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VOLUME 68—NUMBER 45 0 NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1949. _ PRICE 7 CENTS
Father Isadore . . . first O'Neill youth to enter Roman Cath
olic priesthood lived a "monastic life."
Priest Dies at 81
Rev. Isadore Dwyer, C. P., 81, who was the first youth from
the O’Neill colony to enter the Roman Catholic priesthood, died in
his sleep early Friday at the Sacred Heart retreat in Louisville,
Ky. ‘
Funeral services were held Monday at Louisville and burial
was there.
Father Isadore was born Richard Dwyer in Hancock, Michi
gan, on January 23, 1868, and came with his parents, the late Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas F. Dwyer, to Holt county. The Dwyers home
steaded near O’Neill. '
He taught in a rural Holt county school and won fame on
the day of the historic January 12, 1888 blizzard by tying seven
children together with a siring and escorting them to safety
through the storm.
Later his brother, John V., and his sister, now Mrs. C. E.
Stout, left him at the door of the Passionist seminary at Dunkirk,
N Y., when he entered to study for the priesthood.
It was in the Cathedral at Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1894
when he was ordained priest. For 10 years he ministered on the
plains of South America, and for several years he worked in the
Canal’Zone, Central America.
He was a linguist and learned to speak seven language flu
ently. He was also stationed at Chicago, 111.
He spent 17 years at the Passionist Fathers’ Retreat House at
Sierra Madre, Calif., where he celebrated his golden jubilee in the
priesthood in May, 1944. At Sierra Madre he became known as
“padre” because of his work with people of Mexican ancestry.
While at Sierra Madre he conducted more than 100 missions
along the Pacific coast. i .
Coming from a family of nine children, only two survive,
John V. Dwyer, of Butte, Mont., and Mrs. Stout.
Father Isadore was granted audiences by two popes in
Rome—Pope Pius X and Leo XIII. During his extended Europ
ean trips he visited Ireland.
Relatives say that Father Isadore lived a “monastic life.”
Among relatives going to Louisville for the funeral were: Mr.
and Mrs. John V. Dwyer, of Butte, Mont.; Mrs. C. E. Stout, Mr.
and Mrs. William J. Froelich, all of O’Neill.
William J. Fr tlich, jrv a grand nephew of Father Isadore,
entered the Societylot jesus as a candidate for the priesthood three
years ago at Floris&mt, Mo.
ARC Fund Drive
Gets Underway
Holt county’s 1949 American
Red Cross fund-raising and
membership drive was launch
ed Tuesday, according to Mrs.
Guy Cole, of Emmet, county
fund chairman. The county’s
quota is $3,075, she said.
There will be no personal so
licitation in rural areas, she ex
plained, because of adverse road
conditions. However, there will
be direct mail rural solicita- (
tion.
Zahradnicek Rites
to Be Held Today
ATKINSON — Final burial
for Pvt. Harry Zadranicek, who ,
was killed in action on the Phil- '
ippine Islands on May 3, 1945,
will be held today (Thursday)
in Woodlawn cemetery. Rev. W.
C. Birmingham. Methodist pas
tor, will officiate. Burial will
follow 2:30 p. m. funeral ser
vices’ in the Methodist church.
The late Private Zahradmcek
was born at Stuart on January
6. 1923, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Zahradnicek, who live live i
miles Northeast of Atkinson.
The Atkinson man went over
seas in February, 1945, during
the final months of World War
II. He died on Luzon f r o m
wounds received during his first
contact with the enemy Japan
ese troops. The remains were
originally interred in a tempor
ary Pacific theater cemetery,
and reached the U. S. recently.
Farley-Tushla post of the Am
erican Legion will conduct the
military services at the ceme- j
tery.
Survivors include: Parents; i
brother—Walter, of Stuart; . sis- ;
ter—Mrs. Leon (Pearl) Kaiser, j
of Atkinson.
