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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1949)
LONE CONTEST IN MUNY ELECTION (Continued from page 1) man, Mr. Perry and Mis. Con ard. M B ("Spike") Lawrence col lected 18 votes ani.Grant Pea cock received 14. There was no school election. Lively Turnout at Ewing Polls — EWING—One hundred and forty-seven ballots were cast in Tuesday's municipal election at Ewing. ., _ John Walker and W’aldo Davis were reelected to the board of education with 91 and 87 votes, respectively. J. L. Pruden, only other candidate, pressed closely behind with 84. Ewing voters selected two new members for the village board. Thev are: L C. Dierks and E. L Welke. Dierks collect ed 93 votes, 'Welke 87. Retiring village trustees are Clyde Allen, who was mayor, and Elrad Saunders. Neither Allen nor Saunders were a candidate for reelection. 2 New School Officials Picked at Page — PAGE — Tuesday’s election was "very quiet" but resulted in the selection of two new mem bers for the board of education, i They are Melvin Held and Wal ter Christon. They succeed Roy | Haynes, who moved away, and A G Braddock. who was defeat ed. Another name on the bal lot was that of Ivan Heiss. Only 105 votes were cast in the school election—97 in the town voting. . . . Dr. E. J. Bild was reelected to the town council. Gerald Lama son is the new member, succeed ing O. L. Reed, whose name was not on the ballot. Porter, Taylor New Chambers Trustees — CHAMBERS — Frank Por ter and Glenn Taylor are new trustess on the Chambers village board. They succeed Joseph Daas and Clif ford Gillette. There were no names on the ballot in Tuesday’s election. One hundred and four votes were cast. _ . ! Taylor received 94; Porter, 82; Gillette, 11; Edwin Wink, 6; Daas, 3; Charles Spath, 2. There was no school election at Chambers. No Opposition in Inman Balloting— INMAN —Dan Sholes and David MorsbacS were reelected to the board of education at Inman witth no opposition. • ROYAL THEATER O'NEILL ★ ★ ★ THURSDAY - APRIL 7 Clark Gable, Jeanette Mac Donald and Spencer Tracy in San Francisco with Jack Holt, Jessie Ralph and Ted Healy. A dm.: 42c. plus tax 8c, to tal 50c children 10c, plus tax 2c, total Me. A * . I " " " u!' : ' FRIDAY - SATURDAY - APRIL 8-9 Big Double Bill Frank Buck’s Original Bring ’Em Back Alive — also — Allan Lane and Bobby Blake in Stagecoach to Denver Adm. 42c. plus tax 8c, To tal 50 — Children 10c, plus tax 2c, total 12c. Matinee Saturday 2.i0 ★ ★ ★ SUNDAY-MONDAY-TUES DAY - APRIL 10-11-12 M-G-M Presents the First Big Picture of 1949! Clark Gable, Walter Pidg eon, Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy in Command Decision with Charles Bickford, John Hodiak, Edward Arnold. *2c> plus tax ic, to tal 50c — Children 10c. plus tax 2c. total 12c. Matinee Sunday 2t30 ★ ★ ★ WEDNESDAY - THURS DAY - APRIL 13-14 Betty Hutton and Macdon ald Carey in Dream Girl Adm.: 42c. plus tax t, to tal SO; children 10c. plus tax 2. total 12c. Meanwhile, L. R. Tompkins, Harry McGraw and George P. Coleman were returned to the village board without a con test. Only 47 votes were cast, mostly by townspeople because rural roads were impassable for voters living outside the village. SEEPAGE CAUSES DAMAGE AT EWING Pump Nif?ht-and-I)ay to Prevent Ruin in School Gym EWING—An estimated 18 inches of snow fell here last week, bringing the year’s total to nearly 90 inches. Roads al ready impassable, except to tractors, are now completely closed to travel. TTie approach to the cem etery bridge across the Elk horn river East of town has been washed out for a distance of nearly 50 feet. The highest reading of the Elkhorn was 1015 feet, almost seven feet above normal. No damage to the bridge north of town on higghway 10R has been report ed Many farmers and ranch ers were caught without feed. Losses may be greater than followingg thee Novem ber storm due to the weak- | ened condition of the cattle. The air lift was called back into operation here Friday and Saturday. Flyers were busy once more carrying