Nebraska Newspapers

    The Frontier
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OFFICIAL
CITY & COUNTY
NEWSPAPER
VOLUME 67.—NUMBER 38.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1948.
PRICE 7 CENTS.
BACK TO BOSTON
Mike O’Sullivan, native O’
Neillite and now president of
the American Farmers Insur
ance company, is shown in
western garb in Boston,
Mass., where last week he
attended an insurance con
vention.
While in Boston last year,
O’Sullivan was asked not to
dine in a hotel restaurant
where he was eating without
a coat and in a cowboy shirt.
Now headquartering in
Phoenix, Ariz., Mr. O’Sulli
van will visit O’Neill in the
next few days enroute from
Boston.
SOIL DISTRICT
MAKES STRIDES
Carl Lambert Points to
1947 As a Year of
Progress
Soil conservation activities
made considerable progress in
Holt county in 1947, according
to Carl Lambert, of Ewing,
^ ~hain$an or *he Holt district
board of supervisors.
The district’s annual report
shows that during the year 69
farmers and ranchers with 44,
401 acres requested assistance.
Fifty-eight farmers and ranch
ers developed complete long
time conservation programs for
their 40,927 acres with the as
sistance of SCS technicians.
Mr. Lambert pointed out
that approximately 14 per
cent of the land in the dis
trict is already operated in
cooperation with the Holt
district. He stated that some
permanent conservation mea
sures have been established
on this land which will result
in the conservation of soil,
moisture, wildlife, and other
natural resources.
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Lambert said: “There are ap
proximately 40 different con
servation practices that can be
used to solve the multitude of
erosion and soil depletion prob
lems on the farms and ranch
-GS.”
Last year district cooperators
planted approximately 87,000
trees for field, sheltertaelts,
farmstead and livestock wind
breaks and for erosion control.
The shelte: belt and windbreak
plantings extended a distance
of 21 miles. Over 1,300 acres
of land were seeded to peren
nialgrass for hayland, range
and pasture and 1,522 acres of
cropland were seeded to le
gumes and grasses.
10 Ponds Stocked
Crop residue management
farming was established on 8,- J
668 acres with strip cropping
established on 2,318 acres. Cov-.
er crops for winter protection
were seeded on 375 acres and
contour farming was establish-,
ed on 403 acres. There were
17,382 acres of grazing land
stocked in accordance with its
proper grazing capacity and A
740 acres deferred from graz
ing. There were about four
miles of terraces and 2,200 feet
of diversions constructed. Eigh
teen farm and ranch ponds
were constructed. Ten ponds
were stocked with approxi
mately 20,000 fish secured
through the district. Many oth
er conservation practices were
also established, he continued.
At the district's annual
meeting last week the super
visors reported that
handled approximately 58.
000 trees and shrubs
about 5.000 pounds of native
grass seed for cooperators in
1947. The district tractor,
tree planter and crew planted
some 57,000 trees.
Mr. Lambert pointed out that
the district will be four-years
old this week, the certificate of
organization having been dated
January 28, 1944, by the secre
tary of state. However, the
office was not set up and op
erations were not begun until
April 4, 1944.
Mr. Lambert predicts that
the next four years will see ev
en greater progress.
RITES AT ATKINSON
♦ ATKINSON — Funeral ser
i» vices were held at the Seger
Funeral home here Sunday for
Teddy Morell, 41, of Beatrice,
formerly of Atkinson. A son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Morell, he died Friday at Be
atrice.
HYDROS CHOKED;
DIM-OUT RESULTS
Ice in Nebraska livers is
choking the hydro - electric
plants in the Consum e r s
Power network to a point
where a statewide “dim-out
of street lights has been put
into effect.
Beginning Monday, all ci
ties and towns in the state
served by Consumers are
without street lighting sev
eral hours after sundown.
In O’Neill the street lights
have been turned on about
7:30 to 8 p. m.
Consumers officials here
say the ice is expected to
break later this week.
ATTEND FAIR MEETING
CHAMBERS — Edwin Wink,
of Chambers, and Vern Sages
er, of Amelia, went to Lincoln
Monday to attend a convention
of Nebraska county fair offi
cials.
FORMER RESIDENT
DIES ON COAST
Funeral Services Held
Tuesday for Mrs.
