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VOLUME 68—NUMBER 27 ' NEILI NEBRASKA THURSDAY NOVEMBER 11. 1948 PRICE 7 CENTS
ROYALTY AND ATTENDANTS . . • O’Neill high school’s new
royalty (above) are King Donald I (Donald Calkins) and Queen
’ Shirley (Shirley Brandenberg.) They reigned over the annual
high school carnival, which was held Monday, October 25, at
the school auditorium. The trainbearers (at left) are Beverly
Sexton and Dianne Jeffrey, and the crownbearers (at right) are
Yvonne Steele and Gary Skulborstad. The new king is a iresh
man and the queen is a junior. They won their boors i a popu
larity contest.—O’Neill Photo Co.
3 TO REPORT FOR
INDUCTION SOON
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First Call Is Issued to
, Holt Draft Board;
Exams for 10.
Holt county’s selective ser
vice board has received a call
for three draftees, who will
report for induction on Mon
day, November 29. This is the
first induction call under the
new draft law.
Mrs. W. H. Harty, chief
clerk for the Holt board, said
Tuesday that names of the
three draftees will be an
nounced shortly.
Meanwhile, 10 more reg
istrants are receiving orders
to report for physical exam
inations — making the third
group of registrations al
ready reported for preinduc
tion phyiscals.
In the latest group are: John
J. Kaczor, of Ewing; Floyd M.
Warner, of O’Neill; William L.
Sholes, of Inman; Paul L.
Kramer, of Stuart; Lloyd A,
Rouse, of O’Neill; Erwin
Charles Clark, of Atkinson;
Paul Laverne Hiatt, of Ame
lia; Estel Orville Thomas' of
O’Neill; Clifford H. Sobotka,
of Inman, and Edwin Pete
Spes, of Ewing.
Members of the Holt draft
board are: J. Q. Archer, of
Ewing; Fred Jungman, of At
kinson, and Glea H. Wade, of
O’Neill.
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Attend Burial
Rites at Lincoln
REDBIRD — Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Carson, Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Carson, Mrs. Anna
Carson, Miss Lizzie Carson,
and Mrs. Mary Wolfe motored
to Lincoln last week to attend
the funeral of Billy Carson,
the son of Henry Carson.
Victory-Starved Huskers
Down Kansas State
The University of Nebras
ka’s victory-starved Cornhusk
ers rolled past Kansas' State.
32-0, in Memorial stadium
Saturday at Lincoln. It was
the Husker’s second win of
the seaoson and snapped a
disastrous five - game losing
streak.
Nebraska scored in each
quarter. Thirty-six thousand
fans saw the game. Three
thousand Nebraska high school
musicians added color to the
game.
The Huskers meet Oklahoma
this week at Norman.
'Amy Lee’ Wins—
Mrs. M. J. Golden, Mrs. Eu
gene Van Every and Miss Nan
Riekly were winners in the
* naming of the doll contest
sponsored by the ladies’ aux
iliary of Simonson post 93 of
the Americon Legion. A 11
three winners submitted “Amy
Lee” as their choice.
Slaying, Suicide
Take 3 Lives
AINSWORTH— A weekend
double-slaying and a suicide
took three lives at a cabin
camp here.
The dead are:
MRS. GRACE KINNISON,
26, Ainsworth cabin camp
operator.
I. V. KILLHAM, 51, of
Ainsworth, employee of the
state department or roads and
irrigation.
ED VRASPIER, 42, of Ains
worth, similarly employed.
Authorities this week are
seeking a motive for the un
usual crime. Brown County
Sheriff Charles Browns said a
deathbed statement by Mrs.
Kinnison indicated that Kill
ham shot Vraspier, turned the
gun on her, and then took his
own life.
Brown County Attorney
William C. Smith, jr., said
that Killham and Mrs. Kinni
son had been posing as father
and daughter during the past
two years. Indications, said
the county attorney, are that
Killham was jealous of Vras
I pier, who had been seeing
( Mrs. Kinnison recently.
Smith placed the time of
j the double murder and sui
cide at 3:15 p. m. Sunday.
Mrs. Kinnison leaves two
children. '
MERCURY DROPS
TO 20-DEGREES
Fall Moisture Beneficial to
Rye, Wheat and Next
Year’s Hay
During the seven-day inter
val between Wednesday night,
November 3, and Tuesday
night. November 9, O’Neill re
ceived .35 of an inch of mois
ture.
