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HURRY UP JOB ... A building bee took place
Saturday when carpenters, painters and an
electrician hurriedly pieced together a frame j
structure to serve as headquarters for St. An- j
thony’s hospital building fund. On Monday
the tiny building was positioned on the North
west corner of Fourth and Douglas streets and
an appropriate sign was erected. It read:
“Office Headquarters, St. Anthony’s Hospital
Building Fund ... A Modern Hospital to Serve
the Sand Hills Area.” In the photograph (left
to-right) are: On the ground—J. Leo Moore,
who directed the project, and the following
carpenters: William Luben, Francis Gilg and
John Kazda (right rear); on left ladder—John
Miller; on roof—L. M. Sergeant and Charles
Richter, jr.; on right ladder—Dan Gilg. Not pic
tured are Matthew G. Beha, electrician; Har
den Anspach, carpenter; James Masterson and
Philip Dempsey, painters.—The Frontier Photo
by John H. McCarville.
MILLION DOLLAR
RAINS VISIT HOLT
2.47 Indies Precipitation
Recorded Here During
Past Week
Grateful Holt countyans dur
ing the past five days have
welcomed made-to-order mil
lion dollar rains totaling 2.47
inches of precipitation.
Heaviest rainfall of the week
fell during the 24-hour period
ending at 8 a. m. Saturday.
Beginning about midnight, the
rain continued through the
rest of the night and totaled
1.38 inches.
Intermittent showers contin
ued through the day and moro
rainfall was recorded Sunday
and Monday.
From most corners of the
O’Neill region came word that
the rainfall was “just right.”
In South - Holt county,
farmers and ranchers are de
claring there's enough mois
ture. There's as much water
standing in the fields and
lowlands now as at any time
during the Spring floods.
Some gural roads are almost
impassable.
There has been no flooding
damage, however, according tc
highway reports.
Most farmers have delayed
corn planting because of the
beneficial moisture. By Wed
n e s d a y afternoon, however
planting was in progress in
practically every field.
A handful of farmers are
still gathering in last year’s
corn crop.
First cutting of alfalfa ap.
pears to be only a few days
away, according to County A
gent A. Neil Dawes. The alf
alfa crop is in “excellent” con
dition. Small grain prospects
are “good.”
Early Tuesday there as r
touch of frost that damage'
tender vegetation. The Orton
Youngs, of the Opportunity vi
cinity, reported damage tc
beans that were ready tc
bloom.
The frost was not considered
severe enough to damage the
new crop of bluegrass, and
hopes are running high for ?
banner year — atlhough there
are variable factors that con
upset the plans. Several out
state bluegrass buyers and
strippers are already in O’
Neill.
One truck loaded with a
stripper was also equipped
with a motor boat—suggest- j
ing lots of water in the
fields or a desire to mix bus
iness with pleasure.
Week’s weather summary
bsaed on 24-hour periods end
ing at 8 a. m. daily, follows:
Date High Low Prec.
May 19 65 41
May 20 _ 61 42
May 21 . 61 49 1.38
May 22 .. 60 49 .52
May 23 _ 66 46 .30
May 24 _ 53 35 .27
May 25 _ 69 47 I
FULL - TIME WORKER . . .
Mrs. Glen Tomlinson (above),
prominent American Legion
auxiliary worker and one of
Holt county’s most active per
sons during Operation Snow
bound, has been named a full
time worker for St. An
thony’s hospital building fund.
Mrs. Tomlinson will head the
staff at the building fund
headquarters in a temporary
building on a downtown in
tersection. (See photo above
and story in column 7.)—
O’Neill Photo Co.
PAGE COUPLE
WED 50 YEARS
PAGE—June 6, 1949, is the
golden wedding anniversary
date for Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Haynes, of Page. On Sunday
June 5, they will hold open
house from 2 until 5 o’clock
in the afternoon and from 7
until 9 o’clock in the evening
at their home in Page.
Miss Susie Reed and Allen
Haynes were married June 6
1899, at the home of Mrs
Haynes’ parents, Mr. and Mrs '
Pulaski Reed.
The couple began housekeep-I
ing on the farm where Orville
Kemper now lives, 1V2 miles
Northeast of Page. The next
year they moved to a farm of
their own 3V2 miles from Page
They have lived in this
community since they were
married except three years
they spent in Kansas.
Mr. Haynes was born at
Hopedale, 111., on December
11, 1872. He came to Beemer
when nine-years-old and camp
to Holt county a few years
later.
