The Frontier
VOLUME 67.—NUMBER 45. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. MARCH 13. 1948. PRTCE 7 CENTS.
First Annual Spring Edition
Spring . . . the magic season when all na
ture comes forth with that “new look” ... is
j ust around that well-known corner.
In welcoming Spring and the joyous Easter
season, The Frontier in cooperation with O’
Neill’s leading business firms presents this week
its first annual Spring edition. In it you'll find
30 pages jam-packed with the latest news, fea
tures and pictures as well as up-to-the-minute
shopping news. For folks who like round num
bers, there are over 1,200 inches of news and
pictures alone!
This mammoth paper is entering 4,500 homes
in the greater O'Neill trade territory. In ad
dition to The Frontier's regular subscribers,
more than 3,300 copies are going into rural
homes in Holt. Boyd. Rock, Knox. Garfield.
Wheeler and Antelope counties, in Nebraska,
and Gregory and Charles Mix counties in South
Dakota.
This extended coverage effort is the greatest in
The Frontier’s history and possibly the biggest
single issue ever published in Holt or its adjoin
ing counties.
Perhaps never before in history have the O’
Neill business people offered the variety and se
lection in clothing, foods, furniture, implements
and other items as told about in this L-sue.
Certainly never before in history have the
service institutions offered the quality service
that is available in O'Neill loday—ranging
from repair of automobile* and tractors to doc
toring delicate timepieces and dry cleaning of
garments.
It’s The Frontier’s guess that the thousands
of readers from Lake Andes to Ericson and from
Bassett to Orchard will agree that there is no
shopping center comparable to O’Neill within
nearly a hundred miles.
—THE PUBLISHER
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OFFICIAL
City and County
NEWSPAPER
MRS. MENISH IS 99 . . . Well and active, Mrs. William Men
ish, of O’Neill, assisted with the preparation of the dinn r on
er 99th birthday anniversary on March 9. The anniversary
was a quiet affair with a dozen nei0hbors and s.verai of her
own in for a dinner. Mrs. Menish. formerly B idgett O Mal
ley, was born at Carbondale, Pa., in 18 9. As a school girl
her heartbeat quickened when she saw' Abraham Lincoln on
several occasions. She and her husband were homesteaders
in Shields township, north of O’Neill. They reared a family
of 8 children. Mrs. Menish has a remarkable sense of humor
despite her advanced age, wryly asking the cameraman if the
flash would “help the gravy’’ she was stirring,—The Frontier
Photo by John H. McCarville.
FORMER INMAN
R IDENT DIES
Mrs. Frank Manchester
and Husband Came to
Holt in 1893
Special to The frontier
INMAN—Mrs. Frank J. Man
chester, 87, a Holt county resi
dent between 1893 and 1920,
died February 28 at Santa
Cruz, Calif., according to word
received here. She and her
husband came to Holt county
from Iowa, moving to Gilroy
Calif., in 1920.
Mrs. Manchester, the form
er Lydia M. Ballanlyne, was
born January 29, 1861 at Ma
dera. Tex. She was married
to Mr. Manchester in Iowa on
March 7. 1880.
Arriving in Holt county, they
settled in the Inman vicinity.
Six children were born to
Mr. and Mrs. Manchester and
2 preceeded her in death. Mr.
Manchester died A 'ust 7
1937.
Survivors includ : Daughter’s
_Mrs. Harry McGr..w, of In
man, and Mrs. Edith —I. Clem
ent, of Morgan. 111.; sons—
Clarence F. Manchester, of
Santa Cruz, and Floyd E. Man
chester, of Palo Alto, Cali!
There are 10 grandchildren, 8
great-grandchildren, and 1
gr -t-great-grandchild. She is
also survived by a brother and
a sister in Charter Oak, la.,
and a brother in Lexington,
Okla.
Funeral services were at Gil
roy in charge of Elder Charles
J. Cody of the Reorganized
Church of Latter Day Saint
to which the late Mrs. Man
chester belonged.
BEG YOUR PARDON
In an advertisement for
the Montgomery hardware,
in section A. page 6-B, a com
bination Majestic gas-coal
range is erroneously termed
a combination oil-gas range.
In a political advertise
ment for Frank Nelson in,
section C, page 3, it is er
roneously stated that Mr.
Nelson resides 17 miles south
and 4 miles east of O’Neill.
It should have read that Mr.
Nelson reside 17 miles
north and 4 miles cast of
O’Neill.
JOSEPH SEDIVY
DEAD AT LYNCH
Pioneer Boyd County
Homesteader Suffers
a Stroke
LYNCH—Joseph Sedivy, 92,
of Lynch, died March 10 at the
Sacred Heart hospital. Death
followed a light stroke and a
heart attack, which occured 2
days before his death. Services
were held Monday at the Cath
olic church in Lynch.
