- The Frontier
VOLUME 66.—NUMBER 45. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THU? MARCH 20, 1917. PRICE 5 CENTS
PETITIONS OUT FOR
APRIL 8 ELECTION
Armbruster, De Backer,
Ray, Mentioned for
City Council
3 FOR SCHOOL POSTS
^ Petitions were In circulation
here this week for city council
and board of education posts,
with three new names listed for
council jobs and one new name
for a school position.
Those whose names appeared
as petition candidates for the city
council are: Hugh Ray, of the
Speltz-Ray Lumber company,
First ward; R. E. Armbruster,
manager of Brown-McDonald’s,
Second ward, and G. A. DeBack
er, manager of Penney’s, Third
ward.
The incumbents are: John Mel
vin, grocer, First ward; M. J.
Wallace, oil man, Second ward,
and Frank Clements, garageman.
Third ward. Their terms expire
in April.
Petition candidates for the
the board of education are Dr. L
A. Burgess, dentist, incumbent;
George Shoemaker, incumbent,
and W. B. Gillespie, of Gillespie’s
electrical appliance store.
The two-year terms of Dr. Bur
gess, who is chairman of the
board of education, and Mr. Shoe
maker expire; next month.
Because no caucuses are held
here all candidates for city coun
cil positions must be petition
candidates. Petitions must be
filed 10 days before the election,
which will be April 8.
The Frontier has learned of no
other petitions in circulation to
date.
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MUSIC CONTEST
DATES FIXED
The annual elimination contest
for the music departments of the
O’Neill public school and St.
Mary’s academy will be held on
< Wednesday.
In the afternoon session, solos
and small groups will be heard.
The vocal solos and small groups
will appear at St. Mary’s acade
my and the instrumental soloists
and small groups will play at tha
public school auditorium.
Rohert Molzer, first clarinet
player for the Lincoln symphony
orchestra, will criticize the in
strumental, and Miss Good, of
Norfolk, has been selected as
critic for the vocal events.
The evening session will open
with selections by the glee clubs
from both schools. Concerts by
the St. Mary’s band and the O’
Neill high school band will con
clude the evening.
ARTHUR BARNES, 55,
DIES AT PORTLAND
EMMET — Afcthur (“Art”)
Barnes,55, former resident of Em
met and O’Neill, died suddenly
at his home in Portland, Ore., on
March 2, according to. word re
ceived here.
Mr. Barnes moved onto a farm
nfirth of Emmet when a small
boy, coming with his parents
from Shelley. He resided in this
vicinity until 1919 when he was
married to Miss Elsie Stanasher,
of Shelley, i They resided in O’
Neill where Mr, Barns worked as
a Chevrolet salesman for many
years.
The family moved to Oregon
four years ago.
Survivors include one daugh
ter, Mrs. Randolph Stoar, of
Portland; two sons, J. R., who is
in the Navy, and William, of
Portland* two sisters, Mrs. Julia
Luben, of Emmet, and another
sister, who resides in Wyoming.
‘The Black Twin’
Offers *Rare’ Treat
‘‘A rare treat is in store for
those who enjoy fine dramatic
stage performances,-’ ReV. Lloyd
W. Mullis, of the Methodist
church here, said this week in
connection with the coming to
the city of the Nebraska Weslay
an university Plainsman players,
jyith a cast of 12 the group will
present “The Black Twin,” in the
O’Neill public school auditorium,
beginning at 8 p.m.
It is a psychological story of a
little green goddess who throws
her hypnotic shadow across the
lives of seven people. The role
is played by Rosina Friederick.
' Members of the cast will be
entertained in private homes the
night of the play, Rev. Mullis
said. __________ I
CALENDAR
-of
COMING EVENTS
Monday, March 24—“The Black
Twin,” Plainsman players, O -
Neill public school, 8 p.m.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday —
March 27-28-29—Grand opening,
Midwest Furniture & Appliance
company, O’Neill. i
Saturday. April 5 — Annual
spring bull sale, North Central
Nebraska Hereford association,
Bassett.