supplies to those who are unable to get to town. Many basements in town are filled with water. Theree has been no flooding in town, but the high water table causes' most basements and cellars to; fill from seepage. Nels Berg strom, school custodian, has been pumping night-and-day in order to prevent the high water from flooding the aud itorium. Little relief is in sight. On Monday there was about eight inches of snow left on the gr ound and the sub soil is “so saturated that most of the wat er will run off," one observer said. Flood conditions became: wore again here Monday night and Tuesday. The rampaging South Fork Creek undermined the East approach to the bridge crossing vs. highway 27’, South closing U. S. highway 275, South of town, the full width of the bridge and six- to eight foot back. Highway crews went to work with planks and sand bags in an effort to prevent fur ther washing. The Elkhorn had risen to 9.3 feet Tuesday morning, a foot above the reading of Monday night. It is still rising, and with high water coming from the O’ Neill and Inman areas, it may leave its banks in this vicinity. Until Tuesday night, all homes were intact and no evacuations had been necessary. Letters lo Editor The article written by the “Little Old Lady” in last week’s Frontier with the thought of keeping O’Neill clean was fine, but as we read it, we could not help thinking of another vital, crying need We wonder why O’Neill, the best town lying outdoors, can’t have postal delivery. Other towns in the same class — smaller—have had such deliv ery for years. Neligh and Ains worth are instances. This is ho fault of our local postoffice but it’s practically impossible for newcomers to secure a box, our town has grown so rapidly, | and where two, three and sometimes four families have to share the same box there are bound to be mail mix ups. This is not much to discredit our local office, but O’Neill has, it seems, outgrown the setup we have. If this need could be met it would make a lot of people happy. Other towns do it. Why can’t we? If we need more sidewalks, let’s build them! “A Comparative Newcomer” The secret Chinese Hung So ciety is sixteen centuries old, according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. RIVER HIGHEST IN 52 YEARS (Continued from page 1) the historic blizzards. Tractors and horses have been the only sure means of conveyance. Several carriages in the neighborhood of 25-years-old or more — have been put to use and seen on streets of O' Neill and other Holt commun ities. Teams and wagons have been in common usage for weeks. Calving crises, created by last week's unseaonable blizzard, now has been alleviated, al though losses have been fairly high. Atkinson was virtually cut off from the outside world for several days and was without light and power for about 30 hours. Most communications were partially restored by late last Thursday. Wind Uproots Trees in Celia Neighborhood — CELIA — On eWdnesday, March 30, the worst single bliz zard of the year visited Celia. A very wet snow, blown by a strong wind, covered trees, up rooting a number of them and made it dangerous for man or beast to be outside. Several in the Celia commun ity lost sto^k. Huge drifts again filled yards and made traveling impossible for a few days. On Saturday D. F. Scott and Ed Hoffman followed the snowplow out from Atkinson and got within a few miles from their homes when by the aid of Le Roy Hoffman with horses and a wagon. Mr. Hoffman finally ar rived home. He brought out the mail of this neighborhood. Mr. Scott got within a mile of home and left his car and walked the rest of the way. The same afternoon Robert Hendricks went to Atkinson with tractor which had a box fastened to it to carry groceries and mail for several neighbors. Robert came home Sunday. One and a half- to two-feet of snow is believed to have fal len. Phones were out of order several days. Travelers Stranded by Storm — STUART—Last week’s unex pected snow storm stranded a good many travelers here and several of the farmers