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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1948)
Shelhamer Opening Edition 22 Pq,^0s The Frontier™; VOLUME 68. NUMBER 3. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, MAY 27. 1948 PRICE 7 CENTS Peter O. Price . . • after 13 years of study he is being or dained as a Jesuit priest. He will say ihis first solemn high mass in St. Patrick's Catholic church here Sunday, June 20. To Be Ordjined Thirteen years of intensive study will be culminated Mon day, June 14, when Peter O. Price, son of Mr. and Mrs. Er, nest G. Price, becomes ordain ed in the priesthood of the Society of Jesus, an order of the Roman Catholic church. The ordination will take place at St. Mary's, Kans. Most Rev. Joseph E. Ritter, STD, Archbishop of St. Louis, Mo., will conduct the ordin ation rite in Immaculata chapel at St. Mary's col lege. The new priest will offer his first solemn high mass. on Sunday, June 20, in St. Pat rick’s church at O’Neill. Mr. Price was born at Phoe nix on February 3, 1916. He attended rural schools and re ceived his high school educa tion at St. Mary’s academy in O’Neill. He entered the Society of Jesus—or Jesuit order — at Florissant, Mo., on August 8, 1935. Since then he has pur sued the regular Jesuit course of study, taking his philosophy at St. Louis (Mo.) university, and his theology at St. Mary’s, Kans. He taught for 3 years in an Indian mission school conducted by Jesuits in South Dakota. Rev. B. J. Leahy, of Fre mont, former assistant pastor of St. Patrick’s, will be the deacon at Father Price’s first mass. Basil Price, Father Price’s brother and an unor dained member of the Jesuit order, will serve as subdea con. The master of ceremonies will be Rev. J. Kaupp, of Stuart. -Aerial ‘Dusting’ Show Planned Saturday ATKINSON — A demonstra^ tion of the aerial application of the new 2, 4-D preparation will take place early Saturday at a time and place to be an nounced The demonstration is being worked out in cooperation with the Holt county extension ser vice. A 2. 4-D conference will be held Friday evening in Memorial hall. Several factors will enter into the selection of a site for the demonstration. These in clude the prevailing wind con ditions at the time set for the “dusting.” Car Dives into Creek; 3 Injured ORCHARD — F. E. Butter field. who lives north of Or chard; his sister, Mrs. Mae Cook, of Walnut, and Mrs John Van Horn, of Orchard were injured. not seriously when the car in which they were riding dived from a bridge west of Walnut and ov erturned in the creek bottom below about 5 o’clock Friday afternoon. Butterfield lost control of the car, from some unknown cause, as the car was crossing the bridge. Butterfield suffered severe cuts and bruises on his head, and one thumb was nearly sev ered, a number of stitches be ing required in the wound. Mrs. Van Horn was uncon scious for a time and remain ed in the hospital here over night for x-ray photographs. Mrs. Cook suffered an injury to her right arm and bruises. Poppy Girls Named— Mrs. Dean Streeter, chairman of the American Legion auxil iary’s poppy committee, has an nounced the selection of the j fe’lowing girls for selling the J artificial flowers on the streets of O’Neill on Saturday. The girls are; Kathryn Judge, 1 Rose Mary Corkle, Barbara Streeter, Mary Lois Kelly, Pa- 1 tricia Mullen. Marie Guthmil- 1 ler and Marilyn Mangan. A reception in honor oi Father Price will be held in Si. Mary's academy from 3 to 5 p. m. on ihe day of the first mass. Mr. and Mrs. Price have a son, Rev. Francis Price, of St Bridget’s parish, Omaha, whc was ordained 3Vfe years ago, and a son, Basil, who belongs to the Jesuit order and is studying for the priesthood. DIPLOMAS TO 42 AT ST. MARY'S Commencement To Be Held Today; Terms Ended in Schools During the past fortnighl term closing activities have been held at O’Neill’s 2 high schools—St. Mary’s Academy and O’Neill high school. Today (Thursday) at 10:30 a m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic church the commencement ex ercises for 42 St. Mary’s acad emy will be held. Rev. Dar Twohig, of Lynch, will offic jiate at the morning exercises. Nancy Froelich and Barbara Birmingham were awarded valedictory and salutatory honors