LLOYD SEXTON
MARVIN MILLER
2 NEW ATHLETIC COACHES . . . Two athletic coaches wilL.
share the burden at O’Neill high school during the 1948-'49 j
term. They are: Lloyd Sexton (left) and Marvin Miller. Mr.
Sexton, who last week was signed for principal and basketball
coach, formerly headed school systems at Clearwater and Wait
hill. This Summer he has worked with the Veterans adminis
tration. Mr. Miller has coached at Madison and Ewing. Hd
will tutor athletes in football and track. Sexton, in addition,
will teach biology and Miller will instruct in American his
tory. Miller was originally signed to work with the late F. E.
•(“Kelly”) Saindon, who'was killfed July 23 in an aircraft crash
here. Saindon was principal and coach for 3 years. Miller has
announced the first call for gridders will be issued Monday,
August 30.
CITY’S SCHOOL
PREPARE TO OPEN
Both Institutions Will
Begin New Term on
September 7
O’Neill’s school systems—the
O’Neill public school and St.
Mary’s academy—this week are
making final preparation for
the beginning of the 1948-’49
term. Opening date for both
schools is Tuesday. September
7.
The customary opening date
is Labor day, but this year the
opening has been delayed a
day to enable a citywide ob
servance of the legal holiday.
All member firms of the
Chamber of Commerce will be
closed.
Meanwhile, scores of rural
schools are opening on Mon
day, August 30. Miss Elja
McCullough, Holt county su
perintendent of public in
struction, said Wednesday
that there are still 20 va
cancies for rural teachers.
“Frankly,” she said, “we’ve
been desperate for teachers
this Summer and we don’t
know where the others will
come from.”
Details concerning the reg
istration and opening of the
O’Neill schools will be an
nounced next week.
A vacancy in the vocational
agriculture department exists
at O’Neill high school. Other
faculty members and the
grades and subjects they will
teach are:
Kindegarten, Mrs. Harry Pet
ersen; first, Mrs Catherine
Fritton; second, Miss Loretta
Enright; third, Miss Hilda Gal
lagher-; fourth. Miss Luverne
Schultz; fifth, Mrs. Eunice
Sexton; sixth, Mrs. Helen Don
ohoe; seventh, Mrs. Alice Frit
ton; eighth, Mrs. Winnie Mul
len; special room, Mrs. Flor
ence Schultz; commercial, Miss
Esther Kinnier; normal train
ing and English, Miss Claire
Tonjjack; English, Mrs. Char
lotte Ressigieu: physics and
social science. Miss Viola
Haynes; vocal music, Miss
Margaret Goldsmith; mathe
matics, Miss Alice French;
American history and football,
Marvin Miller; principal, and
biology and basketball, Lloyd
Sexton; superintendent and
band. Ira George.
Mrs Paul Roth Unhurt
in Auto Accident
CHAMBERS — Mrs. Paul
Roth, of Chambers, who is vis
iting in the Walter Roth home
at Columbus, was involved in
a 2-car accident in Seward
Friday. The car, a new Chry
sler, owned by Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Roth, was badly dam
aged. The 3 occupants of the
car, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Roth
and Mrs. Paul Roth, were not
injured.
New York, South American
Banking Families Reunite Here
J. H. Durrell, of Scarbor
ough, on Hudson, N. Y., for 25
years associated with the Na-!
tional City bank of New York
as vice-president in charge of
foreign branches and at pres
ent engaged in extensive farm
operations in Story county,
Iowa, spent Wednesday and
Thursday in O’Neill looking
into the livestock industry for
the purpose of supplying his
farms with feeder cattle. He
was accompanied by John Ho
vick, of Roland, la., his part
ner and farm manager.
While here, Mr. Durrell re
newed acquaintance with Mrs.
Q. K. Deaver, of Montevideo,
Uruguay, who is visiting rela
tives and friends in O’Neill
this Summer.
Mr. Deaver is manager of
the National City branch bank
in Montevideo, and is now vis
iting relatives in Cheyenne
Wyo. I
Atkinson Host to
Hawaiian Rancher
ATKINSON—A visitor at the
Atkinson cattle auction last
week was Henry K Pali, of
Kaunakakai, Molokai, T. H.,
a native Hawaiian,
Mr. Pali was a taxi driver
until 15 years ago when he
purchased a thousand acres of
grassland and began ranching
in the Hawaiian Islands. He j
now has 150 head of Hereford
cattle.
