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VOLUME 89—NUMBER 6_O'NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURESDAY, JUNE 16, 1949 PRICE 7 CENTS
Hospital Fund
Hits $70,000
Rural Folk Mail Gifts
and Mercury Mounts
Steadily
St. Anthony’s hospital build
ing fund this week passed the
70 thousand dollar mark as
many persons, mostly rural
folks, responded to half-page
advertisements that appeared
last week in most newspapers
in the region.
James M. Corkle, chairman
of the building fund, said he
was “very gratified’’ with ear
ly responses from the advertis
ments.
At the same time he urged
folks who haven’t been con
tacted to not wait for a solic
itor — because solicitation is
costly and consumes valuable
time.
The advertisement, entitled
"Appeal for Help", appeared
in the June 9 issue of The
Frontier. The message dealt
with background information
on the hospital, pointed out
that up until then approxi
mately 60 thousand dollars
had been raised, staled that
the goal by solicitation was
100 thousand dollars.
Under the plan, the U. S. gov
ernment will grant 100 thousand
dollars to match the money rais
ed by subscription. The Sisters
of St. Francis, who will staff
and operate the hospital, will
assume the indebtedness.
When completed the hospital
will cost in the neighborhood of
300 thousand dollars and have a
40-bed capacity.
Many persons are stopping at
the building fund headquarters,
at the corner of Fourth and
Douglas streets, and making
their contributions there. (See
page 2, section 2 for a list of
donors between January 20, 1948
and June 11, 1949.)
The Catholic Daughters of
America will hold a St. An
thony’s hospital benefit dance
and box social Sunday, June
19, at the American Legion
hall in O’Neill. The CDA will
admit free every lady .bringing
a box lunch.
Father Lehmen
in Silver Jubilee
ATKINSON—Rev. A A. Leh
tnen, pastor of St. Joseph’s Cath
olic church at Atkinson for the
past 10 years, Sunday celebrat
ed his 25th anniversary as a
priest
Father Lehmen officiated at
a solemn silver jubilee mass on
Sunday morning in St. Joseph’s
church. His brother. Rev. A. B.
Lehmen, of Chester, 111., was
arch priest. Very Rev. F. J.
Tecklenberg, of Evansville, III.,
was deacon of the mass and gave
the jubilee sermon. Rev. J. W.
Aver ill, S.J, of Creighton uni
versity, Omaha, was subdeacon.
Father Lehmen was ordain
ed on June 8, 1924, in St.
Louis, Mo. He was assistant at
St. Cecilia’s in Omaha and
served also at St. Mary s at
West Point, St. Henry's at
Howells, and St. Mary's at
Leigh before coming to At
kinson on June 24, 1939.
Reverend Lehmen was honor
guest at a dinner, Sunday, which
was served at the Memorial hall
by members of the Christian
Mothers Society. The dinner
was open to the public.
James Berigan, who is now
studying for the priesthood, was
master of ceremonies. James is
a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Beri
gan.
Dr. W. J. Douglas presented
the priest with a silver jubilee
purse. . . . .
Out-of-town guests included.
Father Lehmen’s sister. Miss
Claire Lehmen, of Chester, 111.;
Miss Hedwig Foster, of Evans
ville, 111.; Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Reiehmuth and Miss Margaret
Wolker, of Leigh, Bernard Beck
er, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Becker,
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Becker,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Becker and
Rudolph Becker, all of St. Hel
ena; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Reise
and Hubert Wiese, of Howells.
Accident Victim
Undergoes Surgery
Bernard Hynes, son of Mrs.
Leota Hynes, of O’Neill, under
went surgery in St. Joseph s
hospital at Sioux City last
Thursday morning, June 9, the
result of an injury received in
an auto accident early Sunday
morning, June 5.
Hynes’ shoulder was operat
ed on because of torn ligaments
and shoulder muscles.
He is expected to be released
soon.
Water in Basement
Used to Fight Fire
PAGE — A fire shortly after
noon Friday badly damaged the
wash house on the farm where
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Rakow live.
South of Page. They were for
tunate to have several inches of
water in their basement. This
water was used to combat the
flames. The Rakows were as
sisted by men from town.
S/SGT. WARREN F. WOOD
—O’Neill Photo Co.
REBURIALFOR
PAGE AIRMAN
Common Graves for Re
mains of Sergeant Wood
and 7 Comrades
PAGE—The remains of S/Sgt.