Mrs. Haynes was born at
Mahonet, 111., on October 30
1877, and came to Holt county
with her parents when five
years-old. They settled on a
homestead and this was her
home until her marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. Haynes are the
parents of two sons, Roy, of
Denton, and Laurence, of O’
Neill, and one daughter. Miss
Viola, at home. There are
eight grandchildren.
Jubilee Editor Issues Final Call
Any Frontier readers who have photographs or recall inci
dents of pioneer life in Holt bounty that could be appropriate for
our Diamond Jubilee Edition are invited to see the editor at
once.
While interesting and important developments and incidents
have been recorded during the past 49 years, it is the plan of the
Jubilee Edition to confine most of the stories to the period from
1873 to 1900, though a section will be devoted to experiences of
the past Winter.
There has been unavoidable delay in the publication of this
special number but we would suggest that you get your orders
in now for extra copies as section after section is now coming
off the press.
ROMAINE SAUNDERS,
Editor-in-Chief Diamond Jubilee Edition.
MATTHEW MICK
DIES MONDAY
Longtime Resident South
of Atkinson Retired
4 Years Ago
ATKINSON — Matthew
(“Mat”) Mick, 73, of Atkinson,
died late Monday night, May
24, in an Omaha hospital.
Mick, an 1899 homesteader
six miles South of Atkinson
had been retired about four
years. H e originally came
from Darlington. Wise., and in
1903 married Carrie Seger.
She died in 1945.
Survivors include three
daughters, Mrs. Mary Keithley.
Mrs. Joseph Brand and Mrs.
Elizabeth Stull; a son, John
All are of Atkinson.
Funeral services will be held
Friday, May 27, at 9:30 a. m.
from the St. Joseph’s Catholic
church in Atkinson with Rev.
A. A. Lehman officiating.
June 1 Deadline
for Certifying —
June 1 is the deadline for cer
tifying small grain—oats, rye
and barley, according to Coun
ty Agent A. Neil Dawes. Date
for certifying alfalfa will be la
ter.
WJAG . . . 780 on your dial.
IRRIGATION ALONG
NIOBRARA NEARER
Reclamation Bureau’s Sur
veys May Reach Hands
of Next Congress
Burdick, Lang Speak
A progress report on the Nio
brara river basin development
was heard Tuesday noon in O’
Neill with 35 farmers, business
and professional men attending
the session, representing a half
dozen communities.
Clyde Burdick, of Ainsworth,
area engineer for the bureau of
reclamation, and Roy Lang, sec
retary-treasurer of the Nebras
ka Reclamation association,
brought the audience up-to-date
on basin activity during the past
year.
Burdick told of intra-basin de
velopments while Lang told of
inter-project progress in Ne
braska.
Investigation of the Nio
brara basin has revealed that
50 percent of the irrigation
will directly benefit the land
owners in that production will
be "tremendously" increased,
Burdick said. The other half
will be widespread and will
indirectly affect the landown
ers through recreation, wild
life, flood control and power.
Burdick also told the group
the development is now in the
fourth of the preliminary steps
that are necessary before the
final report is submitted to the
national reclamation bureau for
congressional action. The report,
due on June 30, 1951, may be
finished by the end of 1950.
A scheme for the entire ba
sin was outlined by Burdick, |
telling how each irrigable area j
will be supplied by water:
MIRAGE FLATS: in Sheri
dan county, to be supplied by J
Box Butte county reservoir. Wa
ter released into natural flow of j
Niobrara, flows East to the Dun
lap diversion dam near the
West end of the flats then by a
a 12-mile artificial channel to
the irrigable lands.
LAVACA FLATS: supplied by
a pump in the Niobrara 90 feet
from the land to be irrigated.
BOILING SPRINGS: North
half to be supplied by a propos
ed reservoir on Bear creek
through a two-and-a-half mile
artificial channel. The South
half to be supplied by a pump
on the Niobrara.
AINSWORTH AREA: To be
supplied by a proposed dam 5n
the Snake river, 25 miles South
(Continued on page 8)
Red Cross Push
Closes with $3,766
EMMET—Mrs. Guy Cole, of
Emmet, chairman of the Holt
county membership and fund
raising drive, Wednesday clos
ed the books on the 1949 cam
paign. Receipts totaled $3,
766.89—several hundred dollars
over the quota.
Receipts in campaigns con
ducted from towns follow: O’
Neill, $1,122.94; Atkinson, $622;
Emmet and territory, $330.25;
Chambers, $186.50; Inman
$77.50 Page, $158.20; Stuart,
$256.50; Ewing, $177.50.