Mr. Sedivy came to^ Boyd
county many years ago and
homesteaded on a farm 1 mile
east of Lynch. Up until the
time of his death, he still re
sided on the farm which was
operated by a daughter and
husband.
Survivors include: Sons—
John, in California; Emil, of
Tilden; Andrew, of Monowi;
Frank, of Gross; daughters—
Anna and Martha, of Lake An
des, S. D., Frances, in Oregon;
Helen, of Ravinnia, S. D., Rose
tnd Marie, of Lynch.
BERGER RITES
HELD SUNDAY
Holt Resident Since
1890 V ictim of a
Heart Attack
Funeral services lor Char is
E, Berger, 65, were held at the
Methodist church here Sunday
at 2 p. m. Mr. Berger died
early last Thursday at his
home, located 18 miles north
east of O’Neill. Death w.is
caused by a heart attack.
He was born at Monona,
la., on August 20, 1882, and
came with his parents to
Holt county in December,
1890,
In 1900 the late Mr, Berger
and his brother, John, enter
ed into partnership in farming
the Berger family place, later
purchasing it. The place has
been developed into a large
ranch.
On April 22, 1905 he married
Miss Lillian Brady, of Eu
claire, Wis. They had one son,
Kenneth, who was a drowning
victim in O’Donnell’s lake in
July, 1936.
Survivors include: Widow;
brothers — John, of O’Neill;
George, Sam and Chris, all of
Weiner, Ark.; sister—Mrs. Min
nie Joyce, of Chaffee, Mo. One
brother, Fred, and 1 sister,
Elizabeth, are deceased.
The pallbearers at the fun
eral rites were: Carl Widtfeldt,
Lloyd Whaley, Melvin Johring,
Henry Martin and August
Smith.
Among those from out-of
towm attending the funeral
were: Sam Berger, Mr. and
Mrs. Chris Berger and Mr. and
Mrs. George Berger, all of Wein
er, Ark.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Colleus, of LeMars, la.; Mrs.
Minnie Joyce, of Chaffee, Mo.;
Mr. and Mrs. Les Smith, of
Atkinson, and Miss Della Brady,
of Omaha.
FIREMEN SUMMONED
A fire that developed near
a leaking fuel pump on an
automobile owned by A1 Strubc
resulted in fire alarm Friday.
The O’Neill volunteer fire de
department responded. Damage
was slight.
Guests Tuesday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Melcna
were Mr. Melena’s brother and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mol
ena, of St. Paul, Minn. This
was the first visit of the broth
ers for a number of years.
Mona and Her ‘Mary Muffet’
(Editor’s note: Excerpts
from Farm Journal, Wash
ington Square, Philadelphia,
Pa., are made with special
permission from the maga
zine’s publisher.)
The March issue of the Farm
Journal, a well-known month
ly magazine with more than
2l/2 million circulation, took its
feminine readers shopping for
“something new, something
fetchingly Easter-like.” The ar
ticle was entitled, “In the Eas
ter Parade.”
In doing so, Polly, Farm
Journel’s fashion editor, sing
led out for a model a pert 4
H club girl named Joan John
ston, who comes from a hilltop
farm in southwestern Virginia.
Polly took Joan shopping in
nearby Roanoke, Va.
“Since dress designers in St.
Louis create some of the very
prettiest clothes,” Polly wrote,
“it’s no surprise that the out
fits Joan chose were made
there.”
“Joan’s been buying St. Louis
Mary Muffet’ dresses ever
since she’s been a ’teen. She’s
a slender girl and ‘Mary Muf
fets’ always seem to fit her
through the waist,” her moth
er says. The perky styles suit
Joan, too.
“The Mary Muffet manufac
turers told us that Mona Shel
ton, one of their young de
signers, is a former 4-H club
clothing winner from Nebras
ka.”
To many O'Neill readers
the name of Mona Shelton
did not register as one of
thp city's native daughters.
But the accompanying pic
ture readily identified her as
the former Mona Melvin,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Melvin.
Mona started designing when
she took first prize for the
best-tailored costume in her
Mona Melvin Shelton . . .
her 'Mary Muffet' dresses are
on sale all over the coun- j
try.
4-H club at O’Neill when she I
was a student at St. Mary’s
academy. She went to St.
Louis back in 1935 to study a
Washington university school
of design. From there she
stepped right into her design
rooms of Mary Muffet.
“We asked Mona to dream
up a dress especially for Joan
and exclusively for Farm Jour
nal,” the article continued.
