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The Frontier VOLUME 67.—NUMBER 38. O’NEITL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1948. ★ OFFICIAL CITY & COUNTY NEWSPAPER PRICE *7 CENTS Centers Bob Berigan (left) and Max Mossman soar at the lipoff of the Holt county championship basketball game be tween St. Jqseph's academy, Atkinson, and Inman high school. The Josies won, 26-23.—The Frontier Photo by John H. McCarville. St. Joe Repeats as Holt Cage Champ The fabled Bluejays of St. Joseph’s academy, Atkinson, are again the Holt county cage champions. With the state Catholic championship tucked safely away, a few hours later the Josies entered the Holt tourney in pro gress here, swept aside Ewing, 45-21 in the first round; oust ed Atkinson high, an intracity foe, 29-13. in the semifinals, and nipped Inman, 26-23, in the title bout. The Ewing and Atkinson triumphs were more-or-less for malities for the potent Josies, but Friday night’s finale against the die-hard Inman Tigers was a different story. During the course of the evening the Tigers deepened a furrow in Coach Tom Slattery’s brow and gave the Jays their most uncomfortable moments on Holt county maples in many a moon. Inman scored first with a fielder by Guard Paul Hartigan. Center Bob Berigan, the Atkinson club’s all-state nominee, added a brace of under-the-basket fielders and two free throws. Hartigan scored again and Forward Delmont Heck connected as the quarter ended, 6-all. Heck put Inman in front, 8-6, but the lead melted when Berigan laid-away three free throws and Jay forwards Bill Mil ler and Tom Troshynski meshed a fielder each. Inman’s lean, long and lofty center, Max Mossman, unwound an under the-basket stretch and the quarter ended, 14-10. Running true to tradition, the Josies unleashed a tor rid third stanza attack, led by Miller, who pushed in eight points with his jump shot. The quarter ended, 24 16, and this was the fattest margin of the evening. The Tigers staged a gallant fourth-quarter rally that stop ped short of tying or winning the game, and at the same time limited the Josies to two points, probably the Jays’ leanest fourth period since they’ve been aboard the glory train. Margin Narrowed Forward Leonard Sholes, a half-pint sharpshooter, swished one of his corner offerings, Heck added two close-range fielders, and Hartigan corraled a free throw, narrowing the margin to three points. One Inman fielder was nul lified by an upfloor whistle. Berigan did a terrific job on both backboards and Mossman had trouble mak ing his height payoff. Beri gan's free throwing and Mil ler's brilliant third period surge wrecked Inman's hopes. Inman had dumped Cham bers, 30-22, in the first round, and bested O’Neill. 18-16, in the semifinals The Eagles were sluggish in ihe Inman game, and some bad passing and jumpball moments enabled the alert Tigers to make hay. (Continued on page 4.) Mrs. Carl Failing Expires at York Mrs. Carl Failing died at her home in York January 28 at 4 a. m. following a short illness. Funeral services were held at St. Joseph’s Catholic church in York on Friday with Rt. Rev. Mandeville officiating. Burial was in St. Peter’s cemetery at Ewing with Rev. Peter Burke officiating. Mrs. Failing was born in Ewing on February 25, 1909. Her maiden name was Georgia Borgelt. She attended school in Ewing, and moved to O’ Neill where she was united in marriage to Carl Failing on February 15, 1938. The fam ily moved to York in 1942. Survivors include: Widower; daughter; mother; five sisters — Josephine, of York; Eliza beth, of Wisner; Rose and Mrs. Kathryn Hemenway, of Norfolk; Nellie, of O’Neill. Her father, one brother, and three sisters preceded her in death. LAND BANK PAYS A 7% DIVIDEND $6,370 Being Distributed Among 525 Farmers and Stockmen A special seven percent div idend, amounting to $6,370, is being mailed this week to the 525 farmers and stockmen in Boyd, Holt and Wheeler coun ties who are members of the Elkhorn Valley National Farm Loan association of O’Neill. Lyle P. Dierks, secretary treasurer, said the association dividend was made possible by a special dividend recently paid by the Federal Land bank of Omaha. Directors