Tv 5 r> HJ1 Frontier 100% Paid in Advance Circulation VOLUME 67.—NUMBER 27. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1917. PRICE 5 CENTS METHODIST CHURCH YESTERDAY .. . TODAY Above is a view of the orig inal Methodist church in O’ Neill, built in 1882. At right is the parsonage. The pioneer Methodists were served by circuit riders and with the coming of resident ministers Ihis building was constructed. In 1913 work was begun on th > second building (below), completed in 1915- Most of the construction was done by par ishoners themselves, under the guidance of the pastor, Rev. Lloyd W. Bruce. These pho tographs were furnished The Vr~»^ier by Mrs. L. G. Gil lespie. Church 65-Years-Old i Methodism in O’Neill will « be 65-years-old on Sunday, November 23. In commemor ation ot the event, an all-day celebration is being planned by Rev. Lloyd W. M u 11 i s , church pastor, and members of the parish. Highlights of the program ; are an 11 a. m. worship ser vice with an anniversaiy ser- ! mon to be delivered by Prof. L. E. Mattingly, of Lincoln. 1 director of religious life at Ne braska Wesleyan university. A group picture will be tak* en at 12:15 p. m., and a fel- t lowship dinner will follow at 1 p. m. Church members and guests are invited to bring covered - dish lunches, Rev. Mullis said. There will be a historical program et 2:30 p. m., _ in charge of Mrs. H. L. Lind berg. The history of the church in O'Neill will be presented. At the 7:30 p. m. worsh'p. Dr. E. E. Jackman, of Norfolk, district superin tendent. will extend anni verrary are^tinqs, and Rev. Dale K. Westadt. of Tilden, will deliver a sermon enti tled, "Our Pari in God's Plan" Special mu ic ha been ar ranged. including: Morning— Mrs. Earl Ralya, vocal solo, and a special anthem by the choir; evening -5*JE. Donald Bowen and Mrs. Itullis, vocal solos, and a special anthem by the choir. A special history of the church is being prepared, beginning with the circuit riders—Rev. Bartley Blaine, who came here from Minne sota, and Rev. James F. Grogner. who lat« went to Africa as a missionary — through the era of residence pas’ors. heo'nning with Rev. D. C. Winship. The present church building was begun in 1913 and com KELLY BOUND OVER TO DISTRICT COURT Laurence M. Kelly, 26, of Long Fine, driver of the auto mobile in which Morris McNal ly, 22, also of Long Pine, was fatally iniured on November 1, is still being held by Holt coun ty authorities. On Saturday he was bound over to the Holt county district court. <""nuntv Attorney William W. Griffin said. Kelly faces manslaughter charges in connection wtih the accident, which took place near the Holt-Rock county boundary west of Stuart on highway 20. 11 STEERS KILLED CLEARWATER — Eleven steers belonging to Omar Hoffman, Clearwater farmer, are reported to have been kill ed Tuesday by the westbound Chicago & North Western mainline passenger train. Hoffman resides three miles west of Clearwater. MARRIAGE LICENSES Donald A. Hynes, 22, and Bruna L. Calkins, 19, both of O’Neill, on November 8. Edward O. Dvorak, 42, and R Kathleen Straka, 24, both of Stuart, on November 12. Freshman Honored at College — Miss Marjori** McElhaney was honored recently by being elect ed pvesideot o' her dormitory, Ravynor'd Hall, at the University of Nebraska ai L‘*voln. Miss Mc Elhaney is a freshman. pleted in 1915 under Rev. Lloyd W. Bruce, who served here for five years. Rev. Bruce and his wife now re side in Portland. Ore. 8-DEGREES NEW LOW FOR SEASON Cold Finishes Any Remaining Growth; Outlook Normal A moisture deficiency contin ues in the O’Neill area as No vember approaches the half-way mark, but County Agent A. Neil Dawes says the situation is not serious and the outlook is no - mal. The recent severe freezes when the mercury dipped as low as 8-degrees, finished any remaining corn growth, and at the same time the fall small grain is believed to have had COYOTES REAPPEAR CELIA — The Celia com munity is again alive with coyotes, the recent snow re veals- Coyote