“A 2-tone butcher linen
wrap-around in Joan's fav
orite color—pale pink, plus
navy blue—was what she
turned out. Right now it's
in stores all over the coun
try.
“Joan’s Easter dress shows
that the day of the Sloppy Joe
is ever. Easter ’48, we’re look
ing dainty ...”
‘Joan’s dress is fastened with
tiny feminine cord bows—half
pink, half navy blue—at her
neck, hip and waist. Her
wrap-around curves at the j
hem. In the Gibson Girlish
collar, Joan has an appealing
look.”
Mona and her engineer ng i
husband, Harry, .are currently :
remodeling a barn into a per
manent home. It is located]
near St. Louis.
Mona will be more at home
in the country than in the
bustle of the big city. After
all, she’s a girl from the coun
try town of O’Neill.
The Lloyd Black family ... 3 sets of
twin boys have boosted the total in the fam
ily to 11. Fn the photograph are: Back row
—John Richard, 13, Marlene, 9, and D rothy.
11; front row—Lloyd. Mr. Black, Donald. Lar
ry (in his father's arms), Mrs. Black, Gary (in
hi3 m.iihcr's arms), Ronald, and Floyd.—The
Frontier Photo by John H. McCarville.
I w . - \ *
Some doctors describe the coming of 3 sets of twins in
sue ession as a "medical phenomena."—Larry (left) and Gar
ry vere the third set of twins boys arriving in the home of
the Ewing family. Larry weighed 6Vi pounds; Garry, 7'/a.—
The roniier Photo by John H. McCarville.
FARM WOMAN
SUFFERS BURNS
CELIA—Do! othy Scott, of
Celia, was badly burned re
cently while attempting to fill
a lamp, presumably because
she attempted to use gasoline
instead of kerosene.
She suffered second-degree
burns on her arms and hands
when the can exploded and set
fire to some furniture. Her sis
ter, Mrs. Chuck Dobias, hus
band and children, were a’so
in the house at the time but
escaped. Mrs. Dobias received
some facial burns. Mr. Do
bias succeeded in putting out
the fire but the room and its
contents were ruined.
The fire happened on the
Dell Scott place and in the
smaller house located on that
farm.
BECKWITH LAND
SELLS AT $70
A public auction of the late
Fred Beckwith lands held
Monday attracted a large
crowd. Some personal property
was sold, but interest centered
mainly on the sale of real es
tate.
The home place of 310 acres
was sold for $70 an acre. Rex
Beckwith was the purchaser
A 150-acre pasture was pur
chased by Tom Welsh, of Em
met, at $22 an acre. Two oth
er tracts of pasture land, tut
aling 135 acres, were sold lot
$24.50 and $25.75 an acre re
spectively. Pure'1 er of these
two tracts was Leon Beckwith
These properties-'are located1
about 6 miles east of Atkinson
The home place was owned
since 1911 by the late Fred,
Beckwith. Ernie Weller, of At
kinson, conducted the auction.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fmmett Moore
spent March 8 and 9 in Sioux
City attending a Shorthorn cat
tle show.
Twins are common in
the families of both the fath
er and mother. This phono
graph. taken out of fin old al
bum, shows the father of the
3 sets of twins. Lloyd Black,
sr.. (right) and his twin
brother. Floyd.
COOKS MARRIED
HALF-CENTURY
CHAMBERS—Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Cook, former Cham
bers residents, celebrated the r
golden wedding anniversary or;
March 9 at the Methodis’
church in Ericson. where they
reside.
Highlight of the celebration
was a dinner in which 3-tier
ed wedding cakes, topped w t'
a miniature “bride,” “bride
groom” and bells, decer.it d
the tables.
AH but 2 of the Cook’s 1
children were present in ad
dition to ab6ut 60 other guests.
The Cooks formerly i esi <e 1
on a farm near Chamb r .
A n-'i-g the guests were Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Wintermote,
of Chambers, and Mr. and Mrs.
R. C. Boughn, of Brookins:
Ore.
RED CROSS DRIVE
IS LAGGING HERE
Funds Are Short an
Push Passes Ha f
Way Mark
The Holt county 1948 Ame i
can Red Cross membership
drive and fund-raising cam
paign has passed the half-way
mark as far as the time ele
ment is concerned, but is con
siderably behind the half-way
mark in regard to funds,
Mrs. J. J. Berigan, Holt
drive chairman, said that un
doubtedly adverse weather con
ditions during the early part ot
the drive have retarded solica
tion in many localities.
In a statement, Mrs. Beri
gan said, “The Red Cross asks
vour help only once a year.
Please give generously.”