Cliff Adkins Gets
Network Tribute
Cliff Adkins, O’Neill airman
and a hero of the Blizzards of
1948-’49, was saluted at 10:30 a.
m. Wednesday by Ted Malone,
well-known reporter-poet-phil
osopher, on the American Broad
castoing Company network.
Adkins was cited for his her
oic aerial work when rural Holt
was snowbound. !
Other O’Neillites mentioned
in connection with the Adkins
story were Mrs. Ida (“Grand
ma”) Noble. Gordon Harper and
Matthew Beha.
Visit at Neligh —
Saturday business callers in
Neligh were Mrs. Thomas j
Murray and Miss Demaris.
Winter Revisits
O’Neill Region
Winter revisited the O’Neill
region early this week. On Mon
day morning the citizenry awak
ened to find a blanket of snow,
measuring more than two inches |
in depth, once more covering
the ground.
Early Tuesday morning the
mercury dropped to one de
gree above zero—coldest mark
of the week.
Wednesday dawned dull and j
cold, but by midday the sun
broke through and practically
all of the fresh snow disappear
ed. I
Week’s summary, based on
24-hour periods ending at 8 a.
m. daily, follows:
Date High Low Pre. i
March 10 31 12 .02
March 11 25 17 .01
March 12 40 17 .02
March 13 35 24 .02
March 14 34 15 .08
March 15 17 -5 .05
March 16 25 _1
Irish A’rs Heard
on ‘Voice’ Program
Nancy Beha and Pat Brennan,
5t. Mary’s academy high school
stdents, were heard on Wed
nesday’s ‘Voice of The Fron
;ier” program in two appropri
ite St. Patrick’s day selections,
'Mother Macree” and “Did Your
Mother Come from Ireland?”
Miss Beha is a soprano and
Miss Brennan played a flute ac
companiment.
liernard Troshynski
Narrations Winner
ATKINSON — Seven pupils
participated in the annual nar
rations contest sponsored by
Farley - Tushla post of the
American Legion
Those participating were:
Douglas Rossman. Maxine Mit
chell, Bonnie Dickau, Anita
Ford, and Dean Gilman. all
from Atkinson high school;
James Millio and Bernard Tro
stynski. from St. Joseph’s high
school.
Judges were Fred Jungman,
Rev. E. G. Ihrig, and Rev. Orin
C. Graff.
Bernard Troshynski took
first place, which was a $25
war bond, and represented
Farley-Tushla post in the dis
trict contest held Tuesday at
Elgin Maxine Mitchell placed
second and received $5.
STORE CHANGES HANDS
CHAMBERS — The Smith
grocery in Chambers recently
changed ownership. W. A.
Smith and son. George C Smith,
purchased the business from the
former’s brother. Ed Smith.
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DEATH SEPARATES
PAIR WED 60 YEARS
Mrs. H. W. Grubb, 76, of
Chambers, Dies After
Year’s Illness
Burial at Chambers
CHAMBERS—Death came at
10:30 a. m, Tuesday to Mrs.
H W. Grubb, 76-year-old
Chambers women, who had
been in ill health for more
than a year. She had been bed
fast for several days.
Funeral arrangements were
not completed Wednesday
morning, but rites will be held
at Chambers Friday or Sat
urday, from the Methodist
church and burial will be in
the Chambers cemetery.
Mrs. Grubb was born Aug
ust 5, 1873, at Trenton, Mo.
Her maiden name was Gert
rude Leonora Davis, and she
was a daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Francis R.
Davis.
The Davis family came to
Holt county in 1900 from Car
thage, Mo.
The Grubbs were married on
March 9, 1889, at Trenton
where they lived for a time
before moving to Holt. Mr.
Grubb farmed in the Cham
bers vicinity for a number of
years and sold real estate.
For 40 years the Grubb fam
ily lived in Chambers. The
Davis’s homesteaded near
Chambers.
On Wednesday, March 9, the
Grubbs observed their 60th
wedding anniversary. They
had the distinction of being
one of Holt county’s longest
married couples. No celebra
tion was held because of Mrs.
