The Frontier
VOLUME 68.—NUMBER 2. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. MAY 20, 1948. PRICE 7 CENTS.
CELEBRATE GOLDEN AND SILVER JUBILEES . . . Two
nuns of the Roman Catholic Order of St. Francis simultan.
eously celebrated their golden and silver jubilees, marking
the completion of 50 and 25 years, respectively, in religious
work. Sister Mary Bruno (left), a native of Germany and
an immigrant to the U. S. at the age of 18, spent 37 years in
an Indian mission in South Dakota before coming to O Neill,
where she has been for 10 years. Sister Mary Casilda (light)
is the former Agnes Tierney, daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas H. Tierney. Her father was a pioneer O’Neill
drayman. Three of her sisters are also members of the Or
der of St. Francis. They are: Sister Mary Laurisa and Sis -
ter Mary Constance, botn of Alliance, and Sister Florissa, of
Havre, Mont. A special mass was said in St. Patrick’s church
May 5 in connection with the observance, and a special pro
gram was presented by St. Mary’s academy pupils. — The
Frontier Photo by John H. McCarville._
CLEARY RITES
HELD TUESDAY
Holt Resident Since 1898
Succumbs Sunday;
Burial Here
Mrs. Inez Cleary, 69, widow
of the late John Cleary, sr.,
died Sunday at 6:45 p. m. at
the home of her daughter,
Mrs. John Turner, in O’Neill.
Mrs. Cleary had been ill since
September.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 10 a. m. in St.
Patrick's C a t h o 1 i c church
here with Rev. CyTil J. Wer
ner, assistant church pastor,
officiating. Burial was in
Calvary cemetery near her
husband's grave.
A large crowd attended the
funeral rites. The pallbearers
were: Austin Hynes, Clement
Cleary, Alex Cleary, Owen Di
vidson, Robert Yantzi, Donald
Sauser and Donald Murphy.
Born at Schuyler on Novem
ber 8, 1879, a daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mur
ray, Mrs. Cleary came with her
parents to Holt county in 1898.
On January 8, 1908, she mar
ried Jphn Cleaiy at O’Neill.
They began housekeeping on a
farm 9 miles north and 3 miles
west of O’Neill.
The Clearys became the pa
rents of *2 children.
Survivors include: Son —
John Cleary, o f O'Neill;
daughter—Mrs. John Turner,
of O'Neill; 8 grandchildren;
brothers — Thomas Murray
and Henry Murray, both of
O'Neill.
A sister, Mrs. Joseph Maring,
and a brother, Lawrence Mur
ray, both of O’Neill, preceded
Mrs. Cleary in death.
Among those from out-of
town attending the services
were: Matt Cleary, of Atkin
son; Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Welch, of Omaha; Mrs. Lizzie
Angel, of Spencer; Mrs. Mary
Langan and David Langan,
both of Spencer; Mrs. Norbert
Schaaf, of Atkinson; and Mrs.
Gilbert Belew, of Sioux City.
The late Mrs. Cleary made
her home with Mrs. Turner j
since Mr. Cleary’s death on !
April 19, 1946.
Brittells Sell
Chambers Bakery
—
CHAMBERS— Mr. and Mrs.
F. S. Brittell, who have oper
ated the Chambers bakery for
the past 16 months, have sold
the business to Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Hardy, of Ericson. The
new owners will take posses
sion late this week.
The Brittells say that “poor
health" is the reason for their
selling.
They are undecided what
their future work will be, but
they plan to “rest for several
weeks.” Their household goods
have been moved to Inman.
BAND REHEARSAL SLATED
The first rehearsal for the
summer season of the Munici
pal band will be held in the
O’Neill public school band
room Friday at 7:30 p. m., it
has been announced by Direc
tor Ira George.
Returns from Santa Ane—
EWING—Mis. J. C. Kay re
turned Friday from Santa Ana,
Calif., where she had snent the
winter with relatives. She was
accompanied to Ewmg and O’
Neill by Mr. and Mrs. George
W. Davies. °
Charles Bowden, 64 «",,fered
chest injuries late Wedne^'’”
when he fell from tv,e roof
at the Country club. He was
taken to the O’Neill hospital
where the extent of his injur
ies was not immediately ascer
tained.
