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VOLUME 68—NUMBER 18. ON FILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1848 _ PRICE 7 CENTS.
Holt Fair Termed
*Highly Successful’
Riverside Club Winner
of the 4-H Parade
of Floats
Exhibits Outstanding
CHAMBERS—The 1948 Holt
county fair is history. And a
highly successful four-day ex
position it was, according to
the officials of the Holt Coun
ty Agricultural Society, spon
sors of the annual fair and ro
deo.
Wednesday, September 1,
was devoted to entries and
last-minute preparations.
Thursday—the opening day
—stressed the “school days”
theme and 4-H and other
youth activities were included
on the program. A near-record
crowd attended, including
many school children and their
parents.
Oftimes parents appeared to
be more interested in the judg
ing than the 4-Hers them
selves. Many families ate to
gether in picnic style.
The quality of the crafts
(including toys, furniture, etc.)
and graphic arts (including
posters, maps, scrapbooks,
etc.) attained a new high, ac
cording to several veteran ob
servers.
The Riverside 4-H club
from 60ulh of O'Neill won
first prize in the 4-H par
ade. Its float dramatized the
tie between the old and the
new generations in America.
The South Fork float ranked
second and depicting Nebras
ka’s standing among other
states in the production of
various farm crops. It noted
Nebraska ranked: Rye, first;
wild hay, third; corn, fourth;
alfalfa, sixth; oats, seventh.
The South Fork club’s entry
emphasized that 4-H clubs are
helping to boost Nebraska’s
rank among other states.
The failure of the carnival
company to get set up early in
the day enabled families to
“pal around” more.
Other features of the after
noon were music by the At
kinson high school band and a
baseball game.
Judging was in progress
most of the forenoon and part
of the afternoon on the open
ing day.
Lawrence Condon, of Creigh
ton was in charge of judging
livestock entered by 4-H club
WINNERS LATER
Premium winners at the
county fair will be formally
announced later in The
Frontier. The compilation
had not been completed
when this issue went to
press.
members and ranchers. He
was assisted by Harry Ressel,
of O’Neill; Henry Wood, of
Ewing, and Ray Hoffman, of
Chambers; County Agent A.
Neil Dawes, of O’Neill, and
Assistant County Agent Dale
Stauffer, of Page.
Miss Charlotte Reike, of the
Univeristy of Nebraska, ex
tension staff, judged home ec
onomics exhibits and demon
strations assisted by Miss
Catherine Kirwan of O’Neill,
Holt home agent.
Agricultural exhibits were
judged by E. W. Browse, of
Valentine.
On Thursday evening the
Rural Youth groups of the
county staged an entertain
ment and style show pro
gram.
The Ewing Cooperative
Creamery gave $50 in prize
money to be distributed
among the blue and red
ribbon winners in the dairy
calf class. John Archer,
manager, in making a few
remarks, staled "With the
proper encouragement, this
section of Nebraska could
become a 'super' dairy pro
ducing area."
He said that northeastern
and northcentral Nebraska
could rival Minnesota and Wis
consin in dairy products if the
industry is properly encour
aged and developed.
Atkinson defeated Chambers
7-5 on Thursday; O’Neill best
ed Page 13-12 on Friday, and
O’Neill defeated Atkinson 11
10 on Saturday to win the
fair intracounty baseball tour
nament. (For details, see
SPORTS on page 6.)
Bull- and bronc-riding fea
tured the two-day rodeo which
was in progress Friday and
Saturday.
The exposition closed Sat
urday night.
Capt. Madeline Ullum
Visiting Here —
Capt. Madeline Ullum, ANC,
stationed at Brooke medical
center at Ft. Sam Houston,
Tex., arrived Friday on a
month's leave of absence to be
spent visiting here. Captain
Ullum was taken as a prisoner
of war by the Japanese during
World War II.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Evans
returned early Tuesday morn
ing from a trip to Canada.
| Figure ‘8’ Figures
Prominently with Kathy
Unusual is the word for
Kathy, or at least the facts
concerning Kathy’s birth.