tracks have been seen frequently and several farmers report knowledge of coyotes in their vicinity. sufficient moisture to stand the cold in good shape. Range and pasture supplies are adequate, Dawes said. Late Tuesday night the sea son’s low temperature reading— 8 degrees—was recorded here by Government Observer Elmer Bowen. Next night the mercury dropped to 9. High temperature for the; week —37-degrees—was also recorded on Tuesday. Precipitation totaling -30 of an inch was received here dur ing the seven-day period ending at 8 a. m. today (Thursday). The week’s summary: Hi Lo Moist. November 7 — 33 20 .26 November 8 — 34 19 November 9 — 34 20 November 10 — 30 20 .04 November 11 — 32 10 November 12 — 37 8 November 13 —i 30 9 Totals .30 20 FREIGHT CARS LEAVE TRACKS Broken Rail Blamed; Traffic Routed Over Albion Branch A broken rail four miles east of Wi ner on the mainline of the Chicago & North Western rail rood at 4:45 a. m. Wednesday has resulted in delayed service all along the line. Twenty assorted railroad c^rs. most of them empties, pi'ed up when part _ of the westbound freight train num ber 39 left the tracks. None of the crew was injured. Livestock in the rear of the train also escaped iniurv. About 50^ feet of track were tom up. The passenger - mail - express trains today (Thursday) number 13 and 14 were routed over the Albion line of the North West ern. leaving and rejoining the mainline at Scribner and Oak dale. _ p W. Towle. North Western r^ent here, said that service on the jr> ini r ' “is to be resumed sometime today.” 99-YEAR-OLD DIES AT CLEARWATER Charles Graham Often Expressed Hope of Living to Be 100 CLEARWATER—Charles Gra ham, Clearwater’s oldest resi dent and a man who often ex pressed hope of living to be 100 years-old, died early *\'onday at his home. He observed his 99th biithday anniversary on Aug. 6. Mr. Graham had been in good health recently. He be came ill Sunday, and weaken ed rap’dly. The attending physician said that advanced age was the cause of death. A native of England, where he was bom on August 6, 1848, the late Mr. Graham came to the United States at the age of 8, settling first in Wisconsin and coming to Clearwater in 1873 Fiom 1879 until 1919 he resided on the same farm near Clearwa ter, living in town since retire ment. Weds in Iowa On December 22, 1881 he was married to Miss Emma A. Miller at Charles City, la. Eight chil dren were bora to them, seven surviving. Mrs. Graham died several year* ago. Survivors: Daughters — Mrs. Clyde C. Wells, of Norfolk; Mrs Edith Nolze. of Clearwater; Mrs. Ethel Van Vleck, of Neligh, and Mrs. Eunice Neal, of California. Sons—Walter, Arthur and Har ry, all of Clearwater. There are 19 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. All of Mr. Graham’s living children, except Mrs. Neal, were present for the funeral. LIONS TO SPONSOR YULETIDE MUSIC At the Wednesday evening Lions club meeting, plans were launched for sponsorship of yule music during the Christmas hol idays. The music will be pro vided by a loud speaker system and it is planned that the pro grams will be audible through out the city. The club plans to enlist aid or organizations and individuals in providing" talent for the broadcast ;. Pres lent Harry Pet ersen said. Eli fritz Seeks Parole from Pardon Board Orval Elifritz, 31, of near Ainsworth, is seeking commute tion and parole from the state board of pardons in a hearing to be held December 10 at the state penitentiary. Elifritz was found guilty of forgery in Holt county district court in June, 1946. He was charged with passing bogus checks with three O’N ill auto motive firms. Shower Planned for Sister* of St. Francis— The alumni of St. Mary’s academy is sponsoring a cann».