respectively. O’Neill high school com mencement exercises were held Thursday, May 13, for a class of 30 seniors. Dr. Victor Mor ey, president of Wayne State Teachers college, delivered the commencement address. Four of the class were awarded scholarships. Paul Moseman was given the re gents’ scholarship to the Uni versity of Nebraska; Mary Head was awarded the church school scholarship and also the alternate for the regents' schol arship; Helen Johnson won the state teachers’ college scholar ship; and Clayton Johnson re ceived the scholarship to the Junior college at Norfolk. I Others from O’Neill high school eligible for scholarships were: Helen Urton, Walter Johnson. Gayle Widtfeldt, and Vivian Boelter. STREET TORN UP Workmen installing O’Neill’s new sewer system have torn u the city’s main thorough fare at the corner of Sixth and Douglas street, near Grattan township library and the Ar buthnot Oil Co. Traffic on fed eral highway 20 is being rout ed one block north. BOWDEN RECOVERING Clyde Bowden, who fell from the roof of the Country club on May 19, is recovering at the O’Neill hospital after re ceiving serious injuries. BARN BURNS DURING STORM Al\tS.lINO«JIN — n large uain on the Fred Mack farm, a mile southwest of Atkinson, was de stroyed by fire during an elec trical storm Saturday night. The lightning struck about 11: 45 p'. m. One setting hen was the only loss of livestock or poultry. The barn, which was locat ed about 50 yards from the house and other buildings, had. no livestock in it, but it was filled with hay and a power mower was stored inside the structure. A hard rain during the course of the fire is credited with saving the other build ings. Neighbors less -than 3 miles away reported no rrtois ture whatsoever. The blare lit up the countrv and was visible for many 171 DIPLOMAS TO EIGHTH GRADERS Dcnna Mae’s Sinking, Rhythm Band and Chorus Popular By a Staff Writer One hundred and seventy one Holt county eighth graders received their elementary di plomas in O'Neill Tuesday in I the annual promotion exercises. The event was held in the O’ Neill public school auditorium. Nearly 400 persons gather ed for the affair and the at tendance was large in spite of the facl that a circus was playing less than 3 blocks i away. Miss Elja McCullough, Holt county superintendent of pub lic instruction, presided and presented the diplomas and special awards to the gradu ates. Highest rural academic awards went to: Joellyn Nack haus, district 212; Betty Kra mer, 168; Fred Van Vleck, 131; Charles Hamik, 242; Max ine Park, 57; Roxana Simmons, 248; Jacquette Mosel, 173; Sandra Gilman, 211; Nicholas Sojka, 110; Lynn Prewitt, 243; Patricia Vandersnicht, 2 2 7;! Wilda Stamp, 47; Dick Kamp, 70. Highest town scnooi awwm ic awards were received by: Paul Fetrow, O’Neill; John , Bode, O’Neill; Faye Moses, ' Stuart; J. C. Graver, Ewing; Barbara Bennett, O’Neill; Don ald Calkins, O’Neill; Leona Fix, Amelia; Gene Tomjack, Ew ing. Winners of the essay contest were: Fred Van Vleck, first; Charles Hamik, second; Bessie Hartman, third. Other winners were: Evelyn Thompson, Rol land Carr, Pauline Anderson, Bill Raymer, Shirley Tither and Lois Miller. Winners of the current events contest were: Paul Fetrow, Bet ■ ty Kramer and Sandra Gil | man. The afternoon’s program highlighted the affair. Donna Mae Fuhrer, 15-year-old O’ I Neill polio victim and 1947 eighth grade graduate, sang 2 selections, including the “Cradle | Song.’’ Miss Fuhrer, who is al * mof t completely paralyzed, ap peared in a wheel chair. A year ago when she re ceived her eighth grade di ploma in a special ceremony at her bedside. Miss Fuhrer was paid a tribute over a na tionwide radio network by philosopher - reporter Ted Malone. Karen Garwood, a fifth grad l er, sang as a solo a tune en | titled, “I Don’t Want to Grow I tt0”. Two boys, Victor Schnei der and Melvin Krys, of dist ! rict 205 played an instrumental duet. Members of the Riverside 4 H club, sponsored by Mrs. Ed Boyle, presented a folk dance. Robert Sanders, of district 80, played an accordian solo, anu Donald Calkins, of O’Neil;, played a tuba solo. The hit on the program was the "swing" rhythm band from district 213, directed by Eileen Krysl, the teacher. These juvenile "swingsters" played 3 selections