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VOLUME 67.—NUMBER JO.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 25. 1947.
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O'Neill Soldier Notes Stork’s
. Visit During Hurricane
An O’Neill soldier, Cpl. Ray
mond Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Mike A. Smith, has writ
ten a moving eye-witness ac
count of Florida s recent hur
ricane that took a heavy toil
of life and property on the
peninsula. A member of the
Air Force, stationed at Boca
Raton, young Smith mingles
the serious and lighter aspects
of the storm in a letter to
his parents.
"Our squadron was in the
frame barracks on 1 h e
flight line during the hurri
cane. The w nds picked it
up off the foundation and
si mmed it down a few feet
away," he wrote.
The floor looks like the top
of the Rocky Mountains, be
cause it’s twisted and lying at
a 45-degree angle. . . . The
storm hit us at 125 miles per
hour. We didn’t get the mid
dle of it but we got the high
winds. The wind blew for
about 12 hours from the
north, then it let up a few
hours. Then it started blowing
from the south. The north
wind is what did the damage.
“All of the hangars we e
destroyed, 150 barracks were
wrecked beyond repair. There
were three AT-6s (aircraft) in
one of the hangars and a steel
girder fell on all three of
them. , , ...
“'Hie quonset huts look like
.SCHOOL LAND
HEARING HELD
Representatives of State
Board Take Evidence
TJnder Advisement’
More than 150 Holt county
school land leaseholders gather
ed today (Thursday) for a re
appraisal hearing arranged
by the state board of education
al lands and funds.
The meeting was called for
the purpose of hearing evidence
regarding the current values of
the 77,000 acres of school land
In the county.
The session began at 9 a. m.
and continued through most of
•the day
The valuation of the Holt
school property has been a
source of controversy since May
when the state board sent a rep
resentative here to fix a new
valuation. This resulted in a 70
percent increase.
Leaseholders pressed for a re
appraisal with an appearance
before the board at Lincoln,
protesting that the new valua
tion was "too high ” The meeting
here is a result of the board’s
decision to halt a reappraisal
hearing
The 70 percent figure follows
an 85 percent valuation increase
in 1945.
The representatives of the
state board closed the hearing
by “taking under advisement”
the proposal to revise down
ward the valuations.
ilercury Stops 1-Degree
Short of Freezing Mark
O’Neill barely escaped what
would have been damaging frost
early Monday when the mer
cury stopped one-degree short
of the freezing mark.
There were scattered reports
of damage to tender vegetation.
Corn-growers are hoping for a
few more days before a heavy
freeze because of the late-ma
turing com.
Only a trace of moisture has
been lecorded in O’Neill during
the seven-day period ending at
8 a- m. today (Thursday). The
summary, based on 24-hour pe
riods ending at 8 a. m. follows:
A
Hi Lo Moist.
Sept. 19 95 73
Sept. 20 __. 79 52
Sept. 21 _ 70 50
Sept. 22 _ 75 33
Sept. 23 -I_ 65 43
Sept. 24_ 83 45
Sept. 25_ 56 35 T
Soukup Sells to
Wayman Brothers
Stanley Soukup, owner and
' operator of the Manhattan Bar. |
has sold the business to the
Wayman Bros., effective October
•1. Mr.‘and Mrs. Soukup will
continue to reside in O’Neill.
Wedding Anniversary—
Monday marked the 58th an
niversary of wedded life for Mr.
and Mrs. N. M. Ross.
Tnose present for the special
affair, besides the immediate
family, were: Mrs. S. E. Hull
and son, William, and Mr. and
Mrs. Levi Hull.
They received numerous gifts.
Mr. Dawes Presides—
The Young Adult Fellowship
group of the Methodist church
met Tuesday evening with Rev.
and Mrs. Lloyd W. Mullis eru
tertaining The lesson was in
charge of A. Neil Dawes.
