118 Descendants Hetf?
Nonagenarian Celebrate
MEEK—Mrs. Sarah E Hull,
the grand old lady in the
.Meek neighborhood, was join
ed by most of her 118 des
cendants in the celebration of
her 92d birthday anniversary
on September 6. The event
took place on the Hull home
place where the head of one
of Holt’s largest families has
resided continuously for the
past 67 years.
All of her nine children
were present. One of the
daughters. Mrs. Preston
Jones. explains, "Because
our mother looks forward
each year for her birthday
to arrive, each of her chil
dnen makes a special effort
to be phesent."
Despite hen advanced years,
Ghandma Hull, as she is af
fectionately known, is well
0and unusually active. In fact,
she served as the hostess at
her own birthday party!
A covered dish dinner was
served at noon and in the af
ternoort ice cream and cake
were seived — a number of
cakes being required to serve
the throng of relatives and
friends.
Mrs- Hull homesteaded
near Meek in 1880 and has
resided on the same place
continuously. She performs
regular household duties
and numerous chores and
attributes an active life to
her longevity.
Among those present for the
anniversary atfair were:
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hull
and Claude Hull and family,
of Niobrara; Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Hull and family and Mr.
* and Mrs. Glen Hull and fami
ly, of Lynch; Clyde Hull, of
Atkinson; Mr. and Mrs. Arch
Hull, of Crookston; Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin Hull and family,
of Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs
Levi Hull, Mr. and Mrs. Ceiil
Haynes and daughter. Dar
lene, and husband and family,
and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hull
MRS. SPELTS, 45,
CANCER VICTIM
Wife of Former O’Neill
Lumberman Dies at
Grand Island
Mrs- William T. Spelts, 45,
tvife of a former O’Neill lumber
man, died Tuesday in a Grand
Island hospital where she had
been confined during an extend
ed illness caused by cancer.
Funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon in Grand Is
land, and burial will be in the
Wood River cemetery.
Mrs. Spelts, the former Emma
Cerney, was born at Gregory,
S. D., on February 28, 1902. She
was reared and educated there
and on February 25, 1925 she
was married in Gregory to Wil
liam T. Spelts.
Mr. and Mrs Spelts came to
O’Neill from Shelton in Febru
ary, 1943 following Mr Spelts
entry into the lumber business
here under the firm name
Spelts-Ray Lumber company.
In December, 1946, Mrs. Spelts
entered a Grand Island hospital
where she remained until her
^eath.
Survivors include: widower:
mother, Mrs. Emma Cerney, of
Gregory; sister, Mrs. Lewis, of
Denver. Colo.; brother, James
Cerney, of Gregory- Another
brother. Joseph Cerney, pre
ceded her in death.
Mr. Spelts now resides in
Grand Island where he is op
erating a lumber yard.
Woman’s Club in
First Fall Meeting
The O’Neill Woman’s club
held its first fall meeting at the
home of Mrs. J. D Osenbaugh
Wednesday afternoon when a
guest tea was held. The host
esses for the affair were Mrs.
#?. L. Sherbahn. Mrs. Harrison
Bridge and Mrs- Bennett Gilles
pie.
After a musical program, tea
was served with the president,
Mrs. Paul Shierk, and the past
president, ^rs. H- L. Lindberg,
pouring.
3 Additional College
Bound Students Named
Other college - bound O’Neill
students, in addition to those
listed in The Frontier last week,
include:
Joan Brady, to Doane college,
.Crete; Kathleen Flood, to St.
ary’s college, Xavier, Kans.;
Roy D- Johnson, to Augustana
college, Rock Island, 111.
REV. SMITH COMING
Rev. Ward Smith, of Cham
bers. will appear in the pulpit
at the First Presbyterian church
here at 11 a. m Sunday, church
officials have announced.
Enroll at Creighton —
George Hammond and Edward
Campbell drove to Omahd Wed
nesday to register at Creighton
university. They were accom
panied by Mrs. Hammond and
Mrs. Ira H Moss. Among other
students who registered were
Robert and Stephen Wallace and
James Merriman Formal classes
will begin Monday.