of the credit co operative, who voted to pay the dividend to its members. Iso voted to make subslan t al additions to association reserves from the funds re cs vod from the land bank. Distribution of land bank arnings to the farm loan as sociations and their member stockholders “is in keep i n g with the cooperative princi ples under which the entire land bank system operates,” Dierks said. The Elkhorn Valley National Farm Loan association has more than $1,800,000 in Fed eral Land bank loans on its books. Directors are: Harry E. Res sel, of O’Neill, president; L. W. Barthel, of Amelia, vice president; C. C. Jacobsen, of Butte, J. V. Johnson, of At kinson, Carl E. Lambert, of Ewing, E. J. Revell, of Star, and Frank Q. Kruntorad, of Ewing. TAX COLLECTORS ANNOUNCE DATES A deputy collector of in ternal revenue from the O’ Neill zone office will visit sev en towns during February and the first week of March in or der to assist taxpayers in fil ing income tax returns for the year 1947. The schedule, as announced by C. W. Porter of the O’Neill offic^, follows: February 16—Butte, court house; 17 —Lynch postoffice; 23 and 24—Creighton, audito rium; 25 and 26—Wausa, audi torium; March 1 and 2 Cham bers State bank and Atkinson postoffice; 3—Orchard, bank. A collector will be at the zone office here on t ebruary 20 and 27 and from March 5 to 15, inclusive. RENINGER RITES HELD AT NORFOLK Former Holt Resident Dies After 2-Year Illness CHAMBERS — Mrs. William Reninger, 77, a former Holt county resident, died Friday at Independence, Mo., at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Fern Ferguson. She had been ill for two years. Funeral services were held Sunday at Norfolk at the First Baptist church and burial was in Hillcrest Mem orial park. The late Mrs. Reninger, whose maiden name was Dora Teller, was born February 15, 1870, in South Dakota, across the Missouri river from Jack son. Her parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Teller, who were homesteaders in southeastern Dakota. She was married February 14, 1886, to William Reninger. Their first home was a log cabin he had built for his bride near Jackson, on the Nebraska side of the river. They farmed in Dakota county until 1914, when they came to Holt, residing for five years a mile and a half south e a s t of Chambers. In the Spring of 1919 the couple moved to Norfolk. For IS yeaxt. Mr. and Mrs. Reninger spent the winter months at Avon Park, Fla. There they celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary in 1946. Mr. Reninger died April 25, 1947, at Lakeland, Fla. Survivors include: Daugh ters—Mrs. Ferguson, of Inde pendence; Mrs. Henry Peters, of LaPorte City, Ind.; Mrs. Earl McAfee, of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Cecil Brown, of Hastings; Mrs. Dale Eberly, of Omaha; Mrs. Paul Bowers and Mrs. Walter Brubaker, both of Norfolk; Mrs. J. Frank Cos tine, of Ocala, Fla. Sons—Wil liam, of Chambers; Harry J. and Golden R., both of Sioux City. Sisters—Mrs. Laura Car ter, of Velley Center, Kans.; ; Mrs. Sarah Corkeley, of Sioux , City; Mrs. Joseph Larabee, of Jefierson, S. D. Brothers—Jess Teller, of Stevens, S. D., and | William Teller, of Rapid City, S. D. Grandsons Pallbearers Besides her husband and parents, three brothers and three sisters also preceded her in death. The pallbearers at the fun eral were grandsons: Clyde Reninger, of Chambers; Bruce Eberly, of Omaha; * Cecil Brown, of Grand Island; Low ell Ferguson, of Kansas City, Mo.; Ray and Ralph Peters, both of Cedar Rapids, la. BLAST SUSPECT PLEADS GUILTY George E. Jardee, 20, was arraigned in Holt county court here Tuesday before Co unty Judge Louis H. Reimer and entered a plea of guilty to charges growing out of a blasting incident noar here during the holidays. The youth was bound over to the district court. Bond was fixed at $500 and it was not posted immediately. Jardee was arrested at Cli max, Colo., late Friday where he was employed in a crusher plant by the Climax Mining company. He was in O’Neill for the holidays. No evidence was taken in the preliminary hearing. Mercury Continues to Flirt with Zero Mark The mercury continued to flirt with the zero mark each night during the past seven days. The lowest temperature — 5 below zero — was regis tered early last Thursday as the season’s severest cold wave moved out of the mid west after gripping the region for several days. Light snowfall visited, the O’Neill region on numerous occasions during the week. The summary, based on 24 hour readings ending at 8 a.m. daily, follows: Januaiy 29 January 30 January 31 February 1 February 2 February 3 February 4 Hi Lo Moist. 