Warren F. Wood, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Wood, of Page, were
given reburial Wednesday, June
8, in Keokuk, la., national mili
tary cemetery.
Sergeant Wood’s remains were
among those of seven others,
who were members of a B-29
Super Fortress crew based in
China. They lost their lives at
the start of an aerial combat
mission during World War II.
The reburial was the largest
of five group reburials that
had taken place at the Keo
kuk national cemetery.
The bodies contained in three
caskets were those of Maj. Ed
ward F. Parsons, of Bridgeport,
Conn.; Capt. Harold W. Barber,
of Patterson, N. J.; 1/Lt. Argyle
E. Hanscom, of Whitefield, Me.;
2/Lt Boyd W. Ebel, of Wisner;
2/Lt. Franklin J. McDonald, of
Leadsville, Colo.; T/Sgt. Rube E.
Puckett, of Lacey’s Springs,
Ala.; S/Sgt. Warren F. Wood, of
Page; Cpl. Wallace B. Martin, of
Galena, Kans.
Military rites were conducted
by the Veterans of Foreign wars,
assisted by the American Legion
: and the Keokuk War Dads.
Three special stones, placed
I together and carrying the names
of the crew, will mark the
i grave.
It was pointed out by tl*e Vet
i erans of Foreign wars that many
’such reburials are not made at
the request of the next-of-kin.
Many of the air force personnel
who lost their lives over enemy
territory were interred in com
mon graves and the war depart
ment is bringing the remains
back so that they may rest in a
fitting place.
S/Sgt. Warren F. Wood was
born April 21, 1922, and raised
on a farm near Page.
He graduated from Page high
school in 1939 and later attend
ed a Lincoln flying school.
He was employed at Bell
Aircraft at Buffalo, N. Y. for
a year and a half, when in
ducted into the army in De
cember, 1942.
He was united in marriage to
Miss Betty Howell, of Page, on
July 27, 1942, at Buffalo, N. Y.
To this union one son, Larry,
was born.
Warren received his basic
raining at Miami Beach, Fla.,
received special schooling
it Denver, Colo., and was sta- '
tioned at Salina, Kans., when as
signed as a senior gunner on a
3-29. ,
He arrived in India April 1,
1944, and had been on several
nissions over Japanese terri
tory.
These flights were made over
i extremely rugged terrain where
i unfavorable weather made fly
, ing hazardous and for which he
1 was awarded the Air Medal
posthumously.
When the accident occurred
the airmen were just taking Qff
from a base in China for an at
tack on aircraft assembly and
repair installations at Omura, on
Kyusha Island, in Japan.
Sergeant Wood’s survivors in
clude: son—Larry, of Neligh;
his parents—Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Wood, of Page; sisters—Mrs.
Earl Bollen, of Neosho, Mo.;
Mrs. Vernon Wiseman, of Eagle;
Mrs. Ervin Held, of Orchard;
brothers—Robert Wood, of Or
chard, and Lester Wood, of Ew
ing.
All of the immediate relatives,
except Mrs. Earl Bollen, of Ne
osho, Mo., were present for the
reburial rites.
TRUSTEE RESIGNS
EMMET—Mrs. John Conard,
recently reelected to the Emmet
village board of trustees, has re
signed. No appointment has
been made to date to fill the
j vacancy.
FRED SHRINER DIES
BASSETT — Fred Shriner,
about 48, of Newport, died early
Wednesday in the Bassett hos
pital. Funeral arrangements are
incomplete.
RUZICKA CHOSEN
CHAMBER HEAD
Wilson, Diehlman, Lucas,
Jacobson Other New
Officials
Melvin Ruzicka. hardware
dealer, Tuesday night was elect
| ed president of the Chamber of
Commerce, succeeding J. Leo
Moore. Election highlighted the
regular monthly meeting of the
Chamber.
H. L. Lindberg, first vice
president and in line for the
presidency, declined to be a
candidate for the top chair.
Ruzicka is a veteran of World
War II and a member of the
American Legion.
Four newcomers in the city
were selected for other elec
tive posts, including: Ed Wil
son. first vice-president; L.
M. Diehlman. second vice
president; M. E. Jacobson and
R. V. Lucas, members of the
board of directors for three
year terms.
J. B. Grady was re-elected as
treasurer.
Other members of the board
of directors carried over are:
William McIntosh, J. L. McCar
ville, jr., James G. Fredrickson,
Tony Asimus and L. D. Putnam.