Ik
Mrs. Sarah E. Hull . . .
the hostess at her 92d
birthday party.
and family, all of Parmalee;
Mr- and Mrs. Ralph Miller
and son and Mrs. Dean
Daughty and sons, of Boone,
la.; Mr. and Mrs. Leon Mellor
and daughters and Mr. and
Mrs. Carroll Bjornson and
family, of Redbird; Mr. and
Mrs. Preston Jones and fami
ly, Mr. and Mrs. Walter De
vall and daughters, Mr. and
Mrs. R. V. Crumley and son,
Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Hull and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Crawford and family, of
Phoenix; Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Nelson. Mrs. Paul Nelson and
family, Mr. and Mis. Edward
Kaczor and son. Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Wells and family, of
Redbird; Mr- and Mrs. Floyd
Crawford and family, Mr and
Mrs. Charley1 Ross, Will Har
vey, May McGowan, Mrs.
Elizabeth Nelson. Mrs. Henry
Lamb and Mrs. Mary Newton,
of Saco, Mont.; Mr. and Mrs
Clifford Orr and son, Melvin,
and Clifford Haynes, of Dust
in; Mrs. Christina Walters
and Clinton McMillan.
Rev. Lane Installed
at Church of Epiphany
EMMET — Rev. Joseph Lane,
formerly of Peetz, Colo-, was
formally installed as pastor at
the Church of the Epiphany at
3 p. m. Sunday. Rt. Rev. J G.
McNamara, of O’Neill, was in
charge.
The congregation was well
represented at the special in
stallation service- A number of
visiting priests were also pres
ent.
Father Lane succeeds Rev.
John J. O’Brien, who has been
assigned to St. Joseph’s parish
at Humphrey. • -
Accident Victim Goes
Omaha Hospital
William Jutte, of Chambers,
who was injured in an automo
bile accident near Ewing Sun
day, will be released fiom the
O’Neill hospital tomorrow (Fri
day) and taken to an Omaha
hospital for further treatment
Mr. Jutte's machine went out
of control while he was enroute
to Norfolk to meet his wife,
who was returning from a hos
pital there
The Jutte automobile was
badly damaged.
Attend Unit Reunion —
C. W. Porter and Ira H Moss
returned home Monday evening
from North Platte where they
had attended a reunion of the
355th infantry, 89th division,
held on Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Harbottle Departs
Miss Mildred Harbottle left
Friday for her home in Pomona,
cam'-, after having visited her
brother, John Harbottle, and ,
Mrs. Harbo-ttle for four weeks. ,
DONNA MAE IS 15
Donna Mae Fuhrer (above),
O’Neill polio victim who gain
ed widespread recognition in
May in a nationwide radio
broadcast by Ted Malone, to
morrow (Friday) observe her
15th birthday anniversary at
her home two miles east of
O’Neill.
Miss Fuhrer was born m
Boyd county ^nd moved to a
farm east of O’Neill when she
was a small girl.
The Neighbor Lady, of ra
dio station WNAX at Yank
ton, S. D., will be present for
the celebiation beginning at
at 1 30 p. m.—O’Neill Photo.
The Frontier
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FRED JUNGMAN
NEW LEGION HEAD
Succeeds Paul B e h a
as County Commander;
World War I Vet
ATKINSON— Fred Jungman
Atkinson stockman and World
War I veteran, Monday night
was elected commander of the
Holt county American Legion at
the annual countywide conven
l*ion held in Memorial hall here.
More than 150 persons attended
Commander Jungman suc
ceeds Paul ("Slats") Beha, of
O'Neill, also a World War I
▼et.
I Mrs- Eugene V. Hickok, o.
| Atkinson, was reelected presi
j u-iit or the county auxiliary or
ganization.
Every post in the county was
represented at the meeting,
i wnich was highlighted with a
talk by Roy Lang, of Lincoln, of
i the state department. His talk
dwelt principally on veterans’
affairs. Plans were also dis
cussed for the annual Second
district convention, which will
be held in the new $25,000 Le
gion building at O'Neill on Oc
tober 13.
r arley-Tuschla post served re
fieshments to the visitors late
in the evening.
