following
an extensive tour of the North
west, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P.
Reid were injured Sunday morn
ing on state highway 108, be
tween O'Neill and Page, when
their automobile went off the
grade and crashed in a ditch
They were taken to the O’Neil’
hospital by passersby, Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Steinberg and Mrs.
Elsie Corke.
Mr. Reid suffered a gash on
the left forehead that required
six stitches to close, and Mrs.
Reid suffered a broken rib and
head injuries. They also suffer
from shock
Highway 108 is currently in
use as a detour for both federal
highway 20 tnd 275.
Another tourist, Ashley M.
Paulette, 36, of Webster Grove,
Mo., died June 10 from injuries
suffered when his machine
struck a pile of oil on highway
275, five miles west of Ewing.
Auto Stolen from
Streets Here Recovered
A 1937 model Ford V-8, belong
j ing to Robert Matthews, was
stolen Monday from a parking
I space on O’Neill’s main street. It
> was recovered Monday in Or
■ card. The ignition key had
I been left in the machine.
The incident is the latest in a
series of automobile thefts that
I have occured here in recent
! months. The police authorities
I here have pointed out in each in
| stance the ignition keys had
1 0 been left in the car.
Connell Leaves; USES
Office Here Goes on
Part-Time Basis
Announcement was made this
week that the United States Em
ployment Service here will oper
ate on part-time basis temporari
ly, until a new* manager is secur
ed to replace Allan B Connell,
who has joined the Veterans ad
ministration.
Robert T. Manifold, manager
of the sub-office at Ainsworth,
will visit O’Neill on the second
and fourth Tuesday and Wed
nesday of each month. He may
be seen, Mr. Connell, said at the
courthouse annex from 9:30 a. m.
to 5 p. m. on Tuesdays and 8 a.
m. to 11 a. m. on Wednesdays..
Mr. Manifold will be in Butte
at the courthouse at 1 p. m. on
the second and fourth Wednes
day of each month. Itinerant
service to Atkinson will be dis
continued for the present. ALL
USES correspondence should be
addressed to Mr. Manifold, mana
ger USES, Ainsworth.
Mr. Connell, who managed the
USES sub-office here for nearly a
year and a half, departed Sunday
for Lincoln for a short training
coourse preparatory to beginning
work with the Veterans admini
stration. Mrs. Connell and fam
ily will remain here.
LEGION FACES A
HOUSING PROBLEM
Friday’s Meeting May
Give Green Light to
Building Purchase
The American Legion post
here, which has multiplied in size
several times since the close of
World War II, is confronted with
a housing problem, too
At the regular monthly meet
1 ing tomorrow (Friday) night at
Knights of Columbus hall, a de
cision may be made regarding
the purchase of an existing build
ing or setting machinery in mo
tion for the procurement of lots
and construction of new building.
Command or Glen H Wade said
that the Legion was eyeing “one
business block” in the citv, in
which the second floor would
ideally fill the Legion's require
ments. Meanwhile, he said, a
committee has been studying
building propects The com
mittee, consisting of Leo Moore,
Elgin Ray, John Kazda, Jack
Davidson and James Holzclaw,
Will make a report at Friday’s
session.
Wade said that Simonson post
now boasts nearly 275 members,
20 of whom have joined in the
past 10 days. A membership
drive will be launched soon.
A one»-hour motion picture en
titled “Westward in Bataan,"
filmed by service cameramen,
will be shown at 7:30 p. m. Fri
day, prior to the business ses
sion. The film is sponsored by
the U. S. Army recruiting ser
vice.
LUCILLE HICKETr
WINS MENTION IN
NATIONAL CONTEST
Miss Lucille Hickey, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hickey, of
O’Neill, Wednesday night was
listed as one of 10 honorable
mentions in a nationwide search
for a “typical nurse.” The con
test was sponsored by the Amer
ican Nurses association, and the
announcement was issued from
Atlantic City, N. J.,
Nurse Hickey is surgical sup
ervisor at St. Vincent's hospital
in Sioux City.
The honor as the “typical
American nurse for 19466” went
to Elizabeth G. Brooks, 29, of
the St. Louis, Mo., Children’s
hospital.
Miss Hickeiy, who had won an
all-expense trip East as an Iowa
representative, did not make the
journey, her parents said today
(Thursday). She is presently at
her work in Sioux City.
