SCHOOLS PICK ROYALTY
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Supt. Ira George crowns the
carnival king and queen (a
bove) at O’Neill high school.
His Majesty is Robert Mat
thews; Her Majesty is Miss
Marjorie Hungerford. Miss
Maxine Bauer (center, below)
is the homecoming queen at
St. Mary’s academy. Her at
tendants are Miss Alice Big
lin (left) and Miss Martha
Mullen.— The Frontier Photos
by John H. M^Caiville.
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I&EP-SEA DIVER
INMAN VISITOR
INMAN—Bud Smith, of
Balboa, Panama, Canal Zone,
came last Thursday for a few
days’ visit in the Harry Mc
Graw home here. A former
Inman resident, Mr. Smith is
a deep-sea diver in Panama
where he is employed at a
shipyard. He'has been locat
ed iri‘the Canal Zone for the
ive years.
Accompanied by his wife,
he arrived at New York City
via ship, purchased a new au
tomobile and house trailer
there, and is touring the Unit
ed States.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith left In
man early Tuesday. They will
visit relatives in California
before returning to Central
America.
Holt, Boyd Officials
to Tax - Discussion
Meet at Ainsworth
Ainsworth will be the scene
Tuesday of a meeting of county
officials from Holt, Boyd, Cher
ry, Keya Paha, Rock and Brown
counties designed to acquaint
county officials with recent
changes in the tax laws.
In Lincoln State Tax Commis
sioner Armstrong said that the
Ainsworth meeting would be an
all-day tax discussion.
Similar meetings are schedul
ed next week at Thedford, Chad
ron and Gering.
Mt>ors to Winter with
Daughter at Beatrice
INMAN—Dr. and Mrs. Robert
Taylor, of Beatrice, came Sat
urday and spent Sunday and
Monday in the G. Ezra Moor
home. On Tuesday Mr. and
Mrs. Moor returned to Beatrice
with the Taylors where they
will spend the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roper al
so went to Beatrice Tuesday to
help Mrs. Moor, who is a semi
invalid, get settled and will
leave from there for their home
in Indianapolis, Ind.
St&dy Sanitation—
AMELIA — TTre Merry Ma
trons’ club met last Thursday
with Mrs. Oscar Peterson. Mrs.
Lewine Wickham was cohostess.
Mrs. Vernon Sparks and Mrs.
John Mohr. jr.. gave the lesson
on sanitation. There were 14
members present.
The next meeting will be No
vember 20 with Florence Lind
sey.
Texans Are Guests—
Mr. and Mrs. Sewell Johnson
were hosts at a dinner party
Monday in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Johnson and Mr.
Johnson’s mother, Mrs. Anna
Johnson, all of Finton, Tex.
They returned Tuesday.
Stage Hobo Party —
P^iGE—At the regular meet
ing of the Royal Neighbors
tamp last week the members
staged a hobo party. There
were 35 in attendance.
HOMECOMING
”UEEN CHOSEN
I
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Miss Maxine Bauer to
Reign Sunday at
St. Mary’s
i Miss Maxine Bauer, 17, of
Ewing, hg» been elected home
coming queen at St. Mary’s
academy and will reign over
homecoming festivities Sunday.
Her attendants will be Miss Al
ice Biglin. of O’Neill, and Miss
Martha Mullen, of Wewela, S.
D. All three are seniors.
A coronation will take place
during the homecoming ball,
i which will begin at 8 p.m. in
the academy gymnasium.
St. Joseph’s academy, of
York, will clash with the St.
Mary’s Cardinals at 3:30 p.m. in
the homecoming football game.
Both six-man teams, the clubs
are expected to be evenly
matched. St. Joseph’s has yet
to win a game this season while
St. Mary’s, playing altogether
different competition, has won
three, lost two and tied one.
O'Neill High Crowns
Royal Pair —
Miss Marjorie Hungeriord and
Robert Matthews, both seniors,
were crowned king and queen
of the O’Neill high school car
nival at the school gymnasium
Tuesday evening.
The carnival was staged to
raise transportation funds for
special school activities. A large
crowd attended the festivities.
Supt. Ira George crowned the
pair during the ceremony.