Commander Jungman’s son,
Robert, was killed in action in
the European theater of opera
tions during World War II.
Hotel Property Sold —
CHAMBERS—Mrs. Harve Lee
recently sold the hotel property
in Chambers to Mr. and Mis.
Paul Roth. The new Owners
are repairing and remodeling
the structure for future use.
CORN NEEDS TIME
TO ESCAPE FROST
3 Weeks ‘Grace’ Needed
to Mature Short Crop
and Assure Yield
Holt county farmers have
crossed their index fingers and
are hoping.
They want a two- to three
weeks' “grace” period before
the weatherman dishes up a
killing frost. Most observers re
port that the already short corn
crop would not stand up under
a frost at this time because of
its immature condition
Meanwhile, the recent fall
rains have put fields in “excel
lent” condition for fall seeding
of rye and wheat.
An undertone indicates that
the fall run of calves may
reach the, markets slightly earli
er than usual due to some un
easiness in regard to the mar
ket Keith Abart. of tht Fred
erickson Livestock Commission
company here, said that the fall
run was expected to start
here next week.
The mercury made news once
this week with a drop to 36-de
g-ees during the early hours
Monday. Fires were common
as residents sought to eliminate
thn chill in their homes and
business buildings.
The week's weather summary,
based on 24-hour periods ending
at 8 a. m. daily, follows.
Hi Lo Moist.
September 12 67 53 .32
September 13 79 49
September 14 88 50
September 15 — 65 36
September 16 70 44
September 17 72 57
September 18 88 68
Ex-Page Farmer
Dies Suddenly
- N
PAGE — Claude Hamilton,
about 50. a native of the Page
vicinity and a farmer near here
until a few years ago, was dis
covered dead in bed Friday at
his home in Early, la. Death
was attributed ,to a heart ail
ment. .
He had been visiting with rel
atives the night before and
showed no outward signs of ill
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at Early and burial
was made there.
Mr. Hamilton was a son of
Mr. and Mrs- William Hamilton.
Survivors include: Sisters
Mrs. George Drey, of Early
and Sister M. Cartilla, of Grand
Island: brother, Cyrl, of Califor
nia. . , x
Amopg Holt county relatives
attendirtfi the funeral were:
Mr. and ’Mrs. Dee Graff, Miss
Laura Grltf. Ronald Graff, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Graff, Mr. and
Mrs- Lyndley Crumley, Mr. and
Mrs. R- D Crumley, Lay,ern
Van Conet, and Bernard Allen,
all of Page; and Mr. and Mrs.
Percy Graff, of Ewing
Gets Alaska Transfer-*
REDBIRD— Mrs. Peter More
has received word from her son,
Kenneth, who has been station
ed at the naval air station at
Whidbev Island, Wash., that he
is being transferred to Kodiak.
Alaska
Elkhorn Yields After a Struggle
For a month a crew of
Omaha workmen, representing
the Charles Roebeck Construc
tion company, has been mak
ing smooth progress on the
job of linking O’NeiH’s wa
ter mains with the city's new
twin wells two miles south of
town.
A defiant Elkhorn river,
refusing to be tunneled
without a struggle, held up
the workmen for two weeks
before finally yielding to the
men and their machines.
Laying a pipe line six-feet
under the river bed is not an
easy process, and scores of O'
Neillites have been parading
in their automobiles across
the Elkhorn river budge on
the south outskirts of the city
from where they have had an
excellent vantage point.
A dam was built a few
yards below the state highway
281 biidge and the water was
diverted initially through the
dam by means of a highway
culvert. Although the culvert
successfully conducted the
water, the ditchdigging and de
watering (removing water
from the ditch) we e a failure
because of quicksand
Dam Built Upstream
Finally, the workmen were
obliged to go upstream nearly
I three-qua' ters of a mile to a
point where in years gone by
the river had changed its
course. With their machines
another dam was erected and
the entire flow of water was
diverted from the new river
channel back into the old.