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THREE DOWN AND NONE TO GO
The mass of flesh seen in the
above photograph happens to
be wrestlers Abe Coleman, of
Brooklyn, N. Y., and Joe Du
sek, of Omaha, with Pat Mc
Gill, of Omaha, the referee,
thrown in for good measure.
Reading Aorn leA-to-right
(if you can) are: McGill (in
white, lying on his back); Cole
man (brooding over his out
stretched opponent), and Dusek
(somewhere in the bottom of
the heap.)
Th > customers, which packed
the O’Neill public school audi
torium for the mat show spon
sored by the American Legion
post here, are obviousl e:ij -vy
ing the proceedings. (For de
t.ai'= on John v c #pi'" to
appear, turn to SPORTS on
page 4.) — The Fro; tier Prroto
by John McCarville.
MISS SHOEMAKER
BURIED HERE
... ■ ——
Forme r Operator of
Hospital Here Dies
in Los Angeles
Miss Luciria Shoemaker, 63.
died Saturday in Los Angeles,
Calif., following an operation in
a hospital there.
With her sister, Miss Clara
i Shoemaker, a registered nurse,
| she operated the O’Neill hospital
for several years.
Suivivors include two sis‘e s
' Miss Clara Shoemaker and Mrs
William Burke, of Coleridge:
three brothers, John. Bert and
George, all of O’Neill.
Funeral sei vices were h<dd to
day (Thursday! at St. Patrick’s
Catholic church here with burial
in Calvary cemetery.
RECITAL PLANNED
AT ST. MARY’S
The St. Ma'y’s academy music
department will present its an
nual recital next Thursday at 8
p. m. in the academy assembly
| hall.
The following pupils will par
ticipate:
Barbara Cunningham, Alice
Reece, Patricia Tomlinson. Shar
lene Shoemaker, Helen Engler,
Jean Hickey, Rose Mary Corkle,
Melba Ritter, Mary Lu Uhl, La
Vonne Miller, Eunice VanHorn,
Cecelia Peter, Jo Ann Zimmer
man, Janice Turner, Mary Kath
; ryn Turner, Jo An Connott, Shir
| ley Leahy.
I Cera Corkle, Mary Ann Hickey,
Angela and Margaret Mary Zak
rzenski, Martha Vitt, Maureen
i Mahoney, Eileen Angel, Angela
J Soukup, Ellen Corkle, Sandra
Harper, Diann DeBacker, Wilma
. McKim, Kay Martin, Avis Ann
, Reisirg Jean Col?, B a r b a r a
Cleary, June Ernst, Eldie Bridges.
The Girl Scouts will be heard
, in a selection.
LEON TOMPKINS, WIF
WED 38 YEARS
INMAN — Mr. and Mrs. Leon
| Tompkins were honored Sunday
I on their 38th wedding anniver
jsary at a family dinner at the
■ home of their son, Harvey, and
family. Their other son, Dr.
■ Charles A. Tompkins, and family
j came from Omaha as a surprise
to help them celebrate.
The day began with an 8:30 a.
m. breakfast and the table was
centered with a basket of golden
daffodils.
The table for the 1:30 dinner
was decorated with a St. Patrick’s
tablecloth, napkins, plates and
placecards, and a three-layer
white cake decorated a bas
ket of flowers formed the center
piece.
Jason Gifford was also a guest
at the dinner.
Visit Klingler Home —
Mr. and Mrs. Will Oh mai d and
son Lvle, of near Page, were vis
itors at the Albert Klingler home
Wednesday.
Mrs. Otto SeCto returned Sun
day evening from Hastings where
she had visited her son, George.
Rhe spent Sunday evening visit
ing Mrs. Anna Brow.
Mrs. Albert Klingler, Mr. and
Mrs. William Widfeldt and
daughter, Norma Jean, and Mrs.
John Peterson visited Mrs. Anna
Brown Monday.
Mrs. O. A. Kilpatrick left early
Sunday for Omaha to visit her
daughter, Mrs. R. A. Voeckers,
and family.
Caravan on Tour
of Holt County
The Comhusker caravan is
making a swing through Holt
county this weekend wi h stops
today (Thursday) at Scottville,
Friday at Atkinson, and Satur
day at Page.
