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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1948)
Preoccupied with the *U-important nourishment proposition. Holt county's first 1948 baby, Nancy Elaine Harshfield, can't be bothered to pose for a camera. She was born at 6:35 a. m. on New Year's day at Atkinson . . . wins The Frontier's first baby contest.—O'Neill Photo Co. i Nancy Elaine Harshfield First Baby Contest Winner A sandy complexioned fel low wi!h a generous smile bounded into The Frontier of fice lrlaay. The vital statistics that Neil Harshfield passed out official ly stamped Nancy Elaine Harshfield as Holt county’s first 1948 baby. She arrived in this world at exactly 6:35 a. m. on Thursday, January 1, at the Gaylor maternity home in Atkinson. Mother and baby are "do ing fine" and Nancy Elaine hasn't evidenced the slight est bit of interest in all the fuss that's being made. Neil Harshiieid, the father, was, of course, in the usual dither that most new fathers ex perience. The Frontier’s annual first baby contest provides the win ner with a shower of gifts from O’Neill business people, who appointed themselves as an official reception committee for the New Year’s first-com er- Nancy Elaine, who weigh ed in at TV* pounds and is strictly on the brunette side, will have a good start toward a happy and contented baby hood with the offerings pro vided by eight merchants. These include: an electric bot tle waimer and vaporizer from Gillespie’s; an enameled bath tub from the Jonas Furniture Exchange; a baby jumper swing lrom the Midwest Fur niture Appliance company; a 10-karat gold baby ring from the McIntosh Jewelry; a sur pass package and two pairs of lastex baby pants from Bowen’s Ben Franklin store; a pair of Red Goose shoes from McCarville’s; a comfy Chat ham blanket from Brown-Mc Donald's; two dozen of those mighty essential diapers from Gambles, and, just for good measure, a year’s subscription to The Frontier. Speculation on who the win ner v.'ts to be was the $64 question during the last week in December, and The Frontier has been swamped this week with telephone inquiries. Entries closed at 6 P- m Monday. I>eri Ray Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Beri Clark, of Inman, checked in at 9:55 p. m. on New Year's day. pressing closely for the first baby honor. Weighing 7 pounds, the Clark in ant was born in lhe Siuart hospital. His mother is the former Hilma Kesienholx. The stork this year was more cooperative than during the contest a year ago when he made no deliveries on New Year’s day. But he rallied the day following, beginning at 4 a. m., and deposited throe in the O’Neill hospital alone. Kathleen Wanser, daughter of Mr. and M s. Max Wanser, was the 194V winner. There was a constant vigil kept at the O’Neill hospital throughoui New Year’s day in anticipation of the stork s ar rival but Nancy Elaine s 6:35 a. m- bid was hard to beat. Nancy Elaine’s father is an employee of the O’Neill TIGERS FAVORED IN ELKHORN MEET The Inman Tigers are favored to win the Elkhorn Valley con ference basketball tournament which opens here next Wednes day for a three-day run The Tigers won the crown last year with Orchard as the run nerup. Other entries are: Page, Ew ing, Brunswick, Clearwater and Osmond. Miss Ruth Mary Urton, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Urton. returned Sunday to Iowa State college at Ames, la. company here. The mother is the fo.mer Marjorie Degler, of Dayton, O. Their marriage in July, 1945, was the culmina tion of a wartime romance. The couple met while Mr. Harshfield was in the Army and his wife was in the WAC, both stationed in Florida. Dr. N. P. McKee, of Atkin son, was the attending physi cian. The paients must collect the gifts before January 31. INMAN TIGERS TRIP EAGLES Mossman and Matthews in Pivot Duel, Share Scoring Honors The mighty Inman Tigers, or iginating in one of the smallest high schools in these parts yet boasting one of the ablest bas ketball teams, gave the O’Neill Eagles a 22-19 stinging on the O’Neill court Monday night. Inman grabbed an early lead and maintained it all the way, desp;te desperate tries by Cosch Kelly Saindon's Blues. O'Neill edged within one-point on a number of occasions, but the Tigers maintained the lead. Fans watched an interesting show staged by the centers of both teams—Inman’s Max Moss man and O’Neill’s Bob Mat thews. Both counted 10 points each and stood out offensively and defensively. Mossman’s 6 feet 4 inches were all trouble for the Eagles, while Matthews’ all around play was probably the most outstanding. The house was well-filled with paying customers. The boxscore: O’NEILL (19) fg ft pf pts Godel, f ._ 0 0 0 0 H. Elkins, f_0 111 VanEvery, f - 12 3 4 Matthews, c - 3 4 2 10 Osborn, g _ 2 0 2 4 G. Elkins, g .0010 Totals 6 7 9 19 INMAN (22) fg ft pf pts Heck, f . 