At the site of the first dam,
2x10 timbers were driven ver
tically into the river bed.
forming a cribbing. Unmo
lested by the quicksand, the
workmen resumed digging the
ditch six feet below the riv
er’s sand bed.
TRAGEDY MARS
BOULDER VISIT
PAGE — Tragedy recently
marred a “stop-o^er" visit at
Boulder, Colo., for Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Matschullat, o f
Page, who were returning
from a five-weeks’ trip to the
West coast.
The Matschullats were vis
iting Mr. Matschullat’s broth
er. Fred, and 'amily when the
nine-year-old daughter of the
Boulder couple accidently shot
her seven-year-old sister. The
wounded child died the fol
lowing day.
The father of the dead child
was born and reared at Page
Gottfried Huth
Dies at Norfolk
CHAMBERS—A long-time res
ident of the Chambers commu
nity, Gottfried Huth, 67, died at
the Lutheran hospital in Norfolk
September 11 after only a few
days’ illness- Rev. Jensen, of
the United Lutheran church, of
Norfolk, conducted services at a
funeral home on Sunday and
burial was in the new Lutheran
cemetery in Norfolk.
Mr. Huth was a native of
Gilve, Germany, where he grew
to manhood. He was married in
1906 and after three years he
and his wife came to the United
States to make their home
Thgy settled on their farm
southeast of Chambers where he
spent the remaining years of his
life.
Besides his wife, the surviv
ors include a brother in the
Chambers community and a sis
ter living in Germany.
Mrs. Mary Wetzler is visiting
relatives in Gregory, S. D., this
week.
4-Hers Highlight Holt Fair
The 4-H role in the 55th
annua] Holt county fair,
which closed Friday at Cham
bers, was easily the highlight
of the exposition, officials an
nounced this week. Fair-go
ers are still talking about the
exhibits and judging.
Observers said that one
of the most striking exhib
its was the array of 4-H
dairy cattle. The Happy
Hollow cluby of Ewing, con
tributed most of the entries
with others coming from
O'Neill and Chambers.
Shown were Holsteins.
Guernseys, Jerseys and
Brown Swiss breeds. The
grand champion dairy hei
fer honors went to a Hol
stein owned by Catherine
Helmrick, of Orchard.
Reserve honors were won
by Velma Abney, of Ewing,
with a Guernsey entry. Har
lan Nielson, of O’Neill, enter
ed a champion Brown Swiss
bull calf.
Billy Sitz, of Atkinson,
showed the grand champion
baby beef, an Angus steer,
while Clifford Boettcher, of
Atkinson, showed the reserve
champion baby beef, a Here
ford steer.
Crossing river with pipeline is not an easy task. Dewater
ing is done through a surface pipe with suction through vertical
pipes. William Barnett, Omaha Negro (extreme right), is a nov
elty to O'Neill youngsters . . . the only colored man in town.
Developments during the
past 24 hours indicate that
the frustrated pipe - layers
would finally win the battle
with the Elkhorn. Barring
an unseasonal flood. i n
j which event dams, culverts
and machinery would be
swept away, the Omahans
will soon be on the last
leg of their journey to the
water wells.
That is, assuming that
the ol’ man river will be co
operative when it comes time
to return him to his new
channel, and that the crossing
of the old channel will be less
difficult than the first.
LYNCH OUT OF
1 TITLE RUNNING
-.
First - Half Winner in
Holt-Boyd Loop Not
Yet Determined
The Holt-Boyd baseball cham
pionship hangs in the balance
as the result of a peculiar set of
; circumstances.
| Just as everyone had practic
ally conceded Lynch as the best
entiy in the conference, Cham
bers toppled the Boyd county- j
ans twice to gain the second-I
half title.
A postponed game stood be
tween Lynch and the first-half
championship. The belated op
i ponent was Stuart and again
! the Boyd countyans suffered a
, setback. As a result, Stuart I
| moves into the first-half lead
i with only one defeat and a
game yet to be played with
Butte.
A Stuart win would clinch the
title, but a Butte win would
send Lynch and Stuart into a
tie.