He was in a party of 6 who
had been attending the Rotary
International convention a t ;
New York City. He had pur
chased a new automobile in
Wisconsin and was enroute to |
Yellowstone national park and j
San Francisco, Calif., when he
decided to stop off here and
exchange views with Nebraska
ranchers.
Among his hosts were Rob
ert G. Clifford, prominent
Green Valley cattleman who
uses an airplane in his ranch
ing operations, and E. C. Wel
ler, head of the Atkinson Live- j
stock Market.
WHR NOW‘BOYS
TOWN FOR GIRLS’
Colorful Boyd Ranch Is
Incorporated as a
Recreational Club
NAPER—Boyd county’s fa
mous White Horse Ranch,
probably north - Nebraska’s
best - known institution, has
been turned into a sort of
“Boy’s Town for Girls.” The
ranch, situated due north of
Stuart, is where the American
Albino Horse Club, Inc., was j
founded; it is a place on which
numerous national magazine
articles have been based; it
has been subject matter for
several movie shorts, and it i
also holds the distinction of
having brought into the world J
the famous white horse on
which Emperor Hirohito, of j
Japan, used to ride.
The conversion of the WHR
has been the subject of long- j
range planning on the part of
the operators. Cal and Ruth
Thompson.
Articles of incorporation,
drawn by John R. Gallagher,
fn O'Neill attorney, were
iled this week in Lincoln
for the "Ranch in White
Training and Riding School,"
a nonprofit corporation. The
articles specify that the
ranch, famous for its collec
tion of white and albino
birds and animals, eventu
ally will be converted into
an all-girl establishment for
underprivileged girls.
It discloses that Mr. Thomp
son and his wife, Ruth, and
Mrs. Thompson’s mother, have
deeded all their property to
the school. They shall, mean
while, have permanent resi
dence there and when the
Thompsons die they shall be
buried there.
The articles describe the
school as a social, recreational 1
and cultural club.
The WHR has been playing
host to guests lor sometime,
Mr. Thompson explained.
Guests this Summer have in
cluded soine as young as 5
years-old. Mrs. Thompson is
currently on a U. S. tour with
a troupe of 20 girls showing 20
white horses as well as train
ed white cattle and dogs.
The Thompson venture start
ed in 1017 when Cal Thompson
and a brother purchased thuir
first pure white stallion, Old
King. For many years the1
hobby remained a sideline.
Touring shows have gone out
annually from the ranch for
years.
Miss Elja McCullough, Holt
county superintendent, attend
ed a meeting Monday in Nor
folk of district III of the Ne
braska State Education associ- \
ation
Back-to-School Edition .. 18 Pages
The Frontiers'.'.
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VOLUME S8.—NUMBER 16. O'NEILI NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2B. 1948 PRICE 7 CENTS.
HOLT FAIR DATES
ARE APPROACHING
New Exhibit Building; Js
Being Bushed to
Completion
Bali Games Booked
CHAMBERS—All Holt coun
ty awaits the opening of the
56th annual fair and rodeo to
be held here Wednesday
through Saturday, September
1-4.
While final preparation is
being pushed, the fair officials
this week reassured fair-goers
that the 1948 exposition would
be the biggest and best in the
long and colorful history of
the institution. The celebra
tion is sponsored by the Holt
; County Agricultural society.
A program for enlarging
the facilities has been in
progress most of the Sum
mer, according to Secretary
Edwin Wink, of Chambers.
This is being carried out at
considerable expense to the
association and in the face
of numerous obstacles.
The rodeo chutes and pens,
: he explained, now face the
grandstand east of the center
1 field. The relocation brings
i the rodeo action into close,
1 full view of the spectators.
A new building, measuring
22 x 40 feet, this week was
getting under construction. It
is situated on the south side
of some trees on an acre ad
joining the original grounds'.
The plot was obtained several
years ago, Wink explained,
with the expansion in view
The new building is calcu
lated to better accomodate the
various 4-H club and women’s
extension club projects.
