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VOLUME 69—NUMBER 5 O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 9. 1949 PRICE 7 CENTS
St. Anthony's Hospital
Building Fund Mounts
• ■' —1 " *
Nearly $9,000 Collected
Since Headquarters
Established
Nearly nine thousand dollars ,
_in round figures—have been
collected for St. Anthony’s hos
pital since the downtown
building fund headquarters was ;
established little more than a
fortnight ago. This boosts the
grand subscription total well
over 60 thousand dollars.
James M. Corkle, chairman
of the building committee,
Wednesday expressed satisfac
tion with progress that had
been made during that period
without a concentrated push.
However, the hospital move
is gathering momentum this
week as half-page advertise
ments appear in all newspa
pers, appealing to residents of
the region for financial aid. Iq
the advertisement (found on
page 7, section 1), it is pointed
out that there are no first-,
class hospital facilities within
50 to 150 miles of the readers.
A statement signed by the
hospital building committee,
urges every resident to exam
ine his or her own position in
the event first-class hospital
facilities should be needed.
Substantial contributions
from organizations have
helped to swell the hospital
building fund recently. A
$500 gift was presented by
Simonson unit of the Ameri
can Legion auxiliary and
$250 from the O'Neill volun
teer fire department. The
Catholic Daughters of Amer
ica, O'Neill chapter, Tuesday
night voted to make a $500
donation. Other organiza
tions are making plans to
contribute.
Corkle explained that anoth
er canvass of O’Neill is in pro
gress before the canvassing is
taken to the country. Norman
Gonderinger and John R. Gal
lagher worked the Northeast
section of the city Monday
and Tuesday and raised ap
proximately $1,650. Some of
the donors were contributing
for their second and third
time.
Norbert Uhl is in charge of
canvassing in the Southeast
section; L. D. Putnam, South
west section, and J. Leo Moore,
Northeast section.
Meanwhile, many persons —
some from a considerable dis
tance — are stopping at the
building fund headquarters,
on main O’Neill street inter
section, to make contributions.
These range from $5 up. In the
past there have been two $5,
you contriDutions. (A list ot
donors until January 20, 1948,
may be found on page 3, sec
tion 3.) '
In order that the St. An
thony's movement can re
ceive a government grant in
the amount of 100 thousand
dollars, a like amount has to
be raised by popular sub
scription. More than 60 thou
sand dollars already have
been raised.
Sisters of St. Francis, who
have provided tl\e building
site, will operate and staff the
hospital when completed and
have agreed to assume any
“reasonable” i n d e b t e d.n e ss.
When finished the hospital will
be of 40-bed capacity and cost
in the neighborhood of 300
thousand dollars.
Mercury in the thermometer
was boosted Saturday night in
an informal ceremony at the
building fund headquarters.
3 Residential Properties
Sell Here This Week
R. H. Shriner, O’Neill real
estate agent, Tuesday announc
ed the sale of three residen
tial properties.
James R. Spann, Chambers
carpenter, purchased the three
room Glea H. Wade residence
and will move in as soon as
the Wades vacate. The base
ment is finished.
J. H. Davis, of Ewing, pur
chased the C. A. Weatherford
residence. The Weatherfords
are moving today (Thursday)
to Oklahoma City, Okla. This
is a seven-room house
Bernard Allen, of Page, has
purchased the Mrs. Ellen Sul
livan residence. It is a five
room house.
THE FRONTIER’S
Auction Calendar
One sale is listed this week
with The Frontier's auction
sale service, which includes
newspaper advertising, hand
bills and "Voice of The Fron
tier" radio advertising.
Friday. June 10—Clean up
farm Sale, including 64 head of
cattle, four horses, complete line
of farm and haying machinery,
and 160-acres of well-improved
Southfork valley land. Includ
ed is a nearly new eight-room
house. Owner is Lyle R. Child
era, of Chambers. Ed Thorin, of
Chambers, will be the auction
eer. (For details consult last
week’s issue—June 2—of The
Frontier or one of the hand
bills.) I
ssswHHvy. ^ . '—
Harry E. Ressel . . . mercury gets a substantial boost during
a busy week.—The Frontier Photo.
(See story at left)
Chuck Apgar . . . new ra
dio voice for The Frontier.