Toured Japan with
All - Girl Orchestra —
Mr. and Mrs. Don Boshart and
Miss Tiny Behrens of Kearney,
Neb., recently visited at the
Aaron Boshart home. Miss Be
hrens, a visitor of Mrs. Don Bos
hart, is a member of Joy Taylors’
All-girl orchestra and has just
! returned from a trip by air to
Japan, where the orchestra en
tertained American troops.
ARRIVES TODAY
Capt. Ivan French, son of Dr.
and Mrs. O. W. French, landed
Saturday i n San Francisco,
Calif., after spending 19 months
in Japan. Capt. French is ex
expected home today (Thursday).
MARRIAGE LICENSE
Joseph J. Jareske, jr., 23, of
O'Neill, and Miss Glenndean E.
Slaymaker, 18, of Stuart, Sep
tember 23.
VACATIONS IN CHICAGO
Ben Grady is vacationing this
week in Chicago, 111, with rela
tives and friends.
ANNA DONOHOE
RITES WEDNESDAY
Heart Ailment Fatal to
Last Member of
Pioneer Family
LONGTIME TEACHER
i -
Miss Anna Donohoe, 67, the
last surviving member of one of
Holt county’s well-known pio
neer families, died Monday in
the O’Neill hospital following a
lingering illness. After the death
of her sister. Miss Agnes Dono
hoe, in April, 1941, she was the
sole living member of the Thom
as Donohoe family, which settled
near here in October, 1879.
Miss Donohoe had been ill for
more than a year with a heart
ailment. She had been confined
to the hospital however, for only
a few hours.
Funeral services were held at
St. Patrick’s Catholic church
here at 10 a m. Wednesday, with
Rt. Rev. J. G. McNamara, church
p a s to r , officiating. Interment
was in Cavalry cemetery with
Biglin Brothers in charge of ar
rangements.
Pallbearers were J. B. Don
ohoe, T. J. Donohoe, P. C. Dono
hoe, H. E. Coyne, H. J. Ham
mond and Peter Morgan.
Miss Donohoe was born at
Beaver Meadows, Penn., March
30, 1877, coming here with her
parents when she was 2-years old
For many years the family re
j sided on a farm north of O’Neill,
in which vicinity she was reared
Jand educated.
School Head 8 Years
In 1918 she was elected Holt
coun y superintendent of schools
and iii 1922 she was reelected to
the same post, retiring in 1927.
She taught for many years in
Holt county rural and O’Neill
j city schools.
In late years she and her sis
ter, Miss Agnes Donohoe, operat
ed a rooming house on West Clay
\ street She was ill with pneu
monia at the time of her sister’s
funeral in 1941, and was unable
eto attend the rites.
Survivors include numerous
nephews and cousins.
Among the outoftown relatives
: here for the rites were: Mrs.
Rose Shoemakur and son, Jerry,
and daughter, of Winner, S D.;
Mrs. Fay Hill, of Gordon; Dr.
Edmond Donohoe, of Sioux City;
Mrs. P. J. Donohoe and son, Par
nell J., and daughter, Mary,
Ann, all of Bonesteel, S. D.; Dr.
and Mrs. Edward M. Ronke, of
Sioux City; Bernard Mathews, of
Omaha, and Mr and Mrs. Joseph
T. Mathews, of Fremont.
Teacher Resigns
to Accept Post at
South Dakota TJ’
Miss Mary Margaret Brown, of
Elk Point, S D, English and
dramatics instructor in the
O’Neill high school during the
1945-’46 term and during the
first three weeks of the current
term, resigned this week to ac
cept a post in the English de
partment at the University of
South Dakota at Vermillion
Supt. Ira George said Wed
nesday that a successor for Miss
Brown had been signed. The
new teacher is Miss Katherine
Ressegui.
1-H Calf Show, Sale
Slated Here Soon
The annual Holt county stock
cr-fetder calf show and sale,
sponsored by 4-H clubs and the
county agricultural extension
service, will be held here Mon
day. October 7, and Thursday,
October 10.