KELLY-MILLER
CIRCUS COMING
The A1 G. Kelly-Miller Bros,
circus will be in O’Neill Tues
day, May 25, for 2 performan
ces, afternoon and night. The
show will set up on the aca
demy ball park.
This will mark the first ap
pearance of a big circus here
in 3 years, a Kelly-Miller rep
resentative said. This show
boasts the second largest herd
of elephants in America today.
A herd of giraffes are a re
cent addition to the large col
lection of animals.
ALUMNI BANQUET
ATTRACTS 224
Mrs. Nellie Conner Only
Member of 1893
Class Present
Special to the Frontier
EWING — Mrs. Nellie Con
ner, a member of Ewing high
school’s class of 1893 — the
first graduating class in the
school’s history — was pre
sent Tuesday evening when
224 alumni gathered for the
annual banquet. She was the
only member of the first class
present at the affair sponsor
ed by the Ewing High School
Alumni association.
Sarah Hohman, Mrs. Con
ner's sister, is the only other
living member of the class,
but she was unable to be
present.
The guests, dressed in Spring
finery, were seated around
gailey decorated tables. These
included 4 members of the class
of 1897: Henry Drayton, of Or
chard; Mrs. Lena Sorenson, of
Tom’s River, N. J.; Claud Van
Zandt, of Des Moines, la., and
Mrs. Della Swain, of Glasgow,
Mont.
Mrs. Catherine Carlson, of
Orchard, served as toastmas
ter. The group was served a
dinner prepared by the ladies
of St. Peter’s Catholic church,
and served by the junior
and senior classes of the high
school.
Recent graduates were wel
comed into the alumni or
ganization by William Lof
quest, acting president, and
Miss Phyllis Fry. president
of the class of 1948. respond
ed.
Others in the program were
Mias Amber Scholtman and
Mrs. V.hlda Carr, both Ewing
!-V teachers, and Miss Elja
McCullough, Holt county sup
erintendent of schools and a
member of the class of 1909;
Dorothy Pillock; Mrs. A. S.
Evans, Virginia Bennett. Wayne
Fry, Mrs. Wilbur Spangler,
Mrs. Henry Drayton, and Mrs.
Henry Reimer.
New officers elected are: Mrs.
Francis Shaw, president; Ar
thur Sanders, secretary-trea
surer; and Robert Dunaway,
alternate secretary- treasurer.
Mrs. Henry Drayton read the
prophecy of the class of 1897.
It referred to “rapid transit by
air machines.”
Poppy Poster Contest
Winner Named
In the annaul American Le
gion poppy poster contest held
recently winners were announ
ced as follows: Class I — Da
vid Lee Schaffer, first, Mary
Katheryn Turner, second; Class
II — Helen Harty, first, Robert
Carroll, second.
Class I included grades 4,
5, and 6 and Class II grades
7, 8, and 9. Judges were a
committee of 3 members from
tiie American Legion auxiliary.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Walker
and daughter, Rae Jean, of
Norfolk, wree Sunday guests
in the Larry Johnson home
here.
FRAKA RITES
HELD MONDAY
Inman Resident, 73,
Expires Saturday;
Born in Illinois
Special to the frontier
INMAN — Funeral services
for J. B. Fraka. 73, were held
here Monday afternoon at the
Methodist church. Mr. Fraka
died Saturday at his home at
Inman.
Rev. E. T. Baldwin, church
pastor, officiated and burial
was in the Inman cemetery
under the direction of Biglin
Brothers of O’Neill.
Jesse Bertrand Fraka was
born January 26, 1875, at
Salem. 111. As a small
child he came to Boone
county, Nebraska, with his
parents. and in 1897 he
moved from Boone county
to Inman, where he resided
the remainder of his life.
His father, Henry Fraka, was
born in Germany, and his
mother, Eliza Ann Angle Fra
ka, was born in Minnesota.
For a quarter of a century
Mr. Fraka worked for the Wat
son Hay Co. Residing on the
edge of Inman, he also did
some farming.
On September 30, 1908, he
married Miss Mae Leidy, of
Inman. They became the par
ents of 6 children.