Grubb's critical illness,
Survivors include: Widower;
daughters—Mrs. Seth (Grace)
Cooper, of Chambers; Mrs.
Clarence (Cora) Wyant, of
Chambers; Mrs. William (Eliz
abeth) Renninger, of Cham
bers; Mrs. Ned (Florence) Fra
dy, of Corona, Calif.; Mrs. Ro
land (Gladys) Jackson, of Se
attle, Wash. Sons—C h a r 1 e s
Davis, of Magill, Nev., and
Donald Davis, of Washington
state. Sisters—Mrs. Anna
Grubb, of Chambers; Mrs. J.
L. Greenstreet, of Sedro Wool
ley, Wash.; Mrs, Frank Me
huron, of Eugene, Ore.; Mrs.
Hubert Smith, of Chambers,
and Mrs. Rudy Martin, of
Chambers. Brother—C 1 a u d e
Davis, of Debeque. Colo.
One daughter, Mrs. Esther
Red. is deceased.
She also leaves numerous
grandchildren and several
great-grandchildren
Student Government
Date April 13
New' date set for the American
Legion-sponsored student gov
ernment activity in Holt coun
ty is Wednesday, April 13.
The all-day program was or
iginaly scheduled in January,
but had to be postponed because
of storm conditions.
Details will be announced la
ter, according to Miss Elja Mc
Cullough, Holt county superin
tendent of schools, who is the
chairman of the activity, and
Glea H. Wade, who is assistant
chairman.
PLAN ST. PAT'S DANCE
Simonson post of the Ameri
can Legion is sponsoring a St.
Patrick’s' dance tonight (Thurs
day) at the Legion ballroom.
Lee Barron and his orchestra
will furnish the music.
Joins Survey —
LeRoy Wert, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Wert, who has join
ed the reclamation branch of
the U. S. Survey, reported for
duty at Lincoln, Kans., on Sun
day.
Cambridge (Neb.) Liens Club Forwards
$100 for O’Neill Blizzard Sufferers
Last week the O’Neill Lions
! club received a letter from
| Cambridge (Neb.i, signed by Dr.
H. I. Stearns, president of the
Lions club there.
It read:
“Dear Lions:
“The Cambridge Lions club
is sending you a check in the
amount of $100. We hope that
you can use this money to in
some way help those who have
suffered as a result of the bliz
zards this Winter. We would
like to make this a bigger check
but hope that even this amount
will be of some assistance.
“If you have the time our club
would appreciate a short note on
what this money has accom
plished.’’
Members of the O’Neill elub
were overwhelmed bv the gen
erosity of the Southwest Ne
braskans, who, they remember,
a few years ago were victims of
extensive flood loss.
Finally, at a recent meeting,
the O’Neill Lions decided that
the check would be returned to
the donors with a message of
profound gratitude.
Hugh Ray and William Mc
Intosh. who were named to
make disposition of the check,
explained that storm suffering
in this region has ceased. By
returning the check, they point
ed out, the Cambridge club
might be able to befriend dis
tressed persons elsewhere.
PROTEST TRUCK !
WEIGHT LIMITS
10,000 Pounds Per Axle
Restriction ‘Threatens
Region’s Economy’
Weight restrictions of 10,000
pounds per axle, which went
into effect on certain Nebraska
highways Tuesday morning,
‘‘threaten the economy of the
region”, according to the board
of directors of the O’Neill Cham
ber of Commerce.
The board met in special ses
sion Wednesday afternoon and
wired vigorous protests to Gov.
Val Peterson, State Sen. Frank
Nelson, State Railway Commis
sion and State Engineer F. H.
Kleitsch, head of the state high
way department.
The Chamber went on re
cord in favor of lifting the
weight ban, arguing that the
restriction is so severe that
loss in business soon would
amount to more than highway
maintenance costs.
Jvieitsch ordered tpe pan on
gross weights to “prevent inso
far as possible,,” he said, “fur
ther deterioration of highways
ihat have suffered under unus
ual weather conditions during
the past Winter.”
