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VOLUME 66. — NUMBER 51. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1947._PRICE 5 CENTS
TAX FIELDMAN TO |
AID IN ASSESSING
Jacob Motz Arriving
Today to Inaugurate
Experiment Here
Holt county’s part in Nebras
ka’s new experimental assessing
procedure will get underway
, this weekend with the arrival of
Jacob Motz of the state tax
commissioner’s staff.
Mr. Motz is one of six field- J
men being sent out from the
statehouse to call on county as
sessors, and Holt is one of 10
counties in his district. County ;
Assessor L. G. Gillespie said that!
he expected the fieldman here,
today (Thursday).
According to reports from the
state tax commissioner’s office,
each fieldman will at first have
general conferences with all the 1
assessors in his district. He will
ask each assessor to compile a
list of business, professional and
industrial personal property re- j
turns about which the assessor
may be doubtful.
Later, the fieldman will return
to each county to work on the
so-called “bad returns.” He will
i compare the returns with others
of tihe same class and with the
same property owner’s return
of last year.
Will Go Before Boards
If the fieldman is convinced
that the return is too low, he
will reinspect the property and
attempt to get the property own
er to agree on a higher valua
tion.
The fieldman will go before
boards of equalization to support
any increases or decreases and
assist the boards in any way
possible.
The Unicameral legislature re
cently passed a bill setting up
this new plan. State Tax Com
missioner Robert Armstrong be
lieves a “substantial increase in
assessed valuation of personal
property will result.”
Other plans to improve the as
9 sessment system still are pend
ing in the legislature, and one
has been killed.
The tax fieldmen are expected
to complete their work in three
months, when the statewide
field staff will be reduced to
four. These four will continue
on a permanent, full-time basis.
Poppy Day Is May '24;
Flowers Already Here
The memorial poppies, made
by disabled veterans of World
Wars I and II at the Veterans’
hospital in Lincoln, have arrived
here, according to officials of the
American Legion Auxiliary,
which annually sponsors the
poppy sale.
The poppies are crepe paper
replicas of the wild poppies
which grow in France and Bel
gium where so many battles of
both wars were fought. It is
now the memorial flower for the
war dead.
The poppies are being unpack
ed here this week and some will
be used to decorate a poppy win
dow in the new Gamble store
building on Douglas street. Mrs.
Melvin Ruzicka is chairman of
the Auxiliary committee spon
soring the display.
O'NEILL HOSPITAL
Admissions: John Nekolite, of
O’Neill, medical patient, admit
ted Monday; Ronnie Gilg, of
Page, tonsillectomy, admitted
Tuesday; Mrs. Frank Peter, of
O’Neill, medical, admitted Wed
nesday; Mrs. Otto Terrill, of
Sage, minor surgery' admitted
Thursday; Mrs. John Shoemak
er, of O’Neill, convalescent, ad
mitted Monday.
Dismissals: Miss Tina Kaczor,
of O’Neill, dismissed Thursd v:
John Nekolite, of O’Neill, dis
missed Thursday; Mrs. Frank
Peter, of O’Neill, dismissed
Thursday.
In hospital: Mrs. Leonard
Shoemaker, of O’Neill, condition
“good;” Mrs. J. C. Harnish. of
O’Neill, condition “good;" Mike
Kirwan, of O’Neill, condition
“good.”
Auxiliary Invites Eligibles—
% The regular May meeting of
the American Legion Auxiliary
will be held on Wednesday at
8 p. m., in the Golden hotel din
ing room. Any eligible ladies
interested in joining this organ
ization are being invited to at
tend.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Warner, of
Atkinson, Saturday visited at
the home of Mrs. Warner’s pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert E. De
Groff. The Warners are moving
to O'Neill soon.
CALENDAR
COMING EVENTS
May 5—Public auction, Anaf
afia Malone estate lands, near
3ristow.
May 13 — Benefit dance, O’
Neill hospital, sponsored by O’
Neill Lions dub, Danceland.
William G. Beha
—O’Neill Photo Co.
WILLIAM 6. BEHA
RITES HERE TODAY
Retired O’Neill Man, 80,
Dies After Seven
Weeks’ Illness
William G. Beha. 80. a Holt
county resident since 1913 and a
former O’Neill hotel oronrietor.
died at 10:15 a. m. Tuesday at
his home where he had been ill
for seven weeks.
Funeral services were held at
9 a. m. today (Thursday) in St.
Patrick’s Catholic church here
with Rt. Rev. J. G. McNamara,
church pastor, officiating. Bur
ial was in Calvary cemetery.
The late Mr. Beha was born
on December 17, 1866, at Boom
ville, Mo., a son of William and
Gertrude Beha, both of whom
were German immigrants.