Chuck Apgar Joins
Frontier Staff
I
Chuck Apgar, 25, of Lincoln,
has joined The Frontier as
manager and announcer for the
O’Neill studios of WJAG—
“Voice of The Frontier” pro
gram—and as news editor anc
advertising manager for the
paper.
While Apgar actually joined
the staff several weeks ago,
he has divided his time be
tween 0 Neill and Lincoln,
completing his work at the
University of Nebraska, where
| he majored in journalism.
Married, Apgar served in the
Marine corps for three and
one-half years during World
War II, spending most of that
time in the Pacific with the
Fourth and Fifth Marine di
visions.
During the past two years he
has worked part-time in the
adverti ing department for the
Nebraska State Journal while
attending Nebraska university.
Visitors Here —
REDBIRD — Mr. and Mrs.
Willard Claussen and daugh
ter. Nancy Jean, left for their
home in Compton, Calif. ‘
GIANT EGG . . . Alvin Erick
sen, who lives about two miles
South of O’Neill, recently
brought this huge egg into
town to display. The circum
ference lengthwise measures
8Y4 inches; crosswise, 7 inches.
Staff Photographer John H.
McCarville came up with
this interesting study of the
egg, which since has been put
to better' use.
ANOTHER EARTH
TREMOR NOTED
An earth tremor of several;
seconds duration shook Spring
view and other North-Central
Nebraska towns last Thursday.
No injuries or severe damage
were reported.
Roy Brookman, publisher of
the Springview Herald, said the
quake was accompanied by a
“low, rumbling sound.”
To Holt countyans in the
Atkinson and Stuart vicinities,
the report was reminiscent of a
tremor felt in these localities
about a month ago. In both in
stances, tlie disturbances were
local affairs and neither was
recorded on seismographs else
where in the state.
Brookman said there was “a
very noticeable shaking of the
building” where the Herald is
housed.
The quake was also felt at
Milboro, S. D. Mrs. Walter Hell
man, a Sioux City Journal cor
respondent. said the disturbance
was “a tremor with a roaring
sound.” It shook houses, rattled
dishes and cupboards.
Another report of the tremor
came from Ainsworth, where it
was timed at 9:08 p. m. (CST).
Ainsworth is 20 miles Southwest
of Springview, and Springview
is about 30 miles South of Mill
boro.
Sioux Uprising Caused
Anxiety in O'Neill
An uprising of the Sioux In
dians that precipitated the Bat
tle of Wounded Knee in South
Dakota caused considerable
uneasiness and anxiety in O’
Neill in the '1890’s, according
to Romaine Saunders, 78, edi
tor-in-chief of The Frontier’s
Diamond Jubilee Edition.
The story of Sitting Bull
belligerent Sioux chieftain, and
and the Battle of Wounded
Knee will be retold in the
Diamond J u b i 1 e e Edition,
which will be in the mail lat
er this month.
Boyd county, Holt’s neighbor
on the North, was a part of the
Sioux reservation and was the
reason townspeople here pre
pared for Indian attacks.
Already 24 pages of the Ju
bilee edition have been print
ed.
Regular subscribers will re
ceive the mammoth, interest
and picture-packed edition at
no extra cost. Extra copies,
however, will be sold at $1
each. New subscribers will re
ceive the big edition and The
Frontier for an entire year for
only $2.50 in Nebraska; $3
elsewhere.
Christ Lutheran to Hold
Dedicatory Rites —
Christ Lutheran church will
be dedicated Sunhav at 10:30
a. m. in a special dedicatory
service, according to the
church pastor. Rev. Clyde O.
Cress.
Members of Immanuel Lu
theran congregation, of Atkin
son. will participate in the
service with Christ Lutheran
parishoners.
Rev. O. W. Wehrman, of
Scrbner. chairman of the Nor
thern Nebraska district mission
board for the Missouri synod,
will be the speaker.
A basket dinner will be serv
ed at noon on the lawn at the
church parsonage.
PTA GROUP SEEKS
CITY PLAYGROUND
City Council Grants Five
Year Franchise on
Ford’s Park
A Parent - Teachers associa
tion delegation met Tuesday
night with the city council in
the interest of improving play
ground facilities for the city’s
youth.
The P-TA specifically asked
the council for a five-year
franchise to Ford’s park, an
unimproved acreage in the
Northwest section of the city.