North of Stuart, who had been to the At kinson livestock sale, were forc ed to spend Tuesday night, Mar. 29, and most of Wednesday. March 30, at Stuart. Gus Obermire, the mailman on the Star route, North of Stuart, who fixed up his “Big Tin Lizzie” truck for Operation Snowbound, had to resort to this “oki faithful” last Thursday to see if he could buck the drifts and deep snow once more. As far as the “Big Tin Lizzie” be ing called "Old Faithful,” the same name could readily be applied to Gus, for he has gone with the mail many, many times when on one else would think of trying. He has been mail carrier up the Big Sandy and from Stuart to Naper for many years, and there have been very few days that he has missed. Mail Relay Evolves from Mud Problem — CHAMBERS — Mail during the past week has been reaching this inland Holt county town in a unique fashion. Outgoing mail is taken to the five-mile corner, East of town, on a half-track vehicle. There the courier is met by a mail truck from O’Neill. Mail ex changed and the machines re turn to their respective bases. With two vehicles cooperat ing against the mud in doing the work of one, on Saturday the 10-mile roundtrip for the half track required four hours’ travel time. Rural Schools Raise $139 in Polio Drive Holt countv rural schools raised $139.90 in the 1949 fund raising campaign for the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, according to Miss El ja McCullough, who directed the rural school work. District number 9, taught by Helen Burival, sent the largest contribution, amounting Body temperature reaches its lowest early in the monring. SPRING CLEARANCE SALE ON BATTERIES... WHILE THEY LAST ! ! Liberal Allowance of $7 to $11 on Your Old Battery. These Batteries Are All First Line Mer chandise . . . Fully Guaranteed . . . All Popular Sizes. HUNT’S RECAPPING SERVICE Phone 289 O'Neill The Frontier’s Jack and Jill . CORNER JICSAWS AT 4 , . . Folks, this week the Jack and Jill editor is introducing Neal and Darrell Smith, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Smith, of Stuart. Neal (left) is four-years-old. He has blue eyes and brown hair. Neal keeps busy with his tractors, cars and counts the time until he can go to school. He became quite a jigsaw puzzle fan during the past Winter and he spends a big share of his time working at them. Darrel (right) is two years-old. He has brown eyes and light brown hair. He Is a real farmer. Darrell very often gets into trouble with his sis ter, Doris, when he gets into her toys. glPvV.-. .- •>—»' i®lv.. -sX*....- . ...'v.y’.-.. ■y.-.Wrtf.v.'jAjA.: ->■- ..^.. . •■:, . NEAL (LEFT) AND DARREL SMITH New Date Set for Recognition Program The Rural Women’s recogni tion pfogram, sponsored by the O’Neill Chamber of Commerce which was to have been held on Thursday, April 14, has been postponed until Wednes day, April 27. Invitations are being sent to presidents of Woman’s Project clubs in Brown, Rock, Keya Paha, Boyd, Garfield, Loup, Wheeler and Holt counties Approximately 85 women will be invited to the program. Mrs. Edward M. Gallagher and Mrs Harry Petersen, co-chairmen are in charge of the program The meeting will be held at the American Legion auditori um. The registration and cof fee hour will be held from 10 to 11 a. m. The ladies will be free from 11 to 12:45 a. m The luncheon and style show will Be held at 1 p. m. Knights of Columbus Hold Breakfast — Sixty members of the Knights of Columbus council 701 met Sunday for breakfast at the Knights of Columbus hall in O' Neill. Speakers were: Rt. Rev. J. G. McNamara, Francis Gilg and Attorney William Kelly, of Omaha. The Catholic Daugh ters of America served the 9:30 breakfast. Telephone' Party Honoree— Mrs. Albert Klinger was guest-of-honor at a surprise “telephone party” Sunday in honor of her birthday anniver sary. A group of friends could not get to Mrs. Klinger’s home because of road conditions, sc they all sent their best wishes by way of telephone. Mrs. Klinger received about 18 phone calls. Frittons Honored — ' Misses