In June, 1896, he married Miss
Nellie Clary, of California. Mo.
in a ceremony that took place at
Sedalia, Mo.
They later moved to Lincoln
and in 1913 from Lancaster to
Holt county.
There were five sons and one
daughter born to the couple.
The survivors include the wid
ow; sons, Joseph, of Minneapo
lis, Minn.; Paul, Matt and Wil
liam, all of O’Neill; daughter,
Nana, of New York; brothers,
John, of Omaha, and George B.,
of Los Angeles, Calif.; and nine
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were M. M. Hor
iskey, H. E. Coyne, John O’Con
nor, John McManus, John Mel
vin and P. C. Donohoe. Biglin
Brothers were in charge of ar
rangements.
Most of 1947 Small
Grain in, Agent Says
Most of the small grain that
will be grown this year is in the
ground in the O’Neill region,
County Agent A. Neil Dawes as
serted here this week.
Not infrequently, however,
farmers have been obliged to al
ter their plans because of the
cold weather that lingered un
til farmers were about two
weeks behind schedule.
Rye fields are "very good,” ac
cording to some observers. In
Boyd county, however, there are
reports that blowing last Fall
is showing its effect on the rye
stands.
The region was visited by
showers and an electrical storm
Monday afternoon, and traces of
moisture were noted late Wed
nesday.
Inman 4-H Groups
in Joint Session—
INMAN — The Victory Girls
met Monday at the home of their
leader, Mrs. E. E. Keyes. The
boys wanted to organize a club
so they also met in the home of
Mrs. Keyes. Mr. Dawes and his
helper from O’Neill were down
to assist.
We played games, sang songs,
and ate the popcorn which Mrs.
Keyes fixed for us. Then the
boys met in one room and the
girls in another.
The girls talked about making
portfolios and lunch cloths.
Mrs. Keyes gave a report
about the things she learned in
Lincoln at the Methodist church
of Inman.
We have planned to meet all
together May 12 at 8 p. m.
The meeting was adjourned
by Joan Coventry and was sec
onded by Imogene Davis—News
reporter.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan P. Jasz
kowiak drove the former’s fa
ther, John Jaszkowiak, to his
home in Chadron and spent part
of the weekend there. They al
so visited Mrs. Jaszkowiak’s pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry De
Wolfe, at Gordon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted McElhaney,
accompanied by Miss Mary Hol
iday and P. C. Donohoe, drove
to Sioux City Tuesday on bus
iness.
JURY FAVORS SON
IN COURT BATTLE
Ex-GI Recovers $3,603 in
Action Against
His Father
After nine hours’ deliberat'on
Friday, the jury found for the
son in an action in Holt count"
eoi» ♦ a (atHpr i
and son were pitted against each
other.
The son, Walter H. Schwag°r.
of Orchard, alleged conversion
of pe scnal prooerty in a ‘uit ,
against his ether. Aug''"*
found that the plaintiff *'sv'o lJ
have .and recover $3,603 74.”
Their testimony and the t sti
monv of numerous witnesses re
vealed that their difficult""- He- |
veloped after vonng Mr. Schw
ger’s departure for military ser- I
vice in World War II. The rnsf |
was hea d a"-dav last Thur dav
and until 1 :^0 n. m on Friday
afternoon, when the jury went
into deliberation. rHm find ng
was announced at 10:30 p. m.
The nlaintiff’s attornevs were
•Tulius D. Cronin of O’Neill, and
Harold Rice, of Nelieh: the de
fendant’s attorney William W.
Grif in. of O’Neil', and E. A
Butterfield, of Neligh.
A motion was made by the de
fendant for a new trial.
The Schwa"er action was the
-«eo-~'t ""H final iur" case for
the Spring term of the district
court. Judge D. R. Mounts pre
sided.
du Pont Representative
to Address Chamber
V. S. Peterson, of the exten
sion division of E. I. du Pont
de Nemours and company, wil>
address the Chamber of Com
merce here at a noon luncheon
Tuesday.
The lunch will ha at noon a‘
the M & M cafo and the talk! will
follow in the Golden hotel din
ing room.
11 QUIT PHONE
STRIKING HERE
Return to Positions as
Walkout Nears End
of Fourth Week
Eleven st iking employees of
the Northwestern Bell Tele
phone company returned to their
posts this week as the nation
wide walkout of union telephone
workers approached the end of
the fourth week.
Manager Harry Peterson said
today (Thursday) that eieht op
erators and two maintenance
1 men voluntarily returned t o
I their work Tuesday morning
j and one more operator gave up
the striking by returning to her
jobtoday. Eight employees,
however, are still out, he said.