The figure eight has figured
prominently in the short life
time of this eight pound plus
baby of Mr. and Mrs. Warren
Burgess, of Lincoln. And the
same physician, Dr. D. H.
Morgan, and the same nurse.
Sister Zita, who brought
Kathy’s mother into the world,
were present to welcome Kathy
Sue.
In Kathy’s given name there
are eight letters. She was
born shortly before eight on
the 28th day of the eighth
month of the year 1948. Kathy
was the 18th girl born in St.
Catherine’s hospital at McCook
during August. The room
number was 168. Kathy’s
mother was born in 1928.
Another unusual note is that
both of Kathy’s grandfathers,
Dr. L. A. Burgess, of O’Neill,
and Dr. E. W. Parmenter, of
McCook, are dentists.
SOIL WINNERS
ARE ANNOUNCED
Inman, Atkinson, Stuart
Farmer - Ranchers
Earn Recognition
Holt county farmers win
i ning recognition in the 1948
soil conservation contest, spon
sored by Omaha and Sioux
| City newspapers and soil con
servation districts in the two
states, have been announced.
Recognition winners are:
L. R. and Harvey Tompkins,
both of Inman: Theodore
Baumeister, of Atkinson: A.
Max and M. M. Karo, both
of Stuart.
The Tompkins' unit 3 miles
south of Inman, consists of
800 acres of which 100 acres
are cropland and 37 acres are
shelterbelt.
The Baumeister ranch, lo
cated 20 miles south of Atkin
son, totals 1,248 acres with no
cropland.
Practices followed include
planting shelterbelts, seeding
and interseeding native grasses
and clover as well as brome
grass and crested wheat.
Has 2,000 Acres
Also bank sloping, mulch
ing and seeding blowouts that
are protected from Spring and
Summer grazing,
f The Karo ranch, located 14
miles southwest of Stuart, to
tals about 2,000 acres with 35
acres of cropland and 25 acres
1 of shelterbelts.
' At one time Mr. Karo
followed a plan of leaving
an 8- to 10-inch strip of grass
standing in the pastures he
windrowed by setting the
trail mower out so that it
did not follow the power
I mower. This strip aided in
| holding snow and in reseed
ing.
This year, instead of wind
rowing, he is “bale-rowing.”
Other practices include
good crop rotations, cropj resi
due management, interseeding
red clover in strips in the
meadows and improving and
extending shelterbelts.
DIES ENROUTE HOME . . .
Herbert Longfellow, 19, of
Greensville, O., died Wed
nesday, September 1, at St.
Louis, Mo., enroute by air
ambulance from O’Neill to a
Dayton, O., hospital. The
youth was fatally injured
three days earlier when he
stopped for a swim in the
Elkhorn river, near the junc
tion of highways 275 and 20.
In diving he suffered a frac
tured neck. His spinal col
umn was severed, O’Neill
hospital attendants said.
Kenneth McClure, 19, and
Wayne Arnold, 23. tourist
companions, were with him
at tha time of the accident.
Alva Longfellow, the youth’s
father, came to O’Neill, or
dered the air ambulance,
and was with his son when
he died.
515 PUPILS ENROLL
AT O’NEILL PUBLIC
—
Count 315 in Grades as
Classes Begin; Some
Classes Elect
Classes were begun in earn
est Wednesday at the O'Neill
public school following half
day sessions Tuesday — the
opening day.
Supt. Ira George reported
an estimated 515 pupils enrol
led in the entire system, in
cluding about 200 in high
school and 315 in the grade
school. The ‘breakdow-n" of
the high school classes follows:
Seniors, 30; juniors, 60; sopho
I mores, 50; freshmen, 61..
The grades range between
30 and 43, Superintendent
George said.
Meanwhile, classes at St.
Mary’s academy were begun a
week ago. High school enroll
! ment at the academy totals
168; grade school, 200. The
| freshman class, comprised of
52, is the largest in recent
' years.