Elaborate programs have
been ar:anged at each place in
conjunction with civic groups
and the Holt county and Uni
versity of Nebraska extension
services.
The' Atkinson show will be
held in Memorial hall. The
Page event will be an all-day
affair.
A. H. BRADLEY
DIES SUNDAY
—
j Partner in Repair Shop
Succumbs After Short
Illness
--
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m. here Wednesday in the
First Presbyterian church for
Alfred Howard Bradley, 42, who
died Sunday following a four
months’ illness.
Burial was in the Prospect Hill
! cemetery under the direction of
j Biglin Brothers. Rev. Kenneth J.
Scott officiated.
; Mr. Bradley, a son of M . and
Mrs. Howard Bradley, of O’Neill,
was born at Inman on August 27,
11903.
He was twice married. One
I daughter, Patricia, was born to
his first wife, who was the former
Florence Omart. His first wife
died in November, 1939, and in
1942 he married Rose Bennet
To this union two daughters, Ros
etta and Helen, were born.
Mr. Bradley was part-owner in
a repair shop here operating un
der the firm name of Bradley &
Hoxsie.
Survivors include the widow;
three daughters, parents, one sis
|ter, Mrs. Wesley Cook, of Venus,
and one stepson, Gail.
The pallbearers were Harvey
iKrenzer, Ray Fernholtz, William
Gatz, Claude Hamilton, Harry
Sullivan and Charles Shaw.
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MOVE NEXT WEEK
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Reising and
family will move from O’Neill
March 31 to their new home at
j Morrill, where Mr. Reising has
been in the implement business
| for the past three months. They
have purchased a farm home one
| mile from Morrill.
Smiths to Johnstown —
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Smith
spent the weekend at the home
of Mr. Smith’s brother, Quentin
Smith, who lives 25 miles outside
Johnstown.
HOFMANN, MYERS
OPEN NEW STORE
Midwest Furniture &
Appliance Co. Plans
Grand Opening
O’Neill’s r a pi d 1 y-expanding
business directory will welcome
another new member next week
—the Midwest Furniture & Ap
pliance company.
H. J. Hofmann, of O'Neill, and
Don Myeis, of Omaha, are mak
ing a formal announcement of the
firm’s grand opening in this issue
of The Frontier. The dates are
next Thursday, Friday a”d Sat
urday, March 27-?,8-29. Mr. Hof
mann and Mr. ]VT < -rs are pa tners
ir. the firm, which will be man
aged by the former, who came
here six months ago from Har
vard.
The store is located jcn Douglas
street, directly across the street
from Asimus Bios. Outlaw store
in West O’Neill.
The store is completely new,
having been constructed during
the past six months. It is an all
modern, one-story, 45x120-font
structure, designed especially for
the firm’s requirements.
The Midwest firm also has
stores at Omaha and Ainsworth.
Mr. Hofmann and M . Myers
say that the O’Neill store will
have the “largest selection of fur
niture northwest of Omaha.”
'LOVE OF ALLAH'
WINS SUPERIOR
ATKINSON—For the Love of
Allah,’ a one-act play presented
by forensic students of the O’Neill
high school, today (Thursday)
won first-place in the 10-school
district declamatory and one-act
i play contest in Atkinson.
At the same time, the O’Neill
high school grabbed one superior
in class B, and St. Mary’s acade
my, of O’Neill, won one superior,
in class D, in individual perform
ances.
Jean Calloway, O’Neill high
senior, was judged the outstand
ing actress among the eight casts
presenting one-act plays. Gayl
Widfeldt, O’Neill high junior, was
ranked among the top five ac
tresses.
Richard Connell, of O’Neill
high, won superior in dramatic
reading, and Lu Ann Iler, of St.
Mary’s academy, also won supe
rior in dramatic reading.
Mrs. Charlotte Ressegieu tu
tored the public school pupils.
W. T. Spelts was a dinner guest
Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Ray.
