SECTION 3 — PAGES I to 2
RONT IER
North-Nebraska’s Fastest-Growing Newspaper
VOLUME 69—NUMBER 4 O’NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. JUNE 2. 1949 PRICE 7 CENTS
y r
> r ■ :
When You and: I Were Young —
O’Neill Alright Providing Talent for House
Program but Can’t Get Up a Parade
’ 50 YEARS AGO
June 1. 1899
Decoration day exercises
were well attended in O’Neill
Tuesday. There was scarcely
standing room in the court
house where the exercises op
ened and it showed up much
better than the parade. It
seems to be a weakness O’
Neill is object to that it can’t
get up a parade, though we
are alright when it comes to
talent for a house program.
The exercises were "very
good.” Mayor Harmon acted as
chairman and M. F. Harring
ton made an address. Mr. Har
rington paid a glowing tribute
to the old soldier and to the
boys who participated in the
Spanish war, magnifying the
glory of the First Nebraska a
bove that of Admiral Dewey.
A choir of girls sang some ve
ry pretty selections. Ralph Ev
ans also sang a selection and
received hearty applause
There were 18 members of the
Grand Army present. The
1 graveyards were beautifully
decorated with sod, flowers
and shrubs.
The sale of the Short Line
took place at South Sioux Ci
ty last Saturday and was bid
in by John L. Webster, of Om
aha, for J. Kennedy Todd &
Co., for $1,750,000. This is as
was expected. The road will
now doubtless be sold to some
railroad company. Its future
no one can foretell. Last night’s
Si5ux City Times contained an
interview from a Sioux City
banker on the subject.
He says:
"C o 11 i s P. Huntington,
president of the Southern
Pacific, is the man Sioux Ci
ty should see regarding the
Pacific Shortline extension.
I have studied the situation
carefully for years and am
somewhat familiar with the
plans and policies of some
railroads. I believe that some
day not far distant the Sou
thern Pacific will build East
ward from Ogden."
The hail storm last Saturday
evening, though slight here
did some damage in the Nor
thern portion of the county.
The Frontier learns of a few
fields of small grain that were
hailed out so that no crop will
be raised.
25 YEARS AGO
May 29, 1924
Norman B. Greer,* member
of the livestock commission
firm of Greer & Co., of Kan;
sas City, was an O’Neill visitor
while inspecting Holt county
ranch resources last Saturday.
Mr. Greer declared that th(
Northwest section of Nebraska,
from the East line of Holt
county West was considered by
stockmen and the packing in
dustry as the greatest livestock
section in the entire United
States. Its superiority, he said
was due to an abundance of
feed at all times of the year,
every year regardless of
drouths or wet seasons. Mr.
Greer is the father of Paul
Greer of the Omaha Bee j
whom, he states, leaves that 1
publication the first of June to
become Sunday editor of the j
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The school board met sever
al times recently and has re- j
elected all of the grade teach
ers and all of the high school
teachers, expecting Mr. and
Mrs. Dugger and John H. Por- j
ter, who had charge of the
business course. Dean Moomey,
of York, has been chosen as
■ the principal and will teach
science. He has also had con
siderable experience as a coach
and will, no doubt, line up a
. football and basketball team
for this Fall and Winter. Miss
Mariam Gilligan has been
elected to a position in the
high school. '
Levi Hull was on the Omaha
livestock market Friday with
31 head of the cattle that are
making Holt county famous as
a livestock producing commu
nity. The cattle, which averag
ed from a year to 14-months
of age were put in the feed
yard six months ago at an av
erage weight of 340 pounds
| and recorded an average gain
I of 420 pounds. They brought
$8 75 a hundred.
Forest Smith purchased the
tire repair shop of Levi Yant
zi, on East Douglas street, the
later part of last week, and is
now conducting the business.
Forest is installing the city
water and now has an up-to
date repair shop. Mr. Smith
was formerly in the tire repair
business before coming to O’
Neill.
Frost and ice were plentiful
Saturday morning. The ther
mometer dropped to 29 de
grees. The earlv gardens were
damaged considerably, and it
is thought that some of the
fruit was also damaged.
10 YEARS AGO
June L 1939
Louis W. Reimer, appointed
to the office of county . judge
by the board of supervisors
last Thursday afternoon, to fill
the vacancy caused by the
I death of Judge C. J. Malone,
; filed his bond last Friday,
i which was approved and he
took the oath of office and en
tered upon his duties Friday
afternoon. He takes to the
work like an oldtimer and is
busy becoming acquainted with
his new duties.