St. Mary’s seniors have
elected officers. They are: |
James Donohoe, president; Mar -
| ilyn Fritton, vice-president;
Mary Ann Knerl, secretary,
and Mary Ann Gallagher,
treasurer.
New junior officers are:
Jackie Lee, president; Marjor
ie Troshynski, vice-president;
Jeanne Head, secretary; Larry
Morris, treasurer.
The sophomores and fresh
I men will elect later.
Most other schools in the
county are now in session.
Several rural schools have de
layed openings until Monday,
September 13.
CHARLES MARLOW
RITES ARE HELD
—
Son of Pioneer Holt Couple
Succumbs Sunday;
Fractures Hip
ATKINSON—Charles Mar
low, 69, died Sunday about 3'
p. m. at the home of Mrs. An
na B. Weller, near Atkinson.
Mr. Marlow bad been in
ill health for some time and
had fallen about a month
ago, fracturing his right hip.
For the past 5 years he made
his home with Mr. and Mrs.
W. Gage at the Stockman ho
tel in Atkinson.
The late Mr. Marlow was
born at Marion, 111., in 1879.
He came to Nebraska 52 years
I ago with his parents, the late
| James and Martha Marlow,
who homesteaded here in the
frontier days.
Survivors include: Brothers
—Earl Marlow, of Chanute,
Kans., Roy Marlowe, of Nor
j folk, and Lee Marlow, of At
kinson; Sisters—Mrs. William
i (Nina) Postman, of Grand Ra
pids, Mich., and Mrs. C. R. i
j (Libby) Martin, of Racine,
Wise, and a number of nieces
1 and nephews.
Services were held from the
Seger chapel in Atkinson Wed
nesday, September 8 at 2 p. m.
i Pallbearers were: John Flem
i ing, Jess Winings, Fred Do
brovolny, B. A. Sorey and Don
Beck.
joe pTconnolly
SUCCUMBS HERE
O’Neill.. Man, 37, Dies on
Friday Following a
Lingering Illness
A 37-year-old O’Neill man,
Joseph P. Connolly, died at 7
p. m. Friday, September 3, at
his home here following an J
illness of several years. He
was a suffered of diabetes.
Funeral services were held
Monday at St. Patrick’s Cath
olic church with Rev. C. J.
Werner officiating. Burial was
in Calvary cemetery under the
direction of Biglin Brothers.
The late Mr. Connolly was
born at O’Neill on April 6, j
1911 a son of Sarah Slattery I
Connolly and the late Patrick
Connolly.
He resided for a time on
the West coast.
Survivors include: Mother;
sister—Mrs. John Dailey, of
Beverly Hills, Calif.
The pallbearers were: Leon
ard Shoemaker, Lynus How
ard, K. C. Hunt, James Car
ney. Chester A. Calkins and
J. Ed Hancock.
Mrs. Marvin Johnson and
Carol returned Saturday from
Sioux City where they had
been visiting for 4 days.
C. W. Porter was In Omaha
on business Tuesday.
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TWINS COP BLUE RIBBONS . . . Dianne and
Donald Hoffman, 14-year-old twin daughter
and son belonging tc Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hoff
man, of Chambers, copped blue ribbons with
“Truman” (left) and “Dewey", Hereford steer
calves, in 4-11 competition at the 1948 Holt
county iuir. T hose entries, named for the cur
rent White House aspirants, earned purple
ribbons in the 4-H open competition.—The
Frontier Photo.
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SENIOR AND GRAND CHAMP . . . This big fellow, a Here
ford bull owned by George Rowse, of Chambers, won senior
and grand champion honors in the open class at the fifty-sixth
annual Holt county fair which closed Saturday. This bull, pur
chased at Broken Bow, was entered for the first time in Holt
competition Mr. Rowse, (pictured with his prize-winning an
imal) is president of the Holt County Agricultural Society, the
fair sponsor.—The Frontier Photo.