Holt Ranks 13th in Nation
in 1945 Cattle Census
Chersy county, the Nation’s
leader, and eight other Nebras
ka counties are among the 100
leading cattle counties in the
United States, according to fig
ures from the 1945 census of
argriculture issed by Director
J. C. Capt., bureau of the census.
These nine Nebraska counties
reDorted 1,081,691 cattle and
calves on farms, about 27 per
cent of the state’s total of 3,
979,298 cattle and calves on
farms on January 1, 1945. The
1945 number of cattle and
calves on Nebraska farms rep
resented about five percent of
the national total of 82,654,417
cattle and calves on farms.
The nine leading Nebraska
counties, their national rank
ing, and their January 1, 1945
cattle and calves inventories,
follows:
Cattle
National &calves
County Ranking (Jan.1,’45)
Cherry 1 237,888
Custer 12 141,159
Holt 13 140.199
Lincoln 17 124,394
Sheridan 31 99,625
Garden 36 95,753
Knox 53 84,244
Cuming 59 81,969
Dawson 82 76,460 |
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POSTPONED SOIL
MEETING PLANNED
—
‘Snowed-Out’ Session to
Be Held Here on
March 28
The annual meeting of the Holt
soil conservation district, origin
ally scheduled on January 31 but
“snowed-out” because of blizzard
conditions, will be held next Fri
day, March 28, at the Holt coun
ty courthouse annex building, it
was announced this week bg D.
F. Bowen, of Page, chairman of
the district.
Farmers, ranchers and busi
nessmen are invited, Mr. Bowen
said.
Those who attend will have
an opportunity to see photo
graphs concerning agricultural
and erosion conditions in Europe,
Africa and Southern Asia.
District cooperators will tell of
their experiences with various
conservation practices. L. A. Ott,
of O'Neill, and Harry Tegeler, of
Page, will discuss their grassed
waterways. Contour tillage and
terracing will be discussed by
David Keidel and Calvin Allyn,
both of Stuart; Harry Tegeler, of
Page; and Oswald Drueke, of O’
Neill. James Allyn, of Stua t;
and Ray Siders, of O’Neill, will
tell about their experience with
subsurface tillage and stubble
mulch farming.
E. J. Revell, of Star, will tell
about his results with the one
way, and Louis Sobotka, of In
man, will talk on crop rotations.
Native grass seeding will be dis
cussed by Joe Wagman, of At
kinson; Clarence Qrnst, of O’
Neill, and Harvey Tompkins, of
Inman. Max Karo and William
Wefso, both of Stuart, will dis
' cuss methods of grassland man
agement. Theodore Baumeister
will tell about the methods of
blowout reclamation to be used. !
Coffee and doughnuts will be
| served.
TOMLINSON TO BOSS
INDEPENDENTS
Dick Tomlinson, O’Neill liquor
store proprietor, Tuesday night
was reelected manager of the
O’Neill independent baseball club
at a meeting in the public school.
Danry Helmer, pitcher, was
named assistant manager, and A1
Sines was elected treasurer.
There wqs a relatively small
gathering at the meeting and def
i inite plans were not made. A
movement will be started, how
ever, to build a new diamond.
| Numerous away-from-home night
; games may be played this season.
Recreation Topic
of Meeting Here
Recreation for young and old
will be the theme of a rec eatio
meeting to be held in O’Neill
next Friday, March 28, at St
Mary’s academy.
The all-day meeting will be
sponsored by the Holt county ag
ricultural extension service and
is open to all persons interested
in recreational activities in the
various communities. Especial
ly invited are representatives
from 4-H clubs, home extension
clubs, schools, churches and civ
Ted Alexander, state rural
youth and recreation leader of
the state extension service, will
conduct the meeting, which will
consist of mixers, play - party
games, musical games, quiet
games, and folk games.
GIRL SCOUT NEWS
By Suzanne Moss, Troop Scribe
Dr. W. F. Finley gave us our
fourth first aid lesson Sunday
and we had a short meeting af
terwards. We enjoyed singing
the songs that Mrs. Carroll Stew
art taught us the Sunday before.
We will have our regular meet
ing after the first aid class on
next Sunday. Our uniforms have
been ordered and we hope they
arrive soon.