« ON FISHING EXCURSION
H. G. Kruse, J. A. Arbuthnot
L. Lindberg returned
Wednesday from a 10-day fish
ing trip in Minnesota
Cpl- Raymond Smith . . .
his barracks swept from
foundation by hurricane.
so much piled junk. The sup
ply (building) is nothing but
a little f. ame work. All of
our food supply was in it.
“There were no casualties on
the field other than a few that
got bruised up.
"The population on the
field increased one during
the storm. The incident
took place in the officers'
club."_
Kelley Reelected Head
of District Press Group
R. J. Kelley, of the Atkinson
Graphic, was reflected president
of the north-central district Ne
braska Press association at a
meeting in Ainsworth Friday.
H. B. Tyler, of the Ainsworth
Star-Journal, was reelected vice
president, and Roy Brookman,
of the Springview Herald, was
named secretary.
| „ It was the first meeting of the
group in 10 years.
The publishers heard Clyde E
Burdick, bureau of reclamation
engineer, discuss progress on the
Niobrara river basin develop
j ment- He indicated that at least
a year would be required before
a comprehensive river develop
! ment plan can be announcd.
Dr. William F. Swindler, di
1 rector of the University of Ne
braska school of journalism, al
i so spoke.
G. E. and F A. Miles, of the
Holt County Independent, and
Carroll W. Stewart, of The
| Frontier, were present.
State’s Motorists
Kilting Themselves
Above National Rate
The state’s traffic fatality
score for 1947 Wednesday was
224 — 24 more than last year’s
total. Based on previous rec
ords, the Nebraska state safety
council estimates 370 Nebras
kans will lose their lives in traf
fic accidents this year.
Nebraskans a;e killing them
selves on the highways at a rate
of 22.7 per 100 thousand popula
tion. The national figure is 22-2.
Catholic Women in 23d
Annual Convention
The 23d annual convention of
the Omaha Archdiocesan coun
cil of the National Council of
Catholic Women will be held Oc
tober 2 at the Hotel Waldorf in
Norfolk Registration will be
gin at 9 and the general session
is scheduled for 9:45 a.m. Mrs.
Norman Folda, of Omaha, is
president of the Archdiocesan
council- There will be a lunch
eon at 1 p.m. at the hotel.
Marriage Licenses
Frank W. Cooper, 28. of Oma
ha, and Lois June Storjahn, 25,
of O’Neill, September 6.
Geo. Peterson. 26. of Colum
bus, and Ella Mae Clark, 18, of
O’Neill, September 10.
Faye O. Nilson. 25. of Atkin
son, and Evelyn M. Behrens, 21,
of Whiting, la., September 22.
John L. Burt, 28, of Omaha,
and Thelma G. Vincent, 29, of
Omaha, September 23.
Francis E. Young, 19, and Le
onna M- Treboed, 19, both ol
Chambers, September 24.
Seattle Visitor—
Mrs. J. W. Winchell arrived
Sunday from Seattle, Wash., to
visit in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. B. T. Winchell and Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Davis.
Tomlinsons Return from
Extended Tour of West—
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tomlin
son returned Friday from a two
months’ vacation on the West
coast. Their itinerary included
California, Washington and Ore
gon.
GAL WRESTLERS RETURN
A spokesman for the Ameri
can Legion announced this week
that women wrestlers would re
turn to O’Neill October 23 for!
an exhibition It is the second
program of female performers
ponsored by the Legion
CLEANUP DAY FIXED
Tuesday. September 30 will
ho cleanup day at the Paddock
Union cemetery.
DELBERT SHOLES
DIES jNjOMAHA
Funeral Today for 54
Year - Old World
War I Veteran
SPECIAL TO THE FRONTIER
INMAN — Funeral services
were held at the Methodist
'church at 2:30 p.m. today
j (Thursday) for Delbert Shol s,
54-year-old Inman farmer and a
! veteran of World War I. He died
at 6:45 a m. Tuesday at the Har
old Christiansen residence in
Omaha.