While not great in quantity,
County Agent A. Neil Dawes
described the combined snow,
sleet and rain squalls as' “high
ly beneficial moisture.”
Benefiting most will be the
Fall rye and wheat and the
moisture will be particularly
helpful to next year’s hay
crop, Mr. Dawes explained.
The wet fields are retard
ing cornpicking slightly, but
not seriously as most farm
ers are well along with their
work.
The season’s first snowfall
visited O’Neill Sunday after
noon. The white blanket, la
den with moisture, quickly
disappeared the following
morning.
The week’s weather summa- ,
ry based on 24-hour periods
ending at 8 a. m. daily, fol
lows:
Hi Lo Moist.
November 4 65 45 .24
November 5 ~ 50 44
November 6 43 34
November 7 50 28
November 8 38 20 .11
November 9 39 20
Total . . .35
FIREMEN CALLED
O’Neill firemen were sum
moned twice during the past
seven days. On Wednesday
evening, November 3, they
helped extinguish flames on a
brake drum of a semitruck
owned by Jay DeGroff. The
truck was located a half-mile
north of the cemeteries. On
Saturday afternoon a post fire
near the Moore-Noble Lbr. Co.
required the department’s at
tention.
MRS. VAN FLEET
DIES AT ATKINSON
Heart Attack Fatal to
Holt Resident for
62 Years
Native o f Illinois
ATKINSON — Funeral ser- I
vices’ were held here Tuesday j
for Mrs. Fred Van Fleet, 79,
member of a pioneer Holt
county family that settled
here 62 years ago. Mrs. Van
Fleet died about noon Sunday
at her home here following a
heart attack.
Relatives said she had been
in “poor health” for some
time.
Rev. W. C. Birmingham of
ficiated in funeral rites at
the Methodist church. Pall
bearers were: George Meals,
S. R. Tushla. L. W. Ulrich. V.
B. Faust, Alex Frickel and
Anthony O’Donnell.
The late Mrs. Van Fleet,
the former Elizabeth Bar
bara Mathis, was born at
Wessington, 111., on August
8, 1869, a daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Anthony
Mathis. Her parents were
natives of Switzerland.
Mrs. Van Fleet, her husband
and their family resided in
communities both South and
North of Atkinson. Mr. Van
Fleet died several years ago.
Three years ago she moved
from a farm into Atkinson.
Survivors include: Daugh
ters — Viola and Della; step
daughter—Mrs. Jennie Heater;
son— Harry, all of Atkinson;
three grandchildren; brother—
Henry Mathis, of Stockton,
Calif.
YOUTH TRAINING
P N OUTLINED
: ‘Elected’ High School
Juniors Will See
Official ‘Duty’
A delegation of American
Legion, county and city offi
cials and other interested per
sons met here last Thursday
to launch plans for a youth
government training program
in Holt county.
Roy Lang, of the state de
partment of the American Le
gion, outlined the plan.
The program is patterned
along lines of the famous
Cornhuskers Boys’ and Girls’
State outings in which select
ed high school juniors each
year take part in mock gov
ernment activity at Lincoln.
The new program, planned for
Holt, would have juniors from
each high school in the coun
ty elect various county offi
cers and have them actually
report at the county offices
for “duty.”
The juniors will be select
ed in "elections" in the var
ious schools conducted along
lines similar to regular
county elections.
Miss Elja McCullough, Holt
county superintendent of pub
lic instruction, was named
chairman of a committee to
further the planning in the
county, and Glea H. Wade was
made assistant chairman.
Further details will be an
nounced. A similar movement
is being launched in many
other counties throughout the
state.
Mrs. LaRue, Mrs. Gribble
Win High in Pinochle
CHAMBERS—A large crowd,
attended the monthly card
party at the Martha Commu
nity club on Friday evening.
Mrs. Irwin LaRue and Mark J
Gribble won high score at I
progressive pinochle, and Ed
Pavel won high at the pitch i
table.
A program is being planned |
for the next meeting on Fri
day, November 19. Club offi
cers have asked that the la
dies bring cake and sandwich
es for their family. Everyone
is invited.
Favorite Dresses
Are Described
CHAMBERS —The Bethany
Ladies’ Aid met last Thursday
at the home of Mrs. Walter
Summerer with 26 members at
tending. The business meeting
was conducted by the presi
dent, Mrs. Magli Gorenson.