Many out-of-county and out
of-state visitors are expected i
here to witness the showing and
selling of calves. The show will
begin at 9 a. m., on Monday,
October 7. Joe Watson, of Cum
ing county, will judge the calves,
and W. W. Derrick, of the Uni
versity of Nebraska College of
Agriculture, will judge the show
manship.
The calf sale will be held
Thursday, October 10, at the
Fredrickson Livestock Comm.
Co. here. It is estimated that
2,000 calves will be sold.
Inman Lodge Entertained —
The Inman IOOF lodge was
entertained her-' Wednesday
night by the O’Neill Odd Fellows.
Thirty-fivq were uresent. Cards
were played and refreshments
were served.
CORN PUSHES ON
TO MATURITY
Holt’s Corn Very Good
to-Very Poor; Rainfall
Exceeds Normal
Holt’s corn crop is pushing on
to maturity this week, and with
the benefit of an abundance of
rain during the late growing
season estimates of yields are be
ing revised slightly upward.
One Chambers farmer, Herman
Hokum, predicts a 50 to 60
bushel yield in a hybrid field.
I This is one of the best predictions
1 to date, County Agent A. Neil
Dawes reported Wednesday.
Because of the spotted nature
I of the critical July and August
rainfall and because of the varied
soil types, Holt corn w’ill range
from very good to very poor In
some gravelly sections, where the
drouth was seven h< corn will
no more than fodder.
Only .09-inches of precipita
tion was officially recorded here
during the past seven days.
Temperatures during the week
ranged from 39 during Monday’s
J early hours to a high of 82 at
midday Wednesday. There was
apprehension regarding a pos
sible frost early in the week, but
01’ Sol took over Wednesday
and removed the threat
Weather Observer Elmer Bow
i en reports that the rainfall since
April 1 has exceeded the normal
by nearly two inches. Between
April and September 24 the pre
cipitation here totaled 18.55
inches, while the normal is 16.90.
A total of 6.11-inches of this
total fell during September,
which was too late to be of great
benefit to growing crops, though
the moisture has been a boon to
pastures and fall operations.
The week’s summary, based on
24-hour periods ending at 8 a. m.
daily, follows:
Date Hi Lo Mst
September 20 _ 65 46
September 21 _ 80 53
September 22 82 49
September 23_ 57 39 .09
September 24 56 43
September 25 _ 71 45
September 26 . 82 53
NEW DIESEL UPS
POWER CAPACITY
Consumers Installs New
1,600-Horsepower Unit
at Valentine
IMPROVES SERVICE
Engineers of the Consumers
Public Power district have an
nounced that all equipment for
a new 1,600 - horsepower (plant
! unit is now being installed at
I Valentine. Long-awaited, only
recently it wns received and the
new plant unit is expected to be
completed and in operation with
in two weeks
The new unit will be put into
! operation for a trial to determine
whether any additional adjust
ments are needed and, if operat
ing properly, will remain in ser
vice.
It will more than double the
present power generating capaci
ty of the Minnachaduza plant at
Valentine and, with the new line
connection between Valentine
and Johnstowm, which has been
completed for several months,
it will make available consider
able additional power to towns
served by Consumers between
Valentine and O’Neill
Improves Dependability
Officials of Consumers said
this additional power supply will
greatly improve dependability of
of service to all towns served in
the area andwdll make available
an increased power supply to
serve growing electrical needs.
It was pointed out that of the
new unit had been completed
and in operation, it would have
entirely prevented the serious
service interruption which oc
ctired when the line was knock
ed out by a storm August 21.
Anticipating the need for in
creased power on the Valentine
O’Neill line, Consumers en
gineers had scheduled the addi
tional unit at Valentine for com
pletion last November. However,
delays caused by labor troubles
1 and other conditions in eastern
manufacturing plants held up de
livery of materials and equip
j ment and greatly retarded con
struction. Meanwhile, electrical
loads in the area continued to
grow' placing additional strain on
existing facilities.
New Water - Wheel
With the new diesel in opera
tion at the Minnechaduza plant,
a new w'ater-wheel will be in
stalled at the Niobrara plant at
Valentine which will further in
crease available power from the
west end of the line. Engineers
of the district said all material
has been received for installa
tion of the new wheel and work
will proceed immediately.