BILLY HELD LOSER . . . Billy Held, 25-year-old Chambers
cowpuncher and a World War II veteran who was wounded in
the Mediterranean theater, won a “reride” Saturday during the
closing moments of the rodeo at the Holt county fair at Cham
bers. He is shown sticking on a tough Brahma bull, but two
seconds later he was thrown. Held is a son of Mr and Mrs.
Herman Held, of Chambers.—The Frontier Photo.
Voting Places for
Water Issue Named
The regular voting places
will be used in the special
city bond issue election on
Thursday, September 16, in
connection with the proposed
48 thousand dollar expenditure
on further municipal water
They are: First ward—Holt
improvements.
county courthouse basement;
second ward — A. Marcellus
garage; third ward—city hall.
The proposal reads: “Shall j
the city of O’Neill issue nego
tiable bonds of the principal
amount of 48 thousand dollars
. . . for the purpose of con
structing necessary water main
extensions . .
Voters will have an oppor
tunity to vote “for” or
“against” the proposal.
Go to Arizona —
Dr. and Mrs. T. A. Burgess
and Joann left last Thursday
for Tempe, Ariz., where Joann
plans to enter Arizona state
college. Enroute, they visited
at the home of Mrs. Burgess’
sister, Mrs. H. A. Miller, in
North Platte, and with Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Burgess and
Kathy Sue in McCook.
ATKINSON MAN
UNHURT; 2 KILLED
John (“Red”) Bilstein, 35,
Figures in Accident
Near Fremont
ATKINSON — John (“Red”)
Bilstein, about 35, Atkinson
truck driver, was badly shaken
up but unhurt late Tuesday in
a truck collision north of Fre
mont. Two Tilden persons,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Miller,
were killed.
Bilstein was driving a van
truck for Russell Houton when
the accident occurred. The Til
den people were driving a
stock truck.
Bilstein is reported to have
said that t h e oncoming
truck appeared to be in
trouble in descending a hill on
highway 275.
Returns from Yellowstone —
Miss Polly Ann Rickly is ex
pected home today (Thurs
day) from Yellowstone nation
al park, where she had been
employed for the Summer.
NO DRAFT BOARD
NAMED TODATE
310 Register Thus Far;
22-Year-Olds Now
Being Signed
Three hundred and ten Holt
county men had registered
here under the new draft law
up until 11 a. m. Wednesday,
according to Mrs. W. H. Harty
the selective service system
clerk for the unnamed Holl
county board.
Registration of 22-years-old
began Wednseday, Mrs. Hartj
explained, and that age brack
et includes most non-veteran:
of World War II. Since the
registration began August 30
most of the registrants have
been war veterans and most
I have dependents.
Meanwhile, no official an
nouncement has been receiv
ed irom Brig. Gen. Guy N.
Henninger, state director of
ihe selective service, con
cerning the personnel for
the new Holt draft board.
Glea Wade, former com
mander of Simonson post 93
of the American Legion, has
been literally “drafted" him
self to serve as a member of
the board. An appeal was
made to him by Gov. Val Pet
erson, and Wade has accept
ed.
The selective service office
is on the second floor of the
First National Bank building.
Man Burned
as Trucks Crash
STUART—Two persons were
injured, one seriously, early
Friday in the collision of a
loaded cattle truck and a huge
gasoline transport on the out
1 skirts of Stuart.
A fire followed the collis
ion. Heat was intense and
1 spectators had to keep a con
i siderable distance from the
■ gasoline blaze.
Harry G. Cashman. 22, of
Sioux City, was thrown
from the transport follow
ing the collision and was
burned severely by flaming
gasoline.
Carlisle W. Herbert, 27, of
Ainsworth, the driver of the
stock truck, was badly ^shaken
up. The transport was owned
by the Herman Transit, Inc.,
of Herman, and the stock
truck was owned by Melvin
Hansen, of Ainsworth.
Eight of the 28 head of cat
tle on the stock truck had to
be destroyed.
The fire continued most of
the day and firemen were
summoned again late Friday
to extinguish flames that had
flared anew.
Cashman suffered second
degree burns on the left leg
and the right side of his
face. He was able to walk
away from the accident, but
was hospitalized here until
Tuesday.