Each member was asked to
answer roll by describing a
favorite dress. The next meet
ing will be held with Mrs
Harry McKay on Thursday,
November 18.
Visits Brother—
Walter McCarville, of Oma
ha, last Thursday visited his
brother, J. L. McCarville, sr..
and family here.
Clarke-McNary
Trees Available
“Trees are extremely impor
tant in Holt county and every
farmer and rancher needs a
good windbreak," according to
County Agent A. Neil Dawes.
Clarke-McNary trees arc a
gain available for farm plant
ing.
Red cedars are limited 200
to a farm or ranch; there is
no limit on Austrian pine.
Jack pine and ponderosa (yel
low or bull).
Due to shortage of red ce
dar, Mr. Dawes says that ce
dar is by far the most popular
tree of those ordered. If you
want cedar you must order in
the near future.
Seedling trees available for
Spring are: Mulberry, Ameri
can elm, Chinese elm, green
ash, honey locust, black locust,
hackberry, boxelder, wild
plum, soft maple, Russian ol
i v e, Caragina, cottonwood.
Osage orange, and some na
king cherry for garden wind
breaks and evergreen trans
plants.
Tree application blanks
may be obtained at the coun
ty agent’s office. The price
per 100 trees is $2.
CORONATION TOPS
AHS HOMECOMING
Hay King Bestows Honors
on Richard White and
Vivian Lemmer
_
ATKINSON—Richard White,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Elven
White, and Vivian Lemmer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Lemmer, were crowned
Duke and Duchess of the 1949
Atkinson high school annual
homecoming festivities Friday
afternoon.
The coronation was planned
for the evening program, but
because of bad weather it was
conducted in the auditorium
along with the other features
of the afternoon.
The background for ihe
ceremony was a representa
tive cover page of the an
sual. orange letters and fig
Atkinson high school colors,
ures on a bladr background.
Two attendants from each
class formed a line on either
side of the path down which
the royal couple passed. Dar
lene Koeke and Dale Kenny
represented the seniors; Shir
ley Withers and Vern Hickok,
the juniors; Richard Wilbern
and Maureen Murphy, the
sophomores, and Colleen Ken
nedy and Larry Storjohn, the
ireshmen. The attendants were
dressed in bright blue satin
robes.
The Duke and Duchess were
preceded down the aisle by
the 1948 Hay King, Thaine
Humphrey. The queen, Miss
Betty Scripter, was absent be
cause of illness. The crown
bearers were Dona and Duane
Humphrey, children of Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Humphrey.
Immediately following
them were the duke and
duchess. Duke Richard was
a jovial, friendly fellow and
Duchess Vivian was a lovely
darkeyed young lady gown
ed in white.
Trainbearers were the young
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Davis, Roger and Philip.
King Thaine placed the
crowns upon the heads ol the
royal couple and assigned to
them their duties. At the close
of the ceremony, he presented
Duchess Vivian with a bou
quet of red and white carna
tions, a gift from the school.
The band provided a soil
musical background. Miss
Shirley Withers had charge of
arranging the ceremony.
Supt. John Ward and Pro
gram Chairman Dean Keating
gave the visitors a hearty |
welcome.
Richard Rossman called
the roll of classes and pre
rented as a gift from the
school corsages to Mrs. An
na Slaymaker Newton, class
of 1890; Mrs. Mabel Bokof
Funk, class of 1900; and
Mrs. Maude Henderson Clif- j
ford, class of 1901.
Warren Kelley took several
group pictures and the various
grades entertained with mix
panied on the piano by their
ed chorus selections, accom
instructor, Miss Leone Kill
murry.
New Front for
Chambers Banh
CHAMBERS— Work is un
derway on the Chambers State
bank building. A new room
is being added to the back
and a complete new brick
front is being erected.
Leaving Friday for Excel
sior Springs, Mo., where thev
will vacation for 10 days will
he Mrs. Hugh Ray and Mrs. j
Ralph P Rickly.
MRS. ADAMSON, 56,
DIES SUDDENLY
Stricken While Shopping;
Succumbs Later in
O’Neill Hospital
Rites Held Monday
Mrs. Carl E. Adamson, 56,
a Holt county resident for the
past 18 years, died at 10:23 p.
m. Saturday in the O’Neill
hospital. In failing health for
the past several years, Mrs.