The group agreed to equip,
maintain, and supervise the
park, but asked the city to en
close it with a high fence. The
park measures one block
square.
Heading ihe P-TA delega
tion was Robert Kurts, pres
ident. Members of the asso
ciation's special committee
include Verne Beckwith, W.
B. Gillespie, Raymond Eby,
G. R. Nickolas and Arthur
Dexter.
These and others were pres
ent and expressed themselves
at the Tuesday meeting.
The P-TA’s project for the
year is to devise a means to
improve playground facilities.
Mayor H. E. Coyne said that
cost of enclosing the park with
a suitable fence would be a
minimum of two thousand dol
lars.
Scott Club to Sponsor
Picnic in Carney Park
Four-H club and group ac
tivities went into full swing
this' week. Future plans have
been mapped out, parties and
educational work are in high
gear, according to A. Neil
Dawes, Holt county agent.
The Scott community home
women’s extension club will
bt host June 16. to a picnic
at Carney park for the wom
en’s extension clubs of Holt
county. The affair will mainly
be a social event for the get
to-gether of all the extension
clubs.
Wednesday evening, June 8,
the South Holt Rural Youth
club met in the American Le
gion auditorium at Chambers
to reorganize or combine with
the O’Neill Rural Youth club.
Tonight (Thursday) there
will be a community meeting
at the Richard Robertson home,
West of O’Neill, to reorganize
4-H activities and to hear REA
development information from
Edward Wilson, of O’Neill.
On Friday, the regular meet
ing of the O’Neill Rural Youth
culb will be held at 8 p. m.
in the assembly room of the
annex of the Holt county
courthouse. All high school
graduates who are “rural
minded” are invited to attend,
Dawes said.
Beverly Boelter,
Darrel Weingartner to
Girls’ Boys’ State
Miss Beverly Boelter, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert
Boelter, of Page, left for Lin
coln Sunday where she is rep
resenting Simonson post 93 of
the American Legion auxiliary
at girls’ slate, which is a min
iature state government oper
ated by the girls selected from
schools throughout Nebraska
on a basis' of character and
leadership. This week she join
ed 252 other girls in Lincoln.
Girls’ state is"sponsored ev
ery year by the Nebraska de
partment of the American Le
gion auxiliary. Two girls are
selected from each girls’ state
to attend girls'* nation to be
held in Washington, D. D., in
August.
Darrel Woingartner. son of
Mr. and Mrs. George Wein
gartner, of O’Neill, left Friday
for Lincoln to attend boys’
state. He is sponsored by the
O’Neill Chamber of Commerce. ■
Mrs. Addie Kiltz, 89, Has No
Regrets for Pioneering in Holt
(By a Staff Writer)
CHAMBERS—A kindly lit
tle old lady, of Chambers,
Tuesday, was the honored
guest at a surprise birthday
anniversary party.
She is 89-year-old Mrs. Ad
die Kiltz, who came to Holt
county in 1886, undergoing pi
oneer trials and hardships.
Mrs. Kiltz said “the amount
of snow during the blizzard of
1888 was not as great as the
quantity in the blizzard of
’49.” But she said "it was cold
er in ’88 than it was during
the Winter of ’48-'49.”
Her childhood days were
spent in and around Marange,
111. After her marriage in Ma
range, she and her husband
moved by train to the prairies
of Holt county, where they re
sided on a farm seven miles
East of Chambers.
Mrs. Kilts remembers, viv- j
idly. Chambers in the early
days. She told of only about
half-a-dozen business houses
in the town, with most of
the residences being of sod
and were spotted around the
area.
She remembers the construc
tion of the Kellar Presbyteri
an church, five miles Northeast
of Chambers, where for 50
years she taught the primary
Sunday-school class and was ac
tive in the church Ladies’ Aid.
She and her husband cele
brated their golden wedding
Mrs. Addle Kiltz .. reaches
89th milestone.—The Fron
tier Photo by John McCarville
anniversary in 1930. Her hus
band passed away in 1931.
Of her five children, Clyde
E. and Mrs. Anna Alderson
are of Chambers; Burton E.
lives in Shreveport, La.; Clar
ence L died during the Winter
of 1949. and Nettie R. died as
an infant.