and the audience clamored for more. The Holt county rural chor us, which had been arranged by Miss McCullough and di rected by Mary Dodson, of Wilbur, sang a group of songs. Mrs. Howard Manson, of O’ Neill, substituted for the direc tor, who was ill. The 200-voice chorus, com posed of grade school voices from all corners of the county, I is a new venture. Their offer- j ings were received in a way j which indicated that the par ents would like to see the chorus become one of the per manent activities in the eoun. ! ty. The program was climaxed with a performance by C. J. Kramer, of Stanton, a magic ian. Recital To Be Held Wednesday — A grade school musical re cital will be held at the O'Neill public school auditorium next Wednesday, June 2. Music pup ils from both the O’Neill pub lic school and St. Mary’s acad emy will participate. Mr. and Mrs. J H. Bruns, Mrs. Irma Redd and daughter, | Margaret, moved Monday to O’Neill *r cm T>0cco»t where *bey had been living. Donna Mae Fuhrer, 15, . . . polio victim bedfast for 7 years, sings at eighth grade 4 promotion program. A year age (above) she received her eighth grade diploma in a special ceremony.—The Fron tier Photo by John H. Me* Carville. (See story at left) ALUMNI BANQUET ATTENDED BY 230 Many Out - of - Town St. Mary’s Grads Return for Reunion Many out -of - town St. Mary’s academy alumni trek ed into town over the weekend to be present for the annua! reunion of the Alumni Assoc iation. The reunion and ban quet were held in the acad emy. Two hundred and thirty persons attended the I p. m. banquet at which John R. Gallagher, an O'Neill attor ney, was the toastmaster. The following program wa: presented: “Our Clergy,” talk Robert Shoemaker; clarine ter,’ talk, Eileen Sullivan solo, John Berigan; “Alma Ma “Night and Day,” song, St Mary’s academy girls’ ensem ble; “The Sisters," talk, Veron ica Coyne; selections, girls trio (Marde Birmingham, Ber nadette Hynes and Lorraim Simonson); “Oh. No John”, vo cal, Dan DeBacker and Nancj Froelich; “Welcome to th< Class of 1948,” Dick Clark; re sponse, Dorothy Clark. The menu included fruii cocktail, vanilla wafers, toma to relish salad, ham with pine apple, green beans, mashed potatoes, gravy, pickles, olives Parker house rolls, ice cream cake and coffee. The association officers are: Mrs. H. J. Lohaus, president; Mrs. H, J. Birnvngham, vice president; Mrs. James Harty, secretary, and Miss Claire Hickey, treasurer. Among the alumni returninr to O’Neill for the St. Mary’? alumni banquet were: Harrv Piercy, Bernard Rhode, Mar'i Ann Brendon; Mrs. Kevin Ko cina, of Creighton; Mrs Thom as J. Abourek; Mrs. J. J Frenklng and Miss Mae Ham mond, of Omaha; Rose Min ton, Pat Scott, of At kinson; Mrs. Ella Mae Peter son, of Columbus; Mrs. Ray Determan, Jerrv Tomjack, Ter esa Parks, Marjorie Thiele Mrs. Earl Buelow, Mrs. Hazel Determan, Ilene Krysel, Fran cis E. Nollette, Kay Crowe. Mrs. Vera Adkinson, Delores Simons and John Bond. WEEK'S WINNER.. This is Curtis Collins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Collins, of O'Neill. He is the winner this week in ih* O Neill Photo Co.'s children's picture contest. CITY PREPARES I TO HONOR DEAD | 4 Parade and Program to Mark Memorial Day Observance Here * O’Neill citizens will join with others throughout the land Sunday paying respects to r its war dead. A special Mem- r orial day program has been a planned here under the direc- t tion of Simonson post 93 of the i< American Legion. Commander Glea H. Wade, j who is in charge of gener- ( al arrangements for the ob- ( servance, has announced lhat all war veterans are asked to t meet at the American Leg- . ion auditorium prior to 1:30 p. m. The parade, led by the Muni cipal band, will depart from the Legion site at 1:30 and move west on Douglas street ( to the corner of Third and j Douglas, turning north one block at the Knights of Co lumbus building. The parade l will then turn east to the post- j office corner, thence south to the main intersection at Fourth I and Douglas streets. From this ! corner the body will move 'east along Douglas back to the Legion auditorium. Gold Star mothers are in vited to join in the parade, Mr. Wade said, and automobiles will be provided in which they may ride. Legion officials explained lhat