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VOLUME 63—NUMBER 51 O NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1949 PRICE 7 CENTS
3TAT* "1ST Joe ^
Seefe Signatures
to Retain Diesel
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Chamber to Circulate
Petitions Among
Power Users
T o Visit Columbus
A petition will be circulated
among power users “within
the next few days” and, when
completed, will be submitted to
Consumers Public Power di
rectors at Columbus. It will re
quest CPPD officials to aban
don plans for dismantling the
O’Neill power plant. The petit
ion will be sponsored by tha
Chamber of Commerce.
J. Leo Moore, president of
the Chamber, has appointed
James M. Corkle as chairman
of a temporary committee to
investigate the power district’s
plan to dismantle the O’Neill
diesel generating plant and
— move it to Valentine.
9 When the job of securing
signatures has been completed.
Corkle and other members of
a committee will go to Colum
bus to confer with the general
manager of the statewide Con
sumers power grid and mem
bers of the board of directors.
L C. Walling, manager of the
O’Neill district, will accompa
ny the group to Columbus.
The CPPD 1,000-kw plant
which is threatened to be mov
ed was installed new in 1937.
Chamber officials are anx
ious to have the plant re
tained here for "standby
purposes." In an emergency
it could serve O'Neill and a
number of other towns on a
rationed basis.
Service interruptions have
been frequent during the past
Winter, and in other post-war
Winters power conservation
had to be practiced because of
inadequate power coming from
the hydro-electric sources.
At Atkinson and Bassett
there is talk of municipal pow
* er generating and distribution.
There has been no serious talk
of municipal power todate in
O’Neill. Chamber officials,
however, are anxious that the
single-unit diesel plant be re
tained intact in O’Neill for “re
serve” use.
Meanwhile, Walling says.
Consumers is going aheac}
with plans to improve service
throughout the O’Neill district,
which includes 55 cities and
towns and 13 counties.
Shortwave radio engineers
were in O’Neill last Thursday
mapping plans for broadcast
ing facilitie... Two-way com
munications will be provided
by the shortwave equipment,
The O'Neill headquarters
will have instantaneous, di
rect wireless contact with
Valentine, Creighton, Neligh,
Ainsworth and Hartington
when the radio equipment
has been installed. In addi
tion, there will be two
way communication with
maintenance vehicles.
Walling points out that a big
obstacle for maintenance crews
during past electrical storms
and during the late Winter
was lack of communications,
making it impossible to deter
mine the trouble spot without
a reeonnaisance of the lines.
Offers 40-Acre
Tract to Scouts
Carl Asimus, well-known O’
Neill businessman, has advised
Boy Scout officials that h,e will
deed 40 acres of land, adjoin
ing the Elkhorn river, to the
Scouts, provided the property
can be accepted by the Scout
organization.
The offer has been submit
ted to state Scout headouart r
to determine whether that or
ganization can accept it.
'fed McElhaney, of the Scout
committee here, said “The of
fer is in keeping with the Asi
mus tradition of backing worth
while projects in our commun
ity. We feel that a public
acknowledgement of this gen
erosity should be made.”
If accepted, McElhaney said
he’d suggest that the acreage
be designated as Asimus park.
American Elms
Planted in Park
PAGE — The Page Improve
ment club observed Arbor day
in Page by setting out six Am
erican elm trees in the city park.
The origin of Arbor day was |
discussed. A talk was given on
the beautiful state park and on
Arbor lodge, at Nebraska City.
Pictures of different scenes in
the park were shown. Facts
were told about J. Sterling Mor
ton, the originator of Arbor
day.
Mrs. R D. Copes recited a
poem on “Trees.”
Mrs. John Lamason and Miss
Hatty Ann Kahler accompain
ed their first four graders ol
the Page school and the child- (
ren sang several songs as each
tree was placed in position.
Sister Dies —
Judge and Mrs. D. R. Mounts
left Sunday for Tonkawa,
Okla., to visit the former’s sis
ter, Mrs. Erma Chenaweth,
who has been ill. Word was re
ceived Monday that Mrs.
Chenaweth died Funeral ser
vices were held Wednesday.
M. E. ("Jake") Jacobson
———— —
formal Opening
Saturday for New
Jacobson Store
Formal opening of Jacobson’s
appliance store in O’Neill is set
for Saturday, April 30. The
store on Douglas street is lo
cated directly South from the
• Golden hotel.