Principal roads affected in
the O’Neill region are U. S.
highway 20, from Laurel West
through O’Neill and on to the
Wyoming line from O’Neill
North to the South Dakota
( stae line, and most other high
! ways which lie West of high
way 281 between highway 20
and the South Dakota line.
State highway patrolmen
have been instructed to make
sure that truck loads are re
stricted to 10,000 pounds per
axle, provided the tires rate 10.
000 pounds. Normal limit is
18.000 pounds per axle.
Chamber officials expressed
the view that if the normal lim
its were enforced the deteriora
tion in the O'Neill region could
be checked.
Duration of the 10.000-pound
limitation has not been stal
ed. Roads affected in the O'
Neill region were posted on
Monday night at midnight.
Many semi-trailer outfits
have been kept off the roads by
their owners since the limit was
imposed. To conform to the
i law, the owners say, it is im
possible to carry a pay load.
The restruction is based upon
a law in the Nebraska statutes.
CLOSES. THURSDAYS
Kieth Abart, Holt county Vet
erans’ service officer, announc
ed this week that his office will
be closed on Thursdays from
now on for field service.
Visits at Emmet —
Miss Regina Mullen visited
her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Mullen, in Emmet
over Sunday.
Annual Weed Control
Meeting Is Slated
Annual meeting of the Holt
County Noxious Weed district
will be held in O’Neill next
Wednesday. Session will begin
at 10 a. m.
In the afternoon there will
be a district weed control meet
ing and demonstration, begin
ning at 1:30 p. m. at the court
house annex. Members from
i Holt, Boyd, Rock, Keya Paha
1 and other weed districts will
i attend. Feature of the program
will be an indoor panel discus
i sion and demonstrations by lo
cal chemical and machinery
firms in connection with weed
i eradication.
VERDIGRE BOY, 9,
BLAST VICTIM
Gary Cihlar Struck in
Stomach by Discharge
from Weapon
VERDIGRE — Gary Cihlar.
nine-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Cihlar, farmers
i eight miles Southwest of Ver
digre, was the tragic victim of
a shotgun accident at his home
late Friday afternoon. A charge
from the 20 - gauge weapon
struck the lad squarely in the
stomach, killing him almost
instantly.
The boy came home from
school about 4 o'clock Friday
afternoon, and remarked to
companions that it was "a
nice day to go hunting."
When he reached home he
went to the pantry, where the
gun was kept, and drew the
weapon from its place. It is
believed the hammer of the
gun caught on the door, and it
was discharged.
The boy is survived by his
parents; one sister, Beverly, 6,
and one brother, Wallace, 14.
Funeral services were held
here at 2 o’clock Monday after
noon.
Former Page Resident
Sails for Germany —
PAGE — Mrs. Royal Manvil
le, whose captain-husband is
pilot-instructor on “Operation
Vittles,” sailed Sunday, March
6, for Germany to join her hus
band and make her home there.
Mrs. Manville was Esther Lub
en. For the past four years she
has been working as chief tele
type operator at Hill Air Force
Base at Ogden, Utah.
Mrs. Manville formerly lived
at Pgae.
TO FINISH ROOM
At a recent meeting of the
executive committee of Simon
son post of the American Le
gion, it was decided to finish
the second floor of the club
room here, according to Post
Commander John R. Gallagher.
Wiring will begin soon.
Need printing? See The Fron
tier. adv
CONQUERS SNOW AND MUD . . . C. F. Ober
mire’s above contraption is nothing more than
a truck with tractor tires and rims mounted
over the regular tires. Mr. Obermire is a
Stuart farrrter-rancher-stockman-mail carrier.
He drives the Stuart-Naper mail route, con
ceived the big tires for negotiating snow and
mud. Picture was made in O’Neill Saturday.
—The Frontier Photo by John H. McCar
ville.