all veterans are urged to parade. They are invited to wear their military uni forms. their Legion caps or their usual ciivilian dress. The Memorial day program at the Legion auditorium will begin at 2:30 p. m. Dr. Frank O. Mcilntyre, dean of Norfolk junior college, will deliver the address. Following the service at the auditorium, the colors will be | marched to Prospect Hill and Calvary cemeteries where a firing squad will salute the i war dead during brief rites at the cemetery. Because O’Neill business firms close on Memorial day when it falls on a week day, Chamber of Commerce officials , have announced that member firms this year will be closed on Monday, May 31. _ ; ] ] Memorial Riles , Planned at Paddock — , There will be a Memorial day service at the Paddock Union church and cemetery, it has been announced. Band Stand Moved; Concert Saturday _ The Municipal band stand has been moved from near the Holt county courthouse annex building to the St. Mary’s academy playground prepara tory to the season’s first con- | cert Saturday night, according j to Director Ira George. | Daniel DeBacker, St. Mary’s academy baritone, will be fea- i [ tured soloist, singing "My Bud- i dy.” 1 The program: j “Star Spangled Banner,” by Key; march, “Military Escort, ” j by Bennet; march, “Bugles and Drums,” by Goldman; “Over There,” march medley, I arraigned by Lake; march, “El ! Capitan,” by Sousa; march, “Semper Fidelis,” by Sousa; selection, “American Patrol,” by Meacham; Mr. DeBacker’s j solo; march, “National Em blem,’ by Bagley; selection, “The Ramparts We Watch,” by Beecher; march, “Stars and Stripes Forever,” by Sousa. Flower Growers Invited (! to Iris Exhibition \ - I i ATKINSON — All flower r in this part of Nebraska have - been invited to enter exhibits in the iris show at Memo ial I Hall in Atkinson on Saturday 1 and Sunday, May 2u and 30. c The show is sponsored by the Atkinson Iris soti'ty in co-op- j eration with the American Iris > society. Although the princip- 1 al exhibts will be iris, th re also will be an opportunity for the display of other flowers. 1 The show will be open to the j public at 2:30 p. m. Saturday ‘ and will continue throughout the afternoon and evening. The c doors also will be open to the ' public on Sunday. There will 1 be no admission charge to the 1 show or fee for exhibitors. Tea < will be served. Highway Attention lood Neighbor Policy Works at Chambers CHAMBERS — A group of eighbors gathered at the Er est Young home near here in n old-fashioned demonstra on of the good neighbor pol •y. With Mr. Young in a Nor- i ilk hospital, the crowd moved a. They fixed the fences and ut the cattle into the summer asture. On Friday 10 men with trac ors went to the Young places nd plowed the fields. Next lay they planted his corn. Later this week they plan to >rand the cattle. FIREMEN SUMMONED Defective wiring was blam ed for a blaze Sunday at 7 p. n. at Hunt’s Recapping Ser vice in West O’Neill. Damage was slight. Occupants of an ipartment in the rear sounded she alarm. BLUEGRASSCROP OUTLOOK POOR Most Corn Planted; Dry Topsoil Not Encouraging Corn planting is progressing "apidly in the O’Neill region and by the end of the week it is expected to be virtually com pleted. But all is not rosy at this point, because of the dryness jf the topsoil. Some farmers -eport that the soil is too dry to germinate the corn and they may hold up some of their planting and await rain. On the other hand, some of the early corn is coming up nicely. Spotted rainfall visited Holt :ounty last weekend. Showers fell in Atkinson and Stuart but i few miles away no moisture vas received at all. In O’Neill hreatening skies yielded hard ly a trace. Several term-end school pic licis were dispersed by the showers, but when the picnick ;rs reached home they discov >red that the abandonment vas a mistake. The bluegrass outlook is not bright. County Agent A. Neil Dawes said Wednesday. "If we don’t get rain right away," he explained, "the crop will be very short and spotted. If we do get rain, there is danger that the un derbrush will overtake the bluegrass and restrict the yield." A season’s high of 93 de crees was reached Thursday ifternoon when a premature , ieat wave moved into the area. | The week’s weather sum- i nary, based on 24-hour per.ods mding at 8 a. m. daily, fol ows: Dale Hi Lo May 20 _ 86 64 May 21 - 93 60 May 22 ..... 