M. E. (“Jake”) Jacobson, the
owner, came to O’Neill in
March and took over the store
previously operated by Beha
Electric in the Beha building.
The formal opening was delay
ed until now to enable the
firm to exhibit to its visitors
an all-electric kitchen in com
plete operation.
Mr. Jacobson says that the
appliances on display “approx
imate actual home conditions”.
The store features the Hotpoint
line of home appliances.
Mr. Jacobson’s original home
was in Morningside, a Sioux
City surburb. After serving in
Europe during World War II,
he established his residence at
Norfolk, working for his broth
er, Victor, owner of Jacobson’s
Appliance Store of Norfolk.
Mr Jacobson’s wife and their
son, Paul, will move to O’Neill
as soon as housing arrange
ments can be completed.
For the formal opening. Jac
obson’s are presenting gifts to
the ladies and balloons to the
children.
(For details see double-page
advertisement on pages 2 and
3 in section 2.)
MERCURY CLIMBS
TO 90 DEGREES
—
Temperature V a r i e s 56
Degrees During 4
Day Interval
Temperatures varied 56 de
grees during a four-day period
i recently.
Early Saturday the tempera
ture skidded to the 34-degrea
mark—within two degrees of
freezing. On Monday after
noon the mercury mounted to
90 degrees — the high for the
year.
Showers threatened at least
thrice during the past seven
days, but on only one occasion
—Monday evening — was the
precipitation worthy of note. I
The shower that evening to
taled .08 of an inch, was ac-1
companied by an electrical |
storm and high winds of short i
duration.
Meanwhile, farmers are ai
week in earnest in Ihe fields
after a costly Winter and a
Spring which succeeded in
seating them several weeks
beh nd wiih Iheir work.
Farmers are still planting
| oats and they hope that they’re
not too late.
Subsoil moisture tests are
very encouraging but already
the top soil is drying out be
cause of the wind.
Outlook for wild hay and
alfalfa is excellent except for
Winter damage and pasture is
short but making good prog'
ress.
Week’s weather summary:
! Date High Low Prec. i
April 21 . 58 47 T
April 22 68 45 T
April 23 ...... 68 34
April 24 .... 78 38
April 25 77 40 .08
April 26 ... 90 43
April 27 75 44
11 Tractors Turn-Out
for Road Building
There was an 11 - tractor
“turn-out” Tuesday as neigh
bors joined to help build a
two-mile grade of a four-mile
extension of the new mail
route between the Opportunity
and Star postoffices on the O’-'
Neill-to-Star route.
The neighbors were helping
Roy Alder, road overseer in
Steel Creek township.
Among the patrons to be
benefited by the new rout®
and who helped with their
tractors were: Roy Alder, John
Alder, Ray Siders, Frank Ko
petjka, Robert Sholes. Glen
Knight, Forrest Farrand, Har-.
old Krugman, Marvin Richter
Howard Oberle, Will Pinker
man, Alfred Linquist and Al
bert Stoffer.
RECOGNITION TO
48 RURAL WOMEN
Project Leaders from 8
North-Central Counties
Convene Here
Style Show Feature
Forty-eight rural farm wom
en attended a leadership rec
ognition program here Wed
nesday at the American Legion
auditorium. The affair was
under the sponsorship of the
O’Neill Chamber of Commerce
the Omaha Chamber of Com
merce and the Nebraska agri
cultural extension service.
The honored rural home
makers represented Brow n.
Rock, Keya Paha, Boyd.
Wheeler, Garfield, Loup and
Holt counties.
Meeting began with regis
tration at 10:30 a. m., followed
by coffee and a shopping hour.
A luncheon began at noon,
followed by a style show,
which was the highlight of the
. day.
Mrs. May Yard, president
of the women's division of
the Omaha Chamber of Com
merce, spoke briefly. Mrs.
Clara Newlee Leopold, of the
agricultural extension service
introduced the Omaha-bound
delegates.
The guests included rural
homemakers, extension and
demonstration club presidents;
and county delegates selected
for rural leadership.
The style show was under |
the direction of Mrs. Edward |
M. Gallagher and Mrs. Harry
Petersen. Musical background
was furnished by the girls’
chorus from St. Mary’s acadj
emy and O’Neill high school.
Specialty numbers included:
“School Days,” by Kay Mar
tin; “Washing Dishes,” by Ber* ;
nadette Hynes, and “Easter Pa
rade,” by Miss Margaret Gold
smith, accompanied at the pi
! ano by Miss Esther Kinnier.