But looking back nearly a
century, Mrs. Kiltz has seen
the transition of the old to the
modern world with no regrets
I that she has spent most of her
life in Holt county.
Pen Must Be Built
To Get Pheasants
According to Bob Moore, pres
ident of the O'Neill Gun club,
the state game commission will
match the number of birds the
local gun club can raise. This
was brought out in a meeting
held last Friday at the Ameri
can Legion club.
The state will not only match
the quantity of birds but supply
feed for them if the Gun club
builds a pen 40 feet wide by 100
feet long with a top. The club
is contemplating raising 500 at
the start.
Peak Is Hit —
Simonson unit 93 of the Am
erican Legion auxiliary this
week reached an all-time mem
bership high—268.
CITIZENSHIP OATH
TAKEN BYTE )
Three Holt county residents
took the United States oath of
citizenship Tuesday morning
in district court in O’Neill.
Judge D. R. Mounts adminis
tered the oath.
The residents are: Mrs. Ja
cob Siegler, of Atkinson; Mrs
Henry Lang, of Ewing, and
Mrs. Bruce Fleming, of Atkin
son.
Mrs. Siegler, 51, born in
Bobstadt, Breis-Bencheim coun
ty, Germany, arrived in the
United States in September
of 1924, coming to Holt coun
ty in the late ’20’s. Her hus
band was naturalized in 1930.
Mrs. Henry Lang, 50, came
to the States 35 years ago, set
tling in Holt county. She was
born in Hergford. Westphalia,
Germany.
The third woman is a young
English World War II bride,
who arrived in the United
States in July of 1946. She is
Mrs. Bruce Fleming, 21, the
first war bride to be naturaliz
ed in Holt county since the
late war.
Mrs. Fleming came from
Wembly, Middlesex, England.
Naturalizaton has decreased
in Holt county in the past 20
years, according to Ira H.
Moss, clerk of the district
court. This, he said, is because
emigrants are going to the in
dustrial centers instead of the
farming communities.
CITIZENSHIP OATHS ADMINISTERED . . . Taking citizen
ship oath here Tuesday, were (left-to-right) Mrs. Jacob Seigler,
of Atkinson, who came to the United States from Germany in
1924; Mrs. Henry Lang, of Ewing, also from Germany, who came
over in 1914; Mrs Bruce Fleming, of Atkinson, an English war
bride, who arrived in U. S. in July, 1946. District Court Judge D.
R. Mounts administered the oath.—The Frontier Photo.
ACCIDENT INJURES
3 O’NEILL YOUTHS
Mishap Occurs Northwest
of Here Early Sunday
Morning
Three of five youths were
injured as a result of an auto
mobile accident about 1:30 a.
m,, Sunday morning about one
and a half miles Northwest of
O’Neill on highway 20.
James Donohoe, 18, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Donohoe,
of O’Neill, was released from
the O’Neill hospital Tuesday.
Young Donohoe suffered two
broken collarbones, lacerations,
and other injuries. He was a
fooball and basketball star at
St. Mary’s academy for the
past three years.
Robert Sullivan, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Sullivan, of
Norfolk, was released Monday
from the O’Neill hospital. He
suffered a smashed hand but
no broken bones.
Bernard Hynes, the third in
jured youth, son of Mrs. Leona
Hynes, of O’Neill, apparently
was uninjured at the time of
the accident, but medical re
ports, Monday, said he suffer
ed a broken shoulder and was
taken to a Sioux City hospital.
It is reported the accident
occured about the time the car
in which the five youths were
riding was passing another
Southbound car when it “hit
a hole in the road.” The car
went out of control, slid to the
West edge of the (fitch, then
skidded over to the East side
of the road where it rolled ov
er three and a half times. It
ended upright, heading North.
The other two boys in the
car were Don Riley, owner of
the vehicle, and Dick Godel,
both of O’Neill.
Mrs. Frank Hansen
Expires at Lusk
Funeral services were held
Tuesdav in the Catholic church
>n Lusk, Wyo.. for Mrs. Frank
Hansen, 82. who died at her
home Sunday.
__ Mrs. Hansen was the former
Kate Burke. She came to Holt
county as a child and grew to
womanhood here.
Survivors include: Sisters—
Mrs. J. B Mellor and Airs. D.