Receipts by townships fol
low: Iowa, Verdigris, Willow
dale and Antelope, $68; Amelia
(one club), $10; Chambers
Conley and Shamrock. $151;
Ewing, Deloit and Golden
$113; Shields, Rock Falls, Pad
dock and Coleman, $169; Scott
and Steel Creek. $131; Inman
and McClure, $85.50.
City and town collections to
taled $2,930.89 while rural
community and towmship col
lections totaled $836.
CROWNING QUEEN OF MAY
. . . Miss Victoria Zakrzewski,
St. Mary’s academy senior and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Syl
vester Zakrzewski, was queen
of the annual May procession
in a ritual that took place re
cently. (See caption below.)
Photo shows Miss Zakrzewski
placing a crown upon the sta
tue of the Blessed Virgin—
the queen of May.—The Fron
tier Photo by John H. McCar
ville.
STUDENT PROCESSION . . . The Frontier’s
staff photographer, John H. lyicCarville, captur
ed this dramatic picture Wednesday night, May
18, in St. Patrick’s Catholic church, following
the coronation of the May Queen. The proces- I
:;ion of St. Mary’s academy grade school pupils
is shown moving away from the altar. The
aisle is lined by girls from the sophomore and
junior classes. Members of the senior class
are attired in caps and gowns down front.
Voice’ to Carry
Baseball Scores
The Merri Dr. Pepper Bottl
ing Co., of O’Neill, will spon
sor Monday morning roundups
of baseball scores in the O’
Neill region to be broadcast on
the "Voice of The Frontier”
program at 9:45 a. m. This was
announced Wednesday by L.
M. Merriman, head of the O’
Neill bottling firm.
The roundup will bring com
plete reports of Sunday after
noon and evening games in tho
North-Central Nebraska night
and-day league, including O’
Neill, Atkinson, Stuart, Ains
worth, Valentine, Page, Cham
bers and Ewing; North-Central
league, including St. John’s
Petersburg, Elgin, Creighton
Orchard, Brunswick, Niobrara
and Center; Interstate league
including Lynch, Verdel, Spen
cer, Butte, all in Nebraska
and Winner, Pickstown, Bone*
steel and Fairfax, all in South
Dakota.
Arrangements are being
made to have all baseball scores
telephoned to The Frontier in
time for Monday’s broadcast.
First roundup will be heard
, Monday at 9:45 a. nv Regular j
“Voice of The Frontier” pro
grams are heard at 9 45 or
Mondays, Wednesdays and Sat
urdays.
Full details of the games
will be published in The Fron
tier — North-Nebraska’s sports
newspaper.
MARY C. MEER |
DIES WEDNESDAY
Store Operator Came to
Holt County in
1902
Mary C. Meer died at 1:20 p.
m. Wednesday at the home of
relatives in O'Neill. She has.
been ill four or five months.
For over 40 years she was
mployed by and operated the
J. P. Gallagher store in O’Neill.
She came to the county in 1902
from Clinton. Ia., the town of
her birth. She was 65.
Survivors include: a niece,
Mrs. Mary Ann Whittaker, of
Lawndesboro, Ala,, Mrs. Marie
Hobbs, a sister-in-law, of Valen-.
tine, and distant cousins Dr.
Frank Gallagher, of LaCrosse,
Wise., and Hilda and Helen Gal
lagher, of O’Neill.
Funeral services will be held
Friday at 10 a. m.
BUYS SALON
Mass Donna Humpal is now
the sole owner of the O’Neill
Beauty Salon, having purchas
ed the interest of her partner,
Melcina Martin. The change be
came effective Saturday.
Miss Humpal and Mrs. Martin
had been in partnership for
two years in the Weingartner
building on Douglas street.
Robinetta Malone
Expires at Peru
INMAN — Funeral services
were held Sunday, May 22, at 2
p. m., from the Methodist church
in Inman for Mrs. Robinetta Ma
lone, widow of the late Holt
County Judge C. J. Malone, of
| O’Neill.
Mrs. Malone, 71, died after a
prolonged illness May 19, at
Peru.
Mrs. Malone was born near
Frankton, Ind., March 5, 1878.
When six years old she came
with her parents in a covered
wagon to Holt county, where
they homesteaded.
Childhood days were spent
in Inman and in 1895 she mar
ried Clarence J. Malone. To
them were born three chil
dren, Lawrence, Florence and
Mildred.
A resident of O’Neill for many
years, Mrs. Malone engaged in
many church and club activi
ties. ,
Rev. Roy Wingate officiated
at the rites.