Rev. E. B. Maxcy, of G1 n
wood, la officiated at the serv
ice and burial was in the Inman
, cemetery.
Born Near Orchard
Mr Sholes was born near Or
chard on August 4, 1893, and
s(> nt most ot his li e in the In-1
man vioinity- On September 20,
1921, he married Helen Chris
I tiansen at Inman. They became
the parents of five children:
Richard, Robert, William, Mar
jo,*’e and Gordon.
Survivors include: Sens—Rob
ert, ot O’Neill; Wiiliam and Gor
Jnn of Ionian; daughter—Mar
jorie, of Buhl, Ida.; mother —
Mrs. Sarah Sholes, of Inman;
two brothers—Rufus and James,
both of Inman; sister—Mrs Dai
sy Hawk, of Ewing.
His father, Fred Shcles; sister-1
Fern Sholes; brother, Ralph
Sholes, and son, Richard, pre
; ceded him in death. Richard
was killed on Bouganville in
the Pacific during World War
II.
Coloradoans Enroute
Here Are Injured
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Frit-1
ton, of Denver, Colo., aunt and i
uncle of the late Mrs. Charles j
V. Cole, of Star, were injured
early Saturday in an automobile
i T-’ident near Grand Island. The
Frittons were enroute to O’Neill
to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Cole.
Mr'. ir’''tt'''i’s arm was frac
tured, and Mr. Fritton suffered
I numerous cuts and bruises.
The couple was unable to con
tinue the trip here and their
machine was damaged.
Legion Plans Open
House October 4-5
—. ■
Commander Glea H. Wade, of ;
the American Legion Simonson
post 93, has announced that!
u n-ttouse will be held Satur
day and Sunday, October 4 and
5, at the post’s new $25,000 club
building here.
The public will be invited and
details will be announced next
week.
One Building Finished;
One Under Construction
LYNCH—Fred King and Don
Alkn are erecting a new filling
station in Lynch on a lot where
a garage formerly stood. Mr.
King has been employed at the
Farmers elevator for some time
and Mr- Allen was a rural mail
r arrier. Meanwhile, the new
Hay Produce building is nearing
completion.
‘O’NEILL’S’ NEGRO
LOSES 2 CHILDREN
William Barnett, 53-year-old
Omanu meg o and a temporary
resident of O’Neill while work
ing with a construction crew,
lost a son and a daughter with
in a 13-day period
Ncdane, 7, ill only a week in
an Omaha hospital, died Sep
tember 10 as a result of infan
tile paralysis. Mr. Barnett had
just returned to O'hkill from
Omaha when he was notified
that his son, Douglas, 12, had j
been fatally injured in a play
ground football accident. The
son died last Thursday befo e i
reaching a hospital. The injuries
were sustained during a pile up
in scrimmage.
Mr. Barnett has two other
children, 20 and 17. A fifth
child died several years ago
The father has been working
with the Charles Robeck Con
struction company, of Omaha,
on a pipe-laying project here in
connection with the city's water
expansion project. He was pic
tured in The Frontier last week
with other members of the con
struction crew.
PORTER INFANT DIES
Marvin Roy Porter, 4-months
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester
. 01 ter, of Atkinson, died late
Tuesday in a Sioux City hospi
tal. The infant had been a pa
tient at the O’Neill hospital and
had been transferred to Sioux
City earlier that day.
SANDALL SPEAKS
TO LIONS CLUB
Asserts Beer Industry
‘Seeks to Guard Against
Saloon Evils’
Aims and accomplishments of
the beer industry’s “self-regu
lating” program were discussed
by CJiarles E. Sandall, of the U.