The entire staff, excluding
managerial employees, walked
out on April 7 as a part of the
nationwide union demonstration
against management.
The Frontier erroneously stat
ed last week that Carlyn Neiers
was the chief operator. The
chief is Anna Mathre.
Here from Alliance—
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Davis, of
Alliance, arrived Sunday for an
extended stay here visiting rel
atives. They are now visiting
Mr. and Mrs. David Bellar.
They also will spend some time
with their niece, Mrs. James
Harding.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Smith
and family were in Long P;n'>
and south of Woodlake Saturday
and Sunday.
EARLY STAGES IN OPERATION QUONSET
Ea.ly stages i.i Operation i
QUONSET ere s h o w n as
members of the American Le
gion post here set ou* to com
plete a new home by Memori
al day.
In the upper photograph, J.
B. Ryan. O’Neill hay and grain
dealer, is shown turning the
sod as building activity got
underway. With him are Le
gionnaires Glea H. Wade,
commander of the O'Nei 1
post, John Grutsch, and Wil
liam Griffin.
The lower photograph
shows the L e g i o n n a ires
swarming over their skeleton
quonset hut during Sunday’s
i adding bee. The war veter
; ns fell consid Tably short of
erecting the building in a sin
gle day, but more work was
accomplished ':han the picture
taken at 4:30 p. m. shows. .
Mr. Ryan donated the resi
dential lot on Douglas street
to the Legion for the site of
the clubhouse. — The Frontier
I-hotos by John L. MpCarville.
9 Coyote Pups Taken
in Raid on Den
DORSEY—Nine coyote pups
were taken from a den Sun
day on the E. J. Ravell place
hy Lee Brady, sr.. Lee Brady,
i- Carl Christensen. Willis
Bolter and H V. Rosenkrans.
The pups’ parents were in
the vicinity, but staved out of
range of the parties’ .22-rifle.
The pups were killed imme
diately.
PAGE FARM HOME
SCENE OF FIRE
PAGE—Fire in the kitchen of
the George Fink farm home,
four miles northwest of Page,
caused considerable damage late
Saturday.
Mrs. Alma Marke, Mr. Fink’s
housekeeper, is reported to have
used tractor fuel to start a fire
in the kitchen stove. It is be
lieved that there were live coals
in the stove at the time.
Smoke damaged other rooms
and their contents.
Mrs. Marke immediately shut
off the kitchen from fhe remain
der of the house, and helped
prevent the fire f om spreading
to Other rooms. Mr. Fink, with
the assistance of a number of
Page people who were summon
ed, extinguished the fire befo e
the outside of the house was
damaged.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Porter
and family Sunday visited Mrs
Porter’s mother at Stuart, Mrs.
M. V. Colson.
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‘ALAH’ CAST TAKES HONORS
“For the Love of Allah,” a
one-act comedy produced by
the O’Neill high school foren
sic class, won top honors in
the district class B speech
tournament at Atkinson and
last weekend rated “excellent”
in a state contest at Lincoln.
Only two schools rated higher
in the one-act play division.
Members of the cast and
their roles follow': “Paw Put
I nam,” Guy Harris; “Beddie
Putnam,” Keith Anspach;
“Maw Putnam,” Alt* Boat
man; "Andrew Aloyisios
Board,” Richard Connell;
“Queenie Brock,” Jean Calla
way; “Cricket Gatlin,” Gayle
''rirPMdt In the rear-center
is “Josephine” — the mule,
manned by Wallace Shelham
er and Gordon Elkins.
Mrs. Charlotte Resigicu was
the coach. The Frontier Photo
by John L. McCarville.
JAMES MORRISON
DIES AT GREGORY
Stricken While Vis’ting
Sister; Rites Here
Wednesday
James Morrison, 70, died sud
denly Monday at Gregory, S. D ,
while visiting at the home of a
sister, Mrs. William Fallon, i
Death was caused by a heart
ailment.
Funeral services were held
here Wednesday at 10 a. m. at
St. Patrick’s Catholic church
Rt. Rev. J. G. McNamara offici
ated and burial was in Calvary
cemetery.
Mr. Morrison was a long-time
resident of Holt county. In re
cent years he operated a busi
ness at a place known as Mor
rison’s corner, north of Ewing.
He formerly resided here and at
Ewing.
Survivors include one son,
Tamf's ir.; of Bov’s Town; one
daughter, Patricia, of O'Neill;
jone brother, Robert, of O’Neill;
four sisters, Mrs. Hannah H.
Donehoe and Mrs. D. J. Cronin,
of O’Neill; and Mrs. Julia Bien
nan, of St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs.