Louann and Marilyn Fritton were guest of honor Thursday evening at a sur prise party given in honor of their birthday anniversaries. The party was given at the Rollerdrome. Games furnished the entertainment. There were 60 guests present. A late lunch was served. The guests presen ted the girls with a gift. Martez Meets_ The Martez Club met Tues day at the M & M Cafe for din ner. The dinner was followed by cards at the Golden Hotel with Mrs. Horner Mullen as hos tess. Mrs. L. M. Diehlman, Mrs. W. J. Froelich, Mrs. H. J. Birm ingham and Mrs. H. J. Lohaus were winners. Newcomers to O'Neill— Mr. and Mrs Norman C. Johnson and daughters, Leslie and Cathy, plan to locate in O’Neill. Mr. Johnson will be an Allis-Chalmers block repre sentative. The Johnsons for merly ranched near Spring view. Entertains Delta Dek— Evelyn Stannard entertained the Delta Dek club at h e r home last Thursday. Mrs. H. J. Lohaus and Mrs. M. J. Gol den were winners. The club met earlier for dinner at the M & M cafe. Friendly Neighborhood— The Friendly Neighbor club met Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Clay Johnson, jr. The club postponed its meeting last week because of bad weather. Visit in East — Mrs. Carroll W. Stewart ami daughter, Suzanne, departed Monday for Millburn, N. J., for a several weeks’ visit with rela tives. They traveled by rail. Mrs. Ross Chairman of CDA Committee— The Catholic Daughters of America held its business meeting Tuesday evening at the Knights of Columbus hall. In the drawing Mrs. Stanley Holly won first prize; Mrs. Ju lia Shaw, second, and Mrs. Verle McDermott, the door prize. Mrs. Oliver Ross was chair man of the committee. She was assisted by Mrs. Ellen Sulli van, Mrs. John Pruss, Miss Claire Conway, Mrs. A1 Hav ronek, Mrs. Clarence Gokie, Mrs. G. J. Janzing, Mrs. Bert Winchell and Mrs. John Ker senbrock 101 Atkinson Pupils in O'Neill Meet— ATKINSON— The Atkinson high school is' well-represented at the district music contest in ' O’Neill this week. One hun dred and one musicians are en tered from Atkinson high in the class C section. Selections by choral groups follow: Mixed chorus: “Two Can ons,” Barrazo Netto; “The Pea sant and His Oxen,” Ashen brenner; “Roll, Chariot, Roll,” Noble Cain. Boys’ glee club: “Oh, Susan na,” arranged by Noble Cain. “I Won’t Kiss Katy,” by Ash enbrenner. Girls’ glee club: ‘“The Forest Hymn,” by Moore - Klemm; “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes,” by Noble Cain. Madregal: “Sing We and Chant It,” by Morley Wise man; “Which Is the Properest Day?” by Dr. Thomas Arne. Triple trio: “He Walketh Up on the Wings of the Wing,” by R. Deane Shure; “The Lost Chord,” by E. J. Lorenz. Girls’ sextette: “The Cloud,” by Florence C, Best; “Lovely Night,” by Offenbach-Moore. Boys’ Quartette: “Let’s Go Down in Jordan,” arranged by Conrad Fredrick; “Tumbling Tumble Weeds,” by Bob Nolan. Boys’ octette: “Kentucky Babe,” by Adam Gerbel; “I Got Shoes,” by Noble Cain. Mixed quartette: “My Love ly Celia,” by Noble Cain; “Lil’ Liza Jane,” by Ada de Lashan Girls’ trio: “Rain,” by Pearl Curran; “La Cucharocha,” ar ranged by Beatrice Mac Krones. Solos as follows: Maxine Jones, high voice: “Romance,” from the “Desert Song,” by Romberg; “Sounds,” by Gustav Klemm. Elaine Harshfield, medium voice: “I Talked to God Last Night,” by David W. Guion: “Sunshine in Rainbow Valley," by Hamblen. Helen Spence, low voice: “I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked,” by Geoffrey O’Hara; "Let Me Remember Music,” by Francis McKay. Don't be sorry again this year —see our wallpaper before you buy.—Western Auto. O'Neill. 