Adamson became seriously ill
while visiting in downtown
O’Neill earlier that day.
She was removed to the
hospital where she died.
Funeral services were held
| Monday at 2 p. m. at the Wes
leyan Methodist church with
Rev. M. H. Grosenbach, church
i pastor, officiating. Interment
was in Prospect Hill cemetery
Pallbearers were: Marvin
Cloude, Hugo Holtz, Orville
Morrow, Robert Strong, Har
ley Fox, Dale Revell, Harry
Page and Clarence Hansen.
Hazel Donzella Smith Ad
amson was born on June 6
1892, at Madison, a daughtei
of Mr. and Mrs. Spellmar
Smith.
She was reared in Madi
son and Knox counties. At
Creighton she married Carl
Emil Adamson. They be
came the parents of two
sons and seven daughters.
The Adamsons have livec
continuously o n farms i i
Knox and Holt counties.
Survivors include: Widower
sons—Donald D. Adamson, o
O’Neill; Emil Adamson, jr., o
O’Neill; Mrs. Bud (Ethel) And
erson, of Leadville, Colo.; Mrs
James (Augusta) Hall, of Kan
sas City, Mo.; Mrs. Hazel Ad
ams, of O’Neill; Mrs. Owei
(Edna) LaPrath, of O’Neill
Mrs. Steve (Iris) Stevens, o
Norfolk; Mrs. John (Gladys
Murray, of Weatherford, Okla.
Eunice Adamson, of O’Neill
12 grandchildren; four broth
ers and four sisters.
Among those here from a
distance for the funeral rites
were: Mr. and Mrs. Bud And
erson and family, of Leadville
Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. James
Hall, of Kansas City. Mo.; Mr.
; and Mrs. John Murray, of
Weatherford, Okla.; Mr. and
Mrs. Steve Stevens, of Nor
folk.
Children in O’Neill
Area to Receive
Mail from Santa
Starting Friday and contin
uing through Christinas', the
children of the O’Neill region
will be writing letters to San
ta Claus and, faster than rein
deer, they will be recieving
answers.
Joe Stutz, manager of the J.
M. McDonald Co. store here
(formerly Brown-McDonald’s)
has worked out a special ar
rangement with the Jolly Ol’
Fellow for speeding the
youngsters’ written wishes to
Santa Claus Land and return.
According to Mr. Stutz, all
the children have to do is
bring their letters to a special
Santa Claus box, located just
inside the store’s main en
trances, and put special Santa
Claus stamps on them. Any
J. M. McDonald Co. employee
has stamps that sell for 10
cents.
Each child may use his own
stationery, although special
blank forms or facsimile hand
writing forms may be had up
on request.
Santa’s answers will come
speeding back to his youthiul
correspondents through the
regular mail.
Mr. Stutz explained that de
tails for the plan have been
worked out during the past
few weeks and Santa has sent
word that all is in readiness
for a floodtide of letters from
youngsters in the O’Neill area.
Santa promises to answer ev
ery letter. All he asks is that
the children cooperate b y
dropping their letters in the
special Santa Claus box at
the J. M McDonald Co. store.
Firemen Are Feted—
Members of the O’Neill vol
unteer fire department were
feted Monday evening at Slat’s
Cafe as guests of the Asimus
Bros.
NEW BOARD MEMBER
William J. Froelich recently
was elected to the board of di
rectors of the First National
bank, filling the vacancy cre
ated by the death of Joseph A.
Mann. _
'Lots of Coyotes' —
STAR — E. C. Wertz, Star
farmer, has reported “lots _ of
coyotes” in this community
He attributes the scarcity of
pheasants and common chick
en losses to these animals.
5 Youths Admit
Thefts, Break-ins
EX-ATKINSON MAN
KILLED BY TRUCK
Arthur E. Lee, 81, Dies
Instantly in Accident
ai Olympia, Wash.
ATKINSON—Word has been
I received here of an accident
in which Arthur E. Lee, about
81, formerly of Atkinson and
Norfolk, was killed almost in
stantly. Mr. Lee was struck
by a light truck at Olympia,
Wash., on Friday morning.