Meanwhile, Chambers, t h e
second-half winner, is primed
for the three-game title series
which will be played after the
Stuait-Butte meeting. (For more
sports turn to page 7.)
Return from California —
Mrs. Arthur Brinkman and
son. Richard, returned Sunday
from a month’s visit at the
home of her mother, Mrs
Olndvs Walsh, in San Francisco,
Calif., and with other relatives
in Los Angeles, Calif.
John Phalin. of Los Angeles,
Calif., visited his mother, Mrs. ]
Frank Phalin, for three days,
donarling F iday.
(
i
Donald Fullerton, of Amol—
> gh' wpd the grand champ- |
ion stocker-feeder rjalf and
Gary Small, of Amelia, show- I
ed the reserve champion. In 1
. '> breeding classes, the
rr mH champion heifer of all
breeds was shown by Nyal
Rouse, of Chambers, and the
, qn.« r> ''hamnion was shown
by Phylis Woods, of Ewing.
Both champion and Reserve
champion were Herefords
Nyal Rouse also showed
champion cow and calf with
pniv Sitz showing reserve
champion cow and calf.
Wins Two Ribbons
In the sheep division. Bob
hv B^elaert, of Page, showed
two lambs and received a
bl'” and red ribbon.
Three 4-H’ers showed horses
in the saddle stock division
n-ith the champion being
shown by Charlotte McVay,
of Ewing, and reserve champ
ion by Phylis Wood, of Ew
ing.
rrhe livestock showman
ship contest was of special
interest to many. Antelope
County Aqent W. A bu
chanan, of Neliqh, did the
judging. Individuals were
judged on handling and
showing the calf as well as
Elkhorn flood victims would
not believe that the river's
normal flow could be carried
through a highway culvert.—
I l ne r rontier Photos by John
Mc^arviUe
School Hearing
Plans Unchanged
Plans for the hearing on
the reappraisal of Holt coun
ty’s 77,000 acres of school
lands, to be conducted by a
representative of the state
bo ifi of educational lands
and funds, remain unchanged
this week following a switch
in arrangements announced a
week ago.
The hearing was initially
set for the courtroom in the
courthouse on September 18.
Hoard Secretary Henry H.
Baitling announced that the
heading would be postponed
until next Thursday, Septem
ber 25.
Meanwhile, Holt county of
ficers say that the courtroom
will not accomodate the coun
ty’s 200-odd leaseholders and
the hearing will have to be
transferred to the O’Neill
public school auditorium. The
session will begin at 9 a. m.
Mrs. Earl Yenglin. of Romeo
Mich., was a guest at the home
of Cecil Spry Wednesday. She
is enroute to Ferndale. Wash.
fitting the calf for show.
It was necessary to demon
strate their ability by
changing calves in the rink
shewing another own
er's animal. The champi
on showmanship ribbon
went to Don Fullerton, of
Amelia. The second place
ribbon went to Gary Small,
of Amelia; third, to Elton
Gunter, of Ewing; *ourlh,
to Ronald Ressel, of O'Neill,
and fifth, to Kenneth Small,
of Amelia.
The champion livestock
judge was Don (“Pete”) Hoff
man, of Chambers, with El
mer Schwager, of Ewing, sec
ond, and Wayne Hoffman, of
Ewing, third.
Other entries in the live
stock division were: Tommy
Ressel. Ronald Ressel, and
Donald Ressel, of O’Neill;
Robert Green, pf Chambers;
Charles Atkinson, Melvin At
kinson, and Donald Atkinson,
of Chambers; Elmer Schwag
r. of Ewing: Cha lotto Mc
Vay, Ewing; Phylis Wood and
Dale Wood, of Ewing; Don
ald Hoffman and Diane Hoff
man, of Chambers; Wayne
Hoffman and Kathryn Hoff
(Continued on page 4.)