In previous years the 4-H
and extension clubs shared
an exhibit building with the
schools. The new building wjll
alleviate the congestion and
enable bigger, improved exhib
its in both the school and club
| classes.
Meanwhile, the dance floor
has been enlarged from its
original 40 x 60 foot size to
40 x 100. Kay Mill's or
chestra has been signed for
Friday night dancing, and
Don Lotion and his orches
tra will appear on Saturday
—the closing night.
A baseball menu has been
I worked out that fair officials
! expect to revive baseball in
terest to a fever pitch. At
kinson and Chambers will
'square-off on Thursday, Sep
tember 2, and O’Neill and
i Page will clash on Friday, Sep
1 tember 3. The Thursday win
ner will face tb» Friday win
ner in Saturday’s classic. A
purse is being arranged.
Fair officials are anticipat
ing record livestock entries in
the 4-H and open-class divis
ions.
Postmaster Agnes Sullivan
has announced that airmail
parcel post service will go in
to elfect here Wednesday. Sep
tember, 1.
FINALISTS 4 YEARS IN ROW . . . For the fourth consecutive
year A. P. (“Scovie") Jaszkowiak (left) and M. J. (“Max”) Gold
eli have been finalists in the championship flight of the city
wide golf tournament at the Country club course here. Jasz
kowiak won the title in 1945 and 1947, and Golden took the
honors in 1946 an 1948. In this year’s title play Sunday, Gold
en defeated Jaszkowiak 3-2. Second flight finalists are C. M.
(“Beech”) Dale and Duke Kersenbrock. Kersenbrock is out of
the city and the issue will be settled upon his return. Ralph
Rickly turned back George Hammond, 6-5, for third flight hon
ors. In championship flight consolation play, J. B. (“Ben")
Giady thumped Jim Harty, 1-up; second flight—Norman Gon
deringer bested William (“Bill”) McIntosh, 1-up; third flight—
Dale French defeated Bill Rickly.—The Frontier Photo.
‘Sandhill Sal’ and Drew Pearson Join
The Frontier s List of Features
'
The Frontier this week is
pleased to announce the addi
; tion of 2 new exclusive fea
1 tures.
Blanche Spann Pease, the
Atkinson farm wife who has
won national recognition as a
country correspondent, will en
large her department, The
Frontier Woman, to include
witty and pithy remarks from
a fictitious gal named Sandhill
Sal.
Sal, the queen of the range
country, will make her debut
in our next is.^ue— Thursday,
September 2. She’s the kind
of a girl who will not be con
fined to any
particu 1 a r
style or * any
particu 1 a r
subject. She’s
simply a ho
mey country
type who’ll
come up reg
ularly with
provocati v e!
and enter-'
taining para
graphs t h a t |
Blanche The Frontier
„Spann Pease readers won’t;
want to miss.
Added this week to The Fron
tier’s growing list o' exclusive
features is the Washington
Merry-Go-Round, authored by
one of the nation’s top col
umnists, Drew Pearson. Mr.
Pearson’s accurate and reliable
reporting and observation of
world events is intended by
The Frontier publishers to help
round out this newspaper’s
coverage.
The publishers feel that
world and national news is
only of secondary importance
in a country weekly newspa
per, yet it does have a defi
nite place.
Day-by-day vital world
news becomes more important
to people everywhere and The
Frontier is pleased—and priv
ileged—to bring the Washing
ton Merry-Go-Round to its
readers weekly through spe
cial arrangements with Mr.
Pearson.
The first installment may
be found on page 4-B.
—THE PUBLISHERS
Mr. and Mrs. Don A. Berg
and daughter, Barbara Mary,
returned late Tuesday from a |
visit in Sioux Falls, S. D.
J I
3 Anticipate School; 4th Prefers Fishin
By Mary Devine Brennan
A Staff Writer
This is baek-to-school week.
With all the talk about schools
and students, this reporter be
came curious as to what the
high school students of O’Neill
are really like, what their in
terests are, and what they ac
tually think about going back
to school.