S. Brewers Foundation. Tuesday
night at the second fall meeting
of the Lions cHib. Twenty-five
persons were present
v°’' nearly 10 years Mr. San
dall has been state director of
the Nebraska committee of the
foundation. Before heading the
state committee. |Mr. Sandall
was U. S. district attorney for
five years. He is a former state
senator and is a cu rent member
of the Nebraska supreme coui-t
commission.
The speaker asserted that
“prohibition largely resulted
from serious evils of the old sa
W'.n days.” . This has prompltd
the industry “to seek safeguards
against the return of those
evils," he said.
Mr. Sandall’s Lions club talk
followed his appearance at a
meeting of beer retailers from
Holt, Boyd and Rock counties,
arranged by beer wholesalers in
this area. Other speakers were
R. E. Brega, chairman of the
Nebraska liquor control com
mission, and Haro'd E. Sorenson,
Nebraska committee associate
director.
BOMBSHELL SHOW COMING
EWING—The Art B. Thomas
Bombshell shows will appear in
Ewing Wednesday and Thurs
day under the sponsorship of
the American Legion post at
Ewing.
CLOSEUP OF NEW BAND UNIFORMS
The Frontier’s photographer, '
John H- McCarville, caught
these O’Neill Municipal band
members off-guard with a
photograph that offers a close
up view of the elaborate new
uniforms. „ i
The uniform is of French
blue s^rge with cherrv red
and white trim and gold cita
tion cord. Eighty-five uni
" forms and six majorette out
fits were purchased recently
through the e forts of the
Band Mothers club.
In the photograph, snapped
during a rest period, are:
Stanley Price (holding bass
horn); Mary Froelich (center,
foreground); Bernadette Hynes
(rear center); John Berigan
and Dan DeBacker.
The Neighbor Lady (left) and Donna Mae Fuhrer . . . the
birthday party was aired.—O'Neill Photo Co.
‘Most-Photdgraphed Girl’
Donna Mae Fuhrer is prob
ably Nebraska’s most - photo
graphed girl. On Friday the
well-known O’Neill polio vic
tim, bed ast at her home two
miles south of here, celebrated
her 15th birthday anniversary.
Radio station WNAX, of
Yankaon, S. D., where Donna
Mae is already a legend, sent
its Neighbor Lady, Mrs. Ha ry
Speece, and George B. Ger
man, its inquiring farm re
Husband Follows
Wife to Hospital
ATKINSON — Mrs- Orland
Fry rear, rural school teacher
who underwent an emergency
operation before the start of
the school term, is on the job
now—but she has a substitute
driver. N
Mrs. Fryrear had planned to
have her husband drive her to
school, but soon after she was
taken to the hospital her hus
band followed for an emer
gency operation also
CHURCH FOUNDED
50 YEARS AGO
Sunday Holds Special
Significance for
Pastor and Wife
SPFCIAT, TO THE FRONTIER
CHAMBERS—Sunday will be
the 50th anniversary of the
founding of the Methodist
church here. A special service
is planned in commemoration of
the event
The day also holds special
significance for Rev. Richard
Carolyn, who will officiate at
the 11 a. m. Sunday service.
The minister is completing a
quarter of a century as a pas
tor and at the same time he and
Mis. Carolyn are marking their
silver wedding anniversary.
The church members are
planning to bring food baskets
for a noonday lunch. The after
noon will be spent socially fol
lowed by an evening worship
service.
J’ev. and Mrs. Lloyd Mullis
and sons, of O’Neill, and Rev.
and Mrs. Drrwson Park and
family, of Neligh, are among
I ho former pastorr, expected to
ioin in the church’s anniversary
•elcbration.
Miller Home Scene
of Family Gathering
INMAN — The home of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Miller was the
scene of a family reunion Sun
lay. The following relatives
were present: Mr. and Mrs. Er
win Vargason and daughter,
L'nda, of Lusk, Wyo.; Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Crosser and son,
Ricky, of Cherokee, la.; Mr. and
Mrs. Fay Brittell and daughters,
Rhi ley and Beverly, of Cham
aers; Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Cros
ier and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mc
~lraw, of Inman.