18 -5 31 1 31 3 29 8 40 2 12 1 T 18 4 T 6 YOUTHS INTO JUVENILE COURT Delinquency Charges Filed Against Boys 11 to 15 A half-dozen O’Neill youths, ranging from 11 to 15-years old, were charged with “ju venile delinquency and depen daney” here Saturday in Holt county district court. District Judge D. R. Mounts presiding. The hearing was contin ued until Saturday. February 7. at 10 a.m. when Judge Mounts will make final dis position of the matter. The youths, accompanied by their parents, were in court as an outgrowth of a series of breaking and entering inci dents The incidents involved enter ing Schulz store on New Year’s eve and taking a small amount of cash, entering the Country club and taking a radio, and the looting of parked automo biles. The youths operated as a “gang” on unlocked autos. Numerous losses have been re ported at the Legion club and at basketball games. D. C. Schaffe. rVki son, Lar ry, flew to Chadron Friday on business. LONGTIME HOLT RESIDENT DIES Michael Rotherham, 71,' to Be Buried Thursday at St. John’s EWING — Michael Rother ham, 71, a resident of south eastern Holt county since he was 8-years-old. died Monday at 4 p.m. at his home here. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Catholic church to day (Thursday) at Ewing, and burial will be in St. John's cemetery in the St. John's community. Rev. P. F. Burke, of Ewing, will officiate, assisted by Rev. John Vogel, of Dodge, and Kent Rotherham, of a St. Lou is, Mo., seminaiy. The latter is a son of the late Mr. Roth erham. He will act as sub deacon. Born near Carroll, la., on March 4, 1876, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mi chael Rotherham he came with his parents to the St. John’s vicinity as a lad of 8. He was reared ther)e and uitimateJy reared a family of his own on the family homestead. In 1897 he married Edna Lowery, of Ewing, by Rt. Rev. J. G. McNamara, now of O’ Neill. She died in 1910, and three years later he married Mary T. Kallhoff. The late Mr. Rotherham served eight years as a Holt county sapervisor. He was active in numerous commun ity affairs and was well known through! the Ewing, St. John's, and Clearwater communities. Survivors include: Widow; sons — Claude, of Newman Grove; Roy, of Ewing; Earl, of Sioux Falls, S. D.; James, of Ewing; John, of Stockton, Calif.; Charles, of Tilden; Kent, of St. Louis; Daughters — Frances, of EJwing; Mrs. Thomas (Margaret) Martin, of Stockton, Calif.; Lucille, of Gallup, N. M.; Mrs. Lyle (Con stance) MoNabb, of Omaha; Sister Marion (Rita), of Scotts bluff; Mrs. William (Cleta) Lofquist, of Ewing; Mary Lou and Patricia, both of Ewing. There are 52 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Roar of Airplane Is the Huntsman’s Call 1948 Style CELIA —» When the hunts man's call is sounded out in these parts Mr. Coyote and his pals had better take cover. Last week the call (the roar of an airplane motor) was sounded on three occasions and the coyote population di minished in the amount of six. The 1948 version of the hunt in Holt county is minus the conventional red breech es and steeds. An airplane and an automobile or two supplant the hoss; any old pair of pants or overalls takes the place of breeches. Last" Thursday, Victor. Con nie, Herman and Alex F. ickel Ray and Bob Pease chased one coyote over a six-mile route with Conrad Frickel, jr„ pilot ing the plane. They finally bagged the coyote southeast of the Rudolph Posnecker place which is in the Pioneer dis trict. In the wild chase they were joined by interested bystand ers who had to get in on the fun. They were: Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Possneeker, T h i 1 o Possnecker, Natchel Rzesator ski, Larry Root and Quentin Hickock. Next