Mrs. Stella L. Friday, of In
man, died at a hospital in Nor
folk last Thursday afternoon
fter an illness of several days
of pneumonia at the age of 53
years, 10 months and 21 days.
The remains were brought to
this city Friday evening by thq
Biglin ambulance and the fu
, neral was held Monday after
noon at the Methodist church in
Page, Rev. Leo D. Carpenter
| officiated and burial was in
the Page cemetery.
Mrs. John McCaffrey, a
bout 53 years of age, was
instantly killed S:15 this
morning, when an oil truck
in which she was riding turn
ed over rounding the corner
at Danceland while coming
to O'Neill.
Her daughter, Mrs. Edith Ar- :
ther, whose husband owned
the truck, was _ driving. In
rounding the corner the brake
on the left wheel locked and
the vehicle turned over, throw
ing both women out of the
cab. Mrs. McCaffrey was in
stantly killed and Mrs. Arther
suffered severely from shock
and bruises and was taken to
the hospital here, but her con
dition was not considered dan
gerous and she was later re
leased. Mrs. McCaffrey was a
resident of this county for ma
ny years, formerly living in
the South country and later in
Atkinson. Her husband died a
few years ago. She leaves u
mourn her passing six children.
Omahans Here—
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Miller, of
Omaha, visited Mr. and Mrs. ,
Jack Riley, North of O’Neill
for the weekend.
"Gee, Mom, it's just like you said,
anyone can cook on a Magic Chef
. . . even me!"
GREATEST JJ , Si /
u /fr i/i/~'• VET! !<• f‘U> Amoanih
Offers a sensational new top burner development that makes cooking easy and fast
This exclusive lop burner invention
mokes burner cleaning drudgery a
thing of the past. These magic one
piece burners catch spillovers, lift
completely out in one easy motion,
wash like dishes. All burners—oven
and broiler, too,—light automatically
on "CP" models. Many other modern
features make Magic Chef a joy to
own. a thrill to cook on See it. com
SEE IT AT
Ralph N. Leidy
— O’Neill —
THESCOREBOARD
NORTH-CENTRAL NEBRAS
KA DAY AND NITE
Team W L Pet.
Atkinson 1 0 1.000
Valentine _ 1 0 1.000
■Ewing _ 1 1 .500
O'Neill .. 0 0 .000
Stuart _._ 0 0 .000
Ainsworth 0 0 .000
Page 0 1 .000
Chambers 0 1 .000
Results Sunday, May 29:
At Ewing 18 . . Chambers 5
(Atkinson at Valentine: Ains
worth at O’Neill and Page at
Stuart, all postponed because
of wet grounds).
Games Sunday. June 5:
Ewing at Ainsworth.
O’Neill at Page.
Valentine at Chambers.
Stuart at Atkinson.
NORTH-CENTRAL
Team W L Pet.
Niobrara 1 0 1.000
Center 10 1.000
Elgin 1 0 1.000
Petersburg 1 0 1.000
St. Johnson 0 1 .000
Orchard 0 1 .000 ’
C. eighton “B” 0 1 .000
Brunswick 0 1 .000
Results Sunday. May 29:
Niobrara 6 ... at Brunswick 0
At Center 9 . Creighton “B" 1
At Petersburg 8 . St. John's 1
At Elgin 10 . . Orchard 2
Games Sunday, June 5
Petersburg at Orchard.
Elgin at St. John’s.
Brunswick at Creighton “B".
Center at Niobrara.
INTERSTATE
(Standings not available.)
Results Sunday. May 29:
At Spencer 1 ... . Butte 2
At Pickstown 3 . . Winner 1
At Fairfax 7 . . Bonesteel 6
Verdel 5.at Lynch 0
Games Sunday, June 5:
Pickstown at Lynch.
Fairfax at Spencer.
Verdel at Winner.
Butte at Bonesteel.
1 ' ..
Sgt. and Mrs. M. H. Christen
son left Monday for Salina,
Kans., after an extended visit
at the home of Mrs. Christen
son’s mother, Mrs. Edna Coyne.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Smith
and sons, of Portland, Ore., are
Page.
Mrs. J. K. Bautsch and
daughter, Charlotte, left Tue
day for their home in Denver,
Colo., after 10-day visit at the
home of her mother, Mrs. Ed
na Coyne.
Jack Davidson and Glea H.
Wade went to Omaha Monday.
Harold Hunt, of Omaha, vis
ited his father, Douglar Hunt,
this week.