These 4 students were cho<,
sen as typical of the hundreds
of boys and girls who will be
gin another year of study at
St. Mary’s academy or the O’
Neill high school:
WAUNETA ANSPACH, 15,
will be a junior at O’Neill
high. Brown haired, pretty,
and popular,
Wau n e t a
takes an ac
tive part in
school affairs.
She is inter
ested in dra
matics (for
fun, not as a
career), is a
member of
the glee club,
and plays a
Wauneia cla r 1 n e t in
Anspach the band. She
is also a
drum majorette whenever the
band marches.
Even with all these activities
she finds time for her collec
tions. She collects miniature
dogs and souvenirs, but spends
most of her enthusiasm on her
record collection Her favor
ites are “Twelfth Street Rag”
and “My Happiness.” Sammy
Kaye, Wauneta thinks, is "by
far the best orchestra leader."
When asked how she felt
about going back to school
after a long and wonderful
vacation, she said firmly.
"I'll love it!"
JOANNE SIMONSON, 17, a
senior at St. Mary’s, was buy
ing shoes when I interviewed
her She
laughed when
I asked about
them. “It’s
my fourth
pair in the
past 2 weeks
But you
know how it
is when you
get the shoe
buying bug.”
Joanne is a
member of
the St. Ma
_» 1 t_
Joanne
Simonson
ry s glee ciun
and has taken private voice
lessons for several^ years. She’s
an “alto—so:t of.” She has
been a pep club member for
2 years and is a member of the
St. Patrick’s choir.
She spends little time on
her collection of book match
*es, preferring to be roller-skat-^
| ing or dandjng.
As a senior, she's been
thinking a lot about the fu
ture and has decided that
she "wants to go to college
unless something else turns i
up . . . and it might."
As for this coming school j
year, Joanne is looking for
ward to it. "High school is j
fun,” she says, “and I want to |
make this an especially good
year because it’s going to be
my last.”
JOHN JOE UHL. 15, will be
a sophomore at St. Mary’s.
Blonde, blue-eyed. John Joe is
a fam iliar
sight at the
teen - a g e |
dances during i
the Winter,
but finds oth-'
er things to j
do during the j
Summer
months, fish- J
ing usually. ,
He plays'
both basket-1
John Joe |f11 f°f:
Uh! ball, but
manages t o
keep his school marks high at |
the same time.
Hunting and fishing are j
John Joe's favorite past
times and he's good at both- !
; Righ now he's thinking of
being a rancher when he
graduates s o he'll have
"plenty of time for sports."
As for going back to school,
John Joe, like Lil Abner, says
“D’ruther go fjshin’.”
RALPH RICKLY, 14. is
looking forward to his first
year at O’Neill high. Very !
popular, and
an A - stu
dent, Ralph
has little fear
of the terrors
of freshman
year. He wor
ries more a
bout making
the basket
ball and foot
b a 1 1 teams
than about
initiat i o n. Ralph
Ralph “does
n’t m i n d” Y
dancing but likes sports better.
I Photography is his only hobby
i and he does good work.
He thinks he will study
law when he finishes
i school, but he's not quite
sure yet. But then, few high
school freshmen are.
When asked how he felt
about going back to school,
Ralph frowned, “We-11,” he
said doubtfully, then he laugh,
ed “I’ll like it fine!”
Peacetime Draft
Board Locates
SEARCH PRESSED
Freddie Cearns Disappears
from an Atkinson Farm;
Employers Away
ATKINSON — Holt county
authorities late Tuesday were '
asked to help locate Freddie1
Cearns, 15-year-old son of Mr. j
and Mrs. Roy Cearns, of At
kinson, who disappeared from
the Joe Hendricks farm while
the Hendricks family was
away.
It is reported that the youth j
was seen late Tuesday in Stu
art and he is reported to have
indicated to acquaintances that
he was headed west on busi
ness for his employer.
The boy had been working
on the Hendrick* farm since
early July. The Hendrick*
family went to Norfolk Tues
day. leaving the youth be
hind to do the chore* and
look after the place.
Mark Hendricks, living a
half-mile south of the place,
noted that the chores had not
been done and went to his
brother’s place to investigate.
Ho found no one there and
i the youth’s bicycle gone.
Other neighbors said they
saw the youth walking away
from the place earlier in the
day.