2 0 2 4 L. Sholes, f _ 110 3 Mossman, c .—— 4 2 3 10 P. Hartigan, c ... 0 14 1 Hartigan, g 0 0 0 0 G. Sholes. g ... 2 0 4 4 9 4 13 22 Totals Cards Win and Lose During Past Week The St. Mary’s academy Card inals split in two basketball encounter during the past week. The Scarlet started the New Year right with a 31-26 win over Rock County (Bassett) high school here Friday night, but took a 39-27 pasting from St. Agnes academy, of Alliance, on Sunday. St. Mary's led most of the way du ing the St. Agnes fray, but wilted in the last quarter. Coach Ivan Pruss said his kids complained that the high alti tude fagged them. Guild in First Meeting — The Ladies’ Guild of the First Presbyterian church will meet today'(Thursday) at the home of Mrs. Mabel Gatz. It will be the first meeting of 1948. Mr*. Carney Hostess — Mrs. Leo Carney was hostess to the Last Minute club Wednes day. Suzanna and Lou Moss, daugh ters of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Moss, I accompanied the Girl Scouts from Atkinson to Omaha on Fri day where they attended the Ice Cycles. The Frontier VOLUME' 67.—NUMBER 36._ O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARYJ, 1948. FIRST With the News! ★ PRICE 7 CENTS BANK DEPOSITS AT RECORD HIGH Over 12*4 Million New Peak for Year’s End; December Decline Statements of the condition of the seven Holt county banks at the close of business on Decem ber 31, 1947, being published this week in response to a year end call made by the comptrol ler of currency of the Treasury department, reveal an all-time year-end high as deposits totaled $12,674,759.45. With deposits in the county’s two cooperative credit exchanges added, the mark will near the 13 million dollar figu:e, which is more than a half-million abovw the December 31 totals a year ago. A survey by The Frontier disclosed that all banks enjoy ed considerably larger depos its a month to six weeks ago. A number of the banks record ed all-time highs. At the same time, all banks showed gains in deposits over December 31, 1946. M. W. Rutledge, of the Farm ers State bank at Ewing, indi cated that many of the deposit ors there had been staving off selling until after the first of the new year, and this condition, along with the seasonal buying, caused the deposits to fall off sharply by December 31. The deposits there, however, were still above the December 31 fig ure a year ago. Leo T. Adams, of the Cham bers State bank, attributed a de posit drop there to numerous purchases in connection with 1948 farming and ranching op erations. Deposits in the various banks, as will be shown in their current statements, follow: First National Bank, O'Neill First National Bank, Atkinson O’Neill National Bank, O’Neill Farmers State Bank, Ewing Tri-County Bank, Stuart Chambers State Bank, Cham bers —.-— Emmet State Bank, Emmet $ 3,045,456.41 2,999,410.53 2,885,623.67 1,178,552.25 1,200,000.00 970,762.13 394,954.46 Totals $12,674,759.45 SUNDAY-SCHOOL 'CENSUS' BEGUN Questionnaires Are Being Distributed Among School Pupils A campaign to enroll all Pro testant public school children in Sunday-school activity in their chosen denomination is under way this week in Holt county. Pastors and Sunday-school officials in t h • following churches are cooperaiisg in the movement: Methodist church, Inman: Latter Day Saints church, Inman: Christ Luther an church, O'Neill: First Pres byterian church. O'Neill: Holi ness church, O'Neill: Methodist church. Page: Lutheran church. Chambers; Methodist church, Chambers; Methodist church, O'Neill and others. Mrs. Harvey A. Tompkins, of Inman, director of children’s work in the Norfolk district of the Methodist church, heads the Holt campaign, which is part of a national program that was de veloped by the Methodist church. The campaign includes the dis tribution of questionnaire cards among