Mrs. Thomas Wilson and
children, of Chadron, left Tues
day after having spent four
days with Mrs. Wilson’s sister,
Mrs. Theresa Murray.
On Memorial day Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Worth and Mrs. Ella
Karr visited Mr. and Mrs. Or
ville Miller and family North
of O'Neill.
Mrs. Roy Goree, of Long Pine,
and three daughters, Miss Bet
ty, Mrs. Eileen Duffield and
two children and Mrs. Harold
Hetherington and Mr. Hether
ington, all of Lincoln, arrived
Friday to visit Mrs. Goree’s
father, L. A. Simonson and ot
her relatives.
Miss Bernice Scofield, R. N.,
of Omaha, expects to arrive
Saturday to spend her vacation
with her mother, Mrs. Jess
Scofield.
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Shelham
er and son, Wallace, were in
Chamberlain and Mitchell, S.
D., Sunday and Monday.
On Monday Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert H. Sipes visited at the
Henry Bruhn home in Norfolk.
Mrs. H. J. Walker and sons',
of Sturge’s S. D., visited Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph H. Walker
Tuesday and Wenesday, May
24 and 25.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Sul
livan and family visite'd the
latter’s' mother, Mrs. Hanna
Semon, in Spencer Monday.
Coming from Winside Friday
to visit Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Waller were Mr. and Mrs. Le
land Waller and daughter San
dra. W. W. Waller and son,
Gary, and Leland Waller went
fishing at Red Deer lake Sat
urday and Sunday. The Wal
lers returned to their home in
Winside Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Wilson
and Shirley and Billy spent
Decoration day in Sioux City.
Mr. an Mrs. Frank Froelich
last Thursday attended t h e
graduation excereises of their
son-in-law, B. E. Wanser, from
Wayne State Teachers’ college
in Wayne.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gal
lagher left today (Thursday)
for Chicago, 111., where they
will meet their daughter, Betty,
and continue on to Washington,
D. C Miss Donna Gallagher,
who has been visiting here will
return to Chicago with her
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Pitcher, of
Council Bluffs, spent the week
end visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Lyle Green Mrs. Pit
cher is a sister of Mr. Green
Mr and Mrs. Robert Calvert
of Norfolk, spent Sunday vis
iting relatives here.
Mrs. J. P Protivinsky went
to Sioux Falls, S. D.. Tuesdav
to attend the eighth grade
Graduation of her grandson
Robert Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Elein Ray and
daughter. Mary Louise. left
i Friday for a few davs’ visit in
Kimball visiting relatives and
friends.
RAGGED PLAY
IN FIRST ROUND
Niobrara, Center, Elgin
and Petersburg Cop
Openers
(Special to The Frontier)
Winners and losers alike evi- j
denced early season ragged
edges Sunday at first round play
got underway in the North-Cen
tral league. Niobrara blanked
Brunswick, 6-0; Center pounced
on Creighton “B”, 9-1; Peters
burg conked St. John’s, 8-1, and
Elgin backed Orchard, 10-2.
New entries in the league this
year are: St. John’s (only Holt
team), Niobrara, Creighton “B”
and Center. They replace Clear
water, Oakdale, Tilden and Bat
tle Creek.
League officers are: Oscar Ba
son, of Brunswick, president; I
James Clifton, jr., of Orchard, j
vice-president, and L. H. Van- I
derheiden, of Elgin, secretary.
Brunswick Bears
Lose First Game —
BRUNSWICK — The Bruns
wick Bears were turned back,
6-0, by a visiting Niobrara ag
gregation Sunday afternoon. It
was not only the Bears’ first
league game but also their first
showing of the season. Play was
especially ragged for the losers.
Niobrara had played twice be
fore with non-league opponents.
Reassuring, however, was the
crowd of loyal boosters that
turned out to support the Bears
in their try at organized ball.
Summary:
H H E
Niobrara 113 000 001—6 4 1
Brunswick 000 000 00(J—0 4 5
Batteries: Niobrara—B. Breece
and T. Breece: Brunswick—Pis
hel, Eldean Snodgrass and
Stubbs.
Center Outruns
Creighton "B" —
CENTER—The plucky Cen
ter entry in the North-Central
league thoroughly trounced the
Creighton “B” team, 9-1, in a
league opener for both teams.
Earlier in non-league play, Cen
ter had defeated Crofton, 3-2,
and lost to Niobrara, 1-3.
Two hundred customers were
on hand. The field was in good
condition despite a quarter-inch
shower the evening before.