Stores represented were J.
M. McDonald Co., J. C. Penney
Co., Apparel Shop, Osborne
Shoe Store, McIntosh Jewelry.
McCrary Jewelry, Lee Store,
Tiny Town and Gambles.
Ladies who modeled for
these stores and shops were:
Mrs. W. C. Artus, Mrs. H. F.
Mullen, Mrs. H. E. Coyne, Mrs.
A. P. Jaszkowiak, Mrs. Dean
Reed, Mrs. E. L. O’Donnell.
Mrs. John H. McCarville, Mrs.
J. B. Grady, Mrs. M J. Gold
en, Mrs. Hope Condon,
Evelyn Stannard, Mrs C. M.
Dale and Mrs. N. O. McCrary.
Young ladies who modeled
I were: Shirley Brandenberg,
I Eva Coker, Suzanne Moss, Ma
I ry Jo Hynes, Catherine Ann
i Golden. Barbara Bennett, Phvl
l lis Harmon, Mary Ann Galla
! gher, Betty Johnson, Jenine
Jones, Nancy Beha, Catherine
i Judge. Ivalyn Brady, Wauneta
' Anspach, Mary Faulhaber and
| Patricia Brennan.
Children who modeled were:
Paula Reed, John Kurtz, Roy
j Bridge, Jean Lohaus, Larry
' Dawes, Diana Gillespie, Danny
| McCrary, Kathleen Weir, Rose*
1 mary Lyons, Gary Roy Skul
borstad. Ann Saunto, Kay
Martin, Yvonne Steele, Curtis
Larson and Dean Larson.
Returns from Rochester—
Dr. W. F. Finley spent sev
eral days last week visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Don Miller, and
Mr. Miller, of St. Paul, Minn.,
enroute from Rochester. Minn,
where he had been a patient
for several weeks in a hospital
CAPTURED FOLLOWING MANHUNT . . .
Charles Bowden (right, wearing handcuffs)
was captured at 1:30 a. m. last Thursday on a
farm near Verdel following a manhunt that be
gan the day before. Bowden was said to be an
escapee from a state prison at Atlanta, Ga.
Patrolmen are Curtis Cochran and Corp. Wil
lard Teachman.
MOTHER OF 15
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Mary Head, Native
of Austria, Bedfast
Since August
ATKINSON — Mrs. Mary
Head, 76, a native of Austria
and a resident of Nebraska
since she was eight-years-old,
died late Tuesday in a Norfolk
hospital. She had been taken
to the hospital earlier in the
day.
Mrs. Head had been bedfast
since August, 1948, suffering a
lingering illness.
Funeral services are tenta^
tively scheduled for Friday
morning at St. Joseph’s Catho
lic church in Atkinson with
Rev. A. A. Lehmann officiat
ing. Interment will be in St,
Joseph’s cemetery.
Born March 14, 1873, sha
came to Nebraska a year after
coming to the United States.
Her husband, Adam Head,
died about a decade ago.
The Heads lived on a place
six miles West and three
miles South of Atkinson.
They became the parents of
15 children, four of whom
a>re deceased.
Survivors include: Daughters
—Mrs. Charles (Lucille) Brew
er, of Omaha; Mrs. Charles
(Anna) O’Leary, of Sioux City;
Sister Philomena (Martha) of
Sterling. Colo.; Miss Barbara,
of Wa hington, D. C.; Miss Le
ona, of Stuart. Sons—Albert
of Sioux City; August, of Bell
vue; Alex, of Omaha; Louis,
of Sioux City; Peter and Paul
(twins), both of Stuart.
The deceased, all sons, are
Adaym, a World War I veteran;
John, who was killed in a
highway accident; David and
Augustine.
Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Kratovil
and son. Terry, of Osmond,
were Sunday guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Naprstek.
July 4th Date
for Jubilee Event
The Fourth of July has been
established as the date for the
Diamond Jubilee celebration in
O'Neill. On that day the city
will commemorate the arrival
of the first colonists under the
guidance of Gen. John O’Neill.
First settlement reached the
present site of O’Neill in May.
1874.
J. Leo Moore, president of
the Chamber of Commerce,
said committees for the cele
bration will be appointed this
week.
THRONG EXPECTED
AT HIGHWAY MEET
Representatives from dozens
i of cities and towns dependent
j upon highway 281 are expect
i ed in O’Nei1’ tonight (Thurs
} day) for a meeting of the Ne«
| braska chapter of the Highway
1281 association.