Californians Arrive—
Mr. and Mrs. George Stan
lard, of San Diego, Calif., and
William Rtannard, of Long
3each. Calif., arrived Saturday
0 visit in the home of their
nother, Mrs. D. Stannard. They
ire enroute home after spending
iome time in Chicago, 111. The
stannards left Wednesday for
Jmaha where they boarded a
jlane for California. Mrs. D.
5tannard accompanied them for
1 visit in the homes of her sons.
Returns to College—
Miss Nadine Covne left for
Chicago, 111., Sundtav whe-e she
will return to the University of
Illinois medical college for tur
ner study.
Mrs. Jerry DeVore, of Norfolk,
/isited the Mike A. Smith home
last Thursday.
* porter, to the Fuhrer home to
record the celebration.
Donna Mae received scores
of gifts and many visitors.
Since Donna Mae teamed
her eighth grade graduation
diploma in May and received
nationwide recognition for her
academic accomplishments
from an invalid’s bed, the
plucky O’Neill farm girl has
won many admirers
MRS. ALTA WAGERS
DIES IN THE WEST
Left Page Vicinity in
1909 to Reside on
West Coast
—
PAGE—Mrs- Alta Wagers, 77.
j of Lodi, Calif., a resident of the
' Page community until 1909, died
I September 14 at Lodi, and fun
eral services were held there on
I September 17. Rev. Norman
'Calloway, of the First Methodist
j church at Lodi, officiated and
' interment was in the the L di
cemetery.
A native op Iowa, Mrs. Wag
ers moved to Nebraska with her
parents, Mr and Mrs. Isaac
Mills, while she was in her ear
I ly ’teens. They settled north of
Pge. She mar icd James W.
Wagers, and in 1909 they moved
i from Page to Oregon, and two
years later from Oregon to Cali
fornia.
Survivors: Sons. Ernest, Ger
ald and L. E., all of Lodi: daugh
ter, Mrs. Mary Siegalkoff, of Lo
di; sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Moore,
of Bloomington, 111.; 24 grand
children
Her husband and son, Clar
ence, and daughter, Mrs. Lee
Hunter, preceded her in death.
The son and daughter died dur
ing the 1918 influenza epidemic.
Passenger Hits Grain
Car on Omaha Siding
The Chicago & North West
ern’s westbound' passenger train
number 13 enroute from Omaha
to Chadron, ran into a carload
of grain on a sidetrack on Oma
ha's outskirts at 11:50 p. m.
Monday. •
The train was more than sev
en hours late arriving in O’Neill.
An official of the railroad’s
Omaha office said the f eight
car was on a sidetrack, and an
investigation was underway
Tuesday to determine how the
switch on the siding was open
ed.
Annual Country Club
Stag Party Tonight
The annual men’s stag party
for members of the Country club
is being held tonight fThurs«fav)
at 6:30 p. m- Turkey will be
leatuted.
Rev. Smith Again
to Appear Here—
Rev. Ward Smith, of Cham
bers, will again appear in the
pulpit at First Presbyterian
church here Sunday, according
to church officials.
Returns to California—
Mrs. Fred Shaal, of Corona,
Calif, left Wednesday for her
home after a two weeks’ visit
in the home of her sister, Mrs.
A. Cowperthwaite, and husband.
Go to North Dakota —
Dr. D. F. Finley and his sis
ter, Mrs. Frank Phalin, will go
to Milnor. N. D., on Friday to
visit their sisters. Dr. Finley
will return October 2
Former Resident Arrives —
Kenneth Stuart, of Elkton,
Ore., ar ived Wednesday for a
visit with the Spry family and
other relatives. He is a former
O’Neill resident.