Stannard. both of O’NiWtl.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Arbuthnot,
Mrs. D. Stannard and Mrs.
Laura Burke left Monday for
Lusk, to attend the funeral ser
vices.
175 Persons Attend
Golden Wedding Affair —
PAGE — Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Havnes, of Page, observed their
eolden wedding anniversary on
Sunday. June 5. They conduct
ed open house from 2 until 5 o’
clock in the afternoon and from
7 until 9 o’clock in the evening
>t their home in Page. Mrs. Roy
Haynes was hostess. One hun
dred and seventy-five signed
the guest book in charge of
Mrs. Laurence Haynes.
HOLT FARMERS
ARE IMPATIENT
Lice, ’Hopper Infestations
Reported by Ewing
Farmer
Farmers in the O’Neill re
gion are becoming impatient.
Lingering wet and damp wea
ther has retarded corn plant
ing, maturing of small grain,
and has contributed to the
general seasonal delay on the
farm scene.
Bluegrass looks “good,” and
stripping is getting underway.
Corn and small grain need
lots of sunshine. Many small
grain fields, particularly in
the valleys, are in water.
Some farmers have been o
bliged to replant their corn.
Bluegrass stripping will be
difficult in many fields be
cause of the soft ground.
County Agent A. Neil Dawes
Wednesday received a report
of aphids (or crop lice) in an
oats field belonging to James
Hawk, of near Ewing. In the
adult stage, the aphid is only
one - sixteenth of an inch in
length. Hawk said the lice had
infested his oats and there had
been “some damage.” Hawk al
so reported grasshopper infest
ation in his alfalfa.
The only control for the
aphids under Nebraska condi
tions is by applying benzene
hexachloride three percent is
omer dust. Ten pounds per
acre should be applied, accord
ing to the University of Ne
, braska extension service,
i Dawes said.
It was pointed out also by
! Hawk that the aphids “de
stroyed” many of the boxelder
trees in the county a few years
ago.
Some of the fields will not
be planted to corn but will be
used for sorghum.
The small grain crop con
ditions are not too "favor
able" as the development has
been retarded because of
lack of growing weather. Rye
looks "fairly good" with pas
ture and range land in
"good" condition.
Dawes chuckled as he told of
the fact of picking, planting
and cultivating Torn all at the
same time. "Very unusual” is
the way the Holt county agent
termed it.
Wind did some damage to
small buildings at the Stamp
farm in the Deloit community
on Tuesday night, May 31.
On Wednesday night, June
1, a small “twister” uprooted
several large trees in the Celia
i community on the Bernard
Blackman place. A half-mile
of fence will have to be re
stored.
The week’s weather summa
ry. based on 24-hour periods
end ing at 8 a. m. daily, fol
lows:
Date High Low Prec.
June 1 _ 80 56 .54
June 2 _ 74 55 .10
June 3 _ 73 55
June 4_ 75 55
June 5 _ 76 53
June 6 _ 75 58 T
June 7_ 58 52 .03
Bankers Influence
Soil Conservation
Walter R. Chace, president
of the Farmer’s National bank
of Pilger, here last Thursday
evening told an audience of 35
that bankers are in a position
to exert great influence along
lines of soil conservation. A
sucessful farmer himself, Mr,
Chace drew upon personal ex
periences in the agricultural
field to illustrate his point.
His topic was “Problems of
Soil Conservation”.
The talk follower a dinner
meeting at the Golden hotel
for members of the Northeast
Nebraska Regional Clearing
House association.
M. B. Huffman, of Ewing
was elected president for the
new year; Henry Canenberg
of Basset, vice-president, and
Archie Bright, of O’Neill sec
retary-treasurer. Retiring offic
ers are: J. G. Brewster, of
Stuart, president: Ivan Dicker
son. of Atkinson, vice presi
dent. and Woodrow Melena, of
O’Neill, secretary-treasurer.
Mr. Chace is a member of
the Nebraska Bankers associa
tion agricultural committee.
NEWSMATTER OMITTED
Due to a late volume of ad
vertising considerable news
matter, particularly from At
kinson, Emmet and Amelia
correspondents, has been omit
ted. Most of this newsmatter
will be published next issue.
Also omitted are these features:
Teen Tattler, When You and I
Were Young and Washington
Merry-Go-Round.