The Frontier
VOLUME 67. — NUMBER 1. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 15.1947. PRICE 5 CENTS
O'NEILL WINS |
MUSIC HONORS
7 Top Awards Won in
National Prep Contest
at St. Joseph
Twenty-three O’Neill music
pupils, competing Satu day in
the midwest division of the na
tional high school music contest
ar St. Joseph, Mo., captured one !
“highly superior” rating and six
“superior” ratings in a field of
2,300 contestants representing I
nine states.
Miss Kathleen Flood, of St.
Mary’s academy, was judgedj
“highly superior” in the girls’
high voice division. This was as
high an .award given and the di
vision was regarded as highly
competitive. Miss Flood is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. N.
Flood.
“Superior” ratings were issued
to Daniel DeBacker, o f St.
Mary’s, tympani solo; Joan
Frenking, of St. Mary’s, girls’
high voice; Helen Urton, of O’
Neill high, girls’ high voice; Paul
Moseman, of O’Neill high, tuba
solo; girls’ trie, of St. Mary’s,
(composed of Dolores Frederick
s', Charlotte Funk and Regina
Mullen), and brass sextette, of
O’Neill high, (composed of De
lores DeBolt, Ted Lindberg,
Kathleen Flood . . . "highly
superior."—O'Neill Photo Co.
Marjorie Hungerford, Richard
Connell, Wallace Shelhamer,
and Paul Moseman).
The O’Neill delegation, includ
ing 12 pupils from St. Mary’s
and 11 from O’Neill high, was
accompanied by four instructors,
five accompanists, and four
chaperons.
Students making the trip were:
From St. Mary’s—Alice Biglin,
Patricia Brennan, Joan Frenk
irg, Kathleen Flood, Betty Gal
lagher, Tom Harty, Regina Mul
len, Betty White, Martha Mullen,
Helen Kubitschek, Rosalin Bosn,
Darf* DeBacker, Dolores Fred
rickson, Charlotte Funk, and
Kathryn Golden.
From O’Neill high — Ivalyn
Brady, Duane Booth, Richard
Connell, Delores DeBolt, Mar
jorie Hungerford, Guy Clifford
Harris, Ted Lindberg, Paul
Moseman, Wallace Shelhamer,
Helen Urtop, and f Gayl Widt
feldt.
Supt. Ira George said that be
cause Nebraska did not have a
state music contest this year the
competition at St. Joseph found
Nebraska district winners com
peting with state contest win
ners from Iowa, Arizona, New
Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Mis
souri, Arkansas and South Da
kota.
0#ly other northeast Nebras
ka placements in the two top
classifications were Osmond,
three, and Plainview, one.
The grouD returned Pund-’v
via Arbor lodge at Nebraska Ci
ty and Boys’ Town, near Oma
ha. where stops were made. The
trip was made in two chartered
buses.
Electrical Storm
Spoils Broadcast
Unfavorable atmospheric con
ditions spoiled the reception of
the O’Neill high school band
concert Wednesday over radio
station WJAG at Norfolk,
i Tlfe two-part program went on
the air at 3 p. m. and concluded
at 4:30 p. m., with a 30-minute
interval.
I Before the broadcast a special
I concert was played at the Nor
Hfolk high school auditorium be
fore an audience of 800.
Patrons’ Day Held
at Inman School
INMAN—Patrons’ day was ob
served recently at the Inman
school. The girls in the home
economics class had charge of
the nursery and served tea after
classes were dismissed.
INFANT DIES
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernctt Brinkman, of O’Neill,
born early Friday at the O’Neill
hospital, was bn ed the same
day in Woodlawn cemetery at
Atkinson.
■■■KKSS3&K* VTO*- .
VITTS SPEND HALF-CENTURY TOGETHER
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vitt, a
prominent O’Neill touple. are
shown cutting their golden
wedding anniversary cake
while Rt. Rev. J. G. McNamara
(right) and Rev. Cyril J. Wer
ner, both of St. Patrick’s Cath
olic church here, look on. The
Vitts marked the completion of
a half-century of married life
with a family gathering and
open-house on May 4 at their
place, six miles south of O'
Neill.
Msgr. McNamara officiated
in the rites that united in mar
riage Mr. Vitt and Miss Mary
Erychleb at Stanton on May 5,
1897. As a newly o.dained
priest, it was his first nuptial
mass.
'Both born in Bohemia, they
immigrated to America at the
age of seven. Mr. and Mrs.
Vitt have reared a family of 10
children, nine of whom are
living. Most of their descen
dants were present for the
golden anniversary celebra
tion.—The Frontier Photo by
John H. McCarville.
