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VOLUME 68—NUMBER 4. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. JUNE 3. 1948 PRICE 7 CENTS
Peace Seen Only
‘Thru Education9
Memorial Day Speaker
Says ‘Understanding’
Is World’s Need
Holt countyans joined the
rest of the Nation—and much
of the world—in Memorial day
services Sunday and Monday. |
Sacrifices of America’s war
dead were commemorated in |
exercises in most communities.
Because Memorial day fell
on a Sunday this year. Mon
day was declared a legal
holiday.
O’Neill honored its war dead
with a parade at 2 p. m., fol
lowed by a service at the Am
erican Legion auditorium at 2:- :
30 p. m.
Dr. Frank O. McIntyre, dean
of Norfolk junior college, de
livered the Memorial address
to an overflow crowd of 400
persons.
In his address Doctor McIn
tyre stressed the thought that
“the solution to peace in the
world must come through edu
cation” and that “the majority
of the people in the world must
be educated to understand
each other’s problems.”
The speaker sounded a hope
that a lasting peace—one that
will end all wars—can be ac
complished in thi§” way.
Rev. Melvin H. Grosenbach,
pastor of the Holiness church,
offered the invocation and pro
nounced the benediction. E. |
Donald Bowen, baritone, sang
“Rose of No Man’s Land,” ac- !
companied at the piano by his
father, A. E. Bowen, and Dan
iel DeBacker. baritone, sang
“My Buddy,” accompanied by j
his mother, Mrs. G. C. DeBack
er.
John H. McCarville intro- |
duced Doctor McIntyre.
Following the service the 1
Legion color guard marched to
the Prospect Hill and Calvary
cemeteries where memorial
rites were held and salutes
were fired.
At Page the Memorial day
services were held in the
high school auditorium Mon
day at 10:30 a. m. Rev. Carl
Rayburn offered the invoca
tion and benediction and the
address was given by Rev.
Rickard.
Mildred Hayne and Dale
Stauffer were heard in vocal
solos and Ruth Parks and Jer
ry Terrill were heard in a duet.
A brief service was also held
at the cemetery.
Monday rites were also held
at Butte where at 10 a. m. a
community gathering took
place in the high school audi
torium.
The program included: Piano
selections, Marylyn Seiler and
Jackie Raymer; invocation;
pledge of allegiance; “Faith of
Our Fathers,” by a girls’ sex
tette; “Only a Paper Poppy,”
by Donald Dix; address, by
Rev. L. M. Hovda; “America,” |
by the audience.
A parade of veterans to the
cemetery followed the pro
gram.
Rev. L. A. Dale delivered
Ihe Memorial address at
Chambers in rites held Sun
day at 2 p. m.
The program, held in the
town hall, included: Procession
al, Miss Kathryn Newhouse;
“America,” the audience; invo
cation, Rev. Dale; “Our Own
Dear Native Land,” men’s
chorus; “In Flander’s Field,”
group of girls; address, Rev.
Dale; “Arm These Soldiers,”
men’s chorus; the national an
them by the audience; reces
sional, Miss Newhouse.
> The American Legion was in
charge of the ceremonies at
the Chambers and Martha
cemeteries and Mrs. F'rank
Spath was in charge of the
flower girls.
Ewing citizens honored the
dead of 4 wars on Sunday in
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MRS. HUNTMAN, 91,
DIES AT NELIGH
Mrs. Henry Hunteman, 91,
was buried in Prospect Hill
cemetery here Monday follow
ing funeral services n the A
merican Lutheran church at
Neligh.
Mrs. Hunteman, who had •
been an invalid for 25 years,
died several days earlier at her
home 4 miles north of Neligh.
She and her husband, both of
whom were natives of Ger
many, came to America as
young people, were married
here, and began farming 11
miles north of O’Neill. Later
they lived on-a place 1% miles
southeast of O’Neill before
moving to Antelope county.
Survivors include: Widower,
who is over 90; daughters—
Sophia and Anne; son—Geihart,
all of Neligh.
Burial here was beside the
grave of the Hunteman’s son,
William, who died in 1911
from injuries received when
kicked by a horse.
Among those from O’Neill
attending the funeral rites at
Neligh were Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Pease and Mr. and Mrs. El
mer Hagensick.
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SCHOLARSHIP
TO MISS RUNNELS
rop State 4-H Award
Goes to Stuart Youth,
Runnerup in Meet
“Where Do You Live?” was
;he title of Miss Phyllis Run
let's extemporaneous speech
ivhich Monday won for her a
?150 scholarship to the Univer
sity of Nebraska college of ag
-iculture. A Stuart high school
jraduate of less than a fort
light ago and a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Runnels,
;he competed for state speech
honors at the 32d annual 4-H
dub week activities at the col
lege.