-d fruit ahower for the Sisters of St. Frahds from Monday, No vember 17, until Wednesday, November 26 - All friends and alumni have been invited to bring or sen! their gift to St. Mary’s convent sometime during that o»riod. ATTEND SFHVICE SCHOOL Matt Beha and Wayne Rowse, of Gillespie’s store here, attend ed a service school for farm lighting at Grand Island last week. Subscription Rates to Be Increased 1-*— In order to cope with un precedented caste of labor, newsprint and other items that factor in newspaper pro duction costs. The Frontier will increase its subscription rates effective December 1. The new rate will be $2.50 per year in Nebraska and $3 per year elsewhere in the United States. The current price is $2 per year in Holt and adjoining counties; $2.50 per year else where. New and renewal subscrip tions will be issued between now and December 1 at the present rate for a maximum period of three years. Costs of newspsint alone have taken four price in creases since The Frontier changed ownership in May, j 1946. In that period some weekly and metropolitan pa pers have taken several rate increases. The upward revision of The Frontier’s subscription rates is being made simultaneously with similar increases by sev eral other Holt county news papers. A revision in advertising rates is planned for January 1, 1948. CHAMBER IN SESSION Fifteen were present at the November meeting of the Cham ber of Commerce Monday eve ning at the Golden hotel. John Berigan, St. Mary’s academy senior, reported to the group on the 1947 Boys’ State convention. C. E. Lundgren acted as secre tary in the absence of James W. Rooney, who is ill. AUTOMISHAPS MAR WEEKEND Icy Roads Blamed for Sending 2 to Hospital A series of automobile acci dents occured in the O’Neill re gion over the weekend, and two persons were 1, vitalized ns a r“«"it. None was injured seri ously. Mr. and Mrs. William CJadfelt er, of Omaha, escaped injury when their machine went into a ditch on highway 20, six miles west of here. Passing motorists gathered at the scene and an oncoming car, driven by Lt. Charles Brazie, of Elgin, went out of control on the icy high way while attempting to stop and it plunged into a ditch. The Air Force officer, who was ac companied by his wife and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bra zie, of Alliance, were enroute to Chicago, 111. The elder Mr. Bra zie suffered a cut on the head and his wife su'fered two brok en ribs. Both were taken to the O’Neill hospital for treatment. Enroute to a football game at Spaulding, five St. Mary's acad emy pep club members and the driver, Miss Sheila Barrett, es caped injury Sunday when a blowout caused their machine 1o roll over 21 miles north of Bartlett. The passengers were: Janet Enright, Roscmond Man gann, Donna Davis, Dorothy Clark and Mary Jurgensmeier. Meanwhile, a Nortonville, N. D., autoist sustained damage to his own car in an incident 16 miles south of O’Neill on high way 281. His machine came in contact with the rear of a car driven bv Don O. Lyons, of O’ Neill. The Dakota car was tow ed into O’Neill for repair. AAA ELECTION DATES FIXED Township Officers for Farm Ingram to Bo Chosen The annual election of town ship officers for administei ing next ye.r’s AAA program will begin Tuesday, November 18, and continue through Saturday, November 29, according to a schedule i -sued this week by Harry Ressel, chairman of the Holt AAA movement. Mr. Ressel urges farmers "to attend your tevnship meeting and to exercise your privilege cf voting in order that the ' farm projram may continue to be administered by farmers.” The schedule: Tuesday, Nov. 18—Atkinson Sheridun, Memorial hall, a t night. Tuesday, Nov. 18—Inman, la dies’ aid parlor, at night. Thursday, Nov. 20—Grattan Shields, court house annex, at night. Friday, Nov. 21 — Conley, school district number 120, at mght Friday, Nov. 21—Iowa-Ante lope, Allen’s school, at night. Friday, Nov. 21—Swan-Josie, Amelia cream station, in the af ternoon, Friday, Nov. 21 — Fairview Wyoming, Amelia cream station, in the afternoon. Saturday, Nov. 22—Green Val ley, Holt Creek and Francis, Collins school, in the afternoon. Monday, Nov. 24—Stuart, Le gion hall, in the afternoon. Monday, Nov. 24—Willowdale, school district number 96, at night. Monday, Nov. 