J In order to make available an
increased power supply from the
east end of the line, Consumers
said it planned to construct a
new high voltage transmission
from Norfolk to O’Neill within
the next year, which will enable
area to take advantage of addi
tional power supply from the
I eastern network to further in
1 crease power supply to keep
pace with the fast growing
electrical load.
O'Neil: High Pupils
in School Dance —
Nearly 175 O’Ntill high school
pupils attended a school dance
in the music room Tuesday night
The affair was sponsored by the
! Future Farmers of America.
WHEN OLI) FRIENDS MEET
In the Hollywood, Calif.,
mountains, around the corner
from the Outdoor Greek
theater, over 150 current and
former residents held a Cali
fornia “O’Neill” reunion-picnic
on Labor day
From the busy southern Cali
fornia world came Hon. Good
win J. Knight, of Los Angeles
Superior court, who headlined
the program. In a talk he refer
red to a visit in O’Neill,paying
tribute to the city’s “ever
present hospitality .... the
warm reception to a perfect
stranger.” He expressed hope
that he may make a return
visit some day.
William J. McNichols,
a Hollywood attorney, also
spoke, mentioning his child
hood days that he spent in
O’Neill
W. J. Hammond was unani
mously elected president for
next year and Eva Kurtz and
Zeffa Stein were named secre
taries They helped with the
arrangements for this year’s
event.
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Gillespie,
of O’Neill, who wore vacation
ing in Southern California at
the time are included in the
photo.
The above photograph was
taken by Edward G. Stein.
Some latecomers are not in
cluded in the picture.
School Heads Blast
$40 Aid Proposal
Supt. Merle A. Haynes . . .
he charges "defects" in the
School A i d proposal. (See
story at right.)
9 HOLT CALVES
TO 'AK' SHOW
Winners at Stuart and
Chambers Fairs Will
Compete at Omaha
Nine 4-H club calves owned
by Holt county youths will par
ticipate next week in the 19th
annual Ak-Sar-Ben livestock and
horse show to be held in Omaha.
These calves will show in com
petition with 1,553 fat baby
beeves—a record number of en
tries—in the event, which is be
ing publicized as the world’s
largest 4-H baby beef show.
A total of 442 swine have also
been entered, but none of these
are from Holt county.
The exhibitors will be nearly
800 4-H boys and girls from four
states—Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri
and Minnesota. The showr opens
next Monday, and closes Sunday,
October 6. The Angus beeves
will be judged on Tuesday, the
Herefords on Wednesdays and
the sale will be on Saturday
Robert Sitz, of Atkinson, who
showed the grand champion
baby beef at the Tri-County fair
at Stuart, will enter his Black
Angus champion in the Omaha
show, and Donald Cizek, o f
Spencer, whose Hereford won
reserve honors at Stuart, will al
so exhibit here
Holt county’s grandchampion
in the baby beef division at the
fair last Week at Chambers will
be enter* ri by its owner. Carroll
French of Page. It is a Hereford
steer named “Buster.”
Other entries from Holt in
clude Black Angus baby beeves
owned by William and Delores
Sitz, brother and sister of Rob
ert Sitz; Charles Tasler, of At
kinson, who will show both a
Hereford steer and a Hereford
heifer; Norman Trowbridge, of
I Page, a Hereford steer; Ross
Rakow, o f Page, a Hereford
steer, and Ross Fink, of Page, an
Aneus steer
County Ag^nt A. Neil Dawes
| and a number of the parents ol
the exhibitors will accompany
the group to Omaha. These will
include Mr and Mrs. Willian
1 S?itz, sr., parents of the Sit?
' youths.
Cuming county, Nebraska, i;
the perennial contender for hon
[ ors in the number of entries i
: the Ak show, and this year lead
With 142.
Jerome Tuttle, of near Ewing,
who belongs to an Antelope
county 4-H club, will also have
an entry at Omaha. His Here
ford won grand champion honors
at the Neligh fair.
For the first time in the his
tory of the show, triplet calves
will l?e entered by Gerald and
! Donald Titus, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Titus of Springview,
The animals, named Tip, Top
and Teddy, were calved March
9, 1946, and now top the scales
at more than 1,000 pounds each.
STAUFFERS WED
HALF-CENTURY
—
PAGE—Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Tegeler entertained at a dinner
Sunday in honor of the 53rd
wedding anniversary o f Mrs.