Summary:
R H E
Creighton B 010 000 000—1 1 6
Center 011 001 24*—9 9 4
Batteries: Creighton “B” —
Berman, El wood and Ehrnberg;
Center—Carlow and Decker.
Petersburg Hurler
Sets Down 14 —
PETERSBURG - Ray Faust,
Petersburg hurler, whiffed 14
St. John”s batsmen Sunday as
the Boone countyans spanked
the Holt crew, 8-1, in league
openers.
St. John's crew couldn’t get
going against Faust’s speedy de
deliveries and Mgr. Del Hcnn’s
crew.
Summary:
R H E
St. John’s 13 4
Petersburg 8 12 2
Batteries: St. John’s—Bauer,
Filsinger and Funk; Petersburg
—Faust and Zuker.
Elgin Breezes
Through Orchard —
ELGIN — The Elgin entry in
the North-Central handily dis- :
posed of Orchard in Sunday’s ;
league opener for both teams, |
score 10-2.
Summary:
R H
Orchard —■ 2 3
Elgin 10 6
Batteries: Orchard—Klusman,
Moser and Overholt; Elgin —
Jochums, Starman and Schrage.
CHAMBERS NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Don Medcalf
and children, of Ainsworth,
visited in the E. H. Medcalf i
home Sunday.
Mrs. Jake Howe and Mr. ■
and Mrs. Wesley Howe, of Fre
mont, visited in the Henry
Woods home Monday and at
tended Memorial services.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean V. Ste
vens and Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Mitchell left Tuesday morning
for Omaha and Lincoln on
hu<sinp<s<;
Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Pichler.
of Grand Island, attended Me
morial services in Chambers
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Medcalf
and son. of Sioux City, are
guests this week of their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Med
calf and Mr. and Mrs. E. R.
Carpenter.
2 More Games
Are Postponed
The O’Neill Rockets are ex
periencing difficulty with the
weatherman.
Two regularly-scheduled Sun
day games already have been
postponed. One of these—with
Chambers—was to have been
played Tuesday night in Carney
park here but had to be post
poned. Another — with
Ainsworth—was to have been
played tonight (Thursday) in
Carney also has been postpon
ed because of wet grounds.
EWINGSMOTHERS
CHAMBERS, 18-5
Wet Grounds at O’Neill,
Stuart and Valentine
Force Postponements
(Special to The Frontier)
Only Ewing and Chambers
managed to get together as
scheduled Sunday for second
round play in the'North-Central
Nebraska day-and-night league.
Wet grounds forced postpone
ments of the Atkinson-Valentine
game at Valentine, Page-Stuart
game at Stuart, and Ainsworth
O’Neil] game at O’Neill.
Ewing spanked Chambers, 18
1, in a slugfest.
Both Teams Ragged
in Neighborly Affair —
EWING—Both Ewing and
Chambers fielded sluggish and
ragged teams Sunday. When
Ewing and Chambers mixed it
up, it’s a case of everybody
knowing-everybody and excit
ing moments usually develop.
Not so Sunday. Ewing held the
upperhand all the way.
Summary:
R H E
Ewing .. 18 14 2
Chambers 5 G 8
Batteries: Ewing — Clem
Schrad and George Oetter;
Chambers—Ben Oetter, Burke,
Walters and Lester Oetter.
INMAN NEWS
Mrs. Anna M. Clark was
hostess to the LL club at her
country home Wednesday, May
25. The time was spent socially ,
and refreshments were served.
Miss Betty Jean Gallagher,
youngest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John M. Gallagher, was
graduated from St. Mary’s a-'
cademy in O’NeiJl at the an
nual commencement exercises
on Wednesday, May 25. Miss
Marilyn Gallagher, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James P. Gal
lagher, was graduated from
the St. Mary’s eighth grade on
me same nay.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Wat on
and Mrs. T. D. Hutton drove
ing for the annual commence
to Wayne last Thursday morn- |
ment exercises at the WSTC.
Thomas Graydon, son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. D. Hutton, was
among the group to receive a
bachelor of arts degree. Miss
LuElla Watson, a junior, ac
companied her parents home
for the Summer. She expects
to return to Wayne in the Fall
Mrs. Eva Murten has return
ed home after spending a few
days the past week at Blair is
guest of Reverend and Mrs.
Pardun at the Crowell home
Mr. and Mrs. R B. South
left Wednesday, May 25, for
Kansas City, Kans. and St
Joseph. Mo., where they will
spend a few days visiting rel
atives.