24—Rock Falls, school district number 33, at night. Monday, Nov. 24 — Emmet Pleasant View, O’Connors hall, at night. Tuesday, Nov. 25 — D e 1 o i t, basement of St. John’s, in the afternoon. Tuesday, Nov. 25— Ewing Golden, Ewing library, at night. Tuesday, Nov. 25— Verdigris, Page IOOF hall, at nigh'.. Tuesday, Nov. 25—Stee' Creek, school district number 4, in the afternoon. Wednesday, Nov. 26 — Lake McClure, Martha school, in the afternoon Wednesday, Nov. 26—Paddock, township hall, in the afternoon. Friday, Nov. 28—Sand Creek, Celia school number 74, at night. Friday, Nov. 28 — Cleveland Dustin, Cleveland church, in the a.'ter noon. Friday, Nov. 28—Scott, town ship hall, in the afternoon. Friday, Nov. 28 — Coleman 1 Saratoga, school district number 51, at night. Saturday, Nov. 29—Chambers Shamrock, firehouse, in the af ternoon. Armbruster’s Father Dies of Heart Attack Fretl Armbruster, 72, of Stan ton, father of R. E. Armbruster, manager of Brown-McDonald’s store here, died at noon Friday at his home. Death was caused by a heart attack. The late Mr. Armbruster, who was the father of two sons and five daughters, had been in good health. He and his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary about a month ago. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Armbrus ter and family attended the fun eral services, which were held at Stanton Monday morning. r.J JNo RAMBLES FOR O’NEILL COUNTER Quarterback Gordon Elkins is shown being pursued by a h:'"de of wou’d-be tacklcrs as h« T-j-ifei ^ an for O’ FeiU’~ onH ‘rvu'hd rvn in the Neligh-O’Ncill Armistice day grid classic here. N"ligh won ?5-13. Pressing Elkins from behind is Quarterback H>nir VnnKirk (411. and at | ten.ptintf to closs in are End ! Orville Michaeii>on (GO), Guard Roger Bflker (52), and Center Myron Mar hall (42). For de tails turn to SPORTS on page a . . Th-* r Photo by John II. McCarviile. Ewing Hunter Lost 12 Hours in North Woods SIMONSON RITES HELD SATURDAY Funeral services for Irwin B. Simonson, 63, a lifetime Holt county resident, were held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Methodist church here and burial was in Prespcct Hill cemetery. Mr. "limonson died early last Thurs day at hi5 home 13 miles north east oi the city. Rev. Lloyd W. Mullis, church pastor, officiated, and the pall bearers were: Henry Martin, Harry Lansworth, Harold Leisc, Philip All ndorfer, Carl Wi'dt feldt and Lloyd Whaley. Among those coming from a distance for the rites were: Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Goree, of Long Pine; Mr. and Mrs. Vinton Sim onson, of Omaha, and Miss Car ol Simonson, of Council Bluffs, la Survivors Include ihc widow and one daughter, Mrs. Bennett (Dorothy) Sanders, of O’Neill. CORRECTION The Atkinson - O’Neill high school grid game here tomor row (Friday) will be played at 2 p. m. instead of 8 p. m. A story on page 3 in this issue erroneously states that it will be a night game. Officials of the two schools made the change today after the SPORTS section had been printed and a few minutes be fore press time with page 'one. Mbs- Julia Waters, of Jackson, arrived last Thursday for a .vis it at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. J. Biglin. X-RAYS FALL OFF DURING STAY HERE 2,736 Chest Photographs Made Todate in Holt County The free chest X-raying sur vey provided by the ste t ? de partment of health mobile X raying unit, is running behind expectations as the unit nears the end of its seven-day O’Neill visit. Early today (Thursday) tho total number of X-ravs in O' Neill exceeded the 800 mark, boosting the county total to 2.736. In earlier visits at Stu ait and Atkinson 530 and 1, 406 photographs, respectively, were made. Fred Kosinski, of Lincoln, in charge of the unit, explained that his assistant, Robert Hun gate, also of Lincoln, has been hospitalized this week and the processing of visitors had been slowed as a result. Ends Here Friday The O’Neill visit will termi nate at 5 p. m. tc morro b’ii day), instead of