ZONING PLAN
j GOES TO COUNCIL
Main Business District
Bounded on East
by Library
After six months of study and
consideration, the city’s plan
ning b9ard has made recom
mendations to the city council
on a zoning plan. The council
will conduct a hearing on the
proposal at a meeting in the
council chambers at 8 p. m on
October 7.
A copy of the recommended
toning plan is on file with
C.ty Clerk O. D. French and
is ep"»n to inspection by inter
ested citizens.
j Briefly, the plan de’ines three
principal districts — residential,
business and industrial. In ad
dition, there aie three residen
tial subdistricts intended for
three outlying corners of the
city.
Tracks South Boundary
The industrial district extends
from First street east to Eighth
street with the Chicago & North
Western railroad tracks the
south boundary and the alley
south of Fremont street as the
north boundary. O n Fourth
street the northern boundary it
in the rear of the main unit of
the Spelts - Ray Lumber com
pany.
_ The proposed main business
district embraces all of blocks
15. 16, 21 and 22. portions of
blocks 17. 20, 33 and 34. most
of blocks 27 and 28, the soutk
half of block 14 and the north
half of block 23. In terms of
landmarks, the district ex
tends east-west on Douglas
street from the Tibbetts ser
vice station to the Arbuthnot
Oil company and Paddock
township library corner. The
north-south boundary is irreg
ular.
In West O'Neill the business
district has been defined as one
half block north and south of
Douglas street, extending from
First street west to Harrison
street, extending from the Mc
Carthy corner west to the Mar
cellus Implement company.
The three residential subdis
tricts are intended for persons
constructing “low-cost” homes,
a spokesman for the commission
said. These are situated in the
extreme northeast, southeast and
southwest corners of the city
and construction will be guided
by regulations differing lrom
those in the main residential
area.
Proposal 12 Paget Long
The spokesman describing the
main residential zoning district
said that it was designed to re
strict business and industrial
construction in that area. It
provides, however, for profes
sional business in the district.
The 12 - page typewriita*
proposed ordinance defines the
main residential area fpr con
struction of two-family dwell
ings. apartment houses, parka,
churches, schools, museums
libraries, playgrounds, hospi
tals and nurseries- Signboards
will not be permitted, accord
ing to the plan.
In order to build in the main
residential district, the owner’s
dwelling must be “at par or bet
ter” in comparison with other
dwellings in the blocks. The
new houses must not be less
than 350 square feet of first
floor area, excluding porches,
and the plan further provide*
that no dwelling shall be con
structed in said dist ict if the
floor area is less than the aver
age floor area in the blocks.
CHURCH FILLED
AT COLE RITES
Funeral services for Mrs.
Charles V. Co’-. 42, of Star,
were held at 2 p. m. Saturday
at the Methodist church he e
with Rev. Lloyd W. Mullis of
ficiating. Interment was in the
Star cemetery.
The church overflowed with
persons who gathered to pay re
spects to the mother of four
cnildren, the eldest of whom i*
19, and the woman who has
been po^tme^t'”’ at Star for the
past seven years.
1 he hop nl was one of the
largest held here for some time.
HOSPITAL NOTES
O'Neill Hospital
Admissions. September 19 —
Mrs. Walter Young, of O’Neill,
21 — Mrs. Ralph Rector, of O’
Neill- 22—Mrs. Charles Homel
ka. of Chambers, medical, con
dition “improved.” 23 — Mrs.
Leo Wiseman, of Page. 25—Mrs.
Lawrence Bourne, of O’Neill.
Dismissals: September 18 —
Mrs. Darli Banks and daughter,
of O’Neill; Mrs. George Vinzenz
daughter, of ✓Atkinson- 19—
William Jutte, of Chambers, dis
missed to a hospital in Omaha
for further treatment; Mrs. Art
Doty and daughter, of Spencer
20 — Mrs. Lowell Hibbs and
daughter, of Dorsey. 21 —Mrs.
Francis Gilg and son, of O’Neill;
Maryetta Perry, of O’Neill, med
ical, condition “good.”