day the same six Celia men again went out looking for coyotes and got four more. These were shot south and east of the Celia school. The men returned home jubilant and determined to continue the relentless hunt. On Saturday morning, Ray Pea^e frightened a coyote from one of his haystacks just south of his house and Herman Frickel spotted two. Thus, the hunt was on again. This time they got one coy ot' shot east of Alvin Heiser’s. Harold Kirkland and his hounds, of Phoenix neighbor hood, and Red Staples and his hounds came to join the chase. A t intervals, Spoof Chace, Georgie Syfie, jr., Quentin Hickock and Frank Schaaf. Elmer Sterns, Wayne and Duke Hoffman took part in the pursuit. • The coyotes’ chances are so slim now in the Celia neigh borhood that “safe-conduct” passes might be issued to keep the family from becoming ex tinct. The Si. Joseph's academy Blue jays (above), of Atkinson, and the Inman Tigers (below) were the finalists in the annual Holt county basketball tourney. The Jays left to-right are: Fred Deemer, Thomas Troshyn ski. Bob Berigan, Bill Miller, Bernard Weich nian and Leo O'Malley. The Tigers are: Gor don Sholes. Delmonl Heck, Max Mossman, Paul Hartigan and Leonard Sholes. — The Frontier Photos by John H. McCarville. Train Gifts Lag; One Car Assured ATKINSON AUCTION NETS DRIVE $1,250; BASKETBALL BENEFIT CANCELLED One carload of food for Europe’s hungry has been practi cally assured by Holt county donors to the Abraham Lincoln Friendship Train. But the goal is two cars, and the success or failure of the drive will be determined by SatuVday night. Holt county leaders, headed by Mrs. Guy Cole, of Emmet, and Ernie C. Weller, of Atkinson, a fortnight ago decided that Holt's share of Nebraska's own Europe-bound Friend ship Train should include two railcars of foodstuffs. Early response among many community leaders was grat ifying. officials of the improvised organization said. ^ Biggest boost thus far was received Tuesday at the At kinson Livestock Market where the sum of $1,250 was raised Individual stockmen donated four head of cattle and two head of hogs, which sold on the block for about $600. Miscellaneous merchandise contributed for Friendship Train purposes added another $150. Nearly five hundred dollars was raised by SPRING TERM JURORS NAMED 10 Civil 1 Criminal Case on Docket; Court Opens March 8 The Spring term of the Holt county district court will con vene here Monday, March 8, with District Judge D. R. Mounts presiding. Fifteen women and nine men were chosen Wednesday for jury duly. They are: George R. Wright, Inman; Lloyd Harper, of Page; Mrs. Elvin Tangeman, of Chambers; Mrs. Larry Barrett, of O’Neill; A. J. Taslpr, of Stuart; Fran cis Gilg, of O’Neill; Charlie Simmons, of Page; Miss Bessie Dvorak, of Stuart; Leon Beck with, of Emmet; Mrs. Bernard Blackmore, of Atkinson; Mrs. Clarence Gilg, of Atkinson; Mrs. Blanche Pease, of Atkin son; R. H. Parker, of O’Neill; Mrs. Guy Cole, of Emmet; Rose Funk, of Ewing; Mrs. Grover Shaw, of O’Neill; Art Dolittle, of Amelia; Clara Swanson, of Amelia; Mrs. Elsie Manson, of O’Neill; Mrs. Dean Stevens, of Chambers; Mrs. Ed Desieve, of Atkinson; Miss Bea L. Morgan, of Stuart; Vern Sageser, of Amelia; James Matthews, of O’Neill. Manslaughter Charged There are II jury actions on the trial docket — 10 civil and one criminal. The one criminal action is the State of Nebraska vs. Lawrence M. Kelly, of Long Pine, on a charge of man* slaughter. Kelly was the driver of an automobile which crashed, killing Mor ris McNally, also of Long Pine, in an accident near Stuart. The civil suits are: Jake W. Braun vs. Lloyd L. Evans, damage suit on pasture bill; Mary Ann Hansen vs. Charles Lawrence, retrial, personal in jury in car accident; Everett Setterfield vs. John Mallory, damages on gravel pit location; Pearlie Andrews vs. C. K. Sex ton, damages for personal in jury in car accident; R. E. Tomlinson vs. F. R. Carman, damages on real estate con tract; Durven Kipple vs. Iowa precinct, damages out of wrecking car on bridge; Joe Rouska, guardian, vs. Chas. W. Peterson et al, damages for personal injury on car accident; Anna Clark vs. Roy Serry, damage for conversion of hay; Ralph Prill vs. J. Ed Hancock, personal damages; 'Ralph Prill vs. Joe Wert, damage for false imprisonment. 