neon Saturday, as previously amv/un si. The unit will be at Page all- . day Monday and it will be at Ewing from Wednesday. No vember 19. through noon Sat urday. November 22. When early arrangements for the Holt county visit were dis cussed, it was estin .ed that half of the county’s 16 „r McVay, died on Mnrch 15, 1919. Survivors include: Sons-—Ger ald. Wilfred. Alfred and Arthur, all of Stuart; Edgar, of Glen wood, la., and Frederick, of At v-inson: daughters — Mrs. Flgie n ottl-l TH'-Vi T>d P”th. both of - >•». oid M’-s. Helen Cowing, ol Glenwood, la. Harry Keeler Survive# Blizzard After Parting with Hunting Guides EWING—A 63-year-old Ewing farmer, Harry Keeler, walked out of the dense woods near Clearwater Lake, in Ontario, Canada, late Monday after a 72 hour exposure in a heavy snow storm and subzero temperatures. Whilo hunting last Thursday with Percy Christiansen, of Sioux City, in the Rice Bay area, the Holt county man be came separated from his com panion and guides. Authorities end guides searched the area aft»r Mr. Kesler’s disappear ance and shortly before a bliz zard struck the region. They gave up the hunt until Tuesday in hopes that the streams would be frozen harder. Two brothers of the Ewing rancher, Clyde and Ora Keeler, departed for Ft. Francis, flying from Sioux City. One brother told police that the lost man had a bad heart and the authorities were con vinced late Monday that Mr. Keeler had perished in the bliz zard. Keater's condition Tuesday was reported "good" in press dispatches from Ft. Francis, considering his weird 72-hour exposure in the subzero tem peratures and heavy snow. At Ewing, the rancher’s wile and his only daughter, Mrs. Wil liam (Arbella) Nelson, stayed close to their radios for news. Their only information that he had become lost had been re ceived by radio. When word was announced that Mr. Keeler had walked out of the woods and was alive, the first word the family received was through the Ewing telephone opera to. s, who had heard the broadcast. 38 MOTORISTS ARE KILLED IN OCTOBER Thirty-eight Nebraska motor ists were killed in October in traffic accidents. This was twice the number that met death jn traffic during the same month in 1946. 'The October fatalities brought the 1947 total to 275 for a 20 percent increase over the 217 fa talities for the same period in 1946. Capt. C. J. Sanders, of the Nebraska sa'ety patrol, reported that a large percentage of the October fatalities was due to carelessness and inattention, as 118 of the 38 fatalities for Octo ber were non-collision or one car accidents. Ho ; • stated ♦ hat the 'irst three ut ilities for November were also the result of onercar accidents. The death of Morris McNally, 22, of Long Pine, killed new Stuart late November 1, was the state’s 376th traffic fatality fk» the year. Page Ladies Guests in Home at Burwell PAGE—Mrs. Jerry Lamason. Mrs. Jerome Allen, Mrs. Will Simmons, Mrs. Kenneth Brad dock, Mrs. A. L. Dorr, Mrs. Har old Banta, Mrs. Alton Braddack and Mrs. Herbert Steinberg mo tored to Burwell last Thursday where they spent the day at the home of Mr and Mrs. Earl Hurst. A turkey dinner was served at noon. The afternoon was spent playing bridge. Mrs. Je rome Allen received hieh score, and Mrs. Kenneth Braddoek low. Pumpkin pic and whipped cream were served before the guests departed. Mrs. Hurst’m sister-in-law from Burwell was also a guest. Purchases Ahandcned Prisoner of War Camp CHAMBERS—Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Tibbets. who purchased a theater building and a firehouse at a prisoner of war camp near Atlanta last week, are having it wrecked and the lumber haul ed here for the construction ot a new home. They also pur chased a new truck in Omaha "'ith which to do the hading. The truck went to Atlanta Mon day for the first load. T?ut?1 Youth Meeting Scheduled Friday— The O’Neill Rural Youth prcun will hold its reeul-r meet ing Friday evening at the Holt enuntv courthouse annnv. The education feature for this meot jn