pupils in numerous pub lic schools in the county. Infor mation gathered from the cards will be made available to the various denominations in the re gion. , Mrs. Tompkins said that inter ested church and Sunday-school leaders in the county not already contacted a:e invited to partici pate in the campaign, which will continue through the month of J anuary. Fearless Frickel Trappers Add Skunk and Badger CELIA — Those fearless Frickel , trappers, Ronnie, 8, and Donnie, 10, closed 1947 with a skunk and a badger added to their triumphs. A few week earlier they bagged two mink. Arrives from Oregon— Mrs. Arthur Goree, of The Dalles, Ore., arrived Sunday for a three-weeks’ visit with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Loy. Mrs. Goree is the former Bonnie Loy. MARRIAGE LICENSES Clarence A. Moody, jr., 21, and Lucille B. Rossneier, 19, both of Lynch, on January 3. Frank Walterman, jr., 22, of Chad on, and Betty Haskell, 21, of Elsnere, on January 3. THE POSSIBILITY of obtaining a gov ernment grant for O'Neill's proposed 40-bed three-floor hospital dominated the discus sion at a meeting Friday of general com mittee members and special workers. In the photograph left - to - right are: G. C. Miles. Tony Asimus, A. E. Bowen, Chair man William J. Froellch, and C. E. Stout (right background). See alory at right.—The Fronlier Photo by John H. McCarville. 10-COUNTY MEET HERE NEXT MONTH Chamber Will Sponsor Selection of Outstanding Homemakers The O’Neill Cl amber of Com- j : merce is sponsorng a leadership | recognition p ogram for rural homemakers in a 10-county dis trict. Two homemakers will be selected to represent the district at an Iowa-Nebraska homemak ing meeting to be held March 4 in Omaha under the sponsorship ; of the Omaha Chamber of Com ; merce. The O'Neill session, one 10 in Nebrarka and western Iowa, will be held on February 16. Counties repre fented will be: Valley. Greeley. Loup, Garfield, Wheeler. Brown, Rock, Holt, Key a Paha and Boyd. The purpose r »‘be leadership recognition pros»Tju is ‘To *ec ognize and encourage leadership among rural women, to stimulate and create better understanding of mutual problems, and to ex pand the home extension pro grams among a greater number of rural homemakers,” according to Home Agent Catherine Kir wan, who will assist with ar rangements. Nominations for rural home maker honors were closed De cember 1. They are now being considered by county home ex tension councils. Community service, family relationship, educational influ ences. and management of the home are the four general clas s if i cat ions by which district representatives will be select ed. Each county group in Nebras ka will submit one suggested candidate from among their nominees to oc considered by the state council- The state council will determine from the qualifications of the suggested county nominees in the district, the names of four rural home makers to appear on a ballot for the election of two of the wom en as district representatives. The executive committee of the Holt county home extension council met last week to consid er nominations made for the county’s representative. The names of those nominated and the final selection will be an nounced at a later date. ROBERT LARUE. 70. DIES AT CHAMBERS Well - Known South - Holt Resident Will he Buried Today CHAMBERS— Robert LqRue, about 70, a well-known south Holt county farmer, died sud denly about 8 p. m. Monday at his farm home about nine miles east of Chambers. Death was believed to have been caused by an apoplectic stroke. He had not been seri ously ill. The late Mr. LaRue was one of the oldest residents of that vi cinity. Funeral services are to beheld today (Thursday) at the Bethany Presbyterian cburrh. Survivors include: Widow; sons—Kenneth and Irwin, poth of Chambers; daughter — Maur ine. MAYOR, WIFE LEAVE Mayor ana Mrs. T. J. Dishner left this week for an extended visit in Southern California. They will stay in Los Angeles, j During the mayor’s absence .Tames M. Corkle, chairman of the city council, is acting mayor. June in January; Well, Not Exactly It’s June in January. The inference about the cur rent weather offering is perhaps generous, but not without its point. This region has been ex- j peueneing unusually mild tem peratures with full-iledged Jan uary thaws in progress for five days’ running. On the precipitation side of ledger, however, the region has been standing short- Only a trace of precipitation has been recorded during the past seven day period. The week’s summary follows: January 1 January 2 January 3 January 4 January 5 January 6 January 7 fli Lo Moist 23 fi 20 2 42 10 50 28 T 45 27 _ 42 23 _ 50 27 Mrs. Milton Black Dies in Lynch Hospital LYNCH— Funeral services were held Sunday for Mrs. Mil ton Black, of Verdel, who died December 30 in Sacred Heart hospital here. armTmputated ON 4-YEAR-OLD Boy Falls Into Power Saw While Delivering Message to Father LYNCH — The condition of James F. Lewis, 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lewis, of near Spencer, is reported as “good” by attendants at Sacred Heart hospital here where the boy sub mitted to an amputation of his right arm on December 29. The amputation became ne cessary. attendants said, fol lowing a power saw accident last month. The boy was on his way to deliver a message to his father when it is believed he fell into the saw. The father, who was operating the saw, was unaware that his son was in the vicinity. Attendants at the hospital held hopes that the arm could be sav ed, but surgeons were forced to amputate below the elbow. With continued progress the boy will be released from the hospital next week. CDA Honors Member— At the regular Tuesday eve ning business meeting, the Cath olic Daughters held a shower at ♦hp Golden hotel in honor of Mrs. Bernard Dusatko, the for* mer Mrs. Mary Allen. There were 60 guests present. After refreshments, Mrs. Duratko op ened her gifts. The names drawn for prizes were: Miss Mary Ann Janousek, Mrs- Anna Mullen and Mrs, E. M. Bauman. The following served on the committee: Mrs. John Melvin, chairman, assisted by the Mes dames Loretta Hynes, W. J. Mc Donough, L. M. Merriman, E. M. Bauman, Rose Mary Langan, and the Misses Catherine Kir wan, Gertrude Ann Sullivan and Anna Donlin. Visit ai Harley's— Mr and Mrs. Ralph Beckwith ind Don. Mr. and Mrs. Rex 3eck\vith and Mr. and Mrs. /erne Beckwith and family :pent New Year’s day at the iome of Mr. artd Mrs.. Atthui 3eckwith, south of Atkinson. Gordon Hiatt returned Satur day to the University of Ne braska at Lincoln after having spent the holidays with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Arlo A. Hi att. Guests Tuesday at the Frank lemcnts home were Mrs. Gott eb Bauer and Mrs. Otto Kall aff, both of Ewing. PLANS READIED FOR AG MEETING Ag College Conservation Man Heads Program at Joint Session The annual meetings of the Holt county extension service and the Holt soil conservation district to be held here Friday, January Ifl, will be a joint ai fair. Officials of both organiza tions have invited the public to attend. The site of tho dual meeiing will be the Holt coun ty courthouse annex assembly room. Each family represented is asked to bring a covered dish luncheon and table service, County Agent A. Nell Dawes said. The program follows: : Covered dish luncheon, 11:45 a m. until 1:30 p. xn. Recreation, led by Home Agent Catherine Kirwan, 1:30 to 1:30. Call to order, by Clarence Ernst, chairman of the Holt county extension service board, 1:40 to 1:45. Discussion of extension service activities, 1:45 to 2:15, including: election of board members, su pervisory districts 0 and 7, to be conducted by Mr. Ernst; report on home extension clubs by Mrs. E. A. Bouska, of Stuart, chair man of the Holt county home demonstration council; report on 4-H activities in the county by Mrs. James Allyn, of Stuart, co chairman of the Holt county 4-H club committee; report on rural youth organizations by Dick Clark, of O’Neill, president of the O’Neill rural youth group. Summaries by the county ex tension agents. Music Planned Musical selections by George Schneider and Bernard Howard. Soil conservation district re ports: Carl Lambert, of Ewing, business; D. E. Bowen, of Page, accomplishments; L. F. Brede meier, of O’Neill, summary of activities. Discussion, “What the College of Agriculture and Experiment Station Are Doing for Rural Ne braska,” by O. J. McDougal, of Lincoln, extension soil conserva tionist, 2:50 to 3. Motion picture, "Regimented Raindrops,” 3 to 4. Lunch, 4 to 4:15. TO OHIO CONFAB Miss Margaret Prill (above) of Page, a Holt county rural school teacher, returned this week from Cleveland, O., where she attended an inter national Methodist youth con ference. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Prill, she was one of two delegates from Holt county. The other, James Bridges, son of Mrs. Alice E. Bridges, of O’Neill, was pic tured recently in The Frontier. HOSPITAL EFFORTS BEING RENEWED Government Gran t I* . Sought for Proposed $200,000 Building The movement toward a new 200 thousand dollar hospital far O’Neill began the new year oa the right foot. At a meeting of the general* committee and special worker* held Friday evening at the SI. Mary’s academy library, plana were made for renewing effort* . in the direction of providing this region with a 40-bed, modern*, non-profit hospital which is tfc be staffed and operated by Sis ters of St. Francis. Site of the proposed new hospital is on lots northwest of St. Mary's academy. The three-story structure, already designed by an architect and planned in detail, is expected to be one of the finest for this - sise community in the country. At Friday’s meeting, attended by two dozen representative cit izens as well as Mother Immact*' lata and several Sisters of St Francis, General Chairman Wil liam J. Froelich reviewed the inception of the hospital move ment and the progress that had been made todate. L. C- Wal- - ling, cochainnan of the solicita— | lion committee, reported that over 56 thousand dollars had al-»* ready been solicited and is novt on deposit in O’Neill banks. Froelich said that there were approximately 20 thousand dol lars in addition committed by “excellent sources.” The committee voted to pursue a government grant which has already been “earmarked” for tre O’Neill region for hospital purposes. The government has allocated over 685 thousand dollars for hospital purposes in Nebraska as a part of a nationwide plan to alleviate the congested hospital conditions in metropolitan areas. The committee will try to ar range for an 80 thousand dollar grant. The committee fixed its sights on an 80 thousand dol lar government grant with the expectation of raising a total of about 120 thousand dollars by subscription. Any indebtedness on the fin ished and equipped hospital will be assumed by the Sisters, Mr. Froelich pointed out. The O’Neill National and First National bank are authorized to accept contributions to the hos pital fund. Definite plans for pushing the hospital movement will be an no u.iced soon, a spokesman said. Essay Contest, Play Planned by Auxiliary CHAMBERS — The American Legion auxiliary held its regular meeting on Fnday evening alt the home of Mrs . Genevieve Bell. Seventeen members were present. 1116 business meeting was conducted by the president, Mrs. J. W Walter. It was voted to sponsor an essay contest for the junior and high school pupils and present the winner with a prize of $10. It was also decid ed to give a play in the near future. Refreshments of doughnuts and coffee were served by the committee. The next meeting will be Feb ruary 6 at the home of Mrs. 1* V. Cooper. WNAX Staffer to Attend Recreation Sessions George B. German, of radio station WNAX, Yankton, S. D., will attend the recreation ses sions in Atkinson Friday to be conducted by Ted H. Alexander, state rural youth leader. German expects to make tran sactions for rebroadcast. He also intends to pay a vis it to Donna Mae Fuhrer, H>, well-known O’Neill polio victim, during his stay in the county. Eastern Star Installs— Installation of new officers is tn take place today for Sym phony chapter 316, Order of the Eastern Star. The folk wine officers are to be installed: Mrs. Paul Shierk, worthy matron: H. G. Kruse, worthy pat on; Mrs. C. W. Port er, associate matron; C. W Port er. associate patron; Mrs. H. L. Lindberg, conductress; Mrs. Har ry Peterson, associate conduct ress; Mrs. Ramon Bright, secre tary; Mrs. L. F. Bredemeier, treasurer; Mrs. Harry Clausson, chaplain; Mrs. J. L- Sherbahn, marchal: Mrs. H. O. Russ, or ganist; Mrs. James McMahan, Adah: Mrs. D. C- Schaffer, Ruth; Mrs. Ruth Hansen. Esther; Mrs. A. E. Bowen, Martha; Mrs. L. O Johnson, Electa: Mrs. Kenneth Smith, warder, Miss Murl Keyes, sentinel. injubed in fall LYNCH — Robert (“Bobby’*) Pisehel. small son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Piscbel. of Niobrara, tnj-p cnvrrol ligament's in an arn* in a fall recently. He is in the 'Lynch hospital.