Sandra Ball, a 12-year-old
Box Butte county 4-H girl
from Hemmingford, won first
place honors in the statewide
speech contest, but because it
will be a few years before
Sandra goes to college, the
scholar.hiip was passed on to
the run.ierup. Miss Runnels.
Floyd Goff, of Burwell, who
shared district honors with
Miss Runnels in a contest here
in February, failed to place at
Lincoln. A year ago Miss Twila
Whaley, of O’Neill, finished
second in the statewide con
test.
Miss Runnels, 16, is unde
cided whether she will use the
scholarship, but does have
plans for attending college in
the fall.
The speech contest is annual
ly sponsored by radio station
KFAB and the college’s agri
cultural extension service.
FIXTURES FOR NEW
BOWEN STORE ENROUTE
A. E. Bowen, proprietor of
Bowen’s Ben Franklin store
here, announced Wednesday
that the fixtures for the new
store were shipped this week
from an eastern factory and
will arrive “in about a week.”
The opening of the new store
is tentatively set for July 15.
Departs for Tour
BUTTE—Miss Marian Reis
er of Butte left Saturday, May
29 for a vacation tour to At,
lantic City, N. J., Washington,
D. C., New York, and Canada.
She will act as a companion to
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Kiener, of Omaha.
HIWAY 281MEET
AT GRAND ISLAND
Renewed interest in the
long - range development pro
gram for the north-south fed
eral - state highway 281 is
bringing about a meeting Mon
day, June 7, at Grand Island.
Arrangements for the ses
sion have been worked out
by the Grand Island, He
bron and O'Neill Chambers
of Commerce, each of which
will have delegations at the
7 p.m. meeting in the Yan
cey hotel.
Highway 281 has jumped in
to prominence recently in the
road headings being held in
the state by Gov. Val Peter
son’s highway advisory com
mittee and the state legisla
t i v e council’s subcommittee.
The goverment-sponsored de
velopment of the Ft. Randall,
S. D., dam, located 42 miles
north of here, also is a factor
in connection with the future
of 281.
Secretary James W. Rooney
of the O’Neill Chamber has in
vited all Chamber members
and others interested in the
Grand Island meeting to con
tact his office in making ar
rangements for the trip.
Meanwhile, the regular mon
thly meeting of the Chamber
will be held at the Golden ho
Tuesday, June 8. Dinner will
not be served. i
MAN DRAGGED BY
RUNAWAY HORSE
CELTA — Natchel Rzeszotar
ski, farmer living 9 miles
northeast of Atkinson, narrow
ly escaped death last Thurs
day afternoon when a horse
he had roped became frighten
ed and started to run. The
man’s leg became entangled in
the rope and Rzeszotarski
was dragged for three-fourths
of a mile before he succeeded
jin loosening the rope from his
j leg.
Rzeszotarski was assisting
Dr. Claude Brewer, Atkinson
j veterinarian, work on the
j horse when the mishap occur
red.
Doctor Brewer rushed to
Rzeszotarski’s aid and took
him to Atkinson where he was
attended by a physician. The
man’s body was friction-burned
and bruised but no bones
were known to have been
broken.
RECEIVE EIGHTH GRADE DIPLOMAS .. .
One hundred and seventy-one Holt county elgntn
graders (above) received their diplomas dunng
promotion day exercises held here Tuesday, May
Miss Elja McCullough, county superintendent,
made the diploma presentations. The program
included vocal solos by Donna Mae Fuhrer, o,
O'Neill polio victim and 1947 graduate; music by
a “swing’ rhythm band from district 213; loiK
dancing by the Riverside 4-H club; singing by
the 200-voice countywide rural chorus, and oth
er selections.
The graduates include:
Pauline Anderson, George Schneider, Mary
Graham, Don Meusch, Russell Closson, Janice
Wonderscheck, Sharon Wagnon, Bessie Mae Hart
man, Linda Johnson, Virgil Parks. Bobby Schno
bel, Jerry Summers, Harold Schueth, Laura Mae
Sehi, Cecilia Thiele, Geraldine Thiele, Wilda
Ethel Summers, Ray Coburn, Betty Anderson,
Arthur Waterman Bessie Hartman. Douglas But
terfield, Maxine Parks, Diane Hoffman, Donald
Hoffman, Gordon Lorenz, Gary Meisner, Dick
Kaup. f
I Henry Murphy. Jean Fahrenholtz, Minnie O’
Connell, Edward Ziska, Audrey Henderson, Wes
1 v Nickel, Audrey Auman, Cecil Watterman,
Cay ton Goeke. Marv Jane McClellan George
Kahler, Charles Atkinson, Joann Reed, Mary Tag
part Burl Lee Young. Shirley Hawk Nicholas
Sojka, Arland Tangeman, Maureen Mahony, Ar
nold Miller, Melvin Miller. Helen Young, Joan
Mlnarik, Donald Ernesti. Jerome Tuttle, Fred
VanVleck, Elmer Schwager, Esther Slizoski, Paul
Robinson. Judith Trowbridge, J. A. McConnell,
Nancy Johnson, James Koenig, Maye Tichota,
Zelda Martin, Kav Eisenhauer, Hubert Ramold,
Patricia Carl, Betty Kramer, Melvin Hamik,.