A committee was appointed
to meet with the city council
and recommend solutions to the
parking problems, including im
proving and lighting alleys in
the downtown section of the
city. Committee members in
clude John Daly, H. L. Lindberg
and Arnold Doerning.
A new date for the Diamond
Jubilee celebration was discus
sed. Directors will fix the date.
Care will be taken to avoid con
flict with other celebrations in
the region where dates already
have been set. Originally, O’
Neill planned to celebrate its
75th birthday anniversary on
July 4, but the date was aban
doned because of conflict with
the Stuart celebration and ro
deo.
MAN DIES IN
BOAT ON LAKE
EWING — Henry Wegner, 67,
of Ewing, was stricken with a
heart attack while in a boat on
a Sand Hills lake near Valen
tine and died immediately about
7 p. m. last Thursday. He was
with Arthur Marquardt and
Fred Bollwitt when he died. The
fishing party had left Ewing
early that morning.
Funeral services were held on
Monday at the Wegner residence
and at the Lutheran church in
Orchard where interment was
made.
Mr. Wegner was born at
Scribner, married there, and
came to Holt county in 1919. He
was a farmer and a livestock
raiser.
Survivors include: Widow —
Bertha; daughters—Mrs. Low
ell Ilerley, of Clearwater; Mrs.
Lionel Phillips, of Scottsbluff;
Mrs. Henry Stelling, of Orchard;
Mrs. Lester Gamel, of Page, and
Mrs. Roger Wunner, of La
grange, 111.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Narigon
and daughter, Nichola Ann, of
New Jersey arrived to visit
Mr. and Mrs. George Calkins.
Mrs. Narigon is a sister of Mrs.
Calkins.
j Sister Killed
in Saving 4 Lives
.
EMMET—A wom.an heroical
ly pushed four boys off a tres
tle and saved them from death,
but she was killed in so doing.
The dead woman is Mrs. Ruth
Merryman, of Malone, Wash.,
sister of Mrs. Robert Fox, of
Emmet.
The accident occured when
the group became trapped or\
the trestle with a locomotive
bearing down on them.
Mrs. Merryman pushed two
grandsons into the Chehalis
river then overtook her two
foster sons, who had started
running for the edge of the
trestle, and pushed them off
seconds before the locomotive
hit her.
FUNDS SOUGHT
FOR PLAYGROUND
Equipment to Be Setup
Temporarily at O’Neill
Public School
The Parent-Teachers Associa
tion Wednesday launched a so
licitation for funds with which
to purchase playground equip
ment.
Immediate goal is one thous
and dollars and equipment pur
chased will be placed tempor
arily on the O’Neill public
school ply a ground for use of
i children of the community and
j visiting youngsters.
At a later date, P-TA of
ficials explain, the equipment
will be removed to Ford's
park, which has been turned
over to the P-TA on a fran
chise basis.
In charge of solicitation work
are: Mrs. Robert Kurtz, Mrs.
Virgil Laursen, Mrs. James Sul
j livan and Mrs. A. W. Carroll.
Robert Kurtz is P-TA president.
Mail contributions are being
received by Rfrs. W. B. Gillespie
and Mrs., Kurtz.
A P-TA meeting will be held
Friday night to bring members
uptodate on progress of the
fund-raising campaign and make
preparations for procuring the
equipment.
Ford’s park will be cleared
and fenced before the equip
ment is to be moved there. Be
ing considered for purchase are
swings, climb-arounds and
slides.
250 to 300 Chicks
Perish in Blaze
ATKINSON — Between 250
and 300 baby chicks were burn
ed in a fire that destroyed the
Elvin Alton brooder house in
Atkinson about midnight, Fri
day night, June 10.
Mrs. Alton said the fire start
ed when they attempted to light
the stove after it had gone out.
Oil had overflowed from the
tank and ignited almost imme
diately after the stove was
lighted.
School Board Grapples
with Re-Roofing Problem —
The O’Neill public school
board of education is “grappl
ing” with the problem of having
a new roof put on the old O’
Neill school building, according
to Ira Moss, secretary.
Moss “guessed” that the new
roof for the building will cost
liomewhere in the $4,000 to $5,
000 bracket.
Aphids Destroying
%
Small Grain Crop
Missionary and Family
Honored in Gift Shower
CHAMBERS—Rev. and Mrs.
Ward Smith and children, of
Chambers, were the honored
guests Friday evening, June 10,
at a farewell shower, in the
Baptist church here.
