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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.