Ex-GI Tractor Buyers
Sleep on Omaha Floor
Three war veterans from
this section—R. L. Funk, of
Atkinson, and C. Smith and
Thomas E. Alder, both of Ver
digre—joined with three oth
er Nebraska veterans in sleep
ing on a tile floor in Omaha
Monday night to be first in
line for a sale of surplus trac
tors Tuesday.
The War Assets office in
the WOW building had seven
tractors to offer veterans on a
first-come-first-served basis.
Smith and Alder arrived too
late to sleep on the sixth floor
and curled up on the tile floor
in the lobby.
Visit Thespian Daughter—
Leaving today (Thursday) for
Lincoln, will be Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph P. Rickly. Their daugh
ter, Miss Polly Ann, who is a
student at the University of Ne
braska, is appearing in “Joan of
Lorraine.” the first major pro
duction to be presented this
year. Pollv Ann was one of 20
students chosen from 180 try
outs.
On Friday, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Kurtz, of Chincoteapue
Isle Va., were Priests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Kurtz.
The Frontier -%•
VOLUME 67.—NUMBER 24.
AG INCOME TO
RECORD HIGH
State Director Gives No
Indication of Record
in Profits
Nebiaska’s 1047 farm income
is expected to soar to a record
high ol $1,250,000,000. This was
predicted Tuesday by State Ag
riculture Director Ru.us How
ard.
The previous high, estab
lished in 1946, was $849,000.
000. exclusive of 24 million
dollars in government pay
ments. Mr. Howard indicated
that the 1947 figure is a con
servative estimate.
tie warned, however, that the
>illion-dollar income does not
necessarily indicate record -
breaking profits for the farmer,
since production costs and the
prices he pays for goods have
also increased.
Howard’s estimate was based
on reports for the first six
months of the year, showing a
48 percent increase in farm in
come over the corresponding pe
iod last year. Livestock and
livestock products brought in
394 million dollars and crops
brought in 132 million dollars.
“With livestock and grain
reaching record-breaking pric
es, it is a safe assumption that
tins percentage will continue
through the remainder of the
year,” he said, “and may even
urpass the increase of the first
six months.”
Howa H oointed out that
wheat, which has broken all
production and price marks, will
be a main factor in the farm in
come for the last half of this
year. The price is currently 71
cents above 1946.
The September price for
corn makes up for the loss in
crop yield. Corn in O'Neill to
day (Thursday) is $2.15 as
compared with 1.60 a year
ago.
The number ef cattle in feed
lots will be slightly less than
last year, and the animals will
be marketed at lighter weights.
Hay and forage supplies are am
ple to maintain the state’s live
stock, he added, and concluded
! by saying that he saw little
I ■ do for increased meat produc
tion.
ROSES BLOOM IN
OCTOBER MILD
As the mercury Monday
; climbed to a near-record high
for this time of the year,
spring was in the air in the
gardens of Mrs. Sam R. Kill
ham and Mrs. Joseph Bazel
m a n. They both repo.ted
roses in bloom, yellow and
white respectively.
O’Neill was visited by thun
dershowers early today (Thurs
day), netting .20-inches.
The week’s weather sum
mary, based on daily 8 a.m.
I readings, follows:
Hi Lo Moist.
October 17 81 52
I L . tober 18 82 40
I October 19 72 41
October 20 . 86 45
October 21 96 51
October 22 89 47
October 23 55 41 .20
English Visitor and Kin
Are Dinner Guests—
Mrs. Anna Bromwell and her
sister, Miss Elja McCullough,
were hostesses Sunday at din
ner. Their guests were Mrs.
Susan Wiburn, of Leeds, Eng
jand, and Mrs. Wilburn’s sister
and her husband, Mr. and Mrs.
jR. B. Crellin, of Ewing. Mr.
iCrellin is the editor of liie Ad
vocate at Ewing.
Mrs. Wilburn expects to sail
for England November 12, after
having visited the Crellins for
I several months.
The Nebraska mobile X-ray •
unit, operated by the tubercu- J
losis survey division of the
department of health. Wed
nesday began a 30 - day vi
sit in Holt county. The unit
entered the county at Stu- !
art on October 22 and closes
the visit at Ewmg on Novem
ber 22.