Survivors: Widow; daugh
ters — Mrs. William (Esther)
'Brodman, of Venus; Mrs. Ed
ward (Ruth) Conard, of Deer
Island, Ore.; Mrs. Donald
(Hazel) Luben, of Inman; Mrs.
Merlin (Muriel) Luben, of
Clearwater; 11 grandchildren;
sister—Mrs. May Johnson, of
Macy.
Two sons — Willard and
Lowell—preceded their father
in death.
The pallbearers al the fu
neral riles were: Karl F.
Keyes. Earl Watson, Earl
Miller, Harry McGraw, A.
N. Butler, and F. E. Keyes.
Mrs. Ruth Watson. Mrs. El
vin Smith, Mrs. Roy Gannon,
'Kenneth F. Smith and Manuel
1 M. Crosser sang 3 hymns with
| Mrs. Lewis Kopecky, jr., at
I the piano.
Among out-of-town persons
Pi. ?nt for the rites were:
| Mrs. Mary Peterson, of Deer
I Island, Ore.; Mrs. Johnson, of
Macy; Mrs. Ethel Summers, of
Middlebranch. and Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph N. Leidy, of O’.
Neill.
EWING’S MONTY
5TH IN STATE 440
EWING — Ewing high
school’s 2 entries in the state
track meet, held last weekend
at Lincoln, failed to bring
home gold medals, but they
did make a fine showing.
In the 440-yard dash, Lor
raine Montgomery took fifth
place. This race was won by
Jack Scoville, of Hartington.
who set a new state record
I with his time of 51.6 and took
i home the gold medal for this
, event.
David Cloyd took third in
his heat of the 880-yard run.
but his heat was not fast
enough for him to place. The
880-yard run was set up in 2
heats in which the contestants
ran against time. Don Moor
hous, of Culbertson, won the
race in 2 minutes flat.
Valedictory Honors Go
to Katheryn Newhouse
CHAMBERS — Twenty-one
seniors of Chambers high
school received diplomas Fri
day. May 14. in commencement
exercises held at the school
auditorium. Frank O. McIn
tyre, dean of Norfolk junior
college, was the commence
ment speaker.
Katheryn Newhouse won
valedictory honors and Ruth
Smith received salutatory hon
ors.
The class will, h'story and
poem were read and several
musical selections were pre
sented.
Jack McClenahan and Con
nie Jarman, both juniors, were
chosen to lead the graduates
in the processional and reces
sional.
The following are the mem
bers of the graduating class:
Jo Ellen Hertel, Mary Lou
Walter, Chloe Ellen Harley
Shirley Maas, Carolyn Jorgen
sen, Vernon Shmidt, Lloyd Hil
legas, Geneva Rasmusson, Ann
Taggart, Jeanenne G ibson
Gerald Grimes, Joanne Hertel
Dorthy Jorgensen, Lois McKay
Milton Grimes, Jeannene Por
ter, Jim Cavanaugh, Katheryn
Newhouse, Louanne Eisenhau
er, Ruth Small and Norman
Walter.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peter
son, of Mills, arrived Tues
day for a visit in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. A. Cowper- ]
thwaite.
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GRADUATE NURSE . . .
Miss Naomi Marston, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
Marston, of Dorsey, was
among 25 who graduated
Friday from the school of
nursing of the Clarkson
memorial hospital at Oma
ha. Rt. Rev. Howard R.
Blinker, bishop of the Ne
I braska diocese of the Epis
i copal church, delivered the
address and presented di
plomas. Nurse Marston
I graduated from Verdigre
high school in 1944. Her
parents were present at the
graduation exercises and re
ception which followed.
M'INTYRE NAMED
MAY 30 SPEAKER
Norfolk Junior College
Dean Heads Memorial
Day Program
Frank O. McIntyre, dean ' of
the Norfolk junior college, this
week accepted the invitation
to deliver the Memorial day
address in O’Neill on Sunday,
May 30. He will head the 2:30
I p.m. program at the American
Legion auditorium.
Simonson post 93 of the
American Legion is sponsor
ing the memorial rites for
O'Neill's war dead There
will be a parade o* Douglas
avenue at 2 pan., followed
by the program.