HAIL DAMAGE
SLIGHT HERE
Accompanying Rain Nets
.40-Inches Late
Wednesday
Late Wednesday O’Neill was
visted by a 10-minute barrage of
hail stones of varying sizes.
The hail was accompanied by
torrents of rain that took the
form of a miniature cloudburst
Within a few minutes after the
storm began, the gutters in the
O’Neill district were full of wa
ter.
The hail stones might have j
been gathered bv the shovel-full
on the south side of Douglas
street.
Rain was general over the ter
ritory.
Little damage was done ex
pent to some fruit trees in blos
som and to some early veget
ables.
Meanwhile, farmers in the O’
Neill region have been pressing
their Spring operations in an ef
fort to overcome the enforced
delay which was brought about
by a cold April.. Many farmers
are still about two weeks behind
schedule.
County Agent A. Neil Dawes
reports an “even keel” in regard
to the farm labor picture. He
*avs that the requests for farm
help at his office are currently
keeping up with the supply.
The week’s weather summary,
based on 24-hour periods ending
at 8 a. m. daily, follows:
Hi Lo Moist.
May 9 —...-59 35
May 10 . 59 47
May 11 —.75 54
May 12 . 73 50 .02
May 13 . 66 45 .03
May 14 _73 49 .19
May 15_..-85 55 .40
ft ...
Total _ -64
LEGION BUYS 5-LOT
BUILDING SITE
CHAMBERS — At a public
auction held Saturday afternoon,
Louis Nielson purchased the
American Legion hall here for
the sum of $1,925. Dr. J. W. Gill
purchased the Isaacson house,
owned by Paul Roth, in the
north section of town.
The Legion purchased five lots
in the south part of Chambers
where a new and larger hall will
be built soon.
Attend Legion Ball
Meeting at Norfolk
H J. Lohaus. Stanley Holly
and John T. Sullivan Monday at
tended an organizational meet
ing of the American Legion Jun
ior baseball league in this sec
tion.
The Legion club will wear
red-and-grey uniforms this sea
son provided by the Lohaus Mo
tor company and the Ford Mo
tor company.
PROMOTION DATE FIXED
County Superintendent o f
Schools Elja McCullough has
fixed Tuesdav, May 27, as the
date for the Holt county eighth
tirade promotional e x e r c i s e s.
Miss McCullough estimates 170
eighth graders will receive di
plomas.
4 Generations Gather
at Walker Home
PAGE — The C. E. Walker
home here was the scene of a
four-generation gathering o n
mother’s day. Guests were Mrs.
Wnlkei’s mother, Mrs. Evelyn
Gray; her grandmother, Mrs. P.
T. Stevens.
Also present was Ralph Gray,
of Inman.
HURT IN FALL
REDBIRD — Judy, the three
year-old granddaughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Truax, sr., who is
pending a vacation with her
grandparents, fell on the cement
walk May 7 and cracked a bone
in her arm. She was taken to
the Lynch doctor where the arm
was placed in a cast. Her home
is in Omaha.
LIONS DANCE NETS
HOSPITAL $482.20
The benefit dance sponsored
Tuesday evening by the Lions
club netted $482.20 fur the O’
Neill hospital fund, it was an
nounced Wednesday by Ralph
Rickly, Lions club president.
Mr. Ricxly said that 700 ad
missions were sold at $1.20 each,
including tax. The expenses in
cluded: $140, taxes; $150, orches
tra: $65.75, advertising, and
$17 05, miscellaneous.
The club president said that
the Lions “are ve y grateful to
Charles Fleming, the proprietor
of the Danceland ballroom, for
donating the use of the ballroom,
the lights, and policing.
“The Lions wish to thank
others who helped make the af
fair a success, including the girls
who sold the tickets, those who
entertained at intermission, and
those who purchased tickets,”
he added.
Dean C. Reed flew to Minne
apolis, Minn., for the weekend to
attend a convention.
SCALDING FATAL
I TO PAGE CHILD
‘Pat’ Wettlauffer, 3, Dies
Saturday in O’Neill
Hospital
Andrew P. (“Pat”) Wettlauf
fer, three-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. George A. Wettlauffer,
of near Page, died Saturday at
the O'Neill hospital as a result
I of burns received from a fall
, into a tub of hot w *,er.
The accident took place May 2
| at the Wettlauffer farm home
j while the child’s mother was
preparing his bath. He died
seven days later.
Funeral services were held
Monday at the Methodist church
h^re with Rev. Lloyd W. Mullis,
church pastor, and Rev. Carl
Rayburn, of the Page Methodist
church, officiating. The church
overflowed with people who had
gathered for the service.