Fallon, of Gregory.
Robert Morrison, of O’Neill, ill
i-> St. Vincent’s hosoital at Sioux
City, was unable to attend.
Mrs. Colo to Head
Holt Cancer Drive
EMMET — Mrs. Guy Cole has
been named chairman of the
Holt county cancer control cam
paign for 1947.
Mrs. Cole was advi ed of the
appointment on the eve of her
rinnart”re for a chnrt visit in
Denver, Colo. She said she
would announce plans for the
drive upon her return.
Mrs. D. C. Schaffer, of O’N ill,
accompanied her to Denver.
Arrived from Council Bluffs—
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McManamy
of Council Bluffs, la., arrived
Saturday at the home of Mrs.
McManamy’s mother, Mrs. Su
san Kubichek, whose birthday
anniversary was celebrated at a
^milv “get-together” Sunday.
Mr. McManamy returned Sun
day and Mrs. McManamy will
remain for an extended visit.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Alvin A. Wagner, 28, of Oma
ha, and Joyce L. Bergstrom, 19,
of Ewing, May 1.
Elmer Slaymaker, 56, of Stu- !
art, and Anna Arlene Sterns, 25,
of O’Neill, April 28.
Mrs. Arlen Kirk, of Spencer,
visited her father, Thomas Don
lin, Sunday.
Lightning Bolt Kills
i O'Neill Farmer
JOHN J. PORTER
HEART VICTIM
Friend Discovers Body
in Chambers Home;
Funeral Tuesday
CHAMBERS—John J. Porter,1
71, a resident of the Chamber: (
community for more than 60
years, died at his home in Cham
bers Saturday. “Jack,” as he
was popularly known, had been |
in poor health, relatives said,
but he was not critically ill pri
or to his death.
Charles Bursell. who had been
residing with Mr. Porter, discov-1
ered Mr. Porter in bed about I
midafternoon. He summoned
Dr. Gill, who said Mr. Porter
had died from a heart attack.
Funeral services were held at
the home of the deceased’s sis
ter, Mrs Mattie Urban, at 2 p. i
m. Tuesday. The Odd Fellows
lodge, to which Mr. Porter be
longed. w°s in charge of the
services. Burial was in Bethany
cemetery. Pallbearers were
Lloyd Gleed, Charles Fauquier,
Charles Green, E. H. Medcalf,
Glen’ Adams, Louis Taggart,
Mark Gribble, and Earl Lam
bert.
Mr. Porter was born January
5. 1876, in Clinton county, Iowa
He moved to Tama county with
his parents when he was three
years-old. At the age of 11 he
moved with his parents to Holt
county, near Chambers.
Survivors include four broth
ers and three sisters: Mrs. Amy
Peterson, of Verdigre; Mrs. Floy
Whaley, of Lindon, Colo.: Mrs.
Mattie Urban, of Chambers:
George Porter, of Chambers;
William Porter, of Creighton;
James Porter, of Haxton. Colo.;
and Lewis Porter, of Ovid, Colo.
There are also numerous ne
phews and nieces.
‘Garry’ Benson Dies
in Oakland, Calif.
EWING — Garrett H. ("Gar
ry”) Benson, 61. former Ewing
editor, merchant and postmas
ter, died April 11 in Oakland,
Calif., where he had been resid
ing since October, 1942. He died
suddenly.
Funeral services were _ con
ducted three days later. Rev.
Dobbs B. Bunch, of the Laurel
Methodist church at Oakland,
jfficated and the Masonic lodge
was in charge.
Born at Ewing, Mr. Benson
spent much of his life in Holt
county. He edited the Ewing
Advocate and later was a part
ner in the K-B meat market. At
nne time he was an employee of
rhe Frontier at O’Neill.
Survivors include the widow;
nne son, Robert; one daughter,
Mrs. Phyllis Hoffman.
3 Pounds at Birth,
Strong, Healthy Today
Little Carol Joan Riffey,
who weighed a bare three
pounds when she made her
entry into this world a year
ago, Sunday received birthday
anniversary greetings from
her proud parents and doting
relatives.
The tiny miss, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Rif
fey, of near Chambers, spent
her early weeks taking nour
ishment through a medic ne
dropper and she required th"
constant attention of a mem
ber of the family.
Today, Carol Jean is strong
and healthy and is well on the
road to ladyhood.
Mr.| Riffev served in Europe
during World War II.
farm home fire
COLLECTION NETS $86.66
An American Fed Cress col
lection among patrons of the
Royal theatre here netted $86.66,
according to County ARC Chair
man R. H. ("Ray”) Shriner.