Purpose of the unit's visit
is to provide free chest X
This is the mobile X-ray unit operated by the state de
partment of health . , . free se vice to all residents, regard
less of age.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1947.
KAYCEES ADMIT 35 NEW MEMBERS 1
Among the 35 candidates in
itiated into the Knights of
Columbus council here Sun
day included (leit-to-right):
Clement Cleary, of Atkinson;
Mike Schmit, ot Atkinson;
j rncs A. Diehl, of Emmet;
Clarence F. Hamlk, of Stuart,
and Richard M. Schmit cf At
LARGE THRONG
AT HICKEY RITFS
Many Relatives Come
from Distance for
Funeral Here
One of the largest crowds to
attend an O’Neill funeial in re
cent yeais attended the rites at
St. Patrick’s Caholic church a
10 a.m. Saturday for Mrs. P. V.
Hickey, 50, well-known iarm
woman, who died October 15 in
i Sioux City hospital.
Rt. Rev. J. G. McNamara,
church pastor, officiated. Inter
ment was in Calvary cemetery.
The pallbearers were: John
Shoemaker, Andy Clark, G. E.
Miles, Harry Donohoe. Wiliiam
Meiriman, Don Enright, Hugh
O’Connor and George McCar
thy.
Among the out-of-town rela
tives and friends attending the
services were: MR. Margaret
S Hickey, of New York City-;
Mrs. Catherine Meier and son
Vincent: Mr. and Mrs. Emmett
Hickey and Miss Loretta Hick
ey, of Hollywood, Calif.; Mr
and Mrs. J. F. Conway, Mrs
Blanch Brown and Mr. James F.
Maloney, of Pender; Mr. and
Mrs. Clem J. Maloney, of La i
rel; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Me
Nichols, of Colorado Springs,
Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Kleinsmith and son. Gary, and
Miffs Helen McNichols, of Los
Angeles, Caljf.; Mr and Mrs.
Gene Donohoe and Joseph Dnn
ohoe, of Fremont; Mrs. Emma
Haley, of Valentine; Miss Ruth
Pribil. R. N., Mrs. Maureen
Hantell, R. N., Mrs. Dolores
K ’us. R. N.. all of Sioux City;
Miss Lillian Peters, R. N., of
I Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Kil
murry and Hugh O’Connor, of
Atkinson: and Mr. and Mrs.
George Peterson, of Columbus.
PURCHASES PLANE
CHAMBERS—T. E. Newhouse
1 is the owner of a new Piper
Cruiser three-passenger aircraft,
which was delivered to him on
Friday.
GROSS S102
AMELIA — The Merry Ma
trons’ club served lunch at the
Clarence Fry sale. The sum of
$102 was grossed.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Dale re
turned Sunday from a two
weeks’ vacation spent in Texas
and California.
kinson. Pictured below is
the Rev. Joseph Lane,
newly appointed pastor at the
Church of the Epiphany at
Emmet. Father Lane deliver
ed the address at the initia
tion banquet, which was at
tended by 170.—The Frontier
Photos by John H. McCarville.
Rev. Joseph Lane
FRANK NELSON IN
UNICAMERAL RACE
G’Ne:II Farmer 2d in
State to File for
Solon Post
Frank Nelson, well-known O’
Neill farmer and an unsuccess
ful candidate in the 1946 pri
mary election, last week filed
with the secretary of state at
Lincoln his candidacy for nom
ination for state senator in the
28th legislative district. John
L. Copeland, of Mariaville. is
th" incumbent.
The 28th district emb: aces
Holt, Boyd. Rock and Koya Pa
ha counties and the post is non
political.
Mr. Nelson finished third in
the four-way unicameral race in
1946, trailing Mr. Copeland and
E. H. Chace, of Atkinson.
The next primary election
will be held April 13, 1948 -al
most two months earlier than
in 1946.
Mr. Nelson, who has been a
Holt county resident for more
than 40 years, is the second can
didate in Nebraska to file for a
state senate post. An Omahan
filed earlier.
FLY TO MONTANA
Flying on business to Lewis
town, Mont., Sunday were D. C.
Schaffer and his son, Larry, and
James W. Rooney. They return
ed Monday.
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X-Ray Survey Is in Progress
raying for every adult and
child in the county.