We are going to present a play,
“Sally Does Her Homework.” We
would like to have all our friends
come. There will be no charge.
It will be March 27.
Bible Group Meets—
EMMET — The Bible Stud
gioup of the Methodist chore1’
met at the Claude Bates h im
Friday afternoon with 11 mem
bers and one visitor present. Mrs
Wayne Bates gave the lesson. A
lunch was served by Mrs. Claude
Bates.
The next meeting will be at
the home of Mrs. Emma Mating
with Mrs. Dean Beckwith as host
ess.
Expect New Grandson —
George Hammond spent 1h
weekend with his wife and son, 1
Michael, who are stavim* with
Mr. Hammond’s parents nnrj
Mrs. H. J. Hammond. His sister,
Mrs. Charles E. Chace, and in
fant son, of Atkinson, are expect
ed at the Hammond residence '
Sunday. They are being dismiss
ed from St. Vincent’s hospital in
Sioux City.
Lutheran Group Hears
from ‘Adopted’ Family
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CHAMBERS—An interesting
letter, accompanied By photo
graphs, was received last week
by the Lutheran Women’s Mis
sionary league here from the
group’s “adopted” family in Eu
rope.
The author of the letter is a
Lutheran minister, who has a
congregation of 3.000 persons,
many of whom are in need, he
said. The league packed about
180 pounds of clothing to be
sent to the parson to be dis
tributed among the needy.
The meeting was held at the
home of Mrs. J. W. Walter.
Twelve members and two visit
ors were present. Refreshments
were served.
DOWNTOWN LENTEN
SERVICES PLANNED
A series of five noon-day lent
en services, to be held during
holy week, is planned by the
O’Neill Ministerial association.
Pastors of five Protestant church
es in the city are cooperating in
these services, which will be held
in the Golden hotel dining room.
The services will begin Mon
day, March 31, and continue
through April 4, beginning at
12:25 p. m. daily and lasting for
30 minutes. The Good Friday
service, however, will begin at 1
p. m. and last for one hour.
Cooperating churches and the
pastors are: First Presbyterian,
Rev. Kenneth J. Scott; Mehodist,
Rev. Lloyd W. Mullis; Christ Lu
theran, Rev. P. J. Wirth; Holiness
church, Rev. Melvin Grosenbach;
Assembly of God, Rev. J. M.
Cummings.
Attends Parents'
Anniversary —
PAGE—Mrs. H. L. Banta re
turned home Saturday after
spending a few days at Beatrice,
at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Brown. On Thurs
day, Mr. and Mrs. Brown cele
brated their 47th wedding anni
versary with eight of their nine
children present for the occasion.
FRIDAY FIRST
DAY OF SPRING
Weatherman Predicts a
Good Day; Cold
Front Develops
Tomorrow (Friday) will be th'
first day of Spring. And the
■’ontherman is inclined to believe
it’ll be a good day.
Temperatures Wf"e moderat
‘hreuehout this region earlv to
day, but a cold front was report
ed to be developing in the no th
w«st oart of the country for th°
third consecutive day.
The temperature here at 8 am.
hovered near the freezing mark
Some cloudiness is expecte-:’
with the advent of Spring, but
no precipitation, the Government
weather bureau reported.
The day will hold no special
ignificance to the scores of Holt
'ountyans sutfering from an epi
demic of influenza, which has
’eft few homes unaffected.
Mrs. Baker Departs
for Casper —
Mrs. O. W. Baker departed
Tuesday for her home in Casper,
Wyo., after having soent several
weeks visiting at the home of
her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
D. A. Baker.
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RED WAR CHIEF
Gen. Nikolai Alexandrovich
Bulganin, who nas ! n named
new minister of Soviet armed
forces, succods Josef Stalin,
who recently relinquished the
command.
HEART ATTACK
CLAIMS PIONEER
John Paul Sullivan, 76,
Dies Suddenly Late
Wednesday
BURIAL SATURDAY
Death late Wednesday claimed
the life of another of Holt coun
ty’s pioneer settlers.