Commander Glea Wade is in
charge of arrangements. Com
plete program plans will be
announced next week.
Because Memorial day is one
of the holidays recognized for
closing by the Chamber of
Commerce, officials of the or
ganization have announced that
all member-firms will be j
closed on Monday, May 31.
Ewing Legion Plans
Memorial Rites —
Special To Thl Frontier
EWING — At the meeting
of the Sanders post of the
American Legion on Monday,
May 17, final plans were made
for a Memorial day service
which will be held in the Ew
ing high school Sunday, May
30, at 2:30 p.m.
The ladies auxiliary will be
in charge of the rites at the
school, while the Legion mem
bers will conduct the cere
monies at the cemeteries.
Lyle P. Dierks, commander
of the post, is in charge of ar
rangements; the firing detail
will be commanded by Robert
Eppenbach; Wilbur Spangler
and Julian Sojka will serve as
color gaurd; Roy Wright and[
Charles Regan will bear the
colors.
The ceremony of lowering 3
flower laden boat into the Elk- !
horn in honor of the Navy
dead will be conducted by 1
Clifford Hahlbeck and William
Lofquest.
S.UZETTE SAYS "HELLO"
. . . This is Little Miss Su
zette Cavanaugh, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Maurice
Cavanaugh, jr., of. O’Neill,
Suzette is this week's winner
of the baby photographic
contest sponsored by the O’
Neill Photo Co.
BOYS TOWN
FOUNDER DIES
St. Patrick’s Church
Here Was First Parish
for Father Flanagan
Rt. Rev. Edward J. Flana
gan, founder of Nebraska’s
famous Boys Town and a for
mer assistant pastor of St. Pat
rick’s Catholic church here,
died in an Army hospital in
Berlin, Germany, late Friday.
The 62-year-old priest, famed
for his credo, “There is no
such thing as a bad boy,” was
stricken with a heart attack.
Father Flanagan, who has
championed the cause of un
derprivileged boys for over
3 decades, went to Vienna,
Austria, in March to study
Austrian youth conditions.
During his tour he was re
ceived by Pope Pius XII.
Later he went to Germany
at the invitation of the Army,
In 1947 he made a similar
mission to Japan.
Father Flanagan was born
in Roscommon, Ireland. He
had 11 brothers and sisters.
He was educated in Ireland,
the United States, and in
Rome, where his health fail
ed. He then went to Omaha
and worked in a meat pack
ing plant. He was ordained at
Innsbruck, Austria, at the Jes
uit university in 1912.
His first parish was St. Pat
rick s church in O Neill where
he was assinged as assistant
pastor in the Fall of 1912. On
March 15, 1913, he was trans
ferred to Omaha an assistant
at St. Patrick’s church there.
It was in Omaha he conceived
the idea for Boys Town, which
was founded in 1917.
Boys Town has since grow'n
into a busy community. It
was incorporated in 1936 and
Hollywood produced a film,
“Boys Town,” the same year.
Father Flanagan gave
sanctuary to boys accused of
crimes ranging from petty
thievery to murder. He
pleaded in many courts for
custody of youths—contend
ing that environment was
the most effective antidote
for curbing juvenile delin
quency.
The remains will be buried
Friday within the grounds of
the “city for little men.” Rev.
Edmond C. Walsh, acting di
rector of Boys Town, said Fa
ther Flanagan would be bur
ied in the northeast corner of
th Dowd Memorial chapel.
Funeral services will be
held Friday at 7:30 a.m. and
at 10 a.m. at Dowd chapel.
13 GKADS AT
INMAN HIGH
Special To The frontier
INMAN—Commencement ex
ercises for the class of 1948 of
Inman high school were held
Wednesday, May 12, when Dr.
Allen P. Burkhardt, superin
tendent of the Norfolk schools,
addressed the 13 members oi’
the graduating class on “One
World or Thirteen Worlds.”
LuElla Watson was the val
edictorian while Delmont Heck ;
was salutatorian.
The class was presented by
Mrs. Ira George to the board
of education, and Kenneth F.
Smith, president of the board
of education, presented the di
plomas to:
Shirley Appleby, Gene
vieve Brunckhorst. Deloris
Cadwallader. Bonnie Couch.