Sheridan Simmons
Funeral services were held at
10 a. m. Tuesday in Escondido,
Calif., for Mrs. Sheridan Sim
mons, 76, a former O’Neill res
ident, who died Friday in a
hospital at San Diego, Calif.
Burial was in Forest Lawn
cemetery at Escondido.
The late Mrs. Simmons had
been in "poor health," rela
tives said, for six years, but
was not seriously ill until
four days before her death.
Mrs. Simmons was born in
Council Bluffs, la., on June 7,
1871. She came to Nebraska
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Thomas, as a small child.
They settled near Fremont and
North Bend. ,
On May 7, 1888, she married
the late Sheridan Simmons at
Creighton. The couple resided
near North Bend until 1894,
then moving to O’Neill. The
Simmons regarded O’Neill as
their home. Mrs. Simmons was
a member of the Methodist
chu ch.
9 Children Living
They became the parents of
12 children, nine of whom are
living. . ,
Mrs. Simmons made her
home with a daughter, Mrs.
Sara George, at Escondida, Cal
if., since 1933. She made two
return visits to O’Neill since
leaving here. Mr. Simmons
died at O’Neill on March 20,
1935.
Survivors include: Son s—
Charles Simmons, of Venus,
and Phillip Simmons, of Ft.
Williams, Me.; daughters—Mrs.
Pearl Divine, of Cedar City,
Ut.; Mrs. Ella Dempsey and
Mrs. Zella Cook, both of O’
Neill; Mrs. Melvin Anderson,
Mrs. Sara George and Mrs.
Clarisso Hoffman, all of Es
condido, and Mrs. Maxine Wag
mon, of Rockford, 111.
HAMILTON SPENCE
DIES IN WYOMING
CHAMBERS—Word has been
received here of the recent
death of Hamilton Spence, a
former resident.
He died at the home of a
son in Sheridan, Wyo.
No details have been receiv
ed regarding funeral arrange
ments.
ATTEND CHURCH MEET
Rev. J. W. Clapper, Assem
bly of God pastor, attended a
church meeting Monday at
Creighton.
BITTER COLD
GRIPS REGION
Mercury Sinks to 23
Below Zero; Busses,
Trains Run Normal
A severe cold wave whipped
act oss the middlewest last
wTeek with north - Nebraska
bearing a share of the brunt of
the biting cold.
Early Friday morning the
official temperature in O'
Neill dropped to 23-degrees
below zero—the coldest mark
in five years.
Government Observer Elmer
Bowen said that not since Jan
I uary 19, 1943, had the mercury
j dropped so low. At that time,
a -23 reading wras recorded dur
I ing a nine-day seige of subzero
j weather.
The frigid wave was accom
| panied by intermittent light
! snow and strong wind.
Despite a general fuel oil
shortage there was no suffering
| reported here. Coal stocks
were plentiful.
Most livestock men had am
ple warning of the impending
cold and steps were taken to
protect stock.
ocnools L-arry un
The city’s schools — O’Neill
public school and St. Mary’s
academy— carried on as usual
although some absentees were
attributed to the severe weath
er. The basketball program, of
course, went on as usual. The
Friday double-header between
St. Mary’s and Page and O’
Neill and Orchard, attracted a
fair-sized crowd despite the 14
below temperture that was
reached before the night was
over.
Busses and trains carried
on their normal schedules, al
though most of them were
running slightly behind time.
There were no cancellations
and no passengers were
stranded in the city for lack
of scheduled transport.
Temperatures began easing
I up the scale Friday after the
shortlived icy blast.
With the exception of Sun
day, the minimum temperature
each day has been below zero.
The weatherman forecasts “fair
and warmer” for the weekend.
The week’s summary:
Hi Lo Moist.
January 22_24 -2
January 23 _ 4 -23 .17
January 24 __ 12 -14
January 25 _ 22 10
January 26 _ 22 -7
January 27 6 -15
January 28 _ 2 -15
CHARLES MULHAIR
DIES AT LYNCH
LYNCH — Charles Mulhair,
; sr., 86. the senior member of
the Mulhair & Sons garage
firm here, died January 21 in
Sacred Heart hospital here.
Mr. Mulhair had been a
hospital patient following an
apoplectic stroke several
weeks ago.