Tegeler’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Stauffer, sr.
Guests included Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Stauffer and Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Allen and family.
Chaces, Brinkmans
Vacation in Denver —
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Brink
mans, accompanied Mr. and Mrs.
Charles E. Chace and daughter,
Rosemary, of Atkinson, Saturday
left on ‘a motor trip to Denver.
The Brinkmans, who will be
gone for two weeks, will stop
off at Scottsbluff, on the return.
15 Counties Represented
at Invitational Meet
Held Here Today
REAFFIRM STAND
Fifteen members of the state
Association of County Superin
tendents of Public Instruction, in
an all-day invitational meeting
at the Golden hotel here today
(Thursday), vigorously flayed
the $40 per pupil State Aid for
Schools amendment, which will
confront the voters at the polls
November 5.
Miss Elja McCullough, o f
O'Neill, Holt county superin
tendent, was hostesses at the
tendent, was the hostess at the
ly planned as an “idea ex
change” conference, but quickly
resolved itself into a discussion
of the State Aid plan because of
the controversy over the propos
al in state educational circles.
The attack was led by Merle
A. Haynes, of South Sioux City,
Dakota county superintendent,
and newly-elected president of
thee Nebraska Educational Foun
dation.
“Forty dollars per pupil means
more than $8,000,000 in addition
al taxes,” he told the gathering.
“That’s just one reason why I
believe the proposal should be
resoundingly defeated.”
Sees 'Defects*
Supt. Haynee went on to point
■out several other “defects’ in the
bill. First, he said, a constitu
tional amendment is unneces
sary. “If we found that we act
ually had to have more th 3,
000,000 in state aid to run our
schools efficiently, w e could
raise the money by act of legis
lature. The constitution already
empowers the legislature t o
raise as much money as is neces
sary to educate everyone be
tween the ages of 5 and 21 years.”
A study of the amendment,
Haynes pointed out, would lead
to the “inescapable conclusion”
that rural texpayers “wou
soaked to defray t h e costs of
schooling of big city children.”
Educational circles are sharp
ly split in their attitude toward
the amendment, but the county
superintendents meeting here,
representing tho state associa
tion’s Distrirt 3, went on
record unanimously reaffirming
the state associations previous
opposition to the proposal.
Superintendents of the the
following counties Were in at
tendance: Rock, Antelope, Keya,
Paha, Knox, Wayne, Madison,
Cedar, Greeley, Wheeler, Boone,
Dakota, Dawes, Holt and Boyd.
Some of these were from out
side District 3.
Okay Normal Program
A strong sentiment for the re
tention of the present normal
training program was also ex
pressed by the group. The group
felt that normal training gradu
ates are better prepared to do
rural work because they are
coached in fundamentals neces
sary for rural teachers
The schools also favored a
plan whereby the state superin
tendent would make two exam- %
ination available to all eighth
grade rural pupils.
Elmer Lindahl, of N e 1 i g h,
Antelope county superintendent,
and al o presid. nt of the state
association, presided. Miss Mc
Cullouph issued the welcome and
Mr. Haynes responded.- Speakers
on thci program included Oma
Thompson, of Boone county;
Grace Hamaker, of Brown coun
ty: Dora Rock, of Knox county;
Gladys Breidert, c f Madison,
(who is also District 3 chair
man); J. Mike McCoy, of Cedar
county; and Roy Carroll, o f
Nuckolls county.
The school officials were en
tertained musically by O’Neill
public school and St. Mary’s
academy talent.
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Traffic Accident Increase
in State Alarming
Capt. C. J. Sanders of the
Nebraska saMy patrol, re
ports that traffic death struck
with unusual ferocity among
Nebraska mtorists during Aug
ust. Thirty-two fatalities, an
increase of 88 percent over the
17 recorded in the same month
of 1945, have been reported to
the atrol.
The commonness of traffic
violations, which contributed
to August’s record of traffic
f a t a 1 i t i e's, is shown, in
the August patrol activities re
port of Capt. Sanders. Speed
ers, reckless and drunken
drivers made up a majority of
the violations which called for
777 arrests; 187 were arrested
for speeding, 91 were too reck
less, and 65 were arrested for
drunken driving. These ar
rests ware record high_ over
any previous month. ,