Burial was in P ospect Hill
cemetery. The pallbearers were
Gene Mudloff, Edward Sweat,
Gerald Snyder and Rodger Bow
en.
Andrew Patton Wettlauffer
was born August 13, 1943, at
Wayneville, Mo., when his fa
ther was in the military service.
Dick Hungerford Wips
Nebraska ‘U’ Award
Dick Hungerford, outstanding
O’Neill high school trackman
has been awarded a University
of Nebraska full-blue numeral
by Track Coach Weir.
Other prep athletes in the
state receiving recognition in
ude i or aine Montgomery and
Harry Lampert, both of Ewing
full-blue, and Rex Stowell and
Jeiry Koenig, both of Ewing,
half-blue.
SOCKETS OPEN
WITH 3 - 3 TIE
Darkness Closes in on
13 - Inning- Pitching:
Duel at Clearwater
CLEARWATER— The O’Neill
Rockets and Clearwater battled
to a 3-3 13-inning tie here Sun-1
day and the game had to be
called because of darkness.
It was a pitcher’s battle. Bow
er';, of Clearwater, fanning 21
O'Neil! stickmen, and Danny
Helrrler, of O'Neil!, set down 17
before he was relieved in the
nirrh by Ed Schmdit, who
struckotit six and yielded no hits
the last three frames.
Clearwater will return the vis
it July 13.
The boxscore:
O’NEILL (3) AB R H
Oakeson, 2d .. 3 12
Ellington, rf . 3 0 1
Tom jack, c.. 5 0 I
Schmitt, ss-p 4 0 0
Calkins, 3d . 3 0 0
Morrow, 1st 4 1 0
Hungerford, If _2 1 1
Graham, cf . 2 0 0
Helmer, p . 5 0 0
Bright, 2d . 3 0 0
Sipes, rf 3 0 0
Tomlinson, lf-c . 1 0 0
Tibbetts, ss-cf _ 3 0 0
Totals . _„.4l 3 5
CLEARW'R (3) AB R H
W. Holm, cf_ 5 0 0
Mitchell, rf . 4 11
Krenzien, 3d . 3 2 1
C. Holm, ss . 4 0 0
F. Nolze, 1st . 5 0 1
L. Rice, If.. 5 0 1
Bearinger, c _ 5 0 0
Lee, 2d . 5 0 1
Bowers, p . 5 0 0
Schuster, p __ 10 0
Totals .... .43 3 5
Rockets Open Home
Season Against Ainsworth—
The Rockets will appear in
their first home game here Sun
day on the O’Neill high school
playing field against Ainsworth.
Teams that will appear here
during the season are Ains
worth, Tilden, Creighton, Clear
water, Neligh, Meadow Grove,
Lynch and Chambers.
The 15 players on the O’Neill
team will be decked in new
blue-and-grey uniforms pur
chased by Pat’s Bar, Harding
Creamery company, L. D. Put
nam, O’Neill Production Credit
association, Mac’s Bar, Central
Finance company, Brown-Mc
Donald’s, Asimus Brothers, Shel
hamer Produce, Merri Dr. Pep
per Bottling company, Green
Arrow, Gamble’s, Lloyd Collins,
Corkle Hatchery and Spelts-Ray
Lumber company.
WILLIAM STANTON
INFLUENZA VICTIM
EWING—William B. Stanton,
66, a Holt county resident for 25
vears, died Saturday in the O’
Neill hospital Death was caus
ed by influenza. He had been
’ll for eight weeks.
Born January 21, 1881, at Mill
”Ock, It., Mr. Stanton came tr
Holt from Woodbury county,
Iowa. He was a butcher.
On September 19, 1913, he war
married to Emma Kline at Cen
ter.
Survivors include the widow;
three brothers and three sisters
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at Ewing with Rev
.Vh .le. Methodic past oi, ji
harge. Burial was at Ewing.
•SUNSET TEA’ FOR 9 LADIES
A sunset tea, honoring Indies
over 70 year*; of ae^ w~s spon
sored recently by the Women’s
Society of C ri tian Service of
the Methodist church here.
Among the guests were
these pictured above, (left-to
ripht):Mrs. Frank Bowen, Mrs.
Addie Wrede, Mrs. F. H. Grif
fith. Mrs. Ella Carr, Mrs. Anna
Connell, Mrs. Maggie Siders.
Mis. Peter Cuitis, Mrs. L. G.
I Gillespie, and Mrs. Sam Barn- 1
ard.
Mrs. H. L. Lindbcre. WSCS ;
president, was in charge of ar
rangements. — The Frontier
, Photo by John H. McCarville.