Mr. Lee was the father of
Mrs. Chester (Dorothy) Ander
son, of Atkinson, and Frank
S. Lee and Eugene Lee, both
of Norfolk; Mrs. Edna Hagler,
of Arnold; Mrs. Hazel Fischer
and Mrs. Bess Johnson, both
of Castle Rock, Wash.; James
E. Lee, of Akron, Colo.; El
mer Lee, of Kelso, Wash., and
Wilbur Lee, of Castle Rock,
Mr. Lee came to Atkinson
about 1912 and lived here
for a number of years. Then
he moved to Norfolk and
for several years operated a
filling station.
Leaving Norfolk about 20
years ago, he returned to At
. kinson. Mrs. Lee died in 1941
1 and in 1943 he went to the
1 West coast where he resided
until his death. He lived with
; his son, Elmer, and daughters,
i Mrs. Fischer and Mrs. John
[ son, in the Castle Rock and
Kp1«o vicinities.
Details of the accident have
not been learned.
The body is being forward
ed to the Seger funeral home
in Atkinson and is scheduled
to arrive Friday morning. Fu
neral services will be held
Friday at 2 p. m. at the Pres
byterian church in Atkinson
with Rev. Orin C. Graff,
church pastor, officiating. Bur
ial will be in a family lot in
the Stuart cemetery.
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Atkinson Male Chorus
Coining to O’Neill
Atkinson’s male chorus will
make its first appearance in
O’Neill on Friday. November
19, in the O’Neill high school
auditorium.
The concert will consist of
popular, novelty and spiritual
numbers. It will be under the
sponsorship of the Young
Adult Group of the Methodist
church.
The Atkinson chorus made
its first public appearance at
Atkinson’s annual Hay Days
celebration last Summer. Its
first public concert ws given
in August of this year to a
capacity crowd in Atkinson
and was enthusiastically re
ceived.
Proceeds from the concert
will go to the Young Adult
Group of the Methodist
church.
Floyd and Ivan Lantis
Are Iteing Held
Fending Charges
Lie Detector Used
Authorities believe with the
arrest of five young men from
Atkinson, Ainsworth and Bas
sett they have broken up a
ring which in the past year
and a half has stolen eight
automobiles and committed
nine breakins, it was announc
ed Monday in Norfolk by
Lieut. H. D. Smith, of the
t state patrol.
Through the cooperation
of the state patrol, sheriffs
and poPice at Bassett, Ains
worth and O'Neill the fol
lowing have been arrested:
Floyd Lewis Lantis, 22, At
kinson; Stanley Sterling Dil
lon, 20, Ainsworth; Darrell
E. Olson, 18, Bassett; Vern
on L. Wigent, 17, Ainsworth,
and Ivan Lantis, about 20,
Atkinson, brother of Floyd.
All except Ivan Lantis are
in the Rock county jail at
Bassett. Lantis is in jail at
O’Neill.
Lieutenant Smith said Olson
was not involved in the car
thefts and breakins, but Olson
and Ivan Lantis caused about
$1,000 damage Inside the ranch
home of Robert Clifford, near
Atkinson, where they jerked
plumbing and electric light
fixtures and committeed oth
er damage.
Lieutenant Smith, who is
with the criminal investiga
tion division of the state patrol,
said the youths Sunday ad
mitted the car thefts, break
ins and vandalism at the ranch
home. A lie detector was us
ed on the young men.
The break-ins occurred at
Atkinson, Stuart, Bassett.
Newport. Thedford and Mul
len. Corp. Willard Teachman.
Norfolk, reported. At Jami
son, they said they unsuc
cessfully tried to break in
to two places.
The cars were stolen from
Ainsworth and Sioux City.
The authorities “cracked”
the case after the arrest of
Ivan Lantis, who after his ar
rest, got away from the offic
ers at Ainsworth and was re
captured at O’Neill by Sheriff
A. B. Hubbard and State Pa
trolman Fay Robeson.
Lantis said after his escape
he stole a car and drove it to
Bassett, and there stole an
other car which he drove over
100 miles an hour to O’Neill.
A motorcycle wrench found
at the Clifford ranch home
was recognized by Corporal
Teachman as being similar to
one on the motorcycle used by
Ivan Lantis. With this as evi
dence, the officers got Lantis
to admit the vandalism and
other crimes.
Corporal Teachman said the
youths stole automobile wheels
and near O’Neill removed the
tires which they sold. He said
some of the tires were sold at
Norfolk.
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