The Smith family plans to
leave next week for Wisconsin
where they will visit relatives.
Reverend Smith will also con
duct meetings in Wisconsin
and then teach at Camp Joy
during July.
In August, they will leave
for Honduras, Central Ameri
ca, where Reverend Smith will
do missionary work.
The Smiths and their three
children will leave from New
Orleans. La., by boat for Hon
duras They will serve as inde
pedendent missionaries a n d be
gone about four years.
Refreshments, served by the
ladies of the church, followed
the program and shower. The
Smiths were recipients of ma
ny gifts appropriate for use on
their journey and upon arrival
at their destination
Where they will be stationed
there is no electricity. Kerosene
and gasoline are available but
very expensive. The Smiths will
teach their own children.
PAGE SCHOOL
TO BE REBUILT
Officials Plan Classes
for 12 Grades for
Fall Term
PAGE — More than 100 pa
trons of the Page public school
district attended a meeting Mon
day night in the theater build
ing.
It was voted to conduct classes
for all 12 grades during the
1949-’50 term, and efforts will be
made to have school housing fa
cilities ready for the term open
ing.
For several weeks workmen
of the Sorenson Construction
Co. of Sioux City, have been
clearing away debris and pre
paring for reconstruction of
the plant which was practically
destroyed by fire March 25.
The gymnasium wing, built
in 1929 and only partially de
stroyed, will be restored com
pletely, while the old portion
of the plant, built in 1915, will
be partially rebuilt.
Originally, it was considered
building two floors with sub
basement. Under present plans,
according to Board President C.
E. Walker, the sub-basement and
one floor will be reconstructed.
Estimates for the work will
not be in hands of school of
ficials for another week.
Insurance covered only a por
tion of the fire loss. Bonds on
the district’s original indebted
ness were retired in February.
During the balance of the last
term classes were dispersed to
the Methodist church basement
and Odd Fellows hall.
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CHARWOMEN FOR AN EVENING . . •
Tuesday night was elean-up night at the Coun
try club and there was a wholesale turn-out of
' members—both men and women—to scrub and
| paint in preparation for the Summer season.
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Left-to-right (above) are: Mrs. M. J. Golden,
Mrs. H. E. Coyne, Mrs. Edward M, Gallagher
and Mis. Homer F. Mullen (background).—The
Frontier Photo by John H. McCarville.
ASIMUS PROPERTY
GOES TO SCOUTS
5,500 Seedlings Planted on
40-Acre Gift Tract
Near City
A 40-acre tract of land in the
Elkhorn river valley officially
became the property of the
Covered Wagon council of the
Boy Scouts of America on Mon
day, June 13. The property was
conveyed to the Scouts by Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Asimus, well
known O’Neill residents.
Recently Mr. Asimus and his
wife proffered the tract to the
Scouts for youth recreational
purposes. Formal acceptance of
the land was received this week,
whereupon the deed was ex
ecuted.
The Scout committee of the
Chamber of Commerce ar
ranged details for receiving
the gift.
The tract can be described as
40 acres of valley land located
3.6 miles East from the O’Neill
city limits on highways 20-275
and a quarter of a mile North.
The river flows across the prop
erty. Legal description is South*
west quarter of Southeast quar
ter of section 3, township 28,
North, Range 11, West of 6th
principal meridian.
Partially wooded, the Scout
committee has already set out
5,550 seedlings.
Scout officials explain that
the tract will be used exten
sively for both Boy Scouts and
Girl Scouts as well as other
youth groups.
In presenting the property,
Mr. Asimus and his wife,
Anna, stated simply that they
for sometime had contemplat
ed a contribution to the youth
of the community.
Scout officials explained that
the gift from Mr. and Mrs. Asi
mus, who have been “very lib
eral in community giving,” came
as a complete surprise and a
marker will be erected on the
property in memory of the don
ors.
Formal presentation of the
deed to Boy Scout troop 210 was
to have taken place Wednesday
night.
At the same time, 20 boys
were to have been elevated from
the tenderfoot rank to first
class Scouts.
The boys were officially in
vested into troop 210 by a rep
resentative of the Covered Wa
gon Council of the Boy Scouts
of America.
The troop committee was for
mally chosen and the Scoutmas
ter A. A. McMasters was offic
ially picked.
The meeting closed with the
boys giving a demonstration and
the scoutmaster giving a short
talk.