43cll. Easter FOOD SALE Saturday, April 16 Golden Hotel Dining Room Women's Association O’Neill Presbyterian Church BURIAL SUNDAY CHAMBERS MAN Emil Lieswald, Sr., Dies; Native of Stuttgart, Germany CHAMBERS *— Funeral ser vices were held Sunday after noon at St. Paul’s Lutheran church for Emil Lieswald, sr., 80, who died early Wednesday morning, March 30. Rev. L. A. Dale, church pastor, conducted the services. Emil Lieswald was born on September 17, 1869 at Stutt gard, Germany. He was baptiz ed as a Lutheran in infancy. At the age of 3 M2 he came with his parents to Dodge coun ty, Nebraska. Until he was 15 years-old, Fremont was his home. His next home was on a farm near Snyder. He attended school at Pebble parochial school and was con firmed April 19, 1885. On March 6, 1894, he was united in marriage to Hen rietta Schwanke. Eight years later they moved to Woods county, Oklahoma and lived there seven years. The next three years were spent in Commanche county. Okla homa. The Lieswalds moved to Ne braska in 1910 and to Holt coun ty in 1920. In 1942, they retired and moved to Chambers where they have since made their home. Out-of-town relatives present for the burial were: Mr. and Mrs. Julius Leiswald, Oscar Lieswald and Mabel Peterman, all of Alva, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Anderseon, Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Metscke, Mrs. Alice Metscke and son, Eugene, and Mr. and Mrs. Duane Lieswald, all of Fremont; Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Means and Lester Leis wald and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Metscke, all of Meadow Grove; and Mr. and Mrs. George Ru roede and family, of Ewing. Survivors include: Widow — Henrietta; sons — Gilbert, of Meadow Grove and Emil, jr., and Leslie, both of Chambers; daugh ters—Mrs. Alice Metscke, of Fremont, and Mrs. George Ru roede, of Ewing; brother—Jul ius, of Alva, Okla.; 19 grand children and nine great-grand 1 children. One son preceded him in death. Palbearers were: J. W. Wal ters, Will Leighman, Jake Hearle, Leo Adams, Henry Brown and Victor Harley. An octette sang “Abide With Me,” “Wonderful Love of Jesus” and “I Trust Thy Will.” The Leiswalds had celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary in March. -- A gold nugget found in 1869 weighed 157 pounds according to the Encyclopaedia Britan nica. Deloit Community Wages Mud Battle DELOIT — A mud battle is in progress here. Until this week there has been no rural mail service since March 19. High school pupils at Bartlett have been unable to get to their homes for several weekends. However, those attending high school in O’Neill have been more fortun ate in getting home. On the March 25-26 week the O’Neill students made the trip to Clearwater by tractor and trailer, and Randall Hixson met them, taking them back to their studies. Tractors have been the pri mary source of transportation for more th§n four months. A bulldozer opened the coun ty line, one mile East of Deloit, oh Monday evening, March 28, following the first Spring storm. A number of ducks, geese and cranes have been seen in flight going North. The Deloit community receiv ed 12- to 14-inches of snow last week. The tulips were up and the robins had arrived. The rural phone line has been unserviceable. Patrons are unable to contact the exchange. A group of men made the trip to Hupp’s store last Thursday, found the roads “plenty tough’’, but no mail. Other Stuart News Mr. and Mrs. Clem Olberd ing entertained a group at cards March 27. A lunch was served at the end of the games. “The Voice of The Frontier” | • • ‘ 780 on y°ur dial- adv ——— — Q*ve the watch with the self-protecting heart Wyler incaflex Come in and see demonstration of the Incaflex balance wheel Y£llOW TOP $39.75 McCRARY’S — JEWELRY — "Styled Right . . . Priced Right ... to Sell on Sight" Sageser - Robertson - Shaffer 6th ANNUAL SALE OF REGISTERED HEREFORDS SATURDAY, APRIL 16 Postponed from April 1 One o'clock P. M. at the ATKINSON LIVESTOCK MARKET ATKINSON. NEBRASKA 4* 60 BULLS Quality worthy of addinq to your herd, 40 coming twos. 20 .«*£oming yearlings. 70 FEMALES The females consist of open heifers, bred heifers, cows and calves. The cows are rebred to the sires listed below. ALL SIRED BY THESE EXCELLENT HERD BULLS: Adv. Brummel, Pioneer Lad 30. Domestic Lamplighter, WHR Jr. Reality 17, Spartan Lamplighter, Laddie Domino For Sale Catalog, write ERNIE WELLER, The Auctioneer, Atkinson, Nebr.