Arlin Caster, of Stuart, spent
Wednesday evening. Mav 25.
here at the Gord n Biittell
home and Stuart Hartigan, o|
Oakdale, was a Thursday call
er here on business.
Miss LuElla Watson went to
Ord on Fridav where she will
spend a few days in the home
of her brother and sister-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wat
son, and Betty Joe.
--- --
MONFY TO 10AN I
ON
automobiles
TRUCKS
TRACTORS
EQUIPMENT
FURNITURE
Central Finance
Corp.
C. E. JONES, Manager
O'Neill : Nebraska
FERNAU’S HOMER
SAVES A SHUTOUT
Spencer, Pickstown, Verdel
and Fairfax Turn
in Victories
(Special to The Frontier
Fourth round games in the
I Nebraska-South Dakota Inter
| state league were run-off Sun
I day as Spencer, Pickstown. Fair
fax and Verdel captured victor
ies.
■
Spencer Plays
| Errorless Ball —
SPENCfiR—Bunching hits in
the early frames enabled Spen
cer to build an early lead over
the visiting Butte team Sunday
night and finished the evening
with a 7-2 victory.
The winners played errorless
ball while Butte committed six
costly errors.
Butte had two men down in
the ninth inning and one man—
Hansen—aboard when L. Fer- ;
nau slammed one out of the
park. The two tallies saved
Butte from being shutout.
Summary:
R H E
Butte 2 5 6
Spencer 7 9 0
Batteries: Butte — Liewer and
Muhlendorf; Spencer — Helmer
and Pelc.
Pickstown Hurler Goes
7 Without Yielding a Hit —
PICKSTOWN — Pitcher Cob
ble was well on the road to the
hall of fame under the lights
here on Friday night. He went
seven frames without yielding a
hit. The Winner crew collected
two and managed one score, but
Pickstown won a thriller, 3-1.
There was a big crowd on
hand, including a large migra
tion of Winnerites.
Martin Mueller, manager
player for the dam site crew,
poked one out of the park in the
i fifth with one aboard.
Summary:
R H E
Pickstown . 3 7 2
Winner 12 2
Batteries: Winner — Ecker
man and Johnson; Pickstown— j
Cobble, Demarco and Cramer. •
Fairfax Trips Bonesteel
in Thriller —
FAIRFAX — An age-old riv
alry was renewed Sunday night
as Fairfax and Bonesteel did
battle on the Fairfax lot with
Fairfax winning, 7-6. There was
a good crowd on hand.
Despite early season ragged
ness the two clubs were even
ly matched. Going into the ninth
Bonesteel led 6-5.
Summary:
R II E
Bonesteel 100 300 020—6 6 3
Fairfax 002 000 032—7 10 5
Batteries; Bonesteel — Gross
husch and Brown; Fairfax —•
lloppie and Koenig.
Father-and-Son
Form Lynch Battery —
LYNCH — A father-and-son
battery, a due that has been sev
eral years in the making, failed
to stop Verdel Sunday and
Lynch was shutout, 0-5. Lynch
pitcher is Ronald Carson and
the catcher is his son. Elwyn
Carson.
This was the only day game
of the day.
. Summary:
• R H E
Verdel 5 5
Lynch 0 5
Batteries: Verdel — Rossmey
er, Barta and Christens; Lynch
—Ronald Carson and Elwyn
Carson.
Pheasant Stock
May Be Sought
The O'Neill Gun club is spon
soring a meet at the American
Legion club to be held at 8 p.
in. Friday night.
Purpose of the meeting is to
stimulate interest in cooperat
ing with the state game commis
sion towards restocking the
O’Neill region with pheasants.
Bob Moore, of the O’Neill Gun
club, said: “We all know the
past Winter has taken a heavy
toll of our pheasants, and unless
we do something about it our
hunting soon will be a thing of
the past.”
The state is prepared to assist
with the restocking with local
cooperation.
Moore said that all interested
parties are invited to the meet
ing, whether or not they are
members of the O’Neill Gun
club. Game Warden Sam Gras
mick will speak.
GILLIGAN & STOUT
— THE DRUGGISTS —
Phone 252-W O'Neill
WE GIVEJ#*#’ GREEN STAMPS
Barb Wire!
★
80-roc!
Spools
★
4
$7.?5
KEYSTONE RED TOP STEEL
POSTS, 5L ft.75 c
KEYSTONE RED TOP STEEL
POSTS, 6-ft.80c
Wm. Krotter Co.
OF O’NEILL... Phone 531