HERRE JEWELRY
SOLD TO IOWAN
The O. M. Herre Jewelry
store, a familiar name in the
O’Neill business directory for
the past 16 years, changed
ownership this week, according
to an announcement made
Tuesday. The new owner is
N. O. McCrary, of Carroll, la.
Mr. Herre and Mrs. Herre
have not announced their plans
for the future, but indicated
they would remain in O’Neill !
for the present.
Mr. McCrary, who served 2
years in the South Pacific dur
ng World War II, is a gradu
ite of the Kansas City School
if Watchmaking and is a
member of the National Horo
ogical Association of America.
Mr. and Mrs. McCrary are
the parents of 2 children
Danny Jay, 2Vi, and Martha
lean, 1 Vi.
RECEIVES SERVICE PIN
D. A. Baker, of the Midwest
Motor Co., Ltd., Friday wa
iwarded a 10-year service pin
iy the Chevrolet division o'
General Motors. John A. Hurst
if Norfolk, district represent
ive, made the award. Baker
leads the Midwest’s body de
lartment.
Arrives from Cal fornia —
LYNCH—Mrs. Margaret Levi,
who has been in California, ar
rived for a visit at the homo
of her daughter, Mrs. Hugh
Glaze, and family.
Miss Hanley Here —
Miss Mary Hanley, of Om
iha, arrived Monday for a sev
eral days’ visit in O’Neill.
Mrs. J. D. Waters, of Schuy
ler, spent 5 days as guests at
the Thomas F. Higgins home.
She returned Saturday.
$180 PER MONTH
FOR NECESSITIES
Black Family, Swelled
by 3rd Set of Twins
Needs Help
(See pictures at left)
By a Staff Writer
EWING—The Lloyd Black
family, which counts the
mouths of 9 children including
3 sets of twins boys, needs
help.
Mr. Black, 38, is a day lab
orer working, he says, for 50
cents per hour, A self-appoint
ed committee of Ewing people,
trying to help the Blacks, es
timates that the family needs
$180 per month for “bare living
necessities.”
While Mrs. Black was con
fined during the birth of the
third set if twins, Mr. Black
stayed close to home. During
that period the family was
without his 50 cents per
hour income.
To complicate matters fur
ther, at least 3 of the children
need medical attention “and
need it badly,” according to one
of the committee members.
Mrs. Black is the former Ed
na Johnson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Johnson, who
reside near Ewing.
TM Black’s first-born was a
joy. John Richard, new 13.
Next came 2 girls, Dorothy,
now 11, and Marlene, 9.
On June 14, 1941, twin sons
came to live with the Blacks
and they were named Floyd
and Lloyd. They were named
for their father and his twin
brother, Floyd Black, also of
Ewing. The elder Floyd and
Lloyd are now 38, the little
fellows will soon be 7.
On November 9, 1942 there
came along another set of twin
boys—Donald and Ronald.
And on February 23, 1948
—less than a month ago—
there came along still anoth
er set of twin boys—Larry
and Garry.
The third set of twins boost
ed the total number of chil
dren in the family to 9.
Dr. J. W. Bennie, veteran
Clearwater physician, attended
the birth of all 3 sets of twins,
and Mrs. C. C. Hahlbeck, who
lives 2 blocks away, cared for
the mother and babes on the
last 2 occasions.
Mrs. Black has a sister who
is the mother of twins—a boy
and a girl—and she has a
cousin with a set of twins. *
Mr. Black’s father was the
late John Black. His mother
lives at Ewing.
The family has been living in
the present house less than 2
months.
When Garry and Larry ar
rived. a band of women con
verged on the house. They
paper 3 rooms, scrubbed the
entire house, painted some of
the walls, put up curtains,
replaced the mattresses, and
in general transformed the
interior of the shabby, run
down dwelling.
These women were: Mrs.
Frank Vandersnick. M r s.
Frank Bahn, Mrs. Walter Siev
ers, Mrs. Ray Butler, Mrs. Lion
el Gunter, Mrs. Herman Sch
rader, Mrs. J. Q. Archer, Mrs.
Leo Deblivan, Mrs. Everett
Ruby and Mrs. J. B. Splittler.
The women spent 2Vi days
readying it for the enlarged
Black family. Other women
brought food to the workers.
The Ewing chapter of the
American Red Cross, which is
headed by Mrs. Spittler, pur
chased materials for diapers
and undershirts for little Gar
iy and Larry and some of the
neighbors did the rest
Rev. C. Donald Vogel, of the
Presbyterian church, Mrs. Ruby
and Mrs. Spittler head the
committee that w'ants to help
the family. They are mainly
concerned with the 9 little
mouths and the 3 medical
cases.
Some clothing was brought
(Continued on page 4).