John Harte, Paul Hartigan,
Delmont Heck, Erma Luben.
Max Moseman, Henrietta and
Ervin Sobotka.
The mixed chorus sang 2 vo
cal selections with Mrs. Ralph
Gray at the piano. Elder Jo
seph U. Coon gave the invoca
tion and Rev. E. T. Baldwin
pronounced the benediction.
Mr. Coon presented diplomas
to the 10 members of the
eighth grade who will be eli
gible to enter high school this ,
Fall. They were: Ruby Bald
win, Richard Bahn, Ila June
Coon, Joan Coventix Gary
Couch, Imogene Davis, Mary
Halstead, Larry Sawyer, Har
lan and Harold Neilsen. j
Supt. Ralph Gray presented 1
swards to seniors as follows: j
LuElla Watson, regent’s scho
larship to University of Ne
braska and the State Teachers’
college scholarship; Delmont
Heck, Norfolk junior college
scholarship; Erma Luben, al
ternate regents’ scholarship;
Gordon S h o 1 e s, best “all
-ound boy” and best member
bn student council from the
Hass for 4 years: Max Moss
man, best athlete; Genevieve
Brunckhorst, best “all-round |
girl.
Returns from 'U'—
Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Hiatt
will go to Lincoln Friday to
bring their son, Gordon, home.
He has been attending the
University of Nebraska.
Road Parley to
Be Held Here
MOISTURE NEED
GROWS CRITICAL
Surface Dry hut There
Is Some Reserve
Subsoil Moisture
The need for moisture is be- ^
coming urgent in the O’Neill
region. The top-soil is dry;
however, there is still some re-1
serve sub-soil moisture.
County Agent A. Neil
Dawes said Wednesday the
moisture deficiency is not
yet critical, but rain within
the next few days is of "ut
most importance".
Meanwhile, the weather has
been highly favorable for the
actual planting of corn, and
Dawes estimates that upwards
of 20 percent of the corn is al
ready in the ground in Holt
county.
The small grain outlook is
about 80 percent normal, the
agricultural agent indicated.
A battle royal is in progress
between Holt county small
grain and weeds—notably coc
kleburrs, sunflowers and bind
week. Extensive spraying with
the new 2, 4-D preparation is
being carried out.
The dryness has cut deeply
into bluegrass crop prospects.
Seventy-one Nebraska
counties report a shortage of
surface moisture
No precipitation was record
ed here during the 7-day pe
riod ending Wednesday. The
week’s summary, based on 24
hour periods ending at 8 a. m.
daily, follows:
Hi Lo Moist.
May 13.. 66 45
May 14 _ 75 56
May 15 ..90 43
May 16 _ 75 45
May 17 ._.. 73 45
May 18 _ 84 60
May 19 '.. 89 60
HOLTLEAGUE
OPENS SUNDAY
Pennant Chace for Six
Teams to Begin ;
O’Neill to Stuart
“Play ball!”
That familiar cry of the um
pire will be heard ’round the
Holt county baseball league
Sunday as the newly-organ-1
ized 6-team loop gets under- j
way with 1948 play. The
card:
O’Neill at Stuart.
Atkinson at Ev/ing.
Chambers at Page.
League officials say the race
is a wide-open affair. Merle
Fagan, of Chambers, is loop
president; Lawrence Haynes,
of Page, vice-president, and
Dick Tomlinson, of O’Neill,
secretary-treasurer,.
Team managers are; O’Neill
—Tomlinson; Stuart — Ernest
Smith; Atkinson—August Tro
shynski; Ewing—Henry Flem
ing; Chambers—Harry McKay
and Duane Carson; Page —
Kenneth Waring
Doc Mancuso and Randall
Smith are expected to
strengthen the Atkinson
cause.
Chambers battled with Ly
nch for last year’s title in the
Holt - Boyd county league
which in the meantime hasj
disbanded.
To Demonstrate at
National Parley—
Miss Laveta Lehn returned
last Thursday from Omaha
where she attended a state
meeting of the Dental Assist
ants. Miss Lehn was awared
:he honor of being selected to
aut on a table clinic demon
stration at the national meet
ng of Dental Assistants at
Chicago, 111., in September.