Jacquette Mosel, Elaine Boyle, Mary Boyle,
Donald Dexter, Dean Wilkinson, Virgil Burrell,
Virginia Burrell. Joan Brenneman, Ruby Meyer,
Eugene Krysl, Lorene Miksch, Mike O’Connor,
Marvin Damme, L>’le Scholz, Fern Scholz, Sammy
Young. Madonna Miksch, Robert Lee Sitz. San
dra Gilman, Joellvn Backhaus, Raymond Fischer,
Gene Carr, Patricia Olsen, Phyllis Watson, Dar
lene Bollwitt, Joanne Thoendel, Patricia Vander
snick, Winifred Vandersnick, Leona Fix, Wayne
Shaw, Willis Berry, Rowena Freeland, Norma
Cullen, Charles Hamik, Bill Raymer, Clayton
baumeister, Colleen Kennedy.
Lynn Prewitt, Peggy Prewitt, Duane Sher
mcr, Roxana Simmons, Robert Bartak, Leonard
Miller, Vivian Walter, Myron Shavlik, Ruth Mace,
Jeanne Farrier, Shirley Brittell, Dean Blair, Joan
ne Daas, Ralnh Adams, Shirley Alderson, Roset
ta Boies. Marv Alys Dierks, Levan Gunter, Mar
cus Pierson, Vernon Roekey, Patricia Rotherham,
Sylvia Spes. Marcella Sisson, Gene Tomjack. Neva.
Tucker, Donald Ruroede, JoAnn Dowd, Orville
Banks Dale Beilin, John Bode, John Bowen, Ed
die Bridges. Donald Calkins. Paul Fetrow, Veldon
Godel Donald Hagensick. Harold Johnson, Rob
ert Knepper, William Malloy, Bruce McElhaney,
James McKenny, Ralph Rickley
Gene Seger, Clarence Worth, Dale Strong,
V‘’rnice Beckwith, Barbara Bennett. Bonnie
Brand, Joan Calkins, Betty Dailey, Mona Ed
wards, Grace Evans. Ardis Grenier, Carolyn Hiatt,
Wilma Kloepper, Wilma McKin Muriel Niles,
Beverly 'Norman, Arlene Pond Verle Ralya,
Rhoda Sargent, Donna Rae Stowell, Ramona Way
man Bettv Jane Wilkinson, Faye Moses, J. C.
Grncer, and Wilmer Malcom.—O’Neill Photo Co.
RAIN WELCOMED;
'HOPPERS SEEM
Alfalfa Crop Is Being
Cut Earlier Than
Usual This Year
Holt county farmers welcom
ed showers which fell in this
region Saturday night and Sun
day morning.
In O’Neill the government
weather observer, Elmer Bow
en, reported .39 of an inch pre
I cipitation, which was consider- |
ed highly beneficial. But the
thirsty soil absorbed the mois
ture so rapidly that most folks
! continued to scan the skies for
more rain clouds.
Most farmers have expres
sed belief that if the Spring
"drouth" doesn't end soon
the crops will be consider
ably below advance predic
tions.
In some sections of Holt and
Boyd counties the small grain
tips are beginning to turn
brown due to prolonged dry
jness and early heat.
Many of the farmers and
ranchers are gathering alfalfa
as fast as they can, having
been forced to cut it earlier
than usual.
Thousands of small grasshop
pers are showing up this year,
particularly in alfalfa. County
Agent A. Neil Dawes said that
early steps to combat the
’hoppers might prove valuable.
Heaviest infestation is appear
ing along fencelines.
No provisions have been
mad* thus far for 'hoppor
bait deliveries. In emergency
years in the past bait has
been shipped in.
The weekend rainfall d i d
help freshen lawns and gave a
new lease on life to tender
vegetation.
The week’s summary:
Date Hi Ln Moist
May 27 - 80 50
May 28 - 80 54
May 29 - 85 46 T
May 30 _ 62 47 .39
May 31 - 61 52
June 1 _ 76 52
June 2 - 83 63
Brown-McDonald’s
New Manager Here
Brown-McDonald’s new store
manager here, Joe Stutz, arriv
ed in O’Neill Friday to assume
management of one of O’Neill’s
leading business firms. Mr.