Goldfuss Burial
to Be Saturday
ATKINSON — Remains of j
Pfe. Charles P. Goldfuss, son of
Mr. and Mrs. George Goldfuss,
of Atkinson, will arrive here j
early Friday and final burial
will be Saturday in Woodlawn
cemetery. Funeral services will
be held at 2:30 p. tn. Saturday
in the Seger funeral home.
Private Goldfuss was killed |
in action at Iwo Jima on April
19, 1945. He had been in service |
only seven months. Branch of
service was the infantry.
Prior to entering service he
assisted his father on the farm.
I He was born at Atkinson.
Farley-Tushla post of the Am
erican Legion will be in charge
of the military burial rite.
Survivors include: Parents;
brothers—Elmer, Harold and
Leonard, all of Atkinson; sis
ters—Edith and Mrs. Harold
j (Evelyn) Risor, both of Atkin
son.
MUSIC PUPILS VIE
IN ELIMINATION
City's Schools Select
Entries for District
Music Contest
The elimination contest for
St Mary’s academy and O’Neill
high school music pupils was
held Monday in vocal and in
strumental competition at both
schools.
Each school is allowed only
24 entries in the annual district
music contest, which will be
held in O’Neill in April, and
the elimination contest was held
for the purpose of narrowing
the field to 24 for each school.
Vocal soloists from St. Mary’s
who will be eligible to compete
J in the district meet are:
Murde Birmingham, Berna
dette Hynes, Mary Ellen Steele,
Joan Bauer, Nancy Beha, Lor
I raine Simonson, girls’ high
voice; Mildred Larson, girls’
I medium voice: Francis Flood,
boys’ high voice; John O’Neill,
boys’ medium voice.
The St. Mary’s small groups
will include girls’ trio, girls’
sextette, girls' octette, triple
trio, glee club and the mixed
j chorus.
Instrumental entries from St.
Mary’s:
Rose Anderson, piano solo;
Sue Kyner and Rose Anderson,
piano duo; Patricia White, Mary
Ann Knerl. Larry Morris and
John O’Neill, piano quartette.
Those from the O’Neill pub
j lie school are: Patty Johnson,
Janice Johnson, Claude Cole,
Shirley Johring, Dick Godel,
Colleen Hartronft, vocal solos;
girls’ sextette, triple trio, girls’
i glee club, boys’ glee club and
mixed chorus.
The instrumental soloists
from both schools include: Pa
tricia Brennan, flute; Larry
Morris, cornet; Catherine Ann
Golden, French horn; Patricia
Brennan and Helen Harty, flute
duet; Ivalyn Brady, saxophone; 1
Ted Lindberg, cornet; Eddie
Bridges, cornet; Wally Shelham
ef, trombone; Don Peterson,
trombone; Bruce McElhaney,
trombone; Don Calkins, bass;
cornet trio, brass sextette, saxo
phone ensemble; Phyllis Sc-ger,
j piano solo.
Although Duane Booth re
ceived high rating, he will not
j be able to enter the contest due
to the fact he is a seventh grad- j
i er. The contest is for high |
school students only. Duane j
plays a cornet in the O’Neill j
band.
Public attendance at the elim- !
ination contests was considered
“good” by school officials.
Lieswalds Mark
55th Anniversary
CHAMBERS — Mr. and Mrs.
Emil Lieswald celebrated their
55th wedding anniversary Sun
day, March 5, at their home in
Chambers. Plans had been made
for a big wedding dinner, but
due to bridge washouts, none
of the relatives outside of Cham
bers were able to attend.
Mrs. Leiswald was born in
Germany in 1869. He is now 79
years-old. Mrs. Lieswald is 74.
The couple was married in 1894.
Former Page Phone
Man Succumbs
_
PAGE —Rufus Clason form
er Page telephone man, died on
Tuesday, March 1, according to j
word received in Page.
Survivors include: Widow;
stepdaughter, Nelda Hood, and
an adopted daughter, Ruby Cla- I
son, of Omaha; his aged mother,
who lives in Tennessee, and sev
eral brothers and'sisters.