Funeral services were held
! Monday in the Catholic church.
The late Mr. Mulhair was ac
tive in the garage business un
til his recent illness. His wife
Jdied several years ago.
Survivors include: Six sons,
four daughters, several grand
children and great-grandchil
dren.
Among those coming from a
distance for the funeral were:
Mervin Miller and sister Dor
ene, both of Winner, S. D.; Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Pischel, of
Verdel; Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Reel, of Spencer; Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Mulhair, of Omaha; Mae
Alexander, of Los Angeles,
Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mc
Kenzie, of Winner.
"Grandma" Hohndorf . . .
an immigrant from Germany
. . . leaves survivors on both
sides of the Atlantic.
MRS. HOHNDORF
DIES AT REDBIRD
German Immigrant, She
Leaves Host of Kin;
Burial at Surprise
REDBIRD—Mrs. Louis Hohn
dorf, 86, better-known among
northeast Holt county residents
as "Grandma” Hohndorf, died
last Thursday at 4 a m. at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. Peter
More. Death followed a ling
i ering illness accompanying her
advanced age.
Brief funeral services were
held at Cfirist Lutheran
church here at 9:30 a.m. Sat
urday and the remains were
taken to Surprise for final
rites and burial near the
grave of the late Mr. Hohn
dorf, who died July 9, 1941.
Rev. Clyde , C Cress, of
Christ Lirthera/i^church, offi
j ciated.
Came to U. S. in 1914
The late Mrs. Hohndorf, nee
; Augusta Dackhorn, wras born
August 1, 1861, in Windorf,
Germany. She was reared in
Germany and on September 21,
1884 she married Louis Hohn
dorf. The couple became the
parents of seven daughters and
one son.
On May 2, 1914 the couple
left Germany for a new home
in the United States, leaving
behind their three eldest
daughters. The Hohndorfs set
tled on a farm 21 miles north
east of O’Neill in the Oppor
tunity vicinity.
In 1924 the famliy moved
to near Surprise where 10
years later the couple mark
ed their golden wedding an
niversary.
ine late mis. nonnaori en
joyed a wide acquaintanceship.
She was a member of the Lu
theran church.
18 Great-Grandchildren
Survivors include: Daughters
—Mrs. Peter (Frede) More, of
Redbird; M s. Elsa Penneback,
of O’Neill; Mrs. Olga Hickstein,
o' Grafton; Mrs. Lina Meissner,
Mrs. Beitha Horn and Mrs.
Helene Keller, all of Germany;
j son—Louis Hohndorf, of Shel
by; brothers—Fred Dockhorn,
| of Festerville, Pa., and Charles
Dockhorn, of Clinton, Wis.; 22
grandchild en, and 18 great
j grandchildren.
Four sisters and one daugh
ter, Mrs. Herman (Alma) Eis
e:t, of Middlebrunch, p eceded
her in death.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kazda
. . . they celebrate their
birthday anniversaries on the
same day. (Story at right.)
DIME DRIVE IN
FINAL WEEK
Polio Campaign Ends
January 31; Final
Appeal Made
A final appeal for contribu
tions for the 1948 March of
Dimes campaign was made this
week by Mrs. Dale Kersen
brock, drive chairman for the
Holt county chapter of the Na
tional Infantile Paralysis Foun
dation.
"The drive is well beyond
the half-way mark," Mrs.
Kersenbrock said Wednesday,
tui the fund needs additional
contributions during the final
week to avoid falling behind
the 1947 mark."
The city of O’Neill alone
raised $1,298.14 R year ago, and
Holt county raided a total of
$3,010.16. Half of the money
collected is retained by the
county organization for treat
ment of local infantile pa al
ysis sufferers, and the other
half is used by the national
oundation for polio research,
hospital expansion and for
training personnel.
Those who have not already
contributed may send donations
to Mrs. Thomas Greene or Mrs.
H. L. Lindbe g. cochai men of
the O’Neill drive, or to Mrs.
Kersenbrock.
Pictured is a portion of the crowd that
filled the American Legion auditorium Mon
day afternoon for the annual Deere day
show.-Fronlier Photo by JohnH. McCarville.
FRIENDSHIP TRAIN ....
Auctions to Aid Donors
Three livestock auctions have been scheduled during the
next seven days to boom the Friendship Train movement.