Meeting place is the Ameri
can Legion club. A dutch
lunch will begin at 7 o’clock
followed by the business ses
sion at 8 o’clock.
Earl Carpenter, of Red
Cloud, president of the Ne
braska chapter, will preside.
Business will include amend
ing bylaws.
Virtually all Nebraska com
munities on or near the North
South highway. 281 have been
contacted to send representa
tives to the O’Neill parley. The
O’Neill Chamber of Commerce,
the host to the meeting, suc
cessfully contacted all towns
from Greeley on North to the
South Dakota line and five
communities in South Dakota
as well.
By Wednesday noon Bone
steel, S. D., Spencer, Greeley
and Chambers had indicated
sent.
Try Frontier Want Ad vs I
Fishers Return from Hawaii
Dr. and Mrs. F. J. Fisher
last Thursday returned to O’
Neill after a month’s vacation
which included a cruise to Ha
waii. They were accompanied
on the cruise by their daugh
ter, Miss Marv Ann, of Denver,
Colo.
The Fishers left O’Neill on
March 18 and went to San
Fransisco, Calif., where they
were joined by their daughter.
They sailed from ‘Frisco on
March 21 aboard the Matson
T ines luxury liner, Lurline.
The Fishers were traveling with
dozens of Denver residents who
were on a tour arranged by
Mary Ann Fisher, a Denver trav
el agent.
Dr. and Mrs. F. J. Fisher and daughter. Mary Ann . . .
voyage to Hawaii aboard luxury liner Lurline.
The Denver travelers' trip
to Hawaii had already re
ceived advance welcome from
the islands via cablegrams,
telephone calls and a radio
program, beamed from shore
to-ship.
Honolulans streamed out from
'he shore, according to Doctor
Fisher, in tugs bearing hulu
dancers, musicians, singers, leis
of carnations, orchids and ging
er blossoms, and banners read
ing: “Aloha, Denver Visitors."
When the gangplank was
lowered an announcer and mic
rophone were on hand to send
visitors’ greetings back home
via a Denver radio station.
Following receptions at the
Royal Hawaiian and Moana
hotels, the Honolulu Chamber
of Commerce had arranged a
trip around Oahu island.
In Honolulu the Fishers re
sided at the Moana hotel for
about 10 days. They flew to
Hilo aboard a Royal Hawaiian
airliner; saw several active vol
canos; visited the 500 thousand
acre Parker ranch; and made
sidetrips from Honolulu, in
cluding Pearl Harbor.
The Fisher’s have a daugh
ter, Mrs. William Dahms, who
lives on Guam. The Dahms are
returning to the United States
in June and the Fishers d i d
not extend their trip to Guam.
FUGITIVE TAKEN
NEAR VERDEL
(ieorgia Prison Escapee i
Flees to Timber
on Missouri
VERDEL — Charles Bowden,
escapee from a state prison at
Atlanta, Ga., was captured a
I bout 1:30 a. m. last Thursday
by state patrol and other aut
horities while in the back seat
of a car with his 16-year-old
wife on a farm near Verdel.
i Corp. Willard Teachman of
the state patrol. Norfolk, re
ported that Bowden, who work
ed for the telephone company
at Verdel the last month, was
taken after a manhunt that
started Wednesday afternoon,
April 20.
Informed by authorities at
Lincoln, where Bowden form
erly lived, that he was wanted
as an escapee. Patrolman Otis
KnotweU. Plainview, and Knox
i County Deputy Sheriff Ed Mc
Quistan, Center, went to Ver
del to get Bowden.
Bowden, according to Cor
pocal Teachman, learned that
he was wanted and fled lo the
timber toward the Missouri
river.
Mr. Knotwell then called for
assistance and the following
joined the hunt: Corporal
Teachman, Patrolman Fay
Robeson and Game Warden
Sam Grasmick, O’Neill; Pa
trolman Donivan Lacy. Norfolk,
and Patrolman James Kontos.
Laurel.
Corporal Teachman said resi
dents near Verdel helped the
officers in the search, and in
the meantime Bowden went to
a farm home, but wouldn’t go
inside the house.
Bowden, who was armed
with a rifle, was joined by his
wife, and the couple decided
I to spend the night in the back
i seat of a wrecked car behind
the garage at a farm home,
Corporal Teachman said.
It was there the officers
surrounded the car and jerk
ed Bowden from the machine «
in the dark
i Corporal Teachman quoted
Bowden to the effect he was
married last October at Eagle.