Last Thursday west of Stu
art a woman was injured in
another accident. Both auto
mobiles were reported to h^ve
been driven by tourists.
Spending several days with
the John C. Kersenbrocks is
Mrs. Agnes Keenan and her
daughter, of South Sioux City.
I They arrived Tuesday.
SETH NOBLE, 87,
EXPIRES HERE
Veteran Lumberman in
Failing Health tor
Several Years
Funeral Date Not Set
Seth Noble, 87, veteran O’
Neill lumberman and senior
member of the Moore-Noble
I.br. & Coal Co. here, d ed
Wednesday at 2 a. m. at his
home here. He had been in
failing health for several years,
but had been bedfast only one
day.
Funeral arrangements were
not completed late Wednes
day. Burial will be at Plank
ington, S. D., and funeral
services may be held both
here and at Plankington.
The late Mr. Noble was bom
on January 19, 1861, at Still
man Valley, 111., a son of Os
mer and Sarah Dwight Noble,
who were American-born.
On June 4, 1890, Mr. Noble
and Minnie A. Smith were
married at Mitchell, S. D.
They became the parents of
two children.
Buys Snyder Yard
The Nobles lived in South
Dakota for many years, Mr.
Noble having owned and oper
ated lumber yards at Plank
ington and Carthage.
Mr. Noble purchased the
former O. O. Snyder lumber
yard, often referred to as the
“north" yard in 1915.
Mr. Noble placed George
Agnes in charge of the O’Neill
yard and spent a number of
years in South Dakota and
California. In the West he was
interested in a fruit acreage.
The Nobles came to O’Neill
about 15 years ago to make
their permanent home.
About three yean ago tha
late Mr. Noble sold some of
his Interest in the firm and
since that time has become
inactive in the lumbar field*
He has retained ownership
of the yard at Carthage, but
had di posed of his inter
ests at Plankingion.
Mr. Noble was a member
of the AF & AM lodge.
Survivors include: Widow:
I daughter — Mrs. Bradford
(Margaret Lorain) Trenham, of
Los Angeles, Calif.; brother—
Charles Noble, of Stillman
Valley, 111.
One son, Donavan Noble^
! died in 1916.
Parents Killed
in Car Crash
——— I.—..
Mr. and Mrs. William Ardiss^
sr., of Forest Hills, N. Y., par
ents of William Ardiss, jr., of
the O’Neill Photo Co., here,
were killed instantly last
Thursday while enroute home
Irom their vacation at North
| Tonawanda, N. Y.
Their automobile collided
with a truck. Details of the
accident are not known here.
The O'Neill man departed on
Friday for the East to attendi
the funeral services, which
were held Tuesday. He is the
husband of the former Chick*
ey Iler, a niece of Mrs. Sum
ner Downey.
Sees State’s Corn Out
of Danger Iby the 20th
Nebraska’s corn crop is ex
pected to be out of danger
from the frost bv September
20, according to A. E. Ander
son, of Lincoln, state-federal
| agricultural statistician.
Heat and lack of moisture
hastened maturity during Aug
ust and early September, he
pointed out.
Corn prospects in the O’Neill
region continue good.
Movement of grass fat cat
tle to market continues with
cattle carrying good weights.
Pasture condition is spotted
but generally good.
The mercury tumbled from
a high of 91, reached at mid
day Sunday, to a low of 48
early Wednesday morning, a
range 9t 43 degrees. The
week’s weather summary, bas
ed on 24-hour periods ending
'at 3 a. m. daily, follows:
Date ‘ Hi Lo Pre.
September 2 _ 85 60 .01
; September 3 _ 87 66
I September 4 _ 89 50
September 5 90 66
Septemebr 7 __ 91 61 .20
September 7 __ 68 50
September 8_ 65 48 .00
Totals_ .33
Return from Trip to
West Coast—
Victor Halva, Jack Dailey
and Miss Donna Dailey return
ed Friday from a 2-weeks’ trip
to Portland. Ore., where they
visited friends.