73 53 May 23 . 82 60 May 24 -. 82 49 May 25 - 72 45 May 26 — 72 56 PRIVATE RITES FOR LT. MURPHY PAGE — The late Lt.» Robert Murphy, who died in New luinea on September 12, 1943, /as given final burial Tuesday a the Page cemeiery. His body ecently arrived in the United Itates from Hawaii. An aircraft pilot, young lurphy was wounded in ac ion oyer enemy territory ttfid i ied back at his air base. He graduated from Page igh school in 1936 and at tended the University of Ne-. iraska prior to World War II. Survivors: Widow; daughter 1 -Marion; parents — Mr. and lrs. Lowell Murphy; sisters— leth, Mrs. Russell (Margaret) lorenson and Virginia. Rev. Carl T. Rayburn, Meth dist pastor, officiated in pri vate graveside rites. The body rrived in O’Neill with mili ary escort and Bglin Broth rs were in charge of funer il s.ri3,i?raents. 2 81 Gets at Parley Grievences Numerous; Condition of Highways in Area Aired Highway and road grieven ces “too numerous to mention’’ dominated the road parley here Wednesday attended by mem bers of Governor Peterson’s Nebraska Highway Advisory committee, a delegation of state senators representing the state legislative council sub committee, and interested per sons from 8 northeast Nebras ka counties. It was a lusty and lively session in comparison with some of the others held else where in the slate, and the Holt county district court room was packed through most of the hearing. County and city officials and others from Boyd, Garfield, Wheeler, Antelope, Pierce, ce lar, Knox and Holt counues were present. Sen. John Doyle, of Greeley, presided at the morning ses sion. Senator Doyle is a mem ber of both the legislative sub committee and the advisory committee. A variety of suggestions were prolfered for alleviating what was generally described as “deplorable road conditions.” These suggestions ranged from adoption of a sales tax or a special gas tax to the issu ance of bonds—all for road building purposes. Just as in tha other hear ings being held over the state, no one came forward with a clear-cut scheme for paying for an extensive road building program. Local emphasis was placed on highway 281, which is a north-south federally-designat ed road through O’Neill, It was pointed out by BoycJ and Holt representatives that the poor condition of this road deters southern South Dakota traffic from flowing towards O’Neill and to Grand island, Lincoln, Omaha and other i\e brasica points. Instead, mu-h of this trallic flows east on South Dakota highways 50 and 18. Purpose of the hearings is to enable members of both the Advisory and legislative sub committees to gather first-hand information on the road prob lems throughout the state. It is intended that after a prelim inary study has been made, a better aproach can be made to a long-range plan of road de velopment. Besides Senator Doyle, oth er senators here were: Ar thur Carmondy, oi Trenton: Fred Mueller, of Kearney, ard Lester Andcr.on, of Aur ora. Advisory committee members present, besides Julius D. Cion in, of O’Neill, and James S. Pittenger, of Lincoln, the ex ecutive secretary, were: Mrs.. Arthur Bowring, ot Merrian; Lawrence Brock, of Wakefield; Mrs. Elsie Davis, of Hyannis, and J. E. McNally, of Schuyler. ‘Fun for You’ to Feature Home Talent A rollicking home talent show entitled “Fun for You” will be presented at the Am erican Legion auditorium Thursday and Friday, June 3 and 4, under the auspices of Simonson post 93. The program will be in the form of a parade of “radio stars” who will be imperson ated by home talent. John R. Gallagher, as “Har ry von Zell,” will announce each act. Ladies will be at tired in their “silliest” millin ery creations and there will be a barn dance. Among those on the program are: M. J. Golden, C. A. Weath erford, H. D. Grady, A. P. Jaz kowiak, O’Neill Rural Youth club members, Mrs. Dean Streeter, William J. Beha, John H. McCarville, D. H. Clauson, Charles Yarnell and others. A baby contest in connection with the show begins Friday. Members will be crowned king and queen of toyland. Mrs Emmett Carr Is chairman of the contest committee. All children from the of 1 to 6-years old are eligible.