‘Sales Are Huge
Successes’—-Thorin
According to Ed Thorin,
Chambers auctioneer, the big
Mills Brothers sale and the Lyle
R. Childers sale were both a
“tremendous success,” with an
extra large attendance at both.
The two sales were held last
week.
The cattle market was “excep
tionally good” at both sales with
everything selling for a good
price.
There were buyers from the
entire region at both sales with
seven states being represented
at the Childers sale and five
states at the Mills brothers sale.
The Chambers Legion auxil
iary netted about $75 from its
lunch stand at the Childers sale.
Thorin told of a Battle Creek
man who heard the “Voice of
The Frontier” broadcast of the j
sale in the morning, jumped in- j
to his car and attended. Battle !
Creek is 15 miles West of Nor- i
folk.
“Those were two of the best
sales I haye ever conducted,” j
commented Auctioneer Thorin.
Janet Judge
Wins ‘Election’
ATKINSON — Miss Janet
Judge, who returned Monday,
Juno 13, from girls’ state at Lin
coln, was elected district judge
at the “state” elections. Janet
said she “didn’t do much cam
paigning” but her slogan “Janet
Judge for District Judge” did
the trick.
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Oats Deteriorate Rapidly
Under Assault from
Tiny Insects
Aphids (tiny green bugs)
have launched an all-out as
sault on small grain fields in
Holt county with the result
that the threat has become
“serious".
County Agent A. Neil Dawes
said Wednesday that if the a
phids are not checked the ul
timate damage might rival
; grasshopper losses in the 1930s.
Observers point out that un
til now the small grain crops,
with the exception of oats,
range from 75 to 80 percent of
normal. But the oats outlook
has deteriorated rapidly during
the past fortnight, largely due
to the aphids. Late o.its have
been damaged most severely.
Most reports of crop dam
age attributed to the tiny in
sect have come from South
and East of O'Neill and ex
tend through the state in
those directions, Dawes point
ed out.
The aphids now are moving
into barley and there are re
ports of their presence in rye
and corn. Hot, dry weather
would check damage to the
corn.
The county agent, who has
received more than 50 reports
of “serious infestation”, indi
cates that some of the oats
fields already are so far gone
that expense of spraying can
not be justified.
Already in many instance*
farmers will be obliged to con
vert to grain sorghums—Mar
tin milo. Midland milo, Coe’s
milo and kalo.
Aerial spraying was under
taken Wednesday in the Page
community. Results after sp
raying should be apparent
within a half-day, according to
Dawes.
If your small grain looks yel
low or turning brown in spots,
the county agent advises you to
check closely for little green
aphids on the leaves and next to
the stems.
Control measures recommend
ed or dusting or spraying with
benzeen hexichloride at the rate
10 pounds of the three percent
gamma isomer per acre. The
spray should come in contact
with the insects. Nicotine sul
phate ("black leaf 40) is a second
control measure. However, this
treatment must be applied when
the temperature is above 70 de
grees, Dawes explains.
The Spring grain aphid, com
monly known as the green bug,
occurs in periodic outbreaks
primarily in the central portion
of the United States.
This aphid passes the Win
ter in the Northern region as
eggs on the wheat plants and
in the Southern part of its
range it passes the Winter in
the active stage.
Development can take place
at a temperature of 40 degrees
F and young are born at that
temperature. Its greatest rate
of reproduction is around 55 de
grees F which accounts for its
ability to build up under cool
moist conditions. The genera
tions are successive, one after
the other, as long as the plants
are growing.
It is primarily a pest of wheat
and oats but also attacks other
small grains and can survive on
certain native grasses. During
the growing season all the aph
ids are females and give birth
to from one to eight young per
day over a period of two or
three weeks. The young can
reach maturity in a period of
seven to eight days, although
under adverse conditions the de
velopment may be slower.
The aphid for its greatest de
velopment is dependent upon
volunteer growths of small grain
or early planted wheat fields,
therefore, control will revolve
around the control of volunteer
grain and delayed planting in
the Fall. By destroying volun
teer grain and delaying wheat
planting the aphids will have no
major host to develop on and
therefore their population will
remain low. The destruction of
volunteer grain will need to be
county and state wide to give
good results.
Legislative Council Names
Nelson to Committee —
State Senator Frank Nelson,
of O’Neill, was assigned to the
management of state school
lands committee Tuesday, June «
14 by the Legislative Council for
the 1949-’51 biennium.
Mrs. Ed Latta, of Omaha, is
visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. H. J. Birmingham.