The first in the series will be held Saturday at the Ew
ing Livestock Market; the second will be held Tuesday at the
Atkinson Livestock Market, and the third will be held next
Thursday at the Fredrickson Livestock Market in O’Neill.
A statement pertaining to these sales follows:
“At these auctions every class of livestock will be sold
without charge. The Atkinson and O’Neill Friendship Train
auctions will be in connection with the regularly scheduled
sales.
“The p oceeds will be used to purchase a carload of util- !
ity type beef cows and a carload of rye. Both carloads will
be shipped to processing centers w'herc they will be processed
into food, either rye flour or canned beef, for overseas ship- !
ment. It is estimated that it will take about $9,000 to cover
the cost of the two carloads.
“In regard to making donations, it is not necessary that
rye or beef stock be given, but anything, including money,
will be accepted and turned into rye or livestock to fill out
the cars.
“Those wishing to contribute grain or poultry are request
ed to sell them through their grain or produce buyers and do
nate the proceeds to the Friendship Train committee. Cash
donations may be left at any bank in the county.
“It is essential that all contributions be made not later
than next week, as the train will leave Lincoln, Neb., for
Springfield, 111., on Febiuary 12, Lincoln’s birthday. This is a
state drive for foodstuffs for the starving people of Europe.”
(See story at right.)
FRANK KAZDAS
WED 52 YEARS
Atkinson Couple Marks
Anniversary Quietly;
Enjoy Good Health
ATKINSON — Mr. and Mrs.
; Frank Kazda quietly observed
their 52d wedding anniversary
here Tuesday. At 72- and 70
! years-old respectively, both are
enjoying “good health.”
The day was marked with
the receipt of numerous con
gratulatory messages and vis
its from relatives and friends.
Mr. Kazda was born in Bo
hemia and came to the United
| States with his parents at the
age of one. The family initial
ly settled on a homestead in
| Iow’a where a few years later
the elder Mr. Kazda died. The
widow and two sons, Frank
and John, came to Holt coun
ty in 1902.
Mrs. Kazda was born near
Avon. S. D. She was 18-year's
old when she married Mr. Kaz
da at Atkinson. The couple re
sided on a farm eight miles
northeast of Atkinson for sev
eral years, later moving into
town. Mr. Kazda worked for
many years as a earpe nter, hav
ing helped build many of the
houses in the town.
Rear 7 Children
Mr. and Mrs. Kazda celebrate
their birthday anniversaries on
the same day—February 16.
Since John Kazda’s death on
October 27, 1938, Mr. Kazda
has no relatives in United
States except his own immedi
ate family.
The Kazdas became the pa
rents of seven children. One
daughter, Mrs. Sylvester
(Mary) Tushla, of Atkinson,
died June 8, 1945. The others
are: Mrs. Carl (Anna) Holz, of
-Ewing; John Kazda, of O’Neill;
Alfred Kazda, of Atkinson;
Mrs. Norbert (Luella) Uhl, of
O’Neill; Frank Kazda, of Ew
ing, and Mrs. Carl (Ella) Hop
pe, of Atkinson.
CHAMBERS COUPLE
MARRIED 57 YEARS
CHAMBERS— Mr. and Mrs. I
William Medcalf, longtime1
south - Holt county residents, j
were honored Sunday on their i
57th wedding anniversary at'
the home of their son, E. H.
Medcalf.
Present at the quiet gather
ing, besides the honored couple, i
included: Mr. and Mrs. Emmet
Medcalf and daughter, of Clear
water; Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Medcalf and children, Mrs. Ben
Medcalf.
The Medcalfs were married
on January 28, 1891. For many
years the couple resided on a
f. rm southeast of Chambers in
the Ma.tha community. Mr.
Medcalf since has operated a
harness shop in Chambers.
A is to Tab Sales Lag
as Deadline Nears
The sale of 1948 auto tabs is
lagging. County Treasurer J. Ed
Hancock said Wednesday.
There were 3.835 licenses is
sued up until Wednesday with
nearly 1,200 more to be pur
chased. Hancock said that there
were about 4.200 passenger
cars in the county, and about
6,000 vehicles, including pas
senger cars, trucks, trailers,
motorcycles, etc., requiring
tabs.