The department of health
explains that the unit’s pur
pose is not merely a tuber
culosis survey but it is a chest
X-ray survey. When any ab
normal condition in the chest
is noted, including tuberculos
is, cancer, heart disease or
other condition, the individual
is referred to a personal phy
sician for further observation.
s Any resident of the county
may receive this valuable X
ray service free. Although
children are considered re
markably free from tubercu
losis in active form and are
less likely, therefore, to bene
fit from the service, all are
welcome, regardless of age, a
spokesman for the department
of health said.
The O’Neill visit of the unit
is in cooperation with the Li
ons club.
On three of tbe seven days
in O’Neill the unit will be
primarily devoted to X-raying
of chests of school children.
November 10 will be devoted
to O’Neill public school; No
vember 12. St. Mary’s acade
my; November 13, Inman pub
lic school (which will trans
port the pupils to O’Neill.)
The schedule:
October 22-27, Stuart; Oc
tober 29 to November 5, At
kinson; November 7-15. O'
Neill; November 17, Page;
November 18-22, Ewing.
The hours are 9 a m. to 12
noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
daily except Saturday, when
the hours are 9 a.m. to 12
noon.
PASTOR CHARGES
’PARENT NEGLECT'
Kev. Lane Addresses 35
Knights of Columbus
Initiates
Rev Joseph Lane, pastor of
he Church of the Epiphany at
Emmet, charged many parents
with negligence Sunday evening
in an address before 3o Knights
of Columbus initiates, nearly 150
members and their guests. He
spoke at a banquet in St. Mary’s
academy—the dinner climaxing
an all-day initiatory program.
Father Lane explained that
the first six years in a child’s
life aie the most important,”
and said that many of today’s
youth are jeopardized because
of 'parental neglect.”
The Knights and the class of
candidates attended mass at St.
Patrick’s Catholic church in the
morning ar.d the initiation itself
took place during the afternoon
in the O’Neill public school aud
itorium.
lhe degree work was m
charge of an Omaha team.
The banquet in the evening
was served by the Sisters of St.
Mary’s.
Francis D. Lee, of Atkinson,
was toastmaster, and Rt. Rev. J.
G. McNamara, pastor of St. Pat
rick's church, delivered the in
vocation A St. Mary's boys’
ensemble sang a selection enti
tled “Hiking," and Stephen W.
P ice, grand regent of Charles
Carroll of Carrollton council
701. issued the welcome. Daniel
DcBacker, an academy senior,
was heard in “A Wonderful
Thing,” a vocal solo. Father
Lane’s address followed i m -
promptu remarks by the newly
inducted members. Miss Meade
Birmingham's vocal solo, a Chi
nese selection, closed the pro
gram, followed with benedic
tion by Monsignor McNamara.
The class:
From Atkinson— Clement M.
Cleary, James R. Coday, John V.
Kaplan. Thomas J. Malloy. Fred
R. Mack, Roy F. Mack, Gilbert
R. Schneider, Mike M. Schmit,
Jacob Siegler, Herman A. Kaup,
John J. Dvorak, John F. Keat
ing, Robert J. Mack and Richard
M. Schmit.
From Stuart — George H.
Shald, Andrew H. Goebel and
Clarence F. Hamik.
From Lynch— Ray E. Counts,
Lloyd W. Cranford and Guy W.
Mulhair.
From Emmet—James A. Diehl
and James P. Mullen.
From Amelia — George A.
Mathis.
From O’Neill — George A.
Bosn, Arthur H. O’Neill, Martin
A. Schelkopf, George C. Peter,
Lewis L. Peter, Frank F. Peter,
Edward A. Hynes, Charles L.
Havranek, James E. Urlaub, Ray
J. Dendinger, John H. McCar
ville, Ralph F. Van Horn and
Harold R. Pribil.
PROFIT NO FACTOR
IN LAND SHIFT
The state board of educational
lands and funds has been advis
ed by Assistant Attorney Gener
; al Robert Nelson that it cannot
refuse to accept an assignment
of a school land lease because it
is being transferred by the les
[ see at a profit.
Mr. Nelson said: “The lessees
are the owners of the improve
ments upon the school • lands,
and have a property right in the
lease. The right to transfer
these leases at a profit to the
assignor has been recognized by
the board since the enactment
of the school lease law.”