80 Seniors to
Graduate Here
Rev. Krejci to Deliver
Sermon to 35 Grads
at St. Mary’s
Thirty-five St. Mary’s acade
my seniors will culminate their
school work here in graduation
ceremonies at St. Patrick's Cath
olic church at 10 a. m. on
Friday, May 23.
The class includes:
John Bohn, Kathryn Boyle,
Mary DeVine Brennan, Con
stance Donlin, Blye Eckman.
Kathleen Flood, Dolores Fred
rickson, Jane Froelich, Jean
Froelich, Charlotte Funk. Betty
Gallagher, Jerome Gallagher,
Maxine Golden, Caroline Gran,
Larry Higgins, Loretta Higgins,
PHOTOS CROWDED OUT'
Individual photographs of
O’Neill high school and St.
Mary’s academy 1947 senior
class members will appear in
the May 22 issue of The Fron
tier. The photos were “crowded
out” of this issue.
Edward Hynes, Lou Ann Her,
Helen Kubitschek, Margaret
Langan.
Norma Mann, James Marne,
Rita McMahon, Margaret Mc
Phee, Regina Mullen, Donald
Murphy, Mary Murphy, Frances
Nollette, Anna Lee O’Bryan,
Norma Pojar, Marilyn Roggasch,
Francis Rohde, Jerry Tomjack,
Dorothy Willson, and Mary El
len Zarr.
Rev. Albert Krejci, of Lynch,
will deliver the graduation ser
mon. Rt. Rev. J. G. McNamara
will be in charge of the service.
Banquet, 'Prom'
Held Tuesday
Tuesday evening St. Mary’s
academy was the scene of the
annual junior-senior banquet
and “prom.” Festivities began
at 5:30 p. m. with a tea dance,
followed by a banquet. After
wards, the students and guests
resumed dancing in the gymna
sium. which was decorated in a
Central Park motif with branch
es of Spring flowers in a sunken
garden predominating.
Miss Nancy Froelich, president
of the junior class, gave a short
talk. Miss Maxine Bauer, vice
president, read the junior trom
bone, which consisted of limer
icks about each senior. A relig
ious pantomime was portrayed
by Eileen Stanton. The program
ended with the juniors taking
the seniors to the theater.
Rt. Rev. J. G. McNamara, Rev.
Cyril J. Werner, Mr. and Mrs.
Ira George, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Pruss and Joseph Biglin • were
guests.
Cass Night
Planned
Class night for the St. Mary’s
seniors will be next Thursday at
f p m. in the school assembly.
The following program has
Men announced: Introduction,
*Mttv Gallagher and Blye Eck
ran; salutatory, Lou Ann Iler;
r ass song, by the class; SMA
i “broadcast,” John Bohn, master
j of ceremonies; class poem, Con
I ctance Donlin; class will, John
T ohn; valedictory, Devine Bren
ran; “Bells of St. Mary’s” by the
rlass.
Alumni Banquet
Planned Sunday—
St. Mary’s alumni will gather
for the annual banquet at the so
al room in the academy Sun
day. Between 150 and 200 grad
uates are expected to be present.
'iidgre Mounts Addresses
Chambers Graduates —
CHAMBERS — The 14 mem
bers of the Chambers high
•hool senior class receiving di
plomas at Tuesday night’s com
'oncement exercises are Robert
Moms, Marv Lou Butts, Bern
ard Cooke, Zelda Edwards. Dar
rin Harley, Richard Harley,
T-*rald McClenahan. Duane Mc
~My, Ray Miller, Duane Poiter
'Me Scott, Stanley Thompson
'"-’vR Thompson and Raymond
Walter.
District Judge D. R. Mounts.
'"'’v„jj) ,„as the commence
ment speaker. His tonic was
“Fundamentals of Freedom ”
Valedictory honors went to
Terald McClenahan and saluta
m-v honors went to Richard
Harley.
Baccalaureate services were
’mid Sunday evening at the
f-hool auditorium. Rev. L. A.
Dale delivered the sermon, the
St. Paul Lutheran church choir
sang “A Mighty Fortress,” and
the high school mixed chorus
mas heard in “Now the Day is
Over.”
The junior-s e n i o r banquet
mas held last Thursday evening.
The motif was a rainbow against
a deep blue background.
O’Neill High’s 45 Seniors
to Receive Diplomas
Wednesday
Forty-five O’Neill high school
seniors will receive their diplo
mas in commencement exercises
at the school auditorium next
Wednesday. Dr. Frank O. Mc
Intyre, dean of the Norfolk jun
ior college, will deliver the com
mencement address.