The Clasons lived near Page
at one time and operated the
Page telephone exchange.
VERDIGRE — Funeral ser
vices were held Wednesday,
March 9. for Mrs. Louis Mar
shall, sr., of Verdigre.
DAILEY RETIRES
FROM EMMET BANK
Yet Holt Hank Official
Sells Interest to
Conard and Mullen
O’Neill Man Cashier
EMMET — W. P. Dailey, 65,
who for 42 years has been an
official of the Emmet State
Bank, retired Monday. He sold
his interests to Homer F. Mul
Jen, of O’Neill, and John Con
ard, of Emmet. Mr. Mullen has
been elected cashier, succeeding
Mr. Dailey.
Retiring from the banking
field enables Mr. Dailey to take
what he has described as his
first vacation. He has been with
the bank since 1907 and has
never had a vacation.
The Emmet institution was
one of the banks in the coun
try which never closed dur
ing the financial panic of a
score or more years ago.
In September, 1948, Mr. Dail
ey became “laid up” and has
not been as active since before
that illness.
He was born in a sodhouse
three miles West of the present
site of Emmet, a son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Dailey, who were
Irish immigrants who had lo
cated for a short time in Penn
sylvania.
Mr. Conard is an Emmet mer
chant. Mr. Mullen has worked
with the Reconstruction Fin
ance Corporation at Omaha and
spent several years in the bank
ing business at Scribner. He re
turned to O’Neill in 1946. Re
cently. he has been traveling
for a Sioux City wholesale fruit
company.
Officers of the bank are: H.
J. Birmingham, of O'Neill,
president; Mr. Conard. vice
president. and Mr. Mullen,
cashier.
Mr. Dailey told The Frontier
that he and his wife plan to
spend some time in a warmer
climate,
MT Mullen already has as
sumed his duties at the bank.
World-Herald Vet,
Heart Victim, O’Neill
Visitor Last Week
Eldon K. Langevin, 47, vet
eran member of the Omaha
World - Herald editorial staff
and ex-chief of the photographic
department, died Monday af
ternoon of a heart aitack. He
was stricken suddenly
Mr. Langevin spent three days
in the O’Neill vicinity last
week. His work here may
have been his last outstate as
signment for that newspaper.
He came here to report for
his newspapepr flood conditions
along the Elkhorn river. For
two days—Tuesday and Wed
nesday, March 8 and 9—he
toured the valley with Glea H.
Wade, chairman of the Holt
county disaster preparedness
committee.
Mr. Langevin had been a
World-Herald employee since
1926. In 1928 he was put in
charge of that newspaper’s photo
department. In August, 1948, he
was made a roving reporter to
cover special stories in the
World-Herald area. Among the
notable series of articles that he
has written in recent years wexe
one on Nebraska towns, one on
the operation of the World-Her
ald, and one on Nebraska’s in
volved road problem.
Langevin played an import
ant part in the layouts on the
World-Herald’s two special edit
ions, “Blizzard of ’49” and “Op
eration Snowbound,” both re
cently off the press.
Langevin leaves a widow and
two sons.
Langevin’s widow is a daugh
ter of the late R. D George, of
Broken Bow, a brother of R L.
Beorge, of O’Neill.
Winifred Lee
Expires at Lynch
LYNCH — Winifred Lee, who
had been in ill health for some
time, died suddenly Sunday
night at his home Northeast of
Lynch.
He had been residing in the
Sunshine Bottom locality.
?5 Attend Home
Demonstration Meeting —
Officials and members of the
Holt county chapter of the Ne
; braska Council of Home Dem
1 onstration clubs met Tuesday in
the assembly room of the court
i house here. Delegates were pres
ent from numerous project
rhtbs There were 25 in attend
I ance.
Mrs. Edgar Stauffer, of Page,
! president of the Holt chapter,
! presided. * y
JGM Club Convenes— I
ATKINSON— The JGM c/
met at the home of Mrs.y
Greager last Thursday, r