The law provides. however,
Mr. Nelson pointed out, that no
lease shall be sublet or assigned
without the written approval of
the board.
Marriaee Licenses
Francis Yantzi, 22. and Dorothy
Lowery, 22, both of O’Neill,
October 20. ,
Clyde A. Crawford, 24. and
Emma Dolores Clausen, 17, both
of Atkinson. October 20.
Edward C. Kunz, 26, and Mary
Kohle, 20, both of Stuart, Oc
tober 21.
Glenn L. Fox, 26, and Deloris
M. Stahl, 21, both of Newport,
October 23.
PRICE 5 CENTS
TEAChtRS GO TO
ANNUAL PARLEYS
Gustavscn Sjieaks Today
at Norfolk Meeting;
2-l)ay Holiday
Norfolk is attracting most of
the convention - going O’Neill
school teachers as the annual
two-day statewide conventions
get undeiway today (Thursday).
However, the city and Holt
county will also be represented
at oth^r conventions simultan
eously in progress at Omaha
and Lincoln.
Chancellor R. G. Gustavson,
of the- University of Nebraska,
spoke to the teachers and edu
cators at the first session today.
His topic was to have been,
“The Teacher and the UNES
Chancellor Gustavson has
distinguished himself in the
f.elds of biochemistry, educa
tional administration and at
omic research. He is a mem
ber of the United Nations' ed
ucational, scientific and cul
tural organization.
Dr. F. O. Hen/.lik, dean of the
University of Nebraska Teach
ers’ college, will speak at today’s
afternoon session. Friday speak
ers are Dr. William F. Ogburn,
Qt the University of Chicago
(111.) department of sociology
and D H Roe Bartle, of Kan
sas City, Mo., national executive
director of the American War
Dads and a Boy Scout execu
tive.
Among the O'Neill public
school teachers attending the
district 3 meeting in Norfolk
will be: Supt. Ira George, Prin.
F. E Saindon, Mrs. Harry Peter
sen, Mrs. John C. Watson, Mrs.
R, L. Bode, Miss LuVern Shultz,
Mrs. H. Donohoe, Mrs. Cather
ine Fritton. Mrs. Leo Mullen,
Miss Viola Haynes, Miss Esther
Kinnier, Miss Clara Tomjack,
Chancellor Gusiavson
Mrs. Herman Klingler and Mr.
and Mrs. John R. Urton. Those
going to Omaha are: Mrs. Char
lotte Ressegieu, Mrs. Alice Frit
ton, Miss Loretta Enright, and
Miss Hilda Gallagher.
Among the St. Mary’s acade
my faculty members attending
the Norfolk meeting are: Sister
M Antonella. Sister M. Electa,
Sister M. Fides. Sister M. Ame
lia, Sister M. George, Sister M.
Laurita. Sister M Edmunda and
Sister M. Maxine.
The O'Neill band, under the
direction of Mr. George, pro
vided music for today's open
ing general session.
Town and city school teachers
from other points in the county
were to have been well-repre
sented at the Norfolk meeting.
All town and city schools
closed Wednesday for a two-day
holiday while the teachers are
attending the institutes.
Non-Licensed Drivers
Subject to Arrest
The state motor vehicle divis
ion has issued a warning to au
tomobile drivers who have not
yet renewed their operating
privileges by obtaining an oper
ator’s license.
All licenses must be renewed
by October 31, 1947. or those in
dividuals who wish to renew
after that dav will, before re
newal, have to appear before a
patrolman-examiner.
Persons who are operating af
ter Oetobe- *»’. ’947. without a
valid operator’s license are sub
ject to arrest __
County Treasurer T- Ed Han
cock reported this week that 5.
F)'!6 licenses have been issued
since September 7 H-> estimates
there are a^out 6 300 operators
in the county.
Autos Damaged in
Chambers Crash
CHAMBERS—An accident in
volving automobiles owned by
Loy Fluckev and W. H. Ship
man occurred late Thursday
near the Fluckev place south of
Chambers.
Mr. and Mrs. Fluckev and son
were emerging in their machine
from the driveway when the
collision occurred with the
southbound Shipman car.
Both vehicles were badly
damaged, but all of the occu
pants escaped serious injury.