1 FILINGS FOR, SUPERVISOR There are four filings thus far for Holt county supervisor. They are: Second district — Howard Otv’rlp Democrat, of O’Neill. S'^h district — George E. Colli" Republican, of Atkin son. (incumbent); Walter K. Smith. Republican, of Stu rt: * ** Ratenhorst. Democrat, of Stuart. Jose o'1 Schollmever. Demo crat. of r>orsey, Second dist i"t mmiiri-nnt has not yet filed for reelection. Tra H Moss, of O’Nei'l. and Ed J. Matousek. of Atkinson t-wve filed as delegates to the ®»ate Renublican convention. Earl Collins, of Atkinson, is listed as a Republican alter nate. The candidates are pointing toward the April primary elec tion. "Housewarming"— CHAMBERS — A group of neighbors gathered Friday for a "housewarming” party at the Werner Huth home. Mr. and Mrs. Huth have moved here recently from the Plainview community. He is a nephew of the late Godfried Huth. pieages irom tne audience. Weller, manager of the sale firm, presided in the ring as cash pledges were made, rang ing from $5 to $50. $275 at Ewing Sale At Ewing Saturday a spe cial sale was held at the Ew ing Livestock Market and the promotion brought $275. A third sale will be held in O’Neill today (Thursday) in conjunction with the regular sale at the Fredrickson Live stock Commission company. Sale officials here report that they've already been ad vised by some consignors that there wiU be "Friend ship Train" stock in the ring, including calves and pigs. Only livestock will be auc tioned at the O’Neill sale, Mrs. Cole explained. A rural school district at Amelia has already collected $85, the Atkinson Service club has contributed $200, the Celia Homemakers have donated $25, and George Syfie, drive chair man in the Phoenix vicinity, reports nearly a hundred dol lar? already collected there. These are only a few of the early scattered reports. Deadline Saturday Mrs. Cole said that many women’s project, clubs and other organizations in the co unty were collecting, but the true picture would not be known until Saturday — the deadline. The plan, patterned after the original Friendship Train that crossed the nation in Decem ber, grew into a statewide mo vement little more than two weeks ago. The Holt county organiza tion was created hurriedly, and consequently the offi cials and workers have made no attempt to canvas or con tact group leaders person ally. "It is simply a matter of individual and group gen erosity," Mrs. Cole said. "Those with contributions, howsoever large or small, are asked to contact the com munity Friendship Train leaders." Edward M. Gallagher, of O’ Neill, is treasurer of the county organization, and Rev. W. C. Birmingham is secretary. List of Leaders The community leaders are: O’Neill — F. N. Cronin and Mrs. C. E. Lundgren; Stuart — Joe Brewster and Mrs. F. J. I Clark; Atkinson — B. H. Wil I son and Mrs. Robert Martens; Amelia — Glen White and Mrs. Vern Sageser; Page — Otto Terrill and Mrs. Harry Harper; Ewing — Rev. C. D. Vogel and Mrs. John Archer; Chambers — Leo T. Adams and Mrs. C. V. Robertson; Emmet — Rev. Joseph Lane and Mrs. Agnes Gaf.ney; Dor sey — H. H. Miles; Phoenix — George Syfie; St. John’s — Rev. J. J. Urbanski. A benefit basketball game, o ri gin ally scheduled here Saturday night between St. Joseph's, of Atkinson, and Inman, "inalists in. last week's Holt county tourna ment, has been cancelled. At kinson and O'Neill high sch ools were scheduled for a preliminary. The Nebraska food train will leave Lincoln February 12 _ Abraham Lincoln’s birthday anniversary. Holt’s gifts will join the train at Omaha. DONOHOES TO MARK GOLDEN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Donohoe, prominent O’Neill farm couple, on Sunday, Feb ruary 15, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. The Donohoes are planning an open-house affair from 2:30 until 5:30 in the afternoon. The Donohoes are inviting all of ^/their relatives and friends to join them in the celebration. MOVE TO CABIN CHAMBERS—Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dankert and daughter moved Saturday to a cabin at the five mile comer.