After January 31 motorists
on highways without 1948
plates are subject to five-day
warnings from peace officers.
After February 15 these delin
quent motorists are subject to
arrest. ,
Weekend in Omaha _
Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Haitt and
daughter, Carolyn, spent the
weekend in Omaha.
LEMMER TRAIN'S
FIRST DONOR
Atkinson Rancher Will
Give Heifer; Weller
Holt Cochairman
Holt county's drive to fill
two rail carloads of foodstuffs
lor the Abraham Lincoln
Friendship Train swung into
high gear this week.
"Mrs. Guy Cole, of Emmet, or
iginal chairman of the Holt
campaign, said Wednesday that
the early response to the plea
for contributions was “gratify
ing.”
Albert Lemmer, Atkinson
rancher, was the first donor,
pledging a heifer for the live
stock car. The Atkinson Ser
vice club followed closely
with two hundred dollars in
cash.
Meanwhile, Ernie C. Weller,
Atkinson auctioneer and live
stock sales pavilion operator,
was named Monday as cochair
man of the county organization,
serving with Mrs. Cole.
Other officers of the county
organization are: Rev. W. C.
Birmingham, of Atkinson, sec
retary, and Edward M. Galla
gher, of O’Neill, treasurer.
The county committee and
many of the community leaders
met Monday in O’Neill to fur
ther plans. The committee re
ported that everywhere the re
sponse to the appeal for food to
stave off starvation in Europe
was encouraging.
Contacts Impossible
Mrs. Cole said that it would
be impossible for the county
and community drive leaders to
contact very many people with
the time so short. The two
train cars are to be shipped
from the county on Saturday,
February 7.
Anyone with a contribution
is urged to contact one of the
drive leaders, Mrs. Cole said.
Money contributions, no mat
ter how large or small, will be
converted into bulk staple
foods suitable for export such
as primary grains, flour, maca
roni, basic cereals, etc.
The d ive leaders in the va
I rious communities will deter
mine the method for collecting
the gifts in their respective
communities. These leaders are:
O’Neill—F. N. Cronin and Mrs.
C. E. Lundgren; Stuart — Joe
Brewster and Mrs. F. J. Clark;
Atkinson — B. H. Wilson and
Mrs. Robert Martens; Amelia—
| Glen White and Mrs. Vern Sa
Igeser; Page— Otto Terrill and
Mrs. Harry Harper; Ewing —
Rev. C. D. Vogel and Mrs. John
Archer; Chambers—Leo T. Ad
ams and Mrs. C. V. Robertson;
Emmet—Rev. Joseph Lane and
Mrs. Agnes Gaffney; Dorsey—
H. H. Miles; Phoenix— George
Syfie; St. John’s — Rev. J. J.
Urbanski.
Plan Started at Geneva
The Abraham Lincoln Friend
ship Train started from -a seed
planted by the Community club
at Geneva. Todate the wide
spread movement has grown
far beyond the fondest dreams
of the Geneva citizens.
Despite an illness this
week, which made her bed
fast for several days. Mrs.
Cole helped with much of
the groundwork for the Holt
portion of the train.
The Nebraska food train will
leave Lincoln on February 12
_Abraham Lincoln’s birthday
anniversary. Holt’s two car
loads of food — one livestock
and one grain—are expected to
join the train at Omaha.
The train is under the su
pervision of a committee
headed by such notables as
Biographer Carl Sandburg,
honorary chairman: Gov. Val
Peterson, honorary state
chairman, and Chancellor R.
G. Guftavs-n. of the Univer
sity of Nebraska, general
chairman.
Mrs. Cole said the plans are
underway for lome kind °f a
ceJebration or “send-o f for
Holt's two food-laden iail cars.
Details, she said, will be an
nounced in the newspapers
next week.
At Monday’s meeting the
committee stressed that con
tributors may designate which
religious or social group is to
distribute their gift in Europe.
Thr> Friendship Train has been
organized in cooperation with
the Christian Rural Overseas
Program, which has already
been credited with saving un
counted lives in war devastated
areas. Most churches are sup
porting the CROP, Mrs. Cole
said.
In most communities special
events are being scheduled *or
Friendship Train purposes.
To Hold Coon Feed
Members of the American
Legion and auxiliary and their
guests will have a roast coon
feed on Sunday evening at the
club.