The bicycle was later found
i three-fourths of a mile from
I the Hendricks farm. There
was a note:
"Am leaving. Nobody
knows where. Give this to
Mom. Tell her not to wor
ry. I’ll be back sometime."
' The parents summoned Wolt
officials. They indicate^ he
had little money, if any, and
few clothes.
The entire countryside was
alerted over the incident and
a widespread search was be
ing conducted late Tuesday and
Wednesday.
McKenzie, Eppenbach.
War Dead Returned
The bodies of 2 war dead
from the O’Neill region arriv
ed in the United States last
Thursday aboard the Army
transport, Lawrence Victory.
They are: Ffc. Harold V. Ep
penbach, of Ewing, and Pfc.
Ted McKenzie, of Dorsey. The
next-of-kin are: Mrs. Eula M.
Eppenbach, and Clyde Mc
Kenzie.
The remains of Private Mc
Kenzie will be forwarded to
Ft. McPherson national ceme
I tery at Maxwell for final bur
ial. The Eppenbach body will
be sent- to Clearwater for in
terment.
These bodies were included
among 5,864 war dead being;
brought from France aboard 1
the Lawrence Victory.
Registration Begins on
August 30; Extends
Thru September 18
Clerk Is Appointed
Holt county’s new peace
time draft board office will be
on the second floor of the First
National bank building here.
The new members of the
board had not been announc
ed late Wednesday, but Mrs.
W. H. Harty, a Gold Star
mother, has been appointed
clerk.
Registration for selective
service will begin August
30 for 25-year-old men, and
will continue through Sep
tember 18 when 18-year
olds will complete register
ing.
The schedule:
If you were You will
born in — register on—
1922 (after
Aug. 30) Aug. 30
1923 Aug. 30 or Sept. 1
1924 Sept. 2 or Sept. 3
1925 Sept. 4 or Sept. 7
1926 Sept. 8 or Sept. 9
1927 Sept. 10 or Sept. 11
1928 Sept. 13 or Sept 14
1929 Sept. 15 or Sept. 16
1930 (before Sept.
19) Sept. 17 or Sept. 18
After Sept. 19 18th borthday
thereafter
1930 within 5 days
Registration need not inter
fere with vacations, either, said
Brig. Gen. Guy N. Henninger,
j state selective service director.
: Provision is made in the reg
ulation for the absence of an
' individual from his home.
He said these men may reg
: irter in the town th^y find
themselves on the proper date.
The card will be forwarded to
their home town
Educators emphasize that
students registered or enroll
ed in colleges will not be
called for induction until the
completion of the college
year.
The office equipment for
the new board is being shipped
from Kansas City.
Corn Withstands
Heat, Hot Winds
The corn is withstanding
the heat and hot winds well,
according to most observers,
but there are increasing re
ports coming in that more
rainfall is needed.
A continuation of high tem
peratures and hot winds may
inflict some damage.
Considerable thrashing of
small grams has been com
pleted during ‘the past week
in this area where rain had
delayed thrashing.
The 100-degree temperature
recorded at midday Monday
was a new high for the sea
son.
The week’s summary, based
on 24-hour periods ending at
8 a. m. daily, follows:
Hi Lo Moist.
Aug. 19 93 67
Aug. 20 95 69
Aug. 21 85 53 T
Aug. 22 86 64
Aug. 23 97 64
Aug. 24 100 71
Aug. 25 98 66
O’Neill Represented
at Legion Parley
Among those from O’Neill
attending the state American
Legion convention at Grand
Island are: Mr. and Mrs. John
Grutsch, Mrs. Jack Davidson.
Mrs. Dean Streeter, Keith
A bai t, Woodrow Melena, Glea
H. Wade, Mrs. William W
Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Klingler and Mr. and Mrs. T
M. Harrington.
Miss LaQuita Parsons, the
winner of the Miss Holt Coun
ty Legionnaires beauty contest,
and her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Parsons, of Atkinson, were
also among those present.
MEET POSTPONED
The regularly sched uled
meeting of Simonson post of
the American Legion, which
was to have been held tonight
(Thursday), has been postpon
ed until a later date, officials
announced W ednesday