STAR WOMAN, 42,
DIES OF CANCER
Mtb. Charles V. Cole*
a Postmaster, Leaves
4 Children
STAR—Mrs Charles V. Cote„
42, the Star postmaster for the
n st seven years, died at 4 p, m_
Wednesday at the family home)
near here. Death for the moth
er of four children followed a
34-year illness which had de
veloped into cancer.
Funeral services will be heldk
at 2 p.m. Saturday In the Meth
odist church here with Rev.
Lloyd W. Mullis, church pastor,
officiating. Bu.ial will be in
the Star cemetery.
The late Mrs. Cole, the for
mer Floramae Harzke, was bor®
at Schuyler on ,May 21, 1905.
Her parents were Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Harzke. She was rear
ed at Wood River.
She came to Holt county in
1923 from Wood River and itv
June, 1925, she married Mr.
Cole in a ceremony that took
place in the Methodist church
in O’Neill.
They became the parents of
five children, four of whom
survive. They are Carol Cle
nne, 19. Delta Edean, 18, Claude
Alton and Brenda Evonne, all of
oiar. A son, Ridgeway Lloyd,
died at the age of two weeks.
Other survivor> are the wid
ower; father, Herman Harzke,
of Star; mother, Mrs Fenette
Thompson, of Sioux City; sister,
Mrs. John Clark, of Manchester,
(>kla., and one half-sister, Mrs.
Rose Marie Sportsman- of Kan
sas City, Mo.
The pallbearers will be Ar
thu>- Aim, Richard Marston,
William Derickson. sr-, Ewalt
Suan'der, Ewalt Miller and L.
A. Hansen.
Holt and Tri-County
Prize-Winning Calves
Entered at Ak-Sar-Ben
At least 21 4-H club calves
have already been entered in.
the well - known Ak-Sar-Ben
livestock exposition which will
be held in Omaha September 27
through October 4.
Included among the entries
will he ttlack Diamond, an 18
months-old Angus steer owned
by Billy Sitz, of Atkinson, and
winner of grand champion hon
ors at the Holt county fair. Oth
er Holt and Tri-County fair
prize-winners will also compete.
Lutherans Plan All-Day
Mission Festival Sunday
An all-day mission festival
will be held at the O’Neill pub
lic school auditorium Sunday
under the sponsorship of the
Christ Lutheran church here,
according to Rev. Clyde O,
Cress, church pastor
There will be special music
and songs by the church choir.
Rev. W Hartman, of Ainsworti^
an ex-U. S. Army chaplain, antr
Rev. Cress will be the speakers.
Golden Rod Club
Hears X-Ray Plan
The Golden Rod Project club
held a regular business meeting'
Tuesday at the home of Mrs.
Lowell A. Johnson. There were
14 members and two guests
present.
Mis. Johnson gave a talk om
the highlights of the mobile *>■ }
ray machine unit that is arriving
here next month.
Afterwards, the guests held »
surprise birthday anniversary
party tor Mrs. Bessie Way man.
Dietician Departs
for Post at Yal&
PAGE—Mis. L G. Be: nholte.
and daughters, Velma and Bon
nie, drove to Sioux City last
' week from where Bonnie went
to New Haven, Conn., to take
up her work as dietician in one
of the dining halls at Yale uni
: versity.
\ * Pern1 oltz and Velma re
turned to Page the following
day. Velma left for Lincoln
Saturday to take up her work
at tin. Jniventy o Nebraska
Dierks Goes to Land
Meet in Rapid City
Lyle P. Dierks, representative
of the National Farm Loan as
sociation at O’Neill, will attend
a four-state 30th anniversary?
Federal Land bank convention
i at liapid City, S. D., September
25-26
The two-day meeting will see
presidents and secretary-treas
| urers of all 200 National Farm
Loan associations in Iowa, Ne
; braska, South Dakota and Wy
oming holding a joint conven
tion for the first time in history.
Nationally known speakers will
1 discuss the growth and future at
cooperative credit organization.
As a delegate from the Elk
horn Valley association, Mr.
Dierks will represent the coop
eratives’ 523 members in Boyd,
Holt and Wheeler counties.
I Mr. and Mrs. Dierks win
leave for Rapid City Wednes
day.