Stutz succeeds Robert E. Arm
bruster, who has been promot
ed to manager of the Norfolk
store,
Mr. Stutz was assistant man
ager of the O’Neill store prior
to World War II. Since his
return from Army service he
has been assistant manager of
the Norfolk store. The O’Neill
assignment is considered by
company officials as a “dis
tinct promotion” for Mr. Stutz.
Mr. Stutz’ wife and 2 chil
dren are remaining in Norfolk
until suitable housing facili
ties can be obtained here. Mr.
Armbruster and wife and their
2 children are moving this
week from O’Neill.
Rail telegrapher Relays Radio SOS
• 11 i.
EWING—When a man pre
vents damage to property by
fire from a distance of 60 miles
—that’s news. During Nor
folk’s devastating half million
dollar fire last Thursday, W. H.
Spence Chicago & North Wes
tern railroad station agent at
Ewing, did just that.
He was listening to radio
station WJAG’S eye-witness
description of the fire when he
heard the announcer say tnat &
string of freight cars was in
the path of danger. The an
nouncer suggested that the
telephone lines were so busy
that it was not likely that the
railroad officials had been no
tified about the danger.
So Mr. SDence sat down at
the telegraph key and “told”
the story to Tom Richardson,
dispatcher on duty at Norfolk.
He oraerea a locumuuvc
pull the string of jars out of
i danger.
It is reported that shortly
after Spence’s message was re
ceived several phone calls did
get through to the North Wes
tern railway office in Norfolk
warning the office of the dang
er to their rolling stock and
its contents.
THOUSANDS VIEW NEW STORE • • • I
Thousands of persons toured and shopped in
the new Union Super Market and Shelhamer
Produce building during the grand opening
celebration Friday and Saturday. Registra
tion records indicated that visitors came from
at least 6 counties in Nebraska and South
Dakota. The top photograph presents an in
terior view of the food center, which boasts
over 5,000 square feet of floor space. The
bottom photograph shows the snack bar,
which is one of the features of the store. The
100 percent fireproof, single-story building,
which measures 90 x 150 feet, is owned by
R. G. Shelhamer —The Frontier Photos by
John H. McCarville.
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TROY HOWARD
BURIED HERE
O’Neill Man, 48, Dies
Unexpectedly; Funeral
Held Wednesday
Troy J. Howard, 48. O’Neill
farmer, died unexpectedly at
his home near here early Sun
day morning. On Saturday
evening Mr. Howard complain
ed of being “tired" and retir
ed early. Next morning Mrs.
Howard was unable to rouse
him and summoned a physic
ian. who said Mr. Howard had
been dead for several hours.
Funeral services were held
at ’0 a. m. Wednesday in St.
Patrick's Catholic church.
Burial was ;n Calvary ceme
tery. Rt. Rev. J. G. McNa
mara officiated.
The pallbearers were: John
Ronenherger, Nick Bonenber
per, Mike BonenH^reer, Joseoh
Bauer, Henrv Bauer and
George Mathis.
Troy Joseph Howard was
born on February 9, 1900. at
Royal, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles V. Howard. His birth
place was on a farm adjoining
the Hering mill, north of Roy
al He attended school in An
telope district 37.
The late Mr. Howard was a
musician and began playing
the violin at community af
fairs at the age of 8. He was
active with his .music until his
death.
Mr. Howard came to Holt
county in 1926 and settled on
a farm. On September 6.
1927 he married Elisabeth
Bonenberger. of Atkinson.
The ceremony took place in
O'Neill.
Survivors include: Widow;
daughter—Aleatha, of O’Neill;
I sons—Marcellus, who recently
joined the Navy; Barnard, Jos
eph, Ambrose and Robert, all
of O’Neill; sisters—Mrs. Joseph
Bauer, of Royal; Mrs. Han^
Frickson. of Sioux City; Mrs.
John Van Vleet. of Neligh;
Mrs. George Bartlett, of Lan
der, Wyo.; Mrs. Henry Bauer,
of Plainview: and Mrs. Todd
Briggs, of Bedford, la.; broth
er—Ernest Howard, of Verdi
gre.
At the time of Mr. Howard’s
death the family was residing
o" their place 1 mile east of
O’Neill.
Page Band Heard
in First Concert
PAGE — The first band con
cert of the Summer season was
held here the past week, with
;L. H. Sawyer of Royal, as di
rector. This is the first Sum
mer for several years that
Page has had a band. Mr.
Sawyer organized a high school
band last Fall.
During the early Summer the
concerts will be held every 2.
weeks. Later it is planned to
have them each week.
HONOR STUDENTS
BUTTE — Among the honor
students at the University of
Nebraska this Spring are: Rob
ert Tomek and Sid Tingle.