Survivors include: Daughters
—Florence M., of Omaha, and
Mrs. Mildred Haigh, of Peru;
son—Lawrence H. of Altadena
Calif.; four grandchildren, five
great-grandchildren; three
brothers, Claude P Hancock of
Los Angeles, Calif., Wilbur C.,
of Arcadia, and John J., of
Cheyenne, Wyo.; and one sister
—Mrs. June Bowen, of Takoma
Park, Md.
Interment was at the Inman
cemetery. Pallbearers were Karl
Keyes, A. N. Butler, Elmer Ta
vener and Elvin Smith, all of
Inman, and Edward Hancock
and Royal Hull of O’Neill.
Hymns were sung by Mrs.
Lewis Kopecky, jr., Mrs. Donald
Luben, Kenneth Smith and Har
vey Tompkins. They were ac
companied on the piano by Mrs.
Harvey Tqmpkins.
ST. ANTHONY’S IS
HOSPITAL TITLE
Building Fund Headquar
ters Established for
Project Here
All - Out Push Begins
St Anthony’s hospital is the
official title for the proposed
300 thousand dollar medical
center to be built here. The
new title became official this
week with word received from
the Sisters’ of St. Francis
mother house—Marycrest— in
Denver, Colo.
Title was decided upon by
Mother Erica, provincial head
of the Sisters of St. Francis,
and her counsel.
St. Anthony is a special pa
tron of the order and a patron
of the sick, it was explained
by members of the order here.
The Sisters of St. Francis, a
Homan Catholic order, have
donated the building site and
have agreed to assume “any
reasonable indebtedness’’ o n
the project. They will also staff
and operate the hospital after
its completion.
The 40-bed hospital will
be geared to serve the Sand
Hills area. The U. S. public
health service and Nebraska
department of health esti
mate a minimum of 30 thou
sand people in the region
will be served by the O'Neill
institution.
Announcement of the new,
official title came as the com
mittee prepared to launch an
all-out campaign for funds to
transform the three-year-old
plan into reality.
Already the sum of 55 thou
sand dollars has been raised
toward the 40-bed hospital. A
government grant of 100 thou
sand dollars will be made a
vailable when the St. Antno
1 ny's building fund has reached
i the 100 thousand mark.
A building fund headquar
ters has been erected on O’
Neill’s main intersection and
Mrs. Glen Tomlinson, of O’
Neill, will maintain the head
quarters and help the commit
tee administer the fund-raising
job.
Minimum objective of the
hospital committee is to boost
the fund from the present 55
thousand dollar mark to o%'er
100 thousand dollars.
The thermometer on the
building registers about $54,
000. The unfilled portion reads
about $46,000, the goal of the
drive.
Holt School Land
To Be Upgraded
School lands in Holt and
Cherry counties will be up
graded, according to a decision
by the state board of educa
tional lands and funds, in Lin
coln, Tuesday.
The per acre boost in Holt
county will be 4.5 cents and
will go into effect with new
leases.
Under the higher classifica
tion Holt county school land
valuation was increased from
$699,379 to $757,715.
School lands have three clas
sifications upon which valua
tions are based: Agricultural,
hayland and grazing, in that
order. Rent is six percent of
the valuation.
Auction Calendar
Three special sales are listed
this week with The Frontier’s
auction sale service. The ser
vice includes newspaper adver
tising, handbills and "Voice of
The Frontier” radio announce
ments.
The sale schedule:
Wednesday, June 1—Special
dairy sale at Bassett Livestock
Co., Bassett, featuring 25 head
of Wisconsin Gurnseys. James
G. Fredrickson, of O’Neill, and
Ed Thorin, of Chambers, are
managers and auctioneers
Shadow Lawn Farm, of Spoon
er, Wise., is the consigner. (See
ad on page 7.)
Mondav. June 6—Public auc
tion at the Charlie E. Clark
place, 12*4 miles South and
2Vi miles West of Chambers,
including 28 head of cattle and
a lease of 480-acres of land
with all improvements. (See ad
on page 6.) Col Ed Thorin, of
Chambers, will be the auction
eer. „
Wednesday. June 8—Sale of
livestock and ranch equipment
by the Mills Brothers, to settle
the estate of the late Dr. B. J
Mills. Place is located 11 miles
South of O’Neill on highway
281 Ed Thorin. of Chambers
and James G. Fredrickson, of
O’Neill, are the auctioneers
Included in the sale will be
200 head of cattle. (See ad in
June 2 issue of The Frontier.)