PAGE TRIUMPHS
EWING—Ewing’s town base
sail team was no match for
Page’s team on Sunday, May
16. Page took Ewing 17-7. Ew
ng made too many errors.
Depart for Hollywood—
Mark Stanton and daughter,
Winifred, of Hollywood, Calif,
left last Thursday for their
home after a visit with rela
tives here.
Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess
returned last Thursday from
Omaha where Dr. Burgess had
attended a meeting of the
State Dental Society.
Gov. Peterson’s Highway
Advisory Committee
Meets Wednesday
Road problems confronting
residents in the O’Neill region
will be aired here Wednesday
when the Nebraska Highway
Advisory committee meets in
the Holt county district court
room at the courthouse. The
public hearing begins at 10
a.m.
Road problems in Boyd,
Holt, Garfield, Wheeler, An
telope. Pierce, Knox and Ce
dar counties will be threshed
over.
A series of statewide hear
ings are being conducted by
the committee for the purpose
of giving the committee mem
bers an opportunity to hear the
thoughts and opinions of peo
ple in the area regarding road,
street and highway needs.
Invitations have been sent
to all county commissiioners
and supervisors in the counties
concered as well as to mayors,
chairmen of village boards,
newspapers and civic groups.
A similar meeting will be
held Tuesday at Norfolk and
next Thursday at Valentine.
Julius D. Cronin, O’Neill at
torney, is the only committee
member from Holt county.
Others in the area include: C.
E. Haley, of Hartington; R. D.
Harrison, of Norfolk, and J. C.
yuigley, of Valentine.
The committee was appoin
ted last year by Governor
Peterson and the state legis
lative council sub-committee
on roads after mounting de
mands for action on the var
ious systems in the state in
dicated that decisive steps
would have to be taken.
George W. Holmes, of Lin
coln, committee chairman, may
conduct the O’Neill hearing.
He explained that the O’Neill
parley is “a small but essen
tual part of the larger over
all effort now in progress in
Nebraska for determining the
state’s road, street and high
way needs,” adding that it is a
means of ‘‘arriving at an ef
ficient long-range plan of de
velopment.”
$110,000 PAID FOR
HOLT RANCH
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Higgins,
of O'Neill, this week completed
arrangements for the purchase
of the 4,080-acre Henry Hook
stra ranch southwest of Atkin
son. The purchase price is
110 thousand dollars.
Mr. Higgins and his wife set
teled on a ranch at Inez, 18
miles southwest if Atkinson,
in 1917. Three ago they sold
this ranch and invested in pro
perty at Correctionville, la.,
and at Creston.
The Hookstra ranch has good
pasture and a variety of hay
land.
Newcomers to Be Honored
at Country Club Smoker—
A men’s smoker will be held
at the Country club tonight
(Thursday), honoring newcom
ers in the city and friends of
the club. The affair will be
gin at 8 o’clock. There will be
entertainment and refresh
ments, it has been announced.
Family Reunites—
Charles Jones, of Schuyler,
spent the weekend here visit
ing his sister, Mrs. D. N. Loy,
and brothers, Herley Jones, of
O’Neill, and Ben Jones, of
Chambers. Mrs. John Walmer,
of Orchard, another sister,
joined the group Sunday at the
Ben Jones home.
Son in Choral Group—
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jones
and Mr. and Mrs. George Rob
ertson went to Columbus Fri
day to attend the annual
Spring concert of the Apollo
i.iii, a men’s choral gt.)' p. C.
Vincent Jones, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Jones, is a member
of the gn up.
Donna Fae Clements, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Clements, began work this
week as secretary at the Na
tional Auto Parts company in
Omaha.
Nuns Vi it Hsre—
Sisters Mary Verisslma and
Mary Feicipas, B.V.M.’s, of
Lincoln, were weekend guests
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. McCarville, sr. Sister
Mary Felicipas is a sister of
Mr. McCarvi l**.
Mr. and Mrs. Mikn Smith
returned Sundav from Omaha
where they joined their son,
Sgt. Darold Smith, of Mac
Dill Field. Fla., in a visit.