Members of the class are:
Arlene Beckwith, Alta Boat
man, Lois Bredehoft, Ardell
Bright, Helen Burival, Ima Jean
Calkins, Raymond Calkins,
Phyllis Callaway, Leola Carey,
Richard ConmdJ. Delores De
Bolt, Cleora BeGroff, Mabel
Derickson, Wilrfia Evans, Marga
ret Cribble, Dorothy Hamilton,
Lois Harmon, Guy Harris, Bill
Hartman, Wilma Houchin, Dale
Huebert, Richard Hungerford.
Mary Jones, Glenaspa Kenny,
Ilene Kloepper, Naomi Knepper,
Evelyn Lind berg, Berna Dean
Miller, Marion Miller, Mabel
Neal, Dorothy Nekolite, Wilma
Nelson, Alvin Ott, Carol Pruss,
Dick Remy, Elaine Ressel, Fred
Ristow, Donald Saindon, Ivan
Saindon, Ethel Suchy, Richard
Tibbetts, Doris Tomlinson, Don
na Whaley, Connie Lou Wil
liams, William Yantzi.
The commencement program
follows:
Processional, “Tannhauser,”
by Wagner, O’Neill high school
band; invocation. Rev. Lloyd W.
Mull is, of the Methodist churchr
cornet solo, selected, Delores
DeBolt; presentation of eighth
grade diplomas, Supt. Ira
George; vocal solo, selected, Guy
Clifford Harris; presentation of
scholarships, Prin. F. E. Sain
don; address, Dr. McIntyre; pre
sentation of class, Prin. Saindon;
presentation of diplomas, Dr. L.
A. Burgess, president of the
board of education; benediction.
Rev. J. M. Cummings, Assembly
of God; recessional.
The eighth grade graduate*
are:
Donna Crabb, Joan Connell,
Loretta Foreman. Barbara Han
cock, Marjorie Huebert, Colleen
Hartronft, Janice Johnson, Alice
Knepper. Le Verna Nekolite,
Phyllis Parks, Phyllis S e g e r,
Mavis Spry, Yvonne Wyant.
John Brady, Jerry Fox, Ro
land Green, Carroll Hatley, Ver
non Johnson, Ted Lindberg,
Donald Lindquist, Don Peterson,
| La Vern Snowardt, Frank Mc
Kenny.
_
Baccalaureate Set
for Sunday
Baccalaureate services for O’
Neill high school’s 1947 graduat
ing class will be held at 8 p. m.
Sunday in the school auditori
um. The sermon, entitled ‘‘What
to Do with Life Today?" will be
delivered by Rev. Kenneth J.
Scott, of the First Presbyterian
church.
The program:
Processional, “Pomp and Cir
cumstance,” by Elgar, M in
Esther Kinnier and Mrs. Eliza
beth IWhottle; opening hymn,
"Come Thou A'mighty King,"
audience; invocation, Rev. Mel
vin G oenbaugh. of the Holi
ness chapel; special music, “Just
For Today,” by Paul Ambrose,
and “A Glad Prayer,” by Ervine
J. Stenson. sung by the O’Neill
high school girls’ sextette; scrip
ttjt-e reading. Phillippians HI,
Rev. Grosenbaugh; special mu
sic. “Invirtus.” by Bruno Huhn,
Richard Connell: evening pray
er, Rev. Grosenbaugh; hymn, “I
Would Be True,” audience; ser
mon, Rev Scott: hymn, “Jesus,
Savior, Pilot Me,” audience;
benediction,, Rev. Grosenbaugh;
recessional.
15 ra^e hemors
Receive Diplomas —
PAGE — Fifteen Page high
school seniors received their di
plomas at commencement exer
cises Monday nieht. They are:
Tillie Bartos. Richard Cunning
ham, Mildred Haynes, Darrell
Heiss, Richard Heiss, Richard
Holliday, Lolajean Ickes, Keith
Kennedy, Iren-' Lust, Owen
Parkinson, James Parka. Alvie
Robinson, Naomi Steinberg, Bar
bara Trowbridge and Ronald
Wood.
J. R. Johnson, of Wayne State
Teachers college, delivered the
address entitled “Future Fron
tiers.”
Scholarships ayvards went to
Barbara Trowbridge. Mildred
Haynes and Darrell Heiss: citi
zenship awards. Mildred Haynes
and Keith Kennedy.
Baccalaureate services were
held Sunday evening at the
school. Rev. R. L. Gowan deliv
ered the sermon, entitled “Book
of Books.” Others on the pro
gram were Mrs. Evelyn Lama
son, Rev. Carl E. Ravburn, a
girls’ vocal group. Mildred
Haynes, and Barbara Trow
bridge.