' Bowden, who was brought to
the Norfolk jail, was serving
three to seven years in prison
on a nine-count forgery charge.
Patrolmen Curtis Cochran
and Willard Clark started for
Lincoln with Bowden to lodge
him in the peniteetiary until i
turned over to Georgia author
ities.
Weight Restrictions
Removed Wednesday
Effective at 12:01 a. m. Wed
nesday, the 12,000-pound per
axle weight restriction on ve
hicles traveling certain Nebras- [
ka highways was lifted. Tho
ban had been in effect since
March 19.
Among highways in the O’
Neill region affected by the
restriction were: U. S. highway
20 from the East edge of Stu
art to the Danceland junction
of highways 20 and 281; high
way 20 East from *he junction
of highway 275 to Plainview.
The state highway depart
ment ordered the restriction to
“save roads from deterioration”
during the Spring thaw.
Need printing?—Frontier.
DAN CRANDALL, 59,
DIES SUDDENLY
Heart Attack Is Fatal to
Well-Known Chambers
Resident
Funeral Held Sunday
CHAMBERS — Funeral ser
vices were conducted at 2 p. m.
Sunday at the Methodist church
in Chambers for Daniel Cran
dall, 59. who died Wednesday
night, April 20, at his home fol
lowing a heart attack.
He had descended the stairs in
his home when the heart at
tack occurred about 10 p. m.
Rev. Ward Smith, of Cham
bers, officiated. A quartette
composed of Mrs. Letha Cooke,
Leo T. Adams, Mrs. Adams and
Robert Turner, sang ‘‘The Old
Rugged Cross,” “Sometime We’ll
Understand” and “When We
Walk the Last Mile of the Way.”
Mrs. Robert Adams was pianist.
Pallbearers were: Wm. Ren
inger, Chet Fees, Eric Dankert,
Clair Grimes, Dr. Van Horn and
Hiram Hubbard. Interment was
in the Chambers cemetery.
Daniel Ensley Crandall, son
of Albert and Lenora Crandall,
was born at Gallands Grove,
la., on December 23, 1889.
He was baptized and became
a member of the Latter Day
Saints church at Gallands Grove
when he was a boy. He worked
on his father’s farm until a
young man. At the age of 18 he
went to Emmet where he was
employed by his uncle, Alex
McConnell, who now lives in
Emmet.
In 1913 he settled on a farm
North of O’Neill and on October
8 of that year he was united in
marriage to Louise Pruss at At
kinson. Three children were
born to this union. In 1926 the
family moved to O’Neill where
he was employed by the state.
He was transferred to Chambers
in 1932 where he lived until his
death. His death came as a
shock to Mr. Crandall’s family
and friends as he had been in
“fairly good” health until th>s
time.
He was preceeded in death
by his parents and his son.
Dan Crandall
Calvin, who was killed at Cas
sino, Italy, in World War II.
Survivors include: Widow —
Louise; daughters — Luella, of
Oceanside, Calif., and Mrs. Char
lotte Smith, of Chambers; two
grandchildren; brother — Frank
Crandall, of Dunlap, la.; sisters
—Mrs. Henry Pruss. of O’Neill,
ymd Mrs. Charles Hansen, of
Missouri Valley, la.; uncle —
Alex McConnell, of Emmet; sev
eral nieces and nephews.
Among the out-of-town rela
tives attending the funeral were:
John Martfeld, Elaine and Dale,
of Longmont, Colo.; Frank Cran
dall. of Dunlap, la.: Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Hansen and Keith,
of Missouri Valley, la.; Mr. and
Mrs. Leslie Caster, of Norfolk;
also many relat ves and friends
from Stuart, Atkinson. Emmet,
Burwell, Inman and O’Neill.
Extens:on Board
Reelects Officers
Officers of the Holt county
extension board were relected
Monday following an all-day
session at the assembly room
in the courthouse. Officers are:
Ora Yarges. of Stuart, pres
ident; Clarence Ernst, of O’
Neill, vice-president; Charles
Mulford, of Stuart, treasurer*
Mrs Mabel Hammerberg, of
Atkinson, secretary.
Members of the fiscal com
mittee are Yarges and Mulford.
Other members of the board
are George Rost, of Page, and
Glen White, of Amelia.
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Marcel
lus spent Sunday visiting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. D.
B. Marcellus, of Stuart, Mr.
and Mrs. L. Cosner, of Fort
Riley, Kan., were also guests.