Visit in Kansas—
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dexter
spent the weekend visiting theh
tunt, Mrs. Ellery Vader, of Man
teto, Kans. They were accom
sanied by Mr, and Mrs. Vernon
Lorenz, who visited Mrs. Lorenz’
jarents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
3owles, in Jewell, Kans.
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Returns from West—
Charles Richter, sr., returned
ast week from San Diego and
Porterville, Calif., where he had
seen visiting relatives for a
month.
Returns to Valentine—
Bernice Scofield, daughter of
he Jess Scofield’s, returned
Sunday to Valentine to resume
ler position at the hospital
here, after having recuperated
it home from a recent operation.
Gerald Fallon, 31, Struck
While Driving Tractor
in Field
ABRASION ON HEAD
A bolt of lightning fatally
struck Gerald Fallon, 31-year
old O’Neill farmer, at 3 p. m.
Monday while driving a tractor
in a field on his parents farm
two miles northeast of the city.
Young Fallon’s body slumped
against the storing wheel and
the trator continued for a quar
ter of a mile before coming to a
stoD in a shelterbelt.
The body was discovered by
the father, Frank Fallon. Dr. J.
P. Brown, who was summoned,
said death •■•as instantaneous
. 1 _ 4_ F tkn
ana an auiaanm uu -
head indicated where the high
voltage had struck him.
The young farmer was discing
when the electrical storm devel
oped. The lightning that struck
x 11■ i '-mi-ed "-‘anv O’Neill res
idents to believe that the bolt
had struck in the city.
Funeral Rite* Today
Funeral services were held at
10 a. m. today (Thursday) in St.
Patrick’s Catholic church here
with burial in Calvary cemetery.
Rev. Cyril J. Werner, assistant
pastor, officiated.
Mr. Fallon was born April 1,
916, near O’Neill where he re
sided throughout his lifetime.
Survivors include his parents,
Mr. Mrs. Frank Fallon; and
one sister, Miss Mary Fallon, all
of O'Neill
Pallbearers were Francis Mur- -
ray, James Fleming, James Car
ney, Francis Hickey, Robert
Hanley and Gerald Lawler.
VETERANS’ CHECKS
ARE DELAYED
Ahout 26,000 World War II
veterans in Nebraska will have
to wait for their April subsis
tence, readjustment and self-em
ployment allowance checks.
The Veterans’ Administration
regional office in Lincoln Wed
nesday said that word from
Washington, D. C., revealed that
VA accounts from which these
payments are made throughout
bhe nation have been exhausted
and cannot be replenished until
the deficiency appropriation
bill, now before congress, is en
acted into law.
The VA said in Washington
;hat it did not anticipate a de
lay of more than a few days.
Disability and compensation
checks will come out on time,
lowever, a VA spokesman de
clared.
WINS ACADEMIC HONORS
LINCOLN — John R. Osen
baugh, of O’Neill, was recogniz
ed for high scholarship at the
University of Nebraska honors
convocation held here Tuesday,
Airil 2?. is in the upper 10
percent of the freshman class in
the college of pharmacy. He is
a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Os
enbaugh.
Future Subscribers
1 CASTER—Mr. and M:s. MyrI
Caster of Inman, a daughter,
born Wednesday, April 30.
| COOPER—Mr', and Mrs. Lyle
Cooper, of Layton. Utah, a six
1 pound 12-ounce daughter, Ra
I chel Scharlene, born Wednes
day. Ap il 23, at the hospital at
Ogden, Utah. Mr Cooper was
a former Chambers boy.
CRUMLEY — Mr. and Mrs.
Lindlev Crumley, of Page, a son,
born Tuesd v April 29, in the
O’Neill hospital.
KATZER—Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Katzer, of Naper, a daughter,
born Friday April 25, in the
Lynch hospital.
PFEIFER — Mr and Mrs. Jo
seph Pfeifer, of Butte, a son,
born Thursday, April 24.
ERICKSEN — Mr. and Mrs.
Erik Ericksen, of Mullen, a
daughter, Suzanne Elizabeth,
weighing six pounds and 11
ounces, born Thursday, April 24,
at the Alliance hospital. Mrs.
Ericksen is the former Maybelle
Osenbaugh.
GRIM—Mr. and Mrs. Melvin.
Grim, of Ulysses, a six-pound,
six -ounce son, Garfield George,
born Thursday, April 17. Mr.
Grim was formerly of Chambers.
THORIN—Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Thorin, of Chambers, a son. born
Monday, April 28, at the Tilden
hospital.
WITHERWAX—Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Witherwax, of Spencer, a
daughter, bom Sunday, April 27,
in the Lynch hospital.