John Paul Sullivan, 76, died
suddenly at his farm home, eight
miles northeast of O’Neill, fol
lowing a heart attack. He was
sitting at a table preparing to eat
when he was stricken.
Funeral services will be held at
10 a.m. Saturday in St. Patrick’s
Catholic church with Rev. Cyril
Werner officiating. Burial will
be in Calvary cemetery under the
direction of Biglin Brothers.
Mr. Sullivan was bom June 6,
1871, at Hancock, Mich., a son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sul
livan. He came with his parents
to Holt county at the age of
eight, settling in Grattan town
ship.
On October 6. 1909, he was
married to Margaret Harrington,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Harrington. The wedding took
place in O’Neill. One son, Fran
cis, was born to the couple. Mrs.
Sullivan died on February 20,
1946.
Mr. Sullivan was widely -
known in Holt county. He is a
former county assessor.
Survivors include the son; two
brothers, Peter, of Lincoln, and
Paul, of O’Neill; two sisters, Mrs.
Harry Jolley* and Mrs. Larry Bar
rett. both of O’Neill.
The pallbearers will be D. H.
Murphy, D. F. Murphy, William
Hanley, Dennis McCarthy, James
Kelley, and H. D. Grady.
IMPORTANT SCOUT
MEETING SOON
A meeting in behalf of Boy
Scout activity in the six-county
northcentral Nebraska district
will be held here next Thursday
night, it was announced today by
District Judge D. R. Mounts, of
O’Neill, chairman of the district
organization.
Persons interested in scouting
from Cherry, Brown, Rock, Keya
Paha, Boyd and Holt counties are
expected here for the meeting
which will begin at 8 p.m. in the
Hclt county district courtroom at
the courthouse.
William Fullois, of Kansas
City, Mo., deputy regional Scout
executive, and H. W. Haun, of
Omaha, executive officer of the
Covered Wagon area of Nebras
ka will be present.
Judge Mounts said that the im
portant work of preparing for a
district field executive will dom
inate the business session. In
addition, plans w'ill be developed
for the 1947 district scouting pro
gram.
Judge Mounts said that efforts
are being made to have a wide
reoresentatitn at the meeting.
“Hopes are held that O’Neill per
sons interested in Scouting will
make it a point to be present,’’ he
added.
Dancers Entertain
at CDA Meeting
The Catholic Daughters held
a regular social meeting Tuesday
evening at the Golden hotel.
Eight eighth grade St. Mary’s
academy pupils entertained with
tap dancing. They were Mary
Lois Kelly, Judy Martin, Barba
ra St’eeter, Mardy Birmingham,
Rita Higgins, Glea Iler, Berna
dine Hynes, and Loretta Cuddy.
They were accompanied by Pa
tricia Mullen.
Miss Regina Mullen was heard
in two vocal selections, Mrs.
Dean Streeter gave a reading.
The evenings card game was
Monte Carlo whist with Mvs.
James Kelly as high sco*<^ win
ner. Mrs. Merle Hickey won
the door prize.
The entertainment committee,
■ith Mrs. Dean St ee*e • as chair
lan, s r” d f- shments. As
-tire wf- s. Led J 'no”sek,
Hiss Martha Jr>"m sek Mrs. Fred
Teerman, M s Dan Tro hvnski,
Mrs. James C^onk Mrs M. J.
rallace, ard M”s Ma*y Allen.
Juniors Hosts at
'ioh School Dane® —
The junior class of the O’Neill
high school ente tained Tuesday
evening at a dar.ce in the public
school gymnasium. The affair
included the entire high school
student body.
SELLS INTEREST
Richard Shoemaker has sHd h’»3
interest in the sendee station at
the Elkhorn. cabin court to Fred
Heerman, and has accepted a po
sition with the Grainger Bros. &
Co., of Lincoln.
Mrs. O. A. Kilpatrick went to
Norfolk Saturday and met her
son. Gene, and his wife and baby.
They then continued on to Omaha
and spent Sunday and Monday
with Mrs. Kilpatrick’s daughter,
Mrs. R. A. Boecks.
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